Translations for smoke screen in the English»Spanish Dictionary

smoke screen [Am smoʊk skrin, Brit ˈsməʊkskriːn] N

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I.smoke [Am smoʊk, Brit sməʊk] N

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1.1. smoke U (from fire):

the smoke-filled room

la habitación llena or cargada de humo

to go up in smoke hopes:

to go up in smoke hopes:

to go up in smoke ambitions/plans:

quedar en agua de borrajas

to go up in smoke books/papers:

there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire

cuando el río suena … (piedras lleva or agua lleva)

there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire

cuando el río suena … (agua trae) RioPl

there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire

cuando el río suena … (piedras trae) Chil

there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire

donde hay humo hay fuego

attr smoke blue

azul m grisáceo

1.2. smoke U (London) Brit inf, dated:

2.1. smoke C (cigarette):

smoke inf

smoke inf

smoke inf

pucho m LatAm inf

2.2. smoke (act) no pl:

to have a smoke

fumarse un cigarrillo

I must have a smoke

me muero por fumarme un cigarrillo

2.3. smoke U (marijuana):

smoke sl

maría f sl

smoke sl

hierba f sl

smoke sl

mota f AmC Mex sl

II.smoke [Am smoʊk, Brit sməʊk] VB intr

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III.smoke [Am smoʊk, Brit sməʊk] VB trans

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1. smoke cigarettes/tobacco:

I smoke ten a day

(me) fumo diez al día

he smokes a pipe

do you mind if I smoke my pipe?

¿te molesta si enciendo la pipa?

do you mind if I smoke my pipe?

¿te molesta si prendo la pipa? LatAm

2. smoke (cure):

smoke fish/meat/cheese

I.screen [Am skrin, Brit skriːn] N

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1.2. screen (at window):

1.3. screen (protective, defensive):

a screen of bushes/trees

una cortina de arbustos/árboles

behind a screen of indifference

tras una máscara de indiferencia

2.1. screen:

screen CINE, PHOTO

to write for the screen

escribir para el cine

a legend of the silver screen

una leyenda del cine

a legend of the silver screen

una leyenda del celuloide

the big screen

la pantalla grande

the big screen attr adaptation

the big screen attr adaptation

a la pantalla grande

screen actor

actor m de cine

screen actress

actriz f de cine

screen rights

derechos mpl de adaptación al cine

3. screen (sieve):

II.screen [Am skrin, Brit skriːn] VB trans

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2. screen:

screen TV program

screen film

3.1. screen (check, examine):

screen blood donor

someter a una revisión (médica)

screen blood donor

someter a un chequeo

screen applicants/candidates

someter a una investigación de antecedentes

to screen sb/sth for sth they were screened for weapons

los registraron para ver si llevaban armas

the cans are being screened for possible contamination

se están examinando las latas por si estuvieran contaminadas

to screen sb for cancer

someter a alguien a un chequeo para el diagnóstico precoz del cáncer

3.2. screen (sieve):

screen coal/ore

Translations for smoke screen in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.smoke [sməʊk, Am smoʊk] N

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1. smoke no pl (from fire):

2. smoke inf (cigarette):

3. smoke Brit inf (London):

Phrases:

there's no smoke without fire Brit, Aus prov, where there's smoke, there's fire Am prov

cuando el río suena, agua lleva prov

to go up in smoke

quedarse en agua de borrajas

II.smoke [sməʊk, Am smoʊk] VB trans

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1. smoke cigarette, tobacco:

to smoke a pipe

2. smoke FOOD:

III.smoke [sməʊk, Am smoʊk] VB intr

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1. smoke (produce smoke):

2. smoke (smoke tobacco):

I.screen [skri:n] N

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1. screen a. TV, CINE, COMPUT:

split screen

pantalla dividida

touch screen

pantalla táctil

3. screen no pl (thing that conceals):

II.screen [skri:n] VB trans

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1. screen (conceal):

2. screen (shield):

3. screen:

screen (examine)

screen (revise)

4. screen:

screen TV

screen CINE

5. screen (put through a sieve):

smoke VB

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smoke'em if you got'em USA inf coll

aprovecha, tú que puedes

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The tank is also equipped with a smoke screen generator that is triggered by the driver. en.wikipedia.org

Weather dependent, under cover of a smoke screen, aerial bombardment and offshore artillery, the blockships would steam directly into the channel, turn sideways and scuttle themselves. en.wikipedia.org

He intends to set up a smoke screen, hide behind it, and then emerge to launch a torpedo salvo. en.wikipedia.org

The smoke screen device consisted of a sulphonic acid reservoir located over the exhaust pipe. en.wikipedia.org

As day light came, engineers put smoke pots, for smoke screen, on both sides of the bridge to hide the construction completions from the enemy. en.wikipedia.org

That afternoon, the cruisers made contact, attacked, and retired under cover of a smoke screen. en.wikipedia.org

He used hidden magic lanterns that threw pictures on a smoke screen in a darkly lit room. en.wikipedia.org

He was an opponent of denying federal aid to private schools, which he believed was a smoke screen designed to get rid of these schools. en.wikipedia.org

They then turned south at high speed under the cover of a smoke screen. en.wikipedia.org

However, the player has a smoke screen, to use against the red cars. en.wikipedia.org

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