Significado de nose en inglés
nosenose1 /nəʊz $ noʊz/ noun 
Ver todas las traducciones1on your face [countable] the part of a person’s or animal’s face used for smelling or breathingparte de la cara de una persona o animal que se usa para oler o respirar: 
Someone punched him on the nose.Alguien le dio un puñetazo en la nariz.2(right) under somebody’s nose a)if something bad or illegal happens under someone’s nose, they do not notice it even though it is happening very close to them and they should have noticed itsi algo malo o ilegal sucede en las narices de alguien, esta persona no se da cuenta aunque ocurra muy cerca de ella y debería haberlo notado: The drugs were smuggled in right under the noses of the security guards.La droga fue introducida de contrabando justo en las narices de los guardias de seguridad. b)if something is right under someone’s nose, they cannot see it even though it is very close to themsi algo está justo en las narices de alguien, no puede verlo aunque esté muy cerca de él: The key was right under my nose all the time.La llave estuvo justo delante de mis narices todo el tiempo.3stick/poke your nose into something to become involved in something that does not concern you, in a way that annoys peoplemeterse en asuntos ajenos de forma molesta: She always has to stick her nose into matters that do not concern her.Siempre tiene que meter las narices en asuntos que no le conciernen.4keep your nose out (of something) spokenoral to avoid becoming involved in something that does not concern youno meterse en asuntos ajenos: I wish he’d keep his nose out of my business!¡Ojalá no se metiera en mis asuntos!5turn your nose up (at something) informalinformal to refuse to accept something because you do not think it is good enough for yourechazar algo por considerarlo no lo suficientemente bueno para uno: My children turn their noses up at home cooking.Mis hijos hacen ascos a la comida casera.6with your nose in the air behaving as if you are more important than other people and not talking to themcomportarse como si uno fuera más importante que los demás y no dirigirles la palabra: She just walked past with her nose in the air.Ella simplemente pasó caminando con la nariz en alto.7have a (good) nose for something to be naturally good at finding and recognizing somethingtener talento natural para encontrar y reconocer algo: a reporter with a good nose for a storyun reportero con buen olfato para las noticias8get (right) up somebody’s nose British English spokenoral to annoy someone very muchmolestar mucho a alguien: I wish he wouldn’t keep interrupting. It really gets up my nose.Ojalá dejara de interrumpir tanto. Me pone de los nervios.9keep your nose clean spokenoral to make sure you do not get into trouble, or do anything wrong or illegalasegurarse de no meterse en líos ni hacer nada malo o ilegal: Sid’s got to keep his nose clean or he’ll end up back in prison.Sid tiene que portarse bien o terminará de vuelta en la cárcel.10on the nose American English spokenoral exactlyexactamente: He gets up at 6 a.m. on the nose every morning.Se levanta a las 6 de la mañana en punto todos los días.11keep your nose to the grindstone informalinformal to work very hard, without stopping to resttrabajar muy duro sin parar a descansar: Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone.Jim había decidido que iba a trabajar sin descanso.12have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper to be reading a book etc, especially with a lot of interestestar leyendo un libro, etc., especialmente con mucho interés: She always had her nose in a book.Siempre tenía la nariz metida en un libro.13by a nose if a horse wins a race by a nose, it only just winssi un caballo gana una carrera por una nariz, gana por muy poca diferencia14have a nose around British English spokenoral to look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else thereregistrar un lugar en busca de algo cuando no hay nadie más15 put somebody’s nose out of joint informalinformal to annoy someone, especially by attracting everyone’s attention away from themmolestar a alguien, especialmente acaparando la atención de todos alejándola de esa persona: His nose has been put a bit out of joint ever since Marion got here.Desde que llegó Marion, se ha sentido un poco desplazado.16nose to tail especially British English cars, buses etc that are nose to tail are in a line without much space between themdicho de coches, autobuses, etc. que forman una fila sin apenas espacio entre ellos: Traffic was nose to tail for three miles.El tráfico estuvo en fila durante tres millas.17plane [countable] the pointed front end of a plane, rocket etcel extremo delantero en punta de un avión, cohete, etc.18smell [singular] the smell of a wine or tobaccoel aroma de un vino o un tabaco SYN bouquet → hard-nosed, brown-nose, → cut off your nose to spite your face at cut(10), → nose job, → lead somebody by the nose at lead1(16), → look down your nose at somebody/something at look1(8), → pay through the nose at pay1(16), → as plain as the nose on your face at plain1(1), → poke your nose into something at poke1(7), → powder your nose at powder2(2), → rub somebody’s nose in it/in the dirt at rub1(9), → thumb your nose at somebody/something at thumb2(2)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESadjectivesadjetivosbig· See that guy over there, the one with the big nose?· ¿Ves a ese tipo de allá, el de la nariz grande?small· She had high cheekbones and a small nose.· Tenía los pómulos pronunciados y una nariz pequeña.long· His nose was long and his chin square.· Su nariz era larga y su barbilla cuadrada.straight· Her nose was long, straight and elegant.· Su nariz era larga, recta y elegante.runny (=with liquid coming out)· A runny nose may be the result of an allergic reaction.· Una nariz que moquea puede ser resultado de una reacción alérgica.snotty (=with unpleasant thick liquid coming out)· a group of dirty children with snotty noses· un grupo de niños sucios con mocos en la narizblocked (=so that you cannot breathe easily)· My nose is really blocked and I can't smell anything.· Tengo la nariz muy tapada y no puedo oler nada.red (=because you are cold or drunk, or have a cold)· His nose was red from the cold.· Tenía la nariz roja por el frío.a snub/turned-up nose (=one that curves up at the end)· She had big eyes and a turned-up nose.· Tenía ojos grandes y una nariz respingada.a hooked nose (=one that curves down at the end)· an old man with a hooked nose· un anciano con nariz aguileñaa Roman/aquiline nose formalformal (=one that curves out near the top)· He had a thin face with an aquiline nose.· Tenía una cara delgada y una nariz aguileña.a broken nose (=one that is not straight because the bone has been broken by a hit or fall)· a boxer with a broken nose· un boxeador con la nariz rotaverbsverbosblow your nose (=clear your nose by blowing strongly into a piece of soft paper or cloth)· She blew her nose on a large white handkerchief.· Se sonó la nariz con un pañuelo blanco grande.wipe your nose (=wipe liquid away from your nose)· The boy wiped his nose on his sleeve.· El chico se limpió la nariz con la manga.pick your nose (=remove substances from inside your nose with your finger)· Stop picking your nose, Freddy.· Deja de hurgarte la nariz, Freddy.wrinkle your nose (=move the muscles near your nose when you do not like something)· Susan looked at the meal and wrinkled her nose.· Susan miró la comida y arrugó la nariz.hold your nose (=so that you cannot smell a bad smell)· The smell was so revolting that I had to hold my nose.· El olor era tan repugnante que tuve que taparme la nariz.breathe through your nose· Close your eyes and breathe through your nose.· Cierra los ojos y respira por la nariz.somebody's nose is running (=liquid is coming out)· She was crying hard and her nose was running.· Lloraba mucho y le caían mocos por la nariz.phrasesfrasesthe bridge of your nose (=the upper part, between your eyes)· Sam pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose.· Sam se subió las gafas sobre el puente de la nariz.
Ver todas las traducciones1on your face [countable] the part of a person’s or animal’s face used for smelling or breathingparte de la cara de una persona o animal que se usa para oler o respirar: Someone punched him on the nose.Alguien le dio un puñetazo en la nariz.2(right) under somebody’s nose a)if something bad or illegal happens under someone’s nose, they do not notice it even though it is happening very close to them and they should have noticed itsi algo malo o ilegal sucede en las narices de alguien, esta persona no se da cuenta aunque ocurra muy cerca de ella y debería haberlo notado: The drugs were smuggled in right under the noses of the security guards.La droga fue introducida de contrabando justo en las narices de los guardias de seguridad. b)if something is right under someone’s nose, they cannot see it even though it is very close to themsi algo está justo en las narices de alguien, no puede verlo aunque esté muy cerca de él: The key was right under my nose all the time.La llave estuvo justo delante de mis narices todo el tiempo.3stick/poke your nose into something to become involved in something that does not concern you, in a way that annoys peoplemeterse en asuntos ajenos de forma molesta: She always has to stick her nose into matters that do not concern her.Siempre tiene que meter las narices en asuntos que no le conciernen.4keep your nose out (of something) spokenoral to avoid becoming involved in something that does not concern youno meterse en asuntos ajenos: I wish he’d keep his nose out of my business!¡Ojalá no se metiera en mis asuntos!5turn your nose up (at something) informalinformal to refuse to accept something because you do not think it is good enough for yourechazar algo por considerarlo no lo suficientemente bueno para uno: My children turn their noses up at home cooking.Mis hijos hacen ascos a la comida casera.6with your nose in the air behaving as if you are more important than other people and not talking to themcomportarse como si uno fuera más importante que los demás y no dirigirles la palabra: She just walked past with her nose in the air.Ella simplemente pasó caminando con la nariz en alto.7have a (good) nose for something to be naturally good at finding and recognizing somethingtener talento natural para encontrar y reconocer algo: a reporter with a good nose for a storyun reportero con buen olfato para las noticias8get (right) up somebody’s nose British English spokenoral to annoy someone very muchmolestar mucho a alguien: I wish he wouldn’t keep interrupting. It really gets up my nose.Ojalá dejara de interrumpir tanto. Me pone de los nervios.9keep your nose clean spokenoral to make sure you do not get into trouble, or do anything wrong or illegalasegurarse de no meterse en líos ni hacer nada malo o ilegal: Sid’s got to keep his nose clean or he’ll end up back in prison.Sid tiene que portarse bien o terminará de vuelta en la cárcel.10on the nose American English spokenoral exactlyexactamente: He gets up at 6 a.m. on the nose every morning.Se levanta a las 6 de la mañana en punto todos los días.11keep your nose to the grindstone informalinformal to work very hard, without stopping to resttrabajar muy duro sin parar a descansar: Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone.Jim había decidido que iba a trabajar sin descanso.12have your nose in a book/magazine/newspaper to be reading a book etc, especially with a lot of interestestar leyendo un libro, etc., especialmente con mucho interés: She always had her nose in a book.Siempre tenía la nariz metida en un libro.13by a nose if a horse wins a race by a nose, it only just winssi un caballo gana una carrera por una nariz, gana por muy poca diferencia14have a nose around British English spokenoral to look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else thereregistrar un lugar en busca de algo cuando no hay nadie más15 put somebody’s nose out of joint informalinformal to annoy someone, especially by attracting everyone’s attention away from themmolestar a alguien, especialmente acaparando la atención de todos alejándola de esa persona: His nose has been put a bit out of joint ever since Marion got here.Desde que llegó Marion, se ha sentido un poco desplazado.16nose to tail especially British English cars, buses etc that are nose to tail are in a line without much space between themdicho de coches, autobuses, etc. que forman una fila sin apenas espacio entre ellos: Traffic was nose to tail for three miles.El tráfico estuvo en fila durante tres millas.17plane [countable] the pointed front end of a plane, rocket etcel extremo delantero en punta de un avión, cohete, etc.18smell [singular] the smell of a wine or tobaccoel aroma de un vino o un tabaco SYN bouquet → hard-nosed, brown-nose, → cut off your nose to spite your face at cut(10), → nose job, → lead somebody by the nose at lead1(16), → look down your nose at somebody/something at look1(8), → pay through the nose at pay1(16), → as plain as the nose on your face at plain1(1), → poke your nose into something at poke1(7), → powder your nose at powder2(2), → rub somebody’s nose in it/in the dirt at rub1(9), → thumb your nose at somebody/something at thumb2(2)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESadjectivesadjetivosbig· See that guy over there, the one with the big nose?· ¿Ves a ese tipo de allá, el de la nariz grande?small· She had high cheekbones and a small nose.· Tenía los pómulos pronunciados y una nariz pequeña.long· His nose was long and his chin square.· Su nariz era larga y su barbilla cuadrada.straight· Her nose was long, straight and elegant.· Su nariz era larga, recta y elegante.runny (=with liquid coming out)· A runny nose may be the result of an allergic reaction.· Una nariz que moquea puede ser resultado de una reacción alérgica.snotty (=with unpleasant thick liquid coming out)· a group of dirty children with snotty noses· un grupo de niños sucios con mocos en la narizblocked (=so that you cannot breathe easily)· My nose is really blocked and I can't smell anything.· Tengo la nariz muy tapada y no puedo oler nada.red (=because you are cold or drunk, or have a cold)· His nose was red from the cold.· Tenía la nariz roja por el frío.a snub/turned-up nose (=one that curves up at the end)· She had big eyes and a turned-up nose.· Tenía ojos grandes y una nariz respingada.a hooked nose (=one that curves down at the end)· an old man with a hooked nose· un anciano con nariz aguileñaa Roman/aquiline nose formalformal (=one that curves out near the top)· He had a thin face with an aquiline nose.· Tenía una cara delgada y una nariz aguileña.a broken nose (=one that is not straight because the bone has been broken by a hit or fall)· a boxer with a broken nose· un boxeador con la nariz rotaverbsverbosblow your nose (=clear your nose by blowing strongly into a piece of soft paper or cloth)· She blew her nose on a large white handkerchief.· Se sonó la nariz con un pañuelo blanco grande.wipe your nose (=wipe liquid away from your nose)· The boy wiped his nose on his sleeve.· El chico se limpió la nariz con la manga.pick your nose (=remove substances from inside your nose with your finger)· Stop picking your nose, Freddy.· Deja de hurgarte la nariz, Freddy.wrinkle your nose (=move the muscles near your nose when you do not like something)· Susan looked at the meal and wrinkled her nose.· Susan miró la comida y arrugó la nariz.hold your nose (=so that you cannot smell a bad smell)· The smell was so revolting that I had to hold my nose.· El olor era tan repugnante que tuve que taparme la nariz.breathe through your nose· Close your eyes and breathe through your nose.· Cierra los ojos y respira por la nariz.somebody's nose is running (=liquid is coming out)· She was crying hard and her nose was running.· Lloraba mucho y le caían mocos por la nariz.phrasesfrasesthe bridge of your nose (=the upper part, between your eyes)· Sam pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose.· Sam se subió las gafas sobre el puente de la nariz.nosenose2 verb [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] if a vehicle, boat etc noses forward, or if you nose it forward, it moves forward slowlysi un vehículo, barco, etc. avanza despacio con el morro por delante, o si uno lo conduce así SYN edgenose its way along/through etc something The bus nosed its way along the street.El autobús avanzó despacio por la calle. She carefully nosed the car forward through the traffic.Ella avanzó el coche con cuidado entre el tráfico.nose around (something) (also nose about (something) British English) phrasal verb informalinformal to look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else thereregistrar un lugar en busca de algo cuando no hay nadie más: What were you doing nosing around in my office?¿Qué hacías fisgoneando en mi oficina?nose into something phrasal verb informalinformal to try to find out private information about someone or something, especially in a way that is annoyingintentar averiguar información privada sobre alguien o algo, especialmente de manera molestanose something ↔ out phrasal verb informalinformal1to discover some information that someone else does not want you to discoverdescubrir información que alguien no quiere que descubras: The media always manage to nose out some interesting facts about a politician’s past life.Los medios de comunicación siempre logran descubrir datos interesantes sobre la vida pasada de un político.2to defeat someone by a very small amount in a race, competition etcsuperar a alguien por una diferencia muy pequeña en una carrera, competición, etc.
[intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] if a vehicle, boat etc noses forward, or if you nose it forward, it moves forward slowlysi un vehículo, barco, etc. avanza despacio con el morro por delante, o si uno lo conduce así SYN edgenose its way along/through etc something The bus nosed its way along the street.El autobús avanzó despacio por la calle. She carefully nosed the car forward through the traffic.Ella avanzó el coche con cuidado entre el tráfico.nose around (something) (also nose about (something) British English) phrasal verb informalinformal to look around a place in order to try to find something, when there is no one else thereregistrar un lugar en busca de algo cuando no hay nadie más: What were you doing nosing around in my office?¿Qué hacías fisgoneando en mi oficina?nose into something phrasal verb informalinformal to try to find out private information about someone or something, especially in a way that is annoyingintentar averiguar información privada sobre alguien o algo, especialmente de manera molestanose something ↔ out phrasal verb informalinformal1to discover some information that someone else does not want you to discoverdescubrir información que alguien no quiere que descubras: The media always manage to nose out some interesting facts about a politician’s past life.Los medios de comunicación siempre logran descubrir datos interesantes sobre la vida pasada de un político.2to defeat someone by a very small amount in a race, competition etcsuperar a alguien por una diferencia muy pequeña en una carrera, competición, etc.