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1 en llamas
• ablaze• afire• aflame• fiery• ignited• in a blaze• in fits and starts• in flesh and blood• on fire -
2 flamígero
• ablaze• flameproof terminal box• flaming red -
3 furibundo
• ablaze with anger• furious• irate -
4 llameante
• ablaze• aflame• fiery• flameproof terminal box• flaming red• ignited• in a blaze• in fits and starts• in flesh and blood• on fire -
5 lleno de ira
• ablaze with anger• angry• irate -
6 llama
f.1 flame.en llamas ablaze2 llama (animal).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: llamar.* * *1 ZOOLOGÍA llama————————1 (de fuego) flame\en llamas ablaze, in flames* * *noun f.1) flame2) llama* * *ISF (Zool) llamaIISF1) [de fuego] flamearder sin llama — to smoulder, smolder (EEUU)
en llamas — burning, ablaze, in flames
2) [de amor, pasión] flame, fire; [de esperanza, libertad] spark* * *1) ( de fuego) flame2) (Zool) llama* * *= flame.Nota: Usado también en el sentido figurado para indicar la pérdida de control y en el enrojecimiento en un debate.Ex. The article 'Flames, fear, and loathing: learning about life on the Internet' considers issues surrounding flaming on the Internet, i.e. a critical message or angry response sent on the Internet.----* arder sin llama = smoulder [smolder, -USA].* en llamas = afire, ablaze, blazing.* llama de la paz = flame of peace.* llama olímpica, la = Olympic flame, the.* llama piloto = pilot light.* * *1) ( de fuego) flame2) (Zool) llama* * *= flame.Nota: Usado también en el sentido figurado para indicar la pérdida de control y en el enrojecimiento en un debate.Ex: The article 'Flames, fear, and loathing: learning about life on the Internet' considers issues surrounding flaming on the Internet, i.e. a critical message or angry response sent on the Internet.
* arder sin llama = smoulder [smolder, -USA].* en llamas = afire, ablaze, blazing.* llama de la paz = flame of peace.* llama olímpica, la = Olympic flame, the.* llama piloto = pilot light.* * *A (de fuego) flamela gente se acercaba al edificio en llamas people were going toward(s) the blazing buildingla casa ardía en llamas the house was in flames o on firemantienen viva la llama del amor they keep alive o alight the flame of their loveCompuesto:pilot lightB ( Zool) llama* * *
Del verbo llamar: ( conjugate llamar)
llama es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
llama
llamar
llama sustantivo femenino
1 ( de fuego) flame;
llama piloto pilot light
2 (Zool) llama
llamar ( conjugate llamar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹bomberos/policía› to call;
‹ médico› to call (out);
‹camarero/criada/ascensor› to call;
‹súbditos/servidores› to summon;
‹ taxi› ( por teléfono) to call;
( en la calle) to hail;
el sindicato los llamó a la huelga the union called them out on strike
2 ( por teléfono) to phone, to call;
llama a algn al celular (AmL) or (Esp) al móvil to call sb on their cell phone (AmE) o mobile (BrE)
3
(dar el título, apodo de) to call
verbo intransitivo
1 ( con los nudillos) to knock;
( tocar el timbre) to ring (the doorbell);
2 (Telec) [ persona] to telephone, phone, call;
[ teléfono] to ring;◊ ¿quién llama? who's calling?;
ver tb cobro b
llamarse verbo pronominal
to be called;
¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?
llama sustantivo femenino flame
♦ Locuciones: en llamas, ablaze
llamar
I verbo transitivo
1 to call
2 (telefonear) to call up, phone, ring: la llamé esta mañana, I rang her this morning
3 (suscitar vocación, interés) to appeal
llamar la atención, to attract attention
4 (por un nombre de pila) to name
(por un apodo, mote, diminutivo) to call
II vi (con los nudillos) to knock
(con el timbre) to ring
' llama' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bar
- bombera
- bombero
- chimenea
- constructor
- constructora
- fútbol
- interés
- llamarse
- ocho
- política
- soflama
- atención
- igual
- instante
- llamar
- saber
- tanto
- tembloroso
- trémulo
- vivo
English:
anybody
- appeal
- call
- caller
- die
- female
- flame
- get
- granddaughter
- inconspicuous
- llama
- name
- ninth
- smoulder
- spectacle
- any
- doubt
- know
- smolder
- stuff
- suppose
- them
- what
* * *llama nf1. [de fuego] flame;en llamas ablaze2. [de pasión] flame;mantenían viva la llama de su amor they kept the flame of their love alight3. [animal] llama* * *f1 flame2 ZO llama* * *llama nf1) : flame2) : llama* * *llama n1. (de incendio) flame2. (animal) llama -
7 en llamas
ablaze, in flames* * *(adj.) = afire, ablaze, blazingEx. Among other buildings afire or still smoldering in eastern Baghdad today were the city hall and the National Library which was so thoroughly burned that heat still radiated 50 paces from its front doors.Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.Ex. As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.* * *(adj.) = afire, ablaze, blazingEx: Among other buildings afire or still smoldering in eastern Baghdad today were the city hall and the National Library which was so thoroughly burned that heat still radiated 50 paces from its front doors.
Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.Ex: As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'. -
8 incendiar
v.to set fire to.* * *1 to set on fire, set fire to1 to catch fire* * *1.VT to set fire to, set alight2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( prender fuego a) to set fire tob) ( quemar) < edificio> to burn down; < coche> to burn; <pueblo/bosque> to burn... to the ground2.incendiarse v prona) ( empezar a arder) to catch fireb) ( destruirse) edificio to be burned down* * *= set + fire to, torch, set + ablaze.Ex. There was opposition from the Chinese, however, and someone set fire to the library in September 1938.Ex. Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.Ex. The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.----* incendiarse = catch + fire, catch on + fire.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( prender fuego a) to set fire tob) ( quemar) < edificio> to burn down; < coche> to burn; <pueblo/bosque> to burn... to the ground2.incendiarse v prona) ( empezar a arder) to catch fireb) ( destruirse) edificio to be burned down* * *= set + fire to, torch, set + ablaze.Ex: There was opposition from the Chinese, however, and someone set fire to the library in September 1938.
Ex: Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.Ex: The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.* incendiarse = catch + fire, catch on + fire.* * *incendiar [A1 ]vt1 (prender fuego a) to set fire to2 (quemar) ‹edificio› to burn down; ‹coche› to burn; ‹pueblo/bosque› to burn … to the ground1 (empezar a arder) to catch fire2 (destruirse) «edificio» to be burned downlas ruinas de la casa incendiada the ruins of the burnt-out houselos bosques que se incendiaron el verano pasado the forests that were destroyed by fire last summer* * *
incendiar ( conjugate incendiar) verbo transitivo
‹ coche› to burn;
‹pueblo/bosque› to burn … to the ground
incendiarse verbo pronominal
incendiar verbo transitivo to set fire to, to set alight
' incendiar' also found in these entries:
English:
burn down
- fire
- burn
* * *♦ vtto set fire to;los guerrilleros incendiaron varias casas the guerrillas set fire to o torched several houses* * *v/t set fire to* * *incendiar vt: to set fire to, to burn (down)* * * -
9 prender fuego
v.to start the fire, to set the fire on, to cast fire.* * ** * *(v.) = set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, burn, catch + fireEx. The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.Ex. Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex. The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.Ex. In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.Ex. An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.* * *(v.) = set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, burn, catch + fireEx: The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.
Ex: Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex: The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.Ex: In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.Ex: An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May. -
10 quemar
v.1 to burn.quemaron una bandera americana they set fire to an American flagEl fuego quemó las cortinas The fire burned=burnt the curtains.Elsa quemó la madera Elsa burned=set fire to the wood.2 to go through, to fritter away (malgastar) (ahorros).3 to burn out (informal) (desgastar).4 to be (scalding) hot (estar caliente).ten cuidado que la sopa quema be careful, the soup's (scalding) hot5 to burn off, to consume, to burn up.El ejercicio quema calorías Exercise burns off calories.6 to be scorching, to be beating down, to be blazing down, to be blazing out.Este sol quema This sun is scorching.* * *2 (incendiar) to set on fire3 (destilar) to distil1 (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot3 figurado (ir a acertar) to get warm■ ¡que te quemas! you're getting warm!* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=hacer arder)a) [fuego, sol] [+ papeles, mueble, arroz, patatas] to burn; [+ edificio] to burn down; [+ coche] to set fire toel incendio ha quemado varias hectáreas de bosque — the fire has destroyed o burned down several hectares of woodland
he quemado la camisa con la plancha — I scorched o burned my shirt with the iron
nave 1)los guerrilleros quemaron varias aldeas — the guerrillas set fire to o burned several villages
b) [líquido hirviendo] to scald; [ácido, frío, helada] to burn2) (=dar sensación de calor) [radiador, especia picante] to burn3) [+ fusible] to blow4) (=gastar)a) [+ calorías] to burn, burn up; [+ energías] to burn offb) [+ fortuna] to squander; [+ dinero] to blow *, squander; [+ recursos] to use up5) * (=fastidiar) to bug *, get *lo que más me quemó fue que me tratara como a un estúpido — what bugged * me o got * me most was the way he treated me as if I was stupid
6) (=desgastar) [+ político, gobierno] to destroy, be the ruin ofun escándalo sexual puede quemar a cualquier político — a sex scandal can destroy o can be the ruin of any politician
tanto aparecer en televisión va a quemar su carrera — all these TV appearances will damage his career
7) (Com) [+ precios] to slash, cut; [+ géneros] to sell off cheap8) Cuba (=estafar) to swindle9) CAm (=denunciar) to denounce, inform on10) Ven * [con arma de fuego] to shoot11) Arg, Uru2. VI1) (=arder) [comida, líquido, metal] to be boiling (hot); [mejillas] to be burning¡cómo quema el sol! — the sun's really scorching (hot)!
este sol no quema nada — LAm you won't get tanned in this sun
2) (=picar) [especia, picante] to burn3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <basura/documentos> to burnb) <herejes/brujas> to burn... at the stake3) ( accidentalmente)a) <comida/mesa/mantel> to burn; ( con la plancha) to scorchb) líquido/vapor to scaldc) ácido <ropa/piel> to burn4) ( malgastar) <fortuna/herencia> to squander2.quemar vi1) ( estar muy caliente) plato/fuente to be very hot; café/sopa to be boiling (hot) (colloq)2) sol to burn3.quemarse v pron1)a) (refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; <mano/lengua> to burn; <pelo/cejas> to singeb) (fam) ( en juegos)caliente, caliente... te quemaste! — getting warmer, warmer... you're burning! (colloq)
c) ( al sol - ponerse rojo) to get burned; (- broncearse) (AmL) to tan2)a) ( destruirse) papeles to get burned; edificio to burn downb) ( sufrir daños) alfombra/vestido to get burned; comida to burn; (+ me/te/le etc)3) persona ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out; ( pasar de moda)un cantante que se quemó en un par de años — a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of years
* * *= burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear, singe, scald.Ex. In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.Ex. The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.Ex. Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex. The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.Ex. This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.Ex. If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.Ex. Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.Ex. Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.Ex. In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.----* fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.* más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out.* quemar completamente = burn out.* quemarse = go up in + flames.* quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.* sin quemar = unburned.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <basura/documentos> to burnb) <herejes/brujas> to burn... at the stake3) ( accidentalmente)a) <comida/mesa/mantel> to burn; ( con la plancha) to scorchb) líquido/vapor to scaldc) ácido <ropa/piel> to burn4) ( malgastar) <fortuna/herencia> to squander2.quemar vi1) ( estar muy caliente) plato/fuente to be very hot; café/sopa to be boiling (hot) (colloq)2) sol to burn3.quemarse v pron1)a) (refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; <mano/lengua> to burn; <pelo/cejas> to singeb) (fam) ( en juegos)caliente, caliente... te quemaste! — getting warmer, warmer... you're burning! (colloq)
c) ( al sol - ponerse rojo) to get burned; (- broncearse) (AmL) to tan2)a) ( destruirse) papeles to get burned; edificio to burn downb) ( sufrir daños) alfombra/vestido to get burned; comida to burn; (+ me/te/le etc)3) persona ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out; ( pasar de moda)un cantante que se quemó en un par de años — a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of years
* * *= burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear, singe, scald.Ex: In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.
Ex: The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.Ex: Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex: The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.Ex: This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.Ex: If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.Ex: Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.Ex: Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.Ex: In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.* fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.* más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out.* quemar completamente = burn out.* quemarse = go up in + flames.* quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.* sin quemar = unburned.* * *quemar [A1 ]vtA (destruir, eliminar)1 ‹basura/documentos› to burn; ‹gases› to burn off2 (en la hoguera) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stakeB1 ‹leña/combustible/incienso› to burn2 ‹calorías› to burn up; ‹grasa› to burn off1 ‹comida› to burn; ‹mesa/mantel› to burn; (con la plancha) to scorchme quemó con el cigarrillo he burned me with his cigarette2 «líquido/vapor» to scald3 «ácido» ‹ropa/piel› to burn4 ‹motor› to burn… out; ‹fusible› to blowD1 «sol» ‹plantas› to scorchla helada quemó los geranios the frost burned o damaged the geraniumsE (malgastar) ‹fortuna/herencia› to squanderF( RPl arg) (hacer quedar mal) ‹persona› lo quemaron publicando esa foto it made him look ridiculous o it was very embarrassing for him when they published that photoloco, me quemaste diciéndole eso you idiot, you really messed me up ( AmE) o ( BrE) dropped me in it by telling him that ( colloq)G ‹CD› to burn■ quemarviA (estar muy caliente) «plato/fuente» to be very hot; «café/sopa» to be boiling ( colloq), to be boiling hot ( colloq), to be very hotB «sol» to burnaunque está nublado el sol quema igual even though it's cloudy, you can still get burneda estas horas el sol quema mucho at this time of day, the sun is very strong o really burns■ quemarseA1 ( refl) (lastimarse) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; ‹mano/lengua› to burn; ‹pelo/cejas› to singeme quemé con la plancha I burned myself on the iron2 ( fam)(en juegos): caliente, caliente … ¡te quemaste! getting warmer, warmer … you're burning o boiling! ( colloq)B1 (destruirse) «papeles» to get burned o burnt; «edificio» to burn down2 (sufrir daños) «alfombra/vestido» to get burned o burnt; «comida» to burnaquí se está quemando algo something's burning(+ me/te/le etc): se me quemaron las tostadas I burned the toast, the toast burnedC «persona»1 (desgastarse, agotarse) to burn oneself out2(pasarse de moda): un cantante que se quemó en un par de años a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of yearsen el mundo del espectáculo te quemas rápidamente in show business you're only famous for a short timeD( RPl arg) «persona» (quedar mal): te quemás si les hacés un regalo así it'll look really bad if you give them a gift like thatno digas eso en la entrevista porque te quemás don't say that in your interview or you'll blow your chances ( colloq)* * *
quemar ( conjugate quemar) verbo transitivo
1
b) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake
2 ‹ calorías› to burn up;
‹ grasa› to burn off
3
( con la plancha) to scorch
‹ fusible› to blow
‹ piel› to burn;
( broncear) (AmL) to tan
verbo intransitivo
[café/sopa] to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
quemarse verbo pronominal
1
(con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself;
‹mano/lengua› to burn;
‹pelo/cejas› to singe
(— broncearse) (AmL) to tan
2
[ edificio] to burn down
[ comida] to burn;
3 [ persona] ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out
quemar
I verbo transitivo
1 (con el sol, fuego, etc) to burn
2 (con líquido) to scald
3 fam (psíquicamente) to burn out
II vi (una bebida, etc) to be boiling hot
' quemar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicharrar
- nave
- abrasar
- incendiar
English:
burn
- burn out
- burn up
- sear
- wood
- work off
- blow
- frost
- scorch
* * *♦ vt1. [sol, con fuego, calor] to burn;[con líquido hirviendo] to scald;quemaron una bandera americana they set fire to an American flag;has quemado los macarrones you've burnt the macaroni;quemaban a los herejes en la hoguera heretics were burnt at the stake;quemar etapas [ir rápido] to come on in leaps and bounds, to progress rapidly;[ir demasiado rápido] to cut corners;quemar el último cartucho to play one's last card2. [calorías] to burn up;[grasa] to burn offel sol quemó las plantas the plants withered in the sun4. [malgastar] to run through, to fritter away;quemó sus ahorros en pocos meses she ran through her savings in just a few months6. CAm, Méx [delatar] to denounce, to inform on7. Carib, Méx [estafar] to swindleme quemaron con la publicación de esa noticia they really landed me in it by publishing that story♦ vi1. [estar caliente] to be (scalding) hot;ten cuidado que la sopa quema be careful, the soup's (scalding) hot* * *I v/t1 burn3 famrecursos use up; dinero blow famII v/i be very hot* * *quemar vt: to burn, to set fire toquemar vi: to be burning hot* * *quemar vb2. (edificio, etc) to burn down3. (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot / to be very hot¡cuidado que quema! be careful, it's very hot! -
11 aburrido
adj.1 boring, dull, humdrum, uninteresting.2 bored, tired.f. & m.bore, boring person, tiresome person.past part.past participle of spanish verb: aburrir.* * *1→ link=aburrir aburrir► adjetivo1 (ser aburrido) boring, tedious; (monótono) dull, dreary* * *(f. - aburrida)adj.1) boring, tedious2) bored, fed up* * *ADJ (=que aburre) boring, tedious; (=que siente aburrimiento) boredABURRIDO ¿"Bored" o "boring"? ► Usamos bored para referirnos al hecho de {estar} aburrido, es decir, de sentir aburrimiento: Si estás aburrida podrías ayudarme con este trabajo If you're bored you could help me with this work ► Usamos boring con personas, actividades y cosas para indicar que alguien o algo {es} aburrido, es decir, que produce aburrimiento: ¡Qué novela más aburrida! What a boring novel! No me gusta salir con él; es muy aburrido I don't like going out with him; he's very boring¡estoy aburrido de decírtelo! — I'm tired of telling you!
* * *I- da adjetivo1) < persona>a) [estar] ( sin entretenimiento) boredb) [estar] ( harto) fed upaburrido de algo — tired of something, fed up with something
aburrido de + inf — tired of -ing
2) [ser] <película/persona> boring; < trabajo> boring, tediousII- da masculino, femenino bore* * *= tedious, deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], drab, stodgy, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], bored, boring, wearying, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring, unmoving, dull, cut and dried [cut and dry].Ex. In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.Ex. One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.Ex. There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.Ex. The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.Ex. Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.Ex. A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.Ex. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.----* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.* día aburrido = dull day.* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.* * *I- da adjetivo1) < persona>a) [estar] ( sin entretenimiento) boredb) [estar] ( harto) fed upaburrido de algo — tired of something, fed up with something
aburrido de + inf — tired of -ing
2) [ser] <película/persona> boring; < trabajo> boring, tediousII- da masculino, femenino bore* * *= tedious, deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], drab, stodgy, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], bored, boring, wearying, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring, unmoving, dull, cut and dried [cut and dry].Ex: In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.
Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.Ex: One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.Ex: There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.Ex: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.Ex: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously, ponderously, boringly.* día aburrido = dull day.* estar aburrido como una ostra = be bored stiff.* * *A ‹persona›1 [ ESTAR] (sin entretenimiento) boredestoy muy aburrido I'm bored stiff2 [ ESTAR] (harto) fed upme tienes aburrido con tus quejas I'm fed up with your complaintsaburrido DE algo tired OF sth, fed up WITH sthestoy aburrido de sus bromas I'm tired of o fed up with her jokesaburrido DE + INF tired of -INGestoy aburrido de pedírselo I'm tired of asking him for itB [ SER] ‹película/persona› boringes un trabajo muy aburrido it's a really boring o tedious jobla conferencia fue aburridísima the lecture was really boringmasculine, femininebore* * *
Del verbo aburrir: ( conjugate aburrir)
aburrido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
aburrido
aburrir
aburrido◊ -da adjetivo
1 [estar] ‹ persona›
aburrido de algo tired of sth, fed up with sth;
aburrido de hacer algo tired of doing sth
2 [ser] ‹película/persona› boring;
‹ trabajo› boring, tedious
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
bore
aburrir ( conjugate aburrir) verbo transitivo
to bore
aburrirse verbo pronominal
aburridose de hacer algo to get tired of doing sth
aburrido,-a adjetivo
1 (cargante, tedioso) tu hermano es aburrido, your brother's boring
2 (que no se divierte) tu hermano está aburrido, your brother's bored
(cansado, hastiado) estoy aburrido de tus quejas, I'm tired of your complaints
aburrir verbo transitivo to bore
♦ Locuciones: aburrir a las ovejas, to be incredibly boring
' aburrido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrida
- acto
- amargada
- amargado
- harta
- harto
- insípida
- insípido
- ladrillo
- pesada
- pesado
- petardo
- plomo
- sopa
- tostón
- aburridor
- aguado
- bastante
- cansado
- de
- enojoso
- latoso
- mamado
- podrido
English:
bored
- boring
- dreary
- dull
- grind
- plough through
- quiet
- shade
- stiff
- tedious
- tediously
- uninspiring
- especially
- staid
- wade
* * *aburrido, -a♦ adj1. [harto, fastidiado] bored;estar aburrido de hacer algo to be fed up with doing sth;estoy aburrido de esperar I'm fed up with o tired of waiting;me tiene muy aburrido con sus constantes protestas I'm fed up with her constant complaining;Famestar aburrido como una ostra to be bored stiff2. [que aburre] boring;este libro es muy aburrido this book is very boring;la fiesta está muy aburrida it's a very boring party♦ nm,fbore;¡eres un aburrido! you're so boring!* * *aburrido de algo bored o fed up fam with sth* * *aburrido, -da adj1) : bored, tired, fed up2) tedioso: boring, tedious* * *aburrido1 adj1. (sin entretenimiento) bored2. (tedioso, pesado) boring¡qué programa más aburrido! what a boring programme! -
12 arder
v.1 to burn.la iglesia está ardiendo the church is burning o on fireEl legajo ardió ante sus ojos The dossier burned before his very eyes.Mis ojos arden My eyes burn=itch.Me arden los ojos My eyes burn.2 to be boiling hot (estar caliente) (café, sopa).* * *1 to burn (completamente) to burn down; (sin llama) to smoulder2 (resplandecer) to glow3 figurado to burn1 to burn\arder de pasión figurado to burn with passionarder en guerras figurado to be ravaged by warla cosa está que arde familiar things are getting pretty hot* * *verb1) to burn2) smart, sting* * *1. VT1) (=quemar) to burn2) esp LAm * [herida] to sting, make smart2. VI1) (=quemarse) to burnarder sin llama — to smoulder, smolder (EEUU)
2) [abono] to ferment; [trigo etc] to heat up4) (fig) (=consumirse) to burn, seethearder de o en amor — to burn with love
arder de o en ira — to seethe with anger
3.See:* * *verbo intransitivo1) ( quemarse) to burnardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he burned with desire to see her (liter)
2) ( estar muy caliente) to be boiling (hot)arder en fiestas: Zaragoza arde en fiestas the festivities in Zaragoza are in full swing; estar que arde persona to be fuming; la cosa está que arde — things have reached boiling point
3) ( escocer) <herida/ojos> to sting, smart* * *= burn, go up in + flames, ignite, blaze, catch + fire, catch on + fire.Ex. In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.Ex. The title of the article is 'National library in Sarajevo destroyed; collections, archives go up in flames'.Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex. An ammunition dump near the town of Balkhash in central Kazakhstan blazes after a huge explosion on Wednesday.Ex. An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.Ex. Eric continued trying to stomp it out but his shoe caught on fire.----* arder completamente = burn out.* arder lentamente = smoulder [smolder, -USA].* arder sin llama = smoulder [smolder, -USA].* comenzar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.* empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.* que arde lentamente = smouldering [smoldering, -USA].* * *verbo intransitivo1) ( quemarse) to burnardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he burned with desire to see her (liter)
2) ( estar muy caliente) to be boiling (hot)arder en fiestas: Zaragoza arde en fiestas the festivities in Zaragoza are in full swing; estar que arde persona to be fuming; la cosa está que arde — things have reached boiling point
3) ( escocer) <herida/ojos> to sting, smart* * *= burn, go up in + flames, ignite, blaze, catch + fire, catch on + fire.Ex: In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.
Ex: The title of the article is 'National library in Sarajevo destroyed; collections, archives go up in flames'.Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex: An ammunition dump near the town of Balkhash in central Kazakhstan blazes after a huge explosion on Wednesday.Ex: An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.Ex: Eric continued trying to stomp it out but his shoe caught on fire.* arder completamente = burn out.* arder lentamente = smoulder [smolder, -USA].* arder sin llama = smoulder [smolder, -USA].* comenzar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.* empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.* que arde lentamente = smouldering [smoldering, -USA].* * *arder [E1 ]viA «madera/bosque/casa» (quemarse) to burnB (estar muy caliente) to be boiling (hot)arder en fiestas: Zaragoza arde en fiestas the festivities in Zaragoza are in full swingestar algn/algo que arde: tu padre está que arde your father's fuming o seethingla sopa está que arde the soup's boiling (hot)la cosa está que arde things have reached boiling pointla fiesta estaba que ardía ( Chi); the party was in full swingva que arde ( Esp fam): te pagaré 1.000 euros y vas que ardes I'll pay you 1,000 euros and that's all you're getting o and you can count yourself lucky you're getting that muchC1 (escocer) «herida/ojos» to sting, smartle ardían los ojos con el humo the smoke was making her eyes smart, the smoke was irritating her eyesle hizo arder la herida (CS); it made the cut stingdespués de tanto sol le ardían los hombros her shoulders were burning o sore after so long in the sun2«estómago»: me arde el estómago I've got heartburn* * *
arder ( conjugate arder) verbo intransitivo
1 ( quemarse) to burn
2 ( estar muy caliente) to be boiling (hot);
la cosa está que arde things have reached boiling point
3 ( escocer) [herida/ojos] to sting, smart
arder verbo intransitivo to burn: familiar el jefe está que arde, the boss is really fuming
la cosa está que arde, things are hotting up
' arder' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calcinar
- deseo
- incendiar
English:
blaze
- burn
- flare up
- glow
- inflamed
- rage
- smoulder
- ablaze
- smolder
- sting
* * *arder vi1. [quemarse] [bosque, casa] to burn;la iglesia está ardiendo the church is burning o on fire;ha ardido el granero the barn has burnt down;una antorcha que arde permanentemente a torch that is always burning;todavía arden los rescoldos de la hoguera the bonfire is still smouldering;Famcon eso va que arde that's more than enough2. [estar caliente] [café, sopa] to be boiling hot;¡está que arde! [persona] he's fuming;[reunión] it's getting pretty heatedme arde el estómago I've got heartburn;tanto dinero le arde en sus manos all that money is burning a hole in his pocketarder en deseos de hacer algo to be dying to do sthtodavía arde la revuelta de mayo the spirit of the May uprising is still alive* * *v/i1 burn;arder de oen be burning withla reunión está que arde fam the meeting is about to erupt fam* * *arder vi1) : to burnel bosque está ardiendo: the forest is in flamesarder de ira: to burn with anger, to be seething2) : to smart, to sting, to burnle ardía el estómago: he had heartburn* * *arder vb2. (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot / to be boiling hot -
13 complicarse
1 (gen) to make difficult for oneself2 (implicarse) to get involved (en, in)* * *VPR1) [gen] to get complicatedcomplicarse la vida — to make life difficult for o.s.
2)complicarse en algo — to get involved o mixed up in sth
* * *(v.) = thickenEx. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.* * *(v.) = thickenEx: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.
* * *
■complicarse verbo reflexivo to get complicated
♦ Locuciones: complicarse la vida, to make life difficult for oneself
' complicarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
complicar
- vida
* * *vpr1. [problema] to become o get complicated;se están complicando las cosas things are getting complicated;la reunión se complicó y terminamos a las once complications arose at the meeting and we finished at eleven;¡no te compliques la vida! don't complicate matters (unnecessarily)!2. [enfermedad] to get worse3. [comprometerse]se ha complicado en un asunto turbio he has got mixed up o involved in some shady business* * *v/r get complicated;complicarse la vida make life o things difficult for o.s.* * *vr -
14 espesarse
1 (gen) to get thicker2 (salsa etc) to thicken* * *VPR [líquido] to thicken, get thicker; [bosque, niebla, humo] to get denser, get thicker; [sangre] to coagulate, solidify* * *(v.) = thickenEx. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.* * *(v.) = thickenEx: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.
* * *
■espesarse verbo reflexivo to thicken, become thicker
' espesarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espesar
English:
thicken
* * *vpr[bosque, vegetación] to become more dense; [niebla, humo] to get thicker; [líquido, salsa] to thicken* * *v/r thicken, become thick* * *vr -
15 estar furioso
v.to be furious, to be very mad, to be ablaze with fury, to be ablaze with anger.* * *(v.) = fumeEx. Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.* * *(v.) = fumeEx: Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.
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16 hacerse más denso
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17 hacerse más espeso
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18 monótono
adj.monotonous, boring, drab, dull.* * *► adjetivo1 monotonous* * *ADJ1) (=uniforme) [voz, sonido] monotonous2) (=aburrido) [trabajo, discurso] tedious, monotonous; [vida] dreary, humdrum* * *- na adjetivoa) <vida/trabajo> monotonous, humdrum; <discurso/espectáculo> monotonous, tediousb) < voz> monotonous* * *= dull, monotone, monotonous, stale, drab, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring.Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.Ex. The notion of functional dependency requires an additional structure in the form of a monotone nondecreasing function.Ex. An ugly voice, one that is monotonous or grating, weak in power, incomprehensible or strained, is never likely to receive and retain anyone's attention for long.Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.----* hacerse monótono = go + stale.* recitar en tono monótono = chant.* trabajo monótono = drudge work.* * *- na adjetivoa) <vida/trabajo> monotonous, humdrum; <discurso/espectáculo> monotonous, tediousb) < voz> monotonous* * *= dull, monotone, monotonous, stale, drab, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], uninspiring.Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
Ex: The notion of functional dependency requires an additional structure in the form of a monotone nondecreasing function.Ex: An ugly voice, one that is monotonous or grating, weak in power, incomprehensible or strained, is never likely to receive and retain anyone's attention for long.Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.* hacerse monótono = go + stale.* recitar en tono monótono = chant.* trabajo monótono = drudge work.* * *monótono -na1 ‹vida/trabajo› monotonous, humdrum, dreary; ‹discurso/espectáculo› monotonous, tedious* * *
monótono◊ -na adjetivo
monotonous
monótono,-a adjetivo monotonous: un discurso verdaderamente largo y monótono, a really long and monotonous speech
' monótono' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
monótona
English:
drab
- featureless
- monotonous
- soul-destroying
- tediously
- dreary
- flat
- grind
- humdrum
* * *monótono, -a adjmonotonous* * *adj monotonous* * *monótono, -na adj: monotonous♦ monótonamente adv* * * -
19 poco estimulante
(adj.) = unexciting, uninspiring, unmovingEx. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.* * *(adj.) = unexciting, uninspiring, unmovingEx: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving. -
20 poco interesante
adj.uninteresting, featureless, uninspiring, unremarkable.* * *(adj.) = dull, jackdaw, uninteresting, uninspiring, unremarkableEx. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.Ex. The contrast between the fine feathers of these superb bindings and their jackdaw contents is often quaint.Ex. There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.Ex. Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.Ex. This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.* * *(adj.) = dull, jackdaw, uninteresting, uninspiring, unremarkableEx: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
Ex: The contrast between the fine feathers of these superb bindings and their jackdaw contents is often quaint.Ex: There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.Ex: Though the novel begins like a house ablaze, it later thickens slightly into an acceptable if uninspiring finale.Ex: This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.
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