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  • 1 run (ran, run)

    جَرَى \ flow: (of liquid) to run: Rivers flow to the sea, (of other things) to move steadily like a river Electricity flows along a wire. go: (also go off) to take a certain course: All went (off) well at our meeting. happen: to take place: The accident happened at exactly 4 o’clock, to be done What has happened to your old car? Did you sell it?. run (ran, run): (of people and animals) to move fast, with quick steps: She ran to catch the train, (of rivers) flow The Thames runs through London. stream: to flow freely: Her eyes streamed with tears. take place: to happen: Tell me what took place at the meeting. \ See Also سال (سَالَ)، تدفق (تَدَفَّقَ)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > run (ran, run)

  • 2 candidato vencido

    • also-ran

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > candidato vencido

  • 3 competidor no clasificado

    • also-ran

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > competidor no clasificado

  • 4 huonosti menestynyt ihminen

    • also-ran

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > huonosti menestynyt ihminen

  • 5 первый с конца

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > первый с конца

  • 6 egy a próbálkozók közül

    also ran

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > egy a próbálkozók közül

  • 7 ferner

    I Adj. (Komp. fern) further; nichts lag mir ferner fig. nothing was further from my mind, I wouldn’t have dreamt of it
    II Adv. geh.
    1. further(more); (außerdem) besides, moreover; (noch dazu) on top of that, and then; ferner liefen SPORT also ran; er rangierte unter ferner liefen umg. fig. he was among the also-rans
    2. (zukünftig) in future, Am. in the future; daran wird sich auch ferner nichts ändern it’s not going to change in any way, it’ll go on in the same old way
    * * *
    further; furthermore; moreover; also
    * * *
    fẹr|ner ['fɛrnɐ]
    1. adj comp
    further

    Ihre ferneren Aufträge (Comm) — your future or further orders

    2. adv

    ferner liefen... (Sport) — also-rans...

    unter ferner liefen rangieren or kommen (inf) — to be among the also-rans

    2) (= künftig) in future

    (auch) ferner etw machen — to continue to do sth

    * * *
    fer·ner
    [ˈfɛrnɐ]
    I. adj komp von fern more distant; (künftig, weiter) in [the] future
    in der \ferneren Zukunft in the long-term, in the distant future
    unter \ferner liefen (fig fam) to be a runner-up
    II. adv in the future
    ▪ ... auch \ferner etw tun werden to continue to do sth in the future
    ich werde auch \ferner zu meinem Versprechen stehen I shall continue to keep my promise
    III. konj furthermore, in addition
    \ferner möchte ich Sie daran erinnern, dass... furthermore I would like to remind you that...
    * * *
    1) in addition; furthermore

    er rangiert unter ‘ferner liefen’ — (fig.) he is an also-ran

    2) (geh.): (künftig) in [the] future
    * * *
    A. adj (komp → fern) further
    B. adv geh
    1. further(more); (außerdem) besides, moreover; (noch dazu) on top of that, and then;
    ferner liefen SPORT also ran;
    er rangierte unter „ferner liefen“ umg fig he was among the also-rans
    2. (zukünftig) in future, US in the future;
    daran wird sich auch ferner nichts ändern it’s not going to change in any way, it’ll go on in the same old way
    * * *
    1) in addition; furthermore

    er rangiert unter ‘ferner liefen’ — (fig.) he is an also-ran

    2) (geh.): (künftig) in [the] future
    * * *
    adv.
    again adv.
    also adv. konj.
    further conj.
    furthermore conj.
    moreover conj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > ferner

  • 8 посредственность

    2) Colloquial: also ran (о человеке), second-rater
    3) Jargon: Joe Six-pack

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > посредственность

  • 9 despiadado

    adj.
    merciless, cruel, inhuman, cold-hearted.
    * * *
    1 ruthless, merciless
    * * *
    (f. - despiadada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] heartless; [ataque] merciless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex. The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex. The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex: The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex: The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.

    * * *
    ‹persona› ruthless, heartless; ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    * * *

    despiadado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› ruthless, heartless;


    ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    despiadado,-a adjetivo merciless, ruthless
    ' despiadado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acerba
    - acerbo
    - bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - despiadada
    English:
    cold-blooded
    - cold-hearted
    - cutthroat
    - merciless
    - pitiless
    - remorseless
    - ruthless
    - unmerciful
    - vicious
    - cold
    * * *
    despiadado, -a adj
    [persona] merciless; [trato] inhuman, pitiless; [ataque] savage, merciless
    * * *
    adj ruthless
    * * *
    despiadado, -da adj
    cruel: cruel, merciless, pitiless
    * * *
    despiadado adj hard-hearted / heartless / ruthless

    Spanish-English dictionary > despiadado

  • 10 tramposo

    adj.
    tricky, cheating, crooked, deceitful.
    m.
    tricky person, cheat, swindler, dodger.
    * * *
    1 deceitful, tricky
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 trickster, cheat (en las cartas) cardsharp
    * * *
    (f. - tramposa)
    noun
    cheat, swindler
    * * *
    tramposo, -a
    1.
    ADJ crooked, tricky
    2. SM / F
    1) [en el juego] cheat; (=estafador) crook *, shyster (EEUU), swindler; (=tahúr) cardsharp
    2) (Econ) bad payer
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino cheat
    * * *
    = shifty, cheater, cardsharp, dishonest.
    Ex. 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex. Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino cheat
    * * *
    = shifty, cheater, cardsharp, dishonest.

    Ex: 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.

    Ex: Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.

    * * *
    tramposo1 -sa
    es muy tramposa she's a real cheat
    tramposo2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    cheat
    * * *

     

    tramposo
    ◊ -sa adjetivo: ser tramposo to be a cheat

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    cheat
    tramposo,-a
    I adjetivo deceitful
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cheat

    ' tramposo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tahúr
    - tramposa
    - cochino
    - deshonesto
    English:
    cheat
    - dodger
    * * *
    tramposo, -a
    ♦ adj
    cheating;
    no seas tan tramposo don't be such a cheat
    ♦ nm,f
    cheat
    * * *
    I adj crooked
    II m, tramposa f cheat, crook
    * * *
    tramposo, -sa adj
    : crooked, cheating
    tramposo, -sa n
    : cheat, swindler
    * * *
    tramposo adj n cheat

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramposo

  • 11 chanchullo

    m.
    1 fiddle, racket (informal).
    2 underhanded transaction, put-up job, shady deal, shady business.
    * * *
    1 familiar fiddle, wangle, racket
    \
    tener chanchullos familiar to be on the fiddle
    * * *
    masculino (fam) racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = scam, confidence scam, fiddle, bung.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called ' bungs' for prime space.
    ----
    * hacer chanchullos = fiddle.
    * * *
    masculino (fam) racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = scam, confidence scam, fiddle, bung.

    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called ' bungs' for prime space.
    * hacer chanchullos = fiddle.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    racket ( colloq), fiddle ( BrE colloq)
    está metido en no sé qué chanchullos he's involved in all kinds of fiddles o rackets ( colloq)
    * * *

    chanchullo sustantivo masculino (fam) racket (colloq), fiddle (BrE colloq)
    chanchullo sustantivo masculino familiar (negocio turbio) fiddle, swindle
    ' chanchullo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    destaparse
    English:
    fiddle
    - racket
    - hustle
    * * *
    Fam swindle, racket, esp Br fiddle;
    siempre anda metido en chanchullos he's always got some racket going, esp Br he's always on the fiddle;
    hicieron un chanchullo para evitar pagar they worked some scam o Br fiddle to avoid paying
    * * *
    m fam
    trick, scam fam ;
    hacer un chanchullo do a dodgy deal fam, do some shady business
    * * *
    chanchullo nm, fam : shady deal, scam

    Spanish-English dictionary > chanchullo

  • 12 cruel

    adj.
    cruel.
    * * *
    1 (persona) cruel (con/para, to)
    2 (clima) harsh, severe
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ cruel
    * * *
    adjetivo cruel

    la venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)

    * * *
    = brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    Ex. With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.
    Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    ----
    * volverse cruel = become + vicious.
    * * *
    adjetivo cruel

    la venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)

    * * *
    = brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.

    Ex: With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.
    Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    * volverse cruel = become + vicious.

    * * *
    cruel
    aquello fue una jugada cruel del destino that was a cruel twist of fate
    fueron muy crueles con él they were very cruel to him
    la venganza será cruel ( hum); just you wait! (I'll get you!) ( colloq)
    * * *

    cruel adjetivo
    cruel;

    cruel adjetivo cruel

    ' cruel' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - cebarse
    - desalmada
    - desalmado
    - draconiana
    - draconiano
    - mirada
    - salvaje
    - sañosa
    - sañoso
    - sañuda
    - sañudo
    - truculenta
    - truculento
    - verduga
    - verdugo
    - crueldad
    - inhumano
    - sanguinario
    English:
    brutal
    - callous
    - cheap
    - cruel
    - cutthroat
    - hard
    - heartless
    - inhuman
    - savage
    - unkind
    - vicious
    - blood
    - cold
    - fiend
    - inhumane
    - inhumanity
    - outrage
    * * *
    cruel adj
    1. [persona, acción] cruel;
    fuiste muy cruel con ella you were very cruel to her
    2. [dolor] excruciating, terrible
    3. [clima] harsh
    4. [duda] terrible
    * * *
    adj cruel
    * * *
    cruel adj
    : cruel
    ♦ cruelmente adv
    * * *
    cruel adj cruel

    Spanish-English dictionary > cruel

  • 13 desalmado

    adj.
    cruel, inhuman, heartless, conscienceless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desalmar.
    * * *
    1 (malvado) wicked
    2 (cruel) cruel, heartless
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (malvado) wicked person
    2 (cruel) cruel person, heartless person
    * * *
    ADJ cruel, heartless
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = cold-blooded, soulless, heartless.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = cold-blooded, soulless, heartless.

    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    * * *
    desalmado1 -da
    heartless, callous
    desalmado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    heartless o callous swine ( colloq)
    * * *

    desalmado,-a
    I adjetivo cruel, heartless
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino heartless person: solo un desalmado cometería un crimen así, only a cruel, heartless person could have committed such a crime
    ' desalmado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desalmada
    English:
    fiend
    - fiendish
    * * *
    desalmado, -a
    ♦ adj
    heartless
    ♦ nm,f
    heartless person;
    es un desalmado he's completely heartless
    * * *
    I adj heartless
    II m, desalmada f
    :
    es un desalmado he is heartless
    * * *
    desalmado, -da adj
    : heartless, callous

    Spanish-English dictionary > desalmado

  • 14 estafa

    f.
    1 swindle (timo, robo).
    2 fraud, cheat, bilk, theft.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: estafar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: estafar.
    * * *
    1 fraud, swindle
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=timo) swindle, trick
    2) (Com, Econ) racket, ramp *
    * * *
    a) (Der) fraud, criminal deception
    b) (fam) ( timo) rip-off (colloq), con (colloq)
    * * *
    = scam, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, confidence scam, con trick, con, con job.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    ----
    * estafa comercial = business scam.
    * estafa de la venta en cadena = pyramid scam.
    * * *
    a) (Der) fraud, criminal deception
    b) (fam) ( timo) rip-off (colloq), con (colloq)
    * * *
    = scam, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, confidence scam, con trick, con, con job.

    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    * estafa comercial = business scam.
    * estafa de la venta en cadena = pyramid scam.

    * * *
    1 ( Der) fraud, criminal deception
    lo han condenado por estafa y malversación de fondos he was found guilty of fraud and embezzlement
    se ha descubierto una estafa en la venta de los terrenos fraud o a swindle has been discovered involving the sale of the land
    2 ( fam) (timo) rip-off ( colloq), con ( colloq), swizz ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo estafar: ( conjugate estafar)

    estafa es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    estafa    
    estafar
    estafa sustantivo femenino

    b) (fam) ( timo) rip-off (colloq), con (colloq)

    estafar ( conjugate estafar) verbo transitivo
    a) (Der) to swindle, defraud;

    estafale algo a algn to defraud sb of sth, swindle sb out of sth
    b) (fam) ( timar) to rip … off (colloq), to con (colloq)

    estafa sustantivo femenino swindle: lo encontraron culpable de estafa, he was found guilty of fraud
    estafar verbo transitivo to swindle, cheat, trick: estafaron a un pensionista y le dejaron sin sus ahorros, they swindled the pensioner out of his entire savings
    ' estafa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cambiazo
    - camelo
    - engaño
    - timo
    - robo
    English:
    cheat
    - con
    - fraud
    - rip-off
    - scam
    - show up
    - swindle
    - confidence
    * * *
    estafa nf
    1. [timo, robo] swindle;
    [a empresa, organización] fraud;
    fue condenado por el delito de estafa he was convicted of fraud;
    hicieron una estafa a la empresa de varios millones they swindled several million out of the company, they defrauded the company of several million
    2. Fam [precio abusivo] rip-off
    * * *
    f swindle, cheat
    * * *
    estafa nf
    : swindle, fraud
    * * *
    estafa n swindle

    Spanish-English dictionary > estafa

  • 15 fraude

    m.
    1 fraud.
    fraude fiscal tax evasion
    2 deception, fraud, double-dealing, false pretences.
    * * *
    1 fraud
    \
    fraude fiscal tax evasion
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=engaño) fraud
    2) (=falta de honradez) dishonesty, fraudulence
    * * *
    masculino fraud
    * * *
    = fraud, scam, confidence scam, con trick, con, con job.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    ----
    * autor de un fraude = fraudster, scammer.
    * combatir el fraude = combat + fraud.
    * cometer un fraude = commit + fraud.
    * fraude científico = scientific fraud.
    * fraude de phishing = phishing scam.
    * fraude fiscal = tax evasion.
    * fraude informático = computer fraud.
    * fraude telefónico = telephone fraud.
    * luchar contra el fraude = combat + fraud.
    * * *
    masculino fraud
    * * *
    = fraud, scam, confidence scam, con trick, con, con job.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.

    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    * autor de un fraude = fraudster, scammer.
    * combatir el fraude = combat + fraud.
    * cometer un fraude = commit + fraud.
    * fraude científico = scientific fraud.
    * fraude de phishing = phishing scam.
    * fraude fiscal = tax evasion.
    * fraude informático = computer fraud.
    * fraude telefónico = telephone fraud.
    * luchar contra el fraude = combat + fraud.

    * * *
    fraud
    Compuestos:
    vote rigging, election fraud
    tax evasion
    * * *

     

    fraude sustantivo masculino
    fraud;

    fraude sustantivo masculino fraud: es preciso controlar el fraude a Hacienda, it is necessary to bring tax evasion under control

    ' fraude' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    empapelar
    - trampa
    - descubrir
    - participación
    - tapadera
    - tranza
    English:
    case
    - cheat
    - defraud
    - fraud
    - racket
    - tax evasion
    - trial
    - wholesale
    - tax
    * * *
    fraude nm
    fraud
    fraude electoral election o electoral fraud;
    fraude fiscal tax evasion;
    fraude informático computer fraud
    * * *
    m fraud
    * * *
    fraude nm
    : fraud
    * * *
    fraude n fraud

    Spanish-English dictionary > fraude

  • 16 fullero

    adj.
    cheating.
    m.
    1 cardsharp, cardsharper.
    2 crook, swindler.
    * * *
    1 (tramposo) cheating
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (en los naipes) cheat, cardsharp, cardsharper
    * * *
    fullero, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tramposo) cheating, deceitful
    2) (=chapucero) blundering, incompetent
    2. SM / F
    1) (=tramposo) [gen] sneak *, tattler (EEUU); [con cartas] cheat, cardsharp
    2) (=criminal) crook *
    3) (=chapucero) blunderer
    4) (=astuto) clever clogs *
    5) And (=fachendón) show-off *
    * * *
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    * * *

    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

    * * *
    fullero -ra
    adj/m,f
    fulero1 (↑ fulero (1)), fulero2 (↑ fulero (2))
    * * *

    fullero,-a m,f pey cheat, liar: ese fullero me ganó todo lo que llevaba encima, that cheat took me for all the money I had on me
    ' fullero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fullera
    - tahúr
    English:
    sharp
    * * *
    fullero, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [tramposo]
    es muy fullero he's a cheating so-and-so
    2. [mentiroso]
    es muy fullero he's a lying so-and-so
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tramposo] cheating so-and-so
    2. [mentiroso] lying so-and-so
    * * *
    I adj deceitful
    II m, fullera f cheat

    Spanish-English dictionary > fullero

  • 17 tísico

    adj.
    tuberculous, phthisical, consumptive, phthisic.
    m.
    person with tuberculosis, tuberculosis sufferer.
    * * *
    1 tubercular, consumptive
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 consumptive
    * * *
    tísico, -a
    1.
    ADJ consumptive, tubercular
    2.
    * * *
    - ca masculino, femenino (ant) consumptive (dated)
    * * *
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    * * *
    - ca masculino, femenino (ant) consumptive (dated)
    * * *

    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

    * * *
    tísico1 -ca
    ( ant); tubercular, consumptive ( dated)
    tísico2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    ( ant)
    consumptive ( dated)
    * * *

    tísico,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino consumptive
    ' tísico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tísica
    * * *
    tísico, -a Med
    ♦ adj
    consumptive, tubercular;
    estar tísico to have consumption o tuberculosis
    ♦ nm,f
    consumptive
    * * *
    MED
    I adj consumptive
    II m, tísica f consumptive

    Spanish-English dictionary > tísico

  • 18 вечный неудачник

    1) General subject: also ran, nebbish, schlemiel, built-in loser
    2) Scornful: also-ran (о спортсмене, коне)
    3) Jargon: neb
    4) Yiddish: nebbech, nebbishy, nebich

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > вечный неудачник

  • 19 выбывающие из игры

    General subject: also ran, also-ran

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > выбывающие из игры

  • 20 заурядный человек

    2) Psychology: commonplace person
    3) Jargon: joe blow

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > заурядный человек

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  • also-ran — (n.) 1896, originally in reference to horse races, from ALSO (Cf. also) + past tense of RUN (Cf. run) (v.). Probably from the way non placing horses were listed in race results …   Etymology dictionary

  • also-ran — also rans N COUNT If you describe someone as an also ran, you mean that they have been or are likely to be unsuccessful in a contest …   English dictionary

  • also-ran — also ,ran noun count someone who is not successful, especially someone who loses an election or competition …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • also-ran — ► NOUN ▪ a loser in a race or contest …   English terms dictionary

  • also-ran — ☆ also ran [ôl′sōran΄ ] n. 1. a horse that fails to finish first, second, or third in a race 2. Informal any loser in any competition …   English World dictionary

  • also-ran — noun a contestant who loses the contest • Syn: ↑loser • Ant: ↑winner (for: ↑loser) • Derivationally related forms: ↑lose (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • also-ran — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms also ran : singular also ran plural also rans someone who is not successful, especially someone who loses an election or competition …   English dictionary

  • also-ran — noun Date: 1896 1. a horse or dog that finishes out of the money in a race 2. a contestant that does not win 3. one that is of little importance especially competitively < was just an also ran in the scramble for…privileges C. A. Buss > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • also-ran — n A horse that loses races or an unsuccessful human competitor. Dealer s Choice is another also ran that never won a race. 1890s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • also-ran —    This term refers to an unsuccessful competitor whose performance is so much poorer than the winner s that it appears insignificant.     He entered the contest hoping that he wouldn t end up as an also ran …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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