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adj Arte Lit

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1 arte

f. & m.

1 art.

arte abstracto abstract art

arte dramático drama

arte figurativo figurative art

arte floral flower arranging

bellas artes fine arts

artes gráficas graphic arts

artes interpretativas performing arts

artes liberales liberal arts

artes marciales martial arts

(escuela de) artes y oficios = college for the study of arts and crafts

artes plásticas visual arts

arte pop pop art

2 artistry.

el arte de la la conversación the art of conversation

3 artfulness, cunning (astucia).

malas artes trickery

4 artifice, craftiness, deceitful cleverness, foxiness.

* * *

arte

► nombre masculino

1 art

2 (habilidad) craft, skill

3 (astucia) cunning

4 (pesca) fishing gear

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

con malas artes by evil means

* * *

noun mf.

1) art

2) skill

* * *

SM ó SF
[gen m en sing, f en pl]
1) (=pintura, música) art

artes — (Univ) arts

artes y oficios — arts and crafts

bellas artes — fine arts

arte de vivir — art of living

el séptimo arte — the cinema, film

arte de los trucos — conjuring

por arte de magia — by magic, as if by magic

- no tener arte ni parte en algo

arte abstracto — abstract art

artes decorativas — decorative arts

artes gráficas — graphic arts

artes marciales — martial arts

arte poética — poetics sing

arte pop — pop art

artes plásticas — plastic arts
amor 1)
2) (=habilidad) skill; (=astucia) craftiness

malas artes — trickery sing

por malas artes — by trickery

3) (=artificio) workmanship, artistry

sin arte — [como adj] clumsy; [como adv] clumsily

4) (Literat)

arte mayor — Spanish verse of eight lines each of twelve syllables dating from the 15th century

arte menor — Spanish verse usually of four lines each of six or eight syllables

5) (Pesca)

arte de pesca — (=red) fishing net; (=caña etc) fishing tackle

* * *

(gen m en el singular y f en el plural)

1) (Art) art

el arte medieval — medieval art

las artes — the arts

el arte por el arte — art for art's sake

no trabajo por amor al arte — (hum) I'm not working for the good of my health (hum)

(como) por arte de magia — as if by magic

no tener arte ni parte: no tuve arte ni parte en el asunto — I had nothing whatsoever to do with it

- arte dramático

- arte poética

- artes gráficas/plásticas

- artes marciales

- artes menores

- artes y oficios

2)

a) (habilidad, destreza)

el arte de mentir — the art of lying

tiene arte para arreglar flores — she has a flair o gift for flower arranging

b) artes femenino plural (astucias, artimañas) trick

empleé todas mis artes para... — I used every trick I could think of to...

usó todas sus artes para seducirlo — she used (all) her feminine wiles to seduce him

* * *

= art, craft.

Ex. In less well structured schemes, the application of chain indexing is more of an art.

Ex. He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.

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* apreciación del arte = art appreciation.

* arte abstracto = abstraction, abstract art.

* arte conceptual = conceptual art.

* arte contemporáneo = contemporary art.

* arte culinario = cuisine.

* arte de escribir = penmanship.

* arte de gobernar = statesmanship.

* arte de hacer nudos = knotting.

* arte de herrar caballos = farriery.

* arte de la guerra = warfare.

* arte del libro = bookmanship.

* arte del metal = metal art.

* arte del vídeo = video art.

* arte de tejer = weaving.

* arte de vender = salesmanship, specsmanship.

* arte de vivir, el = art of living, the.

* arte dramático = performance art, performing arts.

* arte folclórico = folk art.

* arte islámico = Islamic art.

* arte moderno = modern art.

* arte pop = pop art.

* arte popular = popular art, folk art.

* arte publicitario = commercial art.

* arte renacentista = Renaissance art.

* arte rupestre = rock art.

* artes aplicadas = applied arts.

* artes decorativas, las = decorative arts, the.

* artes de creación literaria y artística, las = creative arts, the.

* artes gráficas, las = graphic arts, the.

* artes interpretativas = performing arts.

* artes liberales, las = liberal arts, the.

* artes marciales = martial arts.

* artes plásticas = fine art.

* artes plásticas, las = plastic arts, the.

* artes visuales, las = visual arts, the.

* arte topiario = topiary.

* arte tradicional = folk art.

* arte y técnica de escribir obras de teatro = playwriting.

* aula de arte = art-room.

* bellas artes = fine arts.

* biblioteca de arte = art library.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.

* colección de arte = art collection.

* colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.

* colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* crítico de arte = art critic.

* diapositiva de arte = art slide.

* el arte de = the art of, the fine art of.

* enseñanza de bellas artes = aesthetic education.

* estado del arte = state of the art.

* estado de las artes = state of the arts.

* exposición de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.

* fotografía de obra de arte = art photograph.

* galería de arte = art gallery.

* hacer algo por amor al arte = labour of love.

* historia del arte = art history.

* historiador de arte = art historian.

* libro de arte = art book.

* material de arte = art material.

* muestra de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.

* mundo del arte, el = art world, the.

* museo de arte = art museum.

* objeto de arte = art object.

* obra de arte = work of art, masterpiece, artistic work, art work.

* obra de arte musical = musical masterpiece.

* original de una obra de arte = art original.

* poner en práctica un arte = practise + art.

* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* un arte = a fine art.

* un arte en extinción = a dying art.

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(gen m en el singular y f en el plural)

1) (Art) art

el arte medieval — medieval art

las artes — the arts

el arte por el arte — art for art's sake

no trabajo por amor al arte — (hum) I'm not working for the good of my health (hum)

(como) por arte de magia — as if by magic

no tener arte ni parte: no tuve arte ni parte en el asunto — I had nothing whatsoever to do with it

- arte dramático

- arte poética

- artes gráficas/plásticas

- artes marciales

- artes menores

- artes y oficios

2)

a) (habilidad, destreza)

el arte de mentir — the art of lying

tiene arte para arreglar flores — she has a flair o gift for flower arranging

b) artes femenino plural (astucias, artimañas) trick

empleé todas mis artes para... — I used every trick I could think of to...

usó todas sus artes para seducirlo — she used (all) her feminine wiles to seduce him

* * *

= art, craft.

Ex: In less well structured schemes, the application of chain indexing is more of an art.

Ex: He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.

* apreciación del arte = art appreciation.

* arte abstracto = abstraction, abstract art.

* arte conceptual = conceptual art.

* arte contemporáneo = contemporary art.

* arte culinario = cuisine.

* arte de escribir = penmanship.

* arte de gobernar = statesmanship.

* arte de hacer nudos = knotting.

* arte de herrar caballos = farriery.

* arte de la guerra = warfare.

* arte del libro = bookmanship.

* arte del metal = metal art.

* arte del vídeo = video art.

* arte de tejer = weaving.

* arte de vender = salesmanship, specsmanship.

* arte de vivir, el = art of living, the.

* arte dramático = performance art, performing arts.

* arte folclórico = folk art.

* arte islámico = Islamic art.

* arte moderno = modern art.

* arte pop = pop art.

* arte popular = popular art, folk art.

* arte publicitario = commercial art.

* arte renacentista = Renaissance art.

* arte rupestre = rock art.

* artes aplicadas = applied arts.

* artes decorativas, las = decorative arts, the.

* artes de creación literaria y artística, las = creative arts, the.

* artes gráficas, las = graphic arts, the.

* artes interpretativas = performing arts.

* artes liberales, las = liberal arts, the.

* artes marciales = martial arts.

* artes plásticas = fine art.

* artes plásticas, las = plastic arts, the.

* artes visuales, las = visual arts, the.

* arte topiario = topiary.

* arte tradicional = folk art.

* arte y técnica de escribir obras de teatro = playwriting.

* aula de arte = art-room.

* bellas artes = fine arts.

* biblioteca de arte = art library.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.

* colección de arte = art collection.

* colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.

* colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* crítico de arte = art critic.

* diapositiva de arte = art slide.

* el arte de = the art of, the fine art of.

* enseñanza de bellas artes = aesthetic education.

* estado del arte = state of the art.

* estado de las artes = state of the arts.

* exposición de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.

* fotografía de obra de arte = art photograph.

* galería de arte = art gallery.

* hacer algo por amor al arte = labour of love.

* historia del arte = art history.

* historiador de arte = art historian.

* libro de arte = art book.

* material de arte = art material.

* muestra de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.

* mundo del arte, el = art world, the.

* museo de arte = art museum.

* objeto de arte = art object.

* obra de arte = work of art, masterpiece, artistic work, art work.

* obra de arte musical = musical masterpiece.

* original de una obra de arte = art original.

* poner en práctica un arte = practise + art.

* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* un arte = a fine art.

* un arte en extinción = a dying art.

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arte ( gen m en el singular y f en el plural)

A ( Art) art

el arte medieval/abstracto/contemporáneo medieval/abstract/contemporary art

las artes the arts

el arte por el arte art for art's sake

¿te crees que trabajo por amor al arte? ( hum); do you think I'm working for the good of my health o for the fun of it? ( hum)

(como) por arte de magia as if by magic

no tener arte ni parte: no tuve arte ni parte en el asunto I had nothing whatsoever to do with it

bello

Compuestos:

● arte cinético

kinetic art

● arte dramático

dramatic arts (pl)

● arte poética

poetics (pl)

● artes de pesca

fpl nets (pl) (also lines, floats, etc)

● artes gráficas

fpl graphic arts (pl)

● artes liberales

fpl (liberal) arts (pl)

● artes marciales

fpl martial arts (pl)

● arte mayor

( Lit) verse form in which a line has more than eight syllables

● arte menor

( Lit): verse form in which a line has eight syllables or less

● artes menores

fpl crafts (pl)

● artes plásticas

fpl plastic arts (pl)

● artes y oficios

fpl arts and crafts (pl)

B

1

(habilidad, destreza): es maestro en el arte de mentir/de la diplomacia he's an expert in the art of lying/of diplomacy

tiene mucho arte para arreglar flores she has a real flair o gift for flower arranging

tengo muy poco arte para convencer a la gente I'm no good at persuading people

2 artes fpl

(astucias, artimañas): usó todas sus artes para seducirlo she used (all) her feminine wiles to seduce him

tuve que usar todas mis artes para convencerlo I had to use every trick I could think of to win him over

malo¹ (↑ malo (1))

* * *

arte ( gen m en el singular y f en el plural)
1 (Art) art;
◊ el arte por el arte art for art's sake;

no trabajo por amor al arte (hum) I'm not working for the good of my health (hum);
artes gráficas graphic arts;
(como) por arte de magia as if by magic
2 (habilidad, destreza) art;
◊ el arte de la conversación the art of conversation;

tiene arte para arreglar flores she has a flair o gift for flower arranging
arte sustantivo masculino & sustantivo femenino art
1 (habilidad) skill
2 artes, (trucos, mañas) tricks
3 artes de pesca, fishing equipment
bellas artes, fine arts
♦ Locuciones: familiar como por arte de magia, as if by magic
no tener arte ni parte, to have nothing to do with
' arte' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aborigen
- aguafuerte
- amor
- arábiga
- arábigo
- bicha
- boceto
- caligrafía
- canto
- carpintería
- cine
- clásica
- clásico
- cuadro
- cubismo
- dadaísmo
- de
- decadencia
- desnuda
- desnudo
- dialéctica
- dibujante
- encuadernación
- escorzo
- espátula
- estilo
- estofar
- exposición
- expresionismo
- fascinar
- figurativa
- figurativo
- fresca
- fresco
- galería
- género
- grabar
- iluminar
- ilusión
- imagen
- impresionismo
- labrada
- labrado
- lienzo
- litografía
- lobulada
- lobulado
- magia
- marchante
- marina
English:
amateurish
- appreciation
- art
- art gallery
- artistry
- avant-garde
- brush
- bust
- charcoal
- cookery
- corps
- craft
- cubism
- cuisine
- curator
- depict
- design
- designer
- diplomacy
- draw
- dying
- early
- elaborate
- exhibit
- facsimile
- figurative
- forte
- gallery
- graphics
- halo
- life
- magic
- magically
- mime
- mimicry
- motif
- movement
- naive
- nude
- oarsmanship
- oil
- one-upmanship
- oratory
- paintbrush
- patron
- piece
- plaster
- plastic
- portray
- pose

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arte nm o nf Usually masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural.

1. [creación estética] art;

una obra de arte a work of art;

el arte gótico/barroco Gothic/baroque art;

Comp

como por arte de birlibirloque o [m5] de magia as if by magic

Comp
arte abstracto abstract art;
artes audiovisuales audiovisual arts;

arte conceptual conceptual art;

artes decorativas decorative arts;

arte dramático drama;

artes escénicas performing arts;

arte figurativo figurative art;

artes gráficas graphic arts;

artes interpretativas performing arts;

artes liberales liberal arts;

artes marciales martial arts;

arte naïf naive art;

artes y oficios arts and crafts;

artes plásticas plastic arts;

arte religioso religious art;

arte rupestre cave paintings

2. [habilidad, estilo] artistry;

con (buen) arte with (great) style;

tiene mucho arte para recitar she's got a real talent for reciting poetry

3. [astucia] artfulness, cunning;

emplearon todas sus artes para timarla they used all their cunning o wiles to cheat her;

malas artes trickery;

Comp

no tener arte ni parte en algo to have nothing whatsoever to do with sth

4.
artes (de pesca) [instrumentos] fishing tackle

5. Lit [verso]
de arte mayor = comprising lines of more than eight syllables;

de arte menor = comprising lines of eight syllables or fewer

* * *

arte

m (pl f)

1 art;

bellas artes pl fine art sg ;

el séptimo arte cinema, the movies pl ;

(como) por arte de magia as if by magic;

no tener arte ni parte have absolutely no say

2 ( argucia)

:

malas artes pl guile sg

* * *

arte nmf, (usually m in singular, f in plural)

1) : art

artes y oficios: arts and crafts

bellas artes: fine arts

2) habilidad: skill

3) : cunning, cleverness

* * *

arte n

1. (en general) art

una colección de arte an art collection

2. (habilidad) skill

tiene arte para dibujar he's good at drawing

como por arte de magia as if by magic

Spanish-English dictionary > arte
2 neoclásico

adj.

neoclassical, neo-classical.

m.

neoclassic.

* * *

neoclásico

► adjetivo

1 neoclassical

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 neoclassicist

* * *

ADJ neoclassical

* * *

- ca adjetivo neoclassical

* * *

= neoclassical [neo-classical], neo-classic [neoclassic], .

Ex. Information as a commodity tends to be too complex to be articulated within neoclassical economic models.

Ex. Modern designs co-exist alongside neo-classic and hand-made traditional styles in a variety of materials, from wood to glass, metal and stone.

* * *

- ca adjetivo neoclassical

* * *

= neoclassical [neo-classical], neo-classic [neoclassic],.

Ex: Information as a commodity tends to be too complex to be articulated within neoclassical economic models.

Ex: Modern designs co-exist alongside neo-classic and hand-made traditional styles in a variety of materials, from wood to glass, metal and stone.

* * *

neoclásico -ca

adjective

neoclassic, neoclassical

* * *

neoclásico,-a adj Arte Lit neoclassic(al)
' neoclásico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
neoclásica
- sabor
English:
neoclassical

* * *

neoclásico, -a

♦ adj

neoclassical

♦ nm,f

neoclassicist

* * *

neoclásico, -ca adj

: neoclassical

Spanish-English dictionary > neoclásico
3 neoclásica

neoclásico,-a adj Arte Lit neoclassic(al)

English-spanish dictionary > neoclásica
4 neoclásico

neoclásico,-a adj Arte Lit neoclassic(al) ' neoclásico' also found in these entries: Spanish: neoclásica - sabor English: neoclassical

English-spanish dictionary > neoclásico
5 neoclásica

neoclásico,-a adj Arte Lit neoclassic(al)

Spanish-English dictionary > neoclásica
6 romántico

adj.

1 romantic, sentimental, moving.

2 romantic, fanciful, quixotical.

3 romantic, loving, amorous.

m.

romanticist, romantic.

* * *

romántico

► adjetivo

1 romantic

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 romantic

* * *

(f. - romántica)

adj.

romantic

* * *

romántico, -a
ADJ SM / F romantic
* * *

- ca adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Art, Lit, Mús) Romantic; ( sentimental) romantic

es un romántico empedernido — he's an incurable romantic

* * *

= romantic.

Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.

Ex. This is an electronic book dedicated to the writings of romantic poets and authors.

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* canción romántica = romantic song.

* comedia romántica = romantic comedy.

* escritor de novela romántica = romantic novelist.

* ideal romántico = romantic ideal.

* novela romántica = romantic novel, romance story, romance novel.

* poco romántico = unromantic.

* poesía romántica = romantic poetry.

* suicidio romántico = romantic suicide.

* * *

- ca adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Art, Lit, Mús) Romantic; ( sentimental) romantic

es un romántico empedernido — he's an incurable romantic

* * *

= romantic.

Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.

Ex: This is an electronic book dedicated to the writings of romantic poets and authors.

* canción romántica = romantic song.

* comedia romántica = romantic comedy.

* escritor de novela romántica = romantic novelist.

* ideal romántico = romantic ideal.

* novela romántica = romantic novel, romance story, romance novel.

* poco romántico = unromantic.

* poesía romántica = romantic poetry.

* suicidio romántico = romantic suicide.

* * *

romántico¹ -ca

adjective

1 ( Art, Lit, Mús) Romantic

2 (sentimental) romantic

romántico² -ca

masculine, feminine

1 ( Art, Lit, Mús) Romantic

2 (sentimental) romantic

es un romántico empedernido he's an incurable romantic

* * *

romántico
◊ -ca adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Art, Lit, Mús) Romantic;

( sentimental) romantic
romántico,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino romantic
' romántico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
incurable
- romántica
English:
romance
- romantic
- unromantic

* * *

romántico, -a

♦ adj

1. Arte & Lit Romantic

2. [sentimental] romantic

♦ nm,f

1. Arte & Lit Romantic

2. [sentimental] romantic

* * *

romántico

I adj romantic

II m, romántica f romantic

* * *

romántico, -ca adj

: romantic

♦ románticamente adv

* * *

romántico adj romantic

Spanish-English dictionary > romántico
7 modernista

adj.

1 modernist (literature).

2 Art Nouveau (art).

3 modernistic.

f. & m.

modernist.

* * *

modernista

► adjetivo

1 Modernist

2 ARTE (en España) Spanish Art Nouveau, Modernista

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 Modernist

2 ARTE (en España) Modernista

* * *

1.

ADJ modernist(ic)

2.

SMF modernist

* * *

adjetivo/masculino y femenino modernist

* * *

= modernist, modernist.

Ex. This modernist model of communication emphasizes the transfer of information rather than its understanding = Este modelo modernista de la comunicación resalta la transferencia de la información más que su comprensión.

Ex. Chapter 1 tries to bridge the gap between the modernists and the traditionalists.

* * *

adjetivo/masculino y femenino modernist

* * *

= modernist, modernist.

Ex: This modernist model of communication emphasizes the transfer of information rather than its understanding = Este modelo modernista de la comunicación resalta la transferencia de la información más que su comprensión.

Ex: Chapter 1 tries to bridge the gap between the modernists and the traditionalists.

* * *

modernista¹

adjective

modernist

modernista²

masculine and feminine

modernist

* * *

modernista adjetivo, masculino y femenino
modernist

* * *

modernista

♦ adj

1. Lit modernist

2. Arte Art Nouveau

♦ nmf

1. Lit modernist

2. Arte Art Nouveau artist

* * *

modernista adj

: modernist, modernistic

modernista nmf

: modernist

Spanish-English dictionary > modernista
8 verista

ADJ (Arte, Literat) veristic

* * *

verista

adjective

( Art, Lit) veristic

Spanish-English dictionary > verista
9 corriente

1. kɔ'rrǐente f
1) Strömung f, Strom m

corriente marítima — Meeresströmung f

navegar contra la corriente — gegen den Strom schwimmen

2) ( de aire) Luftzug m, Zug m

3) ( eléctrica) TECH Strom m

corriente alterna — Wechselstrom m

corriente continua — Gleichstrom m

corriente de alta intensidad — Starkstrom m
2. kɔ'rrǐente adj
laufend

de uso corriente — gewöhnlich

adjetivo

1. [normal] normal

corriente y moliente gang und gäbe

2. [fluido] fließend

3. [fecha] laufend

————————

sustantivo femenino

1. FÍSICA Strom der

2. [de fluido] Strömung die

3. (figurado) [de opinión] Tendenz die

4. (locución)

dejarse llevar de o por la corriente mit dem Strom schwimmen

estar al corriente auf dem Laufenden sein

ir contra corriente gegen den Strom schwimmen

corriente

corriente [ko'rrjeDC489F9Dn̩DC489F9Dte]

I adjetivo

num1num (fluente) fließend; no hay agua corriente es gibt kein fließend Wasser

num2num (actual) laufend; (moneda) kursierend; estar al corriente (en algo) (mit etwas dativo) auf dem Laufenden sein; ponerse al corriente sich (über das Neueste) informieren; poner a alguien al corriente de algo jdn über etwas unterrichten

num3num (ordinario) gewöhnlich; un día corriente ein Tag wie jeder andere

num4num (normal) üblich, normal

num5num (presente) gegenwärtig, aktuell

II sustantivo femenino

num1num (de agua, electricidad) Strom masculino; (de viento, agua) Strömung femenino; corriente de aire Luftzug masculino; corriente alterna Wechselstrom masculino; hace corriente es zieht; ir contra la corriente gegen den Strom schwimmen; seguir [ oder llevar] la corriente a alguien jdm nach dem Mund reden

num2num (arte, lit: tendencia) Strömung femenino

Diccionario Español-Alemán > corriente
10 realista

adj.

1 realistic.

2 royalist.

f. & m.

1 realist (art).

2 royalist.

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realista

► adjetivo

1 (de la monarquía) royalist

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (de la monarquía) royalist

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realista

► adjetivo

1 (de la realidad) realistic

■ hay que ser realista one must be realistic

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (de la realidad) realist

* * *
1. adj.
1) realistic

2) royalist
2. noun mf.
1) realist

2) royalist

* * *

1.

ADJ realistic

2.

SMF realist

* * *
I
adjetivo ( pragmático) realistic; (Art, Lit, Fil) realist
II
masculino y femenino realist

* * *

= realistic, down-to-earth, realist, hardheaded [hard-headed], worldly [worldlier -comp., worldliest -sup.].

Ex. Figure 166 on page 152 shows the outline of a realistic holdings pyramid.

Ex. The report gives a down-to-earth account of the way in which membership of the European Community has materially affected major British industries.

Ex. This is the life for us, this is the critique -- and only this -- which will make us a profession of realists and not fugitives.

Ex. Managers should be encouraged to raise critical questions, and the criteria for evaluating progress must be as hardheaded as possible.

Ex. There exist sets of duality in this philosophy; body versus soul, worldly versus unworldly and life versus salvation.

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* de manera realista = realistically.

* poco realista = unrealistic, unwordly, way out in left field, airy-fairy.

* seamos realistas = face it, let's face it.

* ser realista = get real.

* * *
I
adjetivo ( pragmático) realistic; (Art, Lit, Fil) realist
II
masculino y femenino realist

* * *

= realistic, down-to-earth, realist, hardheaded [hard-headed], worldly [worldlier -comp., worldliest -sup.].

Ex: Figure 166 on page 152 shows the outline of a realistic holdings pyramid.

Ex: The report gives a down-to-earth account of the way in which membership of the European Community has materially affected major British industries.

Ex: This is the life for us, this is the critique -- and only this -- which will make us a profession of realists and not fugitives.

Ex: Managers should be encouraged to raise critical questions, and the criteria for evaluating progress must be as hardheaded as possible.

Ex: There exist sets of duality in this philosophy; body versus soul, worldly versus unworldly and life versus salvation.

* de manera realista = realistically.

* poco realista = unrealistic, unwordly, way out in left field, airy-fairy.

* seamos realistas = face it, let's face it.

* ser realista = get real.

* * *

realista¹

adjective

A

1 (pragmático) ‹persona/actitud› realistic

2 ( Art, Fil, Lit) realist

B (monárquico) royalist

realista²

masculine and feminine

A

1 (persona pragmática) realist

2 ( Art, Lit) realist

3 ( Fil) realist

B (monárquico) royalist

* * *

realista adjetivo ( pragmático) realistic;
(Art, Lit, Fil) realist
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
realist
realista
I adjetivo
1 (con sentido práctico) realistic: él es un soñador, pero su novia es más realista, he's a romantic but his girlfriend is more down-to-earth
2 Arte realist
el arte realista del siglo XIX, nineteenth-century realist art
II mf realist
' realista' also found in these entries:
English:
down-to-earth
- hard-headed
- lifelike
- matter-of-fact
- realistic
- realistically
- true
- unrealistic
- unrealistically
- authentic
- down
- hard
- realist

* * *

realista

♦ adj

1. [pragmático] realistic

2. [en arte, literatura] realist

3. Hist [monárquico] royalist

4. Filosofía realist

♦ nmf

1. [pragmático] realist

2. [en arte, literatura] realist

3. Hist [monárquico] royalist

4. Filosofía realist

* * *

realista

I adj realistic

II m/f realist

* * *

realista adj

1) : realistic

2) : realist

3) : royalist

realista nmf

1) : realist

2) : royalist

* * *

realista adj realistic

Spanish-English dictionary > realista
11 iluminado

adj.

illuminated, lamplit, clear, lighted.

m.

1 illumination, lighting.

2 prophet, sage.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: iluminar.

* * *

iluminado

► participio pasado

1→ link=iluminar iluminar

► adjetivo

1 (habitación) lit; (calles) lit, lit up

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 illuminate

* * *
iluminado, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=alumbrado) illuminated, lit

2) (=con conocimiento) enlightened

3)

estar iluminado — ** (=borracho) to be lit up *; (=drogado) to be high *

2.

SM / F visionary

los Iluminados — the Illuminati

* * *

- da masculino, femenino (lúcido, clarividente) visionary

* * *

= illuminated, lit-up.

Ex. This process is similar to the way jets of water in illuminated fountains trap the light from underwater light sources.

Ex. The lit-up computer screen is now our symbol of knowledge and power, omnipresent and omniscient as the eye of almighty God in days gone by.

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* bien iluminado = well-lit.

* iluminado con velas = candlelight, candlelit.

* iluminado por la luna = moonlit.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* muy iluminado = brightly illuminated.

* poco iluminado = dimly illuminated.

* * *

- da masculino, femenino (lúcido, clarividente) visionary

* * *

= illuminated, lit-up.

Ex: This process is similar to the way jets of water in illuminated fountains trap the light from underwater light sources.

Ex: The lit-up computer screen is now our symbol of knowledge and power, omnipresent and omniscient as the eye of almighty God in days gone by.

* bien iluminado = well-lit.

* iluminado con velas = candlelight, candlelit.

* iluminado por la luna = moonlit.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* muy iluminado = brightly illuminated.

* poco iluminado = dimly illuminated.

* * *

iluminado -da

masculine, feminine

1 (lúcido, clarividente) visionary

2 ( Relig) illuminist

los Iluminados the Illuminati

* * *

Del verbo iluminar: ( conjugate iluminar)

iluminado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
iluminado
iluminar
iluminar ( conjugate iluminar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ calles› to light, illuminate;

‹ monumento› to illuminate;
‹ escenario› to light
b) ( con focos muy potentes) ‹ estadio› to floodlight

c) ‹rostro/ojos› (liter) to light up

iluminado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (estancia, cuarto) lit (up)
2 (manuscrito) illuminated
II m,f (persona) visionary
iluminar verbo transitivo
1 to illuminate, light (up)
2 fig (enseñar) to enlighten
(esclarecer) to throw light upon
3 Arte (un manuscrito) illuminate
' iluminado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
diáfana
- diáfano
- iluminada
English:
moonlit
- sunlit
- dim
- floodlight
- moon

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iluminado, -a

♦ adj

1. [con luz] lit (up);

el lugar estaba mal iluminado y no pude verle la cara the place was poorly lit and I couldn't see his face

2. Rel enlightened

3. Pey [político, terrorista]
un político iluminado a politician who thinks he's on a mission from above

♦ nm,f

1. Rel enlightened person

2. Pey [político, terrorista]
son unos iluminados they think they're on a mission from above

* * *

iluminado

I m, iluminada f REL visionary

II part → iluminar

* * *

iluminado, -da adj

: illuminated, lighted

Spanish-English dictionary > iluminado
12 crítico

adj.

1 critical, significant, decisive, consequential.

2 critical, censorious.

3 critical, discerning, discriminating.

4 criterial.

5 breakeven, break-even.

m.

1 critic, judge, reviewer.

2 critic, criticizer, aristarch, carper.

* * *

crítico

► adjetivo

1 critical

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 critic

* * *
1. noun mf.
critic
2. (f. - crítica)
adj.

critical

* * *
crítico, -a
1.

ADJ critical

encontrarse en un estado crítico — (Med) to be in a critical condition

2.

SM / F critic

crítico/a cinematográfico/a — film critic

crítico/a de arte — art critic

crítico/a de cine — film critic

crítico/a literario/a — literary critic

crítico/a musical — music critic
crítica
* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1) <análisis/estudio> critical

el sentido crítico del alumno — the student's critical awareness

2) (decisivo, crucial) critical

se encuentra en estado crítico — she is in a critical condition

está en la edad crítica — ( en la adolescencia) she's at that difficult age; ( en la menopausia) (fam & euf) she's going through the change (colloq & euph)
II
- ca masculino, femenino critic

crítico de cine — movie critic

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1) <análisis/estudio> critical

el sentido crítico del alumno — the student's critical awareness

2) (decisivo, crucial) critical

se encuentra en estado crítico — she is in a critical condition

está en la edad crítica — ( en la adolescencia) she's at that difficult age; ( en la menopausia) (fam & euf) she's going through the change (colloq & euph)
II
- ca masculino, femenino critic

crítico de cine — movie critic

* * *

crítico¹

¹ = critic, reviewer, whistle-blower.

Ex: Other critics have turned attention to the order of the main classes in DC.

Ex: In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.

Ex: Whistle-blowers are natural allies to the extent that they provide material that makes corrections and provides new ideas that the authorities overlooked or tried to suppress.

* crítico de arte = art critic.

* crítico de baile = dance critic.

* crítico de cine = film critic.

* crítico de música = music critic.

* crítico literario = literary critic, book reviewer.

* críticos + no estar de acuerdo = critics + be divided.

* haber división de opiniones entre los críticos = critics + be divided.

crítico²

² = critical, censorial, censorious, discerning, discriminating.

Ex: A study then of the underlying features of the classification process and the components of a classification scheme is a preparation for the more critical and informed application of classification schemes.

Ex: As chairman he objected to reduction of library budgets and to censorial interference in library work.

Ex: Some librarians are concerned that the censorious climate is affecting the acquisition of school library materials.

Ex: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.

Ex: Previous work has suggested that the most discriminating terms are those with medium frequencies of occurrence.

* actitud crítica = critical eye.

* adoptar una postura crítica sobre = take + a critical view of.

* alcanzar masa crítica = reach + critical mass, achieve + critical mass.

* análisis crítico = critical analysis, critical eye.

* bibliografía crítica = critical bibliography.

* capacidad crítica = critical awareness, critical faculty, critical skills.

* comentario crítico = critical comment, critical commentary.

* desde un punto de vista crítico = judgmentally [judgementally], critically.

* de un modo crítico = critically.

* edición crítica = critical edition.

* espíritu critico = critical spirit.

* estudio crítico del estado de la cuestión = review, review.

* evaluación crítica = critical evaluation.

* examen crítico = critical examination.

* falto de sentido crítico = uncritical.

* juicio crítico = critical judgement.

* masa crítica = critical mass.

* muy crítico = highly critical.

* no crítico = non-critical.

* pensamiento crítico = critical thinking.

* reseña crítica = critical review, critical survey.

* resumen crítico = critical abstract.

* situación crítica = critical situation.

crítico³

³ = critical, life threatening.

Ex: Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.

Ex: The study also investigated whether persons who had consulted the book before committing suicide had life threatening medical illnesses.

* alcanzar el punto crítico = come to + a head.

* cuestión crítica = critical issue.

* material crítico = critical matter.

* punto crítico = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.

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crítico¹ -ca

adjective

A ‹análisis/estudio› critical

para desarrollar el sentido crítico en el alumno to develop the student's critical awareness

ser crítico de algo to be critical of sth

B (decisivo, crucial) critical

se encuentra en estado crítico she is in a critical condition

el reactor se encuentra en estado crítico the reactor is in a critical state

está en la edad crítica;

(en la menopausia) ( fam euf) she's going through the change ( colloq euph); (en la adolescencia) she's at that difficult age

crítico² -ca

masculine, feminine

critic

crítico literario/de arte literary/art critic

crítico de cine or cinematográfico movie critic, film critic

* * *

Del verbo criticar: ( conjugate criticar)

critico es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

criticó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
criticar
crítico
criticar ( conjugate criticar) verbo transitivo
a) ( censurar) to criticize

b) (Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review

verbo intransitivo
to gossip, backbite
crítico
◊ -ca adjetivo

critical
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
critic
criticar
I verbo transitivo to criticize
II verbo intransitivo (murmurar) to gossip
crítico,-a
I adjetivo critical
II sustantivo masculino y femenino critic

' crítico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
censor
- censora
- crítica
- grave
- implacable
English:
critic
- critical
- head
- judgemental
- judgmental
- muzzle
- reflection
- reviewer
- uncritical
- vital
- critically
- damning
- discriminate
- remain
- single

* * *

crítico, -a

♦ adj

1. [estudio, análisis, actitud] critical;

es un informe muy crítico con la policía the report is very critical of the police

2. [decisivo] critical;

el enfermo está en estado crítico the patient is in a critical condition;

está en una edad crítica he is at a critical age

♦ nm,f
[persona] critic
Comp
crítico de arte art critic;
crítico de cine movie o Br film critic;

crítico cinematográfico movie o Br film critic;

crítico literario literary critic;

crítico teatral theatre critic;

crítico de teatro theatre critic

* * *

crítico

I adj critical

II m, crítica f critic

* * *

crítico, -ca adj

: critical

♦ críticamente adv

crítico, -ca n

: critic

* * *

crítico¹ adj critical

un momento crítico a critical time

crítico² n critic

un crítico de cine a film critic

Spanish-English dictionary > crítico
13 malo

adj.

1 bad, wrong.

2 bad, lousy, crummy, below par.

3 bad, wicked, evil, ill.

4 bad, rotten, crook, decayed.

5 bad, out of order, out of service.

m.

1 bad one.

2 bad guy, baddy.

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malo

► adjetivo

1 bad

■ ¡qué día tan malo hace! what dreadful weather!

■ este vino es muy malo this wine is very bad

■ es mala señal que no hayan llamado todavía it's a bad sign that they haven't phoned yet

2 (malvado) wicked, evil

■ es muy mala persona he's a nasty piece of work

3 (travieso) naughty

■ ¡qué niño más malo! what a naughty child!

4 (nocivo) harmful

■ el tabaco es malo para la salud smoking is bad for you

5 (enfermo) ill, sick

■ no ha venido a trabajar porque está malo con gripe he's off sick with flu

6 (estropeado) off

■ este pescado ya está malo this fish has gone off already

7 (falso) false

■ este rubí es malo this ruby is false

8 (difícil) difficult

■ el tobillo es malo de curar ankles take a long time to heal

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (en la ficción) baddy, villain

■ ¿quién es el malo? who's the baddy?

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de mala manera badly, rudely

estar a malas con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody

estar de malas (malhumorado) to be in a bad mood 2 (desafortunado) to be unlucky

estar mala familiar to have one's period

estar malo,-a familiar to be ill, US be sick

lo malo es que... the trouble is that...

¡malo! bad news!

■ cuando no mira a los ojos ¡malo! if he doesn't look you in the eye it's bad news

poner malo,-a a alguien familiar to drive somebody mad

ponerse malo,-a familiar to get ill, US get sick

por las buenas o por las malas whether one likes it or not

por las malas by force

ser el malo de la película to be the baddy

mala educación bad manners plural

mala hierba weed

mala jugada dirty trick

mala pasada dirty trick

mala pata bad luck

malos tratos ill-treatment

mala voluntad ill will

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1. (f. - mala)
noun

villain, bad person
2. (f. - mala)
adj.

1) bad

2) evil

3) harmful

4) ill

5) poor, cheap

6) rotten

* * *
malo, -a
1. ADJ
( antes de sm sing mal)
1) (=perjudicial) bad

es malo para la salud — it's bad for your health

- más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer

2) (=imperfecto) bad

esta película es bastante mala — this is a pretty bad film

un chiste malísimo — a really bad joke, a terrible joke

este papel es malo para escribir — this paper is bad for writing

mala calidad — poor quality

es una tela muy mala — it's a very poor-quality material

joyas malas — fake jewels

• ni un(a) mal(a)..., no hay ni un mal bar para tomar algo — there isn't a single little bar where we can get a drink

3) (=adverso) bad

he tenido mala suerte — I've had bad luck, I've been unlucky

eso es una mala señal — that's a bad sign

-es tarde y no ha llamado -¡malo! — "it's late and she hasn't called" - "oh dear!"

malo sería que no ganáramos — it would be a disaster if we didn't win

lo malo es que... — the trouble is (that)...
pata 1., 6)
4) (=desagradable) bad

un mal día — a bad day

el tiempo estuvo muy malo todo el verano — we had really bad weather all summer

un olor muy malo — a bad o nasty smell

5) (=podrido)

esta carne está mala — this meat's off

6) (=reprobable) wrong

¿qué tiene de malo? — what's wrong with that?

¿qué tiene de malo comer helados en invierno? — what's wrong with eating ice cream in winter?

van por mal camino — they'll come to no good if they carry on like this

es una mala persona — he's a bad person

una bruja mala — a wicked witch
arte 2), idea 3), leche 10), lengua 1), manera 2), pasada 5), trato 4), uva 1)
7) (=travieso) naughty

¡no seas malo! — don't be naughty!

8) (=enfermo) ill

mi hija está mala — my daughter's ill

tienes muy mala cara — you look awful o really ill

se puso malo después de comer — he started to feel ill after lunch

me puse malo de reírme — I nearly died laughing

tengo mala la garganta — I've got a sore throat

9) (=inepto) bad

ser malo para algo — to be bad at sth

soy muy mala para la física — I'm very bad at physics

10) (=difícil) hard, difficult

es un animal malo de domesticar — it's a hard o difficult animal to tame

es muy malo de vencer — he's very hard o difficult to beat

11)

- a la mala

- andar a malas con algn

ponerse a malas con algn — to fall out with sb

- estar de malas

- venir de malas

- por las malas

2.

SM / F (=personaje) (Teat) villain; (Cine) baddie *

3.

SM

el malo — (Rel) the Evil One, the Devil

* * *
I
1) - la adjetivo [ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

2) [ser] ( en calidad) < producto> bad, poor; <película/novela> bad

es de mala calidad — it is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía — her spelling is bad o poor

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer — better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3) [ser]

a) ( incompetente) <alumno/actor> bad

soy muy mala para los números — I'm terrible o very bad with figures

b) <padre/marido/amigo> bad

4) [SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

qué mala suerte! — what bad luck!, how unlucky!

lo malo es que... — the thing o trouble is that...

en las malas se conoce a los amigos — a friend in need is a friend indeed

estar de malas — ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( desafortunado) (esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas — unwillingly

5) [ser] (inconveniente, perjudicial) <hábitos/lecturas> bad

las malas compañías — bad company

llegas en mal momento — you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol — it's not good to sunbathe so much

6) [SER] ( sin gracia) < chiste> bad

7) [SER] ( desagradable) <olor/aliento> bad

hace un día muy malo — it's a horrible day

hace tan malo — (Esp) it's such horrible weather

8) [estar] ( en mal estado) < alimento>

el pescado/queso está malo — the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

9)

a) (desmejorado, no saludable)

tienes mala cara/mal aspecto — you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color — he looks terribly pale to me

b) [SER] (serio, grave) serious

no tiene nada malo — it's nothing serious

una mala caída — a bad fall

c) [estar] (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE)

el pobre está malito — the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

d) [ESTAR] (Esp fam & euf) < mujer>

estoy mala — it's that time of the month (colloq & euph)

me he puesto mala — my period's started

10) [ser] ( difícil)

malo de + inf — difficult to + inf

es muy malo de convencer — he's very difficult o hard to persuade

Sentido II

11) [ser] ( en sentido ético) < persona> nasty

qué malo eres con tu hermano! — you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo — don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq)

una mala mujer — a loose woman

una mujer mala — a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala — (Chi fam)

se lo quitaron a la mala — they did him out of it (colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala — she sneaked the camera through (colloq)

Sentido III

12) (Esp) ( uso enfático) (delante del n)

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café — they didn't even offer us a cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse — there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on (colloq)

•

- mala hierba

- mala idea

- mala leche

- mala palabra

- mala pata

- mala sangre

- malas artes

- malas lenguas

- malos pensamientos

- malos tratos
II
- la masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)

* * *

= bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], wrong, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.], naughty [naughtier -comp., naugtiest -sup.], villain, evil, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], lame.

Ex. I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

Ex. He felt like a naughty school-boy.

Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

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* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* algo anda mal = something is amiss.

* algo va mal = something is amiss.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* aplicar mal = misapply.

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* calcular mal = misjudge.

* chiste malo = shaggy dog story.

* citar mal = misquote.

* comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.

* comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* concebir mal = misconceive.

* con mala fama = disreputable.

* con mala reputación = disreputable.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* corregir un mal = correct + a wrong.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de mala calidad = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

* de mala fama = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mala gana = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly.

* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.

* de mala reputación = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* de malas pulgas = in a grouch.

* de mala uva = in a foul mood.

* de mal carácter = ill-natured.

* de mal en peor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* de mal genio = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured.

* de mal gusto = in bad taste, distasteful, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de mal humor = crotchety.

* de mal sabor = unbecoming.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* diagnosticar mal = misdiagnose.

* día malo = bad hair day.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en malas condiciones = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* en mal estado = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing.

* escuchar mal = mishearing.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal preparado = ill-prepared.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* gestionar mal = mismanage.

* golpe de malasuerte = stroke of misfortune.

* hablar mal de = speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hacer sentir mal = make + Nombre + feel bad.

* ir de mal en peor = go from + bad to worse.

* ir mal = go + wrong.

* ir mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* juzgar mal = misjudge, misconceive.

* limpieza de malas hierbas = weeding.

* llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.

* llevar por mal camino = mislead.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.

* mala administración = mismanagement.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* mala calidad = badness.

* mala cizaña = rotten apple.

* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.

* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.

* mala compañía = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods.

* mala conducta = misconduct, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.

* mala decisión = bad judgement.

* mal + Adjetivo = poorly + Adjetivo.

* mala educación = impoliteness.

* mala experiencia = horror story.

* mala fama = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mala fortuna = misfortune.

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* mala hierba = weed, bad apple, rotten apple.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* mala intención = sinisterness, ill will.

* mala interpretación = misinterpretation.

* mala jugada = dirty trick.

* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.

* mal aliento = bad breath.

* mala ordenación = misfiling.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mala pasada = dirty trick.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* mala reputación = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* mala salud = poor health.

* mala semilla = bad seed.

* malas experiencias = awful experience.

* malas pulgas = ornery, grouchiness, grouch.

* mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak.

* malas vibraciones = bad vibes.

* mal atendido = ill-served.

* mala tierra = poor soil.

* mala vista = poor eyesight.

* mala voluntad = ill will.

* mal batido = badly-beaten.

* mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.

* mal concebido = ill-conceived.

* mal configurado = misconfigured.

* mal considerado = poorly-regarded.

* mal cuidado = mishandling.

* mal día = bad hair day.

* mal digerido = ill-digested.

* mal educado = impolite.

* mal emparejado = mismated.

* mal enfocado = ill-adapted.

* mal escrito = mistyped, ill-written, badly written.

* mal estado = disrepair, state of disrepair.

* mal estado de salud = poor health.

* mal estructurado = ill-structured.

* mal expresado = inarticulate.

* mal formado = ill-trained.

* mal formulado = badly formulated.

* mal funcionamiento = malfunction, malfunctioning.

* mal fundido = ill-cast.

* mal genio = bile, short temper.

* mal gusto = bad taste, tawdriness.

* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* mal informado = ill-informed.

* mal juicio = bad judgement.

* mal llamado = ill-named.

* mal menor = lesser evil.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* malo, el = bad guy, the.

* mal oído = poor hearing.

* mal olor = stench.

* mal ordenado en los estantes = misshelved.

* mal ordenado los estantes = misshelved.

* mal organizado = ill-structured.

* malos, los = baddies, the.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, battery, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* mal pagado = low-paid, underpaid.

* mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.

* mal planeado = ill-planned.

* mal preparado = ill-prepared, ill-equipped, ill-trained.

* mal presentado = poorly presented.

* mal provisto = poorly stocked.

* mal remunerado = poorly paid, poorly remunerated.

* mal retribuido = underpaid.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mal social = societal ill.

* mal surtido = poorly stocked.

* mal trago = awful experience.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mal ventilado = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.].

* manejar mal = mishandle.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that).

* oír mal = mishearing.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para mal = for the worse.

* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* ponerse a malas con = run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* quedar mal = lose + face.

* que queda mal = ill-fitting.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* reformar malos hábitos = reform + bad habits.

* representar mal = misrepresent.

* salir horriblemente mal = go + horribly wrong.

* salir mal = go + wrong, go + awry, misfire, backfire.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sentirse mal = feel + bad, feel under + the weather, be under the weather, feel + wrong.

* sentirse mal con Uno mismo = feel + wrong.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tener mala fama = hold in + disrepute.

* tener mala fama por = be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener un mal concepto de Alguien = show + low regard for, give + low regard to.

* tener un mal día = have + a bad day.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* tierra mala = poor soil.

* traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tratar mal = maltreat, manhandle.

* usar mal = abuse, misuse.

* * *
I
1) - la adjetivo [ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

2) [ser] ( en calidad) < producto> bad, poor; <película/novela> bad

es de mala calidad — it is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía — her spelling is bad o poor

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer — better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3) [ser]

a) ( incompetente) <alumno/actor> bad

soy muy mala para los números — I'm terrible o very bad with figures

b) <padre/marido/amigo> bad

4) [SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

qué mala suerte! — what bad luck!, how unlucky!

lo malo es que... — the thing o trouble is that...

en las malas se conoce a los amigos — a friend in need is a friend indeed

estar de malas — ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( desafortunado) (esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas — unwillingly

5) [ser] (inconveniente, perjudicial) <hábitos/lecturas> bad

las malas compañías — bad company

llegas en mal momento — you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol — it's not good to sunbathe so much

6) [SER] ( sin gracia) < chiste> bad

7) [SER] ( desagradable) <olor/aliento> bad

hace un día muy malo — it's a horrible day

hace tan malo — (Esp) it's such horrible weather

8) [estar] ( en mal estado) < alimento>

el pescado/queso está malo — the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

9)

a) (desmejorado, no saludable)

tienes mala cara/mal aspecto — you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color — he looks terribly pale to me

b) [SER] (serio, grave) serious

no tiene nada malo — it's nothing serious

una mala caída — a bad fall

c) [estar] (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE)

el pobre está malito — the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

d) [ESTAR] (Esp fam & euf) < mujer>

estoy mala — it's that time of the month (colloq & euph)

me he puesto mala — my period's started

10) [ser] ( difícil)

malo de + inf — difficult to + inf

es muy malo de convencer — he's very difficult o hard to persuade

Sentido II

11) [ser] ( en sentido ético) < persona> nasty

qué malo eres con tu hermano! — you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo — don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq)

una mala mujer — a loose woman

una mujer mala — a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala — (Chi fam)

se lo quitaron a la mala — they did him out of it (colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala — she sneaked the camera through (colloq)

Sentido III

12) (Esp) ( uso enfático) (delante del n)

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café — they didn't even offer us a cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse — there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on (colloq)

•

- mala hierba

- mala idea

- mala leche

- mala palabra

- mala pata

- mala sangre

- malas artes

- malas lenguas

- malos pensamientos

- malos tratos
II
- la masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)

* * *

el malo

(n.) = bad guy, the

Ex: The author offers an interpretation of why in professional wrestling the bad guy is often victorious, by whatever means necessary including foul play.

= bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], wrong, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.], naughty [naughtier -comp., naugtiest -sup.], villain, evil, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], lame.

Ex: I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

Ex: He felt like a naughty school-boy.

Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* algo anda mal = something is amiss.

* algo va mal = something is amiss.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* aplicar mal = misapply.

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* calcular mal = misjudge.

* chiste malo = shaggy dog story.

* citar mal = misquote.

* comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.

* comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* concebir mal = misconceive.

* con mala fama = disreputable.

* con mala reputación = disreputable.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* corregir un mal = correct + a wrong.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de mala calidad = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

* de mala fama = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mala gana = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly.

* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.

* de mala reputación = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* de malas pulgas = in a grouch.

* de mala uva = in a foul mood.

* de mal carácter = ill-natured.

* de mal en peor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* de mal genio = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured.

* de mal gusto = in bad taste, distasteful, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de mal humor = crotchety.

* de mal sabor = unbecoming.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* diagnosticar mal = misdiagnose.

* día malo = bad hair day.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en malas condiciones = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* en mal estado = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing.

* escuchar mal = mishearing.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal preparado = ill-prepared.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* gestionar mal = mismanage.

* golpe de malasuerte = stroke of misfortune.

* hablar mal de = speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hacer sentir mal = make + Nombre + feel bad.

* ir de mal en peor = go from + bad to worse.

* ir mal = go + wrong.

* ir mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* juzgar mal = misjudge, misconceive.

* limpieza de malas hierbas = weeding.

* llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.

* llevar por mal camino = mislead.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.

* mala administración = mismanagement.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* mala calidad = badness.

* mala cizaña = rotten apple.

* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.

* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.

* mala compañía = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods.

* mala conducta = misconduct, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.

* mala decisión = bad judgement.

* mal + Adjetivo = poorly + Adjetivo.

* mala educación = impoliteness.

* mala experiencia = horror story.

* mala fama = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mala fortuna = misfortune.

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* mala hierba = weed, bad apple, rotten apple.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* mala intención = sinisterness, ill will.

* mala interpretación = misinterpretation.

* mala jugada = dirty trick.

* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.

* mal aliento = bad breath.

* mala ordenación = misfiling.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mala pasada = dirty trick.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* mala reputación = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* mala salud = poor health.

* mala semilla = bad seed.

* malas experiencias = awful experience.

* malas pulgas = ornery, grouchiness, grouch.

* mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak.

* malas vibraciones = bad vibes.

* mal atendido = ill-served.

* mala tierra = poor soil.

* mala vista = poor eyesight.

* mala voluntad = ill will.

* mal batido = badly-beaten.

* mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.

* mal concebido = ill-conceived.

* mal configurado = misconfigured.

* mal considerado = poorly-regarded.

* mal cuidado = mishandling.

* mal día = bad hair day.

* mal digerido = ill-digested.

* mal educado = impolite.

* mal emparejado = mismated.

* mal enfocado = ill-adapted.

* mal escrito = mistyped, ill-written, badly written.

* mal estado = disrepair, state of disrepair.

* mal estado de salud = poor health.

* mal estructurado = ill-structured.

* mal expresado = inarticulate.

* mal formado = ill-trained.

* mal formulado = badly formulated.

* mal funcionamiento = malfunction, malfunctioning.

* mal fundido = ill-cast.

* mal genio = bile, short temper.

* mal gusto = bad taste, tawdriness.

* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* mal informado = ill-informed.

* mal juicio = bad judgement.

* mal llamado = ill-named.

* mal menor = lesser evil.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* malo, el = bad guy, the.

* mal oído = poor hearing.

* mal olor = stench.

* mal ordenado en los estantes = misshelved.

* mal ordenado los estantes = misshelved.

* mal organizado = ill-structured.

* malos, los = baddies, the.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, battery, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* mal pagado = low-paid, underpaid.

* mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.

* mal planeado = ill-planned.

* mal preparado = ill-prepared, ill-equipped, ill-trained.

* mal presentado = poorly presented.

* mal provisto = poorly stocked.

* mal remunerado = poorly paid, poorly remunerated.

* mal retribuido = underpaid.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mal social = societal ill.

* mal surtido = poorly stocked.

* mal trago = awful experience.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mal ventilado = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.].

* manejar mal = mishandle.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that).

* oír mal = mishearing.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para mal = for the worse.

* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* ponerse a malas con = run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* quedar mal = lose + face.

* que queda mal = ill-fitting.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* reformar malos hábitos = reform + bad habits.

* representar mal = misrepresent.

* salir horriblemente mal = go + horribly wrong.

* salir mal = go + wrong, go + awry, misfire, backfire.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sentirse mal = feel + bad, feel under + the weather, be under the weather, feel + wrong.

* sentirse mal con Uno mismo = feel + wrong.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tener mala fama = hold in + disrepute.

* tener mala fama por = be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener un mal concepto de Alguien = show + low regard for, give + low regard to.

* tener un mal día = have + a bad day.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* tierra mala = poor soil.

* traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tratar mal = maltreat, manhandle.

* usar mal = abuse, misuse.

* * *

malo¹ -la

adjective

[ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns. mal² (↑ mal (2)) ]

Sentido I

A [ SER] (en calidad) ‹producto› bad, poor; ‹película/novela› bad

la tela es de mala calidad the material is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía her spelling is bad o poor, she's a bad o poor speller

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

B [ SER]

1 (incompetente) ‹alumno/actor› bad

soy muy mala para los números I'm terrible o very bad with figures

2 ‹padre/marido/amigo› bad

C [ SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

¡qué mala suerte! what bad luck!, how unlucky!

la obra tuvo mala crítica the play got bad reviews

están en mala situación económica they're going through hard times

lo malo es que va a haber mucho tráfico the only thing o trouble o problem is that there'll be a lot of traffic

en las malas ( AmS): un amigo no te abandona en las malas a friend doesn't abandon you when things are tough o when times are bad

estar de malas (de mal humor) ( fam) to be in a bad mood; (desafortunado) ( esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas unwillingly

vas a tener que hacerlo, ya sea por las buenas o por las malas you'll have to do it whether you like it or not

D [ SER] (inconveniente, perjudicial) ‹hábitos/lecturas› bad

las malas compañías bad company

llegas en mal momento you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much

E [ SER] (sin gracia) ‹chiste› bad

F [ SER]

1 (desagradable) ‹olor/aliento› bad

hace un día muy malo it's a horrible day

nos hizo mal tiempo we had bad weather

hace tan malo ( Esp); it's such horrible weather, the weather's so horrible

2 ( Chi fam) (feo) ugly

G [ ESTAR] (en mal estado) ‹alimento›

ese pescado/queso está malo that fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off ( BrE)

H

1

(desmejorado, no saludable): tienes mal aspecto you don't look very well

tienes mala cara you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color he looks terribly pale to me

2 [ SER] (serio, grave) serious

fue una mala caída it was a bad fall

no tiene nada malo it's nothing serious

3 [ ESTAR] (Esp, Méx fam) (enfermo) sick ( AmE), ill ( BrE)

el pobre está malito the poor thing's not very well ( colloq)

4 [ ESTAR]

( Esp fam euf) ‹mujer› estoy mala I've got my period, it's the time of the month ( colloq euph)

me he puesto mala my period's started

I [ SER] (difícil) malo DE + INF difficult to + INF

esta tela es mala de planchar this material is difficult to iron

es muy malo de convencer he's very difficult o hard to persuade, it's very difficult o hard to persuade him

Sentido II [ SER] (en sentido ético) ‹persona›

¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me ( colloq)

una mala mujer a loose woman

es una mujer muy mala she's a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala ( Chi fam): se lo quitaron a la mala they did him out of it ( colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala she sneaked the camera through ( colloq)

un ataque a la mala a sneak attack

Sentido III (uso enfático) ( delante del n):

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café they didn't even offer us a (lousy) cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● mala hierba

feminine weed

● mala idea

feminine

( Esp): tiene muy maloa idea she's a nasty character o a nasty piece of work ( colloq)

lo hizo a or con maloa idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty, he did it knowing it would hurt ( o cause trouble etc)

● mala leche

feminine ( fam):

lo hizo con maloa leche (Esp, Méx, Ven); he did it deliberately o to be nasty, he did it knowing it would hurt ( o cause trouble etc)

está de maloa leche ( Esp); she's in a foul mood ( colloq)

¡qué maloa leche, se ha puesto a llover! ( Esp); what a drag! it's started raining ( colloq)

● mala palabra

feminine ( esp AmL) rude o dirty word

● mala pasada

feminine dirty trick

me hizo or jugó una maloa pasada she played a dirty trick on me

los nervios me jugaron una maloa pasada my nerves got the better of me

● mala pata

feminine ( fam); bad luck

● mala sangre

feminine:

hacerse maloa sangre to get worked up ( colloq), to get into a state ( colloq)

● malas artes

fpl guile, cunning

todo lo ha conseguido con maloas artes she's got everything she has by guile o through cunning

● malas lenguas

fpl ( fam):

dicen las maloas lenguas que … rumor* has it that …, there's a rumor* o there are rumors* going around that …, people are saying that …

● mala uva

feminine ( Esp) mala leche

● malos pensamientos

mpl bad o impure thoughts (pl)

● malos tratos

mpl (a persona, animal) maltreatment, ill-treatment; (a un niño, mujer) physical abuse, battery

malos tratos a menores or a la infancia child abuse

malo² -la

masculine, feminine

( leng infantil or hum); baddy ( colloq)

uno de los malos one of the baddies o bad guys

* * *

malo
◊ -la adjetivo [The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

1
a) [ser] ( en general) bad;

◊ una novela mala a bad novel;

un mal amigo a bad friend;
una mala caída a bad fall;
soy muy malo para los números I'm very bad with figures;
¡qué mala suerte or (fam) pata! what bad luck!, how unlucky!;
lo malo es que … the thing o trouble is that …;
las malas compañías bad company;
mala hierba weed;
malos tratos ill-treatment;
es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much;
tienes mala cara or mal aspecto you don't look well
b) ‹calidad/visibilidad› poor;

◊ tiene mala ortografía her spelling is poor;

estar de malas ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood;

( con mala suerte) (esp AmL) to be unlucky;
◊ más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

2 [ser] ‹ persona› ( en sentido ético) nasty;
( travieso) naughty;
◊ ¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother;

no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq);
una mala mujer a loose woman;
una mujer mala a wicked o an evil woman;
lo hizo a or con mala idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty;
mala palabra (esp AmL) rude o dirty word;
dicen las malas lenguas que … (fam) there's a rumor going around that …, people are saying that …;
hacerse mala sangre to get upset;
ver tb leche 3
3 [estar]
a) ( en mal estado) ‹ alimento›:

◊ el pescado/queso está malo the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE);

◊ el pobre está malito the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)
malo,-a
I adjetivo ➣ mal
1 bad: he tenido un día muy malo, I've had a bad day
2 (perverso) wicked, bad
(desobediente, travieso) naughty: es una mala persona, he's wicked
préstame el coche, no seas malo, lend me your car, don't be so mean
3 (espectáculo, libro, etc) bad, poor: es un argumento muy malo, it's a feeble argument
4 (dañino) harmful: es malo para ti que él lo sepa, it's bad for you that he knows it
tenemos que arrancar las malas hierbas, we'll have to pull out the weeds
5 (enfermo) ill, sick
6 (alimentos) rotten: se puso mala la carne, the meat went bad
II m,f fam el malo, the baddy o villain
♦ Locuciones: estar de malas, to be in a bad mood
por las malas, by force
' malo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abominable
- ínfima
- ínfimo
- mal
- mala
- peor
- quina
- redundar
- santita
- santito
- antología
- chimbo
- en
- endiablado
- fatal
- fondo
- igualmente
- pata
- pichanga
- sangre
English:
abominable
- abysmal
- bad
- baddy
- devil
- evil
- good
- half
- ill
- lean
- low
- mean
- nasty
- off
- poor
- rotten
- shocking
- spiteful
- thick
- up
- villain
- wicked
- wrong
- your
- corny
- crummy
- indulgence
- lame
- naughty
- paltry
- ropey
- severe
- trashy
- unkind

* * *

malo, -a Mal is used instead of malo before singular masculine nouns (e.g. un mal ejemplo a bad example). The comparative form of malo (= worse) is peor, the superlative forms (= the worst) are el peor (masculine) and la peor (feminine).

♦ adj

1. [perjudicial, grave] bad;

traigo malas noticias I have some bad news;

es malo para el hígado it's bad for your liver;

¿es algo malo, doctor? is it serious, doctor?;

una mala caída a nasty fall

2. [sin calidad, sin aptitudes] poor, bad;

una mala novela/actriz a bad novel/actress;

tiene muy malas notas her Br marks o US grades are very poor o bad;

ser de mala calidad to be poor quality;

este material/producto es muy malo this material/product is very poor quality;

soy muy malo para la música I'm no good at o very bad at music;

Comp
Hum
es más malo que hecho de encargo [producto, jugador] he's/it's truly awful o as bad as they come;

Prov

más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3. [inapropiado, adverso] bad;

fue una mala decisión it was a bad decision;

he dormido en mala postura I slept in a funny position;

es mala señal it's a bad sign;

lo malo es que… the problem is (that)…;

disparó con la pierna mala y metió gol he shot with his weaker foot and scored;

tener mala suerte to be unlucky;

¡qué mala suerte! how unlucky!

Comp
Am mala palabra swearword
4. [malvado] wicked, evil;

es muy mala persona she's a really nasty person;

tiene muy mala intención he's very spiteful;

eso sólo lo haría un mal amigo it's a poor friend who would do a thing like that;

¡mira que eres malo, criticarla así! it's not very nice of you to criticize her like that!;

anda, no seas malo y déjame que vaya go on, don't be mean, let me go

5. [travieso] naughty;

¡no seas malo y obedece! be good and do as I say!;

el crío está muy malo últimamente the child has been very naughty recently

6. [enfermo] ill, sick;

estar/ponerse malo to be/fall ill;

tiene a su padre malo her father's ill;

Comp

poner malo a alguien to drive sb mad;

me pongo mala cada vez que la veo I get mad every time I see her

7. [desagradable] bad;

esta herida tiene mal aspecto this wound looks nasty;

mal tiempo bad weather;

hace mal tiempo the weather's bad;
Esp
está muy malo el día it's a horrible day, it's not a very nice day

8. [podrido, pasado] bad, off, spoiled;

la fruta está mala the fruit is bad o spoiled;

la fruta se ha puesto mala the fruit has gone bad o Br gone off

9. [uso enfático]
ni un mal trozo de pan not even a crust of bread;

no había ni un mal supermercado en el pueblo there wasn't a single supermarket to be found in the village

10. [difícil]
el asunto es malo de entender the matter is hard o difficult to understand;

una lesión muy mala de curar an injury that won't heal easily

11. Esp Fam Euf [con la menstruación]
estar/ponerse mala to be on/start one's period

♦ nm,f

el malo, la mala [en cine] the villain, the baddy

♦ interj

cuando nadie se queja, ¡malo! it's a bad sign when nobody complains

♦ malas nfpl

está o [m5] se ha puesto a malas con él she's fallen out with him;

estar de malas to be in a bad mood;

por las malas [a la fuerza] by force;

lo vas a hacer, aunque tenga que ser por las malas you're going to do it, whether you like it or not;

por las malas es de temer she's a fearful sight when she's angry;

Comp
Am
estar o [m5] andar de malas to be having a hard time;

Comp
Andes, CSur
en las malas [de mal humor] in a bad mood;

los amigos no te abandonan en las malas friends don't let you down when things get bad

* * *

malo

I adj

1 bad

2 calidad poor

3 ( enfermo) sick, ill;

ponerse malo get sick, fall ill

4

:

por las buenas o por las malas whether he/she etc likes it or not;

estar de malas be in a bad mood;

por las malas by force;

andar a malas con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;

lo malo es que unfortunately

II m hum

bad guy, baddy

* * *

malo, -la adj, ( mal before masculine singular nouns)

1) : bad

mala suerte: bad luck

2) : wicked, naughty

3) : cheap, poor (quality)

4) : harmful

malo para la salud: bad for one's health

5) (using the form mal) : unwell

estar mal del corazón: to have heart trouble

6)

estar de malas : to be in a bad mood

malo, -la n

: villain, bad guy (in novels, movies, etc.)

* * *

malo¹ adj

1. (en general) bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]

un cantante malo a bad singer

hace un día malo the weather's bad

2. (travieso) naughty [comp. naughtier; superl. naughtiest]

es un niño muy malo he's a very naughty boy

3. (enfermo) ill [comp. worse; superl. worst]

ayer estuve malo I was ill yesterday

4. (pasado) off

creo que este yogur está malo I think this yoghurt is off

5. (malvado) evil

tiene cara de ser malo he looks evil

estar de malas to be in a bad mood

ser malo en/para algo to be bad at something

mala hierba weed

malo² n villain

Spanish-English dictionary > malo
14 retórica

adj.

rhetorical, oratorical.

f.

1 rhetoric.

2 figure of speech.

3 rhetorician, one who speaks with eloquence.

4 one who teaches rhetoric.

* * *

retórica

► nombre femenino

1 rhetoric

► nombre femenino plural retóricas

1 familiar verbiage sing

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

usar mucha retórica familiar to be full of hot air

* * *

SF

1) (Literat) rhetoric

2) pl retóricas * (=palabrería) hot air sing, mere words

* * *

femenino (Lit) rhetoric; ( manera de hablar) rhetoric; ( palabrería) tb

retóricas — empty rhetoric

* * *

= rhetoric, discourse, hot air.

Ex. The rhetoric of curriculum change in SLIS is full of such large judgements and unanswered questions.

Ex. In many discourses 'policy making' and 'decision making' are synonymous terms.

Ex. All these annual events seem to generate a lot of hot air but very little materializes as a result especially in the Government sector.

----

* retórica electoral = electoral discourse.

* retórica política = political rhetoric.

* * *

femenino (Lit) rhetoric; ( manera de hablar) rhetoric; ( palabrería) tb

retóricas — empty rhetoric

* * *

= rhetoric, discourse, hot air.

Ex: The rhetoric of curriculum change in SLIS is full of such large judgements and unanswered questions.

Ex: In many discourses 'policy making' and 'decision making' are synonymous terms.

Ex: All these annual events seem to generate a lot of hot air but very little materializes as a result especially in the Government sector.

* retórica electoral = electoral discourse.

* retórica política = political rhetoric.

* * *

retórica

feminine

1 ( Lit) rhetoric

2 (manera de hablar) rhetoric

3 (palabrería) tb

retóricas empty rhetoric

* * *

retórico,-a adjetivo rhetorical
retórica sustantivo femenino
1 rhetoric
2 pey (hablar afectado, artificioso) rhetoric
3 fam pey (palabrería) déjate de retóricas y dinos qué ocurrió realmente, cut the nonsense and tell us what really happened
' retórica' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vacío
English:
apostrophe
- figure of speech
- rhetoric
- rhetorical
- figure

* * *

retórica nf

1. [arte] rhetoric

2. [habla rebuscada] rhetoric, bombast

* * *

retórica

f rhetoric

* * *

retórica nf

: rhetoric

Spanish-English dictionary > retórica
15 singular

adj.

1 peculiar, odd (raro).

2 unique.

singular batalla single combat

3 singular (grammar).

m.

singular (grammar).

en singular in the singular

* * *

singular

► adjetivo

1 (único) singular, single

2 (excepcional) extraordinary, exceptional

3 (raro) peculiar, odd

► nombre masculino

1 GRAMÁTICA singular

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en singular GRAMÁTICA in the singular

* * *

noun m.

singular

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (Ling) singular

2)

combate singular — single combat

3) (=destacado) outstanding, exceptional

4) (=raro) singular, odd

2.

SM (Ling) singular

en singular — (lit) in the singular; (fig) in particular

se refiere a él en singular — it refers to him in particular

que hable él en singular — let him speak for himself

* * *
I
adjetivo

1)

a) (frml) (extraordinario, especial) singular (frml)

un cuadro de singular colorido — a singularly colorful picture

b) (peculiar, raro) peculiar, odd

c) (frml) ( excepcionalmente bueno) singularly good (frml)

2) (Ling) singular
II
masculino singular

en singular — (Ling) in the singular

* * *

= distinctive, singular, quaint, singular, one-of-a-kind, with a difference, unique, portentous.

Ex. In addition to main or added entries under titles added entries are often also made in respect of distinctive series titles.

Ex. All nouns have a plural and singular form.

Ex. Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.

Ex. The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.

Ex. Join leading experts in cultural heritage informatics for a one-of-a-kind learning experience.

Ex. The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).

Ex. The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.

Ex. This novel is once again a most peculiar combination of broad farce and portentous significance.

* * *
I
adjetivo

1)

a) (frml) (extraordinario, especial) singular (frml)

un cuadro de singular colorido — a singularly colorful picture

b) (peculiar, raro) peculiar, odd

c) (frml) ( excepcionalmente bueno) singularly good (frml)

2) (Ling) singular
II
masculino singular

en singular — (Ling) in the singular

* * *

= distinctive, singular, quaint, singular, one-of-a-kind, with a difference, unique, portentous.

Ex: In addition to main or added entries under titles added entries are often also made in respect of distinctive series titles.

Ex: All nouns have a plural and singular form.

Ex: Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.

Ex: The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.

Ex: Join leading experts in cultural heritage informatics for a one-of-a-kind learning experience.

Ex: The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).

Ex: The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.

Ex: This novel is once again a most peculiar combination of broad farce and portentous significance.

* * *

singular¹

adjective

A

1 ( frml) (extraordinario, especial) singular ( frml)

lo hizo con singular entusiasmo he did it with remarkable o extraordinary o singular enthusiasm

un cuadro de singular colorido a singularly colorful picture

2 (peculiar, raro) peculiar, odd

lo dijo en un tonillo muy singular he said it in a very peculiar o odd o funny way

3 ( frml) (excepcionalmente bueno) singularly good ( frml)

B ( Ling) singular

singular²

masculine

singular

en singular ( Ling) in the singular

tú habla en singular you speak for yourself

* * *

singular adjetivo
singular
■ sustantivo masculino
singular;
◊ en singular (Ling) in the singular

singular
I adjetivo
1 (raro, excepcional) peculiar, odd
2 frml (único, inigualable) un dibujo de singular belleza, a drawing of outstanding beauty
II adjetivo & m Ling singular

' singular' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
buen
- dato
- demasiada
- demasiado
- haber
- mucha
- mucho
- otra
- otro
- particular
- persona
- poca
- poco
- política
- sí
- singularizar
- tanta
- tanto
- toda
- todo
- acta
- África
- África del Sur
- agua
- águila
- ala
- alba
- alga
- álgebra
- algún
- alma
- alta
- alza
- ama
- anca
- ancla
- ánfora
- ánima
- ansia
- ara
- arca
- área
- aria
- arma
- arpa
- arte
- asa
- ascua
- Asia
- asma
English:
accused
- lady
- majority
- neither
- offspring
- propose
- singular
- statistics
- bad
- big
- first
- good
- large
- peculiarity
- third
- thirteenth

* * *

singular

♦ adj

1. [raro] peculiar, odd;

un hombre singular a peculiar man

2. [único] unique;

tiene dotes singulares de cantante she has unique talent as a singer

3.
singular batalla single combat

4. Gram singular

♦ nm
Gram singular;
en singular in the singular

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singular

I adj

1 ( raro) strange, fml

singular

2 ( único) outstanding, extraordinary

II m GRAM singular

* * *

singular adj

1) : singular, unique

2) particular: peculiar, odd

3) : singular (in grammar)

♦ singularmente adv

singular nm

: singular

* * *

singular adj singular

Spanish-English dictionary > singular
16 flamígero

adj.

flaming, ablaze.

* * *

ADJ

estilo gótico flamígero — flamboyant Gothic style

* * *

flamígero -ra

adjective

( liter); blazing

* * *

flamígero, -a adj

1. Literario [que arde] blazing, flaming;

dragón flamígero fire-breathing dragon

2. Arte [en forma de llama] flamboyant

* * *

flamígero

adj lit

fiery

Spanish-English dictionary > flamígero
17 artum

1.
artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,
I.
Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:
exierunt regionibus artis,
Lucr. 6, 120:
claustra,
id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:
nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,
Cic. Or. 65, 220:
artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:
nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,
id. Off. 3, 31, 111:
compages,
Verg. A. 1, 293:
nexus,
Ov. M. 6, 242:
arto stipata theatro,
pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:
toga,
a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):
nimis arta convivia,
i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:
ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,
Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:
multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,
Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:
nec desilies imitator in artum,
nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—
II.
Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:
sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,
subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:
Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,
Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:
vincula amoris artissima,
Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:
arti commeatus,
Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:
in arto commeatus,
id. ib. 3, 13:
artissimae tenebrae,
very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:
quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,
Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:
spes artior aquae manantis,
Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:
quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,
i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):
rebus in artis,
Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:
artas res nuntiaret,
Tac. H. 3, 69:
tam artis afflictisque rebus,
Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:
fortuna artior expensis,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:
ne in arto res esset,
Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.
I.
Lit.:
arte (manus) conliga,
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:
boves arte ad stipites religare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
arte continere aliquid,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23:
aciem arte statuere,
Sall. J. 52, 6:
arte accubare,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:
calorem artius continere,
Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:
artius astringi,
Hor. Epod. 15, 5:
signa artius conlocare,
Sall. C. 59, 2:
artius ire,
Curt. 4, 13, 34:
artius pressiusque conflictari,
Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:
milites quam artissime ire jubet,
Sall. J. 68, 4:
artissime plantas serere,
Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—
II.
Trop.:
arte contenteque aliquem habere,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:
arte et graviter dormire,
soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:
arte appellare aliquem,
briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:
artius adstringere rationem,
Cic. Fat. 14, 32:
abstinentiam artissime constringere,
Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—
III.
Transf.:
arte diligere aliquem,
strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.
2.
artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).
I.
A.. Lit., a joint:
molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),
Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:
suffraginum artus,
Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:
elapsi in pravum artus,
Tac. H. 4, 81:
dolor artuum,
gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:
copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,
in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.
Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,
Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—
B.
Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;
nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,
II.
The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:
artubus omnibus contremiscam,
Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:
copia concita per artus Omnīs,
Lucr. 2, 267:
moribundi artus,
id. 3, 129 al.:
rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,
Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:
salsusque per artus Sudor iit,
Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:
veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,
and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:
artus in frusta concident,
Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;
ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,
its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > artum
18 artus

1.
artus (not arctus), a, um, adj. [v. arma], prop. fitted; hence,
I.
Lit., close, strait, narrow, confined, short, brief:
exierunt regionibus artis,
Lucr. 6, 120:
claustra,
id. 1, 70; so id. 3, 808:
nec tamen haec ita sunt arta et astricta, ut ea laxare nequeamus,
Cic. Or. 65, 220:
artioribus apud populum Romanum laqueis tenebitur,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:
nullum vinculum ad astringendam fidem jure jurando majores artius esse voluerunt,
id. Off. 3, 31, 111:
compages,
Verg. A. 1, 293:
nexus,
Ov. M. 6, 242:
arto stipata theatro,
pressed together in a contracted theatre, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60:
toga,
a narrow toga without folds, id. ib. 1, 18, 30 (cf. exigua toga, id. ib. 1, 19, 13):
nimis arta convivia,
i. e. with too many guests, who are therefore compelled to sit close together, id. ib. 1, 5, 29 et saep.—Hence, subst.: artum, i, n., a narrow place or passage:
ventus cum confercit, franguntur in arto montes nimborum,
Lucr. 6, 158 Lachm.:
multiplicatis in arto ordinibus,
Liv. 2, 50; so id. 34, 15:
nec desilies imitator in artum,
nor, by imitating, leap into a close place, Hor. A. P. 134.—
II.
Trop., strict, severe, scanty, brief, small:
sponte suā cecidit sub leges artaque jura,
subjected himself to the severity of the laws, Lucr. 5, 1147:
Additae leges artae et ideo superbae quasque etc.,
Plin. 16, 4, 5, § 12:
vincula amoris artissima,
Cic. Att. 6, 2: artior somnus, a sounder or deeper sleep, id. Rep. 6, 10:
arti commeatus,
Liv. 2, 34; Tac. H. 4, 26; cf.:
in arto commeatus,
id. ib. 3, 13:
artissimae tenebrae,
very thick darkness, Suet. Ner. 46 (for which, in class. Lat., densus, v. Bremi ad h. l., and cf. densus) al.—So, colligere in artum, to compress, abridge:
quae (volumina) a me collecta in artum,
Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 44.—Of hope, small, scanty:
spes artior aquae manantis,
Col. 1, 5, 2: ne spem sibi ponat in arto, diminish hope, expectation, [p. 169] Ov. M. 9, 683:
quia plus quam unum ex patriciis creari non licebat, artior petitio quattuor petentibus erat,
i. e. was harder, had less ground of hope, Liv. 39, 32; and of circumstances in life, etc., straitened, distressing, wretched, needy, indigent (so in and after the Aug. per. for the class. angustus):
rebus in artis,
Ov. P. 3, 2, 25:
artas res nuntiaret,
Tac. H. 3, 69:
tam artis afflictisque rebus,
Flor. 2, 6, 31; so Sil. 7, 310:
fortuna artior expensis,
Stat. S. 5, 3, 117:
ne in arto res esset,
Liv. 26, 17.— Adv.: artē (not arcte), closely, close, fast, firmly.
I.
Lit.:
arte (manus) conliga,
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 29:
boves arte ad stipites religare,
Col. 6, 2, 5:
arte continere aliquid,
Caes. B. G. 7, 23:
aciem arte statuere,
Sall. J. 52, 6:
arte accubare,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 39.— Comp.:
calorem artius continere,
Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25:
artius astringi,
Hor. Epod. 15, 5:
signa artius conlocare,
Sall. C. 59, 2:
artius ire,
Curt. 4, 13, 34:
artius pressiusque conflictari,
Gell. 10, 6.— Sup.:
milites quam artissime ire jubet,
Sall. J. 68, 4:
artissime plantas serere,
Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 16.—
II.
Trop.:
arte contenteque aliquem habere,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63; id. Merc. prol. 64:
arte et graviter dormire,
soundly, Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:
arte appellare aliquem,
briefly, by shortening his name, Ov. P. 4, 12, 10:
artius adstringere rationem,
Cic. Fat. 14, 32:
abstinentiam artissime constringere,
Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—
III.
Transf.:
arte diligere aliquem,
strongly, deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 8; so also id. ib. 2, 13.
2.
artus, ūs, m. [id.], mostly plur. (artua, n., Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102; quoted in Non. p. 191, 12.—Hence, dat. acc. to Vel. Long. p. 2229 P. and Ter. Scaur. p. 2260 P. artibus; yet the ancient grammarians give their decision in favor of artubus, which form is also supported by the best MSS.; cf. arcus.—The singular is found only in Luc. 6, 754; Val. Fl. 4, 310, and Prisc. p. 1219 P.).
I.
A.. Lit., a joint:
molles commissurae et artus (digitorum),
Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:
suffraginum artus,
Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:
elapsi in pravum artus,
Tac. H. 4, 81:
dolor artuum,
gout, Cic. Brut. 60, 217.—Sometimes connected with membra, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 102:
copia materiaï Cogitur interdum flecti per membra, per artus,
in every joint and limb, Lucr. 2, 282; 3, 703 al.; Suet. Calig. 28; cf.
Baumg.-Crus., Clavis ad Suet.: cernere laceros artus, truncata membra,
Plin. Pan. 52, 5.—
B.
Trop., the muscular strength in the joints; hence, in gen., strength, power: Epicharmeion illud teneto;
nervos atque artus esse sapientiae, non temere credere,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 10.—More freq.,
II.
The limbs in gen. (very freq., esp. in the poets; in Lucr. about sixty times): cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 Vahl.); so Lucr. 3, 7; cf. id. 3, 488; 6, 1189:
artubus omnibus contremiscam,
Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: dum nati (sc. Absyrti) dissupatos artus captaret parens, vet. poet. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:
copia concita per artus Omnīs,
Lucr. 2, 267:
moribundi artus,
id. 3, 129 al.:
rogumque parari Vidit et arsuros supremis ignibus artus, etc.,
Ov. M. 2, 620 al.:
salsusque per artus Sudor iit,
Verg. A. 2, 173; 1, 173 al.:
veste strictā et singulos artus exprimente,
and showing each limb, Tac. G. 17:
artus in frusta concident,
Vulg. Lev. 1, 6; 8, 20;
ib. Job, 16, 8.—Of plants: stat per se vitis sine ullo pedamento, artus suos in se colligens,
its tendrils, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13, where Jahn reads arcus.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > artus
19 magic

'mæ‹ik
1. noun
1) ((the charms, spells etc used in) the art or practice of using supernatural forces: The prince was turned by magic into a frog.) magia

2) (the art of producing illusions by tricks: The conjuror's magic delighted the children.) magia

3) (fascination or great charm: the magic of Turner's paintings.) magia

2. adjective
(used in or using magic: a magic wand; a magic spell.) mágico

- magical
- magically
- magician

magic¹ adj mágico

a magic carpet una alfombra mágica

magic² n magia

black magic magia negra

magic

tr['mæʤɪk]

noun

1 magia

adjective

1 mágico,-a

■ he did some magic tricks for us nos hizo unos trucos de magia

■ he has a magic touch tiene un toque mágico

interjection

1 familiar (great) guay, fetén, chachi

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

as if by/like magic como por arte de magia, como por ensalmo

magic spell hechizo, encanto, ensalmo

white magic magia blanca

magic ['mæʤɪk] or magical ['mæʤɪkə l] adj

: mágico

magic n

: magia f

magic

adj.

• hadado, -a adj.

• hechicero, -a adj.

• mágico, -a adj.

n.

• brujería s.f.

• hechizo s.m.

• magia s.f.

• mágico s.m.

I 'mædʒɪk
mass noun magia f

as if by magic — como por encanto, como por arte de magia

the place has lost its magic for me — el lugar ha perdido el encanto para mí

II

adjective

a) <power/potion> mágico; < trick> de magia

magic spell — hechizo m, encanto m

say the magic word! — di la palabra mágica

b) ( enchanting) <moment/beauty> mágico; ( marvellous) (colloq) sensacional, fabuloso

['mædʒɪk]
1.

N (lit, fig) magia f

as if by magic — como por arte de magia, como por encanto

this bath oil works magic for tired and aching limbs — este aceite de baño es mágico para brazos y piernas doloridos y cansados

the magic of Hollywood — la magia de Hollywood

the old magic was still there — (in relationship) todavía existía algo especial entre ellos/nosotros
black 4., white 3.
2. ADJ

1) (relating to spells, sorcery) [solution, word] mágico

you just have to say the magic word and we'll forget all about it — basta con que digas la palabra mágica y olvidaremos todo el asunto

there is no magic formula for success — no existe una fórmula mágica para el éxito

2) (=captivating) [moment] especial

he hasn't lost his magic touch — no ha perdido ese toque especial suyo

3) * (=super) fabuloso, estupendo

"did you enjoy it?" - "it was magic" — -¿te gustó? -fue fabuloso or estupendo

3.

CPD

magic bullet N — (Med) (also fig) panacea f

magic carpet N — alfombra f mágica

magic circle N — círculo m mágico

magic lantern N — linterna f mágica

magic mushrooms * NPL — setas fpl alucinógenas, hongos mpl alucinógenos

magic realism N — (Literat) realismo m mágico

magic spell N — hechizo m, encanto m

magic square N — (Math) cuadrado m mágico

magic trick N — truco m de magia

magic wand N — varita f mágica

- magic away

- magic up

* * *

I ['mædʒɪk]
mass noun magia f

as if by magic — como por encanto, como por arte de magia

the place has lost its magic for me — el lugar ha perdido el encanto para mí

II

adjective

a) <power/potion> mágico; < trick> de magia

magic spell — hechizo m, encanto m

say the magic word! — di la palabra mágica

b) ( enchanting) <moment/beauty> mágico; ( marvellous) (colloq) sensacional, fabuloso

English-spanish dictionary > magic
20 motivo

m.

1 reason, cause (causa).

con motivo de because of; (por causa de) on the occasion of; (para celebrar) in order to (con el fin de)

dar motivo a to give reason to

no ser motivo para to be no reason to o for

tener motivos para to have reason to

sin motivo for no reason

motivo de queja ground o grounds for complaint

2 motif (art, lit & music).

3 motive, reason, cause, ground.

4 theme, motif.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: motivar.

* * *

motivo

► nombre masculino

1 motive, reason, cause, grounds plural

■ no tienes motivo para estar deprimido you have no reason to be depressed

■ no pudo venir por motivos de salud he couldn't come for health reasons

■ no sé cuál es el motivo de su queja I don't know what his grounds for complaint are

2 (de dibujo, música) motif, leitmotif

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FRASEOLOGÍA

bajo ningún motivo under no circumstances

con motivo de (debido a) owing to 2 (en ocasión de) on the occasion of

dar motivo a to give rise to

sin motivo for no apparent reason

tener motivos para... to have reason to...

* * *

noun m.

1) motive

2) cause

* * *

1. SM

1) (=causa) reason

dejó el trabajo por motivos personales — he left the job for personal reasons

por cuyo motivo — for which reason

fue motivo de descalificación del atleta — it was the reason for the athlete's disqualification

con este o tal motivo — for this reason

con motivo de — (=debido a) because of, owing to; (=en ocasión de) on the occasion of

se informatizará el sistema con motivo de las elecciones — the system will be computerized because of o owing to the elections

con motivo de nuestra boda le invitamos a... — on the occasion of our wedding we invite you to...

• motivo de, me dio motivo de preocupación — it gave me cause for concern

la decisión fue motivo de críticas — the decision became the object of criticism

• sin motivo — for no reason, without good reason

dejó de hablarme sin motivo — he stopped talking to me for no reason

• ser motivo sobrado o suficiente, es motivo suficiente o sobrado para seguir votándolo — that's reason enough to continue voting for him, that's all the more reason to continue voting for him

hay suficientes o sobrados motivos para odiarlo — there are more than enough reasons for hating him

motivos de divorcio — grounds for divorce

motivos ocultos — ulterior motives

2) (=móvil) motive

¿cuál fue el motivo del crimen? — what was the motive for the crime?

3) (Arte, Mús) motif

decorado con motivos orientales — decorated with oriental motifs

motivo conductor — leitmotif

motivo decorativo — decorative motif

motivo ornamental — ornamental motif

2.

ADJ motive

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (razón, causa) reason, cause

el motivo de su viaje/del accidente — the reason for her trip/the cause of the accident

por este motivo nos hallamos aquí reunidos — that's (the reason) why we're gathered here

yo tendré mis motivos — I have my reasons

con motivo de algo — on the occasion of something

con motivo del centenario — to mark the centenary

dar motivos para algo — to give grounds for something

nos des motivos para que te critiquen — don't give them cause to criticize you

hay motivos para preocuparse — there is cause for concern

el adulterio es motivo suficiente de divorcio — adultery is sufficient grounds for divorce

por motivos personales — for personal reasons

sin ningún motivo — for no reason at all

sin motivo justificado — without (good) cause

que sea un motivo! — (Col fam) let's drink to that! (colloq)

b) (propósito, finalidad) reason, purpose

¿con qué motivo se convocó la reunión? — what was the purpose of calling the meeting?

empiezo a sospechar de sus motivos — I'm beginning to suspect his motives

el motivo de esta carta es... — the purpose of this letter is...

2) (Art, Lit, Mús) motif

motivos decorativos — decorative motifs

* * *

= cause, ground, motive, reason, peg, motif, trigger.

Ex. The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.

Ex. I think there are grounds for dispute on certain terms.

Ex. Other title information is any title borne by an item indicative of the character, contents, etc. of the item or the motives for, or occasion of, its production or publication.

Ex. The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.

Ex. The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.

Ex. Two pre-coordinated approaches have been used for the indexing of motif and subject content.

Ex. They will however always have some kind of springboard or trigger which has led to their question, and we can work forwards from this.

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* con motivo de = on the occasion of.

* hay suficientes motivos para pensar que = there + be + every reason to think that.

* los motivos de = the reason behind, the thinking behind, the reasoning behind, the idea behind.

* motivo de alarma = cause for alarm.

* motivo de irritación = pet peeve.

* motivo de preocupación = cause for alarm, cause for concern, cause of concern.

* motivo de queja = pet peeve.

* motivo de risa = a laughing matter.

* motivo + estar en = reason + lie in.

* motivo ornamental = motif, decorative motif.

* motivo principal = prime cause.

* motivos = grounds.

* no ser motivo de risa = be no laughing matter.

* por algún motivo = for whatever reason.

* por cualquier motivo = for whatever reason.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por los siguientes motivos = on the following counts.

* por motivo de = in the interest(s) of.

* por motivos de = for the sake of, on grounds.

* por motivos de + Nombre = for + Nombre's sake.

* por varios motivos = for a number of reasons.

* ser motivo de preocupación = loom + large.

* sin motivo alguno = wantonly.

* sin motivo aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.

* sin motivo justificado = without justified reason.

* sin ningún motivo = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin ningún otro motivo = (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener motivo = be right.

* tener motivo justificado = have + good cause.

* tener motivo para = have + cause to.

* ver el motivo de Algo = glean + the reason for.

* viaje por motivos académicos = study trip.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (razón, causa) reason, cause

el motivo de su viaje/del accidente — the reason for her trip/the cause of the accident

por este motivo nos hallamos aquí reunidos — that's (the reason) why we're gathered here

yo tendré mis motivos — I have my reasons

con motivo de algo — on the occasion of something

con motivo del centenario — to mark the centenary

dar motivos para algo — to give grounds for something

nos des motivos para que te critiquen — don't give them cause to criticize you

hay motivos para preocuparse — there is cause for concern

el adulterio es motivo suficiente de divorcio — adultery is sufficient grounds for divorce

por motivos personales — for personal reasons

sin ningún motivo — for no reason at all

sin motivo justificado — without (good) cause

que sea un motivo! — (Col fam) let's drink to that! (colloq)

b) (propósito, finalidad) reason, purpose

¿con qué motivo se convocó la reunión? — what was the purpose of calling the meeting?

empiezo a sospechar de sus motivos — I'm beginning to suspect his motives

el motivo de esta carta es... — the purpose of this letter is...

2) (Art, Lit, Mús) motif

motivos decorativos — decorative motifs

* * *

= cause, ground, motive, reason, peg, motif, trigger.

Ex: The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.

Ex: I think there are grounds for dispute on certain terms.

Ex: Other title information is any title borne by an item indicative of the character, contents, etc. of the item or the motives for, or occasion of, its production or publication.

Ex: The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.

Ex: The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.

Ex: Two pre-coordinated approaches have been used for the indexing of motif and subject content.

Ex: They will however always have some kind of springboard or trigger which has led to their question, and we can work forwards from this.

* con motivo de = on the occasion of.

* hay suficientes motivos para pensar que = there + be + every reason to think that.

* los motivos de = the reason behind, the thinking behind, the reasoning behind, the idea behind.

* motivo de alarma = cause for alarm.

* motivo de irritación = pet peeve.

* motivo de preocupación = cause for alarm, cause for concern, cause of concern.

* motivo de queja = pet peeve.

* motivo de risa = a laughing matter.

* motivo + estar en = reason + lie in.

* motivo ornamental = motif, decorative motif.

* motivo principal = prime cause.

* motivos = grounds.

* no ser motivo de risa = be no laughing matter.

* por algún motivo = for whatever reason.

* por cualquier motivo = for whatever reason.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por los siguientes motivos = on the following counts.

* por motivo de = in the interest(s) of.

* por motivos de = for the sake of, on grounds.

* por motivos de + Nombre = for + Nombre's sake.

* por varios motivos = for a number of reasons.

* ser motivo de preocupación = loom + large.

* sin motivo alguno = wantonly.

* sin motivo aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.

* sin motivo justificado = without justified reason.

* sin ningún motivo = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.

* sin ningún otro motivo = (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener motivo = be right.

* tener motivo justificado = have + good cause.

* tener motivo para = have + cause to.

* ver el motivo de Algo = glean + the reason for.

* viaje por motivos académicos = study trip.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

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motivo

masculine

A

(causa): no le des motivos para que se queje de ti don't give him cause to complain about you

si se ha decidido a marcharse, sus motivos tendrá she must have her reasons for deciding to leave

éste es el verdadero motivo de su viaje this is the real reason for o purpose of her trip

por este motivo nos hallamos aquí reunidos that's why we're gathered here

sin ningún motivo for no reason at all

el adulterio es motivo suficiente de divorcio adultery is sufficient grounds for divorce

este hecho no debe ser motivo de preocupación the fact that this has happened should not be cause o give any cause for concern

por motivos personales for personal reasons

habíamos empezado a sospechar de sus motivos we had begun to suspect his motives

con motivo del centenario se celebrará una importante exposición there will be an important exhibition for o to mark the centenary

con motivo de su toma de posesión to mark (the occasion of) his inauguration

se aumentaron las medidas de seguridad con motivo de su visita security measures were stepped up for his visit

¡que sea un motivo! ( Col fam); let's drink to that! ( colloq)

B

1 ( Art, Lit, Mús) motif

el paisaje es un motivo recurrente en los impresionistas landscapes are a recurring motif in the work of the Impressionists

2 (en una decoración) motif

motivos ornamentales or decorativos ornamental o decorative motifs

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Del verbo motivar: ( conjugate motivar)

motivo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

motivó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
motivar
motivo
motivar ( conjugate motivar) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to motivate;
◊ motivado por la venganza motivated by revenge;

¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? what made you do it?
2 ( causar) to bring about, cause
motivo sustantivo masculino
1
a) (razón, causa) reason, cause;

◊ el motivo de su viaje the reason for her trip;

por este motivo nos hallamos aquí that's (the reason) why we're here;
con motivo de algo on the occasion of sth;
no des motivos para que te critiquen don't give them cause to criticize you;
hay motivos para preocuparse there is cause for concern;
el adulterio es motivo suficiente de divorcio adultery is sufficient grounds for divorce;
sin ningún motivo for no reason at all;
¡que sea un motivo! (Col fam) let's drink to that! (colloq)
b) (propósito, finalidad) purpose;

◊ el motivo de esta carta es … the purpose of this letter is …

2 (Art, Lit, Mús) motif;
◊ motivos decorativos decorative motifs

motivar verbo transitivo
1 (provocar) to cause
2 (animar) to motivate
motivo sustantivo masculino
1 (causa) reason: no tienes motivos para sospechar, you have no grounds for suspicion
organizaron una fiesta con motivo de su aniversario, they had a party on the occasion of their anniversary
sin motivo, for no reason at all
2 Arte Mús motif, leitmotif
' motivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alguna
- alguno
- aparente
- base
- causa
- interesar
- lugar
- para
- por
- razón
- valer
- concreto
- cual
- motivación
- motivar
- obedecer
- tema
- vergüenza
English:
about
- call
- cause
- deduce
- for
- get at
- grievance
- ground
- motif
- motive
- occasion
- ostensible
- out of
- over
- real
- reason
- search out
- suicide note
- ulterior
- whatever
- why
- apparent
- design
- laughing
- motivation
- shower

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motivo nm

1. [causa] reason (de for); [de crimen] motive (de for);
la situación económica se ha vuelto a convertir en motivo de preocupación the economy has once again become a cause for concern;

el éxito de la misión es motivo de orgullo para todos nosotros the success of the mission is a reason for all of us to be proud;

se retiró por motivos personales she withdrew for personal reasons;

con motivo de [por causa de] because of;
[para celebrar] on the occasion of; [con el fin de] in order to;
implantaron el toque de queda con motivo de los desórdenes callejeros a curfew was imposed because of the rioting;

las fiestas con motivo del V centenario the celebrations to mark the 500th anniversary o on the occasion of the 500th anniversary;

con mayor motivo even more so;

dar motivo a to give reason to;

no ser motivo para to be no reason to o for;

por motivo de because of;

tener motivos para to have reason to;

tiene un buen motivo para no acudir porque va a estar su ex mujer he has good reason for not coming because his ex-wife is going to be there;

sin motivo for no reason

2. [melodía] motif

3. [dibujo, figura] motif;

un motivo decorativo o [m5] ornamental a decorative motif

4. Chile
motivos finickiness

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motivo

m

1 motive, reason;

por motivos de salud for health reasons;

sin motivo for no reason at all;

con motivo de because of;

con motivo de la visita on the occasion of the visit

2 MÚS, PINT motif

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motivo nm

1) móvil: motive

2) causa: cause, reason

3) tema: theme, motif

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motivo n reason

no es motivo para despedirte that's no reason to sack you

no tienes motivo de quejarte you have no reason to complain

con motivo de on the occasion of

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