disco

S2 W2

BrE /ˈdɪskəʊ/ AmE /ˈdɪskoʊ/

noun en → es

1 MUSIC [singular] B1

a flat circular object made of plastic or metal that is played on a record player to produce music

disco, vinilo

Collocations buy a disco · listen to a disco

  • He bought the latest Pink Floyd album on CD and vinyl.

    Compró el último álbum de Pink Floyd en CD y vinilo.

2 DANCE [singular] B1

a place where people go to dance, especially to disco music

discoteca, club nocturno

Collocations go out to a disco · dance at a disco

  • They went out for the night and ended up at a local disco.

    Salieron de noche y terminaron en un local discoteca.

3 COMPUTER [singular] B2

a small circular piece of plastic or metal that can store computer information and be used in a computer

disco duro, unidad de disco

Collocations hard disk drive · CD-ROM

  • The computer has a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM.

    El ordenador tiene un disco duro y una unidad de CD-ROM.

4 SCIENCE [singular] C1

a small circular piece of plastic or metal that is used in scientific experiments, especially to hold a sample for examination under a microscope

disco de muestra, placa

Collocations microscope slide · sample disk

  • The scientist placed the sample on a microscope slide.

    El científico colocó la muestra en un disco de placa para microscopio.