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street arabs

  • 1 golfillo

    m.
    street urchin, street Arab, gamin, guttersnipe.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 street urchin
    * * *
    SM urchin, street urchin
    * * *
    - lla masculino, femenino street urchin
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * * *
    - lla masculino, femenino street urchin
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    * * *
    urchin, street urchin
    * * *

    golfillo
    ◊ - lla sustantivo masculino, femenino

    street urchin

    ' golfillo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    urchin
    * * *
    urchin
    * * *
    m (street) urchin

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfillo

  • 2 pillo

    f. & m.
    1 rascal, scamp, sly fellow.
    2 burglar, thief.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pillar.
    * * *
    1 (travieso) naughty
    2 (astuto) crafty
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (niño) little monkey, little devil
    2 (adulto) rogue, rascal
    * * *
    pillo, -a
    1.
    ADJ [adulto] sly, crafty; [niño] naughty
    2.
    SM / F (=adulto) rogue, scoundrel; (=niño) rascal, scamp
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.
    Ex. And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.

    Ex: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.

    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) naughty, wicked ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty, cunning
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) rascal ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty o cunning devil ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo pillar: ( conjugate pillar)

    pillo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    pilló es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    pillar    
    pillo
    pillar ( conjugate pillar) verbo transitivo
    1 (fam)

    ◊ le pilló un dedo it caught o trapped her finger;

    ¡te pillé! caught o got you!
    b) ‹catarro/resfriado› to catch

    2 (Esp fam) [ coche] to hit
    pillarse verbo pronominal (fam) ‹dedos/manga› to catch
    pillo
    ◊ - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq);


    ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq);
    ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    pillar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cosa, enfermedad) to catch
    2 (atropellar) to run over
    3 (sorprender) to catch
    4 (un chiste, una idea) to get
    5 (robar) to steal ➣ Ver nota en catch
    ♦ Locuciones: me pilla de camino, it's on my way
    pillo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (travieso, trasto) naughty
    2 (astuto) cunning
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (niño travieso) rascal
    2 (astuto) cunning devil
    ' pillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pilla
    - renuncio
    - sinvergüenza
    - tuna
    - tuno
    - pillar
    English:
    rascal
    - roguish
    - tag
    - rogue
    * * *
    pillo, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [travieso] mischievous
    2. [astuto] crafty
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [pícaro] rascal
    2. [astuto] crafty person
    * * *
    I adj mischievous
    II m, pilla f rascal
    * * *
    pillo, - lla adj
    : cunning, crafty
    pillo, - lla n
    1) : rascal, brat
    2) : rogue, scoundrel
    * * *
    pillo n (niño) rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > pillo

  • 3 granuja

    adj.
    rascally, impish, mischievous.
    f. & m.
    1 rogue, scoundrel (pillo).
    2 rascal, little wretch, urchin, gamin.
    3 loose grape separate from the bunch.
    4 seeds of the grape and other small fruits.
    * * *
    1 (uva) grapes plural
    1 (pilluelo) ragamuffin, urchin
    2 (estafador) crook, trickster
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (=bribón) rogue; [dicho con afecto] rascal; (=pilluelo) urchin, ragamuffin
    2.
    SF (=uvas) loose grapes pl ; (=semilla) grape seed
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex. He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex. It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.

    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex: He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex: It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

    * * *
    rascal
    ¿dónde se habrá metido este granujilla? where's that little rascal o monkey got(ten) to?
    * * *

    granuja sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rascal
    granuja sustantivo masculino
    1 (pícaro) urchin
    2 (estafador, truhán) swindler
    ' granuja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - pájaro
    - sinvergüenza
    - canalla
    - pajarraco
    - rufián
    English:
    rascal
    - rogue
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    1. [pillo] rogue, scoundrel
    2. [canalla] trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m/f rascal
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    pilluelo: rascal, urchin
    * * *
    granuja adj rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > granuja

  • 4 pilluelo

    m.
    1 rascal, vagabond, hoodlum.
    2 little devil, rascal, urchin, gamin.
    * * *
    1 scamp, ragamuffin, urchin
    * * *
    SM rascal, scamp
    * * *
    - la masculino, femenino (fam) little rascal (colloq)
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * * *
    - la masculino, femenino (fam) little rascal (colloq)
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); little rascal ( colloq)
    * * *
    pilluelo, -a nm,f
    Fam rascal, scamp
    * * *
    m, pilluela f fam
    scamp, little rascal
    * * *
    pilluelo, -la n
    : urchin

    Spanish-English dictionary > pilluelo

  • 5 дети улицы

    1) General subject: street children

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > дети улицы

  • 6 orfanato

    m.
    orphanage, nursing home for orphans, children's home.
    * * *
    1 orphanage
    * * *
    Méx orfanatorio masculino orphanage
    * * *
    = orphanage, orphan home.
    Ex. This organization is devoted to establishing and maintaining small libraries in orphanages in Central America.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    * * *
    Méx orfanatorio masculino orphanage
    * * *
    = orphanage, orphan home.

    Ex: This organization is devoted to establishing and maintaining small libraries in orphanages in Central America.

    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.

    * * *
    orfanato, ( Méx) orfanatorio
    orphanage
    * * *

    orfanato, (Méx)
    ◊ orfanatorio sustantivo masculino

    orphanage
    orfanato sustantivo masculino orphanage

    ' orfanato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hogar
    English:
    orphanage
    - creche
    * * *
    orfanato, Méx orfanatorio nm
    orphanage
    * * *
    m orphanage
    * * *
    : orphanage
    * * *
    orfanato n orphanage

    Spanish-English dictionary > orfanato

  • 7 orfelinato

    m.
    1 orphanage.
    2 children's home, orphanage, foundling home.
    * * *
    1 orphanage
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino orphanage
    * * *
    = orphanage, orphan home.
    Ex. This organization is devoted to establishing and maintaining small libraries in orphanages in Central America.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    * * *
    masculino orphanage
    * * *
    = orphanage, orphan home.

    Ex: This organization is devoted to establishing and maintaining small libraries in orphanages in Central America.

    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.

    * * *
    orphanage
    * * *

    orfelinato sustantivo masculino
    orphanage
    orfelinato sustantivo masculino orphanage
    ' orfelinato' also found in these entries:
    English:
    creche
    * * *
    orphanage
    * * *
    m orphanage
    * * *
    : orphanage

    Spanish-English dictionary > orfelinato

  • 8 golfo

    m.
    1 gulf.
    2 ragamuffin, rapscallion, street urchin, street Arab.
    * * *
    1 (niño) naughty; (joven) idle, lazy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout; (niño) rascal, little devil
    \
    sesión golfa late-night showing
    ————————
    1 gulf, large bay
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) (Geog) (=bahía) gulf

    golfo de México — LAm Gulf of Mexico

    2) (=mar) open sea
    II
    SM (=gamberro) lout; (=travieso) rascal; (=pilluelo) street urchin; (=holgazán) layabout

    ¡menudo golfo estás hecho! — hum you rascal!

    * * *
    I
    - fa masculino, femenino
    a) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout
    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)
    II
    masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf
    * * *
    I
    - fa masculino, femenino
    a) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout
    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)
    II
    masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf
    * * *
    golfo2
    2 = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, bum, rapscallion, ragamuffin.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * golfo de la playa = beach bum.

    * * *
    golfo1 -fa
    naughty
    ¡qué golfo es ese niño! that child is a little devil!
    ¡no seas golfo! don't be so naughty!
    golfo2 -fa
    masculine, feminine
    1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout, bum ( AmE colloq)
    2 (gamberro) lout, yob ( BrE)
    3 ( fam) (niño travieso) rascal ( colloq), little devil ( colloq)
    ( Geog, Náut) gulf
    Compuestos:
    Bay of Bengal
    Gulf of California
    Gulf of Guinea
    Gulf of Mexico
    Gulf of Panama
    Gulf of St Lawrence
    Gulf of Tehuantepec
    Bay of Biscay
    Persian Gulf
    * * *

    golfo 1
    ◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)

    golfo 2 sustantivo masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf;

    Ggolfo de Vizcaya Bay of Biscay
    golfo,-a 1
    I adj fam ayer tenía el día golfo y me fui de copas, yesterday I had a lazy day and went drinking
    II mf good-for-nothing
    (descarado) cheeky person
    III f fam pey ofens tart
    golfo 2 m Geog gulf
    el golfo de Cádiz, the Gulf of Cádiz

    ' golfo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    golfa
    - zarrapastrosa
    - zarrapastroso
    English:
    bay
    - escalate
    - gulf
    - Gulf Stream
    - Persian
    * * *
    golfo, -a
    ♦ adj
    [gamberro] loutish, Br yobbish; [pillo] roguish
    ♦ nm
    1. [gamberro] lout, Br yob;
    [pillo] rogue, wide boy
    2. Geog gulf, bay
    el golfo de Bengala the Bay of Bengal;
    el golfo de California the Gulf of California;
    el golfo de Guinea the Gulf of Guinea;
    el golfo de León the Gulf of Leon;
    el golfo de México the Gulf of Mexico;
    el golfo de Omán the Gulf of Oman;
    el golfo de Panamá the Gulf of Panama;
    el golfo Pérsico the Persian Gulf;
    el golfo de Tonkín the Gulf of Tonkin;
    el golfo de Venezuela the Gulf of Venezuela;
    el golfo de Vizcaya the Bay of Biscay
    * * *
    I m GEOG gulf
    II m, golfa f good-for-nothing; niño little devil
    * * *
    golfo nm
    : gulf, bay
    * * *
    1. (sinvergüenza) good for nothing
    2. (pillo) rascal / little devil
    3. (de mar) gulf

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfo

  • 9 golfo2

    2 = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, bum, rapscallion, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    ----
    * golfo de la playa = beach bum.

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfo2

  • 10 беспризорники

    1) General subject: vagrant boys

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > беспризорники

  • 11 árabe

    adj.
    Arab, Arabic, Arabian, Moorish.
    f. & m.
    1 Arab, Arabian, Moor.
    2 Arabic, Arabic language, Arab, Arab language.
    * * *
    1 (gen) Arab; (de Arabia) Arabian
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Arab
    \
    alfabeto árabe Arabic alphabet
    * * *
    1. noun mf.
    1) Arab
    2. adj.
    Arab, Arabian
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ Arab

    estilo árabe — (Arquit) Mauresque

    2. SMF
    1) (=de Arabia) Arab
    2) Méx (=vendedor ambulante) hawker, street vendor
    3.
    SM (Ling) Arabic
    * * *
    I
    a) <país/plato> Arab; <escritura/manuscritos> Arabic
    b) (Hist) ( de Arabia) Arabian; ( de los moros) Moorish
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1)
    a) ( de país árabe) Arab
    b) (Hist) ( de Arabia) Arabian; ( moro) Moor
    2) árabe masculino ( idioma) Arabic
    * * *
    = Arab, Arabic, Arabian, Moorish.
    Ex. The abacus, with its beads strung on parallel wires, led the Arabs to positional numeration and the concept of zero many centuries before the rest of the world.
    Ex. Forms of symbol used for presentation are: 1 language, eg Arabic; 2 mathematical, eg. graphs, formulae; 3 pictorial, eg drawings.
    Ex. Only the burnt out shell of the Moorish revival building (the former town hall) which housed the library now remains.
    ----
    * conflicto árabe-israelí, el = Arab Israeli conflict, the.
    * Emiratos †rabes Unidos, los = United Arab Emirates, the.
    * guerra árabe-israelí, la = Arab Israeli war, the.
    * mundo árabe, el = Arab world, the.
    * * *
    I
    a) <país/plato> Arab; <escritura/manuscritos> Arabic
    b) (Hist) ( de Arabia) Arabian; ( de los moros) Moorish
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1)
    a) ( de país árabe) Arab
    b) (Hist) ( de Arabia) Arabian; ( moro) Moor
    2) árabe masculino ( idioma) Arabic
    * * *
    = Arab, Arabic, Arabian, Moorish.

    Ex: The abacus, with its beads strung on parallel wires, led the Arabs to positional numeration and the concept of zero many centuries before the rest of the world.

    Ex: Forms of symbol used for presentation are: 1 language, eg Arabic; 2 mathematical, eg. graphs, formulae; 3 pictorial, eg drawings.
    Ex: Only the burnt out shell of the Moorish revival building (the former town hall) which housed the library now remains.
    * conflicto árabe-israelí, el = Arab Israeli conflict, the.
    * Emiratos †rabes Unidos, los = United Arab Emirates, the.
    * guerra árabe-israelí, la = Arab Israeli war, the.
    * mundo árabe, el = Arab world, the.

    * * *
    1 ‹países/plato› Arab; ‹escritura/manuscritos› Arabic
    una palabra de origen árabe a word of Arabic origin
    2 ( Hist) (de Arabia) Arabian; (de los moros) Moorish
    la influencia árabe en el sur de España the Arab o Moorish influence on the south of Spain
    la arquitectura árabe de Granada the Moorish architecture in Granada
    A
    2 ( Hist) (de Arabia) Arabian; (moro) Moor
    B
    * * *

    árabe adjetivo
    a) ‹país/plato› Arab;

    ‹escritura/manuscritos› Arabic
    b) (Hist) ( de Arabia) Arabian;

    ( de los moros) Moorish
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino

    b) (Hist) ( de Arabia) Arabian;

    ( moro) Moor
    ■ sustantivo masculino ( idioma) Arabic
    árabe
    I adjetivo
    1 (de Arabia) Arab
    2 (de los moros) Moorish
    II mf (persona) Arab
    III m (idioma) Arabic
    ' árabe' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mundo
    - turco
    English:
    Arab
    - Arabian
    - Arabic
    - script
    - go
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [país, mundo, dirigente] Arab
    2. [lengua, literatura] Arabic
    3. [de Arabia] Arabian
    ♦ nmf
    [persona] Arab
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Arabic
    * * *
    I m/f & adj Arab
    II m idioma Arabic
    * * *
    árabe adj & nmf
    : Arab, Arabian
    árabe nm
    : Arabic (language)
    * * *
    árabe1 adj
    1. (país) Arab
    2. (idioma, cultura) Arabic
    árabe2 n
    1. (persona) Arab
    2. (idioma) Arabic

    Spanish-English dictionary > árabe

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