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    Significado de street en inglés

    streetstreet1 /striːt/ noun [countable] Ver todas las traducciones1a public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sidesvía pública en una ciudad o pueblo que tiene casas, tiendas, etc. en uno o ambos lados:  We moved to Center Street when I was young.Nos mudamos a Center Street cuando yo era joven. She lives just a few streets away.Ella vive a solo unas pocas calles de aquí. I walked on further down the street.Seguí caminando más adelante por la calle. Someone just moved in across the street.Alguien acaba de mudarse al otro lado de la calle. a car parked on the other side of the streetun coche estacionado en el otro lado de la calle2the streets [plural] (also the street) the busy public parts of a city where there is a lot of activity, excitement, and crime, or where people without homes livelas zonas públicas concurridas de una ciudad donde hay mucha actividad, emoción y delincuencia, o donde viven personas sin hogaron the streets young people living on the streetsjóvenes que viven en las calles She felt quite safe walking the streets after dark.Ella se sentía bastante segura caminando por las calles de noche. Children as young as five are left to roam the streets (=walk around the streets) at night.Niños de tan solo cinco años son dejados a vagar por las calles (=caminar por las calles) de noche. street musicians (=ones who play on the street)músicos callejeros (=los que tocan en la calle) She has written about the realities of street life (=living on the streets).Ella ha escrito sobre las realidades de la vida en las calles (=vivir en las calles).3the man/woman in the street (also the man/woman on the street) the average person, who represents the general opinion about thingsla persona promedio, que representa la opinión general sobre las cosas:  The man on the street assumes that all politicians are corrupt.El hombre de la calle asume que todos los políticos son corruptos.4(right) up your street British English exactly right for youexactamente lo que te conviene; ideal para ti5streets ahead (of somebody/something) British English informalinformal much better than someone or something elsemucho mejor que alguien o algo:  James is streets ahead of the rest of the class at reading.James está muy por delante del resto de la clase en lectura. backstreet1, → be (living) on easy street at easy1(13), → one-way street at one-way(1), high street, two-way street, → walk the streets at walk1(8)COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESadjectivesadjetivosbusy (=with a lot of traffic or people)· The house faces onto a busy street.La casa da a una calle muy transitada.crowded (=with a lot of people)· The streets get very crowded at weekends.Las calles se llenan mucho los fines de semana.quiet (=with very few people)· It was late and the streets were quiet.Era tarde y las calles estaban tranquilas.empty/deserted (=with no people)· As he walked home, the street was deserted.Mientras caminaba a casa, la calle estaba desierta.narrow· an old city with quaint narrow streetsuna ciudad antigua con calles estrechas y pintorescasthe main street (=the biggest street in a town or village)· They drove slowly along the main street.Condujeron lentamente por la calle principal.the high street British English (=the main street with shops)· I bought this coat at a shop on the high street.Compré este abrigo en una tienda de la calle principal.a shopping street British English (=with a lot of shops)· This is one of Europe’s most elegant shopping streets.Esta es una de las calles comerciales más elegantes de Europa.a residential street (=with houses, not shops)· a quiet residential streetuna calle residencial tranquilaa one-way street (=in which you can only drive in one direction)· He was caught driving the wrong way down a one-way street.Lo atraparon conduciendo en sentido contrario en una calle de un solo sentido.a side/back street (=a small quiet street near the main street)· The restaurant is tucked away in a side street.El restaurante está escondido en una calle lateral.winding streets (=streets that turn in many directions)· We spent hours exploring the town’s winding streets.Pasamos horas explorando las sinuosas calles del pueblo.cobbled streets (=with a surface made from round stones)· The cobbled streets were closed to cars.Las calles adoquinadas estaban cerradas al tráfico de automóviles.verbsverboscross the street (=walk to the other side)· She crossed the street and walked into the bank.Cruzó la calle y entró al banco.street + NOUNstreet + SUSTANTIVOa street corner (=a place where streets meet)· Youths were standing around on street corners.Jóvenes estaban parados en las esquinas de las calles.a street light/lamp· It was getting dark, and the street lamps were already on.Estaba oscureciendo y los faroles de la calle ya estaban encendidos.street crime/violence (=when people are attacked in the street)· Young men are most likely to be victims of street crime.Los hombres jóvenes son los que tienen más probabilidades de ser víctimas de la delincuencia callejera.street clothes (=ordinary clothes, not a special uniform or costume)· She changed into her street clothes and left the theatre.Se cambió a su ropa de calle y salió del teatro.
    streetstreet2 adjective informalinformal relating to or similar to fashions, types of music, or attitudes that are popular with young people in citiesrelacionado con o similar a las modas, los tipos de música o las actitudes populares entre los jóvenes de las ciudades:  Her style is very street.Su estilo es muy callejero.