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  • 21 novela romántica

    f.
    romantic novel, love story, romance novel, romance story.
    * * *
    (n.) = romantic novel, romance story, romance novel, romance fiction
    Ex. Its popularity is attested to by its enormous sales which clearly indicate that for many women a new romantic novel is worth the outlay of a certain sum of money.
    Ex. Jane Austen's novels, for example, are often read simply as historical romance stories.
    Ex. This article discusses the place of teenage romance novels in the school library.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    * * *
    (n.) = romantic novel, romance story, romance novel, romance fiction

    Ex: Its popularity is attested to by its enormous sales which clearly indicate that for many women a new romantic novel is worth the outlay of a certain sum of money.

    Ex: Jane Austen's novels, for example, are often read simply as historical romance stories.
    Ex: This article discusses the place of teenage romance novels in the school library.
    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela romántica

  • 22 pintoresco

    adj.
    1 picturesque, colourful, quaint, colorful.
    2 colorful, colourful, flowery.
    * * *
    1 (lugar) picturesque
    2 (persona) bizarre, colourful (US colorful)
    * * *
    (f. - pintoresca)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo picturesque
    * * *
    = quaint, colourful [colorful, -USA], scenic, picturesque.
    Ex. Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.
    Ex. But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of ' colorful' characters.
    Ex. This book is a concise guide to conservation easements (legal interests in private land that permanently limit development to protect agricultural, scenic, ecological and historic resources) for ranchers.
    Ex. It is a small town of unfailing charm, surrounded by fantastic mountains crowned with the picturesque ruins of a medieval fortress.
    ----
    * historia pintoresca = colourful story.
    * lo pintoresco = quaintness.
    * lugar pintoresco = beauty spot.
    * sitio pintoresco = beauty spot.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo picturesque
    * * *
    = quaint, colourful [colorful, -USA], scenic, picturesque.

    Ex: Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.

    Ex: But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of ' colorful' characters.
    Ex: This book is a concise guide to conservation easements (legal interests in private land that permanently limit development to protect agricultural, scenic, ecological and historic resources) for ranchers.
    Ex: It is a small town of unfailing charm, surrounded by fantastic mountains crowned with the picturesque ruins of a medieval fortress.
    * historia pintoresca = colourful story.
    * lo pintoresco = quaintness.
    * lugar pintoresco = beauty spot.
    * sitio pintoresco = beauty spot.

    * * *
    1 ‹lugar/paisaje› picturesque
    2 ‹lenguaje/costumbres› picturesque, colorful*
    * * *

    pintoresco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    picturesque
    pintoresco,-a adjetivo
    1 (lugar) picturesque, quaint
    un lugar muy pintoresco, a place full of local color
    2 (persona) bizarre

    ' pintoresco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pintoresca
    - folklórico
    English:
    beauty spot
    - colourful
    - picturesque
    - quaint
    - scenic
    - beauty
    * * *
    pintoresco, -a adj
    1. [bonito] picturesque
    2. [extravagante] colourful
    * * *
    adj picturesque
    * * *
    pintoresco, -ca adj
    : picturesque, quaint

    Spanish-English dictionary > pintoresco

  • 23 desenlace

    m.
    1 denouement, ending.
    2 outcome, ending, end, result.
    3 cliff-hanger.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: desenlazar.
    * * *
    1 (resultado) outcome, result
    2 (de una obra) ending, denouement
    3 (final) end
    * * *
    SM [de libro, película] ending, dénouement frm; [de aventura] outcome

    desenlace fatal o trágico — tragic ending

    * * *
    masculino (de película, libro) ending; (Lit) denouement
    * * *
    = result, punchline [punch line].
    Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.
    Ex. Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    ----
    * desenlace feliz = success story, happy ending, happy end.
    * desenlace final = denouement.
    * * *
    masculino (de película, libro) ending; (Lit) denouement
    * * *
    = result, punchline [punch line].

    Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

    Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.
    * desenlace feliz = success story, happy ending, happy end.
    * desenlace final = denouement.

    * * *
    (de una película, un libro) ending
    introducción, núcleo y desenlace ( Lit) introduction, exposition and denouement
    el feliz/trágico desenlace de su aventura the happy/tragic outcome of their adventure
    sólo queda esperar el fatal desenlace ( euf); all we can do is wait for the end o wait for the inevitable to happen ( euph)
    * * *

    desenlace sustantivo masculino (de película, libro) ending;
    ( de aventura) outcome
    desenlace sustantivo masculino
    1 result, outcome
    un feliz desenlace, a happy end
    2 Cine Teat Lit ending, dénouement: la novela tiene un desenlace trágico, the novel has a tragic ending
    ' desenlace' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fatal
    English:
    ending
    - denouement
    * * *
    [de obra, narración] denouement, ending; [de suceso, aventura] result, outcome;
    el secuestro tuvo un trágico desenlace the kidnapping ended tragically
    * * *
    m outcome, ending
    * * *
    : ending, outcome

    Spanish-English dictionary > desenlace

  • 24 cine

    m.
    1 cinema (art).
    hacer cine to make movies o films (British)
    cine de verano open-air cinema
    cine fórum film with discussion group
    cine mudo silent movies o films (British)
    cine sonoro talking pictures, talkies
    2 movie theater, picture theater, cinema, motion picture theater.
    3 movie making, movies, cinema, art of movie making.
    * * *
    1 (local) cinema, US movie theater
    ■ ir al cine to go to the cinema, US go to the movies
    2 (arte) cinema
    \
    hacer cine to make films, US make movies
    ser de cine familiar to be fabulous
    cine mudo silent films plural, US silent movies
    cine negro film noir
    cine sonoro talkies plural, talking films plural, US talking movies
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=arte) cinema

    hacer cine — to make films o movies ( esp EEUU)

    de cine: actor de cine — film actor, movie actor (EEUU)

    era una casa de cine — * it was a fairytale house, the house was like something out of a film

    me lo pasé de cine — * I had a fantastic o brilliant time, I had a whale of a time *

    cine de acción — action films pl, action movies pl ( esp EEUU)

    cine de aventuras — adventure films pl, adventure movies pl ( esp EEUU)

    cine de terror — horror films pl, horror movies pl ( esp EEUU)

    cine mudo — silent films pl, silent movies pl ( esp EEUU)

    cine sonoro — talking films pl, talkies * pl

    2) (=local) cinema, movie theater (EEUU)

    ¿quieres ir al cine? — do you want to go to the cinema o ( esp EEUU) the movies?

    cine de barrio — local cinema, local (movie) theater (EEUU)

    cine de verano — open-air cinema, open-air movie theater (EEUU)

    * * *
    a) (arte, actividad) cinema

    el mundo del cine — the movie o film world

    actor de cine — movie o film actor

    b) ( local) movie house o theater (AmE), cinema (BrE)

    ¿vamos al or (Col) a cine? — shall we go to the movies (AmE) o (BrE) cinema?

    * * *
    = cinema, movie palace.
    Ex. Sources from which the designer can draw inspiration include paintings and visual imagery from the theatre, cinema, and popular culture.
    Ex. This is a collection of more than 250 pen drawings of theater facades from the time when vaudeville was yielding to the movie palaces of the 1920's and '30's.
    ----
    * adaptación al cine = film adaptation.
    * adaptar al cine = adapt to + the screen.
    * amante del cine = cinema buff, film buff, movie buff.
    * cine, el = movies, the.
    * cine en casa = home theatre, home cinema.
    * cine mudo = silent cinema.
    * cine negro = film noir.
    * crítica de cine = film review.
    * crítico de cine = film critic.
    * del cine = cinematic.
    * director de cine = film director.
    * en el cine = at the movies.
    * estrella de cine = movie star, film-star.
    * estudio de cine = film location, film studio.
    * festival de cine corto = short film festival.
    * fotografía de cine = cinematic photography.
    * industria del cine, la = film making industry, the, film industry, the, movie industry, the.
    * ir al cine = go to + the cinema, movie-going.
    * obra de teatro adaptada al cine = theatrical motion picture.
    * operador de cine = projectionist.
    * palacio del cine = movie palace.
    * película de cine = moving picture.
    * persona que va al cine = moviegoer [movie-goer].
    * productor de cine = film maker [filmmaker/film-maker], moviemaker [movie maker].
    * proyector de cine = film projector.
    * sala de cine = movie theatre.
    * * *
    a) (arte, actividad) cinema

    el mundo del cine — the movie o film world

    actor de cine — movie o film actor

    b) ( local) movie house o theater (AmE), cinema (BrE)

    ¿vamos al or (Col) a cine? — shall we go to the movies (AmE) o (BrE) cinema?

    * * *
    el cine
    = movies, the

    Ex: The children love puppet shows, the movies, story hours, contests.

    = cinema, movie palace.

    Ex: Sources from which the designer can draw inspiration include paintings and visual imagery from the theatre, cinema, and popular culture.

    Ex: This is a collection of more than 250 pen drawings of theater facades from the time when vaudeville was yielding to the movie palaces of the 1920's and '30's.
    * adaptación al cine = film adaptation.
    * adaptar al cine = adapt to + the screen.
    * amante del cine = cinema buff, film buff, movie buff.
    * cine, el = movies, the.
    * cine en casa = home theatre, home cinema.
    * cine mudo = silent cinema.
    * cine negro = film noir.
    * crítica de cine = film review.
    * crítico de cine = film critic.
    * del cine = cinematic.
    * director de cine = film director.
    * en el cine = at the movies.
    * estrella de cine = movie star, film-star.
    * estudio de cine = film location, film studio.
    * festival de cine corto = short film festival.
    * fotografía de cine = cinematic photography.
    * industria del cine, la = film making industry, the, film industry, the, movie industry, the.
    * ir al cine = go to + the cinema, movie-going.
    * obra de teatro adaptada al cine = theatrical motion picture.
    * operador de cine = projectionist.
    * palacio del cine = movie palace.
    * película de cine = moving picture.
    * persona que va al cine = moviegoer [movie-goer].
    * productor de cine = film maker [filmmaker/film-maker], moviemaker [movie maker].
    * proyector de cine = film projector.
    * sala de cine = movie theatre.

    * * *
    1 (arte, actividad) cinema
    respetado por todos en el mundo del cine respected by everyone in the movie o film world
    siempre he querido hacer cine I've always wanted to make movies o films
    actor de cine movie o film actor
    pantalla de cine movie o ( BrE) cinema screen
    2 (local) movie house o theater ( AmE), cinema ( BrE)
    ¿vamos al or ( Col) a cine? shall we go to the movies ( AmE) o ( BrE) cinema?
    ¿qué ponen or ( AmL) dan en el cine Rex? what's on at the Rex?
    Compuestos:
    action cinema, action movies
    avant-garde cinema, avant-garde movies
    adventure cinema, adventure movies
    local movie theater ( AmE) o ( BrE) cinema
    genre cinema
    late-night movie theater ( AmE), late-night cinema ( BrE)
    neighborhood movie theater ( AmE), local cinema ( BrE)
    open-air movie theater ( AmE), open-air cinema ( BrE)
    talkies (pl)
    silent movies o films (pl)
    film noir
    talkies (pl)
    cinéma vérité
    * * *

     

    Del verbo ceñir: ( conjugate ceñir)

    ciñe es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    ceñir    
    cine
    ceñir ( conjugate ceñir) verbo transitivo:

    el vestido le ceñía el talle the dress clung to her waist
    ceñirse verbo pronominal cinese a algo ‹ a las reglas› to adhere to o (colloq) stick to sth;
    cinese al tema to keep to the subject
    cine sustantivo masculino
    a) (arte, actividad) cinema;


    actor de cine movie o film actor;
    hacer cine to make movies o films
    b) ( local) movie house o theater (AmE), cinema (BrE);

    ◊ ¿vamos al cine? shall we go to the movies (AmE) o (BrE) cinema?;

    cine de barrio local movie theater (AmE), local cinema (BrE);
    cine de estreno movie theater where new releases are shown
    cine sustantivo masculino
    1 (local) cinema, US movie theater
    2 (arte) cinema: me gusta ir al cine, I like to go to the movies
    cine mudo/sonoro, silent/talking films pl
    ' cine' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acomodar
    - actuar
    - adaptar
    - ambientar
    - ambientación
    - anfiteatro
    - animación
    - antojarse
    - auge
    - banda
    - bien
    - borde
    - cada
    - capacidad
    - caracterización
    - cartelera
    - cinta
    - como
    - corta
    - corto
    - descanso
    - desenfocar
    - desenlace
    - dirección
    - doblaje
    - elipsis
    - encontrar
    - encuadrar
    - encuadre
    - escenografía
    - espectador
    - espectadora
    - estelar
    - estrella
    - estrenar
    - estreno
    - exterior
    - extra
    - fanática
    - fanático
    - fotograma
    - fumarse
    - función
    - gratis
    - grúa
    - guión
    - hacinarse
    - hasta
    - ilusionar
    - incondicional
    English:
    advance
    - afterwards
    - allow
    - animated cartoon
    - attendant
    - audience
    - B movie
    - bristle
    - camera
    - caption
    - cartoon
    - casting
    - cinema
    - cinemagoer
    - clapperboard
    - co-star
    - credit
    - crew
    - cut
    - definition
    - dolly
    - double
    - drive-in
    - dub
    - edit
    - editor
    - extra
    - fade in
    - fade out
    - fawn
    - feature
    - feature film
    - festival
    - film
    - film maker
    - film star
    - first night
    - flashback
    - foyer
    - fret
    - gore
    - interlude
    - intermission
    - interval
    - lead
    - leading lady
    - leading man
    - less
    - like
    - location
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [arte] cinema;
    me gusta el cine I like cinema o movies o Br films;
    hacer cine to make movies o Br films;
    el mundo del cine the movie o Br film world
    cine de autor art cinema;
    cine comercial commercial cinema;
    cine cómico comedy movies o Br films;
    Keaton fue uno de los grandes del cine cómico Keaton was one of the big screen comedy greats;
    cine fórum film with discussion group;
    cine de género genre cinema;
    cine independiente independent cinema o movies o Br films;
    cine mudo silent movies o Br films;
    cine negro film noir;
    cine sonoro talking pictures, talkies
    2. [edificio] cinema, US movie theater;
    ir al cine to go to the cinema o the movies o Br films
    cine de arte y ensayo art house (cinema), US art theater;
    cine de barrio local cinema o US movie theater;
    cine de estreno first-run cinema o US movie theater;
    cine de verano open-air cinema
    ♦ de cine loc adj
    Fam [muy bueno]
    se ha comprado una casa de cine he's bought an amazing house
    ♦ de cine loc adv
    Fam [muy bien]
    cocina de cine he's a fantastic o brilliant cook;
    el equipo jugó de cine the team played brilliantly
    * * *
    m
    1 movies pl, cinema;
    llevar al cine make into a movie;
    de cine fig fam magnificent
    2 edificio movie theater, Br
    cinema
    * * *
    cine nm
    1) : cinema, movies pl
    2) : movie theater
    * * *
    cine n
    1. (lugar) cinema
    2. (arte) film / cinema
    ¿te gusta el cine? do you like films?

    Spanish-English dictionary > cine

  • 25 amigo por correspondencia

    (n.) = penfriend [pen-friend], pen-pal [penpal]
    Ex. The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.
    Ex. The author describes the setting up and running of a pen-pal club which allowed users to find pen-pals who were members of public libraries.
    * * *
    (n.) = penfriend [pen-friend], pen-pal [penpal]

    Ex: The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.

    Ex: The author describes the setting up and running of a pen-pal club which allowed users to find pen-pals who were members of public libraries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > amigo por correspondencia

  • 26 amoroso

    adj.
    1 loving, tender, affectionate, devoted.
    2 lovemaking, love, of love.
    3 amorous, gallant, erotic, amatory.
    * * *
    1 loving, affectionate
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=cariñoso) [persona] loving, affectionate; [mirada] amorous; [carta] love antes de s
    2) (fig) [tierra] workable; [metal] malleable; [tiempo] mild
    3) Cono Sur (=dulce) sweet, pretty, cute
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (AmL) <persona/casa> lovely
    b) < vida> love (before n)
    * * *
    Ex. The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.
    ----
    * aventura amorosa = fling.
    * conquista amorosa = bedroom conquest.
    * historia amorosa = fling.
    * lío amoroso = fling.
    * rollo amoroso = fling.
    * tener relaciones amorosas = have + an affair.
    * tener una aventura amorosa = have + a fling.
    * tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.
    * tener un rollo amoroso = have + a fling.
    * triangulo amoroso = love triangle.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (AmL) <persona/casa> lovely
    b) < vida> love (before n)
    * * *

    Ex: The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.

    * aventura amorosa = fling.
    * conquista amorosa = bedroom conquest.
    * historia amorosa = fling.
    * lío amoroso = fling.
    * rollo amoroso = fling.
    * tener relaciones amorosas = have + an affair.
    * tener una aventura amorosa = have + a fling.
    * tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.
    * tener un rollo amoroso = have + a fling.
    * triangulo amoroso = love triangle.

    * * *
    amoroso -sa
    1 ‹vida› love ( before n)
    todas sus relaciones amorosas terminaron en desastre his relationships always ended disastrously
    2 ( AmL) ‹persona› cute, sweet, lovely; ‹vestido/casa› cute, sweet, lovely
    Teresa, amorosa, dame un besito Teresa, darling, give me a kiss
    * * *

    amoroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) (AmL) ‹persona/casa› lovely

    b) ‹ vida› love ( before n);


    amoroso,-a adjetivo loving, affectionate, LAm lovely, beautiful
    ' amoroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amorosa
    - enredarse
    - desengaño
    - enredado
    - enredar
    - enredo
    English:
    lovable
    - lovely
    - sweet
    - valentine
    * * *
    amoroso, -a adj
    1. [trato, sentimiento] loving;
    carta amorosa love letter;
    relación amorosa love affair;
    es muy amoroso con los niños he's very affectionate with children
    2. RP [bonito] charming
    * * *
    adj amorous
    * * *
    amoroso, -sa adj
    1) : loving, affectionate
    2) : amorous
    una mirada amorosa: an amorous glance
    3) : charming, cute
    ♦ amorosamente adv
    * * *
    amoroso adj
    2. (cariñoso) loving

    Spanish-English dictionary > amoroso

  • 27 artero

    adj.
    cunning, sly, artful, crafty.
    * * *
    1 artful, crafty
    * * *
    ADJ cunning, artful, crafty
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo artful, cunning
    * * *
    = devious, duplicitous, two-faced.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo artful, cunning
    * * *
    = devious, duplicitous, two-faced.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.

    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.

    * * *
    artero -ra
    artful, cunning
    * * *
    artero, -a adj
    cunning, sly
    * * *
    adj artful, cunning
    * * *
    artero, -ra adj
    : wily, crafty

    Spanish-English dictionary > artero

  • 28 conspirar

    v.
    to conspire, to plot.
    * * *
    1 to conspire, plot
    * * *
    verb
    to plot, conspire
    * * *
    VI to conspire, plot ( con with) ( contra against)
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to conspire, plot
    * * *
    = conspire, plot, scheme.
    Ex. There is a future for the public library, despite competing social and economic needs which would seem to conspire to preclude one.
    Ex. The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to conspire, plot
    * * *
    = conspire, plot, scheme.

    Ex: There is a future for the public library, despite competing social and economic needs which would seem to conspire to preclude one.

    Ex: The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.

    * * *
    conspirar [A1 ]
    vi
    to conspire, plot
    conspirar contra el régimen to conspire o plot against the regime
    todo parece conspirar en nuestra contra everything seems to be conspiring against us
    conspirar A + algo:
    muchos factores conspiraron al fracaso del plan many factors conspired to ruin the plan
    * * *

    conspirar ( conjugate conspirar) verbo intransitivo
    to conspire, plot
    conspirar verbo intransitivo to conspire, plot: conspiraron para derrocar al Gobierno, they conspired to overthrow the Government
    ' conspirar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intrigar
    English:
    connive
    - conspire
    - intrigue
    - plot
    - scheme
    * * *
    to conspire, to plot;
    conspirar contra alguien to conspire o plot against sb;
    conspiraron para derribar al presidente they conspired o plotted to overthrow the president
    * * *
    v/i conspire
    * * *
    conjurar: to conspire, to plot
    * * *
    conspirar vb to plot [pt. & pp. plotted]

    Spanish-English dictionary > conspirar

  • 29 consumado

    adj.
    consummated, perfect, supreme, accomplished.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: consumar.
    * * *
    1→ link=consumar consumar
    1 (perfecto) consummate, accomplished
    2 familiar complete, perfect
    * * *
    (f. - consumada)
    adj.
    consummate, accomplished
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=perfecto) consummate, perfect; (=imbécil) thorough, out-and-out
    2. SM **
    1) (=cosas robadas) loot, swag *
    2) (=droga) hash *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <deportista/artista> accomplished, consummate (frml); < mentiroso> consummate
    * * *
    = accomplished, consummate, established, out-and-out.
    Ex. This specialised clientele is eclectic and ranges from novices to the most accomplished artists and includes painters, sculptors and graphic artists.
    Ex. But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.
    Ex. These are trends designed to to break down boundaries of exclusivity erected by established professions to exploit their monopolistic advantages.
    Ex. Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.
    ----
    * empresa consumada = established player.
    * institución consumada = established institution.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <deportista/artista> accomplished, consummate (frml); < mentiroso> consummate
    * * *
    = accomplished, consummate, established, out-and-out.

    Ex: This specialised clientele is eclectic and ranges from novices to the most accomplished artists and includes painters, sculptors and graphic artists.

    Ex: But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.
    Ex: These are trends designed to to break down boundaries of exclusivity erected by established professions to exploit their monopolistic advantages.
    Ex: Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.
    * empresa consumada = established player.
    * institución consumada = established institution.

    * * *
    ‹deportista/artista› accomplished, consummate ( frml); ‹mentiroso› consummate
    es un imbécil consumado ( iró); he's an absolute idiot
    * * *

    Del verbo consumar: ( conjugate consumar)

    consumado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    consumado    
    consumar
    consumado,-a adjetivo
    1 consummated
    hecho consumado, fait accompli, accomplished fact
    matrimonio consumado, consummated marriage
    2 figurado (brillante) brilliant, frml consummate: es un pianista consumado, she's a consummate pianist
    consumar verbo transitivo
    1 frml to complete, carry out
    2 (un asesinato) to commit
    (una venganza) to carry out
    ' consumado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consumada
    - consumarse
    English:
    consummate
    - fait accompli
    - out-and-out
    - unconsummated
    - accomplished
    - out
    * * *
    consumado, -a adj
    consummate, perfect;
    un actor consumado a consummate actor;
    es un granuja consumado he's a real rascal
    * * *
    adj consummate
    * * *
    consumado, -da adj
    : consummate, perfect

    Spanish-English dictionary > consumado

  • 30 contramaniobra

    f.
    1 counter-maneuver, a sudden change of tactics.
    2 counter-move, maneuver, manoeuvre.
    * * *
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    * * *

    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.

    Spanish-English dictionary > contramaniobra

  • 31 deseo

    m.
    1 desire.
    arder en deseos de hacer algo to be burning with desire to do something
    2 wish (anhelo).
    se cumplió mi deseo my wish came true, I got my wish
    pedir/conceder un deseo to ask for/grant a wish
    tus deseos son órdenes your wish is my command
    buenos deseos good intentions
    con mis/nuestros mejores deseos (with my/our) best wishes (en carta, obsequio)
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: desear.
    * * *
    1 wish, desire
    \
    formular un deseo to make a wish
    tener deseo de algo to wish something
    ■ tengo muchos deseos de que llegue el verano I wish summer would come, I'm longing for the summer
    buenos deseos good intentions
    * * *
    noun m.
    desire, wish
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=anhelo) desire, wish

    mi mayor deseo es encontrar un trabajo — my dearest wish o greatest desire is to find a job

    tengo deseos de verla — I yearn to see her, I'm longing to see her

    ardo en deseos de conocerla — liter I have a burning desire to meet her

    2) (=cosa deseada) wish

    pedir o formular un deseo — to make a wish

    3) (tb: deseo sexual) desire
    * * *
    a) ( anhelo) wish

    tus deseos son órdenes para mí — (fr hecha) your wish is my command (set phrase)

    deseos de algo: con mis mejores deseos de felicidad/éxito wishing you every happiness/success; ardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he had a burning desire to see her

    b) ( apetito sexual) desire
    * * *
    = appetite, desire, want, will, willingness, wish, craving, urge, thirst, yearning.
    Ex. We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.
    Ex. Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.
    Ex. Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.
    Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.
    Ex. The basic answer is a willingness to divert the resources to do it, and the ability to find the resources.
    Ex. On Carmichael's face came the look of one who sees the immediate fulfillment of a wish.
    Ex. The craving for data to document the status and excellence of library service is very real.
    Ex. The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.
    Ex. The thirst grew not just for preservation but for circulation of stories that gave meaning to life and coherence to communities.
    Ex. A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.
    ----
    * amoldarse al deseo de Alguien = bend itself to + Posesivo + will.
    * contra el deseo de Alguien = against + Posesivo + will.
    * deseo de = hunger for, lust for, greed for.
    * deseo de aventura = thirst for adventure.
    * deseo de cooperación = engagement.
    * deseo de matar = bloodlust.
    * deseo explícito = explicit wish.
    * deseo + hacerse realidad = wish + come true.
    * deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.
    * deseo por aprender = thirst for knowledge.
    * deseo sexual = lust, sexual desire.
    * despertar el deseo = arouse + hunger.
    * expresar los deseos de uno = make + Posesivo + wishes known.
    * falta de deseo = unwillingness.
    * fuente de los deseos = wishing well.
    * hacer realidad una deseo = fulfil + Posesivo + wish.
    * lista de deseos = wish list.
    * pedir un deseo = make + a wish, mounting problems.
    * pozo de los deseos = wishing well.
    * quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire.
    * satisfacer el deseo = satisfy + appetite.
    * satisfacer el deseo de Uno por = indulge + Posesivo + taste for.
    * sentir el deseo de = have + an/the inclination to, get + the urge to.
    * * *
    a) ( anhelo) wish

    tus deseos son órdenes para mí — (fr hecha) your wish is my command (set phrase)

    deseos de algo: con mis mejores deseos de felicidad/éxito wishing you every happiness/success; ardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he had a burning desire to see her

    b) ( apetito sexual) desire
    * * *
    = appetite, desire, want, will, willingness, wish, craving, urge, thirst, yearning.

    Ex: We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.

    Ex: Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.
    Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.
    Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.
    Ex: The basic answer is a willingness to divert the resources to do it, and the ability to find the resources.
    Ex: On Carmichael's face came the look of one who sees the immediate fulfillment of a wish.
    Ex: The craving for data to document the status and excellence of library service is very real.
    Ex: The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.
    Ex: The thirst grew not just for preservation but for circulation of stories that gave meaning to life and coherence to communities.
    Ex: A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.
    * amoldarse al deseo de Alguien = bend itself to + Posesivo + will.
    * contra el deseo de Alguien = against + Posesivo + will.
    * deseo de = hunger for, lust for, greed for.
    * deseo de aventura = thirst for adventure.
    * deseo de cooperación = engagement.
    * deseo de matar = bloodlust.
    * deseo explícito = explicit wish.
    * deseo + hacerse realidad = wish + come true.
    * deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.
    * deseo por aprender = thirst for knowledge.
    * deseo sexual = lust, sexual desire.
    * despertar el deseo = arouse + hunger.
    * expresar los deseos de uno = make + Posesivo + wishes known.
    * falta de deseo = unwillingness.
    * fuente de los deseos = wishing well.
    * hacer realidad una deseo = fulfil + Posesivo + wish.
    * lista de deseos = wish list.
    * pedir un deseo = make + a wish, mounting problems.
    * pozo de los deseos = wishing well.
    * quitar el deseo = suffocate + desire.
    * satisfacer el deseo = satisfy + appetite.
    * satisfacer el deseo de Uno por = indulge + Posesivo + taste for.
    * sentir el deseo de = have + an/the inclination to, get + the urge to.

    * * *
    1 (anhelo) wish
    el hada le concedió tres deseos the fairy granted him three wishes
    formular un deseo to make a wish
    que se hagan realidad or que se cumplan todos tus deseos may all your wishes come true
    tus deseos son órdenes para mí ( fr hecha); your wish is my command ( set phrase)
    se procedió según su deseo everything was done according to his wishes
    su último deseo fue que lo enterrasen allí his dying o last wish was to be buried there
    deseos DE algo:
    con mis mejores deseos de felicidad/éxito wishing you every happiness/success
    deseos DE + INF:
    ardía en deseos de verla ( liter); he had a burning desire to see her
    la satisfacción del deseo the satisfaction of desire
    * * *

     

    Del verbo desear: ( conjugate desear)

    deseo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    deseó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    desear    
    deseo
    desear ( conjugate desear) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹suerte/éxito/felicidad› to wish;

    2 ( querer):

    las tan deseadas vacaciones the long-awaited holidays;
    lo que más deseo es … my greatest wish is …;
    si tú lo deseas if you want to;
    deseoía una respuesta ahora I would like a reply now;
    está deseando verte he's really looking forward to seeing you;
    ¿desea que se lo envuelva? (frml) would you like me to wrap it for you?
    3 ‹ persona› to desire, want
    deseo sustantivo masculino
    a) ( anhelo) wish;



    desear verbo transitivo
    1 (anhelar, querer con intensidad) to desire: estoy deseando verte, I'm looking forward to seeing you
    te deseo lo mejor, I wish you all the best
    (suerte, felicidad, etc) to wish: os deseo unas felices vacaciones, have a good holiday
    2 (sexualmente) to desire, want
    3 frml (querer) to want: ¿desea usted algo, caballero?, can I help you, Sir?
    deseo ver al director, I would like to see the manager
    ♦ Locuciones: deja mucho/bastante que desear, it leaves a lot to be desired
    deseo sustantivo masculino
    1 wish
    2 (sexual, pasional) desire
    deseos de venganza, desire for revenge
    ♦ Locuciones: arder en deseos, to yearn for
    ' deseo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrigar
    - ansia
    - aspiración
    - capricho
    - carnal
    - conceder
    - cumplir
    - cumplirse
    - desear
    - formular
    - gana
    - hambre
    - impulso
    - pretensión
    - provocar
    - prurito
    - que
    - rabiar
    - realizar
    - saciar
    - satisfacción
    - sed
    - si
    - sucumbir
    - sueño
    - voluntad
    - ardiente
    - avivar
    - excitar
    - felicitación
    - feliz
    - ferviente
    - insatisfecho
    - irrealizable
    - irresistible
    - mejor
    - querer
    - viveza
    - vivo
    English:
    anxiety
    - appetite
    - ardent
    - death wish
    - desire
    - every
    - express
    - get-well card
    - indulge
    - indulgence
    - intense
    - longing
    - lust
    - overwhelming
    - sexual
    - uncontrollable
    - unvoiced
    - wish
    * * *
    deseo nm
    1. [pasión] desire;
    no sentía ningún deseo por él she felt no desire for him
    2. [anhelo] wish;
    piensa un deseo y sopla las velas think of a wish and blow out the candles;
    expresó su deseo de paz para la región he expressed his desire for peace in the region;
    buenos deseos good intentions;
    con mis/nuestros mejores deseos [en carta, obsequio] (with my/our) best wishes;
    conceder un deseo to grant a wish;
    se cumplió mi deseo my wish came true, I got my wish;
    formular un deseo to make a wish;
    pedir un deseo to ask for a wish;
    Formal
    por deseo expreso de… at the express wish of…;
    su último deseo fue… his last wish was…;
    su último deseo fue que la casa nunca se vendiera her last o dying wish was that the house should never be sold;
    tus deseos son órdenes your wish is my command
    * * *
    m wish
    * * *
    deseo nm
    : wish, desire
    * * *
    deseo n wish [pl. wishes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > deseo

  • 32 embaucador

    adj.
    deceptive, deceiving.
    m.
    faker, charlatan, fraud, bamboozler.
    * * *
    1 deceitful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 cheat, swindler, trickster
    * * *
    embaucador, -a
    SM / F (=estafador) trickster, swindler; (=impostor) impostor; (=farsante) humbug
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo deceitful
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino trickster
    * * *
    = trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo deceitful
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino trickster
    * * *
    = trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

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

    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    deceitful
    masculine, feminine
    trickster, con artist ( colloq)
    * * *

    embaucador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    deceitful
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    trickster
    embaucador,-ora
    I adjetivo deceitful
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, cheat

    ' embaucador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    charlatán
    - charlatana
    - embaucadora
    English:
    trickster
    * * *
    embaucador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    deceitful
    ♦ nm,f
    swindler, confodence man o trickster
    * * *
    I adj deceitful
    II m, embaucadora f trickster
    * * *
    : swindler, deceiver

    Spanish-English dictionary > embaucador

  • 33 engañoso

    adj.
    1 deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, liar.
    2 delusive, misleading, illusive, delusional.
    * * *
    1 (gen) deceptive
    2 (palabras) deceitful; (consejo) misleading
    * * *
    (f. - engañosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=persona) deceitful, dishonest; (=apariencia) deceptive; (=consejo) misleading
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < palabras> deceitful; < apariencias> deceptive
    * * *
    = deceptive, fallacious, deceitful, devious, sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], specious, duplicitous, distortive.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    Ex. On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex. Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex. The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
    Ex. This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.
    ----
    * de apariencia engañosa = misleading.
    * naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.
    * palabra engañosa = weasel word.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < palabras> deceitful; < apariencias> deceptive
    * * *
    = deceptive, fallacious, deceitful, devious, sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], specious, duplicitous, distortive.

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Ex: On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
    Ex: This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.
    * de apariencia engañosa = misleading.
    * naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.
    * palabra engañosa = weasel word.

    * * *
    ‹palabras› deceitful; ‹apariencias› deceptive
    * * *

    engañoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ palabras› deceitful;


    ‹ apariencias› deceptive
    engañoso,-a adj (mentiroso, falaz) deceitful
    (apariencia) deceptive
    ' engañoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amagar
    - engañosa
    - falaz
    English:
    deceptive
    - misleading
    - deceitful
    * * *
    engañoso, -a adj
    1. [aspecto, apariencia, impresión] deceptive
    2. [persona, palabras] deceitful
    * * *
    adj persona, palabras deceitful; apariencias deceptive
    * * *
    engañoso, -sa adj
    1) : deceitful
    2) : misleading, deceptive
    * * *
    engañoso adj deceptive

    Spanish-English dictionary > engañoso

  • 34 intrigar

    v.
    1 to intrigue.
    2 to scheme, to plot, to intrigue, to cabal.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 (interesar) to intrigue
    1 (maquinar) to intrigue, plot, scheme
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=interesar) to intrigue

    lo que más me intriga del caso es... — the most intriguing aspect of the case is...

    2) LAm [+ asunto] to conduct in a surprising way
    2.
    VI to scheme, plot
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to intrigue

    cuenta ya, que nos tienes intrigados — come on, tell us about it, you've got us intrigued now (colloq)

    2.
    intrigar vi to scheme
    * * *
    = puzzle, intrigue, scheme.
    Ex. During this decade, a number of the perennial information issues for which technological solutions are needed will persit and continue to puzzle librarians.
    Ex. 'BookBrain', 'Bookmate' and 'BookWhiz' are computer programs designed to intrigue and entice students who do not have a specific idea of what they want to read.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to intrigue

    cuenta ya, que nos tienes intrigados — come on, tell us about it, you've got us intrigued now (colloq)

    2.
    intrigar vi to scheme
    * * *
    = puzzle, intrigue, scheme.

    Ex: During this decade, a number of the perennial information issues for which technological solutions are needed will persit and continue to puzzle librarians.

    Ex: 'BookBrain', 'Bookmate' and 'BookWhiz' are computer programs designed to intrigue and entice students who do not have a specific idea of what they want to read.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.

    * * *
    intrigar [A3 ]
    vt
    to intrigue
    me intrigan sus frecuentes visitas a la casa I'm intrigued by his frequent visits to the house
    cuenta ya, que nos tienes intrigados come on, tell us about it, you've got us in suspense o intrigued now ( colloq)
    ■ intrigar
    vi
    to scheme
    * * *

    intrigar ( conjugate intrigar) verbo transitivo
    to intrigue
    verbo intransitivo
    to scheme
    intrigar
    I vtr (suscitar viva curiosidad) to intrigue, interest
    II vi (conspirar) to plot
    ' intrigar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enredar
    English:
    intrigue
    - scheme
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to intrigue;
    me intriga saber qué habrá pasado I'm intrigued to know what has happened
    ♦ vi
    to intrigue
    * * *
    I v/t ( interesar) intrigue
    II v/i plot, scheme
    * * *
    intrigar {52} v
    : to intrigue
    ♦ intrigante adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > intrigar

  • 35 muy + Adjetivo

    (adj.) = extremely + Adjetivo, grossly + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, severely + Adjetivo, tightly + Adjetivo, wildly + Adjetivo, extraordinarily + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, ludicrously + Adjetivo, seriously + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo, not least + Adjetivo, heavily + Adjetivo, much + Adjetivo, mighty + Adjetivo, prohibitively + Adjetivo, sorely + Adjetivo, supremely + Adjetivo, vastly + Adjetivo, vitally + Adjetivo, immensely + Adjetivo, hugely + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo, most + Adjetivo, impressively + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo
    Ex. Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
    Ex. It is a well-known fact that they're grossly deficient in identifiying talented minority children, and, for that matter, girls.
    Ex. If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.
    Ex. Even an informative title is by nature of a title, succinct, and therefore severely limited in the quantity of information that can be conveyed.
    Ex. Because index terms must be used as access points, the summarization of document content achieved in indexing documents must be more tightly structured.
    Ex. Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.
    Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex. Perhaps it was a ludicrously inadequate expression of her profound surprise.
    Ex. The author's manuscript was seriously inadequate in this respect.
    Ex. For example, searching the databse for 'kidney circulation' without using the thesaurus yields disappointingly small results.
    Ex. Not least significant as a means of increasing the visibility of recorded knowledge is the progress made in the computerization of indexes, bibliographies etc and of library catalogues.
    Ex. Library services in the past have been far from neutral, indeed are heavily biased towards the literate middle class who form the bulk of library users.
    Ex. The control function is, in these cases, not one exercised by the bibliographer but by a political power much superior.
    Ex. A public library is a mighty good thing.
    Ex. Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ISBN: a good tool sorely misused'.
    Ex. Wood is not only a supremely abundant raw material, but it can also be made into a product which is second only to pure rag paper for appearance, strength, and durability.
    Ex. But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.
    Ex. One cannot study any aspect of the reference process without being made aware just how vitally dependent it is for its success on the librarian's personal qualities.
    Ex. The young librarian was immensely depressed as she pattered down the hall towards the mail room.
    Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.
    Ex. People use a library significantly less than they say they do.
    Ex. Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex. Therese Lawrence provides an impressively detailed list of categories of material fit for collection by libraries.
    Ex. I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.
    * * *
    (adj.) = extremely + Adjetivo, grossly + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, severely + Adjetivo, tightly + Adjetivo, wildly + Adjetivo, extraordinarily + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, ludicrously + Adjetivo, seriously + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo, not least + Adjetivo, heavily + Adjetivo, much + Adjetivo, mighty + Adjetivo, prohibitively + Adjetivo, sorely + Adjetivo, supremely + Adjetivo, vastly + Adjetivo, vitally + Adjetivo, immensely + Adjetivo, hugely + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo, most + Adjetivo, impressively + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo

    Ex: Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.

    Ex: It is a well-known fact that they're grossly deficient in identifiying talented minority children, and, for that matter, girls.
    Ex: If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.
    Ex: Even an informative title is by nature of a title, succinct, and therefore severely limited in the quantity of information that can be conveyed.
    Ex: Because index terms must be used as access points, the summarization of document content achieved in indexing documents must be more tightly structured.
    Ex: Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.
    Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex: We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex: Perhaps it was a ludicrously inadequate expression of her profound surprise.
    Ex: The author's manuscript was seriously inadequate in this respect.
    Ex: For example, searching the databse for 'kidney circulation' without using the thesaurus yields disappointingly small results.
    Ex: Not least significant as a means of increasing the visibility of recorded knowledge is the progress made in the computerization of indexes, bibliographies etc and of library catalogues.
    Ex: Library services in the past have been far from neutral, indeed are heavily biased towards the literate middle class who form the bulk of library users.
    Ex: The control function is, in these cases, not one exercised by the bibliographer but by a political power much superior.
    Ex: A public library is a mighty good thing.
    Ex: Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ISBN: a good tool sorely misused'.
    Ex: Wood is not only a supremely abundant raw material, but it can also be made into a product which is second only to pure rag paper for appearance, strength, and durability.
    Ex: But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.
    Ex: One cannot study any aspect of the reference process without being made aware just how vitally dependent it is for its success on the librarian's personal qualities.
    Ex: The young librarian was immensely depressed as she pattered down the hall towards the mail room.
    Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.
    Ex: People use a library significantly less than they say they do.
    Ex: Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex: Therese Lawrence provides an impressively detailed list of categories of material fit for collection by libraries.
    Ex: I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > muy + Adjetivo

  • 36 novela de amor

    (n.) = love story, love fiction
    Ex. Librarians may group novels of a certain type together, eg all the love stories, all the westerns, all the detective stories, all the historical novels, and so on.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    * * *
    (n.) = love story, love fiction

    Ex: Librarians may group novels of a certain type together, eg all the love stories, all the westerns, all the detective stories, all the historical novels, and so on.

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela de amor

  • 37 novela de misterio

    (n.) = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel
    Ex. In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. The author surveys current mystery books, a category that seems to have weathered the bumpy ride which most publishers have recently been suffering.
    Ex. The author reports on the success of regional mystery novels in the USA in recent years.
    * * *
    (n.) = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel

    Ex: In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: The author surveys current mystery books, a category that seems to have weathered the bumpy ride which most publishers have recently been suffering.
    Ex: The author reports on the success of regional mystery novels in the USA in recent years.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela de misterio

  • 38 novela del oeste

    (n.) = western, western story
    Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    * * *
    (n.) = western, western story

    Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela del oeste

  • 39 nueva versión

    f.
    new version, re-make, rewrite, remake.
    * * *
    (n.) = upgrade, remake
    Ex. The review led to an upgrade of one third of support staff positions and has led to a flatter hierarchical structure in the library.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    * * *
    (n.) = upgrade, remake

    Ex: The review led to an upgrade of one third of support staff positions and has led to a flatter hierarchical structure in the library.

    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.

    Spanish-English dictionary > nueva versión

  • 40 picaresco

    adj.
    1 roguish (travieso), knavish.
    2 picaresque, mischievous, rascally.
    * * *
    1 literal picaresque
    1 picaresque genre
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=travieso) roguish, rascally
    2) (Literat) picaresque
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo picaresque
    * * *
    Ex. But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo picaresque
    * * *

    Ex: But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.

    * * *
    picaresque
    * * *

    picaresco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    picaresque

    ' picaresco' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ribald
    * * *
    picaresco, -a adj
    1. Lit picaresque
    2. [del pícaro] mischievous, roguish
    * * *
    adj picaresque
    * * *
    picaresco, -ca adj
    1) : picaresque
    2) : rascally, roguish

    Spanish-English dictionary > picaresco

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