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1 deseo
m.1 desire.arder en deseos de hacer algo to be burning with desire to do something2 wish (anhelo).se cumplió mi deseo my wish came true, I got my wishpedir/conceder un deseo to ask for/grant a wishtus deseos son órdenes your wish is my commandbuenos deseos good intentionscon mis/nuestros mejores deseos (with my/our) best wishes (en carta, obsequio)pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: desear.* * *1 wish, desire\formular un deseo to make a wishtener deseo de algo to wish something■ tengo muchos deseos de que llegue el verano I wish summer would come, I'm longing for the summerbuenos deseos good intentions* * *noun m.desire, wish* * *SM1) (=anhelo) desire, wishmi mayor deseo es encontrar un trabajo — my dearest wish o greatest desire is to find a job
llegó al poder con buenos deseos de mejorarlo todo — he came to power with every intention of improving things
tengo deseos de verla — I yearn to see her, I'm longing to see her
ardo en deseos de conocerla — liter I have a burning desire to meet her
2) (=cosa deseada) wishpedir o formular un deseo — to make a wish
3) (tb: deseo sexual) desire* * *a) ( anhelo) wishtus deseos son órdenes para mí — (fr hecha) your wish is my command (set phrase)
deseos de algo: con mis mejores deseos de felicidad/éxito wishing you every happiness/success; ardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he had a burning desire to see her
b) ( apetito sexual) desire* * *= appetite, desire, want, will, willingness, wish, craving, urge, thirst, yearning.Ex. We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.Ex. Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.Ex. Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex. The basic answer is a willingness to divert the resources to do it, and the ability to find the resources.Ex. On Carmichael's face came the look of one who sees the immediate fulfillment of a wish.Ex. The craving for data to document the status and excellence of library service is very real.Ex. The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.Ex. The thirst grew not just for preservation but for circulation of stories that gave meaning to life and coherence to communities.Ex. A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.----* amoldarse al deseo de Alguien = bend itself to + Posesivo + will.* contra el deseo de Alguien = against + Posesivo + will.* deseo de = hunger for, lust for, greed for.* deseo de aventura = thirst for adventure.* deseo de cooperación = engagement.* deseo de matar = bloodlust.* deseo explícito = explicit wish.* deseo + hacerse realidad = wish + come true.* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.* deseo por aprender = thirst for knowledge.* deseo sexual = lust, sexual desire.* despertar el deseo = arouse + hunger.* expresar los deseos de uno = make + Posesivo + wishes known.* falta de deseo = unwillingness.* fuente de los deseos = wishing well.* hacer realidad una deseo = fulfil + Posesivo + wish.* lista de deseos = wish list.* pedir un deseo = make + a wish, mounting problems.* pozo de los deseos = wishing well.* quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire.* satisfacer el deseo = satisfy + appetite.* satisfacer el deseo de Uno por = indulge + Posesivo + taste for.* sentir el deseo de = have + an/the inclination to, get + the urge to.* * *a) ( anhelo) wishtus deseos son órdenes para mí — (fr hecha) your wish is my command (set phrase)
deseos de algo: con mis mejores deseos de felicidad/éxito wishing you every happiness/success; ardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he had a burning desire to see her
b) ( apetito sexual) desire* * *= appetite, desire, want, will, willingness, wish, craving, urge, thirst, yearning.Ex: We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.
Ex: Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex: The basic answer is a willingness to divert the resources to do it, and the ability to find the resources.Ex: On Carmichael's face came the look of one who sees the immediate fulfillment of a wish.Ex: The craving for data to document the status and excellence of library service is very real.Ex: The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.Ex: The thirst grew not just for preservation but for circulation of stories that gave meaning to life and coherence to communities.Ex: A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.* amoldarse al deseo de Alguien = bend itself to + Posesivo + will.* contra el deseo de Alguien = against + Posesivo + will.* deseo de = hunger for, lust for, greed for.* deseo de aventura = thirst for adventure.* deseo de cooperación = engagement.* deseo de matar = bloodlust.* deseo explícito = explicit wish.* deseo + hacerse realidad = wish + come true.* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.* deseo por aprender = thirst for knowledge.* deseo sexual = lust, sexual desire.* despertar el deseo = arouse + hunger.* expresar los deseos de uno = make + Posesivo + wishes known.* falta de deseo = unwillingness.* fuente de los deseos = wishing well.* hacer realidad una deseo = fulfil + Posesivo + wish.* lista de deseos = wish list.* pedir un deseo = make + a wish, mounting problems.* pozo de los deseos = wishing well.* quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire.* satisfacer el deseo = satisfy + appetite.* satisfacer el deseo de Uno por = indulge + Posesivo + taste for.* sentir el deseo de = have + an/the inclination to, get + the urge to.* * *1 (anhelo) wishel hada le concedió tres deseos the fairy granted him three wishesformular un deseo to make a wishque se hagan realidad or que se cumplan todos tus deseos may all your wishes come truese procedió según su deseo everything was done according to his wishessu último deseo fue que lo enterrasen allí his dying o last wish was to be buried theredeseos DE algo:con mis mejores deseos de felicidad/éxito wishing you every happiness/successdeseos DE + INF:ardía en deseos de verla ( liter); he had a burning desire to see her2 (apetito sexual) desirela satisfacción del deseo the satisfaction of desire* * *
Del verbo desear: ( conjugate desear)
deseo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
deseó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
desear
deseo
desear ( conjugate desear) verbo transitivo
1 ‹suerte/éxito/felicidad› to wish;
2 ( querer):
las tan deseadas vacaciones the long-awaited holidays;
lo que más deseo es … my greatest wish is …;
si tú lo deseas if you want to;
deseoía una respuesta ahora I would like a reply now;
está deseando verte he's really looking forward to seeing you;
¿desea que se lo envuelva? (frml) would you like me to wrap it for you?
3 ‹ persona› to desire, want
deseo sustantivo masculino
desear verbo transitivo
1 (anhelar, querer con intensidad) to desire: estoy deseando verte, I'm looking forward to seeing you
te deseo lo mejor, I wish you all the best
(suerte, felicidad, etc) to wish: os deseo unas felices vacaciones, have a good holiday
2 (sexualmente) to desire, want
3 frml (querer) to want: ¿desea usted algo, caballero?, can I help you, Sir?
deseo ver al director, I would like to see the manager
♦ Locuciones: deja mucho/bastante que desear, it leaves a lot to be desired
deseo sustantivo masculino
1 wish
2 (sexual, pasional) desire
deseos de venganza, desire for revenge
♦ Locuciones: arder en deseos, to yearn for
' deseo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- ansia
- aspiración
- capricho
- carnal
- conceder
- cumplir
- cumplirse
- desear
- formular
- gana
- hambre
- impulso
- pretensión
- provocar
- prurito
- que
- rabiar
- realizar
- saciar
- satisfacción
- sed
- si
- sucumbir
- sueño
- voluntad
- ardiente
- avivar
- excitar
- felicitación
- feliz
- ferviente
- insatisfecho
- irrealizable
- irresistible
- mejor
- querer
- viveza
- vivo
English:
anxiety
- appetite
- ardent
- death wish
- desire
- every
- express
- get-well card
- indulge
- indulgence
- intense
- longing
- lust
- overwhelming
- sexual
- uncontrollable
- unvoiced
- wish
* * *deseo nm1. [pasión] desire;no sentía ningún deseo por él she felt no desire for him2. [anhelo] wish;piensa un deseo y sopla las velas think of a wish and blow out the candles;expresó su deseo de paz para la región he expressed his desire for peace in the region;buenos deseos good intentions;con mis/nuestros mejores deseos [en carta, obsequio] (with my/our) best wishes;conceder un deseo to grant a wish;se cumplió mi deseo my wish came true, I got my wish;formular un deseo to make a wish;pedir un deseo to ask for a wish;Formalpor deseo expreso de… at the express wish of…;su último deseo fue… his last wish was…;su último deseo fue que la casa nunca se vendiera her last o dying wish was that the house should never be sold;tus deseos son órdenes your wish is my command* * *m wish* * *deseo nm: wish, desire* * * -
2 sexual
adj.1 sexual.educación/vida sexual sex education/life2 gamic.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) sex; (relaciones) sexual* * *adj.* * *ADJ sexual, sex antes de s* * *adjetivo <relaciones/órganos/comportamiento> sexual; <educación/vida> sex (before n)* * *= sexual.Ex. The authentic name of ethnic, national, religious, social, or sexual groups should be established if such a name is determinable.----* abstinencia sexual = sexual abstinence.* abuso sexual = sexual abuse, molestation.* acosador sexual = sex pest.* acoso sexual = sexual harassment.* acto sexual = sexual act.* agresión sexual = sexual assault, molestation.* apetito sexual = sex drive, libido, sexual desire.* atractivo sexual = sexiness, mojo, sex appeal.* ciclo sexual femenino = menstrual cycle.* delincuente sexual = sex offender, nonce.* delito sexual = sex crime.* deseo sexual = sexual desire.* disfunción sexual = sexual dysfunction.* disfunción sexual de la mujer = female sexual dysfunction.* disfunción sexual femenina = female sexual dysfunction.* encanto sexual = mojo, sex appeal.* excitación sexual = sexual arousal.* falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.* favor sexual = sexual favour.* impotencia sexual = sexual impotence.* insulto sexual = sexual insult.* juguete sexual = sex toy.* maníaco sexual = sex maniac.* obseso sexual = sex pest.* órgano sexual = sexual organ, sex organ.* placer sexual = sexual pleasure.* prácticas sexuales = sexual mores.* preliminares sexuales = foreplay.* prolegómenos sexuales = foreplay.* relación sexual = sexual relationship.* relación sexual sin protección = unprotected sex.* reproducción sexual = sexual reproduction.* revolución sexual, la = sexual revolution, the.* tener relaciones sexuales con = have + intercourse with.* vida sexual = sex life.* * *adjetivo <relaciones/órganos/comportamiento> sexual; <educación/vida> sex (before n)* * *= sexual.Ex: The authentic name of ethnic, national, religious, social, or sexual groups should be established if such a name is determinable.
* abstinencia sexual = sexual abstinence.* abuso sexual = sexual abuse, molestation.* acosador sexual = sex pest.* acoso sexual = sexual harassment.* acto sexual = sexual act.* agresión sexual = sexual assault, molestation.* apetito sexual = sex drive, libido, sexual desire.* atractivo sexual = sexiness, mojo, sex appeal.* ciclo sexual femenino = menstrual cycle.* delincuente sexual = sex offender, nonce.* delito sexual = sex crime.* deseo sexual = sexual desire.* disfunción sexual = sexual dysfunction.* disfunción sexual de la mujer = female sexual dysfunction.* disfunción sexual femenina = female sexual dysfunction.* encanto sexual = mojo, sex appeal.* excitación sexual = sexual arousal.* falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.* favor sexual = sexual favour.* impotencia sexual = sexual impotence.* insulto sexual = sexual insult.* juguete sexual = sex toy.* maníaco sexual = sex maniac.* obseso sexual = sex pest.* órgano sexual = sexual organ, sex organ.* placer sexual = sexual pleasure.* prácticas sexuales = sexual mores.* preliminares sexuales = foreplay.* prolegómenos sexuales = foreplay.* relación sexual = sexual relationship.* relación sexual sin protección = unprotected sex.* reproducción sexual = sexual reproduction.* revolución sexual, la = sexual revolution, the.* tener relaciones sexuales con = have + intercourse with.* vida sexual = sex life.* * ** * *
sexual adjetivo ‹relaciones/órganos/comportamiento› sexual;
‹educación/vida› sex ( before n)
sexual adjetivo sexual
acoso/discriminación sexual, sexual harassment/discrimination
vida sexual, sex life
' sexual' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abuso
- acoso
- acto
- cohabitación
- continencia
- depravada
- depravado
- deseo
- eros
- ETS
- excitación
- provocar
- sadismo
- salpicar
- sexo
- tocamiento
- violación
- violador
- amor
- chingar
- excitar
- fácil
- inclinación
- maniaco
- propasarse
- pudor
- relación
- seducir
- seductor
English:
climax
- drive
- hanky-panky
- harassment
- mate
- outrage
- pervert
- sex crime
- sex education
- sex offender
- sex-appeal
- sex-crazed
- sex-mad
- sexlife
- sexual
- sexual assault
- sexual harrassment
- sexual intercourse
- sexually
- straight
- vibrator
- abuse
- assault
- intercourse
- lust
- overture
- pass
- potency
- rape
- relation
- romp
- sex
- spicy
- urge
* * *sexual adjsexual;educación/vida sexual sex education/life* * *adj sexual* * *sexual adj: sexual, sexeducación sexual: sex education♦ sexualmente adv* * *sexual adj1. (en general) sexual2. (órganos, vida) sex -
3 excitar
v.1 to upset, to agitate.2 to stimulate (to stimulate) (sentidos).3 to excite, to thrill, to awaken, to impassion.Su belleza excitó a Tito Her beauty excited Tito.El magnetismo excita la máquina Magnetism excites the machine.* * *1 to excite2 (emociones) to stimulate, arouse1 to get excited, get worked up, get carried away* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=intranquilizar) to get worked up, get excitedno veas el partido porque te excita mucho — don't watch the game, it'll get you worked up o excited
2) (=entusiasmar) to make excitedla buena noticia lo excitó tanto que ya no pudo dormir — the good news made him so excited he couldn't get to sleep
3) (=provocar) [+ curiosidad] to arouse, excite; [+ sentimiento] to arouse, provoke; [+ apetito] to stimulate4) [sexualmente] to arouse, excite5) (Bio, Elec, Fís) to excite6) † (=incitar) to rouse, incite2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( hacer enojar)la discusión lo excitó mucho — he got very excited o worked up during the argument
b) ( sobreexcitar) to get... overexcitedc) ( en sentido sexual) to arouse, excited) <deseo/odio/curiosidad> to arouse2)b) < dínamo> to energize, excite2.excitarse v prona) ( enojarse) to get agitated, get worked upb) ( sobre excitarse) to get overexcitedc) ( sexualmente) to get aroused, get excited* * *= turn on, titillate, electrify, wow.Ex. When a child is turned on to books and reading, a lifelong 'friend' of the library has been made.Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.Ex. He then produced a sound like the deep wail of a bereaved mother which electrified the audience.Ex. He makes science easy to understand and ' wows' the reader with terrific examples of how modern genetic research is lifting the curtain on human history.----* excitarse = excite, fire up, get + (all) worked up.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( hacer enojar)la discusión lo excitó mucho — he got very excited o worked up during the argument
b) ( sobreexcitar) to get... overexcitedc) ( en sentido sexual) to arouse, excited) <deseo/odio/curiosidad> to arouse2)b) < dínamo> to energize, excite2.excitarse v prona) ( enojarse) to get agitated, get worked upb) ( sobre excitarse) to get overexcitedc) ( sexualmente) to get aroused, get excited* * *= turn on, titillate, electrify, wow.Ex: When a child is turned on to books and reading, a lifelong 'friend' of the library has been made.
Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.Ex: He then produced a sound like the deep wail of a bereaved mother which electrified the audience.Ex: He makes science easy to understand and ' wows' the reader with terrific examples of how modern genetic research is lifting the curtain on human history.* excitarse = excite, fire up, get + (all) worked up.* * *excitar [A1 ]vtA1(agitar): la discusión lo excitó mucho he got very excited o worked up during the argumentno tomes tanto café, sabes que te excita don't drink so much coffee, you know it makes you jumpy, don't drink so much coffee, you'll be running around all afternoon/it'll keep you awake all night2 (en sentido sexual) to arouse, excite3 ‹curiosidad› to excite, arouse, awake; ‹deseo/apetito› to arouse; ‹ira/odio› to arouseB1 ( Biol) ‹célula› to excite, stimulate2 ( Fís) ‹dinamo› to energize, excite; ‹molécula/átomo› to excite1(agitarse): no te excites, tómatelo con calma don't get so agitated o worked up, keep calmno se podía dormir porque estaba muy excitado he couldn't sleep because he was so excited o overexcited2 (sexualmente) to get aroused, get excited* * *
excitar ( conjugate excitar) verbo transitivoa) ( hacer enojar):◊ la discusión lo excitó mucho he got very excited o worked up during the argument
excitarse verbo pronominal
excitar verbo transitivo to excite
' excitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calentar
- provocar
- alborotar
- arrechar
- exaltar
English:
arouse
- electrify
- excite
- exhilarate
- turn on
- turn
* * *♦ vt1. [agitar] [enfermo, niño] to get worked up o over-excited;el café me excita demasiado coffee gets me too worked up2. [sexualmente] to arouse3. [estimular] [sentidos] to stimulate;[apetito] to whet; [curiosidad, interés] to excite; [ira, pasión] to arouse* * *v/t1 excite2 sentimientos, sexualmente arouse* * *excitar vt: to excite, to arouse* * *excitar vb to excite -
4 provocar
v.1 to provoke.El golpe provocó su muerte The blow brought about her death.Sus comentarios provocaron al borracho His comments provoked the drunk.2 to cause, to bring about (causar) (accidente, muerte).provocar las iras de alguien to anger somebodyprovocó las risas de todos he made everyone laughel polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).* * *1 to provoke\provocar el parto to induce birth* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on3) [+ persona] [gen] to provoke; (=incitar) to rouse, stir up (to anger); (=tentar) to tempt, invite¡no me provoques! — don't start me!
provocar a algn a cólera o indignación — to rouse sb to fury
4) [sexualmente] to rouse2. VI1) LAm (=gustar, apetecer)¿te provoca un café? — would you like a coffee?, do you fancy a coffee?
¿qué le provoca? — what would you like?, what do you fancy?
no me provoca la idea — the idea doesn't appeal to me, I don't fancy the idea
-¿por qué no vas? -no me provoca — "why aren't you going?" - "I don't feel like it"
no me provoca estudiar hoy — I'm not in the mood for studying today, I don't feel like studying today
2) * (=vomitar) to be sick, throw up ** * *1.verbo transitivo1)b) (Med)provocar el parto — to induce labor*
las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea — the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on2.¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)
* * *= provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.Ex. 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.Ex. Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.----* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.* provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.* provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.* provocar escarnio = evoke + response.* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.* provocar la controversia = court + controversy.* provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.* provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.* provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.* provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.* provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.* provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.* provocar un debate = ignite + debate.* provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)b) (Med)provocar el parto — to induce labor*
las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea — the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on2.¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)
* * *= provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.Ex: 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.
Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.Ex: Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.* provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.* provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.* provocar escarnio = evoke + response.* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.* provocar la controversia = court + controversy.* provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.* provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.* provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.* provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.* provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.* provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.* provocar un debate = ignite + debate.* provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.* * *provocar [A2 ]vtA1 (causar, ocasionar) to causeun cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigaretteuna decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversyno se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire2 ( Med):provocar el parto to induce labor*las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reactionel antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodiesB ‹persona›1 (al enfado) to provoke2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on■ provocarvi( Andes) (apetecer): ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? ( BrE colloq)( refl):se disparó un tiro provocándose la muerte he shot (and killed) himself* * *
provocar ( conjugate provocar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ incendio› to start;
‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
‹ reacción› to cause
2 ‹ persona› ( al enfado) to provoke;
( sexualmente) to lead … on
verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( apetecer):◊ ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)
provocar verbo transitivo
1 (causar) to cause: su decisión fue provocada por..., his decision was prompted by..., provocar un incendio, to start a fire
2 (un parto, etc) to induce: tuvieron que provocarle el vómito, they had to make her vomit
3 (irritar, enfadar) to provoke: no lo provoques, don't provoke him
4 (la ira, etc) to rouse
(un aplauso) to provoke
5 (excitar el deseo sexual) to arouse, provoke
' provocar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
campanada
- desatar
- engendrar
- hacer
- motivar
- organizar
- pinchar
- chulear
- dar
- meter
- parto
- reclamo
- torear
English:
bait
- bring
- bring about
- bring on
- cause
- excite
- fight
- incur
- induce
- instigate
- invite
- prompt
- provoke
- raise
- rouse
- roust
- short-circuit
- spark off
- start
- stir up
- tease
- trigger
- disturbance
- draw
- elicit
- evoke
- short
- spark
- stir
- taunt
- whip
- wreck
* * *♦ vt1. [incitar] to provoke;¡no me provoques! don't provoke me!2. [causar] [accidente, muerte] to cause;[incendio, rebelión] to start; [sonrisa, burla] to elicit;una placa de hielo provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a sheet of black ice;provocar las iras de alguien to anger sb;provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh;el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze;su actitud me provoca más lástima que otra cosa her attitude makes me pity her more than anything else3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes♦ viCarib, Col, Méx Fam [apetecer]¿te provoca ir al cine? would you like to go to the movies?, Br do you fancy going to the cinema?;¿te provoca un vaso de vino? would you like a glass of wine?, Br do you fancy a glass of wine?;¿qué te provoca? what would you like to do?, Br what do you fancy doing?* * *v/t1 cause2 el enfado provoke3 sexualmente lead on4 parto induce5:¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?* * *provocar {72} vt1) causar: to provoke, to cause2) irritar: to provoke, to pique* * *provocar vb1. (en general) to cause2. (incendio) to start3. (una persona) to provoke
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excitar — v tr (Se conjuga como amar) 1 Hacer que algún mecanismo se ponga en movimiento o que alguna sustancia entre en actividad mediante cierta clase de impulso: excitar las celdas fotoeléctricas, excitar los átomos del uranio 2 Provocar en algún ser… … Español en México
excitar — verbo transitivo 1. Hacer (una persona o una cosa) que [otra persona] se ponga en actividad o ésta sea más intensa: Esto excita la envidia ajena. Nunca creí que la música excitara sus ganas de trabajar. 2. Producir (una persona o … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
excitar — excitar(se) 1. Con el sentido de ‘provocar o estimular [un sentimiento o pasión]’, es transitivo; el sentimiento se expresa mediante un complemento directo y, a veces, aparece también un complemento indirecto, que expresa la persona que lo… … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
excitar — (Del lat. excitāre). 1. tr. Provocar o estimular un sentimiento o pasión. Su riqueza excita la envidia de sus compañeros. U. t. c. prnl.) 2. Provocar entusiasmo, enojo o alegría. La idea del viaje me excita. U. t. c. prnl. [m6]Se excita con la… … Diccionario de la lengua española
excitar — (Del lat. excitare, despertar, excitar.) ► verbo transitivo 1 Hacer que una actividad o un sentimiento se produzca o sea más intenso: ■ tanto misterio excita mi curiosidad. SINÓNIMO activar estimular suscitar ► verbo transitivo/ pronominal 2… … Enciclopedia Universal
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provocar — (Del lat. provocare, llamar para que salga fuera.) ► verbo transitivo 1 Intentar que una persona se enfade con palabras, gestos o acciones: ■ no le provoques, no te gustará su reacción. SE CONJUGA COMO sacar SINÓNIMO incitar 2 Incitar a una… … Enciclopedia Universal
provocar — (Del lat. provocāre). 1. tr. Incitar, inducir a alguien a que ejecute algo. 2. Irritar o estimular a alguien con palabras u obras para que se enoje. 3. Intentar excitar el deseo sexual en alguien. U. t. c. intr.) 4. Mover o incitar. Provocar a… … Diccionario de la lengua española
excitarse — excitar(se) 1. Con el sentido de ‘provocar o estimular [un sentimiento o pasión]’, es transitivo; el sentimiento se expresa mediante un complemento directo y, a veces, aparece también un complemento indirecto, que expresa la persona que lo… … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
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apetito — (Del lat. appetitus.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Necesidad o gana de comer. SINÓNIMO hambre ANTÓNIMO inapetencia 2 Tendencia instintiva a satisfacer deseos o necesidades: ■ apetito sexual. SINÓNIMO apetencia ansia * * … Enciclopedia Universal