- traza
- f.1 appearance, looks (aspecto).2 plan, design (boceto, plano).3 trace, very small quantity, trace amount, vestige.4 tracing.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: trazar.* * *traza► nombre femenino1 figurado (apariencia) looks plural, appearance2 figurado (mañas) skill, knack3 ARQUITECTURA plan, design\FRASEOLOGÍAdarse trazas para algo figurado to manage to do something, find a way to do somethingno llevar trazas de / no tener trazas de figurado not to look as if■ esto no tiene trazas de acabar bien it doesn't look as if it's going to work outtener traza para algo to be good at something* * *SF1) (=aspecto) appearance
este hombre tiene mala traza — this man has an unpleasant appearance
nunca conseguirás trabajo con esas trazas — you'll never get a job looking like that
por o según las trazas — judging by appearances
esto lleva o tiene trazas de no acabar nunca — this looks as though it will never end
2) [de edificio] plan, design; [de ciudad] layout3) (=habilidad) skill, abilitydarse o tener traza para hacer algo — to be skilful o clever at doing sth
para pianista tiene poca traza — she's not much of a pianist
4) (Inform) trace5) Cono Sur (=huella) track, trail* * *femenino1) (de línea, etc) trazado2)a) (aspecto) appearanceun individuo de mala traza — a rough-looking individual
b) trazas femenino plural (indicios) signs (pl)no había trazas de vida — these were no signs of life
esto lleva or tiene trazas de ir para largo — this looks as if it's going to drag on and on
tiene trazas de ser obra de Jaime — this has all the signs of being Jaime's handiwork
* * *femenino1) (de línea, etc) trazado2)a) (aspecto) appearanceun individuo de mala traza — a rough-looking individual
b) trazas femenino plural (indicios) signs (pl)no había trazas de vida — these were no signs of life
esto lleva or tiene trazas de ir para largo — this looks as if it's going to drag on and on
tiene trazas de ser obra de Jaime — this has all the signs of being Jaime's handiwork
* * *trazafeminineA (de una línea, etc) trazadoB1 (aspecto) appearanceun individuo de mala traza a rough-looking individual2 trazas fpl(indicios): esto lleva or tiene trazas de ir para largo this looks as if it's going to drag on and ony no llevaba trazas de irse nunca it looked as if he was never going to leave, there was no sign that he was ever going to leaveesto tiene trazas de ser obra de Jaime this has all the signs of being o this looks like Jaime's handiworkC(CS) (rastro): desapareció sin dejar traza he disappeared without traceno hay trazas de él there is no sign of him* * *
Del verbo trazar: (conjugate trazar)
traza es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
traza
trazar
trazar (conjugate trazar) verbo transitivo
1a) ‹línea› to trace, draw;
‹plano› to draw;◊ trazaon la ruta a seguir they traced out the route to be followed;
traza el contorno de algo to outline sthb) (Arquit) ‹puente/edificio› to design
2 ‹plan/proyecto/estrategia› to draw up, devise
traza
I sustantivo femenino Arquit plan, design
II trazas fpl (apariencia, facha, aspecto) looks pl, appearance
trazar verbo transitivo
1 (una línea, un dibujo) to draw
2 (un plan) to draw up
3 (describir a grandes rasgos) to sketch, outline
'traza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sombra
English:
suspicion
* * *traza nf1. [aspecto] appearance;un hombre con mala traza o [m5]malas trazas an unpleasant-looking man;tener o [m5]llevar trazas de hacer algo to show signs of doing sth;no lleva trazas de dejar de llover it doesn't look as if it's going to stop raining;por las trazas yo diría que no es de aquí by the look of her, I'd say she wasn't from around here2. [boceto, plano] plan, design3. [habilidad]tener buena/mala traza (para algo) to be good/no good (at sth)4. RP [señal] trace5. Ven [polilla] carpet moth* * *trazaf1 (aspecto):esta discusión lleva trazas de acabar mal this argument looks as if it will end badly o looks like ending badly;lleva trazas de llover it looks as though it’s going to rain, it looks like rain fam ;por las trazas judging by appearances2 (maña):darse (buena) traza para to be good at* * *traza nf1) diseño: design, plan2) : appearance
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.