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store1

UK: /stɔːr/ US: /stɔːr/

Translation

n [c]
grandes almacenes
provisión
store of food
provisión de alimentos
US (UK/US tb shop)
tienda
to be in store (for sb) What does the future have in store for us?
¿Qué nos deparará el futuro?
There is a shock in store for her
Le espera un gran susto
(una sorpresa)
tener reservado para alguien
to set great store by sth UK
dar mucho valor a algo
She sets great store by friendship
Da mucho valor a la amistad
Véase tb: chain store; convenience store; department store; discount store; hardware store; liquor store
(Definition of store n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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