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altercation

  • 1 altercación

    • altercation
    • argument
    • brawl
    • controversy
    • fight
    • quarrel
    • scuffle
    • tussle

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > altercación

  • 2 altercado

    • altercation
    • argument
    • controversy
    • dispute
    • fight
    • jangle
    • quarrel
    • quarreling
    • quarrelling
    • run in
    • spat
    • squabble
    • tiff

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > altercado

  • 3 argumento

    • altercation
    • argument
    • contention
    • controversy
    • course of reasoning
    • debate
    • discussion
    • dispute
    • main theme
    • polemic
    • reasoning
    • subject
    • tiff

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > argumento

  • 4 contienda

    • altercation
    • battle
    • competition
    • contest
    • dispute
    • feud
    • fight
    • match
    • set to
    • squabble
    • strife

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > contienda

  • 5 controversia

    • altercation
    • argument
    • controversy
    • debate
    • disagreement
    • disputation
    • dispute
    • quarrel

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > controversia

  • 6 discusión

    • altercation
    • argument
    • discussion
    • dispute
    • hassle
    • quarrel
    • rumpus
    • spat
    • squabble
    • tiff
    • wrangle
    • wrangling
    • wrap

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > discusión

  • 7 disputa

    • altercation
    • argument
    • bicker
    • broil
    • controversy
    • debate
    • dispute
    • fight
    • quarrel
    • quarreling
    • quarrelling
    • set to
    • spat
    • squabble
    • tiff
    • wrangle
    • wrap

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > disputa

  • 8 disputa airada

    • altercation
    • angry dispute
    • quarrel

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > disputa airada

  • 9 pleito

    • altercation
    • argument
    • debate
    • fight
    • laws of the land
    • lawyer
    • litigation
    • quarrel

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pleito

  • 10 polémica

    • altercation
    • argument
    • controversy
    • dispute
    • polemic
    • polemics

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > polémica

  • 11 altercado

    m.
    1 argument, row.
    2 altercation, fight, dispute, quarrel.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: altercar.
    * * *
    1 argument, quarrel
    * * *
    noun m.
    altercation, dispute
    * * *
    masculino argument
    * * *
    = altercation, argument, aggressive incident, scandal, running battle, dust-up, fracas.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex. Data on 9318 aggressive incidents were collected from official game reports.
    Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex. Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    ----
    * tener un altercado = have + altercation.
    * * *
    masculino argument
    * * *
    = altercation, argument, aggressive incident, scandal, running battle, dust-up, fracas.

    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.

    Ex: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex: Data on 9318 aggressive incidents were collected from official game reports.
    Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex: Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    * tener un altercado = have + altercation.

    * * *
    argument, altercation ( frml)
    tener un altercado con algn to have an argument with sb
    * * *

    Del verbo altercar: ( conjugate altercar)

    altercado es:

    el participio

    altercado sustantivo masculino
    argument
    altercado sustantivo masculino quarrel, argument
    ' altercado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    zafarrancho
    - discusión
    English:
    flare-up
    - wrangle
    - fracas
    * * *
    argument, row;
    tuvo un altercado con el jefe she had an argument o a row with the boss;
    altercado callejero disturbance
    * * *
    m argument, altercation fml
    * * *
    discusión, disputa: altercation, argument, dispute
    * * *
    1. (riña) argument
    2. (enfrentamiento) disturbance

    Spanish-English dictionary > altercado

  • 12 disputa

    f.
    dispute.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: disputar.
    * * *
    1 (discusión) dispute, argument, quarrel
    2 (enfrentamiento) clash, struggle
    \
    sin disputa without dispute
    tener una disputa to quarrel
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=discusión) dispute, argument

    sin disputa — undoubtedly, beyond dispute

    2) (=controversia) controversy
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.
    Ex. Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex. We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex. Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    ----
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.

    Ex: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.

    * * *
    1 (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    2 (controversia) dispute
    ha sido objeto de una larga disputa it has been the source of a long-running dispute
    es, sin disputa, la mejor she is, without question, the best
    3 (combate) fight
    * * *

    Del verbo disputar: ( conjugate disputar)

    disputa es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    disputa    
    disputar
    disputa sustantivo femenino
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument



    disputar ( conjugate disputar) verbo transitivo
    a) disputale algo a algn ‹ título to challenge sb for sth;


    b) partido to play;

    combate to fight
    disputarse verbo pronominal:

    disputa sustantivo femenino
    1 (enfrentamiento) dispute
    (por un puesto, etc) contest
    2 (riña, pelea) argument
    disputar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (debatir) disputaban sobre ello acaloradamente, they were arguing heatedly about it
    2 (competir por) to contest: han disputado la carrera dos de los mejores atletas, two of the best athletes competed in the race
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (competir) to compete: le disputa la presidencia a Gómez, he is competing against Gómez for the presidency
    2 Dep (un encuentro) to play

    ' disputa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - bronca
    - concesión
    - discusión
    - disgusto
    - disputar
    - disputarse
    - margen
    - trabar
    - agrio
    - arbitrar
    - litigio
    - lugar
    - originar
    - pleito
    - querella
    English:
    acrimonious
    - contention
    - dispute
    - embroil
    - feud
    - fight
    - quarrel
    - quarreling
    - quarrelling
    - row
    - squabble
    - wrangle
    - settle
    * * *
    1. [discusión] dispute, argument
    2. [competición] contest;
    la disputa por el título de liga the battle for the league title;
    entrar en la disputa por algo to enter the contest for sth;
    hay mucha disputa para conseguir el puesto there's a lot of competition for the post
    3. [polémica] dispute;
    mediar o [m5] terciar en la disputa to intervene in the dispute;
    es, sin disputa, el más lujoso it is indisputably o unquestionably the most luxurious
    * * *
    f dispute;
    sin disputa undoubtedly
    * * *
    altercado, discusión: dispute, argument

    Spanish-English dictionary > disputa

  • 13 pelea

    f.
    1 fight (a golpes).
    peleas callejeras street fighting
    2 row, quarrel (riña).
    3 combat, armed struggle, engagement.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pelear.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pelear.
    * * *
    1 (física) fight; (verbal) quarrel, row
    2 (esfuerzo) struggle
    \
    buscar pelea to look for trouble
    * * *
    noun f.
    3) row
    * * *
    SF [a golpes, patadas] fight; (=discusión, riña) quarrel, row

    gallo de pelea — fighting cock, gamecock

    * * *
    a) ( discusión) quarrel, fight (colloq), argument

    tuvimos una peleawe quarreled o had an argument

    b) ( en sentido físico) fight
    c) ( en boxeo) fight
    * * *
    = scramble, fight, quarrel, fray, donnybrook, run-in, altercation, fighting, bickering, squabble, squabbling, brawl, rumble, fistfight, dust-up.
    Ex. Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.
    Ex. The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    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. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
    Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.
    Ex. It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex. Gone are the days of the good old fistfight, where instead of grabbing a gun, a knife or a bat to end an argument, you actually used your fist to make your point.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    ----
    * pelea a bofetadas = face-slapping.
    * pelea a muerte = fight to death.
    * pelea a puñetazos = fistfight.
    * pelea de almohadas = pillow fight.
    * pelea de boxeo = prize fight, boxing match.
    * pelea de perros = dogfight [dog fight].
    * pelea hasta la muerte = fight to death.
    * separar una pelea = break up + fight.
    * * *
    a) ( discusión) quarrel, fight (colloq), argument

    tuvimos una peleawe quarreled o had an argument

    b) ( en sentido físico) fight
    c) ( en boxeo) fight
    * * *
    = scramble, fight, quarrel, fray, donnybrook, run-in, altercation, fighting, bickering, squabble, squabbling, brawl, rumble, fistfight, dust-up.

    Ex: Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.

    Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    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: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
    Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.
    Ex: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.
    Ex: Gone are the days of the good old fistfight, where instead of grabbing a gun, a knife or a bat to end an argument, you actually used your fist to make your point.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    * pelea a bofetadas = face-slapping.
    * pelea a muerte = fight to death.
    * pelea a puñetazos = fistfight.
    * pelea de almohadas = pillow fight.
    * pelea de boxeo = prize fight, boxing match.
    * pelea de perros = dogfight [dog fight].
    * pelea hasta la muerte = fight to death.
    * separar una pelea = break up + fight.

    * * *
    1 (riña, discusión) quarrel, fight ( colloq), argument
    anda siempre buscando pelea he's always trying to pick a quarrel o fight, he's always looking for an argument
    es ella la que siempre está armando pelea she's the one who always starts the fights
    tuvimos una pelea we quarreled o had an argument
    ni en pelea de perros ( Chi fam); never in one's life
    3 (en boxeo) fight
    Compuesto:
    (literal) cockfight; (discusión acalorada) shouting match
    * * *

    Del verbo pelear: ( conjugate pelear)

    pelea es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    pelea    
    pelear
    pelea sustantivo femenino
    a) ( discusión) quarrel, fight (colloq), argument;

    buscar pelea to try to pick a quarrel o fight;

    tuvimos una pelea we quarreled o had an argument


    pelear ( conjugate pelear) verbo intransitivo

    peleaon por una tontería they quarreled o (colloq) had a fight over a silly little thing


    ( terminar) to break up, split up

    pelea por algo to fight over sth
    pelearse verbo pronominal

    ( pegarse) to fight;
    pelease por algo to quarrel/fight over sth

    ( terminar) to break up, split up
    pelea sustantivo femenino
    1 (lucha) fight
    2 (discusión) row, quarrel: siempre está buscando pelea, he's always trying to pick a quarrel
    pelear verbo intransitivo
    1 (luchar) to fight
    2 (discutir) to quarrel, argue
    3 (esforzarse por algo) to work hard
    ' pelea' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bronca
    - callejera
    - callejero
    - contienda
    - deslucir
    - disputa
    - gallera
    - gallero
    - gallo
    - gresca
    - lance
    - reñida
    - reñido
    - riña
    - tomo
    - trapisonda
    - amañar
    - andar
    - armar
    - bochinche
    - interponerse
    - intervenir
    - lucha
    - parado
    - peleador
    - rendir
    - tongo
    English:
    aggro
    - argument
    - bang
    - bust-up
    - culminate
    - fight
    - fistfight
    - pick
    - punch-up
    - rough-and-tumble
    - roughhouse
    - row
    - run-in
    - scrap
    - spoil for
    - struggle
    - tussle
    - work up to
    - brawl
    - bust
    - ensue
    - falling
    - fist
    - quarrel
    - spoil
    * * *
    pelea nf
    1. [a golpes] fight;
    una pelea cuerpo a cuerpo a hand-to-hand fight
    2. [discusión] row, quarrel
    3. [combate] fight;
    una pelea de gallos a cockfight
    * * *
    f fight
    * * *
    pelea nf
    1) lucha: fight
    2) : quarrel
    * * *
    1. (lucha) fight
    2. (riña) quarrel / row

    Spanish-English dictionary > pelea

  • 14 tener un altercado

    (v.) = have + altercation
    Ex. It began when Balzac and Pershing had an altercation (theirs was another of the 'running feuds' in the library), and Pershing was fired.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + altercation

    Ex: It began when Balzac and Pershing had an altercation (theirs was another of the 'running feuds' in the library), and Pershing was fired.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tener un altercado

  • 15 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
    * * *
    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    ----
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    respuesta/comentario unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 16 en un tris

    familiar in a jiffy
    * * *
    * * *
    = before I know what's happened, in a trice
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.
    * * *
    = before I know what's happened, in a trice

    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.

    Ex: In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un tris

  • 17 escaramuza

    f.
    skirmish (military) (& figurative).
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: escaramuzar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: escaramuzar.
    * * *
    1 MILITAR skirmish
    2 (riña) run-in, squabble
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Mil) skirmish, brush
    2) (=enfrentamiento) brush
    * * *
    femenino (Mil) skirmish; (Dep) scrimmage
    * * *
    = skirmish, scuffle, scuffling, scrimmage, running battle.
    Ex. Specifically he is studying why the short Turkish bow was apparently superior to the English long bow of the skirmishes of the Crusades.
    Ex. The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex. Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex. He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.
    Ex. Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    * * *
    femenino (Mil) skirmish; (Dep) scrimmage
    * * *
    = skirmish, scuffle, scuffling, scrimmage, running battle.

    Ex: Specifically he is studying why the short Turkish bow was apparently superior to the English long bow of the skirmishes of the Crusades.

    Ex: The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex: Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex: He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.
    Ex: Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.

    * * *
    1 ( Mil) skirmish
    2 ( Dep) scrimmage
    * * *

    escaramuza sustantivo femenino (Mil) skirmish;
    (Dep) scrimmage
    escaramuza sustantivo femenino
    1 Mil skirmishes, disputes: ha habido escaramuzas a lo largo de la frontera, there have been skirmishes all along the border
    2 familiar scuffle: no ha sido nada, solo una pequeña escaramuza entre los hermanos, it was nothing - just a little scuffle between brothers
    ' escaramuza' also found in these entries:
    English:
    scuffle
    - skirmish
    * * *
    1. [combate] skirmish
    2. [riña] skirmish
    * * *
    f skirmish
    * * *
    1) : skirmish
    2) : scrimmage

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaramuza

  • 18 hosco

    adj.
    unfriendly, sullen, grim, rough.
    * * *
    1 (insociable) sullen, surly
    2 (lugar) gloomy, dark
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] sullen, grim liter
    2) [tiempo, lugar, ambiente] gloomy
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo <persona/semblante> surly, sullen
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], morose, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], unfriendly, disagreeable, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for ' unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo <persona/semblante> surly, sullen
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], morose, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], unfriendly, disagreeable, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for ' unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

    * * *
    hosco -ca
    ‹persona/semblante› surly, sullen; ‹mirada› sullen
    * * *

    hosco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ‹persona/semblante surly, sullen

    hosco,-a adjetivo surly, bad-tempered: es una persona hosca, parece siempre enfadado, he's quite unsociable, always in a bad mood

    ' hosco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hosca
    English:
    sullen
    - surly
    * * *
    hosco, -a adj
    1. [persona] sullen, gruff
    2. [lugar] grim, gloomy
    * * *
    adj sullen
    * * *
    hosco, -ca adj
    : sullen, gloomy

    Spanish-English dictionary > hosco

  • 19 inesperadamente

    adv.
    unexpectedly, suddenly.
    * * *
    1 unexpectedly
    * * *
    ADV (=por sorpresa) unexpectedly; (=de repente) without warning, suddenly
    * * *
    = unexpectedly, unawares, before I know what's happened, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, at the drop of a hat.
    Ex. DC has now announced that work has already begun on the expansion of the new schedule 302-307, an announcement which has not unexpectedly aroused some criticism.
    Ex. 'Oh!' the exclamation escaped her unawares.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Software out of the blue'.
    Ex. The election results came like a bolt out of the blue, threatening his loss of power.
    Ex. A white bird in the distance was seen to dart down like a bolt from the blue and seize a flying fish in the air.
    Ex. Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.
    ----
    * cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.
    * decir inesperadamente = blurt out, pipe.
    * * *
    = unexpectedly, unawares, before I know what's happened, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, at the drop of a hat.

    Ex: DC has now announced that work has already begun on the expansion of the new schedule 302-307, an announcement which has not unexpectedly aroused some criticism.

    Ex: 'Oh!' the exclamation escaped her unawares.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Software out of the blue'.
    Ex: The election results came like a bolt out of the blue, threatening his loss of power.
    Ex: A white bird in the distance was seen to dart down like a bolt from the blue and seize a flying fish in the air.
    Ex: Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.
    * cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.
    * decir inesperadamente = blurt out, pipe.

    * * *
    unexpectedly
    * * *
    unexpectedly
    * * *
    inesperadamente adv unexpectedly

    Spanish-English dictionary > inesperadamente

  • 20 refriega

    f.
    1 scuffle, riot, affray.
    2 battle, combat.
    3 violent fight, affray, free-for-all, riot.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: refregar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: refregar.
    * * *
    1 (lucha) scuffle, brawl
    2 (escaramuza) skirmish
    * * *
    SF [de poca importancia] scuffle; [violenta] brawl
    * * *
    femenino ( de poca importancia) scuffle; ( más grave) clash, brawl; (Mil) clash, skirmish
    * * *
    = fray, dogfight [dog fight], scuffle, scuffling, scrimmage, running battle, dust-up.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex. The article recounts the 17-day political dogfight at which John W. Davis was eventually given the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Ex. The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex. Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex. He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.
    Ex. Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    * * *
    femenino ( de poca importancia) scuffle; ( más grave) clash, brawl; (Mil) clash, skirmish
    * * *
    = fray, dogfight [dog fight], scuffle, scuffling, scrimmage, running battle, dust-up.

    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.

    Ex: The article recounts the 17-day political dogfight at which John W. Davis was eventually given the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Ex: The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex: Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex: He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.
    Ex: Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.

    * * *
    (de poca importancia) scuffle; (más grave) clash, brawl; ( Mil) clash, skirmish
    * * *

    Del verbo refregar: ( conjugate refregar)

    refriega es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    refregar    
    refriega
    refregar ( conjugate refregar) verbo transitivopuños/cuello to scrub
    refriega f (enfrentamiento) scuffle, brawl
    ' refriega' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    envuelta
    - envuelto
    English:
    fray
    - scuffle
    - struggle
    * * *
    nf
    [lucha] scuffle; Mil skirmish
    * * *
    f MIL clash, skirmish
    * * *
    : skirmish, scuffle

    Spanish-English dictionary > refriega

См. также в других словарях:

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  • altercation — I noun affray, altercatio, angry dispute, argument, bickering, broil, commotion, conflict, contestation, controversy, disaccord, disputation, dispute, disturbance, feud, fight, fracas, heated debate, iurgium, jangle, jangling, melee, noisy… …   Law dictionary

  • altercation — ALTERCATION. s. f. Débat, contention, contestation entre deux ou plusieurs personnes. Il s éleva une grande altercation entre eux …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • altercation — Altercation. s. f. Signifie la mesme chose, & il est un peu plus usité. Il s esmeut une grande altercation entre eux …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Altercation — (v. lat.), 1) Debatte in den Gerichten; 2) Hader, Zwist …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • altercation — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. altercacion (12c.) and directly from L. altercationem (nom. altercatio) a dispute, debate, discussion, noun of action from pp. stem of altercari to dispute (with another), from alter other (see ALTER (Cf. alter)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • altercation — *quarrel, wrangle, squabble, bickering, spat, tiff Analogous words: fight, conflict, combat, *contest: *discord, dissension, contention, difference, variance, strife: controversy, dispute, *argument Antonyms: concurrence: accord Contrasted words …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • altercation — [n] fight, often verbal argument, beef*, bickering, blowup*, bone of contention*, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap*, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run in*, set to*, squabbling, tiff*,… …   New thesaurus

  • altercation — Altercation, Altercatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • altercation — ► NOUN ▪ a noisy argument or disagreement. ORIGIN Latin, from altercari to wrangle …   English terms dictionary


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