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arresting

  • 1 desmovilización

    • arresting
    • demob
    • demobilization
    • paralyzation
    • stoppage

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > desmovilización

  • 2 oficial de policía que conduce el arresto

    • arresting officer

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > oficial de policía que conduce el arresto

  • 3 llamativo

    adj.
    showy, attractive, striking, appealing.
    * * *
    1 showy, flashy
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    (f. - llamativa)
    adj.
    showy, striking
    * * *
    ADJ (=vistoso) [color] loud, bright
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < color> bright; <mujer/vestido> striking
    * * *
    = eye-catching, remarkable, catchy [catchier -comp., catchiest -sup.], arresting, slick, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], appealing, flamboyant.
    Ex. Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex. SilverPlatter is about to bring to market a new product with a catchy acronym, 'AgRIC'.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex. Whether conceived as a bookmark, newspaper tabloid, balloon, slick booklet, or some other format, the client-directed annual report conveys not only the information itself but also the intent to focus on the client's interest.
    Ex. In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex. The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < color> bright; <mujer/vestido> striking
    * * *
    = eye-catching, remarkable, catchy [catchier -comp., catchiest -sup.], arresting, slick, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], appealing, flamboyant.

    Ex: Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.

    Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex: SilverPlatter is about to bring to market a new product with a catchy acronym, 'AgRIC'.
    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex: Whether conceived as a bookmark, newspaper tabloid, balloon, slick booklet, or some other format, the client-directed annual report conveys not only the information itself but also the intent to focus on the client's interest.
    Ex: In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex: The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.

    * * *
    ‹color› bright; ‹mujer› striking
    el plumaje llamativo del guacamayo the striking plumage of the macaw
    siempre se viste con ropa llamativa she always wears flamboyant clothes
    ponte algo menos llamativo wear something less conspicuous o flamboyant
    * * *

    llamativo
    ◊ -va adjetivo ‹ color› bright;


    ‹mujer/vestido› striking
    llamativo,-a adjetivo
    1 (sugerente) eye-catching
    (ostentoso) un vestido demasidado llamativo, a flashy dress
    2 (persona) striking
    ' llamativo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flamante
    - llamativa
    English:
    arresting
    - conspicuous
    - eyecatching
    - high profile
    - jazzy
    - striking
    - bold
    - eye
    - flamboyant
    - flashy
    - loud
    - sassy
    - showy
    * * *
    llamativo, -a adj
    [color] bright, gaudy; [ropa] showy, flamboyant
    * * *
    adj eyecatching; color loud
    * * *
    llamativo, -va adj
    : flashy, showy, striking
    * * *
    1. (que llama la atención) eye catching
    2. (color) bright

    Spanish-English dictionary > llamativo

  • 4 contundente

    adj.
    1 blunt (arma, objeto).
    2 convincing, decisive, forceful, conclusive.
    * * *
    1 (arma) blunt
    2 figurado (categórico) convincing, overwhelming, weighty
    ■ un "no" contundente a firm "no"
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    ADJ
    1) [arma] offensive; [instrumento] blunt
    2) (=aplastante) [argumento] forceful, convincing; [prueba] conclusive; [derrota, victoria] crushing, overwhelming; [tono] forceful; [efecto, método] severe; [arbitraje] strict, severe; [juego] tough, hard, aggressive
    * * *
    a) <objeto/instrumento> blunt; < golpe> severe, heavy
    b) <argumento/respuesta> forceful; < prueba> convincing; < victoria> resounding; < fracaso> crushing
    * * *
    = assertive, cogent, vociferous, vocal, forthright, uncompromising, categorical, unequivocal, categoric, unmitigaged, arresting, power-packed.
    Ex. I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex. Children's librarians must plan to meet children's needs, and must be able to articulate the philosophy of children's library services in cogent terms.
    Ex. The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.
    Ex. Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex. We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.
    Ex. The exhaustive and unequivocal definition of the nature and types of material qualifying to be described as ephemera could probably form the basis of a learned dissertation.
    Ex. The question of the need for categoric assurances is not locked into a 12 month timeframe or any other timeframe.
    Ex. Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex. Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.
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    * demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * pruebas contundentes = hard evidence.
    * * *
    a) <objeto/instrumento> blunt; < golpe> severe, heavy
    b) <argumento/respuesta> forceful; < prueba> convincing; < victoria> resounding; < fracaso> crushing
    * * *
    = assertive, cogent, vociferous, vocal, forthright, uncompromising, categorical, unequivocal, categoric, unmitigaged, arresting, power-packed.

    Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.

    Ex: Children's librarians must plan to meet children's needs, and must be able to articulate the philosophy of children's library services in cogent terms.
    Ex: The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.
    Ex: Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex: We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.
    Ex: The exhaustive and unequivocal definition of the nature and types of material qualifying to be described as ephemera could probably form the basis of a learned dissertation.
    Ex: The question of the need for categoric assurances is not locked into a 12 month timeframe or any other timeframe.
    Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.
    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex: Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.
    * demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * pruebas contundentes = hard evidence.

    * * *
    1 ‹objeto/instrumento› blunt
    fue golpeado con un objeto contundente he was hit with a blunt instrument
    le asestó un golpe contundente he dealt her a severe o heavy blow
    2 ‹argumento› forceful, convincing; ‹prueba› convincing, conclusive; ‹victoria› resounding ( before n); ‹fracaso› crushing, overwhelming
    el candidato fue elegido de forma contundente the candidate was elected by an overwhelming majority
    hizo un ademán contundente he made an emphatic gesture
    fue contundente en sus declaraciones he was most emphatic o categorical in his statements
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    contundente adjetivo
    a) ‹objeto/instrumento› blunt;

    ‹ golpe› severe, heavy
    b) ‹argumento/respuesta› forceful;

    ‹ prueba› convincing;
    ‹fracaso/victoria› resounding ( before n);

    contundente adjetivo
    1 (convincente) convincing
    (concluyente) conclusive
    2 (golpe) heavy
    (objeto) blunt
    ' contundente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tajante
    English:
    forcible
    - hard-hitting
    - sound
    - stunning
    - telling
    - blunt
    - clinch
    - decisive
    * * *
    1. [arma, objeto] blunt;
    lanzaron objetos contundentes contra la policía they threw heavy objects at the police
    2. [golpe] heavy;
    3. [razonamiento, argumento] forceful, convincing;
    [prueba] conclusive, convincing; [victoria] comprehensive, resounding;
    la empresa dio una respuesta contundente a los huelguistas the company dealt with the strikers decisively;
    se mostró contundente al exigir la dimisión del secretario general he was quite categorical in demanding the resignation of the general secretary
    * * *
    adj arma blunt; fig: derrota overwhelming
    * * *
    1) : blunt
    un objeto contundente: a blunt instrument
    2) : forceful, convincing

    Spanish-English dictionary > contundente

  • 5 fascinante

    adj.
    fascinating.
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    1 fascinating
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    adjetivo fascinating
    * * *
    = fascinating, intriguing, enthralling, piquant, entrancing, arresting, face-melting, mind-blowing.
    Ex. Further, classification and the network of relationships between subjects can be a fascinating study in itself, even devoid of any applications.
    Ex. Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    Ex. This novel is still as fresh and vivid and fascinating and enthralling as it was when I was fifteen years old.
    Ex. The causes of this interest differ from one man to another; it may be the beautiful, the terrible, the awe-inspiring, the exhilarating, the pathetic, the comic, or the merely piquant.
    Ex. The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex. You can think of Homer as a badass literary ninja who wailed out a lyre solo so face-melting that it was remembered for the rest of history, and then dropped a smoke bomb and back-flipped out of sight forever.
    Ex. The implications of this are mind-blowing, since oil provides 40 per cent of all energy.
    ----
    * misterio fascinante = intriguing mystery.
    * * *
    adjetivo fascinating
    * * *
    = fascinating, intriguing, enthralling, piquant, entrancing, arresting, face-melting, mind-blowing.

    Ex: Further, classification and the network of relationships between subjects can be a fascinating study in itself, even devoid of any applications.

    Ex: Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    Ex: This novel is still as fresh and vivid and fascinating and enthralling as it was when I was fifteen years old.
    Ex: The causes of this interest differ from one man to another; it may be the beautiful, the terrible, the awe-inspiring, the exhilarating, the pathetic, the comic, or the merely piquant.
    Ex: The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.
    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex: You can think of Homer as a badass literary ninja who wailed out a lyre solo so face-melting that it was remembered for the rest of history, and then dropped a smoke bomb and back-flipped out of sight forever.
    Ex: The implications of this are mind-blowing, since oil provides 40 per cent of all energy.
    * misterio fascinante = intriguing mystery.

    * * *
    fascinating
    * * *

    fascinante adjetivo
    fascinating
    fascinador,-ora, fascinante adjetivo fascinating: es un hombre fascinante, he's a fascinating man
    fue una experiencia fascinadora, it was a fascinating experience
    ' fascinante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fascinador
    - fascinadora
    - mágica
    - mágico
    English:
    absorbing
    - enthralling
    - fascinating
    - intriguing
    - quite
    - riveting
    - spell
    * * *
    fascinating
    * * *
    adj fascinating
    * * *
    : fascinating
    * * *
    fascinante adj fascinating

    Spanish-English dictionary > fascinante

  • 6 sensacional

    adj.
    sensational.
    * * *
    1 sensational
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo sensational

    sensacionales rebajas! — sensational o fantastic reductions!

    * * *
    = dynamite, show-stopping [showstopping], arresting, spectacular, awesome, stunning, great, swell.
    Ex. Administrators usually do not know that a central serials file is dynamite.
    Ex. But such tools can be the difference between a system slowdown and a show-stopping disaster.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex. There were some quite spectacular success stories reported of SLIS exporting their IT talents to the rest of the institution.
    Ex. In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex. The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.
    Ex. Click on 'add new experience', provide as much details as you can, and let us know why you think they are so great.
    Ex. I was reading this book in anticipatian of the movie and it was swell, it was so good I read it two days straight.
    ----
    * algo sensacional = show-stopper [showstopper].
    * * *
    adjetivo sensational

    sensacionales rebajas! — sensational o fantastic reductions!

    * * *
    = dynamite, show-stopping [showstopping], arresting, spectacular, awesome, stunning, great, swell.

    Ex: Administrators usually do not know that a central serials file is dynamite.

    Ex: But such tools can be the difference between a system slowdown and a show-stopping disaster.
    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex: There were some quite spectacular success stories reported of SLIS exporting their IT talents to the rest of the institution.
    Ex: In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex: The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.
    Ex: Click on 'add new experience', provide as much details as you can, and let us know why you think they are so great.
    Ex: I was reading this book in anticipatian of the movie and it was swell, it was so good I read it two days straight.
    * algo sensacional = show-stopper [showstopper].

    * * *
    sensational
    ¿qué tal la película? — sensacional how was the movie? — sensational o marvelous
    [ S ] ¡sensacionales rebajas! sensational o fantastic reductions!
    * * *

    sensacional adjetivo
    sensational
    sensacional adjetivo sensational
    ' sensacional' also found in these entries:
    English:
    sensational
    - stunning
    - great
    - hell
    * * *
    sensational
    * * *
    adj sensational
    * * *
    : sensational
    * * *
    sensacional adj sensational

    Spanish-English dictionary > sensacional

  • 7 atractivo2

    2 = attractive, glamorous, glossy [glossier -comp., glossiest -sup.], inviting, appetising [appetizing, -USA], handsome [handsomer -comp., handsomest -sup.], engaging, dashing, personable, arresting, magnetic, enticing, good looking, winning, appealing, endearing, fancied, sizzling, glam, comely [comelier -comp., comeliest -sup.].
    Ex. A particularly attractive feature of the notation is the expressiveness of the notation.
    Ex. Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.
    Ex. On the other hand, credibility relates less to glossy brochure futuristics than to tested areas of application.
    Ex. An easy and inviting route to the entrance needs to be unambiguously defined.
    Ex. This is not a very appetizing thought for anyone who wishes to play a key role in the operations of the library.
    Ex. All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.
    Ex. The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.
    Ex. Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.
    Ex. Mr Berman, who is a very personable and enthusiastic librarian, certainly comes across.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex. It is the duty of the library staff to make the institution magnetic.
    Ex. The article 'Library scavenger hunts: a way out of the bewilderness' describes the use of library scavenger hunts to teach high school and college students research strategies and to make library use both enticing and enriching.
    Ex. Our library and some others have prevailed upon a local vendor to prepare good looking, durable packaging for cassettes which makes them perfectly accommodative to the ordinary bookshelves.
    Ex. Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.
    Ex. The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.
    Ex. Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex. The convention failed to reach an agreement on any of the more fancied candidates.
    Ex. He had a sizzling, electric stage presence.
    Ex. Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.
    Ex. He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.
    ----
    * de un modo atractivo = appealingly.
    * hacer atractivo = endear.
    * parecer atractivo = look + attractive.
    * poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.
    * resultar atractivo = prove + attractive.
    * ser atractivo = look + attractive, be popular in appeal.
    * sin atractivo = unattractive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > atractivo2

  • 8 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

    ‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
    ‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
    ‹ información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 9 contrabajo

    f. & m.
    double-bass player (instrumentista).
    m.
    1 double-bass (instrument).
    2 double bass, bass, bass fiddle, bass viol.
    3 contrabass player, contrabassist.
    * * *
    1 (instrumento) double bass
    2 (voz) low bass
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (=instrumento) double bass
    2) (=cantante, voz) low bass, contrabasso
    2.
    SMF (=músico) double bass player, double bassist
    * * *
    I
    masculino ( instrumento) double bass; ( cantante) basso profundo
    II
    masculino y femenino double-bass player
    * * *
    = bass.
    Ex. Russian singer Vladimir Ognovenko is one of the most arresting basses on the opera scene today.
    * * *
    I
    masculino ( instrumento) double bass; ( cantante) basso profundo
    II
    masculino y femenino double-bass player
    * * *
    = bass.

    Ex: Russian singer Vladimir Ognovenko is one of the most arresting basses on the opera scene today.

    * * *
    1 (instrumento) double bass
    2 (cantante) basso profundo
    double-bass player, double bassist
    * * *

    contrabajo sustantivo masculino ( instrumento) double bass;
    ( cantante) basso profundo
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    double-bass player
    contrabajo sustantivo masculino double bass
    ' contrabajo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bajo
    English:
    bass
    - double bass
    - double
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [instrumento] double bass
    2. [voz] basso profundo, deep bass
    ♦ nmf
    [instrumentista] double-bass player, double bassist
    * * *
    m double bass
    * * *
    : double bass
    * * *
    contrabajo n double bass

    Spanish-English dictionary > contrabajo

  • 10 desconcertado

    adj.
    disconcerted, confused, at a loss, at wits end.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desconcertar.
    * * *
    1 disconcerted, confused, upset
    * * *
    (f. - desconcertada)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disconcerted
    * * *
    = bewildered, disconcertedly, nonplussed [nonplused], in a fog.
    Ex. The man stared at her, as if bewildered.
    Ex. A man was drying out postcards in the sun to sell to the few foreign tourist wandering disconcertedly though the wreckage and rubble.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    ----
    * de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disconcerted
    * * *
    = bewildered, disconcertedly, nonplussed [nonplused], in a fog.

    Ex: The man stared at her, as if bewildered.

    Ex: A man was drying out postcards in the sun to sell to the few foreign tourist wandering disconcertedly though the wreckage and rubble.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    * de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.

    * * *
    disconcerted
    se quedó un momento desconcertado he was momentarily taken aback o disconcerted
    me miró desconcertada she looked at me, rather disconcerted o confused o puzzled o nonplussed
    * * *

    Del verbo desconcertar: ( conjugate desconcertar)

    desconcertado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desconcertado    
    desconcertar
    desconcertado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    disconcerted;
    quedarse desconcertado to be taken aback
    desconcertar ( conjugate desconcertar) verbo transitivo
    to disconcert;
    su respuesta me desconcertó I was disconcerted by her reply
    desconcertado,-a adjetivo su reacción me dejó desconcertado, I was taken aback by his reaction
    desconcertar verbo transitivo to disconcert: los últimos hallazgos han desconcertado a los investigadores, the lastest discoveries have puzzled the researchers

    ' desconcertado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - confuso
    - desconcertar
    - desconcertada
    - parada
    - parado
    English:
    aback
    - bewildered
    - bewildering
    - disconcerted
    - downright
    - mystify
    - vexed
    - nonplused
    * * *
    desconcertado, -a adj
    disconcerted;
    estar desconcertado to be disconcerted o thrown;
    quedarse desconcertado to be taken aback
    * * *
    adj disconcerted

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconcertado

  • 11 deslumbrante2

    2 = dazzling, bedazzling, blazing, arresting, stunning.
    Ex. It was a grand day, one of those dazzling spectacular blue and gold days of early fall.
    Ex. He is a skillful raconteur, his writing is wonderfully entertaining and his message is controversial, bedazzling, savvy, disquieting... yet optimistic.
    Ex. Marie-Nicole Lemieux in the title role provides a blazing star performance.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex. The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.

    Spanish-English dictionary > deslumbrante2

  • 12 elocuencia

    f.
    eloquence.
    * * *
    1 eloquence
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino eloquence
    * * *
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    * * *
    femenino eloquence
    * * *

    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

    * * *
    eloquence
    expresarse con elocuencia to express oneself eloquently
    las cifras lo expresan con elocuencia the figures show this very clearly, the figures speak for themselves o are eloquent
    * * *

    elocuencia sustantivo femenino
    eloquence;

    elocuencia sustantivo femenino eloquence

    ' elocuencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrollador
    English:
    eloquence
    * * *
    1. [de persona, discurso, declaraciones] eloquence;
    hablar con elocuencia to speak eloquently
    2. [de sonrisa, mirada, gesto] eloquence, meaningfulness;
    [de silencio, hechos, imágenes] eloquence
    * * *
    f eloquence
    * * *
    : eloquence

    Spanish-English dictionary > elocuencia

  • 13 hablar sin parar

    (v.) = burble on
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    * * *
    (v.) = burble on

    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablar sin parar

  • 14 no percatarse de la importancia de Algo

    (v.) = have + no feeling for
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + no feeling for

    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no percatarse de la importancia de Algo

  • 15 parlachín

    = burbler, talkative, chattery.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex. Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.
    Ex. He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
    * * *
    = burbler, talkative, chattery.

    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

    Ex: Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.
    Ex: He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > parlachín

  • 16 pelma

    f. & m.
    bore, dull person.
    * * *
    1 familiar bore
    * * *
    1.
    SMF * bore

    ¡no seas pelma! — don't be such a bore!

    2.
    SM lump, solid mass
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino (Esp fam) pelmazo I, II
    * * *
    = bore.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino (Esp fam) pelmazo I, II
    * * *
    = bore.

    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

    * * *
    adj/mf
    ( Esp fam) pelmazo1 (↑ pelmazo (1)), pelmazo2 (↑ pelmazo (2))
    * * *

    pelma
    I adjetivo annoying, boring: ¡no seas pelma!, don't be such a bore
    II mf pain in the neck
    ' pelma' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    campeonato
    - machacón
    - machacona
    English:
    bore
    - boring
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    annoying, tiresome
    ♦ nmf
    bore, pain
    * * *
    I adj annoying
    II m/f pain fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > pelma

  • 17 pelmazo

    adj.
    dunce.
    m.
    bore, dunce, drag.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar→ link=pelma pelma
    * * *
    (f. - pelmaza)
    noun
    * * *
    pelmazo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ boring
    2.
    SMF bore
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) boring
    II
    masculino (fam) bore
    * * *
    = bore.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) boring
    II
    masculino (fam) bore
    * * *
    = bore.

    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

    * * *
    ( fam); boring
    ¡qué típo más pelmazo! that guy's such a bore! ( colloq)
    ( fam)
    bore
    * * *

    pelmazo
    ◊ -za adjetivo (fam) boring

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) bore

    * * *
    pelmazo, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    annoying, tiresome
    ♦ nm,f
    bore, pain
    * * *
    I adj annoying
    II m, pelmaza f fam
    pain fam
    * * *
    pelmazo adj bore
    ¡qué pelmazo! he's such a bore!

    Spanish-English dictionary > pelmazo

  • 18 perplejo

    adj.
    baffled, at a loss, amazed, astonished.
    * * *
    1 perplexed
    * * *
    ADJ perplexed, puzzled

    dejar a algn perplejo — to perplex sb, puzzle sb

    se quedó perplejo un momento — he hesitated a moment, he looked perplexed for a moment

    * * *
    - ja adjetivo perplexed, puzzled

    estar perplejo con algo — to be puzzled o perplexed by something

    * * *
    = nonplussed [nonplused], gobsmacked, at sea.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    ----
    * dejar perplejo = puzzle, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus.
    * tener perplejo = stump.
    * * *
    - ja adjetivo perplexed, puzzled

    estar perplejo con algo — to be puzzled o perplexed by something

    * * *
    = nonplussed [nonplused], gobsmacked, at sea.

    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.

    Ex: Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    * dejar perplejo = puzzle, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus.
    * tener perplejo = stump.

    * * *
    perplexed, puzzled, confused
    estaba perplejo con los resultados del experimento he was puzzled o perplexed o confused o baffled by the results of the experiment
    * * *

    perplejo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    perplexed, puzzled;
    estar perplejo con algo to be puzzled o perplexed by sth
    perplejo,-a adjetivo bewildered, perplexed: se quedó perplejo, he was puzzled

    ' perplejo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fría
    - frío
    - perpleja
    - aturdir
    English:
    bemused
    - fox
    - mystify
    - perplexed
    - puzzle
    - stump
    - throw
    - baffled
    - perplex
    - puzzled
    * * *
    perplejo, -a adj
    perplexed, bewildered;
    la noticia me dejó perplejo the news perplexed o bewildered me
    * * *
    adj puzzled, perplexed
    * * *
    perplejo, -ja adj
    : perplexed, puzzled
    * * *
    perplejo adj puzzled

    Spanish-English dictionary > perplejo

  • 19 peñazo

    m.
    bore.
    * * *
    1 familiar pain
    * * *
    masculino (Esp fam)
    * * *
    = bore.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    ----
    * ser un peñazo = be a pain in the ass, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.
    * * *
    masculino (Esp fam)
    * * *
    = bore.

    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

    * ser un peñazo = be a pain in the ass, be a pain the neck, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam)
    ese tío es un peñazo that guy is a bore o a pain ( colloq)
    deja de dar el peñazo stop hassling me ( colloq), quit bugging me ( AmE colloq)
    * * *
    Esp Fam bore;
    es un peñazo de libro the book's deadly boring;
    ¡no seas peñazo! don't be such a bore o so boring!
    * * *
    m fam
    pain (in the neck) fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > peñazo

  • 20 plomazo

    m.
    1 lead shot wound.
    2 gun shot, discharge, pistol shot.
    * * *
    1 familiar bore
    * * *
    SM
    1) * (=pelmazo) bore
    2) CAm, Méx (=tiro) shot; (=herida) bullet wound
    * * *
    1) (fam) ( persona) bore (colloq)
    2) (Méx fam) ( balazo) shot
    * * *
    = bore.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    ----
    * ser un plomazo = be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.
    * * *
    1) (fam) ( persona) bore (colloq)
    2) (Méx fam) ( balazo) shot
    * * *
    = bore.

    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

    * ser un plomazo = be a pain the neck, be a pain in the ass, be a pain in the arse, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the proverbials.

    * * *
    A ( fam) (persona) bore ( colloq)
    esa tipa es un plomazo that girl's a real bore, that girl's as dull as ditchwater
    la película es un plomazo the movie's deadly boring ( colloq), the movie's lethally boring o lethal ( AmE colloq)
    B
    ( Méx fam) (balazo): lo mataron de un plomazo en la cabeza they shot him in the head
    sacaron las pistolas y empezaron los plomazos they drew their pistols and bullets began to fly
    no se mueva o le meto un plomazo don't move or I'll shoot
    * * *
    Fam
    1. [persona, libro, película] bore
    2. Méx [balazo] bullet wound

    Spanish-English dictionary > plomazo

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