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amazing

  • 41 cambio de aspecto

    Ex. It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.
    * * *

    Ex: It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cambio de aspecto

  • 42 cambio de look

    Ex. It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.
    * * *

    Ex: It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cambio de look

  • 43 centinela

    f. & m.
    sentinel, sentry, guardsman.
    m.
    sentry.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino & nombre femenino
    1 MILITAR sentry
    2 (guardián) watch, lookout
    \
    estar de centinela to stand sentry
    * * *
    SMF (Mil) sentry, guard

    hacer centinela — to keep watch, be on the look-out

    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Mil) guard, sentry; ( no militar) lookout

    estar de centinela — (Mil) to be on sentry duty

    * * *
    Ex. The quintessential expression of this ideal is our amazing public library system -- for which we must specially thank all thousands of dedicated librarians throughout America whom one of my predecessors called our ' sentinels of liberty.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Mil) guard, sentry; ( no militar) lookout

    estar de centinela — (Mil) to be on sentry duty

    * * *

    Ex: The quintessential expression of this ideal is our amazing public library system -- for which we must specially thank all thousands of dedicated librarians throughout America whom one of my predecessors called our ' sentinels of liberty.

    * * *
    ( Mil) guard, sentry
    estar de centinela to be on sentry duty
    este perro es un buen centinela this dog is a good guard dog o watchdog
    dejaron a un compinche de centinela they left an accomplice to keep a look out
    * * *

    centinela sustantivo masculino y femenino (Mil) guard, sentry;
    ( no militar) lookout;

    centinela mf sentry

    ' centinela' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    garita
    English:
    sentry
    - sentry box
    - watch
    * * *
    sentry;
    estar de centinela to be on sentry duty
    * * *
    m/f
    1 MIL sentry
    2 de banda criminal lookout
    * * *
    : sentinel, sentry
    * * *
    centinela n sentry [pl. sentries]

    Spanish-English dictionary > centinela

  • 44 cepillo

    m.
    1 brush.
    cepillo de dientes toothbrush
    cepillo del pelo hairbrush
    cepillo de uñas nailbrush
    2 plane.
    3 collection box, poor box.
    4 hairbrush.
    5 collecting-box, alms box, alms chest, poor box.
    6 collection plate.
    7 soft-soaper, flatterer.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cepillar.
    * * *
    1 brush
    3 (para limosnas) collection box
    \
    cepillo de dientes toothbrush
    cepillo de ropa clothes brush
    cepillo de uñas nailbrush
    cepillo del pelo hairbrush
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [para ropa, dientes, pelo] brush
    2) [para barrer] brush
    3) [para madera] plane
    4) (Rel) poorbox, alms box
    5) LAm (=adulador) flatterer, bootlicker *
    * * *
    1) (para ropa, zapatos, pelo) brush; ( para suelo) scrubbing brush
    2) ( de carpintería) plane
    3) ( en la iglesia) collection box (o plate etc)
    * * *
    = scrubbing brush, alms box, brush.
    Ex. It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.
    Ex. The two panels may have been part of a grand alms box, perhaps for the Siena cathedral.
    Ex. If you've spilled a lot of hair shampoo on the carpet, you will find it easier to remove it with a dustpan (but not the brush) rather than trying to wipe it.
    ----
    * cepillo de dientes = toothbrush.
    * cepillo de raíces = scrubbing brush.
    * frotar con un cepillo = brush.
    * pelado al cepillo = crewcut [crew-cut].
    * quitar con un cepillo = brush away.
    * * *
    1) (para ropa, zapatos, pelo) brush; ( para suelo) scrubbing brush
    2) ( de carpintería) plane
    3) ( en la iglesia) collection box (o plate etc)
    * * *
    = scrubbing brush, alms box, brush.

    Ex: It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.

    Ex: The two panels may have been part of a grand alms box, perhaps for the Siena cathedral.
    Ex: If you've spilled a lot of hair shampoo on the carpet, you will find it easier to remove it with a dustpan (but not the brush) rather than trying to wipe it.
    * cepillo de dientes = toothbrush.
    * cepillo de raíces = scrubbing brush.
    * frotar con un cepillo = brush.
    * pelado al cepillo = crewcut [crew-cut].
    * quitar con un cepillo = brush away.

    * * *
    A (para la ropa, los zapatos, el pelo) brush; (para el suelo) scrubbing brush
    echarle cepillo a algn ( Col fam); to butter sb up ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    toothbrush
    nailbrush
    C (en la iglesia) collection box ( o plate etc)
    * * *

    Del verbo cepillar: ( conjugate cepillar)

    cepillo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    cepilló es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    cepillar    
    cepillo    
    cepilló
    cepillar ( conjugate cepillar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ropa/dientes/pelo› to brush

    b) ‹ madera› to plane

    cepillarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ‹ ropa› to brush;
    ‹ dientes› to brush, clean
    cepillo sustantivo masculino
    1 (para ropa, zapatos, pelo) brush;
    ( para suelo) scrubbing brush;

    cepillo de dientes/uñas toothbrush/nailbrush
    2 ( de carpintería) plane
    3 ( en la iglesia) collection box (o plate etc)
    cepillar verbo transitivo
    1 to brush
    2 (en carpintería) to plane (down)
    3 fam (hurtar) to pinch
    cepillo sustantivo masculino
    1 brush
    cepillo de dientes, toothbrush
    cepillo del pelo, hairbrush
    2 (de carpintero) plane
    3 Rel (limosnero) alms box
    ' cepillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cepillarse
    - cerda
    - restregar
    - blando
    - churrusco
    - de
    - fregar
    - peinar
    English:
    brush
    - brush off
    - clothes brush
    - hairbrush
    - nailbrush
    - plane
    - scrubbing brush
    - shoebrush
    - toothbrush
    - blow
    - clothes
    - hair
    - nail
    - pack
    - scrub
    - shoe
    - sweeper
    - tooth
    - work
    * * *
    1. [para limpiar] brush;
    pasar el cepillo por algo to give sth a brush;
    cepillo de dientes toothbrush;
    cepillo del pelo hairbrush;
    cepillo de uñas nailbrush
    2. [de carpintero] plane
    3. [para barrer] brush;
    pasar el cepillo to brush the floor
    4. [de donativos] collection box, poor box
    * * *
    m brush;
    * * *
    1) : brush
    cepillo de dientes: toothbrush
    2) : plane (for woodworking)
    * * *
    cepillo n brush [pl. brushes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > cepillo

  • 45 cepillo de raíces

    Ex. It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.
    * * *

    Ex: It's amazing what a lick of paint and a scrubbing brush can do to brighten your brickwork!.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cepillo de raíces

  • 46 colosal

    adj.
    1 colossal (estatura, tamaño).
    2 great, enormous (extraordinario).
    * * *
    1 colossal, giant, huge
    2 figurado splendid, excellent
    * * *
    ADJ [edificio, montaña] colossal; [comida, fiesta] amazing *, fantastic *
    * * *
    adjetivo <estatua/obra/fortuna> colossal; <ambiente/idea> (fam) great (colloq)
    * * *
    = gargantuan, mammoth, colossal, of epic proportions, epic, larger-than-life, titanic.
    Ex. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex. Unmindful of the epic moves that made it what it is today, Elwood Bibeau fastened his seat belt as his plane approached the Wexler airport.
    Ex. Significant political events often summon forth larger-than-life figures and the inevitable clash of titans.
    Ex. He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    * * *
    adjetivo <estatua/obra/fortuna> colossal; <ambiente/idea> (fam) great (colloq)
    * * *
    = gargantuan, mammoth, colossal, of epic proportions, epic, larger-than-life, titanic.

    Ex: Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.

    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex: Unmindful of the epic moves that made it what it is today, Elwood Bibeau fastened his seat belt as his plane approached the Wexler airport.
    Ex: Significant political events often summon forth larger-than-life figures and the inevitable clash of titans.
    Ex: He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.

    * * *
    1 ‹estatua/palacio› colossal, gigantic; ‹empresa/obra› huge; ‹riqueza/fortuna› colossal, enormous, vast
    2 ( fam); ‹ambiente/película/idea› great ( colloq)
    * * *

    colosal adjetivo ‹estatua/obra/fortuna› colossal;
    ‹ambiente/idea› (fam) great (colloq)
    colosal adjetivo
    1 (grande) colossal
    2 (magnífico, extraordinario) great, fantastic: este parque de atracciones es colosal, this amusement park is fantastic
    ' colosal' also found in these entries:
    English:
    colossal
    - mammoth
    - epic
    * * *
    colosal adj
    1. [estatura, tamaño] colossal
    2. [extraordinario] enormous;
    [descaro] incredible;
    el tenor estuvo colosal the tenor was amazing o sensational
    * * *
    adj colossal
    * * *
    colosal adj
    : colossal

    Spanish-English dictionary > colosal

  • 47 conmovedor

    adj.
    moving, touching, emotional, stirring.
    * * *
    1 moving, touching
    * * *
    (f. - conmovedora)
    adj.
    moving, touching
    * * *
    ADJ moving, touching, poignant
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo moving, touching
    * * *
    = poignant, moving, stirring, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, breathtaking, heart-wrenching.
    Ex. There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.
    Ex. Of them all, The Cosy Owl by James Banks is perhaps the most instructive and moving novel.
    Ex. We must plan as best we can for known events while contriving to improvise when, as often happens, such stirring distractions occur unannounced.
    Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex. In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex. This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.
    Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    ----
    * no conmovedor = unmoving.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo moving, touching
    * * *
    = poignant, moving, stirring, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, breathtaking, heart-wrenching.

    Ex: There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.

    Ex: Of them all, The Cosy Owl by James Banks is perhaps the most instructive and moving novel.
    Ex: We must plan as best we can for known events while contriving to improvise when, as often happens, such stirring distractions occur unannounced.
    Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex: In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex: This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.
    Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    * no conmovedor = unmoving.

    * * *
    moving, touching
    * * *

    conmovedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    moving, touching
    conmovedor,-ora adjetivo moving: era una escena conmovedora, it was a touching scene

    ' conmovedor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conmovedora
    - emocionante
    English:
    emotional
    - moving
    - poignant
    - soulful
    - stirring
    - touching
    * * *
    conmovedor, -ora adj
    moving, touching
    * * *
    adj moving
    * * *
    emocionante: moving, touching
    * * *
    conmovedor adj moving

    Spanish-English dictionary > conmovedor

  • 48 desalentador

    adj.
    dispiriting, discouraging.
    * * *
    1 discouraging, disheartening
    * * *
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = bleak, daunting, disappointing, discouraging, off-putting, disheartening, dismaying, grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dispiriting.
    Ex. The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.
    Ex. One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex. The results obtained using this technique were somewhat disappointing, and led to a reappraisal of the approach.
    Ex. Several pages of entries under one keyword are very discouraging, especially if the titles give insufficient information for some documents to be rapidly rejected.
    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. This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex. In such a rapidly developing field as online services, the birth and death rate of reference and selection tools is impressive but dismaying to those trying to stay abreast of new titles.
    Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex. In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = bleak, daunting, disappointing, discouraging, off-putting, disheartening, dismaying, grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dispiriting.

    Ex: The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.

    Ex: One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex: The results obtained using this technique were somewhat disappointing, and led to a reappraisal of the approach.
    Ex: Several pages of entries under one keyword are very discouraging, especially if the titles give insufficient information for some documents to be rapidly rejected.
    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: This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex: In such a rapidly developing field as online services, the birth and death rate of reference and selection tools is impressive but dismaying to those trying to stay abreast of new titles.
    Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex: In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.

    * * *
    disheartening, discouraging
    * * *

    desalentador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    disheartening, discouraging
    desalentador,-ora adjetivo discouraging, disheartening: el contenido de su carta era desalentador, the contents of the letter were discouraging

    ' desalentador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desalentadora
    English:
    daunting
    - discouraging
    - grim
    - off-putting
    - demoralizing
    - disheartening
    * * *
    desalentador, -ora adj
    discouraging, disheartening
    * * *
    adj disheartening

    Spanish-English dictionary > desalentador

  • 49 descorazonador

    adj.
    disheartening, discouraging.
    m.
    apple corer.
    * * *
    1 disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    ADJ discouraging, disheartening
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = frustrating, dispiriting, disheartening, heartbreaking.
    Ex. In such cases consultation of the classified files would be pointless and frustrating to the user.
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex. This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    ----
    * ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = frustrating, dispiriting, disheartening, heartbreaking.

    Ex: In such cases consultation of the classified files would be pointless and frustrating to the user.

    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex: This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.

    * * *
    disheartening, discouraging
    corer
    * * *

    descorazonador,-ora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    ' descorazonador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descorazonadora
    - desolador
    - desoladora
    English:
    discouraging
    - disheartening
    * * *
    descorazonador, -ora adj
    discouraging

    Spanish-English dictionary > descorazonador

  • 50 desgarrador

    adj.
    heartbreaking, harrowing, tearing, heartrending.
    * * *
    1 heartbreaking, heart-rending
    2 (aterrador) bloodcurdling
    * * *
    ADJ [escena, noticia] heartbreaking, heartrending; [grito] piercing; [emoción] heartrending
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo heartbreaking, heartrending
    * * *
    = lancinating, heart-rending, heart-rendering, gut-wrenching, heart-wrenching, heartbreaking.
    Ex. The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.
    Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.
    Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo heartbreaking, heartrending
    * * *
    = lancinating, heart-rending, heart-rendering, gut-wrenching, heart-wrenching, heartbreaking.

    Ex: The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.

    Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.
    Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

    * * *
    heartbreaking, heartrending
    * * *

    desgarrador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    heartbreaking, heartrending
    desgarrador,-ora adjetivo
    1 (que causa pena, angustia) heart-rending
    2 (que causa horror) bloodcurdling

    ' desgarrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desgarradora
    English:
    heart-breaking
    - harrowing
    - heart
    - piercing
    * * *
    desgarrador, -ora adj
    [grito] piercing; [llanto] heart-rending; [noticia] harrowing; [tragedia] terrible
    * * *
    adj heart-rending
    * * *
    : heartrending, heartbreaking

    Spanish-English dictionary > desgarrador

  • 51 estar muy alejado de

    Ex. However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.
    * * *

    Ex: However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar muy alejado de

  • 52 estremecedor

    adj.
    shaking, shocking, striking.
    * * *
    1 startling
    2 (grito) bloodcurdling
    * * *
    ADJ alarming, disturbing
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    = eerie, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, groundshaking, heart-wrenching, thrilling.
    Ex. Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex. In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex. This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    = eerie, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, groundshaking, heart-wrenching, thrilling.

    Ex: Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.

    Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex: In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex: This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.

    * * *
    ‹escena/noticia/relato› horrifying, hair-raising
    un grito estremecedor a spine-chilling cry
    * * *

    estremecedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo ‹escena/noticia› horrifying;


    ‹grito/relato› spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    estremecedor, -ora adj
    [ruido, grito] horrifying, ghastly; [crimen, imágenes, historia] horrifying, appalling
    * * *
    adj terrifying
    * * *
    : horrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > estremecedor

  • 53 extenderse por todas partes

    (v.) = reach + far and wide, extend + far and wide, stretch + far and wide
    Ex. These amazing promotional videos have reached far and wide and have received numerous favourable reports.
    Ex. The ripple effect of 9/11 has extended far and wide.
    Ex. Death rates were much higher because the forces were stretched far and wide over seasonally inhospitable terrain.
    * * *
    (v.) = reach + far and wide, extend + far and wide, stretch + far and wide

    Ex: These amazing promotional videos have reached far and wide and have received numerous favourable reports.

    Ex: The ripple effect of 9/11 has extended far and wide.
    Ex: Death rates were much higher because the forces were stretched far and wide over seasonally inhospitable terrain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > extenderse por todas partes

  • 54 extenderse por todos lados

    (v.) = extend + far and wide, reach + far and wide, stretch + far and wide
    Ex. The ripple effect of 9/11 has extended far and wide.
    Ex. These amazing promotional videos have reached far and wide and have received numerous favourable reports.
    Ex. Death rates were much higher because the forces were stretched far and wide over seasonally inhospitable terrain.
    * * *
    (v.) = extend + far and wide, reach + far and wide, stretch + far and wide

    Ex: The ripple effect of 9/11 has extended far and wide.

    Ex: These amazing promotional videos have reached far and wide and have received numerous favourable reports.
    Ex: Death rates were much higher because the forces were stretched far and wide over seasonally inhospitable terrain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > extenderse por todos lados

  • 55 flor de loto

    (n.) = lotus, lotus flower, lotus blossom
    Ex. In this fully updated work, nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the water lilies and lotuses, are described.
    Ex. Lotus flowers are amazing and have strong symbolic ties to many Asian religions especially throughout India.
    Ex. She sits at the hospital piano each afternoon with lotus blossoms and seashells braided in her hair.
    * * *
    (n.) = lotus, lotus flower, lotus blossom

    Ex: In this fully updated work, nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the water lilies and lotuses, are described.

    Ex: Lotus flowers are amazing and have strong symbolic ties to many Asian religions especially throughout India.
    Ex: She sits at the hospital piano each afternoon with lotus blossoms and seashells braided in her hair.

    Spanish-English dictionary > flor de loto

  • 56 formidable

    adj.
    1 tremendous (enorme).
    2 formidable, ripping, huge, enormous.
    * * *
    1 (tremendo) tremendous, formidable
    2 (maravilloso) wonderful, terrific
    1 great!
    * * *
    adj.
    2) huge
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [enemigo, problema] formidable
    2) (=estupendo) terrific, tremendous

    ¡formidable! — that's great! *, splendid!

    * * *
    adjetivo/interjección (fam) fantastic (colloq)
    * * *
    = formidable, crackerjack, power-packed.
    Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
    Ex. What is needed is a crackerjack reference librarian who could help research this question.
    Ex. Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.
    * * *
    adjetivo/interjección (fam) fantastic (colloq)
    * * *
    = formidable, crackerjack, power-packed.

    Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.

    Ex: What is needed is a crackerjack reference librarian who could help research this question.
    Ex: Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.

    * * *
    ( fam); ‹persona/película/idea› tremendous
    tiene un catarro formidable that's some cold she has!
    ( fam); fantastic! ( colloq), great! ( colloq)
    * * *

    formidable adj/interj (fam) fantastic (colloq)
    formidable adjetivo
    1 (muy bueno) wonderful, terrific
    2 (muy grande, impresionante) formidable
    ' formidable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arma
    English:
    formidable
    - stupendous
    - tremendous
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [enorme] tremendous
    2. [extraordinario] amazing, fantastic
    ♦ adv
    Fam
    lo pasaron formidable they had an amazing o a fantastic time
    * * *
    adj huge; ( estupendo) tremendous
    * * *
    1) : formidable, tremendous
    2) fam : fantastic, terrific
    * * *
    formidable adj (estupendo) wonderful / fantastic

    Spanish-English dictionary > formidable

  • 57 fotografía trucada

    Ex. This book of really simple ways to take amazing trick photographs comes with a real camera.
    * * *

    Ex: This book of really simple ways to take amazing trick photographs comes with a real camera.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fotografía trucada

  • 58 guardián

    m.
    guardian, guard, watchman, custodian.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 guardian, keeper, custodian
    * * *
    (f. - guardiana)
    noun
    * * *
    guardián, -ana
    SM / F
    1) (=defensor) guardian
    2) (=guarda) warden, keeper (EEUU); (Zool) keeper; (=vigilante) watchman
    perro 1., 1)
    * * *
    - diana masculino, femenino
    a) ( de edificio) (security) guard
    b) (protector, defensor) guardian
    * * *
    = custodian, curator, guardian, storekeeper, gatekeeper, steward, guard dog, sentinel, warden, safekeeper [sake-keeper].
    Ex. This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex. Altick refers to himself as 'a pursuer of truth' and to his audience of librarians as ' curators and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. And so, the public library came in time to be viewed as a guardian of the people's right to know = Y así pues, la biblioteca pública con el tiempo se llegó considerar como protectora del derecho de la gente a saber.
    Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex. Research has shown that many people get their 'updates' from someone called 'the gatekeeper'.
    Ex. This article explores whether the archivist is a steward for some wider amorphous body including past and future generations.
    Ex. A guard dog perspective is offered as a way to better understand the functioning of the mass media as an important set of communication agencies in the social system.
    Ex. The quintessential expression of this ideal is our amazing public library system -- for which we must specially thank all thousands of dedicated librarians throughout America whom one of my predecessors called our ' sentinels of liberty.
    Ex. Carers and wardens are encouraged to involve themselves in the service.
    Ex. Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    * * *
    - diana masculino, femenino
    a) ( de edificio) (security) guard
    b) (protector, defensor) guardian
    * * *
    = custodian, curator, guardian, storekeeper, gatekeeper, steward, guard dog, sentinel, warden, safekeeper [sake-keeper].

    Ex: This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.

    Ex: Altick refers to himself as 'a pursuer of truth' and to his audience of librarians as ' curators and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex: And so, the public library came in time to be viewed as a guardian of the people's right to know = Y así pues, la biblioteca pública con el tiempo se llegó considerar como protectora del derecho de la gente a saber.
    Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex: Research has shown that many people get their 'updates' from someone called 'the gatekeeper'.
    Ex: This article explores whether the archivist is a steward for some wider amorphous body including past and future generations.
    Ex: A guard dog perspective is offered as a way to better understand the functioning of the mass media as an important set of communication agencies in the social system.
    Ex: The quintessential expression of this ideal is our amazing public library system -- for which we must specially thank all thousands of dedicated librarians throughout America whom one of my predecessors called our ' sentinels of liberty.
    Ex: Carers and wardens are encouraged to involve themselves in the service.
    Ex: Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 (de un edificio) security guard, guard
    2 (protector, defensor) guardian
    * * *

    guardián
    ◊ - diana sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) (protector, defensor) guardian

    guardián,-ana sustantivo masculino y femenino watchman, watchwoman
    perro guardián, watchdog
    ' guardián' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ángel
    - guarda
    - guardiana
    - tutor
    - tutora
    - perro
    English:
    custodian
    - guard dog
    - guardian
    - warden
    - watchdog
    - guard
    - watch
    * * *
    guardián, -ana
    ♦ adj
    ángel guardián guardian angel
    ♦ nm,f
    [de persona] guardian; [de cosa] watchman, keeper;
    los guardianes de la fe the keepers of the faith
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    perro guardián guard dog
    II m, guardiana f guard; fig
    guardian
    * * *
    1) guarda: security guard, watchman
    2) : guardian, keeper
    3)
    perro guardián : watchdog
    * * *
    guardián n guardian

    Spanish-English dictionary > guardián

  • 59 impreso antiguo

    (n.) = old print
    Ex. As amazing as it seems, original Victorian old prints have survived into the twenty-first century.
    * * *
    (n.) = old print

    Ex: As amazing as it seems, original Victorian old prints have survived into the twenty-first century.

    Spanish-English dictionary > impreso antiguo

  • 60 increíble

    adj.
    incredible, unbelievable, beyond belief.
    intj.
    unbelievable, no shit, forsooth.
    * * *
    1 incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    adj.
    incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    ADJ incredible, unbelievable

    es increíble que... — it is incredible o unbelievable that...

    * * *
    adjetivo incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    = extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, terrific, unbelievable, fantastical, astonishing, beyond belief, out of this world, marvel.
    Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.
    Ex. GODORT has done a fantastic job of dealing with and solving documents problems.
    Ex. I could tell you many things about Cutter that you probably would find incredible.
    Ex. However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.
    Ex. The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex. Adorno's distinction between fantastical thought & the commodification of fantasy in the form of literature is addressed.
    Ex. It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.
    Ex. His conclusion is both beyond belief and in conflict with common sense.
    Ex. I get a kick when I'm on my racing bike, and when I have my skates on it's out of this world.
    Ex. It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
    ----
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * parecer increíble = beggar + belief.
    * por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * ser increíble = beggar + belief.
    * * *
    adjetivo incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    = extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, terrific, unbelievable, fantastical, astonishing, beyond belief, out of this world, marvel.

    Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

    Ex: GODORT has done a fantastic job of dealing with and solving documents problems.
    Ex: I could tell you many things about Cutter that you probably would find incredible.
    Ex: However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.
    Ex: The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex: Adorno's distinction between fantastical thought & the commodification of fantasy in the form of literature is addressed.
    Ex: It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.
    Ex: His conclusion is both beyond belief and in conflict with common sense.
    Ex: I get a kick when I'm on my racing bike, and when I have my skates on it's out of this world.
    Ex: It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * parecer increíble = beggar + belief.
    * por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * ser increíble = beggar + belief.

    * * *
    ‹historia› incredible, unbelievable
    me pasó una cosa increíble ( fam); something incredible happened to me ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    increíble adjetivo
    incredible, unbelievable
    increíble adjetivo incredible, unbelievable: tuvimos una suerte increíble, we had an amazing piece of luck
    familiar es un actor increíble, he's an exceptional actor
    ' increíble' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    novelesca
    - novelesco
    - pachorra
    - alucinante
    English:
    amazing
    - astonishing
    - awesome
    - belief
    - beyond
    - extraordinary
    - incredible
    - unbelievable
    - astounding
    - odds
    - phenomenal
    - terrific
    - world
    * * *
    1. [inconcebible] unbelievable;
    es increíble que pasen cosas así it's hard to believe that such things can happen;
    me parece increíble que no te haya llamado I think it's unbelievable that she hasn't called you
    2. [extraordinario] incredible;
    hace un calor increíble it's incredibly hot;
    tuvimos una suerte increíble we were incredibly lucky
    * * *
    adj incredible
    * * *
    : incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    increíble adj incredible / unbelievable

    Spanish-English dictionary > increíble

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