death duties in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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duty <pl duties> [Am ˈd(j)udi, Brit ˈdjuːti] N

death [Am dɛθ, Brit dɛθ] N

1. death U or C (end of life):

death
muerte f
death
fallecimiento m form
to die a natural death
morir de muerte natural
he died a peaceful death
tuvo una buena muerte or una muerte tranquila
the fire caused several deaths
el incendio causó varios muertos or cobró varias víctimas
the illness can result in death
la enfermedad puede ser mortal
death by strangulation/drowning
muerte por estrangulación/inmersión
they were united in death liter
la muerte los unió
death to the traitor!
¡muerte al traidor!
to put sb to death
ejecutar a alguien
he was sentenced to death/to death by hanging
lo condenaron a muerte/a morir en la horca
he was stabbed/beaten to death
lo mataron a puñaladas/golpes
to freeze/starve to death
morirse de frío/hambre
to bleed to death
morir desangrado
he drank himself to death
el alcohol acabó con él or lo mató
to fight to the death
luchar a muerte
a duel to the death
un duelo a muerte
to death as intensifier inf to be scared to death
estar muerto de miedo
they're frightened to death of losing their jobs
tienen un miedo espantoso de perder el trabajo
I was bored to death
me aburrí como una ostra inf
I'm sick to death of your complaining
estoy hasta la coronilla de tus quejas inf
his mother spoiled him to death
la madre lo echó a perder con tanto mimo or lo malcrió de mala manera
I'm worried to death
estoy preocupadísima
as pale as death
blanco como un papel
you look as pale as death
estás blanco como un papel
at death's door
a las puertas de la muerte
to be the death of sb
acabar con alguien
you'll be the death of your poor mother
vas a acabar con tu pobre madre
you'll be the death of your poor mother
vas a matar a disgustos a tu pobre madre
to catch one's death (of cold)
agarrarse una pulmonía doble
to catch one's death (of cold)
coger una pulmonía doble Spain
to do sth to death that play has been done to death
esa obra está muy trillada
if they get hold of a good idea, they tend to do it to death
si se les ocurre una buena idea, la repiten hasta la saciedad or hasta el cansancio
Richard II was done to death in his prison cell liter
a Ricardo II lo asesinaron or le dieron muerte en su celda
to hang on like grim death
aferrarse con todas sus fuerzas
to look like (grim) death
tener la cara desencajada
you look like death warmed over or Brit up hum
¡tienes muy mala cara!

death duties in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for death duties in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for death duties in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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duty <-ies> [ˈdju:ti, Am ˈdu:t̬i] N

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Specializing in death duties, stamp duties, and customs, he was employed for over thirty years full-time.
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Later, extravagance, eccentricities, and weighty death duties seriously depleted the family's financial assets throughout the next three generations.
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Death duties were introduced in 1894 and the rates have been increased which led in many cases for the first time to the breaking up of large estates.
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With death duties very high post-war, she had to sell the ancestral home and grounds to keep it intact.
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He knew, even before death duties of 2.5m, that he could not keep up the property on the basis of income from the estate's 17 farms.
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The estate was structured by a legal professional, and as such no death duties were paid.
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She and her husband tried to sell the house immediately in 1946 to help pay the death duties.
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Wealth taxes, of one kind or another, and death duties are putting paid to them.
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The family fortune was wiped out by death duties and a stock market crash.
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Attempts by some families to avoid paying death duties were helped and hindered by war.
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