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  • 61 no tener otra opción que

    (v.) = have + no other option but
    Ex. It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + no other option but

    Ex: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no tener otra opción que

  • 62 nómada

    adj.
    nomadic, migrant, migratory.
    f. & m.
    nomad, Bedouin.
    * * *
    1 nomadic
    1 nomad
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SMF nomad
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo nomadic
    II
    masculino y femenino nomad
    * * *
    = nomadic, nomad.
    Ex. An information system is said to be nomadic when the user has access to his or her personal information space from any location independent of specific devices.
    Ex. The Camel Mobile Library project, launched in Oct 1996, provides books to literate nomads to enable them to retain their literary skills.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo nomadic
    II
    masculino y femenino nomad
    * * *
    = nomadic, nomad.

    Ex: An information system is said to be nomadic when the user has access to his or her personal information space from any location independent of specific devices.

    Ex: The Camel Mobile Library project, launched in Oct 1996, provides books to literate nomads to enable them to retain their literary skills.

    * * *
    nomadic
    nomad
    * * *

    nómada adjetivo
    nomadic
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    nomad
    nómada
    1 adjetivo nomadic
    II mf nomad
    ' nómada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pueblo
    English:
    migrant
    - nomad
    * * *
    nómada, CSur nómade
    ♦ adj
    nomadic
    ♦ nmf
    nomad
    * * *
    I adj nomadic
    II m/f nomad
    * * *
    nómada adj
    : nomadic
    nómada nmf
    : nomad
    * * *
    nómada n nomad

    Spanish-English dictionary > nómada

  • 63 organizado alrededor de un tema

    (adj.) = theme-based
    Ex. This quarterly theme-based publication was launched as part of a multipronged effort connect research and practice in the field of adult education.
    * * *
    (adj.) = theme-based

    Ex: This quarterly theme-based publication was launched as part of a multipronged effort connect research and practice in the field of adult education.

    Spanish-English dictionary > organizado alrededor de un tema

  • 64 pacificar

    v.
    1 to pacify.
    Ella serena su alma She soothes his soul.
    2 to calm.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to pacify
    2 (calmar) to appease
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Mil) to pacify
    2) (=calmar) to calm; (=apaciguar) to appease
    3) (=reconciliar) to bring together, reconcile
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (Mil) to pacify (frml); ( calmar) to pacify, appease
    2.
    pacificarse v pron viento to abate; mar to become calm
    * * *
    = lull, still, appease.
    Ex. Ulysses uses words to comfort and lull his mariners, to ease all minds about the hard decision he has made and to persuade all that his choice to leave is correct.
    Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.
    Ex. They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (Mil) to pacify (frml); ( calmar) to pacify, appease
    2.
    pacificarse v pron viento to abate; mar to become calm
    * * *
    = lull, still, appease.

    Ex: Ulysses uses words to comfort and lull his mariners, to ease all minds about the hard decision he has made and to persuade all that his choice to leave is correct.

    Ex: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.
    Ex: They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.

    * * *
    pacificar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 (mediante la fuerza) to pacify ( frml)
    enviaron tropas para pacificar la isla they sent troops to restore peace to the island o to pacify the island
    2 (serenar, calmar) to pacify, appease
    pacificar los ánimos to calm people down
    «viento» to abate; «mar» to become calm
    * * *

    pacificar ( conjugate pacificar) verbo transitivo (Mil) to pacify (frml);
    ( calmar) to pacify, appease;

    pacificar verbo transitivo
    1 (una zona en conflicto, etc) to pacify
    2 (los ánimos, personas) to appease, calm

    ' pacificar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    pacify
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [país] to pacify
    2. [calmar] to calm, to appease;
    hicieron un esfuerzo por pacificar a los ánimos they attempted to calm people down;
    una serie de resoluciones encaminadas a pacificar a la oposición a series of resolutions designed to appease the opposition
    * * *
    v/t pacify
    * * *
    pacificar {72} vt
    : to pacify, to calm

    Spanish-English dictionary > pacificar

  • 65 peculiarmente

    adv.
    1 peculiarly.
    2 particularly, peculiarly, characteristically, in particular.
    * * *
    1 peculiarly
    * * *
    Ex. ISI is a peculiarly American institution, in that it is a private enterprise, launched with the aid of a very substantial government grant.
    * * *

    Ex: ISI is a peculiarly American institution, in that it is a private enterprise, launched with the aid of a very substantial government grant.

    Spanish-English dictionary > peculiarmente

  • 66 perdido de rumbo

    Ex. Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.
    * * *

    Ex: Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.

    Spanish-English dictionary > perdido de rumbo

  • 67 peso pesado

    m.
    1 heavy weight, heavyweight.
    2 eminent person, big enchilada.
    * * *
    heavyweight
    * * *
    (Dep) heavyweight; un peso pesado de la política a political heavyweight
    * * *
    (n.) = heavy weight [heavyweight], big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat
    Ex. Alfred B. Tozer's pseudonymous boxing tales about a character named John L. Jr began while John L. Sullivan was heavy weight champion.
    Ex. She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.
    Ex. Having been a big shot in Monrovia, he is accustomed to being waited on by servants, his wife and concubines alike.
    Ex. Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke.
    Ex. It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.
    Ex. The fat cats who placed the entire economy at risk with their greed and manic irresponsibility are trying to lay claim to every last dime in the national Treasury.
    * * *
    (Dep) heavyweight; un peso pesado de la política a political heavyweight
    * * *
    (n.) = heavy weight [heavyweight], big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat

    Ex: Alfred B. Tozer's pseudonymous boxing tales about a character named John L. Jr began while John L. Sullivan was heavy weight champion.

    Ex: She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.
    Ex: Having been a big shot in Monrovia, he is accustomed to being waited on by servants, his wife and concubines alike.
    Ex: Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke.
    Ex: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.
    Ex: The fat cats who placed the entire economy at risk with their greed and manic irresponsibility are trying to lay claim to every last dime in the national Treasury.

    * * *
    en boxeo, fig
    heavyweight

    Spanish-English dictionary > peso pesado

  • 68 pez gordo

    m.
    1 big shot, big gun, big daddy, big cheese.
    2 big fish.
    * * *
    figurado big shot
    * * *
    (fam) ( persona importante) bigwig (colloq); ( en delito) big shot (colloq)
    * * *
    (n.) = power player, big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat
    Ex. Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.
    Ex. She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.
    Ex. Having been a big shot in Monrovia, he is accustomed to being waited on by servants, his wife and concubines alike.
    Ex. Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke.
    Ex. It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.
    Ex. The fat cats who placed the entire economy at risk with their greed and manic irresponsibility are trying to lay claim to every last dime in the national Treasury.
    * * *
    (fam) ( persona importante) bigwig (colloq); ( en delito) big shot (colloq)
    * * *
    (n.) = power player, big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat cat

    Ex: Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.

    Ex: She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.
    Ex: Having been a big shot in Monrovia, he is accustomed to being waited on by servants, his wife and concubines alike.
    Ex: Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke.
    Ex: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.
    Ex: The fat cats who placed the entire economy at risk with their greed and manic irresponsibility are trying to lay claim to every last dime in the national Treasury.

    * * *
    fam
    big shot fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > pez gordo

  • 69 portal de Internet

    (n.) = Web portal, Internet portal, web-based research guide
    Ex. Dialog have launched a Web portal offering information professionals a high speed alternative for users who access command-based databases via telnet or third party communications.
    Ex. By 2002, it is estimated that the major Internet portals could be in a position so strong that they will be able to bulk buy any product or service from the lowest cost provider anywhere in the world.
    Ex. As indicated in the introduction, commercial vendors are already entering into this arena by auctioning reference service and producing web-based research guides.
    * * *
    (n.) = Web portal, Internet portal, web-based research guide

    Ex: Dialog have launched a Web portal offering information professionals a high speed alternative for users who access command-based databases via telnet or third party communications.

    Ex: By 2002, it is estimated that the major Internet portals could be in a position so strong that they will be able to bulk buy any product or service from the lowest cost provider anywhere in the world.
    Ex: As indicated in the introduction, commercial vendors are already entering into this arena by auctioning reference service and producing web-based research guides.

    Spanish-English dictionary > portal de Internet

  • 70 portal web

    (n.) = Web portal, Web guide
    Ex. Dialog have launched a Web portal offering information professionals a high speed alternative for users who access command-based databases via telnet or third party communications.
    Ex. The author examines the evaluation criteria applied to web resources selected for inclusion with reference to the digital art web guide.
    * * *
    (n.) = Web portal, Web guide

    Ex: Dialog have launched a Web portal offering information professionals a high speed alternative for users who access command-based databases via telnet or third party communications.

    Ex: The author examines the evaluation criteria applied to web resources selected for inclusion with reference to the digital art web guide.

    Spanish-English dictionary > portal web

  • 71 precipitado

    adj.
    1 precipitate, breakneck, sudden, hasty.
    2 abrupt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: precipitar.
    * * *
    1→ link=precipitar precipitar
    1 (apresurado) hasty, rash
    * * *
    (f. - precipitada)
    adj.
    2) rash
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [huida] headlong; [partida] hasty, sudden; [conducta] hasty, rash
    2.
    SM (Quím) precipitate
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <decisión/actuación> hasty; < juicio> snap (before n)
    II
    masculino (Quím) precipitate
    * * *
    = abrupt, hurried, rushed, rash, hasty, untethered, precipitous, precipitate, precipitate.
    Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex. Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.
    Ex. Leforte could usually identify those footsteps easily; but today they sounded more rushed that what could normally be expected from the cataloging head.
    Ex. And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex. It seems to me that the deletion of that was maybe a little bit too hasty.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or freewheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. In chemistry, increasing the gravitational force on a test tube will cause the precipitate to gather on the bottom.
    Ex. This was all compounded by the fact that the wedding itself was somewhat precipitate, done when it was for practical reasons.
    ----
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * demasiado precipitado = too hurried, too rush.
    * sacar conclusiones precipitadas = jump to + conclusions.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <decisión/actuación> hasty; < juicio> snap (before n)
    II
    masculino (Quím) precipitate
    * * *
    = abrupt, hurried, rushed, rash, hasty, untethered, precipitous, precipitate, precipitate.

    Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.

    Ex: Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.
    Ex: Leforte could usually identify those footsteps easily; but today they sounded more rushed that what could normally be expected from the cataloging head.
    Ex: And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex: It seems to me that the deletion of that was maybe a little bit too hasty.
    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or freewheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: In chemistry, increasing the gravitational force on a test tube will cause the precipitate to gather on the bottom.
    Ex: This was all compounded by the fact that the wedding itself was somewhat precipitate, done when it was for practical reasons.
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * demasiado precipitado = too hurried, too rush.
    * sacar conclusiones precipitadas = jump to + conclusions.

    * * *
    ‹decisión› hasty, hurried, precipitate ( frml)
    fue un viaje tan precipitado que no tuve tiempo de avisar a nadie the trip came up so suddenly that I didn't have time to tell anyone
    precipitate
    * * *

    Del verbo precipitar: ( conjugate precipitar)

    precipitado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    precipitado    
    precipitar
    precipitado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹decisión/actuación› hasty;


    ‹ juicio› snap ( before n)
    precipitado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (con prisa) hasty, hurried
    2 (sin pensar) rash
    II sustantivo masculino Quím precipitate
    precipitar verbo transitivo
    1 (una acción, un acontecimiento) to hurry, rush
    2 (un objeto) to throw, hurl
    3 Quím to precipitate
    ' precipitado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    precipitada
    - atarantado
    - atrabancado
    - lanzado
    - súbito
    English:
    breakneck
    - dash
    - hasty
    - ill-considered
    - precipitate
    - rash
    - panicky
    - snap
    * * *
    precipitado, -a
    ♦ adj
    hasty;
    no seas precipitado, reflexiona un poco don't be too hasty, think it over a little
    ♦ nm
    Quím precipitate
    * * *
    I adj hasty, sudden
    II m QUÍM precipitate
    * * *
    precipitado, -da adj
    1) : hasty, sudden
    2) : rash
    * * *
    precipitado adj rash / hasty [comp. hastier; superl. hastiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > precipitado

  • 72 promover un servicio

    (v.) = launch + service
    Ex. In Feb 92 Sutton launched a mobile library service for older and disabled people living in sheltered housing, residential homes or attending a day care centre.
    * * *
    (v.) = launch + service

    Ex: In Feb 92 Sutton launched a mobile library service for older and disabled people living in sheltered housing, residential homes or attending a day care centre.

    Spanish-English dictionary > promover un servicio

  • 73 promover una actividad

    (v.) = launch + activity
    Ex. The activities which have been launched by the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) support the concept of a cooperative, distributed network of materials data information services.
    * * *
    (v.) = launch + activity

    Ex: The activities which have been launched by the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) support the concept of a cooperative, distributed network of materials data information services.

    Spanish-English dictionary > promover una actividad

  • 74 protestar furiosamente

    (v.) = rage against
    Ex. Following 1996, when everybody raged against French backwardness on the Internet, a new project called 'France Explorer' was launched.
    * * *

    Ex: Following 1996, when everybody raged against French backwardness on the Internet, a new project called 'France Explorer' was launched.

    Spanish-English dictionary > protestar furiosamente

  • 75 proyecto de digitalización

    (n.) = electronic project [e-project], digitisation project
    Ex. The author looks at the reasons and purposes why some scholarly publishers have launched electronic projects (e-projects) while others have drawn back.
    Ex. The knowledge acquired during the development of this service is of particular value for other digitization projects.
    * * *
    (n.) = electronic project [e-project], digitisation project

    Ex: The author looks at the reasons and purposes why some scholarly publishers have launched electronic projects (e-projects) while others have drawn back.

    Ex: The knowledge acquired during the development of this service is of particular value for other digitization projects.

    Spanish-English dictionary > proyecto de digitalización

  • 76 proyecto piloto

    m.
    pilot project.
    * * *
    (n.) = pilot project, trial project, pilot scheme
    Ex. Some of these pilot projects have been: an index to scientific report literature; indexes to public records and an index to monographs and microdocuments on housing.
    Ex. The MALMARC (Malaysian Machine Readable Cataloguing) trial project was launched and subsequently became operational in 1979.
    Ex. Under the present pilot scheme it is hoped to test the extent to which translation costs may be recoverable from royalty receipts.
    * * *
    (n.) = pilot project, trial project, pilot scheme

    Ex: Some of these pilot projects have been: an index to scientific report literature; indexes to public records and an index to monographs and microdocuments on housing.

    Ex: The MALMARC (Malaysian Machine Readable Cataloguing) trial project was launched and subsequently became operational in 1979.
    Ex: Under the present pilot scheme it is hoped to test the extent to which translation costs may be recoverable from royalty receipts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > proyecto piloto

  • 77 quejica

    adj.
    whining, hard to please, querulous, whimpering.
    f. & m.
    grouse, moaner, railer.
    * * *
    1 familiar complaining, grumpy, querulous
    1 moaner, grouse
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SMF moaner, grumbler
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Esp fam) quejón I, II
    * * *
    = curmudgeon, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], cry-baby, whiner, ornery, fusspot, fussbudget, whinging [winging].
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.
    Ex. That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino, femenino (Esp fam) quejón I, II
    * * *
    = curmudgeon, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], cry-baby, whiner, ornery, fusspot, fussbudget, whinging [winging].

    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: Scientists agree: Conservatives are spoiled, selfish cry-babies.
    Ex: That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) whining ( before n) ( colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    crybaby ( colloq), whinger ( colloq)
    * * *

    quejica adjetivo, masculino y femenino (Esp fam) See Also→

    quejica familiar
    I adjetivo whining
    II mf whiner, moaner

    * * *
    ♦ adj
    whining, Br whingeing;
    es muy quejica he's always whining o Br whingeing;
    no seas quejica y ponte a trabajar stop whining o Br whingeing and get some work done
    ♦ nmf
    whiner, Br whinger
    * * *
    fam
    I adj whining fam
    II m/f crybaby
    * * *
    quejica n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > quejica

  • 78 recalentarse

    * * *
    Ex. The government has launched an investigation into cell phone batteries that can overheat or even explode, potentially injuring phone users.
    * * *

    Ex: The government has launched an investigation into cell phone batteries that can overheat or even explode, potentially injuring phone users.

    * * *

    ■recalentarse verbo reflexivo to get too hot
    ' recalentarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    recalentar
    English:
    overheat
    - liable
    - over
    * * *
    vpr
    to overheat;
    se ha recalentado el motor the engine has overheated
    * * *
    v/r overheat

    Spanish-English dictionary > recalentarse

  • 79 recuperación de texto

    Ex. CAIRS-LMS (Library Management System) was launched at the end of 1987 to offer library housekeeping facilities in addition to text retrieval.
    * * *

    Ex: CAIRS-LMS (Library Management System) was launched at the end of 1987 to offer library housekeeping facilities in addition to text retrieval.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recuperación de texto

  • 80 refunfuñón

    adj.
    grumpy, grumbling, moaning, grumbly.
    m.
    grumbler, grouch.
    * * *
    1 familiar grumpy, grumbling, moaning
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar grumbler, moaner
    * * *
    refunfuñón, -ona *
    1.
    ADJ grumpy
    2.
    SM / F grouch *
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grouch (colloq), grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, in a mard, grouch.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. She's been a right bitch and in a mard over the last week.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grouch (colloq), grumbler (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, in a mard, grouch.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: She's been a right bitch and in a mard over the last week.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.

    * * *
    ( fam); grouchy ( colloq), grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    grouch ( colloq), grumbler ( colloq)
    * * *

    refunfuñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grouchy (colloq), grumpy (colloq)


    * * *
    refunfuñón, -ona
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    grumbler
    * * *
    I adj grouchy, grumpy
    II m, refunfuñona f grouch, grump

    Spanish-English dictionary > refunfuñón

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