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set, set /set/ [setting]Translation
v [t]
›
⇨ poner
He set the cups on the table Puso las tazas sobre la mesa
⇨ colocar
■ constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de una preposición o un adverbio›
⇨ fijar
to set a date fijar una fecha
⇨ establecer
to set a new record establecer un nuevo récord
› (un aparato)
⇨ programar
⇨ poner
He set the oven at 180º Puso el horno a 180º
› UK (una tarea)
⇨ dar
⇨ poner
The teacher set us some very difficult exercises La profesora nos puso unos ejercicios muy difíciles
⇨ mandar
› (un libro, una obra de teatro o una película)
⇨ tener lugar
⇨ ambientar
The film is set in London in the 1930's La película está ambientada en el Londres de los años treinta
■ constr. Se usa más en pasiva› (una piedra preciosa)
⇨ engastar
v [i]
→ to set about {sth/doing sth}→ to set sth against sth→ to set sth/sb apart→ to set sth aside [m]→ to set sb back (sth)→ to set sth/sb back [m]→ to set off→ to set sth off [m]→ to set sth/sb {on/upon} sb→ to set out→ to set sth out [m]→ to set sth up [m]→ to set sb up [m]Véase tb: On your marks, get set, go!; to {lay/set} eyes on sth/sb; to {lay/set} the table; to {put/set} sth in motion; to {put/set} the record straight; to set a {good/bad} example to sb; to set a trend; to set fire to sth; to set foot {in/on} sth; to set great store by sth; to set light to sth; to set sail; to set sth alight; to set sth/sb free; to set the ball rolling; to set the scene (for sth); to set the stage for sth›
⇨ ponerse
The sun sets in the west El Sol se pone por el Oeste
■ constr. Se usa generalmente seguido de una preposición o un adverbio›
⇨ cuajar
Wait for the jelly to set Espera a que cuaje la gelatina
› (el cemento)
⇨ solidificar
to set sth alight
⇨ prender fuego a algo
to set fire to sth
⇨ prender fuego a algo
to set sth/sb free
⇨ liberar
⇨ dejar salir
She opened the cage and set free all the doves Abrió la jaula y dejó salir a todas las palomas
to set the table (tb to lay the table)
⇨ poner la mesa
(Definition of set vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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