dear
s.
amor, bien amado
adv.
caro
adj.
estimado, amado, apreciado, favorito, querido; costoso, caro
interj.
Dios me libre; ¡uy!, ¡uy uy uy!
dear
querido | estimado | apreciado
dear me!
¡vaya!
dear 1 [dearer -comp., dearest -sup.] (adj.) = estimado, querido, preciado
Ex: Heaney noted that 'in the first place and in the last resort, libraries are for dear life also'.
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*endear = hacerse querer, granjearse el cariño, ganarse el cariño, hacer atractivo
dear 2 [dearer -comp., dearest -sup.] (adj.) = caro, costoso
Ex: The author argues that delivery of knowledge via books and periodicals is too expensive and examines possible reasons why periodicals are so dear.
dear1 [dearer -comp., dearest -sup.]
(adj.) = estimado, querido, preciado
Ex: Heaney noted that 'in the first place and in the last resort, libraries are for dear life also'.
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* cling on + for dear life = aferrarse desesperadamente, agarrarse desesperadamente
* endear = hacerse querer, granjearse el cariño, ganarse el cariño, hacer atractivo
* hang on + for dear life = aferrarse desesperadamente, agarrarse desesperadamente
* hold + Nombre + dear = considerar importante, apreciar, estimar, valorar
dear2 [dearer -comp., dearest -sup.]
(adj.) = caro, costoso
Ex: The author argues that delivery of knowledge via books and periodicals is too expensive and examines possible reasons why periodicals are so dear.