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selectman

  • 1 concejal

    f. & m.
    town councillor, common councilman, councilman, alderman.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) town councillor, US town councilman; (mujer) town councillor, US town councilwoman
    * * *
    (f. - concejala)
    noun
    councilor, councilman / councilwoman
    * * *
    concejal, -a
    SM / F town o city councillor, town o city councilman/councilwoman (EEUU)
    * * *
    - jala masculino, femenino town/city councilor*
    * * *
    = selectman [selectmen, -pl.], alderman [aldermen, -pl.], council-man [council-men, -pl.], councillor [councilor, -USA].
    Ex. He explained to the selectman that pages were hired on a 'first-come, first-take' basis.
    Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex. These descriptors are still alive: boatmen, city council-men, firemen, foremen, longshoremen, stunt men, statesmen, watchmen, man and manpower.
    Ex. This obviously is only a starting point, but, given the intractability of the problem, it does represent one sure channel of information for councillors who wish to take advantage of it.
    ----
    * concejal del ayuntamiento = local councillor.
    * concejal municipal = city council-man.
    * * *
    - jala masculino, femenino town/city councilor*
    * * *
    = selectman [selectmen, -pl.], alderman [aldermen, -pl.], council-man [council-men, -pl.], councillor [councilor, -USA].

    Ex: He explained to the selectman that pages were hired on a 'first-come, first-take' basis.

    Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex: These descriptors are still alive: boatmen, city council-men, firemen, foremen, longshoremen, stunt men, statesmen, watchmen, man and manpower.
    Ex: This obviously is only a starting point, but, given the intractability of the problem, it does represent one sure channel of information for councillors who wish to take advantage of it.
    * concejal del ayuntamiento = local councillor.
    * concejal municipal = city council-man.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) town/city councilor*, councilman ( AmE); ( feminine) town/city councilor*, councilwoman ( AmE)
    * * *

    concejal
    ◊ - jala sustantivo masculino, femenino

    town/city councilor( conjugate councilor)
    concejal,-ala sustantivo masculino y femenino town councillor

    ' concejal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    concejala
    - dimisionaria
    - dimisionario
    English:
    councillor
    - councilor
    - alderman
    * * *
    concejal, -ala nm,f
    (town o city) councillor
    * * *
    m, concejala f councilor, Br
    councillor
    * * *
    : councilman m, councilwoman f, alderman m, alderwoman f
    * * *
    concejal n councillor

    Spanish-English dictionary > concejal

  • 2 alegremente

    adv.
    1 happily, joyfully.
    2 gladly, happily, merrily, cheerfully.
    * * *
    1 (con alegría) happily, cheerfully
    * * *
    adv.
    cheerfully, happily
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=felizmente) happily, cheerfully
    2) (=irresponsablemente) gaily
    * * *
    a) ( con alegría) cheerfully, happily
    b) ( con ligereza) blithely, gaily
    * * *
    = cheerfully, merrily, perkily, lightheartedly, joyously, gaily.
    Ex. 'Good morning,' he said cheerfully as he picked up the receiver.
    Ex. Kate and Jones laughed merrily, while Hernandez and the fourth member of the group, head of technical services, Pershing, sat glumly by.
    Ex. 'Have a minute, Drew?' the selectman asked, perkily.
    Ex. Publishers claim the book is based on valid sources and portrays blacks positively but lightheartedly.
    Ex. Wine lovers around the world have joyously adopted the British slang word 'plonk' to describe poor, cheap wine.
    Ex. See the flamboyantly costumed Rickshaw pullers and their gaily decorated carts = Vea los carritos decorados vistosamente y tirados por hombres vestidos ostentosamente.
    * * *
    a) ( con alegría) cheerfully, happily
    b) ( con ligereza) blithely, gaily
    * * *
    = cheerfully, merrily, perkily, lightheartedly, joyously, gaily.

    Ex: 'Good morning,' he said cheerfully as he picked up the receiver.

    Ex: Kate and Jones laughed merrily, while Hernandez and the fourth member of the group, head of technical services, Pershing, sat glumly by.
    Ex: 'Have a minute, Drew?' the selectman asked, perkily.
    Ex: Publishers claim the book is based on valid sources and portrays blacks positively but lightheartedly.
    Ex: Wine lovers around the world have joyously adopted the British slang word 'plonk' to describe poor, cheap wine.
    Ex: See the flamboyantly costumed Rickshaw pullers and their gaily decorated carts = Vea los carritos decorados vistosamente y tirados por hombres vestidos ostentosamente.

    * * *
    1 (con alegría) cheerfully, happily
    2 (con ligereza) blithely, gaily
    * * *
    1. [con alegría] happily, joyfully
    2. [irreflexivamente] blithely
    * * *
    : happily, cheerfully
    * * *
    alegremente adv cheerfully / happily / joyfully

    Spanish-English dictionary > alegremente

  • 3 animadamente

    adv.
    in lively fashion, gaily; animatedly.
    * * *
    1 cheerfully, animatedly
    * * *
    ADV [charlar] animatedly, in a lively way; [bailar] in a lively way
    * * *
    adverbio <charlar/debatir> animatedly
    * * *
    = animatedly, perkily.
    Ex. During her interview she had talked animatedly about the wonderful things she foresaw happening with the library at Technicomm, Inc.
    Ex. 'Have a minute, Drew?' the selectman asked, perkily.
    * * *
    adverbio <charlar/debatir> animatedly
    * * *
    = animatedly, perkily.

    Ex: During her interview she had talked animatedly about the wonderful things she foresaw happening with the library at Technicomm, Inc.

    Ex: 'Have a minute, Drew?' the selectman asked, perkily.

    * * *
    ‹charlar/debatir› animatedly
    bailaron muy animadamente toda la noche they danced gaily o merrily all night long
    * * *
    [discutir, hablar] animatedly;
    charlaban animadamente they were having a lively conversation

    Spanish-English dictionary > animadamente

  • 4 contratar al primero que solicita el trabajo

    (v.) = hire on a first-come, first-take basis
    Ex. He explained to the selectman that pages were hired on a 'first-come, first-take' basis.
    * * *
    (v.) = hire on a first-come, first-take basis

    Ex: He explained to the selectman that pages were hired on a 'first-come, first-take' basis.

    Spanish-English dictionary > contratar al primero que solicita el trabajo

  • 5 de un modo animado

    Ex. 'Have a minute, Drew?' the selectman asked, perkily.
    * * *

    Ex: 'Have a minute, Drew?' the selectman asked, perkily.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo animado

  • 6 fijar la mirada

    (v.) = fasten + glance
    Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    * * *
    (v.) = fasten + glance

    Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fijar la mirada

  • 7 macabro

    adj.
    macabre, ghoulish, gloomy, gruesome.
    * * *
    1 macabre
    * * *
    * * *
    - bra adjetivo macabre
    * * *
    = macabre, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], sinister, gruesome.
    Nota: Véase some para otras palabras terminadas con este sufijo.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    * * *
    - bra adjetivo macabre
    * * *
    = macabre, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], sinister, gruesome.
    Nota: Véase some para otras palabras terminadas con este sufijo.

    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.

    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.

    * * *
    macabre
    * * *

    macabro
    ◊ - bra adjetivo

    macabre
    macabro,-a adjetivo macabre

    ' macabro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    macabra
    English:
    ghoulish
    - grisly
    - macabre
    * * *
    macabro, -a adj
    macabre
    * * *
    I adj macabre
    II m, macabra f ghoul
    * * *
    macabro, - bra adj
    : macabre

    Spanish-English dictionary > macabro

  • 8 perverso

    adj.
    perverse, wicked, bad, base.
    m.
    pervert, evil doer.
    * * *
    1 (malvado) evil, wicked
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 evil person
    * * *
    ADJ (=depravado) depraved; (=malvado) wicked
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo evil
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person
    * * *
    = wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.
    Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex. There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
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    * mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * utopía perversa = dystopia.
    * utópico perverso = dystopian.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo evil
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person
    * * *
    = wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.

    Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

    Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex: There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    * mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * utopía perversa = dystopia.
    * utópico perverso = dystopian.

    * * *
    perverso1 -sa
    evil
    una mente perversa an evil mind
    la madrastra perversa the wicked stepmother
    perverso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    evil o wicked person
    * * *

    perverso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    evil
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    evil o wicked person
    perverso,-a
    I adjetivo evil, wicked
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino wicked person

    ' perverso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mala
    - malo
    - perversa
    - tenebrosa
    - tenebroso
    English:
    perverse
    - spiteful
    - diabolical
    * * *
    perverso, -a
    ♦ adj
    evil, wicked
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [depravado] depraved person
    2. [persona mala] evil person
    * * *
    adj wicked, evil
    * * *
    perverso, -sa adj
    : wicked, depraved

    Spanish-English dictionary > perverso

  • 9 siniestro2

    2 = ominous, sinister, dark [darker -comp., darkest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, portentous.
    Ex. At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.
    Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    Ex. The novel is disturbingly dark, violent, and filled with iconoclasm, despair, and paranoia = La novela es inquietantmente siniestra y violenta y está llena de iconoclasía, desesperación y paranoia.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.
    ----
    * de un modo siniestro = spookily.

    Spanish-English dictionary > siniestro2

  • 10 siniestro

    adj.
    1 sinister, ominous.
    2 left-hand, left.
    3 sinister, evil.
    m.
    1 damage, loss.
    2 accident.
    * * *
    1 literal (izquierdo) left, left-hand
    2 (malo) sinister, ominous
    3 (funesto) fateful, disastrous
    1 disaster, catastrophe (accidente) accident; (incendio) fire
    \
    ————————
    1 disaster, catastrophe (accidente) accident; (incendio) fire
    * * *
    (f. - siniestra)
    adj.
    2) left
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=malintencionado) [intenciones, personaje] sinister; [mirada] evil
    2) (=desgraciado) [día, viaje] fateful; [coincidencia] unfortunate
    3) liter (=izquierdo) left
    2.
    SM (=desastre natural) disaster; (=accidente) accident
    * * *
    I
    - tra adjetivo
    1) (liter) <mano/lado> left (before n)
    2) <mirada/aspecto> sinister; < intenciones> sinister, evil
    II
    masculino (frml) ( accidente) accident; ( causado por una fuerza natural) disaster, catastrophe
    * * *
    I
    - tra adjetivo
    1) (liter) <mano/lado> left (before n)
    2) <mirada/aspecto> sinister; < intenciones> sinister, evil
    II
    masculino (frml) ( accidente) accident; ( causado por una fuerza natural) disaster, catastrophe
    * * *
    siniestro1

    Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

    * plan de recuperación tras un siniestro = disaster recovery, disaster recovery plan.
    * planificación contra siniestros = disaster planning, disaster preparedness plan, disaster preparedness planning.
    * planificación de recuperación tras siniestros = disaster recovery planning.
    * preparación contra siniestros = disaster preparedness.
    * simulacro de siniestro = disaster exercise drill.
    * siniestro total = write-off [writeoff].
    * tener un siniestro = suffer + disaster.

    siniestro2
    2 = ominous, sinister, dark [darker -comp., darkest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, portentous.

    Ex: At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.

    Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    Ex: The novel is disturbingly dark, violent, and filled with iconoclasm, despair, and paranoia = La novela es inquietantmente siniestra y violenta y está llena de iconoclasía, desesperación y paranoia.
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.
    * de un modo siniestro = spookily.

    siniestro3
    * a diestro y siniestro = like there's no tomorrow.
    * repartir a diestro y siniestro = dish out.
    * * *
    A ( liter); ‹mano/lado› left ( before n)
    B
    1 ‹mirada/aspecto› sinister; ‹intenciones› sinister, evil
    2 ‹día/encuentro› fateful
    ( frml)
    (accidente) accident; (causado por una fuerza natural) disaster, catastrophe
    acudió al lugar del siniestro she visited the scene of the accident ( o the disaster area etc)
    el coche fue declarado siniestro total the car was declared a total wreck ( AmE) o ( BrE) a write-off
    * * *

     

    siniestro 1
    ◊ - tra adjetivo ‹mirada/aspecto› sinister;


    ‹ intenciones› sinister, evil
    siniestro 2 sustantivo masculino (frml) ( accidente) accident;
    ( causado por una fuerza natural) disaster, catastrophe
    siniestro,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (de aspecto malvado) sinister, evil
    un juego siniestro, a wicked game
    2 frml (del lado izquierdo) left
    II m (accidente) disaster, catastrophe
    ' siniestro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diestra
    - diestro
    - siniestra
    English:
    dark
    - ominous
    - sinister
    - splash about
    - write off
    - write-off
    - area
    - disaster
    - write
    * * *
    siniestro, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [malo] sinister
    2. [desgraciado] disastrous
    3. [izquierdo] left
    ♦ nm
    1. [daño, catástrofe] disaster;
    [accidente de coche] accident; [incendio] fire; [atentado] terrorist attack
    2. [en seguros] loss
    siniestro total total loss;
    mi taxi fue declarado siniestro total my cab was declared a total wreck o Br a write-off
    * * *
    I adj sinister
    II m accident; ( catástrofe) disaster
    * * *
    siniestro, - tra adj
    1) izquierdo: left, left-hand
    2) malvado: sinister, evil
    : accident, disaster

    Spanish-English dictionary > siniestro

  • 11 concejal

    • alderman
    • common councilman
    • councillor
    • councilman
    • councilor
    • selectman
    • town councillor

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > concejal

См. также в других словарях:

  • Selectman — Se*lect man, n.; pl. {Selectmen}. One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • selectman — se·lect·man /si lekt mən, ˌman/ n: one of a board of officials elected in towns of all New England states except Rhode Island to serve as the chief administrative authority of the town Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • selectman — ☆ selectman [sə lekt′mən; ] locally, also [ sē′lekt man΄ ] n. pl. selectmen [sə lekt′mən; ] locally, also [, sə lekt′men΄] [ SELECT + MAN] any of a board of officers elected in most New England towns to manage municipal affairs …   English World dictionary

  • selectman or selectwoman — A municipal officer elected by a town in the New England states. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. selectman or selectwoman A municipal officer elected by a town in th …   Law dictionary

  • selectman — noun Date: 1635 one of a board of officials elected in towns of all New England states except Rhode Island to serve as the chief administrative authority of the town …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • selectman — /si lekt meuhn/, n., pl. selectmen. (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs. [1625 35, Amer.; SELECT (adj.) + MAN] * * * …   Universalium

  • selectman — noun any of a board of municipal officers elected to manage some New England towns …   Wiktionary

  • selectman — Synonyms and related words: alderman, archon, bailie, burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member, cabinet minister, chancellor, city councilman, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councillor, councilman, councilwoman, county… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • selectman — se lect·man || sɪ lektmÉ™n n. elected member of a town council, elected member of the administrative council of a town (in New England) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • selectman — noun (plural selectmen) a member of the local government board of a New England town …   English new terms dictionary

  • selectman — se·lect·man …   English syllables

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