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1 esquelético
adj.1 skeletal, raw-boned, rawboned, emaciated.2 skeletal, of the skeleton.* * *► adjetivo1 (del esqueleto) skeletal\estar esquelético,-a familiar to be skin and bones* * *ADJ skeletal, skinny ** * *- ca adjetivo skeletal* * *- ca adjetivo skeletal* * *esquelético11 = skeletal.Ex: The abstractor wants to construct a miniature surrogate of the document, written in his or her own words, a skeletal representation of the document.
* músculo esquelético = skeletal muscle.esquelético22 = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], rickety.Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.Ex: Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.* * *esquelético -caskeletalestaba verdaderamente esquelético he was an absolute skeleton o he was terribly thin o he was positively skeletal¡no sigas adelgazando que estás esquelético! ( fam); don't go losing any more weight, you're all skin and bone now ( colloq)* * *
esquelético,-a adjetivo
1 Anat skeletal
2 fam (muy delgado) skinny
' esquelético' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esquelética
English:
scrawny
* * *esquelético, -a adj1. Anat skeletalestar esquelético to be extremely o painfully thin* * *adj skeletal* * *esquelético, -ca adj: emaciated, skeletal -
2 estructura ósea
f.bone structure, jointed bone construction of the body. -
3 andamio
m.scaffold.* * *1 scaffold* * *SM (Constr) scaffoldandamio óseo — skeleton, bone structure
* * *masculino: tb* * *= scaffolding.Ex. The inheritance from the master becomes, not only his additions to the world's record, but for his disciples the entire scaffolding by which they were erected.* * *masculino: tb* * *= scaffolding.Ex: The inheritance from the master becomes, not only his additions to the world's record, but for his disciples the entire scaffolding by which they were erected.
* * *tbandamios scaffolding* * *
andamio sustantivo masculino: tb
andamiaje, andamio sustantivo masculino scaffolding
' andamio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andamiaje
English:
scaffold
* * *andamio nmse cayó de un andamio he fell from some scaffolding;andamios scaffolding* * *m scaffolding* * *andamio nm: scaffold* * *andamio n scaffolding -
4 huesudo
adj.1 bony, gaunt, rawboned, big-boned.2 bony, with visible bone structure.* * *► adjetivo1 bony* * *ADJ bony, big-boned* * *- da adjetivo bony* * *= bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.], osseous.Ex. I think bony chickens are really just used for making stock.Ex. A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal.* * *- da adjetivo bony* * *= bony [bonier -comp., boniest -sup.], osseous.Ex: I think bony chickens are really just used for making stock.
Ex: A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal.* * *huesudo -dabony* * *
huesudo◊ -da adjetivo
bony
huesudo,-a adjetivo bony
' huesudo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
huesuda
English:
bony
- knobbly
* * *huesudo, -a adjbony* * *adj bony* * *huesudo, -da adj: bony* * *huesudo adj bony -
5 esqueleto
m.1 skeleton.menear o mover el esqueleto (informal) to boogie (on down)estar como un esqueleto to be skin and bone2 framework.3 blank form, blank application, application form, fill-out form.* * *1 ANATOMÍA skeleton2 ARQUITECTURA framework\mover el esqueleto familiar to boogie, party on down* * *noun m.1) skeleton2) framework* * *SM1) (Anat) skeleton2) (=estructura) [gen] skeleton; (=de asunto) bare bones pl ; [de edificio] framework; [de conferencia, novela] framework, structureen esqueleto — unfinished, incomplete
3) Chile (Literat) (=borrador) rough draft, outline* * *1)a) (Anat) skeletonestar hecho un esqueleto — (fam & hum) to be all skin and bone(s) (colloq)
menear el esqueleto — (fam & hum) to shake a leg (colloq & hum)
b) (de edificio, novela) framework2) (Méx) ( formulario) blank form* * *= skeleton.Ex. A description of the main subject areas forms the skeleton of the main list of terms.----* esqueleto muscular = muscular-skeletal.* estar hecho un esqueleto = be a bag of bones.* menear el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.* mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.* * *1)a) (Anat) skeletonestar hecho un esqueleto — (fam & hum) to be all skin and bone(s) (colloq)
menear el esqueleto — (fam & hum) to shake a leg (colloq & hum)
b) (de edificio, novela) framework2) (Méx) ( formulario) blank form* * *= skeleton.Ex: A description of the main subject areas forms the skeleton of the main list of terms.
* esqueleto muscular = muscular-skeletal.* estar hecho un esqueleto = be a bag of bones.* menear el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.* mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.* * *A1 ( Anat) skeletonmenear or mover el esqueleto ( fam hum); to shake a leg ( colloq hum), to strut o shake one's stuff ( colloq)2 (estructura — de un edificio) framework; (— de una novela, un discurso) framework, structureB ( Méx) (formulario) blank form* * *
esqueleto sustantivo masculinoa) (Anat) skeleton
esqueleto sustantivo masculino
1 Anat skeleton
2 (estructura) framework
' esqueleto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
femenina
- femenino
- carcasa
English:
shell
- skeleton
* * *esqueleto nm1. [de persona, animal] skeleton;Fam2. [armazón] [de edificio] framework;[de vehículo] frame; [de novela] framework, outline; [de argumento] outline4. CAm, Col, Méx [formulario] form* * *m1 ANAT skeleton;ser un esqueleto, estar en el esqueleto be a walking skeleton;mover omenear el esqueleto hum shake a leg, dance2:esqueleto (arquitectónico) framework3 Méx, C.Am., Pe, Bol figblank form* * *esqueleto nm1) : skeleton2) armazón: framework* * *esqueleto n (anatomía) skeleton -
6 gruñón
adj.grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.m.grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.* * *► adjetivo1 grumbling, grumpy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 grumbler, grouch* * *gruñón, -ona1.ADJ grumpy, grumbling2.SM / F grumbler* * *I- ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)II- ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)* * *= grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.----* vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.* viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.* * *I- ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)II- ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)* * *= grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.* vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.* viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.* * *masculine, feminine* * *
gruñón
gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy
' gruñón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gruñona
English:
grouch
- grouchy
- grump
- grumpy
- nag
- nagging
* * *gruñón, -ona Fam♦ adjgrumpy♦ nm,fold grump* * *I adj famgrumpyII m, gruñona f famgrouch fam* * ** * *gruñón2 n moaner -
7 ajustar
v.1 to fit (encajar) (piezas de motor).2 to adjust.Silvia ajustó el plan adecuadamente Silvia adjusted the plan adequately.Silvia ajustó las tuercas de la caldera Silvia adjusted the boiler nuts.3 to tighten.ajusta bien la tapa screw the lid on tight4 to arrange (pactar) (matrimonio).5 to fit properly, to be a good fit (venir justo).la ventana no ajusta bien the window won't close properly6 to control, to set.Mario ajustó la temperatura Mario controlled the temperature.7 to hire.* * *1 (adaptar) to adjust, regulate2 (apretar) to tighten3 (encajar) to fit, fit tight4 (acordar) to fix, agree on, set1 to fit1 (ceñirse) to fit2 (ponerse de acuerdo) to come to an agreement; (estar de acuerdo) to agree with, fit in with\ajustarse el cinturón to tighten one's belt* * *verb1) to adjust2) fit, tighten•* * *1. VT1) (Téc)a) [+ pieza, grifo] [colocando] to fit; [apretando] to tighten¿cómo se ajusta la baca al vehículo? — how does the roof rack fit onto the vehicle?
b) (=regular) [+ volumen, temperatura] to adjust, regulate; [+ asiento, retrovisor] to adjust; [+ cinturón] to tighten2) (=pactar) [+ acuerdo, trato] to reach; [+ boda] to arrange; [+ precio] to agree onya hemos ajustado el presupuesto con los albañiles — we have already agreed on the price with the builders
el precio ha quedado ajustado en 500 euros — the price has been fixed o set at 500 euros
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ajustar cuentas con algn — (lit) to settle accounts with sb; (fig) to settle one's scores with sb3) (=adaptar) to adjust (a to)4) euf (=reducir)este año hemos tenido que ajustar drásticamente el presupuesto — this year we have had to sharply reduce our budget
5) (Cos) [+ cintura, manga] to take in6) (Tip) to compose7) † [+ criado] to hire, engage2. VI1) (=encajar) to fitrellena con masilla los empalmes que no ajusten — fill the joints that don't fit together with putty
2) Ven (=agudizarse) to get worsepor el camino ajustó el aguacero — on the way, there was a sudden downpour
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( apretar) to tighten (up)b) ( regular) to adjustc) <retrovisor/asiento/cinturón de seguridad> to adjust2) ( en costura) to take in3)a) <gastos/horarios>b) <sueldo/jubilación> to adjust4) <precio/alquiler/sueldo> to fix, set5) < cuentas> ( sacar el resultado de) to balance; ( saldar) to settle2.ajustar vi to fit3.ajustarse v pron1) (refl) < cinturón de seguridad> to adjust2) piezas to fit3) (ceñirse, atenerse)ajustarse a algo: su declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly true; deberá ajustarse a estas condiciones it will have to comply with these conditions; una sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho — a legally flawed verdict
* * *= adjust, calibrate, twiddle, scale, tweak, fine tune [fine-tune], muck around/about, align.Ex. The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.Ex. The maps are calibrated to show fine distinctions within Geauga = Se calibran los mapas para mostrar pequeñas distinciones dentro de la región de Geauga.Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.Ex. To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.Ex. This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.Ex. These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.Ex. I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.Ex. Entry words may be aligned in a centre column or in a left hand column.----* ajustar Algo a = bring + Nombre + into compliance with.* ajustar cuentas = settle + a score, settle + things, get + even.* ajustar la exposición = adjust + exposure.* ajustarse = suit, fit + snugly, suit + best.* ajustarse a = conform to, befit, align.* ajustarse a exigencias = suit + demands.* ajustarse el cinturón = tighten + Posesivo + belt, gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.* desajustar = throw out of + alignment.* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.* sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( apretar) to tighten (up)b) ( regular) to adjustc) <retrovisor/asiento/cinturón de seguridad> to adjust2) ( en costura) to take in3)a) <gastos/horarios>b) <sueldo/jubilación> to adjust4) <precio/alquiler/sueldo> to fix, set5) < cuentas> ( sacar el resultado de) to balance; ( saldar) to settle2.ajustar vi to fit3.ajustarse v pron1) (refl) < cinturón de seguridad> to adjust2) piezas to fit3) (ceñirse, atenerse)ajustarse a algo: su declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly true; deberá ajustarse a estas condiciones it will have to comply with these conditions; una sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho — a legally flawed verdict
* * *= adjust, calibrate, twiddle, scale, tweak, fine tune [fine-tune], muck around/about, align.Ex: The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.
Ex: The maps are calibrated to show fine distinctions within Geauga = Se calibran los mapas para mostrar pequeñas distinciones dentro de la región de Geauga.Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.Ex: To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.Ex: This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.Ex: These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.Ex: I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.Ex: Entry words may be aligned in a centre column or in a left hand column.* ajustar Algo a = bring + Nombre + into compliance with.* ajustar cuentas = settle + a score, settle + things, get + even.* ajustar la exposición = adjust + exposure.* ajustarse = suit, fit + snugly, suit + best.* ajustarse a = conform to, befit, align.* ajustarse a exigencias = suit + demands.* ajustarse el cinturón = tighten + Posesivo + belt, gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.* desajustar = throw out of + alignment.* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.* sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].* * *ajustar [A1 ]vtA1 (apretar) ‹tornillo/freno› to tighten (up)2 (regular) ‹tornillo/dispositivo› to adjustajustar la entrada de agua to regulate the flow of water3 ‹retrovisor/asiento/cinturón› to adjust4 (encajar) ‹piezas› to fit5 ‹página› to make upB (en costura) to take inC1 ‹gastos/horarios› ajustar algo A algo to adapt sth TO sthtenemos que ajustar los gastos a los ingresos we have to tailor our expenditure to our income2 ‹sueldo/jubilación› to adjustles ajustan el sueldo con la inflación their wages are adjusted in line with inflationD (acordar) ‹precio/alquiler/sueldo› to fix, setajustaron el precio en 120 euros the price was fixed o set at 120 euros, they agreed on a price of 120 eurostodavía falta ajustar el alquiler we still have to reach an agreement on o agree on o fix o set the rentE ‹cuentas›1 (sacar el resultado de) to balance■ ajustarvito fitA ( refl) ‹cinturón› to adjustB (encajarse, alinearse) «piezas» to fitC (a una condición, un horario) ajustarse A algo:una distribución jerárquica que no se ajusta a las necesidades reales a hierarchical structure that does not meet real needsesta decisión no se ajusta a su política de apertura this decision is out of line with o not in keeping with their policy of opennesstenemos que ajustarnos al horario we must keep to o work within the timetableajustémonos al tema let's keep to the subjectsu declaración no se ajusta a la verdad his statement is not strictly truesiempre tengo que ajustarme a sus caprichos I always have to go along with his whimsdeberá ajustarse a las condiciones aquí descritas it will have to comply with the conditions laid down hereuna sentencia que no se ajusta a derecho a verdict which is legally flawed o which is wrong in law* * *
ajustar ( conjugate ajustar) verbo transitivo
1
2 ( en costura) to take in
3a) ‹gastos/horarios› ajustar algo a algo to adapt sth to sth
4 ( concertar) to fix, set
5 ‹ cuentas› ( sacar el resultado de) to balance;
( saldar) to settle
verbo intransitivo
to fit
ajustarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ‹ cinturón de seguridad› to adjust
2 [ piezas] to fit
ajustar verbo transitivo
1 to adjust
2 (apretar) to tighten
(encajar) to fit
3 Fin (cuenta) to settle
♦ Locuciones: figurado ¡ya te ajustaré las cuentas!, I'll get even with you!
' ajustar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adaptar
- cuenta
- regular
- poner
English:
adjust
- fit
- score
- square
- work in
- bone
* * *♦ vt1. [encajar] [piezas de motor] to fit;[puerta, ventana] to push to2. [arreglar] to adjust;el técnico ajustó la antena the engineer adjusted the aerial3. [apretar] to tighten;ajusta bien la tapa screw the lid on tight4. [poner en posición] [retrovisor, asiento] to adjust5. [pactar] [matrimonio] to arrange;[pleito] to settle; [paz] to negotiate; [precio] to fix, to agree;hemos ajustado la casa en cinco millones we have agreed a price of five million for the house6. [adaptar] to alter;el sastre ajustó el vestido the tailor altered the dress;tendrás que ajustar tus necesidades a las nuestras you'll have to adapt your needs to fit in with ours;tenemos que ajustar los gastos a los ingresos we shouldn't spend more than we earn;ajustar las pensiones al índice de inflación to index-link pensions7. [asestar] to deal, to give8. Imprenta to make up9. [reconciliar] to reconcile10. [saldar] to settle;ajustar las cuentas a alguien to settle a score with sb;¡la próxima vez que te vea ajustaremos cuentas! you'll pay for this the next time I see you!♦ vi[venir justo] to fit properly, to be a good fit;la ventana no ajusta bien the window won't close properly* * *I v/t2 precio set;ajustar(le) las cuentas a alguien fig have a settling of accounts with s.o., settle accounts with s.o.II v/i fit* * *ajustar vt1) : to adjust, to adapt2) : to take in (clothing)3) : to settle, to resolve* * *ajustar vb1. (adaptar) to adjust2. (apretar) to tighten
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