three-card monte in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for three-card monte in the English»Spanish Dictionary

three-card monte, three-card trick Brit [ˌθriːˌkɑːrdˈmɑːnti, ˌθriːˌkɑːdˈtrik] N

three-card monte

juego de naipes que consiste en adivinar cuál de tres cartas puestas boca abajo es la reina

Translations for three-card monte in the Spanish»English Dictionary

triles

three-card monte Am

Translations for three-card monte in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.three [Am θri, Brit θriː] N

three

tres m

II.three [Am θri, Brit θriː] ADJ

three

tres adj inv

See also four

I.four [Am fɔr, Brit fɔː] N

four

cuatro m

six from ten leaves four

diez menos seis es igual a cuatro

three fours are twelve

tres por cuatro (son) doce

to count in fours

contar de cuatro en cuatro

a five followed by two fours

un cinco seguido de dos cuatros

on page four

en la página cuatro

he's nearly four

tiene casi cuatro años

at the age of four

a los cuatro años (de edad)

it's nearly four

son casi las cuatro

they are sold in fours

los venden de a cuatro en cuatro

they are sold in fours

los venden de cuatro en cuatro Spain

the four of us/them

nosotros/ellos cuatro

there were four of us/them

éramos/eran cuatro

divide it into four

divídelo en cuatro

on all fours

en or a cuatro patas

on all fours

a gatas

II.four [Am fɔr, Brit fɔː] ADJ

four

cuatro adj inv

it comes to four dollars exactly

son cuatro dólares justos

one tablet four times a day

una pastilla cuatro veces al día

card¹ [Am kɑrd, Brit kɑːd] N

1.1. card C:

card (for identification, access)

tarjeta f

card (business card)

tarjeta (de visita)

card (credit card)

tarjeta (de crédito)

to show sb the yellow/red card (in soccer)

mostrarle la tarjeta amarilla/roja a alguien

to ask for one's cards Brit inf

renunciar

to give sb their cards Brit inf

echar a alguien

to give sb their cards Brit inf

darle la patada a alguien inf

1.2. card C:

greeting card

tarjeta f (de felicitaciones)

birthday/sympathy card

tarjeta de cumpleaños/de pésame

1.3. card C:

index card

ficha f

card catalog/index

fichero m

card punch

perforadora f de tarjetas

card reader

lectora f de tarjetas perforadas

1.4. card C (postcard):

card

postal f

card

tarjeta f postal

1.5. card C (for collecting):

card

cromo m

card

estampa f Mex

card

lámina f And

card

figurita f RioPl

1.6. card C (program) SPORTS:

card

programa m

2. card U (thin cardboard):

card

cartulina f

3.1. card C (playing card):

card

carta f

card

naipe m

card

baraja f AmC Col Mex RioPl Ven

a deck or Brit pack of cards

una baraja

a deck or Brit pack of cards

un mazo esp LatAm

to play a high/low card

jugar una carta alta/baja

to be in or Brit on the cards, it was in or on the cards that something like this would happen

se veía venir or era seguro que iba a pasar algo así

to lay or put one's cards on the table

poner las cartas boca arriba or sobre la mesa

to play one's cards right

jugar bien sus (or mis etc.) cartas

3.2. card <cards, pl >:

to play cards

jugar a las cartas

to play cards

jugar cartas Col

to win/lose at cards

ganar/perder a las cartas

lucky at cards, unlucky in love

afortunado en el juego, desafortunado en amores or en el amor

4. card C (funny person) inf, dated:

he's a card

es muy cómico

he's a card

es un plato LatAm inf

5. card C COMPUT:

card

tarjeta f de expansión

See also sleeve, chest

sleeve [Am sliv, Brit sliːv] N

1. sleeve (of garment):

sleeve

manga f

long/short sleeves

mangas fpl largas/cortas

to roll up one's sleeves

arremangarse

to have sth up one's sleeve inf

tener algo planeado

to keep sth up one's sleeve

reservarse un recurso

I'm sure she's got a trick up her sleeve

estoy seguro de que algo se trae entre manos

I still have a card up my sleeve

todavía no me he jugado la última carta

I still have a card up my sleeve

todavía me queda una baza

observe, ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing up my sleeves

como ven, damas y caballeros, nada por aquí, nada por allá

to laugh up one's sleeve

reírse disimuladamente de alguien

they were laughing up their sleeves at us

entre ellos se reían de nosotros

2. sleeve (of record):

sleeve Brit

funda f

sleeve Brit

carátula f

inner sleeve

funda f interior

3. sleeve TECH:

sleeve

manguito m

chest [Am tʃɛst, Brit tʃɛst] N

1. chest ANAT:

chest

pecho m

to have a weak chest

tener problemas respiratorios

to get sth off one's chest

desahogarse contando/confesando algo

to play or keep one's cards close to one's chest

no soltar prenda inf

chest pains

dolores mpl de pecho

chest specialist

especialista mf de las vías respiratorias

2. chest (box):

chest

arcón m

3.1. chest Am (treasury):

chest

tesorería f

3.2. chest Am (funds):

chest

fondos mpl

I.card² [Am kɑrd, Brit kɑːd] VB trans (disentangle)

card fibres

cardar

II.card² [Am kɑrd, Brit kɑːd] N (for disentangling fibres)

card

carda f

three-card monte in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for three-card monte in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.card¹ [kɑ:d, Am kɑ:rd] N

1. card no pl a. FIN, COMPUT:

card

tarjeta f

2. card (postcard):

card

postal f

3. card GAMES:

card

carta f

card

naipe m

pack of cards

baraja f

to play cards

jugar a las cartas

4. card SPORTS (programme):

card

programa m

5. card (index card):

card

ficha f

6. card (proof of identity):

card

carnet m

membership card

carnet de socio

7. card Brit inf:

to give sb his/her cards

echar a alguien

to get one's cards

ser despedido

Phrases:

to hold one's cards close to one's chest

no soltar prenda

to have a card up one's sleeve

tener un as en la manga

to put one's cards on the table

poner las cartas sobre la mesa

to have all the cards

controlar la situación

to hold all the cards

tener todas las de ganar

to play one's cards right

jugar bien sus cartas

II.card¹ [kɑ:d, Am kɑ:rd] VB trans Am inf

card

pedir la documentación

card² [kɑ:d, Am kɑ:rd] N inf

card

cómico(-a) m (f)

card

persona f chusca

I.card³ [kɑ:d, Am kɑ:rd] N

card

carda f

II.card³ [kɑ:d, Am kɑ:rd] VB trans

card

cardar

I.three [θri:] ADJ

three

tres

II.three [θri:] N

three

tres m

See also eight

I.eight [eɪt] ADJ

eight

ocho inv

there are eight of us

somos ocho

eight and a quarter/half

ocho y cuarto/medio

eight o'clock

las ocho

it's eight o'clock

son las ocho

it's half past eight

son las ocho y media

at eight twenty/thirty

a las ocho y veinte/media

II.eight [eɪt] N

eight

ocho m

Phrases:

to have had one over the eight Brit inf

llevar una copa de más

card N

User Entry

to be on the cards (that)

ser probable (que)

to be in the cards (that) Am

ser probable (que)

it's quite on/in the cards that...

se ve venir que...

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

What is this, three-card monte?

www.marketoracle.co.uk

In my experience, a company reorganizes when it isn't doing well, so it plays three-card monte in front of the press to distract from those woes.

www.infoworld.com

Tricking the viewer -- like a magician or a three-card monte dealer -- can cut two ways.

www.npr.org

His solution to the question of identity is that of the three-card monte player.

www.huffingtonpost.com

They had tiny caches and performed very poorly once they had to start doing the three-card monte of regular garbage collection on drives with a lot of stored data.

arstechnica.com

What other area of science depends on playing three-card monte with the evidence?

blogs.discovermagazine.com

This claim has been criticized as a mountain of hard-to-follow, often irrelevant, and sometimes entirely erroneous statistical quibbles or intellectual three-card monte.

en.wikipedia.org

Miles, in an act of divination, wins ten dollars at a game of three-card monte.

en.wikipedia.org

In the meantime, don't be fooled by the banks' game of three-card monte.

thehill.com

Three gang members convinced the miner to participate in a game of three-card monte.

en.wikipedia.org