fifth column in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for fifth column in the English»Spanish Dictionary

fifth column N no pl

fifth column

quinta columna f

Translations for fifth column in the Spanish»English Dictionary

quinta columna

fifth column

Translations for fifth column in the English»Spanish Dictionary

column [Am ˈkɑləm, Brit ˈkɒləm] N

1. column ARCHIT:

column

columna f

Trajan's Column

la columna Trajana

Nelson's Column

el monumento a Nelson

column of mercury

columna de mercurio

2. column (on grid, chart, screen):

column

columna f

first row down, second column along

primera línea, segunda columna

3. column:

column JOURN, TYPO

columna f

her name often appears in our columns

su nombre aparece con frecuencia en las columnas de nuestro periódico

he writes a column for 'The Globe'

es columnista de 'The Globe'

attr hundreds of column inches have been written about the subject

el tema ha hecho correr ríos de tinta

4. column MIL:

column

columna f

a column of tanks

una columna de tanques

I.fifth [Am fɪ(f)θ, Brit fɪfθ] ADJ

1.1. fifth:

fifth

quinto

you're the fifth person to ask me that

eres la quinta persona que me pregunta eso

Henry V

Enrique V (read as: Enrique quinto)

it's his fifth birthday

cumple cinco años

it's their fifth wedding anniversary

cumplen cinco años de casados

it's their fifth wedding anniversary

es su quinto aniversario de boda

that's the fifth time he's done that

es la quinta vez que hace eso

I was fifth on the list

yo era el quinto/la quinta de la lista

fifth part/share

quinta parte f

fifth part/share

quinto m

1.2. fifth (in seniority, standing):

fifth

quinto

2. fifth (elliptical use):

Paradise Boy fell at the fifth

Paradise Boy cayó en la quinta valla (or el quinto obstáculo etc.)

he'll be arriving on the fifth (of the month)

llegará el (día) cinco

Uncle Ben is the fifth from the right

el tío Ben es el quinto de derecha a izquierda

we'll arrive (on) May fifth or Brit May the fifth

llegaremos el cinco de mayo

the fifth of May

el cinco de mayo

II.fifth [Am fɪ(f)θ, Brit fɪfθ] ADV

1. fifth (in position, time, order):

fifth

en quinto lugar

Goodwill finished fifth

Goodwill llegó el quinto or en quinto lugar

2. fifth (with superl):

the fifth highest mountain in the world

la montaña que ocupa el quinto lugar entre las más altas del mundo

III.fifth [Am fɪ(f)θ, Brit fɪfθ] N

1.1. fifth MATH:

fifth

quinto m

three fifths

tres quintos

one fifth of ten is two

un quinto or la quinta parte de diez es dos

1.2. fifth (part):

fifth

quinta parte f

fifth

quinto m

1.3. fifth MUS:

fifth

quinta f

1.4. fifth (measure):

fifth Am

medida equivalente a 0, 757 litros

1.5. fifth (in competition):

he finished a disappointing fifth

llegó en un deslucido quinto lugar or puesto

2. fifth no art:

fifth, a. fifth gear

quinta f

fifth column in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fifth column in the English»Spanish Dictionary

column [ˈkɒləm, Am ˈkɑ:ləm] N a. ARCHIT, ANAT, TYPO

column

columna f

spinal column

columna vertebral

to march in columns MIL, NAUT

marchar en filas

I.fifth [fɪfθ] ADJ

fifth

quinto, -a

II.fifth [fɪfθ] N

1. fifth (order):

fifth

quinto(-a) m (f)

2. fifth (date):

fifth

cinco m

3. fifth:

fifth (fraction)

quinto m

fifth (part)

quinta parte f

See also eighth

I.eighth [eɪtθ] ADJ

eighth

octavo, -a

eighth note Am

corchea f

II.eighth [eɪtθ] N no pl

1. eighth (order):

eighth

octavo(-a) m (f)

to be eighth in a race

quedar de octavo en una carrera

2. eighth (date):

eighth

ocho m

the eighth

el día ocho

the eighth of December, December the eighth

el ocho de diciembre

3. eighth:

eighth (fraction)

octavo m

eighth (part)

octava parte f

III.eighth [eɪtθ] ADV (in lists)

eighth

octavo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He coined the term fifth column.

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This fifth column is carried by the care fund, which was built for all the individual health insurances.

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The fifth column was in reserve, along with the cavalry.

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Long-term care insurance was introduced as the fifth column of social insurance after health insurance, industrial injuries, pensions and unemployment insurance.

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Another justification for the purge was to remove any possible fifth column in case of a war.

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Although there was a lack of evidence and no due process, the men were held on suspicion of fifth column activity.

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The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine.

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Therefore, preemptively eliminating a potential fifth column became a strategically beneficial objective.

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None were provided with legal counsel and no evidence was ever produced to support the claims of fifth column activity.

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The term fifth column is applied to the subversive and resistant forces and organizations left behind by a retreating enemy.

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