number in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] N

2.1. number (for identification):

number
número m
telephone number
número de teléfono
wrong number
número equivocado
license or Brit registration number
número de matrícula
license or Brit registration number
número de placa LatAm
license or Brit registration number
número de patente CSur
identity number
número de identificación
page/room number
número de página/de habitación
I'm in number 17
estoy en la (habitación) 17
she lives at number 48
vive en el número 48
the England number 11 Brit
el número once inglés or de Inglaterra
he was wearing number 9
llevaba el dorsal 9
her/my number is up
le/me ha llegado la hora
I thought my number was up
creí que me había llegado la hora
to do a number on sb Am sl
hacérsela buena a alguien inf
to do a number one/number two inf
hacer pis/caca inf
to do a number one/number two inf
hacer del uno/del dos Mex Peru inf, euph
to do sth by the numbers Am
hacer algo como Dios manda
to have sb's number esp Am inf
tener calado a alguien inf

3.1. number C (amount, quantity):

number
número m
student numbers
el número de estudiantes
in a large number of cases
en un gran número de casos
in a small number of cases
en unos pocos casos
in a small number of cases
en contados casos
guess the number of beads in the jar
adivina cuántas cuentas hay en el frasco
there are a number of reasons why you shouldn't go
hay una serie de razones por las que no deberías ir
I've mentioned it a number of times
lo he mencionado varias veces
on a number of occasions
en varias ocasiones
on a number of occasions
varias veces
any number of things could go wrong
hay (una) cantidad de cosas or hay (una) infinidad de cosas que podrían fallar
any number can play
puede jugar cualquier número de personas
times without number liter
innumerables veces
actors of his talent are few in number
actores como él hay pocos
their superior numbers made victory certain
su superioridad numérica les aseguró la victoria
can you give me some idea of (the) numbers?
¿me puede dar una idea de cuántas personas serán?

II.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] VB trans

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III.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] VB intr

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E-number [Am ˈiˌnəmbər, Brit ˈiːnʌmbə] N

f-number [Am ˈɛf ˌnəmbər, Brit] N

number crunching [ˈkrʌntʃɪŋ] N U COMPUT

number in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for number in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.number [ˈnʌmbəʳ, Am -bɚ] N

II.number [ˈnʌmbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VB trans

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E-number [ˈi:nʌmbəʳ, Am -bɚ] N

number Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

(a) small/large number(s) (of children)
(una) pequeña/gran cantidad (de niños)
for a number of reasons
por una serie de razones
to be 3 in number
ser 3
to be few in number
ser pocos
to look after number one
cuidar de sí mismo
number plate Brit, license plate Am, licence plate Can
matrícula f
number plate Brit, license plate Am, licence plate Can
placa f
to be on to a cushy number Brit
haber encontrado una ganga
to increase the number of revolutions of
revolucionar
a tenth share of a lottery number
un décimo de la lotería

number Glossary of Refrigeration Technology courtesy of GEA Bock GmbH

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The property includes a number of outbuildings which were relocated to the site.
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This district had the most number of active naxalite gangs.
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Many natural watercourses flow among mountain ranges running from north to south forming a number of valleys and gorges.
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Cabs are required to attach a metal plate with the license number in the back of their vehicles.
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A number of desert-dwelling larks have evolved long bills, apparently to aid digging for food in a sandy environment.
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Search by number and type of passengers, departure/arrival times, number of stops, cabin class.
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The recall affects the medium jar of the paste, batch number 5014 with best before date 01/2017 and batch numbers 5111 and 5112 with best before date 04/2017.
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At the restarts, there were a number of cars 5 car lengths behind the car in front which should mean a stop-go penalty but these incidents went unpunished.
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This BBS was so heavily trafficked, that a major long distance company began blocking all calls to its number (516-935-2481).
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While a number of formal tools were produced from chert and quartz, most non-obsidian tools were informal and produced through expedient flake production.
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