worldly-wise in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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gramática N f

1. mundo:

mundo (tierra)
earth
mundo (planeta)
planet
mundo (globo)
world
mundo profesional
professional world
el mundo antiguo
the ancient world
el otro mundo
the next world
no sabemos si en los otros mundos hay vida
we do not know if there is life on the other planets
dar la vuelta al mundo
to go round the world
echar al mundo
to give birth to
venir al mundo
to be born
irse de este mundo
to die
se bañaban como Dios los/las trajo al mundo
they swam in the nude
ver mundo
to travel a lot
andar por esos mundos de Dios inf (estar de viaje)
to be travelling all over the place
andar por esos mundos de Dios (estar perdido)
to be lost
recorrer medio mundo
to visit many countries
con la mayor tranquilidad del mundo
with the utmost calm
rápidamente se le cae el mundo encima
he/she quickly gets discouraged
vive en otro mundo fig
he/she lives in a world of his/her own
este mundo es un pañuelo
it is a small world
desde que el mundo es mundo
since the world began
ponerse el mundo por montera, reírse del mundo
not to care what others think/say
hacer un mundo de algo
to make a mountain out of a molehill
así va [o anda] el mundo
that is the way things are
no es nada del otro mundo
it is nothing out of this world
por nada del mundo
not for the world
dejó el mundo y se metió monja
she left this world and became a nun

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(worldly) wise person
con mucho mundo

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(worldly) wise person
con mucho mundo
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Be worldly-wise if you must.
www.telegraph.co.uk
And, refreshingly for a medium often alleged to be ageist, they were all played by actresses aged between 37 and 50, old enough to portray complex, worldly-wise characters.
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Redemption became a necessary career strategy and there is pathos in seeing a 21-year-old dispense worldly-wise advice after personal and professional struggles.
www.hitc.com
The sardonic, worldly-wise, old-school persona that is so often ascribed to him is adopted with a degree of stoic pride.
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It's clear throughout that she knows exactly where she's going and why, and while she doesn't have much dialogue, she pumps a worldly-wise sense of conviction into every word.
www.smh.com.au
Young people generally are worldly-wise and adaptable.
www.abc.net.au
Maybe a worldly-wise friend comes to your rescue and enquires after the cause of your anxiety.
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But she's vulnerable, too, and not as worldly-wise as she thinks she is.
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But, fortunately, it isn't that tough because 80 or 90 important models will carry about 90% of the freight in making you a worldly-wise person.
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They are more worldly-wise about what to expect of their space and a lot of our clients are very in tune with the environment.
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