plethoric style

Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.

Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.

Ex: Some homes are grand, with stately brick, spiraling staircases, ornate fences and multiple entrances.

Ex: You don't have to be bombastic to be powerful [he says in a loud voice], you can be more intimate [he says in a quieter voice].

Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.

* estilo ampuloso = turgid style, plethoric style.

ampuloso,-a adjetivo pompous, bombastic
' ampuloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ampulosa
English:
flamboyant
- turgid
- verbose

Ex: Just as delivery must be tuned to suit the kind of material chosen, so must the language used to tell a story.

Ex: The Aldine greek was based on a much admired humanistic cursive hand which relied for its good looks on a multiplicity of alternative letters, ligatures, and contractions.

Ex: Using a popular idiom, we might inquire, 'Is this the real McCoy'?.

Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex: The dialogue style is well-suited to occasional and novice users but can be slow.

Ex: It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.

* al estilo de = a la, along the lines, in the mould of.

* al estilo de los índices de materia = subject-type.

* al estilo de + Nombre = in a + Nombre + sort of way.

* al estilo militar = military-style.

* con estilo = stylish.

* corrector de estilo = style checker, copy editor, subeditor.

* del estilo de los directorios = directory-type.

* error de estilo = stylistic error.

* esquí estilo libre = freestyle skiing.

* estilo abstracto = abstract style.

* estilo ampuloso = turgid style, plethoric style.

* estilo arquitectónico = architectural style.

* estilo artístico = artistic style.

* estilo barato = kitsch.

* estilo bibliotecario = library chic.

* estilo de aprendizaje = learning style.

* estilo de gestión = managerial style, management style.

* estilo de la casa = house style.

* estilo de pelo = hairstyle.

* estilo de resumir = abstracting style.

* estilo de vida = lifestyle [life style/life-style], style of life, way of life.

* estilo de vida alternativo = alternative life-style.

* estilo directo = direct speech, direct discourse.

* estilo esloveno = Slovenica.

* estilo gótico = Gothic style.

* estilo indirecto = indirect speech, indirect discourse.

* estilo libre = freestyle.

* estilo literario = literary style, writing style.

* estilo periodístico = journalese.

* estilo personal = individual style, persona [personae, -pl.].

* estilo pobre = impoverished style.

* estilo rústico = rustic style.

* estilo telegráfico = telegraphese.

* estilo tipográfico = typographical style.

* estilo tradicional = traditional style.

* freír al estilo chino = stir-fry.

* frito al estilo chino = stir-fry.

* guía de estilo = style guideline.

* hoja de estilo = style sheet.

* índices de títulos al estilo de los índices de materia = subject-type title indexes.

* manual de estilo = style manual, style guideline.

* Manual de Estilo de Chicago = Chicago Manual of Style.

* Manual de Estilo de la MLA, el = MLA Style Manual, the.

 

Del verbo estilar: ( conjugate estilar)

estilo es:


estiló es:


Multiple Entries:
estilar    
estilo
estilar ( conjugate estilar) verbo intransitivo (Chi) ( gotear) to drip;
( escurrir) to drain
estilarse verbo pronominal [moda/peinado] to be fashionable
estilo sustantivo masculino


estilo de vida way of life, lifestyle;
ropa estilo deportivo casual wear;
vestir con estilo to dress stylishly;
al estilo de mi tierra the way they do it back home;
por el estilo: son todos por el estilo they are all the same;
algo por el estilo something like that


estilo mariposa butterfly;
estilo pecho or (Esp) braza breaststroke
estilo sustantivo masculino
1 Arte style
estilo imperio, empire style
2 (modo) manner, style: éste no es mi estilo de actuar, this isn't my way of doing things
3 (elegancia) es una mujer con mucho estilo she's a very stylish woman
4 Natación stroke
estilo mariposa, butterfly (stroke)
5 Ling estilo directo/indirecto, direct/indirect speech
♦ Locuciones: algo por el estilo, something like that
' estilo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- academicismo
- adusta
- adusto
- ancha
- ancho
- categoría
- clase
- corte
- cresta
- depurar
- despersonalizada
- despersonalizado
- despreocupada
- despreocupado
- formalismo
- grandilocuente
- imprimir
- indirecta
- indirecto
- informal
- lindeza
- llana
- llano
- mano
- novedosa
- novedoso
- punzante
- recrear
- retorcida
- retorcido
- sabor
- sentar
- suelta
- suelto
- swing
- trabajar
- vanguardia
- vanguardismo
- a
- académico
- ágil
- agilidad
- armonizar
- asequible
- austero
- barroco
- castizo
- clásico
- crawl
English:
awaken
- backstroke
- bite
- collarless
- compact
- conventional
- dash
- elaborate
- exemplify
- fashion
- flair
- florid
- flowing
- fluid
- free-style
- goulash
- gracious
- idiom
- individual
- kind
- laboured
- lifestyle
- literary
- mode
- old-style
- panache
- polish
- polished
- precious
- purple
- reported
- restrained
- severe
- severity
- speech
- stilted
- style
- stylish
- suchlike
- sugary
- tame
- to
- tone
- vein
- back
- brand
- breast
- butter
- design
- direct
estilo imperio Empire style estilo de vida lifestyle estilo libre freestyle

plomizo

plomizo,-a adjetivo
1 leaden
2 (color) lead-coloured
3 (cielo) grey, US gray

' plomizo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
plomiza
English:
leaden
- sullen
[color, cielo] leaden

1. (f. - pesada)

noun

bore, pest

2. (f. - pesada)

adj.

1) heavy

2) difficult

3) boring

* * *

pesado, -a

1. ADJ

1) [paquete, comida] heavy

industria pesada — heavy industry

2) (=lento) [persona] slow, sluggish; [mecanismo] stiff

3) (Meteo) heavy, sultry

4) [sueño] deep, heavy

5) (Med) heavy

tengo la cabeza pesada — my head feels heavy

tener el estómago pesado — to feel bloated, feel full up

6) [tarea] (=difícil) tough, hard; (=aburrido) tedious, boring; (=molesto) annoying; [lectura] heavy, stodgy

esto se hace pesado — this is becoming tedious

la lectura del libro resultó pesada — the book was heavy going

es una persona de lo más pesado — he's a terribly dull sort

ese me cae pesado — Caribe, Méx * that chap gets on my nerves *

es pesado tener que... — it's such a bore having to...

¡no seas pesado! — stop being such a pain!

2. SM / F

1) (=aburrido) bore

es un pesado — he's such a bore

2) Caribe * (=pez gordo) big shot *

3.

SM (=acto) weighing

* * *

I

- da adjetivo

1)

a) <paquete/artillería/maquinaria> heavy

b) < comida> heavy, stodgy (colloq); < estómago> bloated

me siento pesado — I feel bloated

c) <atmósfera/tiempo> heavy, oppressive

d) <ojos/cabeza> heavy

tengo las piernas pesadas — my legs feel very heavy

e) < sueño> deep

2) (fam) (fastidioso, aburrido)

a) <libro/película/trabajo> tedious

la conferencia me resultó un poco pesado — I found the lecture rather heavy going

b) < persona>

qué pesado es! — he's such a pain in the neck! (colloq)

qué pesado, nunca no me deja en paz! — he's such a pest, he never leaves me alone (colloq)

no te pongas pesado — don't be so annoying o (colloq) such a pest!

3) (Andes fam) ( antipático) unpleasant

qué tipo tan pesado! — what a jerk! (colloq)

II

- da masculino, femenino

a) (fam) ( latoso) pain (colloq), pest (colloq)

b) (Andes fam) ( antipático) jerk (colloq)

* * *

I

- da adjetivo

1)

a) <paquete/artillería/maquinaria> heavy

b) < comida> heavy, stodgy (colloq); < estómago> bloated

me siento pesado — I feel bloated

c) <atmósfera/tiempo> heavy, oppressive

d) <ojos/cabeza> heavy

tengo las piernas pesadas — my legs feel very heavy

e) < sueño> deep

2) (fam) (fastidioso, aburrido)

a) <libro/película/trabajo> tedious

la conferencia me resultó un poco pesado — I found the lecture rather heavy going

b) < persona>

qué pesado es! — he's such a pain in the neck! (colloq)

qué pesado, nunca no me deja en paz! — he's such a pest, he never leaves me alone (colloq)

no te pongas pesado — don't be so annoying o (colloq) such a pest!

3) (Andes fam) ( antipático) unpleasant

qué tipo tan pesado! — what a jerk! (colloq)

II

- da masculino, femenino

a) (fam) ( latoso) pain (colloq), pest (colloq)

b) (Andes fam) ( antipático) jerk (colloq)

* * *

pesado¹

¹ = heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.].

Ex: The heap of wet sheets of paper was left to stand overnight under a heavy weight.

* caminar con paso pesado = plod (along/through).

* industria pesada = heavy industry.

* maquinaria pesada = heavy machinery.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* peso pesado = big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat.

* tráfico pesado = heavy traffic.

* vehículo pesado = heavy vehicle.

pesado²

² = onerous, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, weighty, bore, drab, stodgy, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], wearying, importunate, leaden, nuisance, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], pest.

Nota: Referido a personas que irritan con su comportamiento.

Ex: Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.

Ex: Some SLIS are seriously affected by ponderous administrative procedures imposed upon them.

Ex: In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.

Ex: Some of their drawbacks make regular use rather tiresome.

Ex: AACR1 is a weighty code, not because it contains extensive enumeration, but rather because of its comprehensive coverage.

Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex: One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.

Ex: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.

Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.

Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.

Ex: Many of the revisions they suggest exacerbate the leaden, plethoric style that comes naturally to lawyers.

Ex: However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

Ex: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.

Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

* broma pesada = practical joke.

* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.

* hacer (todo) el trabajo pesado = do (all) + the donkey work.

* lento y pesado = plodding.

* pesados, los = nuisance, the.

* ser un pesado = be a pest, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

* trabajo pesado = donkey work.

* viejo pesado = old fart.

* * *

pesado¹ -da

adjective

A

1 ‹paquete/maleta› heavy; ‹artillería/maquinaria› heavy

2 ‹comida› heavy, stodgy ( colloq); ‹estómago› bloated

me siento pesado después de haber comido tanto I feel bloated after all that food

3 ‹atmósfera/tiempo› heavy, oppressive, sultry

4 ‹ojos/cabeza› heavy

tengo las piernas pesadas my legs feel very heavy o like lead

5 ‹sueño› deep

B

1 ( fam) (fastidioso, aburrido) ‹libro/película/conferencia› tedious

¡qué pesado es! he's such a pain in the neck! ( colloq)

¡qué pesado, no me deja en paz ni un minuto! what a pest, he won't leave me alone for a minute ( colloq)

los niños están muy pesados the children are being really annoying o ( colloq) being real pests

no te pongas pesado don't be so annoying o ( colloq) such a pest!, quit bugging me! ( AmE colloq)

ser más pesado que el plomo ( fam); to be a pain (in the neck) ( colloq)

2 ( fam) ‹tarea/trabajo› (monótono) tedious

C ( Andes fam) (antipático) unpleasant

¡qué tipo tan pesado! what a jerk! ( colloq)

pesado² -da

masculine, feminine

A ( fam) (molesto, latoso) pain ( colloq), pest ( colloq)

eres un pesado, deja ya de molestar you're such a pain in the neck, stop annoying me ( colloq)

B ( Andes fam) (antipático) jerk ( colloq)

C

( Col fam) (mandamás): quiero hablar con el pesado I want to speak to the top man o the boss ( colloq)

es uno de los pesados he's one of the bigwigs o the top men ( colloq)

* * *

 

Del verbo pesar: ( conjugate pesar)

pesado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
pesado    
pesar
pesado

◊ -da adjetivo

1 ( en general) heavy;
‹ estómago› bloated;
‹ sueño› deep
2

a) (fam) (fastidioso, aburrido) ‹libro/película› tedious;

‹ persona›:

◊ ¡qué pesado es! he's such a pain in the neck! (colloq);

no te pongas pesado don't be so annoying o (colloq) such a pest!

b) (AmL) (difícil, duro) ‹trabajo/tarea› heavy, hard

3 (Andes fam) ( antipático) unpleasant;

◊ ¡qué tipo tan pesado! what a jerk! (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

a) (fam) ( latoso) pain (colloq), pest (colloq)

b) (Andes fam) ( antipático) jerk (colloq)

pesar 1 sustantivo masculino
1

a) (pena, tristeza) sorrow;

a pesado mío or muy a mi pesado much to my regret

b) ( remordimiento) regret, remorse

2

◊ a pesado de despite, in spite of;

a pesado de todo in spite of o despite everything;
a pesar de que even though
pesar 2 ( conjugate pesar) verbo intransitivo
1 [paquete/maleta] to be heavy;

◊ estas gafas no pesan these glasses don't weigh much;

no me pesa it's not heavy
2 ( causar arrepentimiento) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ ahora me pesa mucho now I deeply regret it;

me pesa haberlo ofendido I'm very sorry I offended him
3

◊ pese a despite, in spite of;

pese a que even though;
mal que me/le pese whether I like/he likes it or not
verbo transitivo

a) ‹niño/maleta› to weigh;

‹ manzanas› to weigh (out)

b) ( tener cierto peso) to weigh;

◊ pesa 80 kilos he weighs 80 kilos

pesarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to weigh oneself
pesado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (un objeto) heavy
2 (sueño) deep, heavy
3 (trabajo) hard
4 (viaje) tiring
5 (aburrido, molesto) boring, tedious, dull
II sustantivo masculino y femenino pain, pest
pesar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (tener peso físico) to weigh: esa carne pesa dos kilos, that meat weighs two kilos
2 (tener peso psíquico) to have influence: sus opiniones aún pesan en el grupo, his opinions still carry weight in the group
3 (causar arrepentimiento, dolor) to grieve: me pesa no haber ido con vosotros, I regret not having gone with you
II vtr (determinar un peso) to weigh
III sustantivo masculino
1 (pena, pesadumbre) sorrow, grief
2 (remordimiento) regret
♦ Locuciones: a pesar de, in spite of
a pesar de que, although ➣ Ver nota en aunque
' pesado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliviar
- cargar
- demasiada
- demasiado
- engorrosa
- engorroso
- leve
- más
- pesada
- petardo
- plomo
- sueño
- tostón
- atorrante
- chinche
- hacer
- latoso
- machacón
- muerto
- peso
- rock
English:
aggravating
- awkward
- bore
- boring
- bothersome
- cumbersome
- drag
- dreary
- going
- grind
- heavy
- heavyweight
- hefty
- laboured
- leaden
- lengthy
- lug
- neck
- nuisance
- objectionable
- pain
- pest
- plod
- sleeper
- stodgy
- tiresome
- trying
- weighty
- annoying
- close
- HGV
- muggy
- onerous
- pall
- ponderous
- top
- unwieldy
- weight

* * *

pesado, -a

♦ adj

1. [que pesa] heavy

2. [industria, maquinaria] heavy

3. [tiempo, día] oppressive;

el día está pesado it's very close today

4. [comida] heavy, stodgy

5. [ojos, cabeza] heavy;

tengo el estómago pesado I feel bloated

6. [sueño] deep

7. [lento] slow-moving;

un hombre de andares pesados a man with a ponderous gait

8. [tarea, trabajo] difficult, tough

9. [aburrido] boring

10. [molesto] annoying, tiresome;

¡qué pesada eres! you're so annoying!;

ponerse pesado to be a pain;

Comp

Fam

¡eres más pesado que una vaca en brazos! you're such a pain in the neck!

♦ nm,f

bore, pain

* * *

pesado

I adj

1 objeto heavy

2 libro, clase etc tedious, boring

3 trabajo tough fam, difficult

II m, pesada f bore;

¡qué pesado es! fam he’s a real pain fam

* * *

pesado, -da adj

1) : heavy

2) : slow

3) : irritating, annoying

4) : tedious, boring

5) : tough, difficult

pesado, -da n, fam : bore, pest

* * *

pesado¹ adj

1. (en general) heavy [comp. heavier; superl. heaviest]

esta caja es muy pesada this box is very heavy

2. (aburrido) boring

una película muy pesada a really boring film

tener un sueño pesado to be a heavy sleeper

pesado² n pain

¡qué pesado eres! what a pain you are!