piece together in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.together [Am təˈɡɛðər, Brit təˈɡɛðə] ADV together often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (band together, go together, piece together, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (band, go, piece, etc).

II.together [Am təˈɡɛðər, Brit təˈɡɛðə] ADJ inf

See also put together, keep together, get together, come together

put together VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

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I.keep together VB [Am kip -, Brit kiːp -] (v + adv)

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II.keep together VB [Am kip -, Brit kiːp -] (v + o + adv)

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I.get together VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + adv)

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II.get together VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (assemble)

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III.get together VB [Am ɡɛt -, Brit ɡɛt -] (v + o + adv)

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come together VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + adv)

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1.1. piece (part of sth broken, torn, cut, divided):

piece
pedazo m
piece
trozo m
a piece of bread
un pedazo or un trozo de pan
she ripped the letter into pieces
rompió la carta en pedacitos
she ripped the letter into pieces
hizo trizas la carta
a piece of land
un terreno
a piece of land
una parcela
to come or fall to pieces
hacerse pedazos
she smashed the vase to pieces
hizo añicos el jarrón
he was blown to pieces by a mine
una mina lo voló en pedazos
the toy lay in pieces on the floor
el juguete estaba en el suelo, hecho pedazos
her life in pieces, she made up her mind to …
con la vida deshecha or en ruinas, decidió …
in one piece they got back in one piece
volvieron sanos y salvos
I dropped it, but it's still in one piece
se me cayó, pero está intacto
to be a piece of cake inf
ser pan comido inf
to be a piece of cake inf
ser un bollo RioPl inf
to go to pieces (be very upset)
quedar deshecho or destrozado
to go to pieces (break down)
perder el control
he went to pieces after his wife left him
quedó deshecho or destrozado cuando la mujer lo dejó
to pick up the pieces he gets himself into trouble and expects me to pick up the pieces
se mete en líos y después pretende que yo le saque las castañas del fuego
he's trying to pick up the pieces of his life
está tratando de rehacer su vida
to pull sth/sb to pieces
destrozar algo/a alguien
he pulled her essay to pieces
le destrozó el trabajo
he pulled her essay to pieces
le criticó duramente el trabajo

2. piece (item):

a piece of advice
un consejo
500 pieces of artillery
500 piezas de artillería
a piece of chewing gum
un chicle
a piece of clothing
una prenda (de ropa)
a piece of fruit
una fruta
a piece of fruit
una pieza de fruta
a piece of furniture
un mueble
a piece of jewelry
una alhaja
an absurd piece of legislation
una norma (or disposición etc.) absurda
that was a piece of luck!
¡qué suerte!
how many pieces of luggage do they have?
¿cuántos bultos llevan?
a piece of news
una noticia
a piece of paper
un papel
an excellent piece of work
un trabajo excelente
we sell the cutlery by the piece Brit
vendemos los cubiertos sueltos or por piezas
of a piece they are all of a piece
están todos cortados por el mismo patrón
to be a nasty piece of work inf
ser una basura
to be a nasty piece of work inf
ser una porquería inf
to give sb a piece of one's mind
cantarle las cuarenta or decirle cuatro verdades a alguien

piece together in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for piece together in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.together [təˈgeðəʳ, Am -ɚ] ADV

II.together [təˈgeðəʳ, Am -ɚ] ADJ inf

1. piece (bit):

piece of wood, metal, food
trozo m
piece of text
sección f
piece of land
terreno m
piece of broken glass
fragmento m
a piece of paper (scrap)
un trozo de papel
a piece of paper (sheet)
una hoja
in one piece
en una sola pieza
in pieces
en pedazos
to break sth to/in piece
hacer algo pedazos
to tear sth into pieces
desgarrar algo
(all) in one piece
(todo) de una pieza
piece by piece
pieza por pieza
to come to pieces (shatter)
hacerse añicos
to come to pieces (made to be disassembled)
ser desmontable
to take sth to pieces Brit
desmontar algo
to go (all) to pieces (trauma)
sufrir un ataque de nervios
to go (all) to pieces (collapse, break)
venirse abajo
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He is clearly very young, too young to tell us what is happening; we must piece together the story ourselves.
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Enough film was taken during the one day of flying they were able to piece together two episodes featuring the plane and its inept pilot.
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Extremely confused and tormented, she desperately seeks to piece together her life and, in doing so, stumbles upon some startling secrets from her shadowy past.
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She then finds an amnesiac who pleads with her to help her, and she agrees, trying to piece together the life she had.
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The motivation for such violence is sometimes difficult to piece together.
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Although the incident remains shrouded in mystery and conflicting reports, the following is an attempt to piece together the saga.
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A repeated couplet binds the piece together and gives it a musical center around which these embellishments can occur.
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A blog exists that attempts to piece together clues from various columns in an attempt to uncover the footballer's identity.
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Subsequently, military personnel and other victims can piece together informants, collaborators, and techniques based on the propaganda element of the videos.
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He tries to piece together the fragments of his memory, and the player must reconstruct the events that led to his capture.
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