ave nocturna: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- A bird or animal that is active during the night; a nocturnal species (literally, a night bird).
Examples
BetaEl búho es una ave nocturna que caza durante la noche y duerme de día.
The owl is a nocturnal bird that hunts at night and sleeps during the day.
Las lechuzas son aves nocturnas que tienen una visión excelente en la oscuridad.
Owls are nocturnal birds that have excellent vision in the dark.
En el zoológico, pudimos observar una variedad de aves nocturnas en el hábitat especial para la noche.
At the zoo, we were able to observe a variety of nocturnal birds in the special nighttime habitat.
La mariposa de la luna es un ave nocturna que se activa al caer el sol.
The moon moth is a nocturnal creature that becomes active at sunset.
- A person who habitually stays awake or is active at night; a 'night owl.'
Examples
BetaLuis es un ave nocturna; siempre está despierto hasta altas horas de la madrugada.
Luis is a night owl; he is always awake until very late at night.
No intentes llamarla temprano, es un ave nocturna y no responde hasta la tarde.
Don't try to call her early, she's a night owl and doesn't respond until the afternoon.
Como ave nocturna, prefiero trabajar en silencio cuando todos duermen y hay menos distracciones.
As a night owl, I prefer to work quietly when everyone is asleep and there are fewer distractions.
- A pejorative term for someone perceived as shady, disreputable, or who prowls at night.
Examples
BetaEn ese barrio, dicen que hay aves nocturnas que merodean las calles buscando problemas.
In that neighborhood, they say there are shady characters who prowl the streets at night looking for trouble.
No me fío de ese tipo; se mueve como un ave nocturna y siempre anda en asuntos turbios.
I don't trust that guy; he moves like a shady character and is always involved in shady business.
Las aves nocturnas suelen evitar la luz y prefieren actuar bajo el manto de la oscuridad.
Shady characters usually avoid the light and prefer to act under the cover of darkness.
Examples:
- ES: Usted no es ave nocturna.EN: You're no moonflower.
- ES: Ayer a mediodía se posó el ave nocturna en el foro... gritando y chillando.EN: And yesterday the bird of night did sit, even at noonday, upon the marketplace, hooting and shrieking.
- ES: Eh, ave nocturna. ¿Qué haces despierto?EN: Hey, night owl. What are you doing still awake?
- ES: No, me imagino que ya no es ave nocturna... pero aun así, podría estar celebrando, ¿no cree?EN: No, I don't imagine he's much of a night bird now... but still, he could be celebrating, couldn't he?
- ES: Es inquietante... un ave nocturna con los ojos de color ámbar.EN: Sinister it is, the nocturnal bird with its eyes of amber.
- ES: Me gustaría ir. Pero mi esposa no es un ave nocturna.EN: I'd like to go over, but my wife isn't much of a night bird.
- ES: Soy ave nocturna.EN: I'm a regular night owl.
- ES: Quizá el grito de un ave nocturna.EN: It was a cry of some night bird.
- ES: Realmente, Steed, su interés... en las ave nocturna es...EN: Really, Steed. At a time like this. Your interests in a nocturnal bird are ...
- ES: Soy un ave nocturna.EN: I'm a night bird.
- ES: "Soy un ave nocturna.EN: " I am a night bird.
- ES: Solo fue una ave nocturna. Espero.EN: It's just a night bird, I expect.
- ES: Nuestra multimillonaria semi mitológica ave nocturna abandonó su nido de Las Vegas.EN: [ Welles] Our semimythological night bird of a billionaire... has flown his Vegas coop.
- ES: Mendigo, ave nocturna, sinvergüenza, granuja.EN: Beggar, night owl. Rogue, scoundrel.
- ES: - No debes ser ave nocturna.EN: - You must not be a night owl.
- ES: Usted es un ave nocturna verdadera, ¿no es así?EN: You're a real night owl, aren't you?
- ES: ¿Eres un ave nocturna?EN: Are you a night owl?
- ES: Soy más bien un ave nocturna, pero qué leches.EN: I'm more of a night owl, but what the hell?
- ES: Es más bien un ave nocturna.EN: He is more of a night owl.
- ES: Yo soy un ave nocturna.EN: I'm a night owl.
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