rama

f.

1 branch.

la rama materna de mi familia my mother's side of the family

en rama raw

andarse por las ramas (informal) to beat about the bush

ir de rama en rama (figurative) to jump from one thing to another

2 division, subdivision, branch, offshoot.

3 line, branch, area, specialty.

4 distributary.

5 Rama.

6 ramus.

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rama

► nombre femenino

1 branch

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FRASEOLOGÍA

andarse por las ramas / irse por las ramas familiar to beat about the bush

en rama raw

■ canela en rama cinnamon stick

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noun f.

branch

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SF

1) [de árbol] branch

en rama: algodón en rama — raw cotton

canela en rama — cinnamon sticks pl

- andarse o irse por las ramas

- poner algo en la última rama

rama de olivo — (lit, fig) olive branch

rama de perejil — sprig of parsley

2) [de ciencia, familia, organización] branch

Yolanda pertenece a la rama materna de su familia — Yolanda is on his mother's side of the family

3) (Tip)

en rama — unbound

4) LAm * (=hachís) pot *, hash *

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femenino branch

una ramita de perejil — a sprig of parsley

algodón en rama — raw cotton

un trozo de canela en rama — a cinnamon stick

andarse/irse por las ramas — to beat about the bush

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= branch, bough, chase.

Nota: En historia de la imprenta, marco rectangular de madera en cuyo interior se fijaba la forma de impresión.

Ex. Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science.

Ex. Alice was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.

Ex. Chases were made in pairs, and for most of the hand-press period they were of a standard size that fitted comfortably in the bed of the wooden press.

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* andarse por las ramas = mince + words.

* irse por las ramas = go off + the track, get off + the track, go off on + another track, fly off on + a tangent, go off on + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off at + a tangent.

* ofrecer una rama de olivo para hacer las paces = offer + an olive branch.

* rama de árbol = tree branch.

* rama del conocimiento = branch of learning.

* rama del saber = branch of learning.

* rama de olivo = olive branch, olive branch.

* tomates en rama = tomatoes on the vine.

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femenino branch

una ramita de perejil — a sprig of parsley

algodón en rama — raw cotton

un trozo de canela en rama — a cinnamon stick

andarse/irse por las ramas — to beat about the bush

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= branch, bough, chase.

Nota: En historia de la imprenta, marco rectangular de madera en cuyo interior se fijaba la forma de impresión.

Ex: Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science.

Ex: Alice was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.

Ex: Chases were made in pairs, and for most of the hand-press period they were of a standard size that fitted comfortably in the bed of the wooden press.

* andarse por las ramas = mince + words.

* irse por las ramas = go off + the track, get off + the track, go off on + another track, fly off on + a tangent, go off on + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off at + a tangent.

* ofrecer una rama de olivo para hacer las paces = offer + an olive branch.

* rama de árbol = tree branch.

* rama del conocimiento = branch of learning.

* rama del saber = branch of learning.

* rama de olivo = olive branch, olive branch.

* tomates en rama = tomatoes on the vine.

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rama

feminine

1 (de un árbol) branch

una ramita de perejil a sprig of parsley

algodón en rama raw cotton

un trozo de canela en rama a cinnamon stick

andarse or irse por las ramas to beat about the bush

2 (de una ciencia) branch

3 (de una organización, estructura) branch

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rama sustantivo femenino
branch;

◊ una ramita de perejil a sprig of parsley;

andarse/irse por las ramas to beat about the bush
rama sustantivo femenino branch
♦ Locuciones: andarse o irse por las ramas, to beat about the bush

'rama' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acebo
- canela
- desgajar
- economía
- enganchar
- plena
- pleno
- tapar
- tronchar
- chasquido
- ciencia
- cortar
- doblar
- nacer
- partir
- prender
- quebrar
- torcido
English:
bear
- bough
- branch
- domestic
- limb
- look down
- offshoot
- olive branch
- stick

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rama nf

1. [de planta] branch;

la rama materna de mi familia my mother's side of the family;

algodón en rama raw cotton;

canela en rama cinnamon sticks;

Comp

Fam

andarse o [m5]irse por las ramas to wander off the point, to go off at a tangent;

Comp

ir de rama en rama [sin rumbo fijo] to jump from one thing to another

2. [de ciencia] branch

3. [de colectivo] wing;

la rama más radical del partido the radical wing of the party

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rama

f

1 branch;

andarse por las ramas beat about the bush;

canela en rama stick cinnamon

2 POL wing

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rama nf

: branch

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rama n branch [pl. branches]

andarse por las ramas to beat about the bush