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  • 21 carcomer

    v.
    1 to eat away at (also figurative).
    Esta duda carcome mi mente This doubt eats away at my mind.
    2 to corrode, to gnaw, to bite, to eat away.
    El mar carcome la madera The sea corrodes the wood.
    * * *
    1 (roer) to eat away
    2 figurado (salud) to undermine, eat away at; (envidia etc) to eat up, consume
    1 figurado to be consumed (de, with), be eaten up (de, with)
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ madera] to eat into, eat away
    2) [+ salud] to undermine
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) carcoma to eat away (at)
    b) < salud> to undermine

    los celos/la envidia le carcomían — he was eaten up o consumed with jealousy/envy

    * * *
    = corrode, gnaw (at), consume, eat away at.
    Ex. At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.
    Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) carcoma to eat away (at)
    b) < salud> to undermine

    los celos/la envidia le carcomían — he was eaten up o consumed with jealousy/envy

    * * *
    = corrode, gnaw (at), consume, eat away at.

    Ex: At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.

    Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.

    * * *
    carcomer [E1 ]
    vt
    1
    «carcoma»: la pata de la mesa está totalmente carcomida the table leg is completely worm-eaten o is riddled with woodworm
    2 «cáncer» to riddle
    el cáncer le ha carcomido los pulmones his lungs are riddled with cancer
    3 «envidia» to consume
    los celos le carcomían las entrañas he was eaten up o consumed with jealousy
    es una duda que me carcome it is something that constantly preys on my mind
    * * *

    carcomer ( conjugate carcomer) verbo transitivo


    b) ‹ salud› to undermine;


    carcomer verbo transitivo to eat away (at): el odio le carcome, he's eaten up with hatred
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [madera] to eat away at
    2. [persona] to eat away at;
    la enfermedad está carcomiendo su salud the sickness is eating away at his health;
    le carcome la envidia he's eaten up with envy;
    me carcome una duda there's a doubt niggling away at me
    * * *
    v/t eat away; fig: de envidia eat away at, consume
    * * *
    : to eat away at, to consume

    Spanish-English dictionary > carcomer

  • 22 corroer

    v.
    1 to corrode.
    El ácido sulfúrico corroe el hierro Sulphuric acid corrodes iron.
    2 to consume, to eat away at.
    le corroe la envidia he's consumed with envy
    3 to poison, to corrode, to erode.
    Su odio corroe a Elsa Her hate poisons Elsa.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ROER], like link=roer roer
    1 (desgastar) to corrode
    2 GEOLOGÍA to erode
    3 figurado (perturbar) to corrode, eat away, eat up
    1 (desgastarse) to become corroded
    2 figurado to be eaten up (de, with)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Téc) to corrode
    2) (Geol) to erode
    3) (=reconcomer) to corrode, eat away
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < metal> to corrode; < mármol> to erode
    2.
    corroerse v pron to corrode
    * * *
    = corrode, bite into, gnaw (at).
    Ex. At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.
    Ex. The design was cut in a wax ground so that, when the plate was immersed in acid, the furrows allowed the acid to bite into the copper, making grooves that would hold ink Mezzotint = El diseño se tallaba sobre una superficie de cera de modo que, cuando la lámina se sumergía en ácido, los surcos permitían que el ácido corroyera el cobre, haciendo surcos que recibían la media tinta.
    Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    ----
    * corroer poco a poco = eat away at.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < metal> to corrode; < mármol> to erode
    2.
    corroerse v pron to corrode
    * * *
    = corrode, bite into, gnaw (at).

    Ex: At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.

    Ex: The design was cut in a wax ground so that, when the plate was immersed in acid, the furrows allowed the acid to bite into the copper, making grooves that would hold ink Mezzotint = El diseño se tallaba sobre una superficie de cera de modo que, cuando la lámina se sumergía en ácido, los surcos permitían que el ácido corroyera el cobre, haciendo surcos que recibían la media tinta.
    Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    * corroer poco a poco = eat away at.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹metal› to corrode; ‹mármol› to erode, wear away
    la envidia la corroe she is eaten up with envy
    la desintegración de la familia corroe las bases mismas de la sociedad the disintegration of the family erodes the very foundations of society
    to corrode
    * * *

    corroer ( conjugate corroer) verbo transitivo ‹ metal› to corrode;
    ‹ mármol› to erode
    corroer verbo transitivo
    1 to corrode
    2 figurado los celos le corroen, he is eaten up with jealousy
    ' corroer' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bite
    - corrode
    - eat away
    - erode
    - eat
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [desgastar] to corrode;
    [madera] to rot; [roca] to erode
    2. [consumir] to consume, to eat away at;
    lo corroe la envidia he's consumed with envy
    * * *
    v/t corrode; fig
    eat up
    * * *
    corroer {69} vt
    1) : to corrode
    2) : to erode, to wear away

    Spanish-English dictionary > corroer

  • 23 demora

    f.
    1 delay.
    sin demora without delay, immediately
    2 time extension, ampliation.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: demorar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: demorar.
    * * *
    1 delay
    \
    sin demora without delay
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=retraso) delay
    2) (Náut) bearing
    * * *
    1) (esp AmL) ( retraso) delay

    demora en + inf — delay in -ing

    2) (Náut) bearing
    * * *
    = delay, lag, time lag [timelag], tardiness, slippage, lag time [lag-time], lateness, time-delay, holdout.
    Nota: Actitud de una persona de negarse a hacer algo con la esperanza de conseguir lo que busca en mejores condiciones, por ejemplo en una compra, contrato, etc..
    Ex. If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.
    Ex. If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.
    Ex. It is difficult to avoid an unacceptable time lag between the appearance of the original document and its announcement in an abstracting journal.
    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.
    Ex. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.
    Ex. This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.
    Ex. This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.
    Ex. Although the entry time-delay for US publications is about 7 months, priority publications are nearly current.
    Ex. The article carries the title ' Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
    ----
    * actuar sin demora = act + promptly.
    * demora en la recepción = receipt lag.
    * demora postal = mail lag.
    * gastos de demora = demurrage.
    * sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.
    * sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.
    * tiempo de demora = lead time.
    * * *
    1) (esp AmL) ( retraso) delay

    demora en + inf — delay in -ing

    2) (Náut) bearing
    * * *
    = delay, lag, time lag [timelag], tardiness, slippage, lag time [lag-time], lateness, time-delay, holdout.
    Nota: Actitud de una persona de negarse a hacer algo con la esperanza de conseguir lo que busca en mejores condiciones, por ejemplo en una compra, contrato, etc..

    Ex: If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.

    Ex: If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.
    Ex: It is difficult to avoid an unacceptable time lag between the appearance of the original document and its announcement in an abstracting journal.
    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.
    Ex: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.
    Ex: This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.
    Ex: This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.
    Ex: Although the entry time-delay for US publications is about 7 months, priority publications are nearly current.
    Ex: The article carries the title ' Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
    * actuar sin demora = act + promptly.
    * demora en la recepción = receipt lag.
    * demora postal = mail lag.
    * gastos de demora = demurrage.
    * sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.
    * sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.
    * tiempo de demora = lead time.

    * * *
    A ( esp AmL) (retraso) delay
    perdón por la demora, pero había mucho tráfico I'm sorry I'm late, but the traffic was bad
    le pido disculpas por mi demora en contestarle I do hope that you will forgive my delay in replying
    sin demora without delay
    B ( Náut) bearing
    tomar una demora to take a bearing
    * * *

     

    Del verbo demorar: ( conjugate demorar)

    demora es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    demora    
    demorar
    demora sustantivo femenino
    1 (esp AmL) ( retraso) delay;

    demora en hacer algo delay in doing sth;
    sin demora without delay
    2 (Náut) bearing
    demorar ( conjugate demorar) verbo transitivo
    a) (AmL) ( tardar):

    ◊ demoró tres horas en llegar he took o it took him three hours to arrive

    b) (AmL) ( retrasar) ‹viaje/decisión› to delay

    verbo intransitivo (AmL):
    ◊ ¡no demores! don't be long!

    demorarse verbo pronominal (AmL)

    ◊ ¡qué poco te demoraste! that didn't take you very long;

    me demoro 3 horas it takes me 3 hours
    b) ( tardar demasiado) to be o take too long;

    demorase en hacer algo to take a long time to do sth
    demora sustantivo femenino delay
    demorar verbo transitivo to delay, hold up
    ' demora' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    menester
    - retraso
    English:
    delay
    - lag
    - promptly
    - bearing
    - hold
    * * *
    demora nf
    [retraso] delay;
    el vuelo sufre una demora de una hora the flight has been delayed by one hour;
    la demora en el pago conlleva una sanción delay in payment will entail a penalty;
    disculpen la demora we apologize for the delay;
    sin demora without delay, immediately
    * * *
    f delay;
    sin demora without delay
    * * *
    demora nf
    : delay

    Spanish-English dictionary > demora

  • 24 deprimente

    adj.
    1 depressing.
    2 depressive, depressing, sickening, dismal.
    m.
    depressant.
    * * *
    1 depressing
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo depressing
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], depressing, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], dispiriting, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].
    Ex. In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.
    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.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    ----
    * de manera deprimente = sombrely [somberly, -USA].
    * Nombre + deprimente = depressingly + Adjetivo.
    * * *
    adjetivo depressing
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], depressing, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], dispiriting, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].

    Ex: In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.

    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.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    * de manera deprimente = sombrely [somberly, -USA].
    * Nombre + deprimente = depressingly + Adjetivo.

    * * *
    depressing
    * * *

    deprimente adjetivo
    depressing
    deprimente adjetivo depressing: nos contó una historia muy deprimente, he told us a very depressing story
    la habitación era deprimente, it was a gloomy room
    ' deprimente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bleak
    - depressing
    - depressingly
    - downer
    - gloomy
    - miserable
    - dismal
    - dreary
    * * *
    depressing
    * * *
    adj depressing
    * * *
    : depressing
    * * *
    deprimente adj depressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > deprimente

  • 25 dificultad

    f.
    1 difficulty.
    el grado de dificultad de los exámenes the degree of difficulty of the exams
    2 problem.
    la dificultad está en hacerlo sin mojarse los pies the difficult thing is to do it without getting your feet wet
    encontrar dificultades to run into trouble o problems
    pasar por dificultades to suffer hardship
    3 hardness, not easiness.
    imperat.
    2nd person plural (vosotros/ustedes) Imperative of Spanish verb: dificultar.
    * * *
    1 difficulty
    2 (obstáculo) obstacle; (problema) trouble, problem
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=obstáculo) difficulty
    2) (=problema) difficulty

    no hay dificultad para aceptar que... — there is no difficulty about accepting that...

    3) (=objeción) objection
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad de difícil) difficulty
    b) ( problema)

    superar or vencer dificultades — to overcome difficulties

    * * *
    = difficulty, rough spot, snag, hardness, hiccup, crunch, challenge, hassle, rub, kink.
    Ex. UDC is widely used despite the difficulties in keeping the schedules up to date.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex. Hardness and the penetration of the ink layer into the paper were also measured = También se midió la solidez y la penetración de la tinta en el papel.
    Ex. The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.
    Ex. The author of the article 'The crunch and academic library services: a personal view' believes that inflation is one of the underlying causes of the crisis in university libraries.
    Ex. The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex. However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    ----
    * afrontar una dificultad = front + difficulty.
    * ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * aprobar sin dificultad = sail through + exam.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * caminar con dificultad = plod (along/through).
    * causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.
    * clasificado por nivel de dificultad = graded.
    * con dificultad = laboriously, with difficulty.
    * con dificultades = in difficulties.
    * conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.
    * con gran dificultad = with great difficulty.
    * conseguir con dificultad = eke out.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * dificultad + apremiar = difficulty + dog.
    * dificultad económica = fiscal exigency, financial exigency.
    * dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie.
    * dificultades = crisis [crises, -pl.].
    * dificultades + agravarse = difficulties + exacerbate.
    * dificultades + aquejar = difficulties + beset.
    * dificultades de aprendizaje = learning difficulties.
    * dificultades económicas = fiscal constraints, fiscal adversity, economic adversity.
    * dificultades presupuestarias = budget adversity.
    * dificultad presupuestaria = budget crunch.
    * dificultad + surgir = difficulty + arise.
    * dificultad técnica = technical difficulty.
    * encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties, encounter + limitations.
    * encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties.
    * en dificultades = stranded.
    * enfrentarse con una dificultad = face + difficulty.
    * entrañar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * esa es la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * estar en dificultades = be in trouble.
    * forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.
    * fórmula para la dificultad de lectura = reading formula.
    * funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].
    * ganar con dificultad = eke out.
    * ganar sin ninguna dificultad = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * hacer Algo con dificultad = muddle through, plod (along/through).
    * indicar las dificultades = note + difficulties.
    * insertar con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * leer con dificultad = wade through.
    * meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * mitigar una dificultad = alleviate + difficulty.
    * pasar dificultades = struggle, be under strain, bear + hardship, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.
    * pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.
    * plantear dificultad = pose + difficulty.
    * plantear dificultades = raise + difficulties.
    * poner en dificultades = put + Nombre + in difficulties.
    * presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * progresar con dificultad = thread through.
    * respirar con dificultad = gasp for + breath, wheeze.
    * señalar las dificultades = note + difficulties.
    * sin dificultad = without difficulty.
    * sin dificultad alguna = without a hitch.
    * sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * surgir una dificultad = arise + difficulty.
    * tener dificultad = struggle, experience + difficulty, be hard pressed.
    * tener dificultad de + Infinitivo = have + difficulty + Gerundio, have + difficulty in + Gerundio.
    * tener dificultad en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.
    * tener dificultades = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * toparse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * tropezar con dificultades = run into + difficulties.
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad de difícil) difficulty
    b) ( problema)

    superar or vencer dificultades — to overcome difficulties

    * * *
    = difficulty, rough spot, snag, hardness, hiccup, crunch, challenge, hassle, rub, kink.

    Ex: UDC is widely used despite the difficulties in keeping the schedules up to date.

    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex: Hardness and the penetration of the ink layer into the paper were also measured = También se midió la solidez y la penetración de la tinta en el papel.
    Ex: The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.
    Ex: The author of the article 'The crunch and academic library services: a personal view' believes that inflation is one of the underlying causes of the crisis in university libraries.
    Ex: The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex: However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    * afrontar una dificultad = front + difficulty.
    * ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * aprobar sin dificultad = sail through + exam.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * caminar con dificultad = plod (along/through).
    * causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.
    * clasificado por nivel de dificultad = graded.
    * con dificultad = laboriously, with difficulty.
    * con dificultades = in difficulties.
    * conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.
    * con gran dificultad = with great difficulty.
    * conseguir con dificultad = eke out.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * dificultad + apremiar = difficulty + dog.
    * dificultad económica = fiscal exigency, financial exigency.
    * dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie.
    * dificultades = crisis [crises, -pl.].
    * dificultades + agravarse = difficulties + exacerbate.
    * dificultades + aquejar = difficulties + beset.
    * dificultades de aprendizaje = learning difficulties.
    * dificultades económicas = fiscal constraints, fiscal adversity, economic adversity.
    * dificultades presupuestarias = budget adversity.
    * dificultad presupuestaria = budget crunch.
    * dificultad + surgir = difficulty + arise.
    * dificultad técnica = technical difficulty.
    * encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties, encounter + limitations.
    * encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties.
    * en dificultades = stranded.
    * enfrentarse con una dificultad = face + difficulty.
    * entrañar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * esa es la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * estar en dificultades = be in trouble.
    * forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.
    * fórmula para la dificultad de lectura = reading formula.
    * funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].
    * ganar con dificultad = eke out.
    * ganar sin ninguna dificultad = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * hacer Algo con dificultad = muddle through, plod (along/through).
    * indicar las dificultades = note + difficulties.
    * insertar con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * leer con dificultad = wade through.
    * meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * mitigar una dificultad = alleviate + difficulty.
    * pasar dificultades = struggle, be under strain, bear + hardship, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.
    * pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.
    * plantear dificultad = pose + difficulty.
    * plantear dificultades = raise + difficulties.
    * poner en dificultades = put + Nombre + in difficulties.
    * presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * progresar con dificultad = thread through.
    * respirar con dificultad = gasp for + breath, wheeze.
    * señalar las dificultades = note + difficulties.
    * sin dificultad = without difficulty.
    * sin dificultad alguna = without a hitch.
    * sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * surgir una dificultad = arise + difficulty.
    * tener dificultad = struggle, experience + difficulty, be hard pressed.
    * tener dificultad de + Infinitivo = have + difficulty + Gerundio, have + difficulty in + Gerundio.
    * tener dificultad en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.
    * tener dificultades = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * toparse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * tropezar con dificultades = run into + difficulties.

    * * *
    un ejercicio de escasa dificultad a fairly easy exercise
    el grado de dificultad de la prueba the degree of difficulty of the test
    respira con dificultad his breathing is labored, he has difficulty breathing
    2 (problema) difficulty
    superar or vencer dificultades to overcome difficulties
    ¿tuviste alguna dificultad para encontrar la casa? did you have any trouble o difficulty finding the house?
    tiene dificultades en hacerse entender she has difficulty in o she has problems making herself understood
    la dificultad está en hacerlo en el mínimo de tiempo the difficult o hard part is to do it in the shortest possible time
    pasamos muchas dificultades, pero salimos adelante we had a lot of problems, but we came through it all
    me pusieron muchas dificultades para entrar they made it very hard for me to get in
    * * *

     

    Del verbo dificultar: ( conjugate dificultar)

    dificultad es:

    2ª persona plural (vosotros) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    dificultad    
    dificultar
    dificultad sustantivo femenino
    difficulty;

    tiene dificultades en hacerse entender she has difficulty in making herself understood;
    me pusieron muchas dificultades para entrar they made it very hard for me to get in;
    meterse en dificultades to get into difficulties
    dificultar ( conjugate dificultar) verbo transitivo
    to make … difficult
    dificultad sustantivo femenino
    1 difficulty
    2 (penalidad, contrariedad) trouble, problem
    dificultades económicas, financial problems

    ' dificultad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    coja
    - cojo
    - elevarse
    - encarar
    - escollo
    - evadir
    - fatiga
    - impedimento
    - infranqueable
    - intríngulis
    - necesidad
    - nudo
    - obstáculo
    - pena
    - remontar
    - retroceder
    - salir
    - salvar
    - tela
    - tumbo
    - vencer
    - apuro
    - complicación
    - confrontar
    - contra
    - contrariedad
    - encontrar
    - esquivar
    - insuperable
    - miga
    - ofrecer
    - pantano
    - pega
    - pero
    - presentar
    - radicar
    - sortear
    - subsanar
    - superar
    - surgir
    - traba
    - tropezar
    English:
    difficulty
    - experience
    - extricate
    - gasp
    - hassle
    - hitch
    - hobble
    - inarticulate
    - iron out
    - job
    - manage
    - painless
    - squash in
    - struggle
    - struggle along
    - struggle on
    - tongue-tied
    - trial
    - trouble
    - trudge
    - considerable
    - difficult
    - grade
    - hiccup
    - pit
    - scramble
    - wheeze
    - wriggle
    * * *
    1. [cualidad de difícil] difficulty;
    caminaba con dificultad she walked with difficulty;
    el grado o [m5] nivel de dificultad de los exámenes the degree o level of difficulty of the exams;
    un ejercicio de gran dificultad a very difficult exercise
    2. [obstáculo] problem;
    todo son dificultades con ella she sees everything as a problem;
    la dificultad está en hacerlo sin mojarse los pies the difficult thing is to do it without getting your feet wet;
    encontrar dificultades to run into trouble o problems;
    poner dificultades to raise objections;
    nos puso muchas dificultades para entrevistarlo he put no end of obstacles in our way when we wanted to interview him;
    superar o [m5] vencer las dificultades to overcome the difficulties;
    ¿tuviste alguna dificultad para dar con la calle? did you have any difficulty finding the street?
    3. [penalidad]
    pasar por dificultades to suffer hardship
    * * *
    f difficulty;
    con dificultades with difficulty;
    poner dificultades make it difficult
    * * *
    : difficulty
    * * *
    1. (concepto) difficulty [pl. difficulties]
    2. (problema) problem

    Spanish-English dictionary > dificultad

  • 26 durante la década de

    = through + Década
    Ex. Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.
    * * *
    = through + Década

    Ex: Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > durante la década de

  • 27 estrechamente relacionado

    = closely linked, strongly linked
    Ex. Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex. self-efficacy is strongly linked to prior Internet experience with a threshold of up to two years' experience being required.
    * * *
    estrechamente relacionado (con)

    Ex: The underlying fundamentals of abstracting are closely related to indexing.

    = closely linked, strongly linked

    Ex: Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.

    Ex: self-efficacy is strongly linked to prior Internet experience with a threshold of up to two years' experience being required.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estrechamente relacionado

  • 28 hecho en América

    Ex. Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.
    * * *

    Ex: Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hecho en América

  • 29 inmune

    adj.
    1 immune (medicine) (& figurative).
    ser inmune a algo to be immune to something
    inmune a la crítica immune to criticism
    2 exempt (exento).
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA immune (a, to)
    2 (exento) exempt (de, from)
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) immune (a against, to)
    2) (=no afectado) immune (a to)
    3) (=exento) exempt (de from)
    * * *
    adjetivo immune
    * * *
    = immune.
    Ex. This was only partly because SCI is beset by language-barrier problems to which CA is immune.
    ----
    * estar inmune a = be immune against.
    * respuesta inmune = immune response.
    * ser inmune a = be immune from, be immune against.
    * * *
    adjetivo immune
    * * *

    Ex: This was only partly because SCI is beset by language-barrier problems to which CA is immune.

    * estar inmune a = be immune against.
    * respuesta inmune = immune response.
    * ser inmune a = be immune from, be immune against.

    * * *
    ( Med) immune inmune A algo immune TO sth
    es inmune a toda crítica she is immune to criticism
    * * *

    inmune adjetivo
    immune;
    inmune a algo immune to sth
    inmune adjetivo
    1 (a un virus) immune [a, to]
    2 (exento de) immune [de, from], exempt [de, from]
    3 (que no se deja afectar) es inmune a las críticas, he's impervious to criticism
    ' inmune' also found in these entries:
    English:
    immune
    * * *
    inmune adj
    1. [a enfermedad] immune;
    ser inmune a algo to be immune to sth
    2. [a insulto, tristeza] immune;
    ser inmune a las críticas to be immune to criticism
    3. [exento] exempt;
    una región inmune a los efectos del turismo a region untouched by the effects of tourism
    * * *
    adj immune
    * * *
    inmune adj
    : immune

    Spanish-English dictionary > inmune

  • 30 institución de enseñanza superior

    (n.) = tertiary institution, institution of higher education
    Ex. The present increasse in numbers of overseas students in Australian tertiarian institutions has implications for libraries.
    Ex. Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    * * *
    (n.) = tertiary institution, institution of higher education

    Ex: The present increasse in numbers of overseas students in Australian tertiarian institutions has implications for libraries.

    Ex: Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.

    Spanish-English dictionary > institución de enseñanza superior

  • 31 irse a la cama

    to go to bed
    * * *
    (v.) = retire + at night
    Ex. Modern man is beset by many types of noise each day from the time he wakes until he retires at night.
    * * *
    (v.) = retire + at night

    Ex: Modern man is beset by many types of noise each day from the time he wakes until he retires at night.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irse a la cama

  • 32 liga de rugby

    (n.) = rugby league
    Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    * * *

    Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.

    Spanish-English dictionary > liga de rugby

  • 33 lista bibliográfica

    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.
    * * *

    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lista bibliográfica

  • 34 minar

    v.
    1 to mine (military).
    La armada minó el campo The army mined the field.
    2 to undermine.
    Sus críticas minaron su confianza His criticism undermined her confidence.
    * * *
    1 (terreno) to mine
    2 figurado (salud, resistencia) to undermine, weaken
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Min, Mil, Náut) to mine
    2) (=debilitar) to undermine
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <campo/mar> to mine
    b) ( debilitar) < salud> to damage; <autoridad/moral> to undermine
    * * *
    = erode, undermine, sap, gnaw (at), undercut, whittle (away/down/at), hollow out.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.
    Ex. First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.
    Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    Ex. The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.
    Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.
    Ex. The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.
    ----
    * minar la confianza en Uno mismo = undermine + self-confidence.
    * minar los valores tradicionales = undermine + traditional values.
    * minar + Posesivo + confianza = undermine + Posesivo + confidence, erode + Posesivo + confidence, sap + Posesivo + confidence.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <campo/mar> to mine
    b) ( debilitar) < salud> to damage; <autoridad/moral> to undermine
    * * *
    = erode, undermine, sap, gnaw (at), undercut, whittle (away/down/at), hollow out.

    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

    Ex: Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.
    Ex: First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.
    Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    Ex: The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.
    Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.
    Ex: The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.
    * minar la confianza en Uno mismo = undermine + self-confidence.
    * minar los valores tradicionales = undermine + traditional values.
    * minar + Posesivo + confianza = undermine + Posesivo + confidence, erode + Posesivo + confidence, sap + Posesivo + confidence.

    * * *
    minar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ( Mil, Náut) ‹campo/mar› to mine
    2 (debilitar) ‹salud› to damage; ‹autoridad/moral› to undermine
    el país había sido minado por una guerra civil the country had been weakened by a civil war
    * * *

    minar ( conjugate minar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹campo/mar› to mine

    b) ( debilitar) ‹ salud› to damage;

    ‹autoridad/moral› to undermine
    minar verbo transitivo
    1 (con explosivos) to mine
    2 fig (debilitar, destruir) to undermine: me mina la moral, it undermines my morale
    ' minar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    socavar
    English:
    chip away
    - mine
    - sap
    - undermine
    - erode
    - under
    * * *
    minar vt
    1. Mil to mine
    2. [socavar] to undermine;
    están minando los intentos de alcanzar un acuerdo they are undermining the efforts to reach an agreement;
    el tabaco está minando su salud cigarettes are damaging her health
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( excavar) mine
    2 fig ( dañar) undermine
    * * *
    minar vt
    1) : to mine
    2) debilitar: to undermine

    Spanish-English dictionary > minar

  • 35 monotipia

    f.
    monotype.
    * * *
    SF Monotype ®
    * * *
    Ex. Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.
    * * *

    Ex: Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.

    * * *
    monotype

    Spanish-English dictionary > monotipia

  • 36 ofrecer en cantidad

    (v.) = offer + in quantity
    Ex. Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.
    * * *
    (v.) = offer + in quantity

    Ex: Technical difficulties beset the development of the Monotype through the 1890s, and it was not until 1901 that the English Monotype Corporation could offer American-built machines in quantity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ofrecer en cantidad

  • 37 problemas + girar en torno a

    (n.) = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around
    Ex. Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex. Many of the problems in children's reading, and much of the controversy over what should be stocked in children's libraries, revolve around the matter of choosing 'suitable' books for children of all ages.
    * * *
    (n.) = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around

    Ex: Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.

    Ex: Many of the problems in children's reading, and much of the controversy over what should be stocked in children's libraries, revolve around the matter of choosing 'suitable' books for children of all ages.

    Spanish-English dictionary > problemas + girar en torno a

  • 38 retirarse a los aposientos de Uno

    (v.) = retire + at night
    Ex. Modern man is beset by many types of noise each day from the time he wakes until he retires at night.
    * * *
    (v.) = retire + at night

    Ex: Modern man is beset by many types of noise each day from the time he wakes until he retires at night.

    Spanish-English dictionary > retirarse a los aposientos de Uno

  • 39 roer

    v.
    1 to gnaw (at).
    2 to eat away (at).
    3 to nag or gnaw (at).
    * * *
    Present Indicative
    roo/ roigo/ royo, roes, roe, roemos, roéis, roen.
    Past Indicative
    roí, roíste, royó, roímos, roísteis, royeron.
    Present Subjunctive
    roa, roas, roa, roamos, roáis, roan;
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Future Subjunctive
    Imperative
    roe (tú), roa, roiga, roya (él/Vd.), roamos, roigamos, royamos (nos.), roed (vos.), roan, roigan, royan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ comida] to gnaw; (=mordiscar) to nibble at; [+ hueso] to gnaw, pick
    2) (=corroer) to corrode, eat away
    3) [+ capital] to eat into (bit by bit)
    4) [conciencia] to prick
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <hueso/cable> to gnaw (at)
    b) ( atormentar) to gnaw at, eat away at
    * * *
    Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    ----
    * hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.
    * roer poco a poco = eat away at.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <hueso/cable> to gnaw (at)
    b) ( atormentar) to gnaw at, eat away at
    * * *

    Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.

    * hueso duro de roer = uphill struggle, tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack.
    * roer poco a poco = eat away at.

    * * *
    roer [ E13 ]
    vt
    1 ‹hueso/cable/libro› to gnaw (at)
    los ratones han roído el queso the mice have been at the cheese o have been nibbling the cheese
    2 (atormentar) to gnaw at, eat away at
    el remordimiento le roía las entrañas remorse was gnawing o eating away at him
    * * *

    roer ( conjugate roer) verbo transitivo ‹hueso/cable› to gnaw (at)
    roer verbo transitivo
    1 (un hueso, una cosa) to gnaw
    2 (una galleta, queso) to nibble
    3 (la conciencia) to gnaw at, nag at
    ♦ Locuciones: un hueso duro de roer, a hard nut to crack
    ' roer' also found in these entries:
    English:
    eat into
    - gnaw
    - nibble
    - nut
    - eat
    * * *
    roer vt
    1. [con dientes] to gnaw (at);
    ser duro de roer to be a tough nut to crack
    2. [gastar] to eat away (at)
    3. [atormentar] to nag o gnaw (at);
    le roe la conciencia por lo mal que se ha portado her appalling behaviour is gnawing (at) her conscience
    * * *
    v/t gnaw; fig
    eat away at
    * * *
    roer {69} vt
    1) : to gnaw
    2) : to eat away at, to torment
    * * *
    roer vb to gnaw

    Spanish-English dictionary > roer

  • 40 socavar

    v.
    1 to dig under (excavar por debajo).
    2 to undermine, to erode, to cut the ground from under, to dig away.
    Las lluvias socavan la tierra The rain undermines the soil.
    Las penas socavan el alma Woe undermines the soul.
    3 to weaken, to debilitate, to mine, to sap.
    El sufrimiento socava a Ricardo Suffering weakens Richard.
    4 to cavitate, to produce cavitation.
    El río socava The river produces cavitation.
    * * *
    1 (excavar) to dig under
    2 figurado to undermine
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=minar) to undermine
    2) (=excavar) [persona] to dig under; [agua] to hollow out
    3) (=debilitar) to sap, undermine
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to undermine
    * * *
    = undermine, sap, chip away, gnaw (at), undercut, hollow out.
    Ex. Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.
    Ex. First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.
    Ex. Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.
    Ex. The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    Ex. The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.
    Ex. The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to undermine
    * * *
    = undermine, sap, chip away, gnaw (at), undercut, hollow out.

    Ex: Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.

    Ex: First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.
    Ex: Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.
    Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
    Ex: The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.
    Ex: The Irish President said last night that Irish society is being hollowed out by individualism.

    * * *
    socavar [A1 ]
    vt
    to undermine
    * * *

    socavar verbo transitivo
    1 to undermine
    2 fig (minar, destruir) to undermine
    ' socavar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    undermine
    * * *
    1. [debilitar] to undermine
    2. [excavar por debajo] to dig under
    * * *
    v/t tb fig
    undermine
    * * *
    : to undermine

    Spanish-English dictionary > socavar

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  • beset — index accost, assail, attack, badger, bait (harass), discommode, dun, embarrass …   Law dictionary

  • beset — overrun, *infest Analogous words: *worry, annoy, harass, harry, pester, plague: assail, *attack, assault …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • beset — [v] plague; hem in aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall*, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time*, give a… …   New thesaurus

  • beset — besetment, n. besetter, n. /bi set /, v.t., beset, besetting. 1. to attack on all sides; assail; harass: to be beset by enemies; beset by difficulties. 2. to surround; hem in: a village beset on all sides by dense forest. 3. to set or place upon; …   Universalium

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