son
BrE /sɒn/ AmE /sɑːn/
noun en → es
a boy child; a male offspring of someone's parents
hijo, varón
Collocations young son · only son
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He has two sons and a daughter.
Tiene dos hijos varones y una hija.
the sound made by something, especially when it is mechanical or electronic
ruido, sonido
Collocations loud son · strange son
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The machine made a strange son.
La máquina hizo un ruido extraño.
used to show that the subject of a sentence is more than one person or thing
son, son los/los son las
- T + verb + T
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Those are my sons.
Eso son mis hijos.
used to show the time of day or night when something happens
es la hora de, es el momento de
- it is T + verb
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It's seven o'clock.
Son las siete.
a note in music; a sound made by singing or playing an instrument
nota, sonido musical
Collocations high son · low son
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The song starts with a high son.
La canción empieza con una nota alta.
the sound that is produced when something makes an echo; the sound of a word or phrase repeated after it has been said
eco, repetición de sonido
Collocations loud son · soft son
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The sound of the bell had a long son.
El sonido de la campana tuvo un eco largo.
an artificial sound used in films, television programmes or computer games to make them more realistic
efecto de sonido
Collocations sound effect · special son
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The film uses lots of sound effects.
La película usa muchos efectos de sonido.
the result of multiplying a number by itself; the square root of this is the original number
cuadrado, resultado de multiplicar un número por sí mismo
Collocations square son
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The square of 4 is 16.
El cuadrado de 4 es 16.