quid
31quid — (Del lat. quid, ¿qué?) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Razón esencial o punto más importante de una cosa: ■ encontró el quid de la cuestión. SINÓNIMO clave esencia FRASEOLOGÍA dar en el quid Acertar en una cosa que se quería resolver. * * * quid (del… …
32quid — I. /kwɪd / (say kwid) noun a portion of something, especially tobacco, for holding in the mouth and chewing. {variant of cud} II. /kwɪd / (say kwid) Colloquial –noun (plural quid or quids) 1. (formerly) a pound in money, especially £1 as a pound… …
33quid — English has two words quid. The colloquial term for a ‘pound’ appears to be the same word as Latin quid ‘something’, and may have been inspired by the expression quid pro quo [16], literally ‘something for something’. Quid ‘piece of chewing… …
34quid — {{11}}quid (n.1) bite sized piece (of tobacco, etc.), 1727, dialectal variant of M.E. cudde, from O.E. cudu, cwidu (see CUD (Cf. cud)). {{12}}quid (n.2) one pound sterling, 1680s, British slang, possibly from quid that which is (c.1600, see …
35quid — {{＃}}{{LM Q32455}}{{〓}} {{SynQ33235}} {{［}}quid{{］}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Razón o punto esencial de algo: • el quid del problema.{{○}} {{★}}{{＼}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{／}} Del latín quid (qué cosa). {{★}}{{＼}}SEMÁNTICA:{{／}} Distinto de busilis (punto en el… …
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36quid — English has two words quid. The colloquial term for a ‘pound’ appears to be the same word as Latin quid ‘something’, and may have been inspired by the expression quid pro quo [16], literally ‘something for something’. Quid ‘piece of chewing… …
37Quid — Slang for the pound sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom. A quid is equivalent to 100 pence. It is thought to come from the Latin phrase quid pro quo meaning something for something, or an equal exchange for goods or services. The use of… …
38quid — [[t]kwɪ̱d[/t]] N COUNT (quid is both the singular and the plural form.) A quid is a pound in money. [BRIT, INFORMAL] It cost him five hundred quid …
39quid */ — UK [kwɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms quid : singular quid plural quid British informal a pound in money …
40quid — 1. n. (pl. same) Brit. sl. one pound sterling. Phrases and idioms: not the full quid Austral. sl. mentally deficient. quids in sl. in a position of profit. Etymology: prob. f. quid the nature of a thing f. L quid what, something 2. n. a lump of… …
