gris

adj.

1 gray (color).

2 bleak, gray, grey, not very promising.

3 somber, grayish, greyish.

4 cloudy, covered with clouds, overcast, stormy.

m.

gray.

gris marengo/perla dark/pearl gray

m. s.&pl.

1 gray, gray color, grey color, grey.

2 Gris, Juan Gris.

3 Siberian squirrel.

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gris

► adjetivo

1 grey (US gray)

2 figurado (mediocre) mediocre, third-rate

3 figurado (triste) grey (US gray), gloomy

► nombre masculino

1 (color) grey (US gray)

2 argot (policía) cop

► nombre masculino plural los grises

1 argot the cops, the police sing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

gris marengo charcoal grey

gris perla pearl grey

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adj.

gray

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1.

ADJ [color] grey, gray (EEUU); [día, tiempo, persona] grey, dull

gris carbón — charcoal grey

gris ceniza — ash-grey

gris marengo — dark grey

gris perla — pearl-grey

oso

2. SM

1) (=color) grey

2) Esp † * cop *, member of the armed police

los grises — the fuzz **

3) * (=viento)

hace un gris — there's a cold wind

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I

adjetivo <color/ojos/traje> gray*; <día> gray*, overcast

zapatos gris oscuro — dark gray shoes

II

masculino (color) gray*

- gris marengo/metálico

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I

adjetivo <color/ojos/traje> gray*; <día> gray*, overcast

zapatos gris oscuro — dark gray shoes

II

masculino (color) gray*

- gris marengo/metálico

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gris¹

¹ = grey [gray, -USA], gray [grey, -UK].

Ex: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.

Ex: He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].

* escala de grises = grey scale [gray scale].

* literatura gris = grey literature (GL).

* materia gris = grey matter [gray matter].

* SIGLE (Sistema de Información sobre Literatura Gris en Europa) = SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe).

* sustancia gris = grey matter [gray matter].

gris²

² = murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.].

Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.

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gris¹

adjective

[Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

1 ‹color/ojos/traje› gray*; ‹día› gray*, overcast

2 (modificado por otro adj: inv) gray*

zapatos gris oscuro dark gray shoes

gris²

masculine

A (color) [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] gray*

un gris más fuerte a darker gray

Compuestos:

● gris marengo

A masculine charcoal gray*

B adj inv charcoal-gray*

● gris metálico

A masculine metallic gray*

B adj inv metallic gray*

● gris perla

A masculine pearl-gray*

B adj inv pearl-gray*

● gris pizarra

A masculine slate gray*

B adj inv slate-gray*

● gris plomo

A masculine gunmetal gray*

B adj inv gunmetal-gray*

B (Esp fam ant) (policía) cop (colloq)

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gris adjetivo / noun masculine
gray^{(conjugate gray)}
gris adjetivo & sustantivo masculino grey, US gray
materia gris, grey matter
gris marengo, charcoal grey
gris perla, pearl grey
'gris' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cana
- cano
- canosa
- canoso
- saco
- tornarse
- vestir
- intermedio
- materia
English:
background
- charcoal
- drab
- dull
- gloomy
- grey
- grey area
- grey matter
- bleak
- colorless
- dreary
- gray

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gris

♦ adj

1. [de color] grey

2. [triste] gloomy, miserable

3. [insignificante] dull, characterless

♦ nm

1. [color] grey

Comp

gris marengo dark grey;

gris perla pearl-grey

2. Esp Fam Antes

los grises [la policía] the cops [who formerly wore grey uniforms]

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gris

I adj gray, Br

grey

II m

:

gris perla pearl gray o Br grey

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gris adj

1) : gray

2) : overcast, cloudy

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gris adj n grey

En inglés americano se escribe gray