daylight

daylight
noun
1) ((also adjective) (of) the light given by the sun: daylight hours.) luz (del día)
2) (dawn: To get there on time we must leave before daylight.) amanecer
daylight n luz del día
let's go while it's still daylight vamos mientras sea de día
daylight
tr['deɪlaɪt]
noun
1 luz nombre femenino de día
■ let's go while it's still daylight vamos mientras aún sea de día
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to beat/knock the living daylights out of somebody pegarle una soberana paliza a alguien
to scare/frighten the living daylights out of somebody darle un susto de muerte a alguien
it's daylight robbery! ¡es un (auténtico) robo!, ¡es un timo!
in broad daylight en pleno día, a plena luz del día
daylight ['deɪ.laɪt] n
1) : luz f del día
in broad daylight: a plena luz del día
daylight
n.
• día s.m.
• luz del día s.f.
mass noun luz f (del día)

in broad daylight — a plena luz del día

before daylight — antes de que amanezca

to beat/scare the (living) daylights out of somebody — (colloq)

that dog scares the (living) daylights out of me — ese perro me da pánico or terror

he beat the (living) daylights out of him — le dio una paliza tremenda; robbery

['deɪlaɪt]
1.
N luz f (del día)

at daylight — (=dawn) al amanecer

in the daylight, by daylight — de día

in broad daylight — a plena luz del día, en pleno día

to see daylight —

I am beginning to see daylight — (=understand) empiezo a ver las cosas claras; (=approach the end of a job) ya vislumbro el final

- beat or knock the
- scare the living daylights out of sb
2.
CPD

daylight attack N — ataque m diurno

daylight hours NPL — horas fpl de luz

* * *
mass noun luz f (del día)

in broad daylight — a plena luz del día

before daylight — antes de que amanezca

to beat/scare the (living) daylights out of somebody — (colloq)

that dog scares the (living) daylights out of me — ese perro me da pánico or terror

he beat the (living) daylights out of him — le dio una paliza tremenda; robbery


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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