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(mistake)

  • 101 en un embrollo

    = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil
    Ex. We were in a pickle too and no mistake.
    Ex. The world is in a turmoil and the mood is for rebellion.
    * * *
    = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil

    Ex: We were in a pickle too and no mistake.

    Ex: The world is in a turmoil and the mood is for rebellion.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un embrollo

  • 102 en un follón

    = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl
    Ex. We were in a pickle too and no mistake.
    Ex. The world is in a turmoil and the mood is for rebellion.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    * * *
    = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl

    Ex: We were in a pickle too and no mistake.

    Ex: The world is in a turmoil and the mood is for rebellion.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un follón

  • 103 en un lío

    = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl
    Ex. We were in a pickle too and no mistake.
    Ex. The world is in a turmoil and the mood is for rebellion.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    * * *
    = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl

    Ex: We were in a pickle too and no mistake.

    Ex: The world is in a turmoil and the mood is for rebellion.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un lío

  • 104 enormidad

    f.
    1 enormity, hugeness.
    me gustó una enormidad I liked it enormously
    2 crass remark/mistake/ etc.
    * * *
    1 (grandeza) enormity, hugeness
    2 (monstruosidad) monstrous thing
    3 (desatino) nonsense, gross mistake
    4 familiar (mucho) a lot, loads
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=inmensidad) enormousness, hugeness
    2) [de crimen] enormity
    3) (=desatino) wicked thing, monstrous thing
    4) *
    * * *
    a) ( de crimen) enormity
    b) ( gran cantidad) huge o vast amount

    una enormidad de dinero — a huge o vast amount of money

    * * *
    Ex. It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.
    * * *
    a) ( de crimen) enormity
    b) ( gran cantidad) huge o vast amount

    una enormidad de dinero — a huge o vast amount of money

    * * *

    Ex: It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.

    * * *
    1 (de un crimen) enormity
    2 (gran cantidad) huge o vast amount
    gastó una enormidad de dinero she spent a huge o vast amount of money
    me gustó una enormidad I liked it enormously
    tuvimos que esperar una enormidad we had to wait ages o an eternity
    * * *

    enormidad sustantivo femenino
    1 enormity
    2 (intensificador) una enormidad, loads: me puso una enormidad de comida, she served me tons of food
    ' enormidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    enormity
    * * *
    1. [de tamaño] enormity, hugeness;
    me gustó una enormidad I liked it enormously o hugely;
    ha debido de costarte una enormidad (de dinero) it must have cost you a vast amount (of money)
    2. [despropósito]
    ¡lo que dijo/hizo fue una enormidad! what she said/did was crazy!;
    las enormidades perpetradas por el ejército invasor the enormities perpetrated by the invading army
    * * *
    f
    1 ( barbaridad) enormity
    2 cantidad enormous o
    huge amount
    3
    :
    eso que dijo es una enormidad what an appalling thing for him to say
    * * *
    1) : enormity, seriousness
    2) : immensity, hugeness

    Spanish-English dictionary > enormidad

  • 105 ensayo general

    m.
    dress rehearsal, full-dress rehearsal.
    * * *
    dress rehearsal
    * * *
    ( de obra teatral) dress rehearsal; ( de concierto) final rehearsal
    * * *
    Ex. Although she made a mistake in her performance, the judges said that they had marked her up based on her dress rehearsal performance.
    * * *
    ( de obra teatral) dress rehearsal; ( de concierto) final rehearsal
    * * *

    Ex: Although she made a mistake in her performance, the judges said that they had marked her up based on her dress rehearsal performance.

    * * *
    TEA dress rehearsal

    Spanish-English dictionary > ensayo general

  • 106 equivocado

    adj.
    1 wrong, erroneous, inaccurate, mistaken.
    2 misguided, lost.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: equivocar.
    * * *
    1→ link=equivocar equivocar
    1 mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [número, dirección] wrong; [persona] mistaken, wrong

    estás equivocado — you are wrong, you are mistaken más frm

    2) [afecto, confianza] misplaced
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <dato/número/respuesta> wrong
    b) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    = false, misconceived, misguided, wrong, wrong-headed, misplaced, misinformed, in error.
    Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex. In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex. Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    ----
    * aplicar un tratamiento equivocado = mistreat.
    * dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.
    * diagnóstico equivocado = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, miss + the point, be in the wrong.
    * estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).
    * estar totalmente equivocado = be way off.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * número equivocado = wrong number.
    * si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <dato/número/respuesta> wrong
    b) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    = false, misconceived, misguided, wrong, wrong-headed, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

    Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.

    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex: In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex: Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    * aplicar un tratamiento equivocado = mistreat.
    * dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.
    * diagnóstico equivocado = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, miss + the point, be in the wrong.
    * estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).
    * estar totalmente equivocado = be way off.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * número equivocado = wrong number.
    * si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

    * * *
    1 (erróneo, desacertado) wrong
    dio una respuesta equivocada he gave the wrong answer
    los datos estaban equivocados the information was wrong
    marqué un número equivocado I dialed the wrong number
    2 ‹persona› mistaken, wrong
    si piensas que te voy a ayudar estás muy equivocado if you think you're going to get any help from me, you're wrong o you're very much mistaken
    * * *

     

    Del verbo equivocar: ( conjugate equivocar)

    equivocado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    equivocado    
    equivocar
    equivocado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹dato/número/respuesta› wrong

    b) [estar] ‹ persona› mistaken, wrong

    equivocar ( conjugate equivocar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to make … make a mistake, to make … go wrong
    equivocarse verbo pronominal ( cometer un error) to make a mistake;
    ( estar en un error) to be wrong o mistaken;

    me equivoqué de autobús I took the wrong bus;
    no te equivoques de fecha don't get the date wrong;
    se equivocó de camino he went the wrong way
    equivocado,-a adjetivo mistaken, wrong
    equivocar verbo transitivo
    1 (no acertar) to get wrong: equivocó el oficio, he chose the wrong profession
    2 (confundir) to mix up

    ' equivocado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entender
    - equivocada
    - estropear
    - concepto
    - posibilidad
    English:
    grossly
    - misguided
    - misnomer
    - mistaken
    - out
    - wildly
    - wrong
    - accept
    - get
    - incorrect
    - number
    - sadly
    - show
    - surely
    * * *
    equivocado, -a adj
    1. [érroneo] wrong;
    tomó la dirección equivocada he went in the wrong direction
    2. [persona] mistaken;
    estás completamente equivocado you're completely mistaken;
    si crees que aquí se acaba todo, estás pero que muy equivocado if you think that's the end of it, you are very much mistaken
    * * *
    adj wrong;
    estar equivocado be wrong, be mistaken
    * * *
    equivocado, -da adj
    : mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    equivocado adj wrong

    Spanish-English dictionary > equivocado

  • 107 error administrativo

    (n.) = clerical mistake, clerical error
    Ex. Compared to the first group, the second group had significantly fewer errors, with careless mathematical and clerical mistakes almost eliminated.
    Ex. Equally important, the cataloger can be assured that changes will be applied with mechanical consistency, without any possibility of clerical error or oversights.
    * * *
    (n.) = clerical mistake, clerical error

    Ex: Compared to the first group, the second group had significantly fewer errors, with careless mathematical and clerical mistakes almost eliminated.

    Ex: Equally important, the cataloger can be assured that changes will be applied with mechanical consistency, without any possibility of clerical error or oversights.

    Spanish-English dictionary > error administrativo

  • 108 error de copia

    (n.) = clerical error, clerical mistake
    Ex. Equally important, the cataloger can be assured that changes will be applied with mechanical consistency, without any possibility of clerical error or oversights.
    Ex. Compared to the first group, the second group had significantly fewer errors, with careless mathematical and clerical mistakes almost eliminated.
    * * *
    (n.) = clerical error, clerical mistake

    Ex: Equally important, the cataloger can be assured that changes will be applied with mechanical consistency, without any possibility of clerical error or oversights.

    Ex: Compared to the first group, the second group had significantly fewer errors, with careless mathematical and clerical mistakes almost eliminated.

    Spanish-English dictionary > error de copia

  • 109 error matemático

    (n.) = mathematical mistake, mathematical error
    Ex. Compared to the first group, the second group had significantly fewer errors, with careless mathematical and clerical mistakes almost eliminated.
    Ex. Some of the confusion encountered in electrochemistry due to misunderstandings of sign conventions and simple mathematical errors.
    * * *
    (n.) = mathematical mistake, mathematical error

    Ex: Compared to the first group, the second group had significantly fewer errors, with careless mathematical and clerical mistakes almost eliminated.

    Ex: Some of the confusion encountered in electrochemistry due to misunderstandings of sign conventions and simple mathematical errors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > error matemático

  • 110 error ortográfico

    m.
    misspelling error, misspelling.
    * * *
    (n.) = misspelling [mis-spelling], orthographic error, spelling mistake, spelling error
    Ex. Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.
    Ex. The work has resulted in new techniques for computerised text analysis with great tolerance to orthographic errors.
    Ex. Spelling mistakes are the most common but there are also more misleading errors.
    Ex. There are also software packages to correct spelling errors or various minor typing mistakes.
    * * *
    (n.) = misspelling [mis-spelling], orthographic error, spelling mistake, spelling error

    Ex: Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.

    Ex: The work has resulted in new techniques for computerised text analysis with great tolerance to orthographic errors.
    Ex: Spelling mistakes are the most common but there are also more misleading errors.
    Ex: There are also software packages to correct spelling errors or various minor typing mistakes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > error ortográfico

  • 111 erróneo

    adj.
    erroneous, equivocal, wrong, mistaken.
    * * *
    1 erroneous, wrong, mistaken, unsound
    * * *
    (f. - errónea)
    adj.
    erroneous, wrong
    * * *
    ADJ (=equivocado) mistaken, erroneous; (=falso) untrue, false
    * * *
    - nea adjetivo (frml) <decisión/afirmación> wrong, erroneous (frml)
    * * *
    = erroneous, false, misguided, misleading, wrong, wrong-headed, misapplied, fallacious, misplaced, misinformed, in error.
    Ex. Mistakes in check-in will occasionally lead to erroneous entries in the receipt history.
    Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex. Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex. The word 'archival' has been rejected so as to avoid some misapplied promotional efforts by vendors.
    Ex. On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex. In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex. Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    ----
    * aplicar un tratamiento erróneo = mistreat.
    * colocado en lugar erróneo = misplaced.
    * correo con dirección errónea = misdirected mail.
    * interpretación errónea = misinterpretation, misrepresentation.
    * llevar a conclusiones erróneas = mislead.
    * representación errónea = misrepresentation.
    * ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error.
    * * *
    - nea adjetivo (frml) <decisión/afirmación> wrong, erroneous (frml)
    * * *
    = erroneous, false, misguided, misleading, wrong, wrong-headed, misapplied, fallacious, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

    Ex: Mistakes in check-in will occasionally lead to erroneous entries in the receipt history.

    Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex: Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex: The word 'archival' has been rejected so as to avoid some misapplied promotional efforts by vendors.
    Ex: On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex: In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex: Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    * aplicar un tratamiento erróneo = mistreat.
    * colocado en lugar erróneo = misplaced.
    * correo con dirección errónea = misdirected mail.
    * interpretación errónea = misinterpretation, misrepresentation.
    * llevar a conclusiones erróneas = mislead.
    * representación errónea = misrepresentation.
    * ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error.

    * * *
    ( frml); ‹decisión/afirmación› wrong, erroneous ( frml)
    sería erróneo afirmar que … it would be wrong o erroneous to say that …
    debido a un cálculo erróneo owing to a mistake in the calculations, owing to a miscalculation
    * * *

    erróneo
    ◊ - nea adjetivo (frml) ‹decisión/afirmación› wrong, erroneous (frml)

    erróneo,-a adjetivo erroneous, wrong

    ' erróneo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    errónea
    - incorrecta
    - incorrecto
    English:
    erroneous
    - false
    - improper
    - misconceived
    - misleading
    - mistaken
    * * *
    erróneo, -a adj
    [juicio, afirmación, decisión] mistaken, erroneous; [cálculo, datos] incorrect, wrong;
    sería erróneo claudicar ahora it would be a mistake to give in now
    * * *
    adj wrong, erroneous fml
    * * *
    erróneo, - nea adj
    equivocado: erroneous, wrong
    * * *
    erróneo adj wrong / incorrect

    Spanish-English dictionary > erróneo

  • 112 esencial

    adj.
    essential.
    su participación fue esencial en el proyecto her participation was essential to the project
    lo esencial the fundamental thing
    en lo esencial coincidimos we agree on the basic points o the essentials
    no esencial non-essential, inessential
    * * *
    1 essential
    \
    en lo esencial in the main
    lo esencial the main thing
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=imprescindible) essential
    2) (=principal) essential, main

    lo esencial es que... — the main o essential o most important thing is to...

    he entendido lo esencial de la conversación — I understood the main o the most important points of the conversation

    en lo esencial: pese a las diferencias, estamos de acuerdo en lo esencial — essentially, despite our differences, we are in agreement, despite our differences, we are in agreement on the essentials

    3) [aceite] essential
    * * *
    1) ( fundamental) essential

    lo esencial es... — the main o the most important thing is...

    esencial para algo — essential for o to something

    2) < aceite> essential
    * * *
    = bare [barer -comp., barest -sup.], essential, paramount, vital, baseline [base line], bread and butter, mission critical [mission-critical], rock-bottom, indispensable, constitutive, cardinal, critical.
    Ex. Those are just the bare beginnings.
    Ex. The preceding chapter has introduced the essential characteristics of bibliographic descriptions.
    Ex. Practice is paramount.
    Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex. This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.
    Ex. The bread and butter business of public libraries, especially branch libraries, is the lending of fiction.
    Ex. Effectiveness is often measured as the resultant quality of mission critical products of the institution = A menudo la eficacia se mide como la calidad resultante de los productos esenciales de la institución.
    Ex. The rock-bottom element seems to be the confidence in facing life.
    Ex. Of course, these catalogs will still remain indispensable guides to LC holdings not represented by MARC records.
    Ex. Three definitions of information are given: information as a resource, information as a commodity, and information as a constitutive force in society.
    Ex. To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.
    Ex. Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.
    ----
    * cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.
    * esencial, lo = gist, the, bottom line, the.
    * función esencial = vital role.
    * libro esencial = bedside book.
    * lo esencial = essential, the, nuts and bolts, bare necessities, the, the lowdown (on).
    * no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.
    * no esencial = non-essential [nonessential].
    * papel esencial = vital role, pivotal role.
    * punto esencial = essential point.
    * tiempo + ser esencial = time + be of the essence.
    * * *
    1) ( fundamental) essential

    lo esencial es... — the main o the most important thing is...

    esencial para algo — essential for o to something

    2) < aceite> essential
    * * *
    = bare [barer -comp., barest -sup.], essential, paramount, vital, baseline [base line], bread and butter, mission critical [mission-critical], rock-bottom, indispensable, constitutive, cardinal, critical.

    Ex: Those are just the bare beginnings.

    Ex: The preceding chapter has introduced the essential characteristics of bibliographic descriptions.
    Ex: Practice is paramount.
    Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex: This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.
    Ex: The bread and butter business of public libraries, especially branch libraries, is the lending of fiction.
    Ex: Effectiveness is often measured as the resultant quality of mission critical products of the institution = A menudo la eficacia se mide como la calidad resultante de los productos esenciales de la institución.
    Ex: The rock-bottom element seems to be the confidence in facing life.
    Ex: Of course, these catalogs will still remain indispensable guides to LC holdings not represented by MARC records.
    Ex: Three definitions of information are given: information as a resource, information as a commodity, and information as a constitutive force in society.
    Ex: To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.
    Ex: Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.
    * cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.
    * esencial, lo = gist, the, bottom line, the.
    * función esencial = vital role.
    * libro esencial = bedside book.
    * lo esencial = essential, the, nuts and bolts, bare necessities, the, the lowdown (on).
    * no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.
    * no esencial = non-essential [nonessential].
    * papel esencial = vital role, pivotal role.
    * punto esencial = essential point.
    * tiempo + ser esencial = time + be of the essence.

    * * *
    A
    1 (fundamental) essential
    estábamos de acuerdo en lo esencial we agreed on the essentials o on the main points
    lo esencial es que estés tranquilo the main o the most important o the essential thing is to keep calm
    esencial PARA algo essential FOR o TO sth
    esto es esencial para el buen funcionamiento del motor this is essential for o to the smooth running of the engine
    2 ( Fil) essential
    B ‹aceite› essential
    * * *

     

    esencial adjetivo ( fundamental) essential;
    ◊ coincidimos en lo esencial we agree on the essentials o on the main points;

    lo esencial es … the main o the most important thing is …
    esencial adjetivo essential: quédate con lo esencial, remember the most important thing
    tiene lo esencial para vivir, she has enough to live on

    ' esencial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accesoria
    - accesorio
    - básica
    - básico
    - descafeinada
    - descafeinado
    - elemental
    - sustancial
    English:
    basic
    - brass
    - core
    - essential
    - gist
    - nitty-gritty
    - nut
    - rough
    - underlying
    - vital
    - bare
    - essentially
    - fundamental
    - prerequisite
    - substance
    * * *
    1. [básico] essential;
    su participación fue esencial en el proyecto her participation was essential to the project;
    lo esencial the essential o main thing;
    lo esencial es una buena preparación física the essential o main thing is to have trained properly beforehand;
    en lo esencial coincidimos we agree on the basic points o the essentials;
    no esencial non-essential, inessential
    2. [aceite] essential
    * * *
    adj essential;
    lo esencial es que the main o essential thing is that
    * * *
    : essential
    * * *
    esencial adj essential

    Spanish-English dictionary > esencial

  • 113 establecido, lo

    = old ways, the
    Ex. It would be a mistake to cling to the seeming comforts of the old ways at the cost of being unable to get the full advantages of the new ones.
    * * *
    = old ways, the

    Ex: It would be a mistake to cling to the seeming comforts of the old ways at the cost of being unable to get the full advantages of the new ones.

    Spanish-English dictionary > establecido, lo

  • 114 exagerar

    v.
    to exaggerate.
    yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating
    no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad
    tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?
    María magnificó sus sentimientos Mary exaggerated her feelings.
    * * *
    1 to exaggerate
    1 to exaggerate
    2 (abusar) to overdo it, do too much
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate
    2.
    exagerar vi ( al hablar) to exaggerate; ( al hacer algo)

    tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

    * * *
    = exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.
    Ex. Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.
    Ex. There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.
    Ex. However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.
    Ex. 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex. The article ' Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.
    Ex. This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.
    Ex. Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.
    Ex. I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.
    Ex. The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.
    ----
    * exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.
    * exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate
    2.
    exagerar vi ( al hablar) to exaggerate; ( al hacer algo)

    tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

    * * *
    = exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.

    Ex: Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.

    Ex: There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.
    Ex: However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.
    Ex: 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.
    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex: The article ' Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.
    Ex: This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.
    Ex: Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.
    Ex: I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.
    Ex: The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.
    * exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.
    * exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.

    * * *
    exagerar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerate
    estás exagerando la importancia del asunto you're exaggerating o overstating the importance of the matter
    ■ exagerar
    vi
    (al hablar) to exaggerate
    (al hacer algo): tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    exagerar    
    exagerar algo
    exagerar ( conjugate exagerar) verbo transitivo ‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerate
    verbo intransitivo ( al hablar) to exaggerate;
    ( al hacer algo) to overdo it, go over the top (colloq)
    exagerar verbo transitivo to exaggerate
    ' exagerar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dramatizar
    - magnificar
    - tinta
    - agrandar
    - tendencia
    English:
    dramatize
    - embellish
    - embroider
    - exaggerate
    - magnify
    - overdo
    - overstate
    - pile on
    - stretch
    - blow
    - over
    - proportion
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to exaggerate;
    la oposición exagera la trascendencia de este asunto the opposition has blown this issue out of proportion
    ♦ vi
    1. [al describir, calificar] to exaggerate;
    yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating;
    no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad
    2. [al actuar] to go too far, to overdo it ( con with);
    tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?
    * * *
    v/t exaggerate
    * * *
    : to exaggerate
    * * *
    exagerar vb to exaggerate

    Spanish-English dictionary > exagerar

  • 115 expurgo

    = relegation, scrapping, withdrawal, expurgation, weeding, discarding, deaccession, deacquisition [de-acquisition], jettisoning, deselection, purge.
    Ex. The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.
    Ex. We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex. Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.
    Ex. The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.
    Ex. These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.
    Ex. Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.
    Ex. Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    Ex. No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.
    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.
    ----
    * expurgo de documentos = records disposition.
    * expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding, stock weeding.
    * expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.
    * expurgo por censura = bowdlerization.
    * expurgos = withdrawn material, withdrawn books.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.
    * política de expurgo = weeding policy.
    * * *
    = relegation, scrapping, withdrawal, expurgation, weeding, discarding, deaccession, deacquisition [de-acquisition], jettisoning, deselection, purge.

    Ex: The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex: Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.
    Ex: We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex: Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.
    Ex: The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.
    Ex: These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.
    Ex: Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.
    Ex: Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    Ex: No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.
    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.
    * expurgo de documentos = records disposition.
    * expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding, stock weeding.
    * expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.
    * expurgo por censura = bowdlerization.
    * expurgos = withdrawn material, withdrawn books.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.
    * política de expurgo = weeding policy.

    * * *
    expurgation

    Spanish-English dictionary > expurgo

  • 116 falta ortográfica

    f.
    misspelling.
    * * *
    Ex. Spelling mistakes are the most common but there are also more misleading errors.
    * * *

    Ex: Spelling mistakes are the most common but there are also more misleading errors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > falta ortográfica

  • 117 fundamental

    adj.
    fundamental.
    * * *
    1 fundamental
    * * *
    adj.
    basic, fundamental
    * * *
    ADJ fundamental, basic
    * * *
    adjetivo fundamental

    es fundamental que entiendas — it is vital o essential that you understand

    * * *
    = core, fundamental, seminal, substantive, underlying, pivotal, prime, ultimate, constitutive, basal, cardinal, foundational.
    Ex. The core function of such a service was seen as giving information and advice, but other services might be added.
    Ex. A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.
    Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    Ex. In Zimbabwe out of the seven universities with substantive librarians in the country, six of them were headed by women.
    Ex. One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.
    Ex. His position was pivotal because he was not only the organizer but also the financier and indeed the speculator of the book trade.
    Ex. For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.
    Ex. The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.
    Ex. Three definitions of information are given: information as a resource, information as a commodity, and information as a constitutive force in society.
    Ex. Basal textbooks, despite their well-publicized limitations in comparison with other media, remain the keystone of US school publishing.
    Ex. To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.
    Ex. These foundational principles are the means by which we articulate what is and has been intrinsically important to the institution.
    ----
    * actividad fundamental = core activity.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * disposición fundamental = basic provision.
    * fundamental, lo = gist, the.
    * idea fundamental = keynote.
    * papel fundamental = pivotal role.
    * principio fundamental = principium [principia, -pl.].
    * razón fundamental = rationale.
    * * *
    adjetivo fundamental

    es fundamental que entiendas — it is vital o essential that you understand

    * * *
    = core, fundamental, seminal, substantive, underlying, pivotal, prime, ultimate, constitutive, basal, cardinal, foundational.

    Ex: The core function of such a service was seen as giving information and advice, but other services might be added.

    Ex: A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.
    Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    Ex: In Zimbabwe out of the seven universities with substantive librarians in the country, six of them were headed by women.
    Ex: One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.
    Ex: His position was pivotal because he was not only the organizer but also the financier and indeed the speculator of the book trade.
    Ex: For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.
    Ex: The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.
    Ex: Three definitions of information are given: information as a resource, information as a commodity, and information as a constitutive force in society.
    Ex: Basal textbooks, despite their well-publicized limitations in comparison with other media, remain the keystone of US school publishing.
    Ex: To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.
    Ex: These foundational principles are the means by which we articulate what is and has been intrinsically important to the institution
    .
    * actividad fundamental = core activity.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * disposición fundamental = basic provision.
    * fundamental, lo = gist, the.
    * idea fundamental = keynote.
    * papel fundamental = pivotal role.
    * principio fundamental = principium [principia, -pl.].
    * razón fundamental = rationale.

    * * *
    ‹necesidad› basic, fundamental; ‹aspecto/objetivo/cambio› fundamental
    es de fundamental importancia it is of fundamental importance
    es fundamental que entiendas it is vital o essential that you understand
    * * *

     

    fundamental adjetivo
    fundamental
    fundamental adjetivo fundamental
    la diferencia fundamental, the basic difference
    ' fundamental' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    elemental
    - primordial
    - principio
    - sustancial
    - sustantiva
    - sustantivo
    - básico
    - esencial
    - primero
    - sagrado
    - vital
    English:
    basic
    - cardinal
    - essential
    - fundamental
    - hygiene
    - main
    - primal
    - primary
    - vital
    - central
    - imperative
    - part
    * * *
    fundamental;
    lo fundamental es que hallemos una solución the most important thing is that we find a solution;
    es fundamental que no nos pongamos nerviosos it's essential that we don't get nervous
    * * *
    adj fundamental
    * * *
    básico: fundamental, basic
    * * *
    fundamental adj fundamental / essential

    Spanish-English dictionary > fundamental

  • 118 hacer una enmienda

    (v.) = make + amendment
    Ex. One the questions that has to be answered regarding this software is how easy it is to make amendments, for example to go back to amend a mistake in an earlier field.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + amendment

    Ex: One the questions that has to be answered regarding this software is how easy it is to make amendments, for example to go back to amend a mistake in an earlier field.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer una enmienda

  • 119 incapaz

    adj.
    incapable (no capaz).
    fuimos incapaces de alcanzar la cumbre we weren't able to o didn't manage to reach the top
    es incapaz de hacer una suma sin equivocarse he can't do the simplest sum without making a mistake
    es incapaz de hacer daño a nadie he would never harm anyone
    f. & m.
    ineffectual person, sad pack, lame duck.
    * * *
    1 incapable (de, of)
    ■ es incapaz de decir que no he's incapable of saying no, he can't say no
    2 (incompetente) incompetent
    * * *
    adj.
    1) incapable, unable
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1)

    ser incapaz: no es que sea incapaz, es que no tengo fuerzas — it's not that I can't do it, I just haven't got the strength

    no sé cómo puedes engañarlo, yo sería incapaz — I don't know how you can deceive him, I could never do a thing like that

    • ser incapaz de hacer algo — (=no atreverse, no querer) to never do sth, be incapable of doing sth frm; (=no poder) to be unable to do sth

    ¿es que eres incapaz de hablar en serio? — can't you ever talk seriously?, aren't you capable of talking seriously? frm

    • ser incapaz para algo — to be useless at sth

    2) (=incompetente) incompetent
    3) (Jur) unfit
    4) CAm [niño] trying, difficult
    2.
    SMF incompetent, incompetent fool
    * * *
    I
    1) [ser] (de un logro, una hazaña)

    no lo conseguirá nunca, es incapaz — he'll never do it, he simply isn't capable

    ¿haría tal cosa? - no, hombre, es incapaz — would he do such a thing? - no way, he'd never do a thing like that (colloq)

    2) (Der) incapable
    II
    masculino y femenino (inútil, inepto) incompetent (fool)
    * * *
    = incapable, powerless, incompetent.
    Ex. It is not always correct to conclude that if users fail to frame their questions more specifically it is because they are incapable of doing so.
    Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex. To point out that this question was answered a great many years ago is, as the lawyers say, ' incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial'.
    ----
    * incapaz de = unable to.
    * incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.
    * ser incapaz de = be unable to.
    * * *
    I
    1) [ser] (de un logro, una hazaña)

    no lo conseguirá nunca, es incapaz — he'll never do it, he simply isn't capable

    ¿haría tal cosa? - no, hombre, es incapaz — would he do such a thing? - no way, he'd never do a thing like that (colloq)

    2) (Der) incapable
    II
    masculino y femenino (inútil, inepto) incompetent (fool)
    * * *
    = incapable, powerless, incompetent.

    Ex: It is not always correct to conclude that if users fail to frame their questions more specifically it is because they are incapable of doing so.

    Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex: To point out that this question was answered a great many years ago is, as the lawyers say, ' incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial'.
    * incapaz de = unable to.
    * incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.
    * ser incapaz de = be unable to.

    * * *
    A [ SER]
    (de un logro, una hazaña): no lo conseguirá nunca, es incapaz he will never achieve it, he just isn't capable of it
    ¿haría tal cosa? — no, hombre, es incapaz would he do such a thing? — no way, he'd never do a thing like that ( colloq)
    incapaz DE algo incapable OF sth
    es incapaz de una cosa así he's incapable of doing something like that, he'd never do a thing like that
    resultó incapaz de vencerla he was unable to beat her
    es incapaz de hacerle daño a nadie he's incapable of harming anyone, he wouldn't harm a fly ( colloq)
    este niño es incapaz de estarse quieto un minuto this child is incapable of sitting still o can't sit still for a minute
    es incapaz de escribirme unas líneas he can't even be bothered to write a few lines to me
    B ( Der) incapable
    A (inútil, inepto) incompetent, incompetent fool
    hay que despedir a ese incapaz we'll have to fire that incompetent fool o that hopeless incompetent
    es un incapaz para todo he's totally incompetent o useless o hopeless
    B ( Der) person lacking legal capacity
    * * *

    incapaz adjetivo [ser] (de un logro, una hazaña):
    ◊ no lo conseguirá nunca, es incapaz he'll never do it, he simply isn't capable;

    es incapaz de una cosa así he's incapable of doing something like that;
    es incapaz de llamarme he can't even be bothered to phone me
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (inútil, inepto) incompetent (fool)
    incapaz adjetivo
    1 (que carece de habilidad) unable [de, to]: soy incapaz de enhebrar la aguja, I'm unable to thread the needle
    2 (que carece de la cualidad) incapable [de, of]: es incapaz de insultar a nadie, he's incapable of insulting anyone
    3 (que carece de la capacidad) useless [para, at]: es incapaz para las matemáticas, he's useless at maths
    4 (que carece de la fuerza moral o física) me siento incapaz de mirarle a la cara, I can't look him in the face
    soy incapaz de continuar, I can't go on
    5 Jur unfit [para, for]

    ' incapaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    objetivar
    - penetrar
    - sentirse
    - impotente
    English:
    erratic
    - fail
    - helpless
    - inadequate
    - incapable
    - unable
    - hold
    - unfit
    - wrong
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [no capaz] incapable (de of);
    fuimos incapaces de coronar la cumbre we weren't able to o didn't manage to reach the top;
    es incapaz de hacer daño a nadie he would never harm anyone;
    es incapaz de matar una mosca he wouldn't hurt a fly;
    es incapaz de pedir perdón she would never say she's sorry;
    me siento incapaz de seguir I don't feel able to continue;
    es incapaz de hacer una suma sin equivocarse he can't do the simplest sum without making a mistake
    2. [sin talento]
    incapaz para no good at, useless at;
    soy incapaz para la química I'm no good at o useless at chemistry
    3. Der
    declarar incapaz a alguien to declare sb incapable o unfit
    ♦ nmf
    incompetent, incompetent person
    * * *
    adj incapable (de of)
    * * *
    incapaz adj, pl - paces
    1) : incapable, unable
    2) : incompetent, inept
    * * *
    incapaz adj incapable
    es incapaz de hacerlo he's incapable of doing it / he couldn't do it

    Spanish-English dictionary > incapaz

  • 120 incitar

    v.
    1 to incite (a la violencia).
    el hambre le incitó a robar hunger made him steal
    ¿qué le incitó a hacerlo? what made him do it?
    María incitó a la multitud Mary incited the multitude
    2 to abet, to instigate.
    María incitó al policía Mary abetted the cop.
    * * *
    1 to incite (a, to)
    * * *
    verb
    2) urge, encourage
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    * * *
    = arouse, fuel, prompt, spur, spur on, abet, exhort, instigate, tease, egg on, emplace, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], set off, goad, incite.
    Ex. The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.
    Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.
    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. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.
    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. 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. Al Qaeda will goad us into war with Iran because it serves their own interests.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    ----
    * incitar a = sting into.
    * incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.
    * incitar camorra = rustle up + trouble.
    * incitar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * incitar el odio = incite + hatred.
    * incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.
    * incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.
    * incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.
    * incitar la violencia = incite + violence.
    * incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.
    * incitar una respuesta = provoke + response.
    * preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.
    * que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    * * *
    = arouse, fuel, prompt, spur, spur on, abet, exhort, instigate, tease, egg on, emplace, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], set off, goad, incite.

    Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.

    Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.
    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: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.
    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: 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: Al Qaeda will goad us into war with Iran because it serves their own interests.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * incitar a = sting into.
    * incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.
    * incitar camorra = rustle up + trouble.
    * incitar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * incitar el odio = incite + hatred.
    * incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.
    * incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.
    * incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.
    * incitar la violencia = incite + violence.
    * incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.
    * incitar una respuesta = provoke + response.
    * preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.
    * que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.

    * * *
    incitar [A1 ]
    vt
    incitar a algn A algo to incite sb TO sth
    incitaron al ejército a la rebelión they incited the army to rebellion o to rebel
    películas que incitan a la violencia films which encourage violence o which incite people to violence
    lo hizo incitado por sus compañeros his friends encouraged him to do it, his friends put him up to it ( colloq)
    incitar a algn CONTRA algn to incite sb AGAINST sb
    los incitaba contra sus superiores he was inciting them against their superiors
    * * *

    incitar ( conjugate incitar) verbo transitivo incitar a algn a algo to incite sb to sth;
    incitar a algn contra algn to incite sb against sb
    incitar verbo transitivo to incite, urge: sus discursos incitaron a la rebelión, his speeches incited them to rebellion
    ' incitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    azuzar
    - desafiar
    - invitar
    - picar
    - tentar
    - empujar
    - empujón
    English:
    egg on
    - incite
    - put up to
    - spur
    - sting
    - tempt
    - egg
    - stir
    - whip
    * * *
    to incite;
    un discurso que incita a la violencia a speech inciting people to violence;
    el hambre lo incitó a robar hunger made him steal;
    ¿qué le incitó a hacerlo? what made him do it?;
    incitar a alguien a la fuga/venganza to urge sb to flee/avenge himself
    * * *
    v/t incite
    * * *
    : to incite, to rouse

    Spanish-English dictionary > incitar

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