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  • 1 barbaridad

    f.
    1 cruelty.
    2 stupid thing (disparate).
    ¡qué barbaridad! that's ridiculous!
    3 barbarity, brutal act, cruel act, atrocity.
    4 barbarism.
    * * *
    1 (crueldad - cualidad) cruelty; (- acto) atrocity, act of cruelty
    2 (disparate) piece of nonsense
    \
    ¡qué barbaridad! how awful!, how terrible!
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=desatino)

    es capaz de hacer cualquier barbaridad — he's capable of anything, he will stop at nothing

    • decir barbaridades — (=tonterías) to talk nonsense

    • ¡qué barbaridad!, ¡qué barbaridad! ¿cómo puedes comer tanto? — that's incredible o amazing! how can you eat so much?

    ¡qué barbaridad! ¡consentirle que hable así a sus padres! — that's awful! letting him talk to his parents like that!

    ¡qué barbaridad! ¡qué bien hablas el inglés! — that's incredible o amazing! your English is really good!

    2) (=brutalidad) atrocity
    3) (=palabrota)

    cuando se enfada dice o suelta muchas barbaridades — he says some terrible things when he gets angry

    4)

    • una barbaridad * (=mucho) [como adv] —

    comimos una barbaridad — we ate loads o tons o masses *, we stuffed ourselves *

    había una barbaridad de gente — there were loads o tons o masses of people *

    * * *
    1) ( acto atroz) atrocity
    2) ( disparate)

    una barbaridad — (fam) < comer> like a horse; < fumar> like a chimney

    * * *
    = atrocity, outrageousness.
    Ex. The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.
    Ex. However, it is ironic that the author's first venture into the world of children's books is a disappointment because it does not have the puerile outrageousness of her 'adult' work.
    * * *
    1) ( acto atroz) atrocity
    2) ( disparate)

    una barbaridad — (fam) < comer> like a horse; < fumar> like a chimney

    * * *
    = atrocity, outrageousness.

    Ex: The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.

    Ex: However, it is ironic that the author's first venture into the world of children's books is a disappointment because it does not have the puerile outrageousness of her 'adult' work.

    * * *
    A (acto atroz) atrocity
    B
    1
    (disparate): es una barbaridad salir así con el frío que hace it's madness to go out like that when it's so cold
    está furioso y es capaz de cualquier barbaridad he's furious and is quite capable of doing something terrible o stupid
    ¡qué barbaridad! se ha hecho tardísimo good heavens, it's late!
    ¡cómo puedes decir semejante barbaridad! how can you say such an outrageous ( o stupid etc) thing!
    ¡qué barbaridad! ¡qué caro está todo! this is incredible, everything's so expensive!
    su examen estaba lleno de barbaridades his exam paper was full of terrible mistakes
    una barbaridad ( fam): come una barbaridad she eats like a horse, she eats a huge amount
    fumaba una barbaridad she used to smoke like a chimney
    nos costó una barbaridad it cost us a fortune
    les manda una barbaridad de deberes she gives them loads o stacks of homework
    la maleta pesa una barbaridad the suitcase weighs a ton
    2
    (insulto, obscenidad): está borracho y no dice más que barbaridades he's drunk and he's being really foul-mouthed
    empezó a soltar barbaridades she started saying some awful things, she began to get really abusive
    * * *

    barbaridad sustantivo femenino

    b) ( disparate):


    lo que hiciste/dijiste es una barbaridad what you did/said is outrageous;
    es capaz de cualquier barbaridad he's quite capable of doing something really terrible o stupid;
    ¡qué barbaridad! good heavens!;
    una barbaridad (fam) ‹ comer› like a horse;

    ‹ fumar› like a chimney;
    ‹pagar/costar› a fortune
    barbaridad sustantivo femenino
    1 atrocity, act of cruelty
    2 (despropósito) piece of nonsense: ya está bien de decir barbaridades, that's enough nonsense
    3 (cantidad excesiva) a lot: estos muchachos fuman una barbaridad, these boys smoke a lot
    (de dinero) el traje de novia le costó una barbaridad, the wedding dress cost her a fortune
    ' barbaridad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    delito
    - burrada
    English:
    outrage
    * * *
    1. [cualidad] cruelty
    2. [disparate]
    lo que dijo/hizo es una barbaridad what he said/did is ridiculous;
    no cometamos la barbaridad de decir que sí let's not be so foolish as to say yes;
    ¡qué barbaridad, ya son las once! oh my God, it's eleven o'clock already!;
    ¡qué barbaridad, ha vuelto a subir la gasolina! can you believe it, the price of Br petrol o US gasoline has gone up again!
    3. [insulto]
    salió del campo diciendo barbaridades he left the pitch swearing
    4. Fam [montón]
    una barbaridad: se gastó una barbaridad she spent a fortune;
    bebe una barbaridad he drinks like nobody's business o like a fish;
    llovió una barbaridad it poured with rain, Br it chucked it down;
    te quiero una barbaridad I love you like crazy;
    trajo una barbaridad de regalos she brought loads of presents
    * * *
    f
    1 barbarity
    :
    decir barbaridades say outrageous things;
    ¡qué barbaridad! what a thing to say/do!
    3
    :
    una barbaridad de fam a load of fam, loads of fam ;
    costar una barbaridad cost a fortune
    * * *
    1) : barbarity, atrocity
    2)
    ¡qué barbaridad! : that's outrageous!
    * * *
    1. (atrocidad) atrocity [pl. atrocities]
    2. (cantidad excesiva) a tremendous amount / loads
    ¡qué barbaridad! how awful!

    Spanish-English dictionary > barbaridad

  • 2 exceso

    m.
    1 excess.
    en exceso excessively, to excess (fumar, beber, comer)
    trabaja en exceso he works too hard
    exceso de confianza over-confidence
    exceso de equipaje excess baggage
    2 excess (abuso).
    denunciaron los excesos de los invasores they condemned the invaders' excesses o atrocities
    cometer un exceso to go too far
    cometer un exceso en la bebida/comida to drink/eat to excess
    los excesos se pagan we pay for our overindulgence
    3 luxus.
    * * *
    1 excess
    2 COMERCIO surplus
    \
    en exceso too much, in excess, excessively
    exceso de equipaje excess baggage
    exceso de peso excess weight
    exceso de velocidad speeding, exceeding the speed limit
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=demasía) excess

    en o por exceso — excessively, to excess

    exceso de equipaje — excess luggage, excess baggage (EEUU)

    exceso de mano de obra — = exceso de plantilla

    exceso de plantilla — overmanning, overstaffing

    exceso de velocidad — speeding, exceeding the speed limit

    2) (Com, Econ) surplus
    3) pl excesos (=abusos) [al beber, comportarse] excesses

    cometer excesos con el alcohol — to drink excessively, drink to excess, overindulge in drink

    * * *
    a) ( excedente) excess

    exceso de equipaje/peso — excess baggage/weight

    b) ( demasía)

    con or en exceso — <beber/comer> to excess, too much; <fumar/trabajar> too much

    pecar por exceso: al hacer los cálculos pecaron por exceso — they were overambitious in their calculations

    c) excesos masculino plural ( abusos) excesses (pl)

    los excesos en la comida — eating to excess, overindulgence in food

    * * *
    = excess, surfeit, superfluity, extravagance, superabundance, slack, spree, binge, binging, oversupply [over-supply], bloat, glut.
    Ex. Pressure is being brought to bear on the library to readdress its priorities in terms of services rendered and to scale down excesses in terms of funds and manpower.
    Ex. He dismissed the image of overloaded libraries collapsing under the weight of a surfeit of paper as 'mythology'.
    Ex. The true cause of the decline is likely to have been too much competition, not too little, with a superfluity of printers everywhere competing by offering ever cheaper products.
    Ex. Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex. Given that within the superabundance of information there are subject gaps, this paper looks at the responsibility of the information worker in transmitting 'facts'.
    Ex. Therefore, there must be some slack in the system to absorb the additional I & R services or the service must be reduced in other areas.
    Ex. Although it is entertaining to note the extravagant purchases of the very rich, many stories do little beyond documenting sprees of consumption.
    Ex. Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex. A feminist theory of eating problems (anorexia, bulimia, extensive dieting, & binging) is developed.
    Ex. The worldwide oversupply of offshore drilling rigs has decreased rapidly in the past six years.
    Ex. The book falls apart in the second half when its excess of cultural references eventually makes it suffer from bloat.
    Ex. Almost no one is publishing literary criticism and yet a glut of self-help titles are published every year.
    ----
    * abundante en exceso = lavish.
    * en exceso = overflow, overflowing, excessively, excess, to excess.
    * exceso de carga = overload.
    * exceso de estoc = overage.
    * exceso de existencias = overstocking, overage.
    * exceso de fondos = overstock.
    * exceso de gastos = overrun [over-run], cost overrun.
    * exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].
    * exceso de información = information overload.
    * exceso de medios = overkill.
    * exceso de mortalidad = excess mortality.
    * exceso de personal administrativo = administrative bloat.
    * exceso de peso = overweight.
    * exceso de plantilla administrativa = administrative bloat.
    * exceso de población = overpopulation.
    * exceso de publicaciones = overpublishing.
    * exceso de tirada = overrun [over-run].
    * exceso de vello = hirsutism.
    * exceso de velocidad = speeding.
    * exceso en el presupuesto = budget overrun, overrun [over-run], cost overrun.
    * exceso en la bebida = intemperance.
    * excesos = overindulgence.
    * gastar en exceso = overspend.
    * hacer Algo en exceso = push + Nombre + too far.
    * liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.
    * multa por exceso de velocidad = speeding ticket, speed ticket.
    * por exceso = excessively, to excess.
    * representar en exceso = overrepresent.
    * simplificado en exceso = oversimplified [over-simplified].
    * simplificar en exceso = oversimplify.
    * usado en exceso = overused [over-used].
    * usar en exceso = overuse.
    * * *
    a) ( excedente) excess

    exceso de equipaje/peso — excess baggage/weight

    b) ( demasía)

    con or en exceso — <beber/comer> to excess, too much; <fumar/trabajar> too much

    pecar por exceso: al hacer los cálculos pecaron por exceso — they were overambitious in their calculations

    c) excesos masculino plural ( abusos) excesses (pl)

    los excesos en la comida — eating to excess, overindulgence in food

    * * *
    = excess, surfeit, superfluity, extravagance, superabundance, slack, spree, binge, binging, oversupply [over-supply], bloat, glut.

    Ex: Pressure is being brought to bear on the library to readdress its priorities in terms of services rendered and to scale down excesses in terms of funds and manpower.

    Ex: He dismissed the image of overloaded libraries collapsing under the weight of a surfeit of paper as 'mythology'.
    Ex: The true cause of the decline is likely to have been too much competition, not too little, with a superfluity of printers everywhere competing by offering ever cheaper products.
    Ex: Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex: Given that within the superabundance of information there are subject gaps, this paper looks at the responsibility of the information worker in transmitting 'facts'.
    Ex: Therefore, there must be some slack in the system to absorb the additional I & R services or the service must be reduced in other areas.
    Ex: Although it is entertaining to note the extravagant purchases of the very rich, many stories do little beyond documenting sprees of consumption.
    Ex: Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex: A feminist theory of eating problems (anorexia, bulimia, extensive dieting, & binging) is developed.
    Ex: The worldwide oversupply of offshore drilling rigs has decreased rapidly in the past six years.
    Ex: The book falls apart in the second half when its excess of cultural references eventually makes it suffer from bloat.
    Ex: Almost no one is publishing literary criticism and yet a glut of self-help titles are published every year.
    * abundante en exceso = lavish.
    * en exceso = overflow, overflowing, excessively, excess, to excess.
    * exceso de carga = overload.
    * exceso de estoc = overage.
    * exceso de existencias = overstocking, overage.
    * exceso de fondos = overstock.
    * exceso de gastos = overrun [over-run], cost overrun.
    * exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].
    * exceso de información = information overload.
    * exceso de medios = overkill.
    * exceso de mortalidad = excess mortality.
    * exceso de personal administrativo = administrative bloat.
    * exceso de peso = overweight.
    * exceso de plantilla administrativa = administrative bloat.
    * exceso de población = overpopulation.
    * exceso de publicaciones = overpublishing.
    * exceso de tirada = overrun [over-run].
    * exceso de vello = hirsutism.
    * exceso de velocidad = speeding.
    * exceso en el presupuesto = budget overrun, overrun [over-run], cost overrun.
    * exceso en la bebida = intemperance.
    * excesos = overindulgence.
    * gastar en exceso = overspend.
    * hacer Algo en exceso = push + Nombre + too far.
    * liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.
    * multa por exceso de velocidad = speeding ticket, speed ticket.
    * por exceso = excessively, to excess.
    * representar en exceso = overrepresent.
    * simplificado en exceso = oversimplified [over-simplified].
    * simplificar en exceso = oversimplify.
    * usado en exceso = overused [over-used].
    * usar en exceso = overuse.

    * * *
    1 (excedente) excess
    exceso de equipaje/peso excess baggage/weight
    2
    (demasía): un exceso de ejercicio puede ser malo too much exercise can be harmful
    me multaron por exceso de velocidad I was fined for speeding o for exceeding the speed limit
    consideró su actitud como un exceso de confianza she thought he was being over-familiar in his attitude
    con or en exceso ‹beber/comer› to excess, too much;
    ‹fumar/trabajar› too much
    es generoso en exceso he's generous to a fault, he's excessively o too generous
    pecar por exceso: al hacer los cálculos pecaron por exceso they were overambitious in their calculations
    más vale pecar por exceso que por defecto it's better to have too many than too few ( o to do too much rather than too little etc)
    3 excesos mpl (abusos) excesses (pl)
    los excesos en la comida y la bebida eating and drinking to excess, overindulgence in food and drink
    los excesos cometidos durante la guerra the excesses o atrocities committed during the war
    * * *

     

    exceso sustantivo masculino


    b) ( demasía):


    me multaron por exceso de velocidad I was fined for speeding;
    en exceso ‹beber/fumar/trabajar› too much
    c)

    ◊ excesos sustantivo masculino plural ( abusos) excesses (pl)

    exceso sustantivo masculino excess
    exceso de peso, excess weight
    ♦ Locuciones: en exceso, in excess, excessively
    ' exceso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abusar
    - borrachera
    - hincharse
    - licencia
    - recalentar
    - redondear
    - sobrar
    - sobrepeso
    - sopor
    - trincar
    - calentar
    - desmán
    - gordura
    English:
    blitz
    - burn out
    - caution
    - excess
    - excess baggage
    - excessively
    - fuss over
    - fussy
    - glut
    - licence
    - nerve
    - overbook
    - overdo
    - overflow
    - overweight
    - overwork
    - pack
    - pull over
    - speed
    - speeding
    - surfeit
    - top-heavy
    - heavily
    - over
    * * *
    exceso nm
    1. [demasía] excess;
    el exceso de sol puede provocar graves quemaduras too much sun can cause serious sunburn;
    en exceso [fumar, beber, comer] excessively, to excess;
    trabaja en exceso he works too hard;
    es meticuloso en exceso he is far too meticulous;
    más vale pecar por exceso que por defecto too much is better than not enough
    exceso de confianza overconfidence;
    exceso de equipaje excess baggage;
    exceso de peso [obesidad] excess weight;
    2. [abuso] excess;
    denunciaron los excesos de los invasores they condemned the invaders' excesses o atrocities;
    cometer un exceso to go too far;
    cometer un exceso en la bebida/comida to drink/eat to excess;
    los excesos se pagan we pay for our overindulgence
    * * *
    m excess;
    en exceso beber, fumar to excess; preocuparse in excess, too much;
    ser amable en exceso be extremely nice;
    * * *
    exceso nm
    1) : excess
    2) excesos nmpl
    : excesses, abuses
    3)
    * * *
    exceso n excess
    con exceso / en exceso too much

    Spanish-English dictionary > exceso

  • 3 Timor Oriental

    m.
    East Timor.
    * * *
    Ex. Since the Indonesian invasion of December 1975, East Timor has been the site of some of the worst atrocities of the modern era.
    * * *

    Ex: Since the Indonesian invasion of December 1975, East Timor has been the site of some of the worst atrocities of the modern era.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Timor Oriental

  • 4 Yakarta

    1 Djakarta, Jakarta
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino Jakarta
    * * *
    Ex. The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.
    * * *
    femenino Jakarta
    * * *

    Ex: The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.

    * * *
    Jakarta
    * * *
    Jakarta

    Spanish-English dictionary > Yakarta

  • 5 antropofagia

    f.
    anthropophagy, cannibalism.
    * * *
    1 cannibalism
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino cannibalism
    * * *
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    * * *
    femenino cannibalism
    * * *

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    * * *
    cannibalism, anthropophagy
    * * *
    cannibalism, anthropophagy
    * * *
    f cannibalism
    * * *
    canibalismo: cannibalism

    Spanish-English dictionary > antropofagia

  • 6 aterrador

    adj.
    terrifying, frightful, frightening, awesome.
    * * *
    1 terrifying, frightful
    * * *
    (f. - aterradora)
    adj.
    frightening, terrifying
    * * *
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo terrifying
    * * *
    = frightening, terrifying, terrorising [terrorizing, -USA], frightful, fear-inducing, hideous, hair-raising, groundshaking, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo terrifying
    * * *
    = frightening, terrifying, terrorising [terrorizing, -USA], frightful, fear-inducing, hideous, hair-raising, groundshaking, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.

    * * *
    terrifying
    * * *

    aterrador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    terrifying
    aterrador,-ora adjetivo terrifying

    ' aterrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aterradora
    English:
    chilling
    - frightful
    - terrifying
    - terrifyingly
    - blood
    - fearful
    - fearsome
    - frightening
    * * *
    aterrador, -ora adj
    terrifying
    * * *
    adj frightening, terrifying
    * * *
    aterrador, - dora adj
    : terrifying
    * * *
    aterrador adj terrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > aterrador

  • 7 atrocidad

    f.
    1 barbarity.
    me parece una atrocidad que no tengan calefacción I think it's terrible o awful that they don't have heating
    2 atrocity, abomination, atrocious action, barbarity.
    * * *
    1 (barbaridad) atrocity, outrage
    2 (disparate - acción) something stupid, foolish thing; (- dicho) silly remark, stupid remark
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Mil etc) atrocity, outrage
    2) * (=tontería) foolish thing, silly thing
    3) * (=exageración)

    ¡qué atrocidad! — how dreadful!, how awful!

    * * *
    1) ( cualidad) barbarity; ( acto) atrocity
    * * *
    = enormity, atrocity, awfulness, hideousness, monstrosity, outrage, inhumanity.
    Ex. It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.
    Ex. The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.
    Ex. But among those elements there may be something new and strange which one may not be able to assimilate oneself, as an adult, because of the sheer awfulness of the rest of the stuff.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.
    Ex. The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.
    Ex. Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.
    * * *
    1) ( cualidad) barbarity; ( acto) atrocity
    * * *
    = enormity, atrocity, awfulness, hideousness, monstrosity, outrage, inhumanity.

    Ex: It is very rare that a library will abandon a classification scheme and turn to another due to the enormity of the task of reclassifying.

    Ex: The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.
    Ex: But among those elements there may be something new and strange which one may not be able to assimilate oneself, as an adult, because of the sheer awfulness of the rest of the stuff.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Homosexuality, cuckoldry, flowering anuses, zombies, monstrosity, gambling, banquets, viral contagion all become signs of a historical epoch which exists in a repetitious & catastrophic crisis.
    Ex: The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.
    Ex: Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.

    * * *
    A
    1 (cualidad) barbarity
    2 (acto) atrocity
    B
    (uso hiperbólico): ¿eso le dijo? ¡qué atrocidad! he said that to her? how atrocious! o how awful!
    este nuevo programa es una atrocidad this new program is terrible o awful o appalling
    * * *

    atrocidad sustantivo femenino ( cualidad) barbarity;
    ( acto) atrocity;
    ◊ ¡qué atrocidad! how atrocious! o how awful!

    atrocidad sustantivo femenino atrocity

    ' atrocidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bestialidad
    - monstruosidad
    English:
    atrocity
    - monstrosity
    - outrage
    - inhumanity
    * * *
    1. [cualidad] barbarity
    2. [acción] atrocity
    3. Fam [horror]
    su último libro es una atrocidad his latest book is atrocious o the pits;
    me parece una atrocidad que no tengan calefacción I think it's terrible o awful that they don't have heating
    * * *
    f
    1 atrocity
    :
    decir/hacer atrocidades say/do stupid things
    3
    :
    una atrocidad de película/libro fam an atrocious movie/book
    * * *
    : atrocity
    * * *
    atrocidad n atrocity

    Spanish-English dictionary > atrocidad

  • 8 atroz

    adj.
    1 terrible, awful.
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly o awfully cold
    2 atrocious, horrible, inhumane, abominable.
    3 agonizing, excruciating.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl atroces)
    1 (bárbaro) atrocious, outrageous
    2 familiar (enorme) enormous, huge, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=terrible) atrocious; (=cruel) cruel, inhuman; (=escandaloso) outrageous
    2) * (=enorme) huge, terrific; (=malísimo) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful
    * * *
    = dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.
    Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    * * *
    adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful
    * * *
    = dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.

    Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.

    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.

    * * *
    1 (brutal, cruel) appalling, terrible
    2 (uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful, dreadful ( BrE)
    tengo un dolor de cabeza atroz I have an atrocious o an awful headache
    * * *

    atroz adjetivo
    atrocious
    atroz adjetivo
    1 (pésimo, insoportable) atrocious
    2 fam (enorme) enormous, tremendous
    ' atroz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insensibilidad
    - barbaridad
    - muerte
    English:
    agonizing
    - appalling
    - atrocious
    - dreadful
    - excruciating
    - heinous
    - hell
    - hideous
    - raging
    - unspeakable
    - vicious
    - crippling
    - dire
    - terrible
    * * *
    atroz adj
    1. [cruel] [crimen, tortura] horrific, barbaric
    2. [enorme]
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly o bitterly cold;
    es de una fealdad atroz he's terribly o incredibly ugly
    3. [muy malo] atrocious, awful
    * * *
    adj
    1 appalling, atrocious
    2
    :
    un éxito atroz a smash hit
    * * *
    atroz adj, pl atroces : atrocious, appalling
    ♦ atrozamente adv
    * * *
    atroz adj
    1. (cruel) atrocious / appalling
    2. (enorme) terrible
    hace un frío atroz it's terribly cold / it's freezing

    Spanish-English dictionary > atroz

  • 9 canibalismo

    m.
    cannibalism.
    * * *
    1 cannibalism
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=antropofagia) cannibalism
    2) (=ferocidad) fierceness, savageness
    * * *
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    * * *

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    * * *
    cannibalism
    * * *

    canibalismo sustantivo masculino cannibalism
    ' canibalismo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    canibalism
    * * *
    1. [de seres vivos] cannibalism
    2. Mktg cannibalization
    * * *
    m cannibalism
    * * *
    antropofagia: cannibalism

    Spanish-English dictionary > canibalismo

  • 10 caprichoso

    adj.
    capricious, cranky, erratic, fickle.
    * * *
    1 capricious, whimsical, fanciful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 whimsical person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] capricious
    2) [idea, novela etc] whimsical, fanciful
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy

    * * *
    = capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].
    Ex. Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
    Ex. This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
    Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex. 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    ----
    * de forma caprichosa = capriciously.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy

    * * *
    = capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].

    Ex: Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.

    Ex: This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
    Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex: 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex: These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    * de forma caprichosa = capriciously.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.

    * * *
    1 (inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious; ‹tiempo/moda› changeable
    ¡qué niño más caprichoso! what a capricious child! o this child is always changing his mind
    las estalactitas presentaban formas caprichosas the stalactites formed fanciful shapes
    2 (difícil, exigente) fussy
    masculine, feminine
    es un caprichoso (es inconstante) he's so capricious o he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he is so fussy
    * * *

     

    caprichoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ( inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious;

    ‹tiempo/moda› changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:


    (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy
    caprichoso,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino mi hermana es una caprichosa, my sister is very impulsive
    II adjetivo
    1 (antojadizo) whimsical, fanciful
    2 (maniático, exigente) fussy
    3 (creativo, sin norma) las nubes creaban figuras caprichosas, the clouds made strange shapes
    ' caprichoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caprichosa
    - mañoso
    English:
    capricious
    - erratic
    - flighty
    - moody
    - whimsical
    * * *
    caprichoso, -a adj
    capricious, impulsive;
    actuar de forma caprichosa to act capriciously o impulsively
    * * *
    adj capricious
    * * *
    caprichoso, -sa adj
    antojadizo: capricious, fickle

    Spanish-English dictionary > caprichoso

  • 11 derechos individuales

    m.pl.
    rights of the individual, bill of rights.
    * * *
    Ex. The experience of World War 2, particularly the atrocities of the Nazis, led to the internationalization of individual rights.
    * * *

    Ex: The experience of World War 2, particularly the atrocities of the Nazis, led to the internationalization of individual rights.

    Spanish-English dictionary > derechos individuales

  • 12 encubrimiento

    m.
    1 concealment.
    2 cover-up, concealment, covering, covering up.
    * * *
    1 concealment, hiding
    2 DERECHO cover-up
    * * *
    SM [de delito] covering up; [de objeto robado] receiving

    se le acusó de encubrimiento — he was accused of being part of the cover-up operation, he was charged with being an accessory after the fact frm

    * * *
    = concealment, whitewashing, dissimulation, whitewash, dissembling.
    Ex. The conflict between the right of access to information and the right to privacy is difficult to resolve, yet protecting the citizen's privacy sometimes leads to the concealment or destruction of records.
    Ex. Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.
    Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
    Ex. The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.
    Ex. The report did not directly accuse them of lying, but used more nuanced terms such as 'mendacity' and ' dissembling'.
    ----
    * maniobra de encubrimiento = cover-up.
    * * *
    = concealment, whitewashing, dissimulation, whitewash, dissembling.

    Ex: The conflict between the right of access to information and the right to privacy is difficult to resolve, yet protecting the citizen's privacy sometimes leads to the concealment or destruction of records.

    Ex: Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.
    Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
    Ex: The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.
    Ex: The report did not directly accuse them of lying, but used more nuanced terms such as 'mendacity' and ' dissembling'.
    * maniobra de encubrimiento = cover-up.

    * * *
    1 harboring*
    2 (de un delito) covering up
    * * *
    está acusado de encubrimiento he is accused of being an accessory
    * * *
    m de delincuente harboring, Br
    harbouring; de delito concealment
    * * *
    : cover-up

    Spanish-English dictionary > encubrimiento

  • 13 espantoso

    adj.
    frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful
    2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing
    3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible
    ■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing
    * * *
    (f. - espantosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) frightening
    2) [para exagerar]

    llevaba un traje espantoso — she was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    ----
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

    * * *
    1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling
    fue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience
    2 ( fam)
    (uso hiperbólico): hace un calor espantoso it's boiling o roasting, it's incredibly o unbearably hot ( colloq)
    pasamos un frío espantoso we were absolutely freezing ( colloq)
    tengo un hambre espantosa I'm ravenous o starving ( colloq)
    la comida era espantosa the food was atrocious o ghastly
    ¡qué sombrero tan espantoso! what a hideous o an awful hat
    esta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)
    llueve que es una cosa espantosa it's absolutely pouring ( colloq), it's bucketing down ( colloq)
    * * *

    espantoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling

    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) ‹comida/letra/tiempo› atrocious;

    ‹vestido/color› hideous;
    ‹ruido/voz› terrible, awful;

    espantoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (horripilante) horrifying, appalling: es un asunto espantoso, it's a horrifying situation
    2 fam (uso hiperbólico) tengo unas ganas espantosas de que llegue el fin de semana, I'm dying for the weekend to come!
    3 fam (muy feo) awful, hideous: ¡quítate ese espantoso sombrero!, take off that awful hat!
    ' espantoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    berrido
    - espantosa
    - ridícula
    - ridículo
    - sueño
    - tener
    - hacer
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - dreadful
    - frightening
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - gruesome
    - hairy
    - hideous
    - horrendous
    - interminable
    - shocking
    - stinking
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - atrocious
    - boiling
    - dire
    - excruciating
    - horrific
    - split
    - terrible
    - terrific
    * * *
    espantoso, -a adj
    1. [pavoroso] horrific
    2. [enorme] terrible;
    allí dentro hacía un calor espantoso it was roasting o boiling o terribly hot in there;
    tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;
    teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving
    3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;
    llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress
    4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;
    el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;
    * * *
    adj
    1 horrific, appalling
    2 para enfatizar terrible, dreadful;
    hace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot
    * * *
    espantoso, -sa adj
    1) : frightening, terrifying
    2) : frightful, dreadful
    * * *
    espantoso adj awful / dreadful

    Spanish-English dictionary > espantoso

  • 14 farsa

    f.
    2 burlesque, low comedy.
    * * *
    1 TEATRO farce
    2 (enredo) sham, farce
    * * *
    I
    SF
    1) (Teat) farce; pey bad play
    2) (=engaño) farce, sham
    II
    SF (Culin) stuffing
    * * *
    femenino (Teatr) farce; ( engaño) sham, farce
    * * *
    = farce, travesty of justice, masquerade, theatrics, whitewash, charade, travesty.
    Ex. University libraries are facing the farce of new information and communication technologies.
    Ex. Why did the ALA accept the travesty of justice represented by the Latin American subcommittee's January 2001 report on Cuba, as well as the stage-managed 'onsite investigation' carried out in May 2001?.
    Ex. The book presents an overview of masks and masquerades in Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times.
    Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
    Ex. The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.
    Ex. Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.
    Ex. It's great that Connecticut finally decided to drop the charges, but the whole thing remains a travesty.
    * * *
    femenino (Teatr) farce; ( engaño) sham, farce
    * * *
    = farce, travesty of justice, masquerade, theatrics, whitewash, charade, travesty.

    Ex: University libraries are facing the farce of new information and communication technologies.

    Ex: Why did the ALA accept the travesty of justice represented by the Latin American subcommittee's January 2001 report on Cuba, as well as the stage-managed 'onsite investigation' carried out in May 2001?.
    Ex: The book presents an overview of masks and masquerades in Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times.
    Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
    Ex: The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.
    Ex: Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.
    Ex: It's great that Connecticut finally decided to drop the charges, but the whole thing remains a travesty.

    * * *
    1 ( Teatr) farce
    2 (engaño) sham, farce
    las elecciones fueron una farsa the elections were a complete sham o farce
    * * *

    farsa sustantivo femenino (Teatr) farce;
    ( engaño) sham, farce
    farsa sustantivo femenino
    1 Teat farce
    2 (montaje, engaño) sham, mockery: su desmayo fue una farsa para conmovernos, he pretended to faint because he wanted our attention
    ' farsa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comedia
    - pantomima
    - simulacro
    English:
    charade
    - farce
    - mockery
    - sham
    * * *
    farsa nf
    1. [obra teatral] farce
    2. [engaño] farce;
    la investigación fue una farsa the investigation was a complete farce
    * * *
    farce
    * * *
    farsa nf
    1) : farce
    2) : fake, sham

    Spanish-English dictionary > farsa

  • 15 horrendo

    adj.
    horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.
    * * *
    1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

    * * *
    * * *

    horrendo
    ◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso


    ' horrendo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrendo-a
    - infierno
    English:
    eyewitness
    - harrowing
    - horrendous
    - horrific
    - ghastly
    - hideous
    - horrifying
    * * *
    * * *
    adj horrendous
    * * *
    horrendo, -da adj
    : horrendous, horrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrendo

  • 16 horrible

    adj.
    1 horrifying, terrifying.
    2 terrible, awful (muy malo).
    3 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    * * *
    1 horrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=espantoso) [accidente, crimen, matanza] horrific
    2) (=feo) [persona, objeto, ropa, cuadro] hideous
    3) (=malo, perverso) horrible

    ¡qué hombre tan horrible! — what a horrible man!

    4) (=insoportable) terrible

    hizo un calor horrible — it was terribly hot, the heat was terrible

    la conferencia fue un rollo horrible — * the lecture was a real drag *

    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    ----
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.
    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.

    * * *
    1 (trágico, espantoso) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific
    2 (feo) ‹persona› hideous, ugly; ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    3 (malo) ‹tiempo› terrible, awful, dreadful
    4
    (inaguantable): ¡qué calor más horrible! it's terribly o unbearably hot!
    * * *

     

    horrible adjetivo
    a) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific

    b) ( feo) ‹ persona› hideous, ugly;

    ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    c) ‹ tiempo› terrible, awful


    horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
    ' horrible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amanecer
    - horrendo-a
    - infame
    - pestazo
    - antipático
    - calor
    - cargante
    - mal
    - malo
    - odioso
    - pereza
    - perro
    - pinche
    - tocar
    - tufo
    English:
    awful
    - cat
    - dreadful
    - hideous
    - hole
    - horrible
    - horrid
    - it
    - manage
    - mind
    - nasty
    - shocking
    - thought
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - crummy
    - foul
    - ghastly
    - revolting
    - rotten
    - sickly
    - vile
    * * *
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, terrifying;
    un accidente horrible a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] horrible, hideous;
    tiene un novio horrible she's got a horrible-looking o hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horrible that dress looks horrible o hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horrible I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horrible! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrible I'm ravenous o starving
    * * *
    adj horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    : horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    1. (en general) awful / terrible
    2. (accidente) horrific

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrible

  • 17 horroso

    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    * * *

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > horroso

  • 18 política de adquisiciones

    (n.) = acquisition policy [acquisitions policy], collection development [collections development], selection policy, collection policy
    Ex. Professionals need to be shown that with the increasing use of computers, data collection need not be expensive: an automated circulation system, for example, will readily generate information for modifying acquisition policy.
    Ex. I think that materials selection, as significant as the job is in itself, is only part of the larger responsibility of collection development.
    Ex. Use-based selection policies represent a sound principle, but their implementation depends upon a more effective feedback from user to abstractor than most abstracting agencies can achieve.
    Ex. The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.
    * * *
    (n.) = acquisition policy [acquisitions policy], collection development [collections development], selection policy, collection policy

    Ex: Professionals need to be shown that with the increasing use of computers, data collection need not be expensive: an automated circulation system, for example, will readily generate information for modifying acquisition policy.

    Ex: I think that materials selection, as significant as the job is in itself, is only part of the larger responsibility of collection development.
    Ex: Use-based selection policies represent a sound principle, but their implementation depends upon a more effective feedback from user to abstractor than most abstracting agencies can achieve.
    Ex: The library's collections and collection policy covers not only the Nazi atrocities but also genocide wherever its has occurred in modern times.

    Spanish-English dictionary > política de adquisiciones

  • 19 sin razón

    adj.
    1 without the right mind.
    2 without justification, reasonless, unjustified.
    adv.
    for no good reason, for no reason, without reason.
    * * *
    = wanton, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. When women frequently go to family restaurants, this leads to them going out of their homes excessively for no reason, which goes against the command of Allah.
    Ex. On February 20, 2000, she was arrested at home by police for no specific reason and illegally detained for fifteen days.
    Ex. Nearly a third of internet users go online on a typical day for no particular reason, just for fun or to pass the time.
    Ex. He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.
    * * *
    = wanton, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    Ex: When women frequently go to family restaurants, this leads to them going out of their homes excessively for no reason, which goes against the command of Allah.
    Ex: On February 20, 2000, she was arrested at home by police for no specific reason and illegally detained for fifteen days.
    Ex: Nearly a third of internet users go online on a typical day for no particular reason, just for fun or to pass the time.
    Ex: He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin razón

  • 20 sin sentido

    adj.
    senseless, illogical, pointless, absurd.
    * * *
    (adj.) = meaningless, purposeless, pointless, senseless, wanton, nonsensical, unconscious
    Ex. Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.
    Ex. Nor are these training periods held in a purposeless vacuum.
    Ex. Money should be spent wisely by establishing proper priorities and eliminating the trivial and pointless tasks often assigned to libraries.
    Ex. Above all the senseless rivalry between German academic and public libraries could eventually harm both groups.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    * * *
    (adj.) = meaningless, purposeless, pointless, senseless, wanton, nonsensical, unconscious

    Ex: Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.

    Ex: Nor are these training periods held in a purposeless vacuum.
    Ex: Money should be spent wisely by establishing proper priorities and eliminating the trivial and pointless tasks often assigned to libraries.
    Ex: Above all the senseless rivalry between German academic and public libraries could eventually harm both groups.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin sentido

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