one-word in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for one-word in the Spanish»English Dictionary

monosílabo² N m

monosílabo

monosyllable

respondió con monosílabos

she gave one-word answers

respondió con monosílabos

she answered in monosyllables

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hacérsela buena a alg. Mex

to keep one's word o promise to sb

Translations for one-word in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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to plight one's word

empeñar su (or mi etc.) palabra form

a simple substitution of one word for another

una simple sustitución de una palabra por otra

the situation can be summed up in one word: chaos

la situación se puede sintetizar en una palabra: caos

'greenhouse' is written as one word

'greenhouse' se escribe todo junto

to keep/give one's word

cumplir/dar su (or mi etc.) palabra

to break one's word , to go back on one's word

faltar a su (or mi etc.) palabra

to be as good as one's word he was there all right, as good as his word

allí estaba, tal como lo había prometido

to honor one's word

cumplir con su (or mi etc.) palabra

to be true to one's word

ser fiel a or mantener su (or mi etc.) palabra

to be better than one's word

cumplir con creces lo prometido

one-word in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for one-word in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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to be true to one's word

mantener su palabra

to be good as one's word

cumplir su palabra

to be a man/woman of one's word

ser un hombre/una mujer de palabra

to keep one's word

cumplir su promesa

to keep one's word

cumplir su palabra

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bajo palabra

on one's word of honour Brit [or honor Am]

cumplir la palabra

to be as good as one's word

faltar a la palabra

to go back on one's word

chaquetear

to go back on one's word

perjurio

breaking one's word

empeñar la palabra

to give one's word

tener su palabra

to keep one's word

one-word Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

mantener su palabra

to be true to one's word

ser un hombre/una mujer de palabra

to be a man/woman of one's word

cumplir su promesa

to keep one's word

cumplir su palabra

to be good as one's word

cumplir su palabra

to keep one's word

cumplir la palabra

to be as good as one's word

faltar a la palabra

to go back on one's word

chaquetear

to go back on one's word

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There are a number of such one-word primary postpositions: "ko" genitive marker; variably declinable in the manner of an adjective.

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Her monotone expression and glum one-word answers prompt him to realize that she is a sleepwalker too, and is suffering from the same condition as her father.

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A given inflected one-word catena corresponds to a periphrastic multiple-word catena.

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He claims that traffickers consider themselves most successful when the exploited girls start responding immediately to shouted, one-word commands.

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