bache

m.

1 pothole.

2 air pocket.

3 bad patch (dificultades).

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bache

► nombre masculino

1 (en carretera) pothole

2 (de aire) air pocket

3 figurado bad patch

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noun m.

1) pothole

2) bad period

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SM

1) (Aut) hole, pothole

bache de aire — (Aer) air pocket

2) (=mal momento) bad patch, rough patch

atravesar un bache — to go through a bad o rough patch

remontar el o salir del bache — to get through the bad o rough patch, pull through

salvar el bache — to get the worst over, be over the worst

bache económico — slump, depression

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masculino

a) (Auto) pothole

b) (Aviac) air pocket

c) (mal momento) bad time o (BrE) patch

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= pothole, chuckhole, divot [divet], dry spell.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Potholes in the road to professionalism in medical informatics'.

Ex. Left unattended, cracks in asphalt will eventually turn into chuckholes.

Ex. The only problem with divots is when you walk along the golf course and see them strewn about like so much 'Fairway Roadkill'.

Ex. After ten years of glut in the economy, a dry spell is due, and it will last for more than a year or two.

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* bache económico = economic doldrums.

* camino lleno de baches = bumpy road.

* lleno de baches = bumpy.

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masculino

a) (Auto) pothole

b) (Aviac) air pocket

c) (mal momento) bad time o (BrE) patch

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= pothole, chuckhole, divot [divet], dry spell.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Potholes in the road to professionalism in medical informatics'.

Ex: Left unattended, cracks in asphalt will eventually turn into chuckholes.

Ex: The only problem with divots is when you walk along the golf course and see them strewn about like so much 'Fairway Roadkill'.

Ex: After ten years of glut in the economy, a dry spell is due, and it will last for more than a year or two.

* bache económico = economic doldrums.

* camino lleno de baches = bumpy road.

* lleno de baches = bumpy.

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bache

masculine

1 (Auto) pothole

2 (Aviac) air pocket

3 (mal momento) bad time o (BrE) patch

4 (CS fam) (omisión) gap

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bache sustantivo masculino

a) (Auto) pothole

b) (Aviac) air pocket

c) (mal momento) bad time o (BrE) patch

bache sustantivo masculino
1 (en una carretera) pot hole
2 Av air pocket
3 figurado bad patch: está atravesando un bache, he's going through a bad patch
'bache' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sortear
English:
bump
- hole
- pothole
- pot

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bache nm

1. [en carretera] pothole

2. [en un vuelo] air pocket

3. [dificultades] bad spell o Br patch;

el sector atraviesa un profundo bache the industry is going through hard times

4. CSur Fam [olvido]

me olvidé de apagar la estufa, ¡qué bache! how silly of me, I forgot to switch the stove off!;

a la tercera pregunta me dio un bache I drew a blank on the third question

5. RP Fam [trauma] hang-up

6. RP Fam [de conocimientos] gap

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bache

m

1 en carretera pothole

2 fig

rough patch

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bache nm

1) : pothole

2) PRi : deep puddle

3) : bad period, rough time

bache económico: economic slump

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bache n

1. (agujero) hole

hay muchas baches en esta carretera there are a lot of holes on this road

2. (dificultad) bad patch [pl. patches]

parece que está atravesando un bache it looks as though he's going through a bad patch