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| year | |
| 1. s. Año. | |
| inglés > inglés | |
| year | |
| 1. s. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference). |  |
| we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago |  |
| 2. s. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution |  |
| Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years. |  |
| 3. s. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by |  |
| A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year. |  |
| I was born in the year 1950. |  |
| This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster. |  |
| 4. s. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity. |  |
| During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus. |  |
| 5. s. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a". |  |
| 6. s. A level or grade in school or college. |  |
| Every second-year student must select an area of specialization. |  |
| The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult. |  |
| 7. s. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year). |  |
| Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years. |  |
| español > inglés | |
| año | |
| 1. n-m. year |  |
| el año pasado - last year |  |
| el año que viene - next year |  |
| el año vigente - the current year |  |
| va para un año que no te veo - it's been a year since I saw you |  |
| con los años me cuesta cada vez más estar feliz - over the years I find it harder and harder to be happy |  |
| dentro de un par de años - in a couple of years' time |  |
| el mejor año de mi vida - the best year of my life |  |
| todos los años es igual - it's the same thing year on year |  |
| en sus años mozo - in her childhood years |  |
| 2. n-m. (a certain) age |  |
| Tengo veinte años. - I'm twenty years old. |  |
| Depende de los años que tenga. - It depends how old it is. |  |