drug-smuggling in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for drug-smuggling in the English»Spanish Dictionary

onto [Am ˈɑnˌtu, Brit ˈɒntuː] PREP

1. onto (on):

it fell onto the table

cayó sobre la mesa

he climbed onto the cart

se subió al carro

2. onto (aware of) inf:

to be onto sb/sth, the police are onto her

la policía anda tras ella or le está siguiendo la pista

they were already onto his drug-smuggling operation

ya tenían información sobre su operación de contrabando de drogas

I think we're onto something big

creo que hemos dado con algo importante

I think we're onto something big

creo que hemos dado con algo gordo inf

get Brown to check it out — he's already onto it

que Brown lo investigue — ya lo está haciendo

3.1. onto (in contact with):

I've just been onto them

acabo de hablar con ellos

3.2. onto (nagging):

I've been onto them all week to send it to us

llevo toda la semana dándoles la lata para que nos lo manden inf

4. onto (indicating progress):

I'm onto the last chapter now

voy por el último capítulo

See also get onto

I.get onto VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + prep + o)

1. get onto (contact):

get onto person/department

ponerse en contacto con

2. get onto (start work on):

get onto esp Brit

ocuparse de

get onto esp Brit

encargarse de

3. get onto (become aware of, begin to suspect):

get onto racket/fraud

descubrir

we didn't get onto her until …

no empezamos a sospechar de ella hasta que …

I only got onto that idea when …

solo se me ocurrió esa idea cuando …

4. get onto (begin discussing):

get onto subject

empezar a hablar de

5. get onto (mount, board):

get onto table/bus/train

subirse a

get onto horse/bicycle

montarse en

get onto horse/bicycle

subirse a

6. get onto (be appointed, elected to):

get onto board/committee

pasar a formar parte de

II.get onto VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + o + prep + o)

1. get onto (send to deal with):

I'll get some more people onto this job

pondré or mandaré más gente a trabajar en esto

2. get onto (cause to start discussing):

don't get him onto morality!

¡no le des pie para que empiece a hablar de moral!

3. get onto (send to threaten, hit) Brit inf:

I'll get my big brother onto you

le voy a decir a mi hermano mayor que te ajuste las cuentas

4. get onto (place, fix on):

get onto lid/top

poner

5. get onto (cause to be appointed, elected):

she got him onto the committee

consiguió que pasara a ser miembro del comité

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It concerns an Interpol effort to stamp out a major drug-smuggling cartel in numerous countries around the world.

en.wikipedia.org

To repay that debt, she's been keeping his name out of police investigations into his haulage firm's drug-smuggling.

www.denofgeek.com