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racial equality

  • 1 igualdad racial

    • racial discrimination
    • racial equality

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > igualdad racial

  • 2 separación racial

    • racial equality
    • racial segregation

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > separación racial

  • 3 igualdad racial

    f.
    racial equality.
    * * *
    (n.) = race equality, racial equality
    Ex. The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    * * *
    (n.) = race equality, racial equality

    Ex: The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.

    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.

    Spanish-English dictionary > igualdad racial

  • 4 segregación racial

    • apartheid
    • color-bar
    • racial equality
    • racial segregation

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > segregación racial

  • 5 igualdad

    f.
    1 equality (equivalencia).
    igualdad de derechos equal rights
    igualdad de oportunidades equal opportunities
    2 sameness.
    3 equation.
    * * *
    1 equality
    2 (de superficie) levelness
    \
    en igualdad de condiciones,... all things being equal,...
    estar en igualdad de condiciones to be on equal terms
    igualdad de derechos equal rights
    igualdad de oportunidades equal opportunities
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=equivalencia) equality

    en igualdad de condiciones — on an equal basis, on an equal footing

    2) (=uniformidad) [de superficie] evenness; [de rasgos, formas] similarity
    * * *
    femenino equality
    * * *
    = equity, parity, equality, equitability.
    Ex. It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.
    Ex. The two cases perhaps indicate the beginning of attitudinal changes in awards administrators which will give parity of esteem to information-driven programmes.
    Ex. The national ethos is much more egalitarian than it was and more and more appeals can successfully be made to the argument of equality in political discussion.
    Ex. These variables ensured equitability by virtue of enabling each department to acquire the same percentage of the literature published in its field.
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    * concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.
    * directiva sobre la igualdad de trato = equal treatment directive.
    * en condiciones de igualdad = on an equal footing, on equal terms, on an equal basis.
    * en igualdad de condiciones = other things being equal, on equal terms, one of equals, ceteris paribus, in a tie, on an equal footing, on an equal basis.
    * en igualdad de condiciones para todos los sexos = gender-equitable.
    * estar en igualdad de condiciones con = be on (an) equal footing with.
    * igualdad de acceso = equity of access.
    * igualdad de condiciones para todos = levelling of the playing field.
    * igualdad de derechos = equal rights, equality of rights.
    * igualdad de género = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.
    * igualdad de oportunidad en el trabajo = equal employment opportunity.
    * igualdad de oportunidades = equal opportunity, equality of opportunities, equity of opportunity.
    * igualdad de poder = parity of power.
    * igualdad de retribución = equal pay.
    * igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for equal work, equal pay for comparable work.
    * igualdad de tratamiento = fairness.
    * igualdad de trato = equal treatment.
    * igualdad entre las razas = race equality.
    * igualdad entre los sexos = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.
    * igualdad racial = race equality, racial equality.
    * igualdad retributiva = equal pay.
    * igualdad social = social equity.
    * leyes sobre la igualdad = equity laws.
    * principio de igualdad, el = egalitarian principle, the.
    * * *
    femenino equality
    * * *
    = equity, parity, equality, equitability.

    Ex: It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.

    Ex: The two cases perhaps indicate the beginning of attitudinal changes in awards administrators which will give parity of esteem to information-driven programmes.
    Ex: The national ethos is much more egalitarian than it was and more and more appeals can successfully be made to the argument of equality in political discussion.
    Ex: These variables ensured equitability by virtue of enabling each department to acquire the same percentage of the literature published in its field.
    * concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.
    * directiva sobre la igualdad de trato = equal treatment directive.
    * en condiciones de igualdad = on an equal footing, on equal terms, on an equal basis.
    * en igualdad de condiciones = other things being equal, on equal terms, one of equals, ceteris paribus, in a tie, on an equal footing, on an equal basis.
    * en igualdad de condiciones para todos los sexos = gender-equitable.
    * estar en igualdad de condiciones con = be on (an) equal footing with.
    * igualdad de acceso = equity of access.
    * igualdad de condiciones para todos = levelling of the playing field.
    * igualdad de derechos = equal rights, equality of rights.
    * igualdad de género = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.
    * igualdad de oportunidad en el trabajo = equal employment opportunity.
    * igualdad de oportunidades = equal opportunity, equality of opportunities, equity of opportunity.
    * igualdad de poder = parity of power.
    * igualdad de retribución = equal pay.
    * igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for equal work, equal pay for comparable work.
    * igualdad de tratamiento = fairness.
    * igualdad de trato = equal treatment.
    * igualdad entre las razas = race equality.
    * igualdad entre los sexos = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.
    * igualdad racial = race equality, racial equality.
    * igualdad retributiva = equal pay.
    * igualdad social = social equity.
    * leyes sobre la igualdad = equity laws.
    * principio de igualdad, el = egalitarian principle, the.

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    A (equidad) equality
    libertad, igualdad, fraternidad liberty, equality, fraternity
    igualdad de oportunidades/derechos equal opportunities/rights
    por primera vez se enfrentaban en igualdad de condiciones for the first time they faced each other on equal terms o on an equal footing
    B ( Mat) equation
    * * *

    igualdad sustantivo femenino
    equality;

    en igualdad de condiciones on equal terms
    igualdad sustantivo femenino
    1 (de trato) equality: exigimos igualdad de oportunidades para los minusválidos, we demand equality of opportunity for handicapped people
    igualdad ante la ley, equality before the law
    en igualdad de condiciones, on equal terms
    2 (coincidencia, parecido) similarity: hay mucha igualdad entre ambos equipos, there is a lot of similarity between the two teams

    ' igualdad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consonancia
    - estar
    - identidad
    - oportunidad
    - pie
    English:
    arm's length
    - equal
    - equality
    - footing
    - lobby
    - minority
    - parity
    - sameness
    - par
    - pay
    * * *
    1. [equivalencia] equality;
    la igualdad ante la ley equality before the law;
    piden un trato de igualdad they are asking for equal treatment;
    para garantizar la igualdad de condiciones in order to ensure a level playing field;
    en pie de igualdad on an equal footing
    igualdad de derechos equal rights;
    igualdad de oportunidades equal opportunities;
    igualdad de sexos sexual equality
    2. [identidad] sameness
    3. Mat equation
    * * *
    f equality
    * * *
    1) : equality
    2) uniformidad: evenness, uniformity
    * * *
    igualdad n equality

    Spanish-English dictionary > igualdad

  • 6 firme

    adj.
    1 firm.
    2 solid.
    3 resolute.
    ¡firmes! (military) attention!
    4 single-minded, firm.
    5 secure, strong, firm.
    adv.
    hard.
    mantenerse firme en to hold fast to
    se mantuvo firme en su actitud he refused to give way, he stood his ground
    m.
    road surface.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: firmar.
    * * *
    1 (estable) firm, steady
    2 (color) fast
    1 (pavimento) road surface
    1 hard
    \
    de firme hard
    en firme firm
    estar en lo firme to be in the right
    ¡firmes! MILITAR attention!
    mantenerse firme figurado to hold one's ground
    * * *
    adj.
    1) firm
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [mesa, andamio] steady; [terreno] firm, solid
    2) [paso] firm, steady; [voz] firm; [mercado, moneda] steady; [candidato] strong
    3) [amistad, apoyo] firm, strong; [decisión, convicción] firm

    estar en lo firme — † to be in the right

    4) [sentencia] final
    5) (Mil)

    ¡firmes! — attention!

    ponerse firmes — to come o stand to attention

    2.
    ADV hard
    3.
    SM (Aut) road surface

    firme del suelo — (Arquit) rubble base (of floor)

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <escalera/silla/mesa> steady

    pisar terreno firme — to be on safe o firm o solid ground

    con paso/pulso firme — with a firm step/steady hand

    de firme — <estudiar/trabajar> hard

    b) ( color) fast
    c) < candidato> strong
    2) (Mil)

    en posición de firmes — standing at o (BrE) to attention

    3)
    a) < persona> firm

    se mantuvo firme — (ante las presiones, el enemigo) she stood her ground

    me mantuve firme en mi postura/idea — I stuck o kept to my position/idea

    b) (delante del n) <creencia/convicción> firm
    II
    masculino road surface
    * * *
    = firm [firmer -comp., firmest -sup.], powerful, sound [sounder -comp., soundest -sup.], strong [stronger -comp., strongest -sup.], uncompromising, steadfast, assertive, adamant, taut [tauter -comp., tautest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], uncompromised, staunch [stanch, -USA], rock solid, unswerving, toned.
    Ex. Full consideration of the above factors should form a firm basis for the design of an effective thesaurus or list of subject headings.
    Ex. Because DOBIS/LIBIS integrates the authority files into the cataloguing process, it provides a unique and very powerful authority file facility.
    Ex. Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.
    Ex. In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. He does admit, however, that 'this power is unusual, it is a gift which must be cultivated, an accomplishment which can only be acquired by vigorous and steadfast concentration'.
    Ex. I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex. The point is that even our most adamant, conservative faculty members are slowly dribbling in and saying, 'Could you add our name to your selective dissemination of information service?'.
    Ex. While the stencil is held taut, the cylinder is slowly rotated until the bottom edge of the wax sheet can be clamped in position.
    Ex. The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex. This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.
    Ex. The numbers in the ad, which are quite eye-opening, are rock-solid.
    Ex. His mistaken assumption that cult heroes are supermen, and his unswerving devotion to an empirical testing of the play impose significant limitations on his account.
    Ex. If you are shorter or have very nice toned legs without veins, scars or dark hair, I say take the skirt up a few inches if you want.
    ----
    * adoptar una postura firme ante una cuestión = take + position on + issue.
    * con pie firme = sure-footed.
    * en tierra firme = on dry land.
    * mantener firme = keep + steady, hold in + line, hold + steady.
    * mantenerse firme = stand + Posesivo + ground, stick to + Posesivo + guns.
    * permanecer firm = stay in + place.
    * poco firme = tenuous, rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.].
    * ponerse firme = stand to + attention.
    * senos firmes y de punta = pert breasts.
    * sobre suelo firme = on firm footing.
    * terreno firme = safe ground, solid ground.
    * tierra firme = solid ground.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <escalera/silla/mesa> steady

    pisar terreno firme — to be on safe o firm o solid ground

    con paso/pulso firme — with a firm step/steady hand

    de firme — <estudiar/trabajar> hard

    b) ( color) fast
    c) < candidato> strong
    2) (Mil)

    en posición de firmes — standing at o (BrE) to attention

    3)
    a) < persona> firm

    se mantuvo firme — (ante las presiones, el enemigo) she stood her ground

    me mantuve firme en mi postura/idea — I stuck o kept to my position/idea

    b) (delante del n) <creencia/convicción> firm
    II
    masculino road surface
    * * *
    = firm [firmer -comp., firmest -sup.], powerful, sound [sounder -comp., soundest -sup.], strong [stronger -comp., strongest -sup.], uncompromising, steadfast, assertive, adamant, taut [tauter -comp., tautest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], uncompromised, staunch [stanch, -USA], rock solid, unswerving, toned.

    Ex: Full consideration of the above factors should form a firm basis for the design of an effective thesaurus or list of subject headings.

    Ex: Because DOBIS/LIBIS integrates the authority files into the cataloguing process, it provides a unique and very powerful authority file facility.
    Ex: Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.
    Ex: In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: He does admit, however, that 'this power is unusual, it is a gift which must be cultivated, an accomplishment which can only be acquired by vigorous and steadfast concentration'.
    Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex: The point is that even our most adamant, conservative faculty members are slowly dribbling in and saying, 'Could you add our name to your selective dissemination of information service?'.
    Ex: While the stencil is held taut, the cylinder is slowly rotated until the bottom edge of the wax sheet can be clamped in position.
    Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex: This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.
    Ex: The numbers in the ad, which are quite eye-opening, are rock-solid.
    Ex: His mistaken assumption that cult heroes are supermen, and his unswerving devotion to an empirical testing of the play impose significant limitations on his account.
    Ex: If you are shorter or have very nice toned legs without veins, scars or dark hair, I say take the skirt up a few inches if you want.
    * adoptar una postura firme ante una cuestión = take + position on + issue.
    * con pie firme = sure-footed.
    * en tierra firme = on dry land.
    * mantener firme = keep + steady, hold in + line, hold + steady.
    * mantenerse firme = stand + Posesivo + ground, stick to + Posesivo + guns.
    * permanecer firm = stay in + place.
    * poco firme = tenuous, rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.].
    * ponerse firme = stand to + attention.
    * senos firmes y de punta = pert breasts.
    * sobre suelo firme = on firm footing.
    * terreno firme = safe ground, solid ground.
    * tierra firme = solid ground.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹escalera/silla/mesa› steady
    edificar sobre terreno firme to build on solid ground
    tenemos que asegurarnos de que pisamos terreno firme we must make sure that we're not treading on dangerous ground
    tener las carnes firmes to have a firm body
    se acercó con paso firme he approached with a determined o firm step
    con pulso firme with a firm o steady hand
    una oferta en firme a firm offer
    un fallo a firme an enforceable o executable judgment
    de firme hard
    estudiar de firme to study hard
    2 (color) fast
    3 ‹candidato› strong
    B ( Mil):
    ¡firmes! attention!
    estaban en posición de firmes they were standing to attention
    C
    1 ‹persona› firm
    tienes que mostrarte más firme con él you have to be firmer with him
    se mantuvo firme she remained firm, she stood her ground, she did not waver
    2 ( delante del n) ‹creencia/convicción› firm
    su firme apoyo a los detenidos their firm support for the prisoners
    D ( Per fam) (excelente) excellent, brilliant ( colloq)
    road surface
    firme deslizante slippery surface
    ( Chi fam)
    la firme the truth
    te diré la firme I'll be honest with you o I'll tell you the truth
    * * *

     

    Del verbo firmar: ( conjugate firmar)

    firmé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    firme es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    firmar    
    firme
    firmar ( conjugate firmar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
    to sign
    firme adjetivo
    1 ‹escalera/silla/mesa› steady;

    con paso/pulso firme with a firm step/steady hand;
    una oferta en firme a firm offer;
    de firme ‹estudiar/trabajar› hard
    2 (Mil):
    ◊ ¡firmes! attention!

    3
    a) ‹ persona› firm;


    me mantuve firme en mi idea I stuck o kept to my idea
    b) ( delante del n) ‹creencia/convicción› firm

    firmar verbo transitivo to sign
    firme
    I adjetivo
    1 firm: se mantuvo firme ante la oposición, she stood firm against the opposition
    II m (pavimento de carretera) road surface
    III adv (con constancia) firm, firmly, hard
    IV excl Mil ¡firmes! attention!
    ♦ Locuciones: de firme, firm, hard
    en firme, definitive
    ' firme' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hasta
    - inquebrantable
    - plantarse
    - pulso
    - roca
    - terrestre
    - actitud
    - enérgico
    - paso
    - postura
    - propósito
    - tierra
    English:
    adamant
    - assertive
    - deploy
    - exploit
    - fast
    - firm
    - govern
    - hard
    - hold
    - land
    - name
    - secure
    - self-assertion
    - self-assertive
    - shaky
    - shore
    - solid
    - steadfast
    - steady
    - stiff
    - stout
    - strong
    - surface
    - unsteady
    - unwavering
    - wonky
    - attention
    - decisive
    - definite
    - ground
    - intention
    - march
    - sound
    - sure
    - unbending
    - wobbly
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [fuerte, sólido] firm;
    [andamio, construcción] stable; [pulso] steady; [paso] resolute;
    tiene unos principios muy firmes she has very firm principles, she's extremely principled;
    tiene la firme intención de resolver el problema she fully intends to solve the problem, she has every intention of solving the problem;
    llovió de firme durante varias horas it rained hard for several hours
    2. [argumento, base] solid;
    trabaja de firme en el nuevo proyecto she's working full-time on the new project;
    una respuesta en firme a definite answer;
    quedamos en firme para el miércoles we are definitely agreed on Wednesday;
    tenemos un acuerdo en firme para intercambiar información we have a firm agreement to exchange information
    3. [carácter, actitud] resolute;
    hay que mostrarse firme con los empleados you have to be firm with the workers;
    Fam
    poner firme a alguien to bring sb into line
    4. Mil
    ¡firmes! attention!;
    en la posición de firmes standing to attention
    ♦ nm
    road surface;
    firme en mal estado [en letrero] uneven road surface
    ♦ adv
    hard;
    mantenerse firme en to hold fast to;
    se mantuvo firme en su actitud he refused to give way, he stood his ground
    * * *
    I adj
    1 firm; ( estable) steady; ( sólido) solid;
    2 MIL
    :
    ¡ firmes! attention!;
    poner firme a alguien fig fam take a firm line with s.o.
    II m pavement, Br
    road surface
    III adv
    :
    trabajar firme work hard
    * * *
    firme adj
    1) : firm, resolute
    2) : steady, stable
    * * *
    firme1 adj
    1. (estable) steady [comp. steadier; superl. steadiest]
    2. (constante) firm
    firme2 n road surface

    Spanish-English dictionary > firme

  • 7 inflexible

    adj.
    inflexible (also figurative).
    * * *
    1 inflexible
    * * *
    ADJ (=rígido) inflexible; (=inconmovible) unbending, unyielding

    inflexible a los ruegos — unmoved by appeals, unresponsive to appeals

    regla inflexible — strict rule, hard-and-fast rule

    * * *
    adjetivo inflexible
    * * *
    = inflexible, uncompromising, hidebound, unbending, uncompromised, hard-nosed, tough-minded, hard and fast, ironclad [iron-clad].
    Ex. Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. This difference between these two types of libraries we shall be well advised to observe though we should not be too hidebound as to the means by which we may secure the end.
    Ex. Warren has stalked the corridors of power and can appear at first sight stern and unbending.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex. Companies must adopt a hard-nosed attitude in judging the cost benefits of teletext.
    Ex. Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex. There is no hard and fast answer to this question.
    Ex. A review of the research shows that there are no clear and ironclad answers.
    ----
    * norma inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * permanecer inflexible = remain + adamant.
    * regla inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * * *
    adjetivo inflexible
    * * *
    = inflexible, uncompromising, hidebound, unbending, uncompromised, hard-nosed, tough-minded, hard and fast, ironclad [iron-clad].

    Ex: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.

    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: This difference between these two types of libraries we shall be well advised to observe though we should not be too hidebound as to the means by which we may secure the end.
    Ex: Warren has stalked the corridors of power and can appear at first sight stern and unbending.
    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex: Companies must adopt a hard-nosed attitude in judging the cost benefits of teletext.
    Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex: There is no hard and fast answer to this question.
    Ex: A review of the research shows that there are no clear and ironclad answers.
    * norma inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * permanecer inflexible = remain + adamant.
    * regla inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.

    * * *
    1 ‹material› inflexible
    2 ‹persona/carácter› inflexible
    tiene fama de ser inflexible he is renowned for his inflexibility o for his inflexible nature
    es inflexible con sus hijos he's very strict with his children
    se mostró inflexible he wouldn't yield o budge
    * * *

    inflexible adjetivo
    inflexible;

    inflexible adjetivo inflexible

    ' inflexible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuadriculada
    - cuadriculado
    - extrema
    - extremo
    - intransigente
    - rígida
    - rígido
    - rigurosa
    - riguroso
    - cuadrado
    English:
    adamant
    - inflexible
    - rigid
    - set
    - uncompromising
    - harden
    - stick
    - unbending
    - unyielding
    * * *
    1. [material] inflexible
    2. [persona] inflexible;
    es inflexible con sus alumnos he's very strict with his pupils
    * * *
    adj fig
    inflexible
    * * *
    : inflexible, unyielding
    * * *
    inflexible adj rigid

    Spanish-English dictionary > inflexible

  • 8 intransigente

    adj.
    intransigent.
    f. & m.
    intransigent, intransigent person.
    * * *
    1 intransigent
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [gen] intransigent; (=que no cede) unyielding; (=fanático) diehard
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo intransigent
    * * *
    = uncompromising, intolerant, intransigent, uncompromised, illiberal, bigot.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. The main clauses of the section are doctrinaire and intolerant and have no place in modern society.
    Ex. There will always be a depressingly high percentage of intransigent parents and arrogant professionals.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex. It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adoptar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * ser intransigente = play + hardball.
    * tomar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * * *
    adjetivo intransigent
    * * *
    = uncompromising, intolerant, intransigent, uncompromised, illiberal, bigot.

    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

    Ex: The main clauses of the section are doctrinaire and intolerant and have no place in modern society.
    Ex: There will always be a depressingly high percentage of intransigent parents and arrogant professionals.
    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex: It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adoptar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * ser intransigente = play + hardball.
    * tomar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.

    * * *
    intransigent
    la actitud intransigente del gobierno the government's unyielding o intransigent attitude
    * * *

    intransigente adjetivo
    intransigent
    intransigente adjetivo intransigent, uncompromising, inflexible: no creo que te perdone, es muy intransigente con esas cosas, I don't think he'll forgive you, he's so inflexible in these matters
    ' intransigente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerrada
    - cerrado
    - cerrarse
    - dura
    - duro
    - posición
    English:
    heel
    - intransigent
    - uncompromising
    - diehard
    - soften
    * * *
    intransigent
    * * *
    adj intransigent
    * * *
    : intransigent, unyielding

    Spanish-English dictionary > intransigente

  • 9 rotundo

    adj.
    categorical, final, absolute, emphatic.
    * * *
    1 (redondo) round
    2 figurado (frase) well-turned; (éxito) resounding
    3 (negativa) flat, categorical; (afirmación) categorical, emphatic
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=terminante) [negativa] flat; [victoria] clear, convincing

    me dio un "sí" rotundo — he gave me an emphatic "yes"

    2) (=redondo) round
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < respuesta> categorical, emphatic; < negativa> categorical

    me contestó con un `no' rotundo — his answer was an emphatic `no'

    b) < éxito> resounding
    c) <párrafo/lenguaje> polished
    * * *
    = uncompromising, steadfast, forthright, blunt, uncompromised, resounding, unequivocal, unqualified, categoric, unmitigaged.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. He does admit, however, that 'this power is unusual, it is a gift which must be cultivated, an accomplishment which can only be acquired by vigorous and steadfast concentration'.
    Ex. We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.
    Ex. The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex. The answer was a resounding yes.
    Ex. The exhaustive and unequivocal definition of the nature and types of material qualifying to be described as ephemera could probably form the basis of a learned dissertation.
    Ex. Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.
    Ex. The question of the need for categoric assurances is not locked into a 12 month timeframe or any other timeframe.
    Ex. Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.
    ----
    * éxito rotundo = resounding success, award-winning success.
    * fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.
    * no rotundo = flat "no".
    * tener un éxito roturno = take + Nombre + by storm.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < respuesta> categorical, emphatic; < negativa> categorical

    me contestó con un `no' rotundo — his answer was an emphatic `no'

    b) < éxito> resounding
    c) <párrafo/lenguaje> polished
    * * *
    = uncompromising, steadfast, forthright, blunt, uncompromised, resounding, unequivocal, unqualified, categoric, unmitigaged.

    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

    Ex: He does admit, however, that 'this power is unusual, it is a gift which must be cultivated, an accomplishment which can only be acquired by vigorous and steadfast concentration'.
    Ex: We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.
    Ex: The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex: The answer was a resounding yes.
    Ex: The exhaustive and unequivocal definition of the nature and types of material qualifying to be described as ephemera could probably form the basis of a learned dissertation.
    Ex: Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.
    Ex: The question of the need for categoric assurances is not locked into a 12 month timeframe or any other timeframe.
    Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.
    * éxito rotundo = resounding success, award-winning success.
    * fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.
    * no rotundo = flat "no".
    * tener un éxito roturno = take + Nombre + by storm.

    * * *
    rotundo -da
    1 ‹respuesta› categorical, emphatic; ‹negativa› categorical
    me contestó con un `no' rotundo his answer was a categorical o an emphatic `no'
    2 ‹éxito› resounding ( before n)
    3 ‹párrafo/lenguaje› polished
    * * *

    rotundo
    ◊ -da adjetivo


    ‹ negativa› categorical, outright ( before n);
    ◊ me contestó con un `no' rotundo his answer was an emphatic `no'

    b) ‹éxito/fracaso› resounding

    rotundo,-a adjetivo
    1 emphatic, categorical
    éxito rotundo, resounding success
    2 (una voz, un lenguaje) expressive, well-rounded
    ' rotundo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rotunda
    English:
    flat
    - no
    - outright
    - point-blank
    - resounding
    - rotund
    - straight
    - vigorous
    - blank
    - blunt
    - categorical
    - total
    - unqualified
    * * *
    rotundo, -a adj
    1. [negativa, persona] categorical
    2. [lenguaje, estilo] emphatic, forceful
    3. [completo] total;
    un rotundo fracaso a total o complete failure;
    tuvo un rotundo éxito it enjoyed a resounding success, it was hugely successful
    4. [cuerpo] rotund;
    una mujer de formas rotundas a curvaceous woman
    * * *
    adj fig
    categorical
    * * *
    rotundo, -da adj
    1) redondo: round
    2) : categorical, absolute
    un éxito rotundo: a resounding success
    ♦ rotundamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > rotundo

  • 10 fraternidad

    f.
    brotherhood, fraternity.
    * * *
    1 fraternity, brotherhood
    * * *
    SF brotherhood, fraternity
    * * *
    femenino fraternity, brotherhood
    * * *
    = brotherhood, fraternity, fraternity, sisterhood.
    Ex. The raison d'etre of the ALA is not to erradicate racial injustice and inequalities and to promote human brotherhood.
    Ex. The author criticizes the provincialism of much of the bookselling fraternity in the USA = El autor critica el provincialismo de gran parte de la fraternidad del comercio del libro de los Estados Unidos.
    Ex. The French revolution, with its emphasis on 'liberty, equality and fraternity,' for all individuals, provided another dimension.
    Ex. It is hoped that the sisterhood that was forged in the latter part of the 20th century will not be fragmented into smithereens in the new millennium.
    * * *
    femenino fraternity, brotherhood
    * * *
    = brotherhood, fraternity, fraternity, sisterhood.

    Ex: The raison d'etre of the ALA is not to erradicate racial injustice and inequalities and to promote human brotherhood.

    Ex: The author criticizes the provincialism of much of the bookselling fraternity in the USA = El autor critica el provincialismo de gran parte de la fraternidad del comercio del libro de los Estados Unidos.
    Ex: The French revolution, with its emphasis on 'liberty, equality and fraternity,' for all individuals, provided another dimension.
    Ex: It is hoped that the sisterhood that was forged in the latter part of the 20th century will not be fragmented into smithereens in the new millennium.

    * * *
    fraternity, brotherhood
    * * *

    fraternidad sustantivo femenino brotherhood, fraternity
    ' fraternidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    brotherhood
    - fraternity
    - togetherness
    - fellowship
    * * *
    brotherhood, fraternity
    * * *
    f brotherhood, fraternity
    * * *
    1) : brotherhood
    2) : fraternity

    Spanish-English dictionary > fraternidad

  • 11 raza

    f.
    1 race (humana).
    raza humana human race
    la raza blanca whites, white people
    2 breed (animal).
    * * *
    1 (rayo) ray, beam
    2 (grieta) crack
    ————————
    1 race
    2 (animal) breed
    \
    de raza (perro) pedigree 2 (caballo) thoroughbred
    raza humana human race
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) race
    2) breed, strain
    * * *
    I
    SF
    1) (=grupo étnico) race; [de animal] breed

    de raza, de pura raza — [caballo] thoroughbred; [perro] pedigree

    2) (=estirpe) stock
    II
    SF
    1) (=grieta) crack, slit, fissure; [en tela] run
    2) (=rayo) ray of light
    3) Perú * (=descaro) cheek *

    ¡qué tal raza! — some cheek! *, what a cheek! *

    * * *
    1) ( etnia) race; (Agr, Zool) breed
    2) (Per fam) ( descaro) nerve (colloq)
    * * *
    = breed, people, race, strain.
    Ex. He is one of the new breed of librarians, a person with traditional library training enhanced by formal training in mathematics and computer science.
    Ex. For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.
    Ex. Tradition may sanction the use of the word 'man' to mean the human race.
    Ex. The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.
    ----
    * a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].
    * cruce de razas = mixed breed.
    * de raza = thoroughbred.
    * dimensión de raza = racial dimension.
    * en contra de la raza blanca = anti-white [antiwhite].
    * en contra de la raza negra = antiblack [anti-black].
    * escoria social de raza blanca = white trash.
    * igualdad entre las razas = race equality.
    * neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.
    * persona de raza blanca = white.
    * persona de raza negra = black.
    * raza cruzada = mixed breed.
    * raza de ganado = breed of cattle.
    * raza humana = humankind.
    * raza humana, la = human race, the.
    * ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.
    * * *
    1) ( etnia) race; (Agr, Zool) breed
    2) (Per fam) ( descaro) nerve (colloq)
    * * *
    = breed, people, race, strain.

    Ex: He is one of the new breed of librarians, a person with traditional library training enhanced by formal training in mathematics and computer science.

    Ex: For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.
    Ex: Tradition may sanction the use of the word 'man' to mean the human race.
    Ex: The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.
    * a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].
    * cruce de razas = mixed breed.
    * de raza = thoroughbred.
    * dimensión de raza = racial dimension.
    * en contra de la raza blanca = anti-white [antiwhite].
    * en contra de la raza negra = antiblack [anti-black].
    * escoria social de raza blanca = white trash.
    * igualdad entre las razas = race equality.
    * neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.
    * persona de raza blanca = white.
    * persona de raza negra = black.
    * raza cruzada = mixed breed.
    * raza de ganado = breed of cattle.
    * raza humana = humankind.
    * raza humana, la = human race, the.
    * ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.

    * * *
    A
    1 (etnia) race
    2 ( Agr, Zool) breed
    un perro de raza a pedigree dog
    B ( Per fam) (descaro) nerve ( colloq), cheek ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    raza sustantivo femenino ( etnia) race;
    (Agr, Zool) breed;

    raza sustantivo femenino
    1 (humana) race
    2 (de un animal) breed: compraron un perro de raza/un pura raza, they bought a pedigree dog

    ' raza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    casta
    - distinción
    - negra
    - negro
    - semental
    - amarillo
    - blanco
    - caracterizar
    - moreno
    English:
    black
    - breed
    - human race
    - humanity
    - intolerable
    - pedigree
    - race
    - supremacist
    - Caucasian
    - distinction
    - strain
    - thoroughbred
    - whatever
    * * *
    raza nf
    1. [humana] race;
    la raza humana the human race;
    la raza blanca whites, white people
    2. [animal] breed;
    de (pura) raza [caballo] thoroughbred;
    [perro] pedigree
    3. Méx Pey [populacho]
    la raza the masses
    4. Méx Fam [grupo] gang, guys;
    cuando llegué, la raza ya estaba instalada the guys were already there when I arrived
    5. Perú [descaro] cheek, nerve
    * * *
    f
    1 humana race
    2 de animal breed;
    de raza pedigree atr
    gente gang fam
    * * *
    raza nf
    1) : race
    raza humana: human race
    2) : breed, strain
    3)
    de raza : thoroughbred, pedigreed
    * * *
    raza n
    1. (humana) race
    2. (de animales) breed

    Spanish-English dictionary > raza

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