um in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for um in the English»Spanish Dictionary

um¹ [Am əm, Brit (ə)m] INTERJ (expressing hesitation, uncertainty)

um

este …

um

esto … Spain

um² VB intr

to um and ha

→ hum

See also hum

I.hum <pres part humming; pt, pp hummed> [Am həm, Brit hʌm] VB intr

1. hum:

hum person:

tararear (con la boca cerrada)

hum bee:

zumbar

hum wire/spinning top:

zumbar

to hum and ha(w) Brit inf

vacilar

he hummed and ha'ed for a while

estuvo un rato que sí, que no, que esto, que lo otro…

2. hum (be active, vibrant):

hum inf

ir viento en popa inf

to make things hum

animar la cosa inf

the place is humming with activity

el sitio bulle de actividad

3. hum (stink) Brit:

hum inf

oler mal

hum inf

apestar inf

hum inf

cantar Spain inf

II.hum <pres part humming; pt, pp hummed> [Am həm, Brit hʌm] VB trans

hum tune/melody:

hum

tararear (con la boca cerrada)

III.hum [Am həm, Brit hʌm] N

1. hum no pl (of bees, machinery):

hum

zumbido m

the hum of distant traffic/voices in the next room

el murmullo del tráfico lejano/de voces en la habitación contigua

2. hum U AUDIO (interference):

hum

zumbido m

hum

interferencia f

Translations for um in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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English

Or informally as: um do cinco de mil, novecentos e vinte e sete. (one of the five of one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-senven).

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The spore print is olive-brown, and the spores are ellipsoid, smooth, and measure 811 by 35 um.

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A similar study by the same researchers examined uh and um in spontaneous speaking.

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The size varies from 6.5 to 8 um.

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The etching removed approximately 0.00015in um of aluminum leaving the "pure silicon" particles prominent to form the bore surface.

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For example, the above date might be very shortly spelled as um do cinco de vinte e sete (one of the five of twenty-seven).

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They zoomed by so quickly it was hard to tell, um, the type of bike they were riding.

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