- hito
- m.1 milestone (also figurative).mirar a alguien de hito en hito to stare at somebody2 landmark, bench mark, boundary stone, guidepost.* * *hito► nombre masculino1 (mojón - para distancias) milestone; (- para límites) boundary stone2 (juego) quoits plural3 (blanco) bull's eye4 figurado (objetivo) target, aim, goal5 figurado (hecho importante) milestone, landmark\FRASEOLOGÍAdar en el hito to hit the nail on the headmirar de hito en hito to stare at* * *noun m.landmark* * *SM1) (=acontecimiento) landmark, milestone
es un hito en nuestra historia — it is a landmark in our history
esto marca un hito histórico — this marks a historical milestone
2) (=señal) [para límites] boundary post; [para distancias] milestone; (Aut) (=cono) cone, traffic conehito kilométrico — kilometre stone
3) (Dep) quoits4) (Mil) (lit) target; (fig) aim, goal- a hito* * *masculino (hecho trascendental) landmark, milestone; (mojón) (ant) milestonemirarle a alguien de hito en hito — (liter) to gaze o stare at somebody
* * *= landmark, milestone, watershed, lasting legacy.Ex. Three books were eventually to appear that were landmarks in the field.Ex. The seminar was a significant milestones in British Academic Library Planning.Ex. The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.Ex. This book is sure to have a lasting legacy among all whose job it is to care about students.----* hito histórico = historical milestone, historical landmark.* marcar un hito = mark + a stage, make + things happen, mark + a watershed.* marcar un hito histórico = make + history.* que marca un hito = epoch-making.* * *masculino (hecho trascendental) landmark, milestone; (mojón) (ant) milestonemirarle a alguien de hito en hito — (liter) to gaze o stare at somebody
* * *= landmark, milestone, watershed, lasting legacy.Ex: Three books were eventually to appear that were landmarks in the field.
Ex: The seminar was a significant milestones in British Academic Library Planning.Ex: The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.Ex: This book is sure to have a lasting legacy among all whose job it is to care about students.* hito histórico = historical milestone, historical landmark.* marcar un hito = mark + a stage, make + things happen, mark + a watershed.* marcar un hito histórico = make + history.* que marca un hito = epoch-making.* * *hitomasculine1 (hecho trascendental) landmark, milestoneeste hecho marcó un hito en nuestra historia this event was a milestone o landmark in our history2 (ant) (mojón) milestonemirar a algn de hito en hito (liter); to gaze o stare at sbse la quedó mirando de hito a hito he stood there staring o gazing at her* * *
hito sustantivo masculino (hecho trascendental) landmark, milestone
hito sustantivo masculino milestone
♦ Locuciones: mirar de hito en hito, to stare at
'hito' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mojón
English:
landmark
- milestone
- watershed
- mile
* * *hito nm1. [poste] milestone;Compmirar a alguien de hito en hito to stare at sb2. [suceso] milestone;un descubrimiento que marcará un hito en la lucha contra el cáncer a landmark discovery in the fight against cancer* * *hitom tb figmilestone;marcar (un) hito be o mark a milestone;mirar a alguien de hito en hito stare at s.o.* * *hito nm: milestone, landmark
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.