unknown

unknown
adjective
1) (not known: her unknown helper.) desconocido
2) (not famous; not well-known: That actor was almost unknown before he played that part.) desconocido
unknown adj desconocido
a book by an unknown author un libro de un escritor desconocido
the author is unknown se desconoce quién fue el autor
unknown
tr[ʌn'nəʊn]
adjective
1 desconocido,-a
noun
1 lo desconocido
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
unknown quantity incógnita
unknown [.ʌn'no:n] adj
: desconocido
unknown
adj.
desconocido, -a adj.
ignoto, -a adj.
incierto, -a adj.
incógnito, -a adj.
n.
desconocido s.m.
incógnita (Matemática) s.f.

I 'ʌn'nəʊn
adjective desconocido

her whereabouts are unknown — se desconoce su paradero

it is virtually unknown for anyone to refuse — prácticamente nunca se niega nadie


II
noun
a) u (phenomenon, experience)

the unknown — lo desconocido

b) c (Math) incógnita f
c) c (person) desconocido, -da m,f

III
adverb

unknown to her — sin ella saberlo, sin que ella lo supiera

['ʌn'nǝʊn]
1.
ADJ [identity, destination, territory, writer] desconocido

the Cazorla Sierra is almost unknown outside Spain — la sierra de Cazorla casi no se conoce fuera de España

it's unknown for him to refuse a sweet — nunca ha dicho que no a un caramelo que se sepa

it's not unknown for him to be wrong — iro no es precisamente que no se haya equivocado nunca iro

she's a bit of an unknown quantity — ella es una incógnita

for some unknown reason — por alguna razón desconocida

the Unknown Soldier — el soldado desconocido

to be unknown to sb, the name is unknown to me — el nombre no me resulta conocido

a substance unknown to science — una sustancia no conocida por la ciencia, una sustancia que la ciencia desconoce

person
2.
ADV

unknown to me — si yo saberlo

3.
N (=person) desconocido(-a) m / f ; (Math) (also fig) incógnita f

the unknown — lo desconocido

a journey into the unknown — un viaje a lo desconocido

* * *

I ['ʌn'nəʊn]
adjective desconocido

her whereabouts are unknown — se desconoce su paradero

it is virtually unknown for anyone to refuse — prácticamente nunca se niega nadie


II
noun
a) u (phenomenon, experience)

the unknown — lo desconocido

b) c (Math) incógnita f
c) c (person) desconocido, -da m,f

III
adverb

unknown to her — sin ella saberlo, sin que ella lo supiera


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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