packet

packet
'pækit
noun
(a small often flat, usually paper or cardboard container, especially one in which food is sold or in which small objects are sent through the post: a packet of biscuits.) paquete, cajita; cajetilla (cigarrillos); sobre
packet n paquete
a packet of biscuits un paquete de galletas
packet
tr['pækɪt]
noun
1 (small box - gen) paquete nombre masculino, cajita; (of cigaretes) paquete nombre masculino, cajetilla; (envelope) sobre nombre masculino
2 familiar (large amount of money) dineral nombre masculino
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to cost a packet costar un ojo de la cara, costar un riñón
to make a packet ganar una fortuna
packet ['pækət] n
: paquete m
packet
n.
• cajetilla s.f.
• paquete s.m.
'pækət, 'pækɪt
noun
1) (container) (esp BrE) paquete m

a packet of cigarettes — (BrE) un paquete or una cajetilla de cigarrillos; (before n) <soup, cake mix> de sobre

2) (large sum) (BrE colloq) (no pl) dineral m, fortunón m (fam)
['pækɪt]
1. N
1) (=carton) cajita f ; [of cigarettes] cajetilla f ; [of seeds, needles] sobre m ; [of crisps etc] bolsa f ; (=small parcel) paquete m
2) (fig)

a new packet of proposals — un paquete de nuevas propuestas

a whole packet of trouble — la mar de disgustos *

3) (Brit) * (=large sum) dineral m

to make a packet — ganar un dineral or una fortuna

that must have cost a packet — eso habrá costado un dineral

4) (Naut) (also: packet boat) paquebote m
2.
CPD

packet switching N — (Comput) conmutación f de paquetes

* * *
['pækət, 'pækɪt]
noun
1) (container) (esp BrE) paquete m

a packet of cigarettes — (BrE) un paquete or una cajetilla de cigarrillos; (before n) <soup, cake mix> de sobre

2) (large sum) (BrE colloq) (no pl) dineral m, fortunón m (fam)

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