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  • 1 arriesgado

    • buccaneering
    • chancy
    • dangerous
    • dauntless
    • hazard insurance
    • hazardous area
    • parlour game
    • parlously
    • perilous
    • risk spread
    • risk taker
    • risk-reward spectrum
    • risk-taking
    • riskiness
    • riskless transaction
    • risky
    • risky bet
    • unsafe
    • venturesome

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > arriesgado

  • 2 arriesgado

    adj.
    1 risky, dangerous, unsafe, chancy.
    2 venturesome, buccaneering, dauntless, daring.
    f. & m.
    risk taker.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arriesgar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arriesgar arriesgar
    1 (peligroso) risky, dangerous
    2 (temerario) bold, daring, fearless
    * * *
    (f. - arriesgada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [acto] risky, hazardous
    2) [individuo] (=intrépido) bold, daring; pey (=impetuoso) rash, foolhardy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.

    * * *
    1 (aventurado) ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous
    2 (valiente) ‹persona› brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arriesgar: ( conjugate arriesgar)

    arriesgado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arriesgado    
    arriesgar
    arriesgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹acción/empresa risky, hazardous;


    persona brave, daring
    arriesgar ( conjugate arriesgar) verbo transitivo
    a)vida/dinero to risk


    arriesgarse verbo pronominal:
    ¿nos arriesgamos? shall we risk it o take a chance?;

    arriesgadose a hacer algo to risk doing sth
    arriesgado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que entraña peligro) risky
    2 (temerario) fearless, daring
    arriesgar verbo transitivo to risk

    ' arriesgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - embarcarse
    - expuesta
    - expuesto
    English:
    chancy
    - dangerous
    - dodgy
    - hazardous
    - perilous
    - risky
    - low
    * * *
    arriesgado, -a adj
    1. [peligroso] [decisión, operación] risky
    2. [osado] daring;
    es una persona muy arriesgada she's a very daring person
    * * *
    adj risky
    * * *
    arriesgado, -da adj
    1) : risky
    2) : bold, daring
    * * *
    arriesgado adj (peligroso) dangerous / risky [comp. riskier; superl. riskiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arriesgado

  • 3 arrojado

    adj.
    brave, aggressive, bold, courageous.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arrojar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arrojar arrojar
    1 thrown, thrown out
    2 (osado) bold, fearless, daring
    * * *
    ADJ (=valiente) daring, dashing; (=temerario) reckless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.

    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arrojar: ( conjugate arrojar)

    arrojado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arrojado    
    arrojar
    arrojar ( conjugate arrojar) verbo transitivo
    1

    (Aviac) ‹ bomba to drop
    b) lava to spew (out);

    humo to belch out;
    luz to shed
    2 ( vomitar) to bring up, throw up
    arrojarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to throw oneself;
    arrojadose sobre algo/algn [ persona] to throw oneself onto sth/sb;
    [perro/tigre] to pounce on sth/sb
    arrojado,-a adj (atrevido) bold, daring
    arrojar verbo transitivo
    1 (lanzar) to throw, fling
    2 Com (un resultado) to show
    ' arrojado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - valiente
    English:
    spunky
    * * *
    arrojado, -a adj
    bold, fearless
    * * *
    I adj brave, daring
    II partarrojar
    * * *
    arrojado, -da adj
    : daring, fearless

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrojado

  • 4 atrevido

    adj.
    1 daring, adventurous, bold, brave.
    2 cheeky, brassy, bold-faced, pert.
    f. & m.
    cheeky person, insolent person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atreverse.
    * * *
    1→ link=atreverse atreverse
    1 (osado) daring, bold
    2 (insolente) insolent, impudent
    3 (indecoroso) daring, risqué
    * * *
    (f. - atrevida)
    adj.
    daring, bold
    * * *
    atrevido, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=audaz) daring, bold; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    2) [chiste] daring, risqué
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

    el atrevido diseño del edificiothe bold o adventurous design of the building

    c) ( valiente) brave
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( insolente)

    es un atrevido y un maleducadohe is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

    b) ( valiente)

    el mundo es de los atrevidosfortune favors the brave

    * * *
    = brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.
    * persona atrevida = risk taker.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

    el atrevido diseño del edificiothe bold o adventurous design of the building

    c) ( valiente) brave
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( insolente)

    es un atrevido y un maleducadohe is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

    b) ( valiente)

    el mundo es de los atrevidosfortune favors the brave

    * * *
    = brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.

    Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.
    * persona atrevida = risk taker.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

    * * *
    atrevido1 -da
    1 (insolente) mouthy ( AmE colloq), sassy ( AmE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)
    2 (osado) ‹escote/vestido› daring; ‹chiste› risqué
    el atrevido diseño del edificio the bold o adventurous design of the building
    me parece algo atrevido decir una cosa así I think it would be rash to say such a thing
    un escritor atrevido a daring writer
    3 (valiente) brave
    ¿te vas a vivir allí? eres muy atrevido are you going to live there? that's very brave of you
    atrevido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    1
    (insolente): ese niño es un atrevido y un maleducado that little boy is mouthy ( AmE) o sassy ( AmE) o ( BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered ( colloq)
    2
    (valiente): el mundo es de los atrevidos fortune favors the brave
    * * *

     

    Del verbo atreverse: ( conjugate atreverse)

    atrevido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    atreverse    
    atrevido
    atreverse ( conjugate atreverse) verbo pronominal
    to dare;
    ¡anda, atrévete! go on then, I dare you (to);

    no me atrevo a decírselo I daren't tell him;
    ¿cómo te atreves a pegarle? how dare you hit him?;
    ¿a que conmigo no te atreves? I bet you wouldn't dare take me on
    atrevido -da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)

    b) ( osado) ‹escote/persona daring;

    chiste risqué;
    diseño bold

    atreverse verbo reflexivo to dare: ¿te atreves a hacerlo?, do you dare to do it? o dare you do it? ➣ Ver nota en dare
    atrevido,-a adjetivo
    1 (descarado) daring, bold
    2 (insolente) cheeky, impudent
    3 (un vestido) risqué
    ' atrevido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - arrojado
    - atrevida
    - desvergonzada
    - desvergonzado
    - impertinente
    - lanzada
    - lanzado
    English:
    audacious
    - daredevil
    - daring
    - naughty
    - presumptuous
    - revealing
    - forward
    - risqué
    - sassy
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    atrevido, -a
    adj
    1. [osado] daring;
    es muy atrevido, le encantan los deportes de riesgo he's very daring, he loves dangerous sports;
    un escote atrevido a daring neckline;
    una película/escultura atrevida a bold movie/sculpture
    2. [caradura] cheeky
    nm,f
    1. [osado] daring person
    2. [caradura] cheeky person;
    ¡qué atrevido, contestar así a tu madre! what a cheek, answering your mother back like that!
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( insolente) sassy fam, Br
    cheeky fam
    2 ( valiente) brave, daring
    * * *
    atrevido, -da adj
    1) : bold, daring
    2) : insolent
    * * *
    1. (audaz) daring
    2. (insolente) cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > atrevido

  • 5 audaz

    adj.
    1 daring, bold.
    2 audacious, bold, brave, courageous.
    3 wild.
    * * *
    adjetivo (pl audaces)
    1 audacious, bold, daring
    * * *
    adj.
    bold, audacious
    * * *
    ADJ bold, audacious
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * persona audaz = risk taker.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * persona audaz = risk taker.

    * * *
    1 (valiente) ‹persona/acción› brave, courageous, daring, bold
    2 (osado) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *

    audaz adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous;
    ( osado) daring, bold
    audaz adjetivo audacious, bold
    ' audaz' also found in these entries:
    English:
    audacious
    - bold
    - daring
    - defiant
    - intrepid
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    audaz adj
    1. [valiente] daring, bold
    2. [descarado] audacious
    * * *
    adj daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    audaz adj, pl audaces : bold, audacious, daring
    audazmente adv
    * * *
    audaz adj daring / bold

    Spanish-English dictionary > audaz

  • 6 aventurado

    adj.
    venturesome, dangerous, unsafe, risky.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: aventurar.
    * * *
    1→ link=aventurar aventurar
    1 (arriesgado) dangerous, risky
    2 (atrevido) daring, bold
    * * *
    ADJ risky, hazardous

    es aventurado suponer... — it's a bit too much to suppose that...

    * * *
    - da adjetivo risky, hazardous
    * * *
    = foolhardy, buccaneering.
    Ex. There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo risky, hazardous
    * * *
    = foolhardy, buccaneering.

    Ex: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.

    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    risky, hazardous
    * * *

    Del verbo aventurar: ( conjugate aventurar)

    aventurado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    aventurado    
    aventurar
    aventurado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    risky, hazardous
    aventurar ( conjugate aventurar) verbo transitivo opinión to venture, put forward;

    conjetura to hazard
    aventurarse verbo pronominal
    to venture;
    me aventuradoía a decir que … I would go so far as to say that …

    aventurado,-a adjetivo risky
    aventurar vtr (hipótesis, opinión) to venture

    ' aventurado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aventurada
    * * *
    aventurado, -a adj
    risky
    * * *
    adj risky, hazardous
    * * *
    aventurado, -da adj
    : hazardous, risky

    Spanish-English dictionary > aventurado

  • 7 aventurero

    adj.
    venturesome, adventuresome, adventurous, audacious.
    m.
    1 adventurer, chancer, fortune hunter, gambler.
    2 adventurer, happy-go-lucky, swashbuckler, swasher.
    * * *
    1 adventurous
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) adventurer; (mujer) adventuress
    \
    de espíritu aventurero adventurous, venturesome
    * * *
    aventurero, -a
    1.
    ADJ adventurous, enterprising
    2.
    SM / F adventurer/adventuress
    3.
    SM (Mil) mercenary, soldier of fortune; pey (=arribista) social climber
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo adventurous
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino adventurer
    * * *
    = adventurous, buccaneering.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo adventurous
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino adventurer
    * * *
    = adventurous, buccaneering.

    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    adventurous
    masculine, feminine
    adventurer
    * * *

    aventurero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    adventurous
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    adventurer
    aventurero,-a adjetivo adventurous

    ' aventurero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aventurera
    English:
    adventurous
    - swashbuckler
    * * *
    aventurero, -a
    adj
    adventurous
    nm,f
    adventurer, f adventuress
    * * *
    I adj adventurous;
    espíritu aventurero sense o spirit of adventure
    II m, aventurera f adventurer
    * * *
    aventurero, -ra adj
    : adventurous
    aventurero, -ra n
    : adventurer
    * * *
    aventurero1 adj adventurous
    no eres muy aventurero, ¿verdad? you're not very adventurous, are you?
    aventurero2 n adventurer

    Spanish-English dictionary > aventurero

  • 8 osado

    adj.
    1 daring, devil-may-care, bold, audacious.
    2 imprudent, presumptuous, cheeky.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: osar.
    * * *
    1 (audaz) audacious, daring
    2 (desvergonzado) shameless
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=audaz) daring, bold
    2) (=descarado) impudent, audacious
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    = brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], daring, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], defiant, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    = brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], daring, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], defiant, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    osado -da
    ( liter); daring, bold, audacious
    * * *

    Del verbo osar: ( conjugate osar)

    osado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    osado    
    osar
    osar ( conjugate osar) verbo intransitivo (liter) osado + INF to dare to + inf;

    osado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que no tiene miedo) daring
    2 (que no tiene respeto) impudent, disrespectful
    osar verbo intransitivo to dare ➣ Ver nota en dare

    ' osado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    osada
    - atrevido
    - audaz
    English:
    daring
    * * *
    osado, -a adj
    1. [valeroso] daring, bold
    2. [descarado] impudent, audacious
    * * *
    adj daring
    * * *
    osado, -da adj
    1) : bold, daring
    2) : audacious, impudent
    osadamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > osado

  • 9 piratería

    f.
    piracy, pirating.
    * * *
    1 (gen) piracy
    \
    piratería aérea hijacking
    * * *
    1) (Náut) piracy; (de vídeos, casetes) piracy
    2) (Ven fam) ( trabajo mal hecho) botch job (colloq)
    * * *
    = piracy, hackery, buccaneering.
    Ex. Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to the flowing back of unauthorised reproductions to countries of origen = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción puede aplicarse solamente a la entrada de vuelta a los países de origen de reproducciones que se hayan hecho sin la debida autorización.
    Ex. At this point, it is instructive to observe that hackery has some of the attributes of a disease.
    Ex. Henry Morgan became the most famous and successful pirate of the golden age of buccaneering.
    ----
    * acto de piratería = piracy.
    * piratería informática = hacking, hackery.
    * * *
    1) (Náut) piracy; (de vídeos, casetes) piracy
    2) (Ven fam) ( trabajo mal hecho) botch job (colloq)
    * * *
    = piracy, hackery, buccaneering.

    Ex: Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to the flowing back of unauthorised reproductions to countries of origen = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción puede aplicarse solamente a la entrada de vuelta a los países de origen de reproducciones que se hayan hecho sin la debida autorización.

    Ex: At this point, it is instructive to observe that hackery has some of the attributes of a disease.
    Ex: Henry Morgan became the most famous and successful pirate of the golden age of buccaneering.
    * acto de piratería = piracy.
    * piratería informática = hacking, hackery.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Náut) piracy
    2 (de videos, casetes) piracy
    B ( Ven fam) (trabajo mal hecho) botch job ( colloq)
    * * *

    piratería sustantivo femenino
    piracy;

    piratería sustantivo femenino piracy

    ' piratería' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hacking
    - piracy
    - video piracy
    * * *
    1. [de corsarios] piracy
    piratería aérea hijacking
    2. [de programas, vídeos, ropa] piracy
    piratería informática [copias ilegales] software piracy; [acceso no autorizado] hacking;
    piratería musical music piracy
    * * *
    f piracy
    * * *
    : piracy, bootlegging

    Spanish-English dictionary > piratería

  • 10 temerario

    adj.
    1 reckless, bold, audacious, brash.
    2 reckless, breakneck, suicidal.
    3 cock-brained.
    * * *
    1 reckless, rash
    * * *
    (f. - temeraria)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona, acto] (=imprudente) rash, reckless; (=audaz) bold
    2) [juicio] hasty, rash
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo bold
    * * *
    = daring, reckless, rash, foolhardy, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    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. And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex. There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.
    * juicio temerario = snap judgement.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo bold
    * * *
    = daring, reckless, rash, foolhardy, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.

    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: And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.
    * juicio temerario = snap judgement.

    * * *
    ‹persona› rash, bold; ‹acto/empresa› rash
    * * *

    temerario,-a adj (acción, modo de conducir) reckless, (comentario, hipótesis, acusación) rash
    ' temerario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - arriesgado
    - colgada
    - colgado
    - temeraria
    - imprudente
    English:
    daredevil
    - reckless
    - risktaker
    - dare
    * * *
    temerario, -a adj
    [persona, conducta] rash, reckless; [juicio, opinión] rash;
    conducción temeraria careless o reckless driving
    * * *
    adj rash, reckless
    * * *
    temerario, - ria adj
    : reckless, rash
    * * *
    temerario adj reckless

    Spanish-English dictionary > temerario

  • 11 incontestable

    adj.
    1 indisputable, undeniable.
    2 unanswerable, beyond contest, beyond dispute, beyond question.
    * * *
    1 indisputable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=innegable) [argumento] undeniable, indisputable; [evidencia, prueba] irrefutable
    2) [pregunta] unanswerable
    * * *
    adjetivo unanswerable
    * * *
    = undisputed, irrefutable, unanswerable, beyond contention.
    Ex. So authors of all sorts find an audience so long as freedom to communicate remains an undisputed right.
    Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.
    Ex. He observed 'when a naturally energetic man works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable'.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    adjetivo unanswerable
    * * *
    = undisputed, irrefutable, unanswerable, beyond contention.

    Ex: So authors of all sorts find an audience so long as freedom to communicate remains an undisputed right.

    Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.
    Ex: He observed 'when a naturally energetic man works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable'.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    1 ‹razonamiento› unanswerable, irrefutable; ‹prueba› indisputable, irrefutable, incontestable ( frml)
    2 ‹pregunta› impossible to answer, unanswerable
    * * *

    incontestable adjetivo indisputable, unquestionable
    ' incontestable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    undisputed
    * * *
    1. [argumento, razones] indisputable;
    2. [campeón, líder] undisputed
    * * *
    adj indisputable
    * * *
    incuestionable, indiscutible: irrefutable, indisputable

    Spanish-English dictionary > incontestable

  • 12 incontrovertible

    adj.
    1 incontrovertible, indisputable.
    2 uncontrovertible, beyond dispute, absolute, beyond question.
    * * *
    1 incontrovertible, indisputable
    * * *
    ADJ incontrovertible, indisputable
    * * *
    = incontrovertible, axiomatic, unanswerable, beyond contention.
    Ex. Let me take an absolutely incontrovertible example.
    Ex. It is axiomatic that backup copies of software are made and stored safely, so that, should anything happen to the cassette or disk, the program is not lost.
    Ex. He observed 'when a naturally energetic man works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable'.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    = incontrovertible, axiomatic, unanswerable, beyond contention.

    Ex: Let me take an absolutely incontrovertible example.

    Ex: It is axiomatic that backup copies of software are made and stored safely, so that, should anything happen to the cassette or disk, the program is not lost.
    Ex: He observed 'when a naturally energetic man works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable'.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    indisputable, irrefutable, incontrovertible ( frml)
    * * *
    incontrovertible, indisputable
    * * *
    adj incontrovertible
    * * *
    : indisputable

    Spanish-English dictionary > incontrovertible

  • 13 indiscutible

    adj.
    indisputable.
    * * *
    1 indisputable, unquestionable
    * * *
    ADJ indisputable, unquestionable
    * * *
    a) < pruebas> indisputable, incontrovertible (frml); <hecho/verdad> indisputable, undeniable
    b) <líder/campeón> undisputed
    * * *
    = indisputable, unquestionable, undisputed, unchangeable, hands down, unchallengeable, beyond contention.
    Ex. Despite the proponents of the media revolution the continued preeminence of the book into the foreseeable future is an indisputable fact.
    Ex. This may be an optimistic view, but the converse is unquestionable: if he does not understand the situation, his chance of being equal to the occasion is remote.
    Ex. So authors of all sorts find an audience so long as freedom to communicate remains an undisputed right.
    Ex. In no sense are policies engraved in stone and unchangeable.
    Ex. The absolute, hands down, without question best social network in the blogosphere.
    Ex. Despite this, he repeatedly asserts that we have unchallengeable authority in our reports about that experience.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    a) < pruebas> indisputable, incontrovertible (frml); <hecho/verdad> indisputable, undeniable
    b) <líder/campeón> undisputed
    * * *
    = indisputable, unquestionable, undisputed, unchangeable, hands down, unchallengeable, beyond contention.

    Ex: Despite the proponents of the media revolution the continued preeminence of the book into the foreseeable future is an indisputable fact.

    Ex: This may be an optimistic view, but the converse is unquestionable: if he does not understand the situation, his chance of being equal to the occasion is remote.
    Ex: So authors of all sorts find an audience so long as freedom to communicate remains an undisputed right.
    Ex: In no sense are policies engraved in stone and unchangeable.
    Ex: The absolute, hands down, without question best social network in the blogosphere.
    Ex: Despite this, he repeatedly asserts that we have unchallengeable authority in our reports about that experience.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    1 ‹pruebas› indisputable, incontrovertible ( frml); ‹hecho/verdad› indisputable, undeniable
    2 ‹líder/campeón› undisputed
    * * *

    indiscutible adjetivo
    a)pruebas/hecho/verdad indisputable

    b)líder/campeón undisputed

    indiscutible adjetivo indisputable
    ' indiscutible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    advantage
    - fact
    - indisputable
    - outright
    - undisputed
    - obvious
    - uncontested
    * * *
    1. [argumento, razones, realidad] indisputable
    2. [campeón, líder] undisputed
    * * *
    adj indisputable
    * * *
    incontestable, incuestionable: indisputable, unquestionable

    Spanish-English dictionary > indiscutible

  • 14 no importar lo que + pensar de

    = whatever + Pronombre + make of
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    = whatever + Pronombre + make of

    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no importar lo que + pensar de

  • 15 piratear

    v.
    Los vikingos piratean las villas The Vikings pirate the villages.
    2 to be involved in piracy (asaltar barcos).
    3 to hack into (computing).
    4 to hack (computing).
    5 to copy illegally, to knock off.
    El chico pirateó la aplicación The boy copied the application illegally.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to pirate
    2 (avión) to hijack
    * * *
    1.
    VT (Aer) to hijack; [+ CD, DVD, software] to pirate; (Inform) to hack into; [+ libro] to plagiarize
    2. VI
    1) [barcos] to buccaneer, practise piracy, practice piracy (EEUU)
    2) (=robar) to steal
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    2) (Ven fam) ( trabajar mal) to botch things (colloq)
    2.
    piratear vt to pirate
    * * *
    = pirate, hack, buccaneer.
    Ex. These inexpensive CD-audio recording tools have the disadvantage of making things easy for those pirating and illegally distributing compilations of copyrighted songs.
    Ex. Mr Coulson also revealed that he had been warned by Scotland Yard that there was 'strong evidence' that his own phone had been hacked.
    Ex. But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    2) (Ven fam) ( trabajar mal) to botch things (colloq)
    2.
    piratear vt to pirate
    * * *
    = pirate, hack, buccaneer.

    Ex: These inexpensive CD-audio recording tools have the disadvantage of making things easy for those pirating and illegally distributing compilations of copyrighted songs.

    Ex: Mr Coulson also revealed that he had been warned by Scotland Yard that there was 'strong evidence' that his own phone had been hacked.
    Ex: But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.

    * * *
    piratear [A1 ]
    vi
    A to commit piracy
    B ( Ven fam) (trabajar mal) to botch things ( colloq)
    ■ piratear
    vt
    to pirate
    * * *

    piratear ( conjugate piratear) verbo transitivovideos/casetes to pirate;
    sistema to hack into
    piratear verbo transitivo to pirate
    ' piratear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bootleg
    - hack
    - pirate
    * * *
    vi
    1. [asaltar barcos] to be involved in piracy
    2. Informát to crack
    vt
    1. [propiedad intelectual] to pirate
    2. Informát
    piratear un programa [desproteger] to hack o crack into a program;
    [hacer copia ilegal] to pirate a program
    * * *
    v/t INFOR pirate
    * * *
    1) : to hijack, to commandeer
    2) : to bootleg, to pirate

    Spanish-English dictionary > piratear

  • 16 saquear

    v.
    1 to sack.
    2 to loot (tienda).
    * * *
    1 (casas) to plunder, pillage; (casas, comercios) to loot
    * * *
    verb
    to sack, loot
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Mil) to sack
    2) (=robar) to loot, plunder, pillage
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <ciudad/población> to sack, plunder; <tienda/establecimiento> to loot
    * * *
    = pillage, plunder, loot, despoil, rifle, buccaneer.
    Ex. And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.
    Ex. Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.
    Ex. During the invasion of Kuwait the majority of school, public, university and special libraries were looted or destroyed = Durante la invasión de Kuwait la mayoría de las bibliotecas escolares, públicas, universitarias y especializadas fueron saquedas o destruidas.
    Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.
    Ex. English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.
    Ex. But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <ciudad/población> to sack, plunder; <tienda/establecimiento> to loot
    * * *
    = pillage, plunder, loot, despoil, rifle, buccaneer.

    Ex: And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.

    Ex: Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.
    Ex: During the invasion of Kuwait the majority of school, public, university and special libraries were looted or destroyed = Durante la invasión de Kuwait la mayoría de las bibliotecas escolares, públicas, universitarias y especializadas fueron saquedas o destruidas.
    Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.
    Ex: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.
    Ex: But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.

    * * *
    saquear [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder; ‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot
    B ( Chi fam) ‹equipo› to be biased against
    * * *

    saquear ( conjugate saquear) verbo transitivociudad/población to sack, plunder;
    tienda/establecimiento to loot
    saquear verbo transitivo
    1 Hist (una población) to sack, plunder: las tropas saquearon la aldea, the troops plundered the village
    2 fig (desvalijar una tienda, una casa) to loot, rifle
    ' saquear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    loot
    - pillage
    - plunder
    - ransack
    - rifle
    - sack
    - ravage
    * * *
    1. [ciudad, población] to sack
    2. [tienda] to loot;
    Fam [nevera, armario] to raid
    * * *
    v/t sack, ransack
    * * *
    : to sack, to plunder, to loot

    Spanish-English dictionary > saquear

  • 17 filibusterismo

    m.
    1 filibustering, use of delaying tactics, obstructionism.
    2 buccaneering.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Pol) filibustering
    2) (=piratería) buccaneering
    * * *
    ( Pol) filibustering

    Spanish-English dictionary > filibusterismo

  • 18 que se expone mucho

    • adventuresome
    • adventurous
    • buccaneering
    • venturesome

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > que se expone mucho

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