cabal

adj.

1 upright, honest.

2 exact.

a los nueve meses cabales at exactly nine months

3 thorough, complete, accomplished, perfect.

intj.

right.

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cabal

► adjetivo

1 (exacto) exact, precise

■ aquí hay ochocientos euros cabales there are exactly eight hundred euros

2 (completo) complete

■ el juego de ajedrez no está cabal the chess set isn't complete

3 figurado (persona) honest, upright

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a carta cabal totally, through and through

■ es sincero a carta cabal he's totally sincere

estar en sus cabales to be in one's right mind

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1. ADJ

1) (=exacto)

llegó a las doce cabales — he arrived at exactly twelve o'clock, he arrived at twelve o'clock precisely

5 euros cabales — exactly 5 euros

2) frm (=completo)

una cabal formación humanística — a thorough classical education

esto nos proporciona una idea cabal del asunto — this provides us with a clearer and fuller picture of the matter

3) (=sensato) upright

2.

pl cabales

SMPL

no está en sus cabales — she isn't in her right mind

perdió sus cabales por ella — he lost his mind over her

3.

EXCL †

¡cabal! — perfectly correct!, right!

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adjetivo

a) <noción/comprensión>

una noción cabal del problema — an exact idea of the problem

5.000 pesetas cabales — exactly 5,000 pesetas

b) <persona> fine, upright

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= upright.

Ex. He speaks of him as 'a man of great gravity, calmness, sound principles, of no faction, an excellent preacher, of an upright life'.

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* en + Posesivo + cabales = in + Posesivo + right mind, right-minded, mentally fit.

* en + Posesivo + juicio cabal = of (a) sound mind.

* no estar en + Posesivo + cabales = insane.

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adjetivo

a) <noción/comprensión>

una noción cabal del problema — an exact idea of the problem

5.000 pesetas cabales — exactly 5,000 pesetas

b) <persona> fine, upright

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= upright.

Ex: He speaks of him as 'a man of great gravity, calmness, sound principles, of no faction, an excellent preacher, of an upright life'.

* en + Posesivo + cabales = in + Posesivo + right mind, right-minded, mentally fit.

* en + Posesivo + juicio cabal = of (a) sound mind.

* no estar en + Posesivo + cabales = insane.

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cabal

adjective

1 ‹noción/comprensión›

estos hechos nos dan una noción cabal del problema these facts give us a fuller and more exact idea of the problem

en el cabal sentido de la palabra in the strict sense of the word

tenemos conciencia cabal de las dificultades we are fully o completely aware of the difficulties

hay 12 euros cabales there are exactly 12 euros

cuarenta, cabalitos exactly forty (euros)

2 ‹persona› fine, upright

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cabal adjetivo (sensato) upright, worthy
♦ Locuciones: familiar no estar alguien en sus cabales, not to be in one's right mind
'cabal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
entera
- entero
English:
bring

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cabal

♦ adj

1. [honrado] upright, honest

2. [exacto] exact;

[completo] complete;

a los nueve meses cabales at exactly nine months

♦ cabales nmpl

Comp

no está en sus cabales he's not in his right mind

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cabal

adj

:

no estar en sus cabales not be in one’s right mind;

un hombre cabal a man of integrity

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cabal adj

1) : exact, correct

2) : complete

3) : upright, honest