pasatiempo

m.

pastime, hobby (hobby).

pasatiempos (Prensa) crossword and puzzles section

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pasatiempo

► nombre masculino

1 pastime, hobby

► nombre masculino plural pasatiempos

1 puzzles

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noun m.

hobby

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SM

1) (=entretenimiento) pastime; (=afición) hobby

2) pl pasatiempos [en periódicos, revistas] puzzles

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masculino

a) (entretenimiento) hobby, pastime

b) pasatiempos masculino plural (en periódico) puzzles (pl)

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= entertainment, hobby, leisure interest, recreation, pastime, avocation.

Ex. In Spain, posters and cartoons were used to convey the impression of reading as entertainment.

Ex. It describes the annual hobby exchanges week for 6th grade pupils at King's Cristian School library, when pupils swap collectable items eg baseball cards, stamps, coins and shells.

Ex. In public libraries, these categories are likely to represent major leisure interest.

Ex. We need to know whether the equipment is to be used for recreation or study and research.

Ex. And there is an unfortunate implication in the way some people talk about reading which suggests that it is a substitute for action, a pastime that decorates the idle margins of the serious business of living.

Ex. Being a librarian may be, for many, an avocation, but for all, it is certainly a job, and one which, like so many client-serving and cultural occupations, has become increasingly professionalized.

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masculino

a) (entretenimiento) hobby, pastime

b) pasatiempos masculino plural (en periódico) puzzles (pl)

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= entertainment, hobby, leisure interest, recreation, pastime, avocation.

Ex: In Spain, posters and cartoons were used to convey the impression of reading as entertainment.

Ex: It describes the annual hobby exchanges week for 6th grade pupils at King's Cristian School library, when pupils swap collectable items eg baseball cards, stamps, coins and shells.

Ex: In public libraries, these categories are likely to represent major leisure interest.

Ex: We need to know whether the equipment is to be used for recreation or study and research.

Ex: And there is an unfortunate implication in the way some people talk about reading which suggests that it is a substitute for action, a pastime that decorates the idle margins of the serious business of living.

Ex: Being a librarian may be, for many, an avocation, but for all, it is certainly a job, and one which, like so many client-serving and cultural occupations, has become increasingly professionalized.

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pasatiempo

masculine

1 (entretenimiento) hobby, pastime

2 pasatiempos mpl (en un periódico) puzzles (pl)

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pasatiempo sustantivo masculino

a) (entretenimiento) hobby, pastime

b)

◊ pasatiempos sustantivo masculino plural (en periódico) puzzles (pl)

pasatiempo sustantivo masculino pastime, hobby
'pasatiempo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
entretenimiento
- jeroglífica
- jeroglífico
- afición
- devaneo
- lectura
English:
dabble
- hobby
- occupation
- pastime
- pursuit
- recreation

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pasatiempo nm

1. [hobby] pastime, hobby

2.

pasatiempos [en periódico] puzzles

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pasatiempo

m pastime

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pasatiempo nm

: pastime, hobby

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pasatiempo n hobby [pl. hobbies]

Los pasatiempos tipo crucigramas, sopas de letras, etc se llaman puzzles