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#117951 12/18/2003 9:00 PM
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Wait till you get a look at the difinition. More than I really wanted to know. But good.
""Manuel, can you catch Vaminos, in the little pasture, for me?"

"Why not, senor? I saw him near the puerta but two hours past. He bears a drag-rope."

puerta sustantivo femenino1 [de casa, vehículo, armario] door
[de jardín, ciudad] gate
llaman a la puerta there's somebody at the door
un coche de dos puertas a two-door car
le esperé a la puerta de la escuela I waited for him outside the entrance to the school
Susana me acompañó a la puerta Susana saw me out
puerta corredera sliding door
puerta de artistas stage door
puerta de servicio tradesman's entrance
puerta principal [de casa] front door
[de edificio público] main entrance
puerta trasera back door
2 (locuciones)
de puertas abiertas: jornada de puertas abiertas open day (británico); open house (EEUU)
a puerta cerrada (generalmente) behind closed doors
(derecho, jurídico) in camera
de puerta en puerta from door to door
◆MODISMO:a las puertas de: a las puertas de la muerte at death's door
ya a las puertas de la primavera with spring just around the corner
◆MODISMO:dejar la puerta abierta a algo to leave the way open to something
◆MODISMO:abrir la puerta a algo to open the door to something
◆MODISMO:de puertas afuera: lo que pasa de puertas afuera (= fuera de casa) what happens outside of this home
(= en el extranjero) what happens abroad
◆MODISMO:cerrar todas las puertas a alguien to close off all avenues to somebody
◆MODISMO:coger la puerta (España) (informal) to leave
◆MODISMO:dar con la puerta en las narices a alguien to slam the door in somebody's face
◆MODISMO:por la puerta grande: entrar por la puerta grande to make a grand entrance
salir por la puerta grande [torero] to make a triumphant exit
si me voy, lo haré por la puerta grande if I leave, I'll leave with my head held high
◆MODISMO:querer poner puertas al campo to try to stem the tide
3 (aeronáutica) gate
puerta de embarque boarding gate
4 (deportes) goal
un disparo or remate a puerta a shot at goal
sacar de puerta to take a goal kick





#117952 12/18/2003 10:15 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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as in Puerta Rica--NYC 6th boro!

even the Fed's catagorize Puerta Rica and VI as part of NY (and NJ) (EPA 'region 2)

commonly translanted as 'gateway to riches'--



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