whole tone in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for whole tone in the English»Spanish Dictionary

whole tone N

whole tone

tono m

Translations for whole tone in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.whole [Am hoʊl, Brit həʊl] ADJ

1.1. whole (entire) attr, no comp:

there's a whole bottle left

queda una botella entera

he drank the whole bottle

se tomó toda la botella

he drank the whole bottle

se tomó la botella entera or íntegra

they've eaten the whole lot!

¡se lo han comido todo!

three whole days

tres días enteros

I've been here the whole time

he estado aquí todo el tiempo

the whole (wide) world

todo el mundo

the whole (wide) world

el mundo entero

the whole individual

el individuo en su totalidad

the whole truth

toda la verdad

whole wheat

trigo m integral

1.2. whole (emphatic use):

I was beginning to get fed up with the whole affair

me estaba empezando a hartar del asunto

the whole point of these meetings was to … !

¡lo que se pretendía con estas reuniones era precisamente … !

there's a whole body of opinion which opposes it

hay toda una corriente de opinión en contra de ello

2.1. whole pred (in one piece):

whole

entero

she swallowed it whole

se lo tragó entero

the vase was still whole

el jarrón todavía estaba intacto

2.2. whole pred (healthy):

whole arch

sano

II.whole [Am hoʊl, Brit həʊl] N

1. whole (integral unit):

whole

todo m

the parts that make up the whole

las partes que forman el todo

the whole of sth, the whole of the morning

toda la mañana

the whole of his body was covered in sores

todo su cuerpo estaba cubierto de llagas

they lost the whole of their savings

perdieron todos sus ahorros or la totalidad de sus ahorros

a threat to the whole of mankind

una amenaza para toda la humanidad or para la humanidad entera

2. whole in phrases:

as a whole the situation has to be seen as a whole

hay que enfocar la situación como un todo or de manera global

the business is to be sold as a whole

el negocio se va a vender como una unidad

this will affect Europe as a whole

esto va a afectar a Europa en su totalidad

on the whole

en general

I.tone [Am toʊn, Brit təʊn] N

1.1. tone U or C (quality of sound, voice):

tone

tono m

from the tone of her voice I could tell that …

por el tono de voz me di cuenta de que …

don't speak to your mother in that tone of voice!

¡no le hables a tu madre en ese tono!

1.2. tone <tones, pl >:

tone (sound)

sonido m

tone (voice)

voz f

1.3. tone C LING:

tone (rising)

tono m ascendente

tone (falling)

tono m descendente

1.4. tone C TELEC:

tone

señal f (sonora)

2. tone C (shade):

tone

tono m

tone

tonalidad f

3.1. tone U (mood, style):

tone

tono m

the tone of the speech/article

el tono del discurso/artículo

to set the tone

marcar la pauta

the tone of the market FIN

la tónica or tendencia del mercado

3.2. tone U (standard, level):

tone

nivel m

to raise/lower the tone of sth

levantar/bajar el nivel de algo

4. tone U (of muscle):

tone

tono m (muscular)

exercise helps keep your body in tone

el ejercicio te ayuda a mantener el tono muscular

5.1. tone MUS C (interval):

tone

tono m

5.2. tone MUS C (note):

tone Am

nota f

II.to tone with VB intr

to tone with

combinar con

to tone with

armonizar con

III.tone [Am toʊn, Brit təʊn] VB trans

1. tone (revitalize):

tone

tonificar

2. tone PHOTO:

tone

virar

whole tone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whole tone in the English»Spanish Dictionary

whole-tone scale N MUS

whole-tone scale

escala f completa

Translations for whole tone in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.whole [həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADJ

1. whole (entire):

whole

todo, -a

the whole world

el mundo entero

2. whole (in one piece):

whole

entero, -a

to swallow sth whole

tragarse algo entero

3. whole (intact):

whole thing

intacto, -a

whole person

ileso, -a

4. whole inf (big):

a whole lot of people

mucha gente

to be a whole lot faster

ser mucho más rápido

II.whole [həʊl, Am hoʊl] N

1. whole (an complete thing):

whole

todo m

as a whole (concept)

en su totalidad

taken as a whole

en conjunto

on the whole

en general

2. whole no pl (entirety):

whole

totalidad f

the whole

la totalidad

the whole of Barcelona

toda Barcelona

the whole of next week

toda la semana que viene

III.whole [həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADV

whole

completamente

whole new

completamente nuevo

I.tone [təʊn, Am toʊn] N

1. tone (sound):

tone

tono m

tone of instrument

tonalidad f

tone of voice

timbre m

2. tone (style):

tone

clase f

3. tone (of colour):

tone

matiz f

tone

tono m

4. tone no pl (condition):

tone

tono m

II.tone [təʊn, Am toʊn] VB trans

tone muscles, skin:

tone

tonificar

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

An octave species was then built upon two of these tetrachords separated by a whole tone.

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However, it modulates and finishes one whole tone higher than it started out at.

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Each note within a group is separated by a whole tone, and each group is separated by a semitone.

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In it, semitones alternate with whole tones, and the harmonic functions are comparable to those of the whole-tone scale.

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There are only seven such scales in equal temperament, including whole tone, hexatonic, diatonic, acoustic, harmonic minor, harmonic major, and octatonic.

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In this set of sonatas, he used prominent characteristics of early 20th century music, such as whole tone scales, dissonances, and quarter tones.

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If the interval was a minor third, about one whole tone from the bottom, genus chromatic.

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An example of such an interval is the ratio 8:7, or 231.17 cents, the septimal whole tone and the inverse of the subminor seventh.

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He could produce sixteen clearly different sounds within a whole tone.

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Another method is to play in the key one whole tone above that of the harmonica.

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