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  • 1 alfabetismo

    m.
    literacy.
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    * * *
    Ex. David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.
    ----
    * alfabetismo en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * alfabetismo funcional = functional literacy.
    * alfabetismo informático = computer literacy.
    * * *

    Ex: David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.

    * alfabetismo en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * alfabetismo funcional = functional literacy.
    * alfabetismo informático = computer literacy.

    * * *
    : literacy

    Spanish-English dictionary > alfabetismo

  • 2 alfabetización

    f.
    1 alphabetization, literacy.
    2 teaching, education.
    * * *
    1 teaching of basic literacy
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    femenino teaching of basic literacy
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    = alphabetisation [alphabetization, -USA], literacy, interfiling, literacy work, literacy teaching.
    Ex. Right now it would not win any great prize for alphabetization.
    Ex. David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.
    Ex. Such interfiling of entries is impossible in the case of the classified catalogue.
    Ex. Literacy work is to some degree something of a 'terra incognita' for librarians.
    Ex. Literacy teaching is not a burning issue in library education but it warrants attention.
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    * alfabetización a nivel mundial = world literacy.
    * alfabetización de adultos = adult literacy, adult literacy teaching.
    * alfabetización en casa = family literacy.
    * alfabetización en ciencias de la salud = health literacy.
    * alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * alfabetización en información = information literacy.
    * alfabetización en informática = computer literacy.
    * alfabetización en los medios de comunicación = media literacy.
    * alfabetización espacial = spatial literacy.
    * alfabetización estadística = statistical literacy.
    * alfabetización funcional = functional literacy.
    * alfabetización gráfica = graphic literacy.
    * alfabetización informacional = information literacy.
    * alfabetización informativa = information literacy.
    * alfabetización mediática = media literacy.
    * alfabetización mundial = world literacy.
    * alfabetización técnica = technical literacy, technical literacy.
    * campaña de alfabetización = literacy campaign, literacy movement.
    * nivel de alfabetización = literacy, literacy rate.
    * principio de la alfabetización literal = file-as-is principle.
    * programa de alfabetización = literacy programme, literacy movement.
    * programa de alfabetización de adultos = adult literacy programme.
    * programas de alfabetización = literacy promotion.
    * relativo a la alfabetización = alphabetising [alphabetizing, -USA].
    * tasa de alfabetización = literacy rate.
    * trabajador en el área de la alfabetización = literacy worker.
    * trabajo de alfabetización = literacy work.
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    femenino teaching of basic literacy
    * * *
    = alphabetisation [alphabetization, -USA], literacy, interfiling, literacy work, literacy teaching.

    Ex: Right now it would not win any great prize for alphabetization.

    Ex: David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.
    Ex: Such interfiling of entries is impossible in the case of the classified catalogue.
    Ex: Literacy work is to some degree something of a 'terra incognita' for librarians.
    Ex: Literacy teaching is not a burning issue in library education but it warrants attention.
    * alfabetización a nivel mundial = world literacy.
    * alfabetización de adultos = adult literacy, adult literacy teaching.
    * alfabetización en casa = family literacy.
    * alfabetización en ciencias de la salud = health literacy.
    * alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * alfabetización en información = information literacy.
    * alfabetización en informática = computer literacy.
    * alfabetización en los medios de comunicación = media literacy.
    * alfabetización espacial = spatial literacy.
    * alfabetización estadística = statistical literacy.
    * alfabetización funcional = functional literacy.
    * alfabetización gráfica = graphic literacy.
    * alfabetización informacional = information literacy.
    * alfabetización informativa = information literacy.
    * alfabetización mediática = media literacy.
    * alfabetización mundial = world literacy.
    * alfabetización técnica = technical literacy, technical literacy.
    * campaña de alfabetización = literacy campaign, literacy movement.
    * nivel de alfabetización = literacy, literacy rate.
    * principio de la alfabetización literal = file-as-is principle.
    * programa de alfabetización = literacy programme, literacy movement.
    * programa de alfabetización de adultos = adult literacy programme.
    * programas de alfabetización = literacy promotion.
    * relativo a la alfabetización = alphabetising [alphabetizing, -USA].
    * tasa de alfabetización = literacy rate.
    * trabajador en el área de la alfabetización = literacy worker.
    * trabajo de alfabetización = literacy work.

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    teaching of basic literacy
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    alfabetización sustantivo femenino
    teaching of basic literacy;

    alfabetización sustantivo femenino
    1 (enseñanza) literacy teaching
    2 (ordenación) arranging alphabetically

    ' alfabetización' also found in these entries:
    English:
    boon
    - literacy
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    1. [de personas] [acción] teaching to read and write;
    cursos de alfabetización para adultos courses for teaching adults to read and write
    2. [de personas] [estado] literacy
    3. [de palabras, letras] alphabetization
    * * *
    f teaching of basic literacy

    Spanish-English dictionary > alfabetización

  • 3 cultura

    f.
    1 culture.
    cultura empresarial corporate culture
    2 learning, knowledge.
    cultura general general knowledge
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: culturar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: culturar.
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    1 culture
    \
    de cultura educated
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    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=civilización) culture
    2) (=saber)
    3) (=artes) culture
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    1) ( civilización) culture
    2)
    a) (conocimientos, ilustración)

    cultura general/musical — general/musical knowledge

    b) (en periódico, artes) arts (pl), culture
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    = culture, literacy.
    Ex. For instance, we find that children's literature, alternative culture, radical movements, and ethnic themes don't get adequate treatment.
    Ex. David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.
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    * arraigado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.
    * choque de culturas = clash of cultures.
    * concurso de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    * contracultura = counter-culture [counter culture].
    * con una amplia cultura = well-read.
    * con una gran cultura = well-read.
    * cultura académica = academic culture.
    * cultura africana = African culture.
    * cultura científica = scientific culture.
    * cultura consumista = consumerist culture, consumer culture.
    * cultura de consumo = consumer culture.
    * cultura de la clase alta = high culture.
    * cultura de la clase baja = low culture.
    * cultura de la clase media = middlebrow culture.
    * cultura del gamberrismo = yob culture.
    * cultura del mundo impreso = print culture.
    * cultura de masas = mass culture.
    * cultura empresarial = business culture.
    * cultura impresa = print culture.
    * cultura institucional = company's culture, organisational culture, institutional culture.
    * cultura juvenil = youth culture.
    * cultura material = material culture.
    * cultura occidental = Western culture.
    * cultura oriental = Eastern culture.
    * cultura popular = popular culture, pop culture, public culture.
    * cultura profesional = professional culture.
    * cultura pública = public culture.
    * cultura social = social culture.
    * cultura tecnológica = technology culture.
    * cultura tradicional = traditional culture.
    * cultura viva = living culture.
    * desde el punto de vista de la cultura = culturally.
    * devorador de cultura = culture vulture.
    * entre culturas = intercultural.
    * extensión de la cultura = cultural outreach.
    * integrado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.
    * preguntas de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    * que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.
    * que forma parte de la cultura = culturally-embedded.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
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    1) ( civilización) culture
    2)
    a) (conocimientos, ilustración)

    cultura general/musical — general/musical knowledge

    b) (en periódico, artes) arts (pl), culture
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    = culture, literacy.

    Ex: For instance, we find that children's literature, alternative culture, radical movements, and ethnic themes don't get adequate treatment.

    Ex: David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.
    * arraigado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.
    * choque de culturas = clash of cultures.
    * concurso de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    * contracultura = counter-culture [counter culture].
    * con una amplia cultura = well-read.
    * con una gran cultura = well-read.
    * cultura académica = academic culture.
    * cultura africana = African culture.
    * cultura científica = scientific culture.
    * cultura consumista = consumerist culture, consumer culture.
    * cultura de consumo = consumer culture.
    * cultura de la clase alta = high culture.
    * cultura de la clase baja = low culture.
    * cultura de la clase media = middlebrow culture.
    * cultura del gamberrismo = yob culture.
    * cultura del mundo impreso = print culture.
    * cultura de masas = mass culture.
    * cultura empresarial = business culture.
    * cultura impresa = print culture.
    * cultura institucional = company's culture, organisational culture, institutional culture.
    * cultura juvenil = youth culture.
    * cultura material = material culture.
    * cultura occidental = Western culture.
    * cultura oriental = Eastern culture.
    * cultura popular = popular culture, pop culture, public culture.
    * cultura profesional = professional culture.
    * cultura pública = public culture.
    * cultura social = social culture.
    * cultura tecnológica = technology culture.
    * cultura tradicional = traditional culture.
    * cultura viva = living culture.
    * desde el punto de vista de la cultura = culturally.
    * devorador de cultura = culture vulture.
    * entre culturas = intercultural.
    * extensión de la cultura = cultural outreach.
    * integrado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.
    * preguntas de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    * que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.
    * que forma parte de la cultura = culturally-embedded.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.

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    A (civilización) culture
    la cultura europea European culture
    cultura del ocio leisure culture
    B
    1
    (conocimientos, ilustración): es una persona de gran cultura she's a highly cultured o very educated person
    preguntas de cultura general general knowledge questions
    cultura musical musical knowledge
    la cultura popular popular culture
    2 (artes) arts (pl), culture
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    cultura sustantivo femenino

    b) (conocimientos, ilustración):

    ◊ una persona de gran cultura a very well-educated o cultured person;

    cultura general/musical general/musical knowledge;
    la cultura popular popular culture
    cultura sustantivo femenino culture
    ' cultura' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    concejalía
    - consejería
    - contaminar
    - costumbre
    - cultivada
    - cultivado
    - empaparse
    - masa
    - ministra
    - ministro
    - núcleo
    - parte
    - primitiva
    - primitivo
    - salvaje
    - tiniebla
    - asimilar
    - barniz
    - difundir
    - difusión
    - diseminarse
    - divulgar
    - dominante
    - enriquecer
    - impulsar
    - inculto
    - occidental
    - popular
    - potenciar
    English:
    Americana
    - breeding
    - culture
    - decay
    - education
    - flowering
    - general knowledge
    - mainstream
    - revival
    - revive
    - source
    - street cred
    - street credibility
    - uncivilized
    - art
    - general
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    1. [de sociedad] culture;
    es especialista en la cultura inca she is a specialist in Inca culture
    cultura empresarial corporate culture;
    cultura de masas mass culture;
    la cultura del ocio leisure culture
    2. [sabiduría]
    tiene mucha cultura she's very educated, she's very cultured;
    tiene mucha cultura teatral she knows a lot about the theatre
    cultura general general knowledge;
    la cultura popular popular culture
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    f culture
    * * *
    : culture
    * * *
    cultura n culture

    Spanish-English dictionary > cultura

  • 4 de poco peso

    (adj.) = pat, feeble
    Ex. When challenged about their crimes, many offenders provide pat justifications.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
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    (adj.) = pat, feeble

    Ex: When challenged about their crimes, many offenders provide pat justifications.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de poco peso

  • 5 dedicación de esfuerzo

    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
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    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dedicación de esfuerzo

  • 6 dedicación de tiempo

    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    * * *

    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dedicación de tiempo

  • 7 derrochador

    adj.
    spendthrift, wasteful, squandering, lavish.
    m.
    spendthrift, big spender, spender, squanderer.
    * * *
    1 wasteful, squandering, spendthrift
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 squanderer, wasteful person, spendthrift
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    derrochador, -a
    ADJ SM / F spendthrift
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino squanderer, spendthrift
    * * *
    = wasteful, profligate, overspender [over-spender], spender, big spender, spendthrift.
    Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of 'tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex. And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.
    Ex. Married couples with children, the nation's biggest spenders, may not be be able to continue spending as much in the future as they have in the past.
    Ex. Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino squanderer, spendthrift
    * * *
    = wasteful, profligate, overspender [over-spender], spender, big spender, spendthrift.

    Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.

    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of 'tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex: And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.
    Ex: Married couples with children, the nation's biggest spenders, may not be be able to continue spending as much in the future as they have in the past.
    Ex: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

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    tiene un marido derrochador her husband is really wasteful with money o is a spendthrift o squanders all their money
    hoy estoy derrochador I'm feeling extravagant today, I feel like splashing out today ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    squanderer, spendthrift
    * * *

    derrochador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo: es muy derrochador he's a real spendthrift

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    squanderer, spendthrift
    derrochador,-ora
    I adjetivo wasteful
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino wasteful person, squanderer, spendthrift

    ' derrochador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derrochadora
    - botarate
    English:
    extravagant
    - spendthrift
    - wasteful
    * * *
    derrochador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    wasteful
    ♦ nm,f
    spendthrift
    * * *
    I adj wasteful
    II m, derrochadora f spendthrift
    * * *
    : extravagant, wasteful
    : spendthrift

    Spanish-English dictionary > derrochador

  • 8 desgastado

    adj.
    1 worn-out, dog-eared, well-worn.
    2 raggedy.
    3 exhausted.
    4 trite.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desgastar.
    * * *
    ADJ [zapato, ropa] worn-out; [tacones] worn down; [moqueta, tejido] worn; [neumático] bald
    * * *
    = worn, timeworn.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.
    * * *
    = worn, timeworn.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

    Ex: In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.

    * * *
    desgastado, -a adj
    worn
    * * *
    adj worn out

    Spanish-English dictionary > desgastado

  • 9 desperdiciador

    adj.
    spendthrift, wasteful.
    m.
    spendthrift, squanderer, lavisher.
    * * *
    desperdiciador, -a
    ADJ SM / F spendthrift
    * * *
    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    * * *

    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.

    * * *
    wasteful
    masculine, feminine
    spendthrift
    * * *
    desperdiciador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    wasteful
    ♦ nm,f
    wastrel, rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > desperdiciador

  • 10 despilfarrador

    adj.
    squanderer, profligate, unthrifty, wasteful.
    m.
    squanderer, waster, wastrel.
    * * *
    1 spendthrift, wasteful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 spendthrift, waster, squanderer
    * * *
    despilfarrador, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=malgastador) [de dinero] extravagant, wasteful; [de recursos, esfuerzos] wasteful
    2.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino spendthrift
    * * *
    = wasteful, profligate, spendthrift.
    Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    Ex. Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino spendthrift
    * * *
    = wasteful, profligate, spendthrift.

    Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.

    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    Ex: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

    * * *
    wasteful, spendthrift ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    spendthrift
    * * *
    despilfarrador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    wasteful, spendthrift
    ♦ nm,f
    spendthrift, squanderer
    * * *
    I adj wasteful
    II m, despilfarradora f spendthrift
    * * *
    : extravagant, wasteful
    : spendthrift, prodigal

    Spanish-English dictionary > despilfarrador

  • 11 dilapador

    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    * * *

    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dilapador

  • 12 débil

    adj.
    1 weak, dim, faint, feeble.
    Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.
    2 atonic.
    * * *
    1 (persona) weak, feeble
    2 (ruido) faint; (luz) dim, feeble
    1 weak person
    1 the weak
    \
    débil mental mentally retarded person, mentally deficient person
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    adj.
    1) weak
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] [gen] weak; [extremadamente] feeble; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frail

    se encuentra un poco débil de salud — his health is rather frail, he is in rather poor health

    2) [carácter] weak; [esfuerzo] feeble, half-hearted
    3) (=poco intenso) [voz, ruido] faint; [luz] dim
    2.
    SMF
    económicamente
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.
    Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex. Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex. The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.
    Ex. Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
    Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex. To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex. As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
    Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    ----
    * alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
    * débil de salud = poor health.
    * débiles, los = little guy, the.
    * en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * eslabón débil = weak link.
    * hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
    * luz débil = glimmer.
    * más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * punto débil = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.

    Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.

    Ex: Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex: The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.
    Ex: Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
    Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex: To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex: As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
    Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    * alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
    * débil de salud = poor health.
    * débiles, los = little guy, the.
    * en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * eslabón débil = weak link.
    * hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
    * luz débil = glimmer.
    * más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * punto débil = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (físicamente) weak; (falto de — firmeza) soft; (— voluntad) weak; ‹economía/ejército/gobierno› weak
    es de complexión débil she has a very weak constitution
    aún está débil he's still weak
    es muy débil de carácter he has a very weak character
    2 ‹sonido/voz› faint; ‹moneda› weak; ‹corriente› weak; ‹argumento› weak; ‹excusa› feeble, lame
    da una luz muy débil it gives out a very dim o feeble o weak light
    3 ( Ling) ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    los débiles the weak
    es un débil mental ( fam); he's soft in the head ( colloq)
    eres un debilucho ( fam); you're a wimp ( colloq)
    los económicamente débiles ( frml); those on low incomes
    * * *

     

    débil adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/economía/gobierno› weak

    b) ‹sonido/voz› faint;

    ‹moneda/argumento› weak;
    ‹ excusa› feeble, lame;
    ‹ luz› dim, faint;
    ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    débil
    I adj (fuerza, salud) weak, feeble: el argumento era muy débil, his reasoning was flawed
    es muy débil de carácter, she is very weak
    es muy débil con sus alumnos, he is lenient with his students o he is over-indulgent with his students
    (intensidad de luz o sonido) faint
    punto débil, weak spot
    II mf
    1 weak person: el fuerte oprime al débil, the powerful opress the weak
    2 (blandengue) wimp: eres una débil, no aguantas nada el calor, don't be such a wimp, it's not even hot
    ' débil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - alicaída
    - alicaído
    - flaca
    - flaco
    - flojear
    - goteo
    - talón
    - tenue
    - blando
    - flojo
    - lánguido
    - pelele
    - sexo
    English:
    A
    - an
    - anaemic
    - and
    - as
    - be
    - chink
    - dim
    - do
    - failing
    - faint
    - feather
    - feeble
    - frail
    - from
    - infirm
    - limp
    - link
    - shaky
    - shall
    - should
    - tenuous
    - than
    - that
    - them
    - thin
    - to
    - weak
    - were
    - what
    - whatever
    - wimp
    - wimpish
    - would
    - you
    - your
    - yourself
    - fragile
    - glimmer
    - hole
    - low
    - muted
    - run
    - spindly
    - spineless
    - weakly
    - weakness
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [sin fuerzas] weak;
    [condescendiente] lax, lenient;
    de constitución débil prone to illness, sickly;
    débil de carácter of weak character
    2. [voz, sonido] faint;
    [luz] dim, faint;
    una débil mejoría a slight improvement;
    una débil brisa movía las cortinas a slight breeze moved the curtains
    3. [país, gobierno, moneda] weak;
    [argumento, teoría] weak, lame
    4. [sílaba] unstressed
    5. [vocal] weak [i, u]
    ♦ nmf
    weak person;
    ser un débil to be weak;
    una enfermedad que ataca a los más débiles a disease which attacks the weakest o most vulnerable
    * * *
    adj weak
    * * *
    débil adj
    : weak, feeble
    ♦ débilmente adv
    * * *
    débil adj
    1. (en general) weak
    2. (ruido) faint
    3. (luz) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > débil

  • 13 encender

    v.
    1 to light (vela, cigarro, chimenea).
    encender una cerilla to light o strike a match
    Ella enciende los troncos She lights the logs.
    2 to switch on (aparato).
    enciende la luz, que no veo switch the light on, I can't see
    3 to arouse (entusiasmo, ira).
    4 to turn on, to put on, to run, to switch on.
    Ella enciende el abanico She turns on the fan.
    5 to kindle, to stir up, to revive, to spark.
    Ella enciende la pasión She kindles the passion.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ENTENDER], like link=entender entender
    1 (hacer arder) to light, set fire to; (cerilla) to strike, light; (vela) to light
    2 (luz, radio, tv) to turn on, switch on, put on; (gas) to turn on, light
    3 figurado (ocasionar) to kindle, provoke, spark off
    4 figurado (excitar) to inflame, stir up
    1 (incendiarse) to catch fire, ignite
    2 (luz) to go on, come on; (llama) to flare up
    3 figurado (excitarse) to flare up
    4 figurado (ruborizarse) to blush, go red
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=prender) [+ fuego, cigarrillo] to light; [+ cerilla] to strike; [+ luz, radio] to turn on, switch on, put on; [+ gas] to light, turn on; (Inform) to toggle on, switch on
    2) (=avivar) [+ pasiones] to inflame; [+ entusiasmo] to arouse; [+ celos, odio] to awake; [+ guerra] to spark off
    3) Caribe (=azotar) to beat; (=castigar) to punish
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cigarrillo/hoguera/vela> to light; < fósforo> to strike, light
    b) <luz/calefacción> to switch on, turn on; < motor> to start
    c) <deseos/pasiones> to awaken, arouse (liter)
    2.
    encender vi fósforo to light; leña to catch light; luz/radio to come on
    3.
    encenderse v pron
    1) aparato/luz to come on; fósforo/piloto to light; leña to catch light

    se encendió la llama de su pasión — (liter) his passions were aroused o (liter) inflamed

    2) persona to blow one's top (colloq), to get mad (colloq); rostro to go red
    * * *
    = switch on, turn on, be fired with, light, spark, inflame, ignite, crank up, fire.
    Ex. Some microfilm readers are less easy to manage (for example, to switch on, locate the appropriate frame) than others.
    Ex. To use DOBIS/LIBIS, turn the terminal on and wait for it to warm up.
    Ex. Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.
    Ex. She sat back in her chair, crossed her legs, lighted a cigarette, and smoked herself into a cloud.
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. His works are among the few films that can inflame the emotions as easily today as they could when they were originally made.
    Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.
    Ex. As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.
    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    ----
    * encender la chispa = kindle + spark.
    * encender la luz = turn + the light on.
    * encenderse = light up.
    * encender un cigarrillo = light up.
    * hacer que se encienda una luz = activate + light.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cigarrillo/hoguera/vela> to light; < fósforo> to strike, light
    b) <luz/calefacción> to switch on, turn on; < motor> to start
    c) <deseos/pasiones> to awaken, arouse (liter)
    2.
    encender vi fósforo to light; leña to catch light; luz/radio to come on
    3.
    encenderse v pron
    1) aparato/luz to come on; fósforo/piloto to light; leña to catch light

    se encendió la llama de su pasión — (liter) his passions were aroused o (liter) inflamed

    2) persona to blow one's top (colloq), to get mad (colloq); rostro to go red
    * * *
    = switch on, turn on, be fired with, light, spark, inflame, ignite, crank up, fire.

    Ex: Some microfilm readers are less easy to manage (for example, to switch on, locate the appropriate frame) than others.

    Ex: To use DOBIS/LIBIS, turn the terminal on and wait for it to warm up.
    Ex: Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.
    Ex: She sat back in her chair, crossed her legs, lighted a cigarette, and smoked herself into a cloud.
    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex: His works are among the few films that can inflame the emotions as easily today as they could when they were originally made.
    Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.
    Ex: As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.
    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    * encender la chispa = kindle + spark.
    * encender la luz = turn + the light on.
    * encenderse = light up.
    * encender un cigarrillo = light up.
    * hacer que se encienda una luz = activate + light.

    * * *
    encender [E8 ]
    vt
    1 ‹cigarrillo/hoguera/vela› to light; ‹cerilla› to strike, light
    nos esperaba con la chimenea encendida she had the fire lit when we arrived
    2 ‹luz/radio/calefacción› to switch on, turn on, put on; ‹motor› to start
    no dejes el televisor encendido don't leave the television on
    3 ‹deseos/pasiones› to awaken, arouse, inflame ( liter)
    el dictador había encendido el fanatismo the dictator had stirred up fanaticism
    ■ encender
    vi
    1 «cerilla» to light; «leña» to catch light, kindle
    2 «bombilla/tubo fluorescente» to come on, light up, light; «radio» to come on
    A «aparato» to come on; «llama/piloto» to light
    esperar a que se encienda la luz roja wait until the red light comes on
    se encendió la llama de su pasión ( liter); his passions were aroused o ( liter) inflamed
    B
    1 «persona» to blow one's top ( colloq), to get mad ( colloq)
    2 «rostro» to go red
    al verlo se le encendió el rostro she went red in the face o she blushed when she saw him
    * * *

     

    encender ( conjugate encender) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹cigarrillo/hoguera/vela› to light;

    ‹ fósforo› to strike, light
    b) ‹luz/calefacción› to switch on, turn on;

    ‹ motor› to start;

    verbo intransitivo [ fósforo] to light;
    [ leña] to catch light;
    [luz/radio] to come on
    encenderse verbo pronominal [aparato/luz] to come on;
    [fósforo/piloto] to light;
    [ leña] to catch light
    encender verbo transitivo
    1 (con interruptor) to switch on
    (con fuego) to light: enciende una cerilla, strike a match
    2 (avivar) to stir up
    ' encender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lumbre
    - encienda
    - luz
    - poner
    English:
    barbecue
    - blow
    - ignite
    - inflame
    - light
    - light up
    - power up
    - put on
    - rekindle
    - set off
    - strike
    - switch on
    - turn on
    - kindle
    - put
    - start
    - switch
    - turn
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [vela, cigarro, chimenea, mecha] to light;
    encender una cerilla to light o strike a match;
    encender una hoguera to light a bonfire
    2. [aparato] to switch on;
    [motor] to start up;
    enciende la luz, que no veo switch the light on, I can't see
    3. [entusiasmo, ira] to arouse;
    [pasión] to arouse, to inflame;
    sus acusaciones encendieron los ánimos his accusations aroused people's anger;
    me enciende con esas cosas que dice he makes me mad with those things he says
    4. [guerra, contienda] to spark off
    * * *
    v/t
    1 fuego light; luz, televisión switch on, turn on
    2 fig
    inflame, arouse, stir up
    * * *
    encender {56} vi
    : to light
    1) : to light, to set fire to
    2) prender: to switch on
    3) : to start (a motor)
    4) : to arouse, to kindle
    * * *
    1. (conectar) to switch on / to turn on
    2. (hacer que arda) to light [pt. & pp. lit]

    Spanish-English dictionary > encender

  • 14 flojo

    adj.
    1 loose, non tight, not tight, slack.
    2 lax, relaxed.
    3 loose, droopy, flabby, limp.
    4 loose, not firm, waggly.
    5 lazy, slothful.
    6 unconvincing.
    m.
    1 lazy person, deadbeat.
    2 characterless person, sop, namby-pamby.
    * * *
    1 (suelto) loose; (no tensado) slack
    2 (débil) weak
    3 (perezoso) lazy, idle
    4 (mediocre) poor
    5 (poco activo) slack, slow
    ■ por la mañana trabajamos pero la tarde fue muy floja we worked hard in the morning, but the afternoon was very slack
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lazybones, idler
    \
    estar flojo,-a en algo to be weak at something
    me la trae floja argot I couldn't give a toss
    * * *
    (f. - floja)
    adj.
    2) weak
    3) limp
    4) lazy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [nudo, tuerca] loose; [cable, cuerda] slack
    2) (=débil) [persona] weak; [viento] light
    3) (=mediocre) [trabajo, actuación] poor, feeble; [estudiante, equipo] weak, poor
    4) [té, vino] weak
    5) [demanda, mercado] slack
    6) (=holgazán) lazy, idle
    7) LAm (=cobarde) cowardly
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1)
    a) <nudo/tornillo/vendaje> loose; < cuerda> slack

    me la trae floja — (Esp vulg) I don't give a shit (vulg)

    b) ( débil) weak
    c) < vientos> light
    d) <café/té> weak
    2) ( mediocre) <trabajo/examen> poor; <película/vino> second-rate; < estudiante> poor

    está flojo en física — he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics

    3) (Com, Econ) slack
    4) < persona> (fam) ( perezoso) lazy
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    a) (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)
    b) (Col fam) ( cobarde) coward
    * * *
    = slacker, feeble, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.], lazybones, layabout, lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.].
    Ex. The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.
    Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex. It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.
    ----
    * andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope.
    * caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.
    * cuerda floja = tightrope [tight-rope].
    * traérsela floja a Alguien = not give a shit.
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1)
    a) <nudo/tornillo/vendaje> loose; < cuerda> slack

    me la trae floja — (Esp vulg) I don't give a shit (vulg)

    b) ( débil) weak
    c) < vientos> light
    d) <café/té> weak
    2) ( mediocre) <trabajo/examen> poor; <película/vino> second-rate; < estudiante> poor

    está flojo en física — he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics

    3) (Com, Econ) slack
    4) < persona> (fam) ( perezoso) lazy
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    a) (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)
    b) (Col fam) ( cobarde) coward
    * * *
    = slacker, feeble, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.], lazybones, layabout, lazy [lazier -comp., laziest -sup.].

    Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.

    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.
    Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex: It is most likely to occur when a supervisor is careless or lazy about the rating or does not know the worker well.
    * andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope.
    * caminar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tightrope, walk + the tight wire.
    * cuerda floja = tightrope [tight-rope].
    * traérsela floja a Alguien = not give a shit.

    * * *
    flojo1 -ja
    A
    1 ‹nudo/tornillo/vendaje› loose
    la cuerda está floja the rope is slack
    haces el punto muy flojo you knit very loosely
    me la trae floja ( vulg); I couldn't give a damn (sl), I couldn't give a shit o ( BrE) a toss ( vulg)
    2 (débil) weak
    3 ‹vientos› light
    soplarán vientos flojos del sur there will be light, southerly winds
    4 ‹café/té› weak
    B (mediocre) ‹trabajo/examen› poor; ‹película› second-rate; ‹estudiante› poor
    está flojo en física he's weak at physics
    hizo un examen muy flojo he did a very poor exam
    su expediente académico es flojo his academic record is poor
    este vino es muy flojo this wine is very poor quality o is second-rate
    C ( Com, Econ) slack
    el mercado estuvo flojo the market was slack
    D ‹persona›
    1 ( fam) (perezoso) lazy
    no terminó la carrera por flojo he didn't finish his degree because he was so lazy
    2 ( Col fam) (cobarde) cowardly
    flojo2 -ja
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( fam) (perezoso) lazybones ( colloq), lazy toad ( colloq hum)
    2 ( Col fam) (cobarde) coward
    * * *

     

    flojo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹nudo/tornillo/vendaje› loose;

    ‹cuerda/goma› slack
    b) ( débil) weak

    c) ‹ vientos› light

    d) ‹café/té› weak

    2 ( mediocre) ‹trabajo/examen› poor;
    ‹película/vino› second-rate;
    ‹ estudiante› poor;
    ◊ está flojo en física he's weak in (AmE) o (BrE) at physics

    3 ‹ persona› (fam) ( perezoso) lazy
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( perezoso) lazybones (colloq)
    flojo,-a adjetivo
    1 (tornillo, cuerda, etc) loose, slack
    2 (examen, trabajo) poor
    3 (vago, perezoso) lazy, idle
    ' flojo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    floja
    English:
    limp
    - loose
    - slack
    - sluggish
    - weak
    - depth
    - feeble
    - flabby
    - shaky
    - wobbly
    * * *
    flojo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [suelto] loose;
    esta falda me queda floja this skirt is too loose for me
    2. [débil] [persona] weak;
    [sonido] faint; [salud] poor; [viento] light; [bebida] weak
    3. [sin calidad, aptitudes] poor;
    una obra muy floja a very poorly written play;
    estar flojo en algo to be poor o weak at sth;
    el pianista ha estado un poco flojo hoy the pianist has been a bit off form today;
    tuvo una floja actuación he gave a poor performance;
    tus notas son muy flojas your Br marks o US grades are very poor
    4. [mercado, negocio] slack;
    las ventas están muy flojas sales are very slack
    5. Comp
    muy Fam
    me la trae floja Br I couldn't give a toss, US I couldn't give a rat's ass
    ♦ nm,f
    Andes Fam [holgazán] layabout, lazybones
    * * *
    adj
    1 lazada loose;
    me la trae floja pop I couldn’t give a damn fam
    2 café, argumento weak; vino without any body
    3 COM actividad slack
    4 novela etc weak, poor; redacción, montaje slack, sloppy
    5 L.Am. ( perezoso) lazy
    * * *
    flojo, -ja adj
    1) suelto: loose, slack
    2) : weak, poor
    está flojo en las ciencias: he's weak in science
    3) perezoso: lazy
    * * *
    flojo adj
    1. (poco fuerte, débil) weak
    2. (malo) poor / bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]
    3. (viento) light
    4. (tornillo, nudo) loose
    5. (goma, cuerda) slack

    Spanish-English dictionary > flojo

  • 15 hasta tal punto que

    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    * * *

    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hasta tal punto que

  • 16 manido

    adj.
    1 trite, hackneyed, cliché.
    2 shop-worn, worn.
    3 gamey, gamy.
    4 full, swarming.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: manir.
    * * *
    1 (frase) hackneyed; (tema) stale
    2 (objeto) well-worn
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=trillado) [tema] trite, stale; [frase] hackneyed
    2) (=pasado) [carne] high, gamy; [frutos secos] stale
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < frase> hackneyed; < tema> stale
    * * *
    = rank, hackneyed, worn, well-worn, jaded, overused [over-used], overworked, stale, timeworn.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.
    Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.
    Ex. Sustainable agriculture has become a very over-used concept.
    Ex. User-friendliness is a much overworked phrase which has been interpreted in different ways by software houses.
    Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex. This is in stark contrast to the warped logic and timeworn language to which Lebanon's rulers resorted in the wake of the tragedy.
    ----
    * composición musical manida = war horse.
    * manido, lo = worn, the.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < frase> hackneyed; < tema> stale
    * * *
    = rank, hackneyed, worn, well-worn, jaded, overused [over-used], overworked, stale, timeworn.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.
    Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.
    Ex: Sustainable agriculture has become a very over-used concept.
    Ex: User-friendliness is a much overworked phrase which has been interpreted in different ways by software houses.
    Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex: This is in stark contrast to the warped logic and timeworn language to which Lebanon's rulers resorted in the wake of the tragedy.
    * composición musical manida = war horse.
    * manido, lo = worn, the.

    * * *
    manido -da
    ‹frase› hackneyed; ‹tema› stale
    * * *

    manido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ frase› hackneyed;


    ‹ tema› stale
    manido,-a adjetivo well-worn
    ' manido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gastada
    - gastado
    - manida
    English:
    derivative
    - hackneyed
    * * *
    manido, -a adj
    un tema muy manido a well-worn o much-discussed topic
    * * *
    adj fig
    clichéd, done to death fam
    * * *
    manido, -da adj
    : hackneyed, stale, trite

    Spanish-English dictionary > manido

  • 17 nivel cultural

    (n.) = literacy
    Ex. David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.
    * * *
    (n.) = literacy

    Ex: David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > nivel cultural

  • 18 nivel de alfabetización

    (n.) = literacy, literacy rate
    Ex. David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.
    Ex. In Japan, where literacy rates are high, the importance of illiteracy as a problem is not well recognised and 'illiterate' is equated with 'uncultured'.
    * * *
    (n.) = literacy, literacy rate

    Ex: David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.

    Ex: In Japan, where literacy rates are high, the importance of illiteracy as a problem is not well recognised and 'illiterate' is equated with 'uncultured'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > nivel de alfabetización

  • 19 nivel del alfabetización

    (n.) = literacy
    Ex. David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.
    * * *
    (n.) = literacy

    Ex: David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > nivel del alfabetización

  • 20 peligroso

    adj.
    1 dangerous, adventurous, unsafe, risky.
    2 unsafe, perilous, dangerous, fraught with danger.
    3 dangerous, violent, likely to do harm.
    4 feral.
    * * *
    1 dangerous
    * * *
    (f. - peligrosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [gen] dangerous; (=arriesgado) risky; [herida] ugly, nasty
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo dangerous
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, treacherous, perilous, unsafe.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. The financial situation of cultural institutions is becoming increasingly perilous = La situación económica de las instituciones culturales se hace cada vez más peligrosa.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    ----
    * andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * atracción peligrosa = siren song.
    * en situaciones peligrosas = in harm's way.
    * en terreno peligroso = on shaky grounds.
    * perro peligroso = vicious dog.
    * resultar peligroso = pose + danger.
    * situación peligrosa = dangerous situation.
    * terreno peligroso = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground.
    * zona peligrosa = no-go area.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo dangerous
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, treacherous, perilous, unsafe.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: The financial situation of cultural institutions is becoming increasingly perilous = La situación económica de las instituciones culturales se hace cada vez más peligrosa.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    * andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * atracción peligrosa = siren song.
    * en situaciones peligrosas = in harm's way.
    * en terreno peligroso = on shaky grounds.
    * perro peligroso = vicious dog.
    * resultar peligroso = pose + danger.
    * situación peligrosa = dangerous situation.
    * terreno peligroso = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground.
    * zona peligrosa = no-go area.

    * * *
    ‹carretera/trabajo/empresa› dangerous, hazardous; ‹deporte› dangerous; ‹delincuente› dangerous
    no te fíes de él, es una persona peligrosa don't trust him, he's dangerous
    * * *

     

    peligroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    dangerous
    peligroso,-a adjetivo dangerous, risky

    ' peligroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apurada
    - apurado
    - comecocos
    - grave
    - insegura
    - inseguro
    - peligrosa
    - cruce
    - endiablado
    - polvorín
    English:
    also
    - carry off
    - dangerous
    - death trap
    - hazardous
    - hitch-hike
    - hot
    - lean out
    - mention
    - perilous
    - rough
    - safe
    - shipping
    - treacherous
    - unsafe
    - warn
    * * *
    peligroso, -a adj
    dangerous
    * * *
    adj dangerous
    * * *
    peligroso, -sa adj
    : dangerous, hazardous
    * * *
    peligroso adj dangerous

    Spanish-English dictionary > peligroso

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