sea shanty in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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shanty1 <pl shanties> [Am ˈʃæn(t)i, Brit ˈʃanti] N (hut)

shanty2 <pl shanties> [Am ˈʃæn(t)i, Brit ˈʃanti] N

1.1. sea (ocean) The noun → mar is feminine in literary language and in some set idiomatic expressions

sea C often pl
mar m
at the bottom of the sea
en el fondo del mar
a house by the sea
una casa a orillas del mar
a house by the sea
una casa junto al mar
to go/travel by sea
ir/viajar en barco
the window looks out to sea
la ventana da al mar
out on the open sea
en mar abierto
on the high seas
en alta mar
to go to sea (as profession)
entrar en la marina
to put (out) to sea
hacerse a la mar
at sea this left him feeling completely at sea
esto lo confundió totalmente
at first I was all at sea
al principio me sentí totalmente perdido or confundido
we've been at sea for a month
hace un mes que estamos embarcados or que zarpamos
to dump waste at sea
verter desechos en el mar
to sail the seven seas liter
surcar los siete mares liter
to sail the seven seas attr route/transport
marítimo
to sail the seven seas battle
naval
to sail the seven seas god
del mar
to sail the seven seas nymph
marino
the sea air/breeze
el aire/la brisa del mar
I don't like sea bathing Brit
no me gusta bañarme en el mar
sea crossing
travesía f
sea defenses or Brit defences
defensas fpl marítimas
sea fish
pez m de mar
sea fishing
pesca f marítima or en el mar
sea mist
bruma f
sea monster
monstruo m marino
sea view
vista f al mar

See also mar

mar <pres part marring; pt, pp marred> [Am mɑr, Brit mɑː] VB trans

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sea shanty in the PONS Dictionary

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shanty1 <-ies> [ˈʃænti, Am -t̬i] N (shack)

shanty2 [ˈʃænti, Am -t̬i] N (song)

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Given its metre, it may have derived from a sea shanty.
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The writing is sumptuous, dense, wildly lyrical, now as bawdy as a sea shanty, now as skin-tingling as a karakia.
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It is most frequently sung as a ballad but can also be a sea shanty.
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He saved the money earned there, supplemented by money earned by repairing seafarers' sea shanty musical instruments.
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The greatest sea shanty ever written?
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Now, an antiquated sea shanty involving two men conversing from inside a whale is one thing, but prog?
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Raider, which has been described as an acid sea shanty, has a bluegrass feel created by bowed banjo and dulcimer backing a folksy-sounding but surreal lyric.
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They finished as a couple of folkies singing a twisted sea shanty that again showed a healthy spark of originality.
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The band have historically incorporated and quoted from a wide variety of additional styles including jazz fusion, sea shanty, soul, children's songs, reggae, go-go, classical, music hall, and swing.
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She made her first musical recording of a sea shanty at the age of six.
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