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(be+transformed)

  • 81 улыбка преобразила его лицо

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > улыбка преобразила его лицо

  • 82 П-98

    ВОЗВОДИТЬ/ВОЗВЕСТИ В ПЕРЛ СОЗДАНИЯ что obs, elev VP subj: human to present or transform sth. in such a way as to make it outstanding, exceptionally beautiful etc: X возвёл Y в перл создания = X transformed Y into a pearl (a gem, a jewel) of creation X turned (transformed) Y into a work of art.
    ...Много нужно глубины душевной, дабы озарить картину, взятую из презренной жизни, и возвести её в перл созданья... (Гоголь 3)....Great spiritual depth is required to illumine a picture drawn from ignoble life and transform it into a pearl of creation... (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-98

  • 83 возвести в перл создания

    • ВОЗВОДИТЬ/ВОЗВЕСТИ В ПЕРЛ СОЗДАНИЯ что obs, elev
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to present or transform sth. in such a way as to make it outstanding, exceptionally beautiful etc:
    - X возвёл Y в перл создания≈ X transformed Y into a pearl <a gem, a jewel> of creation;
    - X turned (transformed) Y into a work of art.
         ♦...Много нужно глубины душевной, дабы озарить картину, взятую из презренной жизни, и возвести её в перл созданья... (Гоголь 3)....Great spiritual depth is required to illumine a picture drawn from ignoble life and transform it into a pearl of creation... (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > возвести в перл создания

  • 84 возводить в перл создания

    • ВОЗВОДИТЬ/ВОЗВЕСТИ В ПЕРЛ СОЗДАНИЯ что obs, elev
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to present or transform sth. in such a way as to make it outstanding, exceptionally beautiful etc:
    - X возвёл Y в перл создания≈ X transformed Y into a pearl <a gem, a jewel> of creation;
    - X turned (transformed) Y into a work of art.
         ♦...Много нужно глубины душевной, дабы озарить картину, взятую из презренной жизни, и возвести её в перл созданья... (Гоголь 3)....Great spiritual depth is required to illumine a picture drawn from ignoble life and transform it into a pearl of creation... (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > возводить в перл создания

  • 85 mausern

    I v/i und v/refl ZOOL. mo(u)lt
    II v/refl umg., fig. shape up nicely; sich mausern zu turn out; (sich verwandeln in) be transformed into; bes. Mädchen: blossom (out) into
    * * *
    sich mausern
    (Federn abwerfen) to moult; to molt
    * * *
    mau|sern ['mauzɐn]
    vr
    1) (ORN) to moult (Brit), to molt (US)
    2) (inf) to blossom out (inf)
    * * *
    mau·sern
    [ˈmauzɐn]
    vr
    1. ORN (das Federkleid wechseln)
    ▪ sich akk \mausern to moult BRIT, to molt AM
    ▪ sich akk [zu etw dat] \mausern to blossom out [to sth]
    * * *
    reflexives Verb moult

    sich zur Dame mausern — (fig. ugs.) blossom into a lady

    * * *
    A. v/i & v/r ZOOL mo(u)lt
    B. v/r umg, fig shape up nicely;
    sich mausern zu turn out; (sich verwandeln in) be transformed into; besonders Mädchen: blossom (out) into
    * * *
    reflexives Verb moult

    sich zur Dame mausern — (fig. ugs.) blossom into a lady

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > mausern

  • 86 umformen

    v/t (trennb., hat -ge-) reshape; (Konstruktion etc.) redesign; ETECH. transform, convert; LING. (Satz etc.) convert; direkte in indirekte Rede umformen convert direct speech into reported speech; die Technik hat den Menschen umgeformt technology has transformed humankind
    * * *
    to transform; to reform;
    sich umformen
    to reform
    * * *
    ụm|for|men
    vt sep
    1) (= andere Form geben) to remodel, to reshape (
    in +acc into)
    2) (ELEC) to convert
    3) (LING) to transform
    * * *
    um|for·men
    vt
    ▪ jdn \umformen to transform sb
    * * *
    1) reshape; remodel; recast, revise <poem, novel>; transform < person>
    2) (Elektrot.) convert
    * * *
    umformen v/t (trennb, hat -ge-) reshape; (Konstruktion etc) redesign; ELEK transform, convert; LING (Satz etc) convert;
    direkte in indirekte Rede umformen convert direct speech into reported speech;
    die Technik hat den Menschen umgeformt technology has transformed humankind
    * * *
    1) reshape; remodel; recast, revise <poem, novel>; transform < person>
    2) (Elektrot.) convert
    * * *
    v.
    to convert v.
    to transform v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > umformen

  • 87 Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda

    = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy
    Ex. Everybody knows ' you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,' suggesting that something without inherent value can't be transformed into something valuable.
    Ex. Or, as they say around here, 'You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy'.
    Ex. Or, as they say around here, 'You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy'.
    * * *
    = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy

    Ex: Everybody knows ' you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,' suggesting that something without inherent value can't be transformed into something valuable.

    Ex: Or, as they say around here, 'You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy'.
    Ex: Or, as they say around here, 'You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda

  • 88 Blancanieves y los siete enanitos

    Ex. The original folktale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs becomes transformed when told through the different media of film, sound, movement, colour, art and technology.
    * * *

    Ex: The original folktale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs becomes transformed when told through the different media of film, sound, movement, colour, art and technology.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Blancanieves y los siete enanitos

  • 89 No se le puede pedir peras al olmo

    Ex. Everybody knows ' you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,' suggesting that something without inherent value can't be transformed into something valuable.
    * * *

    Ex: Everybody knows ' you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear,' suggesting that something without inherent value can't be transformed into something valuable.

    Spanish-English dictionary > No se le puede pedir peras al olmo

  • 90 a disgusto

    adv.
    reluctantly, begrudgingly, against one's will, unwillingly.
    * * *
    against one's will, reluctantly, unwillingly
    * * *
    = unwillingly, reluctantly
    Ex. Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    * * *
    = unwillingly, reluctantly

    Ex: Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.

    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a disgusto

  • 91 a regañadientes

    adv.
    reluctantly, unwillingly, discontentedly, with reluctance.
    * * *
    reluctantly, grudgingly, unwillingly
    * * *
    = grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly, reluctantly
    Ex. Another point which we hope these introductory remarks make clear is that AACR2, even more than the 1967 version, is the result of give and take, of compromise, of negotiation, of concessions made graciously or grudgingly.
    Ex. There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.
    Ex. Even if librarians can admit begrudgingly that comic books may deserve a rightful place in many libraries, innumerable fears come to mind = Aunque los bibliotecarios pueden admitir de mala gana que los comics pueden merecerse el lugar que les corresponde en muchas bibliotecas, las dudas que les asaltan son innumerables.
    Ex. Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    * * *
    = grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly, reluctantly

    Ex: Another point which we hope these introductory remarks make clear is that AACR2, even more than the 1967 version, is the result of give and take, of compromise, of negotiation, of concessions made graciously or grudgingly.

    Ex: There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.
    Ex: Even if librarians can admit begrudgingly that comic books may deserve a rightful place in many libraries, innumerable fears come to mind = Aunque los bibliotecarios pueden admitir de mala gana que los comics pueden merecerse el lugar que les corresponde en muchas bibliotecas, las dudas que les asaltan son innumerables.
    Ex: Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a regañadientes

  • 92 actividad

    f.
    1 activity.
    desplegar una gran actividad to be in a flurry of activity
    en actividad active
    2 alertness.
    * * *
    1 activity
    \
    estar en plena actividad to be in full swing
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) work
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acción) activity

    ha sido una jornada de escasa actividad bursátil — trading was slow o sluggish on the stock exchange today

    en actividad: el volcán aún está en actividad — the volcano is still active

    2) (=tarea profesional) work
    3) pl actividades (=actos) activities pl
    extraescolar
    * * *
    a) ( ocupación) activity
    b) (vida, movimiento) activity
    * * *
    = activity, ferment, operation, pursuit, business [businesses, -pl.], proaction, occasion.
    Ex. The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex. Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.
    Ex. With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.
    Ex. What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.
    Ex. I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.
    Ex. Based on their experience of mutual benefit over the past 3 years, both university libraries have transformed the goal of their interinstitutional agreement from protection to proaction.
    Ex. Children must be involved in important school occasions like school play performances, orchestral and choir concerts.
    ----
    * actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.
    * actividad bibliotecaria = library activity.
    * actividad comercial = commercial activity.
    * actividad complementaria = follow-up activity.
    * actividad conjunta = cooperative effort.
    * actividad cultural = cultural activity.
    * actividad de extensión bibliotecaria = outreach activity.
    * actividad dirigida a recabar fondos = fundraiser [fund-raiser].
    * actividad editorial = publishing activity.
    * actividad extraescolar = extra-mural event, after-school activity, out-of-school activity.
    * actividad física = physical activity.
    * actividad fundamental = core activity.
    * actividad investigadora = research activity.
    * actividad lúdica = recreational activity.
    * actividad mental = mental activity.
    * actividad política = political activity.
    * actividad principal = core activity.
    * actividad profesional = professional activity.
    * actividad programada = planned activity.
    * actividad secundaria = sidelight activity.
    * actividad social = social activity.
    * actividad suplementaria = sideline.
    * bullir de actividad = be a hive of activity.
    * campo de actividad = area of application.
    * centro de actividad = focal point.
    * Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).
    * con muchas actividades = event-filled.
    * desempeñar las actividades de uno = conduct + affairs.
    * desempeño de actividades = conduct of business.
    * desempeño de las actividades = conduct of affairs.
    * diversificar las actividades = branch out (into), branch into.
    * falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.
    * horas de poca actividad = slack hours.
    * industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.
    * iniciar las actividades = get + things going, get + things rolling, start + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling.
    * intervalo de cese de actividad interactiva = interactive timeout interval (ITI).
    * lleno de actividades = event-filled.
    * llevar a cabo actividades = conduct + business.
    * llevar a cabo una actividad = conduct + activity.
    * memoria de actividad realizada = interim report.
    * muestreo de actividades = activity sampling.
    * período de baja actividad = dry spell.
    * período de poca actividad = slack time, slack period, slack activity time.
    * planear una actividad = plot + activity.
    * presupuestación por actividades = performance budgeting.
    * presupuesto asignado por actividades = performance budget.
    * programa de actividades = timetable of activities, calendar of events, events calendar.
    * promover una actividad = launch + activity.
    * realización de actividades = conduct of business.
    * realizar actividades = conduct + business, do + activities.
    * realizar una actividad = engage in + practice, engage in + activity, perform + activity, conduct + activity.
    * registro de actividades realizadas = logbook [log book].
    * ser un hervidero de actividad = be a hive of activity.
    * suspender actividades = cease + activities.
    * tarea orientada hacia una actividad = activity-oriented task.
    * tasa de actividad = activity rate.
    * * *
    a) ( ocupación) activity
    b) (vida, movimiento) activity
    * * *
    = activity, ferment, operation, pursuit, business [businesses, -pl.], proaction, occasion.

    Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).

    Ex: Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.
    Ex: With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.
    Ex: What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.
    Ex: I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.
    Ex: Based on their experience of mutual benefit over the past 3 years, both university libraries have transformed the goal of their interinstitutional agreement from protection to proaction.
    Ex: Children must be involved in important school occasions like school play performances, orchestral and choir concerts.
    * actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.
    * actividad bibliotecaria = library activity.
    * actividad comercial = commercial activity.
    * actividad complementaria = follow-up activity.
    * actividad conjunta = cooperative effort.
    * actividad cultural = cultural activity.
    * actividad de extensión bibliotecaria = outreach activity.
    * actividad dirigida a recabar fondos = fundraiser [fund-raiser].
    * actividad editorial = publishing activity.
    * actividad extraescolar = extra-mural event, after-school activity, out-of-school activity.
    * actividad física = physical activity.
    * actividad fundamental = core activity.
    * actividad investigadora = research activity.
    * actividad lúdica = recreational activity.
    * actividad mental = mental activity.
    * actividad política = political activity.
    * actividad principal = core activity.
    * actividad profesional = professional activity.
    * actividad programada = planned activity.
    * actividad secundaria = sidelight activity.
    * actividad social = social activity.
    * actividad suplementaria = sideline.
    * bullir de actividad = be a hive of activity.
    * campo de actividad = area of application.
    * centro de actividad = focal point.
    * Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).
    * con muchas actividades = event-filled.
    * desempeñar las actividades de uno = conduct + affairs.
    * desempeño de actividades = conduct of business.
    * desempeño de las actividades = conduct of affairs.
    * diversificar las actividades = branch out (into), branch into.
    * falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.
    * horas de poca actividad = slack hours.
    * industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.
    * iniciar las actividades = get + things going, get + things rolling, start + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling.
    * intervalo de cese de actividad interactiva = interactive timeout interval (ITI).
    * lleno de actividades = event-filled.
    * llevar a cabo actividades = conduct + business.
    * llevar a cabo una actividad = conduct + activity.
    * memoria de actividad realizada = interim report.
    * muestreo de actividades = activity sampling.
    * período de baja actividad = dry spell.
    * período de poca actividad = slack time, slack period, slack activity time.
    * planear una actividad = plot + activity.
    * presupuestación por actividades = performance budgeting.
    * presupuesto asignado por actividades = performance budget.
    * programa de actividades = timetable of activities, calendar of events, events calendar.
    * promover una actividad = launch + activity.
    * realización de actividades = conduct of business.
    * realizar actividades = conduct + business, do + activities.
    * realizar una actividad = engage in + practice, engage in + activity, perform + activity, conduct + activity.
    * registro de actividades realizadas = logbook [log book].
    * ser un hervidero de actividad = be a hive of activity.
    * suspender actividades = cease + activities.
    * tarea orientada hacia una actividad = activity-oriented task.
    * tasa de actividad = activity rate.

    * * *
    1 (ocupación) activity
    actividades extraescolares extracurricular activities
    2 (vida, movimiento) activity
    había mucha actividad en el aeropuerto there was a lot of activity at the airport
    todavía queda algo de actividad artesanal en estos pueblos there are still some crafts being practiced in these villages
    se registró escasa actividad en la Bolsa trading was slow o there was little movement on the Stock Exchange
    un volcán en actividad an active volcano
    su actividad mental es continua her mind is constantly active
    * * *

     

    actividad sustantivo femenino
    activity;

    actividad sustantivo femenino activity

    ' actividad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrir
    - alejada
    - alejado
    - alta
    - apuntarse
    - artesanía
    - baile
    - baja
    - borrarse
    - cacería
    - capitanear
    - cardiaca
    - cardíaca
    - cardiaco
    - cardíaco
    - catapulta
    - cerrarse
    - chupada
    - chupado
    - consagración
    - dejar
    - devoción
    - dominar
    - empezar
    - esquí
    - estampada
    - estampado
    - hacer
    - llenar
    - mosquearse
    - movimiento
    - obstaculizar
    - ocuparse
    - permanecer
    - practicar
    - práctica
    - propulsar
    - ramo
    - relación
    - respiro
    - retirar
    - retirada
    - retirado
    - retirarse
    - retiro
    - rutinaria
    - rutinario
    - salida
    - saltear
    - sastrería
    English:
    action
    - activity
    - bandwagon
    - business
    - change
    - chuck in
    - cooking
    - fall off
    - frantic
    - go in for
    - gym
    - heat up
    - hive
    - involvement
    - join
    - love
    - mindless
    - needlework
    - offshore
    - on
    - plumbing
    - practice
    - practise
    - risky
    - rowing
    - season
    - sex
    - shifty
    - sideline
    - spurt
    - strenuous
    - take up
    - time
    - work
    - writing
    - active
    - flurry
    - pursuit
    - side
    - slack
    - trading
    - yesterday
    * * *
    1. [trabajo, tarea] activity;
    mis numerosas actividades no me dejan tiempo para nada I'm involved in so many different activities o things that I have no time for anything else;
    empezó su actividad como escritor en 1947 he started writing in 1947;
    una ley que regula la actividad de las agencias de viajes a law that regulates the activities o operation of travel agencies
    actividad económica economic activity;
    tendrá un impacto negativo en la actividad económica mundial it will have a negative impact on world o global economic activity
    2.
    actividades [acciones] activities;
    la policía investiga las actividades de la organización the police are investigating the organization's activities
    3. [comercial] trading;
    el mercado registraba una actividad frenética there was furious trading on the markets
    4. [escolar] activity;
    un cuaderno de actividades an activities book
    actividades extraescolares extra-curricular activities
    5. [cualidad de activo] activeness;
    desplegar una gran actividad to be in a flurry of activity;
    un volcán en actividad an active volcano
    * * *
    f activity;
    * * *
    : activity
    * * *
    actividad n activity [pl. activities]

    Spanish-English dictionary > actividad

  • 93 araña

    f.
    1 spider, arachnid.
    2 chandelier.
    3 spotted weever, Trachinus araneus.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: arañar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: arañar.
    * * *
    1 (arácnido) spider
    2 (pez) weever
    3 (planta) love-in-a-mist
    4 (lámpara) chandelier
    \
    araña de mar spider crab
    tela de araña spider's web
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=trampa) trick, swindle; (=mentira) lie
    * * *
    1) (Zool) spider

    ser picado de la araña — (Chi fam) to be a flirt

    2) ( lámpara) chandelier
    * * *
    = spider.
    Ex. A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's Web'.
    ----
    * araña de luces = chandelier.
    * araña de techo = chandelier.
    * araña zancuda = daddy longlegs.
    * Entra en mi salón, dijo la araña... = Come into my parlour, said the spider....
    * * *
    1) (Zool) spider

    ser picado de la araña — (Chi fam) to be a flirt

    2) ( lámpara) chandelier
    * * *

    Ex: A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's Web'.

    * araña de luces = chandelier.
    * araña de techo = chandelier.
    * araña zancuda = daddy longlegs.
    * Entra en mi salón, dijo la araña... = Come into my parlour, said the spider....

    * * *
    A ( Zool) spider
    ser picado de la araña ( Chi fam); to be a flirt
    B (lámpara) chandelier
    C ( Comput) spider
    * * *

     

    Del verbo arañar: ( conjugate arañar)

    araña es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    araña    
    arañar
    araña sustantivo femenino (Zool) spider
    arañar ( conjugate arañar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
    to scratch
    araña sustantivo femenino
    1 Zool spider
    2 (lámpara) chandelier
    arañar verbo transitivo to scratch
    ' araña' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tejer
    - hilar
    - hilo
    - mentira
    - pega
    - tela
    - venenoso
    English:
    chandelier
    - spider
    - stamp
    * * *
    araña nf
    1. [animal] spider
    araña corredora wolf spider;
    araña de mar spider crab
    2. [lámpara] chandelier
    * * *
    f
    1 ZO spider
    2 lámpara chandelier
    * * *
    araña nf
    1) : spider
    2) : chandelier
    * * *
    araña n (animal) spider

    Spanish-English dictionary > araña

  • 94 centrado en el material impreso

    (adj.) = print-centred [print-centered, -USA]
    Ex. Many libraries have certainly been transformed over the past decade from being print-centered 'places' to also providing web-based content and services to users who may never enter the building.
    * * *
    (adj.) = print-centred [print-centered, -USA]

    Ex: Many libraries have certainly been transformed over the past decade from being print-centered 'places' to also providing web-based content and services to users who may never enter the building.

    Spanish-English dictionary > centrado en el material impreso

  • 95 cochino

    adj.
    filthy, dirty, hog, pig.
    m.
    pig, swine, pork.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) filthy, disgusting
    2 (miserable) damn, bloody, lousy
    ■ ¡cochino trabajo! bloody work!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 ZOOLOGÍA (gen) pig; (macho) swine; (hembra) sow
    2 familiar (persona) dirty person, filthy person, pig
    * * *
    cochino, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=sucio) filthy, dirty
    2) [trabajo, sueldo, vacaciones] rotten *, lousy *; [mentira] filthy *, rotten *; [tiempo] rotten *, lousy *, filthy *

    esta vida cochina — this rotten o miserable life *

    2. SM / F
    1) (=animal) pig, hog ( esp EEUU)

    cochino de leche — sucking pig, suckling pig

    2) (=mala persona) swine *
    3) (=guarro) filthy pig *
    cochina
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) (fam) ( sucio) <persona/manos> filthy
    b) (fam) ( indecoroso) < persona> disgusting; <revista/película> dirty (colloq)
    c) (Chi) (Dep, Jueg) ( violento) dirty (colloq); ( tramposo)
    2) (fam) (malo, asqueroso) lousy (colloq)
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Zool) pig, hog (AmE)
    2) (fam) ( persona - sucia) filthy pig (colloq), slob (colloq); (- grosera) dirty beast (colloq)
    * * *
    = mucky pup, swine, pig.
    Ex. I would recommend this product if you don't have many white clothes and if you don't have children, as we all know they are mucky pups.
    Ex. The words ' swine,' 'hogs,' and 'pigs' refer to animals of the porcine family or pig family.
    Ex. A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's Web'.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) (fam) ( sucio) <persona/manos> filthy
    b) (fam) ( indecoroso) < persona> disgusting; <revista/película> dirty (colloq)
    c) (Chi) (Dep, Jueg) ( violento) dirty (colloq); ( tramposo)
    2) (fam) (malo, asqueroso) lousy (colloq)
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Zool) pig, hog (AmE)
    2) (fam) ( persona - sucia) filthy pig (colloq), slob (colloq); (- grosera) dirty beast (colloq)
    * * *
    = mucky pup, swine, pig.

    Ex: I would recommend this product if you don't have many white clothes and if you don't have children, as we all know they are mucky pups.

    Ex: The words ' swine,' 'hogs,' and 'pigs' refer to animals of the porcine family or pig family.
    Ex: A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's Web'.

    * * *
    cochino1 -na
    A
    1 ( fam) (sucio) ‹persona/manos› filthy
    2 ( fam) (indecoroso) ‹persona› disgusting; ‹revista/película› dirty ( colloq)
    estuvo toda la noche contando chistes cochinos he spent the whole evening telling dirty o smutty jokes
    tienes una mente cochina you've got a filthy mind ( colloq)
    3 ( Chi) ( Dep, Jueg) (violento) dirty ( colloq)
    (tramposo): es muy cochino he's a terrible cheat
    B ( fam)
    (malo, asqueroso): ¡estoy harto de esta cochina vida! I'm tired of this damn o goddamned o lousy life! ( colloq)
    cochino2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Zool) pig, hog ( AmE)
    a cada cochino le llega su sábado or San Martín everyone gets his comeuppance o his just deserts in the end
    B ( fam)
    1 (persona sucia) filthy pig ( colloq), slob ( colloq)
    2 (persona grosera) dirty beast ( colloq)
    3 ( Chi) (jugador — violento) dirty player ( colloq); (— tramposo) cheat
    * * *

    cochino
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) (fam) ( sucio) ‹persona/manos› filthy

    b) (fam) ( indecoroso) ‹ persona› disgusting;

    ‹revista/película› dirty (colloq)
    c) (Chi) (Dep, Jueg) ( violento) dirty (colloq);

    ( tramposo):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Zool) pig, hog (AmE)

    b) (fam) ( persona sucia) filthy pig (colloq), slob (colloq)

    cochino,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (cerdo) pig
    (cerda) sow
    2 fam (persona sucia) pig, filthy person
    II adj (sucio) filthy, disgusting
    ' cochino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cochina
    - puerca
    - puerco
    - carne
    English:
    pig
    - dirty
    * * *
    cochino, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sucio] filthy
    2. [grosero] [chiste, revista] dirty, filthy
    3. [malintencionado] dirty
    4. Fam [maldito] lousy, blasted;
    eso es envidia cochina it's sheer jealousy;
    ¿por qué no dejas de una vez los cochinos cigarrillos? why don't you just give up those blasted cigarettes once and for all?
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [animal] pig, f sow
    2. [persona sucia] dirty o filthy pig
    3. [persona grosera] dirty o filthy pig
    4. [persona malintencionada] swine
    ♦ nm
    Cuba [pez] triggerfish
    * * *
    I adj
    1 fig
    filthy, dirty
    2 ( asqueroso) disgusting
    II m hog, Br
    pig; fam
    persona pig fam
    * * *
    cochino, -na adj
    1) : dirty, filthy, disgusting
    2) fam : rotten, lousy
    cochino, -na n
    : pig, hog
    * * *
    cochino1 adj (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > cochino

  • 96 con desgana

    reluctantly
    * * *
    = listlessly, reluctantly, unwillingly
    Ex. This film appears to consist of people listlessly hanging around doing nothing very much.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.
    * * *
    = listlessly, reluctantly, unwillingly

    Ex: This film appears to consist of people listlessly hanging around doing nothing very much.

    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con desgana

  • 97 cuento popular

    m.
    folk tale, folktale, popular story, story or legend which is originated by the folklore of a particular town.
    * * *
    (n.) = folk tale, folktale [folk tale]
    Ex. The best material to use in this approach is that great corpus of traditional folk and fairy tale myth, legend and stories from biblical and historical sources.
    Ex. The original folktale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs becomes transformed when told through the different media of film, sound, movement, colour, art and technology.
    * * *
    (n.) = folk tale, folktale [folk tale]

    Ex: The best material to use in this approach is that great corpus of traditional folk and fairy tale myth, legend and stories from biblical and historical sources.

    Ex: The original folktale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs becomes transformed when told through the different media of film, sound, movement, colour, art and technology.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuento popular

  • 98 de mala gana

    reluctantly
    * * *
    reluctantly, grudgingly
    * * *
    = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. Another point which we hope these introductory remarks make clear is that AACR2, even more than the 1967 version, is the result of give and take, of compromise, of negotiation, of concessions made graciously or grudgingly.
    Ex. There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.
    Ex. Even if librarians can admit begrudgingly that comic books may deserve a rightful place in many libraries, innumerable fears come to mind = Aunque los bibliotecarios pueden admitir de mala gana que los comics pueden merecerse el lugar que les corresponde en muchas bibliotecas, las dudas que les asaltan son innumerables.
    Ex. Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.
    * * *
    = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly

    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

    Ex: Another point which we hope these introductory remarks make clear is that AACR2, even more than the 1967 version, is the result of give and take, of compromise, of negotiation, of concessions made graciously or grudgingly.
    Ex: There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.
    Ex: Even if librarians can admit begrudgingly that comic books may deserve a rightful place in many libraries, innumerable fears come to mind = Aunque los bibliotecarios pueden admitir de mala gana que los comics pueden merecerse el lugar que les corresponde en muchas bibliotecas, las dudas que les asaltan son innumerables.
    Ex: Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de mala gana

  • 99 del pasado

    = has-been, of the past, bygone, of yesteryear, gone by
    Ex. We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).
    Ex. This article discusses the use of a metaphorical mode of writing in moralistic children's fiction of the past, where the intention was to make children good.
    Ex. There is a definite problem in that the cataloging rules we've had have been firmly rooted in a bygone era.
    Ex. Attendance figures indicated the beginnings of a return to participation by many of the big publishers that shunned the show in recent years, although the mammoth stands of yesteryear remained absent = Las cifras de asistencia mostraban el comienzo de una vuelta a la participación de muchos de los editores que no habían asistido a la exposición en los últimos años, aunque los estands gigantescos de antaño seguían estando ausentes.
    Ex. I hope my stroll down memory lane has stirred some long forgotten rememberances of good times gone by.
    * * *
    = has-been, of the past, bygone, of yesteryear, gone by

    Ex: We are on the way to a transformed library service, total in design (and anything less than totality is doomed as a has-been today).

    Ex: This article discusses the use of a metaphorical mode of writing in moralistic children's fiction of the past, where the intention was to make children good.
    Ex: There is a definite problem in that the cataloging rules we've had have been firmly rooted in a bygone era.
    Ex: Attendance figures indicated the beginnings of a return to participation by many of the big publishers that shunned the show in recent years, although the mammoth stands of yesteryear remained absent = Las cifras de asistencia mostraban el comienzo de una vuelta a la participación de muchos de los editores que no habían asistido a la exposición en los últimos años, aunque los estands gigantescos de antaño seguían estando ausentes.
    Ex: I hope my stroll down memory lane has stirred some long forgotten rememberances of good times gone by.

    Spanish-English dictionary > del pasado

  • 100 desde hace mucho tiempo

    for a long time
    * * *
    = for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages)
    Ex. We'll be able to purchase equipment we've been wanting for ages: an electronic offset printer; collators and folding machines and other graphic production-related paraphernalia.
    Ex. The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.
    Ex. Heavy metals can be traced far back in time in these shipping canals and are mainly responsible for the existing contamination.
    Ex. I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.
    Ex. Some of these sites were once large private estates long since transformed in to public parks and wildlife preserves = Algunos de estos lugares fueron grandes propiedades privadas que desde hace tiempo pasaron a ser parques públicos y reservas naturales.
    Ex. I don't have a set of bathroom scales in my flat and so I haven't had a chance to weigh myself in ages and ages.
    * * *
    = for ages, long-time [longtime], far back in time, for a long time, long since, in ages (and ages and ages)

    Ex: We'll be able to purchase equipment we've been wanting for ages: an electronic offset printer; collators and folding machines and other graphic production-related paraphernalia.

    Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.
    Ex: Heavy metals can be traced far back in time in these shipping canals and are mainly responsible for the existing contamination.
    Ex: I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.
    Ex: Some of these sites were once large private estates long since transformed in to public parks and wildlife preserves = Algunos de estos lugares fueron grandes propiedades privadas que desde hace tiempo pasaron a ser parques públicos y reservas naturales.
    Ex: I don't have a set of bathroom scales in my flat and so I haven't had a chance to weigh myself in ages and ages.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde hace mucho tiempo

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