detective

detective
f. & m.
detective.
detective privado private detective
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detective
nombre masulino o femenino
1 detective
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FRASEOLOGÍA
detective privado,-a private detective, private eye
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noun mf.
detective
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SMF detective

detective privado/a — private detective

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masculino y femenino detective

detective privado — private detective

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= detective, sleuth, sleuthhound.
Ex. But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.
Ex. Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
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* agencia de detectives = detective agency.
* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.
* detective de homicidios = homicide detective.
* detective privado = private eye, private detective, private detective.
* historia de detectives = detective story.
* labor de detective = sleuthing.
* trabajo de detective = sleuthing.
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masculino y femenino detective

detective privado — private detective

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= detective, sleuth, sleuthhound.

Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.

Ex: Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
* agencia de detectives = detective agency.
* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.
* detective de homicidios = homicide detective.
* detective privado = private eye, private detective, private detective.
* historia de detectives = detective story.
* labor de detective = sleuthing.
* trabajo de detective = sleuthing.

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detective
masculine and feminine
detective
Compuesto:
detective privado
private detective
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detective sustantivo masculino y femenino
detective
detective mf detective
detective privado, private detective o fam eye
'detective' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afición
- investigador
- investigadora
- policiaca
- policíaca
- policiaco
- policíaco
- sabueso
- novela
- tira
- vigilante
English:
detective
- detective story
- grill
- private
- red
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detective nmf
detective
Comp
detective privado private detective
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detective
m/f detective
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detective nmf
: detective
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detective n detective

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