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1 artificial
adj.artificial.* * *► adjetivo1 artificial* * *adj.* * *ADJ [flor, luz, inseminación] artificial; [material] artificial, man-made* * ** * *= artificial, contrived, cardboard, theatrical, inauthentic.Ex. The abstracts in Appendix 2.2 are a little artificial since they relate to a part of this book.Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Ex. If the plot is trite, the characters cardboard and the action totally implausible and illogical these things do not matter so long as the reader is happy.Ex. The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.Ex. Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.----* campo de césped artificial = all-weather pitch.* campo de hierba artificial = all-weather pitch.* centro de esquí artificial = dry ski centre.* césped artificial = artificial grass, artificial turf.* colorante artificial para alimentos = food colouring.* con sabor artificial = artificially flavoured.* edulcorante artificial = artificial sweetener.* fuegos artificiales = firework display.* hierba artificial = artificial grass, artificial turf.* iluminación artificial = artificial lighting.* inseminación artificial = artificial insemination.* inteligencia artificial = machine intelligence.* lenguaje artificial = artificial language.* luz artificial = artificial light.* pista de esquí artificial = dry slope, dry ski slope.* pulmón artificial = lung-machine.* ventilación artificial = artificial ventilation.* * ** * *= artificial, contrived, cardboard, theatrical, inauthentic.Ex: The abstracts in Appendix 2.2 are a little artificial since they relate to a part of this book.
Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Ex: If the plot is trite, the characters cardboard and the action totally implausible and illogical these things do not matter so long as the reader is happy.Ex: The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.Ex: Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.* campo de césped artificial = all-weather pitch.* campo de hierba artificial = all-weather pitch.* centro de esquí artificial = dry ski centre.* césped artificial = artificial grass, artificial turf.* colorante artificial para alimentos = food colouring.* con sabor artificial = artificially flavoured.* edulcorante artificial = artificial sweetener.* fuegos artificiales = firework display.* hierba artificial = artificial grass, artificial turf.* iluminación artificial = artificial lighting.* inseminación artificial = artificial insemination.* inteligencia artificial = machine intelligence.* lenguaje artificial = artificial language.* luz artificial = artificial light.* pista de esquí artificial = dry slope, dry ski slope.* pulmón artificial = lung-machine.* ventilación artificial = artificial ventilation.* * *1 ‹flor/satélite› artificial; ‹fibra› man-made, artificial2 ‹persona/sonrisa› artificial, false* * *
artificial adjetivo ‹flor/satélite/sonrisa› artificial;
‹ fibra› man-made, artificial
artificial adjetivo
1 artificial
2 Tex man-made o synthetic
' artificial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bengala
- canal
- cohete
- colorante
- fecundación
- inseminación
- inteligencia
- natural
- ortopédica
- ortopédico
- postiza
- postizo
- respiración
- riñón
- satélite
- trabajada
- trabajado
- gruta
- pantano
English:
artificial
- artificial insemination
- artificial intelligence
- banger
- bank
- contrived
- cracker
- forced
- fuse
- life-support
- limb
- man-made
- snow machine
- stilted
- floodlight
- kidney
- kiss
- man
- plastic
- satellite
- sweetener
- ventilator
* * *artificial adj1. [hecho por el hombre] [flor, lago] artificial;[material] man-made, artificial2. [no espontáneo] [persona, sonrisa, amabilidad] artificial* * *adj artificial* * *artificial adj1) : artificial, man-made2) : feigned, false♦ artificialmente adv* * *artificial adj artificial -
2 cursivo
adj.relating to Italic characters in printing; cursive, script.* * *► adjetivo1 cursive* * *ADJ (Tip) italic; [escritura] cursive* * *= cursive.Nota: Relativo a la letra cursiva.Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.----* cursiva aldina = Aldine italic.* cursiva vicentina = Vicentine italic.* en cursiva = in italic type.* * *= cursive.Nota: Relativo a la letra cursiva.Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
* cursiva aldina = Aldine italic.* cursiva vicentina = Vicentine italic.* en cursiva = in italic type.* * *cursivo, -a adjcursive* * *adj italic -
3 desvelar
v.1 to keep awake (quitar el sueño).La luz desvela a Ricardo The light keeps Richard awake.2 to reveal, to tell (noticia, secreto).3 to take the veil off.4 to get on someone's nerves, to get on the nerves of.Ricardo desvela a sus padres Richard gets on his parents' nerves.* * *1 (quitar el sueño) to keep awake1 to be unable to sleep* * *1. VT1) (=quitar el sueño) to keep awakeel café me desvela — coffee keeps me awake o stops me from getting to sleep
2) (=descubrir) [+ algo oculto] to reveal, unveil; [+ misterio] to solve, explain2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < persona> to keep... awake, stop... from sleeping2.desvelarse v pron1) ( perder el sueño)2) ( desvivirse)desvelarse por algo/alguien: se desvela por que no les falte nada a sus hijos she does her utmost o very best to make sure her children do not lack for anything; yo me desvelo por él — I go out of my way for him
* * *= belie, unfurl.Ex. But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.----* historia + desvelar = story + unfold.* no desvelar + Posesivo + identidad = protect + Posesivo + identity.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < persona> to keep... awake, stop... from sleeping2.desvelarse v pron1) ( perder el sueño)2) ( desvivirse)desvelarse por algo/alguien: se desvela por que no les falte nada a sus hijos she does her utmost o very best to make sure her children do not lack for anything; yo me desvelo por él — I go out of my way for him
* * *= belie, unfurl.Ex: But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.
Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.* historia + desvelar = story + unfold.* no desvelar + Posesivo + identidad = protect + Posesivo + identity.* * *desvelar [A1 ]vtA ‹persona› to keep … awake, stop … from sleepingB (revelar) to reveal, disclose; (descubrir) to discover, uncoverA(perder el sueño): nos pusimos a hablar y me desvelé we began talking and I felt wide awake againme desperté cuando llegó y me desvelé I woke up when he arrived and I couldn't get back to sleep againno tomes tanto café que te vas a desvelar don't drink so much coffee, it'll stop you sleeping o it'll keep you awakeB (desvivirse) desvelarse POR algo/algn:se desvela por que no les falte nada a sus hijos she does her utmost o her very best to make sure her children have all they needyo me desvelo por él y así me lo agradece I do my utmost for him o go out of my way for him and this is the thanks I get* * *
desvelar ( conjugate desvelar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ persona› to keep … awake, stop … from sleeping
2 (Esp) See Also→◊ develar
desvelarse verbo pronominal ( perder el sueño):
desvelar verbo transitivo
1 (no dejar dormir) to keep awake
2 (descubrir, revelar) to reveal
' desvelar' also found in these entries:
English:
reveal
* * *♦ vt1. [quitar el sueño a] to keep awake;el tictac del reloj me desveló the ticking of the clock kept me awake;pasé la noche desvelado I had a sleepless night;como estaba desvelado, me puse a leer as I couldn't sleep, I read a book2. [noticia, secreto] to reveal, to tell;[enigma] to solve* * *v/t1 keep awake2 secreto reveal* * *desvelar vt1) : to keep awake2) revelar: to reveal, to disclose* * *desvelar vb2. (descubrir) to reveal -
4 fingido
adj.phony, feigned, false, affected.past part.past participle of spanish verb: fingir.* * *1→ link=fingir fingir► adjetivo1 feigned, false2 (hipócrita) hypocritical\nombre fingido false name* * *(f. - fingida)adj.* * *ADJ feigned, falsenombre fingido — assumed name, false name
* * *- da adjetivo hypocritical, false* * *= contrived.Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.* * *- da adjetivo hypocritical, false* * *= contrived.Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
* * *fingido -dahypocritical, false* * *
Del verbo fingir: ( conjugate fingir)
fingido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
fingido
fingir
fingido◊ -da adjetivo
hypocritical, false
fingir ( conjugate fingir) verbo transitivo
verbo intransitivo
to pretend
fingirse verbo pronominal:
fingido f adj feigned, false
fingir verbo transitivo to pretend
' fingido' also found in these entries:
English:
affected
- insincere
- mock
- sham
- show
- pretense
* * *fingido, -a adjfeigned, apparent* * *adj false* * *fingido, -da adj: false, feigned -
5 formalidad
f.1 formality (requisito).es una mera formalidad it's just a formality2 (good) manners.3 reliability.4 seriousness.5 conventionality.* * *1 (norma de comportamiento) formality2 (seriedad) seriousness3 (fiabilidad) reliability4 (trámite) formality, requisite\¡un poco de formalidad! please behave yourselves!una mera formalidad a mere formality* * *noun f.1) formality2) seriousness3) reliability* * *SF1) (=requisito) formalityes pura formalidad — it's a pure o mere formality, it's just a matter of form
2) (=fiabilidad) reliabilityse quedó sin clientes por falta de formalidad — he lost all his customers because of his unreliability
3) (=seriedad)¡señores, un poco de formalidad! — gentlemen, let's be serious!
¡niños, formalidad! — kids, behave yourselves!
* * *1) ( de persona) reliability2) ( requisito) formality* * *= formality, dependability.Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Ex. Dependability could be subdivided into 1) discharge of own job responsibilities, 2) regular and punctual attendance, and 3) self-control.* * *1) ( de persona) reliability2) ( requisito) formality* * *= formality, dependability.Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
Ex: Dependability could be subdivided into 1) discharge of own job responsibilities, 2) regular and punctual attendance, and 3) self-control.* * *A (de una persona) reliability, dependabilityniños, formalidad behave yourselves, childrenno se puede hacer planes con él, no tiene formalidad it's impossible to plan anything with him, he's so unreliableB (requisito) formalityes una simple formalidad it's a mere formality* * *
formalidad sustantivo femenino
1 ( de persona) reliability;
2 ( requisito) formality
formalidad sustantivo femenino
1 (trámite, protocolo) formality
2 (seriedad, corrección) seriousness
3 (responsabilidad, puntualidad) reliability
' formalidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
formalmente
- trámite
English:
form
- formality
- mere
- reliability
- seriousness
- trustworthiness
- stiffly
* * *formalidad nf1. [requisito] formality;es una mera formalidad it's just a formality2. [fiabilidad] reliability;este mecánico no tiene ninguna formalidad this mechanic is totally unreliable;¡qué poca formalidad! you just can't rely on some people!3. [seriedad] seriousness* * *f formality* * *formalidad nf1) : formality2) : seriousness, dignity3) : dependability, reliability -
6 impaciencia
f.impatience.* * *1 impatience* * *SF impatience* * *femenino impatience* * *= impatience.Ex. But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.----* con impaciencia = with bated breath.* esperar con impaciencia = kick + Posesivo + heels.* * *femenino impatience* * *= impatience.Ex: But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.
* con impaciencia = with bated breath.* esperar con impaciencia = kick + Posesivo + heels.* * *1 (intranquilidad) impatienceesperaba con impaciencia su llegada she awaited his arrival with impatience2 (exasperación) impatienceme contestó con impaciencia he replied impatiently* * *
impaciencia sustantivo femenino
impatience
impaciencia sustantivo femenino impatience
' impaciencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desesperación
- vez
English:
eagerly
- eagerness
- impatience
- impatiently
- impatient
- irritated
* * *impaciencia nfimpatience;con impaciencia impatiently* * *f impatience* * *impaciencia nf: impatience* * *impaciencia n impatience -
7 letra gótica
f.gothic type, German script.* * *Gothic script* * *(n.) = gothic type, black letterEx. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Ex. Books in English began to be set in roman from the late 1550s, although the Bible survived in ' black letter' until 1640.* * *(n.) = gothic type, black letterEx: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
Ex: Books in English began to be set in roman from the late 1550s, although the Bible survived in ' black letter' until 1640. -
8 rectitud
f.1 straightness.2 rectitude, honesty, righteousness, integrity.3 uprightness, straightness.* * *1 straightness2 figurado uprightness, honesty, rectitude* * *SF1) (=calidad de justo) rectitude, honesty2) [de una línea] straightness* * *femenino rectitude (frml), honesty* * *= rightness, righteousness, formality.Ex. The quiet and hallowed stacks provide comfort and solace to the bibliophile and a sense of rightness and order to the librarian.Ex. Some of themes depict the diverse possibilities available to those who 'tread the path of righteousness and enter the gates of salvation'.Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.----* rectitud política = political correctness.* * *femenino rectitude (frml), honesty* * *= rightness, righteousness, formality.Ex: The quiet and hallowed stacks provide comfort and solace to the bibliophile and a sense of rightness and order to the librarian.
Ex: Some of themes depict the diverse possibilities available to those who 'tread the path of righteousness and enter the gates of salvation'.Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.* rectitud política = political correctness.* * *rectitude ( frml), honesty* * *
rectitud sustantivo femenino
rectitude (frml), honesty
rectitud sustantivo femenino
1 (de un trazado) straightness
2 (de una persona) rectitude, honesty
' rectitud' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
honestidad
- entereza
English:
integrity
- righteousness
- rightness
- uprightness
- honesty
* * *rectitud nf1. [de línea] straightness2. [de conducta] rectitude, uprightness* * *f rectitude, probity* * *rectitud nf1) : straightness2) : honesty, rectitude -
9 tallar
m.coppice, small wood, thicket, copse.v.1 to carve (esculpir) (madera, piedra).El joyero grabó el anillo The jeweller engraved the ring.2 to measure (the height of).3 to scrub (limpiar). (Mexican Spanish)* * *2 (medir) to measure the height of3 (valorar) to value, appraise4 (en naipes) to deal* * *verb1) to carve2) cut* * *I1. VT1) [+ madera] to carve, work; [+ piedra] to sculpt; [+ diamante] to cut; [+ metal] to engrave2) [+ persona] to measure (the height of)3) (Naipes) to deal2.VI (Naipes) to deal, be banker3.See:II *1. VT1) And (=fastidiar) to bother, annoy2) And (=azotar) to beat2.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < madera> to carve; <escultura/mármol> to sculpt; < piedras preciosas> to cut2) (Esp) < reclutas> to measure ( and kit out)3) (Méx)a) ( para limpiar) to scrubb) ( para aliviar) to rub2. 3.tallarse v pron1) (Méx) ( para limpiarse) to scrub oneself; ( para aliviar) to rub oneself2) (Méx fam) ( batallar mucho) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)* * *= carve, cut, carve out, hew, chisel.Ex. What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Ex. In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.Ex. Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.Ex. It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.----* tallar con una navaja = whittle.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < madera> to carve; <escultura/mármol> to sculpt; < piedras preciosas> to cut2) (Esp) < reclutas> to measure ( and kit out)3) (Méx)a) ( para limpiar) to scrubb) ( para aliviar) to rub2. 3.tallarse v pron1) (Méx) ( para limpiarse) to scrub oneself; ( para aliviar) to rub oneself2) (Méx fam) ( batallar mucho) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)* * *= carve, cut, carve out, hew, chisel.Ex: What the presidency needs is a job description; not one carved in a tablet of stone and certainly not one which would form all future presidents in the same sanitised mould.
Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Ex: In consequence, deafened people have to carve out a sense of identity by developing associations & communicative strategies.Ex: Oak was shaped by splitting with wooden wedges, and by hewing with axes or adzes.Ex: It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.* tallar con una navaja = whittle.* * *tallar [A1 ]vtA1 ‹madera› to carveuna cruz tallada en madera a cross carved in wood2 ‹escultura/figura/mármol› to sculpt3 ‹piedras preciosas› to cutun florero de cristal tallado a cut-glass vaseB ‹reclutas› to measure ( and kit out)C ( Méx)1 (para limpiar) to scrub2 (para aliviar) to rub■ tallarvi( Col) «zapatos» (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tightestas botas me tallan these boots are too tight for me, these boots are pinching me■ tallarseno te talles los ojos don't rub your eyesB ( Méx fam) (batallar mucho) to work one's butt off ( AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out ( BrE colloq)* * *
tallar ( conjugate tallar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ madera› to carve;
‹escultura/mármol› to sculpt;
‹ piedras preciosas› to cut
2 (Méx)
verbo intransitivo (Col) [ zapatos] to be too tight
tallarse verbo pronominal (Méx)
‹ ojos› to rub
tallar verbo transitivo
1 (dar forma, esculpir) to sculpt
(piedras preciosas) to cut
(la madera) to carve
(el metal) to engrave
2 (medir a una persona) to measure the height of
' tallar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
talla
English:
carve
- chisel
- cut
- shape
- scrub
- uncut
- whittle
* * *♦ vt1. [esculpir] [madera] to carve;[piedra] to sculpt, to carve; [metal] to sculpt; [piedra preciosa] to cut;talló un corazón en el árbol he carved a heart in the tree trunk2. [medir] to measure (the height of)* * *v/t2 Méxrub; al lavarse scrub* * *tallar vt1) : to sculpt, to carve2) : to measure (someone's height)3) : to deal (cards)* * *tallar vb (esculpir) to carve -
10 tipo de imprenta
(n.) = book face, printing type, typeEx. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.Ex. Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal.Ex. Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.* * *(n.) = book face, printing type, typeEx: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
Ex: Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal. -
11 desvirtuar
v.1 to spoil.su victoria quedó totalmente desvirtuada his victory was rendered meaninglessesta actuación desvirtúa el espíritu del acuerdo this action violates the spirit of the agreementEllos desvirtuaron su regalo They spoiled his gift.2 to distort, to misrepresent, to twist, to camouflage.Ricardo desvirtuó la verdad Richard distorted the truth.* * *1 to impair, spoil, distort2 figurado to contradict, belie* * *1.VT [+ argumento, razonamiento] to detract from; [+ efecto] to counteract; [+ sentido] to distortla cláusula secreta desvirtuó el objetivo del tratado — the secret clause nullified the aim of the treaty
2.See:* * *verbo transitivo <verdad/hechos> to distort* * *= distort.Ex. Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.* * *verbo transitivo <verdad/hechos> to distort* * *= distort.Ex: Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.
* * *desvirtuar [ A18 ]vtA (tergiversar, alterar) ‹verdad/hechos› to distortla traducción desvirtúa totalmente el sentido del original the translation completely distorts o alters the sense of the originalel periódico desvirtuó sus declaraciones the newspaper misrepresented what he had said o distorted his wordsB1 (anular) ‹argumento› to disprove; ‹sospecha› to prove … to be unfounded2 (debilitar) ‹argumento› to detract from* * *
desvirtuar verbo transitivo to distort, adulterate: ese comunicado desvirtúa la realidad de lo que pasó, that communiqué distorts the actual facts of the incident
* * *desvirtuar vt1. [estropear] to spoil;el comercialismo desvirtúa la producción literaria commercialism has a detrimental effect on literary writing;su victoria quedó totalmente desvirtuada his victory was rendered meaningless;esta actuación desvirtúa el espíritu del acuerdo this action violates the spirit of the agreement2. [distorsionar] to distort;la prensa ha desvirtuado mis palabras the press have twisted my words;desvirtuó los hechos en su declaración al juez he distorted the facts in his statement to the judge* * *v/t detract from; fig ( distorsionar) distort* * *desvirtuar {3} vt1) : to impair, to spoil2) : to detract from3) : to distort, to misrepresent -
12 revelar1
1 = belie, betray, give away, manifest, reveal, throw up, unlock, disclose, divulge, unveil, go + public, lay + bare, bring to + light, throw + light on, illuminate, bare, hold + clue.Ex. But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.Ex. Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.Ex. The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.Ex. A catalog, on the other hand, should manifest the attributes of a data base.Ex. A study of the major general schemes reveals a wide gulf between theory, as outlined in the previous chapter, and practice, as reflected in the major schemes.Ex. Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.Ex. NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.Ex. In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.Ex. Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.Ex. The article 'Can bibliotherapy go public?' advocates for the use of literature in the public library for total development and growth.Ex. The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.Ex. Her editorial does an excellent job of bringing to light the issues facing libraries, authors, and library patrons regarding the possibility and desirability of a single international copyright law.Ex. It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.Ex. This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.Ex. The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.Ex. To reconstruct palaeoclimates, palaeoclimatologists analyse tree rings, ice cores, sea sediments and even rock strata which may hold clues to the state of the climate millions of years ago.----* historia + revelar = story + unfold.* no revelar información = keep + silent, keep + silence.* no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.* obras que revelan un escándalo = exposé.* revelar Algo = break + the news.* revelar detalles = give away + details.* revelar el secreto de = lift + the curtain on.* revelar la solución = unveil + the solution.* revelar la verdad = reveal + the truth.* revelar + Posesivo + verdadera identidad = blow + Posesivo + cover.* revelarse = unfold, come to + light.* revelarse ante + Posesivo + ojos = unfold before + Posesivo + eyes.* revelar secretos = reveal + secrets.* revelar un secreto = spill + secret, spill + the beans, tell + a secret, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff.* sin revelar = undisclosed, unrevealed. -
13 revelar
v.1 to reveal.se negó a revelar la localización de la bomba he refused to reveal o disclose the whereabouts of the bombEllos revelan los secretos They reveal the secrets.2 to show.3 to develop (photography).María revela el rollo de película Mary develops the film.4 to reveal to.Esto reveló ser un beneficio This revealed to be a benefit.* * *1 to reveal, disclose2 (fotos) to develop* * *verb1) to reveal, disclose, unfold2) develop* * *1. VT1) (=descubrir) to revealno quiso revelar su identidad — he did not want to reveal o disclose his identity, he did not want to identify himself
revelar un secreto — to reveal o give away a secret
2) frm (=evidenciar) to reveal, showsu expresión revelaba desprecio — his expression revealed o showed contempt
3) (Fot) to develop2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <secreto/verdad> to reveal2) (Cin, Fot) to develop2.revelarse v pron to show oneself* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <secreto/verdad> to reveal2) (Cin, Fot) to develop2.revelarse v pron to show oneself* * *revelar11 = belie, betray, give away, manifest, reveal, throw up, unlock, disclose, divulge, unveil, go + public, lay + bare, bring to + light, throw + light on, illuminate, bare, hold + clue.Ex: But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.
Ex: Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.Ex: The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.Ex: A catalog, on the other hand, should manifest the attributes of a data base.Ex: A study of the major general schemes reveals a wide gulf between theory, as outlined in the previous chapter, and practice, as reflected in the major schemes.Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.Ex: NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.Ex: In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.Ex: Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.Ex: The article 'Can bibliotherapy go public?' advocates for the use of literature in the public library for total development and growth.Ex: The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.Ex: Her editorial does an excellent job of bringing to light the issues facing libraries, authors, and library patrons regarding the possibility and desirability of a single international copyright law.Ex: It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.Ex: This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.Ex: The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.Ex: To reconstruct palaeoclimates, palaeoclimatologists analyse tree rings, ice cores, sea sediments and even rock strata which may hold clues to the state of the climate millions of years ago.* historia + revelar = story + unfold.* no revelar información = keep + silent, keep + silence.* no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.* obras que revelan un escándalo = exposé.* revelar Algo = break + the news.* revelar detalles = give away + details.* revelar el secreto de = lift + the curtain on.* revelar la solución = unveil + the solution.* revelar la verdad = reveal + the truth.* revelar + Posesivo + verdadera identidad = blow + Posesivo + cover.* revelarse = unfold, come to + light.* revelarse ante + Posesivo + ojos = unfold before + Posesivo + eyes.* revelar secretos = reveal + secrets.* revelar un secreto = spill + secret, spill + the beans, tell + a secret, let + the cat out of the bag, blow + the gaff.* sin revelar = undisclosed, unrevealed.revelar22 = develop.Ex: In order to render the image visible, the copy paper must be developed.
* * *revelar [A1 ]vtA ‹secreto/verdad› to revealreveló sus intenciones she revealed her intentionseste informe revela que tienen problemas económicos this report shows o reveals that they have financial problemsto show oneselfse revela en esta obra como un gran narrador in this book he shows himself to be a great storyteller, in this book he reveals his talent as a storytellerse reveló como una actriz de gran talento she proved herself to be a very talented actress* * *
revelar ( conjugate revelar) verbo transitivo
b) (Cin, Fot) to develop
revelar verbo transitivo
1 (un conocimiento, secreto) to reveal, disclose
2 (mostrar) to reveal, betray: eso revela que no tiene interés, that shows he's not interested
3 Fot (un carrete) to develop
' revelar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descubrir
- desvelar
English:
away
- bare
- betray
- develop
- disclose
- divulge
- expose
- give away
- hand
- hold back
- let out
- process
- proclaim
- reveal
- show up
- turn up
- unfold
- unveil
- withhold
- give
- hold
- let
- throw
- uncover
* * *♦ vt1. [descubrir] to reveal;se negó a revelar la localización de la bomba he refused to reveal o disclose the whereabouts of the bomb2. [manifestar] to show;sus acciones revelan una gran generosidad his actions show great generosity3. Fot to develop* * *v/t FOT develop* * *revelar vt1) : to reveal, to disclose2) : to develop (film)* * *revelar vb1. (fotos) to develop2. (secreto) to reveal
См. также в других словарях:
Belied — Belie Be*lie , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belying}.] [OE. bilien, bili?en, AS. bele[ o]gan; pref. be + le[ o]gan to lie. See {Lie}, n.] 1. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood. [1913 Webster] Their… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
belied — Synonyms and related words: confounded, confuted, deflated, denied, discarded, discredited, dismissed, disproved, disputed, exploded, exposed, impugned, invalidated, negated, negatived, overthrown, overturned, punctured, refuted, rejected, shown… … Moby Thesaurus
belied — be·lie || bɪ laɪ v. hide; camouflage; represent something as different than it actually is; behave in a manner that is not fitting (a station or position, from a traditional point of view) … English contemporary dictionary
belied — edible … Anagrams dictionary
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edible — belied … Anagrams dictionary
belie — belier, n. /bi luy /, v.t., belied, belying. 1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice. 2. to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts. 3. to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one s … Universalium
belie — be|lie [bıˈlaı] v past tense and past participle belied present participle belying [T] 1.) to give someone a false idea about something ▪ Her pleasant manner belied her true character. 2.) to show that something cannot be true or real ▪ His… … Dictionary of contemporary English
belie — /bəˈlaɪ / (say buh luy), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) (belied, belying) 1. to misrepresent: her face belied her thoughts. 2. to show to be false: his trembling belied his calm words. 3. to prove false to; fail to justify: to belie one s faith. 4. to …
belie — [bē lī′, bilī′] vt. belied, belying [ME bilien < OE beleogan, to deceive by lying < be , BE + leogan,LIE2] 1. Archaic to tell lies about 2. to give a false idea of; disguise or misrepresent [his smile belies his anger] … English World dictionary