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street

/striːt/

Translation

n [c]
calle
La forma abreviada es St Al dar el nombre de una calle, se escribe con mayúscula inicial: Oxford Street
to be (right) up your street (inform)
ir que ni pintado,da col.
This shirt is up your street
Esta camisa te va que ni pintada
to be streets ahead of (sth/sb) UK (inform)
llevar mucha ventaja
Véase tb: Fleet Street; high street; main street; the man in the street
(Definition of street n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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