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1 aterrorizado
adj.terrorized, frightened to death, horror-struck, horror-stricken.past part.past participle of spanish verb: aterrorizar.* * *(f. - aterrorizada)adj.* * *ADJ terrified* * *- da adjetivo terrified* * *= terrorised [terrorized, -USA], horror-struck, horror-stricken, panic-stricken.Ex. Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.Ex. They looked at each other again, still horror-struck.Ex. The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.Ex. Amid all the gloom and doom in panic-stricken nation-state capitals, nowadays, something completely different may be exactly what we all need.----* estar aterrorizado = be frightened to death, be scared stiff, be terrified.* * *- da adjetivo terrified* * *= terrorised [terrorized, -USA], horror-struck, horror-stricken, panic-stricken.Ex: Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.
Ex: They looked at each other again, still horror-struck.Ex: The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.Ex: Amid all the gloom and doom in panic-stricken nation-state capitals, nowadays, something completely different may be exactly what we all need.* estar aterrorizado = be frightened to death, be scared stiff, be terrified.* * *aterrorizado -daterrified* * *
Del verbo aterrorizar: ( conjugate aterrorizar)
aterrorizado es:
el participio
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aterrorizado
aterrorizar
aterrorizado◊ -da adjetivo
terrified
aterrorizar ( conjugate aterrorizar) verbo transitivo
to terrorize
aterrorizar verbo transitivo to terrify
Mil Pol to terrorize
' aterrorizado' also found in these entries:
English:
panic
- terrified
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2 pánico
m.panic, fear, terror, great fear.* * *1 panic■ ¡que no cunda el pánico! don't panic!■ nada más aparecer el tiburón, cundió el pánico entre los bañistas the bathers were thrown into a panic the moment the shark appeared\ser presa del pánico to be panic-stricken* * *noun m.panic, scare* * *1.ADJ panic antes de s2. SM1) (=miedo) panic2)* * *masculino panic* * *= panic, scare.Ex. Undue haste and panic can be minimized by calm, purposeful behavior that is reassuring to the public.Ex. These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.----* ataque de pánico = panic attack.* dar pánico = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, dread, scare + the hell out of.* dejarse llevar por el pánico = panic.* hacerse presa del pánico = panic.* incitación al pánico colectivo = scaremongering.* pánico + cundir = panic + sweep (through/over), panic + spread.* presa del pánico = panic-stricken.* sembrar el pánico = spread + panic, sow + panic.* trastorno de pánico = panic disorder.* * *masculino panic* * *= panic, scare.Ex: Undue haste and panic can be minimized by calm, purposeful behavior that is reassuring to the public.
Ex: These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.* ataque de pánico = panic attack.* dar pánico = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, dread, scare + the hell out of.* dejarse llevar por el pánico = panic.* hacerse presa del pánico = panic.* incitación al pánico colectivo = scaremongering.* pánico + cundir = panic + sweep (through/over), panic + spread.* presa del pánico = panic-stricken.* sembrar el pánico = spread + panic, sow + panic.* trastorno de pánico = panic disorder.* * *A (pavoroso) panic ( before n)sólo de pensarlo me da terror pánico I get panic-stricken o ( colloq) panicky just thinking about itB ( Mit) Paniclas fiestas pánicas the festival of Panpanical verlo fueron presas del pánico when they saw him they were panic-stricken¡que no cunda el pánico! don't panic!tiene pánico a los aviones he has a horror o he's terrified of flyingle da pánico conducir she's terrified of drivingsembrar el pánico to spread panic* * *
pánico sustantivo masculino
panic;
sembrar el pánico to spread panic
pánico sustantivo masculino panic: cundió el pánico entre los habitantes, panic spread among the inhabitants
me da pánico dejarla sola, I dread to leave her alone
' pánico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apoderarse
- presa
- cundir
English:
damp
- deep-rooted
- frenzy
- panic
- scare
- seize
- set in
- spread
- near
- terrified
* * *pánico nmpanic;el pánico se apoderó de la sala tras la explosión panic gripped o seized the hall after the explosion;¡que no cunda el pánico! don't panic!;ser presa del pánico to be panic-stricken;tener pánico a to be terrified of;me dan pánico los barcos I'm terrified of sailing* * *m panic;sembrar el pánico spread panic;me entró pánico I panicked;tener pánico a alguien be scared stiff of s.o.* * *pánico nm: panic* * *pánico n panic -
3 afligido
adj.1 grieving, sorrowing, heartbroken.2 distressed, sad, afflicted, bereaved.past part.past participle of spanish verb: afligir.* * *1→ link=afligir afligir► adjetivo1 afflicted, grieved, troubled* * *(f. - afligida)adj.grief-stricken, sorrowful* * *1. ADJ1) (=apenado) grieving, heartbroken2) (Med)2.SMlos afligidos — [que padecen] the afflicted; [por deceso] the bereaved
* * *- da adjetivo [estar] upset* * *= distressed, ailing, contrite, bereft, desolate, disconsolate.Ex. When at one stage of his journey Christian lost his roll, he was very distressed until he found it again.Ex. John W. Gardner, when he was president of the Carnegie Corporation, said 'Most ailing organizations have developed a functional blindness to their own defects'.Ex. The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.Ex. I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.Ex. The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.Ex. The window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.----* afligido por la muerte de un familiar cercano = bereaved.* * *- da adjetivo [estar] upset* * *= distressed, ailing, contrite, bereft, desolate, disconsolate.Ex: When at one stage of his journey Christian lost his roll, he was very distressed until he found it again.
Ex: John W. Gardner, when he was president of the Carnegie Corporation, said 'Most ailing organizations have developed a functional blindness to their own defects'.Ex: The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.Ex: I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.Ex: The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.Ex: The window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.* afligido por la muerte de un familiar cercano = bereaved.* * *afligido -da[ ESTAR] upsetquedó muy afligido por lo que le dijiste he was very upset by what you saidsu afligida viuda his grief-stricken widow* * *
Del verbo afligir: ( conjugate afligir)
afligido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
afligido
afligir
afligido◊ -da adjetivo
distressed
afligir ( conjugate afligir) verbo transitivo
afligirse verbo pronominal
to get upset
afligir verbo transitivo to afflict
' afligido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dolorida
- dolorido
- desolado
English:
aching
- bereaved
- distraught
- miserable
- mournful
- sorrowful
- stricken
- woeful
- distressed
* * *afligido, -a adj[triste] afflicted, distressed; [rostro, voz] mournful;está muy afligido por la tragedia he's very upset by the tragedy* * *adj upset* * *afligido, -da adj: grief-stricken, sorrowful -
4 paupérrimo
adj.utterly poor, poor, penniless, poverty-stricken.* * *► adjetivo1 extremely poor, impoverished* * *ADJ very poor, poverty-stricken* * ** * ** * *paupérrimo -ma‹país› poverty-stricken, very poor; ‹persona› very poor, destitute* * *paupérrimo, -a adjvery poor, impoverished* * *adj poverty-stricken, impoverished* * *paupérrimo, -ma adj: destitute, poverty-stricken -
5 indigente
adj.1 destitute, poor.2 indigent, disadvantaged, poor, destitute.f. & m.1 poor person.2 pauper, poor person, indigent, tramp.3 bag lady.* * *► adjetivo1 indigent, poverty-stricken1 poor person* * *1.ADJ destitute2.SMF destitute person* * *Iadjetivo (frml) destitute, indigent (frml)IImasculino y femenino (frml) indigent (frml)* * *= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, impecunious, indigent, destitute, vagrant, bag lady, pauper, shopping-bag lady, bagwoman, bagman.Ex. By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.Ex. Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.Ex. These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.Ex. The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.Ex. This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.Ex. A sample of New York City's vagrant females were interviewed in the main bag lady territory in Manhattan.Ex. Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.Ex. Shopping-bag ladies do not overtly beg, but they do not refuse what is offered.Ex. I've always been afraid of somehow winding up as a bagwoman in the streets.Ex. His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.----* albergue para indigentes = poorhouse.* indigentes, los = destitute, the.* * *Iadjetivo (frml) destitute, indigent (frml)IImasculino y femenino (frml) indigent (frml)* * *= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, impecunious, indigent, destitute, vagrant, bag lady, pauper, shopping-bag lady, bagwoman, bagman.Ex: By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.
Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.Ex: Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.Ex: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.Ex: The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.Ex: This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.Ex: A sample of New York City's vagrant females were interviewed in the main bag lady territory in Manhattan.Ex: Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.Ex: Shopping-bag ladies do not overtly beg, but they do not refuse what is offered.Ex: I've always been afraid of somehow winding up as a bagwoman in the streets.Ex: His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.* albergue para indigentes = poorhouse.* indigentes, los = destitute, the.* * *( frml)indigent ( frml)los indigentes the destitute* * *
indigente adj frml poverty-stricken
' indigente' also found in these entries:
English:
destitute
* * *♦ adjpoor, destitute♦ nmfpoor person;los indigentes the poor, the destitute* * *I adj destituteII m/f poor person;los indigentes the poor pl* * *indigente adj & nmf: indigent -
6 contrito
adj.contrite, conscience-stricken, repentant, sorry.* * *► adjetivo1 contrite, repentant* * *ADJ frm contrite* * *- ta adjetivo contrite* * *= apologetic, contrite, repentant, conscience-stricken, conscience-smitten.Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.Ex. The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.Ex. Whatever their beliefs, artists who depicted the return of the prodigal son presented the message that God is merciful and willing to forgive repentant sinners.Ex. Preventive medicine in the community, for example, is obviously vital, but this is no reason for hospital doctors and nurses to feel conscience-stricken because they wait for patients to come to them.Ex. The grave digger became so conscience-smitten for not filling his agreement that he buried the money he had received for the work.* * *- ta adjetivo contrite* * *= apologetic, contrite, repentant, conscience-stricken, conscience-smitten.Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
Ex: The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.Ex: Whatever their beliefs, artists who depicted the return of the prodigal son presented the message that God is merciful and willing to forgive repentant sinners.Ex: Preventive medicine in the community, for example, is obviously vital, but this is no reason for hospital doctors and nurses to feel conscience-stricken because they wait for patients to come to them.Ex: The grave digger became so conscience-smitten for not filling his agreement that he buried the money he had received for the work.* * *contrito -tacontrite* * *
contrito,-a adjetivo contrite
' contrito' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contrita
English:
contrite
* * *contrito, -a adj1. [arrepentido] contrite2. [triste, compungido] downcast* * *adj contrite* * *contrito, -ta adj: contrite, repentant -
7 horrorizado
adj.horrified, horror-struck, alarmed, horror-stricken.past part.past participle of spanish verb: horrorizar.* * *ADJ horrified, appalled* * *= shocked, aghast, horror-struck, horror-stricken.Ex. Melanie Stanton looked both shocked and alarmed.Ex. We sometimes get a record on the screen and look aghast at it, and say, 'Has somebody really cataloged this?'.Ex. They looked at each other again, still horror-struck.Ex. The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.* * *= shocked, aghast, horror-struck, horror-stricken.Ex: Melanie Stanton looked both shocked and alarmed.
Ex: We sometimes get a record on the screen and look aghast at it, and say, 'Has somebody really cataloged this?'.Ex: They looked at each other again, still horror-struck.Ex: The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.* * *horrorizado, -a adjterrified, horrified* * *horrorizado, -da adj: terrified -
8 necesitado
adj.needy, in need, necessitous.past part.past participle of spanish verb: necesitar.* * *► adjetivo1 needy, poor* * *1. ADJ1) (=falto)andar o estar o verse necesitado de algo — to need sth
estamos necesitados de mano de obra — we need workers, we are in need of labour
anda necesitado de afecto — he's in need of affection, he needs affection
2) (=pobre) in needayuda a familias necesitadas — help for needy families, help for families in need
2.SMPL* * *I- da adjetivoa) ( falto)necesitado de algo: anda necesitado de dinero he's short of money; está muy necesitado de cariño — he is in great need of affection
b) ( pobre) in need, needyII- da masculino, femenino needy person* * *= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, in need, person in need, destitute.Ex. By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.Ex. Libraries should be the first point of contact for people in need and should be capable, like the General Practitioner in medicine, of dealing with 75% of cases on the spot.Ex. For example, in Q Social welfare we have QG Persons in need, QN Deviants, QO Criminals, QR Offenders, as successive steps of division.Ex. The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.----* los más necesitados = those most in need.* más necesitado = most in need.* necesitado de = in need of.* necesitado encarecidamente = urgently needed.* * *I- da adjetivoa) ( falto)necesitado de algo: anda necesitado de dinero he's short of money; está muy necesitado de cariño — he is in great need of affection
b) ( pobre) in need, needyII- da masculino, femenino needy person* * *= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, in need, person in need, destitute.Ex: By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.
Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.Ex: Libraries should be the first point of contact for people in need and should be capable, like the General Practitioner in medicine, of dealing with 75% of cases on the spot.Ex: For example, in Q Social welfare we have QG Persons in need, QN Deviants, QO Criminals, QR Offenders, as successive steps of division.Ex: The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.* los más necesitados = those most in need.* más necesitado = most in need.* necesitado de = in need of.* necesitado encarecidamente = urgently needed.* * *1 (falto) necesitado DE algo:anda necesitado de dinero he's short of moneyestá muy necesitado de cariño he is in great need of affection2 (pobre) needyayudan a la gente necesitada they help needy people o people in need o the needymasculine, feminineneedy personlos necesitados the needy, people in need, needy people* * *
Del verbo necesitar: ( conjugate necesitar)
necesitado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
necesitado
necesitar
necesitado◊ -da adjetivo
‹ de afecto› in need of sth
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
needy person;
necesitar ( conjugate necesitar) verbo transitivo
to need;
( on signs) se necesita vendedora saleswoman required;
verbo intransitivo (frml) necesitado de algo to need sth
necesitado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (pobre) needy, poor
2 (carente) está necesitado de atenciones, he needs care
II mpl los (más) necesitados, the needy
necesitar verbo transitivo to need
(en anuncio) se necesita secretaria bilingüe, bilingual secretary required ➣ Ver nota en need
' necesitado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
necesitada
- pobre
English:
deprived
- need
- needy
- poverty-stricken
* * *necesitado, -a♦ adjneedy;están muy necesitados de ayuda humanitaria they are urgently in need of humanitarian aid;este cuarto está necesitado de una capa de pintura this room needs a coat of paint, this room could do with a coat of paint♦ nm,fneedy o poor person;los necesitados the poor* * *adj needy;estar necesitado de algo be in need of sth* * *necesitado, -da adj: needy* * *necesitado adj poor -
9 transido
adj.overcome, pierced, racked.past part.past participle of spanish verb: transir.* * *► adjetivo1 figurado (angustiado) distressed\transido,-a de dolor racked with paintransido,-a de frío chilled to the bonetransido,-a de miedo panic-stricken* * *ADJ* * *- da adjetivo (liter) rackedtransido de dolor/de pena — racked with pain/grief
* * *- da adjetivo (liter) rackedtransido de dolor/de pena — racked with pain/grief
* * *transido -da( liter); rackedtransido de dolor racked with paintransido de pena grief-stricken, racked with grief* * *
transido,-a adjetivo overwhelmed, stricken [de, with]
transido de dolor, racked with pain
' transido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
transida
* * *transido, -a adjtransido de pena grief-stricken* * *adj:transido de racked with;transido de frío chilled to the bone* * *transido, -da adj: overcome, besettransido de dolor: racked with pain -
10 punto
'puntom1) ( lugar) Punkt m2) ( tejido) Masche f3) ( dibujo) Tupfen m4) (fig) Punkt mpunto de vista — Standpunkt m, Einstellung f
punto culminante — Höhepunkt m, Scheitelpunkt m
5) TECH Punkt m, Stelle f6) MIL Punkt m7)punto central — PHYS Mittelpunkt m, Kern m
punto cero — Nullpunkt m
8)punto cardinal — ASTR Himmelsrichtung f
9) GRAMM Punkt mpunto y coma — Strichpunkt m, Semikolon n
10)sustantivo masculino2. [signo ortográfico]punto y aparte Punkt, Absatzpunto y seguido Punkt, ohne Absatz weiter3. [lugar]4. [momento]a punto [a tiempo] genau zur richtigen Zeit[preparado] fertigestar a punto de hacer algo im Begriff sein, etw zu tunpunto de cruz [estilo de coser] Kreuzstich7. (locución)————————en punto locución adverbial————————hasta cierto punto locución adverbial————————punto de partida sustantivo masculino————————punto de referencia sustantivo masculino————————punto de vista sustantivo masculino————————punto muerto sustantivo masculino2. [en proceso] toter Punktpuntopunto ['puDC489F9Dn̩DC489F9Dto]num1num (general) Punkt masculino; punto álgido Höhepunkt masculino; punto y aparte lingüística, gramática neuer Absatz; punto de arranque Ausgangspunkt masculino; ¡punto en boca! Mund zu!; punto cardinal Himmelsrichtung femenino; punto cero Nullpunkt masculino; punto clave Angelpunkt masculino; punto y coma lingüística, gramática Semikolon neutro; sin punto de comparación ohne möglichen Vergleich; punto de destino Bestimmungsort masculino; punto de ebullición Siedepunkt masculino; punto de encuentro Treffpunkt masculino; punto de enlace a la red informática Einwahlknoten masculino; punto esencial Schwerpunkt masculino; punto final ( también figurativo) Schlusspunkt masculino; punto fuerte Stärke femenino; punto de intersección Schnittpunkt masculino; punto máximo Höhepunkt masculino; punto muerto automóvil y tráfico Leerlauf masculino; punto de referencia Anhaltspunkt masculino; punto y seguido lingüística, gramática Punkt masculino (ohne neuen Absatz); puntos suspensivos Auslassungspunkte masculino plural; punto a tratar Tagesordnungspunkt masculino; punto de venta Verkaufsstelle femenino; punto de vista Standpunkt masculino; dos puntos lingüística, gramática Doppelpunkt masculino; dar el punto den letzten Schliff geben +dativo; derrotar/ganar por puntos nach Punkten schlagen/gewinnen; poner punto final a algo den Schlussstrich unter etwas ziehen; poner a punto técnica checken; (ajustar) justieren; poner los puntos sobre las íes (figurativo) Klartext sprechen; tener a punto bereithalten; al punto (en seguida) sofort; hasta tal punto que... dermaßen, dass...; con puntos y comas haarklein; de todo punto durchaus; la una en punto Punkt ein Uhr; en punto a bezüglich +genitivo; hasta cierto punto gewissermaßen; ¿hasta qué punto? inwiefern?; ¡y punto! und damit basta!; ¡vamos por puntos! jetzt aber langsam!num2num (calceta) Stricken neutro; (labor) Strickarbeit femenino; punto de media Stricken neutro; de punto gestrickt; chaqueta de punto Strickjacke femenino; hacer punto strickennum3num (puntada) Stich masculino; punto de sutura Stich masculino; la herida necesitó diez puntos die Wunde wurde mit zehn Stichen genähtnum5num (loc): a punto (preparado) bereit; gastronomía gar; a punto de kurz davor zu; a punto fijo bestimmt; a punto de nieve gastronomía steif geschlagen; en su punto gastronomía gar; (figurativo) genau richtig -
11 atormentado
adj.tormented, troubled, grieved, under the harrow.past part.past participle of spanish verb: atormentar.* * *ADJ (=afligido) tormented* * *= conscience-stricken, tortured, at bay, conscience-smitten.Ex. Preventive medicine in the community, for example, is obviously vital, but this is no reason for hospital doctors and nurses to feel conscience-stricken because they wait for patients to come to them.Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.Ex. In this new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.Ex. The grave digger became so conscience-smitten for not filling his agreement that he buried the money he had received for the work.* * *= conscience-stricken, tortured, at bay, conscience-smitten.Ex: Preventive medicine in the community, for example, is obviously vital, but this is no reason for hospital doctors and nurses to feel conscience-stricken because they wait for patients to come to them.
Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.Ex: In this new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.Ex: The grave digger became so conscience-smitten for not filling his agreement that he buried the money he had received for the work.* * *atormentado, -a adjtormented -
12 empobrecido
adj.impoverished, hardscrabble, in reduced circumstances.past part.past participle of spanish verb: empobrecer.* * *ADJ impoverished* * *= poverty-stricken, impoverished, beggared, depauperate.Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.Ex. Many books contain inaccuracies and generalisations about Africa, perpetuating stereotypes e.g. that of the malnourished, impoverished African.Ex. Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.Ex. In marked contrast the tiny pockets of heathland in Europe are extremely depauperate with a flora comprised primarily of heather.----* uranio empobrecido = depleted uranium.* * *= poverty-stricken, impoverished, beggared, depauperate.Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
Ex: Many books contain inaccuracies and generalisations about Africa, perpetuating stereotypes e.g. that of the malnourished, impoverished African.Ex: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.Ex: In marked contrast the tiny pockets of heathland in Europe are extremely depauperate with a flora comprised primarily of heather.* uranio empobrecido = depleted uranium.* * *empobrecido, -a adj1. [en recursos, riqueza, patrimonio] impoverished2. [en calidad, valor, importancia] impoverished, devalued -
13 horripilado
= horror-struck, horror-stricken.Ex. They looked at each other again, still horror-struck.Ex. The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.* * *= horror-struck, horror-stricken.Ex: They looked at each other again, still horror-struck.
Ex: The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal. -
14 muerto de hambre
(adj.) = poverty-stricken, starvingEx. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.Ex. The rights of the little starving author, and the weight of the enormous publishing industry, both are pretty hefty in legal and legislative thinking.* * *(adj.) = poverty-stricken, starvingEx: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
Ex: The rights of the little starving author, and the weight of the enormous publishing industry, both are pretty hefty in legal and legislative thinking. -
15 presa del pánico
(adj.) = panic-strickenEx. Amid all the gloom and doom in panic-stricken nation-state capitals, nowadays, something completely different may be exactly what we all need.* * *(adj.) = panic-strickenEx: Amid all the gloom and doom in panic-stricken nation-state capitals, nowadays, something completely different may be exactly what we all need.
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16 reconcomido
= conscience-stricken, conscience-smitten.Ex. Preventive medicine in the community, for example, is obviously vital, but this is no reason for hospital doctors and nurses to feel conscience-stricken because they wait for patients to come to them.Ex. The grave digger became so conscience-smitten for not filling his agreement that he buried the money he had received for the work.* * *= conscience-stricken, conscience-smitten.Ex: Preventive medicine in the community, for example, is obviously vital, but this is no reason for hospital doctors and nurses to feel conscience-stricken because they wait for patients to come to them.
Ex: The grave digger became so conscience-smitten for not filling his agreement that he buried the money he had received for the work. -
17 presa
f.1 catch (captura) (de cazador).hacer presa en alguien to seize o grip somebodyser presa de to be prey toser presa del pánico to be panic-stricken2 dam (dique).3 prey, kill, catch, quarry.4 victim, sufferer.5 traffic jam, tailback.* * *1 (cosa prendida) prey2 (embalse) dam3 (acción) capture\hacer presa en to take hold of, seizepresa de algo seized by■ la víctima gritaba presa del terror the victim screamed, terror-strickenser fácil presa de alguien to be easy prey for somebodyave de presa bird of prey* * *1. f., (m. - preso) 2. f., (m. - preso) 3. noun f.1) catch2) prey3) seizure4) dam* * *SF1) (=animal apresado) [por cazador] catch; [por otro animal] preyhacer presa en algo: la desesperación hizo presa en los soldados — the soldiers were seized with despair
los ancianos son presa fácil de los vendedores sin escrúpulos — old people are easy prey for unscrupulous salesmen
2) [en un río] (=dique) dam; (=represa) weir, barrage3) (Mil) (=botín) spoils pl, booty; (Náut) prize4) (Agr) ditch, channel5) (=colmillo) tusk, fang; (Orn) claw6) esp LAm [de carne] piece (of meat)* * *1) ( en caza) preypresa DE algo — de terror/pánico seized with something
hacer presa en algo/alguien: el pánico hizo presa en los espectadores the spectators were seized with panic; el fuego hizo presa en las ramas secas — the fire took hold in the dry branches
3) (AmS) ( de pollo) piece* * *1) ( en caza) preypresa DE algo — de terror/pánico seized with something
hacer presa en algo/alguien: el pánico hizo presa en los espectadores the spectators were seized with panic; el fuego hizo presa en las ramas secas — the fire took hold in the dry branches
3) (AmS) ( de pollo) piece* * *presa11 = dam, reservoir, weir.Ex: The article 'Poland: the dam breaks' outlines the history of severe censorship restrictions in Poland = El artículo "Polonia: la presa revienta" describe en líneas generales la historia de las fuertes restricciones de la censura en Polonia.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Tapping a serviceable resevoir: the selection of periodicals for art libraries'.Ex: To cut a long story short, just as they were nearing the weir the engine stopped working and they had to jump into the water.* construcción de presas = damming.* construir una presa = dam.presa22 = prey, quarry.Ex: This theory relates to the foraging behaviour of an animal and explains the range of prey for which it hunts.
Ex: However, those who have tasted the succulent meat of this type of clam are more than willing to dig up to their armpits in the intertidal muck to capture such delicious quarry.* animal de presa = prey animal.* caer presa de = fall + prey to, be prey of.* convertir a Algo en presa fácil para = render + Nombre + easy prey to.* hacerse presa de = prey on/upon.* hacerse presa del pánico = panic.* pájaro de presa = bird of prey.* presa del pánico = panic-stricken.* presa fácil = sitting duck, easy prey.* ser presa de = be prey of.* * *A (en caza) preyhacer presa en algo/algn: el pánico hizo presa en los espectadores panic seized the spectators, the spectators were seized with panicel fuego hizo presa en las ramas secas the fire took hold in the dry branchespresa de algo seized WITH sthpresa del terror, se alejó corriendo seized with terror, he ran offC ( AmS) (de pollo) piece* * *
presa sustantivo femenino
1 ( en caza) prey;◊ ser presa de algo (de terror, pánico) to be seized with sth
2 ( dique) dam;
( embalse) reservoir, lake
3 (AmS) ( de pollo) piece
preso,-a
I adjetivo imprisoned: se lo llevaron preso, he was taken prisoner
estamos presos de los prejuicios, we're imprisoned by our prejudices
II sustantivo masculino y femenino prisoner, convict
presa sustantivo femenino
1 (de caza) prey
2 (dique, embalse) dam
♦ Locuciones: hacer presa, to seize
ser presa de, to be a victim of: los pasajeros fueron presa del pánico, the passengers were seized with panic
' presa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capturar
- hidráulica
- hidráulico
- pantano
- rastreo
- retener
- acechar
- acosar
- acoso
- apresar
- despedazar
- despojos
- esclusa
- olfatear
- perseguir
- seguir
English:
barrage
- dam
- prey
- quarry
- seize
- sitting duck
- weir
- bird
- kill
- reservoir
- sitting
* * *presa nf1. [captura] [de cazador] catch;[de animal] prey;hacer presa en alguien to seize o grip sb;ser presa de la emoción to be overcome with excitement;el público huyó presa del pánico the audience fled in panic;es presa fácil de los estafadores she's easy prey for swindlers;cayó presa de un espejismo she was taken in by an illusion2. [dique] damla presa de Assuan o Asuán the Aswan Dam3. [de carne] piece* * *f1 ( dique) dam2 ( embalse) reservoir3 ( víctima) prey;ser presa del pánico be panic-stricken4 L.Am.para comer bite to eatI part → prenderII adj:hacer preso a alguien take s.o. prisoner* * *presa nf1) : capture, seizurehacer presa de: to seize2) : catch, preypresa de: prey to, seized with3) : claw, fang4) dique: dam5) : morsel, piece (of food)* * *presa n1. (víctima) prey2. (embalse) dam -
18 tejer
te'xɛrv1) weben2) (LA) strickenverbo transitivo1. [con telar, hilos] weben2. [labor de punto] stricken3. [mimbre, esparto] flechten5. [trampa, intriga] schmieden6. [porvenir, ruina]————————verbo intransitivo[hacer punto] strickentejertejer [te'xer]num2num (cestos, trenzas) flechtennum3num zoología spinnennum4num (intrigas, plan) schmieden -
19 tricotar
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20 acorralar
v.1 to corner (also figurative).El abogado arrinconó al acusado The lawyer put the defendant in a corner.2 to round up, to pen in, to pen up, to corral.3 to trap.* * *1 to corner (ganado) to pen in, round up* * *verb1) to corner2) corral* * *VT (Agr) [+ ganado] to pen, corral; (=arrinconar) to corner; (=intimidar) to intimidate* * *verbo transitivoa) <animal/fugitivo> to cornerb) < ganado> to round up* * *= corner, hem + Nombre + in.Ex. Okay, the jig's up! Your dean or department chair corners you and says: 'I think it's high time you taught your Introduction to Library History course on the Internet'.Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.* * *verbo transitivoa) <animal/fugitivo> to cornerb) < ganado> to round up* * *= corner, hem + Nombre + in.Ex: Okay, the jig's up! Your dean or department chair corners you and says: 'I think it's high time you taught your Introduction to Library History course on the Internet'.
Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.* * *acorralar [A1 ]vt1 (rodear) to cornercuando se vio acorralado sacó el revólver when he saw he was cornered he drew his revolveracorralado por la jauría brought to bay o cornered by the hounds2 (intimidar) to cornertodos lo atacaron y se sintió acorralado they all attacked him and he felt corneredse sentía acorralado por el pánico he felt panic-stricken3 ‹ganado› to round up* * *
acorralar ( conjugate acorralar) verbo transitivo
acorralar verbo transitivo to corner
' acorralar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- sitiar
English:
pen
- round up
- corner
* * *acorralar vt1. [rodear] to corner;la policía acorraló a los fugitivos en una esquina the police cornered the fugitives;los visitantes acorralaron al equipo local en su área the visitors penned the home team inside their penalty areael ministro se vio acorralado por el entrevistador the minister was backed into a corner by the interviewer3. [ganado] to pen, to corral* * *v/t tb figcorner* * *acorralar vtarrinconar: to corner, to hem in, to corral* * *acorralar vb to corner
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