man-made in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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man-made [Am ˈˌmæn ˈˌmeɪd, Brit manˈmeɪd] ADJ

fiber, fibre Brit [Am ˈfaɪbər, Brit ˈfʌɪbə] N

I.upper1 [Am ˈəpər, Brit ˈʌpə] ADJ attr

II.upper1 [Am ˈəpər, Brit ˈʌpə] N

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puerto artificial N m

sintético (sintética) ADJ

chinampa N f Mex

artificial ADJ

1. tela TEXTIL:

tela (material)
material
tela (material)
fabric
tela (material)
cloth
tela (trozo)
piece of material
tela (trozo)
piece of fabric
tela (trozo)
piece of cloth
tela de lana
wool
tela de lana
wool fabric
tela de algodón
cotton
tela de algodón
cotton fabric
tela sintética
man-made o synthetic material
tela lisa/estampada
plain/patterned material o fabric
compré una tela de algodón para hacerme una falda
I bought some cotton material o fabric to make myself a skirt
¿es de tela o de cuero?
is it made out of fabric or leather?
se necesitan 12 metros de tela
you need 12 meters of fabric o material o cloth
estaba cubierta con una tela blanca
it was covered with a white cloth
un libro encuadernado en tela
a clothbound book
allí hay (mucha) tela de donde o para cortar
there's plenty that could be said about that
poner algo en tela de juicio
to call sth into question
poner algo en tela de juicio
to question sth
tener tela (marinera) Spain inf vamos a tener tela para rato
we're going to have a lot of work on our hands
este asunto tiene tela (marinera)
this is a very tricky matter o business
estos niños tienen tela
these kids are a real handful inf

man-made in the PONS Dictionary

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While borrow pits are usually clay in nature, the site's man-made lake was actually spring fed.
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The larger body of water may be natural or man-made.
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Man-made threats such as nuclear war or nanotechnology are harder to predict than natural threats, due to the inherent methodological difficulties in the social sciences.
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Other planets have been discovered, and humans have built man-made worlds where they travel for holidays, and where the most dangerous prisoners are confined.
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Also, there is a man-made stream in the front garden.
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The clear spring water is collected into a man-made basin or pool.
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The spit itself has sandy beaches with log jams, as well as some man-made structures for boating.
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The main feature of the park is a man-made lake which was created in 1937 by the construction of an earthern dam.
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Structural management deals with the use of the following: groins which are man-made solution to longshore current movements up and down the coast.
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After much man-made commotion the creature is defeated, and they move on through the gigantic wooden door.
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