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Winging it

  • 1 arreglárselas sobre la marcha

    (v.) = wing it
    Ex. ' Winging it' becomes necessary when something unexpected comes up and the teacher has to improvise at the last minute.
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    (v.) = wing it

    Ex: ' Winging it' becomes necessary when something unexpected comes up and the teacher has to improvise at the last minute.

    Spanish-English dictionary > arreglárselas sobre la marcha

  • 2 improvisar

    v.
    to improvise (discurso, plan).
    improvisar una cama to make (up) a makeshift bed
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    1 to improvise
    1 to improvise
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    VT [+ discurso] to improvise; [+ comida] to rustle up *; [+ música] to extemporize; [+ representación] to ad-lib
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    1.
    verbo transitivo to improvise
    2.
    improvisar vi actor to improvise, ad-lib, extemporize (frml); músico to improvise, extemporize (frml)
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    = improvise, throw together, play + Nombre + by ear, wing it, rustle up, cobble together, fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.
    Ex. We must plan as best we can for known events while contriving to improvise when, as often happens, such stirring distractions occur unannounced.
    Ex. A quality design cannot be thrown together on short notice.
    Ex. The main problem lay in deciding which subjects were to be treated in which way, and staff played things by ear.
    Ex. ' Winging it' becomes necessary when something unexpected comes up and the teacher has to improvise at the last minute.
    Ex. Why grub has to be ' rustled up' is anyone's guess; that is just the way it was on the Wild West.
    Ex. By cobbling together these essays without any attempt to integrate them, Mills reveals a disregard for his audience.
    Ex. One of the persistent arguments about Mr. Gorbachev is whether he ever had a clear strategic vision, or was flying by the seat of his pants.
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    * improvisar Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.
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    1.
    verbo transitivo to improvise
    2.
    improvisar vi actor to improvise, ad-lib, extemporize (frml); músico to improvise, extemporize (frml)
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    = improvise, throw together, play + Nombre + by ear, wing it, rustle up, cobble together, fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

    Ex: We must plan as best we can for known events while contriving to improvise when, as often happens, such stirring distractions occur unannounced.

    Ex: A quality design cannot be thrown together on short notice.
    Ex: The main problem lay in deciding which subjects were to be treated in which way, and staff played things by ear.
    Ex: ' Winging it' becomes necessary when something unexpected comes up and the teacher has to improvise at the last minute.
    Ex: Why grub has to be ' rustled up' is anyone's guess; that is just the way it was on the Wild West.
    Ex: By cobbling together these essays without any attempt to integrate them, Mills reveals a disregard for his audience.
    Ex: One of the persistent arguments about Mr. Gorbachev is whether he ever had a clear strategic vision, or was flying by the seat of his pants.
    * improvisar Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.

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    improvisar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹lección/discurso/versos› to improvise
    2 (preparar con pocos recursos) ‹cama/cortina› to improvise
    improvisaron una fiesta con lo que tenían en casa they had an impromptu party o ( colloq) they got up a party with what they had in the house
    con cuatro latas improvisamos una cena estupenda we rustled up a great meal from a few cans
    no podemos improvisar un director gerente de un día para otro we can't conjure up a managing director overnight
    ■ improvisar
    vi
    «actor» to improvise, ad-lib, extemporize ( frml); «músico» to improvise, extemporize
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    improvisar ( conjugate improvisar) verbo transitivo
    to improvise;

    verbo intransitivo [actor/músico] to improvise
    improvisar verbo transitivo to improvise
    Mús to extemporize

    ' improvisar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ad-lib
    - cobble together
    - ear
    - improvise
    - rig up
    - jam
    - knock
    - put
    - throw
    - whip
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    ♦ vt
    [discurso, plan, actuación artística] to improvise; [comida] to rustle up, to improvise;
    improvisar una cama to make (up) a makeshift bed;
    improvisaron un campamento para albergar a los refugiados a makeshift camp was set up to provide shelter for the refugees
    ♦ vi
    [músico, orador, actor] to improvise; [al olvidar el diálogo] to ad-lib
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    v/t improvise
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    : to improvise, to ad-lib
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    improvisar vb to improvise

    Spanish-English dictionary > improvisar

  • 3 llorica

    adj.
    crybaby.
    f. & m.
    crybaby, milksop.
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    1 familiar→ link=llorón llorón, - ona
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    = cry-baby, whiner, whinging [winging].
    Ex. Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.
    Ex. That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
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    = cry-baby, whiner, whinging [winging].

    Ex: Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.

    Ex: That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.

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    ( Esp fam)
    llorón2 m,f A. (↑ llorón (2))
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    llorica mf fam (que llora por todo) crybaby
    (que se queja por todo) moaner
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    ♦ adj
    ser llorica to be a crybaby
    ♦ nmf
    crybaby
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    m/f fam
    crybaby fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > llorica

  • 4 quejica

    adj.
    whining, hard to please, querulous, whimpering.
    f. & m.
    grouse, moaner, railer.
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    1 familiar complaining, grumpy, querulous
    1 moaner, grouse
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    1.
    2.
    SMF moaner, grumbler
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    adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Esp fam) quejón I, II
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    = curmudgeon, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], cry-baby, whiner, ornery, fusspot, fussbudget, whinging [winging].
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.
    Ex. That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
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    adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Esp fam) quejón I, II
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    = curmudgeon, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], cry-baby, whiner, ornery, fusspot, fussbudget, whinging [winging].

    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.
    Ex: That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.

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    ( Esp fam) whining ( before n) ( colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    crybaby ( colloq), whinger ( colloq)
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    quejica adjetivo, masculino y femenino (Esp fam) See Also→

    quejica familiar
    I adjetivo whining
    II mf whiner, moaner

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    ♦ adj
    whining, Br whingeing;
    es muy quejica he's always whining o Br whingeing;
    no seas quejica y ponte a trabajar stop whining o Br whingeing and get some work done
    ♦ nmf
    whiner, Br whinger
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    fam
    I adj whining fam
    II m/f crybaby
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    quejica n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > quejica

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