anchas in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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ancho1 (ancha) ADJ

3. ancho (cómodo, tranquilo):

vamos en mi coche, así estaremos más anchos Spain
we'll take my car, that way we'll have more room
¡qué ancho me quedé después de decírselo! Spain
I felt really good o I felt I'd got(ten) a real weight off my chest after I'd told him
estar/sentirse/ponerse a sus anchas
to be/feel/make oneself at home
en su casa me siento a mis anchas
I feel at home o at ease at his house
ahora podemos charlar a nuestras anchas
now we can relax and have a good chat
llegó al hotel y se puso a sus anchas
he arrived at the hotel and made himself comfortable o made himself at home o settled himself in
quedarse tan ancho Spain inf lo dijo mal y se quedó tan ancho
he said it wrong but just carried on regardless o as if nothing had happened o but he wasn't at all fazed
lo echaron del trabajo y se quedó tan ancho
they fired him but he wasn't the least bit bothered o worried o but he was totally unpertubed
casi se mata y se queda tan ancho
he nearly kills himself and then behaves o acts as if nothing had happened
casi se mata y se queda tan ancho
he nearly kills himself and he doesn't bat an eyelash o turn a hair
me llamó mentirosa y se quedó tan ancho
he called me a liar, quite unashamedly
dijo que se iba a vivir con él, así tan ancha
she quite boldly o calmly said she was going to go and live with him
dijo que se iba a vivir con él, así tan ancha
she said she was going to go and live with him, quite brazenly o unashamedly

See also doble2, doble1

1. doble MATH:

los precios aumentaron al doble
prices doubled
tardó el doble
she took twice as long
el doble de tres es seis
twice three is six
el doble de tres es seis
two threes are six
lo hizo el doble de rápido
she did it twice as quickly
pesa el doble de lo que peso yo
he weighs twice as much as I do
pesa el doble de lo que peso yo
he's twice as heavy as me
lleva el doble de tela
it uses double the amount of fabric
el doble que alg./algo
twice as much as sb/sth
gana el doble que yo
she earns twice as much as I do o double what I do
come el doble que tú
he eats twice as much as you (do)
me cobraron el doble que a ti
they charged me twice as much as they did you o as they charged you
tienes que poner el doble de leche que de agua
you have to use twice as much milk as water
es el doble de largo que de ancho
it's twice as long as it is wide

1. doble:

doble whisky/flor/puerta/éxito
double
doble café
large
doble costura
double
doble consonante
double
coser con hilo doble
to sew with double thread
lo veo todo doble
I'm seeing double
pon el mantel doble
fold the tablecloth double
tela de doble ancho
double-width fabric
de doble faz
reversible
cerrar con doble llave
to double-lock
apostar doble contra sencillo
to bet two to one
tengo doble motivo para estar ofendida
I have two reasons for being offended
tiene doble sentido
it has a double meaning
calle de doble sentido o dirección
two-way street

ancho internacional N m RAIL

ancho ibérico N m RAIL

bife ancho N m RioPl

ancho de banda N m

ancho de vía N m

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anchas in the PONS Dictionary

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ancho (-a) ADJ

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de malla(s) ancha(s)/estrecha(s)/fina(s)
open/close/fine weave

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anchas Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

ancho de espaldas
broad-shouldered
estar a sus anchas
to feel at ease
en este pueblo estoy a mis anchas
I feel at home in this village
se queda tan ancho cuando dice tonterías
he doesn't turn a hair when he talks nonsense
venir a alguien muy ancho
to be too much for sb
de malla(s) ancha(s)/estrecha(s)/fina(s)
open/close/fine weave
tener las espaldas muy anchas fig
to put up with a lot
tener [o medir] cinco metros de ancho
to be five metres wide
ancho de hombros
broad-shouldered
a lo largo y ancho de
the length and breadth of
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