Compound Forms:
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| baseball player n | (sportsperson: plays baseball) | beisbolista n común |
| | | beisbolero, beisbolera nm, nf |
| | | jugador de béisbol, jugadora de béisbol loc nm, loc nf |
| | The sportsman you are talking about is a retired baseball player. |
| | El deportista del que hablas es un beisbolista retirado. |
| basketball player n | (sportsperson: plays basketball) | jugador de baloncesto, jugadora de baloncesto loc nm, loc nf |
| | | jugador de básquetbol, jugadora de básquetbol loc nm, loc nf |
| | | jugador de basquetbol, jugadora de basquetbol loc nm, loc nf |
| | | jugador de básquet, jugadora de básquet loc nm, loc nf |
| | He's a very good basketball player! |
| | ¡Es un muy buen jugador de baloncesto! |
| | | basquetbolista n común |
| | (ES) | baloncestista n común |
bass player,
bassist n | (musician: plays bass guitar) | bajista n común |
| | There is only one bass player in the rhythm section. |
bass player,
double bass player,
double bassist n | (musician: plays double bass) | contrabajista n común |
| | George is the bass player in a jazz band. |
| bit player n | (actor: in small roles) (ES) | actor secundario, actriz secundaria nm, nf + adj |
| | | actor de reparto, actriz de reparto nm, nf + adj |
| | Early in his career, the actor was a bit player in various minor films. |
| | | actor de segunda, actriz de segunda nm, nf + loc adj |
| | | figurante n común |
| | | extra n común |
| bit player n | figurative (person: insignificant) | empleado de segunda, empleada de segunda nm, nf + loc adj |
| | | figura insignificante nf + adj mf |
| | Joe is merely a bit player in the organization; he doesn't really have much power. |
cassette player,
cassette recorder n | (tape recorder) | casetera, grabador de casetes nf, loc nom m |
| | (CO) | grabadora nf |
| | Since the advent of compact discs and MP3s, no-one uses cassette players any more. |
| | Desde la aparición de los CDs y los MP3s, ya nadie usa caseteras. |
| | | reproductor de casetes loc nom m |
| | Desde la aparición de los CDs y los MP3s, ya nadie usa reproductores de casetes. |
| | | tocacintas nm |
| | Desde la aparición de los CDs y los MP3s, ya nadie usa tocacintas. |
| CD player n | (machine: plays compact discs) | reproductor de CDs grupo nom |
| | | reproductor de cidis grupo nom |
| | CD players are less popular now that more people have MP3 players. |
| | Los reproductores de CDs son menos populares ahora que más gente tiene reproductores de MP3. |
| | Los reproductores de cidis son menos populares ahora que más gente tiene reproductores de MP3. |
| chess player n | (person who plays chess) | jugador de ajedrez, jugadora de ajedrez nm, nf + loc adj |
| | Chess players need to be able to think quickly. |
| DVD player n | (machine: plays DVDs) (coloquial) | DVD nm |
| | | reproductor de DVD nm + loc adj |
| | DVD players are becoming cheaper and cheaper. |
| | We couldn't watch the movie because our DVD player was broken. |
| | Los DVD son cada vez más baratos. |
football player (UK),
soccer player (US) n | (sportsperson: plays football) | futbolista n común |
| | Some professional football players are paid ridiculous sums of money. |
| | Algunos futbolistas profesionales cobran sumas de dinero ridículas. |
| | (de fútbol americano) | jugador, jugadora nm, nf |
| | Algunos jugadores profesionales cobran sumas de dinero ridículas. |
| global player n | (company: international) | empresa global loc nom f |
| | The company is a global player in the publishing industry. |
| guitar player n | (musician: plays guitar) | guitarrista n común |
| | Guitar players have to learn how to change chords smoothly. |
guitarist,
guitar player n | (musician: plays guitar) | guitarrista n común |
| | (de flamenco) | tocaor, tocaora nm, nf |
| | Lisa is a talented guitarist. |
| | Lisa es una guitarrista talentosa. |
guitarist,
guitar player n | (band member: plays guitar) | guitarrista n común |
| | The band's guitarist is also a talented singer and drummer. |
| | El guitarrista de la banda también es un talentoso batería y cantante. |
| hockey player n | (sportsperson: plays hockey) | jugador de hockey, jugadora de hockey grupo nom |
| | The siblings were both hockey players: the brother played ice hockey and the sister played field hockey. |
| | Los hermanos eran ambos jugadores de hockey: el hermano jugaba al hockey sobre hielo, y la hermana jugaba hockey sobre césped. |
| horn player n | (musician: plays brass horn) | trompetista n común |
| | (intérprete) | trompeta n común |
| | Otto is a horn player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| | Otto es trompetista en la Filarmónica de Berlín. |
keyboardist,
keyboard player n | (musician: plays piano, etc.) | tecladista n común |
| | | teclista n común |
midfield player,
midfielder n | (sportsperson in centre-field) | mediocampista n común |
| | | centrocampista n común |
| | | mediocentro n común |
| | | volante n común |
| | Mason is a midfield player who also likes to join the attack. |
mp3 player,
MP3 player n | (music device) | reproductor de MP3 grupo nom |
| | Lots of people like taking an mp3 player with them in the train. |
| | A mucha gente le gusta llevar un reproductor de MP3 en el tren. |
| | (coloquial) | MP3 nm |
| | A mucha gente le gusta llevar un MP3 en el tren. |
| music player n | (device) | reproductor de música nm + loc adj |
| | | equipo de música nm + loc adj |
| | This music player produces very high quality sound. |
| | Este reproductor de música tiene una muy buena calidad de audio. |
pianist,
piano player n | (professional piano player) | pianista n común |
| | The pianist gave a private performance for the king and queen. |
| | El pianista dio una actuación privada para el rey y la reina. |
pianist,
piano player n | (person playing piano) | pianista n común |
| | The pianist in the school band was the most talented of the bunch. |
| | El pianista de la banda escolar era el que tenía más talento de todos. |
piano player,
pianist n | (musician: plays piano) (Mús.) | pianista n común |
| | Memphis Slim was an American piano player famous for blues and boogie-woogie. |
| | Memphis Slim fue un pianista americano famoso por sus blues y su boogie-woogie. |
player piano,
player-piano n | (self-playing piano) | piano mecánico nm + adj |
| player-banked adj | (poker: [sb] acts as banker) | de banca loc adj |
| Note: hyphen omitted when term is an adj after a noun |
| | The state regulators decided to forbid player-banked poker games. |
| | Los reguladores estatales prohibieron los juegos de póker de banca. |
| record player n | (turntable for vinyl discs) | tocadiscos nm inv |
| | I use my record player all the time because I think music sounds better on vinyl! |
| | Uso mi tocadiscos todo el tiempo porque para mí la música suena mejor en vinilo. |
reserve,
reserve player n | (substitute in a team) | reserva nf |
| | There were fifteen players on the field and two reserves. |
| | Había quince jugadores en el campo y dos reservas. |
| star player n | (top sportsperson in a team) | estrella del equipo nf + loc adj |
| | The team's star player is currently injured. |
| substitute player n | (sports: replacement player) | suplente n común |
| | The coach sent a substitute player on to replace the injured fly-half. |
| table tennis player n | (sportsperson who plays ping-pong) | jugador de tenis de mesa, jugadora de tenis de mesa nm, nf + loc adj |
| | Mikael Appelgren is one of the best table tennis players in the world. |
| | | jugador de ping-pong, jugadora de ping-pong nm, nf + loc adj |
| tape player n | (machine: plays audio cassettes) | casetera nf |
| | | reproductor de casetes nf |
| Note: del francés"petite caisse": Caissette, referido al pequeño tmaño del soporte utilizado para guardar la información. |
| | Aaron switched on the tape player. |
| | Aaron encendió la casetera. |
| | (formal) | tocacintas nm inv |
| Note: Ortografía: Nombre masculino invariable en plural: el tocacintas, los tocacintas. |
| | Aaron encendió el tocacintas. |
| team player n | ([sb]: co-operates well) | colaborador, colaboradora nm, nf |
| | I consider myself to be a team player who works well with other people. |
| tennis player n | (sportsperson who plays tennis) | tenista n común |
| | The two tennis players spent all afternoon working on their technique. |
| | Los dos tenistas dedicaron la tarde a mejorar su técnica. |
| | | jugador de tenis, jugadora de tenis nm, nf + loc adj |
| | Los dos jugadores de tenis dedicaron la tarde a mejorar su técnica. |
| video player n | (VCR: videotape recorder) | reproductor de video nm + loc adj |
| | (AR) | videocasetera nf |
| | The picture quality on this video player isn't very good. |
| volleyball player n | (sportsperson: plays volleyball) | voleibolista n común |
| | | jugador de voleibol, jugadora de voleibol loc nm, loc nf |
| | (informal) | jugador de vóley, jugadora de vóley loc nm, loc nf |
| | Volleyball players often suffer back injuries. |
| water polo player n | (sportsperson: plays water polo) | waterpolista n común |
| | | jugador de waterpolo, jugadora de waterpolo loc nm, loc nf |