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1 persistencia
f.persistence.* * *1 persistence* * *noun f.* * *SF persistence* * *femenino persistence* * *= persistence.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.* * *femenino persistence* * *= persistence.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
* * *persistence* * *
persistencia sustantivo femenino
persistence
persistencia sustantivo femenino persistence
' persistencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fijeza
- tenacidad
- que
English:
persistence
* * *persistencia nfpersistence* * *f persistence -
2 perseverancia
f.perseverance.* * *1 perseverance* * *SF perseverance, persistence* * *femenino perseverance, persistence* * *= persistence, perseverance.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex. This article suggests that perseverance is a major factor for success when searching an on-line catalogue.* * *femenino perseverance, persistence* * *= persistence, perseverance.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
Ex: This article suggests that perseverance is a major factor for success when searching an on-line catalogue.* * *perseverance, persistence* * *perseverance, persistence* * *f perseverance* * *: perseverance -
3 insistencia
f.insistence.* * *1 (acción) insistence, persistence; (cualidad) insistency■ perdóneme la insistencia, pero... forgive me for being so insistent but...* * *noun f.* * *SF [de persona] insistence (en on)[de quejas] persistence* * *femenino insistence* * *= insistence, persistence.Ex. At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.----* con insistencia = insistently.* pedir con insistencia = urge, urging.* * *femenino insistence* * *= insistence, persistence.Ex: At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.
Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.* con insistencia = insistently.* pedir con insistencia = urge, urging.* * *insistenceperdone mi insistencia forgive me for being so insistent, forgive my insistencetengo que quedarme, me lo pidió con tanta insistencia I have to stay, she was so insistent, she asked me so insistently that I feel I must stay- es necesario hacerlo -repitió con insistencia it has to be done, he insisted* * *
insistencia sustantivo femenino
insistence;
insistencia sustantivo femenino insistence
con insistencia, insistently
' insistencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
remolque
- venga
- olfatear
- reclamar
English:
insistence
- stubborn
- strongly
- urge
* * *insistencia nfinsistence;su insistencia en venir acabó por convencerme his insistence on coming finally persuaded me;grité con insistencia pero no me oyó I shouted repeatedly but she didn't hear me;ante la insistencia de mis padres, acabé por invitarla my parents insisted so much o were so insistent that I ended up inviting her* * *f insistence* * *insistencia nf: insistence -
4 ahínco
m.eagerness, zeal.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: ahincar.* * *1 eagerness, keenness, enthusiasm■ con ahínco eagerly, enthusiastically* * *a) ( empeño)con ahínco — diligently, hard
b) ( resolución) determination* * *= persistence.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.----* acoger con ahínco la idea de = seize upon + the idea of.* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.* con ahínco = diligently, industriously.* poner mucho ahínco = try + Posesivo + heart out.* poner mucho ahínco en = put + Posesivo + heart into.* trabajando con ahínco = hard at work.* * *a) ( empeño)con ahínco — diligently, hard
b) ( resolución) determination* * *= persistence.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
* acoger con ahínco la idea de = seize upon + the idea of.* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.* con ahínco = diligently, industriously.* poner mucho ahínco = try + Posesivo + heart out.* poner mucho ahínco en = put + Posesivo + heart into.* trabajando con ahínco = hard at work.* * *1(empeño): trabajaron con ahínco they worked diligently o industriously o hardestudiaba con ahínco she studied hard o diligentlyse dedicó con ahínco a ello he worked hard at it, he put a great deal of effort into it2 (resolución) determination* * *
ahínco sustantivo masculino eagerness
con ahínco, eagerly
' ahínco' also found in these entries:
English:
intensity
* * *ahínco nmenthusiasm, devotion;con ahínco [estudiar, trabajar] hard, enthusiastically;[solicitar] insistently* * *m effort;trabajar con ahínco work hard;poner ahínco en put a lot of effort into* * *ahínco nm: eagerness, zeal -
5 continuación
f.1 continuation, continuance.2 follow-up, carrying-on, continuation, follow-through.* * *1 continuation, follow-up\a continuación nexttener continuación to be continued* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [de acto, proceso, calle] continuationel instinto de supervivencia asegura la continuación de la especie — the survival instinct ensures the continuation of the species
el mal tiempo impidió la continuación del desfile — the bad weather prevented the parade from continuing
2)• a continuación — [en conversación] next; [en texto] below
a continuación viene una canción dedicada a todos nuestros oyentes — coming up next, a song dedicated to all our listeners
el fin, como veremos a continuación, justifica los medios — the end, as we shall now see, justifies the means
a continuación vamos a presentarles a Margarita Pracatán — and now I would like to welcome Margarita Pracatán
el poeta habló a continuación de su nuevo libro — the poet went on to speak about his new book, next the poet spoke about his new book
3)• a continuación de — following, after
a continuación del sorteo ofrecerán una rueda de prensa — following o after the draw, they will give a press conference
* * *1)a) ( acción) continuationla lluvia impidió la continuación del espectáculo — rain made it impossible for the show to continue
b) ( de calle) continuation2)a continuación — (frml)
a continuación de — after, following
* * *= continuation, perpetuation, persistence, sequel, continuance, continuation, follow-up.Ex. Continuations are non-periodical publications that are issued in successive parts at regular or irregular intervals.Ex. Moreover, the perpetuation in certain quarters in the UK of the image of the Community as a remote interfering irrelevance is assisted by the general level of ignorance on Community matters.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex. These include: continuations and sequels; supplements; indexes; concordances; incidental music to dramatic works; cadenzas; scenarios; screenplays, and so on; choreographies; librettos and other texts set to music.Ex. Knowledge, in its growth, must obey the universal laws which prohibit the continuance of any form of exponential increase toward infinity.Ex. We argue strongly for the continuation into the electro-copying era of the fair dealing provisions in legislation designed for the photocopying era.Ex. This is an outtake from Wolfe's follow-up to his 1987 'Bonfire of the Vanities'.----* a continuación = next, then, in the following.* a continuación se enumeran = given below.* ir a continuación de = follow in + the footsteps of.* no saber qué hacer a continuación = be stuck, get + stuck.* ¿qué pasará a continuación? = What's next?, What next?.* (que se menciona) a continuación = below.* venir a continuación de + Nombre = come in + Posesivo + footsteps.* * *1)a) ( acción) continuationla lluvia impidió la continuación del espectáculo — rain made it impossible for the show to continue
b) ( de calle) continuation2)a continuación — (frml)
a continuación de — after, following
* * *= continuation, perpetuation, persistence, sequel, continuance, continuation, follow-up.Ex: Continuations are non-periodical publications that are issued in successive parts at regular or irregular intervals.
Ex: Moreover, the perpetuation in certain quarters in the UK of the image of the Community as a remote interfering irrelevance is assisted by the general level of ignorance on Community matters.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex: These include: continuations and sequels; supplements; indexes; concordances; incidental music to dramatic works; cadenzas; scenarios; screenplays, and so on; choreographies; librettos and other texts set to music.Ex: Knowledge, in its growth, must obey the universal laws which prohibit the continuance of any form of exponential increase toward infinity.Ex: We argue strongly for the continuation into the electro-copying era of the fair dealing provisions in legislation designed for the photocopying era.Ex: This is an outtake from Wolfe's follow-up to his 1987 'Bonfire of the Vanities'.* a continuación = next, then, in the following.* a continuación se enumeran = given below.* ir a continuación de = follow in + the footsteps of.* no saber qué hacer a continuación = be stuck, get + stuck.* ¿qué pasará a continuación? = What's next?, What next?.* (que se menciona) a continuación = below.* venir a continuación de + Nombre = come in + Posesivo + footsteps.* * *A1 (acción) continuationla lluvia impidió la continuación del espectáculo rain made it impossible for the show to continue2 (de una calle) continuation(de una obra): la semana que viene podremos ver la continuación de esta serie this series will be continued next weekesta novela es la continuación de `Rosana' this novel is the sequel to `Rosana'Ba continuación ( frml): por los motivos que se exponen a continuación for the reasons set out o stated belowa continuación pasamos a informar de la actualidad internacional and now the foreign newsa continuación hizo uso de la palabra el presidente de la institución the president of the establishment then addressed the meetinga continuación de after, followinga continuación del discurso de apertura se procedió a la entrega de premios after o following the opening speech, the prizegiving commenced* * *
continuación sustantivo femenino
( de serie) next part o episoded)
a continuación de after, following
continuación sustantivo femenino continuation
♦ Locuciones: a continuación, next
' continuación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
luego
English:
continuation
- go on
- proceed
- sequel
- worth
- ensue
- follow
* * *♦ nf[de acción, estado] continuation; [de novela, película] sequel;es imprescindible dar continuación al proyecto it is essential that the project carries on, it is essential to keep the project going;acaba de publicar la continuación a su anterior novela she has just published the sequel to her previous novel;defienden la continuación de la misma política económica they are in favour of carrying on o continuing with the same economic policy♦ a continuación loc advnext;a continuación añada una pizca de sal next, add a pinch of salt;saludó al presidente y a continuación se fue she greeted the president and then left;pasaremos a continuación a abordar el problema del transporte público we shall now pass on to address the problem of public transport;¡a continuación, para todos ustedes, la gran cantante…! and now, we bring you the great singer…!♦ a continuación loc prepafter, following;a continuación de México se sitúa Argentina Argentina is after Mexico* * *f continuation;* * *continuación nf, pl - ciones1) : continuation2)a continuación : nextlo demás sigue a continuación: the rest follows3)a continuación de : after, following -
6 empeño
m.1 effort, pledge, commitment, endeavor.2 determination, insistence, persistence, resolute determination.3 pawn, pawned article.4 pawn, pawnage, vadium.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: empeñar.* * *1 (insistencia) determination2 (deuda) pawn\con empeño eagerlyponer empeño en to take pains totener empeño en to be eager topapeleta de empeño pawn ticket* * *noun m.1) pledge2) pawning3) insistence* * *SM1) (=resolución) determination; (=insistencia) insistencecon empeño — (=con insistencia) insistently; (=con ahínco) eagerly, keenly
2) (=tienda) pawnshop3) (=objeto) pledge4) (=empresa) undertaking* * *1)trabajar/estudiar con empeño — to work/study hard
poner empeño en una tarea — to put every effort into a task, to apply oneself to a task
b) ( obstinación)c) (intento, empresa) undertaking, endeavor*nunca ceja en su empeño — (frml) he never wavers in his endeavor (frml)
2) ( de valores) pawning, hocking (colloq)sacar algo del empeño — (fam) to get something out of hock (colloq)
* * *1)trabajar/estudiar con empeño — to work/study hard
poner empeño en una tarea — to put every effort into a task, to apply oneself to a task
b) ( obstinación)c) (intento, empresa) undertaking, endeavor*nunca ceja en su empeño — (frml) he never wavers in his endeavor (frml)
2) ( de valores) pawning, hocking (colloq)sacar algo del empeño — (fam) to get something out of hock (colloq)
* * *empeño11 = enterprise, persistence, tenacity, determination.Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.
Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex: Conducting research in an academic library which requires more time and tenacity than many people have.Ex: Instead of fighting words with a dogged determination, he got to like them.* intentar Algo con empeño = try + hard.* poner empeño = strive.* poner mucho empeño = try + Posesivo + heart out.* poner mucho empeño en = put + Posesivo + heart into.* poner mucho empeño en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.* poner mucho empeño por = take + (great) pains to.empeño2* casa de empeño = pawnshop, hock shop [hockshop].* * *A1 (afán) determination; (esfuerzo) efforttrabajar/estudiar con empeño to work/study hardempeño EN algo:pondré todo mi empeño en conseguirlo I will do my best to achieve itprometió poner empeño en la tarea he promised to put every effort into the task o to apply himself to the task2 (obstinación) empeño EN algo insistence ON sthno comprendo su empeño en invitarla I don't understand his insistence on inviting her3 (intento, empresa) undertaking, endeavor*B (de valores) pawning, hocking ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo empeñar: ( conjugate empeñar)
empeño es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
empeñó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
empeñar
empeño
empeñar ( conjugate empeñar) verbo transitivo
empeñarse verbo pronominal
1 ( endeudarse) to get o go into debt
2 empeñose en hacer algo ( esforzarse) to strive to do sth (frml), to make an effort to do sth;
( proponerse) to be determined to do sth;
( obstinarse) to insist on doing sth
empeño sustantivo masculino
( esfuerzo) effort;
pondré todo mi empeño I will do my bestb) ( obstinación) empeño en algo insistence on sth
empeñar verbo transitivo
1 (un bien material) to pawn, US hock
2 (la palabra) to give one's word
empeño sustantivo masculino
1 (obstinación) insistence: he puesto todo mi empeño en hacerlo bien, I've set my heart on doing it properly
2 (prenda, garantía) pledge
casa de empeños, pawnshop
' empeño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afán
- agencia
- cejar
- celo
- empeñarse
- porfiar
- volcarse
- ceder
- papeleta
- tinca
English:
insist
- persistence
- will
* * *empeño nm1. [de joyas, bienes] pawning;casa de empeño(s) pawnshop2. [obstinación] determination;no entiendo ese empeño tuyo por justificarlo todo I don't understand this insistence of yours on justifying everything;con empeño persistently, tenaciously;todo su empeño es poder viajar the one thing she wants is to be able to travel;tener empeño en hacer algo to be determined to do sth3. [afán, esfuerzo] effort(s);en su empeño por ayudar, lo que hacía era estorbar in his efforts to help, all he did was get in the way;no cejaremos en nuestro empeño (de…) we will not flag in our efforts (to…);puso gran empeño en sus estudios she put a lot of effort into her studies;poner empeño en hacer algo to make a great effort to do sth, to take pains to do sth;debes poner más empeño en aprobar you should make more of an effort to pass* * *m1 ( obstinación) determination;con empeño insistently2 ( esfuerzo) effort3 Méxpawn shop* * *empeño nm1) : pledge, commitment2) : insistence3) esfuerzo: effort, determination4) : pawningcasa de empeños: pawnshop* * *empeño n2. (esfuerzo) effort¿para qué has tenido tanto empeño en traerme aquí? why were you so determined to bring me here? -
7 fijeza
f.firmness.* * *1 (persistencia) insistence, firmness2 (seguridad) certainty\mirar algo con fijeza to stare at somethingsaber algo con fijeza to know something for certain* * *SF [gen] firmness, stability; (=constancia) constancymirar con fijeza a algn — to stare at sb, look hard at sb
* * *= fixity.Ex. The attributes of a well-regulated library are well known to us all: organization, retrievability, authenticity, and fixity.* * *= fixity.Ex: The attributes of a well-regulated library are well known to us all: organization, retrievability, authenticity, and fixity.
* * *A ( Taur) steadfastnessB (estabilidad) stabilityfijeza laboral status of permanent employeeC (persistencia) persistenceme miró con fijeza he looked at me fixedly* * *
fijeza f (persistencia) firmness: nos miraba con fijeza, he stared at us
* * *fijeza nfla miraba con fijeza he stared at her intently* * *f1 ( firmeza) firmness2 ( persistencia) persistence* * *fijeza nf1) : firmness (of convictions)2) : persistence, constancymirar con fijeza a: to stare at -
8 tesón
m.persistence, eagerness, endurance, perseverance.* * *1 tenacity, firmness* * *SM (=tenacidad) tenacity, persistence; (=insistencia) insistence* * *masculino tenacity, determinationse opusieron con tesón al cierre de la fábrica — they resisted the closure of the factory tenaciously o with determination
* * *= industry.Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.----* trabajar con tesón = work + hard.* * *masculino tenacity, determinationse opusieron con tesón al cierre de la fábrica — they resisted the closure of the factory tenaciously o with determination
* * *= industry.Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
* trabajar con tesón = work + hard.* * *el tesón con que luchó por sus derechos the determination with which she fought for her rightsse opusieron con tesón al cierre de la fábrica they resisted the closure of the factory tenaciously o with determination* * *
tesón sustantivo masculino
tenacity, determination
tesón sustantivo masculino tenacity, perseverance
* * *tesón nmtenacity, perseverance;trabajar con tesón to work steadily* * *m tenacity, determination* * *tesón nm: persistence, tenacity -
9 pertinacia
f.1 pertinancy (obstinación), obstinacy, stubbornness, doggedness.2 pertinacity, pertinaciousness, constancy, perseverance.* * *SF1) (=persistencia) persistence2) (=obstinación) obstinacy* * *( frml)1 (persistencia) persistence2 (obstinación) pertinacity ( frml)* * *pertinacia nf1. [terquedad] stubbornness2. [persistencia] persistence -
10 atenuar
v.1 to diminish.2 to attenuate, to diminish, to deaden, to reduce.* * *1 to attenuate2 DERECHO to extenuate* * *verb1) to attenuate2) dim, tone down* * *1.VT (=aminorar) to attenuate; (Jur) [+ crimen etc] to extenuate; [+ importancia] to minimize; [+ impresión etc] to tone down; [+ impacto] to cushion, lessen2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivob) (Der) < responsabilidad> to reduce, lessen2.* * *= reduce, temper, mitigate, attenuate, tone down, dim, water down, take + the bite out of, soft-pedal.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. This advantage must be tempered by the fact that the standard centrally produced record may not always be consistent with local requirements.Ex. Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.Ex. In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.Ex. We found an increasing trend toward a more structured approach in data gathering procedures, while loose data collection was toned down significantly.Ex. At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.Ex. One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.Ex. The aim of this paper is to chart a different course of interpretation through Husserl's earliest work; a course which doesn't take all of the bite out of Heidegger's critique of technology.Ex. Antisemitism soft-pedal the importance of religious belief for comprehending the persistence of Jew-hatred.* * *1.verbo transitivob) (Der) < responsabilidad> to reduce, lessen2.* * *= reduce, temper, mitigate, attenuate, tone down, dim, water down, take + the bite out of, soft-pedal.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
Ex: This advantage must be tempered by the fact that the standard centrally produced record may not always be consistent with local requirements.Ex: Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.Ex: In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.Ex: We found an increasing trend toward a more structured approach in data gathering procedures, while loose data collection was toned down significantly.Ex: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.Ex: One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.Ex: The aim of this paper is to chart a different course of interpretation through Husserl's earliest work; a course which doesn't take all of the bite out of Heidegger's critique of technology.Ex: Antisemitism soft-pedal the importance of religious belief for comprehending the persistence of Jew-hatred.* * *vt1 (disminuir, moderar) ‹luz› to dim; ‹color› to tone downquizas deberías atenuar el tono de tus críticas perhaps you should tone down your criticism o moderate the tone of your criticism2 ( Der) ‹responsabilidad› to reduce, lessen«dolor» to easeeste optimismo se ha visto últimamente atenuado this optimism has been tempered of late* * *
atenuar ( conjugate atenuar) verbo transitivo
‹ color› to tone down;
atenuar verbo transitivo
1 to attenuate
Jur to extenuate
2 (minimizar, disminuir) to lessen, diminish
' atenuar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tranquilizar
English:
dim
- mitigate
- subdue
- tone down
- attenuate
- deaden
- extenuate
- soften
- temper
- tone
* * *♦ vt1. [disminuir, suavizar] to diminish;[dolor] to ease, to alleviate; [sonido, luz] to attenuate* * *v/t lessen, reduce* * *atenuar {3} vt1) mitigar: to extenuate, to mitigate2) : to dim (light), to tone down (colors)3) : to minimize, to lessen -
11 atroz
adj.1 terrible, awful.hace un frío atroz it's terribly o awfully cold2 atrocious, horrible, inhumane, abominable.3 agonizing, excruciating.* * *1 (bárbaro) atrocious, outrageous* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=terrible) atrocious; (=cruel) cruel, inhuman; (=escandaloso) outrageous2) * (=enorme) huge, terrific; (=malísimo) dreadful, awful* * *adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful* * *= dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.* * *adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful* * *= dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.* * *1 (brutal, cruel) appalling, terrible2 (uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful, dreadful ( BrE)tengo un dolor de cabeza atroz I have an atrocious o an awful headache* * *
atroz adjetivo
atrocious
atroz adjetivo
1 (pésimo, insoportable) atrocious
2 fam (enorme) enormous, tremendous
' atroz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
insensibilidad
- barbaridad
- muerte
English:
agonizing
- appalling
- atrocious
- dreadful
- excruciating
- heinous
- hell
- hideous
- raging
- unspeakable
- vicious
- crippling
- dire
- terrible
* * *atroz adj1. [cruel] [crimen, tortura] horrific, barbarices de una fealdad atroz he's terribly o incredibly ugly3. [muy malo] atrocious, awful* * *adj1 appalling, atrocious2:un éxito atroz a smash hit* * *♦ atrozamente adv* * *atroz adj1. (cruel) atrocious / appalling2. (enorme) terriblehace un frío atroz it's terribly cold / it's freezing -
12 caer en terreno pedregoso
(v.) = fall on + stony groundEx. It is scarcely possible for departments of library studies to offer courses in humility, or enthusiasm, or persistence, still less to set examinations in them, and simple exhortations to such virtues might today fall on stony ground.* * *(v.) = fall on + stony groundEx: It is scarcely possible for departments of library studies to offer courses in humility, or enthusiasm, or persistence, still less to set examinations in them, and simple exhortations to such virtues might today fall on stony ground.
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13 deberse a
v.to be due to, to be caused by.* * *(v.) = be due to, be caused by, be attributable to, boil down toEx. However, the marginal deviation from statistical significance may have been due to data contamination in that Billboard charts use some data manipulation rather than strictly objective sales or air play data.Ex. There are fewer women in management than men and they earn less and this is not caused by stereotypically female qualities and behaviour.Ex. The inclusion of much of West Yorkshire in the non-quota textile programme is claimed to be at least partly attributable to this persistence.Ex. The dilemmas of charging finally boil down to political judgements of the value of information in society.* * *(v.) = be due to, be caused by, be attributable to, boil down toEx: However, the marginal deviation from statistical significance may have been due to data contamination in that Billboard charts use some data manipulation rather than strictly objective sales or air play data.
Ex: There are fewer women in management than men and they earn less and this is not caused by stereotypically female qualities and behaviour.Ex: The inclusion of much of West Yorkshire in the non-quota textile programme is claimed to be at least partly attributable to this persistence.Ex: The dilemmas of charging finally boil down to political judgements of the value of information in society. -
14 empeño1
1 = enterprise, persistence, tenacity, determination.Ex. Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex. Conducting research in an academic library which requires more time and tenacity than many people have.Ex. Instead of fighting words with a dogged determination, he got to like them.----* intentar Algo con empeño = try + hard.* poner empeño = strive.* poner mucho empeño = try + Posesivo + heart out.* poner mucho empeño en = put + Posesivo + heart into.* poner mucho empeño en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.* poner mucho empeño por = take + (great) pains to. -
15 exento de cuota
(adj.) = non-quotaEx. The inclusion of much of West Yorkshire in the non-quota textile programme is claimed to be at least partly attributable to this persistence.* * *(adj.) = non-quotaEx: The inclusion of much of West Yorkshire in the non-quota textile programme is claimed to be at least partly attributable to this persistence.
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16 magia
f.magic.magia blanca/negra white/black magic* * *1 magic\como por arte de magia as if by magicmagia blanca white magicmagia negra black magicnúmero de magia / truco de magia magic trick* * *noun f.* * *SF magic* * *a) ( arte) magicb) (encanto, atractivo) magicla magia de su voz — the magical quality o the magic of her voice
* * *= wizardry, magic, conjuring.Ex. How she ached to be a poet and by some wizardry of pen capture the mysteries going on out there.Ex. A leader needs a clear and challenging vision, a magic with words, the ability to motivate others, the courage to stay on course, and the persistence not to lose hope.Ex. Subjects range from demonology to bibliographies of books on conjuring.----* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.* magia potajia = hocus pocus.* truco de magia = conjuring trick.* * *a) ( arte) magicb) (encanto, atractivo) magicla magia de su voz — the magical quality o the magic of her voice
* * *= wizardry, magic, conjuring.Ex: How she ached to be a poet and by some wizardry of pen capture the mysteries going on out there.
Ex: A leader needs a clear and challenging vision, a magic with words, the ability to motivate others, the courage to stay on course, and the persistence not to lose hope.Ex: Subjects range from demonology to bibliographies of books on conjuring.* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.* magia potajia = hocus pocus.* truco de magia = conjuring trick.* * *1 (arte) magiclos prestidigitadores que hacen magia en la televisión the conjurers who do magic o magic tricks on television2 (encanto, atractivo) magicla magia de su voz the magical quality o the magic of her voiceCompuesto:magia blanca/negrawhite/black magic* * *
magia sustantivo femenino
magic;
magia sustantivo femenino magic: lo hizo desaparecer como por arte de magia, he made it disappear as if by magic
magia blanca/negra, white magic/black magic
' magia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adivinar
- arte
- truco
- pase
English:
magic
- magically
- spell
- spirit
- trick
* * *magia nf1. [sobrenatural] magicmagia blanca white magic;magia negra black magic2. [trucos] magic, conjuring;hacer magia to do conjuring o magic tricks;un número de magia a conjuring o magic trick3. [encanto] magic;la magia del cine the magic of the silver screen* * *f tb figmagic* * *magia nf: magic* * *magia n magic -
17 minimizar
v.1 to play down.2 to minimize, to underplay, to minimise.Ricardo minimizó el problema Richard minimized the problem.3 to diminish, to belittle.El profesor minimizó al estudiante The professor diminished the student.* * *1 to minimize* * *verb* * *VT1) (=reducir al mínimo) [+ gastos, efectos] to minimize2) (=quitar importancia a) [+ problema, suceso] to make light of, minimize, play downel ministro minimizó las pérdidas económicas — the minister made light of o played down o minimized the economic losses
* * *verbo transitivo ( reducir al mínimo) to minimize; ( quitar importancia) to make light of, play down* * *= minimise [minimize, -USA], soft-pedal.Ex. Many of these problems can be minimised by restricting indexing to titles and abstracts.Ex. Antisemitism soft-pedal the importance of religious belief for comprehending the persistence of Jew-hatred.----* minimizar el impacto = minimise + impact.* minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.* * *verbo transitivo ( reducir al mínimo) to minimize; ( quitar importancia) to make light of, play down* * *= minimise [minimize, -USA], soft-pedal.Ex: Many of these problems can be minimised by restricting indexing to titles and abstracts.
Ex: Antisemitism soft-pedal the importance of religious belief for comprehending the persistence of Jew-hatred.* minimizar el impacto = minimise + impact.* minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.* * *minimizar [A4 ]vt1 (reducir al mínimo) to minimize2 (quitar importancia) ‹gravedad/problema/preocupación› to make light of, play down* * *
minimizar ( conjugate minimizar) verbo transitivo ( reducir al mínimo) to minimize;
( quitar importancia) to make light of, play down
minimizar verbo transitivo to minimize
' minimizar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atenuar
English:
chip away
- devalue
- downplay
- minimize
- play
* * *minimizar vt1. [gastos, pérdidas, riesgos] to minimize2. [quitar importancia a] to minimize, to play down* * *v/t minimize* * *minimizar {21} vt: to minimize -
18 no sujeto a una cuota
(adj.) = non-quotaEx. The inclusion of much of West Yorkshire in the non-quota textile programme is claimed to be at least partly attributable to this persistence.* * *(adj.) = non-quotaEx: The inclusion of much of West Yorkshire in the non-quota textile programme is claimed to be at least partly attributable to this persistence.
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19 perder esperanza
(v.) = lose + hopeEx. A leader needs a clear and challenging vision, a magic with words, the ability to motivate others, the courage to stay on course, and the persistence not to lose hope.* * *(v.) = lose + hopeEx: A leader needs a clear and challenging vision, a magic with words, the ability to motivate others, the courage to stay on course, and the persistence not to lose hope.
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20 porfía
f.hardheadedness, stubbornness, obstinacy, waywardness.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: porfiar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: porfiar.* * *1 (insistencia) insistence, obstinacy2 (discusión) squabble* * *SF1) (=cualidad) (=terquedad) stubbornness, obstinacy; (=persistencia) persistence2) (=disputa) dispute; (=contienda) continuous struggle, continuous competition3)* * *= waywardness.Ex. Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.* * *= waywardness.Ex: Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
* * *stubborn determinationa porfía doggedly* * *porfía nf1. [disputa] dispute2. [insistencia] persistence;[tozudez] stubbornness;a porfía determinedly* * *f ( insistencia) insistence
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