school

school
I
1. sku:l noun
1) (a place for teaching especially children: She goes to the school; He's not at university - he's still at school; (American) He's still in school.) escuela, colegio
2) (the pupils of a school: The behaviour of this school in public is sometimes not very good.) escuela
3) (a series of meetings or a place for instruction etc: She runs a sewing school; a driving school.) curso
4) (a department of a university or college dealing with a particular subject: the School of Mathematics.) facultad
5) ((American) a university or college.) universidad
6) (a group of people with the same ideas etc: There are two schools of thought about the treatment of this disease.) escuela

2. verb
(to train through practice: We must school ourselves to be patient.) enseñar, educar, formar
- schoolboy
- schoolgirl
- schoolchild
- school-day
- schooldays
- schoolfellow
- school-leaver
- schoolmaster
- schoolmate
- school-teacher
II sku:l noun
(a group of certain kinds of fish, whales or other water animals swimming about: a school of porpoises.) banco
school n escuela / colegio / instituto
we study French at school en el colegio estudiamos francés
school
tr[skʊːl]
noun
1 (gen, primary) escuela, colegio; (secondary) colegio, instituto
■ what are you going to do when you leave school? ¿qué harás cuando dejes el colegio?
2 (lessons) clase nombre femenino
■ let's meet after school quedemos después de clase
3 (students) alumnos nombre masculino plural, alumnado
4 (university department) facultad nombre femenino
5 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (university) universidad nombre femenino
6 (course) curso, cursillo
7 (group of artists etc) escuela
■ the Dutch school of painting la escuela pictórica holandesa
transitive verb
1 (teach) enseñar; (train) educar, formar
2 (discipline) disciplinar
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be one of the old school ser de la vieja escuela, estar chapado,-a a la antigua
school age edad nombre femenino escolar
school holidays vacaciones nombre femenino plural escolares
school of thought corriente nombre femenino de opinión
school uniform uniforme nombre masculino escolar
school year año escolar
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school
tr[skʊːl]
noun
1 (of fish) banco
school ['sku:l] vt
: instruir, enseñar
school n
1) : escuela f, colegio m (institución)
2) : estudiantes mfpl y profesores mpl (de una escuela)
3) : escuela f (en pintura, etc.)
the Flemish school: la escuela flamenca
4)
school of fish : banco m, cardumen m
school
adj.
• colegial adj.
• escolar adj.
• lectivo, -a adj.
n.
• banco s.m.
• colegio s.m.
• escuela s.f.
• estudio s.m.
• facultad s.m.
v.
• adiestrar v.
• enseñar v.
• instruir v.

I skuːl
noun
1) c u
a) (in primary, secondary education) colegio m, escuela f

to go to school — ir* al colegio or a la escuela

are you still at o (AmE) in school? — ¿todavía vas al colegio?

to leave school — terminar la escuela

when do the children go back to school? — ¿cuándo empiezan las clases?, ¿cuándo vuelven los niños al colegio?

he teaches school — (AmE) es maestro

I'll see you after school — te veo después de clase

I missed school yesterday — ayer falté a clase or al colegio; (before n) <uniform, rules> del colegio; <bus, inspector> escolar

children of school age — niños mpl en edad escolar

school fees — cuotas que se pagan en un colegio particular, colegiatura f (Méx)

school report — (BrE) boletín m or (Méx) boleta f de calificaciones or notas

school year — año m escolar or lectivo

b) (college, university) (AmE) universidad f
c) (department) facultad f

he graduated from law/medical school — se licenció en derecho/medicina, se recibió de abogado/médico (AmL)

the School of Law — la Facultad or (Chi tb) la Escuela de Derecho

2) c u (other training establishment) academia f, escuela f

language school — academia f or escuela f de idiomas

3) c (tendency, group) escuela f

there are several schools of thought on this issue — sobre este tema hay varias corrientes de opinión

4) c (of fish) cardumen m, banco m; (of dolphins, whales) grupo m

II
transitive verb \<\<animal\>\> adiestrar; \<\<person\>\> instruir*; (train) capacitar

I [skuːl]
1. N
1) (for children)
a) (=institution) escuela f , colegio m

• what did you learn at school today? — ¿qué has aprendido hoy en el colegio?

to be at school — asistir a la escuela

which school were you at? — ¿a qué colegio fue?

we have to be at school by nine — tenemos que estar en el colegio a las nueve

you weren't at school yesterday — ayer faltaste a la clase

• to go to school — ir a la escuela

which school did you go to? — ¿a qué colegio fue?

• to leave school — terminar el colegio

primary 3., secondary 2., high 4.
b) (=lessons) clase f

after school — después de clase

there's no school today — hoy no hay clase

school starts again in September — las clases empiezan de nuevo en septiembre

2) (Univ)
a) (=faculty) facultad f

• art school — Facultad f de bellas artes

• School of Languages — departamento m de lenguas modernas

• law school — Facultad f de derecho

• medical school — Facultad f de medicina

b) (US) (=university) universidad f

I went back to school at 35 — a los 35 años volví a la universidad

3) (=group of artists, writers, thinkers) escuela f

the Dutch school — la escuela holandesa

Plato and his school — Platón y su escuela, Platón y sus discípulos

4) (specialist) escuela f

• school of art — escuela f de bellas artes

• school of dancing — escuela f de baile

• school of motoring — autoescuela f , escuela f de manejo (LAm)

• school of music — academia f de música, conservatorio m

ballet 2., driving 3., riding 2.
5) (in expressions)

I am not of that school — yo no soy de esa opinión, yo no pertenezco a esa escuela

I am not of the school that ... — yo no soy de los que ...

• of the old school — (fig) de la vieja escuela

• school of thought — (fig) corriente f de opinión

2.
VT [+ horse] amaestrar; [+ person] educar, instruir; [+ reaction, voice etc] dominar

he has been well schooled — ha recibido una buena educación

to school sb in sth — educar or instruir a algn en algo

to school sb to do sth — preparar a algn para hacer algo

to school o.s. — instruirse

to school o.s. in patience — aprender a tener paciencia

3.
CPD

school age N — edad f escolar

school-age child — niño m en edad escolar

school attendance N — asistencia f a la escuela

school attendance officer — inspector de educación encargado de problemas relacionados con la falta de asistencia o el bajo rendimiento de los alumnos

school board N — (US) (=board of governors) consejo m escolar; (=board of education) consejo supervisor del sistema educativo local

school bus N — autobús m escolar

school counsellor N — (US) consejero(-a) m / f escolar

school dinner N — comida f escolar, comida f de colegio

school district N — (US) distrito m escolar

school doctor N — médico mf de escuela

school fees NPL — matrícula fsing (escolar)

school friend N — amigo(-a) m / f de clase

school holidays NPL — vacaciones fpl escolares

school hours NPL —

during school hours — durante las horas de clase

school inspector N — inspector(a) m / f de enseñanza

school kid * N — niño(-a) m / f en edad escolar

school leaver N — persona f que termina la escuela

school library N — biblioteca f escolar

school life N — vida f escolar

school lunch N — comida f escolar, comida f de colegio

to take school lunches — comer or almorzar en la escuela

school meal N — comida f provista por la escuela

school night N — noche anterior a un día de colegio

school outing N —

to go on a school outing to the zoo — ir de visita al zoo con el colegio

school playground N — (Brit) patio m (de recreo)

school record N — expediente m académico

school report N — boletín m escolar

school run N —

• to do the school run — llevar a los niños al colegio en coche

school superintendent N — (US) superintendente mf escolar

school time N — = school hours

school trip N — = school outing

school uniform N — uniforme m escolar

school yard N (US) — = school playground

school year N — año m escolar


II
[skuːl]
N [of fish, dolphins, whales] banco m
* * *

I [skuːl]
noun
1) c u
a) (in primary, secondary education) colegio m, escuela f

to go to school — ir* al colegio or a la escuela

are you still at o (AmE) in school? — ¿todavía vas al colegio?

to leave school — terminar la escuela

when do the children go back to school? — ¿cuándo empiezan las clases?, ¿cuándo vuelven los niños al colegio?

he teaches school — (AmE) es maestro

I'll see you after school — te veo después de clase

I missed school yesterday — ayer falté a clase or al colegio; (before n) <uniform, rules> del colegio; <bus, inspector> escolar

children of school age — niños mpl en edad escolar

school fees — cuotas que se pagan en un colegio particular, colegiatura f (Méx)

school report — (BrE) boletín m or (Méx) boleta f de calificaciones or notas

school year — año m escolar or lectivo

b) (college, university) (AmE) universidad f
c) (department) facultad f

he graduated from law/medical school — se licenció en derecho/medicina, se recibió de abogado/médico (AmL)

the School of Law — la Facultad or (Chi tb) la Escuela de Derecho

2) c u (other training establishment) academia f, escuela f

language school — academia f or escuela f de idiomas

3) c (tendency, group) escuela f

there are several schools of thought on this issue — sobre este tema hay varias corrientes de opinión

4) c (of fish) cardumen m, banco m; (of dolphins, whales) grupo m

II
transitive verb \<\<animal\>\> adiestrar; \<\<person\>\> instruir*; (train) capacitar

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