- playa
- f.beach.ir a la playa de vacaciones to go on holiday to the seasidepres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: playar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: playar.* * *playa► nombre femenino1 (superficie de arena) beach2 (costa) seaside* * *noun f.1) beach2) shore* * *SF1) (=orilla del mar) beach
una playa de arenas doradas — a beach with golden sands
pasar el día en la playa — to spend the day at o on the beach
pescar desde la playa — to fish from the beach o shore
Playa Girón — Caribe Bay of Pigs
2) (=costa) seasideir a veranear a la playa — to spend the summer at the seaside, go to the seaside for one's summer holidays
3) LAm (=llano) flat open spaceplaya de carga y descarga — (Ferro) goods yard
playa de estacionamiento — car park, parking lot (EEUU)
playa de juegos — playground
4)* * *femenino (extensión de arena) beach; (lugar de veraneo) seaside* * *= beach, seashore.Ex. After the conference, a tour has been arranged for the attendants to see the country's famous beaches.Ex. Examines the theme of dancing nudes by the seashore in watercolors and oil paintings by John Marin.----* bar junto a la playa = beachside bar.* cabeza de playa = beachhead.* casa de la playa = beach house.* club de playa = beach club.* en la playa = on the seafront, at the seaside.* frente a la playa = beachfront.* golfo de playa = beach bum.* hippie de playa = beach bum.* junto a la playa = beachside.* madera encontrada en la playa = driftwood.* persona que busca y vive de lo que encuentra en las playas = beachcomber.* playa arenosa = sand beach.* playa de arena = sand beach.* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.* zona junto a la playa = beachfront.* * *femenino (extensión de arena) beach; (lugar de veraneo) seaside* * *= beach, seashore.Ex: After the conference, a tour has been arranged for the attendants to see the country's famous beaches.
Ex: Examines the theme of dancing nudes by the seashore in watercolors and oil paintings by John Marin.* bar junto a la playa = beachside bar.* cabeza de playa = beachhead.* casa de la playa = beach house.* club de playa = beach club.* en la playa = on the seafront, at the seaside.* frente a la playa = beachfront.* golfo de playa = beach bum.* hippie de playa = beach bum.* junto a la playa = beachside.* madera encontrada en la playa = driftwood.* persona que busca y vive de lo que encuentra en las playas = beachcomber.* playa arenosa = sand beach.* playa de arena = sand beach.* ponerse en forma para la lucir el cuerpo en la playa = get + beach-fit.* zona junto a la playa = beachfront.* * *playafeminine(extensión de arena) beach; (lugar de veraneo) seasideeste año vamos a la playa we're going to the seaside o beach o (AmE) ocean for our vacation this yearhacer playa (RPl); to go to the beachCompuesto:playa de estacionamiento(CS, Per) parking lot (AmE), car park (BrE)* * *
playa sustantivo femeninoa) (extensión de arena) beach;
(lugar de veraneo) seasideb)◊ playa de estacionamiento (CS, Per) parking lot (AmE), car park (BrE)
playa sustantivo femenino
1 beach
2 (lugar de veraneo) seaside
'playa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colchoneta
- costa
- entonces
- estar
- idea
- infestar
- mirón
- mirona
- paseo
- pensar
- rabiosa
- rabioso
- soler
- sombrilla
- tumbona
- un
- una
- válvula
- arenoso
- atracción
- bajada
- caseta
- chalet
- meter
- ojota
- parecer
- toldo
English:
advantage
- appealing
- beach
- between
- bracing
- deck chair
- down
- dune
- expansive
- freeway
- going
- gritty
- holiday
- imagine
- most
- nudist
- place
- seaside
- shelve
- shingle
- shore
- strand
- wade
- wash up
- way
- along
- crawl
- crowded
- deckchair
- drift
- foreshore
- go
- sea
* * *playa nf1. [en el mar] beach;ir a la playa de vacaciones to go on holiday to the seaside2. Am [en ciudad] playa de estacionamiento Br car park, US parking lot* * *playaf beach* * *playa nf: beach, seashore* * *playa n1. (en general) beach [pl. beaches]esta isla tiene muchas playas bonitas this island has a lot of lovely beachesuna playa de arena blanca a white sandy beach2. (la costa) seasideel domingo pasado fuimos a la playa last Sunday we went to the seasideveranean en la playa they spend the summer at the seaside
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.