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adj (insolente)

  • 1 insolente

    adj.
    insolent (descarado).
    f. & m.
    insolent person.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: insolentar.
    * * *
    1 (descarado) insolent
    2 (soberbio) haughty
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (descarado) insolent person
    2 (soberbio) haughty person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=descarado) insolent, rude
    2) (=altivo) haughty, contemptuous
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo rude, insolent
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = insolent, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], petulant, uncouth, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], flamer, brazen, impudent, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex. All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.
    Ex. This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex. Like other technologies, the Internet is vulnerable to misuse by hostile individuals ( flamers), sexual predators, and pornographers.
    Ex. They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    ----
    * de un modo insolente = defiantly.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo rude, insolent
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = insolent, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], petulant, uncouth, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], flamer, brazen, impudent, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex: All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.
    Ex: This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex: Like other technologies, the Internet is vulnerable to misuse by hostile individuals ( flamers), sexual predators, and pornographers.
    Ex: They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    * de un modo insolente = defiantly.

    * * *
    ‹persona› rude, insolent; ‹respuesta/actitud› insolent
    es una insolente she's so rude o insolent
    * * *

    Del verbo insolentar: ( conjugate insolentar)

    insolenté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    insolente es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    insolente adjetivo
    rude, insolent
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:
    ◊ es una insolente she's so rude o insolent

    insolente adjetivo insolent

    ' insolente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevida
    - atrevido
    - chula
    - chulo
    - descarada
    - descarado
    - farruca
    - farruco
    - malencarada
    - malencarado
    - liso
    English:
    audacious
    - defiant
    - impudent
    - insolent
    - saucy
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [descarado] insolent; [orgulloso] haughty
    ♦ nmf
    insolent person;
    es un insolente he's very insolent
    * * *
    adj insolent
    * * *
    impertinente: insolent

    Spanish-English dictionary > insolente

  • 2 descarado

    adj.
    cynical, bare-faced, barefaced, bold-faced.
    f. & m.
    cheeky person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descararse.
    * * *
    1 (actitud) shameless, brazen, insolent; (persona) cheeky
    2 (patente) blatant
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 shameless person, cheeky person
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=desvergonzado) shameless; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    2) (=evidente) [mentira] barefaced; [prejuicio] blatant
    2.
    ADV *

    sí voy, descarado — I'm going all right, you bet I'm going

    si supiera inglés, descarado que me iba a Londres — if I spoke English, you can bet your life I'd go to London

    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> brazen, shameless
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    no contestes así a tu madre descarado! — don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude little boy

    * * *
    = blatant, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], brazen, shameless, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], in-your-face, unabashed, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], insolent, rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], impudent, unashamed, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex. Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex. This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex. Some female readers also appreciate bad-girl books for their powerful, independent heroines, and in-your-face attitude.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.
    Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.
    Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    ----
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> brazen, shameless
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    no contestes así a tu madre descarado! — don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude little boy

    * * *
    = blatant, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], brazen, shameless, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], in-your-face, unabashed, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], insolent, rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], impudent, unashamed, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex: Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex: This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex: Some female readers also appreciate bad-girl books for their powerful, independent heroines, and in-your-face attitude.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.
    Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex: 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.
    Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.

    * * *
    descarado1 -da
    1 ‹persona/actitud› brazen, shameless
    el muy descarado, pedirme dinero así what (a) nerve he has, asking me for money like that
    las elecciones fueron un fraude descarado the elections were a blatant fraud o were clearly rigged
    ( Esp fam): si tuviese dinero, descarado que me iría a vivir sola you can bet your life if I had the money, I'd go off and live alone ( colloq)
    lo hizo adrede, descarado make no mistake, she did it on purpose, she did it on purpose, you can be sure of it o you can bet your life on it
    descarado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    no contestes así a tu madre ¡descarado! don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude o ( BrE) cheeky little boy
    ese chico es un descarado that boy has a lot of nerve
    * * *

    Del verbo descararse: ( conjugate descararse)

    descarado es:

    el participio

    descarado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/actitud› brazen, shameless;

    es muy descarado he has a lot of nerve
    descarado,-a
    I adj (insolente) cheeky, insolent
    (desvergonzado) shameless
    una mentira descarada, a barefaced lie
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cheeky person

    ' descarado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevida
    - atrevido
    - cara
    - descarada
    - desvergonzada
    - desvergonzado
    - golfa
    - golfo
    - lisa
    - liso
    - sinvergüenza
    - fresco
    - patudo
    English:
    audacious
    - barefaced
    - blatant
    - bold
    - brash
    - brassy
    - brazen
    - cheeky
    - downright
    - forward
    - shameless
    - unabashed
    - outright
    - pert
    * * *
    descarado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [desvergonzado] [persona] cheeky, impertinent;
    ¡no seas (tan) descarado! don't be (so) cheeky!;
    ¡el muy descarado se ha atrevido a burlarse de mí! the cheeky devil had the nerve to make fun of me!
    2. [flagrante] barefaced, blatant;
    una mentira descarada a barefaced lie;
    ¡es un robo descarado! it's daylight robbery!;
    ¡ha sido un penalti descarado! there's no way that wasn't a penalty!
    ♦ adv
    Esp Fam [por supuesto, seguro] you bet!;
    no lo conseguirá, descarado there's no way she'll manage to do it;
    ¡descarado que iremos! too right we're going to go!
    ♦ nm,f
    cheeky devil;
    eres un descarado mirando you are awful the way you stare at people
    * * *
    adj rude, impertinent
    * * *
    descarado, -da adj
    : brazen, impudent
    * * *
    descarado adj cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > descarado

  • 3 petulante

    adj.
    1 opinionated, arrogant.
    2 petulant, boasting, vain, cynical.
    f. & m.
    1 opinionated person.
    2 smug person, self-righteous person, self-satisfied person.
    * * *
    1 vain
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

    * * *
    smug, self-satisfied
    smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *

    petulante adjetivo
    smug, self-satisfied
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    smug o self-satisified fool
    ' petulante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    smug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    opinionated, arrogant
    ♦ nmf
    opinionated person;
    es un petulante he's very opinionated
    * * *
    adj smug
    * * *
    insolente: insolent, petulant

    Spanish-English dictionary > petulante

  • 4 descarada


    descarado,-a
    I adj (insolente) cheeky, insolent
    (desvergonzado) shameless
    una mentira descarada, a barefaced lie
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cheeky person
    ' descarada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descarado
    English:
    barefaced
    - blatantly
    - minx
    - outright

    Spanish-English dictionary > descarada

  • 5 atrevido

    adj.
    1 daring, adventurous, bold, brave.
    2 cheeky, brassy, bold-faced, pert.
    f. & m.
    cheeky person, insolent person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atreverse.
    * * *
    1→ link=atreverse atreverse
    1 (osado) daring, bold
    2 (insolente) insolent, impudent
    3 (indecoroso) daring, risqué
    * * *
    (f. - atrevida)
    adj.
    daring, bold
    * * *
    atrevido, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=audaz) daring, bold; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    2) [chiste] daring, risqué
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

    el atrevido diseño del edificio — the bold o adventurous design of the building

    c) ( valiente) brave
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( insolente)

    es un atrevido y un maleducado — he is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

    b) ( valiente)

    el mundo es de los atrevidos — fortune favors the brave

    * * *
    = brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    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. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    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.
    ----
    * ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.
    * persona atrevida = risk taker.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

    el atrevido diseño del edificio — the bold o adventurous design of the building

    c) ( valiente) brave
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( insolente)

    es un atrevido y un maleducado — he is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

    b) ( valiente)

    el mundo es de los atrevidos — fortune favors the brave

    * * *
    = brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.

    Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    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: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    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.
    * ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.
    * persona atrevida = risk taker.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

    * * *
    atrevido1 -da
    1 (insolente) mouthy ( AmE colloq), sassy ( AmE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)
    2 (osado) ‹escote/vestido› daring; ‹chiste› risqué
    el atrevido diseño del edificio the bold o adventurous design of the building
    me parece algo atrevido decir una cosa así I think it would be rash to say such a thing
    un escritor atrevido a daring writer
    3 (valiente) brave
    ¿te vas a vivir allí? eres muy atrevido are you going to live there? that's very brave of you
    atrevido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    1
    (insolente): ese niño es un atrevido y un maleducado that little boy is mouthy ( AmE) o sassy ( AmE) o ( BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered ( colloq)
    2
    (valiente): el mundo es de los atrevidos fortune favors the brave
    * * *

     

    Del verbo atreverse: ( conjugate atreverse)

    atrevido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    atreverse    
    atrevido
    atreverse ( conjugate atreverse) verbo pronominal
    to dare;
    ◊ ¡anda, atrévete! go on then, I dare you (to);

    no me atrevo a decírselo I daren't tell him;
    ¿cómo te atreves a pegarle? how dare you hit him?;
    ¿a que conmigo no te atreves? I bet you wouldn't dare take me on
    atrevido -da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)

    b) ( osado) ‹escote/persona› daring;

    ‹ chiste› risqué;
    ‹ diseño› bold

    atreverse verbo reflexivo to dare: ¿te atreves a hacerlo?, do you dare to do it? o dare you do it? ➣ Ver nota en dare
    atrevido,-a adjetivo
    1 (descarado) daring, bold
    2 (insolente) cheeky, impudent
    3 (un vestido) risqué
    ' atrevido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - arrojado
    - atrevida
    - desvergonzada
    - desvergonzado
    - impertinente
    - lanzada
    - lanzado
    English:
    audacious
    - daredevil
    - daring
    - naughty
    - presumptuous
    - revealing
    - forward
    - risqué
    - sassy
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    atrevido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [osado] daring;
    es muy atrevido, le encantan los deportes de riesgo he's very daring, he loves dangerous sports;
    un escote atrevido a daring neckline;
    una película/escultura atrevida a bold movie/sculpture
    2. [caradura] cheeky
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [osado] daring person
    2. [caradura] cheeky person;
    ¡qué atrevido, contestar así a tu madre! what a cheek, answering your mother back like that!
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( insolente) sassy fam, Br
    cheeky fam
    2 ( valiente) brave, daring
    * * *
    atrevido, -da adj
    1) : bold, daring
    2) : insolent
    * * *
    1. (audaz) daring
    2. (insolente) cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > atrevido

  • 6 liso

    adj.
    1 smooth, even, uniform, sleek.
    2 flat.
    3 glabrous, leave.
    4 rude.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: lisar.
    * * *
    1 (sin desigualdades) smooth, even
    3 (sin arrugas) smooth
    4 (pelo) straight
    5 (color) plain
    \
    lisa y llanamente purely and simply
    * * *
    (f. - lisa)
    adj.
    2) even
    3) flat
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [terreno, superficie] smooth, even; [neumático] bald
    2) [pelo] straight
    3) [mar] calm
    4) (Dep)
    5) (=sin adornos) plain, unadorned; (=de un solo color) plain
    6) And, Cono Sur (=grosero) rude
    7) LAm * (=descarado) fresh *, cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    8) * (=de poco pecho) flat-chested
    2.
    SM Cono Sur tall beer glass
    lisa
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) <piel/superficie> smooth; < pelo> straight; < terreno> flat

    los 200 metros lisos — (Esp) the 200 meter sprint

    2) ( sin dibujos) plain

    liso y llano — plain and simple; llanamente

    3) (fam) < mujer> flat-chested
    4) (Per fam) ( insolente) fresh (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = flat [flatter -comp., flattest -sup.], smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], sleek [sleeker -comp., sleekest -sup.].
    Ex. The film-strip may roll sideways a little as a canister is removed if they are housed on flat shelves.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. The right tail of the Bradford distribution has been considered to be straight or drooping.
    Ex. In coloured communities earlier in the century, 'good' hair meant straight & sleek hair - curly/kinky hair that had been straightened.
    ----
    * cabello liso = straight hair.
    * estómago liso = flat stomach.
    * pantalones lisos = flat-front pants.
    * pelo liso = straight hair.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) <piel/superficie> smooth; < pelo> straight; < terreno> flat

    los 200 metros lisos — (Esp) the 200 meter sprint

    2) ( sin dibujos) plain

    liso y llano — plain and simple; llanamente

    3) (fam) < mujer> flat-chested
    4) (Per fam) ( insolente) fresh (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    = flat [flatter -comp., flattest -sup.], smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], sleek [sleeker -comp., sleekest -sup.].

    Ex: The film-strip may roll sideways a little as a canister is removed if they are housed on flat shelves.

    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: The right tail of the Bradford distribution has been considered to be straight or drooping.
    Ex: In coloured communities earlier in the century, 'good' hair meant straight & sleek hair - curly/kinky hair that had been straightened.
    * cabello liso = straight hair.
    * estómago liso = flat stomach.
    * pantalones lisos = flat-front pants.
    * pelo liso = straight hair.

    * * *
    liso -sa
    A
    1 ‹piel/superficie› smooth
    2 ‹pelo› straight
    3 ‹terreno› flat
    carrera de 200 metros lisos ( Esp); 200 meter sprint o race
    un diseño geométrico sobre un fondo liso a geometrical pattern on a plain background
    una falda verde, lisa a plain, green skirt
    liso y llano plain and simple
    C ( fam); ‹mujer› flat-chested
    D ( Per fam) (insolente) fresh ( AmE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    liso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ‹piel/superficie› smooth;
    ‹ pelo› straight;
    ‹ terreno› flat
    2 ( sin dibujos) plain
    3 (Per fam) ( insolente) fresh (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    liso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (textura) smooth, even
    2 (sin rizos, sin pliegues) straight
    3 (sin estampar) plain
    4 Dep corre los doscientos metros lisos, he runs the two hundred metres sprint
    5 LAm (descarado) rude
    II adverbio lisa y llanamente, purely and simply
    ' liso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lisa
    - lisura
    - suave
    - pelo
    English:
    even
    - flat
    - pancake
    - plain
    - smooth
    - straight
    - unruffled
    * * *
    liso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [llano] flat;
    [sin asperezas] smooth; Esp
    los 400 metros lisos the 400 metres;
    lisa y llanamente quite simply;
    hablando lisa y llanamente to put it plainly
    2. [no estampado] plain;
    una tela lisa a plain fabric
    3. [pelo] straight
    4. [mujer] flat-chested
    ♦ nm,f
    Andes, CAm, Ven cheeky person;
    es un liso he's so cheeky
    * * *
    adj
    1 smooth
    2 terreno flat;
    cien metros lisos DEP one hundred meter sprint, one hundred meters
    3 pelo straight
    4 ( sin adornos) plain;
    lisa y llanamente plainly and simply
    * * *
    liso, -sa adj
    1) : smooth
    2) : flat
    3) : straight
    pelo liso: straight hair
    4) : plain, unadorned
    liso y llano: plain and simple
    * * *
    liso adj
    1. (superficie) smooth / flat [comp. flatter; superl. flattest]
    2. (pelo) straight
    lleva el pelo liso y largo she's got long, straight hair
    3. (color) plain

    Spanish-English dictionary > liso

  • 7 impertinente

    adj.
    1 impertinent.
    ponerse impertinente to be impertinent o rude
    2 cheeky, given to answering back, mouthy, lippy.
    f. & m.
    1 impertinent person (person).
    2 busybody, meddlesome person, snooper.
    * * *
    1 impertinent
    1 lorgnette sing
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=insolente) impertinent
    2) frm (=irrelevante) irrelevant, not pertinent
    2.
    SMPL lorgnette sing
    * * *
    I
    a) ( irrespetuoso) <persona/pregunta/tono> impertinent
    b) ( inoportuno) <momento/hora> inopportune (frml), inappropriate; < llamada> ill-timed; < comentario> uncalled-for
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) ( persona)
    2) impertinentes masculino plural lorgnette
    * * *
    = cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( irrespetuoso) <persona/pregunta/tono> impertinent
    b) ( inoportuno) <momento/hora> inopportune (frml), inappropriate; < llamada> ill-timed; < comentario> uncalled-for
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) ( persona)
    2) impertinentes masculino plural lorgnette
    * * *
    = cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.

    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.

    * * *
    1 (descarado, irrespetuoso) ‹persona› impertinent; ‹pregunta/risa/tono› impertinent
    2 (inoportuno, fuera de lugar) ‹momento/hora› inopportune ( frml), inappropriate; ‹llamada› ill-timed; ‹comentario› uncalled-for
    me parece impertinente entrar en este momento I don't think this is a very good o opportune moment to go in
    3 ( frml) (no relevante) irrelevant
    A
    (persona): eres una impertinente you're very impertinent
    B impertinentes mpl lorgnette
    * * *

    impertinente adjetivo ‹persona/pregunta/tono› impertinent;
    ‹ comentario› uncalled-for
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( persona):

    impertinente
    I adjetivo
    1 (atrevido) impertinent: estuvo muy impertinente con nosotros, she was impertinent
    2 (improcedente) irrelevant
    II mf impertinent person
    III mpl impertinentes, lorgnette sing

    ' impertinente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    impertinent
    - intrusive
    - nosy
    - presumptuous
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [insolente] impertinent;
    no te pongas impertinente con tu madre don't be rude o impertinent to your mother;
    hoy estás muy impertinente you're being very impertinent today
    2. [inoportuno] inappropriate
    ♦ nmf
    [persona] impertinent person;
    es un impertinente he's very rude o impertinent
    ♦ impertinentes nmpl
    [anteojos] lorgnette
    * * *
    I adj impertinent
    II m/f
    :
    ¡eres un impertinente! you’re so impertinent!
    * * *
    1) insolente: impertinent, insolent
    2) inoportuno: inappropriate, uncalled-for
    3) irrelevante: irrelevant
    * * *
    impertinente adj impertinent

    Spanish-English dictionary > impertinente

  • 8 chulo

    adj.
    1 nice, neat.
    2 good-looking.
    3 bragging, braggart.
    4 not fashionable.
    5 festive, jaunty.
    m.
    1 pimp.
    2 braggart, brag, flashy harry, flashy type.
    3 free-rider.
    * * *
    1 familiar (descarado) cocky, cheeky
    2 familiar (vistoso) showy, flashy
    3 familiar (bonito) nice, pretty
    ■ ¡qué vestido tan chulo! what a nice dress!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar (presuntuoso) show-off, swank
    2 familiar (castizo) working-class person from Madrid
    \
    ponerse chulo,-a familiar to get cocky, get cheeky
    ————————
    * * *
    1. ADJ *
    1) (=arrogante) cocky *

    una mujer se abanicaba, muy chula ella, en la ventana — a woman was fanning herself in the window, bold as brass o as brazen as you like

    ponerse chulo: se puso en plan chulo — he got all cocky *

    2) (=bonito)

    ¡qué vestido más chulo! — what a lovely dress!

    ¡qué chulo me ha quedado el dibujo! — my drawing looks great!

    chica, estás chulísima — LAm you look gorgeous

    2.
    ADV CAm, Méx * well
    3.
    SMF ( Hist) typical working-class person from Madrid
    4. SM
    1) * (tb: chulo putas) pimp
    2) Col * (=buitre) vulture, buzzard (EEUU)
    3) (Taur) bullfighter's assistant
    * * *
    I
    - la adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) <vestido/casa> neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    qué chulas flores te regalaron! — (Méx) what nice flowers they gave you!

    b) (Méx) < hombre> good-looking, cute (esp AmE); < mujer> pretty, cute (esp AmE)

    ¿por qué llora, chula? — why are you crying, sweetheart o love?

    2) (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)

    no te me pongas chulo — don't get nervy o cocky with me (colloq)

    3) (Esp) (satisfecho, garboso)
    4) (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    II
    - la masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    III
    masculino (Esp fam)
    1) ( proxeneta) tb
    2) (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3) (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    * * *
    I
    - la adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) <vestido/casa> neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    qué chulas flores te regalaron! — (Méx) what nice flowers they gave you!

    b) (Méx) < hombre> good-looking, cute (esp AmE); < mujer> pretty, cute (esp AmE)

    ¿por qué llora, chula? — why are you crying, sweetheart o love?

    2) (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)

    no te me pongas chulo — don't get nervy o cocky with me (colloq)

    3) (Esp) (satisfecho, garboso)
    4) (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    II
    - la masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    III
    masculino (Esp fam)
    1) ( proxeneta) tb
    2) (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3) (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    * * *
    chulo1
    1 = pimp, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], thug, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, show-off, showboat, hot dog, ruffian, hoodlum, supercilious.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex: Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.

    chulo2
    2 = neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], swish.

    Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

    Ex: Another reason why this is nifty is because this site has plenty of resources available for your use, so you're not having to re-invent the wheel should you decide to adopt this assignment for your course.
    Ex: The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex: The entrance to the hotel is very swish and the rooms although small very well maintained and clean.
    * lo chulo = coolness.
    * ser chulo = be cool.

    * * *
    chulo1 -la
    1 (Esp, Méx) ‹vestido/casa› neat ( AmE colloq), lovely ( BrE)
    tiene una casa más chula … she has a gorgeous house!, she has a neat o lovely house!
    ¡qué chulas flores te regalaron! ( Méx); what nice flowers they gave you!
    2 ( Méx) ‹hombre› good-looking, cute ( esp AmE); ‹mujer› pretty, cute ( esp AmE)
    mira qué niño tan chulo what a lovely-looking o cute o sweet little boy
    ¿por qué llora, chula? why are you crying, sweetheart o love?
    B ( Esp fam) (bravucón) nervy ( AmE colloq), smart ( AmE colloq), mouthy ( AmE colloq), cocky ( BrE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)
    no te me pongas chulo don't get nervy o cocky with me ( colloq)
    C
    ( Esp) (satisfecho, garboso): ¡mira qué chula va con su vestido nuevo! doesn't she look pretty parading around in her new dress!
    chulo2 -la
    masculine, feminine
    B ( Esp fam) (bravucón) flashy type, flash harry ( BrE colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    B ( Col) ( Zool) black vulture
    C ( Col) (marca, signo) check mark ( AmE), tick ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    chulo 1
    ◊ -la adjetivo

    1 (fam) ( bonito)
    a) (Esp, Méx) ‹vestido/casa› neat (AmE colloq), lovely (BrE)

    b) (Méx) ‹ hombre› good-looking, cute (esp AmE);

    ‹ mujer› pretty, cute (esp AmE)
    2 (Esp fam) ( bravucón) nervy (AmE colloq), cocky (BrE colloq)
    3 (Chi fam) ( de mal gusto) tacky (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( bravucón) flashy type
    chulo 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp fam)
    1 ( proxeneta) pimp
    2 (Col) (Zool) black vulture
    3 (Col) ( signo) check mark (AmE), tick (BrE)
    chulo,-a familiar
    I m,f (presuntuoso) show-off
    (insolente) cocky: tu primo me pareció un chulo, your cousin's a bit of a show-off
    II adjetivo
    1 (insolente, fanfarrón) se puso muy chulo con nosotros, he got all cocky with us
    2 (bonito) smashing: familiar llevas un collar muy chulo, that's a great necklace you've got on
    III sustantivo masculino (proxeneta) pimp
    ' chulo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chula
    - rufián
    English:
    cocky
    - in-your-face
    - neat
    * * *
    chulo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Esp [descarado] cocky;
    ponerse chulo to get cocky
    2. Esp, Méx Fam [bonito] cool, Br top, US neat;
    se ha comprado una moto muy chula she's bought a really cool o Br top o US neat bike;
    esta es la canción más chula del disco this is the coolest song on the record;
    lo más chulo del verano es que los días son más largos the coolest thing about summer is that the days are longer;
    Fam
    ir más chulo que un ocho to have one's glad rags on
    3. Esp Fam [lesionado]
    tengo la pata chula I've done my leg in
    ♦ nm,f
    Esp
    1. [descarado] cocky person;
    Vulg
    es un chulo de mierda he's a cocky little bastard
    2. [madrileño] = lower-class native of 18th-19th century Madrid
    ♦ nm
    Esp [proxeneta] pimp
    * * *
    fam
    I adj
    1 fantastic fam, great fam
    2 Méx ( guapo) attractive
    3 ( presuntuoso) cocky fam ;
    ponerse chulo get cocky
    II m pimp
    * * *
    chulo, -la adj
    1) fam : cute, pretty
    2) Spain fam : cocky, arrogant
    chulo nm, Spain : pimp
    * * *
    chulo adj
    1. (presumido) cocky [comp. cockier; superl. cockiest]
    2. (bonito) smart

    Spanish-English dictionary > chulo

  • 9 tonto

    adj.
    1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.
    2 silly, footling, foolish.
    3 useless, dumb.
    4 stupefied.
    m.
    fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.
    * * *
    1 silly, stupid, US dumb
    ■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool, idiot
    \
    a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reason
    hacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the fool
    hacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumb
    ponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppy
    tonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiot
    un,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp
    * * *
    1. (f. - tonta)
    noun
    2. (f. - tonta)
    adj.
    foolish, stupid
    * * *
    tonto, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona]
    a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupid

    venga, vente con nosotros, ¡no seas tonto! — come on, come with us, don't be silly!

    ¡qué tonto soy! — how silly o stupid of me!

    ¿tú te has creído que yo soy tonto?, ¿me tomas por tonto? — do you think I'm stupid?

    b) [poco inteligente] stupid

    ¡y parecía tonto! — and we thought he was stupid!

    a lo tonto —

    ¿para qué esforzarse a lo tonto? — why go to all that trouble for nothing?

    y a lo tonto, a lo tonto, se le pasó la mitad del día — and before he knew it, half the day had slipped by

    a tontas y a locas —

    piénsalo bien, no quiero que actúes/hables a tontas y a locas — think carefully, don't just do/say the first thing that comes into your head

    esos jóvenes sin seso que solo hablan a tontas y a locas — these silly youngsters who chatter away without even thinking what they're saying

    c) (=insolente) silly

    ¡si te pones tonto no te vuelvo a traer al cine! — if you start being silly I won't take you to the cinema again!

    d) (=torpe)

    hoy se me olvida todo, estoy como tonto — I keep forgetting things today, I'm out of it *

    dejar a algn tonto — Esp to leave sb speechless

    e) (=presumido) stuck-up *
    f) (Med) imbecile
    pelo 8)
    2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly

    ¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!

    caja 1)
    2. SM / F

    soy un tonto, ¡nunca debí haberla escuchado! — I'm such an idiot, I should never have listened to her!

    allí estaba, riéndome como una tonta — there I was, laughing like an idiot

    2) (Med) imbecile
    3. SM
    1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man
    2) And, CAm (=palanca) jemmy
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) silly

    fui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes

    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upset

    dejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless

    hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody

    2) <excusa/error/historia> silly
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq); ( ingenuo) idiot, fool

    hacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself

    hacerse el tonto — to act dumb

    * * *
    = fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.
    * a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.
    * chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.
    * chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.
    * chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.
    * como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.
    * guaperas tonto = himbo.
    * hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.
    * hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.
    * no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.
    * risa tonta = giggle.
    * risita tonta = giggle.
    * rubia tonta = dumb blonde.
    * típica rubia tonta = bimbo.
    * típico guaperas tonto = himbo.
    * tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.
    * tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.
    * tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.
    * tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].
    * tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.
    * tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.
    * tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.
    * tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.
    * tonto genio = idiot savant.
    * tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.
    * tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) silly

    fui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes

    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upset

    dejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless

    hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody

    2) <excusa/error/historia> silly
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq); ( ingenuo) idiot, fool

    hacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself

    hacerse el tonto — to act dumb

    * * *
    = fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.
    * a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.
    * chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.
    * chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.
    * chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.
    * como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.
    * guaperas tonto = himbo.
    * hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.
    * hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.
    * no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.
    * risa tonta = giggle.
    * risita tonta = giggle.
    * rubia tonta = dumb blonde.
    * típica rubia tonta = bimbo.
    * típico guaperas tonto = himbo.
    * tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.
    * tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.
    * tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.
    * tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].
    * tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.
    * tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.
    * tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.
    * tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.
    * tonto genio = idiot savant.
    * tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.
    * tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.

    * * *
    tonto1 -ta
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹persona› (falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb ( colloq) (ingenuo) silly
    ¡pero qué tonto eres! ¿de verdad te lo has creído? you idiot! did you really believe it?
    mírala … y parecía tonta look at her, and we thought she was stupid!
    no seas tonta, aprovecha ahora que puedes don't be silly! make the most of it while you can
    y él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes
    2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upset
    no me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood today
    se pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitors
    a lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even trying
    lo dijo a lo tonto y resulta que acertó it was a wild guess o he said it without thinking and it turned out to be right
    hablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hat
    a tontas y a locas without thinking
    gasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)
    dejar tonto a algn ( Esp fam); to leave sb speechless
    hacer tonto a algn ( Chi fam); to make a fool of sb, fool sb
    ser más tonto que Abundio or que hecho de encargo or que una mata de habas ( Esp fam); to be as dumb as they come ( colloq), to be daft as a brush ( BrE colloq)
    ser tonto del bote or del culo ( Esp fam); to be a complete idiot
    B ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
    fue una caída de lo más tonta pero ya ves, me rompí el tobillo it was such a silly o ridiculous fall but, as you see, I broke my ankle
    tonto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    (falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy ( colloq); (ingenuo) idiot, fool
    eres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like that
    hacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
    hacerse el tonto to act dumb
    no te hagas la tonta, que sabes muy bien de lo que estoy hablando you know very well what I'm talking about so don't pretend you don't o so don't act dumb
    le gusta/gustaba más que a un tonto una tiza or un lápiz or un palo ( Esp fam); he is/was crazy o nuts about it ( colloq)
    ser como tonto para algo ( Chi fam); to be crazy o nuts about sth ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    prize idiot, utter fool
    village idiot
    ( Chi fam) silly fool
    idealistic puppet o stooge
    * * *

     

    tonto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    1
    a) [SER] ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq);

    ( ingenuo) silly
    b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly;

    ( disgustado) upset
    2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
    ( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
    ◊ hacer el tonto ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool;


    ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;
    ◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb

    tonto,-a
    I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
    fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
    una observación tonta, a trivial remark
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
    hacer el tonto, to play the fool
    hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
    tonto de remate, prize idiot

    ' tonto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bobalicón
    - bobalicona
    - boluda
    - boludo
    - burrada
    - capirote
    - definitivamente
    - fatua
    - fatuo
    - hacer
    - hombre
    - manteca
    - pelo
    - perdida
    - perdido
    - remate
    - simple
    - tarugo
    - todavía
    - tonta
    - tratar
    - asno
    - baboso
    - gana
    - ganso
    - huevón
    - idiota
    - imbécil
    - lelo
    - lerdo
    - mongólico
    - necio
    - pavo
    - pendejo
    - salame
    - soquete
    - tontear
    - tontería
    - zanahoria
    English:
    act
    - asinine
    - clot
    - clown around
    - dim
    - do
    - dozy
    - dumb
    - fool
    - goof
    - help
    - idiotic
    - lark about
    - lark around
    - mess about
    - mess around
    - muck about
    - muck around
    - need
    - play
    - prize
    - silly
    - soft-headed
    - such
    - thing
    - daft
    - foolish
    - kind
    - know
    - stupid
    - that
    * * *
    tonto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [estúpido] stupid;
    [menos fuerte] silly;
    pero ¿seré tonto? otra vez me he vuelto a confundir I must be stupid or something, I've gone and got it wrong again;
    nos toman por tontos they think we're idiots;
    ¿estás tonto? ¿para qué me pegas? don't be stupid! what are you hitting me for?;
    no seas tonto, no hay por qué preocuparse don't be silly, there's no need to worry;
    ser tonto de capirote o [m5] remate to be Br daft as a brush o US crazy as a loon;
    ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks
    2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward
    3.
    ponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;
    [arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppy
    4. [sin sentido] [risa] mindless;
    [esfuerzo] pointless;
    fue una caída tonta it was so silly, falling over like that;
    a lo tonto: lo perdí a lo tonto I stupidly lost it;
    me tropecé a lo tonto I tripped over like an idiot;
    me he ido haciendo con una extensa colección de sellos a lo tonto I've built up a sizeable stamp collection without hardly realizing it
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot;
    los listos y los tontos de la clase the bright ones and the dim ones in the class;
    el tonto del pueblo the village idiot;
    hacer el tonto [juguetear] to mess around;
    [no actuar con inteligencia] to be stupid o foolish;
    estoy haciendo el tonto intentando convencerle I'm wasting my time trying to convince him;
    hacerse el tonto to act innocent;
    a tontas y a locas without thinking
    tonto útil useful idiot
    * * *
    I adj silly, foolish
    II m, tonta f fool, idiot;
    haba fam complete idiot;
    tonto del pueblo village idiot;
    hacer el tonto play the fool;
    hacerse el tonto act dumb fam ;
    a tontas y a locas in a slapdash way
    * * *
    tonto, -ta adj
    1) : dumb, stupid
    2) : silly
    3)
    a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardly
    tonto, -ta n
    : fool, idiot
    * * *
    tonto1 adj silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest] / stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    ¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!
    tonto2 n fool / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > tonto

  • 10 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

  • 11 sinvergüenza

    adj.
    shameless, barefaced, brazen, cynical.
    intj.
    you little beggar.
    f. & m.
    1 scoundrel, son of a gun, rogue, shyster.
    2 shameless person, shameless individual, cheeky devil, cheeky person.
    * * *
    1 (pícaro) shameless
    2 (descarado) cheeky
    1 (pícaro) rotter, swine, louse
    2 (descarado) cheeky devil
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=pillo) rotten; (=descarado) brazen, shameless
    2.
    SMF (=pillo) scoundrel, rogue; (=canalla) rotter *; (=insolente) cheeky devil

    ¡sinvergüenza! — hum you villain!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( canalla)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq), scoundrel (dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum), little devil o rascal (hum)
    * * *
    = scoundrel, shameless, shyster, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, thug, cad.
    Ex. Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.
    Ex. Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    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. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( canalla)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq), scoundrel (dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum), little devil o rascal (hum)
    * * *
    = scoundrel, shameless, shyster, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, thug, cad.

    Ex: Here came every sort of human ingredient -- sturdy homesteaders, skilled craftsmen, precious scoundrels.

    Ex: Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    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: Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.

    * * *
    1
    (canalla): ¡qué hombre más sinvergüenza! what a swine! ( colloq)
    2 ( hum) ‹niño› (travieso) naughty
    1 (canalla) swine ( colloq), scoundrel ( dated); (estafador, ladrón) crook ( colloq)
    2 ( hum) (pícaro) rascal ( hum), little devil o rascal ( hum)
    * * *

    sinvergüenza adjetivo
    a) ( canalla):

    ◊ ¡qué tipo más sinvergüenza! what a swine! (colloq)

    b) (hum) ( pícaro) naughty

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    a) ( canalla) swine (colloq);

    (estafador, ladrón) crook (colloq)
    b) (hum) ( pícaro) rascal (hum)

    sinvergüenza
    I adjetivo
    1 pey (granuja, inmoral) shameless
    2 hum (pillo) cheeky: pero qué sinvergüenza eres, what a rogue you are
    II mf
    1 (inmoral, sin escrúpulos) crook
    2 (pillo, descarado) rogue
    ' sinvergüenza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conchudo
    - redomada
    - redomado
    - atorrante
    - gandalla
    English:
    scoundrel
    - so-and-so
    - crook
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [canalla] shameless
    2. [fresco, descarado] cheeky
    ♦ nmf
    1. [canalla] scoundrel;
    ser un sinvergüenza to be shameless
    2. [fresco, descarado] cheeky person;
    ser un sinvergüenza to be a cheeky rascal o so-and-so;
    ese sinvergüenza me ha quitado el bocadillo that cheeky rascal o so-and-so stole my sandwich
    * * *
    I adj shameless, unscrupulous
    II m/f swine;
    ¡qué sinvergüenza! ( descarado) what a nerve!
    * * *
    1) descarado: shameless, brazen, impudent
    2) travieso: naughty
    1) : rogue, scoundrel
    2) : brat, rascal
    * * *
    sinvergüenza n rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > sinvergüenza

  • 12 alzado

    adj.
    1 lifted, raised.
    2 rebellious, rebel.
    3 vicious, savage.
    4 arrogant.
    5 fraudulently bankrupt.
    m.
    1 upright projection.
    2 elevation.
    3 elevation view, front view.
    4 absconder.
    5 fraudulent bankrupt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: alzar.
    * * *
    1 ARQUITECTURA elevation
    2 (diseño) design, sketch
    3 (impresión) gathering
    4 (robo) theft
    ————————
    1→ link=alzar alzar
    1 raised, lifted
    2 (persona) fraudulently bankrupt
    1 ARQUITECTURA elevation
    2 (diseño) design, sketch
    3 (impresión) gathering
    4 (robo) theft
    \
    a mano alzada by a show of hands
    * * *
    alzado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=levantado) raised
    votación
    2) (Econ) [cantidad, precio] fixed; [quiebra] fraudulent; [persona] fraudulently bankrupt
    tanto 4., 1)
    3) Méx, Ven (=engreído) big-headed
    4) Chile, Col, Perú, Ven (=sublevado) arrogant, cocky *
    5) LAm [animal] (=arisco) wild

    estar alzado — Cono Sur to be on heat

    6) And (=borracho) drunk
    2.
    SM / F (=persona sublevada) rebel

    alzado/a en armas — armed insurgent

    3. SM
    1) (Arquit) elevation
    2) (Tip) gathering
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (Andes, Ven fam) ( levantisco)
    2) < animal>
    a) [estar] (CS fam) ( en celo) in heat (AmE), on heat (BrE)
    b) [SER] (Chi, Méx) (arisco, bravío) savage, vicious
    3) (Méx, Ven fam) ( altivo) stuck-up (colloq)
    II
    1) (Arquit) elevation
    2) alzados masculino plural (AmL)
    * * *
    Nota: En encuadernación, forma de coser las hojas que componen un libro en parejas.
    Ex. The groups of leaves thus sewn together are known as gatherings, and each gathering will consist of one or more pairs of leaves joined at the back, and will have been made from one folded sheet, or a fraction of a sheet, or from several folded sheets tucked one inside another.
    ----
    * alzado de planos = survey.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (Andes, Ven fam) ( levantisco)
    2) < animal>
    a) [estar] (CS fam) ( en celo) in heat (AmE), on heat (BrE)
    b) [SER] (Chi, Méx) (arisco, bravío) savage, vicious
    3) (Méx, Ven fam) ( altivo) stuck-up (colloq)
    II
    1) (Arquit) elevation
    2) alzados masculino plural (AmL)
    * * *
    Nota: En encuadernación, forma de coser las hojas que componen un libro en parejas.

    Ex: The groups of leaves thus sewn together are known as gatherings, and each gathering will consist of one or more pairs of leaves joined at the back, and will have been made from one folded sheet, or a fraction of a sheet, or from several folded sheets tucked one inside another.

    * alzado de planos = survey.

    * * *
    alzado1 -da
    A
    (Andes, Ven fam) (levantisco): la servidumbre anda medio alzada últimamente the servants have been rather uppity o ( BrE) bolshy lately ( colloq)
    un chiquillo alzado a cocky little brat ( colloq)
    B ‹animal›
    1 [ ESTAR] (CS fam) (en celo) in heat ( AmE), on heat ( BrE)
    2 [ SER] (Chi, Méx) (arisco, bravío) savage, vicious
    C (Méx, Ven fam) (altivo) stuck-up ( colloq), toffee-nosed ( BrE colloq)
    A ( Arquit) elevation
    ( AmL): los alzados en armas the insurgents o rebels
    * * *

    Del verbo alzar: ( conjugate alzar)

    alzado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    alzado    
    alzar
    alzado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) (Andes, Ven fam) ( levantisco):

    ◊ la servidumbre anda medio alzada the servants have been rather uppity lately (colloq);

    un chiquillo alzado a cocky little brat (colloq)
    b) (Méx, Ven fam) ( altivo) stuck-up (colloq)

    alzar ( conjugate alzar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( levantar)
    a) ‹brazo/cabeza/voz› to raise;


    alzó la mirada she looked up
    b) (AmL) ‹ bebé› to pick up

    2 ‹edificio/monumento› to erect
    3 (Méx) ( poner en orden) ‹ juguetes› to pick up;
    ‹cuarto/casa› to clean (up)
    alzarse verbo pronominal ( sublevarse) to rise up;

    alzado,-a
    I adjetivo raised, lifted
    votación a mano alzada, vote by a show of hands
    II m Arquit elevation
    alzar verbo transitivo to raise, lift: el cormorán alzó el vuelo repentinamente, the cormorant took off suddenly

    ' alzado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alzada
    English:
    elevation
    * * *
    alzado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [militar] rebel
    2. [precio] fixed;
    a tanto alzado [modo de pago] in a single payment
    3. Am Fam [en celo] Br on heat, US in heat
    4. Am Fam [insolente] insolent
    5. Andes, RP Fam [salvaje] wild
    6. Col Fam [borracho] drunk
    ♦ nm
    1. [proyección vertical] elevation
    2. Cuba [estante] shelf
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( elevado) high, raised
    2 ( rebelde) rebel atr
    3 ( soberbio) arrogant
    4 L.Am.
    un animal alzado an animal that has escaped into the wild
    5
    :
    precio alzado fixed building cost
    II m, alzada f L.Am.
    insurgent
    III m
    1 ARQUI elevation
    2 TIP pagination

    Spanish-English dictionary > alzado

  • 13 abusón

    adj.
    abusing.
    m.
    abusive.
    * * *
    1 familiar (fresco) shameless
    2 familiar (gorrón) sponging, scrounging
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (gorrón) sponger, scrounger
    2 (injusto) unfair person
    * * *
    abusón, -ona *
    1.
    ADJ (=egoísta) selfish; (=engreído) big-headed *; (=insolente) abusive
    2.
    SM / F selfish person, bighead *
    * * *
    - sona adjetivo (Esp, Méx fam) abusador
    * * *
    - sona adjetivo (Esp, Méx fam) abusador
    * * *
    adj/m,f
    ( Esp fam) abusador1 (↑ abusador (1)), abusador2 (↑ abusador (2))
    * * *

    abusón
    ◊ - sona adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp, Méx fam) See Also→ abusador

    abusón,-ona adjetivo bullying
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino bully: es un abusón, siempre pega a los pequeños, he's a bully, he's always hitting the younger kids

    ' abusón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abusona
    - conchudo
    * * *
    abusón, -ona Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [caradura] selfish;
    no seas abusón, que los demás no han comido don't be selfish o greedy, the others haven't eaten yet
    2. [matón] bullying
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [caradura] selfish person
    2. [matón] bully
    * * *
    m, abusona f fam
    bully

    Spanish-English dictionary > abusón

  • 14 farruco

    adj.
    defiant.
    * * *
    1 familiar conceited, cocky
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo (Esp fam) ( desafiante) aggressive; ( ufano) smug
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo (Esp fam) ( desafiante) aggressive; ( ufano) smug
    * * *
    farruco -ca
    ( Esp fam)
    1 (desafiante) aggressive, stroppy ( BrE colloq)
    2 (ufano) smug
    * * *

    farruco,-a adj fam (insolente) cheeky, impudent
    ' farruco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    farruca
    * * *
    farruco, -a adj
    [valiente] cocky;
    ponerse farruco to get cocky
    * * *
    adj fam
    cocky fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > farruco

  • 15 malencarado

    adj.
    1 ill-featured, ill-favored.
    2 frowning, angry.
    * * *
    * * *

    malencarado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que produce desconfianza) sour-faced: los habitantes del pueblo parecían muy malencarados, the inhabitants looked unfriendly
    2 (malhumorado) bad-tempered
    3 (descortés, insolente) nasty person
    ' malencarado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malencarada

    Spanish-English dictionary > malencarado

  • 16 sangrigordo

    ADJ Caribe (=aburrido) tedious, boring; (=insolente) rude, insolent
    * * *
    adj Méx
    tedious, boring

    Spanish-English dictionary > sangrigordo

  • 17 indino *

    ADJ
    1) (=insolente) cheeky *, sassy (EEUU) *
    2) And, Caribe (=tacaño) mean, stingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > indino *

  • 18 malmodado **

    ADJ Caribe, Méx (=hosco) heavy-handed, rough; (=insolente) rude, insolent

    Spanish-English dictionary > malmodado **

  • 19 insolent

    insolent, e [ɛ̃sɔlɑ̃, ɑ̃t]
    adjective
    ( = impertinent) insolent
    * * *

    1.
    insolente ɛ̃sɔlɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif
    1) ( irrespectueux) [enfant, ton, attitude] insolent, cheeky
    2) ( arrogant) [rival, vainqueur] arrogant
    3) ( provocant) [personne, jeunesse] brazen; [luxe, succès, fortune, joie] unashamed

    2.
    nom masculin, féminin insolent person
    * * *
    ɛ̃sɔlɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj insolent, -e
    * * *
    A adj
    1 ( irrespectueux) [enfant, ton, attitude] insolent, cheeky○;
    2 ( arrogant) [rival, vainqueur] arrogant;
    3 ( provocant) [personne, jeunesse] brazen; [luxe, succès, fortune, joie] unashamed.
    B nm,f insolent person; l'insolent m'a tiré la langue the cheeky thing stuck his tongue out at me; petite insolente! cheeky girl!
    ( féminin insolente) [ɛ̃sɔlɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif
    1. [impoli] insolent
    2. [arrogant] arrogant
    3. [extraordinaire - luxe, succès] outrageous
    ————————
    , insolente [ɛ̃sɔlɑ̃, ɑ̃t] nom masculin, nom féminin
    petit insolent! you impudent ou impertinent little boy!

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > insolent

  • 20 modo

    m.
    1 way (manera, forma).
    ¿has visto el modo en que o el modo como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?
    no encuentro el modo de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking
    a modo de as, by way of
    al modo de in the style of
    de ese modo in that way
    de ningún modo in no way
    de todos modos in any case, anyway
    de un modo u otro one way or another
    en cierto modo in some ways
    modo de empleo instructions for use
    ¿de modo que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?
    2 mood (grammar).
    modo adverbial adverbial phrase
    3 mode, brand, manner, way.
    4 grammar mood, mood.
    * * *
    1 way, manner
    1 manners
    \
    a modo de as a, like a
    de todos modos anyhow, at any rate
    en cierto modo in a way
    modo de empleo instructions plural
    modo de ser character
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) way, manner
    2) mode
    3) mood
    •
    - de modo que
    - de todos modos
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=manera) way, manner frm

    ¿no hay otro modo de hacerlo? — isn't there another way of doing it?

    a mi modo de pensar o ver — in my view, the way I see it

    see MANERA, FORMA, MODO
    2) [locuciones]

    • a mi/tu modo — (in) my/your (own) way

    • a modo de — as

    a modo de ejemplo/respuesta — by way of example/reply

    • en cierto modo — in a way, to a certain extent

    • de cualquier modo — [antes de verbo] anyway, in any case; (=después de verbo) anyhow

    de cualquier modo, ahora tenemos que irnos — we have to go now anyway o in any case

    hazlo de cualquier modo — do it anyway you like, do it anyhow, do it any old how *

    • de modo + adj —

    eso nos afectará de modo directo — this will have a direct effect on us, this will affect us directly

    • de ese modo — [antes de verbo] (in) this way; [después de verbo] like that

    • grosso modo — broadly speaking

    esa fue, grosso modo, la contestación que nos dio — broadly speaking, that was the answer he gave us

    • de mal modo — rudely

    • del mismo o de igual modo — in the same way

    todos van vestidos del mismo o de igual modo — they are all dressed the same o in the same way

    • de ningún modo o en modo alguno, no quiero de ningún modo o en modo alguno implicarla en esto — I don't want to involve her in this in any way

    ¡de ningún modo! — certainly not!, no way! *

    • de todos modos — anyway, all the same, in any case

    aunque no me dejes, me iré de todos modos — even if you don't let me, I'll go anyway o all the same o in any case

    aunque lo esperaba, de todos modos me sorprendió — even though I was expecting it, I was still surprised

    3)

    • de modo que — [antes de verbo] so; [después de verbo] so that

    ¡de modo que eras tú el que llamaba! — so it was you that was calling!

    4) Esp frm (=moderación) moderation
    5) LAm

    ¡ni modo! — (=de ninguna manera) no way *, not a chance *; (=no hay otra alternativa) what else can I/you etc do?

    si no me quieres, ni modo — if you don't love me, what else can I do?

    6) pl modos (=modales) manners

    • buenos modos — good manners

    • malos modos — bad manners

    7) (Ling) [del verbo] mood

    de modo — manner antes de s

    8) (Inform) mode
    9) (Mús) mode

    modo mayor/menor — major/minor mode

    * * *
    1)
    a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml)

    a mi modo de ver — to my way of thinking, in my opinion

    modo de empleo — instructions for use, directions

    me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

    a mi/tu/su modo — (in) my/your/his (own) way

    a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

    2) modos masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

    con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

    3) (Ling) mood
    4) (Mús) mode
    * * *
    = approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, guise, means, mode, way, manner, fashion.
    Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.
    Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex. In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.
    Ex. The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.
    Ex. Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.
    Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.
    Ex. City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.
    Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
    ----
    * actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adverbio de modo = adverb of mode.
    * a groso modo = crudely.
    * a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.
    * al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.
    * al modo de = a la.
    * a mi modo de ver = in my books.
    * a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.
    * a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.
    * a modo de advertencia = cautionary.
    * a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.
    * a modo de explicación = parenthetically.
    * a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.
    * a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.
    * a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.
    * a modo de prólogo = prefatory.
    * a modo de resumen = wrap-up.
    * analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.
    * andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.
    * artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.
    * así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....
    * avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.
    * buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.
    * como un modo de = as a way of.
    * conocer de algún modo = know + on some grounds.
    * crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.
    * de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.
    * de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.
    * de algún modo u otro = of some sort.
    * decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.
    * decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.
    * de cualquier modo = however, either way.
    * de diferente modo = differently.
    * de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.
    * de este modo = by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like vein.
    * de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).
    * del mejor modo posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.
    * del mismo modo = exactly, in the same vein, by the same token.
    * del mismo modo que = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with.
    * del otro modo = the other way (a)round.
    * de modo + Adjetivo = on a + Adjetivo + basis.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * de modo alarmante = alarmingly.
    * de modo alternativo = alternatively.
    * de modo altivo = superciliously, haughtily.
    * de modo apreciable = to an appreciable extent.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.
    * de modo censurable = reprehensibly.
    * de modo claro = transparently.
    * de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.
    * de modo competitivo = competitively.
    * de modo complementario = complimentarily.
    * de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.
    * de modo considerable = to a considerable extent.
    * de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.
    * de modo decisivo = decisively.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * de modo desconcertante = bewilderingly.
    * de modo divertido = funnily.
    * de modo egoísta = selfishly.
    * de modo errático = erratically.
    * de modo especulativo = speculatively.
    * de modo estructurado = in a structured fashion.
    * de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.
    * de modo gracioso = funnily.
    * de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.
    * de modo heurístico = heuristically.
    * de modo humorístico = in a humorous vein.
    * de modo imaginativo = imaginatively.
    * de modo inconfundible = unmistakably.
    * de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.
    * de modo inequívoco = unambiguously.
    * de modo inesperado = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.
    * de modo informal = informally.
    * de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.
    * de modo insinuante = suggestively.
    * de modo irregular = erratically.
    * de modo irritante = annoyingly.
    * de modo pesimista = gloomily.
    * de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.
    * de modo provocativo = suggestively.
    * de modo que = so.
    * de modo que + poder + oír = within earshot of.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de modo recíproco = reciprocally.
    * de modo reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.
    * de modos diversos = variously.
    * de modos extraños = funnily.
    * de modo sorprendente = shockingly.
    * de modo tal que = so much so that.
    * demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * de ningún modo = by no means, in no way, on no account, in no sense, by any means, not at all, under no/any circumstances, in any shape or form, for the life of me, not on any account, by no stretch of the imagination.
    * de nuevos modos = in new ways.
    * de otro modo = conversely.
    * de qué modo = by what means.
    * de tal modo que = in such a way that, so.
    * de tal modo que raya en lo ridículo = ridiculously.
    * de tal modo que + Subjuntivo = in such a way as to + Infinitivo.
    * de todos modos = at any rate.
    * de un mod discreto = unobtrusively.
    * de un modo = in a fashion.
    * de un modo absorto = absently.
    * de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously.
    * de un modo acalorado = hotly.
    * de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.
    * de un modo + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in + Adjetivo + measure, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, on a + Adjetivo + scale, to a + Adjetivo + degree, in a + Adjetivo + vein.
    * de un modo afirmativo = affirmatively.
    * de un modo ahorrativo = thriftily.
    * de un modo aleatorio = at random.
    * de un modo anafórico = anaphorically.
    * de un modo anárquico = anarchically.
    * de un modo anodino = prosaically.
    * de un modo antieconómico = wastefully.
    * de un modo apropiado = fitly, appropriately.
    * de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.
    * de un modo atractivo = appealingly.
    * de un modo auténtico = authentically.
    * de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.
    * de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.
    * de un modo cansado = wearily.
    * de un modo caro = expensively + Participio.
    * de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.
    * de un modo chirriante = jarringly.
    * de un modo chocante = jarringly.
    * de un modo compacto = compactly.
    * de un modo concluyente = positively.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.
    * de un modo constructivo = constructively.
    * de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.
    * de un modo coordinado = synergistically.
    * de un modo crítico = critically.
    * de un modo decepcionante = disappointedly.
    * de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * de un modo desenfadado = playfully.
    * de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.
    * de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.
    * de un modo devastador = devastatingly.
    * de un modo diferente = differentially.
    * de un modo discreto = quietly.
    * de un modo disonante = jarringly.
    * de un modo económico = economically, thriftily.
    * de un modo elegante = elegantly.
    * de un modo encantador = charmingly.
    * de un modo engorroso = awkwardly, cumbrously.
    * de un modo equivalente = equivalently.
    * de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.
    * de un modo estrafalario = freakishly.
    * de un modo exhaustivo = comprehensively, in depth, exhaustively.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * de un modo fiable = reliably.
    * de un modo flexible = flexibly.
    * de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.
    * de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.
    * de un modo gradual = incrementally.
    * de un modo habitual = as a matter of routine.
    * de un modo heterogéneo = heterogeneously [heterogenously].
    * de un modo holístico = holistically.
    * de un modo imparcial = impartially.
    * de un modo impreciso = fuzzily.
    * de un modo impresionante = impressively.
    * de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.
    * de un modo incidental = incidentally.
    * de un modo incómodo = awkwardly, cumbrously.
    * de un modo incompetente = inefficiently.
    * de un modo incompleto = incompletely.
    * de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.
    * de un modo incorrecto = inaccurately.
    * de un modo indiferente = regardless.
    * de un modo inductivo = inductively.
    * de un modo innovador = innovatively.
    * de un modo insolente = defiantly.
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically.
    * de un modo inteligente = intelligently.
    * de un modo interesante = interestingly.
    * de un modo intermitente = in bursts.
    * de un modo lógico = logically.
    * de un modo malsonante = jarringly.
    * de un modo matemático = mathematically.
    * de un modo mecánico = mechanically.
    * de un modo meditabundo = pensively.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * de un modo moralista = sanctimoniously.
    * de un modo muy general = crudely.
    * de un modo muy interesante = most interestingly + Verbo.
    * de un modo nervioso = nervously.
    * de un modo nítido = cleanly.
    * de un modo o de otro = either way.
    * de un modo oportunista = opportunistically.
    * de un modo opresivo = oppressively.
    * de un modo óptico = optically.
    * de un modo optimista = optimistically.
    * de un modo pasivo = passively.
    * de un modo penetrante = piercingly.
    * de un modo pensativo = pensively.
    * de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.
    * de un modo poco económico = wastefully.
    * de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.
    * de un modo positivo = positively, constructively.
    * de un modo práctico = practically.
    * de un modo provocador = defiantly.
    * de un modo provocativo = defiantly.
    * de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.
    * de un modo racional = rationally.
    * de un modo rápido = rapidly, overnight, at short notice.
    * de un modo rapsódico = rhapsodically.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * de un modo regional = regionally.
    * de un modo regular = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.
    * de un modo relacionado = connectibly.
    * de un modo remunerado = gainfully.
    * de un modo retribuido = gainfully.
    * de un modo secuencial = step by step.
    * de un modo seguro = securely.
    * de un modo similar = in a similar vein.
    * de un modo simplista = simplistically.
    * de un modo sistemático = systematically.
    * de un modo susceptible = sensitively.
    * de un modo tautológico = tautologically.
    * de un modo temporal = on a temporary basis.
    * de un modo tosco = crudely.
    * de un modo trágico = tragically.
    * de un modo tranquilizador = soothingly, reassuringly.
    * de un modo transparente = seamlessly.
    * de un modo u otro = somehow, some way.
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * de un modo voluntario = voluntarily.
    * de un nuevo modo = in a new way.
    * dicho de otro modo = in other words, said differently.
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.
    * el mejor modo de = the best way of.
    * el modo como = the way in which.
    * el modo de = the way in which.
    * el modo de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.
    * en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.
    * en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.
    * encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * en metálico y de otro modo = in cash and in kind.
    * en modo alguno = by no means.
    * estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.
    * estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.
    * flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.
    * frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.
    * funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.
    * hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.
    * hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.
    * indizar de modo KWIC = KWIC.
    * información a modo de ejemplo = sample data.
    * ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.
    * modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.
    * modo de ahorro de energía = power save mode.
    * modo de andar = gait.
    * modo de aprendizaje = learning style.
    * modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.
    * modo de comunicación = communication pathway.
    * modo de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.
    * modo de conseguir Algo = lever.
    * modo de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.
    * modo de hacer preguntas = questioning behaviour.
    * modo de introducción de datos = input mode.
    * modo de pensar = thinking, way of thinking, mindset [mind-set], mode of thought, mode of thinking.
    * modo de presentación visual = display device.
    * modo de resaltar = spotlight.
    * modo de vida = way of life.
    * modo de vida tradicional = folklife.
    * modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.
    * no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.
    * no hay modo de que = for the life of me.
    * o de algún otro modo = or otherwise.
    * pensar del mismo modo = think + alike.
    * pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.
    * pero no hubo modo = but no dice.
    * por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.
    * por el modo = by the way.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.
    * saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.
    * ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * tratar de igual modo = treat as + equal.
    * usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.
    * ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.
    * ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml)

    a mi modo de ver — to my way of thinking, in my opinion

    modo de empleo — instructions for use, directions

    me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

    a mi/tu/su modo — (in) my/your/his (own) way

    a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

    2) modos masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

    con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

    3) (Ling) mood
    4) (Mús) mode
    * * *
    = approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, guise, means, mode, way, manner, fashion.

    Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

    Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex: In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.
    Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.
    Ex: Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.
    Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.
    Ex: City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.
    Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
    * actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adverbio de modo = adverb of mode.
    * a groso modo = crudely.
    * a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.
    * al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.
    * al modo de = a la.
    * a mi modo de ver = in my books.
    * a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.
    * a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.
    * a modo de advertencia = cautionary.
    * a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.
    * a modo de explicación = parenthetically.
    * a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.
    * a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.
    * a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.
    * a modo de prólogo = prefatory.
    * a modo de resumen = wrap-up.
    * analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.
    * andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.
    * artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.
    * así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....
    * avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.
    * buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.
    * como un modo de = as a way of.
    * conocer de algún modo = know + on some grounds.
    * crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.
    * de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.
    * de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.
    * de algún modo u otro = of some sort.
    * decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.
    * decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.
    * de cualquier modo = however, either way.
    * de diferente modo = differently.
    * de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.
    * de este modo = by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like vein.
    * de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).
    * del mejor modo posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.
    * del mismo modo = exactly, in the same vein, by the same token.
    * del mismo modo que = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with.
    * del otro modo = the other way (a)round.
    * de modo + Adjetivo = on a + Adjetivo + basis.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * de modo alarmante = alarmingly.
    * de modo alternativo = alternatively.
    * de modo altivo = superciliously, haughtily.
    * de modo apreciable = to an appreciable extent.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.
    * de modo censurable = reprehensibly.
    * de modo claro = transparently.
    * de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.
    * de modo competitivo = competitively.
    * de modo complementario = complimentarily.
    * de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.
    * de modo considerable = to a considerable extent.
    * de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.
    * de modo decisivo = decisively.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * de modo desconcertante = bewilderingly.
    * de modo divertido = funnily.
    * de modo egoísta = selfishly.
    * de modo errático = erratically.
    * de modo especulativo = speculatively.
    * de modo estructurado = in a structured fashion.
    * de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.
    * de modo gracioso = funnily.
    * de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.
    * de modo heurístico = heuristically.
    * de modo humorístico = in a humorous vein.
    * de modo imaginativo = imaginatively.
    * de modo inconfundible = unmistakably.
    * de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.
    * de modo inequívoco = unambiguously.
    * de modo inesperado = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.
    * de modo informal = informally.
    * de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.
    * de modo insinuante = suggestively.
    * de modo irregular = erratically.
    * de modo irritante = annoyingly.
    * de modo pesimista = gloomily.
    * de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.
    * de modo provocativo = suggestively.
    * de modo que = so.
    * de modo que + poder + oír = within earshot of.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de modo recíproco = reciprocally.
    * de modo reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.
    * de modos diversos = variously.
    * de modos extraños = funnily.
    * de modo sorprendente = shockingly.
    * de modo tal que = so much so that.
    * demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * de ningún modo = by no means, in no way, on no account, in no sense, by any means, not at all, under no/any circumstances, in any shape or form, for the life of me, not on any account, by no stretch of the imagination.
    * de nuevos modos = in new ways.
    * de otro modo = conversely.
    * de qué modo = by what means.
    * de tal modo que = in such a way that, so.
    * de tal modo que raya en lo ridículo = ridiculously.
    * de tal modo que + Subjuntivo = in such a way as to + Infinitivo.
    * de todos modos = at any rate.
    * de un mod discreto = unobtrusively.
    * de un modo = in a fashion.
    * de un modo absorto = absently.
    * de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously.
    * de un modo acalorado = hotly.
    * de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.
    * de un modo + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in + Adjetivo + measure, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, on a + Adjetivo + scale, to a + Adjetivo + degree, in a + Adjetivo + vein.
    * de un modo afirmativo = affirmatively.
    * de un modo ahorrativo = thriftily.
    * de un modo aleatorio = at random.
    * de un modo anafórico = anaphorically.
    * de un modo anárquico = anarchically.
    * de un modo anodino = prosaically.
    * de un modo antieconómico = wastefully.
    * de un modo apropiado = fitly, appropriately.
    * de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.
    * de un modo atractivo = appealingly.
    * de un modo auténtico = authentically.
    * de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.
    * de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.
    * de un modo cansado = wearily.
    * de un modo caro = expensively + Participio.
    * de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.
    * de un modo chirriante = jarringly.
    * de un modo chocante = jarringly.
    * de un modo compacto = compactly.
    * de un modo concluyente = positively.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.
    * de un modo constructivo = constructively.
    * de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.
    * de un modo coordinado = synergistically.
    * de un modo crítico = critically.
    * de un modo decepcionante = disappointedly.
    * de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * de un modo desenfadado = playfully.
    * de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.
    * de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.
    * de un modo devastador = devastatingly.
    * de un modo diferente = differentially.
    * de un modo discreto = quietly.
    * de un modo disonante = jarringly.
    * de un modo económico = economically, thriftily.
    * de un modo elegante = elegantly.
    * de un modo encantador = charmingly.
    * de un modo engorroso = awkwardly, cumbrously.
    * de un modo equivalente = equivalently.
    * de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.
    * de un modo estrafalario = freakishly.
    * de un modo exhaustivo = comprehensively, in depth, exhaustively.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * de un modo fiable = reliably.
    * de un modo flexible = flexibly.
    * de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.
    * de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.
    * de un modo gradual = incrementally.
    * de un modo habitual = as a matter of routine.
    * de un modo heterogéneo = heterogeneously [heterogenously].
    * de un modo holístico = holistically.
    * de un modo imparcial = impartially.
    * de un modo impreciso = fuzzily.
    * de un modo impresionante = impressively.
    * de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.
    * de un modo incidental = incidentally.
    * de un modo incómodo = awkwardly, cumbrously.
    * de un modo incompetente = inefficiently.
    * de un modo incompleto = incompletely.
    * de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.
    * de un modo incorrecto = inaccurately.
    * de un modo indiferente = regardless.
    * de un modo inductivo = inductively.
    * de un modo innovador = innovatively.
    * de un modo insolente = defiantly.
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically.
    * de un modo inteligente = intelligently.
    * de un modo interesante = interestingly.
    * de un modo intermitente = in bursts.
    * de un modo lógico = logically.
    * de un modo malsonante = jarringly.
    * de un modo matemático = mathematically.
    * de un modo mecánico = mechanically.
    * de un modo meditabundo = pensively.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * de un modo moralista = sanctimoniously.
    * de un modo muy general = crudely.
    * de un modo muy interesante = most interestingly + Verbo.
    * de un modo nervioso = nervously.
    * de un modo nítido = cleanly.
    * de un modo o de otro = either way.
    * de un modo oportunista = opportunistically.
    * de un modo opresivo = oppressively.
    * de un modo óptico = optically.
    * de un modo optimista = optimistically.
    * de un modo pasivo = passively.
    * de un modo penetrante = piercingly.
    * de un modo pensativo = pensively.
    * de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.
    * de un modo poco económico = wastefully.
    * de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.
    * de un modo positivo = positively, constructively.
    * de un modo práctico = practically.
    * de un modo provocador = defiantly.
    * de un modo provocativo = defiantly.
    * de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.
    * de un modo racional = rationally.
    * de un modo rápido = rapidly, overnight, at short notice.
    * de un modo rapsódico = rhapsodically.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * de un modo regional = regionally.
    * de un modo regular = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.
    * de un modo relacionado = connectibly.
    * de un modo remunerado = gainfully.
    * de un modo retribuido = gainfully.
    * de un modo secuencial = step by step.
    * de un modo seguro = securely.
    * de un modo similar = in a similar vein.
    * de un modo simplista = simplistically.
    * de un modo sistemático = systematically.
    * de un modo susceptible = sensitively.
    * de un modo tautológico = tautologically.
    * de un modo temporal = on a temporary basis.
    * de un modo tosco = crudely.
    * de un modo trágico = tragically.
    * de un modo tranquilizador = soothingly, reassuringly.
    * de un modo transparente = seamlessly.
    * de un modo u otro = somehow, some way.
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * de un modo voluntario = voluntarily.
    * de un nuevo modo = in a new way.
    * dicho de otro modo = in other words, said differently.
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.
    * el mejor modo de = the best way of.
    * el modo como = the way in which.
    * el modo de = the way in which.
    * el modo de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.
    * en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.
    * en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.
    * encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * en metálico y de otro modo = in cash and in kind.
    * en modo alguno = by no means.
    * estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.
    * estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.
    * flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.
    * frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.
    * funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.
    * hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.
    * hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.
    * indizar de modo KWIC = KWIC.
    * información a modo de ejemplo = sample data.
    * ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.
    * modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.
    * modo de ahorro de energía = power save mode.
    * modo de andar = gait.
    * modo de aprendizaje = learning style.
    * modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.
    * modo de comunicación = communication pathway.
    * modo de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.
    * modo de conseguir Algo = lever.
    * modo de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.
    * modo de hacer preguntas = questioning behaviour.
    * modo de introducción de datos = input mode.
    * modo de pensar = thinking, way of thinking, mindset [mind-set], mode of thought, mode of thinking.
    * modo de presentación visual = display device.
    * modo de resaltar = spotlight.
    * modo de vida = way of life.
    * modo de vida tradicional = folklife.
    * modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.
    * no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.
    * no hay modo de que = for the life of me.
    * o de algún otro modo = or otherwise.
    * pensar del mismo modo = think + alike.
    * pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.
    * pero no hubo modo = but no dice.
    * por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.
    * por el modo = by the way.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.
    * saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.
    * ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * tratar de igual modo = treat as + equal.
    * usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.
    * ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.
    * ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.

    * * *
    A
    1 (manera, forma) way, manner ( frml)
    éste no es modo de hacer las cosas this is no way of going about things
    no lo digas de ese modo don't say it like that
    hay que hacerlo del siguiente modo it has to be done in the following manner
    a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking, in my opinion
    ¿qué modo de hablarle a tu abuela es ése? that's no way to speak to your grandmother
    [ S ] modo de empleo instructions for use, directions
    me lo pidió de muy mal modo ( AmL); she asked me (for it) very rudely o in a very rude way
    2 ( en locs):
    a mi/tu/su modo (in) my/your/his (own) way
    hazlo a tu modo do it (in) your (own) way
    le gusta hacer las cosas a su modo he likes to do things his (own) way
    a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho
    a modo de introducción by way of introduction
    de cualquier modo (de todas formas) ( indep) in any case, anyway; (sin cuidado) anyhow, any which way ( AmE colloq), any old how ( BrE colloq)
    del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that)
    de modo que (así que) (+ indic) so;
    (para que) (+ subj) so that
    lo hiciste porque quisiste, de modo que ahora no te quejes you did it because you wanted to, so don't complain now
    ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?
    colócalos de modo que se vean desde aquí arrange them so that they can be seen from here
    yo no puedo aceptarlo, de ningún modo there is no way I can accept it
    de todos modos anyway, anyhow
    no creo que lo pueda lograr, de todos modos volveré a intentarlo I don't think I can do it, but I'll have another try anyway o anyhow
    en cierto modo in a way
    ni modo ( AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? — no, ni modo, las entradas se habían acabado did they get in? — no, no way o not a chance, it was sold out ( colloq)
    traté de persuadirlo para que fuera pero ni modo I tried to persuade him to go but it was no good
    ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am ( colloq)
    ni modo que ( AmL exc CS): tienes que regresar a tu casa, ni modo que te quedes aquí you have to go home, there's no way you're staying here ( colloq)
    B modos mpl (modales) manners (pl)
    con buenos/malos modos politely/rudely o impolitely
    C ( Ling) mood
    el modo indicativo/subjuntivo the indicative/subjunctive mood
    D ( Mús) mode
    Compuesto:
    modo mayor/menor
    major/minor mode
    E ( Inf) mode
    Compuesto:
    sleep mode
    * * *

     

    modo sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml);


    del siguiente modo in the following manner;
    a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking, in my opinion;
    no lo digas de ese modo don't say it like that;
    de un modo u otro one way or another;
    su modo de ser the way he is;

    ( on signs) modo de empleo instructions for use, directions;

    b) ( en locs)

    ◊ a mi/tu/su modo (in) my/your/his (own) way;

    de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) ( indep) in any case, anyway;

    ( sin cuidado) anyhow;
    del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that);


    ( para que) so that;

    de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept;
    de todos modos anyway, anyhow;
    en cierto modo in a way;
    ni modo (AmL exc CS fam) no way;
    traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good;
    ni modo que te quedes aquí there's no way you're staying here (colloq)
    2
    ◊ modos sustantivo masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl);

    con buenos/malos modos politely/rudely o impolitely
    modo sustantivo masculino
    1 (forma de hacer) way, manner: habla de un modo extraño, he speaks in a strange way
    2 Ling mode: modo imperativo, imperative mood 3 modos, manners: ¡no vengas aquí con esos malos modos!, don't come around here with those bad manners!
    ' modo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - así
    - camino
    - cante
    - canto
    - carácter
    - censurar
    - cocina
    - como quiera
    - comoquiera
    - con
    - conforme
    - de
    - dicha
    - dicho
    - empleo
    - en
    - estilo
    - forma
    - ir
    - gustar
    - habla
    - igualmente
    - inciso
    - indicativa
    - indicativo
    - mirada
    - olla
    - parcial
    - pensión
    - poner
    - proceder
    - radical
    - reconocer
    - replicar
    - risa
    - según
    - sentada
    - sic
    - sistema
    - tal
    - temeraria
    - temerario
    - temperamento
    - tono
    - tres
    - uso
    - ver
    - vía
    - vida
    English:
    abrupt
    - alike
    - allowance
    - aloud
    - anyhow
    - as
    - at
    - captivate
    - casually
    - deliriously
    - depressingly
    - direction
    - dramatically
    - educationally
    - fashion
    - funnily
    - gloomily
    - haphazardly
    - harmlessly
    - illegibly
    - impressively
    - inadequately
    - incompletely
    - incomprehensibly
    - inconclusively
    - inconveniently
    - instruction
    - keenly
    - kind
    - loophole
    - love
    - maddeningly
    - manner
    - mode
    - modus operandi
    - mood
    - mother
    - nowhere
    - observe
    - offhandedly
    - originally
    - ostentatious
    - other
    - outrageous
    - pass round
    - plausibly
    - quizzical
    - ravishingly
    - reassuringly
    - reciprocally
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [manera, forma] way;
    no encuentro el modo de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking;
    ése no es modo de comportarse that's no way to behave;
    ¿has visto el modo en que o [m5] el modo como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?;
    esta vez lo haremos a mi modo this time we'll do it my way;
    al modo de in the style of, after the fashion of;
    a modo de as, by way of;
    a mi modo de ver the way I see it;
    de algún modo somehow;
    se le cayó el botón porque lo cosió de cualquier modo the button fell off because he sewed it on carelessly o any old how;
    hazlo de cualquier modo do it however you like;
    no te preocupes, de cualquier modo no pensaba ir don't worry, I wasn't going to go anyway;
    de ese/este modo that/this way;
    del mismo modo similarly, in the same way;
    lo hice del mismo modo que ayer/tú I did it the same way as yesterday/you;
    lo organizaron de modo que acabara antes de las diez they organized it so (that) it finished before ten;
    ¿de modo que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?;
    de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno deberíamos dejarle salir under no circumstances should we let her out;
    de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno quise ofenderte I in no way intended to offend you;
    ¿te he molestado? – de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno did I annoy you? – not at all o by no means;
    ¿quieres que lo invitemos? – ¡de ningún modo! shall we invite him? – no way o certainly not!;
    de otro modo [si no] otherwise;
    de tal modo (que) [tanto] so much (that);
    de todos modos in any case, anyway;
    de todos modos seguiremos en contacto in any case, we'll keep in touch;
    de todos modos, ¿qué es eso que decías de un viaje? anyway, what's that you were saying about going away?;
    de un modo u otro one way or another;
    dicho de otro modo in other words, put another way;
    en cierto modo in a way;
    ¡qué modo de hacer las cosas! that's no way to do things!
    Ling modo de articulación manner of articulation;
    modo de empleo instructions for use;
    modo de pensar way of thinking;
    a mi modo de pensar to my way of thinking;
    modo de ser: [m5] tiene un modo de ser muy agradable she has a very pleasant nature;
    no me gusta su modo de ser I don't like the way he is;
    modo de vida way of life, lifestyle
    2.
    modos [modales] manners;
    buenos/malos modos good/bad manners;
    me contestó de buenos/malos modos she answered politely/rudely
    3. Gram mood;
    modo indicativo/subjuntivo indicative/subjunctive mood;
    en modo indicativo in the indicative (mood)
    4. Informát mode
    modo de edición edit mode;
    modo gráfico graphic mode;
    modo de inserción insert mode
    5. Mús mode
    ♦ ni modo loc adv
    Am salvo RP [de ninguna manera] no way, not a chance;
    ¿llegaremos a tiempo? – ni modo will we get there on time? – no way o not a chance;
    ni modo pues there's nothing we can do about it, then
    * * *
    m
    1 way;
    a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking;
    dicho de otro modo to put it another way;
    de este modo like this;
    modo de ser personality
    2 GRAM mood
    3 MÚS mode
    4
    :
    modos pl manners;
    5
    :
    de modo que so that;
    de ningún modo not at all;
    de otro modo otherwise;
    de tal modo que so much that;
    de cualquier modo anyway, anyhow;
    en cierto modo in a way o sense
    * * *
    modo nm
    1) manera: way, manner, mode
    de un modo u otro: one way or another
    a mi modo de ver: to my way of thinking
    2) : mood (in grammar)
    3) : mode (in music)
    4)
    a modo de : by way of, in the manner of, like
    a modo de ejemplo: by way of example
    5)
    de cualquier modo : in any case, anyway
    6)
    de modo que : so, in such a way that
    7)
    de todos modos : in any case, anyway
    8)
    en cierto modo : in a way, to a certain extent
    * * *
    modo n way

    Spanish-English dictionary > modo

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