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  • 21 despistado

    adj.
    disoriented, lost, at wits end, clueless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: despistar.
    * * *
    1→ link=despistar despistar
    1 (distraído) absent-minded
    2 (confundido) confused
    ■ estoy despistado, ya no sé dónde estamos I'm lost, I don't know where we are
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 absent-minded person, scatterbrain
    \
    hacerse el/la despistado,-a to pretend not to understand
    * * *
    despistado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=distraído) vague, absentminded
    2) (=confuso) confused, muddled
    2.
    SM / F (=distraído) scatterbrain, absent-minded person
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ser] vague, absentminded
    b) [estar]

    estaba or iba despistado — I was miles away (colloq) o daydreaming

    2) [estar] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lost
    II
    - da masculino, femenino scatterbrain (colloq)
    * * *
    = absent-minded, scatterbrain, clueless, moony [moonier -comp., mooniest -sup.], dreamy [dreamier -comp., dreamiest -sup.], in a fog, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded.
    Ex. The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.
    Ex. A 'characterology' can be created, from the author who is himself a precise archivist to the scatterbrain who throws nothing away.
    Ex. He was standing around clueless, being introduced to a bunch of people he wouldn't remember in the morning.
    Ex. I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.
    Ex. Puberty, he describes as ' dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ser] vague, absentminded
    b) [estar]

    estaba or iba despistado — I was miles away (colloq) o daydreaming

    2) [estar] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lost
    II
    - da masculino, femenino scatterbrain (colloq)
    * * *
    = absent-minded, scatterbrain, clueless, moony [moonier -comp., mooniest -sup.], dreamy [dreamier -comp., dreamiest -sup.], in a fog, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded.

    Ex: The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.

    Ex: A 'characterology' can be created, from the author who is himself a precise archivist to the scatterbrain who throws nothing away.
    Ex: He was standing around clueless, being introduced to a bunch of people he wouldn't remember in the morning.
    Ex: I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.
    Ex: Puberty, he describes as ' dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    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.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] forgetful, absent-minded
    tendrás que recordárselo, es muy despistado you'll have to remind him, he's very absent-minded o forgetful o he tends to forget things
    soy muy despistado para los nombres I never remember names, I'm hopeless with names ( colloq)
    2 [ ESTAR]:
    estaba or iba despistado y me pasé de la parada I was miles away o I was daydreaming and I missed my stop ( colloq)
    B [ ESTAR] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lost
    con tantos cambios estoy despistado I'm bewildered by o I'm all at sea with all these changes
    todavía anda un poco despistado he hasn't quite found his feet yet, he's still a bit lost o disoriented
    masculine, feminine
    scatterbrain ( colloq)
    es un despistado he's a scatterbrain, he's very absent-minded o forgetful
    no te hagas la despistada don't act as if you don't know what I'm talking about
    * * *

     

    Del verbo despistar: ( conjugate despistar)

    despistado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    despistado    
    despistar
    despistado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] vague, absentminded;


    b)

    ◊ estar despistado to be miles away (colloq) o daydreaming;


    (desorientado, confuso) to be bewildered o lost
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    scatterbrain (colloq)
    despistar ( conjugate despistar) verbo transitivo
    a) (desorientar, confundir) to confuse


    ‹ sabueso› to throw … off the scent
    despistarse verbo pronominal ( confundirse) to get confused o muddled;
    ( distraerse) to lose concentration
    despistado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (olvidadizo) scatterbrained, absent-minded: Jorge es muy despistado, nunca se acuerda de dónde ha aparcado el coche, Jorge is absent-minded; he never remembers where he parked his car
    2 (desorientado) confused: estoy un poco despistado, ¿dónde nos encontramos ahora?, I'm a bit confused - where are we?
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino scatterbrain: me hago la despistada, I pretend not to understand
    despistar verbo transitivo
    1 (hacer perder la pista) to lose, throw off the scent
    2 figurado to mislead
    ' despistado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistada
    - distraída
    - distraído
    - hacerse
    - alocado
    - atolondrado
    English:
    absent-minded
    - careless
    - forgetful
    - hopelessly
    - scatterbrained
    - sea
    - absent
    - vague
    * * *
    despistado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [por naturaleza] absent-minded;
    soy muy despistado para los cumpleaños I'm hopeless at remembering birthdays
    2. [momentáneamente] distracted;
    en ese momento estaba despistado y no la vi I was distracted at the time and didn't see her
    3. [confuso] muddled, mixed up;
    aún se le ve despistado he still looks a bit lost o as if he doesn't quite know what he's doing;
    nos tenías despistados a todos you had us all fooled
    ♦ nm,f
    es una despistada she's very absent-minded;
    hacerse el despistado to act as if one hasn't noticed/heard/understood/ etc;
    no te hagas el despistado, te hablo a ti stop acting as if you haven't heard, I'm talking to you
    * * *
    I adj scatterbrained
    II m, despistada f scatterbrain
    * * *
    despistado, -da adj
    1) distraído: absentminded, forgetful
    2) confuso: confused, bewildered
    despistado, -da n
    : scatterbrain, absentminded person
    * * *
    despistado adj absent minded

    Spanish-English dictionary > despistado

  • 22 disminución

    f.
    decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.
    * * *
    1 decrease, reduction
    \
    ir en disminución to diminish, decrease
    * * *
    noun f.
    decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reduction
    2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall
    3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    ----
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.

    * * *
    1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fall
    la disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in charges
    la disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population
    2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    una disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest
    3 (al tejer) decreasing
    * * *

     

    disminución sustantivo femenino
    decrease, fall;
    ( de temperatura) drop;
    ( de tarifa) reduction
    disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
    ' disminución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distensión
    English:
    decline
    - decrease
    - shrinkage
    - fall
    - slump
    * * *
    [de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);
    la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;
    una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;
    ir en disminución to be on the decrease
    * * *
    f decrease
    * * *
    disminución nf, pl - ciones : decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    disminución n fall / drop

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminución

  • 23 distraído

    adj.
    1 absent-minded, absentminded, abstracted, distracted.
    2 untidy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: distraer.
    * * *
    1→ link=distraer distraer
    1 (desatento) absent-minded
    2 (entretenido) entertaining, fun
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 absent-minded person
    \
    hacerse el/la distraído,-a to pretend not to notice
    * * *
    (f. - distraída)
    adj.
    3) entertained, amused
    * * *
    distraído, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=despistado)
    a) [con estar]

    siempre está distraído en clase — he's always daydreaming in class, he never pays attention in class

    me miró distraída — she glanced absently at me, she glanced at me absent-mindedly

    b) [con ser]
    2) (=entretenido) entertained, amused
    3) Esp (=divertido) entertaining, amusing
    4) (=disoluto) dissolute
    2.
    SM / F
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] < persona> absentminded, vague
    b) [estar]

    perdona, estaba distraído — sorry, I wasn't paying attention

    * * *
    = absent-minded, distracted, unfocused [unfocussed], dreamy [dreamier -comp., dreamiest -sup.], moony [moonier -comp., mooniest -sup.].
    Ex. The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.
    Ex. A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.
    Ex. They may be unfocused, underprepared, and not of a frame of mind to devote time and thoughtful energy to library research.
    Ex. Puberty, he describes as ' dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    Ex. I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] < persona> absentminded, vague
    b) [estar]

    perdona, estaba distraído — sorry, I wasn't paying attention

    * * *
    = absent-minded, distracted, unfocused [unfocussed], dreamy [dreamier -comp., dreamiest -sup.], moony [moonier -comp., mooniest -sup.].

    Ex: The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.

    Ex: A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.
    Ex: They may be unfocused, underprepared, and not of a frame of mind to devote time and thoughtful energy to library research.
    Ex: Puberty, he describes as ' dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    Ex: I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.

    * * *
    ‹persona/aire/mirada›
    iba distraído y no se fijó que había un escalón he was miles away and didn't see the step ( colloq)
    es muy distraído he's very absentminded
    perdona, estaba distraído sorry, I wasn't paying attention o I wasn't concentrating o my mind was elsewhere
    * * *

    Del verbo distraer: ( conjugate distraer)

    distraído es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    distraer    
    distraído
    distraer ( conjugate distraer) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹persona/atención› to distract;

    distraído a algn de algo ‹de trabajo/estudios› to distract sb from sth ‹ de preocupaciones› to take sb's mind off sth
    b) ( entretener) ‹ persona› to keep … entertained

    distraerse verbo pronominal
    a) (despistarse, descuidarse) to get distracted



    se distrae con cualquier cosa she doesn't need much to keep amused
    distraído
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] ‹ persona› absentminded, vague

    b)

    ◊ estaba/iba distraído he was miles away (colloq)

    distraer verbo transitivo
    1 (entretener) to entertain: la televisión distrae a la abuela, the television keeps Grandmother amused
    2 (desviar la atención) to distract
    distraído,-a adjetivo
    1 (entretenido) entertaining
    2 (despistado) absent-minded
    ' distraído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abstraída
    - abstraído
    - distraída
    - ida
    - ido
    - atontado
    - ausente
    - desatento
    English:
    absent-minded
    - distracted
    - dreamy
    - vague
    - absent
    - inattentive
    * * *
    distraído, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [entretenido] [libro] readable;
    [programa de TV, película] watchable; [persona] amusing, entertaining;
    una tarde/conversación distraída quite a nice afternoon/conversation;
    pasamos un rato muy distraído jugando a las cartas we had a good time playing cards;
    los niños estaban muy distraídos con los dibujos animados the children were very involved in the cartoons
    2. [despistado]
    ser distraído to be absent-minded;
    es un tipo muy distraído he's a very absent-minded guy;
    estar distraído to be distracted;
    estaba distraído y me quitaron la maleta I wasn't paying attention o I let my attention wander and I had my suitcase stolen;
    lo siento, estaba distraído, ¿qué decías? sorry, I was miles away;
    * * *
    I part → distraer
    II adj absent-minded; temporalmente distracted
    * * *
    distraído, -da adj
    1) : distracted, preoccupied
    2) despistado: absentminded
    * * *
    1. (despistado) absent minded
    perdona, estaba distraído sorry, I was miles away
    2. (divertido) enjoyable

    Spanish-English dictionary > distraído

  • 24 duro despertar

    Ex. Anyone who loves to be taken away by a good travel yarn will find ' Rude Awakenings' a great adventure.
    * * *

    Ex: Anyone who loves to be taken away by a good travel yarn will find ' Rude Awakenings' a great adventure.

    Spanish-English dictionary > duro despertar

  • 25 duro1

    1 = harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], stiff [stiffer -comp., stiffest -sup.], tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], flinty [flintier -comp., flintiest -sup.], hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.], stern, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], rugged, hard-nosed, unfeeling, tough-minded, hard-line, hardy [hardier -comp., hardiest -sup.], hard-wearing, gruelling [grueling, -USA].
    Ex. In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
    Ex. Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.
    Ex. Ironically, however, the internal organisation walls librarians have built to categorise materials by format remain stiff and solid.
    Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex. 'I wish she'd tell me when she asks one of my people to do something,' she added in the same flinty tone.
    Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex. There are two good reasons for this stern rule.
    Ex. The changes for the latter group are going to be abrupt, and rough -- very revolutionary.
    Ex. The article 'Where no drive has gone before: ruggedized CD-ROM drives' provides examples of conditions where CD-ROM drives need to be particularly rugged (severe industrial conditions, severe shock and vibration conditions, and severe military conditions).
    Ex. Companies must adopt a hard-nosed attitude in judging the cost benefits of teletext.
    Ex. The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
    Ex. Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex. Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.
    Ex. These plants are often not as hardy when placed in the garden under less than hothouse conditions.
    Ex. The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    Ex. He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.
    ----
    * actuar duro = play + hardball.
    * a duras penas = with great difficulty.
    * arreglárselas a duras penas = muddle through.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * cara dura = impudence, effrontery, blatancy, shameless, shamelessness.
    * ciencias duras, las = hard sciences, the.
    * dar duro = pack + a wallop.
    * de línea dura = hard-line.
    * disco duro = hard disc.
    * dura realidad = fact of life, harsh reality.
    * duro como una piedra = rock-hard.
    * duro de corazón = hard-hearted.
    * duro de oído = hard-of-hearing.
    * duro despertar = rude awakening.
    * duro golpe = cruel blow.
    * duro revés = cruel blow.
    * edición en cubierta dura = hardcover.
    * edición en tapas duras = hardcover.
    * ganarse la vida a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.
    * hacerse el duro = play it + cool, play + hard to get.
    * hueso duro = tough nut.
    * hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.
    * huevo duro = hard-boiled egg.
    * la parte más dura de = brunt of, the.
    * libro impreso en pastas duras = board book.
    * madera dura = hardwood.
    * ¿mano blanda o mano dura? = the carrot vs. the stick.
    * mano blanda y mano dura = carrots and sticks.
    * mano dura = iron fist, iron hand.
    * más duro que la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * más duro que una piedra = as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * paladar duro = hard palate.
    * pastas duras = hard cover.
    * personas que son duras de oído, las = hard of hearing, the.
    * pornografía dura = hard core pornography.
    * puro y duro = unvarnished.
    * recibir duras críticas = take + a pounding, take + a beating.
    * salir adelante a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.
    * sector duro = hard sector.
    * tan duro como el pedernal = as hard as nails.
    * tan duro como la piedra = as hard as nails.
    * tan duro como la suela de un zapato = as tough as leather, as tough as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * tan duro como una piedra = as hard as nails, as tough as nuts, as tough as nails, as tough as leather, as tough as old boots, as tough as shoe leather.
    * tenerlo duro = not be easy.
    * tener un duro despertar = rude awakening + be in store.
    * trabajar duro = labour [labor, -USA], toil, slave away.
    * trabajo duro = hard graft, hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > duro1

  • 26 emoción

    f.
    emotion, feeling, thrill, excitement.
    * * *
    1 (sentimiento) emotion, feeling
    2 (excitación) excitement
    \
    ¡qué emoción! how exciting!
    * * *
    noun f.
    emotion, excitement
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=sentimiento) emotion
    2) (=excitación) excitement

    ¡qué emoción! — (lit) how exciting!; iró big deal!

    la emoción de la película no disminuye — the excitement o tension of the film does not flag

    * * *
    femenino ( sentimiento) emotion; (expectación, excitación) excitement
    * * *
    = emotion, excitement, poignancy, thrill, titillation, exhilaration.
    Ex. Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    Ex. If done effectively, displays can add interest and even excitement to the process of information discovery.
    Ex. Death becomes the character's hugged secret in what is a movie infused with silence and poignancy.
    Ex. She felt a small thrill of triumph.
    Ex. At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.
    Ex. The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
    ----
    * acallar una emoción = bruise + emotion.
    * despertar las emociones = stir + emotions.
    * estremecerse de emoción = tremble with + excitement.
    * haber un aire de emoción = there + be + an air of excitement.
    * hacer llorar de emoción = move + Nombre + to tears.
    * infundir emoción = infuse + emotion.
    * no sucumbir ante las emociones = keep + a stiff upper lip.
    * respirarse emoción en el aire = there + be + an air of excitement.
    * sentir una emoción = feel + emotion.
    * * *
    femenino ( sentimiento) emotion; (expectación, excitación) excitement
    * * *
    = emotion, excitement, poignancy, thrill, titillation, exhilaration.

    Ex: Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.

    Ex: If done effectively, displays can add interest and even excitement to the process of information discovery.
    Ex: Death becomes the character's hugged secret in what is a movie infused with silence and poignancy.
    Ex: She felt a small thrill of triumph.
    Ex: At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.
    Ex: The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
    * acallar una emoción = bruise + emotion.
    * despertar las emociones = stir + emotions.
    * estremecerse de emoción = tremble with + excitement.
    * haber un aire de emoción = there + be + an air of excitement.
    * hacer llorar de emoción = move + Nombre + to tears.
    * infundir emoción = infuse + emotion.
    * no sucumbir ante las emociones = keep + a stiff upper lip.
    * respirarse emoción en el aire = there + be + an air of excitement.
    * sentir una emoción = feel + emotion.

    * * *
    1 (sentimiento) emotion
    no deja traslucir sus emociones he doesn't let his emotions o feelings show
    2 (expectación, excitación) excitement
    ¡qué emoción! how exciting!
    * * *

    emoción sustantivo femenino ( sentimiento) emotion;
    (expectación, excitación) excitement;
    ◊ ¡qué emoción! how exciting!

    emoción sustantivo femenino
    1 (sentimiento) emotion
    2 (nerviosismo, expectación) excitement: con la emoción me olvidé de llamarte, I was so excited that I forgot to call you

    ' emoción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conmoción
    - embargar
    - emocionar
    - impresión
    - nudo
    - sacudir
    - sensación
    - temblar
    - vibrar
    - entrecortado
    - intenso
    - llorar
    - reflejar
    - sentimiento
    - sentir
    - sorpresa
    - uy
    - viveza
    English:
    break
    - control
    - cover up
    - curb
    - dam up
    - damp
    - deep
    - deepen
    - depth
    - dormant
    - emotion
    - emotionalism
    - excitement
    - exhibit
    - feel
    - force back
    - great
    - joy
    - outburst
    - overcome
    - overpower
    - overwhelm
    - pass
    - pass off
    - possess
    - powerful
    - profess
    - sham
    - shame
    - sharpen
    - shock
    - show
    - sniff
    - stir
    - strength
    - strong
    - subdue
    - suppress
    - thrill
    - violent
    - wave
    - wrench
    - flurry
    - move
    * * *
    1. [conmoción, sentimiento] emotion;
    la emoción le impedía hablar he was so emotional he could hardly speak;
    temblaba de emoción he was trembling with emotion;
    lloraba de emoción he was moved to tears
    2. [expectación] excitement;
    ¡qué emoción! how exciting!;
    seguían el partido con emoción they followed the game with excitement
    * * *
    f emotion;
    ¡qué emoción! how exciting!
    * * *
    emoción nf, pl - ciones : emotion
    ♦ emocional adj
    * * *
    1. (sentimiento) emotion
    2. (pasión) excitement
    ¡qué emoción! how exciting!

    Spanish-English dictionary > emoción

  • 27 enfriarse

    1 (lo demasiado caliente) to cool down; (ponerse demasiado frío) to go cold, get cold
    ■ déjalo enfriar, está muy caliente let it cool down, it's too hot
    2 (tener frío) to get cold; (resfriarse) to catch a cold, get a cold
    3 figurado to cool off
    * * *
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=refrescarse) [alimentos] [lo suficiente] to cool down, cool off; [demasiado] to get cold
    2) (=perder fuerza) [pasión] to cool off; [entusiasmo, relaciones] to cool
    3) (Med) to catch a chill
    * * *
    (v.) = cool off, lapse, cool down, go + cold turkey, catch + a chill, grow + cold, get + cold feet
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he would often hide in some nook of the station to save the fare, or riding, if necessary, till things cooled off and the world above became habitable again.
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. The samples were then fried in palm oil for 5 min and then left to cool down for 0, 1, 3 or 6 min.
    Ex. Judging by the critical responses to the article so far, it looks like the world isn't quite ready to go cold turkey on its religion addiction.
    Ex. Researchers into the common cold say ' catching a chill' really does help colds develop -- and are advising to 'wrap up warm' to keep viruses at bay.
    Ex. She had lived alone, except for her dog who, at the very last, sat patiently beside the bed and licked her hands until they grew cold.
    Ex. The important thing is to be true to yourself, but should you get cold feet at the eleventh hour remember that there could be serious financial implications as well as emotional ones.
    * * *
    (v.) = cool off, lapse, cool down, go + cold turkey, catch + a chill, grow + cold, get + cold feet

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he would often hide in some nook of the station to save the fare, or riding, if necessary, till things cooled off and the world above became habitable again.

    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex: The samples were then fried in palm oil for 5 min and then left to cool down for 0, 1, 3 or 6 min.
    Ex: Judging by the critical responses to the article so far, it looks like the world isn't quite ready to go cold turkey on its religion addiction.
    Ex: Researchers into the common cold say ' catching a chill' really does help colds develop -- and are advising to 'wrap up warm' to keep viruses at bay.
    Ex: She had lived alone, except for her dog who, at the very last, sat patiently beside the bed and licked her hands until they grew cold.
    Ex: The important thing is to be true to yourself, but should you get cold feet at the eleventh hour remember that there could be serious financial implications as well as emotional ones.

    * * *

    ■enfriarse verbo reflexivo
    1 to get o go cold
    2 (coger un resfriado) to get o catch a cold
    3 (el entusiasmo) to cool down
    ' enfriarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enfriar
    English:
    cool
    - cool down
    - cool off
    - get
    - grow
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [líquido] [quedarse suficientemente frío] to cool down;
    deja que se enfríe un poco el café let the coffee cool down a bit
    2. [líquido] [quedarse demasiado frío] to go cold;
    se te va a enfriarse la sopa your soup is going to get cold
    3. [situación, relación, sentimiento] to cool down
    4. [coger frío] to get cold;
    [resfriarse] to catch a chill;
    enseguida se me enfrían las manos my hands get cold straight away
    * * *
    v/r
    1 ( perder calor) cool down; ( perder demasiado calor) get cold, go cold; fig
    cool, cool off
    2 MED catch a cold, catch a chill
    * * *
    vr
    : to get chilled, to catch a cold
    * * *
    enfriarse vb to go cold

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfriarse

  • 28 esperar1

    1 = await, wait, wait for, hang on, be in store, tarry.
    Ex. Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.
    Ex. Otherwise documents will have to wait in cataloguing departments until the record does become available.
    Ex. Please accept this from the person who was probably the biggest sceptic in the State of Ohio at the beginning -- if we had waited for this from the start, I think we never would have started.
    Ex. ' Hang on a sec, okay?' the senior assistant librarian in charge of serials said as she put the phone down.
    Ex. A worse fate is in store for those whose integrated library sustem vendor goes out of business or is bought by another vendor.
    Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.
    ----
    * de aquí te espero = tremendous, humongous [humungous], massive, enormous, gianormous.
    * esperamos su repuesta = look forward to + hearing from you.
    * esperar con impaciencia = kick + Posesivo + heels.
    * esperar el turno de Uno = wait + Posesivo + turn.
    * esperar en el futuro = be in store for + Nombre + in the future, future + have in store.
    * esperar entre bastidores = wait in + the wings, lurk in + the wings.
    * esperar impacientemente = kick + Posesivo + heels.
    * esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.
    * esperar su momento = wait in + the wings, stand in + the wings, lurk in + the wings.
    * esperar su oportunidad = wait in + the wings, stand in + the wings, lurk in + the wings.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * hacer esperar = cool + Posesivo + heels.
    * hacer + Pronombre + esperar = keep + Pronombre + waiting.
    * lo que espera a = what is on store for.
    * lo que nos espera = things to come.
    * protesta + no hacerse esperar = cry + ring out.
    * ser lo que nos espera = be the shape of things to come.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esperar1

  • 29 estimular

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    2 to stimulate.
    El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.
    El aroma estimula los sentidos The aroma stimulates the senses.
    * * *
    1 (animar) to encourage, stimulate
    2 (apetito, pasiones) to whet
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=alentar) [+ persona] to encourage
    2) (=favorecer) [+ apetito, economía, esfuerzos, ahorro] to stimulate; [+ debate] to promote
    3) [+ organismo, célula] to stimulate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex. Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex. Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    ----
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.

    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

    Ex: CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex: The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex: Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex: Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.

    * * *
    estimular [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 «clase/lectura» to stimulate
    2 (alentar) to encourage
    hay que estimularla para que trabaje she needs encouraging to get her to work
    gritaban para estimular a su equipo they cheered their team on, they shouted encouragement to their team
    3 ‹apetito› to whet, stimulate; ‹circulación› to stimulate
    4 (sexualmente) to stimulate
    B ‹inversión/ahorro› to encourage, stimulate
    * * *

    estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo


    estimular verbo transitivo
    1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
    2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
    ' estimular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - impulsar
    English:
    animate
    - drum up
    - fuel
    - stimulate
    - stir
    - work up
    - boost
    - promote
    - revitalize
    - revive
    - spur
    - whet
    * * *
    1. [animar] to encourage;
    el orgullo le estimula a seguir his pride spurs him to go on
    2. [incitar] to encourage, to urge on;
    la muchedumbre lo estimuló con gritos the crowd shouted him on
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to stimulate
    4. [activar] [apetito] to stimulate, to whet;
    [circulación, economía] to stimulate; [ventas, inversión] to stimulate, to encourage
    * * *
    v/t
    1 stimulate
    2 ( animar) encourage
    * * *
    1) : to stimulate
    2) : to encourage
    * * *
    1. (activar) to stimulate
    2. (animar) to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > estimular

  • 30 experiencia

    f.
    1 experience.
    tiene mucha experiencia en la reparación de lavadoras he has a lot of experience at repairing washing machines
    experiencia laboral work experience
    2 experience (vivencia).
    sé por (propia) experiencia que este trabajo implica sacrificio I know from my own experience that this job involves a lot of sacrifices
    3 experiment (experimento).
    * * *
    1 (gen) experience
    2 (experimento) experiment
    \
    por experiencia from experience
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acontecimientos) experience

    saber por experiencia — to know by o from experience

    2) (=experimento) experiment (en on)
    * * *
    1) (conocimiento, suceso) experience

    experiencia profesional/docente — professional/teaching experience

    2) ( experimento) experiment
    •
    * * *
    = experience, exposure, connoisseurship, seasoning.
    Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex. This article also examines the need for exposure to AI by all students in order to become familiar with capabilities and limitations of AI-based systems.
    Ex. This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.
    Ex. All the artists were influenced by their seasoning as commercial illustrators.
    ----
    * acumular experiencia = garner + experience.
    * adquirido con la experiencia = experiential.
    * adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).
    * ámbito de experiencia = circle of experience.
    * ampliar la experiencia = extend + experience, broaden + experience.
    * aprender de la experiencia = learn from + experience.
    * aprendizaje a través de la experiencia = experiential learning.
    * aprovechar la experiencia profesional = harness + expertise.
    * ASTINFO (Red Regional para el Intercambio de Información y Experiencias de l = ASTINFO (Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific).
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * compartir experiencias = share + experience.
    * compartir la experiencia profesional = pool + expertise.
    * con experiencia = experienced.
    * con experiencia profesional = professionally-qualified.
    * con la sabiduría que da la experiencia = with the benefit of hindsight.
    * conocer por experiencia = know (by/from) + experience.
    * con poca experiencia = inexperienced.
    * contar experiencias = tell + tales.
    * contar la experiencia = relate + experience, recount + experience.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * escuchar la voz de la experiencia = listen to + the voice of experience.
    * experiencia aleccionadora = awakening.
    * experiencia amarga = bitter experience.
    * experiencia cercana a la muerte = near death experience.
    * experiencia cotidiana = flux of experience.
    * experiencia de la vida = experience of life.
    * experiencia del mundo = worldliness.
    * experiencia del mundo real = real-world training.
    * experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.
    * experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.
    * experiencia desalentadora = downer.
    * experiencia difícil = bumpy ride.
    * experiencia docente = teaching experience.
    * experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.
    * experiencia enriquecedora = learning experience.
    * experiencia + enseñar = experience + teach.
    * experiencia incomparable = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia inolvidable = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia irrepetible = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia laboral = work experience.
    * experiencia lectora = reading life.
    * experiencia liberadora = liberating experience.
    * experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia mística = mystic experience.
    * experiencia personal = life experience, living experience, personal experience.
    * experiencia política = political experience.
    * experiencia positiva = success story.
    * experiencia práctica = field experience, hands on experience, practical experience.
    * experiencia profesional = career experience, expertise, staff expertise, professional skills, professional expertise, professional experience.
    * experiencia profesional común = pool of expertise.
    * experiencia traumática = traumatic experience.
    * experiencia única = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia vital = living experience.
    * experiencia vivida = life experience, living experience.
    * intercambiar experiencias = exchange + experience, share + experience.
    * intercambio de experiencias = exchange of experience.
    * la voz de la experiencia = the voice of experience.
    * mala experiencia = horror story, awful experience.
    * recoger experiencia = garner + experience.
    * servir de experiencia = chart + the waters.
    * servirse de la experiencia = draw on/upon + background.
    * servirse de la experiencia de = draw on/upon + experience of.
    * sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].
    * sufrir una experiencia = undergo + experience.
    * tener experiencia = have + experience.
    * terrible experiencia = ordeal.
    * toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.
    * una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * * *
    1) (conocimiento, suceso) experience

    experiencia profesional/docente — professional/teaching experience

    2) ( experimento) experiment
    •
    * * *
    = experience, exposure, connoisseurship, seasoning.

    Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.

    Ex: This article also examines the need for exposure to AI by all students in order to become familiar with capabilities and limitations of AI-based systems.
    Ex: This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.
    Ex: All the artists were influenced by their seasoning as commercial illustrators.
    * acumular experiencia = garner + experience.
    * adquirido con la experiencia = experiential.
    * adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).
    * ámbito de experiencia = circle of experience.
    * ampliar la experiencia = extend + experience, broaden + experience.
    * aprender de la experiencia = learn from + experience.
    * aprendizaje a través de la experiencia = experiential learning.
    * aprovechar la experiencia profesional = harness + expertise.
    * ASTINFO (Red Regional para el Intercambio de Información y Experiencias de l = ASTINFO (Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific).
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * compartir experiencias = share + experience.
    * compartir la experiencia profesional = pool + expertise.
    * con experiencia = experienced.
    * con experiencia profesional = professionally-qualified.
    * con la sabiduría que da la experiencia = with the benefit of hindsight.
    * conocer por experiencia = know (by/from) + experience.
    * con poca experiencia = inexperienced.
    * contar experiencias = tell + tales.
    * contar la experiencia = relate + experience, recount + experience.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * escuchar la voz de la experiencia = listen to + the voice of experience.
    * experiencia aleccionadora = awakening.
    * experiencia amarga = bitter experience.
    * experiencia cercana a la muerte = near death experience.
    * experiencia cotidiana = flux of experience.
    * experiencia de la vida = experience of life.
    * experiencia del mundo = worldliness.
    * experiencia del mundo real = real-world training.
    * experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.
    * experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.
    * experiencia desalentadora = downer.
    * experiencia difícil = bumpy ride.
    * experiencia docente = teaching experience.
    * experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.
    * experiencia enriquecedora = learning experience.
    * experiencia + enseñar = experience + teach.
    * experiencia incomparable = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia inolvidable = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia irrepetible = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia laboral = work experience.
    * experiencia lectora = reading life.
    * experiencia liberadora = liberating experience.
    * experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia mística = mystic experience.
    * experiencia personal = life experience, living experience, personal experience.
    * experiencia política = political experience.
    * experiencia positiva = success story.
    * experiencia práctica = field experience, hands on experience, practical experience.
    * experiencia profesional = career experience, expertise, staff expertise, professional skills, professional expertise, professional experience.
    * experiencia profesional común = pool of expertise.
    * experiencia traumática = traumatic experience.
    * experiencia única = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia vital = living experience.
    * experiencia vivida = life experience, living experience.
    * intercambiar experiencias = exchange + experience, share + experience.
    * intercambio de experiencias = exchange of experience.
    * la voz de la experiencia = the voice of experience.
    * mala experiencia = horror story, awful experience.
    * recoger experiencia = garner + experience.
    * servir de experiencia = chart + the waters.
    * servirse de la experiencia = draw on/upon + background.
    * servirse de la experiencia de = draw on/upon + experience of.
    * sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].
    * sufrir una experiencia = undergo + experience.
    * tener experiencia = have + experience.
    * terrible experiencia = ordeal.
    * toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.
    * una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.

    * * *
    A
    1 (conocimiento, práctica) experience
    un médico con mucha experiencia a very experienced doctor, a doctor with a great deal of experience
    no tengo ninguna experiencia en este tipo de trabajo I have no experience in this sort of work
    experiencia laboral/profesional/docente work/professional/teaching experience
    lo sé por experiencia propia I know from my own experience
    2 (hecho, suceso) experience
    este viaje ha sido una experiencia inolvidable this trip has been an unforgettable experience
    B (experimento) experiment
    Compuesto:
    pilot scheme
    * * *

     

    experiencia sustantivo femenino
    a) (conocimiento, suceso) experience;

    ◊ saber algo por experiencia to know sth by o from experience;

    experiencia piloto pilot scheme

    experiencia sustantivo femenino experience: lo sé por experiencia, I know it from experience
    ♦ Locuciones: con experiencia, experienced
    sin experiencia, inexperienced
    ' experiencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    balanza
    - baqueteada
    - baqueteado
    - curtida
    - curtido
    - dilatada
    - dilatado
    - docencia
    - escaldada
    - escaldado
    - extracorpórea
    - extracorpóreo
    - fascinador
    - fascinadora
    - fascinante
    - fructífera
    - fructífero
    - fructificar
    - guarnición
    - mundo
    - sabiduría
    - traumática
    - traumático
    - verde
    - vivir
    - acumular
    - adquirir
    - alguien
    - amargo
    - compensar
    - contar
    - cuidado
    - envejecer
    - escaso
    - espeluznante
    - función
    - ganar
    - imberbe
    - inexperto
    - marcar
    - místico
    - previo
    - provecho
    - saludable
    - sobrado
    - superar
    - terrible
    - trago
    - valioso
    - vasto
    English:
    around
    - blot out
    - build up
    - come
    - cost
    - dispose
    - downer
    - draw on
    - experience
    - first-hand
    - gain
    - get through
    - green
    - hand
    - have
    - lack
    - learned
    - lesson
    - live through
    - mind-blowing
    - miss
    - ordeal
    - previous
    - think back
    - time
    - traumatic
    - trying
    - unforgettable
    - unqualified
    - unrewarding
    - wide
    - worthwhile
    - background
    - experienced
    - familiarity
    - from
    - inexperience
    - inexperienced
    - know
    - substitute
    - weigh
    - work
    * * *
    1. [veteranía] experience;
    tiene mucha experiencia en la reparación de lavadoras he has a lot of experience at repairing washing machines;
    se necesita jefe de mantenimiento con amplia experiencia [en anuncio] wanted: maintenance foreman with extensive experience;
    ¿qué experiencia tiene como jardinero? what experience do you have as a gardener?;
    la experiencia es la madre de la ciencia experience is the mother of wisdom
    experiencia laboral work experience
    2. [vivencia] experience;
    viví una experiencia única I had a unique experience;
    sé por (propia) experiencia que este trabajo implica sacrificio I know from my own experience that this job involves a lot of sacrifices
    3. [experimento] experiment
    * * *
    f experience;
    por experiencia from experience;
    sin experiencia inexperienced
    * * *
    1) : experience
    2) experimento: experiment
    * * *
    experiencia n experience

    Spanish-English dictionary > experiencia

  • 31 ideal romántico

    Ex. Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    * * *

    Ex: Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ideal romántico

  • 32 idealismo

    m.
    idealism.
    * * *
    1 idealism
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino idealism
    * * *
    Ex. Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    * * *
    masculino idealism
    * * *

    Ex: Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.

    * * *
    idealism
    * * *

    idealismo sustantivo masculino
    idealism
    idealismo sustantivo masculino idealism
    ' idealismo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    idealism
    * * *
    idealism
    * * *
    m idealism
    * * *
    : idealism

    Spanish-English dictionary > idealismo

  • 33 judaísmo

    m.
    Judaism, Jewry, Jewishness.
    * * *
    1 Judaism
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino Judaism
    * * *
    = Jewry, Judaism.
    Ex. This article reviews the awakening of interest in Jewish materials and libraries, by American Jewry, following World War 2.
    Ex. Thus, it is affirmed that, for example, a book on the sociology of the jews should go in class 301 with sociology and not at 296, the number for Judaism.
    * * *
    masculino Judaism
    * * *
    = Jewry, Judaism.

    Ex: This article reviews the awakening of interest in Jewish materials and libraries, by American Jewry, following World War 2.

    Ex: Thus, it is affirmed that, for example, a book on the sociology of the jews should go in class 301 with sociology and not at 296, the number for Judaism.

    * * *
    Judaism
    * * *

    judaísmo sustantivo masculino
    Judaism
    judaísmo sustantivo masculino Judaism
    ' judaísmo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    Judaism
    * * *
    Judaism
    * * *
    m Judaism
    * * *
    : Judaism
    * * *
    judaísmo n Judaism

    Spanish-English dictionary > judaísmo

  • 34 judería

    f.
    1 Jewish quarter, Jewish ghetto.
    2 Jewry.
    * * *
    1 Jewish quarter
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=barrio) Jewish quarter
    2) (=judíos) Jewry
    3) CAm, Méx * (=travesura) prank
    * * *
    a) ( barrio) Jewish quarter, Jewry (arch)
    b) ( grupo) Jewry
    * * *
    = Jewry.
    Ex. This article reviews the awakening of interest in Jewish materials and libraries, by American Jewry, following World War 2.
    * * *
    a) ( barrio) Jewish quarter, Jewry (arch)
    b) ( grupo) Jewry
    * * *

    Ex: This article reviews the awakening of interest in Jewish materials and libraries, by American Jewry, following World War 2.

    * * *
    1 (barrio) Jewish quarter, Jewry ( arch)
    2 (grupo) Jewry
    * * *

    judería f (de una ciudad) Jewish quarter
    * * *
    Hist Jewish ghetto o quarter
    * * *
    f Jewish quarter

    Spanish-English dictionary > judería

  • 35 judíos

    (n.) = Jewry
    Ex. This article reviews the awakening of interest in Jewish materials and libraries, by American Jewry, following World War 2.
    * * *
    (n.) = Jewry

    Ex: This article reviews the awakening of interest in Jewish materials and libraries, by American Jewry, following World War 2.

    Spanish-English dictionary > judíos

  • 36 pendiente de

    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    * * *

    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pendiente de

  • 37 perder interés

    v.
    to lose interest.
    El chico se desganó al verla The boy lost interest upon seeing her.
    * * *
    (v.) = lapse, lose + interest
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. He lost interest in the discussion of different tactical methods to infiltrate the research building, as it mainly went over his head.
    * * *
    (v.) = lapse, lose + interest

    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.

    Ex: He lost interest in the discussion of different tactical methods to infiltrate the research building, as it mainly went over his head.

    Spanish-English dictionary > perder interés

  • 38 pubertad

    f.
    puberty.
    * * *
    1 puberty
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino puberty
    * * *
    = puberty, pubescence.
    Ex. Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.
    Ex. It is important to understand the nutrient requirements and the significance of nutrition both in pubescence and adolescence.
    ----
    * de la pubertad = pubertal.
    * * *
    femenino puberty
    * * *
    = puberty, pubescence.

    Ex: Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.

    Ex: It is important to understand the nutrient requirements and the significance of nutrition both in pubescence and adolescence.
    * de la pubertad = pubertal.

    * * *
    puberty
    * * *

    pubertad sustantivo femenino
    puberty
    pubertad sustantivo femenino puberty
    ' pubertad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    break
    - puberty
    * * *
    puberty
    * * *
    f puberty
    * * *
    : puberty

    Spanish-English dictionary > pubertad

  • 39 recurso académico

    Ex. A rude awakening may be in store when they discover that their college or university professors require them to use scholarly resources.
    * * *

    Ex: A rude awakening may be in store when they discover that their college or university professors require them to use scholarly resources.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recurso académico

  • 40 redespertar

    = reawakening [re-awakening].
    Ex. This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
    * * *
    = reawakening [re-awakening].

    Ex: This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.

    Spanish-English dictionary > redespertar

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