think piece in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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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

I.think <pt & pp thought> [Am θɪŋk, Brit θɪŋk] VB intr

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1. think:

think
pensar
why don't you think before you speak?
¿por qué no piensas antes de hablar?
think hard/carefully
piénsalo mucho/bien
I did it without thinking
lo hice sin pensar
just think!
¡imagínate!
it makes you think, doesn't it?
da que pensar or te hace pensar ¿no?
to think aloud
pensar en voz alta
to think for oneself
pensar por sí mismo
to think again
pensarlo mejor
you have to think big
tienes que proyectar las cosas a gran escala
to think about sth
pensar en algo
to think about sth (consider)
pensar algo
I can't stop thinking about what happened/about him
no puedo dejar de pensar en lo que pasó/en él
all you ever think about is money!
¡sólo piensas en el dinero!
I'll have to think about it
tendré que pensarlo
I'll have to think about it
(me) lo tendré que pensar
it doesn't bear thinking about
mejor ni pensarlo
I knew she was thinking about selling it
sabía que estaba pensando en venderlo
to think of sth/sb
pensar en algo/alguien
think of a number
piensa (en) un número
whatever were you thinking of when you bought it?
¿(en) qué estabas pensando cuando lo compraste?
think of the expense/me
piensa en el gasto/en mí
you never think of the others
nunca piensas en los demás
I hadn't thought of that
no se me había ocurrido eso
come to think of it, I have one at home
ahora que lo pienso, yo tengo uno en casa
just think of it: your name in lights!
¡imagínate! ¡tu nombre en las marquesinas!
think of what we could do with the money!
¡imagínate lo que podríamos hacer con el dinero!
you can't think of everything
no se puede estar en todo or en todos los detalles
to think better of sth I was going to ask her but thought better of it
se lo iba a preguntar pero recapacité y cambié de idea
to think twice
pensarlo dos veces
she'll think twice before she's rude to me again
lo va a pensar dos veces or va a tener mucho cuidado antes de volver a faltarme al respeto
to think on sth liter or region think (well) on it
piénsalo or piénsatelo bien

II.think <pt & pp thought> [Am θɪŋk, Brit θɪŋk] VB trans

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2.1. think (suppose, imagine):

think
pensar
I thought you knew
pensé que lo sabías
that's what you think
eso es lo que tú crees or piensas
what do you think you're doing?
¿pero tú qué te crees?
I thought I told you not to do that!
¿no te dije que no hicieras eso?
I thought I told you not to do that!
me parece que te dije que no hicieras eso ¿no?
you'd have thought he'd have known better!
¡uno hubiera pensado que no iba a ser tan tonto!
you'd have thought he'd have known better!
¿quién se iba a imaginar que iba a ser tan tonto?
who would have thought it?
¿quién lo hubiera dicho or imaginado?
who would have thought it?
¿quién lo iba a decir?
anyone would think I was torturing her!
¡cualquiera diría que la estoy torturando!
who do you think you are?
¿quién te crees que eres?
who do you think you are?
¿qué te crees?
do you think you could help me?
¿le importaría ayudarme?
I can't think why he refused
no me explico or no entiendo por qué se negó

3. think (believe):

think
creer
I think/I don't think it can be done
creo que se puede/no creo que se pueda hacer
who do you think did it?
¿quién crees que lo hizo?
who do you think did it?
¿quién te parece que lo hizo?
he's thought to be 95
se cree que tiene 95 años
I think it unlikely
a mí me parece or yo lo veo poco probable
I don't think a strike would achieve anything
yo no creo or a mí no me parece que con una huelga se vaya a lograr nada
I think you'll find it's the only way
ya verá usted que es la única manera
she's been cheating you — I thought as much
te ha estado engañando — ya me parecía or ya me lo imaginaba
I thought him rude/pleasant
me pareció or lo encontré grosero/agradable
will you be able to do it? — I think so/I don't think so
¿vas a poder hacerlo? — creo que sí or me parece que sí/ creo que no or me parece que no
will they give me the loan? — I rather think not
¿me darán el préstamo? — me parece que no

III.think [Am θɪŋk, Brit θɪŋk] N no pl

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I.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] N

II.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] VB trans

III.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] VB intr

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Seems like you find the time to read the music think pieces.
www.vogue.com
Nearly every day, there's a new think piece examining what they've done to our culture and our children.
observer.com
This is a real think piece, and worthy of more than one read.
www.marketoracle.co.uk
There is an object to your laughter, and that has a way of -- another crutch word of the think piece regime -- objectifying things.
www.theatlantic.com
Over-explanation takes a film from an eerie think piece to a banal sci-fi thriller; it robs you of the chance to trade post-film hypotheses.
www.chicagotribune.com
If you stare into the abyss long enough, your editor stares back and assigns a think piece.
fivethirtyeight.com
Where are the think pieces taking networks to task for the millionth procedural about a troubled male cop or the millionth comedy about a guy who has problems with women?
en.wikipedia.org
But that doesn't mean it's just a high-concept think piece.
www.gamespot.com
I get that she's "a cultural critic" writing a big think piece -- a little convenient slander comes with the territory.
gawker.com
These days, every movie that comes out seems to generate a think piece.
www.slashfilm.com

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