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  • 1 popular

    adjective
    1) (well liked) beliebt; populär [Entscheidung, Maßnahme]

    he was a very popular choice — mit ihm hatte man sich für einen sehr beliebten od. populären Mann entschieden

    2) (suited to the public) volkstümlich; populär (geh.)

    popular newspaper — Massenblatt, das

    3) (prevalent) landläufig; allgemein [Unzufriedenheit]
    4) (of the people) Volks-; verbreitet [Aberglaube, Irrtum, Meinung]; allgemein [Wahl, Zustimmung, Unterstützung]
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    ['popjulə]
    1) (liked by most people: a popular holiday resort; a popular person; She is very popular with children.) beliebt
    2) (believed by most people: a popular theory.) weitverbreitet
    3) (of the people in general: popular rejoicing.) Volks-...
    4) (easily read, understood etc by most people: a popular history of Britain.) gemeinverständlich
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    - academic.ru/56818/popularly">popularly
    - popularity
    - popularize
    - popularise
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    popu·lar
    [ˈpɒpjələʳ, AM ˈpɑ:pjəlɚ]
    adj inv
    1. (widely liked) beliebt, populär
    the new scheme has proved enormously \popular das neue System kommt sehr gut an
    you won't be very \popular if you burn the sausages du wirst dich nicht grade beliebt machen, wenn du die Würstchen verbrennst; ( iron hum)
    I bet you were \popular when your parents got their phone bill! ich wette, deine Eltern haben sich sehr bei dir bedankt, als sie ihre Telefonrechnung gesehen haben! iron hum
    ▪ to be \popular with sb bei jdm beliebt sein
    a \popular brand eine beliebte [o bekannte] Marke
    2. attr (not high-brow) populär
    \popular music Unterhaltungsmusik f
    the \popular press die Massenmedien pl
    \popular science Populärwissenschaft f
    3. attr (widespread) weit verbreitet, allgemein verbreitet
    it is a \popular belief that... viele glauben, dass...
    a \popular saying ein geflügeltes Wort
    4. attr (of the people) Volks-
    the socialists can no longer be sure of the \popular vote die Sozialisten können sich nicht mehr auf die Unterstützung der breiten Massen verlassen
    by \popular request auf allgemeinen Wunsch
    \popular revolt [or uprising] Volksaufstand m, Massenunruhen pl
    \popular support Unterstützung f durch breite Schichten der Bevölkerung
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    ['pɒpjʊlə(r)]
    adj
    1) (= well-liked) beliebt (with bei); (with the public) populär, beliebt (with bei); decision, measure populär

    I know I won't be popular if I decide that, but... — ich weiß, dass ich mich nicht gerade beliebt mache, wenn ich so entscheide, aber...

    he's not the most popular of men at the moment — er ist im Augenblick nicht gerade einer der Beliebtesten or (with the public also) Populärsten

    he was a very popular choice — seine Wahl fand großen Anklang

    2) (= suitable for the general public) populär; music leicht; prices erschwinglich; lectures, journal populärwissenschaftlich; television, entertainer populär, beliebt; newspaper weitverbreitet

    popular theatre — Volkstheater nt, Boulevardtheater nt

    3) (= widespread) belief, fallacy, conviction, discontent, myth weitverbreitet, weit verbreitet

    it's popular to despise politicians these days — es gehört heutzutage zum guten Ton, sich über Politiker abfällig zu äußern

    4) (POL) (= of or for the people) government, approval, consent, support des Volkes; (= democratic, public) vote öffentlich, allgemein; referendum öffentlich, offen, allgemein; demand groß, allgemein; democracy allgemein

    he isn't the popular idea of a great leader to rule by popular consent — er entspricht nicht gerade der gängigen Vorstellung von einem großen Führer mit Zustimmung der Allgemeinheit regieren

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    popular [ˈpɒpjʊlə; US ˈpɑpjələr]
    A adj (adv → popularly)
    1. Volks…:
    popular front POL Volksfront f;
    popular government Volksherrschaft f;
    popular uprising Volksaufstand m;
    the popular voice die Stimme des Volkes
    2. allgemein, weitverbreitet (Irrtum, Unzufriedenheit etc)
    3. populär, (allgemein) beliebt ( beide:
    with bei):
    make o.s. popular with sich bei jemandem beliebt machen;
    be very popular sich großer Beliebtheit erfreuen;
    be popular with bei jemandem gut angeschrieben sein;
    the popular hero der Held des Tages;
    popular taste Publikumsgeschmack m
    4. a) populär, volkstümlich
    b) allgemein oder leicht verständlich, Populär…:
    popular etymology LING Volksetymologie f;
    popular magazine populäre Zeitschrift;
    popular music volkstümliche Musik;
    popular newspaper Boulevardblatt n, -zeitung f;
    popular press Boulevardpresse f;
    popular science Populärwissenschaft f;
    popular writer Volksschriftsteller(in)
    5. volkstümlich, (für jeden) erschwinglich:
    popular edition Volksausgabe f;
    popular prices volkstümliche Preise
    B spl populars Boulevardpresse f
    pop. abk
    1. popular (popularly)
    2. population Bev.
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    adjective
    1) (well liked) beliebt; populär [Entscheidung, Maßnahme]
    2) (suited to the public) volkstümlich; populär (geh.)

    popular newspaper — Massenblatt, das

    3) (prevalent) landläufig; allgemein [Unzufriedenheit]
    4) (of the people) Volks-; verbreitet [Aberglaube, Irrtum, Meinung]; allgemein [Wahl, Zustimmung, Unterstützung]
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    adj.
    beliebt adj.
    populär adj.
    volkstümlich adj.

    English-german dictionary > popular

  • 2 popular

    popu·lar [ʼpɒpjələʳ, Am ʼpɑ:pjəlɚ] adj
    1) ( widely liked) beliebt, populär;
    the new scheme has proved enormously \popular das neue System kommt sehr gut an;
    you won't be very \popular if you burn the sausages du wirst dich nicht grade beliebt machen, wenn du die Würstchen verbrennst; (iron, hum)
    I bet you were \popular when your parents got their phone bill! ich wette, deine Eltern haben sich sehr bei dir bedankt, als sie ihre Telefonrechnung gesehen haben! (iron, hum)
    to be \popular with sb bei jdm beliebt sein;
    a \popular brand eine beliebte [o bekannte] Marke
    2) attr ( not high-brow) populär;
    \popular music Unterhaltungsmusik f;
    the \popular press die Massenmedien ntpl;
    \popular science Populärwissenschaft f
    3) attr ( widespread) weit verbreitet, allgemein verbreitet;
    it is a \popular belief that... viele glauben, dass...;
    a \popular saying ein geflügeltes Wort
    4) attr ( of the people) Volks-;
    the socialists can no longer be sure of the \popular vote die Sozialisten können sich nicht mehr auf die Unterstützung der breiten Massen verlassen;
    by \popular request auf allgemeinen Wunsch;
    \popular revolt [or uprising] Volksaufstand m, Massenunruhen pl;
    \popular support Unterstützung f durch breite Schichten der Bevölkerung

    English-German students dictionary > popular

  • 3 inculto

    adj.
    1 uncultured, lowbrow, under-educated, uneducated.
    2 vulgar, ordinary, gross, rough.
    3 uncultivated, untilled.
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    1 (persona) uneducated
    2 (terreno) uncultivated, untilled
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) ignorant person, ignoramus
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    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=iletrado) uncultured, uneducated; (=incivilizado) uncivilized; (=grosero) uncouth
    2) (Agr) uncultivated
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    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) ( sin cultura) uncultured, uneducated; ( ignorante) ignorant
    2) < tierra> uncultivated
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    b) ( persona ignorante) ignorant person
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    = uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], uneducated, uncultured, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.], lowbrow [low-brow], lowbrow [low-brow], unenlightened.
    Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
    Ex. It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.
    Ex. In Japan, where literacy rates are high, the importance of illiteracy as a problem is not well recognised and 'illiterate' is equated with ' uncultured'.
    Ex. This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.
    Ex. These shows were vehemently dismissed by critics as middlebrow and lowbrow kitsch.
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex. It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times.
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    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) ( sin cultura) uncultured, uneducated; ( ignorante) ignorant
    2) < tierra> uncultivated
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    b) ( persona ignorante) ignorant person
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    = uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], uneducated, uncultured, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.], lowbrow [low-brow], lowbrow [low-brow], unenlightened.

    Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

    Ex: It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.
    Ex: In Japan, where literacy rates are high, the importance of illiteracy as a problem is not well recognised and 'illiterate' is equated with ' uncultured'.
    Ex: This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.
    Ex: These shows were vehemently dismissed by critics as middlebrow and lowbrow kitsch.
    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex: It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times.

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    inculto1 -ta
    A
    1 (sin cultura) uncultured, uneducated
    2 (ignorante) ignorant
    B ‹tierra› uncultivated
    inculto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    1
    (persona sin cultura): es un inculto he's uncultured o uneducated, he has no culture
    2 (persona ignorante) ignorant person
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    inculto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ( sin cultura) uncultured, uneducated;


    ( ignorante) ignorant
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino



    inculto,-a
    I adj (poco instruido, iletrado) uneducated
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino ignoramus, uneducated person
    ' inculto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inculta
    - salvaje
    English:
    illiterate
    - uncivilized
    - uncouth
    - uncultured
    - uneducated
    - unrefined
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    inculto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] uneducated
    2. [tierra] uncultivated
    ♦ nm,f
    ignoramus
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    adj
    1 ignorant, uneducated
    2 AGR uncultivated
    * * *
    inculto, -ta adj
    1) : uncultured, ignorant
    2) : uncultivated, fallow
    * * *
    inculto adj ignorant

    Spanish-English dictionary > inculto

  • 4 intelectual

    adj.
    intellectual.
    f. & m.
    intellectual, egghead, highbrow, intellectual person.
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    1 intellectual
    1 intellectual
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    noun mf. adj.
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    ADJ SMF intellectual
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    adjetivo/masculino y femenino intellectual
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    adjetivo/masculino y femenino intellectual
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    intelectual1
    1 = scholar, intellectual, boffin, highbrow [high-brow].
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: Under 'American scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.

    Ex: Reading thus becomes an activity for intellectuals -- for 'clever people' -- an elitist activity to be not just ignored but attacked.
    Ex: 'Boffins' have been identified as the category of learners who 'delight in unrelated fragments of knowledge for knowledge's sake,' and 'put these fragments into a framework and analyze them'.
    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * intelectuales = literati, intelligentsia.
    * intelectuales digitales = digerati.

    intelectual2
    2 = scholarly, intellectual, cerebral, highbrow [high-brow].
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.

    Ex: It should also be said that the intellectual effort of the cataloguer is still required.
    Ex: The result may be less cerebral and challenging to the reader's understanding but it is not an inferior product it is simply different.
    Ex: The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    * agudeza intelectual = intellectual acuity.
    * antiintelectual = anti-intellectual.
    * bibliografía intelectual = intellectual bibliography.
    * bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual = intellectual responsibility block.
    * capacidad intelectual = intellectual ability.
    * clase intelectual = intellectual class.
    * de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * derechos de la propiedad intelectual = intellectual property rights.
    * élite intelectual, la = intellectual elite, the.
    * forma intelectual = intellectual form.
    * industria de la propiedad intelectual = intellectual property industry.
    * invertir esfuerzo intelectual en = invest + Posesivo + thoughts in.
    * Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, la = Copyright Act, the.
    * persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * promesa intelectual = intellectual promise.
    * propiedad intelectual = intellectual property.
    * rigor intelectual = intellectual rigour.

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    adj/mf
    intellectual
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    intelectual adjetivo, masculino y femenino
    intellectual
    intelectual adjetivo & mf intellectual
    ' intelectual' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    coeficiente
    - difícil
    - incomprensión
    - inteligencia
    - postura
    - propiedad
    - pinta
    English:
    egghead
    - highbrow
    - intellect
    - intellectual
    - interest
    - IQ
    - brains
    - dumb
    - high
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    ♦ adj
    intellectual
    ♦ nmf
    intellectual
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    m/f & adj intellectual
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    intelectual adj & nmf
    : intellectual
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    intelectual adj n intellectual

    Spanish-English dictionary > intelectual

  • 5 culto1

    1 = literate, cultivated, educated, well educated [well-educated], highbrow [high-brow], highbrow [high-brow], cultured, refined.
    Ex. Unsupported by any other teaching methods, browsing is not, of course enough to make children into literate readers.
    Ex. So the narrator's style has to be articulate, cultivated, correct, steady.
    Ex. This impressive work, which serves educated adults and serious students, intends to be a comprehensive, authoritative compendium of the world's most important knowledge and information.
    Ex. This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex. The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. At that time, the Europeans were quite definitely the barbarians, whereas the Arabs were considered refined and civilised.
    ----
    * menos cultos, los = less literate, the.
    * poco culto = unenlightened.

    Spanish-English dictionary > culto1

  • 6 culto

    adj.
    educated, learned, civilized, well-bred.
    m.
    1 cult, worship, divine service.
    2 religious sect, cult.
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    1 (persona) cultured, educated
    2 (estilo) refined
    1 worship
    \
    rendir culto a to pay homage to, worship
    culto dominical Sunday worship
    ————————
    1 worship
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    1. noun m. 2. (f. - culta)
    adj.
    cultivated, educated
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    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] cultured, educated; pey (=afectado) affected
    2) [palabra, frase] learned
    2. SM
    1) (Rel) (=veneración) worship; (=ritual) cult (a of)

    rendir culto a — (lit) to worship; (fig) to pay homage o tribute to

    2) (=admiración) cult

    de culto — cult antes de s

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    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <persona/pueblo> educated, cultured
    b) (Ling) < palabra> learned; <literatura/música> highbrow
    II
    a) ( veneración) worship

    rendir culto a algo/alguien — to worship something/somebody

    b) ( liturgia) worship
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    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <persona/pueblo> educated, cultured
    b) (Ling) < palabra> learned; <literatura/música> highbrow
    II
    a) ( veneración) worship

    rendir culto a algo/alguien — to worship something/somebody

    b) ( liturgia) worship
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    culto1
    1 = literate, cultivated, educated, well educated [well-educated], highbrow [high-brow], highbrow [high-brow], cultured, refined.

    Ex: Unsupported by any other teaching methods, browsing is not, of course enough to make children into literate readers.

    Ex: So the narrator's style has to be articulate, cultivated, correct, steady.
    Ex: This impressive work, which serves educated adults and serious students, intends to be a comprehensive, authoritative compendium of the world's most important knowledge and information.
    Ex: This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex: The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex: At that time, the Europeans were quite definitely the barbarians, whereas the Arabs were considered refined and civilised.
    * menos cultos, los = less literate, the.
    * poco culto = unenlightened.

    culto2
    2 = cult.

    Ex: The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.

    * culto a la carga = cargo cult.
    * culto a la inutilidad = cargo cult.
    * culto a la personalidad = personality cult.
    * culto a la vida = cult of life.
    * culto al cargamento = cargo cult.
    * culto al cargo = cargo cult.
    * culto al cuerpo = cult of the body, body beautiful.
    * culto al dinero = cult of money.
    * figura de culto = cult figure, cult hero.
    * libertad de culto = religious freedom.
    * objeto de culto = cult object.
    * película de culto = cult movie.
    * rendir culto = worship.

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    culto1 -ta
    1 ‹persona/pueblo› educated, cultured
    2 ( Ling) ‹palabra/expresión› learned; ‹literatura/música› highbrow
    1 (veneración) worship
    rendir culto a algn/algo to worship sb/sth
    culto a la personalidad personality cult
    culto al éxito/placer the worship o cult of success/pleasure
    el culto del dinero the cult of money
    2 (liturgia) worship
    libertad de culto(s) freedom of worship
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    culto 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ‹persona/pueblo› educated, cultured

    b) (Ling) ‹ palabra› learned;

    ‹literatura/música› highbrow
    culto 2 sustantivo masculino
    a) (adoración, creencia) worship;

    ◊ rendir culto a algo/algn to worship sth/sb;

    libertad de culto(s) freedom of worship


    culto,-a
    I adjetivo educated
    (palabra) learned
    II sustantivo masculino cult
    Rel worship
    ' culto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    culta
    - darse
    - ilustrada
    - ilustrado
    - infante
    - libertad
    - rendir
    - venerar
    - preparado
    English:
    cult
    - cult movie
    - cultivated
    - cultured
    - educated
    - enlightened
    - hero-worship
    - well-educated
    - well-read
    - worship
    - knowledgeable
    - well
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    culto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] cultured, educated;
    [estilo] refined
    2. [palabra] literary, learned
    ♦ nm
    1. [devoción] worship (a of);
    el culto al diablo devil worship;
    el culto al cuerpo the cult of the body beautiful;
    culto a la personalidad personality cult;
    rendir culto a [dios] to worship;
    [persona, valentía] to pay homage o tribute to;
    un grupo/una película de culto a cult movie/group
    2. [religión] cult
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    I adj educated
    II m worship;
    rendir culto a worship;
    de la personalidad personality cult
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    culto, -ta adj
    : cultured, educated
    culto nm
    1) : worship
    2) : cult
    * * *
    culto1 adj cultured
    culto2 n worship

    Spanish-English dictionary > culto

  • 7 persona con nivel cultural medio

    (n.) = middlebrow [middle-brow]
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
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    (n.) = middlebrow [middle-brow]

    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona con nivel cultural medio

  • 8 persona de nivel cultural bajo

    (n.) = lowbrow [low-brow]
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    * * *
    (n.) = lowbrow [low-brow]

    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona de nivel cultural bajo

  • 9 persona de nivel intelectual bajo

    (n.) = lowbrow [low-brow]
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    * * *
    (n.) = lowbrow [low-brow]

    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona de nivel intelectual bajo

  • 10 persona medianamente cultivada

    (n.) = middlebrow [middle-brow]
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    * * *
    (n.) = middlebrow [middle-brow]

    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona medianamente cultivada

  • 11 educación universitaria

    f.
    college education, higher education.
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    university education, college education (AmE)
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    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    * * *
    university education, college education (AmE)
    * * *

    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.

    Spanish-English dictionary > educación universitaria

  • 12 enseñanza primaria

    f.
    primary education, elementary education.
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    primary education
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    elementary (AmE) o (BrE) primary education
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    = elementary education, grade-school education, primary education
    Ex. CIJE references are to articles from journals in the areas of elementary, secondary, and higher education, social studies, and so on.
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex. So to be able to read is praiseworthy in that it shows success in the early stages of primary education and, as books are used so much within the schools, the reading of books becomes a particular praiseworthy activity.
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    elementary (AmE) o (BrE) primary education
    * * *
    = elementary education, grade-school education, primary education

    Ex: CIJE references are to articles from journals in the areas of elementary, secondary, and higher education, social studies, and so on.

    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex: So to be able to read is praiseworthy in that it shows success in the early stages of primary education and, as books are used so much within the schools, the reading of books becomes a particular praiseworthy activity.

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    Primaria (↑ primario a1).
    * * *
    elementary education, Br
    primary education

    Spanish-English dictionary > enseñanza primaria

  • 13 graduado escolar

    m.
    school graduate, school leaver.
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    * * *

    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.

    * * *
    Esp
    elementary school certificate; persona person with an elementary school certificate

    Spanish-English dictionary > graduado escolar

  • 14 pertinente

    adj.
    1 appropriate (adecuado).
    se tomarán las medidas pertinentes the appropriate measures will be taken
    si lo consideras pertinente, llámale telephone him if you think it's necessary
    2 relevant, pertinent (relativo).
    ya he enviado todos los documentos pertinentes a la beca I have already sent off all the forms relating to the grant
    * * *
    1 (oportuno) appropriate
    2 (relevante) pertinent, relevant
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=relevante) relevant, pertinent; (=adecuado) appropriate
    2)

    en lo pertinente a libros — as regards books, as far as books are concerned

    * * *
    a) (oportuno, adecuado) < medida> appropriate

    es pertinente recordar que... — one should bear in mind that...

    b) ( relevante) <observación/comentario> relevant, pertinent
    * * *
    = apposite, appropriate, pertinent, relevant, responsive, apropos, need oriented, germane, fit for purpose.
    Ex. All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex. An organisation engaged in the preparation of abstracts for some information tool cannot realistically hope to compile an abstract for every document that is pertinent to the topic that aims to cover.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. This catalog would then present a much more revealing, helpful, and responsive picture to the actual needs of the library user than the finding catalog.
    Ex. The beauty the low-brow reader finds in an apropos use of a familiar expression may be as satisfying to him as the high-brow's appreciation of Proustian style.
    Ex. Based on findings, some important observations relating to the functioning of the library were made to make its services more need oriented.
    Ex. The bibliography lists documents expressly recommended to the researchers in this area and documents of interest which are not specifically germane.
    Ex. Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.
    ----
    * con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].
    * considerar pertinente = consider + appropriate.
    * cuando sea pertinente = where applicable, where appropriate.
    * documento recuperado no pertinente = false drop.
    * hacer que algo sea pertinente a las necesidades de algo o Alguien = make + Nombre + relevant to.
    * muy pertinente para = central to.
    * pertinente a la recuperación = retrieval-related.
    * pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * resultar pertinente = prove + relevant.
    * según sea pertinente = as applicable.
    * ser pertinente = apply, be in order, commend + Reflexivo + for + situation, be to the point.
    * si fuera pertinente = if applicable.
    * si fuese pertinente = if applicable.
    * * *
    a) (oportuno, adecuado) < medida> appropriate

    es pertinente recordar que... — one should bear in mind that...

    b) ( relevante) <observación/comentario> relevant, pertinent
    * * *
    = apposite, appropriate, pertinent, relevant, responsive, apropos, need oriented, germane, fit for purpose.

    Ex: All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.
    Ex: An organisation engaged in the preparation of abstracts for some information tool cannot realistically hope to compile an abstract for every document that is pertinent to the topic that aims to cover.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: This catalog would then present a much more revealing, helpful, and responsive picture to the actual needs of the library user than the finding catalog.
    Ex: The beauty the low-brow reader finds in an apropos use of a familiar expression may be as satisfying to him as the high-brow's appreciation of Proustian style.
    Ex: Based on findings, some important observations relating to the functioning of the library were made to make its services more need oriented.
    Ex: The bibliography lists documents expressly recommended to the researchers in this area and documents of interest which are not specifically germane.
    Ex: Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.
    * con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].
    * considerar pertinente = consider + appropriate.
    * cuando sea pertinente = where applicable, where appropriate.
    * documento recuperado no pertinente = false drop.
    * hacer que algo sea pertinente a las necesidades de algo o Alguien = make + Nombre + relevant to.
    * muy pertinente para = central to.
    * pertinente a la recuperación = retrieval-related.
    * pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * resultar pertinente = prove + relevant.
    * según sea pertinente = as applicable.
    * ser pertinente = apply, be in order, commend + Reflexivo + for + situation, be to the point.
    * si fuera pertinente = if applicable.
    * si fuese pertinente = if applicable.

    * * *
    1 (oportuno, adecuado) appropriate
    considero pertinente señalar que … I consider it pertinent o appropriate to point out that …
    es pertinente recordar que … it is worth remembering that …, one should bear in mind that …
    las medidas pertinentes the appropriate measures
    2 (relevante) relevant, pertinent
    considero que su observación no es pertinente I do not consider his remark to be pertinent o relevant, I consider his remark irrelevant
    * * *

     

    pertinente adjetivo
    a) (oportuno, adecuado) ‹ medida› appropriate

    b) ( relevante) ‹observación/comentario› relevant, pertinent

    pertinente adjetivo
    1 (relevante) pertinent, relevant
    2 (adecuado, oportuno) appropriate
    ' pertinente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    proceder
    - procedente
    - correspondiente
    English:
    applicable
    - apply
    - apt
    - irrelevant
    - pertinent
    - relevant
    - see
    * * *
    1. [adecuado] appropriate;
    se tomarán las medidas pertinentes the appropriate measures will be taken;
    si lo consideras pertinente, llámale telephone him if you think it's necessary
    2. [relativo] relevant, pertinent;
    ya he enviado todos los documentos pertinentes a la beca I have already sent off all the forms relating to the grant
    * * *
    adj relevant, pertinent
    * * *
    1. (oportuno) appropriate
    2. (relevante) relevant

    Spanish-English dictionary > pertinente

  • 15 intelectual1

    1 = scholar, intellectual, boffin, highbrow [high-brow].
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. Under 'American scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.
    Ex. Reading thus becomes an activity for intellectuals -- for 'clever people' -- an elitist activity to be not just ignored but attacked.
    Ex. 'Boffins' have been identified as the category of learners who 'delight in unrelated fragments of knowledge for knowledge's sake,' and 'put these fragments into a framework and analyze them'.
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    ----
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * intelectuales = literati, intelligentsia.
    * intelectuales digitales = digerati.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intelectual1

  • 16 intelectual2

    2 = scholarly, intellectual, cerebral, highbrow [high-brow].
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.
    Ex. It should also be said that the intellectual effort of the cataloguer is still required.
    Ex. The result may be less cerebral and challenging to the reader's understanding but it is not an inferior product it is simply different.
    Ex. The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    ----
    * agudeza intelectual = intellectual acuity.
    * antiintelectual = anti-intellectual.
    * bibliografía intelectual = intellectual bibliography.
    * bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual = intellectual responsibility block.
    * capacidad intelectual = intellectual ability.
    * clase intelectual = intellectual class.
    * de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * derechos de la propiedad intelectual = intellectual property rights.
    * élite intelectual, la = intellectual elite, the.
    * forma intelectual = intellectual form.
    * industria de la propiedad intelectual = intellectual property industry.
    * invertir esfuerzo intelectual en = invest + Posesivo + thoughts in.
    * Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, la = Copyright Act, the.
    * persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * promesa intelectual = intellectual promise.
    * propiedad intelectual = intellectual property.
    * rigor intelectual = intellectual rigour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intelectual2

  • 17 geistig

    I Adj.
    1. (seelisch, nicht körperlich) spiritual; (die Denkkraft betreffend) intellectual, mental; Mensch: intellectual; geistige Arbeit intellectual work; vor jemandes geistigem Auge in s.o.’s mind’s eye; geistiger Austausch exchange of ideas; geistiger Diebstahl plagiarism; geistige Entwicklung spiritual ( oder intellectual) development; geistiges Eigentum intellectual property; geistiger Vater spiritual father
    2. geistige Getränke spirits, alcohol
    II Adv. mentally etc.; siehe I; geistig anspruchsvoll highbrow; geistig behindert mentally handicapped; geistig gesund / zurückgeblieben sane / backward ( oder retarded); geistig aktiv sein (rege) have an active mind; (sich mit geistig Anspruchsvollem befassen) exercise one’s mind; (viele geistige Interessen haben) have a lot of intellectual pursuits; geistig arbeiten work with one’s brain; ich kann geistig nicht mehr folgen I’m lost, you’ve etc. lost me
    * * *
    spirituous; spiritual; intellectual; mental
    * * *
    geis|tig ['gaistɪç]
    1. adj
    1) (= unkörperlich) Wesen, Liebe, Existenz spiritual

    ein géístiges Band — a spiritual bond

    géístig-moralisch — spiritual and moral

    géístig-moralische Erneuerung — spiritual and moral renewal

    géístig-seelisch — mental and spiritual

    2) (= intellektuell) intellectual; (PSYCH) mental

    géístige Arbeit — intellectual work, brainwork (inf)

    géístige Nahrung — intellectual nourishment

    géístiger Diebstahl — plagiarism no pl

    géístiges Eigentum — intellectual property

    der géístige Vater — the spiritual father

    3)

    (= imaginär) jds géístiges Auge — sb's mind's eye

    etw vor seinem géístigen Auge sehen — to see sth in one's mind's eye

    4) attr (= alkoholisch) spirituous
    2. adv
    (= intellektuell) intellectually; (MED) mentally

    géístig anspruchsvoll/anspruchslos — intellectually demanding/undemanding, highbrow/lowbrow (inf)

    géístig nicht mehr folgen können — to be unable to understand or follow any more

    géístig behindert/zurückgeblieben — mentally handicapped or deficient or disabled/retarded

    * * *
    1) (of, or appealing to, the intellect: He does not play football - his interests are mainly intellectual.) intellectual
    2) (in the mind: She's mentally incapable of understanding; He is mentally ill.) mentally
    3) (done or made by the mind: mental arithmetic; a mental picture.) mental
    4) (of one's spirit or soul, or of one's religious beliefs.) spiritual
    * * *
    geis·tig
    [ˈgaistɪç]
    I. adj
    1. (verstandesmäßig) intellectual, mental
    \geistiges Eigentum JUR intellectual property
    2. (nicht leiblich, spirituell) spiritual
    II. adv
    1. (verstandesmäßig) intellectually, mentally
    \geistig anspruchslos/anspruchsvoll intellectually undemanding/demanding, low-brow/high-brow fam
    2. MED mentally
    \geistig auf der Höhe sein to be mentally [fighting] fit
    \geistig behindert/zurückgeblieben mentally handicapped/retarded, with learning difficulties
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv; nicht präd
    1) intellectual; spiritual <legacy, father, author>; (Psych.) mental
    2.
    adverbial intellectually < superior>; mentally <lazy, active, retarded, disabled>

    geistig weggetreten sein — (ugs.) be miles away (coll.)

    * * *
    A. adj
    1. (seelisch, nicht körperlich) spiritual; (die Denkkraft betreffend) intellectual, mental; Mensch: intellectual;
    geistige Arbeit intellectual work;
    vor jemandes geistigem Auge in sb’s mind’s eye;
    geistiger Austausch exchange of ideas;
    geistiger Diebstahl plagiarism;
    geistige Entwicklung spiritual ( oder intellectual) development;
    geistiges Eigentum intellectual property;
    geistiger Vater spiritual father
    2.
    geistige Getränke spirits, alcohol
    B. adv mentally etc; → A;
    geistig behindert neg! mentally handicapped;
    geistig zurückgeblieben neg! backward ( oder retarded);
    geistig aktiv sein (rege) have an active mind; (sich mit geistig Anspruchsvollem befassen) exercise one’s mind; (viele geistige Interessen haben) have a lot of intellectual pursuits;
    geistig arbeiten work with one’s brain;
    ich kann geistig nicht mehr folgen I’m lost, you’ve etc lost me
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv; nicht präd
    1) intellectual; spiritual <legacy, father, author>; (Psych.) mental
    2.
    adverbial intellectually < superior>; mentally <lazy, active, retarded, disabled>

    geistig weggetreten sein — (ugs.) be miles away (coll.)

    * * *
    adj.
    intellectual adj.
    mental adj.
    spiritual adj. adv.
    mentally n.
    spiritually adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > geistig

  • 18 refinado1

    1 = genteel, gracious, well-bred, polished, highbrow [high-brow], gourmet, cultured, refined.
    Ex. The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
    Ex. It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex. This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex. The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
    Ex. The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. At that time, the Europeans were quite definitely the barbarians, whereas the Arabs were considered refined and civilised.
    ----
    * gusto refinado = refined taste.
    * poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.

    Spanish-English dictionary > refinado1

  • 19 refinado

    adj.
    1 refined, polite, well-bred, well-educated.
    2 refined, tactful, polite.
    3 refined, smooth, finished, fine.
    4 finely elaborate, slick.
    5 extremely cruel, cruel, vicious.
    m.
    refining.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: refinar.
    * * *
    1 (del azúcar etc) refining
    ————————
    1→ link=refinar refinar
    1 (gen) refined
    1 (del azúcar etc) refining
    * * *
    (f. - refinada)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/modales> refined; < crueldad> consummate (frml), extreme; < ironía> subtle
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/modales> refined; < crueldad> consummate (frml), extreme; < ironía> subtle
    * * *
    refinado1
    1 = genteel, gracious, well-bred, polished, highbrow [high-brow], gourmet, cultured, refined.

    Ex: The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.

    Ex: It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex: This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex: The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
    Ex: The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex: Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex: At that time, the Europeans were quite definitely the barbarians, whereas the Arabs were considered refined and civilised.
    * gusto refinado = refined taste.
    * poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.

    refinado2
    2 = refining, refined.

    Ex: We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.

    Ex: Sugar and refined carbohydrates are undeniably linked to diabetes.
    * alimentos refinados = refined food.
    * azúcar refinada = refined sugar.

    * * *
    refinado1 -da
    1 ‹persona/modales› refined
    2 ‹crueldad› consummate ( frml), extreme; ‹ironía› subtle
    refining
    * * *

    Del verbo refinar: ( conjugate refinar)

    refinado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    refinado    
    refinar
    refinado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/modales› refined;


    ‹ ironía› subtle
    refinar ( conjugate refinar) verbo transitivo
    to refine;
    ‹ estilo› to polish
    refinado,-a adjetivo
    1 (aceite, petróleo, azúcar, etc) refined
    2 (con buen gusto, buenas maneras) refined
    3 (elaborado, penetrante) extreme, refined
    una burla refinada, a subtle joke
    una tortura refinada, a refined torture
    refinar verbo transitivo
    1 (el petróleo, aceite, etc) to refine
    2 (el gusto, los modales) to refine, polish
    ' refinado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    refinada
    - ordinariez
    - ordinario
    - vulgar
    English:
    discerning
    - discriminating
    - refined
    - unrefined
    - cultured
    - dainty
    - polished
    * * *
    refinado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de buen gusto] refined
    2. [inteligencia, crueldad] supreme
    ♦ nm
    refining
    * * *
    I adj tb fig
    refined
    II m refining
    * * *
    refinado, -da adj
    : refined
    : refining

    Spanish-English dictionary > refinado

  • 20 Hérisson

    Proper name. Le Hérisson: A popular joke and cartoon periodical which had its greatest following in the 50s and 60s. Printed on cheap green paper, it was not renowned for its high-brow jokes.

    Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > Hérisson

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