acera

f.

1 pavement (British), sidewalk (United States).

2 side of the street (lado de la calle).

ser de la otra acera (informal) to be one of them (ser homosexual)

3 sidewalk, footpath, walk, footway.

4 facing of a wall, face of a wall, surface of a wall.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: acerar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: acerar.

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acera

► nombre femenino

1 pavement, US sidewalk

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ser de la acera de enfrente familiar to be gay, be queer

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noun f.

sidewalk

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SF pavement, sidewalk (EEUU)

los de la acera de enfrente — * the gays

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femenino

a) (para peatones) sidewalk (AmE), pavement (BrE)

b) (lado de la calle)

viven en la misma acera — they live on the same side of the street

ser de la acera de enfrente — (fam) to be gay

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= pavement, sidewalk, walkway, pedestrian walkway, footpath, street terrace.

Ex. Examples would be: 'Is it against the law to ride a bicycle on the pavement?' 'What are the symptoms of a duodenal ulcer?'.

Ex. Pavements is included in the American sense; as sidewalks does not rate a mention at all, this could leave room for ambiguity.

Ex. Areas that may be used include: windows; promenades and walkways; entrances and foyers.

Ex. This article discusses the results of a survey of users of the Metro McGill Library situated on the pedestrian walkway of the McGill metro station, Montreal, Quebec.

Ex. Equivalence relationships normally imply the selection of one form as the preferred term, as we have seen, so we make a cross-reference pointing from the non-preferred term to the preferred term: footpaths See Trails; Bovines USE Cattle.

Ex. What we found was a bar with a street terrace that wouldn't have been out of place in Paris.

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* al filo de la acera = kerbside [curbside, -USA], curbside [kerbside, -UK].

* bordillo de la acera = kerb [curb, -USA], curb [kerb, -UK].

* en la acera = kerbside [curbside, -USA], curbside [kerbside, -UK].

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femenino

a) (para peatones) sidewalk (AmE), pavement (BrE)

b) (lado de la calle)

viven en la misma acera — they live on the same side of the street

ser de la acera de enfrente — (fam) to be gay

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= pavement, sidewalk, walkway, pedestrian walkway, footpath, street terrace.

Ex: Examples would be: 'Is it against the law to ride a bicycle on the pavement?' 'What are the symptoms of a duodenal ulcer?'.

Ex: Pavements is included in the American sense; as sidewalks does not rate a mention at all, this could leave room for ambiguity.

Ex: Areas that may be used include: windows; promenades and walkways; entrances and foyers.

Ex: This article discusses the results of a survey of users of the Metro McGill Library situated on the pedestrian walkway of the McGill metro station, Montreal, Quebec.

Ex: Equivalence relationships normally imply the selection of one form as the preferred term, as we have seen, so we make a cross-reference pointing from the non-preferred term to the preferred term: footpaths See Trails; Bovines USE Cattle.

Ex: What we found was a bar with a street terrace that wouldn't have been out of place in Paris.

* al filo de la acera = kerbside [curbside, -USA], curbside [kerbside, -UK].

* bordillo de la acera = kerb [curb, -USA], curb [kerb, -UK].

* en la acera = kerbside [curbside, -USA], curbside [kerbside, -UK].

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acera

feminine

1 (para peatones) sidewalk (AmE), pavement (BrE)

2

(lado de la calle): viven en la misma acera they live on the same side of the street

ser de la acera de enfrente (fam); to be gay

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Del verbo acerar: (conjugate acerar)

acera es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
acera    
acerar
acera sustantivo femenino
sidewalk (AmE), pavement (BrE)
acera sustantivo femenino pavement, US sidewalk
'acera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
badén
- derecha
- derecho
- gritar
- opuesta
- opuesto
- vereda
- andén
- banqueta
- ensanchar
- estrechar
- sardinel
English:
curb
- pavement
- sidewalk
- foot
- pull
- side

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acera nf

1. [para peatones] Br pavement, US sidewalk;

Comp

Fam

ser de la otra acera, ser de la acera de enfrente [ser homosexual] to be one of them, to be queer

2. [lado de la calle] side of the street;

el colegio está en la acera de los pares/de la derecha the school is on the even-numbered/right-hand side of the street

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acera

f sidewalk, Br

pavement;

ser de la otra acera, ser de la acera de enfrente fam be gay

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acera nf

: sidewalk

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acera n pavement

En inglés americano se llama sidewalk