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| Inglés | Español |
| forty hours npl | (working week) (semana laboral) | cuarenta horas loc nom mpl |
| No overtime for me: I do my forty hours and get out of there. |
| Nada de horas extras para mí. Yo hago mis cuarenta horas y me largo de allí. |
| semana laboral grupo nom |
| Nada de horas extras para mí. Yo hago mi semana laboral y me largo de allí. |
| forty winks n | informal (nap, short sleep) (coloquial) | siestita nf |
| I'm going to catch forty winks before getting ready to go out. |
| Me voy a echar una siestita antes de prepararme para salir. |
| (coloquial) | siestecita nf |
| Me voy a echar una siestecita antes de prepararme para salir. |
| (coloquial) | sueñecito nm |
| Me voy a echar un sueñecito antes de prepararme para salir. |
| cabezada nf |
| Me voy a echar una cabezada antes de prepararme para salir. |
| (MX) | pestañazo nm |
| Me voy a echar un pestañazo antes de prepararme para salir. |
forty-five,
45 n | (cardinal number: 45) | cuarenta y cinco nm |
| The song entered the charts at number forty-five. |
| La canción entró al ranking en el número cuarenta y cinco. |
| 45 n | informal (7" vinyl record) (vinilo) | 45 RPM nm |
| He collects old 45s and other rare vinyl. |
forty-five,
45 adj | (45 in number) | cuarenta y cinco adj |
| He claimed he could live without food or water for forty-five days. |
| The record was designed to be played at forty-five revolutions per minute. |
| Decía que podía vivir sin agua o comida durante cuarenta y cinco días. |
forty-five,
45 adj | (45 years of age) | cuarenta y cinco adj |
| He couldn't believe he would be forty-five on his next birthday. |
forty-five,
45 pron | (people, things: 45 of them) | cuarenta y cinco pron |
| One person died in the bus crash and 45 were injured. |
| forty-niner n | US, historical, informal ([sb] participating in 1849 Gold Rush) | buscador de oro, buscadora de oro loc nm, loc nf |
fortysomething,
forty-something n | informal (person in their 40s) (coloquial) | cuarentón, cuarentona nm, nf |
fortysomething,
forty-something adj | informal (age: in your 40s) (coloquial) | cuarentón/ona adj |
| (coloquial) | de cuarenta y tantos loc adj |
