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year

UK: /jɪər/ US: /jɪr/

Translation

n [c]
año
Tom lived in Dublin last year
El año pasado Tom estuvo viviendo en Dublín
Kate is three years old
Kate tiene tres años
(en educación)
curso
Susan is in her second year at university
Susan está en el segundo curso en la universidad
La forma abreviada es yr
cosecha
vendimia
Véase tb: calendar year; financial year; fiscal year; for donkey's years; gap year; leap year; light year; New Year; New Year's Day ; New Year's Eve; to be... years one's senior
(Definition of year n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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