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  • 21 cincel

    m.
    chisel.
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    1 chisel
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    masculino (de escultor, albañil) chisel; ( de orfebre) graver
    * * *
    = chisel, cold chisel.
    Ex. The most usual tools (which were generally made of brass, set in wooden handles like chisels) were simple design units such as short lines or little flowers.
    Ex. Eventually he had to use a cold chisel to damage the seal sufficiently to prise it out.
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    masculino (de escultor, albañil) chisel; ( de orfebre) graver
    * * *
    = chisel, cold chisel.

    Ex: The most usual tools (which were generally made of brass, set in wooden handles like chisels) were simple design units such as short lines or little flowers.

    Ex: Eventually he had to use a cold chisel to damage the seal sufficiently to prise it out.

    * * *
    (de escultor) chisel; (de orfebre) graver; (de albañil) chisel, cold chisel
    * * *

    cincel sustantivo masculino (de escultor, albañil) chisel;
    ( de orfebre) graver
    cincel sustantivo masculino chisel
    ' cincel' also found in these entries:
    English:
    chisel
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    cincel nm
    chisel
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    m chisel
    * * *
    cincel nm
    : chisel

    Spanish-English dictionary > cincel

  • 22 conservación preventiva

    (n.) = preventive conservation, preventive preservation
    Ex. Preventive conservation involves the safe housing and handling of materials and includes the provision of optimum environmental conditions, adequate stack space and suitable storage containers for fragile materials.
    Ex. This article discusses preventive preservation or the binding of new, unbound books and periodicals and the use of microform to prevent damage to the originals.
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    (n.) = preventive conservation, preventive preservation

    Ex: Preventive conservation involves the safe housing and handling of materials and includes the provision of optimum environmental conditions, adequate stack space and suitable storage containers for fragile materials.

    Ex: This article discusses preventive preservation or the binding of new, unbound books and periodicals and the use of microform to prevent damage to the originals.

    Spanish-English dictionary > conservación preventiva

  • 23 cortafrío

    m.
    cold chisel, cutting iron.
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    1 cold chisel
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    masculino cold chisel
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    Ex. Eventually he had to use a cold chisel to damage the seal sufficiently to prise it out.
    * * *
    masculino cold chisel
    * * *

    Ex: Eventually he had to use a cold chisel to damage the seal sufficiently to prise it out.

    * * *
    cold chisel
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    cortafrío, RP cortafierro nm
    cold chisel
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    m cold chisel

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortafrío

  • 24 cortina

    f.
    1 curtain.
    2 drape, curtain, mud flap.
    3 cortin.
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    1 curtain
    2 figurado curtain, screen
    \
    correr las cortinas to draw the curtains
    cortina de humo smoke screen
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    noun f.
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    SF [para ventana] curtain, drape (EEUU); (Téc) retaining wall; (fig) screen

    cortina de fuego — (Mil) barrage

    cortina de hierro — (Pol) iron curtain

    cortina musical — Cono Sur (TV) musical interlude

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    femenino curtain, drape (AmE)
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    = curtain, drape, draping.
    Ex. Zilg claims that his book 'Du Pont: Behind the Nylon curtain', which is highly critical of Du Pont, was allowed to go out of print prematurely as a direct result of pressure being brought to bear on the publisher by Du Pont = Zilg afirma que se consintió que se agotara prematuramente su libro "Du Pont: dentrás de la cortina de Nylon", que es muy crítico con Du Pont, como resultado directo de la presión que Du Pont ejerció sobre el editor.
    Ex. By effective use of drapes and blinds, books can be protected from damage through exposure to ultraviolet light.
    Ex. Above the columns, weighing a total of 37000 kgs, is the impressive draping, decorated with festoons that seem to flutter in the breeze.
    ----
    * barra de cortina = curtain pole.
    * cortina de ducha = shower curtain.
    * cortina de hierro, la = iron curtain, the.
    * cortina de humo = smokescreen, pall of smoke, smoke pall.
    * dividir con una cortina = curtain off.
    * raíl de cortina = curtain rail.
    * separar con una cortina = curtain off.
    * * *
    femenino curtain, drape (AmE)
    * * *
    = curtain, drape, draping.

    Ex: Zilg claims that his book 'Du Pont: Behind the Nylon curtain', which is highly critical of Du Pont, was allowed to go out of print prematurely as a direct result of pressure being brought to bear on the publisher by Du Pont = Zilg afirma que se consintió que se agotara prematuramente su libro "Du Pont: dentrás de la cortina de Nylon", que es muy crítico con Du Pont, como resultado directo de la presión que Du Pont ejerció sobre el editor.

    Ex: By effective use of drapes and blinds, books can be protected from damage through exposure to ultraviolet light.
    Ex: Above the columns, weighing a total of 37000 kgs, is the impressive draping, decorated with festoons that seem to flutter in the breeze.
    * barra de cortina = curtain pole.
    * cortina de ducha = shower curtain.
    * cortina de hierro, la = iron curtain, the.
    * cortina de humo = smokescreen, pall of smoke, smoke pall.
    * dividir con una cortina = curtain off.
    * raíl de cortina = curtain rail.
    * separar con una cortina = curtain off.

    * * *
    curtain, drape ( AmE)
    correr las cortinas (cerrar) to draw o pull o close the curtains; (abrir) to draw (back) o pull back o open the curtains
    Compuestos:
    shower curtain
    ( Arg) blind
    ( AmL): la cortina de hierro the Iron Curtain
    smokescreen
    ( RPl) net curtain
    (metal) shutter
    (CS) theme song ( AmE), signature tune ( BrE)
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    cortina sustantivo femenino
    curtain, drape (AmE);

    cortina de humo smokescreen
    cortina sustantivo femenino
    1 curtain
    2 cortina de humo, smoke screen

    ' cortina' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    correr
    - anilla
    - arrastrar
    - descolgar
    - deslizar
    English:
    curtain
    - drape
    - grommet
    - put up
    - rail
    - rise
    - screen
    - shower-curtain
    - smokescreen
    - twitch
    - barrage
    - iron
    - roller
    - signature
    - smoke
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    curtain
    cortina de agua sheet of water;
    cayó una cortina de agua there was a downpour;
    RP cortina de enrollar rolling shutter; Am cortina de hierro steel shutter; Am Hist la cortina de hierro the Iron Curtain; también Fig cortina de humo smoke screen; CSur cortina musical theme tune/song
    * * *
    f curtain
    * * *
    : curtain
    * * *
    cortina n curtain

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortina

  • 25 de cualquier forma

    = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all
    Ex. In any event, those using the system will need to concern themselves with the general management of the data bases.
    Ex. Well, community information is just about that, helping those who are in anyway disadavantaged find the means to solve their daily problems and to find a better life.
    Ex. In any case it is best to split up the work among all those involved, having an adult in charge of each group.
    Ex. We are not liable at all for any loss or damage which you might incur through your use of this site in any way at all.
    * * *
    = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all

    Ex: In any event, those using the system will need to concern themselves with the general management of the data bases.

    Ex: Well, community information is just about that, helping those who are in anyway disadavantaged find the means to solve their daily problems and to find a better life.
    Ex: In any case it is best to split up the work among all those involved, having an adult in charge of each group.
    Ex: We are not liable at all for any loss or damage which you might incur through your use of this site in any way at all.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de cualquier forma

  • 26 de cualquier manera

    (en cualquier caso) in any case 2 (sin cuidado, consideración, interés) carelessly
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    = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway]
    Ex. This is a small service for the bold and resolute would find a way of escape anyhow: the faint-hearted and hesitant are those who need to be enticed into a wider world, and they are very numerous.
    Ex. A decision has to be made about whether the books will be displayed higgledy-piggledy or according to a plan.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. We are not liable at all for any loss or damage which you might incur through your use of this site in any way at all.
    Ex. Well, community information is just about that, helping those who are in anyway disadavantaged find the means to solve their daily problems and to find a better life.
    * * *
    = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway]

    Ex: This is a small service for the bold and resolute would find a way of escape anyhow: the faint-hearted and hesitant are those who need to be enticed into a wider world, and they are very numerous.

    Ex: A decision has to be made about whether the books will be displayed higgledy-piggledy or according to a plan.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: We are not liable at all for any loss or damage which you might incur through your use of this site in any way at all.
    Ex: Well, community information is just about that, helping those who are in anyway disadavantaged find the means to solve their daily problems and to find a better life.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de cualquier manera

  • 27 debilidad

    f.
    1 weakness.
    tener debilidad por to have a soft spot for
    el chocolate es su debilidad he has a weakness for chocolate
    3 weak point, soft spot, heel of Achilles, weakness.
    4 weak act.
    5 hyposthenia, lassitude, acratia, asthenia.
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    1 (de una persona) weakness, feebleness; (de un sonido) faintness
    2 figurado weakness
    \
    tener debilidad por (algo) to have a weakness for 2 (alguien) to have a soft spot for
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    noun f.
    weakness, feebleness
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    SF
    1) (=falta de fuerzas) [gen] weakness; [extrema] feebleness; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frailty
    2) [de carácter] weakness; [de esfuerzo] feebleness, half-heartedness
    3) (=poca intensidad) [de voz, ruido] faintness; [de luz] dimness
    4) (=inclinación)

    los niños son mi debilidad — I love o adore children

    * * *
    a) ( física)
    c) ( inclinación excesiva) weakness
    * * *
    = frailty, infirmity, weakness, brittleness, foible, weak point, soft spot.
    Ex. When discussing the undoubted deficiencies of LCSH, the errors are claimed to be the result of human frailty in the application of a basically sound system.
    Ex. We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.
    Ex. The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.
    Ex. Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.
    Ex. For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.
    Ex. Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.
    Ex. Lack of adequate reflection on the literature of political and legal theory is a soft spot in the book, however.
    ----
    * debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.
    * debilidad humana = human frailty.
    * fingir debilidad = sandbagging.
    * ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.
    * tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.
    * * *
    a) ( física)
    c) ( inclinación excesiva) weakness
    * * *
    = frailty, infirmity, weakness, brittleness, foible, weak point, soft spot.

    Ex: When discussing the undoubted deficiencies of LCSH, the errors are claimed to be the result of human frailty in the application of a basically sound system.

    Ex: We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.
    Ex: The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.
    Ex: Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.
    Ex: For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.
    Ex: Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.
    Ex: Lack of adequate reflection on the literature of political and legal theory is a soft spot in the book, however.
    * debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.
    * debilidad humana = human frailty.
    * fingir debilidad = sandbagging.
    * ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.
    * tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.

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    1
    (falta de fortaleza física): el estado de debilidad en que se encuentra nos impide operarla the weak state she's in o ( frml) her debility means that we are unable to operate
    me canso mucho, y siento una debilidad muy grande I get very tired and feel very debilitated o terribly weak
    2
    (de carácter): todos se aprovechan de su debilidad everyone takes advantage of his feeble nature o his weak character
    todos tenemos nuestras pequeñas debilidades we all have our little weaknesses
    el hijo pequeño es su debilidad he has a soft spot for his youngest son
    siente or tiene debilidad por el chocolate she has a weakness for chocolate
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    debilidad sustantivo femenino
    weakness;
    ◊ siento una gran debilidad I feel terribly debilitated o weak;

    se aprovechan de su debilidad they take advantage of his weak character;
    tener debilidad por algn/algo to have a soft spot for sb/a weakness for sth
    debilidad sustantivo masculino
    1 (falta de fuerzas, de carácter) weakness
    2 (inclinación) fig tener debilidad por, (persona) to have a soft spot for: sienten debilidad por su hijo adoptivo, they have a soft spot for their adopted son
    (cosa) to have a weakness for: tengo debilidad por el chocolate, I have a weakness for chocolate

    ' debilidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flojedad
    - explotar
    - flojera
    English:
    chink
    - feebleness
    - infirmity
    - partial
    - softness
    - spot
    - weakness
    - foible
    * * *
    1. [flojedad] weakness;
    2. [condescendencia] laxness;
    debilidad de carácter weakness of character
    3. [falta de solidez] [de gobierno, moneda, economía] weakness
    4. [inclinación]
    sus nietos son su debilidad he dotes on his grandchildren;
    tener o [m5] sentir debilidad por to have a soft spot for;
    el chocolate es su debilidad he has a weakness for chocolate;
    todos tenemos nuestras debilidades we all have our weaknesses
    5. Fam [hambre]
    siento debilidad I feel as if I need something to eat
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    f weakness
    * * *
    : weakness, debility, feebleness
    * * *
    debilidad n weakness [pl. weaknesses]

    Spanish-English dictionary > debilidad

  • 28 defensor de la paz

    Ex. An example of 'weasel word' usage might be the description of a bombing campaign -- a peace activist might describe it as 'genocide' whereas a military spokesperson might use the term 'collateral damage'.
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    Ex: An example of 'weasel word' usage might be the description of a bombing campaign -- a peace activist might describe it as 'genocide' whereas a military spokesperson might use the term 'collateral damage'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > defensor de la paz

  • 29 deliberado

    adj.
    deliberate, calculated, voluntary, purposive.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: deliberar.
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    1→ link=deliberar deliberar
    1 deliberate, intentional
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    (f. - deliberada)
    adj.
    * * *
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    - da adjetivo deliberate
    * * *
    = deliberate, intentional, wilful [willful, -USA], willful [wilful, -UK], calculated.
    Ex. Deliberate mnemonics are devices which help the user to remember and recall the notation for given subjects.
    Ex. This article reviews the influences of organisational evolution and intentional change.
    Ex. Library rules and regulations are not enforceable at law, but wilful offenders may be blacklisted and banned from library use.
    Ex. This article examines some of the policies and procedures that can be implemented to minimise the possibility of theft or of willful damage to manuscripts by researchers or staff.
    Ex. He was accused of being a calculated killer who knowingly committed vicious crimes.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo deliberate
    * * *
    = deliberate, intentional, wilful [willful, -USA], willful [wilful, -UK], calculated.

    Ex: Deliberate mnemonics are devices which help the user to remember and recall the notation for given subjects.

    Ex: This article reviews the influences of organisational evolution and intentional change.
    Ex: Library rules and regulations are not enforceable at law, but wilful offenders may be blacklisted and banned from library use.
    Ex: This article examines some of the policies and procedures that can be implemented to minimise the possibility of theft or of willful damage to manuscripts by researchers or staff.
    Ex: He was accused of being a calculated killer who knowingly committed vicious crimes.

    * * *
    deliberate
    * * *

    Del verbo deliberar: ( conjugate deliberar)

    deliberado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    deliberado    
    deliberar
    deliberado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    deliberate
    deliberado,-a adjetivo deliberate
    deliberar verbo intransitivo to deliberate (on), consider

    ' deliberado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deliberada
    English:
    conscious
    - intentional
    - deliberate
    - unintentional
    * * *
    deliberado, -a adj
    deliberate
    * * *
    adj deliberate
    * * *
    deliberado, -da adj
    : deliberate, intentional
    * * *
    deliberado adj deliberate

    Spanish-English dictionary > deliberado

  • 30 demandar

    v.
    1 to ask for, to seek.
    2 to demand, to ask for, to claim, to request.
    Ella demanda atención She demands attention.
    Ella demandó ayuda She called for assistance.
    3 to sue, to file a claim, to bring a lawsuit, to file a charge.
    Ricardo demandó sin demora Richard sued quickly.
    Ricardo demandó a María Richard sued Mary.
    4 to require, to require to, to entail, to entail to.
    La necesidad demanda proceder Need requires proceeding.
    * * *
    1 (pedir) to request, ask for; (desear) to desire
    2 DERECHO to sue
    * * *
    verb
    2) sue, file a lawsuit
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=exigir) to demand
    2) (Jur) to sue, file a lawsuit against
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) (Der) to sue
    2) (AmL) ( requerir) to require
    * * *
    = demand, sue, clamour for [clamor, -USA], bring + a suit against, take + legal action, take + legal proceedings, exact.
    Ex. The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.
    Ex. Given the increasing frequency frequency of lawsuits brought against all kinds of institutions and individuals, libraries and librarians should not assume that they are immune against being sued.
    Ex. I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.
    Ex. How does one bring a harassment suit against one's employer?.
    Ex. If the law is not complied with the individual could take legal action.
    Ex. The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles.
    Ex. Every time the monarch came to parliament to pass a new tax bill, the parliament obliged only after exacting more liberty from him.
    ----
    * demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.
    * demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.
    * demandar por daños y perjuicios = sue for + damage.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) (Der) to sue
    2) (AmL) ( requerir) to require
    * * *
    = demand, sue, clamour for [clamor, -USA], bring + a suit against, take + legal action, take + legal proceedings, exact.

    Ex: The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.

    Ex: Given the increasing frequency frequency of lawsuits brought against all kinds of institutions and individuals, libraries and librarians should not assume that they are immune against being sued.
    Ex: I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.
    Ex: How does one bring a harassment suit against one's employer?.
    Ex: If the law is not complied with the individual could take legal action.
    Ex: The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles.
    Ex: Every time the monarch came to parliament to pass a new tax bill, the parliament obliged only after exacting more liberty from him.
    * demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.
    * demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.
    * demandar por daños y perjuicios = sue for + damage.

    * * *
    demandar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ( Der) to sue
    lo demandé por daños y perjuicios I sued him o I brought a lawsuit against him for damages
    B
    1 (pedir, exigir) to demand
    2 ( AmL) (requerir) to require
    un trabajo que demanda mucha dedicación a job which calls for o requires great dedication
    * * *

     

    demandar ( conjugate demandar) verbo transitivo
    1 (Der) to sue
    2 (AmL) ( requerir) to require
    demandar verbo transitivo
    1 Jur to sue
    2 (pedir) to demand
    ' demandar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    action
    - court
    - sue
    * * *
    1. [legalmente]
    demandar a alguien (por) to sue sb (for);
    los demandaremos ante el juez we'll take them to court
    2. [pedir, requerir] to ask for, to seek;
    los sindicatos demandan una mejora salarial the unions are demanding a wage rise;
    este deporte demanda mucha disciplina this sport calls for o requires a lot of discipline
    * * *
    v/t JUR sue
    * * *
    1) : to demand
    2) requerir: to call for, to require
    3) : to sue, to file a lawsuit against

    Spanish-English dictionary > demandar

  • 31 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
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    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    ----
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    ♦ nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 32 descubrir el pastel

    to let the cat out of the bag
    * * *
    (v.) = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag
    Ex. It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    Ex. Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
    Ex. Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
    * * *
    (v.) = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag

    Ex: It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.

    Ex: Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
    Ex: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.

    Spanish-English dictionary > descubrir el pastel

  • 33 descubrir un secreto

    (v.) = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag
    Ex. Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
    Ex. It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    Ex. Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
    * * *
    (v.) = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag

    Ex: Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.

    Ex: It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    Ex: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.

    Spanish-English dictionary > descubrir un secreto

  • 34 disminución

    f.
    decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.
    * * *
    1 decrease, reduction
    \
    ir en disminución to diminish, decrease
    * * *
    noun f.
    decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reduction
    2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall
    3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    ----
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.

    * * *
    1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fall
    la disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in charges
    la disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population
    2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    una disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest
    3 (al tejer) decreasing
    * * *

     

    disminución sustantivo femenino
    decrease, fall;
    ( de temperatura) drop;
    ( de tarifa) reduction
    disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
    ' disminución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distensión
    English:
    decline
    - decrease
    - shrinkage
    - fall
    - slump
    * * *
    [de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);
    la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;
    una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;
    ir en disminución to be on the decrease
    * * *
    f decrease
    * * *
    disminución nf, pl - ciones : decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    disminución n fall / drop

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminución

  • 35 esforzarse por

    v.
    to make an effort to, to make a great effort to, to strive to.
    Ellos andaban detrás de adquirir dinero They strived to obtain money.
    * * *
    (v.) = endeavour [endeavor, -USA], try + Posesivo + best, go out of + Posesivo + way to + Infinitivo, do + Posesivo + best, exert + effort, try + Posesivo + heart out, give + Posesivo + best, take + (great) pains to
    Ex. There are many able people who are endeavouring to do the kind of things discussed in this article against the grain of an historically received pattern of organisation.
    Ex. Ward tried his best to draw together the extremely varied findings and give a general picture of reading habits and library use.
    Ex. The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with.
    Ex. She was determined that she would do her best to wriggle out from under the dunce cap he was trying to place on her.
    Ex. While excessive effort is exerted by authorities to control contents and free online access, the same authorities exhibit an almost deliberate tolerance of software pirating and copyright infringement.
    Ex. She shed a proud tear or two for her niece (win or lose), because she could see her trying her heart out.
    Ex. This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.
    Ex. Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
    * * *
    (v.) = endeavour [endeavor, -USA], try + Posesivo + best, go out of + Posesivo + way to + Infinitivo, do + Posesivo + best, exert + effort, try + Posesivo + heart out, give + Posesivo + best, take + (great) pains to

    Ex: There are many able people who are endeavouring to do the kind of things discussed in this article against the grain of an historically received pattern of organisation.

    Ex: Ward tried his best to draw together the extremely varied findings and give a general picture of reading habits and library use.
    Ex: The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with.
    Ex: She was determined that she would do her best to wriggle out from under the dunce cap he was trying to place on her.
    Ex: While excessive effort is exerted by authorities to control contents and free online access, the same authorities exhibit an almost deliberate tolerance of software pirating and copyright infringement.
    Ex: She shed a proud tear or two for her niece (win or lose), because she could see her trying her heart out.
    Ex: This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.
    Ex: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esforzarse por

  • 36 extraer con palanca

    (v.) = pry + Nombre + out, prise + Nombre + out
    Ex. This can be done by prying it out with a razor blade or small flathead screwdriver.
    Ex. Eventually he had to use a cold chisel to damage the seal sufficiently to prise it out.
    * * *
    (v.) = pry + Nombre + out, prise + Nombre + out

    Ex: This can be done by prying it out with a razor blade or small flathead screwdriver.

    Ex: Eventually he had to use a cold chisel to damage the seal sufficiently to prise it out.

    Spanish-English dictionary > extraer con palanca

  • 37 intencionado

    adj.
    intentional, purposeful, deliberate, purposive.
    * * *
    1 deliberate, intentional
    \
    bien intencionado,-a (acción) well-meant 2 (persona) well-meaning
    mal intencionado,-a malicious
    * * *
    (f. - intencionada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=deliberado) deliberate, intentional
    2)

    bien intencionado — [persona] well-meaning, well-intentioned; [acto] well-meant, well-intentioned

    3)

    mal intencionado — [persona] ill-meaning, hostile; [acto] ill-meant, ill-intentioned

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( hecho a propósito) deliberate, intentional
    b)

    mal intencionado — malicious, hostile

    c)

    bien intencionado — <plan/medida> well-intentioned; < persona> well-meaning, well-intentioned

    * * *
    = intended, willing, wilful [willful, -USA], willful [wilful, -UK], constructive, knowing, calculated.
    Ex. In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.
    Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    Ex. Library rules and regulations are not enforceable at law, but wilful offenders may be blacklisted and banned from library use.
    Ex. This article examines some of the policies and procedures that can be implemented to minimise the possibility of theft or of willful damage to manuscripts by researchers or staff.
    Ex. A legal link was found between the 18th-century populist radical John Wilkes and the sensationalist tabloid neswpaper, the Sunday Sport, in the summary procedure for dealing with constructive contempts of court.
    Ex. 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex. He was accused of being a calculated killer who knowingly committed vicious crimes.
    ----
    * bienintencionado = well-intentioned, well meant, well-intended, well-meaning.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( hecho a propósito) deliberate, intentional
    b)

    mal intencionado — malicious, hostile

    c)

    bien intencionado — <plan/medida> well-intentioned; < persona> well-meaning, well-intentioned

    * * *
    = intended, willing, wilful [willful, -USA], willful [wilful, -UK], constructive, knowing, calculated.

    Ex: In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.

    Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    Ex: Library rules and regulations are not enforceable at law, but wilful offenders may be blacklisted and banned from library use.
    Ex: This article examines some of the policies and procedures that can be implemented to minimise the possibility of theft or of willful damage to manuscripts by researchers or staff.
    Ex: A legal link was found between the 18th-century populist radical John Wilkes and the sensationalist tabloid neswpaper, the Sunday Sport, in the summary procedure for dealing with constructive contempts of court.
    Ex: 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex: He was accused of being a calculated killer who knowingly committed vicious crimes.
    * bienintencionado = well-intentioned, well meant, well-intended, well-meaning.

    * * *
    1 (hecho a propósito) deliberate, intentional
    el incendio fue intencionado the fire was started deliberately
    2
    mal intencionado malicious, hostile
    3
    bien intencionado ‹plan/medida› well-intentioned;
    ‹persona› well-meaning, well-intentioned
    * * *

    intencionado

    mal intencionado malicious, hostile;
    bien intencionado well-intentioned
    intencionado,-a adjetivo deliberate

    ' intencionado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intencionada
    English:
    calculated
    - deliberate
    - intentional
    - well-intentioned
    - well-meaning
    - wilful
    - wilfull
    - willful
    * * *
    intencionado, -a adj
    intentional, deliberate;
    cometió una falta de forma intencionada he committed a deliberate foul;
    bien intencionado [acción] well-meant;
    [persona] well-meaning;
    mal intencionado [acción] ill-meant, ill-intentioned;
    [persona] malevolent
    * * *
    adj deliberate
    * * *
    intencionado adj deliberate

    Spanish-English dictionary > intencionado

  • 38 irse de la lengua

    familiar to let the cat out of the bag
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = spill + the beans, shoot + Posesivo + mouth off, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff
    Ex. Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
    Ex. She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
    Ex. Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
    Ex. It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    * * *
    (v.) = spill + the beans, shoot + Posesivo + mouth off, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff

    Ex: Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.

    Ex: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
    Ex: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
    Ex: It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irse de la lengua

  • 39 levantar la liebre

    to let the cat out of the bag
    * * *
    to blow the gaff*, let the cat out of the bag
    * * *
    (v.) = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag
    Ex. Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
    Ex. It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    Ex. Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
    * * *
    (v.) = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag

    Ex: Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.

    Ex: It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    Ex: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.

    Spanish-English dictionary > levantar la liebre

  • 40 levantar la perdiz

    (v.) = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag
    Ex. It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    Ex. Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
    Ex. It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    Ex. Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.
    * * *
    (v.) = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag

    Ex: It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.

    Ex: Native speakers of English use idioms such as 'put your foot down' and ' spill the beans' to label events that are not described literally by the words that make up the idioms.
    Ex: It was not idealism but plain fear, plus a peasant's nose for security, which led to Vladimir's decision to blow the gaff.
    Ex: Manic-depressives who are aware of their mental illness usually take great pains not to let the cat out of the bag, fearing it will damage their career and poison relationships.

    Spanish-English dictionary > levantar la perdiz

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