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  • 1 detención urbana

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  • 2 región urbana

    Diccionario geografía española-alemana > región urbana

  • 3 urbano

    adj.
    1 urban, city.
    2 urbane, courteous.
    m.
    traffic policeman.
    * * *
    1 urban, city
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar (hombre) (traffic) policeman; (mujer) (traffic) policewoman
    * * *
    (f. - urbana)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=de la ciudad) urban, town antes de s, city antes de s
    2) (=educado) courteous, polite, urbane frm
    * * *
    - na adjetivo <núcleo/transporte> urban, city (before n); < población> urban
    * * *
    = urban, urbane, urbanised [urbanized, -USA].
    Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.
    Ex. His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex. There are a number of factors prevalent in mainly urbanized society which together have produced a situation of crisis proportions.
    ----
    * área urbana = urban area.
    * contribución urbana = tax rates, local rates, council tax, local taxes, tax rates, real estate tax, real estate property tax.
    * crecimiento urbano descontrolado = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * dispersión urbana = suburban sprawl, urban sprawl.
    * entorno urbano = built environment.
    * expansión urbana = urban expansion, urban growth.
    * expansión urbana descontrolada = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * microclima urbano, el = urban canopy, the.
    * plan de ordenación urbana = town planning.
    * población urbana = urban population.
    * remodelación urbana = urban renewal.
    * seguridad urbana = urban safety, urban security.
    * transporte urbano = local transport.
    * transporte urbano público = local public transport.
    * vida urbana = city life, urban life.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo <núcleo/transporte> urban, city (before n); < población> urban
    * * *
    = urban, urbane, urbanised [urbanized, -USA].

    Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.

    Ex: His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex: There are a number of factors prevalent in mainly urbanized society which together have produced a situation of crisis proportions.
    * área urbana = urban area.
    * contribución urbana = tax rates, local rates, council tax, local taxes, tax rates, real estate tax, real estate property tax.
    * crecimiento urbano descontrolado = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * dispersión urbana = suburban sprawl, urban sprawl.
    * entorno urbano = built environment.
    * expansión urbana = urban expansion, urban growth.
    * expansión urbana descontrolada = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * microclima urbano, el = urban canopy, the.
    * plan de ordenación urbana = town planning.
    * población urbana = urban population.
    * remodelación urbana = urban renewal.
    * seguridad urbana = urban safety, urban security.
    * transporte urbano = local transport.
    * transporte urbano público = local public transport.
    * vida urbana = city life, urban life.

    * * *
    urbano -na
    ‹núcleo/transporte› urban, city ( before n); ‹población› urban
    * * *

    urbano
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹núcleo/transporte› urban, city ( before n);


    ‹ población› urban
    urbano,-a adjetivo urban: no le gusta la vida urbana, he doesn't like city life
    ' urbano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    finca
    - guerillera
    - guerillero
    - mobiliario
    - núcleo
    - urbana
    - casco
    - centro
    - ómnibus
    - sitio
    - tranvía
    English:
    town centre
    - urban
    - inner
    - urbane
    * * *
    urbano, -a adj
    urban, city;
    autobús urbano city bus;
    guardia urbano (local) policeman, f (local) policewoman
    * * *
    adj
    1 urban;
    guardia urbano local police officer
    2 ( cortés) courteous
    * * *
    urbano, -na adj
    1) : urban
    2) cortés: urbane, polite
    * * *
    urbano1 adj urban
    urbano2 n
    1. (hombre) policeman [pl. policemen]
    2. (mujer) policewoman [pl. policewomen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > urbano

  • 4 cortés

    m.
    Cortes, Hernando Cortez.
    * * *
    1 courteous, polite
    \
    lo cortés no quita lo valiente familiar you can be polite but brave at the same time
    * * *
    adj.
    courteous, polite
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=atento) courteous, polite
    2)
    * * *
    adjetivo polite, courteous
    * * *
    = polite, corteous, courteous, considerate, gracious, urbane, well-mannered, chivalrous, gentlemanlike, civil, friendly-sounding.
    Ex. Events are not named according to what it is polite or ideal to call them, but according to what they are actually called by authorities in the field.
    Ex. Beneath his courteous exterior he hid a sudden spasm of profound agitation.
    Ex. However compassionate, courteous, and unpressed for time one is, it becomes necessary to move on to other duties.
    Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the in considerate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    Ex. It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex. His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex. One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    Ex. The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.
    Ex. Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
    Ex. This situation only really stands out because this place is normally such an oasis of gentlemanly and civil behaviour.
    Ex. The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    ----
    * poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.
    * ser cortés con = be civil towards.
    * * *
    adjetivo polite, courteous
    * * *
    = polite, corteous, courteous, considerate, gracious, urbane, well-mannered, chivalrous, gentlemanlike, civil, friendly-sounding.

    Ex: Events are not named according to what it is polite or ideal to call them, but according to what they are actually called by authorities in the field.

    Ex: Beneath his courteous exterior he hid a sudden spasm of profound agitation.
    Ex: However compassionate, courteous, and unpressed for time one is, it becomes necessary to move on to other duties.
    Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the in considerate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    Ex: It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex: His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex: One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    Ex: The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.
    Ex: Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
    Ex: This situation only really stands out because this place is normally such an oasis of gentlemanly and civil behaviour.
    Ex: The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    * poco cortés = impolite, ungentlemanlike.
    * ser cortés con = be civil towards.

    * * *
    polite, courteous
    lo cortés no quita lo valiente: ¿aún la saludas después de lo que te hizo? — sí, lo cortés no quita lo valiente you still say hello to her after what she did to you? — yes, politeness doesn't have to be a sign of weakness o you don't lose anything by being polite
    * * *

     

    Del verbo cortar: ( conjugate cortar)

    cortes es:

    2ª persona singular (tú) presente subjuntivo

    Multiple Entries:
    cortar    
    cortes    
    cortés
    cortar ( conjugate cortar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( dividir) ‹cuerda/pastel› to cut, chop;
    ‹ asado› to carve;
    ‹leña/madera› to chop;
    ‹ baraja› to cut;
    ◊ cortés algo por la mitad to cut sth in half o in two;

    cortés algo en rodajas/en cuadritos to slice/dice sth;
    cortés algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces
    2 (quitar, separar) ‹rama/punta/pierna› to cut off;
    ‹ árbol› to cut down, chop down;
    ‹ flores› (CS) to pick;

    3 ( hacer más corto) ‹pelo/uñas› to cut;
    ‹césped/pasto› to mow;
    ‹ seto› to cut;
    ‹ rosal› to cut back;
    ‹ texto› to cut down
    4 ( en costura) ‹falda/vestido› to cut out
    5 ( interrumpir)
    a) ‹agua/gas/luz/teléfono› to cut off;

    ‹película/programa› to interrupt
    b) ‹ calle› [policía/obreros] to close, block off;

    [ manifestantes] to block;

    6 (censurar, editar) ‹ película› to cut;
    ‹escena/diálogo› to cut (out)
    7 [ frío]:
    ◊ el frío me cortó los labios my lips were chapped o cracked from the cold weather

    verbo intransitivo
    1 [cuchillo/tijeras] to cut
    2
    a) (Cin):

    ◊ ¡corten! cut!




    cortarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( interrumpirse) [proyección/película] to stop;
    [llamada/gas] to get cut off;

    se me cortó la respiración I could hardly breathe
    2

    ‹brazo/cara› to cut;

    b) ( refl) ‹uñas/pelo› to cut;


    c) ( caus) ‹ pelo› to have … cut;


    d) [piel/labios] to crack, become chapped

    3 ( cruzarse) [líneas/calles] to cross
    4 [ leche] to curdle;
    [mayonesa/salsa] to separate
    5 (Chi, Esp) [ persona] (turbarse, aturdirse) to get embarrassed
    cortés adjetivo
    polite, courteous
    cortar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to cut
    (un árbol) to cut down
    (el césped) to mow
    2 (amputar) to cut off
    3 (la luz, el teléfono) to cut off
    4 (impedir el paso) to block
    5 (eliminar, censurar) to cut out
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (partir) to cut
    2 (atajar) to cut across, to take a short cut
    3 familiar (interrumpir una relación) to split up: cortó con su novia, he split up with his girlfriend
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar cortar por lo sano, to put an end to
    cortés adjetivo courteous, polite
    ' cortés' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corte
    - cumplida
    - cumplido
    - disolución
    - educada
    - educado
    - gentil
    - atento
    - cortar
    - galantería
    - presidir
    English:
    attentive
    - chivalrous
    - civil
    - courteous
    - gallant
    - graceful
    - gracious
    - urbane
    - cut
    - debonair
    - polite
    * * *
    cortés adj
    polite, courteous;
    lo cortés no quita lo valiente there's no harm in being polite
    * * *
    adj courteous
    * * *
    cortés adj
    : courteous, polite
    ♦ cortésmente adv
    * * *
    Cortes npl Spanish Parliament

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortés

  • 5 bien educado

    adj.
    well-bred, courteous, polite, well-behaved.
    * * *
    (adj.) = urbane
    Ex. His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    * * *
    (adj.) = urbane

    Ex: His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bien educado

  • 6 cortesano

    adj.
    1 of the court.
    2 courtly, courteous, gentle, polite.
    m.
    courtier.
    * * *
    2 (cortés) courteous, courtly
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (de la corte) courtier
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ of the court, courtly
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo court (before n)
    II
    - na masculino, femenino courtier
    * * *
    = urbane.
    Ex. His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo court (before n)
    II
    - na masculino, femenino courtier
    * * *

    Ex: His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.

    * * *
    cortesano1 -na
    court ( before n)
    cortesano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    courtier
    * * *
    cortesano, -a
    ♦ adj
    [modales] courtly;
    la vida cortesana life at court
    ♦ nm,f
    [personaje de la corte] courtier
    * * *
    I adj court atr
    II m courtier
    * * *
    cortesano, -na adj
    : courtly
    cortesano, -na n
    : courtier

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortesano

  • 7 bullanguero

    adj.
    riotous, uproarious, rowdy, noisy.
    m.
    noisy person, rowdy.
    * * *
    1 (alborotador) noisy, rowdy
    2 (juerguista) fun-loving
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    2 (juerguista) fun-lover
    * * *
    bullanguero, -a
    1.
    ADJ riotous, rowdy
    2. SM / F
    1) (=persona ruidosa) noisy person
    2) (=alborotador) troublemaker
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (fam) < persona> fun-loving; <música/ambiente> lively
    * * *
    = rumbustious, boisterous.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (fam) < persona> fun-loving; <música/ambiente> lively
    * * *
    = rumbustious, boisterous.

    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.

    * * *
    ( fam); ‹persona› fun-loving; ‹música/ambiente› lively
    * * *

    bullanguero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo (fam) ‹ persona› fun-loving;


    ‹música/ambiente› lively
    * * *
    bullanguero, -a
    ♦ adj
    ser muy bullanguero to love a good time, to love partying
    ♦ nm,f
    es un bullanguero he loves a good time o loves partying
    * * *
    fam
    I adj rowdy
    II m, bullanguera f troublemaker

    Spanish-English dictionary > bullanguero

  • 8 bullicioso

    adj.
    1 noisy, bustling, boisterous, riotous.
    2 lively, riproaring.
    * * *
    1 (ruidoso) noisy
    2 (animado) lively; (con ajetreo) busy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=ruidoso) [lugar] noisy; [niño] boisterous
    2) (=con actividad) busy, bustling
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <calle/barrio> busy, noisy; < niño> boisterous
    * * *
    = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], hard-driving, roaring, bustling, boisterous, abuzz, rumbustious, hurly-burly.
    Ex. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex. Dexter Basil Rundle is a vice-president of the Garrett National Bank in Garrett, a practical, progressive, hard-driving city of 122,680 in the Midwest.
    Ex. Today, with its population of almost 80,000, Wexler bears little resemblance to the roaring lumber center it became in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
    Ex. The article 'A bustling New York ALA show' describes the vendor exhibits at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New York.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <calle/barrio> busy, noisy; < niño> boisterous
    * * *
    = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], hard-driving, roaring, bustling, boisterous, abuzz, rumbustious, hurly-burly.

    Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

    Ex: Dexter Basil Rundle is a vice-president of the Garrett National Bank in Garrett, a practical, progressive, hard-driving city of 122,680 in the Midwest.
    Ex: Today, with its population of almost 80,000, Wexler bears little resemblance to the roaring lumber center it became in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
    Ex: The article 'A bustling New York ALA show' describes the vendor exhibits at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New York.
    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex: She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.

    * * *
    ‹calle/barrio› busy, noisy; ‹niño› boisterous
    * * *

    bullicioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    noisy

    ' bullicioso' also found in these entries:
    English:
    boisterous
    - bustling
    - noisy
    - riotous
    - rip-roaring
    * * *
    bullicioso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [agitado] [reunión, multitud] noisy;
    [calle, mercado] busy, bustling
    2. [inquieto] rowdy, boisterous
    ♦ nm,f
    boisterous person
    * * *
    adj bustling
    * * *
    bullicioso, -sa adj
    : noisy, busy, turbulent

    Spanish-English dictionary > bullicioso

  • 9 dar bandazos

    v.
    to swerve while in motion, to lurch, to careen.
    El botecito se tamboleó peligrosamente The dinghy careened dangerously.
    * * *
    to lurch
    * * *
    (v.) = lurch
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    * * *
    (v.) = lurch

    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar bandazos

  • 10 educado

    adj.
    1 educated, cultured.
    2 polite, well-behaved, refined, well-bred.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: educar.
    * * *
    1 polite
    * * *
    (f. - educada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=de buenos modales) well-mannered, polite; (=instruido) cultivated

    mal educado — (=de malos modales) ill-mannered; (=grosero) rude

    * * *
    - da adjetivo polite, well-mannered
    * * *
    Ex. One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    ----
    * bien educado = urbane.
    * mal educado = impolite.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo polite, well-mannered
    * * *

    Ex: One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.

    * bien educado = urbane.
    * mal educado = impolite.

    * * *
    educado -da
    ‹adulto› polite, well-mannered
    un niño bien educado a well-mannered o well brought-up o polite child
    * * *

    Del verbo educar: ( conjugate educar)

    educado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    educado    
    educar
    educado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    polite, well-mannered
    educar ( conjugate educar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) (Educ) to educate, teach


    ‹ ciudadanos› to educate
    2 ‹oído/voz› to train
    educarse verbo pronominal ( hacer los estudios) to be educated
    educado,-a adj (cortés) polite: es un niño muy bien/mal educado, he's a very well-mannered/rude boy
    educar verbo transitivo
    1 (criar) to raise
    2 (enseñar) to educate
    3 (un sentido, la voz) to train: debería educar el oído, she should train her ear
    ' educado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparte
    - considerada
    - considerado
    - correcta
    - correcto
    - educada
    - formal
    - reducirse
    - roto
    English:
    civil
    - courteous
    - good
    - ill-mannered
    - polite
    - well-behaved
    - well-bred
    - well-brought-up
    - well-mannered
    - civilized
    - discerning
    - discriminating
    - trained
    - well
    * * *
    educado, -a adj
    [cortés] polite, well-mannered;
    bien educado well-bred, well-mannered;
    mal educado rude, ill-mannered
    * * *
    I adj polite, well-mannered;
    bien educado polite, well-mannered;
    mal educado rude, ill-mannered
    II part → educar
    * * *
    educado, -da adj
    : polite, well-mannered
    * * *
    educado adj polite

    Spanish-English dictionary > educado

  • 11 encontrarse fuera de lugar

    (v.) = be out of + Posesivo + element, be out of place
    Ex. His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex. The 'Afrocentric-Eurocentric approaches' dichotomy is strangely out of place in an African context and is curiously out of touch wit the issues that are significant in library and information work.
    * * *
    (v.) = be out of + Posesivo + element, be out of place

    Ex: His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.

    Ex: The 'Afrocentric-Eurocentric approaches' dichotomy is strangely out of place in an African context and is curiously out of touch wit the issues that are significant in library and information work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encontrarse fuera de lugar

  • 12 erudición

    f.
    erudition, letters, learning, eruditeness.
    * * *
    1 erudition, learning, scholarship
    * * *
    noun f.
    learning, scholarship
    * * *
    SF learning, scholarship, erudition frm
    * * *
    femenino erudition (frml), learning
    * * *
    = scholarship, erudition, scholarliness.
    Ex. The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.
    Ex. His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex. A further indication of the periodicals' scholarliness is the highreliance of its authors on periodicals for their citations.
    * * *
    femenino erudition (frml), learning
    * * *
    = scholarship, erudition, scholarliness.

    Ex: The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.

    Ex: His urbane manner, formidable erudition, and background experience might have led one to conclude that perhaps he was somewhat out of his element there on the prairie.
    Ex: A further indication of the periodicals' scholarliness is the highreliance of its authors on periodicals for their citations.

    * * *
    erudition ( frml), learning
    todos se asombraban de su erudición everyone was amazed at his erudition o at how knowledgeable he was o at how much he knew
    * * *

    erudición sustantivo femenino
    erudition (frml), learning
    erudición sustantivo femenino erudition
    ' erudición' also found in these entries:
    English:
    scholarship
    * * *
    erudition
    * * *
    f learning, erudition
    * * *
    erudición nf, pl - ciones : erudition, learning

    Spanish-English dictionary > erudición

  • 13 escandaloso

    adj.
    1 very noisy, noisy, strepitous, too noisy.
    2 outrageous, outraging, offensive, disgraceful.
    3 shocking, scandalous.
    * * *
    1 scandalous, shocking, outrageous
    2 (alborotado) noisy, rowdy
    3 (color) loud; (risa) uproarious
    * * *
    (f. - escandalosa)
    adj.
    1) shocking, scandalous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sorprendente) [actuación] scandalous, shocking; [delito] flagrant; [vida] scandalous
    2) (=ruidoso) [risa] hearty, uproarious; [niño] noisy
    3) [color] loud
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < conducta> shocking, scandalous; < ropa> outrageous; < película> shocking; < vida> scandalous; < color> loud
    b) ( ruidoso) <persona/griterío> noisy; < risa> loud, uproarious
    * * *
    = scandalous, monstrous, boisterous, shocking, raucous, a monster of a, rumbustious, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], loudmouth.
    Ex. The article ' SCANdalous behaviour' examines the possible uses of hand-held OCR scanners as a means of converting graphics (illustrations etc) into machine readable form.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. This is an important point which has been poorly neglected in this lively and, at times, raucous debate.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.
    Ex. In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.
    ----
    * de forma escandalosa = outrageously.
    * de manera escandalosa = outrageously.
    * muy escandaloso = highly visible.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < conducta> shocking, scandalous; < ropa> outrageous; < película> shocking; < vida> scandalous; < color> loud
    b) ( ruidoso) <persona/griterío> noisy; < risa> loud, uproarious
    * * *
    = scandalous, monstrous, boisterous, shocking, raucous, a monster of a, rumbustious, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], loudmouth.

    Ex: The article ' SCANdalous behaviour' examines the possible uses of hand-held OCR scanners as a means of converting graphics (illustrations etc) into machine readable form.

    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: This is an important point which has been poorly neglected in this lively and, at times, raucous debate.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.
    Ex: In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.
    * de forma escandalosa = outrageously.
    * de manera escandalosa = outrageously.
    * muy escandaloso = highly visible.

    * * *
    1 ‹conducta› shocking, scandalous, disgraceful; ‹ropa› outrageous; ‹película› shocking; ‹vida› scandalous; ‹color› loud
    2 (ruidoso) ‹persona› noisy; ‹risa› loud, outrageous; ‹griterío› noisy
    * * *

    escandaloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    ‹ ropa› outrageous;
    ‹ película› shocking;
    ‹ vida› scandalous
    b) ( ruidoso) ‹persona/griterío› noisy;

    ‹ risa› loud, uproarious
    escandaloso,-a adjetivo
    1 (ruidoso) noisy, rowdy
    2 (inmoral) scandalous, shameful
    ' escandaloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escandalosa
    - sórdida
    - sórdido
    - gamberrismo
    English:
    disorderly
    - outrageous
    - raucous
    - rowdy
    - scandalous
    - shocking
    * * *
    escandaloso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [inmoral] outrageous, shocking;
    se vio envuelto en un asunto escandaloso he got caught up in a scandalous business
    2. [ruidoso] very noisy;
    ¡mira que eres escandaloso! what a racket you make!
    ♦ nm,f
    very noisy o loud person;
    son unos escandalosos they're terribly noisy people
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( vergonzoso) scandalous, shocking
    2 ( ruidoso) noisy, rowdy
    * * *
    escandaloso, -sa adj
    1) : shocking, scandalous
    2) ruidoso: noisy, rowdy
    3) : flagrant, outrageous
    * * *
    1. (ruidoso) loud / noisy [comp. noisier; superl. noisiest]
    2. (indignante) scandalous / shocking

    Spanish-English dictionary > escandaloso

  • 14 inclinarse

    1 (doblarse) to bend, lean; (como saludo) to bow
    2 inclinarse a figurado (propender a) to incline to, incline towards
    3 inclinarse por (escoger) to choose, opt for
    * * *
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [objeto vertical] to lean, tilt
    2) (=encorvarse) to stoop, bend
    3) (=tender)

    me inclino a pensar que no es verdad — I am inclined to o I tend to think that it's not true

    entre los dos, me inclino por el segundo — of the two, I'm inclined to go for the second o I tend to prefer the second

    * * *
    (v.) = lean over, lean forward, lurch, bow, bend down, bend over
    Ex. Lateral filing is preferable to vertical filing as one does not have to lean over to reach items at the back of a drawer.
    Ex. Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. In this position obeisance, the slave kneels and sits upon their heels with their back and shoulders straight and head bowed.
    Ex. The one other symptom that developed is that I have a slight to moderate pain in my forehead to top of my head when I bend down.
    Ex. When I bend down, or bend over, my head starts to pulse and sometimes it feels like it is going to explode.
    * * *
    (v.) = lean over, lean forward, lurch, bow, bend down, bend over

    Ex: Lateral filing is preferable to vertical filing as one does not have to lean over to reach items at the back of a drawer.

    Ex: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.
    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex: In this position obeisance, the slave kneels and sits upon their heels with their back and shoulders straight and head bowed.
    Ex: The one other symptom that developed is that I have a slight to moderate pain in my forehead to top of my head when I bend down.
    Ex: When I bend down, or bend over, my head starts to pulse and sometimes it feels like it is going to explode.

    * * *

    ■inclinarse verbo reflexivo
    1 to lean, slope, incline: varios postes se inclinaron por la tormenta, several poles were on a slant after the storm
    se inclinó para recoger el lápiz, she bent down to pick the pencil up
    2 (al saludar) to bow
    inclinarse ante, to bow down to
    3 fig (tener tendencia) to be inclined [a, towards]
    4 (optar) to prefer: me inclino por el pequeño, I prefer the small one
    ' inclinarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ladearse
    - agachar
    - inclinar
    - ladear
    - tender
    English:
    bend
    - bend down
    - bow
    - down
    - hang over
    - incline
    - lean
    - lean forward
    - lean over
    - slant
    - slope
    - tilt
    - tip
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [doblarse] to lean;
    la grúa se está inclinando peligrosamente the crane is leaning o tilting dangerously;
    Fig
    la balanza se inclinó a nuestro favor the balance tipped in our favour
    2. [para saludar] to bow ( ante before)
    3. [tender] to be o feel inclined (a to);
    me inclino a pensar que no I'm rather inclined to think not;
    me inclino a aceptar I feel o I am inclined to accept
    4. [preferir]
    inclinarse por to favour, to lean towards
    * * *
    v/r
    1 desde la horizontal bend (down); desde la vertical lean; de un terreno slope
    2 en señal de respeto bow
    3
    :
    inclinarse a fig tend to, be inclined to
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to lean, to lean over
    2)
    inclinarse a : to be inclined to
    * * *
    1. (en general) to lean [pt. & pp. leant] / to bend [pt. & pp. bent]
    2. (tender) to be inclined
    3. (preferir) to prefer [pt. & pp. preferred]

    Spanish-English dictionary > inclinarse

  • 15 jadeando

    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    * * *

    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jadeando

  • 16 sin aliento

    adj.
    out of breath, panting, breathless, short of breath.
    * * *
    (adj.) = breathlessly, breathless
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.
    * * *
    (adj.) = breathlessly, breathless

    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.

    Ex: The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin aliento

  • 17 sin descanso

    without a break
    * * *
    = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite
    Ex. Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.
    Ex. The basic thesis of the book under review is that throughout his career Rembrandt restlessly fashioned and refashioned his self.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. The demand for English as the world's lingua franca continues unabated.
    Ex. Microfilming of Australian records in the UK has continued without a break since 1948 and by 1990 and a total of 9267 reels has been produced.
    Ex. This sequence was repeated, without rest, for the duration of the technique.
    Ex. People with diabetes have to do it every day, day in and day out.
    Ex. The ancient Egyptian mind was struck by the periodic regularity of certain phenomena: the sun that rises, shines, and disappears without respite every day.
    * * *
    = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite

    Ex: Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.

    Ex: The basic thesis of the book under review is that throughout his career Rembrandt restlessly fashioned and refashioned his self.
    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex: The demand for English as the world's lingua franca continues unabated.
    Ex: Microfilming of Australian records in the UK has continued without a break since 1948 and by 1990 and a total of 9267 reels has been produced.
    Ex: This sequence was repeated, without rest, for the duration of the technique.
    Ex: People with diabetes have to do it every day, day in and day out.
    Ex: The ancient Egyptian mind was struck by the periodic regularity of certain phenomena: the sun that rises, shines, and disappears without respite every day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin descanso

  • 18 sin pausa

    uninterruptedly
    * * *
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    * * *

    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin pausa

  • 19 tambalearse

    pron.v.
    1 to stagger, to totter (bambolearse) (person).
    2 to totter (gobierno, sistema).
    * * *
    1 (persona) to stagger, totter; (mueble) to wobble
    2 figurado to be shaky
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [persona] to stagger; [vehículo] to lurch, sway; [mueble] to wobble
    2) [gobierno] to totter
    * * *
    verbo pronominal, tambalear verbo intransitivo silla/botella to wobble; persona ( de adelante a atrás) to stagger, totter; ( de lado a lado) to sway
    * * *
    = reel, lurch, dodder, wobble, teeter, stagger.
    Ex. The article ' Reeling and writhing and fainting' outlines the problems encountered by illustrators of books.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. Other data from observations and interviews suggest that this seemingly effective local management system may be beginning to teeter.
    Ex. He cuffed her so hard across the face that she staggered and fell.
    ----
    * tambalearse hacia delante y hacia atrás = wobble back and forth.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal, tambalear verbo intransitivo silla/botella to wobble; persona ( de adelante a atrás) to stagger, totter; ( de lado a lado) to sway
    * * *
    = reel, lurch, dodder, wobble, teeter, stagger.

    Ex: The article ' Reeling and writhing and fainting' outlines the problems encountered by illustrators of books.

    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex: The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: Other data from observations and interviews suggest that this seemingly effective local management system may be beginning to teeter.
    Ex: He cuffed her so hard across the face that she staggered and fell.
    * tambalearse hacia delante y hacia atrás = wobble back and forth.

    * * *
    v pron,
    tambalear [A1 ]
    vi perdió el equilibrio, (se) tambaleó y cayó she lost her balance, staggered o tottered and fell
    caminaba tambaleándose por efecto del alcohol he was staggering o lurching drunkenly, he was swaying drunkenly as he walked
    el régimen empezó a tambalearse the regime began to teeter
    la botella quedó tambaleándose or tambaleando al borde de la mesa the bottle teetered on the edge of the table
    todo empezó a tambalearse everything began to shake
    * * *

    tambalearse ( conjugate tambalearse) verbo pronominal verbo intransitivo [silla/botella] to wobble;
    [ persona] to stagger;

    todo empezó a tambalearse everything began to shake
    ■tambalearse vr (persona) to totter, stagger: iba hacia la ventana tambaleándose, he staggered towards the window
    (un objeto) to wobble
    fig (un régimen, una relación) to teeter

    ' tambalearse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bambolearse
    - trastabillar
    English:
    lurch
    - reel
    - stagger
    - sway
    - totter
    - wobble
    - teeter
    - waver
    * * *
    1. [persona] to stagger, to sway;
    [mueble, estante] to wobble, to be unsteady;
    el borracho caminaba tambaleándose the drunk was staggering o lurching along;
    el golpe hizo que se tambaleara he staggered under the blow
    2. [gobierno, economía] to totter;
    las bases de la democracia se tambalean the foundations of democracy are crumbling
    * * *
    v/r stagger, lurch; de coche sway
    * * *
    1) : to teeter
    2) : to totter, to stagger, to sway
    ♦ tambaleante adj
    * * *
    1. (mueble) to wobble
    2. (persona) to stagger

    Spanish-English dictionary > tambalearse

  • 20 tempestuoso

    adj.
    stormy, violent, rough, tempestuous.
    * * *
    1 stormy, tempestuous, wild, violent
    * * *
    ADJ stormy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo stormy, tempestuous
    * * *
    = blustery, boisterous, stormy [stormier -comp., stormiest -sup.].
    Ex. This is probably because the north's more blustery weather spring-cleans the streets.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. The stormy period of the 50s and 60s are considered to have seriously damaged the cause of improving the salaries of librarians.
    ----
    * mar tempestuoso = stormy sea.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo stormy, tempestuous
    * * *
    = blustery, boisterous, stormy [stormier -comp., stormiest -sup.].

    Ex: This is probably because the north's more blustery weather spring-cleans the streets.

    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex: The stormy period of the 50s and 60s are considered to have seriously damaged the cause of improving the salaries of librarians.
    * mar tempestuoso = stormy sea.

    * * *
    1 ‹noche› stormy; ‹mar› stormy, tempestuous
    2 ‹reunión/discusión› stormy, tempestuous
    * * *

    tempestuoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    stormy, tempestuous
    tempestuoso,-a adjetivo
    1 Meteor stormy
    2 (relación) stormy, tempestuous

    ' tempestuoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tempestuosa
    English:
    stormy
    - tempestuous
    * * *
    tempestuoso, -a adj
    1. [día, viento, mar] stormy
    2. [relaciones, asamblea, vida] stormy, tempestuous
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    stormy
    * * *
    tempestuoso, -sa adj
    : tempestuous, stormy

    Spanish-English dictionary > tempestuoso

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