veterano

adj.

1 veteran, experienced, old campaigner, skilled.

2 old-timer.

m.

1 old timer, old chap, buffer, old duffer.

2 veteran, ex-soldier, old soldier, vet.

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veterano

► adjetivo

1 veteran

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 veteran

2 figurado old hand

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(f. - veterana)

noun adj.

veteran

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veterano, -a

1.

ADJ (Mil) veteran

es veterana en el oficio — she's an old hand *

2.

SM/ F (Mil) veteran; (fig) old hand *, old stager *

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I

-na adjetivo veteran (before n)

es veterano en esas lides — he has a great deal of experience in these matters

II

-na masculino, femenino veteran

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I

-na adjetivo veteran (before n)

es veterano en esas lides — he has a great deal of experience in these matters

II

-na masculino, femenino veteran

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veterano¹

¹ = old hand, oldtimer [old-timer], established player, longtimer, veteran.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: This collection of essays on Garcia Marquez is aimed at readers new to his work, but there is plenty here to interest old hands.

Ex: Throughout the book, he demonstrates how racial tensions often overshadowed class and cultural differences between oldtimers and newcomers.

Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.

Ex: Findings concerning characteristics of recently arrived youth and of longtimers in correctional institutions are compared.

Ex: One of every three homeless males in the United States is a veteran.

* centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre.

* más veterano, el = seniormost, the.

* veterano de guerra = war veteran.

* viejo veterano = war horse.

veterano²

= seasoned, veteran, old-time, long-time [longtime].

Ex: At the same time, seasoned librarians are faced with new learning requirements for computer seaching.

Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.

Ex: Over a hundred years ago Samuel S Green advised librarians 'Receive readers with something of the cordiality displayed by an old-time innkeeper'.

Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.

* soldado veterano = veteran soldier.

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veterano¹ -na

adjective

1 ‹soldado/militar› veteran (before n)

2 (en cualquier actividad) veteran (before n)

un tenista veterano a veteran tennis player

un abogado veterano en esas lides a lawyer with a great deal of experience in these matters

veterano² -na

masculine, feminine

1 (Mil) veteran

2 (en otras actividades) veteran

3 (Chi fam) (persona anciana) elderly person

Compuesto:

veterano/veterana de guerra

masculine, feminine war veteran

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veterano

◊ -na adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

veteran
veterano,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino veteran

'veterano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
veterana
- antiguo
English:
hand
- old-timer
- veteran
- vet

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veterano, -a

♦ adj

1. [militar] veteran

2. [en otra actividad] experienced;

es más veterano que yo he's more experienced than me;

una de las directoras de cine más veteranas a movie director with one of the longest track records in the business

3. CSur Fam [maduro]

estamos veteranos, nos cansamos pronto we're getting on a bit now, we get tired easily

♦ nm,f

1. [militar] veteran

2. [en otra actividad] veteran;

es ya un veterano en estas lides he's an old hand at these things

3. CSur Fam [maduro] older person;

es una veterana muy simpática she's a very sweet old thing

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veterano

I adj veteran; (experimentado) experienced

II m, veterana f veteran

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veterano, -na adj & n

: veteran