compás

m.

1 compass, dividers.

2 time, measure rhythm, beat, bar.

3 time signature.

4 calipers, callipers.

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compás

► nombre masculino

1 (instrumento) compass, compasses plural

2 (brújula) compass

3 MÚSICA (división) time; (intervalo) beat; (ritmo) rhythm

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al compás de in time to

llevar el compás (con la mano) to beat time 2 (al bailar) to keep time

perder el compás to lose the beat

compás de espera MÚSICA bar rest 2 (pausa) pause

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noun m.

1) compass

2) measure

3) rhythm

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SM

1) (Mús) time; (=ritmo) beat, rhythm; (=división) bar, measure (EEUU)

a compás — in time

al compás de la música — in time to the music

fuera de compás — off beat, not in time

martillar a compás — to hammer rhythmically

llevar el compás — to keep time

perder el compás — to lose the beat

entraron a los compases de un vals — they came in to the strains of a waltz

mantenemos el compás de espera — we are still waiting

compás de 2 por 4 — 2/4 time

compás de vals — waltz time

2) (Mat) (tb: compás de puntas) compass, pair of compasses

3) (Náut) compass

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masculino

1) (Mús)

a) (ritmo) time, meter (esp AmE)

marcar/llevar el compás — to beat/keep time

perder el compás — to get out of time

se movía al compás de la música — she moved in time to the music

b) (división) measure (AmE), bar (BrE)

compás de dos por cuatro — two-four time

los primeros compases de un tango — the opening bars of a tango

- compás de espera

- compás mayor/menor

2) (Mat) (instrumento) compass, pair of compasses

3) (Náut) compass

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masculino

1) (Mús)

a) (ritmo) time, meter (esp AmE)

marcar/llevar el compás — to beat/keep time

perder el compás — to get out of time

se movía al compás de la música — she moved in time to the music

b) (división) measure (AmE), bar (BrE)

compás de dos por cuatro — two-four time

los primeros compases de un tango — the opening bars of a tango

- compás de espera

- compás mayor/menor

2) (Mat) (instrumento) compass, pair of compasses

3) (Náut) compass

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compás¹

¹ = bar, meter, time, rhythm.

Ex: A caption title is the title of a work given at the beginning of the first page of the text or, in the case of a musical score, immediately above the opening bars of the music.

Ex: This article considers the relationships of hierarchy, time and meter in music.

Ex: This article considers the relationships of hierarchy, time and meter in music.

Ex: Listening to stories, poems, nursery rhymes, nonsense, while occupied with a loved adult in a comforting activity, acclimatizes the infant to the rhythms of prose and poetry.

* al compás de = in unison with.

* llevar el compás = beat + time.

* marcar el compás = beat + time.

compás²

² = compass.

Ex: The sandglass and compass were developed later, and finally methods of determining latitude and longitude were evolved.

compás³

³ = dividers.

Ex: Scientific equipment for the examination of rare books, manuscripts, and documents include four items found in every library and private study -- micrometer calipers, view finders, dividers and rulers.

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compás

masculine

A (Mús)

1 (ritmo) time, meter (esp AmE)

marcar/llevar el compás to beat/keep time

perder el compás to get out of time, to lose the beat o the time

se movía al compás de la música she moved in time to o she moved to the beat of the music

2 (división) measure (AmE), bar (BrE)

compás de dos por cuatro two-four time

se oyeron los primeros compases de un tango the opening bars of a tango could be heard

Compuestos:

● compás de espera

(Mús) bar rest

creyeron aconsejable abrir un compás de espera they thought it advisable to call a temporary halt

las negociaciones se encuentran en un compás de espera the negotiations are on hold

● compás mayor

four-four o common time

● compás menor

two-four time

B (Mat) (instrumento) compass, pair of compasses

C (Náut) compass

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compás sustantivo masculino
1 (Mús)

a) (ritmo) time, meter (esp AmE);

◊ marcar/llevar el compás to beat/keep time;

perder el compás to get out of time;
se movía al compás de la música she moved in time to the music

b) (división) measure (AmE), bar (BrE);

◊ compás de dos por cuatro two-four time;

compás mayor/menor four-four/two-four time
2 (Mat, Náut) (instrumento) compass
compás sustantivo masculino
1 Téc (pair of) compasses
2 Mús (intervalos en la frase) time
(gesto con que se marca) beat
(en el pentagrama) bar
(ritmo) rhythm
compás de espera, Mús bar rest
fig (pausa) delay
3 Náut compass
♦ Locuciones: al compás de, in time to
'compás' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
marcar
- llevar
- movimiento
- ritmo
- tiempo
English:
bar
- beat
- compass
- measure
- time
- clap
- divider
- meter
- signature

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compás nm

1. [instrumento] pair of compasses

2. Mús [ritmo] rhythm, beat;

al compás (de la música) in time (with the music);

llevar el compás to keep time;

marcar el compás to beat time;

perder el compás to lose the beat

Comp

Mús compás de cuatro por cuatro four-four time;

compás ternario triple time

3. Mús [periodo] bar;

tocaron unos compases de esa canción they played a few bars of that song

4. Náut [brújula] compass

5. compás de espera pause, interlude;

las negociaciones se hallan en un compás de espera negotiations have been temporarily suspended

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compás

m

1 MAT compass

2 MÚS rhythm;

al compás to the beat;

llevar el compás MÚS keep time;

perder el compás lose the beat

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compás nm, pl -pases

1) : beat, rhythm, time

2) : compass

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compás n

1. (instrumento) compass

un compás a pair of compasses

2. (ritmo, tiempo) time