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  • 1 aventurero

    • adventurer
    • adventuresome
    • adventurous
    • audacious
    • daredevil
    • fortune hunter
    • happy ending
    • happy-go-lucky people
    • raider
    • reckless fellow
    • venturer
    • venturesome

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > aventurero

  • 2 buscavidas

    • adventurer
    • busybody
    • fortune hunter
    • go further into
    • go-getting
    • hustler
    • nosey
    • nosh-up

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > buscavidas

  • 3 cazafortunas

    • adventurer
    • daredevil
    • explorer
    • fortune hunter
    • travel time
    • traveler's check
    • voyage
    • voyeur
    • wander without destination
    • wandering

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > cazafortunas

  • 4 aventurero

    adj.
    venturesome, adventuresome, adventurous, audacious.
    m.
    1 adventurer, chancer, fortune hunter, gambler.
    2 adventurer, happy-go-lucky, swashbuckler, swasher.
    * * *
    1 adventurous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) adventurer; (mujer) adventuress
    \
    de espíritu aventurero adventurous, venturesome
    * * *
    aventurero, -a
    1.
    ADJ adventurous, enterprising
    2.
    SM / F adventurer/adventuress
    3.
    SM (Mil) mercenary, soldier of fortune; pey (=arribista) social climber
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo adventurous
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino adventurer
    * * *
    = adventurous, buccaneering.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo adventurous
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino adventurer
    * * *
    = adventurous, buccaneering.

    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    adventurous
    masculine, feminine
    adventurer
    * * *

    aventurero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    adventurous
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    adventurer
    aventurero,-a adjetivo adventurous

    ' aventurero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aventurera
    English:
    adventurous
    - swashbuckler
    * * *
    aventurero, -a
    ♦ adj
    adventurous
    ♦ nm,f
    adventurer, f adventuress
    * * *
    I adj adventurous;
    espíritu aventurero sense o spirit of adventure
    II m, aventurera f adventurer
    * * *
    aventurero, -ra adj
    : adventurous
    aventurero, -ra n
    : adventurer
    * * *
    aventurero1 adj adventurous
    no eres muy aventurero, ¿verdad? you're not very adventurous, are you?
    aventurero2 n adventurer

    Spanish-English dictionary > aventurero

  • 5 arriesgado

    adj.
    1 risky, dangerous, unsafe, chancy.
    2 venturesome, buccaneering, dauntless, daring.
    f. & m.
    risk taker.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arriesgar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arriesgar arriesgar
    1 (peligroso) risky, dangerous
    2 (temerario) bold, daring, fearless
    * * *
    (f. - arriesgada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [acto] risky, hazardous
    2) [individuo] (=intrépido) bold, daring; pey (=impetuoso) rash, foolhardy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.

    * * *
    1 (aventurado) ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous
    2 (valiente) ‹persona› brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arriesgar: ( conjugate arriesgar)

    arriesgado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arriesgado    
    arriesgar
    arriesgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous;


    ‹ persona› brave, daring
    arriesgar ( conjugate arriesgar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹vida/dinero› to risk


    arriesgarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ ¿nos arriesgamos? shall we risk it o take a chance?;

    arriesgadose a hacer algo to risk doing sth
    arriesgado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que entraña peligro) risky
    2 (temerario) fearless, daring
    arriesgar verbo transitivo to risk

    ' arriesgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - embarcarse
    - expuesta
    - expuesto
    English:
    chancy
    - dangerous
    - dodgy
    - hazardous
    - perilous
    - risky
    - low
    * * *
    arriesgado, -a adj
    1. [peligroso] [decisión, operación] risky
    2. [osado] daring;
    es una persona muy arriesgada she's a very daring person
    * * *
    adj risky
    * * *
    arriesgado, -da adj
    1) : risky
    2) : bold, daring
    * * *
    arriesgado adj (peligroso) dangerous / risky [comp. riskier; superl. riskiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arriesgado

  • 6 arrojado

    adj.
    brave, aggressive, bold, courageous.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arrojar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arrojar arrojar
    1 thrown, thrown out
    2 (osado) bold, fearless, daring
    * * *
    ADJ (=valiente) daring, dashing; (=temerario) reckless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.

    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arrojar: ( conjugate arrojar)

    arrojado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arrojado    
    arrojar
    arrojar ( conjugate arrojar) verbo transitivo
    1

    (Aviac) ‹ bomba› to drop
    b) ‹ lava› to spew (out);

    ‹ humo› to belch out;
    ‹ luz› to shed
    2 ( vomitar) to bring up, throw up
    arrojarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to throw oneself;
    arrojadose sobre algo/algn [ persona] to throw oneself onto sth/sb;
    [perro/tigre] to pounce on sth/sb
    arrojado,-a adj (atrevido) bold, daring
    arrojar verbo transitivo
    1 (lanzar) to throw, fling
    2 Com (un resultado) to show
    ' arrojado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - valiente
    English:
    spunky
    * * *
    arrojado, -a adj
    bold, fearless
    * * *
    I adj brave, daring
    II part → arrojar
    * * *
    arrojado, -da adj
    : daring, fearless

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrojado

  • 7 audaz

    adj.
    1 daring, bold.
    2 audacious, bold, brave, courageous.
    3 wild.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl audaces)
    1 audacious, bold, daring
    * * *
    adj.
    bold, audacious
    * * *
    ADJ bold, audacious
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * persona audaz = risk taker.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * persona audaz = risk taker.

    * * *
    1 (valiente) ‹persona/acción› brave, courageous, daring, bold
    2 (osado) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *

    audaz adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous;
    ( osado) daring, bold
    audaz adjetivo audacious, bold
    ' audaz' also found in these entries:
    English:
    audacious
    - bold
    - daring
    - defiant
    - intrepid
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    audaz adj
    1. [valiente] daring, bold
    2. [descarado] audacious
    * * *
    adj daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    audaz adj, pl audaces : bold, audacious, daring
    ♦ audazmente adv
    * * *
    audaz adj daring / bold

    Spanish-English dictionary > audaz

  • 8 bravo

    adj.
    1 angry, furious, mad, irate.
    2 brave, dauntless, courageous, audacious.
    3 rough.
    intj.
    bravo, yeah, well done.
    * * *
    1 (valiente) brave, courageous
    2 (fiero) fierce, ferocious
    3 (bueno) fine, excellent
    4 (mar) rough
    5 (enojado) angry, violent
    ► interjección ¡bravo!
    1 well done!, bravo!
    \
    por las bravas by force
    * * *
    (f. - brava)
    adj.
    1) ferocious, fierce
    2) great, excellent
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [animal] fierce, ferocious
    toro 1)
    2) [persona] (=malhumorado) bad-tempered; (=jactancioso) boastful, swaggering; (=valentón) boastful, swaggering
    3) [mar] rough, stormy; [paisaje] rugged
    costa II, 1)
    4) (=excelente) fine, excellent
    5) LAm (Culin) hot, spicy
    2.
    EXCL bravo!, well done!
    3.
    SM thug
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ser] < toro> fierce; < perro> fierce
    b) [estar] < mar> rough
    c) [estar] (AmL fam) ( enojado) angry
    2) (liter) < guerrero> brave, valiant
    3) (RPl fam) < situación> tricky; < examen> tough, hard
    II
    interjección ( expresando aprobación) well done!, good job! (AmE); ( tras actuación) bravo!
    * * *
    = spunky, dauntless.
    Ex. The author discusses a number of ' spunky' girls in adolescent and children's literature.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    ----
    * ¡bravo! = bravo!.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ser] < toro> fierce; < perro> fierce
    b) [estar] < mar> rough
    c) [estar] (AmL fam) ( enojado) angry
    2) (liter) < guerrero> brave, valiant
    3) (RPl fam) < situación> tricky; < examen> tough, hard
    II
    interjección ( expresando aprobación) well done!, good job! (AmE); ( tras actuación) bravo!
    * * *
    = spunky, dauntless.

    Ex: The author discusses a number of ' spunky' girls in adolescent and children's literature.

    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * ¡bravo! = bravo!.

    * * *
    bravo1 -va
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹toro› fierce, brave; ‹perro› fierce
    la cría de toros bravos the breeding of fighting bulls
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹mar› rough
    3 [ ESTAR] ( AmL fam) (enojado) angry
    B ( liter); ‹guerrero› brave, valiant
    C ( RPl fam) ‹situación› tricky; ‹examen› tough, hard
    lo bravo va a ser explicárselo a ella the tricky o hard part's going to be explaining it to her
    hoy los chicos están bravísimos the children are being really difficult today
    (expresando aprobación) well done!, good job! ( AmE); (tras una actuación) bravo!
    * * *

    bravo 1
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    a) [ser] ‹toro/perro› fierce;

    ver tb
    ◊ toro

    b) [estar] ‹ mar› rough

    c) [estar] (AmL fam) ( enojado) angry

    bravo 2 interjección ( expresando aprobación) well done!, good job! (AmE);
    ( tras actuación) bravo!
    bravo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (salvaje, fiero) fierce, ferocious
    2 (valeroso) brave, courageous
    3 (mar) rough, stormy
    4 LAm angry
    II exclamación ¡bravo!, well done!, bravo!
    ♦ Locuciones: por las bravas, forcibly
    ' bravo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brava
    - gallarda
    - gallardo
    - olé
    - toro
    English:
    bravo
    - rough
    - show
    - wild
    * * *
    bravo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [valiente] brave
    2. [persona] [violento] fierce
    3. Am salvo RP [persona] [airado] angry;
    ponerse bravo to get angry
    4. [animal] wild
    5. [planta] wild
    6. [mar] rough;
    el mar se ha puesto bravo the sea has got rough
    7. RP [difícil] difficult
    ♦ interj
    bravo!
    ♦ a la brava loc adv
    Méx Fam [con descuido] in a slapdash way;
    limpiaste tu cuarto a la brava you didn't do o make a very good job of cleaning your room
    ♦ a las bravas, por las bravas loc adv
    by force
    * * *
    I adj
    1 animal fierce
    2 mar rough, choppy
    3 persona brave
    4 L.Am. ( furioso) angry
    5
    :
    a o
    por las bravas forcibly, by force
    II int well done!; en concierto etc bravo!
    * * *
    bravo, -va adj
    1) feroz: ferocious, fierce
    un perro bravo: a ferocious dog
    2) excelente: excellent, great
    ¡bravo!: bravo!, well done!
    3) : rough, rugged, wild
    4) : annoyed, angry
    * * *
    bravo interj bravo!

    Spanish-English dictionary > bravo

  • 9 denodado

    adj.
    1 valiant, daring, bold, brave.
    2 determined, resolute.
    * * *
    1 (valiente) bold, brave
    2 (decidido) determined, resolute
    * * *
    ADJ bold, brave
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (frml) < esfuerzo> indefatigable (frml), tireless; <luchador/defensor> staunch, steadfast
    * * *
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    ----
    * esfuerzo denodado = strenuous effort.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (frml) < esfuerzo> indefatigable (frml), tireless; <luchador/defensor> staunch, steadfast
    * * *

    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.

    * esfuerzo denodado = strenuous effort.

    * * *
    ( frml); ‹esfuerzo› indefatigable ( frml), tireless, unflagging; ‹luchador/defensor› staunch, steadfast
    * * *
    denodado, -a adj
    1. [decidido] determined;
    realizaron un esfuerzo denodado por convencerle they made a sustained and determined effort to convince him
    2. [valiente] brave, intrepid
    * * *
    adj tireless
    * * *
    denodado, -da adj
    : bold, dauntless

    Spanish-English dictionary > denodado

  • 10 detective

    f. & m.
    detective.
    detective privado private detective
    * * *
    1 detective
    \
    detective privado,-a private detective, private eye
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *

    detective privado/a — private detective

    * * *
    masculino y femenino detective
    * * *
    = detective, sleuth, sleuthhound.
    Ex. But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.
    Ex. Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    ----
    * agencia de detectives = detective agency.
    * como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.
    * detective de homicidios = homicide detective.
    * detective privado = private eye, private detective, private detective.
    * historia de detectives = detective story.
    * labor de detective = sleuthing.
    * trabajo de detective = sleuthing.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino detective
    * * *
    = detective, sleuth, sleuthhound.

    Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.

    Ex: Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * agencia de detectives = detective agency.
    * como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.
    * detective de homicidios = homicide detective.
    * detective privado = private eye, private detective, private detective.
    * historia de detectives = detective story.
    * labor de detective = sleuthing.
    * trabajo de detective = sleuthing.

    * * *
    detective
    Compuesto:
    private detective
    * * *

    detective sustantivo masculino y femenino
    detective
    detective mf detective
    detective privado, private detective o fam eye
    ' detective' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    afición
    - investigador
    - investigadora
    - policiaca
    - policíaca
    - policiaco
    - policíaco
    - sabueso
    - novela
    - tira
    - vigilante
    English:
    detective
    - detective story
    - grill
    - private
    - red
    * * *
    detective
    detective privado private detective
    * * *
    m/f detective
    * * *
    : detective
    * * *
    detective n detective

    Spanish-English dictionary > detective

  • 11 impávido

    adj.
    1 impassive, imperturbable, emotionless, devoid of emotion.
    2 intrepid, dauntless, fearless, undaunted.
    * * *
    1 dauntless
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=valiente) intrepid; (=impasible) dauntless, undaunted
    2) LAm (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) ( impasible) impassive, unperturbed; ( sin miedo) undaunted
    * * *
    = unflappable, straight-faced, dauntless, undaunted.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) ( impasible) impassive, unperturbed; ( sin miedo) undaunted
    * * *
    = unflappable, straight-faced, dauntless, undaunted.

    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.

    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.

    * * *
    ( liter) (impasible) impassive, unperturbed; (sin miedo) undaunted
    aguantó impávido mis reproches he bore my reproaches impassively ( liter)
    todos huyeron pero él permaneció impávido en su puesto everyone else fled but he remained at his post undaunted o he remained fearlessly at his post
    * * *

    impávido,-a adjetivo
    1 (que no se asusta) unafraid, fearless, undaunted
    2 LAm cheeky
    ' impávido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impávida
    English:
    undismayed
    - unflinching
    * * *
    impávido, -a adj
    1. [valeroso] fearless, courageous
    2. [impasible] impassive
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( valiente) fearless, undaunted
    2 ( impasible) impassive
    * * *
    impávido, -da adj
    : undaunted, unperturbed

    Spanish-English dictionary > impávido

  • 12 intrépido

    adj.
    intrepid, bold, brave, courageous.
    * * *
    1 intrepid
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo intrepid
    * * *
    = intrepid, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], fearless, dauntless.
    Ex. The article 'Aslib at war: the brief but intrepid career of a library organization as a hub of allied scientific intelligence 1942-1945' analyses the important role played by Aslib in the centralised microfilming and dissemination of enemy scientific periodicals during World War 2.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo intrepid
    * * *
    = intrepid, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], fearless, dauntless.

    Ex: The article 'Aslib at war: the brief but intrepid career of a library organization as a hub of allied scientific intelligence 1942-1945' analyses the important role played by Aslib in the centralised microfilming and dissemination of enemy scientific periodicals during World War 2.

    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.

    * * *
    intrepid
    * * *

    intrépido,-a adjetivo intrepid
    ' intrépido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intrépida
    English:
    fearless
    - intrepid
    - adventurous
    * * *
    intrépido, -a adj
    intrepid
    * * *
    adj intrepid
    * * *
    intrépido, -da adj
    : intrepid, fearless

    Spanish-English dictionary > intrépido

  • 13 perro rastreador

    m.
    tracker dog, sniffer dog.
    * * *
    ( para seguir huellas) tracker dog; ( para buscar drogas) sniffer dog
    * * *
    (n.) = tracker dog, bloodhound, sleuthhound, sniffer dog
    Ex. Unlike their human counterparts, the length of duty for a tracker dog was around three years.
    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. Sniffer dogs can normally be trained only to detect one illicit item, normally either explosive, substances or drugs.
    * * *
    ( para seguir huellas) tracker dog; ( para buscar drogas) sniffer dog
    * * *
    (n.) = tracker dog, bloodhound, sleuthhound, sniffer dog

    Ex: Unlike their human counterparts, the length of duty for a tracker dog was around three years.

    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: Sniffer dogs can normally be trained only to detect one illicit item, normally either explosive, substances or drugs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > perro rastreador

  • 14 sabueso

    m.
    1 bloodhound (perro).
    2 sleuth, detective (figurative) (detective).
    * * *
    1 (perro) bloodhound
    * * *
    1.
    SM (Zool) bloodhound
    2.
    SMF (=detective) sleuth *
    * * *
    a) (Zool) bloodhound
    b) sabueso masculino y femenino (fam) ( detective) sleuth (colloq), gumshoe (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = beagle, hound, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound.
    Ex. For example, if the query were to find documents containing ' beagle or basset hound' and no phrases were indexed, the first list would contain those documents with the word ' beagle' and the maybe list would be those documents containing 'basset hound' but not ' beagle'.
    Ex. This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex. Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * * *
    a) (Zool) bloodhound
    b) sabueso masculino y femenino (fam) ( detective) sleuth (colloq), gumshoe (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = beagle, hound, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound.

    Ex: For example, if the query were to find documents containing ' beagle or basset hound' and no phrases were indexed, the first list would contain those documents with the word ' beagle' and the maybe list would be those documents containing 'basset hound' but not ' beagle'.

    Ex: This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex: Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.

    * * *
    1 ( Zool) bloodhound
    2
    * * *

    sabueso sustantivo masculino (Zool) bloodhound
    sabueso sustantivo masculino
    1 Zool bloodhound
    2 fig (una persona, un investigador privado, un detective) sleuth
    ' sabueso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistar
    English:
    bloodhound
    - hound
    - private
    - sleuth
    * * *
    1. [perro] bloodhound
    2. Fam [detective] sleuth
    * * *
    m
    1 ZO bloodhound
    2 fig
    sleuth
    * * *
    1) : bloodhound
    2) fam : detective, sleuth

    Spanish-English dictionary > sabueso

  • 15 tenaz

    adj.
    1 tenacious (perseverante).
    2 stubborn (persistente).
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl tenaces)
    1 (persona) tenacious; (perseverante) persevering, unflagging
    2 (dolor) persistent, unremitting; (mancha) hard to remove
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=perseverante) tenacious, persistent
    2) (=persistente) [dolor] persistent; [mancha] stubborn; [creencia] firm, stubborn pey; [resistencia] tenacious
    3) [material] tough, durable, resistant
    * * *
    1)
    a) < persona> tenacious
    b) < dolor> persistent; < mancha> stubborn
    2) (Col fam)
    a) <problema/situación> tough
    b) (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = vigourous [vigorous, -USA], strong-willed, unremitting, tough-minded, dauntless, tenacious, stubborn.
    Ex. Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.
    Ex. The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
    Ex. This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories.
    Ex. Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.
    Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.
    * * *
    1)
    a) < persona> tenacious
    b) < dolor> persistent; < mancha> stubborn
    2) (Col fam)
    a) <problema/situación> tough
    b) (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = vigourous [vigorous, -USA], strong-willed, unremitting, tough-minded, dauntless, tenacious, stubborn.

    Ex: Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.

    Ex: The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
    Ex: This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories.
    Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.
    Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹persona› tenacious
    en su tenaz propósito de conquistar el título in his determined bid to win the title
    2 ‹dolor› persistent; ‹mancha› stubborn
    3 ‹metal/material› tough
    B ( Col fam)
    1 ‹problema/situación› tough
    2 ( como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    tenaz adjetivo
    a) ‹ persona› tenacious

    b) ‹ dolor› persistent;

    ‹ mancha› stubborn
    tenaz adjetivo
    1 (persona) tenacious
    2 (constipado, sequía) persistent
    ' tenaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constante
    - obstinado
    English:
    dogged
    - obstinate
    - stout
    - strong-willed
    - tenacious
    - strenuous
    - strong
    - stubborn
    * * *
    tenaz adj
    1. [perseverante] [persona, empeño, actitud] tenacious
    2. [persistente] [mancha, grasa] stubborn;
    [dolor, dolencia] chronic
    3. [resistente] tough
    4. Col Fam [terrible] terrible, awful;
    ¡uy, tenaz! [¡no me digas!] you don't say!
    * * *
    adj determined, tenacious
    * * *
    tenaz adj, pl tenaces
    1) : tenacious, persistent
    2) : strong, tough

    Spanish-English dictionary > tenaz

  • 16 investigador1

    1 = investigator, research worker, researcher, research scientist, research user, research scholar.
    Ex. One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.
    Ex. Most people come to me with problems and can't make their way around because the library catalog is structured for the research worker.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.
    Ex. This article examines opportunities for collaboration between specialists and research users in creating information-managing tools.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    ----
    * comunidad académica de investigadores = academic research community.
    * investigador científico = scholarly researcher.
    * investigador de campo = fieldworker [field worker].
    * investigador de genealogías = ancestor hunter.
    * investigador de la biblioteconomía = library scholar.
    * investigador de mercado = market researcher, market research worker.
    * investigador de pinturas = picture researcher.
    * investigador experimental = experimentalist.
    * investigador histórico = historical researcher.
    * investigador invitado = research fellow.
    * investigador principal = principal investigator, principal researcher.
    * investigador privado = private eye, private detective.
    * investigador teórico = theorist.
    * uno de los dos investigadores principales = co-principal investigator.

    Spanish-English dictionary > investigador1

  • 17 investigador

    adj.
    investigating, inquiring, inquisitive, investigative.
    m.
    1 investigator, research worker, scientist, researcher.
    2 detective, investigator, sleuth.
    3 investigator, inquirer.
    * * *
    1 (que indaga) investigating
    2 (que estudia) research
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (científico) researcher
    2 (detective) investigator
    \
    investigador,-ra privado,-a private investigator
    * * *
    (f. - investigadora)
    noun
    * * *
    investigador, -a
    1.
    ADJ [gen] investigative; [en ciencia] research antes de s

    equipo investigador — [en periodismo, policía] team of investigators; [en ciencia] research team

    labor investigadora — [de periodista, policía] investigative work; [en ciencia] research

    2. SM / F
    1) (=periodista, policía) investigator

    investigador(a) privado/a — private investigator o detective

    2) (=científico) research worker, researcher; [de doctorado] research student
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo
    a) (en relación con un delito, siniestro)
    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research (before n)
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) ( que indaga) investigator
    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) researcher
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo
    a) (en relación con un delito, siniestro)
    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research (before n)
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) ( que indaga) investigator
    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) researcher
    * * *
    investigador1
    1 = investigator, research worker, researcher, research scientist, research user, research scholar.

    Ex: One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.

    Ex: Most people come to me with problems and can't make their way around because the library catalog is structured for the research worker.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.
    Ex: This article examines opportunities for collaboration between specialists and research users in creating information-managing tools.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * comunidad académica de investigadores = academic research community.
    * investigador científico = scholarly researcher.
    * investigador de campo = fieldworker [field worker].
    * investigador de genealogías = ancestor hunter.
    * investigador de la biblioteconomía = library scholar.
    * investigador de mercado = market researcher, market research worker.
    * investigador de pinturas = picture researcher.
    * investigador experimental = experimentalist.
    * investigador histórico = historical researcher.
    * investigador invitado = research fellow.
    * investigador principal = principal investigator, principal researcher.
    * investigador privado = private eye, private detective.
    * investigador teórico = theorist.
    * uno de los dos investigadores principales = co-principal investigator.

    investigador2
    2 = investigative, investigational, investigating.

    Ex: It is paramount to put designers themselves under the spotlight for investigative purposes.

    Ex: The most exciting development appears to be the combined use of more than one investigational technique, across one or more tissues simultaneously.
    Ex: Moreover, the investigating function is in principle kept separate from the prosecuting one, at least in the case of the more serious offences including those related to corruption.
    * comisión investigadora = commission of enquiry, investigating committee, investigation committee.
    * equipo investigador = research team.
    * personal investigador = research staff.
    * productividad investigadora = research productivity.

    * * *
    1
    (en relación con un delito, siniestro): se ha nombrado una comisión investigadora a committee of inquiry has been set up
    terminaron sus tareas investigadoras they finished their investigative work o their investigations
    2 ( Educ, Med, Tec) research ( before n)
    el equipo investigador the research team
    su labor investigadora their research (work)
    masculine, feminine
    1 (que indaga) investigator
    2 ( Educ, Med, Tec) researcher
    Compuesto:
    investigador privado, investigadora privada
    private investigator
    * * *

    investigador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) researcher

    investigador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (detective) investigator
    2 (científico) researcher, research worker
    ' investigador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    investigadora
    - rigurosa
    - riguroso
    - sabueso
    English:
    investigator
    - researcher
    - snooper
    - fact
    * * *
    investigador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [que estudia] research;
    un equipo investigador a research team;
    capacidad investigadora research capability
    2. [que indaga] investigating;
    comisión investigadora committee of inquiry
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [estudioso] researcher
    2. [detective] investigator
    investigador privado private investigator o detective
    * * *
    I adj research atr ;
    comisión investigadora committee of inquiry
    II m, investigadora f researcher
    * * *
    : investigative
    1) : investigator
    2) : researcher
    * * *
    investigador n researcher

    Spanish-English dictionary > investigador

  • 18 venturero

    m.
    fortune-hunter, adventurer, land-loper.
    * * *
    ADJ
    (Méx)
    1) [cosecha] out of season
    2) [trabajo] temporary, casual

    Spanish-English dictionary > venturero

  • 19 aventurera

    f.
    adventuress.
    * * *

    aventurero,-a adjetivo adventurous
    * * *
    I adj adventurous;
    espíritu aventurero sense o spirit of adventure
    II m, aventurera f adventurer

    Spanish-English dictionary > aventurera

  • 20 coempresario

    • co-adventurer
    • coadventurer

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > coempresario

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