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1 acosar
v.1 to pursue relentlessly.2 to harass.3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.* * *1 to pursue, chase\acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions* * *verbto harass, hound* * *VT1) (=atosigar) to hound, harassser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed
2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.----* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *acosar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to houndlo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after himun compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing herse ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and diseaseme acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *
acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
( sexualmente) to harass;◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions
acosar verbo transitivo
1 to harass
2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
' acosar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- asediar
- hostigar
English:
assault
- beset
- harass
- hound
- mob
- molest
- persecute
- plague
- ply
- stalk
- bait
- goad
- harry
- worry
* * *1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly2. [hostigar] to harass;fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work* * *v/t hound, pursue;me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions* * *acosar vtperseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass -
2 acuciar
v.to goad.el deseo me acuciaba I was driven by desire* * *1 (dar prisa) to hurry up2 (agobiar) to urge on3 (desear) to long for, yearn for* * *VT1) (=estimular) to urge on; (=dar prisa a) to hasten; (=acosar) to harass; [problema] to press, worry2) (=anhelar) to yearn for, long for* * *verbo transitivoa) problema to plague, besetb) persona to pester, hassle (colloq)* * *= beset (with/by).Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.----* acuciado por = dogged by.* acuciado por problemas = embattled.* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.* * *verbo transitivoa) problema to plague, besetb) persona to pester, hassle (colloq)* * *= beset (with/by).Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
* acuciado por = dogged by.* acuciado por problemas = embattled.* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.* * *acuciar [A1 ]vt1(apremiar, agobiar): los problemas que acuciaban a la pobre mujer the problems that plagued o beset the poor womanacuciada por el hambre, la fiera atacó driven by hunger, the beast attackedla curiosidad que lo acuciaba the curiosity that was gnawing away at him2 «persona» to pester, hassle ( colloq)* * *
acuciar vtr (apremiar, urgir) to urge on
' acuciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apremiar
English:
spur
- beset
* * *acuciar vt1. [instar] to goad;el deseo me acuciaba I was driven by desire;está acuciada por problemas económicos she is plagued by financial difficulties* * *v/t pester, hassle -
3 agobiado
adj.1 overwhelmed, overburdened.2 exhausted, tired.3 weighed-down, bent-over, bent, bowed.past part.past participle of spanish verb: agobiar.* * *1→ link=agobiar agobiar► adjetivo1 (doblado) bent over/down, weighed down* * *ADJ1) [persona]estar agobiado: estamos agobiados de trabajo — we're up to our eyes in work *
estaba agobiada por tantas visitas — she found all these visitors overwhelming o a bit too much *
no puedo hacerlo porque estoy agobiado con otras cosas — I can't do it, I'm rushed off my feet with other things * o I've got too much else on *
2) [lugar] clutteredel dormitorio queda muy agobiado con tantos muebles — the bedroom is very cluttered with all the furniture
3)ser agobiado de hombros — Cono Sur to have a stoop
* * *- da adjetivoa) ( abrumado)b) (esp Esp) ( angustiado)estar agobiado — to be in a real state (colloq)
* * *= oppressed, harassed, under the cosh, stressed, harried, beleaguered.Ex. The architectural styles of some library buildings make the new user feel oppressed, rather than welcome and at ease.Ex. This article offers 3 remedies for harassed acquisitions librarians in the areas of booksellers, money and technology.Ex. Motorists are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps.Ex. Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.Ex. But working mothers' lives are much more harried than the average American's.Ex. The prospect of cost savings for beleaguered university budgets have revitalized in resource sharing.----* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.* agobiado por las preocupaciones = careworn.* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.* estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.* * *- da adjetivoa) ( abrumado)b) (esp Esp) ( angustiado)estar agobiado — to be in a real state (colloq)
* * *= oppressed, harassed, under the cosh, stressed, harried, beleaguered.Ex: The architectural styles of some library buildings make the new user feel oppressed, rather than welcome and at ease.
Ex: This article offers 3 remedies for harassed acquisitions librarians in the areas of booksellers, money and technology.Ex: Motorists are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps.Ex: Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.Ex: But working mothers' lives are much more harried than the average American's.Ex: The prospect of cost savings for beleaguered university budgets have revitalized in resource sharing.* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.* agobiado por las preocupaciones = careworn.* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.* estar agobiado de = be snowed under with.* * *agobiado -da1(abrumado): estamos agobiados de trabajo we're rushed off our feet with work ( colloq), we're snowed under with workestán agobiados de deudas they are burdened with debts, they're up to their ears in debt ( colloq)estaba agobiada con tantos problemas she was weighed down by so many problems2camina agobiado de hombros he walks with a stoop* * *
Del verbo agobiar: ( conjugate agobiar)
agobiado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
agobiado
agobiar
agobiado◊ -da adjetivo [estar] agobiado de algo ‹ de trabajo› snowed under with sth;
‹ de deudas› overwhelmed with sth;
agobiar ( conjugate agobiar) verbo transitivo [problemas/responsabilidad] to weigh o get … down;
[ calor] to oppress, get … down;
este niño me agobia this child is too much for me
agobiado,-a adjetivo overwhelmed: está agobiado de problemas, he's overwhelmed with problems
estoy agobiado de trabajo, I'm snowed under with work
agobiar verbo transitivo to overwhelm
' agobiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agobiada
- apurada
- apurado
English:
debt ridden
- pressure
* * *agobiado, -a adjestán agobiados de trabajo they're snowed under with work;están agobiados de problemas they're weighed down with problems;está agobiado por las deudas he's weighed down with debt, he's up to his ears in debt;está agobiado por el éxito the burden of his success is beginning to tell on him* * *adj figstressed out;agobiado de trabajo snowed under with work* * *agobiado, -da adj: weary, worn-out, weighted-down -
4 transido
adj.overcome, pierced, racked.past part.past participle of spanish verb: transir.* * *► adjetivo1 figurado (angustiado) distressed\transido,-a de dolor racked with paintransido,-a de frío chilled to the bonetransido,-a de miedo panic-stricken* * *ADJ* * *- da adjetivo (liter) rackedtransido de dolor/de pena — racked with pain/grief
* * *- da adjetivo (liter) rackedtransido de dolor/de pena — racked with pain/grief
* * *transido -da( liter); rackedtransido de dolor racked with paintransido de pena grief-stricken, racked with grief* * *
transido,-a adjetivo overwhelmed, stricken [de, with]
transido de dolor, racked with pain
' transido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
transida
* * *transido, -a adjtransido de pena grief-stricken* * *adj:transido de racked with;transido de frío chilled to the bone* * *transido, -da adj: overcome, besettransido de dolor: racked with pain -
5 wal|ić2
impf Ⅰ vt 1. (przewracać) [wichura, podmuch] to blow down a. over ⇒ powalić 2. (burzyć) [robotnicy, spychacz] to pull down [dom, mur] ⇒ zwalić Ⅱ vi pot. 1. (obficie, intensywnie) [śnieg, deszcz, grad] to pelt down; [deszcz, słońce] to beat down; [światło, blask] to glare; (gwałtownie, głośno) [deszcz, ulewa] to belt down- reflektor walił po oczach the spotlight glared straight into the eyes- żar walił z nieba/od pieca the heat from the sky/oven was intense2. (wydobywać się) [woda, krew] to gush (out); [ciecz, dym] to pour out; [dym, para] to billow; [zapach, smród] to come- doliną walą spienione potoki foamy streams are rushing down the valley3. (przemieszczać się) [ludzie, tłum] to flock; (w panice) to stampede- tłumy walą tysiącami, aby obejrzeć film people are flocking in their thousands to see the film- przerażeni widzowie walili do wyjścia horrified spectators stampeded for the exit- wal teraz prosto do domu now make straight for home4. (mocno bić) [serce, puls, tętno] to race, to thump- waliło mu w skroniach he felt a drumming in his temples5. wulg. to bang wulg. [dziewczynę] Ⅲ walić się 1. (rozpadać się) [dom, mur, kolumna] to crumble; [budowla, szopa, płot] to fall apart; [budynek, most, ściana] to fall down ⇒ zawalić się 2. przen. [system, układ, związek, organizacja] to fall apart, to crumble; [plan, projekt, kariera] to fail; [rząd, władza, gospodarka] to collapse, to fall down- po śmierci żony czuł, że cały świat/wszystko się wali on his wife’s death he felt his world/everything was falling apart ⇒ zawalić się3. pot. (spadać) [sufit, dach] to collapse; [dachówki, kamienie, stos przedmiotów] to fall down; [osoba] to tumble- samolot/gałąź wali się na ziemię an aeroplane/a branch is falling (down) to the ground ⇒ zwalić się4. pot., przen. (przytłaczać) [obowiązki, odpowiedzialność] to fall (na kogoś on a. to sb); [nieszczęścia, kłopoty] to beset vt- na nas/firmę walą się same trudności we are/the company is beset with difficulties ⇒ zwalić się5. wulg. (odbywać stosunek seksualny) to tumble vt pot. (z kimś sb); [para] to screw wulg.■ choćby się waliło, paliło a. choćby się góry i mury waliły a. choćby świat się walił come hell or high water, come what may- walić kogoś z nóg (szokować) [wiadomość, słowa, wydarzenie] to devastate sb, to be a devastating blow to sb; (osłabiać) [choroba, zmęczenie, upał] to exhaust sb- głód walił uchodźców z nóg refugees were collapsing from hungerThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > wal|ić2
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6 befallen
I v/t (unreg.) auch MED. attack; Schädlinge: auch infest; Missgeschick, Unglück: strike; eine plötzliche Furcht / Müdigkeit / Schwäche befiel ihn he was suddenly seized ( oder stricken) with fear / overcome by tiredness / he suddenly felt faint; befallen werden von (Angst etc.) be seized ( oder stricken) by ( oder with); (Müdigkeit, Schwäche) be overcome by; (Krankheit) be laid low by ( oder with), lit. be struck down by ( oder with); (Fieber) be laid low with; (Parasiten etc.) be infested byII Adj.: von Insekten befallen insect-infested; von Fieber befallen fever-stricken; von Zweifel befallen sein be assailed by doubts* * *to attack ( Verb); to attaint ( Verb); to charge ( Verb); to infest ( Verb); to attack ( Verb); to assail ( Verb)* * *be|fạl|len I [bə'falən] ptp befa\#llenvt irreg1) (geh = überkommen) to overcome; (Angst) to grip, to overcome; (Durst, Hunger) to grip, to seize; (Fieber, Krankheit, Seuche) to attack, to strike; (Missgeschick, Schicksal etc) to befall, to affect2) (= angreifen, infizieren) to affect; (Schädlinge, Ungeziefer) to infestIIadjaffected ( von by); (von Schädlingen) infested (von with)* * *be·fal·len *1. MED▪ jdn/etw \befallen to infect sb/sth2. FORST, HORT▪ etw \befallen to infest sth3. (geh)▪ jdn \befallen to overcome sbvon Ekel/Hunger/Müdigkeit \befallen werden to feel disgusted/hungry/tired* * *unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) overcome; < misfortune> befallFieber/eine Grippe befiel ihn — (geh.) he was stricken by fever/influenza
von Panik/Angst/Heimweh usw. befallen werden — be seized or overcome with or by panic/fear/homesickness etc.
2) < pests> attack* * *A. v/t (irr) auch MED attack; Schädlinge: auch infest; Missgeschick, Unglück: strike;eine plötzliche Furcht/Müdigkeit/Schwäche befiel ihn he was suddenly seized ( oder stricken) with fear/overcome by tiredness/he suddenly felt faint;befallen werden von (Angst etc) be seized ( oder stricken) by ( oder with); (Müdigkeit, Schwäche) be overcome by; (Krankheit) be laid low by ( oder with), liter be struck down by ( oder with); (Fieber) be laid low with; (Parasiten etc) be infested byB. adj:von Insekten befallen insect-infested;von Fieber befallen fever-stricken;von Zweifel befallen sein be assailed by doubts* * *unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) overcome; < misfortune> befallFieber/eine Grippe befiel ihn — (geh.) he was stricken by fever/influenza
von Panik/Angst/Heimweh usw. befallen werden — be seized or overcome with or by panic/fear/homesickness etc.
2) < pests> attack* * *v.to befall v.(§ p.,p.p.: befell, befallen)to beset v.to smite v. -
7 devorador
adj.devouring, all-consuming, eater.* * *► adjetivo1 devouring► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 devourer\devoradora de hombres man-eater* * *ADJ [pasión] devouring; [fuego] all-consuming; [hambre] ravenous* * ** * *= ravenous.Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.----* devoradora de hombres = man-eater.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* devorador de libros = book-eating.* * ** * *= ravenous.Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
* devoradora de hombres = man-eater.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* devorador de libros = book-eating.* * *‹pasión› all-consumingel fuego devorador del infierno ( liter); the flames of Hell that will engulf you o swallow you up ( liter)tengo un hambre devoradora I'm ravenousatenazados por unos impuestos devoradores beset by crippling taxes* * *devorador, -ora♦ adjun adolescente devorador de novelas de aventuras a young boy who devours adventure stories2. [pasión, celos, deseo] all-consuming;tener unas ansias de triunfo devoradoras to have a burning desire for victory;hambre devoradora ravenous hunger;me lanzó una mirada devoradora he devoured me with his eyes;un incendio devorador arrasó el bosque the forest was destroyed by an all-consuming blaze♦ nm,fdevourer;Fam Humuna devoradora de hombres a man-eater* * *adj hambre ravenous; figall-consuming
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