1. (m.) acto - Act One, Scene Three: Acto primero, Escena tercera division of a play

2. (m.) número - his juggling act was a great success: su número de malabarismo tuvo mucho éxito his loud behaviour is just an act to cover up his shyness: su conducta exagerada no es más que comedia para ocultar su timidez to get in on the act: she tried to get in on the act: trató de meterse en el asunto to get one's act together: it's time he got his act together: ya es hora de que se decida a hacer algo performance

3. (m.) acto - an act of courage: un acto de valor a deliberate criminal act: un acto delictivo deliberado this was perceived as an act of war: esto se vio como un acto beligerante she was caught in the act of stealing a book: la pillaron robando un libro thing done

4. (f.) ley

1. (vi) actuar - she's never acted before: nunca ha trabajado como actriz he likes to act tough: le gusta hacerse el duro on the stage, television

2. (vi) actuar - we must act quickly: tenemos que actuar con rapidez the police acted on the information: la policía actuó a raíz de la información que obtuvo the drug acts rapidly on the brain: el medicamento actúa rápidamente en el cerebro he acted in his own interests: lo hizo por su propio interés to do something

3. (vi) comportarse - he acts as if he'd never seen food before: se comporta como si nunca hubiera visto comida to behave

4. (vi) - he acts as a mediator between the two factions: hace de mediador entre las dos facciones she has to act as an interpreter: tiene que hacer de intérprete the trees act as a windbreak: los árboles sirven de protección contra el viento she was acting for me in court: me representaba en el juicio to function

1. (vt) - she's acting the part of Ophelia: hace el papel de Ophelia in the theatre

1. (vt) representar - children like to act out their fantasies: a los niños les gusta vivir sus fantasías act out

1. (vi) hacer de las suyas - this computer's acting up again: este ordenador ya está haciendo de las suyas otra vez machine

2. (vi) dar guerra - the children were acting up because their mother wasn't there: los niños estaban dando guerra porque su madre no estaba allí person