- persiana
- f.1 blind.2 Persian blind, shade, sun-blind, blind.3 shutter.* * *persiana► nombre femenino1 blind* * *noun f.blind* * *SF [de lamas] (Venetian) blind; [de tablitas] slatted shutter; [enrollable] roller blind* * *femeninoa) (que se enrolla o levanta) blind
enrollarse como una persiana — (Esp fam) to go on and on
b) (AmL) (contraventana, postigo) shutter* * *= roller blind, blind, shutter, louvre [louver, -USA].Ex. Particular problems with reflections in VDU screens may need special diffused lighting or roller blinds, for example.Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex. The traditional concept of louvers for solar protection has recently been combined with many fresh ideas.----* persiana de láminas = louvre [louver, -USA].* persiana de metal = security shutter.* persiana de tabillas = louvre [louver, -USA].* * *femeninoa) (que se enrolla o levanta) blindenrollarse como una persiana — (Esp fam) to go on and on
b) (AmL) (contraventana, postigo) shutter* * *= roller blind, blind, shutter, louvre [louver, -USA].Ex: Particular problems with reflections in VDU screens may need special diffused lighting or roller blinds, for example.
Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex: The traditional concept of louvers for solar protection has recently been combined with many fresh ideas.* persiana de láminas = louvre [louver, -USA].* persiana de metal = security shutter.* persiana de tabillas = louvre [louver, -USA].* * *persianafeminine1 (que se enrolla) blindenrollarse como una persiana (Esp fam); to go on and onse enrolló como una persiana she went on and on foreveres un pesado, se enrolla como una persiana he's really tedious, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey (colloq)2 (AmL) (contraventana, postigo) shutterCompuestos:● persiana metálicaroll-down shutter● persiana veneciana or de lamasVenetian blind* * *
persiana sustantivo femeninoa) (que se enrolla o levanta) blind;
persiana veneciana or de lamas Venetian blindb) (AmL) (contraventana, postigo) shutter
persiana sustantivo femenino blind
'persiana' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajar
- enrollar
- lama
- rendija
- desenrollar
- levantar
- subir
English:
blind
- pull down
- roll up
- shade
- venetian blind
- louver
- roller
- Venetian blind
* * *persiana nf[enrollable] (roller) blind; [con láminas] (Venetian) blind;CompEspenrollarse como una persiana o [m5]como las persianas: se enrolla como una persiana he could talk the hind legs off a donkeyComppersiana enrollable roller blind;persiana veneciana Venetian blind* * *persianaf de tablillas fijas shade, Brblind; enrollable shade, Brroller blind* * *persiana nf: blind, venetian blind* * *persiana n (que se enrolla) blindsube la persiana roll the blind up
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.