blind alley im Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Übersetzungen für blind alley im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

blind alley SUBST

blind alley

callejón m sin salida

Übersetzungen für blind alley im Spanisch»Englisch-Wörterbuch

callejón sin salida

blind alley

callejón sin salida (situación difícil)

blind alley

estábamos en un callejón sin salida

we were up a blind alley

Übersetzungen für blind alley im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

alley <pl alleys> [Am ˈæli, Brit ˈali] SUBST

1. alley (lane):

alley

callejón m

to be right up sb's alley Am ugs, the job would be right up her alley

sería un trabajo ideal para ella

I thought the program would be right up your alley

pensé que sería justo el tipo de programa que a ti te encanta

2. alley (in park, garden):

alley

camino m

alley

sendero m

3. alley:

bowling alley (lane)

pista f

bowling alley (building)

bolera f

4. alley (in tennis):

alley esp Am

pasillo m de dobles (espacio entre las líneas laterales exterior e interior)

I.blind [Am blaɪnd, Brit blʌɪnd] ADJ

1.1. blind MED:

blind

ciego

blind man

ciego m

blind woman

ciega f

to be blind in one eye

ser tuerto

he's been blind since birth

es ciego de nacimiento

to go blind

quedarse ciego

to be blind to sth

no ver algo

he remained blind to her beauty

permanecía ciego a sus encantos liter or scherzh

she's blind to the fact that …

no ve or no quiere ver que …

how could I have been so blind?

¿cómo pude haber sido tan ciego?

1.2. blind flying:

blind

por instrumentos

blind

con instrumentos

1.3. blind MOTOR:

blind corner

de poca visibilidad

2. blind (lacking reason, judgment):

blind faith/obedience/fury

ciego

he was blind with passion

lo cegaba la pasión

he was blind with passion

lo enceguecía la pasión LatAm

blind with rage, she slapped him

ciega de ira, le dio una bofetada

he made a blind guess at the answer

intentó adivinar la respuesta

he made a blind guess at the answer

dio una respuesta al azar a ver si acertaba

3. blind Brit ugs as intensifier:

it isn't a blind bit of use

no sirve para nada de nada ugs

nobody took a blind bit of notice

nadie le hizo ni pizca de caso ugs

4. blind (without opening):

blind door/window

tapiado

blind passage

ciego

blind passage

sin salida

blind wall

ciego

blind wall

sin ventanas

II.blind [Am blaɪnd, Brit blʌɪnd] VERB trans

1. blind (permanently):

blind

dejar ciego

he was blinded in an accident

perdió la vista or se quedó ciego en un accidente

2. blind:

blind ambition/passion:

cegar

blind ambition/passion:

enceguecer LatAm

blind light/wealth:

deslumbrar

blind light/wealth:

encandilar

he was blinded by her beauty

su belleza lo deslumbró or encandiló

Wendungen:

to blind sb to sth

impedirle ver algo a alguien

love blinded her to his faults

el amor le impedía ver sus defectos

III.blind [Am blaɪnd, Brit blʌɪnd] SUBST

1. blind (outside window):

blind

persiana f

roller blind

persiana f (de enrollar)

roller blind

estor m Esp

venetian blind

persiana f veneciana

venetian blind

persiana f de lamas

venetian blind

persiana f americana Arg

venetian blind

cortina f veneciana Urug

2.1. blind (cover, diversion):

blind

pantalla f

blind

subterfugio m

2.2. blind (hide):

blind Am

puesto m

blind Am

paranza f

3. blind (blind people) + pl Verb:

the blind

los ciegos

the blind

los invidentes form

a school for the blind

una escuela para ciegos

a school for the blind

una escuela para invidentes form

it's a case of the blind leading the blind

es a cuál de los dos sabe menos

in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king Sprichw

en tierra de ciegos or en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es rey

IV.blind [Am blaɪnd, Brit blʌɪnd] ADV

1. blind Brit ugs as intensifier:

to swear blind that …

jurar y perjurar que …

he swore blind that he knew nothing

juró y perjuró que no sabía nada

to be blind drunk

estar más borracho que una cuba ugs

2. blind GASTRO:

to bake pastry blind

cocer masa en blanco or sin relleno

blind alley im PONS Wörterbuch

Übersetzungen für blind alley im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

blind alley <-s> SUBST a. übtr

blind alley

callejón m sin salida

Übersetzungen für blind alley im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

blind alley

callejón sin salida

Übersetzungen für blind alley im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

alley [ˈæli] SUBST

1. alley (between buildings):

alley

callejón m

blind alley

callejón sin salida

2. alley (in garden):

alley

paseo m

I.blind [blaɪnd] SUBST

1. blind pl (person):

the blind

los ciegos

2. blind (window shade):

blind

persiana f

3. blind (cover):

blind

pantalla f

II.blind [blaɪnd] VERB trans

1. blind ANAT, MED:

blind

cegar

2. blind (dazzle):

blind

deslumbrar

III.blind [blaɪnd] ADJ

1. blind (unable to see):

blind

ciego, -a

to be blind in one eye

ser tuerto

to be blind to sth

no ver algo

2. blind acceptance, devotion:

blind

ciego, -a

3. blind (hidden):

blind corner

de poca visibilidad

4. blind Brit ugs (as intensifier):

not to take a blind bit of notice of sth

no conceder la más mínima importancia a algo

IV.blind [blaɪnd] ADV

to be blind drunk

estar más borracho que una cuba

to swear blind that ...

jurar y perjurar que...

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

But for years the tiny nanofibers, which are similar to carbon nanotubes, have lead researchers down one blind alley after another.

cleantechnica.com

Certainly, in purely evolutionary terms, atheism is a blind alley.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Instead of making a breakthrough, we found ourselves up a blind alley.

med.stanford.edu

They were led by their educators into the blind alley of social dysfunction.

www.thenewamerican.com

We are in a blind alley, or worse in a crisis that will have terrible human and economic and political costs for all of us.

www.theglobeandmail.com

The nature/nurture debate surely turns out to be something of a blind alley?

www.theecologist.org

He was full of running, but all too often it was running down a blind alley.

www.standard.co.uk

In the end, that's a blind alley -- we have to get back to being able to think on our feet and react.

www.macleans.ca

It has been a 10-year-old blind alley.

opinion.inquirer.net

To isolate the problem of valid orders is to go up a blind alley.

en.wikipedia.org