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Cambodia

  • 1 Cambodia

    • Cambodia

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > Cambodia

  • 2 Cambodia

    f
    • Kambodža

    Diccionario español-checo > Cambodia

  • 3 capital de Cambodia

    • capital of Cambodia
    • Phnom Penh

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > capital de Cambodia

  • 4 Camboya

    • Cambodia

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > Camboya

  • 5 Campuchea

    • Cambodia
    • Kampuchea

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > Campuchea

  • 6 Camboya

    f.
    Cambodia.
    * * *
    1 Cambodia
    * * *
    SF Cambodia, Kampuchea
    * * *
    Ex. The article is entitled 'A bibliographic foray into documents and publications relating to peacekeeping in Cambodia'.
    * * *

    Ex: The article is entitled 'A bibliographic foray into documents and publications relating to peacekeeping in Cambodia'.

    * * *
    Cambodia
    * * *
    Cambodia

    Spanish-English dictionary > Camboya

  • 7 Birmania

    f.
    Burma (Antes).
    * * *
    1 Burma
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino Burma
    * * *
    = Burma.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    * * *
    femenino Burma
    * * *

    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

    * * *
    Burma
    * * *

    Birmania sustantivo femenino
    Burma
    ' Birmania' also found in these entries:
    English:
    Burma
    * * *
    Burma
    * * *
    f Burma

    Spanish-English dictionary > Birmania

  • 8 Khmer Rouge

    = Khmer Rouge, the.
    Ex. By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    * * *
    = Khmer Rouge, the.

    Ex: By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Khmer Rouge

  • 9 Laos

    1 Laos
    * * *
    SM Laos
    * * *
    = Laos.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    * * *
    = Laos.

    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

    * * *
    Laos n
    Laos

    Spanish-English dictionary > Laos

  • 10 bazuca

    f.
    bazooka.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: bazucar.
    * * *
    nombre masculino & nombre femenino
    1 bazooka
    * * *
    Ex. In Cambodia for anywhere between $50-250 USD you can blow up a cow with a bazooka or for $2 shoot a chicken with a pistol!.
    * * *

    Ex: In Cambodia for anywhere between $50-250 USD you can blow up a cow with a bazooka or for $2 shoot a chicken with a pistol!.

    * * *
    bazuca, bazooka nm
    bazooka
    * * *
    f, bazuca f MIL bazooka
    * * *
    bazuca nf
    : bazooka

    Spanish-English dictionary > bazuca

  • 11 descontento social

    (n.) = civil unrest, social unrest
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. Water shortages in the north of China lead to social unrest over accessto what limited supplies were available.
    * * *
    (n.) = civil unrest, social unrest

    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

    Ex: Water shortages in the north of China lead to social unrest over accessto what limited supplies were available.

    Spanish-English dictionary > descontento social

  • 12 despiadado

    adj.
    merciless, cruel, inhuman, cold-hearted.
    * * *
    1 ruthless, merciless
    * * *
    (f. - despiadada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] heartless; [ataque] merciless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex. The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex. The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex: The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex: The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.

    * * *
    ‹persona› ruthless, heartless; ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    * * *

    despiadado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona ruthless, heartless;


    ataque/crítica savage, merciless
    despiadado,-a adjetivo merciless, ruthless
    ' despiadado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acerba
    - acerbo
    - bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - despiadada
    English:
    cold-blooded
    - cold-hearted
    - cutthroat
    - merciless
    - pitiless
    - remorseless
    - ruthless
    - unmerciful
    - vicious
    - cold
    * * *
    despiadado, -a adj
    [persona] merciless; [trato] inhuman, pitiless; [ataque] savage, merciless
    * * *
    adj ruthless
    * * *
    despiadado, -da adj
    cruel: cruel, merciless, pitiless
    * * *
    despiadado adj hard-hearted / heartless / ruthless

    Spanish-English dictionary > despiadado

  • 13 disturbios

    m.pl.
    riots, unrest.
    * * *
    (n.) = unrest, civil disruption, civil unrest
    Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex. Accounts were given of various recent major and smaller disasters such as extreme weather conditions, power failures, explosions, civil disruption, mould, infestations and spontaneous combustion.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    * * *
    (n.) = unrest, civil disruption, civil unrest

    Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

    Ex: Accounts were given of various recent major and smaller disasters such as extreme weather conditions, power failures, explosions, civil disruption, mould, infestations and spontaneous combustion.
    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

    Spanish-English dictionary > disturbios

  • 14 feroz

    adj.
    1 fierce, ferocious (animal, bestia).
    2 cruel, savage (criminal, asesino).
    3 terrible (intenso) (dolor, angustia).
    tenía un hambre feroz he was ravenous o starving
    la competencia es feroz the competition is fierce
    4 horrendous, dreadful.
    * * *
    adjetivo (pl feroces)
    1 fierce, ferocious
    \
    el lobo feroz the big bad wolf
    * * *
    adj.
    fierce, ferocious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=salvaje) fierce, ferocious

    tengo un hambre feroz — I'm starving, I'm famished

    2) (=cruel) cruel
    3) LAm (=feo) ugly
    * * *
    a) < animal> ferocious, fierce; <ataque/mirada/odio> fierce, vicious; <viento/tempestad> fierce, violent

    tengo un hambre feroz — (fam) I'm ravenous o starved (colloq)

    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)
    * * *
    = fierce [fiercer -comp., fiercest -sup.], savage, swingeing, ferocius, ferocious, cutthroat, truculent.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    ----
    * crítica feroz = hatchet job.
    * * *
    a) < animal> ferocious, fierce; <ataque/mirada/odio> fierce, vicious; <viento/tempestad> fierce, violent

    tengo un hambre feroz — (fam) I'm ravenous o starved (colloq)

    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)
    * * *
    = fierce [fiercer -comp., fiercest -sup.], savage, swingeing, ferocius, ferocious, cutthroat, truculent.

    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.

    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    * crítica feroz = hatchet job.

    * * *
    1 ‹animal› ferocious, fierce; ‹ataque/mirada› fierce, vicious; ‹viento/tempestad› fierce, violent; ‹fanatismo› fierce
    bajo el feroz sol del mediodía beneath the fierce midday sun
    se desató una feroz tempestad a fierce o violent storm was unleashed ( liter)
    tengo un hambre feroz ( fam); I'm ravenous o starved ( colloq)
    2 (Col, Méx fam) (feo) horrendous ( colloq)
    un verde feroz a ghastly o horrendous green ( colloq)
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    algo feroz    
    feroz
    feroz adjetivo
    a) animal ferocious, fierce;

    ataque/mirada/odio fierce, vicious;
    viento/tempestad fierce, violent
    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)

    feroz adjetivo fierce, ferocious: tengo un hambre feroz, I'm ravenous
    una crítica feroz, savage criticism
    ' feroz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bestia
    - un
    English:
    cutthroat
    - destroy
    - ferocious
    - fierce
    - glare
    - rat race
    - ravenous
    - savage
    - cut
    - furious
    - hard
    - vicious
    * * *
    feroz adj
    1. [animal, bestia] fierce, ferocious
    2. [criminal, asesino] cruel, savage
    3. [intenso] [tempestad] fierce, violent;
    [dolor, angustia] terrible;
    tenía un hambre feroz I was ravenous o starving;
    la competencia es feroz the competition is fierce;
    lanzó un ataque feroz contra la propuesta del gobierno he launched a fierce attack against the government's proposal
    4. Fam [enorme] massive;
    agarraron una feroz borrachera they got terribly o incredibly drunk
    * * *
    adj fierce; ( cruel) cruel
    * * *
    feroz adj, pl feroces fiero: ferocious, fierce
    ferozmente adv
    * * *
    feroz adj fierce / ferocious

    Spanish-English dictionary > feroz

  • 15 genocidio

    m.
    genocide.
    * * *
    1 genocide
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino genocide
    * * *
    = genocide, mass murder, mass killing.
    Ex. Children in schools in California, USA, are not being told the truth about the gold rush, racism and the subsequent genocide of 95 per cent of the native Indian population of California.
    Ex. Some authors concluded that mass murder was analogous to 'femicide'.
    Ex. By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    * * *
    masculino genocide
    * * *
    = genocide, mass murder, mass killing.

    Ex: Children in schools in California, USA, are not being told the truth about the gold rush, racism and the subsequent genocide of 95 per cent of the native Indian population of California.

    Ex: Some authors concluded that mass murder was analogous to 'femicide'.
    Ex: By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.

    * * *
    genocide
    * * *

    genocidio sustantivo masculino
    genocide
    genocidio sustantivo masculino genocide
    ' genocidio' also found in these entries:
    English:
    genocide
    * * *
    genocide
    * * *
    m genocide
    * * *
    : genocide

    Spanish-English dictionary > genocidio

  • 16 malestar social

    m.
    civil unrest.
    * * *
    (n.) = civil unrest, social malaise, social unrest
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. These bureaucratic organisations contribute to a social malaise, symptomatic, in the opinion of many workers, of a general social crisis which will accelerate in the decades ahead.
    Ex. Water shortages in the north of China lead to social unrest over accessto what limited supplies were available.
    * * *
    (n.) = civil unrest, social malaise, social unrest

    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

    Ex: These bureaucratic organisations contribute to a social malaise, symptomatic, in the opinion of many workers, of a general social crisis which will accelerate in the decades ahead.
    Ex: Water shortages in the north of China lead to social unrest over accessto what limited supplies were available.

    Spanish-English dictionary > malestar social

  • 17 mantenimiento de la paz

    (n.) = peacekeeping [peace-keeping]
    Ex. The article is entitled 'A bibliographic foray into documents and publications relating to peacekeeping in Cambodia'.
    * * *
    (n.) = peacekeeping [peace-keeping]

    Ex: The article is entitled 'A bibliographic foray into documents and publications relating to peacekeeping in Cambodia'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantenimiento de la paz

  • 18 masacre

    f.
    massacre.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: masacrar.
    * * *
    1 massacre
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino massacre
    * * *
    = massacre, masssacre, bloodshed, carnage, butchery, bloodbath [blood bath], mass killing, decimation.
    Ex. Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as massacres when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.
    Ex. Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as MASSACRES when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.
    Ex. The author deals with the vexed issue of copyright passing from the bloodshed provoked by St. Columba's unauthorized copying of a neighbour's book of Psalms in the Sixth century, through the invention of royalties for glassblowers during the Renaissance to Microsoft's problems with free software.
    Ex. This new horror genre uses humor in the midst of violent gore & carnage.
    Ex. They charge the West, which has chosen to look the other way, with complicity in the butchery.
    Ex. The story amounts to blind love equals bloodbath and media exploitation in rural America.
    Ex. By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    Ex. Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.
    * * *
    femenino massacre
    * * *
    = massacre, masssacre, bloodshed, carnage, butchery, bloodbath [blood bath], mass killing, decimation.

    Ex: Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as massacres when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.

    Ex: Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as MASSACRES when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.
    Ex: The author deals with the vexed issue of copyright passing from the bloodshed provoked by St. Columba's unauthorized copying of a neighbour's book of Psalms in the Sixth century, through the invention of royalties for glassblowers during the Renaissance to Microsoft's problems with free software.
    Ex: This new horror genre uses humor in the midst of violent gore & carnage.
    Ex: They charge the West, which has chosen to look the other way, with complicity in the butchery.
    Ex: The story amounts to blind love equals bloodbath and media exploitation in rural America.
    Ex: By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    Ex: Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.

    * * *
    massacre
    * * *

    Del verbo masacrar: ( conjugate masacrar)

    masacré es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    masacre es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    masacrar    
    masacre
    masacrar ( conjugate masacrar) verbo transitivo
    to massacre
    masacre sustantivo femenino
    massacre
    masacrar verbo transitivo to massacre
    masacre sustantivo femenino massacre
    ' masacre' also found in these entries:
    English:
    massacre
    - slaughter
    - blood
    * * *
    massacre
    * * *
    f massacre
    * * *
    : massacre
    * * *
    masacre n slaughter

    Spanish-English dictionary > masacre

  • 19 matanza

    f.
    1 slaughter (masacre).
    2 slaughtering (del cerdo). (peninsular Spanish)
    3 killing, bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery.
    * * *
    1 (gen) slaughter
    2 (del cerdo) pig killing
    3 (carne) pork products plural
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [en batalla] slaughter, killing; (Agr) slaughtering; (=temporada) slaughtering season; (fig) slaughter, massacre
    2) Caribe (=matadero) slaughterhouse; And (=tienda) butcher's, butcher's shop; CAm (=mercado) meat market
    * * *
    femenino ( acción de matar) killing, slaughter; (de res, cerdo) slaughter
    * * *
    = massacre, slaughter, slaughtering, killing, mass murder, bloodshed, carnage, butchery, mass killing, kill, slaying.
    Ex. Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as massacres when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.
    Ex. Attention has focussed on the marketing of dangerous substances, safety standards for the slaughter of meat and poultry, and control of dangerous cosmetics.
    Ex. These programmes cover red meat slaughterhouses, ware potatoes, liquid milk processing, horticulture, cereals, fisheries, and pigmeat slaughtering and processing.
    Ex. This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.
    Ex. Some authors concluded that mass murder was analogous to 'femicide'.
    Ex. The author deals with the vexed issue of copyright passing from the bloodshed provoked by St. Columba's unauthorized copying of a neighbour's book of Psalms in the Sixth century, through the invention of royalties for glassblowers during the Renaissance to Microsoft's problems with free software.
    Ex. This new horror genre uses humor in the midst of violent gore & carnage.
    Ex. They charge the West, which has chosen to look the other way, with complicity in the butchery.
    Ex. By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    Ex. Early rise as your try and catch the predators after their nightly kill.
    Ex. A mobster believed to be the head of an organized crime clan involved in the slaying of six people has been arrested this morning.
    ----
    * autor de una matanza = mass murderer.
    * matanza indiscriminada = killing spree, shooting spree, shooting rampage.
    * * *
    femenino ( acción de matar) killing, slaughter; (de res, cerdo) slaughter
    * * *
    = massacre, slaughter, slaughtering, killing, mass murder, bloodshed, carnage, butchery, mass killing, kill, slaying.

    Ex: Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as massacres when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.

    Ex: Attention has focussed on the marketing of dangerous substances, safety standards for the slaughter of meat and poultry, and control of dangerous cosmetics.
    Ex: These programmes cover red meat slaughterhouses, ware potatoes, liquid milk processing, horticulture, cereals, fisheries, and pigmeat slaughtering and processing.
    Ex: This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.
    Ex: Some authors concluded that mass murder was analogous to 'femicide'.
    Ex: The author deals with the vexed issue of copyright passing from the bloodshed provoked by St. Columba's unauthorized copying of a neighbour's book of Psalms in the Sixth century, through the invention of royalties for glassblowers during the Renaissance to Microsoft's problems with free software.
    Ex: This new horror genre uses humor in the midst of violent gore & carnage.
    Ex: They charge the West, which has chosen to look the other way, with complicity in the butchery.
    Ex: By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    Ex: Early rise as your try and catch the predators after their nightly kill.
    Ex: A mobster believed to be the head of an organized crime clan involved in the slaying of six people has been arrested this morning.
    * autor de una matanza = mass murderer.
    * matanza indiscriminada = killing spree, shooting spree, shooting rampage.

    * * *
    A (acción de matar) killing, slaughter; (de una res, un cerdo) slaughter
    la matanza se hace cada año en noviembre the animals are slaughtered in November each year
    la matanza de ciudadanos inocentes the slaughter o killing of innocent citizens
    B ( Esp) (embutidos) pork products (pl)
    * * *

    matanza sustantivo femenino ( acción de matar) killing, slaughter;
    (de res, cerdo) slaughter;

    matanza sustantivo femenino slaughter

    ' matanza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    carnicería
    - salvaje
    English:
    carnage
    - massacre
    - orgy
    - slaughter
    - wholesale
    - killing
    * * *
    1. [masacre] slaughter
    2. [de cerdo] [acción] slaughtering
    3. Esp [de cerdo] [productos] = pork products from a farm-slaughtered pig
    * * *
    f de animales slaughter; de gente slaughter, massacre
    * * *
    masacre: slaughter, butchering
    * * *
    matanza n slaughter

    Spanish-English dictionary > matanza

  • 20 mediación en un conflicto

    (n.) = peacekeeping [peace-keeping], good offices, peacemaking [peace-making]
    Ex. The article is entitled 'A bibliographic foray into documents and publications relating to peacekeeping in Cambodia'.
    Ex. This enables the library to use the MPEs' good offices and contacts to influence the national government on projects which are important for the area.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    * * *
    (n.) = peacekeeping [peace-keeping], good offices, peacemaking [peace-making]

    Ex: The article is entitled 'A bibliographic foray into documents and publications relating to peacekeeping in Cambodia'.

    Ex: This enables the library to use the MPEs' good offices and contacts to influence the national government on projects which are important for the area.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mediación en un conflicto

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  • Cambodia — noun A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Former name: Kampuchea …   Wiktionary

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