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121 saquear
v.1 to sack.2 to loot (tienda).* * *1 (casas) to plunder, pillage; (casas, comercios) to loot* * *verbto sack, loot* * *VT1) (Mil) to sack2) (=robar) to loot, plunder, pillage* * *verbo transitivo <ciudad/población> to sack, plunder; <tienda/establecimiento> to loot* * *= pillage, plunder, loot, despoil, rifle, buccaneer.Ex. And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.Ex. Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.Ex. During the invasion of Kuwait the majority of school, public, university and special libraries were looted or destroyed = Durante la invasión de Kuwait la mayoría de las bibliotecas escolares, públicas, universitarias y especializadas fueron saquedas o destruidas.Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.Ex. English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.Ex. But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.* * *verbo transitivo <ciudad/población> to sack, plunder; <tienda/establecimiento> to loot* * *= pillage, plunder, loot, despoil, rifle, buccaneer.Ex: And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.
Ex: Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.Ex: During the invasion of Kuwait the majority of school, public, university and special libraries were looted or destroyed = Durante la invasión de Kuwait la mayoría de las bibliotecas escolares, públicas, universitarias y especializadas fueron saquedas o destruidas.Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.Ex: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.Ex: But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.* * *saquear [A1 ]vtA ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder; ‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot* * *
saquear ( conjugate saquear) verbo transitivo ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder;
‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot
saquear verbo transitivo
1 Hist (una población) to sack, plunder: las tropas saquearon la aldea, the troops plundered the village
2 fig (desvalijar una tienda, una casa) to loot, rifle
' saquear' also found in these entries:
English:
loot
- pillage
- plunder
- ransack
- rifle
- sack
- ravage
* * *saquear vt1. [ciudad, población] to sack2. [tienda] to loot;Fam [nevera, armario] to raid* * *v/t sack, ransack* * *saquear vt: to sack, to plunder, to loot -
122 sentido de la proporción
(n.) = sense of proportionEx. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.* * *(n.) = sense of proportionEx: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
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123 ser de un solo uso
(n.) = be a one-trip ponyEx. He accused her of being a one-trip pony only suited to one type of song and that to be the an all-round singer you need to be diverse.* * *(n.) = be a one-trip ponyEx: He accused her of being a one-trip pony only suited to one type of song and that to be the an all-round singer you need to be diverse.
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124 ser imprudente
(v.) = be recklessEx. The prosecution must prove either that the accused knew his action was illegal or that he was reckless or grossly negligent.* * *(v.) = be recklessEx: The prosecution must prove either that the accused knew his action was illegal or that he was reckless or grossly negligent.
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125 ser un desagradecido
(v.) = bite + the hand that feeds + PronombreEx. Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.* * *(v.) = bite + the hand that feeds + PronombreEx: Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.
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126 ser un ingrato
(v.) = bite + the hand that feeds + PronombreEx. Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.* * *(v.) = bite + the hand that feeds + PronombreEx: Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.
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127 ser un malagradecido
(v.) = bite + the hand that feeds + PronombreEx. Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.* * *(v.) = bite + the hand that feeds + PronombreEx: Moreover, it frees them from the fear that if they rattle the cages of city authorities they will be accused of biting the hand that feeds them.
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128 servilismo
m.1 subservience.2 servility, adulation, excessive deference, flattery.3 slavishness.* * *1 (humildad) servility2 (obediencia) subservience* * *SM servility, obsequiousness frm* * *masculino servility, obsequiousness (frml)* * *= sycophancy.Ex. During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.* * *masculino servility, obsequiousness (frml)* * *= sycophancy.Ex: During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.
* * *servility, obsequiousness ( frml)* * *
servilismo sustantivo masculino servility, obsequiousness
' servilismo' also found in these entries:
English:
subservience
* * *servilismo nm[comportamiento] servile attitude* * *m servility* * *servilismo nm: servility, subservience
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