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adulation

  • 1 adulonería

    • adulation

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > adulonería

  • 2 lagotería

    • adulation

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > lagotería

  • 3 adulación

    • adulation
    • blandishment
    • flattering
    • flattery language
    • hernia
    • Herod
    • high-powered
    • high-premium convertible debenture
    • obsequiousness
    • sycophancy
    • toadyism

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > adulación

  • 4 coba

    • adulation
    • blarney
    • toadyism

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > coba

  • 5 servilismo

    • adulation
    • excessive deference
    • fawning
    • flunker
    • flunkeyism
    • flunky
    • fluor
    • fulsomeness
    • obsequiousness
    • servility
    • slavishness
    • subserviency
    • sycophancy

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > servilismo

  • 6 zalama

    • adulation
    • coaxing by flattery

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > zalama

  • 7 zalamelé

    • adulation
    • coaxing by flattery

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > zalamelé

  • 8 zalamería

    • adulation
    • blarney
    • cajoling
    • coaxing by flattery
    • smooth talk

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > zalamería

  • 9 adulación

    f.
    1 flattery, hero worship, adulation, brown-nosing.
    2 flattery, praise, adulation, high praise.
    * * *
    1 adulation, flattery
    * * *
    SF flattery, adulation
    * * *
    femenino flattery
    * * *
    = sycophancy, adulation, flattery.
    Ex. During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. The effects of flattery from a computer can produce the same general effects as flattery from humans, as described in the psychology literature.
    * * *
    femenino flattery
    * * *
    = sycophancy, adulation, flattery.

    Ex: During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.

    Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex: The effects of flattery from a computer can produce the same general effects as flattery from humans, as described in the psychology literature.

    * * *
    flattery
    * * *

    adulación sustantivo femenino
    flattery
    adulación sustantivo femenino adulation
    ' adulación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flattery
    - sycophancy
    - adulation
    - bask
    * * *
    flattery
    * * *
    f flattery
    * * *
    adulación nf, pl - ciones : adulation, flattery

    Spanish-English dictionary > adulación

  • 10 alocado

    adj.
    1 crazy, mad.
    2 crazy, hothead, harebrained, scatterbrained.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: alocar.
    * * *
    1 (distraído) scatterbrained
    2 (loco) crazy, wild, reckless
    3 (irreflexivo) thoughtless, rash, impetuous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (despistado) scatterbrain; (loco) fool
    * * *
    (f. - alocada)
    adj.
    2) wild
    * * *
    alocado, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=loco) crazy, mad; (=irresponsable) wild; (=distraído) scatterbrained
    2.
    SM / F madcap
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (irresponsable, imprudente) crazy, wild; (irreflexivo, impetuoso) rash, impetuous; ( despistado) scatterbrained
    II
    - da masculino, femenino ( imprudente) crazy o reckless fool; ( irreflexivo) rash fool; ( despistado) scatterbrain
    * * *
    = hectic, freewheeling [free-wheeling], wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], heedless, berserk, reckless.
    Ex. The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex. Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    ----
    * hacer algo alocado = do + something footloose and fancy-free.
    * momentos alocados = heady days.
    * tiempos alocados = heady days.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (irresponsable, imprudente) crazy, wild; (irreflexivo, impetuoso) rash, impetuous; ( despistado) scatterbrained
    II
    - da masculino, femenino ( imprudente) crazy o reckless fool; ( irreflexivo) rash fool; ( despistado) scatterbrain
    * * *
    = hectic, freewheeling [free-wheeling], wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], heedless, berserk, reckless.

    Ex: The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    * hacer algo alocado = do + something footloose and fancy-free.
    * momentos alocados = heady days.
    * tiempos alocados = heady days.

    * * *
    alocado1 -da
    (irresponsable, imprudente) crazy, wild, reckless; (irreflexivo, impetuoso) rash, impetuous; (despistado) scatterbrained
    corría alocado por la calle pidiendo socorro he was running up the street like a madman, calling for help
    alocado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    (persona — imprudente) crazy o reckless fool; (— irreflexiva) rash fool; (— despistada) scatterbrain
    * * *

    alocado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (irresponsable, imprudente) crazy, wild;


    (irreflexivo, impetuoso) rash, impetuous;
    ( despistado) scatterbrained
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( imprudente) crazy o reckless fool;
    ( irreflexivo) rash fool;
    ( despistado) scatterbrain
    alocado,-a adjetivo thoughtless, rash
    ' alocado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alocada
    - bala
    - inconsciente
    English:
    wild
    * * *
    alocado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [loco] crazy;
    lleva una vida alocada she lives a wild life
    2. [irreflexivo] rash, reckless;
    fue una decisión alocada it was a rash decision
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [loco]
    es un alocado he's crazy
    2. [irreflexivo]
    es un alocado he's rash o reckless
    * * *
    I adj crazy
    II m, alocada f crazy fool
    * * *
    alocado, -da adj
    1) : crazy
    2) : wild, reckless
    3) : silly, scatterbrained

    Spanish-English dictionary > alocado

  • 11 automático

    adj.
    1 automatic, auto, automatical, self-operating.
    2 automatic, reflex.
    * * *
    1 automatic
    * * *
    (f. - automática)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) Cono Sur (=restaurante) self-service restaurant, automat (EEUU)
    2) (=cierre) press stud, popper, snap (fastener) (EEUU)
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo automatic

    es automático, se sienta a ver la tele y se queda dormido — (fam) it happens every time, he sits down in front of the TV and falls asleep

    II
    a) (Fot) self-timer; (Elec) circuit breaker, trip switch
    b) ( cierre) snap fastener (AmE), press-stud (BrE)
    * * *
    = off-hand [offhand], automatic, mindless, electrically-operated, unthinking, knee-jerk, unmanned.
    Ex. They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.
    Ex. The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. Attention has also been given to the needs of handicapped users by the provision of electrically-operated doors, invalid toilets and computer terminals with braille keyboards.
    Ex. The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex. This publication reviews works on educational reform that represent attempts to do more than merely respond in knee-jerk fashion to political pressure for reform.
    Ex. The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
    ----
    * cajero automático = automatic teller machine (ATM).
    * contestador automático = answering machine.
    * dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado = time out mechanism.
    * puerta corredera automática = automatic sliding door.
    * transmisión automática = automatic transmission.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo automatic

    es automático, se sienta a ver la tele y se queda dormido — (fam) it happens every time, he sits down in front of the TV and falls asleep

    II
    a) (Fot) self-timer; (Elec) circuit breaker, trip switch
    b) ( cierre) snap fastener (AmE), press-stud (BrE)
    * * *
    = off-hand [offhand], automatic, mindless, electrically-operated, unthinking, knee-jerk, unmanned.

    Ex: They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.

    Ex: The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.
    Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex: Attention has also been given to the needs of handicapped users by the provision of electrically-operated doors, invalid toilets and computer terminals with braille keyboards.
    Ex: The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex: This publication reviews works on educational reform that represent attempts to do more than merely respond in knee-jerk fashion to political pressure for reform.
    Ex: The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
    * cajero automático = automatic teller machine (ATM).
    * contestador automático = answering machine.
    * dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado = time out mechanism.
    * puerta corredera automática = automatic sliding door.
    * transmisión automática = automatic transmission.

    * * *
    1 ‹lavadora/coche/cámara› automatic
    2 ‹reflejo/reacción› automatic
    es automático, se sienta a ver la tele y se queda dormido ( fam); it happens every time, he sits down in front of the TV and falls asleep, he sits down in front of the TV and automatically falls asleep
    1 ( Fot) self-timer
    2 ( Elec) circuit breaker, trip switch
    3 (corchete) snap fastener ( AmE), press stud ( BrE), popper ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    automático 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    automatic;
    es automático, se sienta a ver la tele y se queda dormido (fam) it happens every time, he sits down in front of the TV and falls asleep
    automático 2 sustantivo masculino
    a) (Fot) self-timer;

    (Elec) circuit breaker, trip switch
    b) ( cierre) snap fastener (AmE), press stud (BrE)

    automático,-a adjetivo automatic
    ' automático' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    automática
    - cajera
    - cajero
    - cambio
    - contestador
    - corchete
    - encendida
    - encendido
    - portera
    - portero
    - contestador automático
    - discado
    - interfono
    English:
    ansaphone
    - answering machine
    - ATM
    - automated-teller machine
    - automatic
    - automatic pilot
    - cash card
    - cash dispenser
    - cash machine
    - dispenser
    - intercom
    - retractable pen
    - self-closing
    - answerphone
    - cash
    - debit
    - direct
    - entry
    - press
    - slot
    - snap
    - timer
    * * *
    automático, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [mecanismo, dispositivo] automatic
    2. [gesto, reacción] automatic;
    la derrota provocó su cese automático he was automatically sacked after the defeat
    ♦ nm
    1. [cierre] snap fastener, Br press stud
    2. Elec trip switch
    3. Am [carro, auto] automatic
    * * *
    I adj automatic
    II m L.Am.
    AUTO automatic
    * * *
    automático, -ca adj
    : automatic
    * * *
    automático adj automatic

    Spanish-English dictionary > automático

  • 12 irreflexivo

    adj.
    thoughtless, foolhardy, reckless, irreflexive.
    m.
    thoughtless person, impulsive person.
    * * *
    1 (acto) rash; (persona) impetuous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=inconsciente) thoughtless, unthinking; (=impetuoso) rash, impetuous
    2) [acto] rash, ill-considered
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> unthinking, rash; <acto/impulso> rash
    * * *
    = ill-considered, mindless, unthinking, foolhardy, thoughtless.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex. There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex. Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> unthinking, rash; <acto/impulso> rash
    * * *
    = ill-considered, mindless, unthinking, foolhardy, thoughtless.

    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

    Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex: The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex: Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.

    * * *
    ‹persona› unthinking, rash; ‹acto/impulso› rash
    * * *
    irreflexivo, -a adj
    rash;
    es muy irreflexivo he's very rash
    * * *
    adj rash
    * * *
    irreflexivo, -va adj
    : rash, unthinking

    Spanish-English dictionary > irreflexivo

  • 13 irresponsable

    adj.
    irresponsible.
    f. & m.
    irresponsible person.
    * * *
    1 irresponsible
    1 irresponsible person
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo irresponsible
    II
    masculino y femenino

    es un irresponsable — he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person

    * * *
    = irresponsible, freewheeling [free-wheeling], heedless, reckless, thoughtless.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex. Above all things, this film is one woman's passionate protest against the thoughtless abuse of the weak by the strong.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo irresponsible
    II
    masculino y femenino

    es un irresponsable — he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person

    * * *
    = irresponsible, freewheeling [free-wheeling], heedless, reckless, thoughtless.

    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex: Above all things, this film is one woman's passionate protest against the thoughtless abuse of the weak by the strong.

    * * *
    1 (insensato) irresponsible
    2 ( Der) incompetent
    es un irresponsable he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person
    * * *

    irresponsable adjetivo
    irresponsible
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:

    irresponsable
    I adjetivo irresponsible
    II mf irresponsible person: eres una irresponsable, you're irresponsible

    ' irresponsable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inconsciente
    - informal
    - alocado
    - botarate
    English:
    fly-by-night
    - irresponsible
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    irresponsible
    ♦ nmf
    irresponsible person;
    es un irresponsable he's very irresponsible
    * * *
    adj irresponsible
    * * *
    : irresponsible
    * * *
    irresponsable adj irresponsible

    Spanish-English dictionary > irresponsable

  • 14 ciego1

    1 = blind, mindless, blind man.
    Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, ' blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. Volunteering to answer a query that has not yet been asked is like helping a blind man to the other side of the street without first making sure he wants to cross.
    ----
    * a ciegas = blindfold, blindfolded, in the dark.
    * amor ciego = blind love.
    * andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).
    * a tientas y a ciegas = blindly, in the dark.
    * a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.
    * biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.
    * ciegos, los = blind, the.
    * cita a ciegas = blind date.
    * comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke.
    * curva ciega = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.
    * dar palos de ciego = grope (for/toward).
    * en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
    * en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = be a case of the blind leading the blind.
    * ensayo doble ciego = double-blind research study.
    * fe ciega = blind faith, blind trust.
    * hacerse el ciego = pretend + not to have seen.
    * ir a tientas y a ciegas = bump around + in the dark, fumble.
    * licencia a ciegas = shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence].
    * más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
    * palos de ciego = a stab in the dark, a shot in the dark.
    * pozo ciego = cesspool, cesspit.
    * punto ciego = blind spot.
    * referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.
    * volverse ciego = become + blind.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ciego1

  • 15 coba

    f.
    1 flattery (informal) (halago). (peninsular Spanish, Mexican Spanish)
    2 adulation, apple sauce, soft soap, blarney.
    * * *
    1 familiar soft soap
    \
    dar coba a alguien familiar to soft-soap somebody
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=adulación) soft soap *, cajolery

    dar coba a algn — to suck up to sb, play up to sb

    2) (=mentirilla) fib; (=truco) neat trick
    * * *
    femenino (Ven arg) (mentira, engaño) lie

    darle coba a alguien — ( adular) (Esp, Méx, Ven fam) to suck up to somebody (colloq)

    * * *
    ----
    * dar coba = toady, fawn (on/upon/over).
    * * *
    femenino (Ven arg) (mentira, engaño) lie

    darle coba a alguien — ( adular) (Esp, Méx, Ven fam) to suck up to somebody (colloq)

    * * *
    * dar coba = toady, fawn (on/upon/over).
    * * *
    ( Ven arg)
    (mentira, engaño) lie
    darle coba a algn (adular) (Esp, Méx, Ven fam) to suck up to sb ( colloq) (timar) ( Esp fam) to take sb for a ride ( colloq), to con ( colloq)
    * * *

    coba sustantivo femenino (Ven arg) (mentira, engaño) lie;
    ◊ darle coba a algn ( adular) (Esp, Méx, Ven fam) to suck up to sb (colloq)


    ' coba' also found in these entries:
    English:
    soft-soap
    * * *
    coba nf
    Esp, Méx Fam [halago] flattery;
    dar coba a alguien [hacer la pelota] to suck up o crawl to sb;
    [aplacar] to soft-soap sb
    * * *
    f
    :
    dar coba a alguien fam soft-soap s.o. fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > coba

  • 16 mecánico2

    2 = mechanical, mechanistic, rote, mindless, unthinking, power.
    Ex. With a fully faceted classification scheme (see 13.2.4) chain indexing is purely mechanical, and straightforward.
    Ex. Content analysts, doing their kind of mechanistic time-and-motion studies on 'Till death do us part', might well come up with the conclusion that the greater part of it is straight and explicit racialism.
    Ex. This article examines creative and rote modes of thinking as they relate to 'theory' and 'practice' in library education.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex. In 1895 a good London bindery would have the following machines: hand-fed folding machines, sewing machines, nipping machines (for pressing the sewn books before casing-in), cutting machines, rounding machines, backing machines, straight-knife trimming machines (guillotines), rotary board-cutting machines, power blocking presses, and hydraulic standing presses.
    ----
    * barredera mecánica = sweeper, mechanical sweeper, mechanised sweeper, road sweeper, street sweeper.
    * barredora mecánica = sweeper, mechanical sweeper, mechanised sweeper, road sweeper.
    * barredora mecánica = street sweeper.
    * componente mecánico = mechanical part.
    * de forma mecánica = mechanically.
    * desastre mecánico = mechanical disaster.
    * de un modo mecánico = mechanically.
    * escalera mecánica = escalator.
    * estropajo mecánico = mechanised scrubber.
    * excavadora mecánica = excavator.
    * herramienta mecánica = machine tool.
    * período de la prensa mecánica, el = machine-press period, the.
    * pieza mecánica = mechanical part.
    * propiedad mecánica = mechanical property.
    * rampa mecánica = moving ramp.
    * recambio mecánico = mechanical part.
    * rotura mecánica = mechanical breakdown.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mecánico2

  • 17 servilismo

    m.
    1 subservience.
    2 servility, adulation, excessive deference, flattery.
    3 slavishness.
    * * *
    1 (humildad) servility
    2 (obediencia) subservience
    * * *
    SM servility, obsequiousness frm
    * * *
    masculino servility, obsequiousness (frml)
    * * *
    Ex. During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.
    * * *
    masculino servility, obsequiousness (frml)
    * * *

    Ex: During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.

    * * *
    servility, obsequiousness ( frml)
    * * *

    servilismo sustantivo masculino servility, obsequiousness
    ' servilismo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    subservience
    * * *
    [comportamiento] servile attitude
    * * *
    m servility
    * * *
    : servility, subservience

    Spanish-English dictionary > servilismo

  • 18 ñu

    m.
    Nu, Nu programming language.
    * * *
    ñu
    1 gnu
    * * *
    SFPL ABR
    = Naciones Unidas UN
    * * *
    masculino gnu, wildebeest
    * * *
    = wildebeest, gnu.
    Ex. The wildebeest - also known as the gnu -- is a large antelope.
    Ex. The wildebeest - also known as the gnu -- is a large antelope.
    * * *
    masculino gnu, wildebeest
    * * *
    = wildebeest, gnu.

    Ex: The wildebeest - also known as the gnu -- is a large antelope.

    Ex: The wildebeest - also known as the gnu -- is a large antelope.

    * * *
    ñu
    gnu, wildebeest
    * * *

    ñu sustantivo masculino
    gnu, wildebeest
    ñu m Zool gnu
    'ñu' also found in these entries:
    English:
    abandon
    - abeyance
    - abolition
    - abomination
    - absenteeism
    - absolution
    - absorbent
    - absorption
    - abundance
    - acclaim
    - accompaniment
    - accord
    - accountancy
    - accuracy
    - acid
    - acne
    - acrylic
    - acting
    - acumen
    - acupuncture
    - adaptation
    - addiction
    - adjournment
    - admiration
    - admittance
    - ado
    - adolescence
    - adoration
    - adrenaline
    - adulation
    - adultery
    - adulthood
    - adversity
    - advertising
    - advice
    - affluence
    - after
    - ageism
    - agility
    - aging
    - agitation
    - agony
    - agriculture
    - AIDS
    - air
    - alcohol
    - alcoholism
    - ale
    - algebra
    - alimony
    * * *
    ñu nm
    gnu
    * * *
    ñu
    m ZO gnu
    * * *
    ñu nm
    : gnu, wildebeest

    Spanish-English dictionary > ñu

  • 19 ciego

    adj.
    1 blind, unseeing, eyeless, sightless.
    2 unperceptive, blind, uncomprehending, half-blind.
    3 senseless.
    4 blind, dead-end.
    5 blind, viewless.
    m.
    1 blind man, blind person, blind, sightless person.
    2 blind intestine, caecum, cecum, blindgut.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cegar.
    * * *
    1 (persona) blind
    2 (conducto) blocked up
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) blind person
    1 ANATOMÍA caecum (US cecum), blind gut
    1 the blind
    \
    a ciegas (sin ver) blindly 2 (sin pensar) without thinking
    estar ciego,-a de ira to be blind with anger
    ponerse ciego,-a familiar (bebiendo) to get blind drunk 2 (de drogas) to get stoned
    quedarse ciego,-a to go blind
    ser ciego,-a de nacimiento to be born blind
    ————————
    1 ANATOMÍA caecum (US cecum), blind gut
    * * *
    1. (f. - ciega)
    noun
    2. (f. - ciega)
    adj.
    * * *
    ciego, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=invidente) blind

    es ciego de nacimiento — he has been blind from o since birth, he was born blind

    • dejar ciego a algn — to blind sb

    • estar ciego — to be blind

    pero ¿estás ciego? ¿no ves que el semáforo está en rojo? — are you blind or what? can't you see the lights are red?

    • quedarse ciego — to go blind

    se quedó ciego después del accidente — he was blinded in the accident, he went blind as a result of the accident

    2) [por ofuscación]
    a) [persona] blind

    • ciego a — blind to

    • ciego de celos — blind with jealousy

    ciego de ira o rabia — blind with rage

    b) [violencia] mindless, senseless; [fanatismo] mindless
    3) (=total) [confianza, fe] unquestioning, blind pey
    4) (=bloqueado) [arco, entrada] blind; [conducto, tubo] blocked
    5) ** (=borracho) blind drunk *, pissed **; [con drogas duras] high *; [con drogas blandas] stoned **

    • ponerse ciego a o de algo — (=borracho) to get pissed on sth **, get trashed on sth (EEUU) **; [con drogas duras] to get high on sth *; [con drogas blandas] to get stoned on sth **; [comiendo] to stuff o.s. with sth *

    6)

    • a ciegas —

    a) (=sin ver)

    andar o caminar a ciegas — to grope one's way

    buscó a ciegas la puerta — he searched blindly for the door, he groped about searching for the door

    • volar a ciegas — to fly blind

    b) (=sin pensar) [actuar, decidir] in the dark; [obedecer] unquestioningly, blindly pey

    creíamos a ciegas todo lo que decía el partido — we unquestioningly o pey blindly believed everything the party said, we believed everything the party said without question

    cita 1), b)
    2.
    SM / F (=invidente) blind man/blind woman

    una organización de ciegos — an organization for the blind, a blind people's organization

    3. SM
    1) Esp
    **

    ¡qué ciego llevaba! — [de alcohol] he was blind drunk * o pissed! **; [de drogas duras] he was high as a kite *; [de drogas blandas] he was stoned out of his mind **

    2) (Anat) caecum, cecum (EEUU)
    3) Caribe (=claro) forest clearing
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( invidente) blind

    a ciegas: anduvimos a ciegas por el pasillo we groped our way along the corridor; lo decidió a ciegas he decided without thinking it through; comprar a ciegas to buy something without seeing it first; más ciego que un topo as blind as a bat; ponerse ciego a or de algo — (Esp fam) to stuff oneself with something (colloq)

    2) ( ofuscado) blind
    3) <fe/obediencia> blind
    4) <conducto/cañería> blocked; < arco> blank; < muro> blind
    5) (Esp fam) ( por alcohol) blind drunk (colloq); ( por la droga) stoned (sl)
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino
    1) ( invidente) (m) blind man; (f) blind woman

    en el país or el reino de los ciegos el tuerto es (el) rey — in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king

    2) ciego masculino (Anat) cecum*
    3) ciego masculino (Esp arg)

    qué ciego llevaba/se cogió! — ( por droga) he was/got stoned out of his mind (sl); ( por alcohol) he was/got totally plastered (colloq)

    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( invidente) blind

    a ciegas: anduvimos a ciegas por el pasillo we groped our way along the corridor; lo decidió a ciegas he decided without thinking it through; comprar a ciegas to buy something without seeing it first; más ciego que un topo as blind as a bat; ponerse ciego a or de algo — (Esp fam) to stuff oneself with something (colloq)

    2) ( ofuscado) blind
    3) <fe/obediencia> blind
    4) <conducto/cañería> blocked; < arco> blank; < muro> blind
    5) (Esp fam) ( por alcohol) blind drunk (colloq); ( por la droga) stoned (sl)
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino
    1) ( invidente) (m) blind man; (f) blind woman

    en el país or el reino de los ciegos el tuerto es (el) rey — in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king

    2) ciego masculino (Anat) cecum*
    3) ciego masculino (Esp arg)

    qué ciego llevaba/se cogió! — ( por droga) he was/got stoned out of his mind (sl); ( por alcohol) he was/got totally plastered (colloq)

    * * *
    ciego1
    1 = blind, mindless, blind man.

    Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, ' blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.

    Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex: Volunteering to answer a query that has not yet been asked is like helping a blind man to the other side of the street without first making sure he wants to cross.
    * a ciegas = blindfold, blindfolded, in the dark.
    * amor ciego = blind love.
    * andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).
    * a tientas y a ciegas = blindly, in the dark.
    * a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.
    * biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.
    * ciegos, los = blind, the.
    * cita a ciegas = blind date.
    * comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke.
    * curva ciega = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.
    * dar palos de ciego = grope (for/toward).
    * en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
    * en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = be a case of the blind leading the blind.
    * ensayo doble ciego = double-blind research study.
    * fe ciega = blind faith, blind trust.
    * hacerse el ciego = pretend + not to have seen.
    * ir a tientas y a ciegas = bump around + in the dark, fumble.
    * licencia a ciegas = shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence].
    * más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
    * palos de ciego = a stab in the dark, a shot in the dark.
    * pozo ciego = cesspool, cesspit.
    * punto ciego = blind spot.
    * referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.
    * volverse ciego = become + blind.

    ciego2
    2 = drunk back, blind drunk.

    Ex: Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.

    Ex: New research published today finds that even having just one stiff drink can make you ' blind drunk'.
    * ponerse ciego = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on).

    * * *
    ciego1 -ga
    A
    1 (invidente) blind
    es ciego de nacimiento he was born blind
    se quedó ciego he went blind
    el accidente lo dejó ciego he was blinded in the accident, the accident left him blind
    ¿estás ciego?, ¿no ves que está cerrado? ( fam); are you blind? can't you see that it's closed? ( colloq)
    a ciegas: no tomes decisiones importantes así, a ciegas don't rush blindly into important decisions like that
    no me gusta comprar las cosas a ciegas I don't like buying things without seeing them first
    anduvimos a ciegas por el pasillo we groped our way along the corridor
    ir ciego (en mus) to have a bad hand
    más ciego que un topo as blind as a bat
    ponerse ciego a or de algo ( Esp fam); to gorge oneself on o ( colloq) stuff oneself with sth
    está ciega a sus defectos she is blind to his faults
    B (ofuscado) blind
    ciego de celos/ira blind with jealousy/fury
    C ‹fe/obediencia› blind
    tiene una confianza ciega en sus hijos she trusts her children blindly, she has blind faith in her children
    D ‹conducto/cañería› blocked; ‹arco› blank; ‹muro› blind calle f A. (↑ calle)
    E ( Esp fam) (por el alcohol) blind drunk ( colloq), plastered ( colloq); (por la droga) stoned (sl)
    ciego2 -ga
    masculine, feminine
    A (invidente) ( masculine) blind man; ( feminine) blind woman
    en tierra de ciegos or en el país or el reino de los ciegos el tuerto es (el) rey in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king
    B
    ciego masculine ( Anat) cecum*
    C
    ciego masculine ( Esp arg): ¡qué ciego llevaba! (por la droga) he was stoned out of his mind (sl) (por el alcohol) he was totally plastered ( colloq) o (sl) smashed
    * * *

     

    Del verbo cegar: ( conjugate cegar)

    ciego es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    cegar    
    ciego
    cegar ( conjugate cegar) verbo transitivo
    1



    2 ‹conducto/cañería› to block
    ciego
    ◊ -ga adjetivo

    1


    se quedó ciego he went blind;
    anduvimos a ciegas por el pasillo we groped our way along the corridor
    b) ( ante una realidad) estar ciego a algo to be blind to sth



    2 ‹fe/obediencia› blind
    3 ‹conducto/cañería› blocked;
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( invidente) (m) blind man;
    (f) blind woman;

    cegar verbo transitivo
    1 to blind
    2 (una puerta, ventana) to wall up
    ciego,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (persona) blind: es ciego de nacimiento, he/she was born blind
    se quedó ciego, he/she went blind
    2 familiar (atiborrado) ponerse ciego (de comida) to stuff oneself
    (de alcohol) to get blind drunk
    (de droga) to get stoned
    II sustantivo masculino argot tener/llevar un ciego impresionante, (borrachera) to be blind drunk
    (de droga) to be stoned
    III sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 blind person
    los ciegos, the blind pl
    ♦ Locuciones: a ciegas, (sin ver nada) blindly
    (sin información o reflexión) compró el coche a ciegas, she bought the car without having a look at it

    ' ciego' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ciega
    - topo
    - aberración
    - desgracia
    - pozo
    - punto
    - tuerto
    English:
    blind
    - go
    - in
    - strike
    - unquestioning
    - be
    - cesspit
    - dead
    - disable
    - fanatical
    - mindless
    - stuff
    * * *
    ciego, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [invidente] blind;
    Juan es ciego de nacimiento Juan was born blind;
    quedarse ciego to go blind
    2. [ante algo] blind;
    el amor lo ha vuelto ciego love has made him blind
    3. [enloquecido] blinded (de by);
    entonces, ciego de ira, lo mató then, blind with rage, he killed him;
    está ciego por el esquí he's mad about skiing
    4. [pozo, tubería] blocked (up)
    5. [total] [fe, confianza] blind;
    tengo una confianza ciega en él I trust him unconditionally
    6. Esp Fam [borracho] blind drunk, Br pissed;
    muy Fam [drogado] stoned;
    nos pusimos ciegos de cerveza we got blind drunk o Br pissed on beer
    ♦ nm,f
    [invidente] blind person;
    los ciegos the blind
    ♦ nm
    1. Anat caecum
    2. Esp Fam [de droga] trip;
    tener/cogerse un ciego [de alcohol] to be/get blind drunk o plastered o Br pissed;
    llevo un ciego que no me tengo I'm totally plastered, Br I'm pissed out of my mind
    3.
    los ciegos [sorteo de la ONCE] = lottery organized by Spanish association for the blind
    4. RP [en naipes] = player who has no trump cards in their hand
    ♦ a ciegas loc adv
    blindly;
    andar a ciegas to grope one's way;
    no hagas las cosas a ciegas don't act without knowing what you are doing
    * * *
    I adj
    1 blind;
    quedar(se) ciego go blind;
    ciego de ira blind with rage;
    a ciegas blindly
    :
    intestino ciego cecum, Br caecum
    II m
    1 blind man;
    ¡eso lo ve un ciego! even a blind man can see that!
    2 ANAT cecum, Br
    caecum
    * * *
    ciego, -ga adj
    1) invidente: blind
    2)
    a ciegas : blindly
    3)
    quedarse ciego : to go blind
    ♦ ciegamente adv
    ciego, -ga n
    invidente: blind person
    * * *
    ciego1 adj blind
    ciego2 n blind person

    Spanish-English dictionary > ciego

  • 20 lisonja

    f.
    1 flattering remark.
    2 flattery, undue praise, adulation, blandishment.
    * * *
    1 flattering remark
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino flattery
    * * *
    femenino flattery
    * * *
    flattery
    * * *
    flattering remark
    * * *
    f flattery
    * * *
    : flattery

    Spanish-English dictionary > lisonja

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