ancients in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for ancients in the English»Spanish Dictionary

ancients [Am ˈeɪn(t)ʃ(ə)nts, Brit ˈeɪnʃ(ə)nts] N npl

the ancients

los antiguos

ancient [Am ˈeɪn(t)ʃənt, Brit ˈeɪnʃ(ə)nt] ADJ

1. ancient Egypt/civilizations/ruin/tradition:

ancient

antiguo

the Ancient World

el mundo antiguo

the Ancient World

la antigüedad

in ancient times

en la antigüedad

2. ancient inf (old):

she has an ancient record player

tiene un tocadiscos prehistórico or del año de la pera or de Maricastaña inf

37? but you're absolutely ancient!

¿37? ¡qué vejestorio! inf

ancient history N

1. ancient history U (of past civilizations):

ancient history

historia f antigua

2. ancient history U (sth irrelevant):

my divorce? that's all ancient history now

¿mi divorcio? eso ya ha pasado a la historia

ancient monument N Brit

ancient monument

monumento m histórico

Ancient Greek N U

Ancient Greek

griego m clásico

Ancient Rome N U

Ancient Rome

Roma f antigua

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los antiguos

the ancients

vejancón (vejancona)

ancient inf

ancestral costumbre

ancient

ancestral temor

ancient

historia antigua

ancient history

ancients in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ancients in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.ancient [ˈeɪnʃənt] ADJ

1. ancient a. HISTORY:

ancient

antiguo, -a

since ancient times

desde tiempos remotos

in ancient days

hace muchísimo tiempo

ancient history

historia antigua

to be ancient history iron

haber pasado a la historia

2. ancient inf (very old):

ancient

prehistórico, -a

ancient

del año de la pera

I feel pretty ancient

me siento viejísimo

II.ancient [ˈeɪnʃənt] N

the ancients

los antiguos

Translations for ancients in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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ancestral

ancient

de rancio linaje

of ancient descent

vetusto (-a) pej

ancient

rancio (-a) (antiguo)

ancient

familia de pergaminos

ancient family

guaquero (-a) (ilegal)

plunderer (person who digs for ancient Indian archaeological valuables)

antiguo (-a) (muy anticuado)

ancient

antiguo (-a)

ancient

quipo(s)

quipu (ancient Peruvian system of coloured threads and knots for recording facts and events)

de rango abolengo

of ancient lineage

ancients Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

since ancient times

desde tiempos remotos

in ancient days

hace muchísimo tiempo

ancient history

historia antigua

to be ancient history iron

haber pasado a la historia

I feel pretty ancient

me siento viejísimo

the ancients

los antiguos

to follow ancient traditions

seguir las antiguas tradiciones

an ancient custom

una antigua tradición

plunderer (person who digs for ancient Indian archaeological valuables)

guaquero (-a) (ilegal)

quipu (ancient Peruvian system of coloured threads and knots for recording facts and events)

quipo(s)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

On campaigns the ancients did not obstruct those in a narrow pass.

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The ancients developed an enduring metaphor for a polity's evolution: they drew an analogy between an individual human's life cycle, and developments undergone by a body politic.

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The tradition of the ancients vividly affected our own early dramatists.

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It is universally known the ancients employed slingers in all their engagements.

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You concede that pederasty should not be reinstated, but without clarification only because we do not live like the ancients -- segregated into homes for men and homes for women.

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Flowers like the iris, chrysanthemum, lily and delphinium (blue), were certainly known to the ancients but do not feature much in garden scenes.

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This illusion caused ancients to falsely believe in a geocentric universe rather than the currently accepted heliocentric view.

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The contact band looks somewhat like a doorframe, and the term - it was coined by the ancients - is allusive.

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It seems clear that six of these are reclining as the ancients reclined at their meals.

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He devours knowledge and the wisdom of the ancients with the voracity of the autodidact he is: the son of poor farmers.

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