person

person
'pə:sn
plural - people; noun
1) (a human being: There's a person outside who wants to speak to you.) persona
2) (a person's body: He never carried money on his person (= with him; in his pockets etc).) encima (suyo)
•
- personality
- personally
- personal computer
- personal pronoun
- personal stereo
- personal watercraft
- in person
person n persona
Para expresar el plural de person se suele emplear people
one person , two people, three people una persona, dos personas, tres personas
person
tr['pɜːsən]
noun
1 (gen) persona
■ who was the first person to fly a plane? ¿quién fue la primera persona que pilotó un avión?
■ he's a really nice person es una persona muy simpática
■ she was murdered by a person or persons unknown fue asesinada por una persona o personas no identificadas
2 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL persona
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
in person en persona, personalmente
person to person personalmente
to have on one's person / have about one's person llevar encima Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL El plural más usual es people, pero persons se emplea en el lenguaje jurídico /Table 1
person ['pərsən] n
1) human, individual: persona f, individuo m, ser m humano
2) : persona f (en gramática)
3)
in person : en persona
person
n.
(§ pl.: people) = persona s.f.
'pɜːrsṇ, 'pɜːsṇ
noun
1) (pl people) persona f

she's a charming person — es (una persona) encantadora

Sue's the person to ask — a quien hay que preguntarle es a Sue

who is this Davies person? — ¿quién es el tal Davies?

help arrived in the person of his father — su padre llegó en el momento más oportuno; see also people I 1) b)

2) (pl persons)
a) (individual) (frml) persona f
b) (body) persona f

to have a weapon on o about one's person — (BrE frml) ser* portador de arma

in person — en persona

3) (Ling) (pl persons) persona f
['pɜːsn]
N
1) (pl people or (frm) persons) (=individual) persona f

who would be the best person to ask? — ¿quién es la persona más indicada para preguntarle?

she is a very caring person — es (una persona) muy comprensiva

Jane was the last person to see him — Jane fue la última (persona) que lo vio

I don't know of any such person — no conozco a tal persona

there is no such person as Father Christmas — no hay tal Papá Noel

who is this Ford person she keeps talking about? — ¿quién es este tal Ford del que habla constantemente?

the right of accused persons to remain silent — frm el derecho de los acusados a no declarar

two-person households — viviendas fpl de dos personas

• I like him as a person, but not as a politician — me gusta como persona, pero no como político

• a certain person, who shall be nameless ... — hum cierta persona, a quien no voy a nombrar ... hum

• to call sb person to person — (Telec) llamar a algn de persona a persona

• murder by person or persons unknown — (Jur) homicidio m a manos de persona or personas sin identificar

people, per, single 3., third 4., young 1., 1), person-to-person
2) (pl persons) (=body, physical presence) persona f

crimes or offences against the person — (Jur) crímenes mpl or ofensas fpl contra la persona

to have a weapon concealed on or about one's person — frm llevar encima una arma oculta

• in person — en persona

give it to him in person — dáselo a él en persona

• he found one new problem in the person of Max Steel — encontró un nuevo problema en la persona de Max Steel

3) (pl people)
* (=type)

I'm not much of a city person myself — no soy de los que les gusta la ciudad *

Steve is a cat person — Steve es un amante de los gatos

4) (pl persons) (Gram) persona f

• the first person singular — la primera persona del singular

• in the first/third person — en primera/tercera persona

* * *
['pɜːrsṇ, 'pɜːsṇ]
noun
1) (pl people) persona f

she's a charming person — es (una persona) encantadora

Sue's the person to ask — a quien hay que preguntarle es a Sue

who is this Davies person? — ¿quién es el tal Davies?

help arrived in the person of his father — su padre llegó en el momento más oportuno; see also people I 1) b)

2) (pl persons)
a) (individual) (frml) persona f
b) (body) persona f

to have a weapon on o about one's person — (BrE frml) ser* portador de arma

in person — en persona

3) (Ling) (pl persons) persona f

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