dice

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From die (n):
dies
npl (For tool meanings)
dice
npl (For cube meaning)
Inflections of 'dice' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
dices
v 3rd person singular
dicing
v pres p
diced
v past
diced
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
dice,
plural: dice
n
(die: cube with dots for gambling, etc.)dados nmpl
Note: Colloquially, the plural form "dice" is also used for the singular.
 Do we use one dice or two for this game?
 ¿Usamos uno o dos dados para este juego?
dice [sth] vtr (cooking: cut into cubes)trocear vtr
  cortar en dados loc verb
  cortar en tacos loc verb
 Adam diced the onion and fried it in the oil.
 Adam troceó la cebolla y la frió en aceite.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
dice n uncountable (craps: form of gambling)dados nmpl
 The friends were playing a game of dice.
 Los amigos jugaban un juego de dados.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
die vi (cease to live)morir vi
  (formal)fallecer vi
 Marina's husband died yesterday.
 El marido de Marina murió ayer.
die of [sth] vi + prep (be killed by: illness, etc.)morir de vi + prep
  (formal)fallecer de vi + prep
 Joe's grandfather died of a heart attack last Friday.
 El padre de Joe murió de un infarto el pasado viernes.
die vi figurative (disappear, end) (figurado)morir vi
  desaparecer vi
  terminar vi
 My love for you will never die.
 Mi amor por ti nunca morirá.
die vi figurative, informal (stop working) (figurado)morirse v prnl
 I think the toaster has died.
 Creo que el tostador se ha muerto.
die vi figurative (stop burning)extinguirse v prnl
 The flame died after three hours.
 La llama se extinguió después de tres horas.
die on [sb] vi + prep informal (abandon [sb] by dying) (coloquial)morírsele a v prnl + prep
 "Don't you die on me!" she pleaded tearfully.
 "No te me mueras", suplicó entre lágrimas.
die for [sth/sb] vi + prep (give your life for a cause, person)morir por vi + prep
  dar la vida por loc verb + prep
 I love my children so much, I would die for them.
 Amo tanto a mis hijos que moriría por ellos.
die n (cube with dots for games)dado nm
Note: Colloquially, the plural form "dice" is also used for the singular.
 It's your turn to throw the die.
 Te toca tirar el dado.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
die n (tool for stamping)troquel nm
  (moneda)cuño nm
  (para dar forma)matriz nf
 The die was ready to start stamping the metal into disks.
 El troquel estaba listo para acuñar el metal en discos
die n (tool for threading screws)terraja nf
 You need a three eighth inch die for that job.
 Necesitas una terraja de tres octavos para hacer ese trabajo.
die vi figurative (languish)languidecer vi
  (figurado)morir vi
 The project died when everybody lost interest in it.
 El proyecto languideció cuando todos perdieron el interés en él.
die vi (run out of charge) (informal)morirse v prnl
  quedarse sin batería loc verb
 I'm sorry I didn't call you back; my battery died.
 Discúlpame por no devolverte la llamada: se me murió la batería.
die [sth] vtr (suffer a given kind of death)sufrir vtr
  morir de vi + prep
 He died a painful death.
 Sufrió una muerte dolorosa.
die [sth] vtr (shape or stamp with die)estampar con matriz loc verb
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Locuciones verbales
die | dice
InglésEspañol
die away vi phrasal (fade, diminish)desvanecerse v prnl
  difuminarse v prnl
 It was five full minutes before the applause died away.
 Pasaron cinco minutos hasta que se desvaneció el aplauso.
die back vi phrasal (plant: die from tips of leaves)marchitar vi
  marchitarse v prnl
  secarse v prnl
die down vi phrasal (diminish, subside)ir apagándose loc verb
  disminuir, bajar vi
 The shouting died down when the rock star began singing.
 Los gritos fueron apagándose cuando la estrella de rock empezó a cantar.
die off vi phrasal (disappear gradually)desvanecerse v prnl
 As the older generation begins to die, their ideas and traditions die off with them.
 A medida que empieza a morirse una generación, sus ideas y tradiciones se desvanecen con ella.
die out vi phrasal (become extinct: organisms)extinguirse v prnl
  desaparecer vi
 Most of the polar bears will die out by 2050 as a result of global warming.
 La mayoría de los osos polares se extinguirán para el 2050 como resultado del calentamiento global.
die out vi phrasal figurative (tradition: disappear gradually)desaparecer vi
  perderse v prnl
 Our language and our traditions will die out as our people become absorbed by the mainstream culture.
 Nuestro idioma y nuestras tradiciones desaparecerán a medida que nuestra gente sea asimilada por la cultura convencional.
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Compound Forms:
dice | die
InglésEspañol
dice cup (container)cubilete para dados loc nom m
dice roll,
roll of the dice,
roll of the die
n
(games, gambling: act of throwing dice)tirada de dados nf + loc adj
dice with death v expr (risk being killed)jugarse la vida loc verb
  (coloquial)jugarse la cabeza loc verb
  (coloquial)jugarse el pellejo loc verb
  (coloquial)jugarse el tipo loc verb
 Driving at 100 mph with no seat belt on is dicing with death.
fair dice n (die: every number has equal chance)dado no trucado nm + loc adj
loaded dice,
loaded die
n
(dice weighted for cheating)dados cargados loc nom mpl
 Don't gamble with him; that fellow uses loaded dice.
 No hagas apuestas con él; ese tipo usa dados cargados.
No dice! interj US, slang (expressing refusal)de ninguna manera loc interj
 No dice, Joe, you aren't going to borrow my car.
 De ninguna manera Juan, no te voy a prestar el coche.
  (coloquial)ni borracho, ni loco loc interj
  (AR, coloquial)ni en pedo loc interj
 Ni borracho Juan, no te voy a prestar el coche.
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Collocations: dice games like [poker, Yahtzee® , craps], [threw, rolled, cast] the dice, is playing with loaded dice, more...

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