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  • 121 האריך בדיבורו

    spoke at length; was long-winded

    Hebrew-English dictionary > האריך בדיבורו

  • 122 brede

    2
    расстила́ть

    bréde sig — распространя́ться

    * * *
    * spread;
    ( blive bredere) broaden,
    ( vinde udbredelse) spread ( til to);
    ( være vidtløftig) be long-winded; speak (etc) at great length;
    [ mystikken (, uhyggen) breder sig] the plot thickens;
    [ brede ud] spread (out).

    Danish-English dictionary > brede

  • 123 vidtløftig

    adj
    ( omstændelig) detailed,
    F circumstantial,
    ( langstrakt) long-winded,
    F diffuse;
    ( udsvævende) dissipated,
    ( løs på tråden, T) fast.

    Danish-English dictionary > vidtløftig

  • 124 agudizar1

    1 = sharpen, stoke.
    Ex. Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.
    Ex. The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.
    ----
    * la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.

    Spanish-English dictionary > agudizar1

  • 125 nimio

    adj.
    insignificant, minute, trivial, petty.
    * * *
    1 insignificant, trivial
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=insignificante) insignificant, trivial
    2) [persona] (=minucioso) meticulous; pey fussy (about details); (=prolijo) long-winded
    3) (=excesivo) excessive (en in)
    * * *
    - mia adjetivo trivial, petty
    * * *
    = fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], trivial, inconsiderable, nugatory, menial, trifling.
    Ex. Some considered the rules over-complicated and fussy, whereas others were of the opinion that more detail was required.
    Ex. A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.
    Ex. A few minutes spent with the corrections and additions to the Dictionary of National Biography will reveal that although some changes seem very small and inconsiderable, others have major repercussions.
    Ex. Without intellectual curiosity this approach is liable to result in the sterile application of standardised methods and produce nugatory results.
    Ex. The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.
    Ex. But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.
    * * *
    - mia adjetivo trivial, petty
    * * *
    = fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], trivial, inconsiderable, nugatory, menial, trifling.

    Ex: Some considered the rules over-complicated and fussy, whereas others were of the opinion that more detail was required.

    Ex: A further problem is the fact that place names may appear in a trivial context.
    Ex: A few minutes spent with the corrections and additions to the Dictionary of National Biography will reveal that although some changes seem very small and inconsiderable, others have major repercussions.
    Ex: Without intellectual curiosity this approach is liable to result in the sterile application of standardised methods and produce nugatory results.
    Ex: The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.
    Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.

    * * *
    trivial, petty
    * * *

    nimio
    ◊ - mia adjetivo

    trivial, petty

    ' nimio' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insignificant
    - petty
    - trivial
    * * *
    nimio, -a adj
    insignificant, trivial
    * * *
    adj trivial
    * * *
    nimio, - mia adj
    insignificante: insignificant, trivial

    Spanish-English dictionary > nimio

  • 126 agudizar

    v.
    1 to make keener (sentido).
    agudizar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits
    2 to exacerbate, to make worse (problema, crisis).
    el frío agudizó el dolor the cold made the pain worse
    3 to intensify, to accentuate, to sharpen, to whet.
    * * *
    1 (afilar) to sharpen
    2 (empeorar) to worsen, intensify, make more acute
    1 (afilarse) to become sharper
    2 (empeorar) to worsen, intensify, become more acute
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ los sentidos, la mente] to sharpen, make more acute; [+ crisis] to aggravate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < sensación> to heighten; <crisis/conflicto> make worse; < instinto> to heighten; < sentido> to sharpen
    2.
    agudizarse v pron sensación to heighten; dolor to get worse; crisis to worsen; instinto to become heightened; sentido to become sharper
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < sensación> to heighten; <crisis/conflicto> make worse; < instinto> to heighten; < sentido> to sharpen
    2.
    agudizarse v pron sensación to heighten; dolor to get worse; crisis to worsen; instinto to become heightened; sentido to become sharper
    * * *
    agudizar1
    1 = sharpen, stoke.

    Ex: Instructors may sharpen a difference of opinion between two students and also may tactfully cut short long-winded contributions in a debate.

    Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.
    * la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.

    agudizar2
    2 = worsen.

    Ex: There were fears that opening on holidays would worsen the overall quality of the service provided and lead to higher staff turnover.

    * * *
    agudizar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 ‹sensación› to heighten; ‹crisis/conflicto› to intensify, make worse
    2 ‹instinto› to heighten; ‹sentido› to sharpen
    ha agudizado su olfato para estas cosas she's sharpened up her instinct for this sort of thing
    1 «sensación» to heighten; «dolor» to get worse, intensify; «crisis/conflicto» to worsen, intensify
    2 «instinto» to become heightened; «sentido» to become sharper
    se le ha agudizado el ingenio he's become sharper
    * * *

    agudizar ( conjugate agudizar) verbo transitivo ‹ sensación› to heighten;
    ‹crisis/conflicto› to make worse;
    ‹ instinto› to heighten;
    ‹ sentido› to sharpen
    agudizarse verbo pronominal [ sensación] to heighten;
    [ dolor] to get worse;
    [ crisis] to worsen;
    [ instinto] to become heightened;
    [ sentido] to become sharper
    agudizar verbo transitivo to intensify, make more acute
    ' agudizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguzar
    English:
    sharpen
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [afilar] to sharpen
    2. [sentido] to make keener;
    [mente] to sharpen;
    agudizar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits
    3. [problema, crisis] to exacerbate, to make worse;
    el frío agudizó el dolor the cold made the pain worse;
    la sequía agudizó la hambruna the drought exacerbated the famine
    * * *
    v/t
    1 sentido sharpen
    2
    :
    agudizar un problema make a problem worse
    * * *
    agudizar {21} vt
    : to intensify, to heighten

    Spanish-English dictionary > agudizar

  • 127 latero

    m.
    tinsmith.
    * * *
    SM LAm
    1) (=oficio) tinsmith
    2) * (=latoso) bore, drag *
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (Andes fam) boring
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    1) ( hojalatero) tinsmith
    2) (Andes fam) bore
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (Andes fam) boring
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    1) ( hojalatero) tinsmith
    2) (Andes fam) bore
    * * *
    latero1 -ra
    ( Andes fam) long-winded, boring
    latero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    A (hojalatero) tinsmith
    B ( Andes fam) (pesado) bore
    * * *
    latero, -a
    ♦ adj
    Andes Fam tiresome
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Am [hojalatero] tinsmith
    2. Andes Fam [pesado] pain (in the neck)
    * * *
    m, latera f L.Am.
    tinsmith

    Spanish-English dictionary > latero

  • 128 palabrero

    adj.
    talkative, loquacious.
    * * *
    palabrero, -a
    1.
    ADJ wordy, long-winded
    2.
    SM / F windbag **
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino (fam) gasbag (colloq), windbag (colloq)
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino (fam) gasbag (colloq), windbag (colloq)
    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); gasbag ( colloq), windbag ( colloq)
    * * *
    palabrero, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [muy hablador] talkative
    2. [de poco fiar] unreliable
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [persona muy habladora] chatterbox
    2. [persona de poco fiar] unreliable person

    Spanish-English dictionary > palabrero

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  • long-winded — (adj.) also longwinded, 1580s, given to lengthy speeches, from LONG (Cf. long) (adj.) + WIND (Cf. wind) (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense breath in speaking (early 14c.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • long-winded — ► ADJECTIVE 1) tediously lengthy. 2) archaic capable of doing something for a long time without becoming breathless …   English terms dictionary

  • long-winded — index flatulent, loquacious, profuse, prolix, turgid, voluble Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • long-winded — ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ (disapproval) If you describe something that is written or said as long winded, you are critical of it because it is longer than necessary. The manifesto is long winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted …   English dictionary

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