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  • 1 arroz con mango

    • messy affair

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > arroz con mango

  • 2 asunto confuso

    • messy affair

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > asunto confuso

  • 3 desordenado

    adj.
    disordered, disorderly, cluttered, disorganized.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desordenar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desordenar desordenar
    1 (habitación etc) untidy, messy
    2 (persona) slovenly
    3 (ideas) confused
    4 figurado (vida) licentious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin orden) [habitación, persona] untidy, messy; [objetos] in a mess, jumbled
    2) (=asocial) [vida] chaotic; [conducta] disorderly; [carácter] unmethodical; [niño] wild, unruly
    3) [país] chaotic
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <persona/habitación> untidy, messy (colloq)
    b) [estar] <naipes/hojas> out of order
    2) < vida> disorganized
    3) (Chi) ( en el colegio) < niño> naughty, badly-behaved
    * * *
    = disordered, topsy-turvy, in disarray, disorderly, all over the place.
    Ex. Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * agrupamiento desordenado = clutter.
    * de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.
    * estar desordenado = be out of order.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <persona/habitación> untidy, messy (colloq)
    b) [estar] <naipes/hojas> out of order
    2) < vida> disorganized
    3) (Chi) ( en el colegio) < niño> naughty, badly-behaved
    * * *
    = disordered, topsy-turvy, in disarray, disorderly, all over the place.

    Ex: Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.

    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * agrupamiento desordenado = clutter.
    * de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.
    * estar desordenado = be out of order.

    * * *
    A
    2 ‹habitación› untidy, messy ( colloq)
    tengo la casa toda desordenada my house is in a mess o is very untidy
    las hojas están todas desordenadas the sheets are all out of order
    B ‹vida› disorganized
    C ( Chi) (revoltoso) ‹niño› naughty, badly-behaved
    * * *

    Del verbo desordenar: ( conjugate desordenar)

    desordenado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desordenado    
    desordenar
    desordenado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1
    a)persona/habitación untidy, messy (colloq);

    tengo la casa toda desordenada my house is in a mess o is very untidy

    b) [estar] ‹naipes/hojas out of order

    2 vida disorganized
    desordenar ( conjugate desordenar) verbo transitivomesa/habitaciónto make … untidy, mess up (colloq);
    naipes/hojasto get … out of order
    desordenado,-a adj (alborotado, desarreglado) messy, untidy
    (sin orden, no correlativo) out of order
    (sin norma, con excesos) chaotic
    desordenar verbo transitivo to make untidy, mess up
    (romper una secuencia, un orden) to put out of order, to mix up
    ' desordenado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alborotada
    - alborotado
    - desordenada
    - leonera
    - pata
    - trastornada
    - trastornado
    - entreverado
    - revuelto
    English:
    disorderly
    - haphazard
    - mess
    - messy
    - order
    - untidy
    - straggly
    - topsy-turvy
    * * *
    desordenado, -a
    adj
    1. [habitación, casa, mesa] untidy, messy;
    [persona] untidy, messy; [documentos, fichas] jumbled (up);
    lo tiene todo muy desordenado it's all in a complete mess;
    una secuencia de números desordenada a jumbled sequence of numbers
    2. [vida] disorganized;
    [comportamiento] disorderly
    nm,f
    untidy o messy person;
    es una desordenada she's very untidy o messy
    * * *
    adj untidy, messy fam ; fig
    disorganized
    * * *
    desordenado, -da adj
    1) : untidy, messy
    2) : disorderly, unruly
    * * *
    1. (persona, sitio) untidy [comp. untidier; superl. untidiest] / messy [comp. messier; superl. messiest]
    2. (papeles, fichas, etc) out of order

    Spanish-English dictionary > desordenado

  • 4 sucio

    adj.
    1 dirty, messy, filthy, nasty.
    2 dirty.
    3 dirty, evil-minded.
    * * *
    1 (con manchas) dirty, filthy
    2 (que se ensucia fácilmente) which dirties easily, which shows the dirt
    3 figurado (deshonesto) shady, underhand
    5 DEPORTE figurado foul, dirty, unfair
    6 figurado (trabajo, lenguaje) dirty, filthy
    1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty
    \
    en sucio in rough
    tener una lengua sucia to be foul-mouthed
    ————————
    1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty
    * * *
    (f. - sucia)
    adj.
    dirty, filthy, messy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=manchado) [cara, ropa, suelo] dirty

    hazlo primero en sucio — make a rough draft first, do it in rough first

    2) [color] dirty
    3) (=fácil de manchar)

    los pantalones blancos son muy sucios — white trousers show the dirt, white trousers get dirty very easily

    4) (=obsceno) dirty, filthy

    palabras sucias — dirty words, filthy words

    5) (=deshonesto) [jugada] foul, dirty; [táctica] dirty; [negocio] shady
    6) [conciencia] bad
    7) [lengua] coated, furred
    2.
    ADV
    3.
    SM And bit of dirt
    * * *
    I
    - cia adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

    hacer algo en sucioto do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

    b) < lengua> furred, coated
    2) [SER]
    b) < color> dirty (before n)
    c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty
    d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty
    II
    masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark
    * * *
    = brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
    Ex. There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    Ex. It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.
    ----
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * capa de espuma sucia = scum.
    * cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * guerra sucia = dirty war.
    * persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * trabajo en sucio = rough work.
    * * *
    I
    - cia adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

    hacer algo en sucioto do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

    b) < lengua> furred, coated
    2) [SER]
    b) < color> dirty (before n)
    c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty
    d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty
    II
    masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark
    * * *
    = brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
    Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    Ex: It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * capa de espuma sucia = scum.
    * cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * guerra sucia = dirty war.
    * persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * trabajo en sucio = rough work.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty
    tengo las manos sucias my hands are dirty
    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? whose is this grubby exercise book? ( colloq)
    la habitación está tan sucia que da asco the room is disgustingly dirty o is filthy
    en sucio in rough
    primero haz el ejercicio en sucio first do the exercise in rough
    2 ‹lengua› furred, coated, furry ( colloq)
    B [ SER]
    1
    (que se ensucia fácilmente): las alfombras tan claras son muy sucias such light carpets get very dirty o show the dirt terribly
    2 ‹verde/amarillo› dirty ( before n)
    3 ‹trabajo› dirty
    es una tarea sucia y aburrida it's a dirty, tedious job
    4 ‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty
    5 ‹palabras/lenguaje› dirty, filthy; ‹mente› dirty
    tener la conciencia sucia to have a guilty conscience
    ( Ven fam)
    dirty mark
    * * *

     

    sucio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo

    1
    a) [ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso dirty;


    b) lengua furred, coated

    2 [SER]
    a) trabajo dirty;

    dinero/negocio/juego dirty
    b) lenguaje filthy;

    mente dirty;

    sucio,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 dirty: tienes las manos sucias, your hands are dirty
    2 (obsceno) filthy, dirty
    3 (inmoral, deshonesto) juego sucio, foul play
    una jugada sucia, a dirty trick
    negocio sucio, shady business o deal
    trabajo sucio, dirty work
    (fraudulento) underhand
    4 (que se ensucia con facilidad) el blanco es un color muy sucio para vestir, white clothes get dirty so easily
    II adverbio unfairly
    jugar sucio, to play unfairly
    ' sucio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - asqueroso
    - cerdo
    - cochina
    - cochino
    - jugar
    - manchada
    - manchado
    - marrana
    - marrano
    - negra
    - negro
    - puerca
    - puerco
    - roñosa
    - roñoso
    - sucia
    - tinglado
    - zarrapastrosa
    - zarrapastroso
    - chancho
    - juego
    - negociado
    - piojoso
    - repugnar
    - rozado
    - tufo
    English:
    dingy
    - dirty
    - filthy
    - foul play
    - greasy
    - grimy
    - grubby
    - grungy
    - low
    - mess
    - messy
    - murky
    - play
    - soiled
    - foul
    * * *
    sucio, -a
    adj
    1. [sin limpieza] dirty;
    estar sucio to be dirty;
    tiene muy sucia la cocina his kitchen is very dirty;
    la ropa sucia the dirty clothes
    2. [al comer, trabajar] messy;
    ser sucio to be messy
    3. [que se ensucia]
    el blanco es un color muy sucio white is a colour that really shows the dirt
    4. [color] dirty;
    un pantalón de un color blanco sucio off-white Br trousers o US pants
    5. [lenguaje] dirty, filthy
    6. [conciencia] bad, guilty
    7.
    en sucio [escribir] in rough
    adv
    jugar sucio to play dirty
    nm
    Ven Fam stain, dirty mark
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    dirty;
    en sucio in rough;
    blanco sucio off-white
    * * *
    sucio, - cia adj
    : dirty, filthy
    * * *
    sucio adj dirty [comp. dirtier; superl. dirtiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sucio

  • 5 descuidado

    adj.
    1 careless, forgetful, reckless, carefree.
    2 neglected, forsaken, deserted, abandoned.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descuidar.
    * * *
    1→ link=descuidar descuidar
    1 (negligente) careless, negligent
    2 (desaseado) slovenly, untidy, neglected
    3 (desprevenido) unprepared
    * * *
    (f. - descuidada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=despreocupado) careless; (=olvidadizo) forgetful; (=desprevenido) unprepared; (=tranquilo) easy in one's mind

    coger o pillar a algn descuidado — to catch sb off his guard

    puedes estar descuidado — you needn't worry, you can relax

    2) (=desaliñado) [aspecto] untidy, slovenly; [habitación] untidy, messy
    3) (=abandonado) neglected
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected
    * * *
    = run-down, sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], careless, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], rough and tumble, neglected, scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], unattended, unkempt, abandoned, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], be remiss, thoughtless.
    Ex. In order to overcome the limitations of legal advice centres a number of lawyers in the early seventies began to set up law centres in run-down inner-city areas.
    Ex. Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex. They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. Gloucester has been a rough and tumble fishing community and seaport since the 1600's.
    Ex. The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex. It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. Yet readers would be remiss to rely solely on any single source for handling such sensitive and critical situations.
    Ex. Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    ----
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected
    * * *
    = run-down, sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], careless, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], rough and tumble, neglected, scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], unattended, unkempt, abandoned, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], be remiss, thoughtless.

    Ex: In order to overcome the limitations of legal advice centres a number of lawyers in the early seventies began to set up law centres in run-down inner-city areas.

    Ex: Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex: They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: Gloucester has been a rough and tumble fishing community and seaport since the 1600's.
    Ex: The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex: He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.
    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: Yet readers would be remiss to rely solely on any single source for handling such sensitive and critical situations.
    Ex: Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] (negligente) careless
    es muy descuidado al escribir he writes very carelessly o sloppily
    es muy descuidado, yo que tú no se lo prestaría he's very careless with things, if I were you I wouldn't lend him it
    es muy descuidada en su forma de vestir she's very sloppy about o slapdash about o slovenly in the way she dresses
    2 [ ESTAR] (desatendido) neglected
    el jardín está muy descuidado the garden is very neglected o overgrown
    tiene la casa muy descuidada he hasn't been looking after the house, his house is a mess ( colloq), his house is in a real state ( BrE colloq)
    al hijo lo tienen muy descuidado they neglect their son terribly
    los edificios son impresionantes, es una pena que estén tan descuidados the buildings are impressive, it's just a shame that they're so neglected o run-down
    * * *

    Del verbo descuidar: ( conjugate descuidar)

    descuidado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    descuidado    
    descuidar
    descuidado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless;

    ( en el vestir) sloppy
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected

    descuidar ( conjugate descuidar) verbo transitivonegocio/jardín to neglect
    verbo intransitivo:
    descuide, yo me ocuparé de eso don't worry, I'll see to that

    descuidarse verbo pronominal
    a) (no prestar atención, distraerse):


    si te descuidas, te roban if you don't watch out, they'll rob you;
    como te descuides, te van a quitar el puesto if you don't look out, they'll take your job from you

    descuidado,-a adjetivo
    1 (poco aseado) untidy, neglected
    2 (poco cuidadoso) careless, negligent
    3 (desprevenido) off one's guard
    descuidar verbo transitivo to neglect, overlook
    ♦ Locuciones: descuida, don't worry
    ' descuidado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dejada
    - dejado
    - descuidada
    - descuidarse
    - abandonado
    - despreocupado
    English:
    careless
    - neglected
    - neglectful
    - negligent
    - slack
    - slapdash
    - sloppy
    - slovenly
    - unkempt
    - untidy
    - grow
    - messy
    - straggly
    - untended
    * * *
    descuidado, -a adj
    1. [desaseado] [persona, aspecto] untidy;
    arréglate un poco, no vayas tan descuidado tidy yourself up a bit, don't be so slovenly
    2. [abandonado] [jardín, casa] neglected;
    [habitación] untidy; [barrio, ciudad] run-down;
    un paraje bellísimo, pero muy descuidado a lovely spot, but very poorly looked after
    3. [negligente] careless;
    es muy descuidado con sus cosas he's very careless with his things
    4. [distraído]
    estaba descuidado he wasn't paying attention
    * * *
    adj careless
    * * *
    descuidado, -da adj
    1) : neglectful, careless
    2) : neglected, unkempt
    * * *
    1. (poco cuidadoso) careless
    2. (desatentido) neglected

    Spanish-English dictionary > descuidado

  • 6 desprolijo

    - ja adjetivo (CS)
    a) [estar] < trabajo> careless, untidy, messy
    b) [ser] < persona> careless
    * * *
    - ja adjetivo (CS)
    a) [estar] < trabajo> careless, untidy, messy
    b) [ser] < persona> careless
    * * *
    (CS)
    1 [ ESTAR] ‹trabajo› careless, untidy, messy
    2 [ SER] ‹persona› careless
    * * *

    desprolijo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo (CS)

    a) [estar] ‹ trabajo untidy, messy

    b) [ser] ‹ persona careless

    ' desprolijo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    messy
    - sloppy
    - untidy
    * * *
    desprolijo, -a adj
    RP [casa] messy, untidy; [cuaderno] untidy; [persona] unkempt, dishevelled

    Spanish-English dictionary > desprolijo

  • 7 desaliñado

    adj.
    untidy, messy, sloppy, bedraggled.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desaliñar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desaliñar desaliñar
    1 untidy, unkempt, scruffy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=descuidado) slovenly
    2) (=desordenado) untidy, dishevelled, disheveled (EEUU)
    3) (=negligente) careless, slovenly
    * * *
    - da adjetivo slovenly
    * * *
    = messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], bedraggled, unkempt, scruff.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo slovenly
    * * *
    = messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], bedraggled, unkempt, scruff.

    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex: This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.
    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.

    * * *
    slovenly
    * * *

    Del verbo desaliñar: ( conjugate desaliñar)

    desaliñado es:

    el participio

    desaliñado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    slovenly
    desaliñado,-a adjetivo scruffy, untidy

    ' desaliñado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desaliñada
    English:
    disheveled
    - dishevelled
    - dowdy
    - frumpy
    - scruffily
    - scruffy
    - sloppy
    - slovenly
    - untidy
    - bedraggled
    * * *
    desaliñado, -a adj
    [persona, aspecto] scruffy;
    un tipo de aspecto desaliñado a scruffy-looking guy
    * * *
    adj slovenly
    * * *
    desaliñado, -da adj
    : slovenly, untidy
    * * *
    desaliñado adj scruffy [comp. scruffier; superl. scruffiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaliñado

  • 8 desaseado

    adj.
    unclean, sloppy, dirty, seedy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desasear.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) untidy, dirty
    2 (dejado) untidy, slovenly, unkempt, scruffy
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 untidy person, scruff
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] dirty, grubby; [aspecto, pelo] untidy, unkempt
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < niño> grubby; < habitación> messy
    * * *
    = scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], scruff.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < niño> grubby; < habitación> messy
    * * *
    = scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], scruff.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.

    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.

    * * *
    ‹niño› grubby; ‹habitación› messy
    tu cuaderno está muy desaseado your exercise book's very messy o untidy
    no sean desaseados, cuiden su presentación personal try not to look scruffy/dirty, take care over your appearance
    * * *

    Del verbo desasear: ( conjugate desasear)

    desaseado es:

    el participio

    desaseado,-a
    I adjetivo unkempt, grubby, grimy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino grubby person
    ' desaseado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desaseada
    - atorrante
    English:
    seedy
    * * *
    desaseado, -a adj
    1. [sucio] dirty
    2. [desarreglado] untidy
    * * *
    adj fam
    scruffy, untidy
    * * *
    desaseado, -da adj
    1) : dirty
    2) : messy, untidy

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaseado

  • 9 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a)idea/texto/explicación confused;

    recuerdo confused, hazy;
    imagen blurred, hazy;
    información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 10 desorganizado

    adj.
    disorganized, badly organized, disordered, mixed-up.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desorganizar.
    * * *
    1 disorganized
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disorganized
    * * *
    = unstructured, disorganised [disorganized, -USA], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.].
    Ex. The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.
    Ex. The failings of the disorganised and under-used Indonesian library services led to the development of a national system of information networks.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disorganized
    * * *
    = unstructured, disorganised [disorganized, -USA], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.].

    Ex: The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.

    Ex: The failings of the disorganised and under-used Indonesian library services led to the development of a national system of information networks.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

    * * *
    disorganized
    * * *

    Del verbo desorganizar: ( conjugate desorganizar)

    desorganizado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desorganizado    
    desorganizar
    desorganizado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    disorganized
    desorganizado,-a adjetivo disorganized, unorganized: ¿cómo puedes tener el despacho tan desorganizado?, how can you stand such a disorganized office?
    desorganizar verbo transitivo to disorganize, disrupt

    ' desorganizado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desorganizada
    English:
    disorganized
    - untidy
    * * *
    desorganizado, -a adj
    disorganized
    * * *
    adj disorganized
    * * *
    desorganizado adj disorganized

    Spanish-English dictionary > desorganizado

  • 11 despelotado

    1→ link=despelotarse despelotarse
    1 familiar naked, starkers
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (AmL fam) messy (colloq), chaotic
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (AmL fam) messy (colloq), chaotic
    * * *
    ( AmL fam) messy ( colloq), chaotic
    * * *
    despelotado, -a RP Fam
    adj
    1. [desprolijo] messy, untidy
    2. [informal] disorganized
    nm,f
    1. [desprolijo] untidy person
    2. [informal] disorganized person

    Spanish-English dictionary > despelotado

  • 12 alborotado

    adj.
    excited, disorderly, agitated, restless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: alborotar.
    * * *
    1→ link=alborotar alborotar
    1 (agitado) agitated, excited
    2 (ruidoso) noisy, rowdy
    3 (desordenado) untidy, messy
    4 (irreflexivo) reckless, rash
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=excitado) agitated, excited; (=ruidoso) noisy; (=precipitado) hasty; (=impetuoso) reckless; (=amotinado) riotous
    2) [período] troubled, eventful
    3) [mar] rough
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( nervioso) agitated; (animado, excitado) excited
    b) ( ruidoso) noisy, rowdy; ( amotinado) riotous
    2) < mar> rough; < pelo> untidy, disheveled*
    3) ( precipitado) hasty, rash
    * * *
    = disorderly, abuzz, hurly-burly.
    Ex. As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.
    Ex. She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery.
    Ex. Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( nervioso) agitated; (animado, excitado) excited
    b) ( ruidoso) noisy, rowdy; ( amotinado) riotous
    2) < mar> rough; < pelo> untidy, disheveled*
    3) ( precipitado) hasty, rash
    * * *
    = disorderly, abuzz, hurly-burly.

    Ex: As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.

    Ex: She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery.
    Ex: Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.

    * * *
    A
    1 (nervioso) agitated; (animado, excitado) excited
    2 ‹grupo/muchedumbre› (ruidoso) noisy, rowdy; (amotinado) riotous
    B
    1 ‹mar› rough, choppy
    2 ‹pelo› untidy, disheveled*
    C (precipitado) hasty, reckless, rash
    * * *

    Del verbo alborotar: ( conjugate alborotar)

    alborotado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    alborotado    
    alborotar
    alborotado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1

    (animado, excitado) excited

    ( amotinado) riotous
    2 mar rough;
    pelo untidy, disheveled( conjugate disheveled)
    alborotar ( conjugate alborotar) verbo intransitivo
    to make a racket
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( agitar) to agitate, get … agitated;

    ( excitar) to get … excited

    alborotarse verbo pronominal
    a) ( agitarse) to get agitated o upset;

    ( excitarse) to get excited

    alborotado,-a adjetivo
    1 worked up, agitated
    2 (desordenado) untidy, messy
    3 (mar) rough
    (tiempo) stormy
    alborotar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (causar agitación) to agitate, work up
    2 (revolver, desordenar) to make untidy, turn upside down
    II vi (causar jaleo) to kick up a racket
    ' alborotado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alborotada
    - desordenada
    - desordenado
    English:
    ruffled
    - disorderly
    - excited
    - tousled
    - wind
    * * *
    alborotado, -a adj
    1. [agitado] rowdy;
    los niños están alborotados con la excursión the children are all excited about the trip;
    los ánimos están alborotados feelings are running high
    2. [pelo] dishevelled
    3. [mar] rough
    4. Cuba [sexualmente] sex-starved
    * * *
    I adj
    1 rowdy
    2 ( imprudente) reckless
    II partalborotar
    * * *
    alborotado, -da adj
    1) : excited, agitated
    2) : rowdy, unruly

    Spanish-English dictionary > alborotado

  • 13 chusma

    f.
    rabble, mob.
    * * *
    1 riffraff, rabble, mob
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF rabble, riffraff
    * * *
    femenino ( gentuza) rabble (pl), plebs (pl) (colloq)
    * * *
    = riffraff, mob, rabble.
    Ex. And of course, journalism is a messy business often, that attracts riffraff like me.
    Ex. Whilst in Panizzi's employ, Edward refused to act as a special constable to protect the British Museum against the Chartist mobs.
    Ex. On his return, his house was assaulted by a large concourse of rabble, who broke all the windows and attacked, pelted, beat and otherwise ill-treated him.
    * * *
    femenino ( gentuza) rabble (pl), plebs (pl) (colloq)
    * * *
    = riffraff, mob, rabble.

    Ex: And of course, journalism is a messy business often, that attracts riffraff like me.

    Ex: Whilst in Panizzi's employ, Edward refused to act as a special constable to protect the British Museum against the Chartist mobs.
    Ex: On his return, his house was assaulted by a large concourse of rabble, who broke all the windows and attacked, pelted, beat and otherwise ill-treated him.

    * * *
    ( RPl fam) gossipy ( colloq)
    A (gentuza) rabble (pl), plebs (pl) ( colloq)
    B
    * * *

    chusma sustantivo femenino
    rabble (pl), plebs (pl) (colloq)
    chusma sustantivo femenino pey rabble, mob
    ' chusma' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    morralla
    - plebe
    English:
    pleb
    - riffraff
    - vermin
    - white trash
    - rabble
    * * *
    adj
    RP [chismoso] gossipy
    nmf
    RP [chismoso] gossip
    nf
    rabble, mob
    * * *
    rabble desp
    * * *
    chusma nf
    gentuza: riffraff, rabble

    Spanish-English dictionary > chusma

  • 14 desarreglado

    adj.
    disorderly, messy, dishevelled, untidy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desarreglar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desarreglar desarreglar
    1 (lugar) untidy, messy
    2 (persona) untidy, slovenly, unkempt
    3 (vida, costumbres) disorderly, irregular, disorganized
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=desordenado) untidy
    2) (=descuidado) [aspecto] slovenly; [comportamiento] disorderly; [hábitos] disorganized, chaotic; [al comer] immoderate
    3) (Mec) out of order
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/aspecto/lugar> untidy; < vida> disorganized, chaotic
    * * *
    = in disarray, unkempt.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/aspecto/lugar> untidy; < vida> disorganized, chaotic
    * * *
    = in disarray, unkempt.

    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.

    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.

    * * *
    ‹persona/aspecto› untidy; ‹vida› disorganized, chaotic; ‹habitación/casa› untidy
    tenía la casa toda desarreglada the house was in a complete mess o was really untidy
    * * *
    desarreglado, -a adj
    1. [cuarto, armario, aspecto, persona] untidy;
    [pelo] dishevelled
    2. [vida] disorganized
    * * *
    adj
    2 vida disorganized, chaotic
    * * *
    desarreglado, -da adj
    : untidy, disorganized

    Spanish-English dictionary > desarreglado

  • 15 en un aprieto

    = in a bind, in a predicament
    Ex. With Wade in traction and Merle having just had her baby three days ago, we're really in a bind.
    Ex. Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.
    * * *
    = in a bind, in a predicament

    Ex: With Wade in traction and Merle having just had her baby three days ago, we're really in a bind.

    Ex: Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un aprieto

  • 16 en un apuro

    = in a bind, in a predicament
    Ex. With Wade in traction and Merle having just had her baby three days ago, we're really in a bind.
    Ex. Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.
    * * *
    = in a bind, in a predicament

    Ex: With Wade in traction and Merle having just had her baby three days ago, we're really in a bind.

    Ex: Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un apuro

  • 17 en un dilema

    Ex. Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.
    * * *

    Ex: Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un dilema

  • 18 gentuza

    f.
    riffraff, rabble (Pejorative).
    * * *
    1 peyorativo mob, rabble, riffraff
    * * *
    SF pey (=populacho) rabble, mob; (=chusma) riffraff

    ¡qué gentuza! — what a rabble! *, what a shower! *

    * * *
    femenino (pey) riffraff (pej), rabble (pej)
    * * *
    = riffraff, rabble.
    Ex. And of course, journalism is a messy business often, that attracts riffraff like me.
    Ex. On his return, his house was assaulted by a large concourse of rabble, who broke all the windows and attacked, pelted, beat and otherwise ill-treated him.
    * * *
    femenino (pey) riffraff (pej), rabble (pej)
    * * *
    = riffraff, rabble.

    Ex: And of course, journalism is a messy business often, that attracts riffraff like me.

    Ex: On his return, his house was assaulted by a large concourse of rabble, who broke all the windows and attacked, pelted, beat and otherwise ill-treated him.

    * * *
    ( pey)
    riffraff ( pej), rabble ( pej)
    * * *

    gentuza sustantivo femenino (pey) riffraff (pej), rabble (pej)
    gentuza f pey riffraff
    ' gentuza' also found in these entries:
    English:
    riffraff
    - shower
    * * *
    Pey riffraff, rabble
    * * *
    f rabble
    * * *
    chusma: riffraff, rabble

    Spanish-English dictionary > gentuza

  • 19 inquietud

    f.
    1 worry, anxiety.
    2 restlessness, unrest, anxiety, concern.
    * * *
    1 (agitación) restlessness
    2 (preocupación) worry, anxiety
    3 (interés) interest
    \
    tener inquietudes to have many interests
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) concern, uneasiness
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=preocupación) concern
    2) (=interés) interest

    mi hijo no tiene ninguna inquietud — my son isn't interested in anything, my son has no interest in anything

    es persona de inquietudes culturales — she has an interest in culture, she has cultural interests

    * * *
    a) ( preocupación) worry
    b) ( interés)
    c) ( agitación) restlessness
    * * *
    = concern, disquiet, agitation, unrest, trepidation, uneasiness, worry, fidgets, the, fidgeting, restlessness, interest, unsettling.
    Ex. There is some concern that much of the value of the data base may be negated if it does not seek to cover all materials which libraries might acquire.
    Ex. There is not any great disquiet or discomfort.
    Ex. Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.
    Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex. This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex. Uneasiness evidenced by some inquirers at the reference desk seems to stem from unfamiliarity with the personnel and service, and a fear of appearing ignorant.
    Ex. Their worries are not altogether unfounded but they are sometimes carried too far.
    Ex. Surely the fidgets in general are just a sign of nervous energy, and almost all young people fidget.
    Ex. But fidgeting is a bad sign in adults, and the mental version of the fidgets is practically a defining mark of the age we live in now.
    Ex. A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.
    Ex. An abstracting bulletin is generally a weekly or monthly current-awareness service containing abstracts of all documents of interest that have passed into the library or information unit during that time.
    Ex. Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.
    ----
    * inquietud motora = akathisia.
    * * *
    a) ( preocupación) worry
    b) ( interés)
    c) ( agitación) restlessness
    * * *
    = concern, disquiet, agitation, unrest, trepidation, uneasiness, worry, fidgets, the, fidgeting, restlessness, interest, unsettling.

    Ex: There is some concern that much of the value of the data base may be negated if it does not seek to cover all materials which libraries might acquire.

    Ex: There is not any great disquiet or discomfort.
    Ex: Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.
    Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex: Uneasiness evidenced by some inquirers at the reference desk seems to stem from unfamiliarity with the personnel and service, and a fear of appearing ignorant.
    Ex: Their worries are not altogether unfounded but they are sometimes carried too far.
    Ex: Surely the fidgets in general are just a sign of nervous energy, and almost all young people fidget.
    Ex: But fidgeting is a bad sign in adults, and the mental version of the fidgets is practically a defining mark of the age we live in now.
    Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.
    Ex: An abstracting bulletin is generally a weekly or monthly current-awareness service containing abstracts of all documents of interest that have passed into the library or information unit during that time.
    Ex: Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.
    * inquietud motora = akathisia.

    * * *
    una serie de inquietudes relacionadas con la ecología a series of ecology-related worries o concerns
    existe gran inquietud por el futuro de los astilleros there is a great deal of anxiety o concern over the future of the shipyards
    la creciente inquietud por su estado the increasing worry o anxiety o uneasiness over its state
    2
    (interés): es una persona sin inquietudes she has no interest in anything
    la inquietud filosófica del poeta the poet's philosophical preoccupations
    3 (agitación) restlessness
    * * *

     

    inquietud sustantivo femenino

    inquietud por algo concern about sth
    b) ( interés):


    su inquietud filosófica his philosophical preoccupations
    inquietud sustantivo femenino
    1 (falta de sosiego) worry
    2 (falta de quietud) restlessness
    3 (interés, inclinación) (más en pl) no tiene inquietudes, he has no interest in anything
    ' inquietud' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malestar
    - menear
    - preocupación
    English:
    agitation
    - alarm
    - anxiety
    - legitimate
    - queasiness
    - worry
    - concern
    - discomfort
    - disquiet
    - disturb
    - trepidation
    - unease
    * * *
    1. [preocupación] worry, anxiety;
    esperan el resultado con inquietud they are anxiously awaiting the result;
    hay inquietud por el comportamiento de la inflación people are worried o concerned about inflation
    2. [afán de saber]
    desde pequeño mostró sus inquietudes musicales she showed musical leanings from an early age;
    tener inquietudes to have an inquiring mind;
    tiene inquietudes por la botánica he's very interested in botany;
    mis alumnos no tienen inquietudes de ningún tipo my pupils aren't interested in anything
    * * *
    f
    1 worry, anxiety
    2 intelectual interest
    * * *
    1) : anxiety, uneasiness, worry
    2) agitación: restlessness
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > inquietud

  • 20 objeto de información electrónico

    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    * * *

    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

    Spanish-English dictionary > objeto de información electrónico

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