Significado de "cuckoo" en el diccionario de inglés

ETIMOLOGÍA DE LA PALABRA CUCKOO

From Old French cucu, of imitative origin; related to German kuckuck, Latin cucūlus, Greek kokkux.

Se denomina etimología al estudio del origen de la palabras y sus cambios estructurales y de significado.

PRONUNCIACIÓN DE CUCKOO EN INGLÉS

cuckoo  [ˈkʊkuː]

CATEGORIA GRAMATICAL DE CUCKOO

Cuckoo es un verbo y también puede actuar como un sustantivo, un adjetivo y una exclamación.

El nombre o sustantivo es aquel tipo de palabras cuyo significado determina la realidad. Los sustantivos nombran todas las cosas: personas, objetos, sensaciones, sentimientos, etc.

El adjetivo es la palabra que acompaña al nombre para determinarlo o calificarlo.

El verbo es la parte de la oración que se conjuga y expresa acción y estado.

Descubre cómo se conjuga el verbo cuckoo en inglés.

La exclamación se trata de una expresión o voz que refleja una emoción o una exaltación del ánimo.

QUÉ SIGNIFICA CUCKOO EN INGLÉS

Cuco

Cuckoo

Los cucos son una familia, Cuculidae, de pájaros cercanos del passerine, nombrados para el cuco común de Europa. El orden Cuculiformes, además de los cucos, también incluye a los turacos. Algunos zoólogos y taxonomistas también han incluido el Hoatzin único en el Cuculiformes, pero su taxonomía sigue en disputa. La familia del cuco, además de las especies nombradas como tales, también incluye los roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals y anis. Los coucals y los anis se separan a veces como familias distintas, Centropodidae y Crotophagidae respectivamente. Los cucos son generalmente pájaros delgados de tamaño mediano. La mayoría son arbóreas, con una minoría considerable que es terrestre. La familia tiene una distribución cosmopolita, con la mayoría de las especies que son tropicales. Algunas especies son migratorias. Los cucos se alimentan de insectos, larvas de insectos y una variedad de otros animales, así como frutas. Muchas especies son parásitos de la cría, poniendo sus huevos en los nidos de otras especies, pero la mayoría de las especies crian sus propios jóvenes.

The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds, named for the Common Cuckoo of Europe. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos. Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute. The cuckoo family, in addition to those species named as such, also includes the roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae respectively. The cuckoos are generally medium sized slender birds. The majority are arboreal, with a sizeable minority that are terrestrial. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority of species being tropical. Some species are migratory. The cuckoos feed on insects, insect larvae and a variety of other animals, as well as fruit. Many species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species, but the majority of species raise their own young.

definición de cuckoo en el diccionario inglés

La primera definición de cuco en el diccionario es cualquier ave de la familia Cuculidae, que tiene alas puntiagudas, una cola larga y pies zygodactyl: orden Cuculiformes. Muchas especies, incluido el cuco europeo, ponen sus huevos en los nidos de otras aves y tienen una llamada de dos notas. Otra definición de cuco es una persona insana o insensata. El cuco también es una locura o una tontería.

CONJUGACIÓN EN INGLÉS DEL VERBO CUCKOO

PRESENT

Present

I cuckoo

you cuckoo

he/she/it cuckooes

we cuckoo

you cuckoo

they cuckoo

Present continuous

I am cuckooing

you are cuckooing

he/she/it is cuckooing

we are cuckooing

you are cuckooing

they are cuckooing

Present perfect

I have cuckooed

you have cuckooed

he/she/it has cuckooed

we have cuckooed

you have cuckooed

they have cuckooed

Present perfect continuous

I have been cuckooing

you have been cuckooing

he/she/it has been cuckooing

we have been cuckooing

you have been cuckooing

they have been cuckooing

PAST

Past

I cuckooed

you cuckooed

he/she/it cuckooed

we cuckooed

you cuckooed

they cuckooed

Past continuous

I was cuckooing

you were cuckooing

he/she/it was cuckooing

we were cuckooing

you were cuckooing

they were cuckooing

Past perfect

I had cuckooed

you had cuckooed

he/she/it had cuckooed

we had cuckooed

you had cuckooed

they had cuckooed

Past perfect continuous

I had been cuckooing

you had been cuckooing

he/she/it had been cuckooing

we had been cuckooing

you had been cuckooing

they had been cuckooing

FUTURE

Future

I will cuckoo

you will cuckoo

he/she/it will cuckoo

we will cuckoo

you will cuckoo

they will cuckoo

Future continuous

I will be cuckooing

you will be cuckooing

he/she/it will be cuckooing

we will be cuckooing

you will be cuckooing

they will be cuckooing

Future perfect

I will have cuckooed

you will have cuckooed

he/she/it will have cuckooed

we will have cuckooed

you will have cuckooed

they will have cuckooed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been cuckooing

you will have been cuckooing

he/she/it will have been cuckooing

we will have been cuckooing

you will have been cuckooing

they will have been cuckooing

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would cuckoo

you would cuckoo

he/she/it would cuckoo

we would cuckoo

you would cuckoo

they would cuckoo

Conditional continuous

I would be cuckooing

you would be cuckooing

he/she/it would be cuckooing

we would be cuckooing

you would be cuckooing

they would be cuckooing

Conditional perfect

I would have cuckoo

you would have cuckoo

he/she/it would have cuckoo

we would have cuckoo

you would have cuckoo

they would have cuckoo

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been cuckooing

you would have been cuckooing

he/she/it would have been cuckooing

we would have been cuckooing

you would have been cuckooing

they would have been cuckooing

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you cuckoo
we let´s cuckoo
you cuckoo

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to cuckoo

Past participle

cuckooed

Present Participle

cuckooing

TRADUCCIÓN DE CUCKOO

Conoce la traducción de cuckoo a 25 idiomas con nuestro traductor multilingüe.

Las traducciones de cuckoo presentadas en esta sección han sido obtenidas mediante traducción automática estadística a partir del idioma inglés.

• Traductor inglés - chino: 杜鹃
• Traductor inglés - español: cuclillo
• inglés: cuckoo
• Traductor inglés - hindi: कोयल
• Traductor inglés - árabe: وَقْواق
• Traductor inglés - ruso: кукушка
• Traductor inglés - portugués: cuco
• Traductor inglés - bengalí: কোকিল
• Traductor inglés - francés: coucou
• Traductor inglés - malayo: Cuckoo
• Traductor inglés - alemán: Kuckuck
• Traductor inglés - japonés: カッコウ
• Traductor inglés - coreano: 뻐꾸기
• Traductor inglés - javanés: Cuckoo
• Traductor inglés - vietnamita: chim cu
• Traductor inglés - tamil: குயில்
• Traductor inglés - maratí: कोकिळा
• Traductor inglés - turco: guguk
• Traductor inglés - italiano: cuculo
• Traductor inglés - polaco: kukułka
• Traductor inglés - ucraniano: зозуля
• Traductor inglés - rumano: cuc
• Traductor inglés - griego: κούκος
• Traductor inglés - afrikáans: koekoek
• Traductor inglés - sueco: gök
• Traductor inglés - noruego: gjøk

6 CITAS EN INGLÉS CON «CUCKOO»

Citas y frases célebres con la palabra cuckoo.

1

Judy Blume

I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet.

2

Alan Coren

Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in order to give tourists something solid to remember it by.

3

Marc Faber

In the economy of the cuckoo people that populate central banks, everything is possible. What you have is gigantic bubbles, the NASDAQ in 2000, then the housing bubble and then commodities in 2008 when oil went from $78 to $147 before plunging to $32 within six months.

4

Graham Greene

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

5

Richard LaGravenese

Barbara Stanwyck movies drove me nuts, like 'Ball of Fire' and 'Double Indemnity.' I used to go cuckoo when I would see those films.

6

Orson Welles

In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «CUCKOO»

Descubre el uso de cuckoo en la siguiente selección bibliográfica. Libros relacionados con cuckoo y pequeños extractos de los mismos para contextualizar su uso en la literatura.

The Cuckoo's Calling

Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

Robert Galbraith, J. K. Rowling, 2013

Cuckoo

A dark, juicy, deliciously unsettling, read-it-in-one-sitting psychological drama.Rose has it all - the gorgeous children, the husband, the beautiful home.

Julia Crouch, 2011

The Cuckoo Sister

A scruffy, undernourished teenager appears at the door of Kate's parents' London home, bearing a note that she is their long-lost child, stolen from her pram as a baby.

Vivien Alcock, 1997

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of ...

The first true account of computer espionage tells of a year-long single-handed hunt for a computer thief who sold information from American computer files to Soviet intelligence agents

Cliff Stoll, 2005

Cuckoo/Cucu: A Mexican Folktale/Un Cuento Folklorico Mexicano

A traditional Mayan tale which reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.

Lois Ehlert, 2000

The Cuckoo Tree

When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits.

Joan Aiken, 2000

The Cuckoo Clock

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide.

Mrs. Molesworth, 2012

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A criminal feigns insanity and is admitted to a mental hospital where he challenges the autocratic authority of the head nurse.

Ken Kesey, 2012

Cuckoo

But there's worse to come: villainy, prostitution, murder, madness and moving to Spurs turf. CUCKOO is the dark and funny story of a young person coming to terms with a truly terrible legacy.

S. D. Breen, 2011

The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

As Jack gets older, Dr. Madeleine warns him that his heart is too fragile for strong emotions: he must never, ever fall in love. And, of course, this is exactly what he does: on his tenth birthday and with head-over-heels abandon.

Mathias Malzieu, 2010

10 NOTICIAS EN LAS QUE SE INCLUYE EL TÉRMINO «CUCKOO»

Conoce de qué se habla en los medios de comunicación nacionales e internacionales y cómo se emplea el término cuckoo en el contexto de las siguientes noticias.

Birds more likely to reject costly cuckoo eggs

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Australian Premiere of CUCKOO Comes to fortyfivedownstairs, Now …

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Writers Are Going Cuckoo For KU

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Escaping cloud cuckoo land: 5 tips for success in the cloud

Organisations that think moving to the cloud will be a smooth process – a delightful deluge of cost savings, elated elasticity and seamless ... «Information Age, Jul 15»

Over the Cuckoo's head

“Parasite bird!” “Too lazy to hatch her own eggs!” Mrs. Cuckoo was upset with the reputation of the cuckoos. She had made up her mind that this ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

Going Cuckoo Over Nature's Oddity

The babbler eggs and the cuckoo eggs are both blue in colour. Upon hatching, sometimes the chick goes on a killing spree doing away with ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»

One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest: When Illness Levels You

I recently had a serious bout of flu or some other mysterious, sneaky illness that snuck up and knocked me down so hard I didn't even know I ... «GoodTherapy.org, Jun 15»

Have you seen one fly over the cuckoo's nest?

Not, of course, that there is any such thing as a cuckoo's nest as they prefer to borrow the homes and rearing skills of others - but these strange ... «Western Morning News, Jun 15»

minimum wage for SA belongs in cloud cuckoo land

IN SEPTEMBER 2013, Cyril Ramaphosa said at Wits University that starting wages in SA were higher than the relative productivity of new ... «BDlive, Jun 15»

Wildbuzz: The cuckoo & 2 clarinets

On a hot summer afternoon, in the hush of the lush bush, the celebrated call of the Eurasian cuckoo drifts across the solitude like a dandelion ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»