'down to' tiene referencia cruzada con 'down'. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'down to' is cross-referenced with 'down'. It is in one or more of the lines below.
| Principal Translations |
| down adv | (from higher to lower) | bajarse⇒ v prnl |
| Note: Traducción de "climb down, come down". |
| | He climbed down from the tree. |
| | Se bajó del árbol. |
| down adv | (on the bottom) | abajo adv |
| | There's a house down there in the valley. |
| | Hay una casa abajo en el valle. |
| down adv | (away from here) | venir⇒ vi |
| Note: Traducción de "come down". |
| | Are you coming down to the pub with us? |
| | ¿Te vienes al pub con nosotros? |
| down prep | (from higher to lower place) | bajar⇒ vtr |
| | | hacia abajo loc prep |
| | They walked down the mountain. |
| | Bajaron la montaña. |
| down prep | (further along) | abajo adv |
| | The restaurant is just down the street. |
| | El restaurante está justo calle abajo. |
| down prep | (near body of water) | abajo adv |
| | They live about 20 miles down river. |
| | Viven como 20 millas río abajo. |
| down prep | (throughout: years, ages, etc.) | durante prep |
| | | desde hace loc prep |
| | Philosophers have sought answers down the ages. |
| | Los filósofos han buscado respuestas durante muchos años. |
| down adv | (southward) | bajar⇒ vi |
| | | al sur loc adv |
| | We're going down to Italy for our holidays this year. |
| | Este año bajaremos a Italia para pasar las vacaciones. |
| down adj | (lower) | en baja loc adj |
| | The price of oil is down this week. |
| | El precio del petróleo está en baja esta semana. |
| down n | (bird: soft feathers) | plumón nm |
| | These pillows are filled with goose down. |
| | Estos almohadones están rellenos de plumón de ganso. |
| down n | (person: soft hair) (figurado) | pelusa nf |
| | He was sixteen and had down on his chin. |
| | Tenía dieciséis años y pelusa en la barbilla. |
| Additional Translations |
| down adj | (level: reduced) | bajo/a adj |
| | The water level is down. We should add some more. |
| | El nivel de agua está bajo, deberíamos añadir un poco. |
| down adj | figurative, informal (sad or depressed) | deprimido/a adj |
| | (ES, coloquial) | de bajón loc adj |
| | (AR, coloquial) | bajoneado adj |
| | I feel a little down, but I'll be alright. |
| | Estoy un poco deprimido, pero estaré bien. |
| down adj | (to the south) | al sur loc adv |
| | | allá en el sur loc adv |
| | They're down on the south coast all week. |
| | Están al sur, en la costa meridional toda esta semana. |
| down adj | (American football: stopped) (voz inglesa) | down adj inv |
| | The referee declared the ball down. |
| | El arbitró marcó down. |
| down adj | (sports: behind in score) (durante el partido) | por abajo loc adv |
| | (deportes) | perder⇒ vi |
| | The Danish team is down ten points. |
| | El equipo danés va diez puntos por abajo. |
| down adj | UK (trains: away from capital) | de salida loc adj |
| | | de bajada loc adj |
| | The down train leaves from this platform. |
| | El tren de salida parte de este andén. |
| down adj | informal (not working, out of order) (servidor, sistema) | caído/a, inoperativo adj |
| | (equipo eléctrico) | fuera de servicio loc adj |
| | The server's down. You'll have to try again later. |
| | El servidor está caído. Tendrá que volver a intentarlo más tarde. |
| down adj | informal (learned) | aprendido adj |
| | Have you got your lines down for the school play yet? |
| | ¿Te has aprendido las líneas para la obra del colegio de mañana? |
| down adj | informal (gambling: with losses of) | perdido/a adj |
| | I'm down three hundred dollars. |
| | Llevo perdidos 300 dólares. |
| down adj | informal (finished) | acabado/a, terminado/a adj |
| | (coloquial) | ¡y van ...! loc conj |
| | We've got three reports down, one to go! |
| | Hemos acabado tres informes, nos falta sólo uno. |
| | ¡Y van tres informes terminados! Sólo queda uno. |
| down adj | (crossword puzzles: vertical) (crucigramas) | vertical adj mf |
| | I can't work out the answer to 7 down. |
| | No encuentro la respuesta para la 7 vertical. |
| down with [sth] adj + prep | US, informal (sick with, suffering from) (por enfermedad) | estar en cama loc verb |
| | (enfermedad) | estar con vtr + prep |
| | She's down with the flu and can't come to the party. |
| | Está en cama con gripe y no puede venir a la fiesta. |
| down to [sth/sb] adj + prep | informal (determined by) | depender de vi + prep |
| | Whether he goes free or not is down to the judge's decision. |
| | Si sale libre o no depende de la decisión del juez. |
| down to [sth] adj + prep | (left with only) | quedar sólo uno de loc verb |
| | | verse reducido a loc verb |
| | We're down to the last of the coffee, so could you buy some more while you're out? |
| | Nos queda sólo un café, ¿podrías comprar más cuando salgas? |
| down to [sth/sb] adj + prep | informal (caused by) | deberse a v prnl + prep |
| | | estar causado por loc verb |
| | The accident was entirely down to driver error. |
| | El accidente se debió a un error del conductor. |
| down adv | (written) | por escrito loc adv |
| | Have you got that down yet? |
| | ¿Lo has puesto ya por escrito? |
| down adv | (sitting or lying) | acostar⇒ vtr |
| | I put her down for her nap. |
| | La he acostado para la siesta. |
| down adv | (to lower value) | bajar⇒ vi |
| | Prices have come down in recent weeks. |
| | Los precios han bajado en las últimas semanas. |
| down adv | (reduced: in volume, amount, etc.) | reducir⇒ vtr |
| | We've got our luggage down to one suitcase each. |
| | Hemos reducido nuestro equipaje a una maleta por persona. |
| down adv | (time: earlier to later) | a lo largo de loc adv |
| | Language changes down through the ages. |
| | Los idiomas cambian a lo largo de las épocas. |
| down adv | (to lesser strength) | diluido, rebajado, aguado/a adj |
| | The beer tastes watered down. |
| | Esta cerveza sabe como diluida. |
| down adv | (cash payment) | poner en efectivo loc verb |
| | How much money can you put down? |
| | ¿Cuánto dinero puedes poner en efectivo? |
| down adv | (into submission) | hacer callar loc verb |
| | He shouted down his opponent. |
| | Hizo callar a su oponente. |
| down adv | (fixed state) | sujetar⇒ vtr |
| | The antenna was tied down with ropes. |
| | Sujetaron la antena con cuerdas. |
| down adv | (to the source) | localizar⇒ vtr |
| | | ubicar⇒ vtr |
| Note: For example: track down, hunt down |
| | He tracked down his natural father. |
| | Localizó a su padre biológico. |
| down adv | (suppressed) | contener⇒ vtr |
| | | reprimir⇒ vtr |
| | He choked down his emotions. |
| | Contuvo sus emociones. |
down with [sth],
down with doing [sth],
down to do [sth],
down for [sth],
down for doing [sth] expr | slang (keen to do [sth]) (coloquial) | apuntarse para v prnl + prep |
| | | animarse a v prnl + prep |
| | | querer⇒ vtr |
| | Sure, I'm down for going hiking this weekend. |
| | Sí, yo me apunto para hacer senderismo este fin de semana. |
| | Sí, quiero hacer senderismo este fin de semana. |
| down interj | (command to a dog) (orden) | ¡quieto! interj |
| | Down, boy! Get back to your kennel. |
| | ¡Quieto! ¡A tu caseta! |
| down n | (botany: fuzz) (botánica) | pelusa, pelusilla nf |
| | (persona) | vello nm |
| | Peaches have a layer of down on their skin. |
| | Los melocotones tienen la piel cubierta de pelusilla. |
| down n as adj | (made with soft feathers) | de plumón loc adj |
| | I find a down pillow more comfortable than a synthetic one. |
| | Las almohadas de plumón me parecen más cómodas que las sintéticas. |
| downs npl | UK (rolling country) | colinas nfpl |
| | Sheep were grazing on the downs. |
| | Undulating downs stretched as far as the eye could see. |
| | Las ovejas pastaban en las colinas. // Las colinas ondulantes se extendían hasta donde daba la vista. |
| downs npl | informal (negative events, experiences) | cosas malas loc nom fpl |
| | Life has been hard on me lately; I've had more downs than ups this past year. |
| | La vida ha sido dura últimamente: he vivido más cosas malas que buenas este año. |
| The Downs npl | UK (range of low ridges in England) | The Downs n propio m |
| | Bill took his children to fly their kites on the Downs. |
| | Bill llevó a los niños a volar sus comentas en The Downs. |
| The Downs npl | UK (sea area in England) | The Downs n propio m |
| | A number of ships lay at anchor in the Downs. |
| | Varios barcos permanecen anclados en The Downs. |
| down prep | UK, informal (at, to) | en prep |
| | Were you down the pub last night? |
| | ¿Estuviste en el pub anoche? |
| down⇒ vi | informal (fall) | descender⇒, bajar⇒ vi |
| | The road ups and downs all the way to the sea. |
| | La carretera subía y bajaba continuamente hasta llegar al mar. |
| down [sth]⇒ vtr | informal (drink) | terminar⇒ vtr |
| | (AR, coloquial) | bajarse⇒ v prnl |
| | He downed his beer and left. |
| | Terminó su cerveza y se fue. |
| | Se bajó la cerveza y se fue. |
| down [sth] vtr | (shoot from the sky) | derribar⇒ vtr |
| | They downed a helicopter with just a rifle. |
| | Derribaron el helicóptero con sólo un rifle. |
| down [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | informal (fell, knock to the ground) | tumbar a vtr + prep |
| | That wrestler could down anyone in thirty seconds. |
| | El luchador podría tumbar a cualquiera en treinta segundos. |
Locuciones verbales
down to | down |
| boil down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (be essentially) | reducirse a v prnl + prep |
| | What it all boils down to is a failure to plan. |
| | Todo se reduce a que es un fracaso planificar. |
| | (figurado) | en resumidas cuentas expr |
| | En resumidas cuentas, es un fracaso planificar. |
| come down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be essentially) | ser esencialmente loc verb |
| | | reducirse a v prnl + prep |
| | What this strike comes down to is a failure to communicate with your staff. |
| | Esta huelga es esencialmente un fracaso en lo que respecta a tu comunicación con los empleados. |
| count down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (prepare for, anticipate [sth]) | contar los días loc verb |
| | | esperar⇒ vtr |
| | As soon as one birthday is over, Tommy starts counting down to the next one. |
| | Tan pronto como termina un cumpleaños, Tommy empieza a contar los días hasta el siguiente. |
| | (AmL) | no ver la hora de loc verb |
| | Tan pronto como termina un cumpleaños, Tommy no ve la hora de que llegue el siguiente. |
| cow down to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | US, informal (be intimidated) | dejarse intimidar por loc verb |
| | I'm not going to cow down to her. She doesn't scare me! |
| | No me dejaré intimidar por ella, ¡no me asusta! |
| get down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (start) | empezar con vtr + prep |
| | | arrancar con vtr + prep |
| | Let's get down to the important matter of choosing our new chairperson. |
| | Empecemos con el asunto fundamental de elegir a un nuevo jefe. |
| knuckle down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (apply yourself) (coloquial) | ponerse las pilas con algo loc verb + prep |
| | | ponerse serio con algo v prnl + loc adj |
| | | ponerse a trabajar en serio en algo loc verb + prep |
| | | hacer un esfuerzo con algo loc verb + prep |
| | We don't have much time for this project. We'd better knuckle down to work. |
| | No tenemos mucho tiempo para terminar este proyecto. Será mejor que nos pongamos las pilas con el trabajo. |
round [sth] down,
round [sth] down to [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (express as previous whole number) | redondear hacia abajo, redondear hacia abajo hasta loc verb |
| | The answer was 5.1, so I rounded it down to 5. |
| | La respuesta era 5,1 así que la redondeé hacia abajo a 5. |
| strip [sth] down to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (reduce: to essentials or basics) (coloquial) | jibarizar⇒ vtr |
| | In these economic hard times, many families have stripped their grocery budget down to a few staple items. |
| | | reducir al máximo, recortar al máximo loc verb |
| | En estos tiempos de crisis muchas familias han reducido al máximo su presupuesto de comida hasta unos pocos artículos básicos de alimentación. |
| talk down to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (speak condescendingly to) | hablarle con superioridad a loc verb |
| | | hablarle con condescendencia a loc verb |
| | | hablarle con paternalismo a loc verb |
| | I hate it when my teacher talks down to me. |
| | Odio cuando mis maestros me hablan con superioridad. |
| whittle [sth] down to [sth] vtr phrasal 3-part | figurative (cut, reduce to [sth]) | reducir a vtr + prep |
| | The teacher advised her student to whittle down his essay to half the length. |
Compound Forms:
down to | down |
| come down to earth v expr | figurative (be realistic) (figurado) | poner los pies en el suelo loc verb |
| | He came down to earth with a real bump when he was forced to get his first job. |
| | Puso los pies en el suelo de golpe cuando se vio obligado a aceptar su primer empleo. |
| cut [sb/sth] down to size expr | (criticize, find faults) (coloquial) | bajar los humos expr |
| | Rick was cocky at first, but his new teammates cut him down to size. |
down to earth,
down-to-earth adj | (sensible) | con los pies en la tierra loc adj |
| | | que tiene los pies en la tierra loc adj |
| | | centrado/a adj |
| | | sensato/a adj |
| Note: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| | Marilyn's a very down-to-earth person: she'll be a great asset in the coming crisis. |
| | Marilyn es una persona con los pies en la tierra: será de gran valor en la próxima crisis. |
| | Marilyn es una persona muy centrada: será de gran valor en la próxima crisis. |
| down to earth adv | figurative (to reality) | volver a la realidad loc verb |
| | | entrar en razón loc verb |
| | | recapacitar⇒ vi |
| | Telling her I was broke brought her quickly back down to earth and stopped her spending sprees. |
| | Decirle que estaba en quiebra la hizo volver a la realidad y dejó de comprar compulsivamente. |
| down to luck adj | informal (depends on chance) | librado a la suerte loc adj |
| | My win at chess was down to luck, rather than skill. |
| | It's down to luck now whether we get there on time. |
| down to the ground adv | informal (completely) | completamente, totalmente adv |
| down to the wire expr | figurative (close to the deadline) | contra reloj loc adv |
| get down to brass tacks v expr | figurative, informal (discuss essentials) | ir a lo esencial loc verb |
| | Thank you all for coming to this emergency meeting; now, let's get down to brass tacks. |
| | Gracias a todos por venir a esta reunión de emergencia. Ahora, vayamos a lo esencial. |
| | | ir al meollo del asunto, ir al meollo de la cuestión loc verb |
| | Gracias a todos por venir a esta reunión de emergencia. Ahora, vayamos al meollo del asunto. |
| | | ir al punto loc verb |
| | Gracias a todos por venir a esta reunión de emergencia. Ahora, vayamos al punto. |
get down to business,
get down to work v expr | (start now) | ponerse a trabajar loc verb |
| | | ponerse manos a la obra loc verb |
| | We need to get down to business if we hope to finish this today. |
| | Tenemos que ponernos a trabajar si queremos terminar esto hoy. |
narrow [sth] down to [sth],
narrow down [sth] to [sth] v expr | (possibilities: limit to [sth]) | limitar⇒ vtr |
| | | reducir⇒ vtr |
| | When choosing a college, it is important to narrow down your options to only three or four colleges. |
| | Cuando elijas universidad, es importante limitar tus opciones a solamente tres o cuatro universidades. |
| put [sth] down to [sth] v expr | UK, informal (consider as reason) | atribuir algo a algo vtr + prep |
| | | creer que algo se debe a algo loc verb |
| | Sharon never speaks to me; I put it down to shyness. |
| | Sharon nunca me habla: lo atribuyo a su timidez. |
| | Sharon nunca me habla: creo que se debe a su timidez. |
| put [sth] down to [sth] v expr | (ascribe to) | atribuir a vtr + prep |
| | Jake's parents put his mood swings down to him being a teenager. |
| | Los padres de Jake atribuyen sus cambios de humor a ser adolescente |
| suit [sb] down to the ground v expr | informal (be ideal) | sentar como anillo al dedo, ir como anillo al dedo expr |
| | | sentar perfecto, ir perfecto loc verb |
| when it comes down to it expr | (when push comes to shove) | cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles, cuando las cosas se ponen feas expr |
| | | a la hora de la verdad expr |
| | (AR: coloquial) | cuando las papas queman expr |
| winnow [sth] down to [sth] v expr | (leave only what is desirable) (figurado) | reducir a vtr + prep |
| | | limitar a vtr + prep |
| | Elsa looked at all the available courses and finally winnowed her choices down to two universities. |