man in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.man <pl men [men]> [Am mæn, Brit man] N

1.1. man (adult male):

man
hombre m
four men and five women
cuatro hombres y cinco mujeres
say thank you to the nice man
dale las gracias a ese señor tan amable
I pronounce you man and wife
los declaro marido y mujer
her new man
su nueva pareja (or su nuevo compañero etc.)
a young man
un joven
her young man dated
su novio
her young man dated
su galán dated
he's a man's man
tiene intereses típicamente masculinos
I don't feel half the man I used to
ya no soy lo que era
take it like a man!
¡aguanta como un hombre!
we'll make a man of you
haremos de ti un hombre
he was man enough to admit his error
fue lo bastante hombre como para admitir su error
if you've got the patience to deal with him, you're a better man than I am
si no pierdes la paciencia con él, te admiro
in the West, where men were men
en el Oeste, donde los hombres eran hombres de verdad
he's an influential man
es una persona or un hombre influyente
you're a lucky man
tú sí que tienes suerte
he's a sick man
está muy enfermo
I feel a new man
me siento como nuevo
don't listen to him: the man's a fool
no le hagas caso: es un estúpido
he's the man to ask
es a él a quien hay que preguntar(le)
the police think he's their man
la policía cree que es la persona que andan buscando
here's the man who can tell you
aquí está la persona que te lo puede decir
it's a man's world!
¡el mundo es de los hombres!
a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
un hombre tiene que cumplir con su deber
are you a man or a mouse?
¿eres hombre o gallina?
to be low man on the totem pole Am
ser el último mono inf
to be low man on the totem pole Am
ser el último orejón del tarro RioPl inf
to be one's own man
ser independiente
to be one's own man
ir por libre Spain inf
to separate or Brit also sort out the men from the boys
ser una verdadera prueba de fuego
the initial training separates the men from the boys
el entrenamiento inicial es una verdadera prueba de fuego

1.2. man (type):

he's not a man for the quiet life
no es de las personas a las que les gusta la vida tranquila
he's the right/wrong man for the job
es/no es la persona indicada para el puesto
he's a Harvard man
estudió en Harvard
I was a Nixon man in '68
era partidario de Nixon en 1968
he's a local/Boston man
es del lugar/de Boston
he's a family man
es un padre de familia
I'm a vodka man myself
yo personalmente prefiero el vodka
he's the best transplant man in the business inf
es el mejor especialista en trasplantes
a man of the world
un hombre de mundo
the man in the street
el hombre de la calle
the man in the street
el ciudadano medio or de a pie
the man of the match Brit
el mejor jugador
man of God (Protestant)
pastor m
man of God (Catholic)
sacerdote m
man of letters
literato m
man of letters
hombre m de letras

II.man <pres part manning; pt, pp manned> [Am mæn, Brit man] VB trans

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man-sized [Am ˈmænˌsaɪzd, Brit], Brit also man-size [ˈmænsaɪz] ADJ

I.man to man [ˌman tə ˈman] ADV

enlisted man [Am ɪnˈlɪstɪd mæn, ɛnˈlɪstɪd mæn, Brit ɪnˈlɪstɪd ˌman] N Am

man in the PONS Dictionary

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II.man [mæn] men -nn- VB trans (operate)

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yes-man <-men> [ˈjesmæn] N pej

man Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to feel like a new man/woman
sentirse un hombre nuevo/una mujer nueva
time and tide wait for no man prov
el tiempo no perdona
to talk (as) man to man
hablar de hombre a hombre
one man's meat is another man's poison prov
lo que a uno cura a otro mata prov
to be one's own man/person/woman
ser el jefe de uno mismo
man cannot live by bread alone
no solo de pan vive el hombre
time and tide wait for no man prov
el tiempo no perdona prov
to feel like a new man
sentirse como nuevo
to be a man of some standing
ser hombre de representación
this man is beside himself with rage
este hombre está que ruge
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The site of the village currently consists of three concentric man-made rivers that once surrounded the village.
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Divorces were frowned upon, no matter what the provocation, and a man who was sued at law, particularly upon his promissory note, was almost disgraced in the public mind.
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There, a little old man dressed in tight leggings and a thin shirt wearing a cap with a feather approached him.
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Her husband takes revenge by leaving her to romance a talking male horse, whom the man persuades to penetrate her in the rear-end.
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And these colors showed up in this earth just the way a wrinkle shows up in the face of a man or woman...
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The young man with his spirit friends sat on the edge of a cliff while the old woman walked out into the thin air.
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Man became a major market participant; and the firms twentieth century partners established the company as a broker to third parties.
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However, it also asserted that woman was the guardian angel, always in the shadow of man.
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Eventually the truck stops next to another truck also carrying a man stuck in a phone booth.
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But one man, drunk on "sake", forgot to throw the strange fish away.
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