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1 Benjamín
• Benjamin -
2 benjamín
adj.favorite, favourite, preferred.m.1 youngest child.2 Benjamin.3 Benjamin.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino2 (en grupo) youngest person► adjetivo* * *SM Benjamin* * *- mina masculino, femenino (m) youngest son, (f) youngest daughter* * *- mina masculino, femenino (m) youngest son, (f) youngest daughter* * *masculine, feminineB* * *
benjamín
benjamín,-ina sustantivo masculino y femenino youngest child: Juan es el benjamín de la casa, Juan is the youngest in the class
' benjamín' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
benjamina
English:
baby
* * *benjamín, -ina nm,f1. [hijo menor] youngest child* * *m youngest son* * ** * *benjamín n youngest child -
3 benjamín
• favourite• preferred• younger son• youngish -
4 Benjamin Harrison
m.Benjamin Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison. -
5 Benjamin Britten
m.Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh. -
6 Benjamín Disraeli
m.Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of Beaconsfield. -
7 Benjamín Franklin
m.Benjamin Franklin, Franklin. -
8 Benjamín Prado
m.Benjamin Prado. -
9 benjamina
benjamín,-ina sustantivo masculino y femenino youngest child: Juan es el benjamín de la casa, Juan is the youngest in the class
* * *f youngest daughter -
10 llamarse
1 (tener nombre) to be called■ me llamo Juan my name is Juan, I'm called Juan* * *to be called, be named* * *VPR1) [persona, lugar] to be calledmi primo se llama Benjamín — my cousin's name is Benjamín, my cousin is called Benjamín
¿cómo te llamas? — what's your name?
¿sabes cómo se llama la película? — do you know the name of the film?, do you know what the film is called?
¡como me llamo Manuel que lo haré! — I'll do it, as sure as my name's Manuel!
2) Esp* (=costar)¿cómo se llama esto? — how much is this?, what's the damage? **
* * *(v.) = refer to asEx. Because this style of catalogue attempts to group documents which are related to each other by having the same author this type of catalogue is sometimes referred to as a bibliographic catalogue.* * *(v.) = refer to asEx: Because this style of catalogue attempts to group documents which are related to each other by having the same author this type of catalogue is sometimes referred to as a bibliographic catalogue.
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■llamarse verbo reflexivo to be called: ¿cómo se llama?, what's his name?
♦ Locuciones: llamarse andana, to go back on one's word
' llamarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andana
- engaño
- llamar
* * *vpr[tener por nombre, título] to be called;¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?;me llamo Patricia my name's Patricia;¿cómo se llama su última película? what's her latest movie o Br film called?;¡tú vienes conmigo, como que me llamo Sara! you're coming with me, or my name's not Sara!;eso es lo que se llama buena suerte that's what you call good luck;no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar y mucho let's not kid ourselves, the programme could be a lot better;que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well* * *v/r be called;¿cómo te llamas? what’s your name?* * *vr: to be called, to be named¿cómo te llamas?: what's your name?* * *llamarse vb to be called¿cómo se llama esto en inglés? what's this called in English?mi gato se llama Félix my cat is called Félix / my cat's name is Félix¿cómo te llamas? what's your name? -
11 Filadelfia
f.Philadelphia.* * *1 Philadelphia* * *SF Philadelphia* * *= Philadelphia.Ex. Even the ablest compositors made mistakes, as is shown by Benjamin Franklin's account of setting up Willem Sewel's 'History of the Quakers' in Philadelphia in 1728.* * *= Philadelphia.Ex: Even the ablest compositors made mistakes, as is shown by Benjamin Franklin's account of setting up Willem Sewel's 'History of the Quakers' in Philadelphia in 1728.
* * *Philadelphia* * *Philadelphia -
12 bebedor
adj.drinking, bibulous, hard-drinking.m.heavy drinker, drinker, drinking man, heavy drinking man.* * *► adjetivo1 hard-drinking► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 hard drinker* * *bebedor, -a1.ADJ hard-drinking2.SM / F drinker; pey heavy drinkerbebedor(a) empedernido/a — hardened drinker
* * *- dora masculino, femenino drinkeres buen/mal bebedor — he can/can't hold his drink
* * *= guzzler, drinker, binge drinker.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. This view has helped exonerate the majority of drinkers & the alcohol industry from responsibility.Ex. Persistent binge drinkers could be fast-tracked into detox.----* bebedor asiduo = frequent drinker.* bebedor empedernido = heavy drinker.* gran bebedor = heavy drinker.* * *- dora masculino, femenino drinkeres buen/mal bebedor — he can/can't hold his drink
* * *= guzzler, drinker, binge drinker.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
Ex: This view has helped exonerate the majority of drinkers & the alcohol industry from responsibility.Ex: Persistent binge drinkers could be fast-tracked into detox.* bebedor asiduo = frequent drinker.* bebedor empedernido = heavy drinker.* gran bebedor = heavy drinker.* * *masculine, femininedrinkerun bebedor empedernido a hardened drinkeres buen/mal bebedor he can/can't hold his drink* * *
bebedor◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino
drinker;
un bebedor empedernido a hardened drinker
bebedor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino heavy drinker
' bebedor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bebedora
- empedernido
English:
closet
- drinker
- hard
* * *bebedor, -ora nm,f[borrachín] heavy drinker;ser un gran bebedor to drink a lot;es un bebedor empedernido he's a hardened drinker* * *m, bebedora f2 de alcohol (heavy) drinker* * *: drinker -
13 censurar
v.1 to censor.El gobierno censuró la información The government censored the information2 to criticize severely, to censure.El público censuró la película The public censured the film.La editorial censuró la novela The publisher bowdlerized the novel.* * *1 to censor2 (criticar) to censure, criticize* * *verb1) to censor2) censure, criticize* * *VT1) (Pol) to censor2) [+ obra, película] to censor3) (=criticar) to censure frm, criticize* * *verbo transitivoa) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemnb) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut* * *= censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.Ex. Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.Ex. But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.----* censurar material = challenge + materials.* * *verbo transitivoa) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemnb) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut* * *= censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.Ex: Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.Ex: Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.Ex: But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.Ex: Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter
.Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.* censurar material = challenge + materials.* * *censurar [A1 ]vt1 (reprobar) to censure ( frml), to condemn, criticize2 (examinar) ‹libro/película/cartas› to censor3 (suprimir) ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor* * *
censurar ( conjugate censurar) verbo transitivo
censurar verbo transitivo
1 (libro, película) to censor: algunas escenas de la obra fueron censuradas, some scenes from the play werer cut
2 (criticar, reprobar) to censure, criticize: censuramos su modo de tratar a los alumnos, we disapprove of the way he treats his students
' censurar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cortar
- condenar
- criticar
English:
black out
- bowdlerize
- censor
- censure
- reprove
* * *censurar vt1. [prohibir] to censor;censuraron dos escenas de la película two scenes in the movie were censored2. [reprobar] to criticize severely, to censure;siempre censura mi comportamiento she always criticizes my behaviour* * *v/t1 censor2 tratamiento condemn* * *censurar vt1) : to censor2) : to censure, to criticize -
14 cerveza
f.beer.cerveza de barril draft beercerveza negra stoutcerveza sin alcohol alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer* * *1 beer, ale\cerveza de barril draught (US draft) beercerveza dorada lagercerveza ligera lagercerveza negra stout* * *noun f.* * *SF beeruna caña de cerveza — a glass of beer o lager
= cerveza de barrilcerveza de barril — draught beer, draft beer (EEUU)
* * *femenino beer* * *= beer.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.----* aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.* amante de la cerveza = beer lover.* bar que elabora su propia cerveza = brew pub.* barril de cerveza = beer keg, barrel of beer.* bodega de cerveza = beer cellar.* bodega para el almacenamiento de la cerveza = beer cellar.* cerveza de barril = keg beer.* cerveza de botella = bottled beer.* cerveza de lata = canned beer.* cerveza en botella = bottled beer.* cerveza inglesa = ale.* cerveza rubia = lager.* conocedor de la cerveza = beer lover.* elaboración de cerveza = brewing, beer brewing.* elaborar cerveza = brew + beer.* fábrica de cerveza = brewery.* fabricar cerveza = brew + beer.* fiesta de la cerveza = beer party.* grifo de la cerveza = beer tap.* hora de la cerveza, la = beer time.* industria de la cerveza, la = brewing industry, the.* jarra de cerveza = beer mug.* juerga de cerveza = beer bash.* lata de cerveza = beer can.* levadura de cerveza = brewer's yeast.* * *femenino beer* * *= beer.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
* aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.* amante de la cerveza = beer lover.* bar que elabora su propia cerveza = brew pub.* barril de cerveza = beer keg, barrel of beer.* bodega de cerveza = beer cellar.* bodega para el almacenamiento de la cerveza = beer cellar.* cerveza de barril = keg beer.* cerveza de botella = bottled beer.* cerveza de lata = canned beer.* cerveza en botella = bottled beer.* cerveza inglesa = ale.* cerveza rubia = lager.* conocedor de la cerveza = beer lover.* elaboración de cerveza = brewing, beer brewing.* elaborar cerveza = brew + beer.* fábrica de cerveza = brewery.* fabricar cerveza = brew + beer.* fiesta de la cerveza = beer party.* grifo de la cerveza = beer tap.* hora de la cerveza, la = beer time.* industria de la cerveza, la = brewing industry, the.* jarra de cerveza = beer mug.* juerga de cerveza = beer bash.* lata de cerveza = beer can.* levadura de cerveza = brewer's yeast.* * *beerun litro de cerveza a liter of beer¿quieres una cerveza? do you want a beer?Compuestos:dark beerlager* * *
cerveza sustantivo femenino
beer;
cerveza tirada o de barril draft beer (AmE), draught beer (BrE);
cerveza negra dark beer
cerveza sustantivo femenino beer
cerveza de barril, draught beer
cerveza sin alcohol, alcohol-free beer ➣ Ver nota en ale
' cerveza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bar
- bien
- caja
- caña
- cervecería
- espuma
- fábrica
- jarra
- lúpulo
- presión
- rubia
- rubio
- tercio
- antojarse
- apostar
- apurar
- barril
- bote
- botella
- espumoso
- hacer
- jarro
- levadura
- malta
- morir
- natural
- porrón
- schop
- sesear
- seseo
- sifón
- sin
- ver
English:
ale
- barrel
- beer
- bitter
- bottled
- brew
- brewery
- brewing
- chaser
- draught
- flat
- glass
- guzzle
- have
- lager
- like
- mug
- nice
- pint
- pt
- real
- shandy
- stout
- swig
- tankard
- to
- would
- alone
- drinker
- ginger
- home
* * *cerveza nfbeer;dos cervezas, por favor two beers, pleasecerveza sin alcohol alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer;cerveza de barril draught beer;Am cerveza clara lager;cerveza negra stout;cerveza rubia lager;cerveza sin alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer* * *f beer;fábrica de cerveza brewery* * *cerveza nf: beercerveza de barril: draft beer* * *cerveza n beer -
15 cuáquero
adj.Quakerish, Quakerlike.m.Quaker, member of the Religious Society of Friends.* * *► adjetivo1 Quaker► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 Quaker* * *cuáquero, -aADJ SM / F Quaker* * *I- ra adjetivo Quaker (before n)II- ra masculino, femenino Quaker* * *= Quaker.Ex. Even the ablest compositors made mistakes, as is shown by Benjamin Franklin's account of setting up Willem Sewel's 'History of the Quakers' in Philadelphia in 1728.* * *I- ra adjetivo Quaker (before n)II- ra masculino, femenino Quaker* * *= Quaker.Ex: Even the ablest compositors made mistakes, as is shown by Benjamin Franklin's account of setting up Willem Sewel's 'History of the Quakers' in Philadelphia in 1728.
* * *Quaker ( before n)masculine, feminineQuaker* * *
cuáquero,-a adjetivo & m,f Rel Quaker
' cuáquero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cuáquera
English:
Quaker
* * *cuáquero, -a♦ adjQuaker♦ nm,fQuaker* * *m, cuáquera f Quaker -
16 desdeñar
v.to disdain, to despise, to disregard, to down-play.* * *1 (despreciar) to disdain, scorn2 (rechazar) to turn down1 not to deign (de, to)* * *1. VT1) (=despreciar) to scorn, disdain2) (=rechazar) to turn up one's nose at2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) ( menospreciar) to scornb) < pretendiente> to spurn* * *= disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.Ex. If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.* * *verbo transitivoa) ( menospreciar) to scornb) < pretendiente> to spurn* * *= disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.Ex: If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.
Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.* * *desdeñar [A1 ]vt1 (menospreciar) to scornno tienes por qué desdeñarlos porque no tienen estudios there's no reason to look down on them o to look down your nose at them just because they haven't had an educationdesdeñó el dinero/la fama she scorned money/fame2 ‹pretendiente› to spurn* * *
desdeñar ( conjugate desdeñar) verbo transitivo
desdeñar verbo transitivo to disdain
' desdeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despreciar
English:
disdain
- scorn
- sniff
- spurn
- scornful
- snub
* * *desdeñar vt1. [despreciar] to scorn;desdeñó a varios pretendientes she spurned several suitors;desdeña a la gente que no es de su clase he looks down on anyone not of his class2. [desestimar] to dismiss;no conviene desdeñar las posibilidades del equipo inglés the English team's chances should not be ruled out* * *v/t scorn* * *desdeñar vtdespreciar: to disdain, to scorn, to despise* * *desdeñar vb to scorn -
17 despreciar
v.1 to scorn.2 to spurn.3 to despise, to disdain, to flout, to hold in contempt.Ricardo desprecia a los avaros Richard despises cheapskates.4 to turn down, to snub.La chica despreció su ayuda The girl turned down his help.* * *1 (desdeñar) to despise, scorn, look down on2 (desestimar) to reject; (ignorar) to disregard, ignore* * *1. VT1) [+ persona] to despise, scorn2) (=rechazar) [+ oferta, regalo] to spurn, reject2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down onb) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to rejectc) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount* * *= disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex. The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.* * *verbo transitivoa) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down onb) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to rejectc) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount* * *= disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex: The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.* * *despreciar [A1 ]vt1 (menospreciar) ‹persona› to look down onla despreciaban por su humilde origen people looked down on her because of her humble backgroundlo desprecio profundamente I despise him2 (rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to spurn ( liter), to rejectle despreció el regalo he spurned her giftes un trabajo que todos desprecian it's a job which everyone feels is beneath them3 (ser indiferente a) ‹peligro/muerte› to disregard, scorn ( liter)4 (no tener en cuenta) ‹posibilidad/consejo› to disregard, discount* * *
despreciar ( conjugate despreciar) verbo transitivo
( profundamente) to despise
despreciar verbo transitivo
1 (odiar) to despise
2 (menospreciar) to look down on, to scorn
3 (desdeñar) to reject, spurn
' despreciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
menospreciar
English:
despise
- disdain
- flout
- look down on
- disregard
- nose
* * *despreciar vt1. [desdeñar] to look down on, to scorn;lo desprecian por su egoísmo they look down on him because of his selfishness;no sabes cómo te desprecio you can't imagine how much I despise you2. [rechazar] to spurn;ha despreciado muchas ofertas he has rejected many offers;tómeselo, no me lo desprecie take it, don't turn it down3. [ignorar] to scorn, to disregard;despreció el mal tiempo y se fue a esquiar scorning o disregarding the poor weather, he went skiing* * *v/t1 look down on, despise2 propuesta reject* * *despreciar vtdesdeñar, menospreciar: to despise, to scorn, to disdain* * *despreciar vb1. (menospreciar) to look down on / to despise2. (rechazar) to reject -
18 estúpido
adj.1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.m.stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.* * *► adjetivo1 stupid, silly► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 berk, idiot* * *1. (f. - estúpida)adj.2. (f. - estúpida)noun f.* * *estúpido, -a1.ADJ stupid2.SM / F idiot* * *I- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, sillyIIay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!
- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.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'.Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.----* algo estúpido = no-brainer.* como un estúpido = stupidly.* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *I- da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, sillyIIay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!
- da masculino, femenino idiot, fool* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.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'.Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.* algo estúpido = no-brainer.* como un estúpido = stupidly.* hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.* lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.* rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, sillyay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrongun gasto estúpido a stupid waste of moneyes estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to gomasculine, feminineidiot, foolel estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother* * *
estúpido
‹ argumento› stupid, silly;◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idiot, fool
estúpido,-a
I adjetivo stupid
II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot
' estúpido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burra
- burro
- estúpida
- animal
- apendejarse
- baboso
- caballo
- el
- embromar
- gafo
- huevón
- pendejo
English:
also
- believe
- bit
- bonehead
- bozo
- damn
- dopey
- equally
- foolish
- goof
- idiotic
- mindless
- obtuse
- pretty
- shame
- soft
- stupid
- that
- wonder
- inane
- jerk
* * *estúpido, -a♦ adjstupid;¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it♦ nm,fidiot;el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour* * *I adj stupidII m, estúpida f idiot* * *estúpido, -da adj: stupid♦ estúpidamente adjestúpido, -da nidiota: idiot, fool* * *estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot -
19 exceso en la bebida
(n.) = intemperanceEx. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.* * *(n.) = intemperanceEx: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
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20 habla
f.1 language (idioma).de habla española Spanish-speakinglos países de habla inglesa English-speaking countriesel habla popular the everyday speech2 speech.no saben si recuperará el habla they don't know if she will ever speak againquedarse sin habla to be left speechless3 parole (linguistics).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: hablar.* * *(Takes el in singular)1 (facultad) speech2 (idioma) language; (dialecto) dialect\¡al habla! (al teléfono) speaking!de habla española / de habla hispana Spanish-speakingestar al habla con alguien to be in touch with somebodyperder el habla to lose one's power of speechponerse al habla con alguien to get in touch with somebodyquedarse sin habla to be left speechlesshabla regional regional dialect* * *noun f.1) speech2) language, dialect•- de habla* * *SF1) (=facultad) speech2) (Ling) (=idioma) language; (=dialecto) dialect, speech3) (=acción)¡Benjamín al habla! — (Telec) Benjamín speaking!
estar al habla — (Telec) to be on the line, be speaking; (Náut) to be within hailing distance
* * *femenino‡1) ( facultad) speechperder/recobrar el habla — to lose/recover one's powers of speech
2)a) ( idioma)b) ( manera de hablar)3)¿el Sr. Ros? - al habla — Mr. Ros? - speaking
estar/ponerse al habla con alguien — to be/get in contact with somebody
* * *= speech, parlance.Ex. The labels on the left have been chosen to come as close as possible to everyday speech.Ex. For example, in psychology, S for subject, and E for experimenter are common parlance.----* América de habla hispana = Spanish America.* canadiense de habla francesa = French Canadian.* canadiense de habla inglesa = English-Canadian.* defecto del habla = speech impediment.* de habla afrikaans = Afrikaans-speaking.* de habla alemana = German-speaking.* de habla francesa = French-speaking.* de habla inglesa = English-speaking.* de habla portuguesa = Portuguese-speaking.* habla artificial = synthesised speech.* habla con ritmo y rima = rap-talk.* habla sintética = synthetic speech.* impedimento del habla = speech impediment.* mundo de habla inglesa, el = English-speaking world, the.* quedarse sin habla = stun into + speechlessness, be speechless, be gobsmacked.* reconocedor del habla = speech recognizer.* reconocimiento del habla = speech recognition, voice recognition.* sintetizador del habla = speech synthesiser.* trastorno del habla = speech disorder.* * *femenino‡1) ( facultad) speechperder/recobrar el habla — to lose/recover one's powers of speech
2)a) ( idioma)b) ( manera de hablar)3)¿el Sr. Ros? - al habla — Mr. Ros? - speaking
estar/ponerse al habla con alguien — to be/get in contact with somebody
* * *= speech, parlance.Ex: The labels on the left have been chosen to come as close as possible to everyday speech.
Ex: For example, in psychology, S for subject, and E for experimenter are common parlance.* América de habla hispana = Spanish America.* canadiense de habla francesa = French Canadian.* canadiense de habla inglesa = English-Canadian.* defecto del habla = speech impediment.* de habla afrikaans = Afrikaans-speaking.* de habla alemana = German-speaking.* de habla francesa = French-speaking.* de habla inglesa = English-speaking.* de habla portuguesa = Portuguese-speaking.* habla artificial = synthesised speech.* habla con ritmo y rima = rap-talk.* habla sintética = synthetic speech.* impedimento del habla = speech impediment.* mundo de habla inglesa, el = English-speaking world, the.* quedarse sin habla = stun into + speechlessness, be speechless, be gobsmacked.* reconocedor del habla = speech recognizer.* reconocimiento del habla = speech recognition, voice recognition.* sintetizador del habla = speech synthesiser.* trastorno del habla = speech disorder.* * *f‡A (facultad) speechperder/recobrar el habla to lose/recover one's powers of speechal verla entrar se quedó sin habla when he saw her come in, he was speechless o dumbfoundedB1(idioma): los países de habla hispana Spanish-speaking countries2(manera de hablar): el habla de esta región the local way of speaking, the way they speak in this areagiros propios del habla infantil expressions that children useen el habla de los médicos in medical jargon o languagela lengua y el habla langue and paroleC¿el Sr. Cuevas? — al habla Mr. Cuevas? — speakingestamos al habla con nuestro corresponsal en Beirut we have our correspondent in Beirut on the lineponerse al habla con algn to get in contact with sb* * *
Del verbo hablar: ( conjugate hablar)
habla es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
habla
hablar
habla feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
1 ( facultad) speech;
al verla me quedé sin habla when I saw her I was speechless
2a) ( idioma):
b) ( manera de hablar):
3
estamos al habla con nuestro corresponsal we have our correspondent on the line
hablar ( conjugate hablar) verbo intransitivo
1
habla más bajo keep your voice down
( francamente) to speak frankly;
un político que habla muy bien a politician who is a very good speaker;
habla por habla to talk for the sake of it
2
tenemos que habla we must (have a) talk;
habla con algn to speak o talk to sb;
tengo que hablate or que habla contigo I need to speak to you o have a word with you;
está hablando por teléfono he's on the phone;
¡ni habla! no way! (colloq), no chance! (colloq)
◊ dar que habla to start people talkingd) ( rumorear):
se habla de que va a renunciar it is said o rumored that she's going to resigne) ( al teléfono):◊ ¿con quién hablo? who am I speaking with (AmE) o (BrE) speaking to?
3a) (tratar, referirse a) habla de algo/algn to talk about sth/sb;◊ habla de negocios to talk (about) o discuss business;
siempre habla mal de ella he never has a good word to say about her;
hablan muy bien de él people speak very highly of him;
me ha hablado mucho de ti she's told me a lot about you;
en tren sale caro, y no hablemos ya del avión going by train is expensive, and as for flying …;
háblame de tus planes tell me about your plans;
habla sobre or acerca de algo to talk about sth
háblale de tú use the `tú' form with himc) ( anunciar propósito) habla de hacer algo to talk of doing sth;
4 (Méx) ( por teléfono) to call, phone
verbo transitivo
1 ‹ idioma› to speak
2 ( tratar):
ya lo hablaemos más adelante we'll talk about o discuss that later
hablarse verbo pronominal:
no se habla con ella he's not speaking o talking to her, he's not on speaking terms with her
habla sustantivo femenino
1 (lengua, idioma) language
los países de habla hispana, Spanish-speaking countries
2 (capacidad para hablar) speech: tardó unos minutos en recobrar el habla, it was a few minutes before she could speak again
3 (modo de hablar) se le nota en el habla que es extranjero, you can tell he's a foreigner by the way he speaks
♦ Locuciones: al habla, on the line
hablar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to speak, talk: estaba hablando con Jorge, I was speaking to Jorge
habla muy mal de su marido, she speaks badly of her husband
2 (charlar) to talk, chat: le encanta hablar por teléfono, he loves chatting on the phone
3 (tratar, versar) to talk about: este artículo habla de los extraterrestres, this article deals with aliens
4 (referirse) no hablaba de ella, I wasn't talking about her
habla de él como si de un dios se tratara, you would have thought she was talking about a god from the way she spoke about him
II verbo transitivo
1 (una lengua) to speak: habla francés, he speaks French
2 (discutir, tratar) to talk over, discuss: háblalo con tu madre, talk it over with your mother
no tengo nada que hablar contigo, I've nothing to say to you
3 (decir) habla maravillas de su nuevo coche, he's raving on about his new car
♦ Locuciones: hablar en broma, to be joking
familiar ¡mira tú quién fue a hablar!, look who's talking!
ni hablar, certainly not
' habla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achantarse
- actualidad
- apenas
- baja
- bajo
- como
- conmigo
- demasiada
- demasiado
- desde
- E
- esponjarse
- exaltación
- fuerte
- hablar
- hablarse
- irse
- lenta
- lento
- maravillar
- modo
- muda
- mudo
- musiquilla
- nunca
- perfección
- poner
- ropa
- sacamuelas
- sentar
- spanglish
- además
- alto
- baño
- bien
- corrección
- dicharachero
- fluidez
- hispánico
- hispano
- libertad
- palabra
- poco
- reposado
- sencillez
- soltura
- también
- y
English:
body
- do
- exaggerate
- impediment
- loud
- mutter
- plain
- puff up
- so
- speak
- speak for
- speaker
- speech
- speech defect
- speechless
- split
- breath
- defect
- dumb
- good
- highly
- perfect
- power
- quiet
- -speaking
- this
- vernacular
* * *1. [idioma] language;[dialecto] dialect;el habla popular everyday speech;el habla de los abogados legal parlance, the language used by lawyers;de habla española Spanish-speaking;los países de habla inglesa English-speaking countries2. [facultad] speech;no saben si recuperará el habla they don't know if she will ever speak again;quedarse sin habla to be left speechless3. Ling parole¿el Sr. Pastor? – al habla Mr Pastor? – speaking!* * *f1 speech;quedarse sin habla fig be speechless2 ( idioma):de habla española Spanish-speaking3:* * *habla nf1) : speech2) : language, dialect3)de habla : speakingde habla inglesa: English-speaking* * *habla n1. (facultad) speech2. (modo de hablar) way of speaking
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