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21 esquirol
f. & m.scab (Pejorative).m.strikebreaker, strike-breaker, blackleg, laborer who refuses to join a labor union or to take part in a strike.* * *1 blackleg, scab* * *SMF strikebreaker, blackleg, scab ** * *masculino y femenino (pey) strikebreaker, scab (pej)* * *= blackleg.Ex. By mass picketing, striking workers and their supporters prevented the mine owners re-opening the mines with blacklegs.* * *masculino y femenino (pey) strikebreaker, scab (pej)* * *= blackleg.Ex: By mass picketing, striking workers and their supporters prevented the mine owners re-opening the mines with blacklegs.
* * *( pey)* * *
esquirol sustantivo masculino y femenino (pey) strikebreaker, scab (pej)
esquirol,-ola m pey blackleg, scab
' esquirol' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esquirola
English:
blackleg
- scab
- strikebreaker
* * *esquirol, -ola nm,fscab, Br blackleg* * *m/f strikebreaker, scab fam* * *esquirol nmrompehuelgas: strikebreaker, scab -
22 fabricación de bombas
(n.) = bomb manufactureEx. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.* * *(n.) = bomb manufactureEx: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
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23 finca pequeña
f.small farm, fifty-fifty farm.* * *(n.) = croftEx. Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.* * *(n.) = croftEx: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.
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24 fábrica de conservas
cannery, canning factory* * *(n.) = canneryEx. Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.* * *(n.) = canneryEx: Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.
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25 granja pequeña
f.small farm, small farmstead, smallholding, croft.* * *(n.) = croftEx. Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.* * *(n.) = croftEx: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.
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26 jugarse el pellejo
to risk one's neck* * *(v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limbEx. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.* * *(v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limbEx: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
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27 jugarse la piel
(v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limbEx. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.* * *(v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limbEx: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder. -
28 jugarse la vida
(v.) = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + lifeEx. People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.Ex. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.Ex. He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt.* * *(v.) = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + lifeEx: People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.
Ex: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.Ex: He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt. -
29 lisiar
v.to maim, to cripple.* * *1 to cripple* * *VT [gen] to injure (permanently), hurt (seriously); (=tullir) to cripple, maim* * *1.verbo transitivo to damage... permanently2.lisiarse v pron (refl)* * *= maim, fudge, cripple, lame.Ex. There is nothing 'fair' about the arms trade and is is an insult to the children who are killed and maimed every day by land-mines deliberately designed to look like toys and butterflies.Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.Ex. He was assaulted by a gang of white rowdies who beat him over the head with pistols bruising him severely and laming him.----* lisiar a Alguien de por vida = lame + Nombre + for life.* * *1.verbo transitivo to damage... permanently2.lisiarse v pron (refl)* * *= maim, fudge, cripple, lame.Ex: There is nothing 'fair' about the arms trade and is is an insult to the children who are killed and maimed every day by land-mines deliberately designed to look like toys and butterflies.
Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.Ex: He was assaulted by a gang of white rowdies who beat him over the head with pistols bruising him severely and laming him.* lisiar a Alguien de por vida = lame + Nombre + for life.* * *lisiar [A1 ]vtto cripple, lame* * *
lisiar verbo transitivo to cripple
' lisiar' also found in these entries:
English:
cripple
- lame
- maim
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30 lucha
f.1 fight.la lucha contra el cáncer the fight against cancerlucha de clases class struggle o warlucha libre all-in wrestling2 tug-of-war.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: luchar.* * *1 (gen) fight, struggle2 DEPORTE wrestling\lucha de clases class strugglelucha libre free-style wrestling* * *noun f.1) fight2) struggle3) wrestling* * *SF [forma familiar] de Luz, Lucía* * *1) (combate, pelea) fight; ( para conseguir algo) struggle2) (Dep) wrestling•* * *= combat, contention, scramble, fight, struggle, fray, crusade, strife, contest, fighting, tug of war, battle.Ex. It is not without significance perhaps that some writers on the reference interview use the term 'encounter', which the Concise Oxford Dictionary defines as 'meet as adversary', 'meeting in combat'.Ex. Among the trends are: more focus on user needs, a contention between optical products and on-line access; and a focus in the USA on formulation of major information policies.Ex. Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.Ex. The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.Ex. The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.Ex. The Thatcher government's crusade for privatisation is also hitting British libraries.Ex. If performance evaluation is viewed as a tool of second or third-level by supervisors it loses its clout and encourages strife.Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex. Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.Ex. Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as MASSACRES when the indigenous people won and battles when the colonists won.----* emprender una lucha contra = launch + attack on.* en la lucha contra = in the battle against.* enzarzarse en la lucha = engage in + combat.* enzarzarse en una lucha a muerte = get into + a fight to the death.* lucha a muerte = fight to death.* lucha armada = armed struggle.* lucha contra las drogas = war on drugs.* lucha contra los insectos = pest control.* lucha de clases = class warfare.* lucha de ingenio = battle of wits.* lucha de poderes = power struggle, battle of wills.* lucha de resistencia = battle of wills.* lucha diaria = daily grind.* luchador de lucha libre = wrestler.* lucha enconada = bitter struggle.* lucha entre tres = three-horse race.* lucha hasta la muerte = fight to death.* lucha intelectual = battle of wits.* lucha libre = professional wrestling, wrestling.* lucha por el poder = power struggle.* lucha por el título = title race.* luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].* lucha territorial = turf war.* * *1) (combate, pelea) fight; ( para conseguir algo) struggle2) (Dep) wrestling•* * *= combat, contention, scramble, fight, struggle, fray, crusade, strife, contest, fighting, tug of war, battle.Ex: It is not without significance perhaps that some writers on the reference interview use the term 'encounter', which the Concise Oxford Dictionary defines as 'meet as adversary', 'meeting in combat'.
Ex: Among the trends are: more focus on user needs, a contention between optical products and on-line access; and a focus in the USA on formulation of major information policies.Ex: Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.Ex: The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.Ex: The Thatcher government's crusade for privatisation is also hitting British libraries.Ex: If performance evaluation is viewed as a tool of second or third-level by supervisors it loses its clout and encourages strife.Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.Ex: Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as MASSACRES when the indigenous people won and battles when the colonists won.* emprender una lucha contra = launch + attack on.* en la lucha contra = in the battle against.* enzarzarse en la lucha = engage in + combat.* enzarzarse en una lucha a muerte = get into + a fight to the death.* lucha a muerte = fight to death.* lucha armada = armed struggle.* lucha contra las drogas = war on drugs.* lucha contra los insectos = pest control.* lucha de clases = class warfare.* lucha de ingenio = battle of wits.* lucha de poderes = power struggle, battle of wills.* lucha de resistencia = battle of wills.* lucha diaria = daily grind.* luchador de lucha libre = wrestler.* lucha enconada = bitter struggle.* lucha entre tres = three-horse race.* lucha hasta la muerte = fight to death.* lucha intelectual = battle of wits.* lucha libre = professional wrestling, wrestling.* lucha por el poder = power struggle.* lucha por el título = title race.* luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].* lucha territorial = turf war.* * *A1 (combate, pelea) fight2 (para conseguir algo, superar un problema) struggledecidieron abandonar la lucha they decided to give up the strugglela eterna lucha entre el bien y el mal the eternal struggle between good and evillas luchas internas están debilitando el partido infighting o internal conflict is weakening the partyuna campaña de lucha contra el hambre a campaign to combat faminela lucha por la supervivencia the fight o struggle for survivalla lucha contra el cáncer the fight against cancerCompuestos:armed struggle o conflictclass struggleB ( Dep) wrestlingCompuestos:cage fightingall-in wrestling, freestyle wrestlingtag wrestling* * *
Del verbo luchar: ( conjugate luchar)
lucha es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
lucha
luchar
lucha sustantivo femenino
( para conseguir algo) struggle;
la lucha contra el cáncer the fight against cancerb) (Dep) wrestling;
luchar ( conjugate luchar) verbo intransitivo
lucha por la paz to fight for peace
d) (Dep) to wrestle
lucha sustantivo femenino
1 (combate) fight
lucha libre, wrestling
2 (trabajo, esfuerzo) struggle: hubo una lucha interna para cambiar a los dirigentes del partido, there was internal turmoil regarding replacing party heads
lucha de clases, class struggle
luchar verbo transitivo to fight wrestle
♦ Locuciones: luchar con uñas y dientes, to fight nail and tooth
' lucha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antiterrorista
- cuartel
- duelo
- pelea
- abandonar
- armado
- continuo
- cooperar
- desigual
- equilibrado
- guerrilla
- implacable
- llave
- pugna
- sostener
English:
all-in wrestling
- battle
- charity
- class struggle
- contest
- desperate
- fight
- grim
- struggle
- throw
- tug-of-war
- tussle
- war
- wrestling
- warden
* * *lucha nf1. [combate físico] fightla lucha armada the armed struggle2. [enfrentamiento] fight;la lucha contra el cáncer/el desempleo the fight against cancer/unemployment;hubo una lucha muy dura por el liderato the leadership was bitterly contested;fracasó en su lucha por cambiar la ley she failed in her struggle o fight to change the law;las luchas internas del partido the in-fighting within the partylucha de clases class struggle3. [esfuerzo] struggle;es una lucha conseguir que se coman todo it's a struggle to get them to eat it all up4. [deporte] wrestlinglucha grecorromana Graeco-Roman wrestling;lucha libre freestyle o all-in wrestling5. [en baloncesto] jump ballLUCHA LIBRELucha libre, or freestyle wrestling, is a very popular spectator sport in Mexico and features comical masked wrestlers who often become larger-than-life figures. In any fight there will be a goodie (“técnico”) and a baddie (“rudo”) and the action consists of spectacularly acrobatic leaps and throws, and pantomime violence. These wrestlers are so popular that they often feature in special wrestling magazines, as well as on television and radio. The most famous of all was “el Santo” (The Saint), who always wore a distinctive silver mask. He appeared in dozens of films and is still remembered with affection despite his death in 1984.* * *f1 fight, struggle2 DEP wrestling3 en baloncesto jump ball* * *lucha nf1) : struggle, fight2) : wrestling* * *lucha n fight / struggle -
31 línea de fuego
(n.) = firing line, front-line, line of fireEx. The article 'From the firing line: practical advice for reference service with children in the public library' explores librarians' fear of contact with children.Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex. The article is entitled 'In the line of fire: the library of University College Hull during World War II'.* * *(n.) = firing line, front-line, line of fireEx: The article 'From the firing line: practical advice for reference service with children in the public library' explores librarians' fear of contact with children.
Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex: The article is entitled 'In the line of fire: the library of University College Hull during World War II'. -
32 mina antipersonal
f.antipersonnel mine.* * *(n.) = anti-personnel mineEx. They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.* * *(n.) = anti-personnel mineEx: They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.
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33 mina de carbón
coal mine* * *(n.) = coal mineEx. Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.* * *(n.) = coal mineEx: Ponies have been used for riding, transport, work on crofts and in coal mines, domestic service, and in show business.
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34 mina de mar
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35 mina lapa
f.limpet mine.* * *(n.) = limpet mineEx. Of particular concern are limpet mines attached covertly to the ship hull under the water line.* * *(n.) = limpet mineEx: Of particular concern are limpet mines attached covertly to the ship hull under the water line.
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36 mina magnética
f.magnetic mine.* * *(n.) = limpet mineEx. Of particular concern are limpet mines attached covertly to the ship hull under the water line.* * *(n.) = limpet mineEx: Of particular concern are limpet mines attached covertly to the ship hull under the water line.
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37 mina marina
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38 mina terrestre
f.land mine, landmine.* * *(n.) = land mineEx. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/ land mines & radio & communication.* * *(n.) = land mineEx: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/ land mines & radio & communication.
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39 mina terrestre antipersonal
(n.) = anti-personnel land mineEx. This new signal processing technique improves the detectability of buried anti-personnel land mines using a ground penetrating radar.* * *(n.) = anti-personnel land mineEx: This new signal processing technique improves the detectability of buried anti-personnel land mines using a ground penetrating radar.
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40 mutilar
v.to mutilate (persona, texto).El fuego cercenó su cara The fire mutilated his face.* * ** * *VT1) [gen] to mutilate; (=lisiar) to cripple, disable2) [+ escultura, monumento] to vandalize, deface; [+ texto] to butcher, hack about* * *verbo transitivoa) <persona/pierna> to mutilateb) <texto/película> to mutilate, bowdlerize; <árbol/estatua> to vandalize* * *= mutilate, maim.Ex. Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.Ex. There is nothing 'fair' about the arms trade and is is an insult to the children who are killed and maimed every day by land-mines deliberately designed to look like toys and butterflies.* * *verbo transitivoa) <persona/pierna> to mutilateb) <texto/película> to mutilate, bowdlerize; <árbol/estatua> to vandalize* * *= mutilate, maim.Ex: Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.
Ex: There is nothing 'fair' about the arms trade and is is an insult to the children who are killed and maimed every day by land-mines deliberately designed to look like toys and butterflies.* * *mutilar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona/pierna› to mutilatelos cuerpos mutilados de las víctimas the mutilated bodies of the victimsquedó mutilado he was maimed2 ‹texto/película› to mutilate, bowdlerize, hack about; ‹árbol/estatua› to vandalize* * *
mutilar ( conjugate mutilar) verbo transitivo
mutilar verbo transitivo to mutilate: este texto está mutilado, this text has been hacked about
' mutilar' also found in these entries:
English:
maim
- mutilate
* * *mutilar vt1. [persona] to mutilate2. [texto] to mutilate;[estatua] to vandalize* * *v/t mutilate* * *mutilar vt: to mutilate♦ mutilación nf
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