Перевод: с испанского на английский

с английского на испанский

abused

  • 1 insultado

    = abused.
    Ex. The program aimed at the introduction of neglected and abused children to the public library and the books and services that can help them enrich their lives.
    * * *

    Ex: The program aimed at the introduction of neglected and abused children to the public library and the books and services that can help them enrich their lives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > insultado

  • 2 abusado

    adj.
    smart, bright.
    intj.
    watch out, be careful, look out.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: abusar.
    * * *
    abusado, -a Méx
    1.
    EXCL * (=cuidado) look out!, careful!
    2. ADJ
    1) (=astuto) sharp, cunning
    2) (=cauteloso) watchful, wary
    3.
    SM / F swot *, grind (EEUU) *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (Méx fam) bright (colloq), smart
    II
    interjección (Méx fam) watch out!, look out!
    * * *
    = abused.
    Ex. The program aimed at the introduction of neglected and abused children to the public library and the books and services that can help them enrich their lives.
    ----
    * abusado físicamente = physically abused.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (Méx fam) bright (colloq), smart
    II
    interjección (Méx fam) watch out!, look out!
    * * *

    Ex: The program aimed at the introduction of neglected and abused children to the public library and the books and services that can help them enrich their lives.

    * abusado físicamente = physically abused.

    * * *
    abusado1 -da
    ( Méx fam) bright ( colloq), smart
    es muy abusado para las ciencias he's very hot on science ( colloq)
    (ponte) abusado con la bolsa, aquí asaltan mucho be careful with o watch your bag, there are a lot of muggers around here
    si no te pones abusado te van a quitar la novia you're going to lose that girlfriend of yours if you don't get your act together o smarten your ideas up o ( BrE) buck your ideas up ( colloq)
    ( Méx fam) watch out!, look out!
    ¡abusado con los alacranes! watch out for the scorpions!
    * * *
    abusado, -a Méx Fam
    ♦ adj
    smart, sharp;
    esos niños son bien abusados, saben cómo sacarle dinero a sus padres those kids are really smart, they know how to get money out of their parents;
    si no te pones abusado te quedarás sin comer if you don't watch out there won't be anything left for you to eat
    ♦ interj
    look out!;
    ¡abusada, fíjate en el tráfico antes de cruzar! look out! watch what the traffic is doing before you start crossing the road!;
    abusado con el excusado, ¡no es basurero! [en letrero] be careful how you use the toilet – it's not a Br dustbin o US trashcan!
    * * *
    adj Méx
    1 smart, clever
    2
    :
    ¡abusado! look out!
    * * *
    abusado, -da adj, Mex fam : sharp, on the ball

    Spanish-English dictionary > abusado

  • 3 maltratado

    adj.
    battered.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: maltratar.
    * * *
    ADJ [bebé, niño, mujer] (=pegado) battered; (=tratado mal) abused
    * * *
    = battered, abused.
    Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex. The program aimed at the introduction of neglected and abused children to the public library and the books and services that can help them enrich their lives.
    ----
    * mujer maltratada = battered woman.
    * * *
    = battered, abused.

    Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.

    Ex: The program aimed at the introduction of neglected and abused children to the public library and the books and services that can help them enrich their lives.
    * mujer maltratada = battered woman.

    * * *

    Del verbo maltratar: ( conjugate maltratar)

    maltratado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    maltratado    
    maltratar
    maltratar ( conjugate maltratar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹persona/animal› to maltreat, ill-treat, mistreat;

    ( pegar) ‹niño/mujer› to batter
    b) ‹juguete/coche› to mistreat, treat … very roughly

    maltratado,-a adjetivo battered, ill-treated
    maltratar verbo transitivo
    1 (un objeto) to mistreat
    2 (psicológicamente) to ill-treat, (golpear) to batter
    ' maltratado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baqueteada
    - baqueteado
    - maltratada
    English:
    allege
    - batter
    - battered
    - punishment
    * * *
    maltratado, -a adj
    1. [persona] battered;
    una asociación de mujeres maltratadas an association for victims of domestic violence
    2. [objeto] damaged

    Spanish-English dictionary > maltratado

  • 4 abusado físicamente

    Ex. The problem of battered & physically abused children, mistreated by their parents or guardians, raises the question as to whether we are all assassin.
    * * *

    Ex: The problem of battered & physically abused children, mistreated by their parents or guardians, raises the question as to whether we are all assassin.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abusado físicamente

  • 5 abusar

    v.
    1 to go too far.
    abusar de algo to abuse something
    abusar del alcohol to drink to excess
    puedes comer dulces, pero sin abusar you can eat sweets, but don't overdo it
    2 to abuse, to take advantage.
    * * *
    1 (propasarse) to go too far, abuse (de, -)
    2 (usar mal) to misuse (de, -)
    * * *
    VI
    1) (=extralimitarse) to take advantage

    • abusar de — [+ persona] to take advantage of; [+ amistad, hospitalidad, amabilidad, privilegio] to abuse

    si siguen abusando de mi paciencia, un día estallaré — if they continue to try my patience, one of these days I'm going to explode

    abusar de la confianza de algn — (=aprovecharse) to take advantage of sb's good will; (=traicionar) to betray sb's trust

    2) (=usar en exceso)

    • abusar de, abusar del tabaco — to smoke too much

    3) (=usar mal)

    abusar de — [+ dinero] to misuse

    4) [sexualmente]
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)

    abusar de algo — de autoridad/posición to abuse something; de hospitalidad/generosidad to abuse something, take unfair advantage of something

    abusar de alguien — de padres/amigo to take advantage of somebody

    abusar de algo: abusa de tranquilizantes he takes too many tranquilizers; no se debe abusar del alcohol — alcohol should be drunk in moderation

    * * *
    = abuse, mistreat, wrong.
    Ex. This system was often abused for a grasping clicker would see to it that the fastest compositor got the easiest work.
    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. The case raises the age-old issue of how best to resolve disputes between the press and a subject that feels wronged.
    ----
    * abusar de = overuse.
    * abusar del poder = lord over, lord it over.
    * abusar del sistema = game + the system, milk + the system.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)

    abusar de algo — de autoridad/posición to abuse something; de hospitalidad/generosidad to abuse something, take unfair advantage of something

    abusar de alguien — de padres/amigo to take advantage of somebody

    abusar de algo: abusa de tranquilizantes he takes too many tranquilizers; no se debe abusar del alcohol — alcohol should be drunk in moderation

    * * *
    = abuse, mistreat, wrong.

    Ex: This system was often abused for a grasping clicker would see to it that the fastest compositor got the easiest work.

    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: The case raises the age-old issue of how best to resolve disputes between the press and a subject that feels wronged.
    * abusar de = overuse.
    * abusar del poder = lord over, lord it over.
    * abusar del sistema = game + the system, milk + the system.

    * * *
    abusar [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 (aprovecharse) abusar DE algo/algn to take advantage OF sth/sb
    no quisiera abusar de su amabilidad I don't want to impose (on you)
    abusa de su autoridad he abuses his authority
    2 (sexualmente) abusar DE algn to sexually abuse sb; (violar) to rape sb
    B
    (usar en exceso): no tomes más de dos al día, no conviene abusar don't have more than two a day, it's best not to take too many
    abusar DE algo:
    abusa de tranquilizantes he takes too many tranquilizers
    el alcohol no es nocivo si no se abusa de él alcohol is not harmful if drunk in moderation o as long as it is not drunk to excess
    usa y abusa de cifras y estadísticas she overuses o she makes excessive use of figures and statistics
    * * *

    abusar ( conjugate abusar) verbo intransitivo
    1


    abusar de algo ‹de autoridad/posición/generosidad› to abuse sth;
    no quisiera abusar de su amabilidad I don't want to impose (on you);
    abusar de algn ‹de padres/amigo› to take advantage of sb
    b) ( sexualmente) abusar de algn to sexually abuse sb

    2 ( usar en exceso):

    no se debe abusar del alcohol alcohol should be drunk in moderation
    abusar verbo intransitivo
    1 (aprovecharse de) to take (unfair) advantage of: su familia abusa de su bondad, her family take advantage of her kindness
    (del poder, de la autoridad, etc) to abuse
    2 (consumir en exceso) abusar del alcohol, to drink too much o to excess
    3 Jur (de un menor, de una mujer) to abuse
    4 familiar ¡no abuses de mi paciencia!, don't try my patience
    ' abusar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sangrar
    - aprovechar
    English:
    abuse
    - advantage
    - impose
    - misuse
    - rank
    - strain
    - indulgence
    - molest
    * * *
    abusar vi
    1. [excederse] to go too far;
    abusar de algo to abuse sth;
    abusar del alcohol to drink to excess;
    no le conviene abusar de la bebida he shouldn't drink too much;
    puedes comer dulces, pero sin abusar you can eat sweets, but don't overdo it
    2. [aprovecharse]
    abusar de alguien to take advantage of sb;
    abusan de su generosidad they take advantage of o abuse her generosity
    3.
    abusar (sexualmente) de alguien [forzar] to sexually abuse sb
    * * *
    v/i
    :
    abusar de poder, confianza abuse; persona take advantage of;
    abusar sexualmente de alguien sexually abuse s.o.;
    abusar del alcohol drink too much
    * * *
    abusar vi
    1) : to go too far, to do something to excess
    2)
    abusar de : to abuse (as drugs)
    3)
    abusar de : to take unfair advantage of
    * * *
    abusar vb to abuse

    Spanish-English dictionary > abusar

  • 6 ultrajar

    v.
    1 to insult, to offend.
    2 to abuse, to insult, to offend, to disgrace.
    Ese hombre ultrajó a tu hija That man abused your daughter.
    3 to rape.
    El criminal ultrajó a María The criminal raped Mary.
    * * *
    1 to outrage, insult, offend
    * * *
    verb
    to outrage, insult
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=ofender) to offend; (=injuriar) to insult, abuse
    2) liter (=estropear) to spoil, crumple, disarrange
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) < persona> to outrage, offend... deeply; < bandera> to insult; < honor> to offend against
    * * *
    = outrage, pillage, abuse.
    Ex. And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.
    Ex. And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by the improper use of the word 'intelligent'.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) < persona> to outrage, offend... deeply; < bandera> to insult; < honor> to offend against
    * * *
    = outrage, pillage, abuse.

    Ex: And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.

    Ex: And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.
    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by the improper use of the word 'intelligent'.

    * * *
    ultrajar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml); ‹persona› to outrage, offend … deeply; ‹bandera› to insult; ‹honor› to offend against
    * * *

    ultrajar ( conjugate ultrajar) verbo transitivo (frml) ‹ persona› to outrage, offend … deeply;
    ‹ bandera› to insult;
    ‹ honor› to offend against
    ultrajar verbo transitivo to outrage
    * * *
    to insult, to offend
    * * *
    v/t fml
    outrage; ( insultar) insult
    * * *
    insultar: to offend, to outrage, to insult

    Spanish-English dictionary > ultrajar

  • 7 arreglárselas para que

    Ex. This system was often abused for a grasping clicker would see to it that the fastest compositor got the easiest work.
    * * *

    Ex: This system was often abused for a grasping clicker would see to it that the fastest compositor got the easiest work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > arreglárselas para que

  • 8 asesino

    adj.
    murderous, cutthroat, homicidal, killer.
    f. & m.
    murderer, butcher, killer, assassin.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: asesinar.
    * * *
    1 murderous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 killer (hombre) murderer; (mujer) murderess
    * * *
    (f. - asesina)
    noun
    1) killer, murderer / murderess
    * * *
    asesino, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F murder/murderess, killer; (Pol) assassin

    asesino/a en serie, asesino/a múltiple — serial killer

    asesino/a profesional — hired killer

    asesino/a serial — LAm serial killer

    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo <instinto/odio> murderous, homicidal; < animal> killer (before n)

    me lanzó una mirada asesina — (fam) he gave me a murderous look

    II
    - na masculino, femenino murderer; ( por razones políticas) assassin
    * * *
    = gunman [gunmen, -pl.], killer, murderer, murderous, assassin, cutthroat.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.
    Ex. The article 'The coming of the killers' reports the impact of the chain superstore on independent booksellers in the USA.
    Ex. The librarian describes the pressure she and her staff underwent to reveal information on the murderer's borrowing habits.
    Ex. This is a collection of articles on the theme: Books for children with murderous, shocking, menacing endings.
    Ex. The problem of battered & physically abused children, mistreated by their parents or guardians, raises the question as to whether we are all assassins.
    Ex. Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.
    ----
    * asesino a sueldo = hatchetman, hired assassin, hired gun, hit man.
    * asesino con hacha = axe murderer.
    * asesino de masas = mass murderer.
    * asesino en serie = serial killer.
    * asesino múltiple = serial killer.
    * asesino silencioso = silent killer.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo <instinto/odio> murderous, homicidal; < animal> killer (before n)

    me lanzó una mirada asesina — (fam) he gave me a murderous look

    II
    - na masculino, femenino murderer; ( por razones políticas) assassin
    * * *
    = gunman [gunmen, -pl.], killer, murderer, murderous, assassin, cutthroat.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.

    Ex: The article 'The coming of the killers' reports the impact of the chain superstore on independent booksellers in the USA.
    Ex: The librarian describes the pressure she and her staff underwent to reveal information on the murderer's borrowing habits.
    Ex: This is a collection of articles on the theme: Books for children with murderous, shocking, menacing endings.
    Ex: The problem of battered & physically abused children, mistreated by their parents or guardians, raises the question as to whether we are all assassins.
    Ex: Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.
    * asesino a sueldo = hatchetman, hired assassin, hired gun, hit man.
    * asesino con hacha = axe murderer.
    * asesino de masas = mass murderer.
    * asesino en serie = serial killer.
    * asesino múltiple = serial killer.
    * asesino silencioso = silent killer.

    * * *
    asesino1 -na
    ‹instinto/odio› murderous, homicidal; ‹animal› killer ( before n)
    el arma asesina the murder weapon
    me lanzó una mirada asesina ( fam); he gave me a murderous look, he looked daggers at me ( colloq)
    asesino2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    murderer; (por razones políticas) assassin
    Compuestos:
    ● asesino a sueldo, asesina a sueldo masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) hitman, hired killer; ( feminine) hired killer
    ● asesino convicto, asesina convicta
    masculine, feminine convicted murderer
    ● asesino en serie, asesina en serie
    masculine, feminine serial killer
    ● asesino serial, asesina serial
    masculine, feminine ( AmL) serial killer
    * * *

     

    Del verbo asesinar: ( conjugate asesinar)

    asesino es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    asesinó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    asesinar    
    asesino    
    asesinó
    asesinar ( conjugate asesinar) verbo transitivo
    to murder;
    ( por razones políticas) to assassinate
    asesino
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹instinto/odio› murderous, homicidal;


    ‹ animal› killer ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    murderer;
    ( por razones políticas) assassin;

    asesino en serie serial killer
    asesinar verbo transitivo to murder
    (perpetrar un magnicidio) to assassinate
    En general, la acción (verbo) y el hecho (sustantivo) son murder, mientras a la persona la llamamos murderer. Sin embargo, cuando nos referimos al magnicidio, la acción es assassinate, el hecho es assassination y la persona es assassin.
    asesino,-a
    I adjetivo murderous
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino killer
    (hombre) murderer
    (mujer) murderess
    (magnicida) assassin

    ' asesino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asesina
    - cepillarse
    - foto robot
    - fotorrobot
    - pista
    - potencia
    - responder
    - serie
    - supuesta
    - supuesto
    - descuartizar
    - presunto
    - suelto
    English:
    assassin
    - cutthroat
    - dismember
    - do away with
    - execute
    - hired gun
    - killer
    - motive
    - murder
    - murderer
    - murderous
    - nightmare
    - of
    - poison
    - serial killer
    - butcher
    - contract
    - hit
    - homicidal
    - serial
    - suspect
    * * *
    asesino, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [que mata]
    el arma asesina the murder weapon
    2. [mirada, instinto] murderous;
    le lanzó una mirada asesina she looked daggers at him, she gave him a murderous look
    ♦ nm,f
    [de persona] murderer, f murderess, killer; [de rey, jefe de Estado] assassin asesino profesional professional killer;
    asesino en serie serial killer;
    asesino a sueldo contract killer
    * * *
    m, asesina f murderer; POL assassin
    * * *
    asesino, -na adj
    : murderous, homicidal
    asesino, -na n
    1) : murderer, killer
    2) : assassin
    * * *
    asesino n murderer

    Spanish-English dictionary > asesino

  • 9 bravucón

    adj.
    bragging, boastful, swaggering, boasting.
    m.
    1 braggart, flashy type, brag, flashy harry.
    2 bully, rowdy, intimidator, browbeater.
    * * *
    1 bragging
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 braggart
    * * *
    bravucón, -ona
    1.
    2.
    SM / F braggart
    * * *
    I
    - cona adjetivo (fam) bragging (before n)
    II
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam & pey) braggart
    * * *
    = bully, laddish.
    Ex. In most stories about bullies the hero is nastily abused and then confronts the bully and soundly beats him at his own game.
    Ex. In Britain such attitudes are referred to as ' laddish' and the holders of such views as 'laddettes' or 'yobettes'.
    * * *
    I
    - cona adjetivo (fam) bragging (before n)
    II
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam & pey) braggart
    * * *
    = bully, laddish.

    Ex: In most stories about bullies the hero is nastily abused and then confronts the bully and soundly beats him at his own game.

    Ex: In Britain such attitudes are referred to as ' laddish' and the holders of such views as 'laddettes' or 'yobettes'.

    * * *
    ( fam); bragging ( before n)
    son todos muy bravucones pero ninguno se atrevió a hacerle frente they all talk big o they're all full of bluster but none of them was brave enough to face up to him
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam pey); braggart
    * * *

    bravucón
    ◊ - cona adjetivo (fam) bragging ( before n)

    bravucón,-ona m, f braggart: no es más que un bravucón, he is just a braggart

    ' bravucón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bravucona
    - chulo
    - gallo
    - guapo
    English:
    tough
    * * *
    bravucón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    loudmouthed;
    es muy bravucón he's a real loudmouth, he's all talk;
    ♦ nm,f
    loudmouth
    * * *
    I adj boastful
    II m, bravucona f boaster, braggart
    * * *
    bravucón, - cona n, mpl - cones : bully

    Spanish-English dictionary > bravucón

  • 10 bribón

    adj.
    rascally, mischievous, roguish, scamp.
    m.
    rascal, scamp, miscreant, rapscallion.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    2 (niño) rascal, little rascal
    * * *
    bribón, -ona
    1. ADJ
    1) (=vago) lazy
    2) (=criminal) dishonest, rascally
    2. SM / F
    1) (=vagabundo) vagabond, vagrant
    2) (=holgazán) loafer
    3) (=granuja) rascal, rogue
    * * *
    - bona masculino, femenino (fam) rascal (colloq), scamp (colloq)
    * * *
    = glutton, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ruffian.
    Ex. The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a ' glutton and a drunkard'.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    * * *
    - bona masculino, femenino (fam) rascal (colloq), scamp (colloq)
    * * *
    = glutton, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ruffian.

    Ex: The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a ' glutton and a drunkard'.

    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); rascal ( colloq), scamp ( colloq)
    ven aquí, bribón come here, you little rascal o scamp
    * * *

    bribón
    ◊ - bona sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) rascal (colloq), scamp (colloq)

    bribón,-ona sustantivo masculino y femenino ruffian, rogue: ¡menudo bribón estás hecho!, you're a regular scallywag!

    ' bribón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bribona
    - canalla
    * * *
    bribón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    [pícaro] roguish
    ♦ nm,f
    scoundrel, rogue
    * * *
    I adj rascally
    II m, bribona f rascal
    * * *
    bribón, - bona n, mpl bribones : rascal, scamp

    Spanish-English dictionary > bribón

  • 11 codicioso

    adj.
    greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, grasping.
    m.
    moneygrubber, money-grubber.
    * * *
    1 covetous, greedy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 covetous person, greedy person
    * * *
    (f. - codiciosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ covetous, greedy
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo <persona/mirada> covetous, greedy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino covetous o greedy person
    * * *
    = grasping, predatory, rapacious.
    Ex. This system was often abused for a grasping clicker would see to it that the fastest compositor got the easiest work.
    Ex. Physical violence may be predatory or affective.
    Ex. Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo <persona/mirada> covetous, greedy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino covetous o greedy person
    * * *
    = grasping, predatory, rapacious.

    Ex: This system was often abused for a grasping clicker would see to it that the fastest compositor got the easiest work.

    Ex: Physical violence may be predatory or affective.
    Ex: Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.

    * * *
    codicioso1 -sa
    ‹persona› covetous, greedy; ‹mirada› covetous
    codicioso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    covetous o greedy person
    * * *

    codicioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹persona/mirada› covetous, greedy

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    covetous o greedy person
    codicioso,-a adjetivo covetous, greedy

    ' codicioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    codiciosa
    - ambicioso
    English:
    acquisitive
    - grasping
    - greedy
    - avaricious
    * * *
    codicioso, -a adj
    greedy
    * * *
    adj greedy, covetous
    * * *
    codicioso, -sa adj
    : avaricious, covetous
    * * *
    codicioso adj greedy [comp. greedier; superl. greediest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > codicioso

  • 12 defensor de los derechos de los animales

    Ex. Animal rights campaigners object strongly to bullfighting because they think that the killing of an animal should not be abused for entertainment.
    * * *

    Ex: Animal rights campaigners object strongly to bullfighting because they think that the killing of an animal should not be abused for entertainment.

    Spanish-English dictionary > defensor de los derechos de los animales

  • 13 desacertado

    adj.
    mistaken, wrong, in error, unwise.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desacertar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desacertar desacertar
    1 (erróneo) wrong, mistaken
    2 (inadecuado) unfortunate, unwise, inappropriate; (sin tacto) tactless
    ■ un comentario desacertado a tactless remark, an unfortunate remark
    * * *
    ADJ [diagnóstico, opinión] mistaken; [medida] unwise
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <elección/comentario> unfortunate, unwise; < estrategia> misguided

    estuvo muy desacertado al decir eso — ( indiscreto) it was very tactless o indiscreet of him to say that; ( equivocado) he made a big mistake saying that

    * * *
    = misconceived, ill-advised, infelicitous, off-beam, wide of the mark, indiscreet.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex. The cost implications of ill-advised or hastily prepared rules for American libraries catalogs would grossly transcend any short expenditures.
    Ex. Past failures to make interactive machine translation viable as a tool for skilled translators have been the result of an infelicitous mode of interaction rather than any inherent flaw in the idea.
    Ex. The director goes where even the previous two movies feared to tread -- to an exquisitely off-beam imaginary world of arrested adolescence.
    Ex. The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.
    Ex. Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    ----
    * Algo desacertado = infelicity.
    * estar desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * ser desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <elección/comentario> unfortunate, unwise; < estrategia> misguided

    estuvo muy desacertado al decir eso — ( indiscreto) it was very tactless o indiscreet of him to say that; ( equivocado) he made a big mistake saying that

    * * *
    = misconceived, ill-advised, infelicitous, off-beam, wide of the mark, indiscreet.

    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.

    Ex: The cost implications of ill-advised or hastily prepared rules for American libraries catalogs would grossly transcend any short expenditures.
    Ex: Past failures to make interactive machine translation viable as a tool for skilled translators have been the result of an infelicitous mode of interaction rather than any inherent flaw in the idea.
    Ex: The director goes where even the previous two movies feared to tread -- to an exquisitely off-beam imaginary world of arrested adolescence.
    Ex: The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.
    Ex: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    * Algo desacertado = infelicity.
    * estar desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * ser desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

    * * *
    ‹elección/comentario› unfortunate, unwise; ‹estrategia› misguided
    estuvo muy desacertado en sacar ese tema a relucir (indiscreto) it was very tactless o indiscreet of him to bring up that subject; (equivocado) he made a big mistake bringing up that subject
    * * *

    Del verbo desacertar: ( conjugate desacertar)

    desacertado es:

    el participio

    desacertado,-a adjetivo unwise
    ' desacertado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desacertada
    - desgraciada
    - desgraciado
    - desafortunado
    - errado
    - torpeza
    English:
    ill-advised
    - ill
    * * *
    desacertado, -a adj
    [inoportuno] unwise, ill-considered; [erróneo] mistaken, wrong;
    estuvo muy desacertado en sus comentarios [inoportuno] her comments were ill-judged o unwise;
    [erróneo] her comments were very wide of the mark
    * * *
    adj misguided
    * * *
    desacertado, -da adj
    1) : mistaken
    2) : unwise

    Spanish-English dictionary > desacertado

  • 14 descabellado

    adj.
    farfetched, crazy, wild, absurd.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descabellar.
    * * *
    1→ link=descabellar descabellar
    1 figurado wild, crazy
    * * *
    ADJ [plan, idea] crazy, wild, preposterous
    * * *
    - da adjetivo crazy, ridiculous
    * * *
    = breakneck, misconceived, off-the-wall, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], harebrained, far-fetched [farfetched], cuckoo.
    Ex. Certainly, as we know from our previous discussion, no institution of its own accord would change at the breakneck pace at which our own field appears to be moving.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex. 'I hope this doesn't sound like an off-the-wall remark but have you ever heard of or read anything about the so called mid-life crisis?'.
    Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex. Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.
    Ex. If the situation arises in Britain as in the United States, where there is a proliferation of TV channels, and many local television stations, then it is perhaps not too far-fetched to imagine some of these transmitting either specialized or local teletext information.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    ----
    * empresa descabellada = fool's errand.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo crazy, ridiculous
    * * *
    = breakneck, misconceived, off-the-wall, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], harebrained, far-fetched [farfetched], cuckoo.

    Ex: Certainly, as we know from our previous discussion, no institution of its own accord would change at the breakneck pace at which our own field appears to be moving.

    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex: 'I hope this doesn't sound like an off-the-wall remark but have you ever heard of or read anything about the so called mid-life crisis?'.
    Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex: Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.
    Ex: If the situation arises in Britain as in the United States, where there is a proliferation of TV channels, and many local television stations, then it is perhaps not too far-fetched to imagine some of these transmitting either specialized or local teletext information.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    * empresa descabellada = fool's errand.

    * * *
    crazy, ridiculous
    * * *

    Del verbo descabellar: ( conjugate descabellar)

    descabellado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    descabellado    
    descabellar
    descabellado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    crazy, ridiculous
    descabellado,-a adjetivo crazy, wild

    ' descabellado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    delirante
    - descabellada
    - jalado
    English:
    misconceived
    - wild
    - outlandish
    * * *
    descabellado, -a adj
    crazy
    * * *
    adj
    :
    idea descabellada fam hare-brained idea fam
    * * *
    descabellado, -da adj
    : outlandish, ridiculous

    Spanish-English dictionary > descabellado

  • 15 desde aquel momento

    Ex. The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.
    * * *

    Ex: The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde aquel momento

  • 16 desde entonces

    adv.
    ever since, from that time on, ever after, from that time.
    * * *
    since then
    * * *
    * * *
    = ever since, henceforth, in the interim, since, since that time, since then, henceforward, ever since then, ever since then, thenceforth, in the intervening years, ever after, in the intervening period, since that day
    Ex. By the 1820s good white paper was regularly produced with the aid of chlorine bleaches, and the process has been used in the manufacture of virtually all white paper ever since.
    Ex. Henceforth the inventory function was no longer to be a part of the functions of the library's catalog.
    Ex. In the interim there has been considerable activity in developing guidelines for catalogue headings and in compiling authority lists.
    Ex. It has since been echoed repeatedly in the discussion of cataloging despite the persuasive and decisive refutation of it by Panizzi before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.
    Ex. Since then library planning has developed along lines best suited to British practise and needs.
    Ex. Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.
    Ex. Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead.
    Ex. Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead.
    Ex. From 1751 to 1766 he copied out the details of all the various processes in two books, which were thenceforth kept in the factory's archives.
    Ex. In the intervening years reference collections and reference services have changed greatly with the introduction of electronic media.
    Ex. The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.
    Ex. The present survey involved contacting the same libraries and institutions in order to see what changes had taken place in the intervening period.
    Ex. A lot has been written about the plunge in consumer confidence since that day.
    * * *
    = ever since, henceforth, in the interim, since, since that time, since then, henceforward, ever since then, ever since then, thenceforth, in the intervening years, ever after, in the intervening period, since that day

    Ex: By the 1820s good white paper was regularly produced with the aid of chlorine bleaches, and the process has been used in the manufacture of virtually all white paper ever since.

    Ex: Henceforth the inventory function was no longer to be a part of the functions of the library's catalog.
    Ex: In the interim there has been considerable activity in developing guidelines for catalogue headings and in compiling authority lists.
    Ex: It has since been echoed repeatedly in the discussion of cataloging despite the persuasive and decisive refutation of it by Panizzi before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.
    Ex: Since then library planning has developed along lines best suited to British practise and needs.
    Ex: Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.
    Ex: Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead.
    Ex: Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead.
    Ex: From 1751 to 1766 he copied out the details of all the various processes in two books, which were thenceforth kept in the factory's archives.
    Ex: In the intervening years reference collections and reference services have changed greatly with the introduction of electronic media.
    Ex: The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.
    Ex: The present survey involved contacting the same libraries and institutions in order to see what changes had taken place in the intervening period.
    Ex: A lot has been written about the plunge in consumer confidence since that day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde entonces

  • 17 desde ese momento

    = from that point, ever after
    Ex. The online catalog will then contain information about periodical issues from that point.
    Ex. The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.
    * * *
    = from that point, ever after

    Ex: The online catalog will then contain information about periodical issues from that point.

    Ex: The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde ese momento

  • 18 encargarse de que

    Ex. This system was often abused for a grasping clicker would see to it that the fastest compositor got the easiest work.
    * * *

    Ex: This system was often abused for a grasping clicker would see to it that the fastest compositor got the easiest work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encargarse de que

  • 19 enriquecer la vida de Alguien

    (v.) = enrich + Posesivo + life
    Ex. The program aimed at the introduction of neglected andy abused children to the public library and the books and services that can help them enrich their lives.
    * * *
    (v.) = enrich + Posesivo + life

    Ex: The program aimed at the introduction of neglected andy abused children to the public library and the books and services that can help them enrich their lives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enriquecer la vida de Alguien

  • 20 equivocado

    adj.
    1 wrong, erroneous, inaccurate, mistaken.
    2 misguided, lost.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: equivocar.
    * * *
    1→ link=equivocar equivocar
    1 mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [número, dirección] wrong; [persona] mistaken, wrong

    estás equivocado — you are wrong, you are mistaken más frm

    2) [afecto, confianza] misplaced
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <dato/número/respuesta> wrong
    b) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    = false, misconceived, misguided, wrong, wrong-headed, misplaced, misinformed, in error.
    Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex. In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex. Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    ----
    * aplicar un tratamiento equivocado = mistreat.
    * dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.
    * diagnóstico equivocado = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, miss + the point, be in the wrong.
    * estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).
    * estar totalmente equivocado = be way off.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * número equivocado = wrong number.
    * si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <dato/número/respuesta> wrong
    b) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    = false, misconceived, misguided, wrong, wrong-headed, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

    Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.

    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex: In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex: Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    * aplicar un tratamiento equivocado = mistreat.
    * dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.
    * diagnóstico equivocado = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, miss + the point, be in the wrong.
    * estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).
    * estar totalmente equivocado = be way off.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * número equivocado = wrong number.
    * si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

    * * *
    1 (erróneo, desacertado) wrong
    dio una respuesta equivocada he gave the wrong answer
    los datos estaban equivocados the information was wrong
    marqué un número equivocado I dialed the wrong number
    2 ‹persona› mistaken, wrong
    si piensas que te voy a ayudar estás muy equivocado if you think you're going to get any help from me, you're wrong o you're very much mistaken
    * * *

     

    Del verbo equivocar: ( conjugate equivocar)

    equivocado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    equivocado    
    equivocar
    equivocado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹dato/número/respuesta› wrong

    b) [estar] ‹ persona› mistaken, wrong

    equivocar ( conjugate equivocar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to make … make a mistake, to make … go wrong
    equivocarse verbo pronominal ( cometer un error) to make a mistake;
    ( estar en un error) to be wrong o mistaken;

    me equivoqué de autobús I took the wrong bus;
    no te equivoques de fecha don't get the date wrong;
    se equivocó de camino he went the wrong way
    equivocado,-a adjetivo mistaken, wrong
    equivocar verbo transitivo
    1 (no acertar) to get wrong: equivocó el oficio, he chose the wrong profession
    2 (confundir) to mix up

    ' equivocado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entender
    - equivocada
    - estropear
    - concepto
    - posibilidad
    English:
    grossly
    - misguided
    - misnomer
    - mistaken
    - out
    - wildly
    - wrong
    - accept
    - get
    - incorrect
    - number
    - sadly
    - show
    - surely
    * * *
    equivocado, -a adj
    1. [érroneo] wrong;
    tomó la dirección equivocada he went in the wrong direction
    2. [persona] mistaken;
    estás completamente equivocado you're completely mistaken;
    si crees que aquí se acaba todo, estás pero que muy equivocado if you think that's the end of it, you are very much mistaken
    * * *
    adj wrong;
    estar equivocado be wrong, be mistaken
    * * *
    equivocado, -da adj
    : mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    equivocado adj wrong

    Spanish-English dictionary > equivocado

Страницы

См. также в других словарях:

  • abused — I adjective aggrieved, debased, defamed, defiled, degraded, disparaged, execrated, exploited, ill treated, ill used, injured, maltreated, mistreated, misused, oppressed, persecuted, victimized, vilified, wronged associated concepts: abused… …   Law dictionary

  • Abused — Abuse A*buse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abusing}.] [F. abuser; L. abusus, p. p. of abuti to abuse, misuse; ab + uti to use. See {Use}.] 1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • abused — adjective 1. used improperly or excessively especially drugs (Freq. 1) an abused substance • Similar to: ↑misused 2. subjected to cruel treatment an abused wife • Syn: ↑ill treated, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • abused — adj. Abused is used with these nouns: ↑child …   Collocations dictionary

  • abused — un·abused; …   English syllables

  • abused — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. maltreated, hurt, reviled, wronged, injured, insulted, harmed, offended, ill treated, ill used, misused, battered, molested, disparaged, persecuted, oppressed, exploited, mishandled, harassed, victimized, manhandled,… …   English dictionary for students

  • abused — a·buse || É™ bjuːz n. misuse; maltreatment; corrupt practice; foul language v. misuse; injure, harm, mistreat; insult, malign, curse, revile …   English contemporary dictionary

  • abused —   Ho oma ewa ia, hō ino ia.   See saying, bait …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • abused his office — used his job for his own personal advantage, used his position to do evil …   English contemporary dictionary

  • abused and neglected children — Those who are suffering serious physical or emotional injury inflicted on them, including malnutrition. See abuse (Female child); child abuse …   Black's law dictionary

  • abused and neglected children — Those who are suffering serious physical or emotional injury inflicted on them, including malnutrition. See abuse (Female child); child abuse …   Black's law dictionary

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»