ice1
/aɪs/Translation
n [u]
Véase tb: black ice; ice cream cone›
⇨ hielo
ice cap casquete de hielo
■ Se dice some ice, a piece of ice o an ice cube. Incorrecto: an ice to be on ice (un plan, un proyecto)
⇨ estar aparcado,da
to break the ice (en una situación tensa)
⇨ romper el hielo col.
to cut no ice (un argumento)
⇨ dar igual [a alguien]
His excuses cut no ice with me A mí me dan igual sus excusas
⇨ no convencer
⇨ no colar col.
(Definition of ice n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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