piece1
/piːs/Translation
n [c]
Véase tb: bits and pieces; museum piece; the villain of the piece; to cut sth into pieces›
⇨ trozo
a piece of cake un trozo de pastel
⇨ pedazo
›
⇨ pieza
⇨ unidad
She cleaned her bike piece by piece Limpió la bici pieza a pieza
›a piece of paper
una hoja de papel
a piece of furniture un mueble
a piece of advice un consejo
■ Se usa con sustantivos incontables para hablar de unidades in one piece
⇨ sano y salvo, sana y salva
We arrived at the house in one piece Llegamos a la casa sanos y salvos
to be a piece of cake (inform)
⇨ estar chupado,da col.
⇨ ser pan comido col.
to give sb a piece of one's mind (inform)
⇨ cantar las cuarenta a alguien col.
(Definition of piece n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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