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1 thanksgiving
1. n благодарение2. n благодарственный молебен; благодарственная молитва3. n амер. День благодаренияСинонимический ряд:1. American holiday (noun) American holiday; annual celebration; ceremony for giving thanks; feast day; festival of plenty; harvest holiday; last Thursday in November; thanksgiving day; turkey day2. invocation (noun) benediction; blessing; grace; invocation; petition; thanks -
2 thanksgiving day
liberty day — день, когда часть команды увольняется на берег
Синонимический ряд:American holiday (noun) American holiday; annual celebration; ceremony for giving thanks; feast day; festival of plenty; harvest holiday; last Thursday in November; thanksgiving; turkey day -
3 vacation
∎ a month's vacation un mois de vacances;∎ to be on/go on vacation être/aller en vacances;∎ to get vacation with pay avoir les congés payésvacation leave congés m pl annuels -
4 vacation
vacation [və'keɪʃən]1 noun∎ over the vacation pendant les vacances∎ to be on vacation être en vacances;∎ they went to Italy on vacation ils ont passé leurs vacances en Italie;∎ when are you going on or taking vacation? quand est-ce que vous prenez vos vacances?American passer des vacances;∎ they're vacationing in the mountains ils sont en vacances à la montagne►► American vacation center club m de vacances;University vacation course cours mpl d'été;vacation home résidence f secondaire;Administration vacation leave congé m annuel;American vacation resort camp m de vacances;vacation work travail m effectué pendant les vacances (par un étudiant) -
5 engaño
m.1 deceit, deception, trickery, cheating.2 lie, hoax, trick, take-in.3 fraudulence, deceitfulness.4 delusion, false impression.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: engañar.* * *1 deceit, deception2 (estafa) fraud, trick, swindle3 (mentira) lie4 (error) mistake\estar en un engaño to be mistaken* * *noun m.1) deception2) trick* * *SM1) (=acto) [gen] deception; (=ilusión) delusionaquí no hay engaño — there is no attempt to deceive anybody here, it's all on the level *
2) (=trampa) trick, swindle3) (=malentendido) mistake, misunderstandingpadecer engaño — to labour under a misunderstanding, labor under a misunderstanding (EEUU)
4) pl engaños (=astucia) wiles, tricks5) [de pesca] lure6) Cono Sur (=regalo) small gift, token* * *1)a) ( mentira) deceptionllamarse a engaño — to claim one has been cheated o deceived
b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)c) ( ardid) ploy, trick2) (Taur) cape* * *= fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.Ex. The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex. The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.Ex. Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex. The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.----* autoengaño = self-deception.* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.* * *1)a) ( mentira) deceptionllamarse a engaño — to claim one has been cheated o deceived
b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)c) ( ardid) ploy, trick2) (Taur) cape* * *= fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.Ex: The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.Ex: Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex: The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.* autoengaño = self-deception.* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.* * *A1 (mentira) deceptionlo que más me duele es el engaño it was the deceit o deception that upset me mostfue víctima de un cruel engaño she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle, she was cruelly deceived o taken invivió en el engaño durante años for years she lived in complete ignorance of his deceites un engaño, no es de oro it's a con, this isn't (made of) gold ( colloq)2 (ardid) ploy, trickse vale de todo tipo de engaños para salirse con la suya he uses all kinds of tricks o every trick in the book to get his own wayllamarse a engaño to claim one has been cheated o deceivedpara que luego nadie pueda llamarse a engaño so that no one can claim o say that they were deceived/cheatedB ( Taur) cape ( used by the matador to confuse the bull)C ( Dep) fakehacer un engaño to fake* * *
Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)
engaño es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
engañó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
engañar
engaño
engañó
engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo
tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
engaño a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engaño sustantivo masculino
engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
engaño sustantivo masculino
1 (mentira, trampa) deception, swindle
(estafa) fraud
(infidelidad) unfaithfulness
2 (ilusión, equivocación) delusion: deberías sacarle del engaño, you should tell him the truth
♦ Locuciones: llamarse a engaño, to claim that one has been duped
' engaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañarse
- farsa
- maña
- montaje
- tramar
- trampear
- coba
- descubrir
- desengañar
- engañar
- tapadera
- tranza
English:
deceit
- deception
- delusion
- double-cross
- game
- guile
- impersonation
- put over
- ride
- sham
- unfaithful
- hoax
* * *engaño nm1. [mentira] deception, deceit;se ganó su confianza con algún engaño she gained his trust through a deception;lo obtuvo mediante engaño she obtained it by deception;todo fue un engaño it was all a deception;llamarse a engaño [engañarse] to delude oneself;[lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well;no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar let's not delude ourselves, the program could be improved;para que luego no te llames a engaño so you can't claim to have been misled afterwards2. [estafa] swindle;ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land3. [ardid] ploy, trick;de nada van a servirte tus engaños your ploys will get you nowhere;las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre lo que no necesita sales are a ploy to make people buy things they don't need4. Taurom bullfighter's cape5. [para pescar] lure* * *m1 ( mentira) deception, deceit2 ( ardid) trick;llamarse a engaño claim to have been cheated* * *engaño nm1) : deception, trick2) : fake, feint (in sports)* * *engaño n1. (mentira) lie2. (trampa) trick3. (timo) swindle -
6 fraude
m.1 fraud.fraude fiscal tax evasion2 deception, fraud, double-dealing, false pretences.* * *1 fraud\fraude fiscal tax evasion* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=engaño) fraud2) (=falta de honradez) dishonesty, fraudulence* * *masculino fraud* * *= fraud, scam, confidence scam, con trick, con, con job.Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.----* autor de un fraude = fraudster, scammer.* combatir el fraude = combat + fraud.* cometer un fraude = commit + fraud.* fraude científico = scientific fraud.* fraude de phishing = phishing scam.* fraude fiscal = tax evasion.* fraude informático = computer fraud.* fraude telefónico = telephone fraud.* luchar contra el fraude = combat + fraud.* * *masculino fraud* * *= fraud, scam, confidence scam, con trick, con, con job.Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.* autor de un fraude = fraudster, scammer.* combatir el fraude = combat + fraud.* cometer un fraude = commit + fraud.* fraude científico = scientific fraud.* fraude de phishing = phishing scam.* fraude fiscal = tax evasion.* fraude informático = computer fraud.* fraude telefónico = telephone fraud.* luchar contra el fraude = combat + fraud.* * *fraudCompuestos:vote rigging, election fraudtax evasion* * *
fraude sustantivo masculino
fraud;
fraude sustantivo masculino fraud: es preciso controlar el fraude a Hacienda, it is necessary to bring tax evasion under control
' fraude' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
empapelar
- trampa
- descubrir
- participación
- tapadera
- tranza
English:
case
- cheat
- defraud
- fraud
- racket
- tax evasion
- trial
- wholesale
- tax
* * *fraude nmfraudfraude electoral election o electoral fraud;fraude fiscal tax evasion;fraude informático computer fraud* * *m fraud* * *fraude nm: fraud* * *fraude n fraud -
7 chalet
'ʃælei, ]( American) ʃæ'lei1) (in Switzerland, a summer hut in the mountains for shepherds etc.) chalet, chalé2) (a small (wooden) house used by holidaymakers etc.) bungalow
chalet /tʃa'le/ sustantivo masculino (pl ( en el campo) cottage; ( en la montaña) chalet; ( en la playa) villa
chalet sustantivo masculino house La palabra house se refiere a cualquier vivienda unifamiliar: chalet adosado, terraced house; chalet pareado, semi-detached house (o también semi o semi-detached) chalet independiente, con su propio jardín, detached house. En el Reino Unido también encontrarás cottage, una casita en el campo o en un pueblo pequeño, probablemente antigua, y bungalow, una casa de una sola planta. Chalet es el nombre de una casa pequeña, teóricamente con el techo inclinado, que se suele alquilar para las vacaciones. Finalmente, villa describe una casa en las afueras de la ciudad o al lado del mar. ' chalet' also found in these entries: Spanish: casa - chalé - villa - montaña English: chalet - cottage - detached house - house - villatr['ʃæleɪ]1 (in mountains) chalet nombre masculino, chalé nombre masculino; (in holiday camp) bungaló nombre masculino, bungalow nombre masculinochalet [ʃæ'leɪ] n: chalet m, chalé mn.• casa de campo s.f.• chalet s.m.• chalé s.m.• hotel s.m.'ʃæleɪa) ( cabin) chalet m ( de montaña)b) ( in motel) (BrE) bungalow m['ʃæleɪ]N chalet m, chalé m* * *['ʃæleɪ]a) ( cabin) chalet m ( de montaña)b) ( in motel) (BrE) bungalow m -
8 chalet
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9 cottage
cottage ['kɒtɪdʒ](a) (in country) petite maison f (à la campagne), cottage m;∎ thatched cottage chaumière f►► cottage cheese fromage m blanc (égoutté), cottage cheese m;British cottage flat = appartement situé dans un pavillon;British cottage hospital petit hôpital m de campagne;cottage industry industrie f artisanale; (small-scale, at home) industrie f familiale;British cottage loaf = miche de pain en forme de brioche;British cottage pie hachis m parmentier -
10 singles
1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) single; single-2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) enlig* * *1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) single; single-2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) enlig -
11 souvenir
noun(of holiday) Andenken, das; Souvenir, das (of aus); (of wedding day, one's youth, etc.) Andenken, das (of an + Akk.)* * *[su:və'niə, ]( American[) 'su:vəniər](something (bought, kept or given) which reminds one of a place, person or occasion: a souvenir of one's holiday.) das Souvenir* * *sou·ve·nir[ˌsu:vənˈɪəʳ, AM -ˈnɪr]tourist \souvenir Reiseandenken nt* * *["suːvə'nIə(r)]nAndenken nt, Souvenir nt (of an +acc)* * ** * *noun(of holiday) Andenken, das; Souvenir, das (of aus); (of wedding day, one's youth, etc.) Andenken, das (of an + Akk.)* * *n.Andenken - n. -
12 singles
1) ((also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; (also adjective) a singles match.) individual2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; (also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) solterossingles npl individuales'sɪŋgəlzplural noun ( Sport) individuales mpl, singles mpl (AmL)the men's/ladies' singles — los individuales masculinos/femeninos, los singles de caballeros/de damas (AmL)
* * *['sɪŋgəlz]plural noun ( Sport) individuales mpl, singles mpl (AmL)the men's/ladies' singles — los individuales masculinos/femeninos, los singles de caballeros/de damas (AmL)
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13 camper
1) (a person who goes camping.) campista2) ((especially American) a motor-caravan.) caravana
cámper sustantivo femenino (Chi, Méx) camper (van) ' cámper' also found in these entries: Spanish: campista - acampante English: camper - trailertr['kæmpəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (person) campista nombre masulino o femenino1 Also camper van (vehicle) caravanacamper ['kæmpər] n1) : campista mf (persona)2) : cámper m (vehículo)n.• caravana (Automóvil) s.f.n.• campista s.m.,f.'kæmpər, 'kæmpə(r)1) ( in tent) campista mf, acampante mf2) ( Transp) cámper f['kæmpǝ(r)]N* * *['kæmpər, 'kæmpə(r)]1) ( in tent) campista mf, acampante mf2) ( Transp) cámper f -
14 singles
1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) einmenningsleikur2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) ógiftur, einhleypur -
15 singles
1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) egyes (játék)2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) egyedül állók, egyedül élők -
16 singles
1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) singulares2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) solteiros* * *sin.gles[s'iŋgəlz] n pl jogo para uma pessoa em cada lado. -
17 account
1) (an arrangement by which a person keeps his money in a bank: I have (opened) an account with the local bank.) račun2) (a statement of money owing: Send me an account.) računi3) (a description or explanation (of something that has happened): a full account of his holiday.) bančni račun4) (an arrangement by which a person makes a regular (eg monthly) payment instead of paying at the time of buying: I have an account at Smiths.) odprt račun5) ((usually in plural) a record of money received and spent: You must keep your accounts in order; ( also adjective) an account book.) poročilo•- accountant
- account for
- on account of
- on my/his etc account
- on my/his account
- on no account
- take something into account
- take into account
- take account of something
- take account of* * *I [əkáunt]nouncommerce račun, konto; poročilo, pripovedovanje; mnenje, sodba; važnost, korist; vzrok; ocena; likvidacijski rokto cast accounts — delati proračun, kalkuliratito give a good account of o.s. — imeti uspeh, dobro se izkazatiAmerican to hand in one's account — umretito settle accounts with figuratively obračunati sto turn into account — izkoristiti, uporabition what account? — čemu?II [əkáunt]transitive verb & intransitive verbceniti, soditi; računati; smatrati; razložitiaccount for — obračunati; razložiti, utemeljiti; ceniti; zagovarjati; usmrtiti -
18 interference
1) (the act of interfering: She was infuriated by his mother's interference in their holiday arrangements.) vmešavanje2) ((the spoiling of radio or television reception by) the noise caused by programmes from another station, bad weather etc: This television set picks up a lot of interference.) motnja* * *[intəfíərəns]nounkolizija, navzkrižje, trčenje; motnja, oviranje ( with); vmešavanje (in); politics intervenca; kresanje (nog); prepletanje; physics interferenca; American uveljavitev prioritetne pravicephysics interference colour — interferenčna barva -
19 singles
1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) igra posameznikov2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) samci -
20 singles
1) (( also noun singular) in tennis etc, a match or matches with only one player on each side: The men's singles are being played this week; ( also adjective) a singles match.) singles; single-2) ((especially American) unmarried (usually young) people: a bar for singles; ( also adjective) a singles holiday/club.) enslige; enslig-
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