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acuity

  • 1 acuidad

    • acuity

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > acuidad

  • 2 agudeza

    • acuity
    • acuteness
    • bon mot
    • incisive tooth
    • incisor
    • mot
    • quick-wittedness
    • sally
    • sharp remark
    • sharp-wittedness
    • shrewdness
    • shrillness
    • smartness
    • subtle remark
    • wittiness
    • witty remark
    • witty stroke

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > agudeza

  • 3 agudeza de visión

    • acuity
    • sharpness of vision

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > agudeza de visión

  • 4 agudeza

    f.
    1 keenness.
    2 sharpness, shrewdness (mental).
    3 sharpness.
    4 witticism (dicho ingenioso).
    5 witty remark, sharp remark, witty stroke, bon mot.
    6 shrillness.
    7 acuity, sharpness of the senses.
    * * *
    1 sharpness, keenness (dolor) acuteness
    2 figurado (viveza) wit, wittiness
    3 figurado (ingenio) witticism, witty saying
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) sharpness, acuteness
    2) wit, wittiness
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de los sentidos, de la mente] acuteness, sharpness
    2) (=ingenio) wit, wittiness
    3) (=comentario, golpe) witticism
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de voz, sonido) high pitch
    b) ( de dolor - duradero) intensity; (- momentáneo) sharpness
    2) ( perspicacia) sharpness; (de sentido, instinto) keenness, sharpness
    3) ( comentario ingenioso) witty comment
    * * *
    = acumen, insight, penetration, acuity, witticism, quip.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.
    Ex. Results indicate that UK chief librarians consider acuity of political knowledge to be crucial to management.
    Ex. It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.
    Ex. His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.
    ----
    * agudeza intelectual = intellectual acuity.
    * agudeza visual = visual acuity.
    * con agudeza = perceptively, subtly.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de voz, sonido) high pitch
    b) ( de dolor - duradero) intensity; (- momentáneo) sharpness
    2) ( perspicacia) sharpness; (de sentido, instinto) keenness, sharpness
    3) ( comentario ingenioso) witty comment
    * * *
    = acumen, insight, penetration, acuity, witticism, quip.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex: Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.
    Ex: Results indicate that UK chief librarians consider acuity of political knowledge to be crucial to management.
    Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.
    Ex: His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.
    * agudeza intelectual = intellectual acuity.
    * agudeza visual = visual acuity.
    * con agudeza = perceptively, subtly.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de una voz, un sonido) high pitch; (irritante) shrillness
    2 (de un dolor — duradero) intensity; (— momentáneo) sharpness
    B
    1 (perspicacia) sharpness
    2 (de la vista) keenness, sharpness; (del oído) keenness, sharpness, acuteness; (de un sentido, instinto) keenness, sharpness
    C (comentario ingenioso) witticism, witty comment
    * * *

    agudeza sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (de voz, sonido) high pitch


    (— momentáneo) sharpness
    2 ( perspicacia) sharpness;
    (de sentido, instinto) keenness, sharpness
    3 ( comentario ingenioso) witty comment
    agudeza sustantivo femenino
    1 sharpness
    2 (intensidad de un dolor) acuteness
    3 fig (comentario ingenioso) witticism, witty saying
    ' agudeza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    roma
    - romo
    - salida
    - viveza
    - ingenio
    - ingenioso
    English:
    intellect
    - one-liner
    - wit
    - wittiness
    - witticism
    * * *
    1. [de vista, olfato] keenness;
    agudeza visual keen-sightedness, sharp-sightedness
    2. [mental] sharpness, shrewdness;
    respondió con agudeza she replied shrewdly
    3. [dicho ingenioso] witticism
    4. [de filo, punta] sharpness
    5. [de sonido] high pitch
    * * *
    f
    1 de voz, sonido high pitch
    2 MED intensity
    3 ( perspicacia) sharpness
    * * *
    1) : keenness, sharpness
    2) : shrillness
    3) : witticism

    Spanish-English dictionary > agudeza

  • 5 agudeza visual

    f.
    sharp sight, ability to perceive images clearly, visual acuity.
    * * *
    Ex. The author discusses choice of visual display terminals according to human variables in size and visual acuity.
    * * *

    Ex: The author discusses choice of visual display terminals according to human variables in size and visual acuity.

    * * *
    sharp-sightedness

    Spanish-English dictionary > agudeza visual

  • 6 agudeza intelectual

    Ex. Librarians will always need intellectual acuity, commitment to quality and the ability to recognise human values.
    * * *

    Ex: Librarians will always need intellectual acuity, commitment to quality and the ability to recognise human values.

    Spanish-English dictionary > agudeza intelectual

  • 7 arriesgado

    adj.
    1 risky, dangerous, unsafe, chancy.
    2 venturesome, buccaneering, dauntless, daring.
    f. & m.
    risk taker.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arriesgar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arriesgar arriesgar
    1 (peligroso) risky, dangerous
    2 (temerario) bold, daring, fearless
    * * *
    (f. - arriesgada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [acto] risky, hazardous
    2) [individuo] (=intrépido) bold, daring; pey (=impetuoso) rash, foolhardy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.

    * * *
    1 (aventurado) ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous
    2 (valiente) ‹persona› brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arriesgar: ( conjugate arriesgar)

    arriesgado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arriesgado    
    arriesgar
    arriesgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous;


    ‹ persona› brave, daring
    arriesgar ( conjugate arriesgar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹vida/dinero› to risk


    arriesgarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ ¿nos arriesgamos? shall we risk it o take a chance?;

    arriesgadose a hacer algo to risk doing sth
    arriesgado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que entraña peligro) risky
    2 (temerario) fearless, daring
    arriesgar verbo transitivo to risk

    ' arriesgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - embarcarse
    - expuesta
    - expuesto
    English:
    chancy
    - dangerous
    - dodgy
    - hazardous
    - perilous
    - risky
    - low
    * * *
    arriesgado, -a adj
    1. [peligroso] [decisión, operación] risky
    2. [osado] daring;
    es una persona muy arriesgada she's a very daring person
    * * *
    adj risky
    * * *
    arriesgado, -da adj
    1) : risky
    2) : bold, daring
    * * *
    arriesgado adj (peligroso) dangerous / risky [comp. riskier; superl. riskiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arriesgado

  • 8 arrojado

    adj.
    brave, aggressive, bold, courageous.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arrojar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arrojar arrojar
    1 thrown, thrown out
    2 (osado) bold, fearless, daring
    * * *
    ADJ (=valiente) daring, dashing; (=temerario) reckless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.

    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arrojar: ( conjugate arrojar)

    arrojado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arrojado    
    arrojar
    arrojar ( conjugate arrojar) verbo transitivo
    1

    (Aviac) ‹ bomba› to drop
    b) ‹ lava› to spew (out);

    ‹ humo› to belch out;
    ‹ luz› to shed
    2 ( vomitar) to bring up, throw up
    arrojarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to throw oneself;
    arrojadose sobre algo/algn [ persona] to throw oneself onto sth/sb;
    [perro/tigre] to pounce on sth/sb
    arrojado,-a adj (atrevido) bold, daring
    arrojar verbo transitivo
    1 (lanzar) to throw, fling
    2 Com (un resultado) to show
    ' arrojado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - valiente
    English:
    spunky
    * * *
    arrojado, -a adj
    bold, fearless
    * * *
    I adj brave, daring
    II part → arrojar
    * * *
    arrojado, -da adj
    : daring, fearless

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrojado

  • 9 astigmatismo

    m.
    astigmatism (medicine).
    * * *
    1 astigmatism
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino astigmatism
    * * *
    Ex. The demands on vision made by reading may affect visual acuity (nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism).
    * * *
    masculino astigmatism
    * * *

    Ex: The demands on vision made by reading may affect visual acuity (nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism).

    * * *
    astigmatism
    * * *

    astigmatismo sustantivo masculino
    astigmatism
    astigmatismo m Med astigmatism
    ' astigmatismo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    astigmatism
    * * *
    astigmatism
    * * *
    m astigmatism
    * * *
    : astigmatism

    Spanish-English dictionary > astigmatismo

  • 10 audaz

    adj.
    1 daring, bold.
    2 audacious, bold, brave, courageous.
    3 wild.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl audaces)
    1 audacious, bold, daring
    * * *
    adj.
    bold, audacious
    * * *
    ADJ bold, audacious
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * persona audaz = risk taker.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * persona audaz = risk taker.

    * * *
    1 (valiente) ‹persona/acción› brave, courageous, daring, bold
    2 (osado) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *

    audaz adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous;
    ( osado) daring, bold
    audaz adjetivo audacious, bold
    ' audaz' also found in these entries:
    English:
    audacious
    - bold
    - daring
    - defiant
    - intrepid
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    audaz adj
    1. [valiente] daring, bold
    2. [descarado] audacious
    * * *
    adj daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    audaz adj, pl audaces : bold, audacious, daring
    ♦ audazmente adv
    * * *
    audaz adj daring / bold

    Spanish-English dictionary > audaz

  • 11 bravo

    adj.
    1 angry, furious, mad, irate.
    2 brave, dauntless, courageous, audacious.
    3 rough.
    intj.
    bravo, yeah, well done.
    * * *
    1 (valiente) brave, courageous
    2 (fiero) fierce, ferocious
    3 (bueno) fine, excellent
    4 (mar) rough
    5 (enojado) angry, violent
    ► interjección ¡bravo!
    1 well done!, bravo!
    \
    por las bravas by force
    * * *
    (f. - brava)
    adj.
    1) ferocious, fierce
    2) great, excellent
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [animal] fierce, ferocious
    toro 1)
    2) [persona] (=malhumorado) bad-tempered; (=jactancioso) boastful, swaggering; (=valentón) boastful, swaggering
    3) [mar] rough, stormy; [paisaje] rugged
    costa II, 1)
    4) (=excelente) fine, excellent
    5) LAm (Culin) hot, spicy
    2.
    EXCL bravo!, well done!
    3.
    SM thug
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ser] < toro> fierce; < perro> fierce
    b) [estar] < mar> rough
    c) [estar] (AmL fam) ( enojado) angry
    2) (liter) < guerrero> brave, valiant
    3) (RPl fam) < situación> tricky; < examen> tough, hard
    II
    interjección ( expresando aprobación) well done!, good job! (AmE); ( tras actuación) bravo!
    * * *
    = spunky, dauntless.
    Ex. The author discusses a number of ' spunky' girls in adolescent and children's literature.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    ----
    * ¡bravo! = bravo!.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ser] < toro> fierce; < perro> fierce
    b) [estar] < mar> rough
    c) [estar] (AmL fam) ( enojado) angry
    2) (liter) < guerrero> brave, valiant
    3) (RPl fam) < situación> tricky; < examen> tough, hard
    II
    interjección ( expresando aprobación) well done!, good job! (AmE); ( tras actuación) bravo!
    * * *
    = spunky, dauntless.

    Ex: The author discusses a number of ' spunky' girls in adolescent and children's literature.

    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * ¡bravo! = bravo!.

    * * *
    bravo1 -va
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹toro› fierce, brave; ‹perro› fierce
    la cría de toros bravos the breeding of fighting bulls
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹mar› rough
    3 [ ESTAR] ( AmL fam) (enojado) angry
    B ( liter); ‹guerrero› brave, valiant
    C ( RPl fam) ‹situación› tricky; ‹examen› tough, hard
    lo bravo va a ser explicárselo a ella the tricky o hard part's going to be explaining it to her
    hoy los chicos están bravísimos the children are being really difficult today
    (expresando aprobación) well done!, good job! ( AmE); (tras una actuación) bravo!
    * * *

    bravo 1
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    a) [ser] ‹toro/perro› fierce;

    ver tb
    ◊ toro

    b) [estar] ‹ mar› rough

    c) [estar] (AmL fam) ( enojado) angry

    bravo 2 interjección ( expresando aprobación) well done!, good job! (AmE);
    ( tras actuación) bravo!
    bravo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (salvaje, fiero) fierce, ferocious
    2 (valeroso) brave, courageous
    3 (mar) rough, stormy
    4 LAm angry
    II exclamación ¡bravo!, well done!, bravo!
    ♦ Locuciones: por las bravas, forcibly
    ' bravo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brava
    - gallarda
    - gallardo
    - olé
    - toro
    English:
    bravo
    - rough
    - show
    - wild
    * * *
    bravo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [valiente] brave
    2. [persona] [violento] fierce
    3. Am salvo RP [persona] [airado] angry;
    ponerse bravo to get angry
    4. [animal] wild
    5. [planta] wild
    6. [mar] rough;
    el mar se ha puesto bravo the sea has got rough
    7. RP [difícil] difficult
    ♦ interj
    bravo!
    ♦ a la brava loc adv
    Méx Fam [con descuido] in a slapdash way;
    limpiaste tu cuarto a la brava you didn't do o make a very good job of cleaning your room
    ♦ a las bravas, por las bravas loc adv
    by force
    * * *
    I adj
    1 animal fierce
    2 mar rough, choppy
    3 persona brave
    4 L.Am. ( furioso) angry
    5
    :
    a o
    por las bravas forcibly, by force
    II int well done!; en concierto etc bravo!
    * * *
    bravo, -va adj
    1) feroz: ferocious, fierce
    un perro bravo: a ferocious dog
    2) excelente: excellent, great
    ¡bravo!: bravo!, well done!
    3) : rough, rugged, wild
    4) : annoyed, angry
    * * *
    bravo interj bravo!

    Spanish-English dictionary > bravo

  • 12 denodado

    adj.
    1 valiant, daring, bold, brave.
    2 determined, resolute.
    * * *
    1 (valiente) bold, brave
    2 (decidido) determined, resolute
    * * *
    ADJ bold, brave
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (frml) < esfuerzo> indefatigable (frml), tireless; <luchador/defensor> staunch, steadfast
    * * *
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    ----
    * esfuerzo denodado = strenuous effort.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (frml) < esfuerzo> indefatigable (frml), tireless; <luchador/defensor> staunch, steadfast
    * * *

    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.

    * esfuerzo denodado = strenuous effort.

    * * *
    ( frml); ‹esfuerzo› indefatigable ( frml), tireless, unflagging; ‹luchador/defensor› staunch, steadfast
    * * *
    denodado, -a adj
    1. [decidido] determined;
    realizaron un esfuerzo denodado por convencerle they made a sustained and determined effort to convince him
    2. [valiente] brave, intrepid
    * * *
    adj tireless
    * * *
    denodado, -da adj
    : bold, dauntless

    Spanish-English dictionary > denodado

  • 13 detective

    f. & m.
    detective.
    detective privado private detective
    * * *
    1 detective
    \
    detective privado,-a private detective, private eye
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *

    detective privado/a — private detective

    * * *
    masculino y femenino detective
    * * *
    = detective, sleuth, sleuthhound.
    Ex. But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.
    Ex. Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    ----
    * agencia de detectives = detective agency.
    * como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.
    * detective de homicidios = homicide detective.
    * detective privado = private eye, private detective, private detective.
    * historia de detectives = detective story.
    * labor de detective = sleuthing.
    * trabajo de detective = sleuthing.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino detective
    * * *
    = detective, sleuth, sleuthhound.

    Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.

    Ex: Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * agencia de detectives = detective agency.
    * como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.
    * detective de homicidios = homicide detective.
    * detective privado = private eye, private detective, private detective.
    * historia de detectives = detective story.
    * labor de detective = sleuthing.
    * trabajo de detective = sleuthing.

    * * *
    detective
    Compuesto:
    private detective
    * * *

    detective sustantivo masculino y femenino
    detective
    detective mf detective
    detective privado, private detective o fam eye
    ' detective' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    afición
    - investigador
    - investigadora
    - policiaca
    - policíaca
    - policiaco
    - policíaco
    - sabueso
    - novela
    - tira
    - vigilante
    English:
    detective
    - detective story
    - grill
    - private
    - red
    * * *
    detective
    detective privado private detective
    * * *
    m/f detective
    * * *
    : detective
    * * *
    detective n detective

    Spanish-English dictionary > detective

  • 14 impávido

    adj.
    1 impassive, imperturbable, emotionless, devoid of emotion.
    2 intrepid, dauntless, fearless, undaunted.
    * * *
    1 dauntless
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=valiente) intrepid; (=impasible) dauntless, undaunted
    2) LAm (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) ( impasible) impassive, unperturbed; ( sin miedo) undaunted
    * * *
    = unflappable, straight-faced, dauntless, undaunted.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) ( impasible) impassive, unperturbed; ( sin miedo) undaunted
    * * *
    = unflappable, straight-faced, dauntless, undaunted.

    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.

    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.

    * * *
    ( liter) (impasible) impassive, unperturbed; (sin miedo) undaunted
    aguantó impávido mis reproches he bore my reproaches impassively ( liter)
    todos huyeron pero él permaneció impávido en su puesto everyone else fled but he remained at his post undaunted o he remained fearlessly at his post
    * * *

    impávido,-a adjetivo
    1 (que no se asusta) unafraid, fearless, undaunted
    2 LAm cheeky
    ' impávido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impávida
    English:
    undismayed
    - unflinching
    * * *
    impávido, -a adj
    1. [valeroso] fearless, courageous
    2. [impasible] impassive
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( valiente) fearless, undaunted
    2 ( impasible) impassive
    * * *
    impávido, -da adj
    : undaunted, unperturbed

    Spanish-English dictionary > impávido

  • 15 intrépido

    adj.
    intrepid, bold, brave, courageous.
    * * *
    1 intrepid
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo intrepid
    * * *
    = intrepid, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], fearless, dauntless.
    Ex. The article 'Aslib at war: the brief but intrepid career of a library organization as a hub of allied scientific intelligence 1942-1945' analyses the important role played by Aslib in the centralised microfilming and dissemination of enemy scientific periodicals during World War 2.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo intrepid
    * * *
    = intrepid, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], fearless, dauntless.

    Ex: The article 'Aslib at war: the brief but intrepid career of a library organization as a hub of allied scientific intelligence 1942-1945' analyses the important role played by Aslib in the centralised microfilming and dissemination of enemy scientific periodicals during World War 2.

    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.

    * * *
    intrepid
    * * *

    intrépido,-a adjetivo intrepid
    ' intrépido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intrépida
    English:
    fearless
    - intrepid
    - adventurous
    * * *
    intrépido, -a adj
    intrepid
    * * *
    adj intrepid
    * * *
    intrépido, -da adj
    : intrepid, fearless

    Spanish-English dictionary > intrépido

  • 16 perro rastreador

    m.
    tracker dog, sniffer dog.
    * * *
    ( para seguir huellas) tracker dog; ( para buscar drogas) sniffer dog
    * * *
    (n.) = tracker dog, bloodhound, sleuthhound, sniffer dog
    Ex. Unlike their human counterparts, the length of duty for a tracker dog was around three years.
    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. Sniffer dogs can normally be trained only to detect one illicit item, normally either explosive, substances or drugs.
    * * *
    ( para seguir huellas) tracker dog; ( para buscar drogas) sniffer dog
    * * *
    (n.) = tracker dog, bloodhound, sleuthhound, sniffer dog

    Ex: Unlike their human counterparts, the length of duty for a tracker dog was around three years.

    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: Sniffer dogs can normally be trained only to detect one illicit item, normally either explosive, substances or drugs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > perro rastreador

  • 17 sabueso

    m.
    1 bloodhound (perro).
    2 sleuth, detective (figurative) (detective).
    * * *
    1 (perro) bloodhound
    * * *
    1.
    SM (Zool) bloodhound
    2.
    SMF (=detective) sleuth *
    * * *
    a) (Zool) bloodhound
    b) sabueso masculino y femenino (fam) ( detective) sleuth (colloq), gumshoe (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = beagle, hound, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound.
    Ex. For example, if the query were to find documents containing ' beagle or basset hound' and no phrases were indexed, the first list would contain those documents with the word ' beagle' and the maybe list would be those documents containing 'basset hound' but not ' beagle'.
    Ex. This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex. Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * * *
    a) (Zool) bloodhound
    b) sabueso masculino y femenino (fam) ( detective) sleuth (colloq), gumshoe (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = beagle, hound, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound.

    Ex: For example, if the query were to find documents containing ' beagle or basset hound' and no phrases were indexed, the first list would contain those documents with the word ' beagle' and the maybe list would be those documents containing 'basset hound' but not ' beagle'.

    Ex: This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex: Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.

    * * *
    1 ( Zool) bloodhound
    2
    * * *

    sabueso sustantivo masculino (Zool) bloodhound
    sabueso sustantivo masculino
    1 Zool bloodhound
    2 fig (una persona, un investigador privado, un detective) sleuth
    ' sabueso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistar
    English:
    bloodhound
    - hound
    - private
    - sleuth
    * * *
    1. [perro] bloodhound
    2. Fam [detective] sleuth
    * * *
    m
    1 ZO bloodhound
    2 fig
    sleuth
    * * *
    1) : bloodhound
    2) fam : detective, sleuth

    Spanish-English dictionary > sabueso

  • 18 tenaz

    adj.
    1 tenacious (perseverante).
    2 stubborn (persistente).
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl tenaces)
    1 (persona) tenacious; (perseverante) persevering, unflagging
    2 (dolor) persistent, unremitting; (mancha) hard to remove
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=perseverante) tenacious, persistent
    2) (=persistente) [dolor] persistent; [mancha] stubborn; [creencia] firm, stubborn pey; [resistencia] tenacious
    3) [material] tough, durable, resistant
    * * *
    1)
    a) < persona> tenacious
    b) < dolor> persistent; < mancha> stubborn
    2) (Col fam)
    a) <problema/situación> tough
    b) (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = vigourous [vigorous, -USA], strong-willed, unremitting, tough-minded, dauntless, tenacious, stubborn.
    Ex. Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.
    Ex. The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
    Ex. This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories.
    Ex. Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.
    Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.
    * * *
    1)
    a) < persona> tenacious
    b) < dolor> persistent; < mancha> stubborn
    2) (Col fam)
    a) <problema/situación> tough
    b) (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = vigourous [vigorous, -USA], strong-willed, unremitting, tough-minded, dauntless, tenacious, stubborn.

    Ex: Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.

    Ex: The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
    Ex: This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories.
    Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.
    Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹persona› tenacious
    en su tenaz propósito de conquistar el título in his determined bid to win the title
    2 ‹dolor› persistent; ‹mancha› stubborn
    3 ‹metal/material› tough
    B ( Col fam)
    1 ‹problema/situación› tough
    2 ( como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    tenaz adjetivo
    a) ‹ persona› tenacious

    b) ‹ dolor› persistent;

    ‹ mancha› stubborn
    tenaz adjetivo
    1 (persona) tenacious
    2 (constipado, sequía) persistent
    ' tenaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constante
    - obstinado
    English:
    dogged
    - obstinate
    - stout
    - strong-willed
    - tenacious
    - strenuous
    - strong
    - stubborn
    * * *
    tenaz adj
    1. [perseverante] [persona, empeño, actitud] tenacious
    2. [persistente] [mancha, grasa] stubborn;
    [dolor, dolencia] chronic
    3. [resistente] tough
    4. Col Fam [terrible] terrible, awful;
    ¡uy, tenaz! [¡no me digas!] you don't say!
    * * *
    adj determined, tenacious
    * * *
    tenaz adj, pl tenaces
    1) : tenacious, persistent
    2) : strong, tough

    Spanish-English dictionary > tenaz

  • 19 visual

    adj.
    visual.
    f.
    line of sight.
    * * *
    1 visual
    1 (línea) line of vision, line of sight
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ visual
    2. SF
    1) (=línea) line of sight
    2) * (=vistazo) look, glance
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo visual; campo
    II
    femenino line of sight o vision
    * * *
    = visual.
    Ex. The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.
    ----
    * agudeza visual = visual acuity.
    * artes visuales, las = visual arts, the.
    * audio visual = AV (audio visual).
    * ayuda visual = visual aid.
    * campo visual = field of vision.
    * córtex visual = visual cortex.
    * corteza visual = visual cortex.
    * deficiencia visual = visual disability.
    * deficientes visuales, los = visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * discapacitados visuales, los = visually impaired, the.
    * efecto visual = visual.
    * humor visual = slapstick.
    * impacto visual = visual impact.
    * medios visuales = visual media.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo visual; campo
    II
    femenino line of sight o vision
    * * *

    Ex: The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.

    * agudeza visual = visual acuity.
    * artes visuales, las = visual arts, the.
    * audio visual = AV (audio visual).
    * ayuda visual = visual aid.
    * campo visual = field of vision.
    * córtex visual = visual cortex.
    * corteza visual = visual cortex.
    * deficiencia visual = visual disability.
    * deficientes visuales, los = visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * discapacitados visuales, los = visually impaired, the.
    * efecto visual = visual.
    * humor visual = slapstick.
    * impacto visual = visual impact.
    * medios visuales = visual media.

    * * *
    visual
    memoria visual visual memory
    line of sight o vision
    * * *

    visual adjetivo
    visual;

    visual
    I adjetivo visual
    II sustantivo femenino line of sight

    ' visual' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    audiovisual
    - campo
    - ver
    - vista
    English:
    unit
    - VDU
    - visual
    - visual aids
    - visual arts
    - visual effects
    - audio
    - eye
    - field
    - line
    - VDT
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    visual
    ♦ nf
    line of sight
    * * *
    I adj visual
    II f line of sight
    * * *
    visual adj
    : visual
    ♦ visualmente adv
    * * *
    visual adj visual

    Spanish-English dictionary > visual

  • 20 acuidad

    f.
    acuity.
    * * *
    1 formal acuity, sharpness
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > acuidad

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