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  • 1 afable

    • affable
    • amiable
    • approachable
    • congenial
    • cordial
    • debonair
    • friendly
    • genial
    • good idea
    • good taste
    • good-humoredly
    • good-temperedly
    • pleasant
    • smooth-spoken
    • smooth-talking
    • sociable
    • soft-spoken
    • suave
    • sweet-tempered
    • warmed-over
    • warming

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > afable

  • 2 afectuoso

    • affable
    • affectionate
    • affectuous
    • amiable
    • congenial
    • cordial
    • friendly
    • loving
    • sociable
    • warm front
    • warm hospitality
    • warmed-over
    • warming

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > afectuoso

  • 3 amable

    • affable
    • amiable
    • friendly
    • genial
    • good name
    • good natured fellow
    • good taste
    • good-temperedly
    • likable
    • mild-mannered
    • Nicaragua
    • nice and quiet
    • sweet-tempered

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > amable

  • 4 amistoso

    • affable
    • amicable
    • approachable
    • cordial
    • friendly
    • hail
    • hail from
    • neighboring wall
    • neighbors
    • neighbourhood
    • neighbours

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > amistoso

  • 5 afable

    adj.
    affable.
    * * *
    1 affable, kind
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ affable, genial
    * * *
    adjetivo affable
    * * *
    = approachable, amiable, cordial, tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], good-natured, sociable, forthcoming, chummy [chummier -comp., chummiest -sup.], affable, mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].
    Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.
    Ex. 'I can certainly understand your concern,' she ventured, speaking with a certain amiable casualness which she hoped would keep the edge off his annoyance, 'but we're really trying to protect the taxpayer's investment and the library's materials'.
    Ex. The librarian's response should always be cordial and positive in style.
    Ex. A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.
    Ex. The illustrations were projected on a large screen and the children were able to see that it was a locus amoenus and a reflection of the character of the good-natured host.
    Ex. Public libraries have traditionally been places where information can be gathered and exchanged in a sociable atmosphere.
    Ex. In addition, this method is preferable where patrons may be less than forthcoming using another method (e.g., questionnaire) regarding behaviors that would traditionally be frowned upon by librarians = Además, este método es preferible sobre otro (por ejemplo, un cuestionario) cuando los usuarios puede que no sean tan sinceros en sus respuestas como deberían de serlo con respecto a ciertos comportamientos que tradicionalmente estarían mal vistos por los bibliotecarios.
    Ex. Within that chummy, insular world of imperial elites, Senator Jaguaribe recoiled in horror at the prospect of a permanent pauper class supported by public funds.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. People become more ' mellow' in response to negative emotions over their lifetime, research suggests.
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    * afable pero sin sinceridad = suave.
    * * *
    adjetivo affable
    * * *
    = approachable, amiable, cordial, tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], good-natured, sociable, forthcoming, chummy [chummier -comp., chummiest -sup.], affable, mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

    Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.

    Ex: 'I can certainly understand your concern,' she ventured, speaking with a certain amiable casualness which she hoped would keep the edge off his annoyance, 'but we're really trying to protect the taxpayer's investment and the library's materials'.
    Ex: The librarian's response should always be cordial and positive in style.
    Ex: A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.
    Ex: The illustrations were projected on a large screen and the children were able to see that it was a locus amoenus and a reflection of the character of the good-natured host.
    Ex: Public libraries have traditionally been places where information can be gathered and exchanged in a sociable atmosphere.
    Ex: In addition, this method is preferable where patrons may be less than forthcoming using another method (e.g., questionnaire) regarding behaviors that would traditionally be frowned upon by librarians = Además, este método es preferible sobre otro (por ejemplo, un cuestionario) cuando los usuarios puede que no sean tan sinceros en sus respuestas como deberían de serlo con respecto a ciertos comportamientos que tradicionalmente estarían mal vistos por los bibliotecarios.
    Ex: Within that chummy, insular world of imperial elites, Senator Jaguaribe recoiled in horror at the prospect of a permanent pauper class supported by public funds.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: People become more ' mellow' in response to negative emotions over their lifetime, research suggests.
    * afable pero sin sinceridad = suave.

    * * *
    affable
    * * *

    afable adjetivo
    affable
    afable adjetivo affable
    ' afable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    seca
    - seco
    English:
    amiable
    - congenial
    - good-humoured
    - good-natured
    - smooth
    - suave
    - affable
    - debonair
    - mild
    * * *
    afable adj
    affable
    * * *
    adj affable, pleasant
    * * *
    afable adj
    : affable
    ♦ afablemente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > afable

  • 6 agradable

    adj.
    1 pleasant (person).
    son muy agradables they're very pleasant
    2 pleasant (clima, temperatura).
    es muy agradable al tacto it feels very nice
    ¡qué sorpresa tan agradable! what a nice o pleasant surprise!
    * * *
    1 nice, pleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    agreeable, pleasant
    * * *
    ADJ (=grato) pleasant, agreeable

    ser agradable al gusto — to taste good, be tasty

    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> pleasant, nice; < carácter> pleasant; <día/velada> enjoyable, nice; <sensación/efecto> pleasant, pleasing; <sabor/olor> pleasant, nice
    * * *
    = agreeable, enjoyable, nice, non-threatening, pleasant [pleasanter -comp., pleasantest -sup.], pleasantly, pleasing, pleasurable, sweet, congenial, welcome, joyful, likeable [likable], palatable, friendly-sounding, affable.
    Ex. But Elizabeth Steinhagen was attracted to Santiago for far different reasons than its agreeable weather.
    Ex. Having made this prefatory warning, it has also to be said that many teachers successfully contrive to make reviewing an enjoyable and useful ingredient in their book and reading programs.
    Ex. One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said ' Nice tits, uh?'.
    Ex. The library is generally an accepted, welcome and non-threatening feature of the rural scene and librarians often build up close and trusted links with their readers.
    Ex. This provides the user with a pleasant outlook and gives natural light.
    Ex. Obviously guiding, whether of the more fixed kind discussed above, or in the form of publications and leaflets, must be pleasantly presented.
    Ex. This is not to say that the library should be cluttered with ugly signs; all notices should be carefully contrived and aesthetically pleasing.
    Ex. Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.
    Ex. It was a sweet, sharp, sunshiny morning in early October, and Bogardus felt good.
    Ex. The ideal archivist should have advanced training in history, facilitate access to records, and provide congenial servicing conditions.
    Ex. The library is generally an accepted, welcome and non-threatening feature of the rural scene and librarians often build up close and trusted links with their readers.
    Ex. It's that joyful leap from one place to another that symbolises the freedom to explore on the web.
    Ex. This is a likable, well-organized, and quite funny comedy that tells the story of a man who is left on a remote Scottish island on his stag night.
    Ex. I never suggested that horseradish would make horse meat any more or less palatable, or that the user was unaware of the fact that Trilling, L. is in fact Trilling, Lionel.
    Ex. The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
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    * agradable al gusto = palatable.
    * de olor agradable = sweet-smelling.
    * de sabor agradable = palatable.
    * pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.
    * ser agradable de oír = be good to hear.
    * ser agradable + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.
    * vista agradable = a sight for sore eyes.
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> pleasant, nice; < carácter> pleasant; <día/velada> enjoyable, nice; <sensación/efecto> pleasant, pleasing; <sabor/olor> pleasant, nice
    * * *
    = agreeable, enjoyable, nice, non-threatening, pleasant [pleasanter -comp., pleasantest -sup.], pleasantly, pleasing, pleasurable, sweet, congenial, welcome, joyful, likeable [likable], palatable, friendly-sounding, affable.

    Ex: But Elizabeth Steinhagen was attracted to Santiago for far different reasons than its agreeable weather.

    Ex: Having made this prefatory warning, it has also to be said that many teachers successfully contrive to make reviewing an enjoyable and useful ingredient in their book and reading programs.
    Ex: One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said ' Nice tits, uh?'.
    Ex: The library is generally an accepted, welcome and non-threatening feature of the rural scene and librarians often build up close and trusted links with their readers.
    Ex: This provides the user with a pleasant outlook and gives natural light.
    Ex: Obviously guiding, whether of the more fixed kind discussed above, or in the form of publications and leaflets, must be pleasantly presented.
    Ex: This is not to say that the library should be cluttered with ugly signs; all notices should be carefully contrived and aesthetically pleasing.
    Ex: Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.
    Ex: It was a sweet, sharp, sunshiny morning in early October, and Bogardus felt good.
    Ex: The ideal archivist should have advanced training in history, facilitate access to records, and provide congenial servicing conditions.
    Ex: The library is generally an accepted, welcome and non-threatening feature of the rural scene and librarians often build up close and trusted links with their readers.
    Ex: It's that joyful leap from one place to another that symbolises the freedom to explore on the web.
    Ex: This is a likable, well-organized, and quite funny comedy that tells the story of a man who is left on a remote Scottish island on his stag night.
    Ex: I never suggested that horseradish would make horse meat any more or less palatable, or that the user was unaware of the fact that Trilling, L. is in fact Trilling, Lionel.
    Ex: The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    * agradable al gusto = palatable.
    * de olor agradable = sweet-smelling.
    * de sabor agradable = palatable.
    * pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.
    * ser agradable de oír = be good to hear.
    * ser agradable + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.
    * vista agradable = a sight for sore eyes.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› pleasant, nice; ‹carácter› pleasant
    es agradable (para) con todo el mundo she's nice to everybody
    2 ‹sensación/efecto› pleasant, pleasing, nice; ‹sabor/olor› pleasant, nice
    pasamos un día muy agradable we had a very nice o enjoyable day
    agradable a la vista pleasing to the eye
    no fue un espectáculo agradable it wasn't a pretty sight
    * * *

     

    agradable adjetivo ‹ persona› pleasant, nice;
    ‹ carácter› pleasant;
    ‹día/velada› enjoyable, nice;
    ‹sensación/efecto› pleasant, pleasing;
    ‹sabor/olor› pleasant, nice;

    agradable adjetivo pleasant

    ' agradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bastante
    - encanto
    - esforzarse
    - extemporánea
    - extemporáneo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - gustosa
    - gustoso
    - hospitalaria
    - hospitalario
    - imaginar
    - música
    - simpática
    - simpático
    - suave
    - trato
    - vida
    - bien
    - bueno
    - cambio
    - dije
    - lindo
    - rico
    - sabroso
    English:
    above
    - agreeable
    - change
    - congenial
    - convivial
    - cool
    - decent
    - delightful
    - doll
    - doorman
    - engaging
    - enjoyable
    - guy
    - length
    - likable
    - likeable
    - livable
    - nice
    - personable
    - place
    - pleasant
    - pleasantly
    - pleasing
    - pleasurable
    - company
    - cozy
    - easy
    - friendly
    - have
    - make
    - palatable
    - sight
    - sweet
    * * *
    1. [persona] pleasant;
    son muy agradables they're very pleasant;
    es una persona de talante muy agradable he has a very pleasant disposition
    2. [clima, temperatura] pleasant;
    [olor, sabor, película, ciudad] nice, pleasant;
    es muy agradable al tacto it feels very nice;
    ¡qué sorpresa tan agradable! what a nice o pleasant surprise!
    * * *
    adj pleasant, nice;
    agradable a la vista good-looking
    * * *
    grato, placentero: pleasant, agreeable
    * * *
    agradable adj pleasant / nice

    Spanish-English dictionary > agradable

  • 7 simpático

    adj.
    1 nice, genial, attractive, charming.
    2 sympathetic.
    * * *
    1 (amable) nice, likeable; (agradable) kind, friendly; (encantador) charming
    2 MEDICINA sympathetic
    \
    hacerse el simpático / hacerse la simpática to ingratiate oneself ( con, with), butter up ((con,-)
    * * *
    (f. - simpática)
    adj.
    nice, friendly
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=afectuoso) [persona] nice, pleasant, likeable; [ambiente] congenial, pleasant

    ¡qué policía más simpático! — what a nice policeman!

    no le hemos caído muy simpáticos — she didn't really take to us, she didn't really like us

    me cae simpático — I think he's nice, I like him

    2) (Anat, Med) sympathetic
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < persona> nice

    me cae or me resulta muy simpático — I really like him, I think he's really nice

    b) <gesto/detalle> nice, lovely
    c) < ambiente> pleasant, congenial; < paseo> pleasant, delightful, nice
    * * *
    = engaging, likeable [likable], endearing, affable, nice.
    Ex. The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.
    Ex. This is a likable, well-organized, and quite funny comedy that tells the story of a man who is left on a remote Scottish island on his stag night.
    Ex. Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said ' Nice tits, uh?'.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < persona> nice

    me cae or me resulta muy simpático — I really like him, I think he's really nice

    b) <gesto/detalle> nice, lovely
    c) < ambiente> pleasant, congenial; < paseo> pleasant, delightful, nice
    * * *
    = engaging, likeable [likable], endearing, affable, nice.

    Ex: The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.

    Ex: This is a likable, well-organized, and quite funny comedy that tells the story of a man who is left on a remote Scottish island on his stag night.
    Ex: Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: One time he showed me a photograph in an art book of a woman's bare breasts and said ' Nice tits, uh?'.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› nice
    me cae or me resulta muy simpático I really like him, I think he's really nice
    no es muy simpático que digamos he's hardly what I would call likable o pleasant
    es un hombre de lo más simpático he's a very nice o pleasant o likable man
    el día que vino estuvo de lo más simpático the day he came here he was extremely nice o pleasant o genial
    2 ‹gesto/detalle› nice, lovely
    3 ‹ambiente› pleasant, congenial; ‹paseo› pleasant, delightful, nice
    * * *

     

    simpático
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) ‹ persona› nice;

    me cae or me resulta muy simpático I really like him
    b) ‹gesto/detalle› nice, lovely


    ‹ paseo› pleasant, nice
    simpático,-a adjetivo
    1 (agradable) pleasant, nice, likeable: tu amigo me cayó simpático, I really liked your friend
    2 (divertido) amusing
    ' simpático' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparte
    - simpática
    - tipo
    - estar
    - majo
    - querido
    - resultar
    English:
    agreeable
    - decent
    - endearing
    - friendly
    - genial
    - kind
    - likable
    - likeable
    - nice
    - what
    - chatty
    - convivial
    - like
    - pleasant
    * * *
    simpático, -a adj
    1. [persona] [agradable] nice, likeable;
    [abierto, cordial] friendly;
    me cae muy simpático I think he's very nice, I find him very likeable;
    estuvo muy simpático conmigo he was very friendly to me;
    hacerse el simpático to be all friendly, Br to come over all friendly
    2. [ocasión] agreeable, pleasant
    3. [anécdota, comedia] amusing, entertaining
    4. Anat sympathetic
    * * *
    adj nice, lik(e)able
    * * *
    simpático, -ca adj
    : nice, friendly, likeable
    * * *
    simpático adj nice

    Spanish-English dictionary > simpático

  • 8 sociable

    adj.
    sociable.
    * * *
    1 sociable, friendly
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] sociable, friendly; [animal] social, gregarious; [reunión] convivial
    * * *
    adjetivo sociable
    * * *
    = convivial, gregarious, sociable, affable.
    Ex. Conversely, the faculty and administrators, free from obstacles and frustrations, are able to see the library as the convivial institution.
    Ex. The most popular activities are either those involving little physical effort (eg, listening to records), looking after the house & garden, or gregarious activities like going out for a drink.
    Ex. Public libraries have traditionally been places where information can be gathered and exchanged in a sociable atmosphere.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    * * *
    adjetivo sociable
    * * *
    = convivial, gregarious, sociable, affable.

    Ex: Conversely, the faculty and administrators, free from obstacles and frustrations, are able to see the library as the convivial institution.

    Ex: The most popular activities are either those involving little physical effort (eg, listening to records), looking after the house & garden, or gregarious activities like going out for a drink.
    Ex: Public libraries have traditionally been places where information can be gathered and exchanged in a sociable atmosphere.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.

    * * *
    ‹persona/carácter› sociable; ‹reunión› friendly, convivial
    * * *

    sociable adjetivo
    sociable
    sociable adjetivo sociable, friendly
    ' sociable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    expansiva
    - expansivo
    English:
    gregarious
    - mix
    - mixer
    - sociable
    - unsociable
    - antisocial
    - keep
    - out
    * * *
    sociable
    * * *
    adj sociable
    * * *
    : sociable
    * * *
    sociable adj sociable

    Spanish-English dictionary > sociable

  • 9 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
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    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

    ‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
    ‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
    ‹ información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 10 desconcertado

    adj.
    disconcerted, confused, at a loss, at wits end.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desconcertar.
    * * *
    1 disconcerted, confused, upset
    * * *
    (f. - desconcertada)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disconcerted
    * * *
    = bewildered, disconcertedly, nonplussed [nonplused], in a fog.
    Ex. The man stared at her, as if bewildered.
    Ex. A man was drying out postcards in the sun to sell to the few foreign tourist wandering disconcertedly though the wreckage and rubble.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    ----
    * de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disconcerted
    * * *
    = bewildered, disconcertedly, nonplussed [nonplused], in a fog.

    Ex: The man stared at her, as if bewildered.

    Ex: A man was drying out postcards in the sun to sell to the few foreign tourist wandering disconcertedly though the wreckage and rubble.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    * de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.

    * * *
    disconcerted
    se quedó un momento desconcertado he was momentarily taken aback o disconcerted
    me miró desconcertada she looked at me, rather disconcerted o confused o puzzled o nonplussed
    * * *

    Del verbo desconcertar: ( conjugate desconcertar)

    desconcertado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desconcertado    
    desconcertar
    desconcertado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    disconcerted;
    quedarse desconcertado to be taken aback
    desconcertar ( conjugate desconcertar) verbo transitivo
    to disconcert;
    su respuesta me desconcertó I was disconcerted by her reply
    desconcertado,-a adjetivo su reacción me dejó desconcertado, I was taken aback by his reaction
    desconcertar verbo transitivo to disconcert: los últimos hallazgos han desconcertado a los investigadores, the lastest discoveries have puzzled the researchers

    ' desconcertado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - confuso
    - desconcertar
    - desconcertada
    - parada
    - parado
    English:
    aback
    - bewildered
    - bewildering
    - disconcerted
    - downright
    - mystify
    - vexed
    - nonplused
    * * *
    desconcertado, -a adj
    disconcerted;
    estar desconcertado to be disconcerted o thrown;
    quedarse desconcertado to be taken aback
    * * *
    adj disconcerted

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconcertado

  • 11 desorientado

    adj.
    disorientated, confused, aimless, clueless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desorientar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desorientar desorientar
    1 disorientated
    2 figurado confused
    * * *
    ADJ disorientated, disoriented ( esp EEUU); (=sin saber qué hacer) confused

    estoy algo desorientado — (=perdido) I've lost my bearings

    * * *
    - da adjetivo disoriented, disorientated (BrE)
    * * *
    = disoriented, in a fog.
    Ex. Claimants reported feeling dazed, confused, dizzy, disoriented, trouble concentrating, numbness or loss of sensation, and loss of memory for some of what happened.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disoriented, disorientated (BrE)
    * * *
    = disoriented, in a fog.

    Ex: Claimants reported feeling dazed, confused, dizzy, disoriented, trouble concentrating, numbness or loss of sensation, and loss of memory for some of what happened.

    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.

    * * *
    disoriented, disorientated ( BrE)
    estoy completamente desorientado I'm completely disoriented, I've lost my bearings completely
    jóvenes desorientados respecto de su futuro young people who are confused about their future
    * * *

    Del verbo desorientar: ( conjugate desorientar)

    desorientado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desorientado    
    desorientar
    desorientado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    disoriented, disorientated (BrE)
    desorientar ( conjugate desorientar) verbo transitivo
    to confuse
    desorientarse verbo pronominal
    to lose one's bearings, become disoriented
    desorientar verbo transitivo to disorientate

    ' desorientado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistada
    - despistado
    - perdida
    - perdido
    - desubicado
    English:
    disorient
    - disorientate
    - lost
    * * *
    desorientado, -a adj
    1. [en el espacio] lost;
    2. [confuso] confused;
    tiene noventa y ocho años y anda ya algo desorientado he's ninety-eight and he's a bit confused

    Spanish-English dictionary > desorientado

  • 12 despistado

    adj.
    disoriented, lost, at wits end, clueless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: despistar.
    * * *
    1→ link=despistar despistar
    1 (distraído) absent-minded
    2 (confundido) confused
    ■ estoy despistado, ya no sé dónde estamos I'm lost, I don't know where we are
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 absent-minded person, scatterbrain
    \
    hacerse el/la despistado,-a to pretend not to understand
    * * *
    despistado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=distraído) vague, absentminded
    2) (=confuso) confused, muddled
    2.
    SM / F (=distraído) scatterbrain, absent-minded person
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ser] vague, absentminded
    b) [estar]

    estaba or iba despistado — I was miles away (colloq) o daydreaming

    2) [estar] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lost
    II
    - da masculino, femenino scatterbrain (colloq)
    * * *
    = absent-minded, scatterbrain, clueless, moony [moonier -comp., mooniest -sup.], dreamy [dreamier -comp., dreamiest -sup.], in a fog, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded.
    Ex. The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.
    Ex. A 'characterology' can be created, from the author who is himself a precise archivist to the scatterbrain who throws nothing away.
    Ex. He was standing around clueless, being introduced to a bunch of people he wouldn't remember in the morning.
    Ex. I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.
    Ex. Puberty, he describes as ' dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ser] vague, absentminded
    b) [estar]

    estaba or iba despistado — I was miles away (colloq) o daydreaming

    2) [estar] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lost
    II
    - da masculino, femenino scatterbrain (colloq)
    * * *
    = absent-minded, scatterbrain, clueless, moony [moonier -comp., mooniest -sup.], dreamy [dreamier -comp., dreamiest -sup.], in a fog, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded.

    Ex: The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.

    Ex: A 'characterology' can be created, from the author who is himself a precise archivist to the scatterbrain who throws nothing away.
    Ex: He was standing around clueless, being introduced to a bunch of people he wouldn't remember in the morning.
    Ex: I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.
    Ex: Puberty, he describes as ' dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] forgetful, absent-minded
    tendrás que recordárselo, es muy despistado you'll have to remind him, he's very absent-minded o forgetful o he tends to forget things
    soy muy despistado para los nombres I never remember names, I'm hopeless with names ( colloq)
    2 [ ESTAR]:
    estaba or iba despistado y me pasé de la parada I was miles away o I was daydreaming and I missed my stop ( colloq)
    B [ ESTAR] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lost
    con tantos cambios estoy despistado I'm bewildered by o I'm all at sea with all these changes
    todavía anda un poco despistado he hasn't quite found his feet yet, he's still a bit lost o disoriented
    masculine, feminine
    scatterbrain ( colloq)
    es un despistado he's a scatterbrain, he's very absent-minded o forgetful
    no te hagas la despistada don't act as if you don't know what I'm talking about
    * * *

     

    Del verbo despistar: ( conjugate despistar)

    despistado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    despistado    
    despistar
    despistado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] vague, absentminded;


    b)

    ◊ estar despistado to be miles away (colloq) o daydreaming;


    (desorientado, confuso) to be bewildered o lost
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    scatterbrain (colloq)
    despistar ( conjugate despistar) verbo transitivo
    a) (desorientar, confundir) to confuse


    ‹ sabueso› to throw … off the scent
    despistarse verbo pronominal ( confundirse) to get confused o muddled;
    ( distraerse) to lose concentration
    despistado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (olvidadizo) scatterbrained, absent-minded: Jorge es muy despistado, nunca se acuerda de dónde ha aparcado el coche, Jorge is absent-minded; he never remembers where he parked his car
    2 (desorientado) confused: estoy un poco despistado, ¿dónde nos encontramos ahora?, I'm a bit confused - where are we?
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino scatterbrain: me hago la despistada, I pretend not to understand
    despistar verbo transitivo
    1 (hacer perder la pista) to lose, throw off the scent
    2 figurado to mislead
    ' despistado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistada
    - distraída
    - distraído
    - hacerse
    - alocado
    - atolondrado
    English:
    absent-minded
    - careless
    - forgetful
    - hopelessly
    - scatterbrained
    - sea
    - absent
    - vague
    * * *
    despistado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [por naturaleza] absent-minded;
    soy muy despistado para los cumpleaños I'm hopeless at remembering birthdays
    2. [momentáneamente] distracted;
    en ese momento estaba despistado y no la vi I was distracted at the time and didn't see her
    3. [confuso] muddled, mixed up;
    aún se le ve despistado he still looks a bit lost o as if he doesn't quite know what he's doing;
    nos tenías despistados a todos you had us all fooled
    ♦ nm,f
    es una despistada she's very absent-minded;
    hacerse el despistado to act as if one hasn't noticed/heard/understood/ etc;
    no te hagas el despistado, te hablo a ti stop acting as if you haven't heard, I'm talking to you
    * * *
    I adj scatterbrained
    II m, despistada f scatterbrain
    * * *
    despistado, -da adj
    1) distraído: absentminded, forgetful
    2) confuso: confused, bewildered
    despistado, -da n
    : scatterbrain, absentminded person
    * * *
    despistado adj absent minded

    Spanish-English dictionary > despistado

  • 13 afabilísimo

    • extremely affable
    • very affable
    • very pleasant

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > afabilísimo

  • 14 afabilísimo

    adj.
    very affable, very pleasant, extremely affable.

    Spanish-English dictionary > afabilísimo

  • 15 acondicionado

    adj.
    equipped, prepared, fit, conditioned.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: acondicionar.
    * * *
    1→ link=acondicionar acondicionar
    1 equipped, fitted-out
    * * *
    ADJ

    bien acondicionado — [persona] genial, affable, nice; [objeto] in good condition

    mal acondicionado — [persona] bad-tempered, difficult; [objeto] in bad condition

    * * *
    ----
    * acondicionado para el futuro = future-proof.
    * aire acondicionado = air-conditioning.
    * aparato de aire acondicionado = air conditioner.
    * con aire acondicionado = air conditioned.
    * sistema de aire acondicionado = air conditioning system.
    * tener aire acondiconado = be air-conditioned.
    * * *
    * acondicionado para el futuro = future-proof.
    * aire acondicionado = air-conditioning.
    * aparato de aire acondicionado = air conditioner.
    * con aire acondicionado = air conditioned.
    * sistema de aire acondicionado = air conditioning system.
    * tener aire acondiconado = be air-conditioned.
    * * *

    Del verbo acondicionar: ( conjugate acondicionar)

    acondicionado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    acondicionado    
    acondicionar
    acondicionar ( conjugate acondicionar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹vivienda/local› to equip, fit out

    b) (Col) ‹ carro› to soup up

    acondicionado,-a adj (local, habitáculo, negocio) equipped, fitted-out
    aire acondicionado, air conditioning
    acondicionar verbo transitivo
    1 to prepare, set up: acondicionaron el trastero como sala de juegos, they turned the storage room into a games room
    2 (climatizar) to air-condition
    3 (suavizar el cabello) to condition
    ' acondicionado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acondicionada
    - aire
    - dotada
    - dotado
    - frigoría
    - refrigeración
    - refrigerador
    English:
    air-conditioning
    - air
    * * *
    acondicionado, -a adj
    [equipado] equipped;
    estar bien/mal acondicionado to be in a fit/no fit state;
    con aire acondicionado air-conditioned
    * * *
    adj
    :
    aire acondicionado air conditioning
    * * *
    acondicionado, -da adj
    1) : equipped, fitted-out
    2)
    bien acondicionado : in good shape, in a fit state

    Spanish-English dictionary > acondicionado

  • 16 amistoso

    adj.
    friendly, cordial, affable, amicable.
    * * *
    1 friendly
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=amigable) friendly, amicable; (Dep) friendly; (Inform) user-friendly
    2.
    SM (Dep) friendly, friendly game
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <consejo/palmadita/charla> friendly; < partido> friendly (before n)
    * * *
    = friendly [friendlier -comp., friendliest -sup.], amicable, chummy [chummier -comp., chummiest -sup.].
    Ex. Her face broke into a warm friendly smile.
    Ex. Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real 'donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.
    Ex. Within that chummy, insular world of imperial elites, Senator Jaguaribe recoiled in horror at the prospect of a permanent pauper class supported by public funds.
    ----
    * amistoso = friendly match.
    * partido amistoso = friendly match.
    * poco amistoso = off-putting, unfriendly.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <consejo/palmadita/charla> friendly; < partido> friendly (before n)
    * * *
    = friendly [friendlier -comp., friendliest -sup.], amicable, chummy [chummier -comp., chummiest -sup.].

    Ex: Her face broke into a warm friendly smile.

    Ex: Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real 'donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.
    Ex: Within that chummy, insular world of imperial elites, Senator Jaguaribe recoiled in horror at the prospect of a permanent pauper class supported by public funds.
    * amistoso = friendly match.
    * partido amistoso = friendly match.
    * poco amistoso = off-putting, unfriendly.

    * * *
    1 ‹consejo/palmadita/charla› friendly
    2 ‹partido/torneo› friendly ( before n)
    * * *

    amistoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹consejo/palmadita/charla› friendly;


    ‹ partido› friendly ( before n)
    amistoso,-a adjetivo friendly
    ' amistoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amistosa
    - cordial
    - palmada
    - partido
    English:
    amicable
    - friendly
    - unfriendly
    * * *
    amistoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    friendly;
    Dep
    ♦ nm
    Dep friendly
    * * *
    I adj friendly;
    partido amistoso DEP friendly (game)
    II m DEP friendly
    * * *
    amistoso, -sa adj
    : friendly
    * * *
    amistoso adj friendly [comp. friendlier; superl. friendliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > amistoso

  • 17 comunicable

    adj.
    1 communicable.
    2 sociable, affable.
    3 communicative, sociable.
    * * *
    1 communicable
    2 (persona) sociable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [opinión, conocimiento]
    2) [persona] sociable
    * * *
    Ex. Wisdom is not communicable.
    ----
    * comunicable, expresable, transmisible = communicable.
    * * *

    Ex: Wisdom is not communicable.

    * comunicable, expresable, transmisible = communicable.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comunicable

  • 18 condescendiente

    adj.
    1 obliging.
    2 condescending, agreeable, assenting, accommodating.
    3 patronizing, obliging.
    * * *
    1 (transigente) condescending
    2 (complaciente) obliging, helpful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=deferente) obliging; (=afable) affable; (=conforme) acquiescent
    2) pey
    * * *
    a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescending
    b) ( comprensivo) understanding
    * * *
    = smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex. Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.
    * * *
    a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescending
    b) ( comprensivo) understanding
    * * *
    = smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.

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

    Ex: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex: Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.

    * * *
    1 ‹actitud/respuesta› (con aires de superioridad) condescending
    2 (comprensivo) understanding
    eres muy poco condescendiente you're not very understanding
    * * *

    condescendiente adjetivo
    a) ‹actitud/respuesta› ( con aires de superioridad) condescending


    condescendiente adjetivo
    1 (amable, deferente) complacent
    2 (con aire de superioridad) condescending
    ' condescendiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    compasiva
    - compasivo
    - contemplar
    English:
    condescending
    - patronizing
    - talk down
    - talk
    * * *
    1. [amable] obliging
    2. [altivo] condescending
    * * *
    adj actitud accommodating; desp
    condescending

    Spanish-English dictionary > condescendiente

  • 19 cordial

    adj.
    cordial.
    * * *
    1 (afectuoso) cordial, friendly, warm
    2 (que fortalece) cordial, stimulating
    1 (bebida) cordial
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=afectuoso) warm, cordial
    2) (Med) invigorating
    2.
    SM cordial, tonic
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (frml) ( amistoso) cordial, friendly

    recibe un cordial saludo — (Corresp) (kindest) regards

    II
    masculino cordial, tonic
    * * *
    = cordial, convivial, welcoming, hearty [heartier -comp., heartiest -sup.], neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].
    Ex. The librarian's response should always be cordial and positive in style.
    Ex. Conversely, the faculty and administrators, free from obstacles and frustrations, are able to see the library as the convivial institution.
    Ex. Libraries of today look very attractive and welcoming, unlike the libraries which served previous generations.
    Ex. Replies indicated a hearty support for the role of the library but little knowledge of its importance to them.
    Ex. They believe being neighbourly is an important and fulfilling part of life.
    ----
    * atmósfera cordial = convivial atmosphere.
    * Posesivo + más cordial enhorabuena = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (frml) ( amistoso) cordial, friendly

    recibe un cordial saludo — (Corresp) (kindest) regards

    II
    masculino cordial, tonic
    * * *
    = cordial, convivial, welcoming, hearty [heartier -comp., heartiest -sup.], neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

    Ex: The librarian's response should always be cordial and positive in style.

    Ex: Conversely, the faculty and administrators, free from obstacles and frustrations, are able to see the library as the convivial institution.
    Ex: Libraries of today look very attractive and welcoming, unlike the libraries which served previous generations.
    Ex: Replies indicated a hearty support for the role of the library but little knowledge of its importance to them.
    Ex: They believe being neighbourly is an important and fulfilling part of life.
    * atmósfera cordial = convivial atmosphere.
    * Posesivo + más cordial enhorabuena = Posesivo + heartiest congratulations.

    * * *
    A ( frml) (amistoso) cordial, friendly
    ambos países tienen relaciones cordiales the two countries maintain cordial relations ( frml)
    recibe un cordial saludo ( Corresp) (kindest) regards
    la reunión transcurrió en un ambiente cordial the meeting took place in a congenial atmosphere
    nuestro anfitrión se mostró muy cordial con nosotros our host was very friendly, our host treated us very cordially
    calificaron las conversaciones de cordiales the talks were described as friendly o cordial
    B ‹odio› intense
    cordial, tonic
    * * *

    cordial adjetivo (frml) ( amistoso) cordial, friendly;
    ‹ ambiente› congenial;

    cordial
    I m (bebida) cordial
    II adjetivo cordial, warm

    ' cordial' also found in these entries:
    English:
    compliment
    - convivial
    - friendly
    - genial
    - hearty
    - neighborly
    - neighbourly
    - wish
    - yours
    - amicable
    - cordial
    - warm
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    cordial;
    fue una reunión cordial it was a friendly meeting, there was a good atmosphere in the meeting;
    recibieron una cordial acogida they were given a warm welcome;
    estuvo muy cordial con sus invitados he was very friendly to his guests;
    quiero darles mi más cordial bienvenida I'd like to welcome you most warmly;
    (reciba) un cordial saludo [en carta] best o kind regards
    ♦ nm
    cordial, tonic
    * * *
    I adj cordial
    II m cordial, tonic
    * * *
    cordial adj
    : cordial, affable
    ♦ cordialmente adv
    : cordial (liqueur)
    * * *
    cordial adj friendly
    saludos cordiales de... best wishes from...

    Spanish-English dictionary > cordial

  • 20 formal

    adj.
    1 formal.
    ser novios formales to be engaged
    2 well-behaved, good (que se porta bien).
    3 reliable (responsable, fiable).
    4 serious, sober (serio).
    5 firm, official.
    * * *
    2 (serio) serious, serious-minded
    3 (cumplidor) reliable, dependable
    4 (cortés) polite
    \
    sed formales behave yourselves
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=de fiar) reliable, dependable; (=responsable) responsible
    2) [invitación, protesta] formal; [estilo, lenguaje] formal
    3) (=oficial) [petición, propuesta, compromiso] official
    4) (Fil) formal
    5) (=estructural) formal
    6) And (=afable) affable, pleasant
    * * *
    1) ( cumplidor) reliable, dependable; ( responsable) responsible
    2)
    a) < error> formal
    b) <promesa/oferta> firm; <invitación/compromiso> formal, official; < acusación> formal
    c) <recepción/cena> formal
    * * *
    = dependable, formal, formalised [formalized, -USA], business-like, pro forma [proforma], staid, ceremonious.
    Ex. If the supplier is a dealer, then ensure that this is a reputable and dependable dealer who can provide help with installation, maintenance and support.
    Ex. Obviously a more formal, and a more summarised profile is required in most indexing systems.
    Ex. Examples of traditional less formalized pre-coordinate indexing systems will be considered in the next section.
    Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex. Later, she realized that the interview was a pro forma procedure = Posteriormente, se dio cuenta de que la entrevista era un trámite meramente formal.
    Ex. As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex. From the time of the Celtic occupation of Ireland in 500 BC, music played by harpers has been associated with ancient warfare and with banquets and ceremonious occasions.
    ----
    * análisis formal de documentos = markup [mark-up].
    * corrección formal = procedural justice.
    * correcto y formal = prim and proper.
    * formales, los = serious, the.
    * lenguaje para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup language.
    * relación formal = formal relation.
    * ser muy formal = stand on + ceremony.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos = markup code.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup system.
    * titulación formal = formal degree programme.
    * * *
    1) ( cumplidor) reliable, dependable; ( responsable) responsible
    2)
    a) < error> formal
    b) <promesa/oferta> firm; <invitación/compromiso> formal, official; < acusación> formal
    c) <recepción/cena> formal
    * * *
    = dependable, formal, formalised [formalized, -USA], business-like, pro forma [proforma], staid, ceremonious.

    Ex: If the supplier is a dealer, then ensure that this is a reputable and dependable dealer who can provide help with installation, maintenance and support.

    Ex: Obviously a more formal, and a more summarised profile is required in most indexing systems.
    Ex: Examples of traditional less formalized pre-coordinate indexing systems will be considered in the next section.
    Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex: Later, she realized that the interview was a pro forma procedure = Posteriormente, se dio cuenta de que la entrevista era un trámite meramente formal.
    Ex: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex: From the time of the Celtic occupation of Ireland in 500 BC, music played by harpers has been associated with ancient warfare and with banquets and ceremonious occasions.
    * análisis formal de documentos = markup [mark-up].
    * corrección formal = procedural justice.
    * correcto y formal = prim and proper.
    * formales, los = serious, the.
    * lenguaje para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup language.
    * relación formal = formal relation.
    * ser muy formal = stand on + ceremony.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos = markup code.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup system.
    * titulación formal = formal degree programme.

    * * *
    A (cumplidor) reliable, dependable; (responsable) responsible
    a ver si eres un poco más formal la próxima vez try and be a bit more responsible next time
    ¡sé formalito! behave yourself!
    tiene sólo 21 años pero es muy formal he's only 21 but he's very responsible o serious-minded
    B
    1 ‹error› formal
    2 ‹promesa› firm; ‹invitación/compromiso› formal, official; ‹acusación› formal
    aún no he recibido una oferta formal I haven't had a definite o firm offer yet
    3 ‹recepción/cena› formal
    * * *

    formal adjetivo
    1 ( en general) formal;
    ‹promesa/oferta› firm
    2 ‹ persona› ( cumplidora) reliable, dependable;
    ( responsable) responsible
    formal adjetivo
    1 formal
    2 (serio, educado) serious, serious-minded
    (cumplidor) reliable, dependable
    ' formal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aunque
    - bastante
    - ceremoniosa
    - ceremonioso
    - cita
    - denuncia
    - el
    - etiqueta
    - formalismo
    - mayoría
    - participación
    - permitirse
    - baño
    - cena
    - conferencia
    - escolarizar
    - gala
    - novio
    - plática
    - querer
    - traje
    - vestir
    English:
    absent
    - accustom
    - afford
    - audience
    - awaken
    - businesslike
    - dear
    - dependable
    - deserve
    - dinner
    - enjoy
    - far
    - fear
    - formal
    - intend
    - luncheon
    - mention
    - possess
    - propose
    - representation
    - responsible
    - serious
    - shall
    - should
    - sober
    - sober-minded
    - solid
    - speech
    - staid
    - unreliable
    - well-behaved
    - whom
    - affair
    - business
    - evening
    - formality
    - grand
    - grievance
    - prim
    - solemn
    - steady
    - you
    - your
    - yours
    - yourself
    - yourselves
    * * *
    formal adj
    1. [de la forma] formal;
    en su aspecto formal la novela es excelente the formal aspects of the novel are excellent
    2. [legal] formal;
    un requisito formal an official requirement
    3. [que se porta bien] well-behaved, good
    4. [responsable, fiable] reliable;
    son muy poco formales they're very unreliable
    5. [serio] serious, sober;
    el lenguaje formal formal language;
    ser novios formales to be engaged
    * * *
    adj
    1 formal
    2 niño well-behaved
    3 ( responsable) responsible
    * * *
    formal adj
    1) : formal
    2) : serious, dignified
    3) : dependable, reliable
    * * *
    formal adj
    1. (oficial) formal
    2. (persona de fiar) responsible / reliable
    3. (persona educado) well behaved [comp. better behaved; superl. best behaved]

    Spanish-English dictionary > formal

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