asta

f.

1 flagpole, mast.

a media asta at half-mast

2 shaft.

3 horn.

4 staff of the flag, flag staff, flag pole, flagpole.

5 antler.

6 Asta.

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asta

(Takes el in singular)

► nombre femenino

1 (de bandera) staff, pole

2 (de lanza) shaft; (pica) lance, pike

3 (cuerno) horn

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a media asta at half-mast

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noun f.

1) horn

2) flagpole

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SF

1) (=arma) lance, spear; (=palo) shaft; [de banderas] flagpole; [de brocha] handle

a media asta — at half mast

2) (Zool) horn, antler

dejar a algn en las astas del toro — to leave sb in a jam o in a pickle *

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femenino‡

a) (de bandera) flagpole

con la bandera a media asta — with the flag at half-mast

b) (cuerno) horn

dejar a alguien en las astas del toro — to leave somebody in the lurch

c) (de lanza, flecha) shaft

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= kern, horn, stress, antler, shaft.

Ex. Indeed, the Clarendon Press kept a Napier double platen machine at work until 1950 for the sake of its gentleness with the delicate kerns of Fell italic.

Ex. She situates the vessels in the context of Icelandic carving traditions in horn, bone, and walrus ivory = Ella sitúa las vasijas en el contexto de la tradición islandesa de la escultura en astas de cuernos, huesos y marfil de morsa.

Ex. For the first time the stress was uncompromisingly vertical, while the italic was intended to be a mechanically sloped roman, quite unconnected with calligraphy.

Ex. She uses alder bark for dye, whale sinew for thread, sealskin for trim, a tough piece of hide for a thimble, a sharpened ground-squirrel leg bone for a needle, and an awl made from moose antler.

Ex. Christ bears the cross on his shoulder at the head of a long shaft supported by a male prisoner fettered at the legs and a mendicant friar.

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* a media asta = at half-mast, at half staff.

* asta ascendente = ascender.

* asta de bandera = flagpole, flagstaff.

* asta descendente = descender.

* asta uniforme = vertical stress.

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femenino‡

a) (de bandera) flagpole

con la bandera a media asta — with the flag at half-mast

b) (cuerno) horn

dejar a alguien en las astas del toro — to leave somebody in the lurch

c) (de lanza, flecha) shaft

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= kern, horn, stress, antler, shaft.

Ex: Indeed, the Clarendon Press kept a Napier double platen machine at work until 1950 for the sake of its gentleness with the delicate kerns of Fell italic.

Ex: She situates the vessels in the context of Icelandic carving traditions in horn, bone, and walrus ivory = Ella sitúa las vasijas en el contexto de la tradición islandesa de la escultura en astas de cuernos, huesos y marfil de morsa.

Ex: For the first time the stress was uncompromisingly vertical, while the italic was intended to be a mechanically sloped roman, quite unconnected with calligraphy.

Ex: She uses alder bark for dye, whale sinew for thread, sealskin for trim, a tough piece of hide for a thimble, a sharpened ground-squirrel leg bone for a needle, and an awl made from moose antler.

Ex: Christ bears the cross on his shoulder at the head of a long shaft supported by a male prisoner fettered at the legs and a mendicant friar.

* a media asta = at half-mast, at half staff.

* asta ascendente = ascender.

* asta de bandera = flagpole, flagstaff.

* asta descendente = descender.

* asta uniforme = vertical stress.

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asta

f‡

1 (de una bandera) flagpole

con la bandera a media asta with the flag at half-mast

2 (cuerno) horn

dejar a algn en las astas del toro to leave sb in the lurch

3 (de una lanza) shaft

4 (de una flecha) shaft

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asta feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular

a) (de bandera) flagpole;

◊ con la bandera a media asta with the flag at half-mast

b) (cuerno) horn

c) (de lanza, flecha) shaft

asta sustantivo femenino
1 (de bandera) staff, pole
a media asta, at half mast
2 Zool (cuerno) horn
'asta' also found in these entries:
English:
flagpole
- fly
- half-mast
- horn
- raise
- staff
- antler
- flag
- half
- shaft

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asta nf Takes the masculine articles el and un.

1. [de bandera] flagpole, mast;

a media asta at half-mast

2. [de lanza] shaft;

[de brocha] handle

3. [cuerno] horn

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asta

f

1 flagpole, flagstaff;

a media asta at half-staff, Br at half-mast

2 (pitón) horn;

dejar a alguien en las astas del toro drop s.o. right in it fam

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asta nf

1) : flagpole

a media asta: at half-mast

2) : horn, antler

3) : shaft (of a weapon)

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asta n

1. (de bandera) flagpole

el asta se partió the flagpole broke in two

2. (de animal) horn

las astas del ciervo a stag's horns

a media asta at half mast