precious en el Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traducciones de precious en el diccionario inglés»español

I.precious [ingl. am. ˈprɛʃəs, ingl. brit. ˈprɛʃəs] ADJ.

1.1. precious (valuable):

precious jewel/object

precioso

precious jewel/object

valiosísimo

capture those precious moments with your camera

capte esos momentos tan preciados con su cámara fotográfica

we lost precious time

perdimos tiempo precioso

1.2. precious (dear):

precious

querido

to be precious to sb this necklace is very precious to her

le tiene mucho cariño a este collar

your friendship is very precious to me

tengo en gran estima tu amistad

your friendship is very precious to me

valoro mucho tu amistad

1.3. precious irón.:

her precious son

su queridísimo hijo irón.

you can keep your precious ring

guárdate tu maldito anillo

2. precious (affected):

precious manner/speech/person

preciosista

precious manner/speech/person

afectado

II.precious [ingl. am. ˈprɛʃəs, ingl. brit. ˈprɛʃəs] ADV. coloq. as intensifier

precious few

muy pocos

precious few

poquísimos

she's done precious little to help

bien poco ha hecho para ayudar

III.precious [ingl. am. ˈprɛʃəs, ingl. brit. ˈprɛʃəs] SUST. as form of address

precious

tesoro

there, there, (my) precious, don't cry

vamos, no llores, (mi) tesoro

precious stone SUST.

precious stone

piedra f preciosa

precious metal SUST. C or U

precious metal

metal m precioso

Traducciones de precious en el diccionario español»inglés

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piedra preciosa

precious stone

metal precioso

precious metal

metal noble

precious metal

preciosista

precious

pedrería

precious stones pl.

precioso (preciosa)

precious

estamos perdiendo un tiempo precioso

we're wasting precious o valuable time

es un cursi

he's so precious

precious en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de precious en el diccionario inglés»español

I.precious [ˈpreʃ·əs] ADJ.

1. precious (valuable):

precious stone, metal

precioso, -a

you can keep your precious ring! irón.

¡guárdate tu maldito anillo!

2. precious (beloved):

precious child, pet

querido, -a

3. precious (affected):

precious

afectado, -a

precious person

amanerado, -a

II.precious [ˈpreʃ·əs] ADV. coloq. (very)

precious

muy

precious few

muy pocos

to be precious little help

ser de muy poca ayuda

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cutter of precious stones

tallista mf

Traducciones de precious en el diccionario español»inglés

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pedrería

precious stones pl.

piedra semipreciosa

semi-precious stone

metal noble

precious metal

fino (-a)

precious

piedra preciosa

precious stone

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

As the violin was too precious to carry with him, he kept it at home.

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The books are very precious and the holders of these books first put a test before the seven to test their abilities.

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Many lost their precious lives and many were wounded.

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Newsletters suggest hard assets of gold and silver bullion, coins, and other precious-metal oriented investments such as mining shares.

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For the purposes of the report, alternative investments included structured products, luxury valuables and collectibles, hedge funds, managed futures, and precious metals.

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In the first two lines of the first quatrain he says that beauty is more precious as a result of truth.

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In 2001, after a 2000 restoration, it was destroyed by fire, losing elegant, old-world furniture, and precious and rare books.

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The bird that drinks blood lives the longest, because he drinks what is so precious that nobody wants to give out.

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In his letter he deplores of his idle state, offering his precious political experience to the new lord.

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Impacts from ghosts (or regeneration of the fireball) uses up precious slime, though it can be replenished from destroyed ghosts.

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