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Translation of stare – English-Spanish dictionary

stare

verb [ I or T ] uk /steər/ us /ster/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or thinking mirar fijamente Don't stare at people like that, it's rude. No mires fijamente a la gente así, es de mala educación. Chuck sat quietly for hours staring into the distance, thinking of what might have been. Chuck se quedó sentado durante horas mirando fijamente a la distancia, pensando en lo que podría haber sido. During the press conference, each boxer tried to stare the other down (= force the other to look away by continual staring).

• He stared open-eyed at all the food on the table.
• A kind of peacefulness overcame him as he stared up at the stars.
• I looked in her face for some response, but she just stared at me blankly.
• He just stared blankly at me.
• Carl stared blearily at the newspaper.

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be staring at something stare someone in the face stare sth in the face

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noun [ C ] uk /steər/ us /ster/ a long look at something or someone with your eyes wide open mirada fija She gave him a long stare but didn't answer his question. Se quedó mirándole fijamente mucho rato pero no respondió su pregunta.  thousand yard stare a long look into the distance typical of someone who has suffered severe emotional shock mirada perdida The returning soldiers had the thousand yard stare of people who have seen an awful lot of not very nice things. Los soldados que regresaban tenían la mirada perdida de la gente que ha visto un montón de cosas nada agradables. A distracted, intense, faraway look developed in her eyes - what the marines call the thousand yard stare. Sus ojos iban adoptando una mirada distraída, intensa, distante, lo que los marines llaman la mirada perdida.

(Translation of stare from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of stare | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

stare verb [ intransitive ] /stɛər/ to look at for a long time quedarse mirando It’s considered rude to stare. Se considera grosero quedarse mirando fijamente She stared at him in disbelief. Ella se le quedó mirando con incredulidad.

(Translation of stare from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

stare noun [ countable ] /stɛər/ mirada fija [ feminine, singular ] a long hard stare una mirada fija larga y dura

(Translation of stare from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of stare

stare If we sit and stare at an individual nucleus, we cannot see any change that will tell us that it is getting ready to decay. From the Cambridge English Corpus Similarly, perceivers can convey their appraisals to targets through facial expressions (e.g., cheery smiles or menacing stares) and body language (e.g., warm hugs or formal handshakes). From the Cambridge English Corpus The truth is that it is staring people in the face, and that is the legacy of the past 11 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not this the most glaring misnomer that has ever stared at us from an official document? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even when it is staring them in the face, they refuse to accept that what we have done has benefited the health service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The temptation to the former farm worker who has, for instance, sought employment in industry, stares one in the face. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same lesson stares us in the face from overseas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem of earning our independent livelihood stares us in the face. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. B2

Translations of stare

in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指驚訝、害怕或思考時）盯著看，凝視，注視, 凝視，注視… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指惊讶、害怕或思考时）盯着看，凝视，注视, 凝视，注视… See more in Portuguese olhar fixamente, fitar, olhar fixo… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian टक लावून बघणे… See more じっと見つめる, 凝視する, 凝視… See more dik dik bakmak, gözünü dikip bakmak, bakakalmak… See more dévisager, fixer du regard, regard [masculine] fixe… See more mirar fixament, mirada fixa… See more staren, starende blik… See more கண்களை அகலமாக திறந்து நீண்ட நேரம் பார்க்க, குறிப்பாக ஆச்சரியப்படும்போது, பயப்படும்போது அல்லது சிந்திக்கும்போது… See more टकटकी लगाना, घूरना… See more તાકવું… See more stirre, stirren… See more stirra, stirrande blick, gloende… See more tenung, renung… See more starren, das Starren… See more stirre, glane, stirrende blikk [neuter]… See more ٹکٹکی لگاکر دیکھنا, آنکھیں پھاڑ کر دیکھنا… See more вилупитися, витріщати очі, здивований… See more తదేకంగా చూడటం… See more তাকিয়ে থাকা… See more zírat, upřený pohled… See more menatap, tatapan… See more จ้องมอง, การจ้อง, การเพ่งมอง… See more nhìn chằm chằm, sự, cái nhìn chằm chằm… See more przyglądać się, patrzeć, gapić się… See more 응시하다, 응시, 빤히 쳐다봄… See more guardare fisso, sguardo fisso, fissare… See more Need a translator?

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