arco

m.

1 arch (gen) & (architecture) (shape).

arco apuntado Gothic arch

arco de herradura horseshoe arch

arco iris rainbow

arco de medio punto semicircular arch

arco triunfal triumphal arch

2 bow (for arrows).

3 bow (Music).

4 arc (geometry).

5 goal, goalmouth (sport) (portería). (especially Latin American Spanish)

6 longbow.

7 Arco.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: arcar.

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arco

► nombre masculino

1 ARQUITECTURA arch

2 (en geometría) arc

3 (arma) bow

4 (de violín etc) bow

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FRASEOLOGÍA

arco apuntado lancet arch, pointed arch

arco de herradura horseshoe arch

arco de medio punto semicircular arch

arco de triunfo triumphal arch

arco iris rainbow

arco voltaico electric arc

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noun m.

1) arc

2) arch

3) bow

•

- arco iris

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SM

1) (Anat, Arquit, Geom) arch

arco de herradura — horseshoe arch, Moorish arch

arco detector de metales — metal detector

arco ojival — pointed arch

arco redondo — round arch

arco triunfal — triumphal arch

2) (=arma) bow

arcos y flechas — bows and arrows

3) (Mús) bow

arco de violín — violin bow

4) (Pol)

(tb fig)

arco constitucional, arco parlamentario — range of democratic parties represented in parliament

arco político — political spectrum

5) (Mat, Elec) arc

arco iris — rainbow

arco voltaico — arc lamp

6) LAm (Dep) goal

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masculino

1) (Arquit) arch

- arco de herradura/de medio punto/ojival

- arco de triunfo

- arco iris

2) (AmL) (en fútbol) goal

3)

a) (Anat) arch

b) (Mat) arc

4)

a) (Arm, Dep) bow

b) (de violín) bow

5) (Elec) arc

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masculino

1) (Arquit) arch

- arco de herradura/de medio punto/ojival

- arco de triunfo

- arco iris

2) (AmL) (en fútbol) goal

3)

a) (Anat) arch

b) (Mat) arc

4)

a) (Arm, Dep) bow

b) (de violín) bow

5) (Elec) arc

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arco¹

¹ = bow, arc, arch.

Nota: De la construcción.

Ex: The owner of the memex, let us say, is interested in the origin and properties of the bow and arrow.

Ex: Instead of a mosaic of small squares, pictures are composed of basic graphic elements -- points, lines, arcs, polygons and rectangles.

Ex: Other shapes work work as well as the semicircle for an arch: pointed arches, segmental arches, round arches, corbelled arches and elliptical arches are just a few of the shapes that have been employed.

* arco de medio punto = round arch.

* arco de punto rebajado = segmental arch.

* arco de triunfo = triumphal arch.

* arco elíptico = elliptical arch.

* arco en corbela = corbelled arch.

* arco escarzano = segmental arch.

* arco iris = rainbow.

* arco ojival = pointed arch.

* arco rebajado = segmental arch.

* caza con arco = bow-hunting.

* en forma de arco = arched, bowed.

* tiro con arco = archery.

* tocado con arco = bowed.

* tocar con arco = bowing.

arco²

² = arch, instep.

Nota: Del pie.

Ex: Army studies have found that recruits with the highest arches have the most lower-limb injuries and that flat-footed recruits have the least.

Ex: Pes planus is a condition where the instep of the foot collapses and comes in contact with the ground.

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arco

masculine

A (Arquit) arch

Compuestos:

● arco de herradura

horseshoe arch

● arco de medio punto

semicircular o round arch

● arco de triunfo

triumphal arch

● arco iris

rainbow

● arco ojival

lancet arch, gothic arch

● arco político or parlamentario

political spectrum

todos los partidos del arco político or parlamentario all parties right across the political spectrum

B (AmL) (en fútbol) goal

C

1 (Anat) arch

2 (Mat) arc

D

1 (Arm, Dep) bow

2 (de violín) bow

E (Elec) arc

Compuesto:

arco voltaico

electric arc

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arco sustantivo masculino
1 (Arquit) arch;
(Anat) arch;
(Mat) arc;

◊ arco de triunfo triumphal arch;

arco iris rainbow
2 (AmL) (en fútbol) goal
3

a) (Arm, Dep) bow

b) (de violín) bow

arco sustantivo masculino
1 Arquit arch
arco de triunfo, triumphal arch
2 Dep Mús bow 3 arco iris, rainbow
'arco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
iris
- tensar
- cuerda
- tirar
- tiro
- triunfal
English:
arc
- arch
- archery
- bow
- instep
- rainbow
- Roman arch
- span
- cage
- goal
- hacksaw

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arco nm

1. [figura curva] arch

Comp

arco apuntado Gothic arch;

arco detector de metales security gate [at airport, etc];

arco formero supporting arch;

arco de herradura horseshoe arch;

arco iris rainbow;

arco de medio punto semicircular arch;

arco ojival Gothic arch;

arco parlamentario: [m5]partidos de todo el arco parlamentario parliamentary parties from across the whole political spectrum;

Anat arco superciliar superciliary arch;

arco triunfal triumphal arch;

arco de triunfo triumphal arch;

el Arco del Triunfo [en París] the Arc de Triomphe

2. [para flechas] bow;

tiro con arco archery

3. Mús [de instrumento de cuerda] bow

4. Elec arco eléctrico electric arc;

arco voltaico electric arc

5. Geom arc

6. esp Am Dep [portería] goal, goalmouth

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arco

m

1 ARQUI arch

2 MÚS bow

3 para tirar flechas bow

4 L.Am.

DEP goal

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arco nm

1) : arch, archway

2) : bow (in archery)

3) : arc

4) : wicket (in croquet)

5) portería: goal, goalposts pl

6)

arco iris : rainbow

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arco n

1. (arquitectura) arch [pl. arches]

los arcos del acueducto de Segovia the arches of the aqueduct of Segovia

2. (de flecha, de violín) bow

el violín se toca con un arco the violin is played with a bow

3. (matemáticas) arc

arco iris rainbow

tiro con arco archery