Hay 2 traducciones principales de low en Español

: low¹ low²

low¹

bajo, adj.

Pronunciación /loʊ/ /ləʊ/

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adjetivo lower, lowest

1
(in height)
bajo
to fly at low altitude — volar bajo / a poca altura
- the dress had a very low back — el vestido era muy escotado por la espalda
- he gave a low bow — hizo una profunda reverencia
- a low point in his career — un momento bajo en su carrera
- At the sunlit front of the shed, an artisan sat cross-legged on the ground, a low table before him.
- To provide a summer screen for dustbins, or simply to increase the height of a low fence, plant Jerusalem artichokes.
- The tables were low and a lot of the men had to hunch over to eat.
- To the right of the bar, which is straight in front as you enter, is a large loungy section with lots of comfy seats and low tables.
- We chose to stay, deciding on a large booth with low tables and ordered cappuccinos, served quickly.
- Another, even louder rumble made him move faster so it wasn't long before he came upon a cluster of small, low buildings.
- The two jumped off the low building and over to where the screams were coming from.
- Their little mining venture was situated on a low ridge, not far from the track through to Queensland.
- Then we ventured out onto the frozen waters of Calriga Bay, where the ice stretched grey and wrinkled to a horizon of low, wooded islands.
- It's a constant threat every time I go through a low door in this dress.
- This was carved out of the clay millions of years ago by the passage of the river, leaving wide flood plains bordered by low, wooded foothills.
- By the time they moved in the gardens had been turfed and paved, and were framed with low open railings.
- Through the low, open doorway a couple of shabby sheets are splayed across the floor in the tiny bedroom.
- They construct webs in the branches of shrubs and low trees in open habitat near water.
- It was a long, low bungalow looking on to Fritton Lake and surrounded by woods.
- The present Gawthorpe Hall is splendidly proportioned, set on a low hill overlooking a sweeping bend over the River Calder.
- Both ponds were divided from the lake by a low promontory of land that encircled them.
- Long, low arcades line the river bank, with red lanterns suspended under the eaves.
- A low dam on the river creates a small lake that provides decent fishing for bass and sunfish.
- The gates were low on either side and dipped upwards in the middle, resembling a large overturned bowl.
2
- 2.1(in volume)
  (voice) bajo
  (voice) quedo
  (sound/whisper) débil
  (sound/whisper) quedo
  turn the radio down low — bájale al radio
  the TV's on too low — la tele está demasiado baja
  His voice was low and loud, like a volcanic eruption sounds from inside the volcano.
  Her voice is wonderfully low and husky, perfect for a night full of regret, anger and crying.
  The voice was low and sounded somewhat familiar in that strange sort of way.
  The voice was low, and he sounded like those people who were grumpy all the time.
  Her voice was slow but determined, the fires and winds quieting at the sound of her low voice.
  In a low voice she recited a poem that my grandmother used to say.
  As he approached the living room, low voices began to register on his hearing.
  His curly brown hair was short, his eyes were an uninteresting grey, and his voice was low and quiet.
  I retreated a single small step and suddenly the claws were at my neck again, a low growling in my ear.
  This was said in a low tone, and it was a few seconds before the other people in the room realized something was wrong and looked up.
  Her voice still reached him as she continued to speak to her caller in low tones before hanging up.
  She could already hear them conversing in low tones, muffled against the closed double doors.
  Another time, I woke to my older brothers talking in low tones.
  He simply stood for half a second, a low, guttural cry escaping his burnt throat, before he ran.
  Wind opened his mouth but all that came out was a low groan.
  White fangs were glistening as you opened your mouth and let out a low growl.
  He opens his mouth in response and lets out a low wheeze.
  He talked with whoever was at the door in low whispers and then opened the door all the way and in came a girl.
  The Captain let out a low whistle as he opened the cabinet, its contents a vampire killer's dream.
  His eyes were wide open in shock and as he opened his mouth in a low groan, I winced.
- 2.2(in pitch)
  (key/note/pitch) grave
  (key/note/pitch) bajo
3
(in intensity, amount, quality)
(pressure/temperature) bajo
(wages/prices/productivity) bajo
(proportion) pequeño
(standard/quality) bajo
(standard/quality) malo
(number/card) bajo
his weight was low for a sprinter — pesaba poco para un esprinter
- low levels of radiation — bajos niveles de radiación
- cook on a low flame / heat — cocinar a fuego lento
- a low number of voters turned out — pocos votantes acudieron a las urnas
- student numbers fell as low as five — el número de estudiantes bajó a tan solo cinco
- attendance has been low lately — últimamente no ha habido muchos asistentes
- the temperature was in the low sixties — la temperatura apenas pasaba de 60° Fahrenheit
- lower unemployment but higher inflation — menor desempleo pero mayor inflación
- it's low in calories — es bajo en calorías
- a low risk operation — una operación poco arriesgada / de poco riesgo
- he has a low opinion of doctors — no tiene muy buena opinión de los médicos
- I had low expectations of the team — no esperaba mucho del equipo
- The mark up and transportation costs may overprice the product, while at the same time its quality may be low.
- This has led to the low quality of most of this sector's products, and hence its decreased credibility.
- But today, low quality is often presented as a justification for speech regulation.
- I think that has contributed to the growth of courses of low quality.
- Moreover, the high quality and low prices of these goods played a major role in forcing changes in the economies of Europe and other nations.
- However, cheap carries with it the connotation of low quality and low performance.
- Poor allocation of Government funds often contributes to the low quality of rural education.
- The state of the infrastructure is poor with low quality telephone lines and little if anything in the way of broadband.
- The movie has failed miserably at the box office and the producers have blamed the low quality of the latest game for the poor ticket sales.
- Evidence for this fact can be found in the terribly low quality of this entry, and my true inability to write anything better.
- The reasons for the increased use of mobile phones also include the low quality and unreliability of fixed-line services.
- Then it got onto a low quality US news site, and many more linked to their story.
- It is totally unregulated and much of it is of low quality.
- The low quality of college and university graduates is another concern.
- We've had a disastrous year in our local lobster fishery, with catches down by half and the catch of low quality.
- In return, owners are not keen to offer more than a low quality of service.
- Let's face it, most of them came here to escape the low quality of life and the glaring risks.
- This tends to be of a low quality and over-crowding with families of three or four in one medium-size room is not uncommon.
- Apologies for the relatively low quality but it's in order to keep the file size down.
- By this time he had more men than his pursuers, but they were of low quality because the best troops were kept in European Russia in case of rebellion.
- The primary reason for this was the low level of disposable income.
- One of the main problems we have is the low level of income at which single people become liable at the top tax rate.
- There was also a low level of disabled staff in the workforce.
- The reason for that was low skill levels and a lower proportion of quality jobs.
- Over a low to moderate heat this will take a good 25 minutes, during which time a savoury golden sediment will attach itself to the pan.
- Another consequence of underfunding is that staff levels are very low at the moment.
- However, the number of fixed-term employees in Australia remains relatively low by some international standards.
- I believe it is still a good market for borrowers, as mortgage rates remain relatively low.
- Alternatively, during the 1980s the Japanese authorities kept interest rates artificially low to help bolster a sluggish world economy.
- The sugar industry is struggling against a corrupt world market which keeps prices artificially low.
- Mortality is extremely low in patients under 40 years old but thereafter increases steeply with advancing age.
- Our costs are low by industry standards but that is not to say they could not be lower.
- The economy was growing strongly, unemployment was coming down, inflation was low, real incomes were rising fast.
- The number of extramarital births, however, remains very low by European standards.
- There was an increase of 50 percent in the number of children suffering from low weight for their height.
- Study after study reveals a surprisingly low number of gunsmiths in early America.
- It revealed that disclosure of sexual violence to professionals was strikingly low.
- Any cursory examination of schools would reveal that the attendance on Carnival week is abysmally low.
- In subtropical or temperate regions, or on tropical mountains low temperatures may limit their growth and survival.
- Second, low rates continue to boost wealth in the household and corporate sectors.
4
(in short supply)
to be low on sth
supplies are low — los suministros escasean / están empezando a faltar
5
(in health, spirits)
to feel low — sentirse débil
- to be in low spirits — estar bajo de moral / con la moral baja
6
- 6.1literario (humble)
  bajo
  humilde
  of low birth — de humilde cuna literario
  When members of the public make a complaint, they are classed as low priority and have to wait until more serious crimes are dealt with.
  One class of the population is too high to be reached by the preacher; and the other class is too low to be cared for by the preacher.
  He had too much on his mind and too many things to do than get apologies from the low classes.
  Joe, one of the bad guys, who was part of the low class of the gang, slides the wood board on the door like a window.
  One can only assume that for the command, this program is low priority.
  The answer that if most often given for not using technologies is lack of time which is another way of saying it is a too low priority to be done.
  In a hard-pressed inpatient unit they will be a very low priority.
  The low status of widowhood has the severest impact on society.
  These women, although they lived a rich life depending on their beauty, still had a low status in the family.
  Steps are also being taken to address the traditional low status of judges.
  The children are drawn from low class families mostly children of farm hands.
  Many dealers, even though they were successful, tired of the labor and low status and opted out.
  The perception persists among some gay people that their issues are a low priority within the party.
  In the past, colleges of agriculture placed a low priority on agricultural economics.
  The unemployment gap between those of high educational status and low status is also growing.
  The missing child of an unwed mother was a low priority for police.
  A further complication is the very low status of woman in many of these societies.
  It was either he wasn't too interested in talking or the fact that my status was too low for him.
- 6.2(despicable)
  bajo
  mezquino
  a low trick — una mala jugada
  The Liberal Party has always been a mix of idealism, pragmatism, opportunism and low cunning.
  But in the end he lacked the sagacity or the low cunning to do the one thing necessary.
  He was the personification of the kind of low cunning to which Nixon himself aspired but could never quite achieve.
7
Biología
(primitive)
inferior
a low species — una especie inferior / poco evolucionada
- This was a right old mishmash of high art and low culture, sport and theatre.
- There was high art and low art, and they never met, like rail tracks.
- There is plenty of low art around, and a huge demand for it.
- So it makes perfect sense to leave the masses to their low culture, and they will likely do the same for you.
- There are those who insist that low culture will always drive out high culture.
- In other words, the high / low culture debates are often no more than an agenda to keep the literari amused at the dinner table.
- Maybe it's foolish to look at it as anything other than a triumph of low culture and cheap thrills.
- Last week, the lord and lady of low culture launched their new website.
- These days, the divide between high culture and low culture seems to be disappearing.
- When I walked around the Hayward my first thoughts had nothing to do with low art.
- Even TV cartoons with artistic pretensions tend to be about as low as low art can get.
- Thus has postmodernism helped close the gap between high art and low art.
- It is not that other countries do not indulge in this, more that one in particular is turning it into a low art form.
- Instead of high drama in slow motion, this is low drama and high speed as the cars zip by.
- People thought Cleo was low drama, just because it was about a hugely popular comedy form.

adverbio lower, lowest

1
bajo
to fly low — volar bajo / a poca altura
- plants growing low to the ground — plantas que crecen casi a ras del suelo
- to bow low — hacer una profunda reverencia
- get down lower if you don't want them to see you — agáchate más si no quieres que te vean
- low down on the right-hand side of the painting — en la parte inferior derecha del cuadro
- they're lower down the list than we are — están más abajo que nosotros en la lista
- put the shelf lower down — coloca el estante más abajo
- he rates low in my estimation — no lo tengo en gran estima
- he rates the car low on comfort — el coche no le parece muy cómodo
- he values himself too low — no se valora como debería
- to buy low — comprar a bajo precio
- to play low — jugar una carta baja
- It was flying very low and momentarily disappeared into a valley.
- We lived because someone made holes with a machine gun, though they were shooting low and still more died from the bullets.
- If river levels sink too low, barges could be grounded and agriculture thrown into chaos.
- They instantly began their workouts again as the sun sank dangerously low on the horizon.
- He stays too low to the ground and is too crafty with the ball to be stopped.
- He crouched low to the ground and held the sword firmly with both hands.
- They flew low in the sky and they made a loud, happy racket.
- The two planes came in low from over the horizon, chased by the rising sun.
- To drink, these graceful birds skim low over the surface scooping water with open mouths.
- He watched the object come off the lake and fly very low and circle around the house.
2
- 2.1(softly, quietly)
  bajo
  speak a bit lower — habla un poco más bajo
- 2.2(in pitch)
  bajo

nombre

1
(low point)
the peso has dropped to a new (record) low against the dollar — la cotización del peso ha alcanzado un nuevo mínimo (histórico) con respecto al dólar
- inflation is at a ten-year low — la tasa de inflación ha alcanzado el punto / nivel más bajo de la década
- relations between the two countries are at an all-time low — las relaciones entre los dos países nunca han sido peores / nunca han estado tan tensas
- the temperature will reach a low of two degrees — la (temperatura) mínima será de dos grados
- Companies are also scurrying to rebuild depleted inventories, as stock levels sink to record lows in relation to sales.
- Electoral support for the two parties has dropped to all-time lows, with record numbers of people expressing their disgust by voting for Independents or minor parties.
- In 2001, many Costa Rican coffee farmers were forced off their land and into poverty when coffee prices plummeted to record lows.
- Last Friday the Bank of Scotland revealed that the number of first-time buyers in Scotland had fallen to a record low.
- Ratings fell to an all-time low of 2.6 million on Saturday, and the show has been axed.
- Though consumer price inflation is at record lows, having fallen to an annual rate of 1.5% last month, prices and wages in the state sector are rising much faster.
- But as shameful as inaction is, Alberta is expected to set some all time records for a new low.
- The index has now jumped 13 points from October's lows to the highest level since December 2000.
- With esteem levels at a January low, people are particularly vulnerable to be mis-sold miracles.
- The stockmarket fell by over 40 percent last year and the baht hit all-time lows against the US dollar.
- The dollar reached another new low against the euro, however.
- The dollar has plunged to an all-time low against the euro.
- Stocks hit a year low of 36 cents earlier that day.
- Profit expectations fell eight points to a 10-year low of 2 percent.
- The stock fell 2.74 per cent on Wednesday to a 3-month low of 14.2 cents before the suspension.
- As of June 21, the euro was nearing a nine-month low against the very shaky dollar.
- Spending has been jump-started by a drop in interest rates to 30-year lows as well as by the best monsoon since 1988.
- In alpine environments, plants may be exposed to high temperatures during the day, but may be subject to overnight lows near freezing.
- Interest rates are at historic lows, home values continue to magically rise, and you do not plan to be living in the same house in five years.
- Bittern numbers had hit dangerous lows in the past as large areas of their reedbed habitat were drained, destroyed or neglected.
2
Meteorología
zona de bajas presiones femenino
- This may sometimes be associated with a tropical cyclone or a monsoon low.
- People who know about thermal lows and high pressure in cold air often jump to the conclusion that warm air means low pressure and cold air means high.
- The powerful winds that accompany tropical cyclones and east coast lows can and do generate huge waves.
- Heavy rains extended south to the Illawarra escarpment west of Wollongong, an area accustomed to drenchings from east coast lows.
- However, another significant factor is the development of highs and lows out in the Atlantic.
- Such lows usually form when a strong wind speed maximum riding along the main belt of westerly jet stream winds dives into a deep upper-level trough or dip in the jet.
- Two six month contracts are being offered to those who feel they have what it takes to explain highs, lows, mid-Atlantic depressions and incoming warm fronts.
- The circulation is then entirely of cold polar air, and there is little precipitation associated with such lows when they reach the polar areas.
- This difference in temperatures would have encouraged deeper and more severe lows to develop.
- A third east coast low developed on 26 June, and became notorious for the huge seas it produced.
- In his defence though, he did say that strong winds could cause problems, and that there was a vicious looking low on our doorstep.
- At the peak of the La Nina some drought relief can occur when warm moist tropical lows are brought onto the country.
- These lows suck the low level air north of the sub-tropical highs which then becomes westerlies as it heads for that feature.

Hay 2 traducciones principales de low en Español

: low¹ low²

low²

mugir, v.

verbo intransitivo

1
mugir
- Cows lowed in their fields and dogs barked as children dashed through the street, weaving their way through the people that were now out.
- I could hear the milk-maids' buckets clatter, the cows lowing in the dell, and the indentured servant boy's tortured cries as he was being flogged.
- The three men always fell asleep to the sound of horses whickering from the nearby corral and the cattle lowing on the plains.
- Where is the description of the stable, crude and bare, with cattle lowing and the baby Jesus lying on a bed of hay?
- Up here it's so quiet at night you can hear the cattle lowing in the valley, and the snow touching the ground in winter.
- Cattle lowed behind him as Joe picked his way through the snow.
- When we arrived on the dock some of the cargo was still being loaded - some sad-looking cattle were being urged through a large hatchway into the bowels of the ship, lowing miserably as they went.
- The little steer lowed to its Ma, its feet again getting perilously close to the edge.
- The sun was bright and cheerily shone in on her bed, the birds were chirping noisily, Mathilde was lowing from the barn eager to be milked, and she smelled breakfast.
- I turned off on a small farm road and found myself among lowing cattle.
- Guests at Prestonfield can enjoy rural tranquillity, strutting peacocks and lowing Highland cattle without sacrificing access to the Royal Mile.
- Before last July, there was the constant noise of squealing and lowing at Marderby Hall, Felixkirk.
- Far from the bucolic paradise of popular myth, with lowing herds winding slowly o'er the lea, modern farms have as much romance as a widget factory.
- Animals added their noises to the din, poultry screeching and draft animals lowing as they were displayed and examined.
- The cattle are lowing, the shepherds wash their socks by night and I am now on holiday.
- Some cattle lowed from holding pens across the drive.