world in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for world in the English»Spanish Dictionary

world [Am wərld, Brit wəːld] N

1. world (earth):

world
to see the world
it's a strange world!
world's Am or Brit world record time
world's Am or Brit world record time
(it's a) small world!
(it's a) small world!
(it's a) small world!
to be dead or lost to the world
to bring sb into the world
to come into the world
money makes the world go around prov
world market
world premiere

4. world as intensifier:

it did her a world of good
without a care in the world

old-world [Am ˈoʊld ˈˌwərld, Brit] ADJ

world-shattering [ˈwɜːrldˌʃætərɪŋ, ˈwɜːldˌʃætərɪŋ] ADJ

world-famous [Am ˈˌwərld ˈfeɪməs, Brit wəːldˈfeɪməs] ADJ

world-shaking [ˈwərldˌʃeɪkɪŋ] ADJ attr

world-class [Am ˈˌwərld ˈˌklæs, Brit ˈwəːldklɑːs] ADJ

world in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for world in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Phrases:

to be a world of difference between ...
all the world and her husband/his wife Brit inf
the world at large
to feel on top of the world
to be for all the world like ...
to be dead to the world
to be out of this world inf
it's a small world!
to go up in the world Brit inf
the world to come REL
to come down in the world Brit inf
to live in a world of one's own
to mean (all) the world to sb
what/who/how in the world ...?

world-shaking ADJ, world-shattering ADJ

world-famous [ˌwɜ:ldˈfeɪməs, Am ˈwɜ:rldˌfeɪ-] ADJ

world Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a world of difference between ...
to feel on top of the world
to be for all the world like ...
to be on top of the world
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He went on to become a model maker and art director in the film industry, then entered the world of creature effects.
www.dmarge.com
The fourth point he makes is about the understandings of the external world, where changes occur as a response to the conditions.
en.wikipedia.org
This is one of the earliest instances of sculpture in the world.
en.wikipedia.org
The philistine crowd can never enter the world of a creator.
en.wikipedia.org
But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided.
en.wikipedia.org
No private jet to whizz around the world and watch every race in person?
www.pocket-lint.com
It is naturalized throughout warm temperate and subtropical regions of the world.
en.wikipedia.org
A gruelling world tour to accompany the album followed, which lasted until the end of 1992.
en.wikipedia.org
It is the only community-owned unlimited hydroplane in the world.
en.wikipedia.org
Is our sleepy Majorcan valley on the verge of joining the modern world?
www.telegraph.co.uk

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