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121 falla
f.1 fault, defect (defecto).2 fault (geology).3 geological fault, fault, break, rift.4 breakdown, failure, faulty operation, failure to operate correctly.5 Falla, Manuel de Falla.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: fallar.pres.subj.1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: fallir.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: fallar.* * *1 (defecto) defect, fault2 GEOGRAFÍA fault————————1 (figura) <CARDBOARD figure burnt on Saint Joseph?s Day in Valencia
► nombre femenino plural las fallas* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Geol) faultgéneros que tienen fallas — seconds, defective goods
4) LAm (=error) error, oversightfalla de tiro — (Mil) misfire
5) LAm (Mec) failure, breakdownfalla de encendido — (Aut) ignition fault
6) LAm (=escasez) lack, shortage7) And (Naipes) void* * *1)a) (de tela, cristal) flawb) (Geol) fault2)a) (de motor, máquina - en la composición) defect, fault; (- en el funcionamiento) failureb) ( en organización - en composición) defect, fault; (- en el funcionamiento)c) ( de persona) mistakeno hay falla! — (AmC fam) no problem!
d) (Dep) miss3)a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( lástima) pity, shameb) (Col) (Educ) day's absence ( from school)4)a) ( figura) model, figure ( burned during the Fallas)•• Cultural note:The most important festival in the autonomous region of Valencia. The Fallas take place every year between March 12 and 19. Fallas are groups of huge painted cardboard and wood figures which depict current events and famous people. The highlight is the burning of the fallas on the night of March 19. Each neighborhood makes its own falla. They are erected on one night, known as the plantá, and displayed the next day. A panel of judges ‘pardons’ the best one and it is placed in the falla museum* * *= fault line, fault.Ex. These views underlie the fault line that divides British politics today.Ex. Satellite images have shown a large number of ground faults along the course of the river that would have drained the waters underground.----* línea de falla = fault line.* * *1)a) (de tela, cristal) flawb) (Geol) fault2)a) (de motor, máquina - en la composición) defect, fault; (- en el funcionamiento) failureb) ( en organización - en composición) defect, fault; (- en el funcionamiento)c) ( de persona) mistakeno hay falla! — (AmC fam) no problem!
d) (Dep) miss3)a) (AmL exc CS fam) ( lástima) pity, shameb) (Col) (Educ) day's absence ( from school)4)a) ( figura) model, figure ( burned during the Fallas)•• Cultural note:The most important festival in the autonomous region of Valencia. The Fallas take place every year between March 12 and 19. Fallas are groups of huge painted cardboard and wood figures which depict current events and famous people. The highlight is the burning of the fallas on the night of March 19. Each neighborhood makes its own falla. They are erected on one night, known as the plantá, and displayed the next day. A panel of judges ‘pardons’ the best one and it is placed in the falla museum* * *= fault line, fault.Ex: These views underlie the fault line that divides British politics today.
Ex: Satellite images have shown a large number of ground faults along the course of the river that would have drained the waters underground.* línea de falla = fault line.* * *A1 (defecto) flawuna falla en el tejido a flaw o defect in the fabricla pieza tenía una falla the part was defective2 ( Geol) fault3debe haber una falla en el motor there must be something wrong with the enginehubo muchas fallas de organización it was badly organized, there were a lot of organizational mix-upspor una falla del personal médico because of a mistake o blunder by medical staffCompuestos:( Inf) security hole( AmL) human errorse debió a una falla humana it was caused by human errorBuna falla que no haya podido venir a pity o shame she couldn't come ( colloq)C* * *
Del verbo fallar: ( conjugate fallar)
falla es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
falla
fallar
falla sustantivo femenino
1
b) (Geol) fault
2
(— en el funcionamiento) failure;
◊ falla humana (AmL) human error;
¡qué falla! what a stupid mistake!c) (Dep) miss
3 (AmL exc CS fam) ( lástima) pity, shame
4
◊ Fallas )b)
fallar ( conjugate fallar) verbo intransitivo
1 [juez/jurado] falla a or en favor/en contra de algn to rule in favor( conjugate favor) of/against sb
2
[ planes] to go wrong;
le falló la puntería he missed;
a ti te falla (AmL) (fam) you've a screw loose (colloq)
verbo transitivo ( errar) to miss;
falla sustantivo femenino
1 (defecto) defect, fault
2 LAm (error, fallo) mistake, fault
3 Geol fault
fallar 1
I vi Jur to rule
II vtr (un premio) to award
fallar 2 verbo intransitivo
1 to fail: le falló la memoria, his memory failed
2 (decepcionar) to disappoint: no nos falles, don't let us down
' falla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
memoria
- fallar
- fallo
English:
amiss
- fail
- fault
- memory
- rift
- serve
- failure
- lapse
- malfunction
* * *falla nf1. [defecto] fault, defect;este cajón tiene una falla there's something wrong with this drawer;está rebajado porque tiene una falla it's reduced because it's imperfect2. Am [error] mistake;un trabajo lleno de fallas a piece of work full of mistakes;una falla humana a human error;una falla técnica a technical fault3. Geol faultla falla de San Andrés the San Andreas Fault4. [figura de cartón] = giant papier-mâché figure burnt during las Fallas in Valencia5.las Fallas [fiesta] = festival in Valencia during which giant papier-mâché figures are burntFALLASThe Fallas are an annual celebration held in Valencia, Spain, in the weeks leading up to St. Joseph's Day (March 18th). The festivities are centred round gigantic papier-mâché sculptures (the fallas) which are erected in public squares all over the city. They are constructed over the preceding eleven months by different local groups and normally depict caricatures of politicians and other celebrities of the year. Valencia is renowned for its fireworks, and they are much in evidence during the festival, especially during the famous “mascletá”, in which thousands of fire crackers are exploded with deafening effect. At the end of the final week of festivities prizes are awarded to the best or most original fallas and the figures are then burnt. A small figure (or “ninot”) is preserved from the winning falla, and kept in a special museum.* * *f1 GEOL fault;la falla de San Andrés the San Andreas Fault2 de fabricación flaw3:* * *falla nf1) : flaw, defect2) : (geological) fault3) : fault, failing* * *falla n (en geología) fault -
122 fantasioso
adj.1 unrealistic, utopical, fey.2 show-off, fanciful, braggart.* * *► adjetivo1 imaginative* * *ADJ1) (=soñador) dreamy2) (=presuntuoso) vain, conceited¡fantasiosa! — you're so vain!
* * *- sa adjetivo prone to fantasizing* * *= whimsical, fey, airy-fairy.Ex. This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.Ex. When he tries to address other topics, such as politics, the results are fey and inconsequential.Ex. Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.----* fantasioso, lo = fantastic, the.* * *- sa adjetivo prone to fantasizing* * *= whimsical, fey, airy-fairy.Ex: This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
Ex: When he tries to address other topics, such as politics, the results are fey and inconsequential.Ex: Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.* fantasioso, lo = fantastic, the.* * *fantasioso -saprone to fantasizinges muy fantasioso he's very prone to fantasizing, he's always making things up ( colloq)* * *
fantasioso,-a
I adjetivo imaginative
II sustantivo masculino y femenino person who fantasizes
' fantasioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fantasiosa
- cuentista
English:
dreamy
* * *fantasioso, -a adjimaginative* * *adj:es una fantasiosa she tends to imagine things o to fantasize -
123 financiado con fondos privados
(adj.) = privately supported [privately-supported], commercially funded, privately funded, privately financedEx. This university is a privately supported and largely residential institution and it offers a full roster of degrees.Ex. This Commission's mandate is to license and regulate commercially funded television services operated from within the UK whether terrestrial, cable or satellite.Ex. This is a privately funded civic group involved in the restoration and preservation of the city's old town and historic landmarks.Ex. Politics as a whole is debased when public servants are privately financed.* * *(adj.) = privately supported [privately-supported], commercially funded, privately funded, privately financedEx: This university is a privately supported and largely residential institution and it offers a full roster of degrees.
Ex: This Commission's mandate is to license and regulate commercially funded television services operated from within the UK whether terrestrial, cable or satellite.Ex: This is a privately funded civic group involved in the restoration and preservation of the city's old town and historic landmarks.Ex: Politics as a whole is debased when public servants are privately financed. -
124 florecer
v.1 to flower.2 to bloom, to blossom, to bud, to flower.Las rosas florecen en abril Roses bloom in April.3 to flourish, to blossom, to blossom out, to prosper.Sus talentos florecieron Her talents flourished.4 to bloom for.Me florecen las rosas The roses bloom for me.* * *2 (prosperar) to flourish, thrive1 (enmohecerse) to go mouldy (US moldy)* * *verb1) to bloom, blossom, flower2) flourish* * *1. VI1) (Bot) to flower, bloom2) (=prosperar) to flourish, thrive2.See:* * *verbo intransitivob) ( prosperar) to flourish, thrive* * *= flourish, bloom, burgeon, thrive, boom, flower, blossom, burst forth.Ex. The reference librarian, on the other hand, wants a tool which is reflective of the approach that a user might take at that moment, not the approach of a user who might have flourished at the time when the record was made.Ex. The article 'TULIP blooms in Tennesee' describes TULIP, a collaborative project to provide image access to 43 periodicals to members of the academic community.Ex. The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.Ex. Librarians need to pay greater attention to the politics of this organisational environment if libraries are to thrive.Ex. Public libraries in China boomed at the beginning of the present century.Ex. Librarians seek to provide a challenging, dynamic environment in which individual growth can flower.Ex. At last, library schools and students recognise the true potential of the profession of librarianship, and the profession has the chance to blossom and flourish.Ex. It seems the passions of the people were only sleeping and burst forth with a terrible fury.----* florecer antes de tiempo = bolt.* que florece en primavera = spring-flowering.* * *verbo intransitivob) ( prosperar) to flourish, thrive* * *= flourish, bloom, burgeon, thrive, boom, flower, blossom, burst forth.Ex: The reference librarian, on the other hand, wants a tool which is reflective of the approach that a user might take at that moment, not the approach of a user who might have flourished at the time when the record was made.
Ex: The article 'TULIP blooms in Tennesee' describes TULIP, a collaborative project to provide image access to 43 periodicals to members of the academic community.Ex: The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.Ex: Librarians need to pay greater attention to the politics of this organisational environment if libraries are to thrive.Ex: Public libraries in China boomed at the beginning of the present century.Ex: Librarians seek to provide a challenging, dynamic environment in which individual growth can flower.Ex: At last, library schools and students recognise the true potential of the profession of librarianship, and the profession has the chance to blossom and flourish.Ex: It seems the passions of the people were only sleeping and burst forth with a terrible fury.* florecer antes de tiempo = bolt.* que florece en primavera = spring-flowering.* * *florecer [E3 ]vi1 «flor» to flower, bloom; «árbol» to flower, blossomlos rosales ya han florecido the roses have already flowered o bloomed, the roses are already in bloom2 (prosperar) to flourish, thriveel negocio está floreciendo the business is thriving o flourishing* * *
florecer ( conjugate florecer) verbo intransitivo
[ árbol] to flower, blossom
florecer verbo intransitivo
1 (dar flor) to flower, bloom
2 (prosperar) to flourish, thrive
' florecer' also found in these entries:
English:
bloom
- blossom
- burgeon
- flourish
- flower
- come
* * *♦ vi1. [dar flor] to flower2. [prosperar] to flourish;el sector de la telefonía móvil está floreciendo the cellphone o Br mobile phone industry is flourishing* * ** * *florecer {53} vi1) : to bloom, to blossom2) : to flourish, to thrive* * *florecer vb1. (en general) to flower2. (árbol) to blossom3. (prosperar) to flourish -
125 funcionario del ayuntamiento
(n.) = city official, city workerEx. Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.Ex. City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.* * *(n.) = city official, city workerEx: Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.
Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city. -
126 gestionar
v.1 to negotiate.Ellos negocian más tiempo They negotiate more time.2 to manage.* * *1 (negociar) to negotiate2 (administrar) to manage, run3 (hacer diligencias) to take steps to, arrange* * *VT1) (=administrar) to manage2) (=tramitar) [+ permiso, crédito] to arrange* * *verbo transitivoa) (diligenciar, tratar de obtener) <compra/préstamo> to negotiateb) ( administrar)* * *= deal with, handle, manage, manipulate, administer, husband, operate, sort out.Ex. Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.Ex. The document or photocopy is received and the invoice handled like an ordinary order.Ex. In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.Ex. Different stores offer access to distinct types of information or data and permit the information to be manipulated to varying extents.Ex. Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.Ex. Traditionally private collections were husbanded by private individuals until some institution felt it worthwhile to incorporate them into its own collection.Ex. These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.----* gestionar información = handle + information.* gestionar mal = mismanage.* * *verbo transitivoa) (diligenciar, tratar de obtener) <compra/préstamo> to negotiateb) ( administrar)* * *= deal with, handle, manage, manipulate, administer, husband, operate, sort out.Ex: Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
Ex: The document or photocopy is received and the invoice handled like an ordinary order.Ex: In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.Ex: Different stores offer access to distinct types of information or data and permit the information to be manipulated to varying extents.Ex: Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.Ex: Traditionally private collections were husbanded by private individuals until some institution felt it worthwhile to incorporate them into its own collection.Ex: These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.* gestionar información = handle + information.* gestionar mal = mismanage.* * *gestionar [A1 ]vt1 (diligenciar, tratar de obtener) ‹compra/préstamo› to negotiatele están gestionando el permiso de trabajo they are getting his work permit sorted out o arranged, they are trying to get him a work permitestoy gestionando el traslado a Granada I'm trying to get a transfer to Granada2(administrar): el gobierno provincial recauda y gestiona este impuesto the provincial government collects and administers this taxla cartera de clientes que gestionaba the client portfolio which she handled o managed* * *
gestionar ( conjugate gestionar) verbo transitivo ‹compra/préstamo› to negotiate;◊ le están gestionando el permiso de trabajo they are getting his work permit sorted out o arranged
gestionar verbo transitivo
1 (negociar) to negotiate: está gestionando la consecución de una beca, she's trying to get a scholarship
2 (administrar) to administer
' gestionar' also found in these entries:
English:
negotiate
* * *gestionar vt1. [tramitar] to arrange;gestionar un préstamo to arrange a loan;gestionar un visado to arrange o to get a visa;gestionar una beca to try to get a grant;están gestionando el traspaso del jugador they're arranging the transfer of the player2. [administrar] to manage;gestiona la empresa con eficacia she manages o runs the business well* * *v/t1 trámites take care of2 negocio manage* * *gestionar vt1) : to negotiate, to work towards2) administrar: to manage, to handle -
127 gestión económica
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128 gilipollas
adj.coward.m. s.&pl.1 stupid person, jerk, prat, git.2 coward.* * *1 tabú stupid1 jerk, arsehole (US asshole), GB prat* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)IImasculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)* * *= dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg)IImasculino y femenino (pl gilipollas) (Esp fam o vulg) jerk (sl & pej)* * *= dickhead, arsehole [asshole, -USA], twat, arse, wanker, tosser, mug, shithead, prick, schmuck, schmo, jerk, plonker.Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of ' tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: With all the pandering shitheads in politics today, it's so refreshing to see some one who will just say 'fuck off, don't bother me'.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* * *( Esp fam o vulg): ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! ( sl pej), that guy's such a prat o git! ( BrE sl pej)anda, gilipollas, cállate la boca shut up, you jerk o prat o git!* * *
gilipollas adjetivo invariable (Esp fam o vulg):◊ ¡qué gilipollas es ese tío! that guy's such a jerk! (sl &
pej)
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (pl
pej)
gilipollas mf ofens bloody fool o idiot
' gilipollas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boluda
- boludo
English:
bloody
- dork
- jerk
- prick
- twat
- wanker
* * *♦ adj inv♦ nmf invBr prat, Br pillock, US dork* * *m/f inv popjerk pop
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