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  • 21 detenerse a pensar

    (v.) = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back
    Ex. If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.
    Ex. Before that, however, let us step back for a moment and look at the total picture from the user's point of view.
    Ex. To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.
    * * *
    (v.) = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back

    Ex: If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.

    Ex: Before that, however, let us step back for a moment and look at the total picture from the user's point of view.
    Ex: To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.

    Spanish-English dictionary > detenerse a pensar

  • 22 dinámicamente

    adv.
    dynamically.
    * * *
    Ex. Meanwhile, the list will continue to evolve dynamically in a way that is responsive to contemporary needs.
    * * *

    Ex: Meanwhile, the list will continue to evolve dynamically in a way that is responsive to contemporary needs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dinámicamente

  • 23 distanciarse

    1 to move away, become separated
    2 figurado (no tratarse) to grow apart, drift apart
    3 figurado (desvincularse) to distance oneself, disassociate oneself
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [dos personas] to grow apart
    2) [en carrera]
    * * *
    (v.) = outdistance, distance, take + a step back, step back
    Ex. The public library cannot outdistance the intellectual climate in which it finds itself.
    Ex. They were to a much greater extent distanced from popula reading by the increasing gap between high and low culture.
    Ex. To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.
    Ex. Before that, however, let us step back for a moment and look at the total picture from the user's point of view.
    * * *
    (v.) = outdistance, distance, take + a step back, step back

    Ex: The public library cannot outdistance the intellectual climate in which it finds itself.

    Ex: They were to a much greater extent distanced from popula reading by the increasing gap between high and low culture.
    Ex: To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.
    Ex: Before that, however, let us step back for a moment and look at the total picture from the user's point of view.

    * * *

    ■distanciarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (de un punto) to become separated, get further away [de, from]
    2 (de otra persona) to distance oneself
    ' distanciarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alejarse
    - desligarse
    - desmarcarse
    - despegarse
    - distanciar
    English:
    alienate
    - distance
    - drift
    - step
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [afectivamente] to grow apart;
    con el tiempo se fueron distanciando they grew o drifted apart as time went on
    2. [físicamente] to move away;
    el barco se distanció de la costa the ship drew away from the coast;
    no se distancien del grupo don't become separated from the group;
    el corredor no consiguió distanciarse del pelotón the runner couldn't pull away from the pack
    * * *
    v/r distance o.s. (de from)
    * * *
    vr
    : to grow apart, to become estranged

    Spanish-English dictionary > distanciarse

  • 24 especialmente + Adjetivo

    = notoriously + Adjetivo, singularly + Adjetivo
    Ex. A great variety of book-cloths was manufactured and used from 1830 to 1850 (though no more than a few types of grain were really common) and the description of patterns is notoriously difficult.
    Ex. When the library becomes an agent of propagandists, it usually offends someone else and jeopardizes the unique and singularly valuable contribution it makes as an impartial resource responsive to the particular individual.
    * * *
    = notoriously + Adjetivo, singularly + Adjetivo

    Ex: A great variety of book-cloths was manufactured and used from 1830 to 1850 (though no more than a few types of grain were really common) and the description of patterns is notoriously difficult.

    Ex: When the library becomes an agent of propagandists, it usually offends someone else and jeopardizes the unique and singularly valuable contribution it makes as an impartial resource responsive to the particular individual.

    Spanish-English dictionary > especialmente + Adjetivo

  • 25 estar acabando con

    (v.) = eat away at
    Ex. Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.
    * * *

    Ex: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar acabando con

  • 26 ficha anotada

    Ex. I think the annotated card program for children's literature -- sometimes known as kiddy lit -- demonstrates that we can be responsive and that the problem is akin to getting the radio audience to communicate.
    * * *

    Ex: I think the annotated card program for children's literature -- sometimes known as kiddy lit -- demonstrates that we can be responsive and that the problem is akin to getting the radio audience to communicate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ficha anotada

  • 27 ficha comentada

    Ex. I think the annotated card program for children's literature -- sometimes known as kiddy lit -- demonstrates that we can be responsive and that the problem is akin to getting the radio audience to communicate.
    * * *

    Ex: I think the annotated card program for children's literature -- sometimes known as kiddy lit -- demonstrates that we can be responsive and that the problem is akin to getting the radio audience to communicate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ficha comentada

  • 28 ficticio

    adj.
    1 fictitious, counterfeit, dummy, made-up.
    2 fictitious, pseudonymous.
    3 fictitious, unauthentic, hypocritical, inauthentic.
    4 fictional, stage.
    * * *
    1 fictitious
    * * *
    (f. - ficticia)
    adj.
    fictitious, fictional
    * * *
    ADJ [nombre, carácter] fictitious; [historia, prueba] fabricated
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo <personaje/suceso> fictitious; < valor> fiduciary
    * * *
    = dummy, illusory, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, fancied, make-believe, fictious, delusional.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.
    Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex. Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.
    Ex. This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.
    Ex. No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex. It is suggested that differences between children's spoken words and the words in school texts may be more fancied than factual.
    Ex. This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.
    Ex. Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.
    Ex. Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    ----
    * amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * entrada ficticia = rogue entry.
    * pasado ficticio = imaginary past.
    * resultar ser ficticio = prove + illusory.
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo <personaje/suceso> fictitious; < valor> fiduciary
    * * *
    = dummy, illusory, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, fancied, make-believe, fictious, delusional.

    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

    Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex: Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.
    Ex: This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.
    Ex: No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex: It is suggested that differences between children's spoken words and the words in school texts may be more fancied than factual.
    Ex: This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.
    Ex: Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.
    Ex: Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    * amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * entrada ficticia = rogue entry.
    * pasado ficticio = imaginary past.
    * resultar ser ficticio = prove + illusory.

    * * *
    1 ‹personaje/suceso› fictitious
    2 ‹valor› fiduciary
    * * *

    ficticio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo ‹personaje/suceso› fictitious

    ficticio,-a adjetivo fictitious

    ' ficticio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ficticia
    - real
    English:
    doe
    - fictional
    - fictitious
    - assume
    * * *
    ficticio, -a adj
    1. [imaginario] fictitious
    2. [convencional] imaginary
    * * *
    adj fictitious
    * * *
    ficticio, - cia adj
    : fictitious

    Spanish-English dictionary > ficticio

  • 29 grandes cantidades de

    = storerooms of, huge numbers of, huge numbers of, great numbers of
    Ex. Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.
    Ex. The new machines would require huge numbers of matrices.
    Ex. The new machines would require huge numbers of matrices.
    Ex. We also know that there are great numbers of great libraries around the world.
    * * *
    = storerooms of, huge numbers of, huge numbers of, great numbers of

    Ex: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.

    Ex: The new machines would require huge numbers of matrices.
    Ex: The new machines would require huge numbers of matrices.
    Ex: We also know that there are great numbers of great libraries around the world.

    Spanish-English dictionary > grandes cantidades de

  • 30 hacer algo poco a poco

    (v.) = eat away at
    Ex. Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.
    * * *

    Ex: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer algo poco a poco

  • 31 hipnotizar

    v.
    to hypnotize.
    * * *
    1 to hypnotize
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Psic) to hypnotize
    2) (=hechizar) to mesmerize
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (Psic) to hypnotize; ( fascinar) to mesmerize
    * * *
    = hypnotize [hypnotise], mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA].
    Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (Psic) to hypnotize; ( fascinar) to mesmerize
    * * *
    = hypnotize [hypnotise], mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA].

    Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.

    * * *
    hipnotizar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 ( Psic) to hypnotize
    2 (fascinar) to mesmerize
    * * *

    hipnotizar ( conjugate hipnotizar) verbo transitivo (Psic) to hypnotize;
    ( fascinar) to mesmerize
    hipnotizar verbo transitivo to hypnotize
    ' hipnotizar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hypnotize
    - mesmerize
    * * *
    1. [dormir] to hypnotize
    2. [fascinar] to mesmerize
    * * *
    v/t hypnotize
    * * *
    hipnotizar {21} vt
    : to hypnotize
    * * *
    hipnotizar vb to hypnotize

    Spanish-English dictionary > hipnotizar

  • 32 ilusorio

    adj.
    illusory, chimerical, imaginary, illusive.
    * * *
    1 illusory
    * * *
    ADJ (=irreal) illusory; (=sin valor) empty; (=sin efecto) ineffective
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    a) ( engañoso) < promesa> false; < esperanza> false, illusory
    b) ( imaginario) imaginary
    * * *
    = illusory, starry-eyed, hallucinatory, deceptive, delusional, airy-fairy, fantastical, fantastic.
    Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex. It would be starry-eyed to imagine that we the library ever reach into every home.
    Ex. Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    Ex. Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    Ex. Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.
    Ex. Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.
    Ex. He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    a) ( engañoso) < promesa> false; < esperanza> false, illusory
    b) ( imaginario) imaginary
    * * *
    = illusory, starry-eyed, hallucinatory, deceptive, delusional, airy-fairy, fantastical, fantastic.

    Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.

    Ex: It would be starry-eyed to imagine that we the library ever reach into every home.
    Ex: Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.
    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    Ex: Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    Ex: Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.
    Ex: Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.
    Ex: He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.

    * * *
    1 (engañoso) ‹promesa› false, deceptive; ‹esperanza› false, illusory
    2 (imaginario) imaginary
    * * *
    ilusorio, -a adj
    [imaginario] illusory; [promesa] empty
    * * *
    adj illusory
    * * *
    ilusorio, - ria adj
    engañoso: illusory, misleading

    Spanish-English dictionary > ilusorio

  • 33 indiferente

    adj.
    1 indifferent.
    2 unresponsive, apathetic, having little or no interest.
    f. & m.
    indifferent person.
    * * *
    1 indifferent
    \
    me es indiferente I don't care
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=impasible) [actitud, mirada] indifferent

    dejar indiferente a algn: esas imágenes no pueden dejarnos indiferentes — those images cannot fail to move us

    permanecer o quedarse indiferente — to remain indifferent (a, ante to)

    2) (=que da igual)

    -¿desea salir por la mañana o por la tarde? -me es indiferente — "do you want to leave in the morning or the afternoon?" - "it makes no difference to me o I don't mind"

    es indiferente que vengáis hoy o mañana — it makes no difference o it doesn't matter whether you come today or tomorrow

    * * *
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés)

    es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana — it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether it goes today or tomorrow

    ¿té o café? - me es indiferente — tea or coffee? - either

    me es indiferente su amistad — I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    b) ( poco interesado) indifferent

    indiferente al peligro — indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger

    * * *
    = listless, unsympathetic, indifferent, half-hearted [halfhearted], uninterested, regardless, uncaring, unconcerned, detached, impassive, unengaged, apathetic, careless, feckless, insouciant, nonchalant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], soulless, unemotional.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. But of its four sentences, the third was so determined to present a grammatically structured metaphor for its meaning that it dazzled my eye, never mind my already unsympathetic brain.
    Ex. Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.
    Ex. Yet the response from government has been half-hearted at best.
    Ex. Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.
    Ex. What can we do is rethink our query, or we can 'bash on regardless' using the power of the computer to perform lots more searches in the hope that 'something will turn up'.
    Ex. The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.
    Ex. Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.
    Ex. They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    ----
    * de un modo indiferente = listlessly.
    * mostrarse indiferente = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.
    * * *
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés)

    es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana — it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether it goes today or tomorrow

    ¿té o café? - me es indiferente — tea or coffee? - either

    me es indiferente su amistad — I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    b) ( poco interesado) indifferent

    indiferente al peligro — indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger

    * * *
    = listless, unsympathetic, indifferent, half-hearted [halfhearted], uninterested, regardless, uncaring, unconcerned, detached, impassive, unengaged, apathetic, careless, feckless, insouciant, nonchalant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], soulless, unemotional.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: But of its four sentences, the third was so determined to present a grammatically structured metaphor for its meaning that it dazzled my eye, never mind my already unsympathetic brain.
    Ex: Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.
    Ex: Yet the response from government has been half-hearted at best.
    Ex: Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.
    Ex: What can we do is rethink our query, or we can 'bash on regardless' using the power of the computer to perform lots more searches in the hope that 'something will turn up'.
    Ex: The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.
    Ex: Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.
    Ex: They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    * de un modo indiferente = listlessly.
    * mostrarse indiferente = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.

    * * *
    1
    (poco importante, de poco interés): es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana it doesn't matter o it makes no difference o it's immaterial whether it goes today or tomorrow
    ¿té o café? — me es indiferente tea or coffee? — either o I don't mind o it makes no difference
    no me cae mal, me es indiferente I don't dislike her, I don't really have any feelings one way or the other
    todo lo que no sea de su especialidad le es indiferente he's not interested in anything that isn't connected with his speciality
    me es indiferente su amistad I'm not concerned o ( colloq) bothered about his friendship
    2 (poco interesado) indifferent
    se mostró totalmente indiferente ante mi propuesta he was totally indifferent to o uninterested in my suggestion
    indiferente A algo indifferent TO sth
    indiferente al peligro indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger
    permanecieron/se mostraron indiferentes a mis súplicas they remained/they were indifferent to my pleas
    3
    (poco amable, afectuoso): conmigo es fría e indiferente she's cold and distant with me, she treats me coldly and with indifference
    4 (mediocre) indifferent
    * * *

    indiferente adjetivo
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés):

    ◊ es indiferente que venga hoy o mañana it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether he comes today or tomorrow;

    me es indiferente su amistad I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    indiferente a algo indifferent to sth
    indiferente adjetivo
    1 (irrelevante) unimportant: le es indiferente el color, colour makes no difference to her
    2 (impasible) indifferent: es indiferente a mi dolor, he doesn't care about my grief
    ' indiferente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fresca
    - fresco
    - igual
    - despreocupado
    - displicente
    - frío
    - resbalar
    English:
    care
    - cold
    - hard
    - indifferent
    - listless
    - lukewarm
    - nonchalant
    - skin
    - unconcerned
    - unemotional
    - uninterested
    - detached
    - uncaring
    - unresponsive
    - unsympathetic
    * * *
    1. [indistinto] indifferent;
    me es indiferente [me da igual] I don't mind, it's all the same to me;
    me es indiferente que vayas o no it's all the same to me whether you go or not;
    ¿prefieres hacerlo hoy o mañana? – me es indiferente would you rather do it today or tomorrow? – I don't mind
    2. [apático]
    siempre se muestra indiferente he always seems so apathetic;
    es indiferente a la miseria ajena other people's suffering means nothing to him;
    no puedo permanecer indiferente ante tanto sufrimiento I cannot remain indifferent in the face of so much suffering;
    su belleza me deja indiferente her beauty leaves me cold o does nothing for me
    * * *
    adj
    1 indifferent
    2 ( irrelevante) immaterial
    * * *
    1) : indifferent, unconcerned
    2)
    ser indiferente : to be of no concern
    me es indiferente: it doesn't matter to me
    * * *
    indiferente adj (persona) indifferent / not interested
    ser indiferente to make no difference / not to matter
    serle indiferente a alguien not to mind / not to care

    Spanish-English dictionary > indiferente

  • 34 insensible

    adj.
    1 insensitive (indiferente).
    2 numb (entumecido).
    3 imperceptible (imperceptible).
    4 unfeeling, hardhearted, cold-blooded, cold-hearted.
    * * *
    1 insensitive, unfeeling, thoughtless
    2 MEDICINA insensible
    3 (imperceptible) insensible, imperceptible
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=indiferente) insensitive (a to)
    (=no afectado) unaffected (a by)
    2) [cambio] imperceptible
    3) (Med) (=inconsciente) insensible, unconscious; (=entumecido) numb
    * * *
    adjetivo insensitive

    es insensible a mis súplicas — he is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties

    * * *
    = insensitive, hard-hearted, callous, unfeeling, thick-skinned, insensible, unemotional.
    Ex. In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex. The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
    Ex. Business was represented by hard-nosed, thick-skinned managers with no inclination to adopt academia's language and critiques.
    Ex. Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
    Ex. Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    ----
    * insensible a las diferencias de género = gender blind.
    * * *
    adjetivo insensitive

    es insensible a mis súplicas — he is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties

    * * *
    = insensitive, hard-hearted, callous, unfeeling, thick-skinned, insensible, unemotional.

    Ex: In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
    Ex: Business was represented by hard-nosed, thick-skinned managers with no inclination to adopt academia's language and critiques.
    Ex: Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
    Ex: Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    * insensible a las diferencias de género = gender blind.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› insensitive insensible A algo oblivious o insensible TO sth
    es insensible a mis súplicas he is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties
    2 ( Med) ‹miembro/nervio› insensitive
    insensible al frío insensitive to the cold, not feeling the cold
    * * *

    insensible adjetivo
    insensitive;

    insensible adjetivo
    1 (impasible, inconmovible) insensitive [a, to]
    2 (difícil de percibir) imperceptible
    3 Med (sin sensibilidad) numb: es insensible al calor, she doesn't feel the heat

    ' insensible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dura
    - duro
    - impasible
    - sorda
    - sordo
    - endurecer
    English:
    callous
    - crass
    - hard
    - hard-boiled
    - hard-hearted
    - hardened
    - impervious
    - insensitive
    - numb
    - unfeeling
    - cold
    - insensible
    - skin
    - thick
    * * *
    1. [indiferente] insensitive (a to);
    es insensible a su sufrimiento she's indifferent to his suffering
    2. [físicamente] insensitive (a to);
    es insensible al calor he doesn't feel the heat
    3. [imperceptible] imperceptible
    * * *
    adj insensitive (a to)
    * * *
    : insensitive, unfeeling
    * * *
    1. (persona) insensitive
    2. (miembro) numb

    Spanish-English dictionary > insensible

  • 35 insultar a

    Ex. He's frequently abusive of his subordinates, been responsive to instructions from his director.
    * * *

    Ex: He's frequently abusive of his subordinates, been responsive to instructions from his director.

    Spanish-English dictionary > insultar a

  • 36 librar de la responsabilidad de

    (v.) = relieve of + the burden of
    Ex. The cataloger, by being relieved of the onerous clerical burden of reorganizing the catalog, is free to devote professional attention to making the catalog a more responsive and useful tool.
    * * *
    (v.) = relieve of + the burden of

    Ex: The cataloger, by being relieved of the onerous clerical burden of reorganizing the catalog, is free to devote professional attention to making the catalog a more responsive and useful tool.

    Spanish-English dictionary > librar de la responsabilidad de

  • 37 mermar las fuerzas

    (v.) = sap + the energy
    Ex. Fee services sap energies and attention from services responsive to other basic human values = El cobro de servicios merma las fuerzas y la atención que se le debería dedicar a servicios que atienden a otros valores humanos básicos.
    * * *
    (v.) = sap + the energy

    Ex: Fee services sap energies and attention from services responsive to other basic human values = El cobro de servicios merma las fuerzas y la atención que se le debería dedicar a servicios que atienden a otros valores humanos básicos.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mermar las fuerzas

  • 38 mortificar

    v.
    to mortify.
    Su actitud aspaba a María His attitude mortified Mary.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to mortify
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=atormentar) to torment, plague
    2) (=humillar) to humiliate
    3) (Rel)
    4) (Med) to damage seriously
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( atormentar) to torment

    los celos lo mortifican — he's tortured o tormented by jealousy

    b) (Relig) to mortify
    2.
    mortificarse v pron (refl) ( atormentarse) to fret, distress oneself; (Relig) to mortify the flesh
    * * *
    = chagrin, spite, torture, eat away at, mortify.
    Ex. In the course of my explanation I became not only chagrined, but ashamed for our profession and for how, in this particular case, rules had made finding the material that this person wanted so difficult.
    Ex. Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.
    Ex. They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.
    Ex. Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * conciencia + mortificar = conscience + smite, conscience + trouble.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( atormentar) to torment

    los celos lo mortifican — he's tortured o tormented by jealousy

    b) (Relig) to mortify
    2.
    mortificarse v pron (refl) ( atormentarse) to fret, distress oneself; (Relig) to mortify the flesh
    * * *
    = chagrin, spite, torture, eat away at, mortify.

    Ex: In the course of my explanation I became not only chagrined, but ashamed for our profession and for how, in this particular case, rules had made finding the material that this person wanted so difficult.

    Ex: Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.
    Ex: They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.
    Ex: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * conciencia + mortificar = conscience + smite, conscience + trouble.

    * * *
    mortificar [A2 ]
    vt
    1
    (atormentar): los celos lo mortifican he's tortured o tormented by jealousy
    me mortifica tener que recordarle el dinero que me debe I feel awful about having to remind him about the money he owes me
    los mosquitos la mortificaron toda la noche she was tormented by mosquitos all night
    deja de mortificar al gato stop torturing o tormenting the cat
    2 ( Relig) to mortify
    ( refl)
    1 (atormentarse) to fret, distress oneself
    no te mortifiques por esa tontería don't distress yourself o fret over such a stupid little thing
    2 ( Relig) to mortify the flesh
    * * *

    mortificar ( conjugate mortificar) verbo transitivo

    ◊ los celos lo mortifican he's tortured o tormented by jealousy

    b) (Relig) to mortify

    mortificarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( atormentarse) to fret, distress oneself;
    (Relig) to mortify the flesh
    mortificar vtr, mortificarse verbo reflexivo to mortify, fret: no merece la pena mortificarse por algo que no se puede evitar, it's not worth fretting over something you couldn't prevent from happening
    ' mortificar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mortificarse
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [el cuerpo] to mortify
    2. [angustiar, molestar] to torment;
    el recuerdo del accidente lo mortifica he is tormented by the memory of the accident
    * * *
    v/t torment
    * * *
    mortificar {72} vt
    1) : to mortify
    2) torturar: to trouble, to torment

    Spanish-English dictionary > mortificar

  • 39 oyentes radiofónicos

    Ex. I think the annotated card program for children's literature -- sometimes known as kiddy lit -- demonstrates that we can be responsive and that the problem is akin to getting the radio audience to communicate.
    * * *

    Ex: I think the annotated card program for children's literature -- sometimes known as kiddy lit -- demonstrates that we can be responsive and that the problem is akin to getting the radio audience to communicate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > oyentes radiofónicos

  • 40 pararse a pensar

    (v.) = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back
    Ex. If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.
    Ex. Before that, however, let us step back for a moment and look at the total picture from the user's point of view.
    Ex. To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.
    * * *
    (v.) = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back

    Ex: If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.

    Ex: Before that, however, let us step back for a moment and look at the total picture from the user's point of view.
    Ex: To make sure why we believe it important to bring up children as willing, avid, responsive readers of literature we have to take a step back and sort out why literature is important to ourselves.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pararse a pensar

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