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cuadro
painting
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A painting, and by extension other things laid out inside a frame like charts and panels
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Cuadro means painting and is related to the English word quad0, since a painting is a four-sided frame hanging on your wall. Nearly everything else it means is some other area boxed off by a frame.
cuadro
painting, picture
A work of art hanging on a wall.
Compramos un cuadro para la salaWe bought a painting for the living room
Ese cuadro lleva años colgado en el pasilloThat picture has been hanging in the hallway for years
box (on a form or screen)
A bounded field you type into, or one that pops up in front of you. The frame marks off a small area of the screen for one thing.
Escribe tu nombre en el cuadro de textoWrite your name in the text box
Apareció un cuadro pidiendo la contraseñaA box appeared asking for the password
table, chart
Data laid out in rows and columns. The frame boxes off a patch of the page so all the numbers can be read together.
El informe incluye un cuadro con todos los preciosThe report includes a table with all the prices
Hicimos un cuadro comparativo de las dos opcionesWe made a comparison chart of the two options
panel, board (controls)
The surface that holds a machine's controls. The switches and dials are gathered inside one boxed-off area so you can work them all from a single spot.
El técnico revisó el cuadro eléctrico del edificioThe technician checked the electrical panel of the building
Todas las luces del cuadro se encendieron a la vezAll the lights on the board came on at once
frame (bike)
The tube skeleton of a bicycle or motorcycle. It's the rigid outline that boxes in the shape of the bike and holds everything else together.
El cuadro de mi bicicleta es de aluminioThe frame of my bicycle is aluminum
Se le rompió el cuadro en plena bajadaHis frame broke halfway down the descent
team, squad (sports)
A sports team, especially in match reports and commentary. It's the set of players boxed off as one side.
El cuadro visitante jugó muy bien el segundo tiempoThe visiting team played very well in the second half
El cuadro local salió a la cancha entre aplausosThe home squad took the field to applause
officials, executives (usually plural)
The senior people who run an organization, almost always in the plural. They're the boxed-off group holding authority, set apart from everyone else on the payroll.
Los cuadros del partido se reunieron a puerta cerradaThe party officials met behind closed doors
La empresa formó a sus cuadros durante todo el añoThe company trained its executives all year long