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facile

  • 1 facilón

    • facile

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > facilón

  • 2 demasiado fácil

    • facile
    • too easy
    • very easy

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > demasiado fácil

  • 3 superficial

    adj.
    superficial (also figurative).
    * * *
    1 superficial
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [herida] superficial, skin antes de s
    2) (=poco perceptible) [interés] superficial; [mirada] brief, perfunctory; [carácter] shallow; [medidas] surface antes de s
    * * *
    1) ( frívolo) < persona> superficial, shallow; <charla/comentario> superficial
    2) < herida> superficial; <marca/grieta> surface (before n)
    * * *
    = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.], superficial, facile, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], lightweight [light-weight], perfunctory, cosmetic, skin deep.
    Ex. Overall, a shallow view of life will produce a shallow penetration into experience.
    Ex. There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex. I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.
    Ex. David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.
    Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex. The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.
    Ex. The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.
    ----
    * arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery.
    * con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded.
    * de manera muy superficial = sketchily.
    * herida superficial = superficial wound.
    * tono superficial = light touch.
    * * *
    1) ( frívolo) < persona> superficial, shallow; <charla/comentario> superficial
    2) < herida> superficial; <marca/grieta> surface (before n)
    * * *
    = shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.], superficial, facile, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], lightweight [light-weight], perfunctory, cosmetic, skin deep.

    Ex: Overall, a shallow view of life will produce a shallow penetration into experience.

    Ex: There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.
    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex: I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.
    Ex: David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.
    Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex: The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.
    Ex: The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.
    * arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery.
    * con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded.
    * de manera muy superficial = sketchily.
    * herida superficial = superficial wound.
    * tono superficial = light touch.

    * * *
    A (frívolo) ‹persona› superficial, shallow; ‹charla/comentario› superficial
    B ‹herida› superficial; ‹marca/grieta› surface ( before n) estructura
    * * *

    superficial adjetivo
    1 ( frívolo) ‹ persona› superficial, shallow;
    ‹charla/comentario› superficial
    2 ‹ herida› superficial;
    ‹marca/grieta› surface ( before n)
    superficial adjetivo
    1 superficial
    una herida superficial, a superficial wound
    2 (una persona) pey superficial, shallow
    ' superficial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escarceo
    - somera
    - somero
    - vacía
    - vacío
    - vaguedad
    - hueco
    English:
    cursory
    - facile
    - flesh wound
    - glitter
    - lightweight
    - perfunctory
    - shallow
    - sketchy
    - skin-deep
    - superficial
    - surface
    - surface tension
    - casual
    - cosmetic
    - skin
    * * *
    1. [poco profundo] [capa, herida] superficial
    2. [frívolo] [persona, conversación] superficial
    * * *
    adj superficial, shallow
    * * *
    : superficial
    * * *
    superficial adj superficial

    Spanish-English dictionary > superficial

  • 4 fácil

    adj.
    easy, simple, basic, easy-to-do.
    * * *
    1 easy
    2 (probable) probable, likely
    * * *
    adj.
    1) easy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=sencillo) easy

    fácil de usar — [gen] easy to use; (Inform) user-friendly

    2) (=afable)

    es de trato fácil — he's easy to get on with, he's quite easygoing

    3) pey [respuesta] facile, glib; [chiste] obvious
    4) pey [mujer] easy
    5) (=probable)

    es fácil que venga — he's quite likely to come, he may well come

    2.
    ADV * easily

    podría costarte 5.000 fácil — it could easily cost you 5,000

    te lo arreglo en dos horas fácil — I'll fix it for you in two hours, no problem *

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <problema/lección> easy

    fácil de + inf — easy to + inf

    b) <vida/trabajo> easy
    c) <chiste/metáfora> facile
    d) (pey) ( en lo sexual) easy (pej), loose (pej)
    2) ( probable)
    II
    adverbio (fam) easily (colloq)

    deben haber pagado fácil un millón — they must have paid a million, easily

    * * *
    = easy [easier -comp., easiest -sup.], untaxing, unobtrusive, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], painless, undemanding, effortless, straightforward, hassle-free, no-brainer.
    Ex. Obviously with the definition of what constitutes an entire work still pending it is not easy to define analytical cataloguing precisely.
    Ex. At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.
    Ex. New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex. Some librarians anxious to make the transfer from the children's to the adult department as smooth as possible, often create a 'young adults' fiction section within the children's department.
    Ex. Almost without exception libraries have agreed with the liberal-minded who wanted to make the immigrants' transition into a new society as painless as possible.
    Ex. This very absence of quality is what makes these books attractive to children, not just because they are easy to read, undemanding, untaxing, but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read.
    Ex. The effortless ease of such replies does conceal from the enquirer the extensive anticipatory effort of the librarian in studying the sources of information and his prior experience in their use.
    Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex. Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.
    Ex. Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.
    ----
    * algo fácil = no-brainer.
    * cada vez más fácil = ever easier.
    * camino más fácil, el = path of least resistance, the.
    * de consulta fácil = scannable.
    * de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.
    * de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.
    * de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.
    * de la forma más fácil = the easy way .
    * de lectura fácil = easy reading.
    * demasiado fácil = all too easy, far too easy.
    * de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.
    * dinero fácil = get-rich-quick.
    * es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.
    * fácil de comprender = easy to grasp.
    * fácil de conseguir = readily available, easy-to-get, readily accessible, easy to come by.
    * fácil de consultar por el usuario = browser-friendly.
    * fácil de contentar = easy-going [easygoing].
    * fácil de cuantificar = measurable.
    * fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
    * fácil de entender = easy to understand.
    * fácil de leer = easy-to-read.
    * fácil de localizar = traceable, retraceable.
    * fácil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * fácil de medir = measurable.
    * fácil de obtener = easy to come by.
    * fácil de olvidar = forgettable.
    * fácil de recuperar = easily-retrievable.
    * fácil de usar = easy-to-use, user friendly.
    * hacerse Algo fácil = make + it + easy on + Reflexivo.
    * hacerse fácil = become + convenient.
    * más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.
    * mujer fácil = loose woman.
    * no ser fácil = have + a difficult time, be no picnic, not be easy.
    * no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.
    * optar por la solución más fácil = take + the easy way out.
    * para hacer más fácil = for ease of.
    * para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.
    * presa fácil = sitting duck, easy prey.
    * resultar fácil = be easy.
    * se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.
    * ser algo fácil = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.
    * ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.
    * ser fácil = be easy.
    * ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.
    * solución fácil = easy recipe, easy solution, cut-and-dried solution.
    * tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.
    * tenerlo fácil = have + an easy ride.
    * vida fácil = fast living.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <problema/lección> easy

    fácil de + inf — easy to + inf

    b) <vida/trabajo> easy
    c) <chiste/metáfora> facile
    d) (pey) ( en lo sexual) easy (pej), loose (pej)
    2) ( probable)
    II
    adverbio (fam) easily (colloq)

    deben haber pagado fácil un millón — they must have paid a million, easily

    * * *
    = easy [easier -comp., easiest -sup.], untaxing, unobtrusive, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], painless, undemanding, effortless, straightforward, hassle-free, no-brainer.

    Ex: Obviously with the definition of what constitutes an entire work still pending it is not easy to define analytical cataloguing precisely.

    Ex: At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.
    Ex: New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex: Some librarians anxious to make the transfer from the children's to the adult department as smooth as possible, often create a 'young adults' fiction section within the children's department.
    Ex: Almost without exception libraries have agreed with the liberal-minded who wanted to make the immigrants' transition into a new society as painless as possible.
    Ex: This very absence of quality is what makes these books attractive to children, not just because they are easy to read, undemanding, untaxing, but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read.
    Ex: The effortless ease of such replies does conceal from the enquirer the extensive anticipatory effort of the librarian in studying the sources of information and his prior experience in their use.
    Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.
    Ex: Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.
    * algo fácil = no-brainer.
    * cada vez más fácil = ever easier.
    * camino más fácil, el = path of least resistance, the.
    * de consulta fácil = scannable.
    * de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.
    * de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.
    * de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.
    * de la forma más fácil = the easy way.
    * de lectura fácil = easy reading.
    * demasiado fácil = all too easy, far too easy.
    * de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.
    * dinero fácil = get-rich-quick.
    * es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.
    * fácil de comprender = easy to grasp.
    * fácil de conseguir = readily available, easy-to-get, readily accessible, easy to come by.
    * fácil de consultar por el usuario = browser-friendly.
    * fácil de contentar = easy-going [easygoing].
    * fácil de cuantificar = measurable.
    * fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
    * fácil de entender = easy to understand.
    * fácil de leer = easy-to-read.
    * fácil de localizar = traceable, retraceable.
    * fácil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * fácil de medir = measurable.
    * fácil de obtener = easy to come by.
    * fácil de olvidar = forgettable.
    * fácil de recuperar = easily-retrievable.
    * fácil de usar = easy-to-use, user friendly.
    * hacerse Algo fácil = make + it + easy on + Reflexivo.
    * hacerse fácil = become + convenient.
    * más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.
    * mujer fácil = loose woman.
    * no ser fácil = have + a difficult time, be no picnic, not be easy.
    * no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.
    * optar por la solución más fácil = take + the easy way out.
    * para hacer más fácil = for ease of.
    * para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.
    * presa fácil = sitting duck, easy prey.
    * resultar fácil = be easy.
    * se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.
    * ser algo fácil = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.
    * ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.
    * ser fácil = be easy.
    * ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.
    * solución fácil = easy recipe, easy solution, cut-and-dried solution.
    * tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.
    * tenerlo fácil = have + an easy ride.
    * vida fácil = fast living.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹problema/lección› easy
    no me resultó fácil encontrarte it wasn't easy to find you
    un libro de lectura fácil a book which is easy to read, a very readable book
    tener la palabra fácil to have a way with words
    fácil DE + INF easy to + INF
    fácil de entender easy to understand
    2 ‹vida/trabajo› easy
    dinero fácil easy money
    3 ‹chiste/metáfora› facile
    4 ‹carácter› easygoing
    5 ( pey) (en lo sexual) easy ( pej), loose ( pej)
    B (probable) ser fácil QUE + SUBJ:
    ya es muy tarde, es fácil que no venga it's very late, she probably won't come
    es fácil que nos diga que no he'll probably say no, he's quite likely to say no, he may well say no
    ( fam); easily ( colloq)
    eso se arregla fácil that can be easily fixed
    este vestido tiene fácil cinco años this dress must be a good five years old o is easily five years old
    deben haber pagado fácil un millón they must have paid a million, at least o easily
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    algo fácil    
    fácil
    fácil adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹problema/lección/vida› easy;


    b) (pey) ( en lo sexual) easy (pej), loose (pej)

    2 ( probable):

    no es fácil que me lo den they are unlikely to let me have it
    fácil
    I adjetivo
    1 (sencillo) easy: el examen parecía fácil, the exam seemed to be easy
    no fue fácil convencerlo, it wasn't easy to convince him
    fácil de usar, easy to use
    2 (probable) likely
    es fácil que venga, he is (quite) likely to come
    II adverbio easily: lo que fácil se aprende, fácil se olvida, what's easy to learn, is also easy to forget
    ' fácil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asequible
    - cómoda
    - cómodo
    - facilitar
    - frágil
    - ladrón
    - ladrona
    - mujer
    - perderse
    - tutearse
    - así
    - botado
    - chollo
    - chupado
    - cosa
    - de
    - decir
    - facilidad
    - milonga
    - parecer
    - por
    - regalado
    - simple
    - tirado
    English:
    cinch
    - cut
    - downhill
    - easy
    - elementary
    - EZ
    - foolproof
    - giveaway
    - hand
    - open-and-shut
    - picnic
    - pop-top
    - predict
    - pushover
    - relatively
    - say
    - should
    - sitting duck
    - soft
    - to
    - traceable
    - user-friendly
    - walkover
    - weepy
    - well
    - admittedly
    - available
    - cheap
    - come
    - digestible
    - doing
    - find
    - going
    - pat
    - sitting
    - slick
    - start
    - though
    - user
    - way
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sencillo] easy;
    fácil de hacer/decir easy to do/say;
    dinero fácil easy money
    2. [tratable] easy-going;
    me ha tocado una clase fácil I've got a really nice class;
    es de carácter fácil he's an easy-going sort of person
    3. [probable] probable, likely;
    es fácil que no venga it's likely she won't come, she probably won't come;
    es fácil que lo tenga que ayudar it's likely that I'll have to help
    4. [chiste] obvious
    5. [que se deja seducir] easy;
    tiene fama de fácil she has a reputation for being easy
    ♦ adv
    Fam easily;
    eso se dice fácil that's easy to say;
    eso se arregla fácil that's easily fixed
    * * *
    I adj
    1 easy;
    fácil de entender easy to understand;
    fácil de manejar easy to use, user-friendly;
    fácil de usar user-friendly;
    eso se dice fácil that’s easy for you/him etc to say, that’s easily said;
    ponerlo fácil a alguien make things o life easy for s.o.;
    sería lo más fácil that would be easiest o simplest
    2
    :
    mujer fácil loose woman
    3
    :
    es fácil que it’s likely that
    * * *
    fácil adj
    1) : easy
    2) : likely, probable
    es fácil que no pase: it probably won't happen
    * * *
    fácil adj
    1. (sencillo) easy [comp. easier; superl. easiest]
    2. (probable) probable / likely

    Spanish-English dictionary > fácil

  • 5 acosar

    v.
    1 to pursue relentlessly.
    2 to harass.
    3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.
    El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.
    * * *
    1 to pursue, chase
    \
    acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions
    * * *
    verb
    to harass, hound
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=atosigar) to hound, harass

    ser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed

    2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    ----
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.

    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

    Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.

    * * *
    acosar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to hound
    lo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after him
    un compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing her
    se ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and disease
    me acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts
    2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *

     

    acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ persona› to hound;

    ( sexualmente) to harass;
    ◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions


    acosar verbo transitivo
    1 to harass
    2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
    ' acosar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrinconar
    - asediar
    - hostigar
    English:
    assault
    - beset
    - harass
    - hound
    - mob
    - molest
    - persecute
    - plague
    - ply
    - stalk
    - bait
    - goad
    - harry
    - worry
    * * *
    acosar, Méx acosijar vt
    1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly
    2. [hostigar] to harass;
    lo acosaron a o [m5] con preguntas they fired questions at him;
    fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work
    * * *
    v/t hound, pursue;
    me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions
    * * *
    acosar vt
    perseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass

    Spanish-English dictionary > acosar

  • 6 meterse en la boca del lobo

    * * *
    (v.) = come into + the lion's den
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    * * *
    (v.) = come into + the lion's den

    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meterse en la boca del lobo

  • 7 demasiado fácil

    adj.
    too easy, facile.
    * * *
    = all too easy, far too easy
    Ex. However, despite the availability of these catalogues, it is still all too easy for recent publications to slip by unnoticed.
    Ex. It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    * * *
    = all too easy, far too easy

    Ex: However, despite the availability of these catalogues, it is still all too easy for recent publications to slip by unnoticed.

    Ex: It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.

    Spanish-English dictionary > demasiado fácil

  • 8 simplista

    adj.
    simplistic.
    f. & m.
    1 naïve person.
    2 simplist.
    * * *
    1 simplistic, oversimple
    1 simplistic person
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo simplistic
    * * *
    = glib, simplistic, oversimplified [over-simplified].
    Ex. This is far too glib a way of discussing the problem.
    Ex. What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.
    Ex. Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.
    ----
    * de un modo simplista = simplistically.
    * * *
    adjetivo simplistic
    * * *
    = glib, simplistic, oversimplified [over-simplified].

    Ex: This is far too glib a way of discussing the problem.

    Ex: What I would really like to fault her on is not her views on the role of the federal government but on her simplistic view of the online catalog.
    Ex: Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.
    * de un modo simplista = simplistically.

    * * *
    simplistic
    * * *

    simplista adjetivo
    simplistic
    ' simplista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    glib
    - naive
    - simplistic
    - facile
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    simplistic
    ♦ nmf
    simplistic person;
    ser un simplista to be simplistic
    * * *
    adj simplistic

    Spanish-English dictionary > simplista

  • 9 simplón

    adj.
    gullible, simple, naive.
    m.
    simpleton, half-wit, simpleminded, Simple Simon.
    * * *
    1 simple, naive
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 simpleton
    * * *
    simplón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ simple, gullible
    2.
    SM / F simple soul, gullible person
    * * *
    I
    - plona adjetivo (fam) gullible, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - plona masculino, femenino (fam) dope (colloq); gullible fool
    * * *
    = simpleton, slowpoke, drongo.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    * * *
    I
    - plona adjetivo (fam) gullible, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - plona masculino, femenino (fam) dope (colloq); gullible fool
    * * *
    = simpleton, slowpoke, drongo.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.

    * * *
    ( fam); gullible, dumb ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    sucker ( colloq), dope ( colloq), gullible fool
    * * *

    simplón,-ona adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino simpleton: es un simplón, se cree cualquier cosa que le digas, he's a real dunce, he believes everything you tell him
    argumento simplón, a facile argument
    ' simplón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    simple
    - simplona
    English:
    greenhorn
    * * *
    simplón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    naive
    ♦ nm,f
    naive person;
    ser un simplón to be naive
    * * *
    m, simplona f fam
    sucker fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > simplón

  • 10 facilón

    adj.
    facile.
    * * *
    2 (trivial) hackneyed, lacking originality
    * * *
    - ona adjetivo (fam) dead easy
    * * *
    - ona adjetivo (fam) dead easy
    * * *
    facilón, -ona, Andes, RP facilongo, -a adj
    Fam
    1. [fácil] dead easy
    2. [demasiado fácil] simplistic
    * * *
    adj fam
    very easy, dead easy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > facilón

  • 11 facilista

    superficial, facile

    Spanish-English dictionary > facilista

  • 12 simplona

    f.
    feminine of SIMPLÓN.
    f. & augment.
    of SIMPLE.
    * * *

    simplón,-ona adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino simpleton: es un simplón, se cree cualquier cosa que le digas, he's a real dunce, he believes everything you tell him
    argumento simplón, a facile argument
    * * *
    m, simplona f fam
    sucker fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > simplona

См. также в других словарях:

  • facile — [ fasil ] adj. • 1441; lat. facilis « qui se fait aisément », de facere 1 ♦ Qui se fait, qui s obtient sans peine, sans effort. ⇒ aisé, 1. commode, élémentaire, enfantin, simple; et aussi faisable, possible. Affaire, opération facile. « La vie… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • facile — adj. de tout genre. Aisé à faire, Qu on peut faire sans peine. Il n y a rien de si facile. cela est facile à faire. il est facile de vous contenter, c est une chose facile. On dit, qu Un homme est de facile accés, pour dire, qu Il est aisé de l… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Facile — Fac ilea. [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F. facile. Srr {Fact}, and cf. {Faculty}.] 1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • facile — Facile, Facilis. Fort facile, Perfacilis. Facile à dire, Dictu procliue. Facile ou aisé à medeciner, Ad medendum appositus. Il est facile et aisé, Procliue est, In procliui est, Nihil est negotij. Il n est pas facile ou aisé à dire, etc. Non… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • facile — FÁCILE adv. (muz.; ca indicaţie de execuţie) Uşor; accesibil. [< it. facile]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 19.03.2005. Sursa: DN  FÁCILE adv. (muz.) uşor, accesibil. (< it. facile) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • facile — [fas′il] adj. [Fr < L facilis < facere, DO1] 1. not hard to do or achieve; easy 2. acting, working, or done easily, or in a quick, smooth way; fluent; ready [a facile wit] 3. using or showing little effort and not sincere or profound;… …   English World dictionary

  • facile — pronounced fas iyl, means ‘easy, smooth, effortless’ with reference to people or what they do, and there is always a derogatory implication of something too easily achieved and of little value. A facile speaker is one for whom speaking comes… …   Modern English usage

  • facile — late 15c., from M.Fr. facile easy, from L. facilis easy to do and, of persons, pliant, courteous, from facere to do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Facilitate is from 1610s …   Etymology dictionary

  • facile — I adjective accomplished, amenable, attainable, compilable, compliant, conquerable, deft, dexterous, docile, easily done, easily influenced, easily persuaded, easy, easygoing, effortless, facilis, flexible, flowing, fluent, impressionable,… …   Law dictionary

  • Facile — er et fremmedord for let (at udføre) …   Danske encyklopædi

  • facile — / fatʃile/ agg. [dal lat. facĭlis, der. di facĕre fare ]. 1. [che si può fare agevolmente, in quanto non richiede doti particolari: lavoro f. ; argomento f. ; f. manovra ] ▶◀ agevole, da nulla, elementare, fattibile, semplice, realizzabile.… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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