people in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.people [Am ˈpipəl, Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l] N

1.1. people + pl vb, no art (in general):

people
gente f
people are tired of that
la gente está cansada de eso
what will people say/think?
¿qué dirá/pensará la gente?
people say that …
dicen que …
people say that …
se dice que …
a lot of/very few people
mucha/muy poca gente
many/most people disagree
mucha gente/la mayoría de la gente no está de acuerdo
some people don't like it
a algunos no les gusta
some people don't like it
a algunas personas no les gusta
some people don't like it
hay gente a la que no le gusta
people like her never learn
la gente como ella nunca aprende
people like her never learn
las personas como ella nunca aprenden
they are good people
son buena gente or buenas personas
we're people, not machines!
somos personas, no máquinas

II.people [Am ˈpipəl, Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l] VB trans

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1. little people → little folk

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people in the PONS Dictionary

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congested people
abarrotado, -a
evacuate people
evacuar
unobtrusive people
modesto, -a
coloured pencil, people
de color

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people Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

people from all (different) walks of life
gente de todas las profesiones y condiciones sociales
maybe as many as two hundred people
unas doscientas personas
for fear of what people will say
por temor a lo que diga la gente
people arrived at the concert in droves
llegaron en [o a] manadas al concierto
lots of retired people live round here
aquí viven muchos jubilados
many Chilean people sought exile in Spain
muchos chilenos se exilaron en España
noun describing people from a particular place
gentilicio m
to get rich (at other people's expense)
enriquecerse (a costa ajena)
to deal with all sorts of people
tratar con toda suerte de gente
noun describing people from a particular place
nombre gentilicio
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If your rural area is a commutable distance from a city, you have a better chance of retaining your population and keeping people living there.
www.independent.ie
But none of 116 people who had died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease who had not received contaminated growth hormone showed any sign of amyloid protein deposits.
montrealgazette.com
Its more polite variant: "yoroshiku tanomimasu" might be used towards less familiar people or to superiors.
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It was partly based on people in her life and on her own early romantic experiences.
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Young people should use every political means at their disposal to change this law back to the fair and non-discriminatory way it was before.
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Three people were also charged with supplying a prohibited drug, and one person was charged after being found in possession of a laser pointer.
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Resident aliens were 47.6% of the population. 20 people were registered as unemployed.
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Organ grinders, food vendors and street performers play to a constant stream of people who flood the sidewalks.
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For example, suntanned skin comes from the interaction between a person's genotype and sunlight; thus, suntans are not passed on to people's children.
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He eventually rebukes society and sets out to protect sharks from people.
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