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blinkered

  • 1 con anteojeras

    • blinkered

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > con anteojeras

  • 2 de miras estrechas

    = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.
    * * *
    = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded

    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de miras estrechas

  • 3 cerrazón

    f.
    narrow-mindedness.
    * * *
    1 (del cielo) stormy sky, black sky
    2 figurado (estupidez) dimness, denseness
    \
    cerrazón mental narrow-mindedness
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=obstinación) bloody-mindedness
    2) (=torpeza) dimwittedness
    3) [del cielo] threatening sky, storm clouds pl
    * * *
    masculino ( terquedad) stubbornness; ( mentalidad poco flexible) blinkered attitude
    * * *
    masculino ( terquedad) stubbornness; ( mentalidad poco flexible) blinkered attitude
    * * *
    (terquedad) stubbornness; (mentalidad poco flexible) blinkered attitude, narrow-mindedness
    * * *

    cerrazón sustantivo masculino ( terquedad) stubbornness;
    ( mentalidad poco flexible) blinkered attitude
    * * *
    1. [obstinación] stubbornness, obstinacy
    2. [falta de inteligencia] dim-wittedness
    3. RP [niebla] heavy mist
    * * *
    f fig
    narrow-mindedness
    * * *
    cerrazón nf, pl - zones : obstinacy, stubbornness

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerrazón

  • 4 cada vez mayor

    (adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex. Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex. Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
    Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.
    Ex. The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.
    Ex. The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.
    Ex. There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.
    Ex. Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.
    Ex. By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.
    Ex. Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.
    Ex. But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex. The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.
    Ex. The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex. A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.
    Ex. The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    * * *
    (adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening

    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex: Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex: Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
    Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.
    Ex: The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.
    Ex: The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.
    Ex: There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.
    Ex: Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.
    Ex: By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.
    Ex: Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.
    Ex: But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex: The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.
    Ex: The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex: A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.
    Ex: The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cada vez mayor

  • 5 creciente

    adj.
    1 growing (seguridad, confianza).
    2 increasing, incremental, mounting, raising.
    3 crescent, raising.
    4 swelling.
    f.
    1 rise in waters.
    2 flood tide.
    3 crescent.
    * * *
    1 (que crece) growing; (que aumenta) increasing
    2 (precios) rising
    3 (luna) crescent (in the first quarter)
    1 (de agua) flood, spate
    * * *
    adj.
    growing, increasing
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [tendencia, demanda, volumen] growing, increasing
    2) [luna] waxing
    cuarto 2., 2)
    2.
    SM (Astron) [de la luna] crescent
    3.
    SF [de río] flood
    * * *
    a) <interés/necesidad> increasing
    b) (Astron)
    * * *
    = ever-growing, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, burgeoning, proliferative, escalating, heightening.
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. Haemorrhage was noted over the surface of the detached retina and the optic nerve head was covered by a proliferative white structure.
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    ----
    * luna creciente = waxing moon.
    * * *
    a) <interés/necesidad> increasing
    b) (Astron)
    * * *
    = ever-growing, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, burgeoning, proliferative, escalating, heightening.

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.

    Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex: Haemorrhage was noted over the surface of the detached retina and the optic nerve head was covered by a proliferative white structure.
    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    * luna creciente = waxing moon.

    * * *
    1 ‹interés/necesidad› increasing, growing
    2 ( Astron):
    luna creciente waxing moon
    cuarto2 (↑ cuarto (2))
    * * *

     

    creciente adjetivo
    a) ‹interés/necesidad› increasing

    b) (Astron):


    creciente adjetivo
    1 growing, increasing 2 cuarto creciente, crescent
    ' creciente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuarta
    - cuarto
    - luna
    - militarista
    - marea
    English:
    crescent
    - gathering
    - growing
    - increasing
    - rising
    - body
    - escalate
    - mount
    * * *
    1. [seguridad, confianza] growing
    2. [luna] crescent, waxing
    * * *
    I adj cantidad growing; luna waxing
    II f
    :
    creciente (lunar) crescent (of the moon)
    * * *
    1) : growing, increasing
    2)
    luna creciente : waxing moon

    Spanish-English dictionary > creciente

  • 6 en aumento

    (adj.) = burgeoning, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, heightening
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market.
    Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    * * *
    (adj.) = burgeoning, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, heightening

    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.

    Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market.
    Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en aumento

  • 7 miras

    Ex. Publishers, teachers and librarians need to adjust their field of vision and accept a trend away from Europe to one geared towards Africa, Asia, the Hispanic World, the Pacific Islands and Arabian countries.
    ----
    * con miras a (+ Infinitivo) = with a view to (+ Gerundio).
    * con miras al futuro = forward-looking.
    * cortas miras = nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.
    * corto de miras = myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted].
    * de miras estrechas = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded.
    * de miras hacia el exterior = outward looking.
    * de miras hacia fuera = outwardly.
    * estrechez de miras = narrowness, tunnel vision.
    * estrecho de miras = narrow-minded.
    * * *

    Ex: Publishers, teachers and librarians need to adjust their field of vision and accept a trend away from Europe to one geared towards Africa, Asia, the Hispanic World, the Pacific Islands and Arabian countries.

    * con miras a (+ Infinitivo) = with a view to (+ Gerundio).
    * con miras al futuro = forward-looking.
    * cortas miras = nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.
    * corto de miras = myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted].
    * de miras estrechas = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded.
    * de miras hacia el exterior = outward looking.
    * de miras hacia fuera = outwardly.
    * estrechez de miras = narrowness, tunnel vision.
    * estrecho de miras = narrow-minded.

    Spanish-English dictionary > miras

  • 8 ser parcial

    v.
    to be partial, to be biased.
    * * *
    (v.) = be partial, bias, feel + partial
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex. I don't feel partial either way but if I were a public librarian I think I would take exception to the idea that there was some kind of common plebeian form which I could use.
    * * *
    (v.) = be partial, bias, feel + partial

    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.

    Ex: A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex: I don't feel partial either way but if I were a public librarian I think I would take exception to the idea that there was some kind of common plebeian form which I could use.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser parcial

  • 9 anteojeras

    f.pl.
    1 blinkers(British), blinders (United States).
    2 blinders, blinkers.
    * * *
    1 blinkers, US blinders
    * * *
    femenino plural blinders (pl) (AmE), blinkers (pl) (BrE)

    ver las cosas con anteojeras — (fam) to suffer from tunnel vision

    * * *
    femenino plural blinders (pl) (AmE), blinkers (pl) (BrE)

    ver las cosas con anteojeras — (fam) to suffer from tunnel vision

    * * *
    blinders (pl) ( AmE), blinkers (pl) ( BrE)
    llevar las anteojeras puestas ( fam); to have blinders on ( AmE), to be blinkered ( BrE)
    ver las cosas con anteojeras ( fam); to suffer from tunnel vision
    * * *
    Br blinkers, US blinders
    * * *
    fpl inv blinders, Br
    blinkers

    Spanish-English dictionary > anteojeras

  • 10 estrecho

    adj.
    1 narrow, tight, close, constrained.
    2 intimate.
    m.
    strait, sound, channel connecting two seas, straits.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: estrechar.
    * * *
    1 (poco ancho) narrow
    2 (ropa) tight; (calzado) tight, small
    3 (habitación) cramped, poky, small
    4 (sin espacio) packed, jam-packed
    5 figurado (amistad etc) close, intimate
    7 figurado (estricto) narrow, rigid
    1 GEOGRAFÍA strait, straits plural
    \
    ser estrecho,-a de miras figurado to be narrow-minded
    el Estrecho de Gibraltar the Straits of Gibraltar
    ————————
    1 GEOGRAFÍA strait, straits plural
    * * *
    adj.
    1) narrow, tight
    * * *
    estrecho, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=angosto) [calle, pasillo] narrow; [zapato, ropa] tight

    es muy estrecho de hombros — he's very narrow-shouldered, he's got very narrow shoulders

    estábamos muy estrechos en el asiento trasero — it was a tight squeeze o we had to squeeze up tight in the back seat

    2) [amistad, relación] close
    3) [sexualmente] prudish, prim
    4) [de mentalidad] narrow-minded

    estrecho de miras o mente — narrow-minded

    2. SM
    1) (Geog) strait, straits pl
    2) † (=aprieto) predicament

    al estrecho — by force, under compulsion

    3.
    SM / F * prude
    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( angosto) <calle/pasillo> narrow; < falda> tight
    b) ( apretado) tight
    2) <amistad/colaboración/vigilancia> close
    3) ( limitado) < criterio> narrow
    II
    masculino (Geog) strait, straits (pl)
    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( angosto) <calle/pasillo> narrow; < falda> tight
    b) ( apretado) tight
    2) <amistad/colaboración/vigilancia> close
    3) ( limitado) < criterio> narrow
    II
    masculino (Geog) strait, straits (pl)
    * * *
    estrecho1
    1 = sound, strait.

    Ex: This guide provides brief descriptive information on the geomorphology and ecology of sounds, beaches, inlets, and dunes.

    Ex: Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.
    * Estrecho de Bering, el = Bering Straits, the.
    * estrecho de Gibraltar, el = Strait of Gibraltar, the.

    estrecho2
    2 = cramped, tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], narrow [narrower -comp., narrowest -sup.].

    Ex: Vissenbjerg Library, Funen, serving a population of 5,860 and converted to full-time status in 1980, is placed in a stagnant shopping centre in cramped conditions.

    Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex: The subject areas which such data bases cover may range from relatively narrow subjects, to interdisciplinary areas.
    * con lazos muy estrechos = close-knit.
    * en estrecha colaboración con = hand-in-glove with.
    * estrecho de mente = narrow-minded.
    * estrecho de miras = narrow-minded.
    * muy estrecho = poky [pokier -comp., pokiest -sup.].

    * * *
    A
    1 (angosto) ‹calle/pasillo› narrow; ‹falda› tight
    es estrecha de caderas she has narrow hips
    2 (apretado) tight
    la falda me queda estrecha de cintura the skirt's too tight around the waist
    íbamos muy estrechos it was very cramped, we were very cramped
    B ‹amistad/vínculo› close; ‹colaboración/vigilancia› close
    mantienen estrechas relaciones con la organización they maintain close ties with the organization
    este tema guarda una estrecha relación con el anterior this topic is closely linked to the previous one
    C
    1 (limitado) ‹criterio› narrow; ‹persona› narrow-minded
    tiene horizontes muy estrechos he has a very limited o narrow outlook on life
    2 ( fam) (mojigato) prudish, straitlaced
    ( Geog) strait, straits (pl)
    el Estrecho de Gibraltar the Strait(s) of Gibraltar
    el Estrecho de Magallanes the Strait of Magellan, the Magellan Strait
    * * *

     

    Del verbo estrechar: ( conjugate estrechar)

    estrecho es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    estrechó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    estrechar    
    estrecho
    estrechar ( conjugate estrechar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹falda/pantalones› to take … in;

    ‹ carretera› to make … narrower
    b) ‹relaciones/lazos› to strengthen

    2 (abrazar, apretar):

    me estrechó la mano he shook my hand
    estrecharse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) [carretera/acera] to narrow, get narrower

    b) [relaciones/lazos] to strengthen

    2 ( recípr) ( apretarse):

    se estrechoon la mano they shook hands
    estrecho 1
    ◊ - cha adjetivo

    1 ‹calle/pasillo› narrow;
    ‹ falda› tight;

    2 ‹amistad/colaboración/vigilancia› close
    3 ( limitado) ‹ criterio› narrow;

    estrecho 2 sustantivo masculino (Geog) strait, straits (pl);

    estrechar verbo transitivo
    1 to make narrow
    2 (la mano) to shake
    3 (entre los brazos) to hug
    4 el Gobierno estrechará lazos con Cuba, the Government will strengthen bonds with Cuba
    estrecho,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (espacio) narrow
    2 (indumentaria) tight: esos pantalones te están estrechos, those trousers are too tight for you
    3 (íntimo) close, intimate
    II m Geog strait, straits pl; Estrecho de Gibraltar, the Strait(s) of Gibraltar

    ' estrecho' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    camino
    - estrecha
    - nado
    - encajonar
    - estrechar
    - mira
    - provinciano
    English:
    bottleneck
    - channel
    - close
    - cramped
    - insular
    - intimate
    - narrow
    - narrow-minded
    - small-minded
    - sound
    - strait
    - tight
    - blinkered
    - clasp
    - liaise
    - slender
    - slim
    * * *
    estrecho, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de poca anchura] narrow;
    [ropa] tight;
    es estrecho de caderas he is narrow-hipped;
    desde que he engordado toda la ropa me está estrecha since I put on weight, all my clothes have been too tight for me;
    aquí se está muy estrecho it's very cramped in here;
    2. [íntimo] close;
    tengo una estrecha relación con él I have a close relationship with him;
    el asunto tiene una estrecha relación con los juicios a la mafia the affair is closely tied up with the mafia trials;
    ambos países mantienen estrechos lazos de amistad the two countries have close ties of friendship
    3. [tacaño] miserly, mean
    4. [rígido] strict;
    serán sometidos a estrecha vigilancia they will be kept under close o strict surveillance;
    estrecho de miras narrow-minded
    5. Fam Pey [reprimido] prudish, hung-up
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam Pey [reprimido] prude
    ♦ nm
    [entre dos mares] strait(s) el Estrecho de Bering the Bering Strait(s);
    el Estrecho de Bonifacio the Strait of Boniface;
    el Estrecho de Dardanelos the Dardanelles;
    el Estrecho de Gibraltar the Strait(s) of Gibraltar;
    el Estrecho de Magallanes the Strait(s) of Magellan;
    el Estrecho de Mesina the Strait(s) of Messina;
    el Estrecho de Ormuz the Strait(s) of Hormuz
    * * *
    I adj
    1 narrow;
    estrecho de miras narrow-minded
    2 ( apretado) tight;
    el vestido me queda estrecho the dress is too tight
    3 amistad close
    4
    :
    ir estrechos be cramped (for space)
    II m strait, straits pl ;
    el Estrecho de Gibraltar the Strait(s) of Gibraltar;
    Estrecho de Magallanes Magellan Straits
    * * *
    estrecho, - cha adj
    1) : tight, narrow
    2) íntimo: close
    : strait, narrows
    * * *
    estrecho1 adj
    1. (en general) narrow
    2. (ropa, zapato) tight
    3. (amistad) close
    estrecho2 n strait / straits

    Spanish-English dictionary > estrecho

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