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1 esgrimir
v.1 to brandish, to wield (weapon).El caballero empuñó la espada The knight brandished the sword.2 to use, to employ (argumento, datos).* * *1 (arma) to wield, brandish2 figurado (argumento) to put forward1 to fence* * *1. VT1) [+ espada] to wield2) [+ argumento] to useesgrimir que — to argue that, maintain that
2.VI to fence* * *verbo transitivoa) <arma/navaja> to brandish, wieldb) (frml) < argumento> to put forward, use; <documento/prueba> to use* * *= brandish.Nota: Tercera persona singular brandishes.Ex. She brandishes a 'Hands Off' sign whenever that topic is brought up.----* esgrimir un argumento = put forward + argument.* * *verbo transitivoa) <arma/navaja> to brandish, wieldb) (frml) < argumento> to put forward, use; <documento/prueba> to use* * *= brandish.Nota: Tercera persona singular brandishes.Ex: She brandishes a 'Hands Off' sign whenever that topic is brought up.
* esgrimir un argumento = put forward + argument.* * *esgrimir [I1 ]vt1 ‹arma/navaja› to brandish, wield2 ( frml); ‹argumento› to put forward, use; ‹documento/prueba› to use* * *
esgrimir verbo transitivo to wield: esgrimió un argumento ridículo, he put forward a ridiculous argument
' esgrimir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
empuñar
* * *esgrimir vt1. [arma] to brandish, to wield2. [argumento] to use, to put forward;[excusa] to give; [datos] to use; [pruebas] to present, to produce* * *v/t1 arma wield2 fig: argumento put forward, use* * *esgrimir vt1) : to brandish, to wield2) : to use, to resort toesgrimir vi: to fence -
2 empuñar
v.1 to wield, to seize, to grasp, to clutch.El caballero empuñó la espada The knight brandished the sword.2 to clench, to close tightly.Ricardo empuñó las manos Richard clenched his fists.* * *1 (asir) to grasp, seize2 figurado to take up* * *verb* * *VT1) (=coger) to grasp, clutch2) Cono Sur [+ puño] to clench3) And (=dar un puñetazo a) to punch* * *verbo transitivoa) <arma/espada> to take up; <bastón/palo> to brandishb) (Chi)* * *= wield, brandish.Nota: Tercera persona singular brandishes.Ex. Not so long ago, books in British Libraries were always issued by a Library Assistant wielding a rubber date stamp and storing cards in trays.Ex. She brandishes a 'Hands Off' sign whenever that topic is brought up.* * *verbo transitivoa) <arma/espada> to take up; <bastón/palo> to brandishb) (Chi)* * *= wield, brandish.Nota: Tercera persona singular brandishes.Ex: Not so long ago, books in British Libraries were always issued by a Library Assistant wielding a rubber date stamp and storing cards in trays.
Ex: She brandishes a 'Hands Off' sign whenever that topic is brought up.* * *empuñar [A1 ]vt1 ‹arma/espada› to take up; ‹bastón/palo› to brandish2( Chi): empuñó la mano he clenched his fist* * *
empuñar ( conjugate empuñar) verbo transitivo ‹arma/espada› to take up;
‹bastón/palo› to brandish
empuñar verbo transitivo
1 (esgrimir un arma) to brandish
2 (coger por el puño) to hold
* * *♦ vt[bastón, paraguas] to take hold of, to grasp; [espada, hacha, látigo] to take up; [raqueta] to hold, to grip;avanzaba empuñando la espada he advanced, sword in hand♦ viChile [mano] to make a fist* * *v/t grasp* * *empuñar vt1) asir: to grasp2)empuñar las armas : to take up arms -
3 argumento
m.1 argument.un argumento a favor de/en contra de hacer algo an argument for/against doing something2 plot.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: argumentar.* * *1 argument2 (de novela, obra, etc) plot* * *noun m.1) argument, reasoning2) plot* * *SM1) [de razonamiento] argument tb Jur2) (Literat, Teat) plot; (TV etc) storylineargumento de la obra — plot summary, outline
3) LAm (=discusión) argument, discussion, quarrel* * *a) ( razón) argumentb) (Cin, Lit) plot, story line* * *= argument, contention, plot, point, thesis, storyline, thread, peg.Nota: En sentido figurado, razón o motivo utilizado como argumento para defender una actuación concreta.Ex. A précis is an account which restricts itself to the essential points in an argument.Ex. The main contentions are that it would serve both the long-term interests of authors and publishers and the interests of users of information.Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.Ex. Parts of the abstract are written in the informative style, whilst those points which are of less significance are treated indicatively.Ex. A praeses is a faculty moderator of an academic disputation, who normally proposes a thesis and participates in the ensuing disputation.Ex. Yet the aficionado of romantic fiction will be able to distinguish with ease between the novels of two authors whose storylines seem, to the outsider, to be virtually identical.Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.Ex. The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.----* ambas partes del argumento = both sides of the fence.* ambos lados del argumento = both sides of the fence.* apoyar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.* apoyar un argumento = support + contention.* argumento científico = scientific argument.* argumento comercial = business case.* argumento convincente = compelling argument.* argumento de venta = sales pitch, product pitch.* argumento en contra = counter-argument [counterargument].* argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.* argumento principal = main argument.* argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.* argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.* argumentos = ammunition, ammo.* argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.* argumentos en contra = counter-evidence.* corroborar un argumento = substantiate + claim.* defender + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.* defender un argumento = support + view.* demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.* demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.* encadenamiento de argumentos = threading.* esgrimir un argumento = put forward + argument.* formular un argumento = advance + argument, put forward + argument.* invalidar un argumento = invalidate + argument.* presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.* presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.* presentar un argumento = advance + argument.* rebatir un argumento = counter + argument.* respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.* respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.* * *a) ( razón) argumentb) (Cin, Lit) plot, story line* * *= argument, contention, plot, point, thesis, storyline, thread, peg.Nota: En sentido figurado, razón o motivo utilizado como argumento para defender una actuación concreta.Ex: A précis is an account which restricts itself to the essential points in an argument.
Ex: The main contentions are that it would serve both the long-term interests of authors and publishers and the interests of users of information.Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.Ex: Parts of the abstract are written in the informative style, whilst those points which are of less significance are treated indicatively.Ex: A praeses is a faculty moderator of an academic disputation, who normally proposes a thesis and participates in the ensuing disputation.Ex: Yet the aficionado of romantic fiction will be able to distinguish with ease between the novels of two authors whose storylines seem, to the outsider, to be virtually identical.Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.Ex: The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.* ambas partes del argumento = both sides of the fence.* ambos lados del argumento = both sides of the fence.* apoyar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.* apoyar un argumento = support + contention.* argumento científico = scientific argument.* argumento comercial = business case.* argumento convincente = compelling argument.* argumento de venta = sales pitch, product pitch.* argumento en contra = counter-argument [counterargument].* argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.* argumento principal = main argument.* argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.* argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.* argumentos = ammunition, ammo.* argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.* argumentos en contra = counter-evidence.* corroborar un argumento = substantiate + claim.* defender + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.* defender un argumento = support + view.* demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.* demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.* encadenamiento de argumentos = threading.* esgrimir un argumento = put forward + argument.* formular un argumento = advance + argument, put forward + argument.* invalidar un argumento = invalidate + argument.* presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.* presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.* presentar un argumento = advance + argument.* rebatir un argumento = counter + argument.* respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.* respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.* * *1 (razón) argumentme dejó sin argumentos she demolished all my argumentsesgrimió argumentos sólidos y convincentes he employed solid, convincing arguments* * *
Del verbo argumentar: ( conjugate argumentar)
argumento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
argumentó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
argumentar
argumento
argumentar ( conjugate argumentar) verbo transitivo
to argue
argumento sustantivo masculino
argumentar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to argue
argumento sustantivo masculino
1 (razonamiento) argument
2 (trama) plot
' argumento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absurda
- absurdo
- arma
- base
- confusa
- confuso
- consistente
- débil
- densidad
- desmontar
- disuasiva
- disuasivo
- disuasoria
- disuasorio
- esgrimir
- exposición
- hilo
- inconsistente
- mala
- malo
- oponer
- peso
- razón
- risa
- seguir
- simplón
- simplona
- socorrida
- socorrido
- solidez
- sutil
- vigente
- consistencia
- contradecir
- contundente
- embrollo
- estúpido
- fundar
- pobre
- raciocinio
- rebuscado
- resumir
- retorcido
- sólido
- sostener
- verosímil
English:
acknowledge
- argument
- bogus
- case
- clever
- cogent
- contest
- core
- demolish
- devastating
- follow
- forceful
- impress
- lame
- leg
- pith
- plot
- point
- powerful
- reasonable
- shrewd
- side
- sound
- stand up
- state
- story
- story-line
- take apart
- telling
- tenuous
- thread
- valid
- weak
- weakness
- wishy-washy
- woolly
- wooly
* * *argumento nm1. [razonamiento] argument2. [trama] plot* * *m1 razón argument* * *argumento nm1) : argument, reasoning2) : plot, story line* * *1. (razonamiento) argument2. (tema de película, etc) plot -
4 agitar
v.1 to shake.agitar los brazos/un pañuelo to wave one's arms/a handkerchiefagítese antes de usar shake before use2 to get worked up (poner nervioso a).3 to stir up (masas, pueblo).Pedro agita el cóctel Peter stirs the cocktail.4 to agitate, to upheave, to cause unrest in, to incite.El comunicado agitó al pueblo The press release agitated the people.5 to flap, to flutter.El avecilla agitó su alita The little bird flapped its winglet.6 to fling about, to wave.Noel agitó los brazos Noel flung his arms about.7 to perturb, to confuse by haste, to flurry.La noticia agitó a Silvia The news flurried Silvia.8 to rustle, to move.* * *■ 'Agítese antes de usarlo' "Shake before use"2 (intranquilizar) agitate, excite1 (moverse) to move restlessly2 (inquietarse) to become agitated/disturbed3 (mar) to become rough* * *verb1) to shake, agitate2) wave, flap•- agitarse* * *1. VT1) [+ mano, bandera, arma] to wave2) [+ botella, líquido] to shakeagité al herido para que volviera en si — I shook the injured man o I gave the injured man a shake to bring him round
3) (=inquietar) to worry, upset4) (=convulsionar) [+ multitud] to stir up5) (=esgrimir) to use2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <líquido/botella> to shakeb) <brazo/pañuelo> to wave; < alas> to flapc) <sociedad/país> to cause unrest in2.agitarse v pronb) ( inquietarse) to get worked up* * *= shake up, stir up, stir, flail, roil, swish.Ex. This will shake up library managers no end.Ex. The stuff was diluted there with water to the appearance and consistency of liquid porridge; it was kept tepid with a small charcoal furnace let into the side of the vat, and it was stirred up occasionally with a paddle.Ex. The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.Ex. The crab's mouth has elongated setae, notably on the maxilla, which it repeatedly flails through the seawater to feed on suspended material.Ex. Financial markets, which had been roiled Tuesday by a falling dollar and soaring energy prices, recovered some of their losses Wednesday.Ex. Swishing wine in the mouth helps you taste all the flavors in a wine.----* agitar los brazos = wave + Posesivo + arms.* agitarse = churn, flutter, wave, slosh around.* agitarse en el viento = rustle.* agitar una bandera = wave + flag.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <líquido/botella> to shakeb) <brazo/pañuelo> to wave; < alas> to flapc) <sociedad/país> to cause unrest in2.agitarse v pronb) ( inquietarse) to get worked up* * *= shake up, stir up, stir, flail, roil, swish.Ex: This will shake up library managers no end.
Ex: The stuff was diluted there with water to the appearance and consistency of liquid porridge; it was kept tepid with a small charcoal furnace let into the side of the vat, and it was stirred up occasionally with a paddle.Ex: The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.Ex: The crab's mouth has elongated setae, notably on the maxilla, which it repeatedly flails through the seawater to feed on suspended material.Ex: Financial markets, which had been roiled Tuesday by a falling dollar and soaring energy prices, recovered some of their losses Wednesday.Ex: Swishing wine in the mouth helps you taste all the flavors in a wine.* agitar los brazos = wave + Posesivo + arms.* agitarse = churn, flutter, wave, slosh around.* agitarse en el viento = rustle.* agitar una bandera = wave + flag.* * *agitar [A1 ]vt1 ‹líquido/botella› to shake[ S ] agítese antes de usar shake well before use2 ‹brazo/bandera/pañuelo› to waveel pájaro agitaba las alas the bird was flapping its wingsel viento agitaba las hojas the leaves rustled in the wind, the wind rustled the leaves3 ‹sociedad/país› to cause unrest in■ agitarse1 «barca» to toss; «toldo» to flap2 (inquietarse) to get worked up* * *
agitar ( conjugate agitar) verbo transitivo
‹ alas› to flap
agitarse verbo pronominal
[ barca] to toss;
[ toldo] to flap
agitar verbo transitivo
1 (el contenido de un envase) to shake
2 (alterar a una multitud) to agitate, stir up
' agitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agitador
- agitadora
- alborotar
- mover
- sacudir
English:
agitate
- churn
- flap
- flourish
- flutter
- shake
- shake up
- stir
- swish
- throw about
- throw around
- wave
- whip
* * *♦ vt1. [sacudir] to shake;[remover] to stir;agitar los brazos/un pañuelo to wave one's arms/a handkerchief;agítese antes de usar [en etiqueta] shake before use2. [poner nervioso a] to get worked up3. [inquietar] to worry, to upset4. [masas, pueblo] to stir up* * *v/t1 shake; figstir up* * *agitar vt1) : to agitate, to shake2) : to wave, to flap3) : to stir up* * *agitar vb2. (pañuelo, brazos) to wave
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