English-Spanish translations for shape

• forma
  Nuestros mercados financieros se hallan en buena forma. Our financial markets are in good shape.
  Tenemos que esforzarnos por configurarlo de forma positiva. We must try to shape it positively.
  De alguna u otra forma se volverá a hablar de ellas alguna vez. These will re-emerge in some shape or form.
• formar
• estado
  Eso es lo que -en la figura de la Vicepresidenta Kroes- hemos estado haciendo. That is what we - in the shape of Vice-President Kroes - have been doing.
  Tenemos que ayudar a configurar los órganos de Gobierno del Estado y ayudar a desarrollar la economía. We must help shape the organs of state government and help develop the economy.
  Sin embargo, no podemos permitir que surjan interferencias en las políticas que aplican los Estados miembros en materia de salud. We cannot, however, allow interference in the shape of the Member States' health policies.
• figura
  Eso es lo que -en la figura de la Vicepresidenta Kroes- hemos estado haciendo. That is what we - in the shape of Vice-President Kroes - have been doing.
  Señor Presidente, en el orden del día del Consejo figura un tema importante, a saber, la ampliación de la UE. Mr President, the Council’s agenda features an important topic in the shape of the EU’s enlargement.
  Para nosotros, la ampliación ya tiene rostro humano en la figura de los colegas que ya trabajan aquí en calidad de observadores. For us enlargement already has a human face, in the shape of the colleagues who are already working here as observers.
• modelar
  Nosotros, mejor que nadie, podemos modelar este mundo globalizado. We, better than anyone, can shape this globalised world.
  Han contribuido a modelar nuestra historia y nuestros valores comunes. They have helped to shape our history and our common values.
  Europa debe modelar la respuesta internacional a los problemas internacionales. Europe must shape the international response to international problems.

Definition of shape

• The status or condition of something
• Condition of personal health, especially muscular health
• The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure
• Form; formation
• A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar
• A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape
• In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type
• To create or make
• To give something a shape and definition
• To form or manipulate something into a certain shape
• To give influence to
• To imagine; to conceive

Examples

• The used bookshop wouldnt offer much due to the poor shape of the book.
• The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in.
• We exercise to keep in good physical shape.
• He cut a square shape out of the cake.
• What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds?
• Earth was shapen by God for Gods folk
• Shape the dough into a pretzel.   For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl

Related words

• shapeshift
• reshape
• misshapen
• shaped
• shapeshifter
• egg-shaped
• domeshaped
• dome-shaped
• heart-shaped