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  • 41 cabo1

    1 = end.
    Ex. Scanning must start to the left of the bar codes and must continue past the right end.
    ----
    * al fin y al cabo = in the end, after all, all in all, after all is said and done, when all is said and done.
    * atar los cabos sueltos = tie up + all the loose ends.
    * cabos sueltos = loose ends.
    * cabo suelto = unfinished business, unresolved matter.
    * conocer Algo de cabo a rabo = know + Nombre + inside-out.
    * de cabo a rabo = lock, stock and barrel, from head to toe, from head to foot.
    * encargado de llevar a cabo = implementor [implementer].
    * leer de cabo a rabo = read + from cover to cover.
    * llevar a cabo = accomplish, carry out, conduct, execute, go about, implement, proceed, effect, realise [realize, -USA], transact, carry through, press forward (with).
    * llevar a cabo actividades = conduct + business.
    * llevar a cabo una acción = effect + execution.
    * llevar a cabo una actividad = conduct + activity.
    * llevar a cabo una actuación común = make + a concerted effort.
    * llevar a cabo una iniciativa = take + initiative.
    * llevar a cabo una misión = accomplish + mission.
    * llevar a cabo una orden = execute + command.
    * llevar a cabo una redada = swoop.
    * llevar a cabo una serie de pasos anteriormente realizados = execute + steps.
    * llevar a cabo un atraco = pull off + heist.
    * llevar a cabo un proyecto = carry out + project, undertake + project, develop + project.
    * llevar a cabo un robo = execute + theft, pull off + heist.
    * no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cabo1

  • 42 exagerar

    v.
    to exaggerate.
    yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating
    no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad
    tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?
    María magnificó sus sentimientos Mary exaggerated her feelings.
    * * *
    1 to exaggerate
    1 to exaggerate
    2 (abusar) to overdo it, do too much
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate
    2.
    exagerar vi ( al hablar) to exaggerate; ( al hacer algo)

    tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

    * * *
    = exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.
    Ex. Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.
    Ex. There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.
    Ex. However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.
    Ex. 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex. The article ' Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.
    Ex. This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.
    Ex. Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.
    Ex. I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.
    Ex. The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.
    ----
    * exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.
    * exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate
    2.
    exagerar vi ( al hablar) to exaggerate; ( al hacer algo)

    tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

    * * *
    = exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.

    Ex: Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.

    Ex: There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.
    Ex: However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.
    Ex: 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.
    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex: The article ' Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.
    Ex: This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.
    Ex: Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.
    Ex: I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.
    Ex: The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.
    * exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.
    * exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.

    * * *
    exagerar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerate
    estás exagerando la importancia del asunto you're exaggerating o overstating the importance of the matter
    ■ exagerar
    vi
    (al hablar) to exaggerate
    (al hacer algo): tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    exagerar    
    exagerar algo
    exagerar ( conjugate exagerar) verbo transitivo ‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerate
    verbo intransitivo ( al hablar) to exaggerate;
    ( al hacer algo) to overdo it, go over the top (colloq)
    exagerar verbo transitivo to exaggerate
    ' exagerar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dramatizar
    - magnificar
    - tinta
    - agrandar
    - tendencia
    English:
    dramatize
    - embellish
    - embroider
    - exaggerate
    - magnify
    - overdo
    - overstate
    - pile on
    - stretch
    - blow
    - over
    - proportion
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to exaggerate;
    la oposición exagera la trascendencia de este asunto the opposition has blown this issue out of proportion
    ♦ vi
    1. [al describir, calificar] to exaggerate;
    yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating;
    no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad
    2. [al actuar] to go too far, to overdo it ( con with);
    tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?
    * * *
    v/t exaggerate
    * * *
    : to exaggerate
    * * *
    exagerar vb to exaggerate

    Spanish-English dictionary > exagerar

  • 43 temporada

    f.
    de temporada seasonal (fruta, trabajo)
    los kiwis están fuera de temporada kiwis are out of season
    temporada alta/baja high/low season
    temporada de caza hunting season
    temporada media mid-season
    temporada turística tourist o holiday season
    2 (period of) time (periodo indefinido).
    pasé una temporada en el extranjero I spent some time abroad
    tras una temporada como profesor, se puso a traducir after a stint o spell of teaching, he went into translating
    por temporadas off and on
    3 run.
    * * *
    1 (en artes, deportes, moda) season
    2 (período) period, time
    \
    en plena temporada at the height of the season
    por temporadas on and off
    temporada alta high season, peak season
    temporada baja low season, off season
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=periodo determinado) season
    2) (=periodo indeterminado) period

    a o por temporadas — on and off

    -¿tienes mucho trabajo? -va a o por temporadas — "have you got a lot of work?" - "it's a bit on and off o it goes in phases" *

    * * *
    1) ( época establecida) season

    fuera de/en temporada — out of/in season

    2) ( período de tiempo) spell
    * * *
    = spell, season, stretch.
    Ex. The outstanding example is Ian Sillitoe, who started writing seriously only after reading undisturbed during a lengthy spell in hospital.
    Ex. At first limited to the summer, tourism now flourishes in every season.
    Ex. After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.
    ----
    * alimento de temporada = seasonal food.
    * decoración de temporada = seasonal decor.
    * demanda de temporada = seasonal demand.
    * demanda según la temporada = seasonal demand.
    * fuera de temporada = off-season, out of season.
    * la temporada de Algo = in season.
    * producto de temporada = seasonal food, seasonal product.
    * productos de temporada = seasonal produce.
    * temporada abierta = open season.
    * temporada alta = high season.
    * temporada baja = off-season, low season.
    * temporada de caza = open season, hunting season.
    * temporada de verano = summer season.
    * temporada otoñal = fall season.
    * temporada veraniega = summer season.
    * trabajador de temporada = seasonal worker.
    * * *
    1) ( época establecida) season

    fuera de/en temporada — out of/in season

    2) ( período de tiempo) spell
    * * *
    = spell, season, stretch.

    Ex: The outstanding example is Ian Sillitoe, who started writing seriously only after reading undisturbed during a lengthy spell in hospital.

    Ex: At first limited to the summer, tourism now flourishes in every season.
    Ex: After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.
    * alimento de temporada = seasonal food.
    * decoración de temporada = seasonal decor.
    * demanda de temporada = seasonal demand.
    * demanda según la temporada = seasonal demand.
    * fuera de temporada = off-season, out of season.
    * la temporada de Algo = in season.
    * producto de temporada = seasonal food, seasonal product.
    * productos de temporada = seasonal produce.
    * temporada abierta = open season.
    * temporada alta = high season.
    * temporada baja = off-season, low season.
    * temporada de caza = open season, hunting season.
    * temporada de verano = summer season.
    * temporada otoñal = fall season.
    * temporada veraniega = summer season.
    * trabajador de temporada = seasonal worker.

    * * *
    la temporada de fútbol the football season
    trabajos de temporada seasonal o casual jobs
    verduras de temporada seasonal vegetables
    las naranjas están fuera de/están en temporada oranges are out of/are in season
    en plena temporada turística at the height of the tourist season
    la moda para esta temporada this season's fashion
    [ S ] rebajas de fin de temporada end of season reductions
    Compuesto:
    temporada alta/baja
    high/low season
    B
    (período de tiempo): hace una temporada que no lo veo I haven't seen him for a while o for some time
    hemos tenido una temporada de mucho trabajo en la oficina we have had a very busy spell o period in the office
    * * *

     

    temporada sustantivo femenino


    fuera de/en temporada out of/in season;
    temporada alta/baja high/low season

    ◊ una temporada de mucho trabajo a very busy spell o period

    temporada sustantivo femenino
    1 (espacio de tiempo) time: viví una temporada con ellos, I lived with them for some time
    2 (época propicia) season: mañana comienza la temporada de caza, tomorrow the hunting season begins
    temporada alta, high o peak season
    temporada baja, low o off season
    fruta de temporada, fruit of the season
    ' temporada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consagración
    - recolección
    - siembra
    - fuera
    - grande
    - poda
    - principio
    - taurino
    - teatral
    - tiempo
    English:
    high season
    - inaugurate
    - inauguration
    - lock up
    - off
    - off-peak
    - peak season
    - run
    - season
    - stint
    - time
    - tourist season
    - vintage
    - height
    - high
    - in
    - latter
    - low
    - spell
    * * *
    1. [periodo concreto] season;
    la temporada de lluvias the rainy season;
    en la temporada de primavera-verano se llevará el amarillo yellow will be the colour to wear in the spring-summer season;
    la temporada de exámenes exams o exam time;
    de temporada [fruta, trabajo, ropa] seasonal;
    estamos en temporada de sandías, es temporada de sandías this is the watermelon season, watermelons are in season;
    los kiwis están fuera de temporada kiwis are out of season;
    temporada alta high season;
    temporada baja low season;
    la temporada blanca the snow season;
    temporada de caza hunting season;
    temporada media mid-season;
    temporada turística tourist o holiday season
    2. [periodo indefinido] time;
    pasé una temporada en el extranjero I spent some time abroad;
    tras una temporada como profesor, se puso a traducir after a stint o spell of teaching, he went into translating;
    por temporadas off and on
    * * *
    f season;
    una temporada a time, some time;
    de temporada seasonal
    * * *
    1) : season, time
    temporada de béisbol: baseball season
    2) : period, spell
    por temporadas: on and off
    * * *
    1. (época) season

    Spanish-English dictionary > temporada

  • 44 alimentar

    v.
    1 to feed (dar comida).
    tengo cinco hijos que alimentar I've got five kids to feed
    La madre alimenta al chico The mother feeds the boy.
    La bandeja alimenta la impresora The tray feeds the printer.
    2 to feed.
    la lectura alimenta el espíritu reading improves your mind
    3 to fuel.
    4 to be nourishing.
    los garbanzos alimentan mucho chickpeas are very nutritious
    * * *
    1 (dar alimento) to feed
    2 (mantener) to keep, support
    3 figurado (alentar) to encourage, foster, nurture; (pasiones) to feed, fuel, nurture
    4 (uso técnico) to feed
    1 (servir de alimento) to nourish, be nutritious
    1 to live (de/con, on)
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dar de comer a) to feed
    2) (=nutrir) to be nutritious o nourishing
    3) [+ imaginación] to fire, fuel; [+ esperanzas, pasiones] to feed, fuel; [+ sentimiento, idea] to foster
    4) [+ hoguera, horno doméstico, fuego] to feed, add fuel to; [+ horno industrial] to stoke

    el operario alimenta la máquina de o con combustible — the operator feeds fuel into the machine

    5) (Elec) to supply
    2.
    VI to be nutritious, be nourishing
    - huele que alimenta
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( nutrir) <persona/animal> to feed
    2) <ilusión/esperanza> to nurture, cherish; < ego> to boost
    3) <máquina/motor> to feed; < caldera> to stoke
    2.
    alimentar vi to be nourishing
    3.
    alimentarse v pron <persona/animal> to feed oneself

    alimentarse con or de algo — to live on something

    * * *
    = feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.
    Ex. The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.
    Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex. Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
    Ex. The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.
    Ex. The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.
    ----
    * alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.
    * alimentar datos = populate.
    * alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.
    * alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.
    * alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.
    * alimentarse = graze (on).
    * alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( nutrir) <persona/animal> to feed
    2) <ilusión/esperanza> to nurture, cherish; < ego> to boost
    3) <máquina/motor> to feed; < caldera> to stoke
    2.
    alimentar vi to be nourishing
    3.
    alimentarse v pron <persona/animal> to feed oneself

    alimentarse con or de algo — to live on something

    * * *
    = feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.

    Ex: The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.

    Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
    Ex: The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.
    Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.
    * alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.
    * alimentar datos = populate.
    * alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.
    * alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.
    * alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.
    * alimentarse = graze (on).
    * alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.

    * * *
    alimentar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (nutrir) ‹persona/animal› to feed
    tengo tres hijos que alimentar I have three children to feed
    alimentan a los animales con piensos the animals are fed on pellets
    estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia durante generaciones my family lived off this land for generations, this land supported my family for generations
    Extremadura alimentó durante largo tiempo este flujo emigratorio for a long time Extremadura contributed to o fed this flow of emigrants
    B
    1 ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish
    varios años de enfrentamiento alimentaron el odio entre los dos bandos several years of confrontation fueled the hatred between the two sides
    alimentó mi curiosidad con aquella historia the story she told fed my curiosity
    2 ‹ego› to boost
    contribuyó a alimentar su ego it helped to boost his ego
    C ‹máquina/motor› to feed; ‹caldera› to stoke
    algodón para alimentar la industria textil cotton to supply the textile industry, cotton for the textile industry
    ■ alimentar
    vi
    to be nourishing
    «persona/animal» to feed oneself
    este chico no se alimenta bien this boy doesn't feed himself o eat right ( AmE), this boy doesn't feed himself o eat properly ( BrE)
    alimentarse CON or DE algo to live ON sth
    se alimenta con frutas y verduras she lives on fruit and vegetables
    se alimenta de energía solar it runs on solar energy
    * * *

     

    alimentar ( conjugate alimentar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹persona/animal› to feed
    2
    a) ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish;

    ‹ ego› to boost
    b) ‹odio/pasión› to fuel

    3 ‹máquina/motor› to feed;
    ‹ caldera› to stoke
    verbo intransitivo
    to be nourishing
    alimentarse verbo pronominal [persona/animal] to feed oneself;
    alimentarse con or de algo to live on sth
    alimentar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (dar de comer) to feed
    2 fig (fomentar un sentimiento) to nourish
    3 Inform to feed
    Téc to supply
    II vt & vi (ser nutritivo) to be nutritious
    ' alimentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mantener
    - suero
    English:
    feed
    - nourish
    - support
    - bottle
    - force
    - fuel
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dar comida] to feed;
    alimentan a los tigres con carne they feed the tigers meat;
    tengo cinco hijos que alimentar I've got five kids to feed;
    el hijo mayor trabaja y alimenta a toda la familia the eldest son goes to work so that the whole family can eat
    2. [dar energía, material] to feed;
    la lectura alimenta el espíritu reading improves your mind;
    esa actitud alimenta la intolerancia that attitude fuels intolerance;
    trabajar con él le ha alimentado el ego working with him has boosted her ego
    3. [motor, coche] to fuel;
    [caldera] to stoke;
    alimentar una batería to charge o recharge a battery
    ♦ vi
    [nutrir] to be nourishing;
    los garbanzos alimentan mucho chickpeas are very nutritious
    * * *
    I v/t tb TÉC, fig
    feed; EL power
    II v/i be nourishing
    * * *
    1) nutrir: to feed, to nourish
    2) mantener: to support (a family)
    3) fomentar: to nurture, to foster
    * * *
    1. (dar alimento) to feed [pt. & pp. fed]
    2. (mantener) to keep [pt. & pp. kept] / to support
    3. (servir de alimento) to be good for you

    Spanish-English dictionary > alimentar

  • 45 destrozado

    adj.
    shattered, in pieces, destroyed, battered.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: destrozar.
    * * *
    1→ link=destrozar destrozar
    1 (objeto) smashed, broken, ruined
    2 (persona - moralmente) devastated, shattered; (- físicamente) exhausted, done in, worn out
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [cristal, cerámica] smashed, shattered

    quedó destrozado — [traje, alfombra, zapato] it was ruined; [coche, jardín] it was wrecked

    2) [persona] (=abatido) shattered, devastated; (=cansado) * knackered *, pooped (EEUU) *, shattered *; [corazón] broken
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (roto, deteriorado) < zapatos> ruined

    tengo los pies destrozados — (fam) my feet are killing me

    b) < persona> ( físicamente) exhausted; ( moralmente) devastated, shattered
    c) < corazón> broken
    * * *
    = tattered, shattered, wrecked, vandalised [vandalized, -USA], dog tired, ruined, broken-hearted, in tatters, in shambles, upside down.
    Ex. He inherited a deplorable 'library' with a randomly-chosen collection of tattered, torn, defaced books.
    Ex. It is clear that it will take a considerable period to fully assess the damage and loss and even longer to begin to rebuild damaged infrastructure and shattered communities.
    Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. He helped to hose down graffiti from a vandalised wall while waxing lyrical about an era before antisocial behaviour.
    Ex. After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.
    Ex. The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.
    Ex. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
    Ex. Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.
    Ex. He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.
    Ex. Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.
    ----
    * con el corazón destrozado = broken-hearted.
    * destrozado por la guerra = war-ravaged.
    * destrozado por un huracán = hurricane-ravaged.
    * estar destrozado = be + wreck, be a shambles.
    * quedar destrozado = go to + pieces.
    * sentirse destrozado = be gutted, feel + gutted.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (roto, deteriorado) < zapatos> ruined

    tengo los pies destrozados — (fam) my feet are killing me

    b) < persona> ( físicamente) exhausted; ( moralmente) devastated, shattered
    c) < corazón> broken
    * * *
    = tattered, shattered, wrecked, vandalised [vandalized, -USA], dog tired, ruined, broken-hearted, in tatters, in shambles, upside down.

    Ex: He inherited a deplorable 'library' with a randomly-chosen collection of tattered, torn, defaced books.

    Ex: It is clear that it will take a considerable period to fully assess the damage and loss and even longer to begin to rebuild damaged infrastructure and shattered communities.
    Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex: He helped to hose down graffiti from a vandalised wall while waxing lyrical about an era before antisocial behaviour.
    Ex: After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.
    Ex: The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.
    Ex: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
    Ex: Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.
    Ex: He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.
    Ex: Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.
    * con el corazón destrozado = broken-hearted.
    * destrozado por la guerra = war-ravaged.
    * destrozado por un huracán = hurricane-ravaged.
    * estar destrozado = be + wreck, be a shambles.
    * quedar destrozado = go to + pieces.
    * sentirse destrozado = be gutted, feel + gutted.

    * * *
    1 (roto, deteriorado) ‹zapatos› ruined
    a él no le pasó nada, pero el coche quedó destrozado he was all right, but the car was a total wreck
    tengo que comprar sillones nuevos, éstos ya están destrozados I've got to buy some new armchairs, these are falling apart
    este diccionario está destrozado this dictionary is falling to pieces
    tenía los nervios destrozados she was a nervous wreck, her nerves were in shreds o tatters
    tengo los pies destrozados ( fam); my feet are killing me
    el conductor tenía la cara destrozada the driver's face was a real mess
    2 ‹persona› (físicamente) exhausted; (moralmente) devastated, shattered
    3 ‹corazón› broken
    * * *

    Del verbo destrozar: ( conjugate destrozar)

    destrozado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    destrozado    
    destrozar
    destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
    a) (romper, deteriorar) ‹ zapatos› to ruin;

    ‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
    ‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
    ‹ coche› to wreck;
    ‹ libro› to pull apart
    b) ‹felicidad/matrimonio/vida› to wreck, destroy;

    ‹ corazón› to break;

    destrozarse verbo pronominal

    [jarrón/cristal] to smash
    b) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

    destrozado,-a adjetivo
    1 (un objeto) torn-up, ruined, smashed: estos pantalones están destrozados, these trousers are in shreds
    2 (muy cansado, agotado) worn out, exhausted
    3 (muy triste) shattered, devastated
    destrozar verbo transitivo
    1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
    2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
    3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
    4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
    ' destrozado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabada
    - acabado
    - destrozada
    - deshecho
    English:
    bumper
    - heart-broken
    - shattered
    - tatters
    - war-torn
    - broken
    - shred
    - tattered
    * * *
    destrozado, -a adj
    1. [vestido, zapatos] ruined;
    [jarrón, cámara] smashed;
    esta estantería está destrozada these shelves are falling apart;
    la lavadora está destrozada the washing machine is only fit for the scrapheap;
    el gato tiene los sillones destrozados the cat has clawed the chairs to shreds;
    me devolvió el libro destrozado the book was falling to bits when he gave it back to me;
    tengo las manos destrozadas de tanto fregar all that washing up has left my hands in a terrible state;
    huyó dejándole el corazón destrozado she ran off leaving him heartbroken;
    el autobús quedó destrozado the bus was wrecked
    2. [persona] [emocionalmente] shattered, devastated;
    [físicamente] shattered;
    la noticia lo dejó destrozado he was devastated by the news
    * * *
    destrozado, -da adj
    1) : ruined, destroyed
    2) : devastated, brokenhearted

    Spanish-English dictionary > destrozado

  • 46 empeorar

    v.
    1 to make worse.
    2 to get worse, to deteriorate.
    * * *
    1 to worsen, deteriorate
    1 to make worse
    1 to get worse
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT to make worse, worsen
    2.
    VI
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo salud to deteriorate, get worse; tiempo/situación to get worse, worsen
    2.
    empeorar vt to make... worse
    * * *
    = aggravate, become + worse, deteriorate, worsen, take + an unfortunate turn, get + worse, go from + bad to worse, bring out + the worst in, flare up, inflame, grow + worse, take + a turn, take + a turn for the worse, fuel, exacerbate.
    Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
    Ex. There were no respondents who did not think that the situation could become worse in the future.
    Ex. But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.
    Ex. There were fears that opening on holidays would worsen the overall quality of the service provided and lead to higher staff turnover.
    Ex. If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed.
    Ex. Reports confirm that what seems bad now is going to get worse.
    Ex. This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
    Ex. Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    Ex. There will always be conflicts that flare up suddenly and call for a rapid response.
    Ex. Focuses on two areas, economics and race, and argues that government policy has done much to inflame the conflict.
    Ex. As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.
    Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex. This new virus has taken a turn for the worse with some variations now able to infect PCs without any user intervention.
    Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex. They exist in manual systems, and as we have already pointed out, they are only exacerbated by automated systems.
    ----
    * cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.
    * empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.
    * empeorar la situación = make + things worse.
    * empeorar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
    * empeorar un conflicto = exacerbate + conflict.
    * empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * estar empeorando = be in decline.
    * para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo salud to deteriorate, get worse; tiempo/situación to get worse, worsen
    2.
    empeorar vt to make... worse
    * * *
    = aggravate, become + worse, deteriorate, worsen, take + an unfortunate turn, get + worse, go from + bad to worse, bring out + the worst in, flare up, inflame, grow + worse, take + a turn, take + a turn for the worse, fuel, exacerbate.

    Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.

    Ex: There were no respondents who did not think that the situation could become worse in the future.
    Ex: But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.
    Ex: There were fears that opening on holidays would worsen the overall quality of the service provided and lead to higher staff turnover.
    Ex: If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed.
    Ex: Reports confirm that what seems bad now is going to get worse.
    Ex: This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
    Ex: Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    Ex: There will always be conflicts that flare up suddenly and call for a rapid response.
    Ex: Focuses on two areas, economics and race, and argues that government policy has done much to inflame the conflict.
    Ex: As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.
    Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex: This new virus has taken a turn for the worse with some variations now able to infect PCs without any user intervention.
    Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex: They exist in manual systems, and as we have already pointed out, they are only exacerbated by automated systems.
    * cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.
    * empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.
    * empeorar la situación = make + things worse.
    * empeorar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
    * empeorar un conflicto = exacerbate + conflict.
    * empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * estar empeorando = be in decline.
    * para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

    * * *
    empeorar [A1 ]
    vi
    «salud» to deteriorate, get worse; «tiempo/situación» to get worse, worsen
    ■ empeorar
    vt
    to make … worse
    su intervención no ha hecho más que empeorar las cosas his intervention has only made things worse
    * * *

     

    empeorar ( conjugate empeorar) verbo intransitivo [ salud] to deteriorate, get worse;
    [tiempo/situación] to get worse, worsen
    verbo transitivo
    to make … worse
    empeorar
    I verbo intransitivo to get worse: el tiempo empeoró durante la noche, the weather got worse during the night
    II verbo transitivo to make worse: manténte al margen, no empeores las cosas, stick to the sidelines, you'll only make things worse
    ' empeorar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    degradar
    English:
    aggravate
    - decline
    - fail
    - fuel
    - grow
    - turn
    - worse
    - worsen
    - deteriorate
    - go
    - only
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    [enfermo, tiempo, conflicto] to get worse, to deteriorate
    ♦ vt
    to make worse;
    sólo consiguió empeorar las cosas she only managed to make things worse
    * * *
    I v/t make worse
    II v/i deteriorate, get worse
    * * *
    : to deteriorate, to get worse
    : to make worse
    * * *
    empeorar vb to get worse / to deteriorate

    Spanish-English dictionary > empeorar

  • 47 hacerlo lo mejor que Uno pueda

    (v.) = do + Posesivo + utmost, give + Posesivo + utmost, give + Posesivo + best
    Ex. But all of them did their utmost and knew that their position was a key one within the school.
    Ex. Many Swiss colleagues are giving their utmost, after all preparatory meetings, to make a grand final.
    Ex. This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.
    * * *
    (v.) = do + Posesivo + utmost, give + Posesivo + utmost, give + Posesivo + best

    Ex: But all of them did their utmost and knew that their position was a key one within the school.

    Ex: Many Swiss colleagues are giving their utmost, after all preparatory meetings, to make a grand final.
    Ex: This year's football tournament was held on a very hot afternoon and all the teams gave their best despite the heat.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerlo lo mejor que Uno pueda

  • 48 armar bulla

    v.
    to make a racket.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar bulla

  • 49 armar la de San Quintín

    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar la de San Quintín

  • 50 armar un escándalo

    to kick up a fuss
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar un escándalo

  • 51 armar un lío

    to make a fuss
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar un lío

  • 52 armar una bronca

    to kick up a fuss
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar una bronca

  • 53 armarla

    familiar to cause trouble, kick up a fuss
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), kick up + a row, raise + a stink, make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), kick up + a row, raise + a stink, make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armarla

  • 54 culo respingón

    (n.) = pert bum, pert bottom
    Ex. There is nothing to stop you from wearing a thong, you don't have to have a perfect pert bum... after all your underwear is not seen by everyone.
    Ex. All the money and power won't help a man if he hasn't got a pert bottom.
    * * *
    (n.) = pert bum, pert bottom

    Ex: There is nothing to stop you from wearing a thong, you don't have to have a perfect pert bum... after all your underwear is not seen by everyone.

    Ex: All the money and power won't help a man if he hasn't got a pert bottom.

    Spanish-English dictionary > culo respingón

  • 55 en un mundo ideal

    Ex. Of course, in an ideal world it would not be necessary to look under all these headings for what is after all just one subject.
    * * *

    Ex: Of course, in an ideal world it would not be necessary to look under all these headings for what is after all just one subject.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un mundo ideal

  • 56 hacer bulla

    v.
    to make noise.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer bulla

  • 57 incentivar

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    2 to motivate, to impulse, to incite, to trigger.
    El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.
    * * *
    1 (persona) to motivate, encourage
    2 (producción) to boost, encourage
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( estimular) to encourage; ( recompensar) to provide... with incentives, give incentives to
    * * *
    = fuel, lead on, provide + incentive, mobilise [mobilize, -USA], set + alight.
    Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.
    Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limiting to provide incentives to graduates to enter.
    Ex. It is time for all librarians to change their attitudes and become involved, to seek funds and mobilise civic organisations and businesses in cooperative efforts.
    Ex. However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.
    ----
    * incentivar la economía = stimulate + the economy.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( estimular) to encourage; ( recompensar) to provide... with incentives, give incentives to
    * * *
    = fuel, lead on, provide + incentive, mobilise [mobilize, -USA], set + alight.

    Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

    Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.
    Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limiting to provide incentives to graduates to enter.
    Ex: It is time for all librarians to change their attitudes and become involved, to seek funds and mobilise civic organisations and businesses in cooperative efforts.
    Ex: However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.
    * incentivar la economía = stimulate + the economy.

    * * *
    incentivar [A1 ]
    vt
    (estimular) to encourage; (recompensar) to provide … with incentives, give incentives to
    medidas para incentivar la creación de puestos de trabajo measures to encourage o stimulate the creation of jobs
    incentivan a los agricultores para que no planten estos cultivos farmers are being provided with o given incentives not to plant these crops
    * * *

     

    incentivar verbo transitivo to give an incentive to
    * * *
    to encourage;
    incentivan la compra de vehículos con rebajas fiscales they are using tax cuts as an incentive to encourage people to buy vehicles
    * * *
    v/t motivate
    * * *
    : to encourage, to stimulate

    Spanish-English dictionary > incentivar

  • 58 melindroso

    adj.
    affected, choosy, fastidious, finicky.
    * * *
    1 finicky, affected
    * * *
    ADJ (=afectado) affected; (=aprensivo) squeamish; (=mojigato) prudish; (=quisquilloso) finicky, fussy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( remilgado) affected
    b) (Méx) ( delicado) choosy, finicky
    c) ( mojigato) prudish
    * * *
    = finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].
    Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    ----
    * ser muy melindroso = be picky.
    * ser muy melindroso con la comida = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( remilgado) affected
    b) (Méx) ( delicado) choosy, finicky
    c) ( mojigato) prudish
    * * *
    = finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].

    Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.

    Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    * ser muy melindroso = be picky.
    * ser muy melindroso con la comida = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy melindroso para comer = be a picky eater.

    * * *
    1 (remilgado) affected
    2 ( Méx) (delicado) choosy, picky, finicky
    3 (gazmoño) prudish
    * * *

    melindroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    b) (Méx) ( delicado) choosy, finicky


    melindroso,-a
    I adjetivo fussy, fastidious
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fussy o fastidious person
    ' melindroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    melindrosa
    - tiquismiquis
    - delicado
    English:
    choosy
    - picky
    * * *
    melindroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    affectedly scrupulous o fussy
    ♦ nm,f
    affectedly scrupulous o fussy person
    * * *
    adj affected
    * * *
    melindroso, -sa adj
    1) : affected
    2) : fussy, finicky
    melindroso, -sa n
    : finicky person, fussbudget

    Spanish-English dictionary > melindroso

  • 59 montar bulla

    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about)
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about)

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.

    Spanish-English dictionary > montar bulla

  • 60 montar un cirio

    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > montar un cirio

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