| inglés > español | |
| match | |
| 1. s. Cerilla, cerillo. | |
| 2. s. Combate. | |
| 3. s. Partido o encuentro deportivo. | |
| 4. Igualar. | |
| 5. Ajustar a, corresponder con, hacer juego con. | |
| inglés > inglés | |
| match | |
| 1. s. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match. |  |
| My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today. |  |
| 2. s. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority. |  |
| 3. s. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison. |  |
| He knew he had met his match. |  |
| 4. s. A marriage. |  |
| 5. s. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage. |  |
| 6. s. Suitability. |  |
| 7. s. Equality of conditions in contest or competition. |  |
| 8. s. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics. |  |
| The carpet and curtains are a match. |  |
| 9. s. An agreement or compact. |  |
| 10. s. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts o |  |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to. |  |
| Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together. |  |
| These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match. |  |
| 12. v. To agree, to be equal, to correspond to. |  |
| His interests didn't match her interests. |  |
| 13. v. To make a successful match or pairing. |  |
| They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly. |  |
| 14. v. To equal or exceed in achievement. |  |
| She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better. |  |
| 15. v. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate. |  |
| 16. v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges. |  |
| to match boards |  |
| 17. s. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface. |  |
| He struck a match and lit his cigarette. |  |
| español > inglés | |
| cerilla | |
| 1. n-f. match (firestarter) |  |
| 2. n-f. long, narrow candle; taper |  |
| 3. n-f. earwax |  |