OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 7446

great

/ˈɡɹeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bonísimo • buenísimo • chachi • chanchi • fetén • formidable • genial • groso • grosso • macanudo • muy bueno • piola • requetebién
Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
Dinner was great.
He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights,[…], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all…
Grande • Magno
Important, consequential.
a great decision
a great dilemma
gran • grande • grave • groso • grosso
Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
He’s not a great one for reading.
What a great buffoon!
📚 adv • entry_id 7447

great

/ˈɡɹeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bienísimo • chachi • chanchi • fetén • genial • muy bien • requetebién
Very well (in a very satisfactory manner).
Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 28251

gird

/ɡɜːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atar • ligar
To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie: with thy glory and thy maiestie.
The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
cercar • ceñir • encerrar • rodear
To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.
a castle girded with a moat
aprestarse
To prepare (oneself) for an action.
Associate your selues, O ye people, and yee shalbe broken in pieces; and giue eare all ye of farre countreys: gird your selues, and ye shalbe broken in pieces; gird your selues, an…
The poet is not trying to conform to any of the old standards of behavior. She is instead focusing her rage and girding herself for battle.