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21 remontarse a
v.to go back to, to date back to, to date back from.* * ** * *(v.) = date back to + Expresión Temporal, trace back to, be traced to, go back to/for + Tiempo, date from + Expresión Temporal, go + (as/so) far back as + Expresión Temporal, trace + Nombre + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, date + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, extend + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, be traceable to, hark(en) back to, stretch back toEx. The roots of these problems data back to the 60s' with a failure to establish an efficient centralised information system.Ex. The problem of inadequate citation of conference papers can usually be traced back to authors of papers or books who cite conference papers they have heard or read by somewhat laconic statements of the name of the author/presenter of the paper.Ex. The organizational structure of Spain's libraries can be traced to the 19th century and shows a strong French influence.Ex. The sound rule that the librarian must not dispense medical or legal advice goes back at least a hundred years, having been clearly prescribed in Samuel S Green's pioneer paper of 1876.Ex. Lithography as a printing process dates from the 19th century.Ex. This work is somewhat deceptively titled in that the only theses going as far back as 1716 are those few listed for Glasgow University.Ex. Modern abstracting can be traced at least as far back as the beginning of printing, and with a liberal definition of the term, much farther than that.Ex. Citation indexing originated with 'tables of cases cited', which date at least as far back as 1743.Ex. Interpretations of early Egyptian papyri, extending as far back as 1300 B.C., indicate that the bureaucratic states of antiquity recognized the importance of organization and administration.Ex. The tradition associating this rare medieval clerical undergarment with the English martyr is traceable to the late 14th or early 15th c.Ex. The third point is one that harks back to the chapter on peer influences.Ex. The story of disjointness stretches back to the dawn of communication complexity.* * *(v.) = date back to + Expresión Temporal, trace back to, be traced to, go back to/for + Tiempo, date from + Expresión Temporal, go + (as/so) far back as + Expresión Temporal, trace + Nombre + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, date + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, extend + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, be traceable to, hark(en) back to, stretch back toEx: The roots of these problems data back to the 60s' with a failure to establish an efficient centralised information system.
Ex: The problem of inadequate citation of conference papers can usually be traced back to authors of papers or books who cite conference papers they have heard or read by somewhat laconic statements of the name of the author/presenter of the paper.Ex: The organizational structure of Spain's libraries can be traced to the 19th century and shows a strong French influence.Ex: The sound rule that the librarian must not dispense medical or legal advice goes back at least a hundred years, having been clearly prescribed in Samuel S Green's pioneer paper of 1876.Ex: Lithography as a printing process dates from the 19th century.Ex: This work is somewhat deceptively titled in that the only theses going as far back as 1716 are those few listed for Glasgow University.Ex: Modern abstracting can be traced at least as far back as the beginning of printing, and with a liberal definition of the term, much farther than that.Ex: Citation indexing originated with 'tables of cases cited', which date at least as far back as 1743.Ex: Interpretations of early Egyptian papyri, extending as far back as 1300 B.C., indicate that the bureaucratic states of antiquity recognized the importance of organization and administration.Ex: The tradition associating this rare medieval clerical undergarment with the English martyr is traceable to the late 14th or early 15th c.Ex: The third point is one that harks back to the chapter on peer influences.Ex: The story of disjointness stretches back to the dawn of communication complexity. -
22 salvaje
adj.1 wild (animal, terreno).el salvaje oeste the wild West2 savage (pueblo, tribu).3 brutal, savage (cruel, brutal).f. & m.1 savage (primitivo).2 brute (bruto).unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant* * *► adjetivo2 (animal) wild3 (pueblo, tribu) savage, uncivilized5 (bruto) uncouth, boorish6 figurado (incontrolado) haphazard, uncontrolled1 (no civilizado) savage2 figurado (violento) savage3 (bruto) brute, boor* * *1. noun mf. 2. adj.1) savage2) wild* * *1. ADJ1) [planta, animal, tierra] wild2) (=no autorizado) [huelga] unofficial, wildcat; [construcción] unauthorized3) [pueblo, tribu] savage4) (=brutal) savage, brutalun salvaje asesinato — a brutal o savage murder
5) LAm * (=estupendo) terrific *, smashing *2.SMF (lit, fig) savage* * *I1)a) < animal> wildc) <vegetación/terreno> wild2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savageII* * *= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.Ex. The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.Ex. The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.Ex. The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.Ex. I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.----* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].* gato salvaje = feral cat.* monte salvaje = backcountry.* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.* vida salvaje = wildlife.* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.* * *I1)a) < animal> wildc) <vegetación/terreno> wild2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savageII* * *= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.Ex: The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.Ex: The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.Ex: The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.Ex: I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].* gato salvaje = feral cat.* monte salvaje = backcountry.* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.* vida salvaje = wildlife.* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.* * *A1 ‹animal› wild2 (primitivo) ‹tribu› savage3 ‹vegetación/terreno› wildB (cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal; ‹ataque/matanza› savagehay que ser salvaje para decirle eso a una pobre anciana ( fam); you have to be pretty cruel o brutal o nasty to say a thing like that to an old lady ( colloq)se vuelve muy salvaje cuando está borracho he gets very vicious o brutal when he's drunkC ‹construcción› uncontrolled, illegal; ‹camping› unauthorizedpara controlar la colocación salvaje de carteles to control illegal o unauthorized bill posting1 (primitivo) savagete comportaste como un salvaje you behaved like a savage o an animal* * *
salvaje adjetivo
1
2 ( cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal;
‹ataque/matanza› savage
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage;
( bruto) (pey) animal, savage
salvaje
I adjetivo
1 Bot Zool wild: el tigre es un animal salvaje, the tiger is a wild animal
2 (terreno) uncultivated
3 (cultura, tribu) savage
4 (comportamiento) cruel, brutal
5 (incontrolable, imparable) huelga salvaje, protracted strike
6 pey (inculto, maleducado) uncouth
(zoquete) thick: no seas salvaje, claro que fue Colón, don't be so thick, of course it was Columbus
II m, f
1savage
2 fam (bruto) animal, savage
' salvaje' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brava
- bravo
- lado
- selvática
- selvático
- bestia
- indomable
English:
abundance
- frazzled
- loose
- rice
- savage
- savagely
- wild
- wilderness
- wildness
- cut
- vicious
* * *♦ adj1. [animal] wild2. [planta, terreno] wild3. [pueblo, tribu] savage4. [cruel, brutal] brutal, savage;se escuchó una explosión salvaje there was a massive explosion;el capitalismo salvaje ruthless capitalismuna huelga salvaje an unofficial strike, a wildcat strike;vertidos salvajes illegal dumping♦ nmf1. [primitivo] savage2. [bruto] brute;unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant;la salvaje de tu hermana ha suspendido todas las asignaturas your thick sister has failed every subject;es un salvaje, se comió un pollo él sólo he's an animal, he ate a whole chicken by himself;eres un salvaje, ¿cómo tratas así a tu madre? you're a monster, how can you treat your mother like that?* * *I adj1 animal wild2 ( bruto) brutalII m/f savage* * *salvaje adj1) : wildanimales salvajes: wild animals2) : savage, cruel3) : primitive, uncivilizedsalvaje nmf: savage* * *salvaje adj1. (animal) wild2. (tribu) savage -
23 rueda de la fortuna, la
(n.) = wheel of fortune, the, fortune's wheelEx. The continual cycle of change is represented by the wheel of fortune, in which good and evil, luck and ruin, harmony and discord perpetually wax and wane.Ex. Fortune's wheel first appears in classical antiquity as a metaphor for the vicissitudes of life for it raises the hopeful and abases the proud. -
24 vejestorio
m.1 old codger or(informal pejorative).2 old thing or relic. ( Latin American Spanish)3 antique object, old crock, antiquity.4 old-fashioned fellow, old crock.* * *1 familiar peyorativo old dodderer, old crock* * *SM pey old dodderer *, old crock ** * *a) (fam) ( persona)b) (AmL fam) ( cosa) old relic (colloq), piece of old junk (colloq)* * *= old fart.Ex. Old farts are everywhere, and they bring with them the ghosts of the past -- ghosts that are long dead and need to remain so.* * *a) (fam) ( persona)b) (AmL fam) ( cosa) old relic (colloq), piece of old junk (colloq)* * *= old fart.Ex: Old farts are everywhere, and they bring with them the ghosts of the past -- ghosts that are long dead and need to remain so.
* * *1 ( fam)(persona): ese guardameta es un vejestorio that goalkeeper is an old relic o ( BrE) an old crock ( colloq)* * *
vejestorio sustantivo masculinoa) (fam) ( persona):
vejestorio m fam pey very old person, dodderer
* * *vejestorio nmFam Pey1. [persona] old codger o Br crock2. Am [cosa] old thing o relic* * *m famold fossil fam, old relic fam -
25 ancianidad
f.1 old age.2 antiquity.* * *1 old age* * *SF old age* * *femenino old age* * *femenino old age* * *old age* * *ancianidad nfold age* * *f old age* * *ancianidad nfsenectud: old age -
26 rancidez SF
1) [de vino] age, mellowness; [de mantequilla, tocino] staleness2) (=antigüedad) great age, antiquity; pey antiquatedness -
27 ranciedad SF
1) [de vino] age, mellowness; [de mantequilla, tocino] staleness2) (=antigüedad) great age, antiquity; pey antiquatedness -
28 antigóјedad
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29 rueda de la fortuna
wheel of fortune* * *la rueda de la fortuna(n.) = wheel of fortune, the, fortune's wheelEx: The continual cycle of change is represented by the wheel of fortune, in which good and evil, luck and ruin, harmony and discord perpetually wax and wane.
Ex: Fortune's wheel first appears in classical antiquity as a metaphor for the vicissitudes of life for it raises the hopeful and abases the proud. -
30 antigüedad
• ancient history• ancient times• antique• antique object• antiquity• curio• days of yore• rarity• relic• senior student• seniority premium -
31 vejestorio
• antique object• antiquity• old crock• old-fashioned fellow -
32 vetustez
• ancientness• antiquity• great act• great age• great anteater
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