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121 virulencia
f.virulence (also figurative).* * *1 virulence* * *SF virulence* * *femenino virulence* * *= virulence, vitriol.Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex. In addition to its weirdness, vitriol, and zaniness, the volume is characterized by solid good sense with an undertone of genuinely elegiac tenderness.----* con más virulencia aun = with a vengeance.* con virulencia = virulently.* * *femenino virulence* * *= virulence, vitriol.Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
Ex: In addition to its weirdness, vitriol, and zaniness, the volume is characterized by solid good sense with an undertone of genuinely elegiac tenderness.* con más virulencia aun = with a vengeance.* con virulencia = virulently.* * *1 ( Med) virulence2 (violencia) virulence, violence* * *
virulencia sustantivo femenino virulence
* * *virulencia nf1. [de epidemia, crítica, conflicto] virulence, ferocity2. [de virus, microorganismo] virulence* * *f MED, figvirulence* * *virulencia nf: virulence -
122 apuntalamiento
m.1 underpinning (also figurative).2 propping, bracing, reinforcement, pinning.* * *1 shoring-up, underpinning* * *SM propping-up, underpinning* * ** * ** * *(de un edificio) shoring-up, bracing; (de cimientos) underpinning* * *fue necesario el apuntalamiento de la casa the house had to be shored up -
123 borreguil
adj.1 sheep-like (also figurative).2 sheepish, sheep-like.* * *ADJ meek, like a lamb* * *adjetivo (pey) sheeplike (pej)* * *adjetivo (pey) sheeplike (pej)* * ** * *borreguil adjFam Pey sheep-like -
124 carnaza
f.1 bait (also figurative).2 deposit from must.* * *1 (carnada) bait2 (carne abundante y mala) low-grade meat, bad-quality meat■ hoy no he comprado carne porque sólo he visto carnaza I didn't buy any meat today because it all looked bad quality* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=cebo) [para peces] groundbait; [para leones] scraps pl of meat2) [de escándalo, suceso]* * *a) (Coc) low grade meatb) ( carnada) bait* * *a) (Coc) low grade meatb) ( carnada) bait* * *1 ( Coc) low grade meat2 (carnada) bait* * *
carnaza sustantivo femenino
1 (cebo) bait
2 familiar pey (escándalo o suceso trágico que se explota) ese periódico se alimenta de carnaza, they pander to the public's appetite for gore
* * *carnaza nftambién Fig bait* * *f bait* * *carnaza nf: bait -
125 chispazo
m.spark (also figurative).* * *1 (chispa) spark2 (quemadura) burn3 (chisme) piece of gossip1 figurado spark, flash* * *SM1) spark2) = chisme 2)* * *masculino (Elec, Tec) spark* * *masculino (Elec, Tec) spark* * *fue un chispazo de ingenio it was a stroke of genius* * *
chispazo sustantivo masculino (Elec, Tec) spark
chispazo m Elec spark
* * *chispazo nm1. [de fuego, electricidad] spark;dar un chispazo to give off a spark, to spark2. [suceso aislado]se caracteriza por sus chispazos de inspiración he's noted for his flashes of inspiration;aquella manifestación fue el primer chispazo de la revolución that demonstration was what sparked off the revolution;sus discursos contienen chispazos de humor his speeches have flashes of wit* * *m spark -
126 eslabonar
v.to link together (also figurative).* * *1 to link together, join2 figurado to link, connect1 figurado to link together* * *VT1) [+ eslabones, piezas] to link, link together2) [+ ideas] to link, connect* * *1. 2.eslabonarse v pron to link up* * *1. 2.eslabonarse v pron to link up* * *eslabonar [A1 ]vt‹piezas› to link, link together, join; ‹ideas/hechos› to link, connectto link up* * *eslabonar vttambién Fig to link together* * *v/t link (together)* * *eslabonar vt: to link, to connect, to join -
127 libertar
v.to liberate (also figurative).* * *1 to liberate* * *VT1) (=poner en libertad) to set free, release2) (=eximir) [de deber, obligación] to release; [de impuestos, ley] to exempt3) (=salvar) to save (de from)* * *verbo transitivo to liberate, set... free* * *verbo transitivo to liberate, set... free* * *libertar [A1 ]vtto liberate, set … free* * *libertar vtto liberate* * *v/t (set) free, release* * *libertar vtlibrar: to set free -
128 mazazo
m.1 heavy blow (also figurative).2 blow with a mace, blow with a club.* * *1 (golpe) heavy blow (with a mace)■ su ascenso ha caído como un mazazo en la oficina her promotion came as a blow to everyone in the office* * *SM heavy blowel Gobierno asestó ayer un auténtico mazazo a la oposición — the government dealt a real blow to the opposition yesterday
* * ** * ** * *( fam)* * *mazazo nm1. [golpe con mazo] blow [with a mallet];me di un mazazo en el dedo I banged my finger with a mallet2. [golpe emocional] real blow;su muerte fue un mazazo her death was a real blow* * *m figblow
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