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21 agudo
adj.1 sharp, smart, keen, astute.2 intense, severe, fierce, excruciating.3 high-pitched, sharp, shrill, piping.4 acute, clever, keen, insightful.5 witty, clever.6 pointed, acute, sharp-edged.7 acute.8 oxytone, accented in the last syllable, oxytonic, with a stronger phonetic accent on last syllable.Acordeón es una palabra aguda "Acordeon" is accented in the last syllable...m.high-pitch note, treble.* * *► adjetivo1 (afilado) sharp2 (dolor) acute5 (voz) high-pitched6 (sonido) treble, high* * *(f. - aguda)adj.1) sharp, acute2) high, high-pitched3) clever, witty* * *ADJ1) (=afilado) [filo] sharp; [instrumento] sharp, pointed2) (=intenso) [enfermedad, dolor] acute; [acento] acute3) [ángulo] acute4) (=incisivo) [mente, sentido] sharp, keen; [ingenio] ready, lively; [crítica] penetrating; [observación] smart, clever; [pregunta] acute, searching5) (=gracioso) witty6) (Mús) [nota] high, high-pitched; [voz, sonido] piercing* * *- da adjetivo1)a) <filo/punta> sharpb) < ángulo> acute2)a) <voz/sonido> high-pitched; < nota> highb) < dolor> ( duradero) intense, acute; ( momentáneo) sharpc) < crisis> severed) <aumento/descenso> sharp3)a) ( perspicaz) < persona> quick-witted, sharp; < comentario> shrewdb) ( gracioso) <comentario/persona> wittyc) <sentido/instinto> sharp* * *= keen [keener -comp., keenest -sup.], sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], perceptive, acute, searing, stinging, heightened, high-pitched, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, pointy [pointier -comp., pointiest - sup.].Ex. Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex. The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.Ex. As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.Ex. She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.Ex. So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.----* acento agudo = acute.* de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.* dolor agudo = twinge.* Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad, a bad case of + Enfermedad.* infección aguda = acute infection.* miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis.* SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).* * *- da adjetivo1)a) <filo/punta> sharpb) < ángulo> acute2)a) <voz/sonido> high-pitched; < nota> highb) < dolor> ( duradero) intense, acute; ( momentáneo) sharpc) < crisis> severed) <aumento/descenso> sharp3)a) ( perspicaz) < persona> quick-witted, sharp; < comentario> shrewdb) ( gracioso) <comentario/persona> wittyc) <sentido/instinto> sharp* * *= keen [keener -comp., keenest -sup.], sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], perceptive, acute, searing, stinging, heightened, high-pitched, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, pointy [pointier -comp., pointiest - sup.].Ex: Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.
Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.Ex: As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.Ex: So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.* acento agudo = acute.* de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.* dolor agudo = twinge.* Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad, a bad case of + Enfermedad.* infección aguda = acute infection.* miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis.* SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).* * *agudo -daA1 ‹filo/punta› sharp2 ‹ángulo› acuteB1 ‹voz› high-pitched; (irritante) shrill; ‹sonido› high-pitched; (irritante) piercing; ‹nota› high2 ‹dolor› (duradero) intense, acute; (momentáneo) sharp3 ‹crisis› severe4 ‹aumento/descenso› sharpun agudo descenso del índice de mortalidad a sharp fall in the death rateC1 (perspicaz) ‹persona› quick-witted, sharp; ‹observación/comentario› shrewd; ‹pregunta› shrewd, searching2 (gracioso) ‹comentario/persona› witty3 ‹vista› sharp; ‹oído› sharp, acute; ‹sentido/instinto› keen, sharpD1 ‹palabra› stressed on the last syllable2 ‹acento› acute* * *
agudo◊ -da adjetivo
1
2
‹ nota› high
( momentáneo) sharp
3
‹ comentario› shrewd
agudo,-a adjetivo
1 (sensación, enfermedad) acute
2 (tono de voz) high-pitched
(sonido) treble, high
3 (ingenioso) witty
4 (oído, vista, olfato) sharp, keen
' agudo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguda
- fina
- fino
- ingeniosa
- ingenioso
- lista
- listo
- sagaz
- estridente
- ladino
- pinchazo
- pitido
- quejido
English:
acute
- crack
- high
- high-pitched
- keen
- piping
- quick
- quick-witted
- raging
- sharp
- shrill
- witty
- yap
* * *agudo, -a♦ adj1. [filo, punta] sharp2. [vista, olfato] keen3. [crisis, problema, enfermedad] serious, acute4. [dolor] intense;sentí un dolor agudo al mover el brazo I felt a sharp pain when I moved my arm5. [sonido, voz] high, high-pitched6. [perspicaz] [persona] sharp, shrewd;[ingenio] keen, sharp7. [ingenioso] witty;estás muy agudo you're on form o very witty today;Irónico¡muy agudo! [cuando algo no es gracioso] very clever o funny!;[cuando algo es evidente] very observant!♦ nmagudos [sonidos] treble* * *adj1 acute2 ( afilado) sharp3 sonido high-pitched4 ( perspicaz) sharp5 LING:acento agudo acute accent* * *agudo, -da adj1) : acute, sharp2) : shrill, high-pitched3) perspicaz: clever, shrewd* * *agudo adj1. (en general) sharp2. (sonido, voz) high / high pitched3. (ángulo, dolor) acute5. (sentido) keen6. (palabra)"sofá" es una palabra aguda the accent is on the last syllable in "sofá" -
22 súmmum
m.summit.* * *1 summit, acme\ser el súmmum (el colmo) to be the limit* * *SM height* * ** * *----* el súmmum = the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.* * ** * ** el súmmum = the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.* * *el súmmum the ultimateel súmmum de la suntuosidad the last word in o the ultimate in o the height of luxuryes el súmmum de la estupidez he's as stupid as they come ( colloq)* * *
súmmum sustantivo masculino the limit, the highest degree
♦ Locuciones: exclamación ¡esto es el súmmum!, this is the best!
* * *súmmum nmel súmmum de the height of;esto es el súmmum this is wonderful o magnificent;este hotel es el súmmum de la elegancia this hotel is the height of elegance;su hermana es el súmmum de la imbecilidad her sister's a complete and utter moron -
23 tonto
adj.1 silly, dull, empty-headed, foolish.2 silly, footling, foolish.3 useless, dumb.4 stupefied.m.fool, blockhead, dunce, idiot.* * *► adjetivo1 silly, stupid, US dumb■ ¡qué idea más tonta! what a stupid idea!► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fool, idiot\a tontas y a locas without rhyme or reasonhacer el tonto / hacer la tonta to act the foolhacerse el tonto / hacerse la tonta to play dumbponerse tonto,-a familiar to get stroppytonto,-a de remate / tonto,-a de capirote familiar prize idiotun,-a tonto,-a del bote familiar a right berk, a real twerp* * *1. (f. - tonta)noun2. (f. - tonta)adj.foolish, stupid* * *tonto, -a1. ADJ1) [persona]a) (=bobo) [dicho con afecto] silly; [dicho con enfado] stupidvenga, vente con nosotros, ¡no seas tonto! — come on, come with us, don't be silly!
¡qué tonto soy! — how silly o stupid of me!
¿tú te has creído que yo soy tonto?, ¿me tomas por tonto? — do you think I'm stupid?
b) [poco inteligente] stupid¡y parecía tonto! — and we thought he was stupid!
a lo tonto —
¿para qué esforzarse a lo tonto? — why go to all that trouble for nothing?
y a lo tonto, a lo tonto, se le pasó la mitad del día — and before he knew it, half the day had slipped by
a tontas y a locas —
piénsalo bien, no quiero que actúes/hables a tontas y a locas — think carefully, don't just do/say the first thing that comes into your head
esos jóvenes sin seso que solo hablan a tontas y a locas — these silly youngsters who chatter away without even thinking what they're saying
c) (=insolente) silly¡si te pones tonto no te vuelvo a traer al cine! — if you start being silly I won't take you to the cinema again!
d) (=torpe)hoy se me olvida todo, estoy como tonto — I keep forgetting things today, I'm out of it *
dejar a algn tonto — Esp to leave sb speechless
e) (=presumido) stuck-up *f) (Med) imbecilepelo 8)2) [risa, frase, accidente] silly¡qué fallo más tonto! — it was a really silly mistake!
caja 1)me pilló en una hora tonta y le presté el dinero — I wasn't thinking at that moment and I lent him the money
2. SM / F1) idiotsoy un tonto, ¡nunca debí haberla escuchado! — I'm such an idiot, I should never have listened to her!
allí estaba, riéndome como una tonta — there I was, laughing like an idiot
2) (Med) imbecile3. SM1) (Circo, Teat) clown, funny man* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) [SER] < persona> ( falto de inteligencia) stupid, dumb (colloq); ( ingenuo) sillyfui tan tonto como para decirle que sí — I was stupid o foolish enough to say yes
b) [ESTAR] ( intratable) difficult, silly; ( disgustado) upsetdejar tonto a alguien — (Esp fam) to leave somebody speechless
hacer tonto a alguien — (Chi fam) to fool somebody
2) <excusa/error/historia> sillyIIhacer el tonto — ( hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool; ( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself
hacerse el tonto — to act dumb
* * *= fool, witless, bonehead, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], imbecile, cretin, lemon, airheaded, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.* chica bonita y tonta = bimbo.* chiste tonto para desternillarse = knee slapper.* chiste tonto pero gracioso = knee slapper.* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.* guaperas tonto = himbo.* hacer el tonto = fool around, horse around/about.* hacerse el tonto = act + dumb.* no tener un pelo de tonto = there are no flies (on/about) + Pronombre.* risa tonta = giggle.* risita tonta = giggle.* rubia tonta = dumb blonde.* típica rubia tonta = bimbo.* típico guaperas tonto = himbo.* tonto de capirote = blockhead, prize idiot.* tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.* tonto del bote, tonto de remate, tonto del culo, tonto perdido, chiflado per = knucklehead.* tonto del cullo = arsehole [asshole, -USA].* tonto del culo = mug, prick, as daft as a brush, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto del pueblo, el = village fool, the.* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.* tonto de remate = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, prize idiot, knucklehead.* tonto genio = idiot savant.* tonto perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, knucklehead.* tontos /tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* * *A¡pero qué tonto eres! ¿de verdad te lo has creído? you idiot! did you really believe it?mírala … y parecía tonta look at her, and we thought she was stupid!no seas tonta, aprovecha ahora que puedes don't be silly! make the most of it while you cany él fue tan tonto como para decirle que sí and he was stupid o dumb o foolish enough to say yes2 [ ESTAR] (travieso) difficult, silly; (disgustado) upsetno me hagas caso, hoy estoy tonta don't take any notice of me, I'm in a funny mood todayse pone muy tonto siempre que hay visita he gets really silly o difficult when there are visitorsa lo tonto: a lo tonto, a lo tonto lleva ya ganados varios millones he's won several million just like that o without even tryinglo dijo a lo tonto y resulta que acertó it was a wild guess o he said it without thinking and it turned out to be righthablas a lo tonto you're talking through your hata tontas y a locas without thinkinggasta el dinero a tontas y a locas she spends money like there's no tomorrow ( colloq)ser más tonto que Abundio or que hecho de encargo or que una mata de habas ( Esp fam); to be as dumb as they come ( colloq), to be daft as a brush ( BrE colloq)B ‹excusa/error/historia› sillyfue una caída de lo más tonta pero ya ves, me rompí el tobillo it was such a silly o ridiculous fall but, as you see, I broke my anklemasculine, feminineeres un tonto por haberte dejado engañar así you're an idiot o a fool to let yourself be taken in like thathacer el tonto (hacer payasadas) to play o act the fool, to fool o clown around; (actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneselfhacerse el tonto to act dumbno te hagas la tonta, que sabes muy bien de lo que estoy hablando you know very well what I'm talking about so don't pretend you don't o so don't act dumble gusta/gustaba más que a un tonto una tiza or un lápiz or un palo ( Esp fam); he is/was crazy o nuts about it ( colloq)Compuestos:prize idiot, utter foolvillage idiotidealistic puppet o stooge* * *
tonto◊ -ta adjetivo
1
( ingenuo) silly
( disgustado) upset
2 ‹excusa/error/historia› silly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( falto de inteligencia) idiot, dummy (colloq);
( ingenuo) idiot, fool;
( actuar con necedad) to make a fool of oneself;◊ hacerse el tonto to act dumb
tonto,-a
I adjetivo silly, familiar dumb: ¿cómo pude ser tan tonto?, how could I be so stupid?
fue lo bastante tonto como para decirle la verdad, he was foolish enough to tell him the truth
una observación tonta, a trivial remark
II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool, idiot, familiar dummy
hacer el tonto, to play the fool
hacerse el tonto, to play dumb
tonto de remate, prize idiot
' tonto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bobalicón
- bobalicona
- boluda
- boludo
- burrada
- capirote
- definitivamente
- fatua
- fatuo
- hacer
- hombre
- manteca
- pelo
- perdida
- perdido
- remate
- simple
- tarugo
- todavía
- tonta
- tratar
- asno
- baboso
- gana
- ganso
- huevón
- idiota
- imbécil
- lelo
- lerdo
- mongólico
- necio
- pavo
- pendejo
- salame
- soquete
- tontear
- tontería
- zanahoria
English:
act
- asinine
- clot
- clown around
- dim
- do
- dozy
- dumb
- fool
- goof
- help
- idiotic
- lark about
- lark around
- mess about
- mess around
- muck about
- muck around
- need
- play
- prize
- silly
- soft-headed
- such
- thing
- daft
- foolish
- kind
- know
- stupid
- that
* * *tonto, -a♦ adj1. [persona] [estúpido] stupid;[menos fuerte] silly;pero ¿seré tonto? otra vez me he vuelto a confundir I must be stupid or something, I've gone and got it wrong again;nos toman por tontos they think we're idiots;¿estás tonto? ¿para qué me pegas? don't be stupid! what are you hitting me for?;no seas tonto, no hay por qué preocuparse don't be silly, there's no need to worry;ser más tonto que Abundio to be as thick as two short planks2. [retrasado mental] dim, backward3.[arrogante] to get awkward, Br to get stroppyponerse tonto [pesado, insistente] to be difficult;4. [sin sentido] [risa] mindless;[esfuerzo] pointless;fue una caída tonta it was so silly, falling over like that;a lo tonto: lo perdí a lo tonto I stupidly lost it;me tropecé a lo tonto I tripped over like an idiot;me he ido haciendo con una extensa colección de sellos a lo tonto I've built up a sizeable stamp collection without hardly realizing it♦ nm,fidiot;los listos y los tontos de la clase the bright ones and the dim ones in the class;el tonto del pueblo the village idiot;hacer el tonto [juguetear] to mess around;[no actuar con inteligencia] to be stupid o foolish;estoy haciendo el tonto intentando convencerle I'm wasting my time trying to convince him;hacerse el tonto to act innocent;a tontas y a locas without thinkingtonto útil useful idiot* * *I adj silly, foolishII m, tonta f fool, idiot;haba fam complete idiot;tonto del pueblo village idiot;hacer el tonto play the fool;hacerse el tonto act dumb fam ;a tontas y a locas in a slapdash way* * *tonto, -ta adj1) : dumb, stupid2) : silly3)a tontas y a locas : without thinking, haphazardlytonto, -ta n: fool, idiot* * *¡qué fallo más tonto! what a stupid mistake!tonto2 n fool / idiot -
24 Ojalá
conj.let's hope that, I hope that.intj.I hope so, hopefully, God grant, I wish.imperat.2nd person singular (vos) Imperative of Spanish verb: ojalar.* * *1 I hope so■ ¡ojalá sea verdad! I hope it's true!* * *interj.I hope, I wish, hopefully* * *1.EXCL-mañana puede que haga sol -¡ojalá! — "it might be sunny tomorrow" - "I hope so!" o "I hope it will be!"
-¿te darán el trabajo? -¡ojalá! — "will you get the job?" - "let's hope so!"
2. CONJ1)¡ojalá venga pronto! — I wish he'd come!, I hope he comes soon!
¡ojalá que gane la carrera! — let's hope she wins the race!
-¿vendrás con nosotros? -¡ojalá pudiera! — "will you come with us?" - "I wish I could!"
¡ojalá pudiera andar de nuevo! — if only he could walk again!
2) LAm (=aunque) even thoughno lo haré, ojalá me maten — I won't do it even if they kill me
* * ** * *= God willing.Ex. This is my last semester God willing and I have no idea what to expect after graduation.----* ¡Ojalá tuviera...! = I wish I had....* ¡Ojalá tuviese...! = I wish I had....* * ** * *= God willing.Ex: This is my last semester God willing and I have no idea what to expect after graduation.
* ¡Ojalá tuviera...! = I wish I had....* ¡Ojalá tuviese...! = I wish I had....* * *seguro que apruebas — ¡ojalá! I'm sure you'll pass — I hope so!parece que va a parar de llover — ¡ojalá! it looks as if it's going to stop raining — oh, I hope so! o oh, I wish it would! o if only!ojalá ( QUE) + SUBJ:¡ojalá que todo salga bien! let's hope everything turns out all right!¡ojalá se muera! I hope he drops dead!¡ojalá no caiga! I hope it doesn't fall!* * *
ojalá interjección:◊ seguro que apruebas — ¡ojalá! I'm sure you'll pass — I hope so!;
¡ojalá que todo salga bien! let's hope everything turns out all right!;
ojalá fuera rico! if only I were rich!, I wish I was rich!
ojalá exclamación
1 (como respuesta) let's hope so!
2 (+ subjuntivo) ¡ojalá venga mañana!, I hope she comes tomorrow!
' ojalá' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
así
English:
if
- wish
- would
- finger
* * *ojalá interjI hope so!;¿saldrá el sol? – ¡ojalá! will the sun come out? – I hope so!;¡ojalá lo haga! I hope she does it!;¡ojalá fuera viernes! I wish it was Friday!;¡ojalá que salga bien! I hope it goes well!* * *int:¡ojalá! let’s hope so;¡ojalá venga! I hope he comes;¡ojalá tuvieras razón! I only hope you’re right* * *ojalá interj1) : I hope so!, if only!, God willing!2) : I hope, I wish, hopefully¡ojalá que le vaya bien!: I hope things go well for her!¡ojalá no llueva!: hopefully it won't rain!* * *ojalá interj1. (quisiera) I wish / if only¡ojalá pudiera ir contigo! I wish I could go with you!¡ojalá estuvieras aquí! I wish you were here!2. (espero) I hope¡ojalá vengan pronto! I hope they come soon!¡ojalá llueva! I hope it rains! -
25 alcanzar la madurez
(v.) = come to + maturity, bring to + maturity, achieve + maturity, reach + maturityEx. It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.Ex. Music printing from movable type continued alongside plate printing, and was brought to maturity in the 1750s by J. G. I. Breitkopf.Ex. Becker concludes, pessimistically, that the library has 'no role to play in solving the problem of how non-college youth are to achieve maturity'.Ex. Even these sciences have their sceptics and it will be only when the science of information reaches a maturity of its own that one can use the name 'information technology' in any more than a loose way.* * *(v.) = come to + maturity, bring to + maturity, achieve + maturity, reach + maturityEx: It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.
Ex: Music printing from movable type continued alongside plate printing, and was brought to maturity in the 1750s by J. G. I. Breitkopf.Ex: Becker concludes, pessimistically, that the library has 'no role to play in solving the problem of how non-college youth are to achieve maturity'.Ex: Even these sciences have their sceptics and it will be only when the science of information reaches a maturity of its own that one can use the name 'information technology' in any more than a loose way. -
26 encontrarse cara a cara
(v.) = come + face to faceEx. If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.* * *(v.) = come + face to faceEx: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
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27 ser objeto de crítica
(v.) = attract + criticism, come in + for criticism, be under criticism, be subjected to + criticism, be (the) subject of/to criticism, take + heatEx. Some of the features of KWIC indexes that have attracted criticism may be rectified moderately easily.Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex. The article 'Record management professionals: suffering from self-inflicted wounds' discusses how since its creation in 1975 the Institute of Certified Records Managers has been under constant criticism.Ex. Over the years, the AACR has been subjected to criticism for provisions that sanction the use of form subdivisions in headings for certain legal and religious publications.Ex. Both indexes were subject to considerable criticism but it was not found possible to allocate blame to the computer program.Ex. In general, librarians commented that 'the smaller the town, the more heat the library takes about weeding'.* * *(v.) = attract + criticism, come in + for criticism, be under criticism, be subjected to + criticism, be (the) subject of/to criticism, take + heatEx: Some of the features of KWIC indexes that have attracted criticism may be rectified moderately easily.
Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex: The article 'Record management professionals: suffering from self-inflicted wounds' discusses how since its creation in 1975 the Institute of Certified Records Managers has been under constant criticism.Ex: Over the years, the AACR has been subjected to criticism for provisions that sanction the use of form subdivisions in headings for certain legal and religious publications.Ex: Both indexes were subject to considerable criticism but it was not found possible to allocate blame to the computer program. -
28 hacer frente a una responsabilidad
(v.) = meet + responsibility, face up to + responsibilityEx. It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.Ex. Regrettably, some people have considerable difficulty in facing up to responsibility and they procrastinate; others become notorious for making snap judgments.* * *(v.) = meet + responsibility, face up to + responsibilityEx: It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.
Ex: Regrettably, some people have considerable difficulty in facing up to responsibility and they procrastinate; others become notorious for making snap judgments.Spanish-English dictionary > hacer frente a una responsabilidad
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29 judía verde
f.green bean, French bean, snap bean, stick bean.* * *French bean, green bean* * ** * *(n.) = green bean, runner bean, French beanEx. The toxins were also spiked and measured in a variety of food samples, including canned tomatoes, sweet corn, green beans, mushrooms, and tuna.Ex. But when runner beans are fresh, they do snap when you break them in half!.Ex. Because they come from a tropical climate, French beans need a warm soil in which to germinate and grow.* * ** * *(n.) = green bean, runner bean, French beanEx: The toxins were also spiked and measured in a variety of food samples, including canned tomatoes, sweet corn, green beans, mushrooms, and tuna.
Ex: But when runner beans are fresh, they do snap when you break them in half!.Ex: Because they come from a tropical climate, French beans need a warm soil in which to germinate and grow.* * *green bean, runner bean -
30 penetrante
adj.1 acute (intenso) (dolor).2 sharp, penetrating (sagaz).* * *► adjetivo1 penetrating* * *adj.sharp, acute* * *ADJ1) [herida] deep2) [arma] sharp; [frío, viento] biting; [sonido] piercing; [vista] acute; [aroma] strong; [mirada] sharp, penetrating3) [genio, mente] keen, sharp; [ironía] biting* * *1)a) <mirada/voz> penetrating, piercing; < olor> pungent, penetrating; < sonido> piercingb) <viento/frío> bitter, biting2) <inteligencia/mente> sharp, incisive; <humor/ironía> sharp, cutting* * *= penetrating, sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, lancinating, piercing, pungent, high-pitched, penetrative, tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.], nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex. The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.Ex. She gave him one long piercing glance and started up the stairs toward the deputy director's office.Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.Ex. As the vacuum is further increased, the rays become more penetrative, and show the shadow of the bones in the hand.Ex. The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.Ex. Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.----* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.* dolor penetrante = shooting stab of pain, shooting pain.* frío penetrante = biting cold, pinching cold.* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.* sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.* viento penetrante = biting wind.* * *1)a) <mirada/voz> penetrating, piercing; < olor> pungent, penetrating; < sonido> piercingb) <viento/frío> bitter, biting2) <inteligencia/mente> sharp, incisive; <humor/ironía> sharp, cutting* * *= penetrating, sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, lancinating, piercing, pungent, high-pitched, penetrative, tangy [tangier - comp., tangiest -sup.], nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex: The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.Ex: She gave him one long piercing glance and started up the stairs toward the deputy director's office.Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.Ex: As the vacuum is further increased, the rays become more penetrative, and show the shadow of the bones in the hand.Ex: The most boring meal can be pepped up with spicy and tangy herbs.Ex: Blend cream cheese with prepared horseradish for a nippy taste.* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.* dolor penetrante = shooting stab of pain, shooting pain.* frío penetrante = biting cold, pinching cold.* olor fuerte y penetrante = tang.* sabor fuerte y penetrante = tang.* viento penetrante = biting wind.* * *A1 ‹mirada/voz› penetrating, piercing2 ‹olor› pungent, penetrating; ‹sonido› piercing3 ‹viento/frío› bitter, bitingB1 ‹inteligencia/mente› sharp, incisive2 ‹humor/ironía› sharp, cutting* * *
penetrante adjetivo
1
‹ olor› pungent, penetrating;
‹ sonido› piercing
2 ‹inteligencia/mente/ironía› sharp
penetrante adjetivo
1 (mirada, voz) penetrating
2 (dolor) piercing
3 (olor) pungent
4 (herida) deep
5 (frío) bitter, biting
6 (mente, observación) incisive, sharp, acute
' penetrante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
refinada
- refinado
English:
incisive
- keen
- keenly
- penetrating
- pervasive
- piercing
- searching
- intent
- obtrusive
- tang
* * *penetrante adj1. [intenso] [dolor] acute;[olor] sharp; [frío] biting; [mirada] penetrating; [voz, sonido] piercing2. [sagaz] sharp, penetrating* * *adj1 mirada penetrating2 sonido piercing3 frío bitter4 herida deep5 análisis incisive* * *penetrante adj1) : penetrating, piercing2) : sharp, acute3) : deep (of a wound) -
31 hambre
f.1 hunger (apetito).tener hambre to be hungrymatar el hambre to satisfy one's hungermorir o morirse de hambre to be starving, to be dying of hunger (literalmente) to be starving (tener mucha hambre)pasar hambre to starvehambre canina ravenous hunger2 famine (epidemia).* * *(Takes el in singular)1 hunger, starvation, famine\entretener el hambre figurado to stave off hungerhambre y sed de justicia figurado hunger and thirst for justicematar de hambre a alguien to starve somebody to deathmatar el hambre figurado to stave off hungermorirse de hambre to die of starvation, be starvingpasar hambre to be hungry, go hungryser más listo,-a que el hambre figurado to be a cunning devilser un,-a muerto,-a de hambre peyorativo to be a good-for-nothingtener hambre to be hungrysalario de hambre starvation wages plural* * *noun f.1) famine2) hunger•* * *SF1) (=necesidad de comer) hunger•
estar con hambre — to be hungryvengo con mucha hambre — I'm terribly hungry, I'm starving *
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dar hambre a algn — to make sb hungry•
entrar hambre, me está entrando hambre — I'm starting to feel hungry, I'm getting hungry•
matar de hambre a algn — to starve sb to death•
morir de hambre — to die of hunger, starve to death•
quedarse con hambre, se han quedado con hambre — they are still hungry•
tener hambre — to be hungrymuerto, salariotener un hambre canina o de lobo — to be ravenous, be ravenously hungry
2) (=escasez general) famine3) (=deseo)tener hambre de justicia/triunfos — to be hungry for justice/victory
* * *femenino‡1)a) ( sensación) hungerme muero de hambre — (fam) I'm starving (colloq)
matar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going; ser más listo que el hambre (fam) to be razor sharp (colloq); tengo/tiene un hambre canina I/he could eat a horse (colloq); a buen hambre no hay pan duro — beggars can't be choosers
b) ( como problema)2) (liter) (ansia, deseo)* * *= starvation, hunger.Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Ex. This article highlights bibliometrically the degree of fit between the national research effort and the social aim of agriculture, (to prevent hunger and poverty).----* con hambre de poder = power-hungry.* con un poco de hambre = peckish.* despertar el hambre = work up + an appetite.* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.* entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.* huelga de hambre = hunger strike.* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.* más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.* más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.* matar de hambre = starve to + death.* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morirse de hambre = starve.* muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.* padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.* pan para hoy y hambre para mañana = rob Peter to pay Paul.* pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger, go + hungry, starve.* retortijón de hambre = hunger pang, pang of hunger.* sentir hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.* tener hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.* tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.* * *femenino‡1)a) ( sensación) hungerme muero de hambre — (fam) I'm starving (colloq)
matar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going; ser más listo que el hambre (fam) to be razor sharp (colloq); tengo/tiene un hambre canina I/he could eat a horse (colloq); a buen hambre no hay pan duro — beggars can't be choosers
b) ( como problema)2) (liter) (ansia, deseo)* * *= starvation, hunger.Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.
Ex: This article highlights bibliometrically the degree of fit between the national research effort and the social aim of agriculture, (to prevent hunger and poverty).* con hambre de poder = power-hungry.* con un poco de hambre = peckish.* despertar el hambre = work up + an appetite.* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.* entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.* huelga de hambre = hunger strike.* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.* más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.* más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.* matar de hambre = starve to + death.* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morirse de hambre = starve.* muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.* padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.* pan para hoy y hambre para mañana = rob Peter to pay Paul.* pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger, go + hungry, starve.* retortijón de hambre = hunger pang, pang of hunger.* sentir hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.* tener hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.* tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.* * *f‡A1 (sensación) hungertengo hambre I'm hungrytengo hambre de algo dulce ( fam); I feel like something sweetel ejercicio da hambre exercise makes you hungryme muero de hambre or tengo un hambre que me muero I'm starving ( colloq)allí la gente se muere de hambre people are starving to death therematar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going o to stop him feeling hungry o ( colloq) to keep the wolf from the doorse ha juntado el hambre con las ganas de comer or se juntaron el hambre y las ganas de comer ( hum); one is as bad as the other, they're two of a kind, they're a right pair ( colloq)tengo/tiene un hambre canina I'm/he's ravenous, I/he could eat a horse ( colloq)a buen hambre no hay pan duro or ( RPl) cuando hay hambre no hay pan duro or ( Col) a buen hambre no hay mal pan beggars can't be choosers2(como problema): el hambre hungeruna campaña contra el hambre a campaign against hungerpagan sueldos de hambre they pay starvation wagesB ( liter) (ansia, deseo) hambre DE algo:tienen hambre de justicia they hunger for o after justicesu insaciable hambre de riqueza/poder his insatiable desire o hunger for wealth/powersu hambre de cariño her hunger o longing for affection* * *
hambre feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
pasar hambre to go hungry;
morirse de hambre to starve to death;
me muero de hambre (fam) I'm starving (colloq)b) ( como problema)
hambre sustantivo femenino
1 (apetito) hunger: tengo mucha hambre, I'm very hungry
2 (inanición) starvation: miles de personas mueren de hambre, thousands of people are starving
(mal, desgracia) famine: el hambre asola el país, famine is ravaging the country
3 fig (deseo intenso) hunger: tiene hambre de victoria, she's hungering for victory o she's thirsty for victory
♦ Locuciones: ser más listo que el hambre, to be as smart as they come
se juntaron el hambre y las ganas de comer, they are one and alike
' hambre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abalanzarse
- aguzar
- canina
- canino
- consigo
- de
- desfallecer
- el
- engañar
- feroz
- gana
- huelga
- impasible
- matar
- morir
- morirse
- muerta
- muerto
- no
- paliar
- quitar
- saciar
- secuela
- solitaria
- tener
- aplacar
- bárbaro
- bestial
- calmar
- consumido
- entrar
- horroroso
- insatisfecho
- mucho
- padecer
- pobre
- sentir
- un
English:
be
- bet
- expect
- famine
- famished
- how
- hunger
- hunger strike
- hungry
- pang
- peckish
- ravenous
- starvation
- starve
- starving
- strike
- feel
- go
- half-
- horse
- stricken
- subsistence
* * *1. [apetito] hunger;[inanición] starvation;tener hambre to be hungry;me ha entrado hambre I'm starting to feel hungry, I'm getting hungry;prepara una buena cena, que venimos con hambre make sure there's plenty for dinner because we'll be hungry when we arrive;me voy a tomar un yogur para entretener o [m5] engañar el hambre I'm going to have a yoghurt to keep me going (until my next meal);matar el hambre to satisfy one's hunger;Fignos mataban de hambre they had us on a starvation diet;[tener mucha hambre] to be starving;pasar hambre to starve;durante la posguerra, la población pasó mucha hambre in the years after the war, people often went hungry;me he quedado con hambre I'm still hungry;se juntan el hambre con las ganas de comer it's one thing on top of another;ser más listo que el hambre to be nobody's fool;a buen hambre no hay pan duro, RP [m5] cuando hay hambre no hay pan duro [de comida] hunger is the best sauce;[de mujeres, placeres] beggars can't be choosers hambre canina ravenous hunger2. [problema] famine;el problema del hambre en la región the problem of famine in the area;una campaña contra el hambre a campaign against hungerse destaca por su hambre de justicia his hunger for justice sets him apart;su hambre de poder es insaciable his hunger o thirst for power is insatiable* * *f hunger;tener hambre be hungry;tener un hambre canina be ravenous;pasar hambre be starving;morirse de hambre fig be starving;* * *hambre nf1) : hunger2) : starvation3)tener hambre : to be hungry4)dar hambre : to make hungry* * *hambre n (en general) hungerTambién existen los términos starvation que se refiere al sufrimiento o a la muerte provocados por el hambre y famine que es la falta extrema de alimentos que afecta a un gran número de personasse murió de hambre she starved to death / she died of starvation¿tienes hambre? are you hungry? -
32 anular una posibilidad
(v.) = block off + alleyEx. They come in and you say simply, 'Well, that blocks off this alley; let's look for another'.* * *(v.) = block off + alleyEx: They come in and you say simply, 'Well, that blocks off this alley; let's look for another'.
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33 clima tropical
m.tropical climate.* * *(n.) = tropical climateEx. Because they come from a tropical climate, French beans need a warm soil in which to germinate and grow.* * *(n.) = tropical climateEx: Because they come from a tropical climate, French beans need a warm soil in which to germinate and grow.
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34 irreversible
adj.irreversible.* * *► adjetivo1 irreversible* * *ADJ irreversible* * *adjetivo irreversible* * *= irreversible.Ex. It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.----* situación de decadencia irreversible = terminal decline.* * *adjetivo irreversible* * *= irreversible.Ex: It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.
* situación de decadencia irreversible = terminal decline.* * *irreversible* * *
irreversible adjetivo
irreversible
irreversible adjetivo irreversible: la situación no es completamente irreversible, the situation is not totally irreversible
' irreversible' also found in these entries:
English:
irreversible
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35 lucha a muerte
(n.) = fight to deathEx. If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.* * *(n.) = fight to deathEx: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
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36 lucha hasta la muerte
(n.) = fight to deathEx. If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.* * *(n.) = fight to deathEx: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
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37 mordaz
adj.1 caustic, biting.2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.* * *1 mordant, sarcastic* * *adj.sarcastic, biting* * *ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic* * ** * *= trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.----* crítica mordaz = hatchet job.* de forma mordaz = pungently.* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.* * ** * *= trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.* crítica mordaz = hatchet job.* de forma mordaz = pungently.* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.* * *‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing* * *
mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
' mordaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corrosiva
- corrosivo
- afilado
English:
abrasive
- acid
- barbed
- biting
- caustic
- cutting
- damning
- denunciation
- incisive
- pointed
- scathing
- sharp
- dry
- dryness
* * *mordaz adjcaustic* * *adj biting, sharp* * *mordaz adj: caustic, scathing -
38 pelea a muerte
(n.) = fight to deathEx. If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.* * *(n.) = fight to deathEx: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
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39 pelea hasta la muerte
(n.) = fight to deathEx. If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.* * *(n.) = fight to deathEx: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
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40 sin marcar
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