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61 desaforado
adj.1 excessive, desperate, out of control.2 lawless.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desaforar.* * *► adjetivo1 (exagerado) huge, enormous, terrible2 (escandaloso) outrageous3 (fuera de la ley) lawless* * *ADJ [comportamiento] outrageous; [persona] lawless, disorderly; [grito] ear-splittinges un desaforado — he's a violent sort, he's dangerously excitable
* * *I II- da masculino, femeninocomo un desaforado — < correr> hell for leather; < gritar> at the top of one's voice
* * *= raging, intemperate, riotous, outrageous, excessive, desperate, out-of-control, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], ardent.Ex. This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.Ex. From hermeneutics to the most intemperate positivism, the real challenge is that of conceiving a general methodology.Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.Ex. There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex. This article discusses the out-of-control situation of federal paperwork and the consequent burdens it places on the US public and business sector.Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex. Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.* * *I II- da masculino, femeninocomo un desaforado — < correr> hell for leather; < gritar> at the top of one's voice
* * *= raging, intemperate, riotous, outrageous, excessive, desperate, out-of-control, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], ardent.Ex: This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
Ex: From hermeneutics to the most intemperate positivism, the real challenge is that of conceiving a general methodology.Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.Ex: There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex: This article discusses the out-of-control situation of federal paperwork and the consequent burdens it places on the US public and business sector.Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex: Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.* * *1 ‹fiesta› riotous, wild; ‹ambición› unbridled, boundless; ‹grito› terrible2 ‹partidario/nacionalista› ardent, ferventmasculine, femininese puso a comer como un desaforado he started eating as if he hadn't eaten in a weekcorrieron como desaforados they ran hell for leather o like crazy ( colloq)gritaba como un desaforado he was shouting at the top of his voice o like a madman, he was shouting his head off ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo desaforar: ( conjugate desaforar)
desaforado es:
el participio
desaforado◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino: como un desaforado ‹ correr› hell for leather;
‹ gritar› at the top of one's voice
' desaforado' also found in these entries:
English:
wild
* * *desaforado, -a♦ adj[gritos, baile, carrera] wild; [ambición, codicia, deseo] unbridled, wild; [celebración, fiesta] wild; [comilona, borrachera] enormous, gargantuan♦ nm,flos hinchas gritaban como desaforados the fans screamed wildly;bailaba/comía como un desaforado he danced/ate like a man possessed* * *adj1 ambición boundless2 grito ear-splitting -
62 determinado
adj.1 determined, bound and determined, set, definite.2 given, particular.past part.past participle of spanish verb: determinar.* * *1→ link=determinar determinar► adjetivo1 (preciso) definite, precise, certain, given, particular2 (día, hora, etc) fixed, set, appointed3 (resuelto) determined, decisive, resolute4 GRAMÁTICA definite5 MATEMÁTICAS determinate* * *(f. - determinada)adj.1) determined2) certain, particular* * *ADJ1) (=preciso) certainun día determinado — on a certain o given day
2) [persona] determined, resolute3) (Ling) [artículo] definite4) (Mat) determinate* * *- da adjetivo (definido, preciso) <fecha/lugar> certain* * *= determined, set, purposeful, dogged, determinate, unwavering, agreed, desired, hell-bent, certain, resolute.Ex. The fifteenth edition, published in 1951, represented a determined effort to update and unify the schedules.Ex. With a set number of categories the specificity of the headings to be included in the index must be determined to a large extent.Ex. Undue haste and panic can be minimized by calm, purposeful behavior that is reassuring to the public.Ex. The last 50 years of academic librarianship have seen a dogged search for standards.Ex. There is no coherent and determinate body of legal doctrine and the categories available for classifying legal problems simply mask the incoherency and indeterminacy of legal doctrine.Ex. Savage's greatest claim to the attention of present-day librarians is his inspiring and unwavering belief in the value of librarianship.Ex. Such reports are sent to 'correspondents' in the member states; these correspondents are responsible for forwarding the reports to an agreed list of destinations in their own country.Ex. Arguably, before one tries to understand what current action would be optimal, one should decide on the desired eventual outcome.Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.Ex. The same is true for personal names, for subject headings or descriptors, for certain types of titles, for classification numbers, for call numbers, and so on = Lo mismo ocurre en el caso de los nombres personales, los encabezamientos de materia o descriptores, cierto tipo de títulos, los números de clasificación, las signaturas topográficas, etc.Ex. The work on gaining acceptance for disabled people in the 1980s is to become more resolute in the 1990s in the name of social justice.----* determinado de antemano = pre-established [preestablished].* determinado por el consumidor = consumer-driven [consumer driven].* determinado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].* determinado por la genética = genetically-driven.* determinado por los genes = genetically-driven.* dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado = time out mechanism.* en determinadas ocasiones = sometimes, on particular occasions.* en ocasiones determinadas = on any one occasion.* en un momento determinado = at a particular point in time, on any one occasion.* número determinado de = nth.* * *- da adjetivo (definido, preciso) <fecha/lugar> certain* * *= determined, set, purposeful, dogged, determinate, unwavering, agreed, desired, hell-bent, certain, resolute.Ex: The fifteenth edition, published in 1951, represented a determined effort to update and unify the schedules.
Ex: With a set number of categories the specificity of the headings to be included in the index must be determined to a large extent.Ex: Undue haste and panic can be minimized by calm, purposeful behavior that is reassuring to the public.Ex: The last 50 years of academic librarianship have seen a dogged search for standards.Ex: There is no coherent and determinate body of legal doctrine and the categories available for classifying legal problems simply mask the incoherency and indeterminacy of legal doctrine.Ex: Savage's greatest claim to the attention of present-day librarians is his inspiring and unwavering belief in the value of librarianship.Ex: Such reports are sent to 'correspondents' in the member states; these correspondents are responsible for forwarding the reports to an agreed list of destinations in their own country.Ex: Arguably, before one tries to understand what current action would be optimal, one should decide on the desired eventual outcome.Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.Ex: The same is true for personal names, for subject headings or descriptors, for certain types of titles, for classification numbers, for call numbers, and so on = Lo mismo ocurre en el caso de los nombres personales, los encabezamientos de materia o descriptores, cierto tipo de títulos, los números de clasificación, las signaturas topográficas, etc.Ex: The work on gaining acceptance for disabled people in the 1980s is to become more resolute in the 1990s in the name of social justice.* determinado de antemano = pre-established [preestablished].* determinado por el consumidor = consumer-driven [consumer driven].* determinado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].* determinado por la genética = genetically-driven.* determinado por los genes = genetically-driven.* dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado = time out mechanism.* en determinadas ocasiones = sometimes, on particular occasions.* en ocasiones determinadas = on any one occasion.* en un momento determinado = at a particular point in time, on any one occasion.* número determinado de = nth.* * *determinado -daA (definido, preciso) ‹fecha/lugar› certainquedaron en encontrarse en un lugar determinado y no apareció they agreed to meet at a certain o given place but she didn't show upen determinado momento me di cuenta de que se había ido at a certain point I realized that she had goneen determinadas circunstancias in certain circumstancesde una manera determinada in a certain o particular waysi se excede una determinada dosis if a particular dosage is exceededB ‹persona/actitud› determined, resolute* * *
Del verbo determinar: ( conjugate determinar)
determinado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
determinado
determinar
determinado◊ -da adjetivo ‹fecha/lugar› certain;
en determinadas circunstancias in certain circumstances;
una determinada dosis a particular dosage
determinar ( conjugate determinar) verbo transitivo
1 (establecer, precisar)
[ persona] to determine
2 ( motivar) to cause, bring about
determinado,-a adjetivo
1 (concreto, preciso) fixed: en determinado momento se puso a cantar, at one particular moment she began to sing
le gusta un tipo de música muy determinado, she likes a certain kind of music
2 Ling (artículo) definite
3 (decidido, convencido) decisive, resolute
determinar verbo transitivo
1 (concretar, especificar) to fix, set
2 (tomar una decisión) to decide on
3 (averigurar, aclarar) las causas del secuestro están por determinar, the motives for the kidnapping are still unknown
4 (condicionar) to determine
5 (causar) to bring about
' determinado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
determinada
- orientar
- resuelta
- resuelto
- tardar
- dado
- dejar
- empecinado
English:
certain
- definite
- given
- hellbent
- pitch
- set
- particular
* * *determinado, -a adj1. [cierto, alguno] certain;en determinadas fechas es mejor no viajar it is better not to travel on certain dates;hay determinados lugares donde la delincuencia es mayor there are certain places where the crime rate is higher;ante determinados síntomas es mejor acudir al médico with some symptoms it is better to see your doctor2. [preciso, concreto] specific, particular;en un momento determinado no sabía qué hacer there was a point where I just didn't know what to do3. [resuelto] determined;estar determinado a hacer algo to be determined to do sth4. Gram definite;artículo determinado definite article* * *adj certain* * *determinado, -da adj1) : certain, particular2) : determined, resolute* * *determinado adj1. (cierto) certain2. (preciso) specific / particular -
63 diversión
f.fun, recreation, entertainment, amusement.* * *1 fun, amusement, entertainment* * *noun f.amusement, diversion* * *SF1) (=entretenimiento) fun2) (=pasatiempo) hobby, pastimediversiones de salón — parlour games, indoor games
3) (Mil) diversion* * *a) ( esparcimiento) funb) (espectáculo, juego)* * *= amusement, entertainment, pleasure, fun, diversion, funmaking.Ex. Several hundred pages of information are available on each channel, concerned mainly with retail prices, share prices and amusement.Ex. In Spain, posters and cartoons were used to convey the impression of reading as entertainment.Ex. It may be that, apart from the simple pleasure of browsing, documents arranged on shelves, may be easily examined.Ex. Maybe when that young author looks back in a few years' time, she'll realize just how much more she got out of it than a bit of fun and fame.Ex. Up to 1800 music was utilitarian whilst after that it was aimed more at amusement and diversion.Ex. This annual event brings the whole community together for a full night of funmaking.----* lugar de diversión = playground.* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.* por pura diversión = for kicks.* sólo por diversión = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* * *a) ( esparcimiento) funb) (espectáculo, juego)* * *diversión22 = enjoyment.Ex: So I read on with increasing interest and enjoyment and, let it be said admiration too.
= amusement, entertainment, pleasure, fun, diversion, funmaking.Ex: Several hundred pages of information are available on each channel, concerned mainly with retail prices, share prices and amusement.
Ex: In Spain, posters and cartoons were used to convey the impression of reading as entertainment.Ex: It may be that, apart from the simple pleasure of browsing, documents arranged on shelves, may be easily examined.Ex: Maybe when that young author looks back in a few years' time, she'll realize just how much more she got out of it than a bit of fun and fame.Ex: Up to 1800 music was utilitarian whilst after that it was aimed more at amusement and diversion.Ex: This annual event brings the whole community together for a full night of funmaking.* lugar de diversión = playground.* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.* por pura diversión = for kicks.* sólo por diversión = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* * *1 (esparcimiento) funse disfrazan por diversión they dress up for funte hace falta un poco de diversión you need a bit of enjoyment o fun2(espectáculo, juego): aquí hay pocas diversiones nocturnas there isn't much night life here, there isn't much entertainment in the eveningsen el pueblo hay pocos lugares de diversión there's hardly anything to do in the village* * *
diversión sustantivo femenino
b) (espectáculo, juego):
diversión sustantivo femenino
1 fun
2 Mil diversion: están realizando maniobras de diversión, they're carrying out diversion strategies
' diversión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
animación
- cachondeo
- comecocos
- consistente
- derivación
- desviación
- desvío
- digresión
- entretenimiento
- idea
- marcha
- recreo
- disfrazar
- plan
- vacilón
English:
amusement
- diversion
- entertainment
- fun
- join
- play
- recreation
- idea
* * *diversión nf1. [pasatiempo] entertainment, amusement;mi diversión favorita es el cine my favourite pastime is going to the movies;la ciudad ofrece gran variedad de diversiones the city offers a great variety of entertainment2. [hecho de divertirse] enjoyment;hacer algo por diversión to do sth for enjoyment o fun;tuvimos un rato de diversión we had a bit of fun;un poco de diversión no nos vendría mal we could do with a bit of fun* * *f1 fun2 ( pasatiempo) pastime;aquí no hay muchas diversiones there’s not much to do around here* * ** * *1. (placer) fun2. (pasatiempo) pastime3. (entretenimiento) entertainment -
64 enojado al máximo
Ex. The article 'The acquisitions librarian as informed consumer: mad as hell, and not going to take it any more!' considers some of the underlying practices used by publishers which keep prices increasing faster than inflation.* * *Ex: The article 'The acquisitions librarian as informed consumer: mad as hell, and not going to take it any more!' considers some of the underlying practices used by publishers which keep prices increasing faster than inflation.
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65 excursionista
f. & m.1 rambler.2 excursionist, sight seer, camper, picnicker.3 hiker.* * *1 tripper (a pie) hiker, rambler* * *noun mf.1) excursionist2) hiker* * *SMF1) [por campo, montaña] hiker2) [en un viaje] tripper* * ** * *= walker, hill-goer, tripper, hiker.Ex. Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.Ex. Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.Ex. In this book, the author the complex paradoxes of the seaside resort experience for residents, visitors, and trippers.Ex. The greatest numbers of deaths occurred in hikers who were three times more likely to be involved in an accident than climbers.----* excursionista de día = day hiker.* excursionista de un día = day-tripper.* * ** * *= walker, hill-goer, tripper, hiker.Ex: Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.
Ex: Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.Ex: In this book, the author the complex paradoxes of the seaside resort experience for residents, visitors, and trippers.Ex: The greatest numbers of deaths occurred in hikers who were three times more likely to be involved in an accident than climbers.* excursionista de día = day hiker.* excursionista de un día = day-tripper.* * *1 (que hace una excursión) tourist, tripper2 (que hace excursionismo) hiker* * *
excursionista sustantivo masculino y femenino ( que hace una excursión) tripper;
( que hace excursionismo) hiker
excursionista mf (a pie) hiker, rambler
(en autobús, etc) tripper
' excursionista' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mochila
English:
hiker
- rambler
- day
- walker
* * *♦ adjcentro excursionista hillwalking club♦ nmf[en el campo] rambler; [en la montaña] hiker; [en ciudad] tripper, visitor* * ** * *excursionista nmf1) : sightseer, tourist2) : hiker* * *excursionista n hiker -
66 hacer la vida imposible
(v.) = make + life hellEx. Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.* * *(v.) = make + life hellEx: Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.
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67 hacer que la vida sea un infierno
(v.) = make + life hellEx. Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.* * *(v.) = make + life hellEx: Africa has lions, Alaska has grizzlies, Nepal has yeti. Britain has the worst of the lot - midgies! They make life hell for campers, walkers and hill-goers alike.
Spanish-English dictionary > hacer que la vida sea un infierno
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68 llover
v.to rain.está lloviendo it's rainingnunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyonellueve sobre mojado it's just one thing after anotherél, como quien oye llover (figurative) he wasn't paying a blind bit of attentionha llovido mucho desde entonces (figurative) a lot of water has passed o gone under the bridge since thenLlovieron piedras It rained stones.* * *► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd pers; it does not take a subject)1 to rain\como llovido del cielo out of the bluecomo quien oye llover like water off a duck's backha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water's passed under the bridge since thenllover a cántaros to pour down, rain cats and dogssiempre llueve sobre mojado it never rains but it poursnunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyone* * *verb* * *VI1) (Meteo) to raincomo llovido del cielo —
llegar o venir (como) llovido del cielo — [inesperado] to come (totally) out of the blue; [muy oportuno] to be a godsend, come just at the right time
llover sobre mojado —
2)lloverle algo a algn —
* * *1.verbo impersonal to rainllovió con ganas — (fam) it poured (with rain)
ha llovido mucho desde entonces — a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since then
2.llover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched country; llueva o truene come rain or shine; llueve/llovía a cántaros or mares it's/it was pouring (with rain); mandar a alguien a ver si llueve — (AmL hum) to send somebody on a fool's errand
llover vilas desgracias llovieron sobre él — misfortunes rained down on him; (+ me/te/le etc)
* * *= rain.Ex. Then early in the morning it had begun raining -- a cold, steady, autumnal downpour.----* llover a cántaros = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.* llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.* llover a mares = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.* llovido del cielo = heaven-sent.* llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.* llueve o truene = rain or shine.* regalo llovido del cielo = boon.* * *1.verbo impersonal to rainllovió con ganas — (fam) it poured (with rain)
ha llovido mucho desde entonces — a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since then
2.llover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched country; llueva o truene come rain or shine; llueve/llovía a cántaros or mares it's/it was pouring (with rain); mandar a alguien a ver si llueve — (AmL hum) to send somebody on a fool's errand
llover vilas desgracias llovieron sobre él — misfortunes rained down on him; (+ me/te/le etc)
* * *= rain.Ex: Then early in the morning it had begun raining -- a cold, steady, autumnal downpour.
* llover a cántaros = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.* llover a mantas = hammer + it down with rain, teem with + rain, lash + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, chuck + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, tip + it down with rain, rain + cats and dogs, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.* llover a mares = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.* llovido del cielo = heaven-sent.* llueva o truene = come rain or shine, come hell or high water.* llueva, truene o relampaguee = come hell or high water.* llueve o truene = rain or shine.* regalo llovido del cielo = boon.* * *llover [E9 ][ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] to rainparece que va a llover it looks as though it's going to rain, it looks like rainse puso or ( AmL) se largó a llover it started o began to rainnos llovió todo el fin de semana ( fam); it rained all weekend, we had rain all weekendayer llovió con ganas it poured (with rain) yesterdayha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water has flowed o passed under the bridge since thenllover sobre mojado: a este pobre país le llueve sobre mojado it's just one disaster after another in this wretched countrydecirnos que ha gastado el dinero es llover sobre mojado telling us he's spent the money only makes matters worse o is really adding insult to injuryllueva o truene come rain or shine, no matter whatllueve/llovía a cántaros or chuzos or mares it's/it was raining cats and dogs, it's/it was pouring o ( BrE) bucketing downnunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everybodyvilas desgracias llovieron sobre nosotros misfortunes rained down on us(+ me/te/le etc): le llovieron golpes blows rained down on himle llovieron piropos/regalos she was showered with compliments/giftsle han llovido las ofertas de trabajo she's been deluged o inundated with offers of work■ lloverse‹techo/azotea› to leak* * *
llover ( conjugate llover) v impers
to rain;
llueve a cántaros or a mares or a chuzos it's pouring (with rain)
llover verbo impersonal to rain
♦ Locuciones: ha llovido mucho desde entonces, a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then
llover a mares, to rain cats and dogs
llovido del cielo, out of the blue
' llover' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cántaro
- oscurecerse
- que
- chuzo
- creer
- dicha
- duro
- fuerte
- gana
- hasta
- llueva
- parar
- parecer
- poner
English:
afraid
- alter
- as
- begin
- bound
- bucket
- cease
- certain
- close
- come on
- come out
- fortunately
- go
- hard
- heavily
- inside
- let up
- pelt
- piss
- pour down
- rain
- rain down
- shower
- steadily
- teem
- tend
- beat
- cat
- hold
- in
- pour
- relief
- roll
- soon
- stop
* * *♦ v impersonalto rain;está lloviendo it's raining;CSurse largó a llover it suddenly started raining;nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can't please everyone;llueve sobre mojado it's just one thing after another;él, como quien oye llover he wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention o Br a blind bit of notice;ha llovido mucho desde entonces a lot of water has passed o gone Br under the bridge o US over the dam since then;como llovido del cielo: el trabajo me cayó o [m5] llegó como llovido del cielo the job fell into my lap;la ayuda cayó o [m5] llegó como llovida del cielo the help came just at the right moment, the help was a godsend;Am Humanda a la esquina a ver si llueve go and play with the traffic♦ vile llueven las ofertas offers are raining down on him;las peticiones de indulto llovieron sobre el presidente the president was inundated with pleas for pardon;le llovieron las felicitaciones everyone rushed to congratulate her;sobre esa familia han llovido las desgracias misfortune has rained down on that family, that family has suffered one misfortune after another* * *v/i rain;llueve it is raining;llover sobre mojado fig fam be one thing after another;es como quien oye llover it’s like talking to a wall;nunca llueve a gusto de todos you can’t please everybody* * *llover {47} v impers: to rainestá lloviendo: it's rainingllover a cántaros: to rain cats and dogsllover vi: to rain down, to showerle llovieron regalos: he was showered with gifts* * *llover vb to rain¿llueve? is it raining? -
69 llueva o truene
rain or shine, come what may* * *= come rain or shine, come hell or high waterEx. Come rain or shine, mail gets delivered to hospitalized patients, thanks to dependable volunteers.Ex. Come hell or high water, I'm going to stick to my guns and make this happen.* * *= come rain or shine, come hell or high waterEx: Come rain or shine, mail gets delivered to hospitalized patients, thanks to dependable volunteers.
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70 llueva, truene o relampaguee
Ex. Come hell or high water, I'm going to stick to my guns and make this happen.* * *Ex: Come hell or high water, I'm going to stick to my guns and make this happen.
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71 lío
m.1 mess, difficulty, mix-up, problem.2 bundle.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: liar.* * *1 (embrollo) mess2 (aventura amorosa) affair3 (fardo) bundle\armar un lío to make a fussmeterse en un lío to get oneself into a mess¡qué lío! what a mess!tener un lío con alguien to be having an affair with somebody* * *noun m.1) mess2) trouble3) affair, liaison* * *SM1) (=fardo) bundle; Cono Sur truss2) * (=jaleo) fuss; (=confusión) muddle, mix-up•
armar un lío — to make a fuss, kick up a fuss•
armarse un lío, se armó un lío tremendo — there was a terrific fuss•
hacerse un lío — to get into a muddle, get mixed up3) (=aprieto)4) * (=amorío) affair5) (=cotilleo) tale, piece of gossip¡no me vengas con líos! — less of your tales!
* * *1)a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) messb) (fam) (problema, complicación)armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)
c) (fam) ( amorío) affair2) ( fardo) bundle* * *= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.----* armar el lío = make + trouble.* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.* lío amoroso = fling.* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.* * *1)a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) messb) (fam) (problema, complicación)armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)
c) (fam) ( amorío) affair2) ( fardo) bundle* * *= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.* armar el lío = make + trouble.* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.* lío amoroso = fling.* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.* * *A1 ( fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess¡qué lío! ¡esto no hay quién lo entienda! what a mess! this is totally incomprehensiblese hizo un lío con las cuentas she got into a mess o a muddle o she got confused with the accounts ( colloq)2 ( fam)no me vengas con tus líos don't come to me with your problems¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! ( colloq), the shit is really going to hit the fan (sl)armó un lío tremendo porque le sirvieron la sopa fría he created o kicked up a real fuss because his soup was cold ( colloq)si no obedeces te vas a meter en un buen lío if you don't do as you're told, you're going to get into a lot of trouble o to land yourself in serious troubleno vengas aquí buscando líos don't come here looking for trouble ( colloq)tuvo un lío con una periodista famosa he had an affair o ( colloq) a fling with a famous journalistB (fardo) bundle* * *
Del verbo liar: ( conjugate liar)
lío es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
lió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
liar
lío
liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
1
( envolver) to wrap (up);
(en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
2 (fam)
liarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam)
2 (Esp fam)a) ( entretenerse):◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …b) ( emprenderla):
lío sustantivo masculino
1
◊ armarse/hacerse un lío (con algo) to get into a mess (with sth) (colloq)
tiene líos con la policía he's in trouble with the police (colloq);
¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)
2 ( fardo) bundle
liar verbo transitivo
1 (envolver) to wrap up
(un cigarro) to roll
2 (embrollar) to muddle up
(aturdir) to confuse
lío sustantivo masculino
1 fam (desorden) mess, muddle
2 fam (romance) affair
3 (de ropa, etc) bundle
♦ Locuciones: armar un lío, to kick up a fuss
hacerse líos con, to get mixed up
meterse en un lío, to get into trouble
' lío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avispero
- barullo
- berenjenal
- buena
- bueno
- enredarse
- follón
- gorda
- gordo
- meterse
- mogollón
- monumental
- petate
- tinglado
- tomate
- trapisonda
- armar
- bochinche
- bronca
- desenredar
- despelote
- enredado
- enredar
- enredo
- menudo
- meter
- pedo
- pelotera
- quilombo
English:
carry-on
- cock-up
- fuss
- hassle
- hot
- hot water
- jam
- kick up
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- muddle
- palaver
- pickle
- rigmarole
- scrape
- screw-up
- tangle
- to-do
- trouble
- ungodly
- water
- bundle
- get
- havoc
- mix
- muddled
- rumpus
- stink
- stir
- to
- wad
* * *lío nmesto de la declaración de hacienda es un lío filling in your tax return is a real pain o Br palaver;hacerse un lío to get muddled up;son tantos hermanos que siempre me armo un lío con sus nombres there are so many different brothers, I always get their names muddled up;estoy hecho un lío, no sé qué hacer I'm all confused, I don't know what to dome he metido en un lío del que no sé salir I've got myself into a mess that I don't know how to get out ofarmar un lío to kick up a fussestá casado pero tiene un lío con alguien del trabajo he's married, but he's having an affair with someone from worktener un lío de faldas to be having an affair5. [paquete] bundle* * *m1 bundle2 fam ( desorden) mess;lío amoroso fam affair;estar hecho un lío be all confused;hacerse un lío get into a muddle;meterse en líos get into trouble3 fam ( jaleo) fuss;armar un lío fam kick up a fuss fam* * *1) : confusion, mess2) : hassle, trouble, jammeterse en un lío: to get into a jam3) : affair, liason* * *lío n1. (desorden) mess2. (problema) trouble -
72 muchísimo
adj.very much, a lot of, so much, a great deal of.adv.very much, a lot, a great deal, exceedingly.* * *1.ADJ a lot of, lots ofhabía muchísima gente — there were a lot of people, there were lots of people
había muchísima comida — there was a lot of food, there was lots of food
hace muchísimo tiempo — a very long time ago, ages ago
2.ADV very much, a lotme quiere muchísimo — he loves me very much o a lot, he really loves me
llovía muchísimo — it was raining really o very hard, it was pouring down
* * *= extreme, plenty of, an awful lot of, a helluva, prodigiously, like crazy, like mad, a hell of a lot of, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys.Ex. You can very frequently go into a large library and have extreme difficulty finding somebody to help you because there are 40 people sitting out in back doing something which somebody else is doing down the road.Ex. There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.Ex. It seems to me that there are an awful lot of people around who think that any change is bad.Ex. I have the ability to do this on my own, but it takes a helluva long time for me to warm up to people.Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.Ex. We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.Ex. With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.Ex. Interestingly, when it comes to the crunch, there seem to be a hell of a lot of agnostics out there.Ex. The landlord is as mad as a barrel load of monkeys, but a fine man and ex-soldier.----* apreciar muchísimo = treasure.* costar muchísimo dinero = break + the bank.* desde hace muchísimo tiempo = in ages (and ages and ages).* durante muchísimo tiempo = for ages and ages (and ages), in ages (and ages and ages).* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* gustar muchísimo = love + Nombre + to bits.* haber muchísima diferencia = be in a different league.* hace muchísimos años = a great many years ago.* hace muchísimo tiempo = ages (and ages) ago, aeons ago, yonks.* me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish.* muchísimas gracias = thanks a bunch!.* muchísimo + Adjetivo = dauntingly + Adjetivo.* muchísimo más = a whole lot more, an awful lot more.* muchísimo más + Adjetivo = infinitely + Adjetivo.* muchísimos + Nombre = a great many + Nombre.* muchísimo tiempo después = ages and ages hence.* quedar muchísimo por hacer = a great deal more needs to be done.* tardar muchísimo = take + forever.* * *= extreme, plenty of, an awful lot of, a helluva, prodigiously, like crazy, like mad, a hell of a lot of, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys.Ex: You can very frequently go into a large library and have extreme difficulty finding somebody to help you because there are 40 people sitting out in back doing something which somebody else is doing down the road.
Ex: There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.Ex: It seems to me that there are an awful lot of people around who think that any change is bad.Ex: I have the ability to do this on my own, but it takes a helluva long time for me to warm up to people.Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.Ex: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.Ex: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.Ex: Interestingly, when it comes to the crunch, there seem to be a hell of a lot of agnostics out there.Ex: The landlord is as mad as a barrel load of monkeys, but a fine man and ex-soldier.* apreciar muchísimo = treasure.* costar muchísimo dinero = break + the bank.* desde hace muchísimo tiempo = in ages (and ages and ages).* durante muchísimo tiempo = for ages and ages (and ages), in ages (and ages and ages).* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* gustar muchísimo = love + Nombre + to bits.* haber muchísima diferencia = be in a different league.* hace muchísimos años = a great many years ago.* hace muchísimo tiempo = ages (and ages) ago, aeons ago, yonks.* me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish.* muchísimas gracias = thanks a bunch!.* muchísimo + Adjetivo = dauntingly + Adjetivo.* muchísimo más = a whole lot more, an awful lot more.* muchísimo más + Adjetivo = infinitely + Adjetivo.* muchísimos + Nombre = a great many + Nombre.* muchísimo tiempo después = ages and ages hence.* quedar muchísimo por hacer = a great deal more needs to be done.* tardar muchísimo = take + forever.* * * -
73 mugre
f.1 filth, muck.2 dirt, filth, grime.* * *1 grime, filth* * *SF (=suciedad) dirt; (=inmundicia) filth; (=grasa) grime, grease* * *sacarle la mugre a alguien — (AmL fam) to beat somebody black and blue
* * *= filth, grubbiness, squalor, grunge, grime.Ex. That youthful miss in torpidity over that palimpsest of filth is what the free library has to show as the justification of its existence.Ex. Copies can generally be recognized by such signs as set-off from fresh-made proofs, inky thumb-marks, and a general air of dog-eared grubbiness.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. This is another example of the literary grunge emerging from modern Chinese writers.Ex. Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.* * *sacarle la mugre a alguien — (AmL fam) to beat somebody black and blue
* * *= filth, grubbiness, squalor, grunge, grime.Ex: That youthful miss in torpidity over that palimpsest of filth is what the free library has to show as the justification of its existence.
Ex: Copies can generally be recognized by such signs as set-off from fresh-made proofs, inky thumb-marks, and a general air of dog-eared grubbiness.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: This is another example of the literary grunge emerging from modern Chinese writers.Ex: Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.* * *dirt, filthestos vaqueros se caen de mugre these jeans are filthyla mugre acumulada en la cocina the grease o grime that has built up on the stovesacarle la mugre a algn ( AmL fam); to knock hell o beat the hell out of sb ( colloq), to clobber sb ( colloq)me saqué la mugre trabajando I worked o slogged my guts out ( colloq)* * *
mugre sustantivo femenino ( suciedad) dirt, filth;
( grasa) grime, grease
mugre sustantivo femenino filth, muck
' mugre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
porquería
- mierda
- roña
- suciedad
English:
dirt
- filth
- grime
- muck
- squalor
- goo
* * *♦ adjMéx [inútil] useless♦ nffilth, muck;este cuarto está lleno de mugre this room is filthy* * *f filth* * *mugre nfsuciedad: grime, filth -
74 pasar por el infierno
(v.) = be to hell and backEx. These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back.* * *(v.) = be to hell and backEx: These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back.
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75 pasar por muchas dificultades
(v.) = be to hell and backEx. These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back.* * *(v.) = be to hell and backEx: These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back.
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76 pasarlas canutas
familiar to have a hard time* * ** * *(v.) = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time, be to hell and backEx. The article is entitled ' Jumping through Hoops, Walking on Eggshells: The Experiences of Library Students with Disabilities'.Ex. As for poor Marilyn, she is the black sheep of the family, who has a devil of a time holding onto a boyfriend.Ex. These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back.* * *(v.) = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time, be to hell and backEx: The article is entitled ' Jumping through Hoops, Walking on Eggshells: The Experiences of Library Students with Disabilities'.
Ex: As for poor Marilyn, she is the black sheep of the family, who has a devil of a time holding onto a boyfriend.Ex: These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back. -
77 pase lo que pase
= come what may, come rain or shine, rain or shine, come hell or high waterEx. He has promised to bring Sam back, and will do so come what may, even if it involves a trudge across the country in snowshoes.Ex. Come rain or shine, mail gets delivered to hospitalized patients, thanks to dependable volunteers.Ex. The daily star watch will begin with a planetarium show (held rain or shine) to be followed (weather permitting) by viewing with a telescope.Ex. Come hell or high water, I'm going to stick to my guns and make this happen.* * *= come what may, come rain or shine, rain or shine, come hell or high waterEx: He has promised to bring Sam back, and will do so come what may, even if it involves a trudge across the country in snowshoes.
Ex: Come rain or shine, mail gets delivered to hospitalized patients, thanks to dependable volunteers.Ex: The daily star watch will begin with a planetarium show (held rain or shine) to be followed (weather permitting) by viewing with a telescope.Ex: Come hell or high water, I'm going to stick to my guns and make this happen. -
78 pedo
adj.drunk, pissed, boozed, drunken.m.1 fart.tirarse un pedo to fart2 problem, hassle, pickle, difficulty.3 drunk, drunkard, drunken person, wino.* * *1 familiar fart\tirarse un pedo familiar to fart, drop one* * *1.ADJ **estar pedo — (=borracho) to be pissed ***, be sloshed **; (=drogado) to be high **
ponerse pedo — (=borracho) to get pissed ***, get sloshed **; (=drogado) to get high **
2. SM1) * fart **tirarse un pedo — to fart **
2) ** [de alcohol, drogas]agarrar o coger un pedo — (=emborracharse) to get pissed ***, get sloshed **; (=drogarse) to get high **
estar en pedo — Cono Sur to be pissed ***, be sloshed **
¡estás en pedo! — [al hablar] you must be kidding!
3)pedo de lobo — (Bot) puffball
4)pedo de monja — (Culin) very light pastry
* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp, Méx fam) plastered (colloq)II1) (fam) ( ventosidad) fart (sl)tirarse un pedo — to fart (sl), to let off (BrE colloq)
al pedo — (RPl fam) for nothing
como un pedo — (AmL vulg) like a shot (colloq)
2) (arg) ( borrachera)estar en pedo — (RPl fam) ( borracho) to be plastered (colloq); ( loco) to be off one's head (colloq)
3) (Méx fam) (problema, lío) hassle (colloq)hacerla de pedo — (Méx vulg) to kick up a stink (colloq)
hacérsela de pedo a alguien — (Méx vulg) to give somebody hell (colloq)
ponerse al pedo — (Méx fam) to get tough (colloq)
* * *= fart, trumpet.Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.Ex. I detected at the end of the trumpet that Miley unknowingly added a portion of a wet fart to her final round of trumpeting.----* pedo churretoso = wet fart.* pedo húmedo = wet fart.* pedo líquido = wet fart.* tirarse un pedo = fart, trump, break + wind, trumpet.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp, Méx fam) plastered (colloq)II1) (fam) ( ventosidad) fart (sl)tirarse un pedo — to fart (sl), to let off (BrE colloq)
al pedo — (RPl fam) for nothing
como un pedo — (AmL vulg) like a shot (colloq)
2) (arg) ( borrachera)estar en pedo — (RPl fam) ( borracho) to be plastered (colloq); ( loco) to be off one's head (colloq)
3) (Méx fam) (problema, lío) hassle (colloq)hacerla de pedo — (Méx vulg) to kick up a stink (colloq)
hacérsela de pedo a alguien — (Méx vulg) to give somebody hell (colloq)
ponerse al pedo — (Méx fam) to get tough (colloq)
* * *= fart, trumpet.Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.
Ex: I detected at the end of the trumpet that Miley unknowingly added a portion of a wet fart to her final round of trumpeting.* pedo churretoso = wet fart.* pedo húmedo = wet fart.* pedo líquido = wet fart.* tirarse un pedo = fart, trump, break + wind, trumpet.* * *pedo1pedo2tanto trabajo y todo al pedo all that work for nothingB ( arg)(borrachera): agarró un buen pedo en la fiesta he got really plastered ( colloq) o ( BrE sl) pissed at the partytenía un pedo que no veía he was blind drunk o out of his head ( colloq)ni en pedo me voy a vivir con mi suegra no way am I going to live with my mother-in-law ( colloq)estás en pedo si creés que te va a llamar you must be off your head if you think he's going to call you ( colloq)masculine, feminine* * *
pedo sustantivo masculino
1 (fam) ( ventosidad) fart (sl);
al pedo (RPl fam) for nothing
2 (arg) ( borrachera):◊ agarró un buen pedo he got really plastered (colloq);
tenía un pedo que no veía he was blind drunk (colloq)
3 (Méx fam) (problema, lío) hassle (colloq);◊ hacérsela de pedo a algn (Méx vulg) to give sb hell (colloq)
pedo m fam
1 fart
tirarse un pedo, to fart
2 fam (borrachera) drunkenness
estar pedo, to be pissed
' pedo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tirar
English:
fart
- plastered
* * *♦ adj invEsp, Méx Fam♦ nm1. [ventosidad] fart;RPse armó un gran pedo there was a big free-for-all o bust-up4. CompRP Famal pedo [inútilmente] for nothing;RP Fama los pedos [rapidísimo] in a flash, double quick;RP Fam Méx muy Famhacerla de pedo to be a pain;RP Famni en pedo no way, never in a million years;Méx muy Famno hay pedo it's OK;Méx muy Famponerse al pedo to square up [for a fight]♦ nm,fMéx Fam drunk* * *I adj drunkII m famfart fam ;tirarse oechar un pedo fam fart fam ;agarrarse un pedo fam get plastered fam* * *pedo n fart -
79 placer1
1 = delight, pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, treat.Ex. Reality is often very much lacking in delight.Ex. It may be that, apart from the simple pleasure of browsing, documents arranged on shelves, may be easily examined.Ex. It is the 'intellectual challenge' and the ' gratification of providing personal assistance' that constitute the attraction of reference librarianship.Ex. So I read on with increasing interest and enjoyment and, let it be said admiration too.Ex. In the summer months one of the greatest treats of all is home-made mayonnaise; a thick mass of unctuous golden ointment, perfect for dipping slices of raw vegetables.----* a placer = at will.* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.* casa de placer = house of pleasure.* dar placer = give + pleasure, give + enjoyment.* derivar placer de = obtain + pleasure from.* encontrar placer = find + delight, find + enjoyment.* estropear el placer = spoil + pleasure.* gran placer = great pleasure.* obtener placer = take + pleasure, obtain + pleasure from, derive + pleasure.* obtener placer de = get + pleasure from.* placer de la lectura, el = joy of reading, the.* placer oculto = guilty pleasure.* placer prohibido = outlaw delight, forbidden pleasure.* placer sexual = sexual pleasure.* por el placer de hacerlo = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* por placer = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* por puro placer = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* ser un placer = be happy to.* ser un placer + Infinitivo = be a joy to + Verbo.* sólo por placer = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* tener el placer de = take + pleasure. -
80 poner los pelos de punta
to make one's hair stand on end* * *(v.) = bristle, scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, make + Posesivo + hair stand on end, scare + the hell out ofEx. In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.Ex. Alfred Hitchcock dedicated himself to scaring the living daylights out of people with an oeuvre of taut, well-crafted mystery-thrillers.Ex. He didn't kill them, but frightened them to death and made them run away.Ex. He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.Ex. Moreover, if you happen to be suffering from dental phobia, where the idea of visiting a dentist's surgery scares the hell out of you, you will be glad to learn that 'do it yourself' dental veneer kits exist.* * *(v.) = bristle, scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + Nombre + to death, make + Posesivo + hair stand on end, scare + the hell out ofEx: In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.
Ex: Alfred Hitchcock dedicated himself to scaring the living daylights out of people with an oeuvre of taut, well-crafted mystery-thrillers.Ex: He didn't kill them, but frightened them to death and made them run away.Ex: He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.Ex: Moreover, if you happen to be suffering from dental phobia, where the idea of visiting a dentist's surgery scares the hell out of you, you will be glad to learn that 'do it yourself' dental veneer kits exist.
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