- halt
- ho:lt
1. verb(to (cause to) stop walking, marching, running etc: The driver halted the train; The train halted at the signals.) parar, detener
2. noun1) (a complete stop: the train came to a halt.) alto, interrupción2) (a short stop (on a march etc).) parada3) (a small railway station.) apeadero•- call a halt to- call a halt
halt1 n paradato come to a halt detenerse / pararsethe train came to a halt el tren se detuvohalt2 vb detener / parar / cesartrade has been halted between the two countries el comercio entre los dos países ha cesadohalt! ¡alto!halttr[hɔːlt]noun1 alto, parada2 (railway) apeaderotransitive verb1 parar, detener, interrumpirintransitive verb1 hacer alto, pararse, interrumpirse\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto come to a halt pararseto call a halt to something poner fin a algohalt ['hɔlt] vi: detenerse, pararsehalt vt1) stop: detener, parar (a una persona)2) interrupt: interrumpir (una actividad)halt n1) : alto m, parada f2)to come to a halt : pararse, detenersehaltadj.• cojo, -a adj.expr.• alto expr.n.• alto s.m.• apeadero s.m.• detención s.f.• interrupción s.f.• parada s.f.v.• detener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• hacer alto v.• pararse v.• plantar v.• vacilar v.hɔːlt, hɒlt, hɔːlt
I
nounto come to a halt — pararse, detenerse*
to call a halt to something — ponerle* fin a algo
II
1.
intransitive verb detenerse* (frml)halt! — (Mil) alto!
2.
vt \<\<vehicleoops\>\> detener* (frml); \<\<process\>\> atajar, detener* (frml); \<\<work/production\>\> interrumpir[hɔːlt]1. N1) (=stop, standstill) alto m , parada fto bring sth to a halt — [+ car] parar or detener algo; [+ event, process] interrumpir algo
to come to a halt — [car] pararse, detenerse; [train] hacer alto, detenerse; [negotiations] interrumpirse
to call a halt (to sth) — (fig) poner fin (a algo)
2) (Brit) (=train stop) apeadero m2.VT [+ vehicle, production] parar, detener3.VI (gen) pararse, detenerse; [train] hacer alto, detenerse; [process] interrumpirsehalt! — (Mil) ¡alto!
4.CPDhalt sign N — señal f de stop
* * *[hɔːlt, hɒlt, hɔːlt]
I
nounto come to a halt — pararse, detenerse*
to call a halt to something — ponerle* fin a algo
II
1.
intransitive verb detenerse* (frml)halt! — (Mil) alto!
2.
vt \<\<vehicle/troops\>\> detener* (frml); \<\<process\>\> atajar, detener* (frml); \<\<work/production\>\> interrumpir
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
