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1 aturullado
• bewildered -
2 alelado
• bewildered• foolish• stunned• stupefied -
3 azorado
• bewildered• embarrassed• flushed• flustering -
4 descarriado
• bewildered• lost -
5 embobado
• bewildered• dazed• dumbfounded• flab• flabbergasting• stupefied -
6 despistado
adj.disoriented, lost, at wits end, clueless.past part.past participle of spanish verb: despistar.* * *1→ link=despistar despistar► adjetivo1 (distraído) absent-minded2 (confundido) confused3 (desorientado) lost■ estoy despistado, ya no sé dónde estamos I'm lost, I don't know where we are► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 absent-minded person, scatterbrain\hacerse el/la despistado,-a to pretend not to understand* * *despistado, -a1. ADJ1) (=distraído) vague, absentminded2) (=confuso) confused, muddled2.SM / F (=distraído) scatterbrain, absent-minded person* * *I- da adjetivo1)a) [ser] vague, absentmindedb) [estar]estaba or iba despistado — I was miles away (colloq) o daydreaming
2) [estar] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lostII- da masculino, femenino scatterbrain (colloq)* * *= absent-minded, scatterbrain, clueless, moony [moonier -comp., mooniest -sup.], dreamy [dreamier -comp., dreamiest -sup.], in a fog, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded.Ex. The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.Ex. A 'characterology' can be created, from the author who is himself a precise archivist to the scatterbrain who throws nothing away.Ex. He was standing around clueless, being introduced to a bunch of people he wouldn't remember in the morning.Ex. I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.Ex. Puberty, he describes as ' dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.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. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.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.* * *I- da adjetivo1)a) [ser] vague, absentmindedb) [estar]estaba or iba despistado — I was miles away (colloq) o daydreaming
2) [estar] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lostII- da masculino, femenino scatterbrain (colloq)* * *= absent-minded, scatterbrain, clueless, moony [moonier -comp., mooniest -sup.], dreamy [dreamier -comp., dreamiest -sup.], in a fog, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded.Ex: The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.
Ex: A 'characterology' can be created, from the author who is himself a precise archivist to the scatterbrain who throws nothing away.Ex: He was standing around clueless, being introduced to a bunch of people he wouldn't remember in the morning.Ex: I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.Ex: Puberty, he describes as ' dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.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: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.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.* * *1 [ SER] forgetful, absent-mindedtendrás que recordárselo, es muy despistado you'll have to remind him, he's very absent-minded o forgetful o he tends to forget thingssoy muy despistado para los nombres I never remember names, I'm hopeless with names ( colloq)2 [ ESTAR]:estaba or iba despistado y me pasé de la parada I was miles away o I was daydreaming and I missed my stop ( colloq)B [ ESTAR] (desorientado, confuso) bewildered, lostcon tantos cambios estoy despistado I'm bewildered by o I'm all at sea with all these changestodavía anda un poco despistado he hasn't quite found his feet yet, he's still a bit lost o disorientedmasculine, femininescatterbrain ( colloq)es un despistado he's a scatterbrain, he's very absent-minded o forgetfulno te hagas la despistada don't act as if you don't know what I'm talking about* * *
Del verbo despistar: ( conjugate despistar)
despistado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
despistado
despistar
despistado◊ -da adjetivo
b)◊ estar despistado to be miles away (colloq) o daydreaming;
(desorientado, confuso) to be bewildered o lost
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
scatterbrain (colloq)
despistar ( conjugate despistar) verbo transitivo
‹ sabueso› to throw … off the scent
despistarse verbo pronominal ( confundirse) to get confused o muddled;
( distraerse) to lose concentration
despistado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (olvidadizo) scatterbrained, absent-minded: Jorge es muy despistado, nunca se acuerda de dónde ha aparcado el coche, Jorge is absent-minded; he never remembers where he parked his car
2 (desorientado) confused: estoy un poco despistado, ¿dónde nos encontramos ahora?, I'm a bit confused - where are we?
II sustantivo masculino y femenino scatterbrain: me hago la despistada, I pretend not to understand
despistar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer perder la pista) to lose, throw off the scent
2 figurado to mislead
' despistado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despistada
- distraída
- distraído
- hacerse
- alocado
- atolondrado
English:
absent-minded
- careless
- forgetful
- hopelessly
- scatterbrained
- sea
- absent
- vague
* * *despistado, -a♦ adj1. [por naturaleza] absent-minded;soy muy despistado para los cumpleaños I'm hopeless at remembering birthdays2. [momentáneamente] distracted;en ese momento estaba despistado y no la vi I was distracted at the time and didn't see her3. [confuso] muddled, mixed up;aún se le ve despistado he still looks a bit lost o as if he doesn't quite know what he's doing;nos tenías despistados a todos you had us all fooled♦ nm,fes una despistada she's very absent-minded;hacerse el despistado to act as if one hasn't noticed/heard/understood/ etc;no te hagas el despistado, te hablo a ti stop acting as if you haven't heard, I'm talking to you* * *I adj scatterbrainedII m, despistada f scatterbrain* * *despistado, -da adj1) distraído: absentminded, forgetful2) confuso: confused, bewildereddespistado, -da n: scatterbrain, absentminded person* * *despistado adj absent minded -
7 abobado
adj.1 dumbfounded, open-mouthed.2 silly, stupid, dim-witted.past part.past participle of spanish verb: abobar.* * *1→ link=abobar abobar► adjetivo1 (tonto) stupid, silly2 (distraído) absent-minded3 (pasmado) bewildered* * *ADJ (=que parece tonto) stupid-looking; (=asombrado) bewildered* * *= daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.].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. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.* * *= daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.].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: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.* * *abobado -da1 (que parece bobo) stupid2 (embobado) bewildered, in bewilderment* * *
Del verbo abobar: ( conjugate abobar)
abobado es:
el participio
abobado,-a adjetivo bewildered
' abobado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abobada
* * *abobado, -a adjFam1. [estupefacto] blank, uncomprehending;se quedó abobado al enterarse he was astounded o speechless when he found out2. [estúpido] stupid* * *adj dim-witted* * *abobado, -da adj1) : silly, stupid2) : bewildered -
8 atolondrado
adj.1 bewildered, perplexed, at a loss, rattled.2 reckless, muddle-headed, harebrained, mindless.3 careless, thoughtless.f. & m.confused person, muddler, scatterbrain.past part.past participle of spanish verb: atolondrar.* * *1→ link=atolondrar atolondrar► adjetivo1 (desatinado) scatterbrained, reckless, silly2 (aturdido) stunned, bewildered* * *ADJ1) (=aturdido) bewildered, stunned2) (=irreflexivo) thoughtless, reckless; (=casquivano) scatterbrained; (=tonto) silly* * *I- da adjetivoa) [ser] ( impetuoso) rash, impetuous; ( despistado) scatterbrainedb) [estar] ( por golpe) dazed, stunnedII- da masculino, femenino scatterbrain* * *= reckless, harebrained, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, haywire.Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.Ex. Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.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. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.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. The concept is brilliant -- young Owen begins to get back his superpowers but they are, well, a little bit haywire.----* atolondrado con = besotted with.* * *I- da adjetivoa) [ser] ( impetuoso) rash, impetuous; ( despistado) scatterbrainedb) [estar] ( por golpe) dazed, stunnedII- da masculino, femenino scatterbrain* * *= reckless, harebrained, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, haywire.Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
Ex: Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.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: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.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: The concept is brilliant -- young Owen begins to get back his superpowers but they are, well, a little bit haywire.* atolondrado con = besotted with.* * *1 [ SER] (alocado) impetuous; (despistado) scatterbrained2 [ ESTAR] (por un golpe) dazed, stunnedmasculine, femininescatterbrain* * *
Del verbo atolondrar: ( conjugate atolondrar)
atolondrado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
atolondrado
atolondrar
atolondrado◊ -da adjetivo
( despistado) scatterbrained
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
scatterbrain
atolondrar ( conjugate atolondrar) verbo transitivo
atolondrarse verbo pronominal
b) ( precipitarse):◊ no te atolondres, piénsalo bien don't rush into it, think it over carefully
atolondrado,-a adjetivo foolish, feather-brained,
' atolondrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atolondrada
English:
scatterbrained
* * *atolondrado, -a♦ adj1. [precipitado] foolish, thoughtless2. [aturdido] bewildered, confused♦ nm,f[precipitado]es un atolondrado he's rather foolish, he's a bit of a fool* * *adj scatterbrained* * *atolondrado, -da adj1) aturdido: bewildered, dazed2) despistado: scatterbrained, absentminded -
9 desconcertado
adj.disconcerted, confused, at a loss, at wits end.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desconcertar.* * *► adjetivo1 disconcerted, confused, upset* * *(f. - desconcertada)adj.* * *ADJ disconcertedel final de la película te deja desconcertado — the end of the film leaves you rather puzzled o disconcerted
* * *- da adjetivo disconcerted* * *= bewildered, disconcertedly, nonplussed [nonplused], in a fog.Ex. The man stared at her, as if bewildered.Ex. A man was drying out postcards in the sun to sell to the few foreign tourist wandering disconcertedly though the wreckage and rubble.Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.----* de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.* * *- da adjetivo disconcerted* * *= bewildered, disconcertedly, nonplussed [nonplused], in a fog.Ex: The man stared at her, as if bewildered.
Ex: A man was drying out postcards in the sun to sell to the few foreign tourist wandering disconcertedly though the wreckage and rubble.Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.* de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.* * *desconcertado -dadisconcertedse quedó un momento desconcertado he was momentarily taken aback o disconcertedme miró desconcertada she looked at me, rather disconcerted o confused o puzzled o nonplussed* * *
Del verbo desconcertar: ( conjugate desconcertar)
desconcertado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
desconcertado
desconcertar
desconcertado◊ -da adjetivo
disconcerted;
quedarse desconcertado to be taken aback
desconcertar ( conjugate desconcertar) verbo transitivo
to disconcert;
su respuesta me desconcertó I was disconcerted by her reply
desconcertado,-a adjetivo su reacción me dejó desconcertado, I was taken aback by his reaction
desconcertar verbo transitivo to disconcert: los últimos hallazgos han desconcertado a los investigadores, the lastest discoveries have puzzled the researchers
' desconcertado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confusa
- confuso
- desconcertar
- desconcertada
- parada
- parado
English:
aback
- bewildered
- bewildering
- disconcerted
- downright
- mystify
- vexed
- nonplused
* * *desconcertado, -a adjdisconcerted;estar desconcertado to be disconcerted o thrown;quedarse desconcertado to be taken aback* * *adj disconcerted -
10 alelar
v.to daze, to stupefy.* * *1 (asombrar) to overwhelm2 (confundir) to bewilder1 (asombrarse) to be overwhelmed2 (confundirse) to be bewildered* * *1.VT to stupefy, bewilder2.See:* * *1. 2.alelarse v pron ( quedar estupefacto) to be overwhelmed, be stupefied; ( quedar confuso) to be bewildered* * *1. 2.alelarse v pron ( quedar estupefacto) to be overwhelmed, be stupefied; ( quedar confuso) to be bewildered* * *alelar [A1 ]vt(dejar estupefacto) to overwhelm, stupefy; (dejar confuso) to bewilder■ alelarse(quedar estupefacto) to be overwhelmed, be stupefied; (quedar confuso) to be bewildered* * *alelar vtto daze, to stupefy;la televisión lo alela television dulls his mind* * *v/t stupefy -
11 atolondrarse
1 to be confused, be stunned, be bewildered* * *VPR (=aturdirse) to be bewildered; (=quedarse pasmado) to be amazed* * *vpr[por golpe] to be stunned; [por griterío, confusión] to be bewildered;se atolondró con el golpe she was stunned by the blow* * *v/r1 be stunned, be dazed2 ( confundirse) be bewildered, be confused -
12 alelado
adj.1 bewildered, stunned, dumbfounded, stupefied.2 stupid, foolish, rubberneck.past part.past participle of spanish verb: alelar.* * *1→ link=alelar alelar► adjetivo1 (atontado) dazed2 (asombrado) astonished, amazed* * *ADJ (=aturdido) stupefied, bewildered; (=bobo) foolish, stupid* * *- da adjetivoa) (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixedb) ( atontado) dazedc) (fam) ( sorprendido) speechless, amazed* * *= potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.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.* * *- da adjetivoa) (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixedb) ( atontado) dazedc) (fam) ( sorprendido) speechless, amazed* * *= potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.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.* * *alelado -da1 (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixed2 (atontado) dazed¡date prisa, que estás como alelado! get a move on, you're in a daze!es tan alelado que … he's so scatterbrained o ( colloq) dopey that …3 ( fam) (sorprendido) speechless, amazed* * *alelado, -a adjno te quedes ahí alelado y haz algo stop sitting around like an idiot and do something;estoy alelado hoy I'm just not with it today;me quedé alelado cuando me contó lo de su embarazo I was stunned o left speechless when she told me she was pregnant* * *adj:estar alelado be in a daze* * *alelado, -da adj1) : bewildered, stupefied2) : foolish, stupid -
13 atontado
adj.dazed, brainless, dimwitted, dumbfounded.past part.past participle of spanish verb: atontar.* * *1→ link=atontar atontar► adjetivo1 (aturdido) stunned, confused, bewildered2 (tonto) stupid, silly, foolish* * *(f. - atontada)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=aturdido) bewildered, stunned2) (=tonto) stupid, thick ** * *contesta, que estás medio atontado — answer me, you're in a daze
* * *= punch-drunk, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].Ex. However, Shere cautioned against becoming ' punch-drunk' from the impact of machines.Ex. The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.----* atontado con = besotted with.* * *contesta, que estás medio atontado — answer me, you're in a daze
* * *= punch-drunk, groggy [groggier -comp., groggiest -sup.].Ex: However, Shere cautioned against becoming ' punch-drunk' from the impact of machines.
Ex: The groggy feeling you get after being awakened by an alarm is often the result of an interrupted sleep cycle.* atontado con = besotted with.* * *atontado -da1 (por un golpe, el asombro) stunned, dazed2(distraído): venga hombre, contesta, que estás medio atontado come on, answer me, you're miles away o in a dazeestá como atontado, nunca se entera de nada he's in a world of his own, he never knows what's going on* * *
Del verbo atontar: ( conjugate atontar)
atontado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
atontado
atontar
atontado
( distraído):◊ contesta, que estás medio atontado answer me, you're in a daze;
ver tb atontar
atontar ( conjugate atontar) verbo transitivo [ golpe] to stun, daze;
estas pastillas me atontan these pills make me groggy;
la televisión los atonta television turns them into vegetables o zombies
atontado,-a adjetivo
1 (bobo) silly, foolish
2 (aturdido) bewildered, amazed
atontar verbo transitivo to confuse, bewilder
' atontado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abotargada
- abotargado
- atontada
- abombado
English:
dazed
- dopey
- groggy
- punch
* * *atontado, -a♦ adj1. [aturdido] dazed, stunned;el golpe lo dejó atontado the blow stunned o dazed him♦ nm,fidiot, half-wit* * *adj dazed, stunned* * *atontado adj stunned -
14 confuso
adj.1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.* * *► adjetivo1 (ideas) confused2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred4 (mezclado) mixed up* * *(f. - confusa)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurredtiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up
2) (=desconcertado) confusedno sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed
* * *- sa adjetivoa) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confusedb) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.----* de manera confusa = hazily.* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.* masa confusa = mush.* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.* ser confuso = be deceiving.* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.* * *- sa adjetivoa) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confusedb) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.* de manera confusa = hazily.* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.* masa confusa = mush.* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.* ser confuso = be deceiving.* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.* * *confuso -sa1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazydio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanationlas noticias son confusas reports are confused2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused* * *
confuso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
‹ información› confused
confuso,-a adjetivo
1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
' confuso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confusa
- apabullar
- despistado
- enmarañado
English:
confused
- confusing
- flounder
- fuzzy
- garbled
- indistinct
- mixed-up
- muddy
- spin
- unclear
- foggy
- hazy
- muddled
* * *confuso, -a adj1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;[contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;estar confuso to be confused o bewildered* * *adj confused* * *confuso, -sa adj1) : confused, mixed-up2) : obscure, indistinct* * *confuso adj1. (persona) confused2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing -
15 perplejo
adj.baffled, at a loss, amazed, astonished.* * *► adjetivo1 perplexed* * *ADJ perplexed, puzzledme miró perplejo — he gave me a perplexed o puzzled look
dejar a algn perplejo — to perplex sb, puzzle sb
se quedó perplejo un momento — he hesitated a moment, he looked perplexed for a moment
* * *- ja adjetivo perplexed, puzzledestar perplejo con algo — to be puzzled o perplexed by something
* * *= nonplussed [nonplused], gobsmacked, at sea.Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.Ex. Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.----* dejar perplejo = puzzle, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus.* tener perplejo = stump.* * *- ja adjetivo perplexed, puzzledestar perplejo con algo — to be puzzled o perplexed by something
* * *= nonplussed [nonplused], gobsmacked, at sea.Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
Ex: Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.* dejar perplejo = puzzle, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus.* tener perplejo = stump.* * *perplejo -japerplexed, puzzled, confusedestaba perplejo con los resultados del experimento he was puzzled o perplexed o confused o baffled by the results of the experiment* * *
perplejo◊ -ja adjetivo
perplexed, puzzled;
estar perplejo con algo to be puzzled o perplexed by sth
perplejo,-a adjetivo bewildered, perplexed: se quedó perplejo, he was puzzled
' perplejo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fría
- frío
- perpleja
- aturdir
English:
bemused
- fox
- mystify
- perplexed
- puzzle
- stump
- throw
- baffled
- perplex
- puzzled
* * *perplejo, -a adjperplexed, bewildered;la noticia me dejó perplejo the news perplexed o bewildered me* * *adj puzzled, perplexed* * *perplejo, -ja adj: perplexed, puzzled* * *perplejo adj puzzled -
16 aturdirse
1 (atolondrarse) to be stunned, be confused, be bewildered* * *VPR (=atolondrarse) to be stunned; (=quedarse perplejo) to be bewildered* * *vpr1. [con ruido, luz] to get confused2. [por golpe, noticia] to be stunned* * *v/r1 be stunned, be dazed2 ( confundirse) be bewildered, be confused -
17 desconcertarse
1 (perturbarse) to be disconcerted2 (desorientarse) to be bewildered, be confused3 MEDICINA to be dislocated* * *VPR (=desorientarse) to be disconcerted* * *
■desconcertarse verbo reflexivo to be bewildered, be puzzled
' desconcertarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
turbarse
- confundir
* * *vpr* * *v/r be disconcerted, be taken aback* * *vr -
18 afectación
f.1 affectation of manner, mannerism, pose, airs.2 lack of natural manner, affected charm, unction, artificiality.3 encumbrance.4 appropriation.* * *1 affectation* * *noun f.affectation, pose* * *SF affectation* * *femenino affectation* * *= affectation.Ex. But instead he essayed to give an account of what had occurred, with an affectation of bewildered simplicity.* * *femenino affectation* * *= affectation.Ex: But instead he essayed to give an account of what had occurred, with an affectation of bewildered simplicity.
* * *affectationhabla con afectación he has an affected way of talking* * *
afectación sustantivo femenino
affectation
afectación sustantivo femenino affectation
' afectación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rebuscada
- rebuscado
- artificio
- pose
English:
affectation
- camp up
- pose
- prance
- unaffected
- mince
- poseur
* * *afectación nfaffectation;con afectación affectedly* * *f affectation* * * -
19 amaneramiento
m.1 effeminacy (afeminamiento).2 affectation.3 affectation of manner.* * *1 affectation* * *SM affectation* * *masculino affectation* * *= affectation.Ex. But instead he essayed to give an account of what had occurred, with an affectation of bewildered simplicity.* * *masculino affectation* * *= affectation.Ex: But instead he essayed to give an account of what had occurred, with an affectation of bewildered simplicity.
* * *affectation* * *1. [afeminamiento] effeminacy;con amaneramiento effeminately2. [afectación] affectation;con amaneramiento affectedly* * *m affectation -
20 aterrorizado
adj.terrorized, frightened to death, horror-struck, horror-stricken.past part.past participle of spanish verb: aterrorizar.* * *(f. - aterrorizada)adj.* * *ADJ terrified* * *- da adjetivo terrified* * *= terrorised [terrorized, -USA], horror-struck, horror-stricken, panic-stricken.Ex. Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.Ex. They looked at each other again, still horror-struck.Ex. The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.Ex. Amid all the gloom and doom in panic-stricken nation-state capitals, nowadays, something completely different may be exactly what we all need.----* estar aterrorizado = be frightened to death, be scared stiff, be terrified.* * *- da adjetivo terrified* * *= terrorised [terrorized, -USA], horror-struck, horror-stricken, panic-stricken.Ex: Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.
Ex: They looked at each other again, still horror-struck.Ex: The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.Ex: Amid all the gloom and doom in panic-stricken nation-state capitals, nowadays, something completely different may be exactly what we all need.* estar aterrorizado = be frightened to death, be scared stiff, be terrified.* * *aterrorizado -daterrified* * *
Del verbo aterrorizar: ( conjugate aterrorizar)
aterrorizado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
aterrorizado
aterrorizar
aterrorizado◊ -da adjetivo
terrified
aterrorizar ( conjugate aterrorizar) verbo transitivo
to terrorize
aterrorizar verbo transitivo to terrify
Mil Pol to terrorize
' aterrorizado' also found in these entries:
English:
panic
- terrified
* * *adj terrified, petrified
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