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  • 81 invectiva

    f.
    invective.
    * * *
    1 invective
    * * *
    SF frm invective
    * * *
    = tirade, diatribe, bashing, fulmination.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex. Although Limburg's attempt to cover such a wide range of issues is commendable, he runs foul of the dangers of simplistic diatribe and superficiality.
    Ex. The persistent 'U.S. bashing' that goes on here is, however, imprecise and tiresome after a while.
    Ex. Cobbe was the primary target of John Ruskin's well-known fulmination against women who meddle with theology in his book 'Sesame and Lilies'.
    ----
    * invectivas = invective.
    * * *
    = tirade, diatribe, bashing, fulmination.

    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.

    Ex: Although Limburg's attempt to cover such a wide range of issues is commendable, he runs foul of the dangers of simplistic diatribe and superficiality.
    Ex: The persistent 'U.S. bashing' that goes on here is, however, imprecise and tiresome after a while.
    Ex: Cobbe was the primary target of John Ruskin's well-known fulmination against women who meddle with theology in his book 'Sesame and Lilies'.
    * invectivas = invective.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    invective
    no cesó de lanzar invectivas contra ellos he continued hurling invectives o abuse at them
    * * *

    invectiva sustantivo femenino invective, abuse, insulting expression
    ' invectiva' also found in these entries:
    English:
    invective
    * * *
    Formal diatribe;
    lanzar una invectiva contra alguien to launch into a diatribe against sb
    * * *
    f invective
    * * *
    : invective, abuse

    Spanish-English dictionary > invectiva

  • 82 lección de historia

    (n.) = lesson from history, history lesson
    Ex. A lesson from history teaches us debt is a costly mistress.
    Ex. The study of Britain's involvement in the slave trade is to be made compulsory as part of history lessons in English secondary schools.
    * * *
    (n.) = lesson from history, history lesson

    Ex: A lesson from history teaches us debt is a costly mistress.

    Ex: The study of Britain's involvement in the slave trade is to be made compulsory as part of history lessons in English secondary schools.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lección de historia

  • 83 lugareño

    adj.
    village, country, rural.
    m.
    1 villager, countryman.
    2 native, local.
    * * *
    1 local
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 local
    * * *
    lugareño, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=local) local
    2) Méx (=regional) regional; (=nativo) native
    2.
    SM / F local
    * * *
    - ña adjetivo/masculino y femenino local
    * * *
    = local, local resident, villager, village man.
    Ex. The information is either kept by the scientists themselves or deposited in local libraries in report forms, unrecorded, known only to the locals.
    Ex. Emphasis was placed on involving local residents in identifying needs of the community and implementing solutions.
    Ex. Most importantly, the villagers are responsible for the day to day operation and the upkeep of the units.
    Ex. Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    * * *
    - ña adjetivo/masculino y femenino local
    * * *
    = local, local resident, villager, village man.

    Ex: The information is either kept by the scientists themselves or deposited in local libraries in report forms, unrecorded, known only to the locals.

    Ex: Emphasis was placed on involving local residents in identifying needs of the community and implementing solutions.
    Ex: Most importantly, the villagers are responsible for the day to day operation and the upkeep of the units.
    Ex: Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.

    * * *
    lugareño1 -ña
    local
    lugareño2 -ña
    masculine, feminine
    local
    los lugareños lo sabían the local people o the locals knew it
    * * *

    lugareño
    ◊ -ña adjetivo, masculino y femenino

    local
    lugareño,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino local

    ' lugareño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lugareña
    - paisana
    - paisano
    * * *
    lugareño, -a
    ♦ adj
    village;
    vino lugareño local wine
    ♦ nm,f
    villager
    * * *
    I adj local
    II m, lugareña f local
    * * *
    lugareño, -ña adj
    : village, rural
    lugareño, -ña n
    : villager

    Spanish-English dictionary > lugareño

  • 84 narración

    f.
    1 story, tale, short story.
    2 account, narration, recountal, story.
    * * *
    1 (exposición) narration, account
    2 (historia) story
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=relato, versión) account; (Literat) narration
    * * *
    femenino ( relato) story; ( acción de contar) account
    * * *
    = narrative, telling, narrative.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.
    Ex. Most authorities rightly warn us, however, that telling and reading are not the same as acting.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    ----
    * narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].
    * narración infantil = children's story.
    * narración popular = folk story.
    * narración sobre viajes = travelogue [travelog, -USA].
    * * *
    femenino ( relato) story; ( acción de contar) account
    * * *
    = narrative, telling, narrative.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.

    Ex: Most authorities rightly warn us, however, that telling and reading are not the same as acting.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    * narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].
    * narración infantil = children's story.
    * narración popular = folk story.
    * narración sobre viajes = travelogue [travelog, -USA].

    * * *
    1 (cuento, relato) story
    * * *

    narración sustantivo femenino ( relato) story;
    ( acción de contar) account
    narración sustantivo femenino narration
    ' narración' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encandilar
    - fluida
    - fluido
    - leyenda
    - parabólica
    - parabólico
    - cuento
    - narrativa
    - total
    English:
    blow
    - narration
    - narrative
    * * *
    1. [cuento, relato] narrative, story
    2. [acción] narration
    * * *
    f narration
    * * *
    narración nf, pl - ciones : narration, account

    Spanish-English dictionary > narración

  • 85 narrador

    m.
    narrator, storyteller, teller, narrater.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 storyteller, narrator
    * * *
    narrador, -a
    SM / F narrator
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino narrator
    * * *
    = teller, narrator.
    Ex. For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.
    Ex. Users of the Web database will be able to search through this collection of American slave narratives by first and last name of narrator, county and state of servitude, year of birth, and name of master = Los usuarios de la base de datos web podrán hacer búsquedas en esta colección de relatos de esclavos americanos por nombre y apellido del narrador, país y condición de servidumbre, año de nacimiento y nombre del amo.
    ----
    * narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino narrator
    * * *
    = teller, narrator.

    Ex: For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.

    Ex: Users of the Web database will be able to search through this collection of American slave narratives by first and last name of narrator, county and state of servitude, year of birth, and name of master = Los usuarios de la base de datos web podrán hacer búsquedas en esta colección de relatos de esclavos americanos por nombre y apellido del narrador, país y condición de servidumbre, año de nacimiento y nombre del amo.
    * narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 (en un documental, una obra) narrator
    2 ( Lit) narrator, storyteller
    Compuesto:
    narrador deportivo, narradora deportiva
    masculine, feminine (Col, Ven) sports commentator, sportscaster ( AmE)
    * * *

    narrador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    narrator
    narrador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino narrator

    ' narrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    narradora
    English:
    narrator
    - storyteller
    - story
    * * *
    narrador, -ora nm,f
    narrator
    * * *
    m, narradora f narrator
    * * *
    : narrator

    Spanish-English dictionary > narrador

  • 86 navegar

    v.
    1 to sail (barco).
    navegar por Internet to surf the Net
    2 to navigate, to sail, to cruise.
    3 to browse.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 (persona) to sail, navigate
    2 (barco) to sail
    3 (avión) to fly
    \
    navegar contra corriente to go against the tide
    navegar en Internet to surf the net
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (Náut) to sail

    a 15 nudos — to sail at 15 knots, go at 15 knots

    navegar a (la) vela — to sail, go sailing

    2) (Inform)
    2. VT
    1) [barco] to sail
    2) [avión] to fly
    3) (=llevar el rumbo) to navigate
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) nave to sail
    b) persona ( a vela) to sail
    c) ( determinar el rumbo) to navigate
    2.
    navegar vt (liter) to sail
    * * *
    = sail, float, cruise, burrow through.
    Ex. In 1793, Hurley Barnes and his family sailed down the Lewark River in a small boat.
    Ex. And there is more to be gained from an imaginary nineteenth-century boy floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a fleeing black slave than a good deal of everyday, 'direct' experience can give.
    Ex. The system also has an add-on, which allows users with low vision to cruise the Internet using a low vision interface.
    Ex. This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.
    ----
    * en buenas condiciones para navegar = seaworthy.
    * navegar por = navigate (through).
    * navegar por el mundo = sail + the seven seas, roam + the seven seas.
    * navegar por Internet = surf + the Internet.
    * navegar por la red = surf + the net, surf + the Web.
    * navegar por la red en busca de información = surf for + information.
    * navegar por la web = surf + the Web.
    * navegar siguiendo la costa = coast.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) nave to sail
    b) persona ( a vela) to sail
    c) ( determinar el rumbo) to navigate
    2.
    navegar vt (liter) to sail
    * * *
    = sail, float, cruise, burrow through.

    Ex: In 1793, Hurley Barnes and his family sailed down the Lewark River in a small boat.

    Ex: And there is more to be gained from an imaginary nineteenth-century boy floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a fleeing black slave than a good deal of everyday, 'direct' experience can give.
    Ex: The system also has an add-on, which allows users with low vision to cruise the Internet using a low vision interface.
    Ex: This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.
    * en buenas condiciones para navegar = seaworthy.
    * navegar por = navigate (through).
    * navegar por el mundo = sail + the seven seas, roam + the seven seas.
    * navegar por Internet = surf + the Internet.
    * navegar por la red = surf + the net, surf + the Web.
    * navegar por la red en busca de información = surf for + information.
    * navegar por la web = surf + the Web.
    * navegar siguiendo la costa = coast.

    * * *
    navegar [A3 ]
    vi
    A
    1 «nave» to sail
    el buque navegaba a la deriva the vessel was drifting
    2 «persona» (a vela) to sail
    3 (determinar el rumbo) to navigate
    B
    ( Inf): navegar por or en Internet or la Red or la web to netsurf, surf the Web
    ■ navegar
    vt
    ( liter); to sail
    había navegado todos los mares del mundo he had sailed the seven seas
    * * *

     

    navegar ( conjugate navegar) verbo intransitivo



    d) (Inf): navegar en la web or Red to surf the Web

    verbo transitivo (liter) to sail
    navegar verbo intransitivo
    1 to navigate, sail
    2 Av Inform to navigate
    ' navegar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corriente
    - navegación
    - rumbo
    English:
    boating
    - navigate
    - novice
    - riverboat
    - run
    - sail
    - seaworthy
    - unseaworthy
    - ply
    - sea
    - surf
    * * *
    1. [barco] to sail
    2. [avión] to fly
    3. Informát to browse;
    navegar por Internet to surf o browse the Net;
    lleva toda la mañana navegando he's been surfing the Net all morning, he's been on the Internet all morning
    * * *
    I v/i
    1 por el mar sail
    2 por el aire, espacio fly
    3
    :
    por Internet surf the Net
    II v/t sail
    * * *
    navegar {52} v
    : to navigate, to sail
    * * *
    1. (barco) to sail
    2. (avión) to fly [pt. flew; pp. flown]

    Spanish-English dictionary > navegar

  • 87 premeditadamente

    adv.
    with malice aforethought, intentionally, deliberately, on purpose.
    * * *
    1 with premeditation
    * * *
    ADV with premeditation, deliberately
    * * *
    Ex. Previous economic historians have, by and large, studiously ignored the British slave trade.
    * * *

    Ex: Previous economic historians have, by and large, studiously ignored the British slave trade.

    * * *
    with premeditation
    * * *
    deliberately, with premeditation

    Spanish-English dictionary > premeditadamente

  • 88 preparar el camino

    (v.) = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to)
    Ex. Before we look at how libraries in Great Britain have responded to community information, first it is important to set the scene by examining in more detail some of these other information and advice services.
    Ex. Continued communication regarding procedures and results smooths the way for long-term understanding and willingness to participate = La comunicación permanente con respecto a procedimientos y resultados facilita el entendimiento a largo plazo y el deseo de participar.
    Ex. This new kind of network infrastructure has a number of advantages, such as low cost and scalability, and opens the way for numerous new kinds of application scenarios.
    Ex. Microcomputers or telecomputers (the successor to the television) set the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. Together, these technologies pave the road for the introduction of interactive television to fully exploit the benefits of the conversion to digital.
    * * *
    (v.) = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to)

    Ex: Before we look at how libraries in Great Britain have responded to community information, first it is important to set the scene by examining in more detail some of these other information and advice services.

    Ex: Continued communication regarding procedures and results smooths the way for long-term understanding and willingness to participate = La comunicación permanente con respecto a procedimientos y resultados facilita el entendimiento a largo plazo y el deseo de participar.
    Ex: This new kind of network infrastructure has a number of advantages, such as low cost and scalability, and opens the way for numerous new kinds of application scenarios.
    Ex: Microcomputers or telecomputers (the successor to the television) set the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex: Together, these technologies pave the road for the introduction of interactive television to fully exploit the benefits of the conversion to digital.

    Spanish-English dictionary > preparar el camino

  • 89 preparar el terreno

    figurado to pave the way, prepare the ground
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. Before we look at how libraries in Great Britain have responded to community information, first it is important to set the scene by examining in more detail some of these other information and advice services.
    Ex. All of this was intended to clear for the reader his/her path in the catalog, to obviate anything that might distract his/her attention or otherwise retard his/her progress, and to facilitate in every way possible his/her search in the catalog.
    Ex. Continued communication regarding procedures and results smooths the way for long-term understanding and willingness to participate = La comunicación permanente con respecto a procedimientos y resultados facilita el entendimiento a largo plazo y el deseo de participar.
    Ex. Microcomputers or telecomputers (the successor to the television) set the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
    Ex. But if the groundwork for these accomplisments can be laid with patient, constructive efforts, that contribution is more important than presiding over the final act.
    Ex. Together, these technologies pave the road for the introduction of interactive television to fully exploit the benefits of the conversion to digital.
    Ex. Last night's decision by the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the government-backed transaction to take place immediately.
    * * *
    (v.) = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way

    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.

    Ex: Before we look at how libraries in Great Britain have responded to community information, first it is important to set the scene by examining in more detail some of these other information and advice services.
    Ex: All of this was intended to clear for the reader his/her path in the catalog, to obviate anything that might distract his/her attention or otherwise retard his/her progress, and to facilitate in every way possible his/her search in the catalog.
    Ex: Continued communication regarding procedures and results smooths the way for long-term understanding and willingness to participate = La comunicación permanente con respecto a procedimientos y resultados facilita el entendimiento a largo plazo y el deseo de participar.
    Ex: Microcomputers or telecomputers (the successor to the television) set the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
    Ex: But if the groundwork for these accomplisments can be laid with patient, constructive efforts, that contribution is more important than presiding over the final act.
    Ex: Together, these technologies pave the road for the introduction of interactive television to fully exploit the benefits of the conversion to digital.
    Ex: Last night's decision by the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the government-backed transaction to take place immediately.

    Spanish-English dictionary > preparar el terreno

  • 90 profundo respeto

    m.
    reverence, obeisance, deep respect.
    * * *
    (n.) = obeisance
    Ex. In this position obeisance, the slave kneels and sits upon their heels with their back and shoulders straight and head bowed.
    * * *
    (n.) = obeisance

    Ex: In this position obeisance, the slave kneels and sits upon their heels with their back and shoulders straight and head bowed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > profundo respeto

  • 91 progenie

    f.
    1 lineage (familia).
    2 offspring (descendencia).
    3 progeny, offspring, progenie, brood.
    * * *
    1 formal (familia) progeny, offspring
    2 (linaje) lineage
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=hijos) progeny frm, offspring, brood pey
    2) (=ascendencia) family, lineage
    * * *
    femenino (frml) progeny (frml)
    * * *
    = progeny, offspring.
    Ex. Microcomputers sets the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex. Regrettably, hardly any flags have been raised as to what it all will mean for our offspring.
    * * *
    femenino (frml) progeny (frml)
    * * *
    = progeny, offspring.

    Ex: Microcomputers sets the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.

    Ex: Regrettably, hardly any flags have been raised as to what it all will mean for our offspring.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    progeny ( frml)
    * * *
    Formal
    1. [familia] lineage
    2. [descendencia] offspring
    * * *
    : progeny, offspring

    Spanish-English dictionary > progenie

  • 92 pueblerino

    adj.
    1 small-town, provincial, rural, country.
    2 folksy.
    3 parochial.
    m.
    villager, bumpkin, country cousin, countryman.
    * * *
    1 (de pueblo) village
    2 peyorativo countrified
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 villager
    2 peyorativo country bumpkin
    * * *
    pueblerino, -a
    1.
    ADJ [carácter, ambiente] small-town antes de s, countrified; [persona] rustic, provincial
    2.
    SM / F (=aldeano) rustic, country person; pey country bumpkin *, hick (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    * * *
    = parochial, small-town, rustic, village man, rube, hick.
    Ex. This article covers dissemination of research work and research that is esoteric, irrelevant, parochial, obsolete or incomprehensible.
    Ex. Will's social activism in regard to racial justice and human rights made him ill suited for the confines of the small-town Southern pulpit, and he left in 1954.
    Ex. These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex. Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    * * *
    = parochial, small-town, rustic, village man, rube, hick.

    Ex: This article covers dissemination of research work and research that is esoteric, irrelevant, parochial, obsolete or incomprehensible.

    Ex: Will's social activism in regard to racial justice and human rights made him ill suited for the confines of the small-town Southern pulpit, and he left in 1954.
    Ex: These reflections coincide with considerations from previous studies about the education of rustics in their rural schools.
    Ex: Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    ¡qué pueblerino eres! you're a real hick ( AmE) o ( BrE) yokel! ( colloq)
    con sus ropas anticuadas y su aire pueblerino with her old-fashioned clothes and provincial o small-town ways
    * * *

    pueblerino
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹ aire› provincial;

    ¡qué pueblerino eres! you're such a country bumpkin o (AmE colloq) hick!

    ' pueblerino' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bumpkin
    - hick
    - parochial
    - small
    - yokel
    * * *
    pueblerino, -a
    ♦ adj
    Pey rustic, provincial;
    tiene unos modales muy pueblerinos he behaves like a real yokel o US hick
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [habitante] villager
    2. Pey [paleto] yokel
    * * *
    desp
    I adj provincial, small-town
    II m, pueblerina f hick desp, Br
    yokel desp
    * * *
    pueblerino, -na adj
    : provincial, countrified

    Spanish-English dictionary > pueblerino

  • 93 relajante

    adj.
    relaxing.
    m.
    relaxant.
    * * *
    1 relaxing
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [ejercicio, actividad] relaxing
    2) (Med) sedative
    3) Cono Sur [comida] sickly, sweet and sticky
    4) (=repugnante) revolting, disgusting
    2.
    * * *
    1) <música/baño> relaxing
    2) (CS fam) ( empalagoso) sickly-sweet (pej)
    * * *
    = tension reliever, relaxing, relieving.
    Ex. What you don't understand, Juan, is that smoking is a tension reliever.
    Ex. In order to make my twice-weekly half-hour visits to the class more relaxing and, I hoped, more enjoyable, the teacher designed a special area the children called 'the storycorner'.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    * * *
    1) <música/baño> relaxing
    2) (CS fam) ( empalagoso) sickly-sweet (pej)
    * * *
    = tension reliever, relaxing, relieving.

    Ex: What you don't understand, Juan, is that smoking is a tension reliever.

    Ex: In order to make my twice-weekly half-hour visits to the class more relaxing and, I hoped, more enjoyable, the teacher designed a special area the children called 'the storycorner'.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.

    * * *
    A ‹música/baño› relaxing
    B (CS fam) (empalagoso) sickly-sweet ( pej)
    * * *

    relajante adjetivo
    1 ‹música/baño› relaxing
    2 (CS fam) ( empalagoso) sickly-sweet (pej)
    relajante adjetivo relaxing
    ' relajante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    relaxing
    - restful
    - soothing
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    relaxing
    ♦ nm
    relaxant
    * * *
    adj relaxing
    * * *
    relajante adj relaxing

    Spanish-English dictionary > relajante

  • 94 relato

    m.
    1 account, report.
    2 story, tale, narrative, recitation.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: relatar.
    * * *
    1 (narración) story, tale
    2 (informe) report, account
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) narration, story, tale
    * * *
    SM (=narración) story, tale; (=informe) account, report
    * * *
    a) (historia, cuento) story, tale
    b) ( relación) account

    su relato no coincide con el tuyo — his story o account does not tally with your version

    * * *
    = account, narration, story, storie, narrative, recounting, tale.
    Ex. In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex. The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.
    Ex. There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
    Ex. One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex. This is a recounting of the technologies most likely to facilitate the sharing of resources among libraries.
    Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.
    ----
    * relato corto = short story.
    * relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.
    * relato de testigo presencial = eyewitness account.
    * relato escrito = written story.
    * relato oral = oral history, oral narrative.
    * relato suicida = suicide story.
    * relato verídico = true story.
    * urdir un relato = weave + a tale.
    * * *
    a) (historia, cuento) story, tale
    b) ( relación) account

    su relato no coincide con el tuyo — his story o account does not tally with your version

    * * *
    = account, narration, story, storie, narrative, recounting, tale.

    Ex: In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

    Ex: The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.
    Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
    Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex: This is a recounting of the technologies most likely to facilitate the sharing of resources among libraries.
    Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.
    * relato corto = short story.
    * relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.
    * relato de testigo presencial = eyewitness account.
    * relato escrito = written story.
    * relato oral = oral history, oral narrative.
    * relato suicida = suicide story.
    * relato verídico = true story.
    * urdir un relato = weave + a tale.

    * * *
    1 (historia, cuento) story, tale
    relatos para niños children's stories
    2 (relación) account
    nos hizo un largo relato de lo ocurrido she gave us a lengthy account of what had happened
    su relato no coincide con la versión de la policía his story o account does not tally with the police's version
    * * *

     

    Del verbo relatar: ( conjugate relatar)

    relato es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    relató es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    relatar    
    relato
    relatar ( conjugate relatar) verbo transitivo ‹historia/aventura› to recount, relate
    relato sustantivo masculino
    a) (historia, cuento) story, tale


    relatar verbo transitivo to relate, recount
    relato sustantivo masculino
    1 (de ficción) tale, story
    2 (de un hecho real) account
    ' relato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguijonear
    - reseña
    - saga
    - viva
    - vivo
    - adornar
    - anecdótico
    - escabroso
    - estremecedor
    - exagerado
    - hilo
    - historia
    - narración
    - terror
    English:
    account
    - accurate
    - dominant
    - graphic account
    - narration
    - narrative
    - open
    - spice
    - spicy
    - story
    - storyteller
    - tale
    - short
    * * *
    relato nm
    [exposición] account, report; [cuento] tale, story;
    hizo un relato de su viaje she gave an account of her trip
    * * *
    m short story
    * * *
    relato nm
    1) : story, tale
    2) : account
    * * *
    1. (cuento) story [pl. stories]
    2. (relación) account
    nos hizo un relato muy detallado de todo lo que le había sucedido he gave us a very detailed account of everything that had happened to him

    Spanish-English dictionary > relato

  • 95 reverencia

    f.
    1 reverence (respeto).
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: reverenciar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: reverenciar.
    * * *
    1 (respeto) reverence
    2 (gesto) bow, curtsy
    \
    hacer una reverencia to bow, curtsy
    Su Reverencia (Your) Reverence
    * * *
    noun f.
    bow, curtsy
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=inclinación) bow
    2) (=respeto) reverence
    3) (Rel)

    Reverencia — (tb: Su Reverencia, Vuestra Reverencia) Your Reverence

    * * *
    1) (de hombre, niño) bow; (de mujer, niña) curtsy

    hacer una reverencia — hombre to bow; mujer to curtsy

    2) ( veneración) reverence; ( tratamiento)

    Su Reverencia — Your/His Reverence

    * * *
    = reverence, obeisance.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. In this position obeisance, the slave kneels and sits upon their heels with their back and shoulders straight and head bowed.
    ----
    * hacer una reverencia = bow.
    * * *
    1) (de hombre, niño) bow; (de mujer, niña) curtsy

    hacer una reverencia — hombre to bow; mujer to curtsy

    2) ( veneración) reverence; ( tratamiento)

    Su Reverencia — Your/His Reverence

    * * *
    = reverence, obeisance.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.

    Ex: In this position obeisance, the slave kneels and sits upon their heels with their back and shoulders straight and head bowed.
    * hacer una reverencia = bow.

    * * *
    A (de hombre, niño) bow; (de mujer, niña) curtsy
    la niña hizo una reverencia ante la princesa the little girl curtsied to the princess
    B
    1 (veneración) reverence
    2
    (tratamiento): Su Reverencia Your/His Reverence
    * * *

    Del verbo reverenciar: ( conjugate reverenciar)

    reverencia es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    reverencia    
    reverenciar
    reverencia sustantivo femenino (de hombre, niño) bow;
    (de mujer, niña) curtsy;


    [ mujer] to curtsy
    reverencia sustantivo femenino
    1 (sentimiento) reverence
    2 (física: de un varón) bow
    (: de una mujer) curtsy
    hacer una reverencia, to bow, curtsy
    3 (tratamiento) Su Reverencia, Your/His Reverence
    reverenciar verbo transitivo to revere, venerate
    ' reverencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inclinación
    - caravana
    English:
    bow
    - curtsey
    - curtsy
    - kowtow
    - reverence
    - bob
    * * *
    1. [respeto] reverence
    2. [saludo] [inclinación] bow;
    [flexión de piernas] curtsy;
    hacer una reverencia [con la cabeza] to bow;
    [inclinarse] to curtsy
    3. [tratamiento]
    su Reverencia Your/His Reverence
    * * *
    f
    1 ( respeto) reverence
    2 saludo: de hombre bow; de mujer curtsy
    * * *
    1) : reverence
    2) : bow, curtsy
    * * *
    2. (de mujer) curtsey

    Spanish-English dictionary > reverencia

  • 96 ser esclavo de

    Ex. The author explains how libraries can keep their services going without being slaves to the job.
    * * *

    Ex: The author explains how libraries can keep their services going without being slaves to the job.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser esclavo de

  • 97 teleordenador

    Ex. Microcomputers or telecomputers (the successor to the television) set the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    * * *

    Ex: Microcomputers or telecomputers (the successor to the television) set the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.

    * * *
    ( Esp)
    telecomputer

    Spanish-English dictionary > teleordenador

  • 98 trabajar duro

    v.
    to work hard, to get the lead out of one's pants, to toil, to be hard at work.
    * * *
    (v.) = labour [labor, -USA], toil, slave away
    Ex. So we see many wits and ingenuities lying scattered up and down the world, whereof some are now labouring to do what is already done and puzzling themselves to reinvent what is already invented.
    Ex. His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    Ex. Anyone who's spoken to me recently is probably aware that on most nights I'm up slaving away to the wee hours of the morning on my project.
    * * *
    (v.) = labour [labor, -USA], toil, slave away

    Ex: So we see many wits and ingenuities lying scattered up and down the world, whereof some are now labouring to do what is already done and puzzling themselves to reinvent what is already invented.

    Ex: His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    Ex: Anyone who's spoken to me recently is probably aware that on most nights I'm up slaving away to the wee hours of the morning on my project.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajar duro

  • 99 tranquilizante

    adj.
    1 soothing.
    2 tranquilizing (medicine).
    m.
    tranquilizer (medicine).
    * * *
    1 calming, reassuring
    1 tranquillizer (US tranquilizer)
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SM (Med) tranquillizer, tranquilizer (EEUU)
    * * *
    I
    b) (Med) tranquilizing*
    II
    masculino tranquilizer*
    * * *
    = relieving, reassuring, lulling, tranquilliser [tranquilizer, -USA].
    Nota: También escrito tranquiliser o tranquillizer.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex. 'I'm rather surprised that Arnold would have bothered you with such a trivial matter, Ms. Bragge,' Wronski said with a reassuring smile which had an almost fatherly quality.
    Ex. However, instead of being lulling and reassuring, this music induces a sense of unease and desolation.
    Ex. Although tranquilizers may help you to feel calm and help you to sleep during a crisis, they should only be taken for a short time.
    ----
    * administrar tranquilizantes = sedate.
    * * *
    I
    b) (Med) tranquilizing*
    II
    masculino tranquilizer*
    * * *
    = relieving, reassuring, lulling, tranquilliser [tranquilizer, -USA].
    Nota: También escrito tranquiliser o tranquillizer.

    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.

    Ex: 'I'm rather surprised that Arnold would have bothered you with such a trivial matter, Ms. Bragge,' Wronski said with a reassuring smile which had an almost fatherly quality.
    Ex: However, instead of being lulling and reassuring, this music induces a sense of unease and desolation.
    Ex: Although tranquilizers may help you to feel calm and help you to sleep during a crisis, they should only be taken for a short time.
    * administrar tranquilizantes = sedate.

    * * *
    1
    (consolador, relajante): es tranquilizante saber que no estamos solos it's reassuring to know that we're not alone
    el efecto tranquilizante de la música the soothing effect of the music
    2 ( Med) tranquilizing*
    tranquilizer*
    * * *

    tranquilizante adjetivo
    a) ‹ noticia› reassuring;

    ‹ música› soothing
    b) (Med) tranquilizing( conjugate tranquilizing)

    ■ sustantivo masculino
    tranquilizer( conjugate tranquilizer)
    tranquilizante
    I adjetivo calming
    II m Med tranquillizer, US tranquilizer
    ' tranquilizante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    downer
    - tranquillizer
    - tranquilizer
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [música, color] soothing;
    no deja de ser tranquilizante que siga sin haber cambios en el estado del enfermo it is reassuring, however, that the patient's condition has not changed
    2. [medicamento] tranquilizing
    ♦ nm
    tranquilizer
    * * *
    I adj tranquilizing, Br
    tranquillizing
    II m tranquilizer, Br
    tranquillizer
    * * *
    1) : reassuring
    2) : tranquilizing
    : tranquilizer

    Spanish-English dictionary > tranquilizante

  • 100 vecino del pueblo

    (n.) = villager, village man, village woman
    Ex. Most importantly, the villagers are responsible for the day to day operation and the upkeep of the units.
    Ex. Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    Ex. Perhaps only 2% or less of village women can read and write.
    * * *
    (n.) = villager, village man, village woman

    Ex: Most importantly, the villagers are responsible for the day to day operation and the upkeep of the units.

    Ex: Consequently, without an education to prepare them for finding work, these girls are often sold as a slave to another village man.
    Ex: Perhaps only 2% or less of village women can read and write.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vecino del pueblo

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