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81 fracasar
v.1 to fail (intento, persona).El chico fracasó The boy failed.2 to be unsuccessful, to fail to accomplish anything, to draw a blank.El chico fracasó The boy failed.El detective fracasó The detective failed to accomplish anything.El proyecto fracasó The project failed.Me fracasó el muchacho My boy failed.* * *1 to fail, be unsuccessful, fall through* * *verb1) to fail2) collapse* * *1.VT LAm to mess up, make a mess of2.VI [gen] to fail, be unsuccessful; [plan] to fail, fall through* * *verbo intransitivo to fail* * *= flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex. While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Ex. Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Ex. Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.Ex. This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.Ex. Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex. The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex. He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.Ex. The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.----* esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.* fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.* hacer fracasar = foil, derail.* planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.* prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.* * *verbo intransitivo to fail* * *= flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Ex: While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Ex: Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex: While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Ex: Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.Ex: This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.Ex: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex: The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex: He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.Ex: The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.* esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.* fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.* hacer fracasar = foil, derail.* planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.* prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.* * *fracasar [A1 ]vi1 «negociaciones» to fail; «plan» to fail, fall through2 «persona» to failcomo padre fracasó horriblemente he failed miserably as a fatherfracasó como actor he failed o was unsuccessful as an actorfracasar EN algo to fail IN sthfracasó en su intento de conquistar el Everest he was unsuccessful o he failed in his attempt to conquer Everest* * *
fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
to fail
fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
' fracasar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
venirse
- sonar
- tronar
English:
backfire
- bomb
- break down
- fail
- fall apart
- fall through
- flop
- founder
- miserably
- unstuck
- back
- break
- collapse
- flat
- grief
* * *fracasar vi1. [intento] to fail;[producto] to be a failure;el modelo fracasó en Europa the model was a failure in Europe2. [persona] to fail;fracasó en su intento de obtener un acuerdo he failed in his attempt to get an agreement;fracasó como cantante she was a failure as a singer* * *v/i fail* * *fracasar vi1) fallar: to fail2) : to fall through* * *fracasar vb1. (en general) to fail -
82 habitante del este
(n.) = EasternerEx. Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.* * *(n.) = EasternerEx: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.
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83 habitante del oeste
(n.) = WesternerEx. Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.* * *(n.) = WesternerEx: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.
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84 hacia la proa
= abaftEx. Most of the crew came abaft to where the lifeboats were and when the word was given to abandon ship they jumped in and swam for the life rafts.* * *= abaftEx: Most of the crew came abaft to where the lifeboats were and when the word was given to abandon ship they jumped in and swam for the life rafts.
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85 hacia proa
= abaftEx. Most of the crew came abaft to where the lifeboats were and when the word was given to abandon ship they jumped in and swam for the life rafts.* * *= abaftEx: Most of the crew came abaft to where the lifeboats were and when the word was given to abandon ship they jumped in and swam for the life rafts.
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86 horrendo
adj.horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.* * *► adjetivo1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful* * ** * *= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * ** * *= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.* * *horrendo -da* * *
horrendo◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso
' horrendo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrendo-a
- infierno
English:
eyewitness
- harrowing
- horrendous
- horrific
- ghastly
- hideous
- horrifying
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87 horrible
adj.1 horrifying, terrifying.2 terrible, awful (muy malo).3 horrible, hideous (muy feo).* * *► adjetivo1 horrible, dreadful, awful* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=espantoso) [accidente, crimen, matanza] horrific2) (=feo) [persona, objeto, ropa, cuadro] hideous3) (=malo, perverso) horrible¡qué hombre tan horrible! — what a horrible man!
4) (=insoportable) terriblehizo un calor horrible — it was terribly hot, the heat was terrible
la conferencia fue un rollo horrible — * the lecture was a real drag *
* * *a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrificc) < tiempo> terrible, awfuld) ( inaguantable) unbearable* * *= horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.Ex. Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.----* horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.* tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.* tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.* * *a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrificc) < tiempo> terrible, awfuld) ( inaguantable) unbearable* * *= horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.* horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.* tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.* tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.* * *1 (trágico, espantoso) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific2 (feo) ‹persona› hideous, ugly; ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous3 (malo) ‹tiempo› terrible, awful, dreadful4(inaguantable): ¡qué calor más horrible! it's terribly o unbearably hot!* * *
horrible adjetivo
‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
' horrible' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amanecer
- horrendo-a
- infame
- pestazo
- antipático
- calor
- cargante
- mal
- malo
- odioso
- pereza
- perro
- pinche
- tocar
- tufo
English:
awful
- cat
- dreadful
- hideous
- hole
- horrible
- horrid
- it
- manage
- mind
- nasty
- shocking
- thought
- wretched
- abominable
- crummy
- foul
- ghastly
- revolting
- rotten
- sickly
- vile
* * *horrible adj1. [terrorífico] horrific, terrifying;un accidente horrible a horrific accidentnos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible o awful weathertiene un novio horrible she's got a horrible-looking o hideous boyfriend;ese vestido le queda horrible that dress looks horrible o hideous on her¡qué frío más horrible! it's absolutely freezing!;tengo un hambre horrible I'm ravenous o starving* * *adj horrible, dreadful* * *horrible adj: horrible, dreadful♦ horriblemente adv* * *horrible adj1. (en general) awful / terrible2. (accidente) horrific -
88 horroroso
adj.horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *► adjetivo1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful4 familiar (muy grande) awful* * *(f. - horrorosa)adj.horrible, horrifying* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful* * *- sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)* * *= appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.* * *- sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)* * *= appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.* * *horroroso -sa‹crimen› horrific, horrifying; ‹película/novela› terrible, dreadful; ‹persona/vestido› awful, ghastly ( colloq), horrific ( colloq)hizo un tiempo horroroso the weather was horrendous o awful o foultengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)* * *
horroroso
‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);◊ tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm absolutely starving (colloq)
horroroso,-a adjetivo
1 (que causa terror) horrifying, terrifying
2 fam (muy feo) hideous, ghastly
3 fam (muy desagradable) awful, dreadful
' horroroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrorosa
- traer
- horrendo
English:
appalling
- ask back
- frightful
- ghastly
- grisly
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrid
- vile
- wicked
- awful
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrific
- horrifying
* * *horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;un accidente horroroso a horrific accidentnos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weathertiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;tengo unas ganas horrorosas de leerlo I'm dying to read it* * ** * *horroroso, -sa adj1) : horrifying, terrifying2) : dreadful, bad* * *horroroso adj1. (accidente, etc) horrific2. (horrible) awful / terrible -
89 incitar polémica
(v.) = rattle + Posesivo + cageEx. The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.* * *(v.) = rattle + Posesivo + cageEx: The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.
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90 irritar
v.1 to irritate.Su actitud irrita a Ricardo His attitude irritates Richard.La loción irrita la piel The lotion irritates the skin.2 to annul.El documento irrita la apelación The document annuls the appeal.* * *1 to irritate1 to lose one's temper, get annoyed* * *verb1) to irritate2) exasperate* * *1. VT1) (=enfadar) to irritate2) (Med) to irritate3) [+ celos, pasiones] to stir up, inflame2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <piel/garganta> to irritatetiene la garganta irritada — his throat is sore o inflamed
b) < persona> to annoy, irritate2.irritarse v prona) piel/ojos to become irritatedb) persona to get annoyed, get irritated* * *= irk, needle, irritate, rattle + Posesivo + cage, rub + Nombre + up the wrong way, spite, annoy, roil, nerve, gall, rile, peeve, enrage, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, exasperate, touch + a (raw) nerve, raise + Posesivo + hackles.Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.Ex. The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.Ex. Relations between the two countries would now be difficult as our Prime Minister had rubbed theirs up the wrong way over ridiculous matters.Ex. Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.Ex. Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.Ex. But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.Ex. It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.Ex. On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.----* irritarse con = get + short with.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <piel/garganta> to irritatetiene la garganta irritada — his throat is sore o inflamed
b) < persona> to annoy, irritate2.irritarse v prona) piel/ojos to become irritatedb) persona to get annoyed, get irritated* * *= irk, needle, irritate, rattle + Posesivo + cage, rub + Nombre + up the wrong way, spite, annoy, roil, nerve, gall, rile, peeve, enrage, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, exasperate, touch + a (raw) nerve, raise + Posesivo + hackles.Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex: Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.Ex: The author maintains that his poem makes an attempt to rattle the cage and is a gesture toward revolt, a call to abandon any vision of human life that does not embrace the sexual universe.Ex: Relations between the two countries would now be difficult as our Prime Minister had rubbed theirs up the wrong way over ridiculous matters.Ex: Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.Ex: Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.Ex: But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.Ex: It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.Ex: On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.* irritarse con = get + short with.* * *irritar [A1 ]vt1 ‹piel/garganta› to irritateel humo le irritaba los ojos the smoke was irritating his eyestiene la garganta irritada his throat is sore o inflamed2 ‹persona› to annoy, irritate1 «piel/ojos» to become irritated2 «persona» to get annoyed, get irritatedse irritó por lo que le dije he got annoyed o irritated at what I saidnunca se irrita con las críticas de sus adversarios she never gets annoyed at her opponents' criticisms* * *
irritar ( conjugate irritar) verbo transitivo
◊ tiene la garganta irritada his throat is sore o inflamed
irritarse verbo pronominal
irritar verbo transitivo to irritate
' irritar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
crispar
- enfermar
- picar
- provocar
- chocar
- fastidiar
- reventar
English:
gall
- irk
- irritate
- needle
- rile
- roil
- rub
- annoy
- vex
* * *♦ vt1. [enfadar] to irritate, to annoy2. [piel, garganta] to irritate;me irritó la garganta/piel it gave me a sore throat/a rash;el humo me irrita los pulmones smoke irritates my lungs* * *v/t tb MED irritate* * *irritar vt: to irritate♦ irritación nf* * *irritar vb to irritate -
91 irse a pique
(barco) to sink 2 (plan, proyecto) to go under, fall through————————(barco) to sink 2 (proyecto etc) to fall through* * *(v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spoutEx. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex. No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.Ex. These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.* * *(v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spoutEx: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.Ex: These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays. -
92 lancha salvavidas
f.lifeboat.* * *lifeboat* * *(n.) = lifeboatEx. Most of the crew came abaft to where the lifeboats were and when the word was given to abandon ship they jumped in and swam for the life rafts.* * *(n.) = lifeboatEx: Most of the crew came abaft to where the lifeboats were and when the word was given to abandon ship they jumped in and swam for the life rafts.
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93 lascivia
f.lasciviousness, lechery.* * *1 lasciviousness, lewdness* * *SF lust, lewdness, lasciviousness* * *femenino lasciviousness, lust* * *= lust, lubricity, wantonness.Ex. The writer focuses on the innocent dead, violence, lust, and political treachery.Ex. The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.Ex. The struggle between Alex and Milena has to do with her desire for secrecy and his desire to know her, and with the contrast between her wantonness and his reserve.----* con lascivia = lustily.* * *femenino lasciviousness, lust* * *= lust, lubricity, wantonness.Ex: The writer focuses on the innocent dead, violence, lust, and political treachery.
Ex: The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.Ex: The struggle between Alex and Milena has to do with her desire for secrecy and his desire to know her, and with the contrast between her wantonness and his reserve.* con lascivia = lustily.* * *lasciviousness, lust, lustfulness, lechery* * *lascivia nf[de comportamiento] lasciviousness, lewdness; [de gesto] lewdness; [de persona, mirada] lustfulness, lecherousness* * *f lewdness, lasciviousness* * *lascivia nf: lasciviousness, lewdness -
94 lujuria
f.lust.* * *1 lewdness, lust, lechery* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [sexual] lust, lechery, lewdness2) [de vegetación] lushness, abundance3) [de poder] excess* * *femenino (liter) lust, lechery* * *= lust, lubricity, wantonness.Ex. The writer focuses on the innocent dead, violence, lust, and political treachery.Ex. The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.Ex. The struggle between Alex and Milena has to do with her desire for secrecy and his desire to know her, and with the contrast between her wantonness and his reserve.----* con lujuria = lustily.* * *femenino (liter) lust, lechery* * *= lust, lubricity, wantonness.Ex: The writer focuses on the innocent dead, violence, lust, and political treachery.
Ex: The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.Ex: The struggle between Alex and Milena has to do with her desire for secrecy and his desire to know her, and with the contrast between her wantonness and his reserve.* con lujuria = lustily.* * *( liter)lust, lechery* * *
lujuria sustantivo femenino (liter) lust, lechery
lujuria sustantivo femenino lust
' lujuria' also found in these entries:
English:
lust
* * *lujuria nflust* * *f lust* * *lujuria nf: lust, lechery -
95 monstruosidad
f.1 freak.2 hugeness.3 monstrosity, atrocity.4 hideousness.5 monstrous act, grotesque act, atrocity, abomination.* * ** * *SF1) (=cosa fea) monstrosity¡qué monstruosidad de casa! — what a monstrosity of a house!
2) (=crueldad) atrocity3) (=deformidad)* * *a) (cosa fea, grande) monstrosityb) ( atrocidad) atrocityc) ( cualidad) monstrous nature, monstrousness* * *= enormity, monstrosity.Ex. It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.Ex. Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.* * *a) (cosa fea, grande) monstrosityb) ( atrocidad) atrocityc) ( cualidad) monstrous nature, monstrousness* * *= enormity, monstrosity.Ex: It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.
Ex: Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.* * *1(cosa monstruosa): ¿de dónde sacaste esa monstruosidad? where did you get that monstrosity from?es una monstruosidad hacer semejante cosa it's monstrous to do such a thingen los campos de concentración se cometieron muchas monstruosidades many atrocities were committed in the concentration camps2 (cualidad) monstrous nature, monstrousness* * *
monstruosidad sustantivo femenino
' monstruosidad' also found in these entries:
English:
eyesore
- monstrosity
- eye
* * *1. [anomalía] freak2. [enormidad] hugeness3. [crueldad] monstrosity, atrocity* * *f eyesore, monstrosity* * *: monstrosity -
96 morder el polvo
to bite the dust* * *(v.) = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaputEx. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.* * *(v.) = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaputEx: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it. -
97 morir
v.1 to die.murió apuñalado he was stabbed to deathmurió asesinado he was murderedmurió ahogado he drownedLa niña murió al nacer The baby girl died at birth.Mis flores murieron My flowers died.2 to die down (fuego).3 to subside, to die, to peter off.El sonido murió al fin The sound subsided at last.4 to die on.* * *1 (ser vivo) to die2 (día) to finish, come to an end3 (fuego) to die down4 (sendero, río) to end1 to die\morir ahogado to drownmorir con las botas puestas to die with one's boots onmorirse de aburrimiento to be bored to deathmorirse de ganas de... to be dying to...morirse de hambre to starve 2 figurado to be starvingmorirse de miedo to be scared stiffmorirse de pena to die of a broken heartmorirse de risa to kill oneself laughingmorirse del susto to die of shockmorirse de vergüenza to die of embarrassmentmorirse por + inf algo to be dying to + inf somethingmorirse por alguien to be mad about somebody¡muera...!/¡mueran...! death to...!, down with...!■ ¡mueran los dictadores! down with the dictators!* * *verb* * *(pp muerto)1. VI1) [persona, animal, planta] to die¡muera el tirano! — down with the tyrant!, death to the tyrant!
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morir de algo — to die of sthmurió de cáncer/del corazón — he died of cancer/of a heart attack
morir de frío — to die of cold, freeze to death
morir de hambre — to die of hunger, starve to death
morir de muerte natural — to die a natural death, die of natural causes
morir de vejez o de viejo — to die of old age
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morir por algo — to die for sth2) (=extinguirse) [civilización] to die, die out, come to an end; [amor] to die; [fuego] to die down; [luz] to fademoría el día — liter the day was drawing to a close liter
las olas iban a morir a la playa — liter the waves ran out on the beach
2.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) persona to diemorir de vejez/de muerte natural — to die of old age/of natural causes
y allí muere! — (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
hasta morir — (Méx fam)
b) (liter) civilización/costumbre to die out2.morirse v pron to dieno te vas a morir por ayudarlo — (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq)
como se entere me muero — (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq)
muérete! me caso el sábado — (fam) you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! (colloq)
morirse DE algo: se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack; morir de miedo/aburrimiento to be scared stiff/bored stiff; me muero de frío I'm freezing; me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq); es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny; me muero de ganas de verlos I'm dying to see them (colloq); morirse POR algo/alguien: me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq); se muere por ella he's nuts o crazy about her (colloq); morirse POR + INF — to be dying to + inf (colloq)
* * *= die, pass on, bite + the dust, die away, give up + the ghost, kick + the bucket, pass away, die off.Ex. I understand that Mr. Haykin was hoping to develop a code for subject practice, but he died and it was never done, so that today we lack a code.Ex. Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).Ex. A great deal of traditional indigenous knowledge is being irretrievably lost in New Zealand as the Maori elders age and pass away.Ex. Bees in southern Germany have been dying off in their hundreds of thousands.----* antes morir que = would rather + Verbo + than.* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.* casi + morir = nearly + die.* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.* luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.* morir ahogado = drown.* morir al instante = die + there and then, die on + the spot.* morir aplastado = crush to + death.* morir con dignidad = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morir de inanición = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morir de muerte natural = die + a natural death.* morir después que = outlive.* morir de viejo = die of + old age.* morir dignamente = have + a dignified death, die with + dignity, die + a dignified death.* morir instantáneamente = die + there and then, die on + the spot.* morirse de frío = freeze to + death.* morirse de hambre = starve.* morirse de risa = laugh + Posesivo + head off.* morirse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.* morirse por = itch for.* morirse por + Infinitivo = be dying to + Infinitivo.* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.* ¡muérete de envidia! = eat your heart out!.* nosotros lo hacíamos y no nos moríamos = it never did + Pronombre + any harm.* ser para morirse de risa = be a hoot.* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) persona to diemorir de vejez/de muerte natural — to die of old age/of natural causes
y allí muere! — (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
hasta morir — (Méx fam)
b) (liter) civilización/costumbre to die out2.morirse v pron to dieno te vas a morir por ayudarlo — (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq)
como se entere me muero — (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq)
muérete! me caso el sábado — (fam) you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! (colloq)
morirse DE algo: se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack; morir de miedo/aburrimiento to be scared stiff/bored stiff; me muero de frío I'm freezing; me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq); es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny; me muero de ganas de verlos I'm dying to see them (colloq); morirse POR algo/alguien: me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq); se muere por ella he's nuts o crazy about her (colloq); morirse POR + INF — to be dying to + inf (colloq)
* * *= die, pass on, bite + the dust, die away, give up + the ghost, kick + the bucket, pass away, die off.Ex: I understand that Mr. Haykin was hoping to develop a code for subject practice, but he died and it was never done, so that today we lack a code.
Ex: Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex: The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).Ex: A great deal of traditional indigenous knowledge is being irretrievably lost in New Zealand as the Maori elders age and pass away.Ex: Bees in southern Germany have been dying off in their hundreds of thousands.* antes morir que = would rather + Verbo + than.* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.* casi + morir = nearly + die.* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.* luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.* morir ahogado = drown.* morir al instante = die + there and then, die on + the spot.* morir aplastado = crush to + death.* morir con dignidad = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morir de inanición = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morir de muerte natural = die + a natural death.* morir después que = outlive.* morir de viejo = die of + old age.* morir dignamente = have + a dignified death, die with + dignity, die + a dignified death.* morir instantáneamente = die + there and then, die on + the spot.* morirse de frío = freeze to + death.* morirse de hambre = starve.* morirse de risa = laugh + Posesivo + head off.* morirse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.* morirse por = itch for.* morirse por + Infinitivo = be dying to + Infinitivo.* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.* ¡muérete de envidia! = eat your heart out!.* nosotros lo hacíamos y no nos moríamos = it never did + Pronombre + any harm.* ser para morirse de risa = be a hoot.* * *vi1 «persona/animal» to diemorir ahogado to drownmurió asesinada she was murderedmorir DE algo to die OF sthmorir de viejo or de vejez to die of old agemorir de muerte natural to die of natural causesmorir de frío to die of cold, freeze to deathmurió de hambre she died of hunger, she starved to deathmurieron por la libertad de su patria they died for their country's freedomantes morir que rendirse (it's) better to die than to surrender¡muera el dictador! death to the dictator!2 ( liter); «civilización/costumbre» to die outcon él moría el siglo XIX the 19th century died with himel río va a morir a la mar the river runs to the seaun caminito que muere al llegar al pueblo a little path which peters out when it gets to the village■ morirse«persona/animal/planta» to diese murió a los 80 años she died at the age of 80se le ha muerto la madre her mother has diedse me murió la perra my dog diedsi no riegas las plantas se te van a morir your plants will die if you don't water thempor poco me muero cuando me dijo el precio ( fam); I nearly died when he told me the price ( colloq)no te vas a morir por ayudarlo a hacer las camas ( fam); it won't kill you to help him make the beds ( colloq)que me muera si miento cross my heart and hope to die ( colloq)¡por mí que se muera! he can drop dead for all I care ( colloq)¡muérete! me caso el sábado ( fam); you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! ( colloq)morirse DE algo:se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attackse moría de miedo he was nearly dead with fright, he was scared stiffnos morimos de aburrimiento we got bored stiff o to deathcierra la ventana, que me muero de frío close the window, I'm freezinges para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny, you just kill yourself o die laughing ( colloq)me muero de ganas de ver a los niños I'm dying to see the children ( colloq), I'm really looking forward to seeing the childrenmorirse POR algo/algn:me muero por un vaso de agua I'm dying for a glass of water ( colloq)me muero por una cerveza fría I could murder a cold beer ( colloq), I'm dying for a cold beer ( colloq)morirse POR + INF to be dying to + INF ( colloq)me muero por irme de vacaciones I'm dying o I can't wait to go on vacation* * *
morir ( conjugate morir) verbo intransitivo
murió asesinada she was murdered;
morir DE algo ‹de vejez/cáncer› to die of sth;
murió de hambre she starved to death;
¡y allí muere! (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
morirse verbo pronominal [persona/animal/planta] to die;
se me murió la perra my dog died;
no te vas a morir por ayudarlo (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq);
como se entere me muero (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq);
morirse DE algo ‹de un infarto/de cáncer› to die of sth;
se moría de miedo/aburrimiento he was scared stiff/bored stiff;
me muero de frío I'm freezing;
me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq);
me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq);
se muere por verla he's dying to see her (colloq)
morir verbo intransitivo to die
morir de agotamiento/hambre, to die of exhaustion/starvation
' morir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahogada
- ahogado
- antes
- cascar
- de
- descendencia
- tiesa
- tieso
- vida
- acto
- caer
- librar
- malograr
- matar
- muera
- muriera
English:
before
- bleed
- cause
- death wish
- die
- drown
- expire
- freeze
- save
- than
- exposure
- go
* * *♦ vimurió asesinado he was murdered;murió ahogado he drowned;morir (de) joven to die young;morir de cáncer/de frío/de muerte natural to die of cancer/of cold/of natural causes;murió de (un) infarto he died from a heart attack;morir por la patria/por una causa to die for one's country/for a cause;¡muera el tirano! death to the tyrant!;Fama morir: la quiero a morir I love her to death;aquella noche bebimos a morir we had absolutely loads to drink that nightaquel camino muere en el bosque that path peters out in the forest[luz] to go out; [día] to come to a close; [tradición, costumbres, civilización] to die out;nuestra relación murió hace tiempo our relationship died a long time ago* * *<part muerto> v/i die (de of);morir de hambre die of hunger, starve to death* * *morir {46} vi1) fallecer: to die2) apagarse: to die out, to go out* * *morir vb to die -
98 occidental
adj.western.la España occidental western Spainf. & m.westerner.* * *► adjetivo1 western, occidental1 (persona) westerner* * *adj.western, occidental* * *1.ADJ western2.SMF westerner* * *I IImasculino y femenino westerner* * *= western, Western-born, Westerner, occidental, westerly.Ex. Examples of western bias were less evident.Ex. How can a Western-born white man, to take an extreme example, experience directly what it means to be a black Central African?.Ex. Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.Ex. This special classification scheme was created by Henry van de Waal for the description of occidental art.Ex. The most westerly town in Europe, Dingle is also famous for its friendly dolphin.----* Africa occidental = West Africa.* Alemania Occidental = West Germany.* civilización occidental = Western civilisation.* cultura occidental = Western culture.* frente occidental, el = Western Front, the.* hemisferio occidental, el = Western Hemisphere, the.* mundo occidental, el = western world, the, West, the, Occident, the.* no occidental = non-Western.* * *I IImasculino y femenino westerner* * *= western, Western-born, Westerner, occidental, westerly.Ex: Examples of western bias were less evident.
Ex: How can a Western-born white man, to take an extreme example, experience directly what it means to be a black Central African?.Ex: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.Ex: This special classification scheme was created by Henry van de Waal for the description of occidental art.Ex: The most westerly town in Europe, Dingle is also famous for its friendly dolphin.* Africa occidental = West Africa.* Alemania Occidental = West Germany.* civilización occidental = Western civilisation.* cultura occidental = Western culture.* frente occidental, el = Western Front, the.* hemisferio occidental, el = Western Hemisphere, the.* mundo occidental, el = western world, the, West, the, Occident, the.* no occidental = non-Western.* * *‹zona› western; ‹cultura/bloque/países› WesternÁfrica Occidental West Africawesterner* * *
occidental adjetivo ‹ zona› western;
‹cultura/países› Western;
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
westerner
occidental adjetivo western, occidental
' occidental' also found in these entries:
English:
society
- west
- western
- Western Europe
- dress
- lie
- Westerner
* * *♦ adj[zona, área] western; [economía, cultura, sociedad] Western♦ nmfwesterner* * *I adj westernII m/f Westerner* * *occidental adj: western, occidental* * *occidental1 adj westernoccidental2 n westerner -
99 oriental
adj.1 eastern.2 Uruguayan. ( Latin American Spanish)3 Oriental, Eastern, easterly, pertaining to the Orient.f. & m.1 oriental.2 Uruguayan. ( Latin American Spanish)* * *► adjetivo1 eastern, oriental1 Oriental* * *adj.1) oriental2) eastern* * *1. ADJ1) [persona] oriental; [región, zona] eastern2) Cono Sur (=uruguayo) Uruguayan3) Cuba of/from Oriente province2. SMF1) (=persona de Oriente) oriental2) Cono Sur (=uruguayo) Uruguayan3) Cuba native/inhabitant of Oriente province* * *I II* * *= eastern, oriental, Easterner, Far Eastern.Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.Ex. Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.Ex. The Dutch, too, started making cigars using tobacco from their Far Eastern colonies.----* Africa Oriental = East Africa.* cultura oriental = Eastern culture.* hemisferio oriental, el = Eastern Hemisphere, the.* jardín oriental = oriental garden.* Timor Oriental = East Timor.* * *I II* * *= eastern, oriental, Easterner, Far Eastern.Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.Ex: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.Ex: The Dutch, too, started making cigars using tobacco from their Far Eastern colonies.* Africa Oriental = East Africa.* cultura oriental = Eastern culture.* hemisferio oriental, el = Eastern Hemisphere, the.* jardín oriental = oriental garden.* Timor Oriental = East Timor.* * *1 (del este) Eastern2 (del Lejano Oriente) Oriental3 ( AmL) (uruguayo) Uruguayan1 (del Lejano Oriente) Oriental2 ( AmL) (uruguayo) Uruguayan* * *
oriental adjetivo ( del este) eastern;
( del Lejano Oriente) oriental;
( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( del Lejano Oriente) oriental;
( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
oriental
I adjetivo eastern, oriental
II mf Oriental
' oriental' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achinada
- achinado
- palillo
- amarillo
- bazar
- jalado
- plátano
- República Oriental del Uruguay
English:
bazaar
- East
- easterly
- eastern
- Eastern Europe
- Oriental
- chopstick
- east
- oriental
- rickshaw
* * *♦ adj1. [del este] eastern;[del Lejano Oriente] oriental2. Am [uruguayo] Uruguayan3. [de Oriente, Venezuela] of/from Oriente♦ nmf1. [del Lejano Oriente] oriental2. Am [uruguayo] Uruguayan;Histlos 33 orientales = group of Uruguayans who played a key role in the wars of independence by regaining control, in April 1825, of the area that was then eastern Uruguay3. [persona de Oriente, Venezuela] person from Oriente* * *I adj1 oriental, eastern2 S.Am.UruguayanII m/f1 Oriental2 S.Am.Uruguayan* * *oriental adj1) : eastern2) : oriental3) Arg, Uru : Uruguayanoriental nmf1) : Easterner2) : Oriental3) Arg, Uru : Uruguayan* * *oriental1 adj1. (en general) eastern2. (persona) Asian -
100 pasar a mejor vida
eufemístico to pass away* * *= bite + the dust, give up + the ghostEx. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.* * *= bite + the dust, give up + the ghostEx: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
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