OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4023

people

/ˈpi.pəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gente
plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
There were so many people at the restaurant last night.
These six people are waiting for the bus.
pueblo
Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
a people apart
an industrious people
familia
A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
His people live out west.
My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.
pueblo
The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
The election is over and the people have spoken.
The people have successfully stood up against tyranny and totalitarianism.
📚 noun • entry_id 7359

peep

/piːp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pío
A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
susurro
A feeble utterance or complaint.
I don't want to hear a peep out of you!
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📚 noun • entry_id 7362

peep

/piːp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atisbo • ojeada • vistazo
A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside. / I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; […] then the door I opened wide.
So saying she loosened some ivory screws of the guitar, so as to open a peep lengthwise through its interior.
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Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 7360

peep

/piːp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
piar
To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
susurrar
To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
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📚 verb • entry_id 7361

peep

/piːp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
espiar • husmear
To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunc…
The man peeped through the small hole.
pishpar • pispar
To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
They first caught crabs and quohogs in the sand; grown bolder, they waded out with nets for mackerel; more experienced, they pushed off in boats and captured cod; and at last, laun…
When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear.
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