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101 hay

hay

► presente indicativo

1→ link=haber haber

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there is, there are

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ver haber

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see haber

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= there's [there is].

Nota: Contracción de there is.

Ex. The constituent networks may have presidents and CEO's (chief executive officers), but that's a different issue; there's no single authority figure for the Internet as a whole.

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* Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].

* donde hay humo, hay fuego = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.

* hay miradas que matan = if looks could kill....

* hay que admitir = admittedly.

* hay que confesar = confessedly.

* hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.

* hay que destacar = importantly.

* hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.

* hay que mirar hacia el futuro = the show must go on.

* hay que pensar en el futuro = the show must go on.

* hay que reconocer = admittedly.

* hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.

* hay razones para pensar que = there + be + reason to believe that.

* hay suficientes motivos para pensar que = there + be + every reason to think that.

* imponer orden en donde hay caos = bring + order out of chaos.

* la idea que hay detrás de = the idea behind.

* lo que hay que hacer = do + the right thing, the way to go.

* lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.

* los hay para dar y regalar = there's one born every minute.

* mientras hay vida hay esperanza = where there's life there's hope.

* no hay = there ain't [there aren't/isn't].

* no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.

* no hay duda de que = undoubtedly.

* no hay forma de que = for the life of me.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no hay manera de que = for the life of me.

* no hay modo de que = for the life of me.

* no hay + Nombre + que sean = no + Nombre + be.

* oportunidad pasajera de la que hay que aprovecharse = bandwagon.

* que hay que dar muchas vueltas = circuitous.

* que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.

* si hay tiempo = time permitting.

* si no hay ningún contratiempo = all being well.

* tener lo que hay que tener = have + what it takes.

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see haber

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= there's [there is].

Nota: Contracción de there is.

Ex: The constituent networks may have presidents and CEO's (chief executive officers), but that's a different issue; there's no single authority figure for the Internet as a whole.

* Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].

* donde hay humo, hay fuego = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.

* hay miradas que matan = if looks could kill....

* hay que admitir = admittedly.

* hay que confesar = confessedly.

* hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.

* hay que destacar = importantly.

* hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.

* hay que mirar hacia el futuro = the show must go on.

* hay que pensar en el futuro = the show must go on.

* hay que reconocer = admittedly.

* hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.

* hay razones para pensar que = there + be + reason to believe that.

* hay suficientes motivos para pensar que = there + be + every reason to think that.

* imponer orden en donde hay caos = bring + order out of chaos.

* la idea que hay detrás de = the idea behind.

* lo que hay que hacer = do + the right thing, the way to go.

* lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.

* los hay para dar y regalar = there's one born every minute.

* mientras hay vida hay esperanza = where there's life there's hope.

* no hay = there ain't [there aren't/isn't].

* no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.

* no hay duda de que = undoubtedly.

* no hay forma de que = for the life of me.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no hay manera de que = for the life of me.

* no hay modo de que = for the life of me.

* no hay + Nombre + que sean = no + Nombre + be.

* oportunidad pasajera de la que hay que aprovecharse = bandwagon.

* que hay que dar muchas vueltas = circuitous.

* que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.

* si hay tiempo = time permitting.

* si no hay ningún contratiempo = all being well.

* tener lo que hay que tener = have + what it takes.

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hay

haber¹ (↑ haber (1))

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hay see
◊ haber

' hay' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abajo
- abismal
- acabar
- alguien
- alguna
- alguno
- animosidad
- arriba
- atrancar
- auspicio
- barrera
- bocacalle
- camaradería
- casa
- casarse
- caza
- ceñirse
- cerrarse
- coger
- colegio
- color
- comer
- combatir
- combinar
- como
- concienciar
- congruencia
- conjugar
- consignar
- consistente
- constatar
- contingencia
- convenir
- corporativismo
- cosa
- cotejar
- cuestación
- demasiada
- demasiado
- derecha
- derecho
- desagradable
- desnivel
- despelote
- despertarse
- despolitizar
- difusor
- difusora
- dispar
- dobladillo
English:
ablaze
- absence
- abundance
- activity
- agree
- ahead
- alive
- along
- alphabetically
- amiss
- another
- antidote
- anyone
- anywhere
- appreciate
- backlog
- backup
- bar
- be
- below
- besides
- between
- blue-collar
- board
- bond
- bug
- bundle up
- burn out
- but
- call
- call for
- cause
- chronic
- clause
- close
- cloud
- coast
- commotion
- compelling
- competitor
- connected
- crack
- crisps
- damn
- dead
- deficiency
- development
- dip
- disturbing
- do

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hay ver haber¹

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hay

vb → haber

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hay haber

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hay vb there is / there are

Mira los ejemplos en la entrada haber

Spanish-English dictionary > hay
102 incordiar

v.

to bother, to pester (informal). (peninsular Spanish)

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incordiar

Conjugation model [ CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to pester, bother

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1.
verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to annoy, to pester (colloq)
2.
incordiar vi (Esp)

no incordies! — don't be such a nuisance!

lo hace para incordiar — (fam) he does it just to be annoying

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= pester, niggle, importune, hassle.

Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

Ex. He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.

Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

Ex. Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.

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1.
verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to annoy, to pester (colloq)
2.
incordiar vi (Esp)

no incordies! — don't be such a nuisance!

lo hace para incordiar — (fam) he does it just to be annoying

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= pester, niggle, importune, hassle.

Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

Ex: He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.

Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

Ex: Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.

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incordiar [A1 ]

vt

( Esp fam) to annoy, to pester ( colloq), to bug ( colloq)

■ incordiar

vi

( Esp): ¡no incordies! don't be such a nuisance!

lo hace para incordiar ( fam); he does it just to be annoying

intentaré incordiar lo menos posible I'll try to cause as little inconvenience o trouble as possible

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incordiar ( conjugate incordiar) verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to annoy, to pester (colloq)
verbo intransitivo (Esp):
◊ ¡no incordies! don't be such a nuisance!

incordiar vtr fam to bother, pester

' incordiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
joder

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incordiar Esp Fam

♦ vt

to bother, to pester

♦ vi

to be a pest;

¡deja ya de incordiar! stop being such a pest!

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incordiar

v/t annoy

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incordiar vb to bother

Spanish-English dictionary > incordiar
103 jodido

adj.

busted, shagged.

intj.

darn it, doggone.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: joder.

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jodido

► participio pasado

1→ link=joder joder

► adjetivo

1 tabú (enfermo) in a bad way; (cansado) knackered, fucked

2 tabú (maldito, molesto) bloody, fucking, sodding

3 tabú (estropeado, roto) bust, fucked up, buggered

4 tabú (difícil) fucking difficult

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- da adjetivo

1) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

a) [ser] ( difícil) < trabajo> tricky, tough (colloq); < persona> difficult, pain in the neck (colloq)

b) (delante del n) ( maldito) damn (colloq), fucking (vulg)

c) [ser] (AmL) ( exigente) demanding, tough (colloq)

2) [estar] (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

a) ( estropeado) <ascensor/radio> bust (colloq), fucked (vulg)

b) ( enfermo) in a bad way (colloq)

c) ( deprimido) down (colloq)

d) ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)

3) [ser] (Col fam) ( astuto) sharp

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= tricky [trickier -comp., trickiest -sup.], skewed-up.

Ex. Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.

Ex. Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.

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* a veces sales jodido = shit happens.

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- da adjetivo

1) (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

a) [ser] ( difícil) < trabajo> tricky, tough (colloq); < persona> difficult, pain in the neck (colloq)

b) (delante del n) ( maldito) damn (colloq), fucking (vulg)

c) [ser] (AmL) ( exigente) demanding, tough (colloq)

2) [estar] (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

a) ( estropeado) <ascensor/radio> bust (colloq), fucked (vulg)

b) ( enfermo) in a bad way (colloq)

c) ( deprimido) down (colloq)

d) ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)

3) [ser] (Col fam) ( astuto) sharp

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= tricky [trickier -comp., trickiest -sup.], skewed-up.

Ex: Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.

Ex: Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.

* a veces sales jodido = shit happens.

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jodido -da

adjective

A (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

1 [ SER] (difícil) ‹trabajo› tricky, tough ( colloq)

es jodido criar los hijos solo bringing kids up on your own is really hard

es un tipo muy jodido de tratar he's a very difficult guy to deal with ( colloq), he's a son-of-a-bitch to deal with ( AmE sl), he's an awkward sod ( BrE sl)

2 ( delante del n) (maldito) fucking ( vulg), damn ( colloq), goddamn ( AmE colloq), bloody ( BrE sl), sodding ( BrE sl)

3 [ SER] ( AmL) (exigente) demanding, tough ( colloq)

B (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)

1 [ ESTAR] (estropeado) ‹ascensor/radio› bust ( colloq), buggered ( BrE sl)

2 [ ESTAR] (enfermo) in a bad way ( colloq)

3 [ ESTAR] (deprimido) down ( colloq)

anda muy jodido he's really down (in the dumps) ( colloq)

C [ SER] ( Col fam) (astuto) sharp

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Del verbo joder: ( conjugate joder)

jodido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
joder
jodido
joder 1 ( conjugate joder) verbo intransitivo
1 (vulg) ( copular) to screw (vulg), fuck (vulg)
2 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( molestar) to annoy (sl);
◊ lo hace solo por jodido he only does it to annoy

verbo transitivo
1 (vulg) ( copular con) to screw (vulg), fuck (vulg)
2 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)
a) ( molestar) to bug (colloq)

b) ( engañar) to rip … off (colloq)

3 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ‹televisor/reloj› to bust (colloq), to fuck up (vulg);
‹ planes› to mess up (colloq), to screw up (vulg);
◊ jodidola (fam) to screw up (vulg)

joderse verbo pronominal (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)
a) ( jorobarse):

◊ y si no te gusta, te jodes and if you don't like it, that's tough! (colloq)

b) ‹ espalda› to do … in (colloq);

‹hígado/estómago› to mess up (colloq)
c) [ planes] to get screwed up (vulg), fucked up (vulg);

◊ se ha jodido el motor the engine's had it (colloq)

joder 2 interjección (esp Esp fam: en algunas regiones vulg) ( expresando — fastidio) for heaven's sake! (colloq), for fuck's sake! (vulg);
(— asombro) good grief!, holy shit! (vulg)
jodido
◊ -da adjetivo

1 (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)
a) [ser] ( difícil) ‹ trabajo› tricky, tough (colloq);

‹ persona› difficult, pain in the neck (colloq)
b) ( delante del n) ( maldito) damn (colloq), fucking (vulg)

c) [ser] (AmL) ( exigente) demanding, tough (colloq)

2 [estar] (fam: en algunas regiones vulg)
a) ( estropeado) ‹ascensor/radio› bust (colloq), fucked (vulg)

b) ( enfermo) in a bad way (colloq)

c) ( deprimido) down (colloq)

3 [ser] (Col fam) ( astuto) sharp
joder
I vtr vulgar
1 (copular) to fuck
2 (fastidiar, incordiar) to annoy, piss off vulgar
3 (estropear) to screw up, botch, mess up
(un aparato) to break, bust familiar
II exclamación shit‚ for heaven's sake ➣ Ver nota en fuck
jodido,-a adj vulgar
1 (estropeado, roto) bust, buggered
2 (deprimido) down
' jodido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jodida
- joder

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jodido, -a Vulg This word is generally considered vulgar in Spain. However, some uses would not be shocking even in Spain, and in most of Latin America it is regarded as a relatively mild swearword.

♦ adj

1. [físicamente, anímicamente]
tengo la rodilla jodida I've screwed o Br buggered my knee;

el orfanato lo dejó jodido de por vida the orphanage really fucked him up for life

2. [estropeado]
la radio está jodida the Br bloody o US goddamn radio's bust o Br knackered

3. [difícil]
es muy jodido levantarse a las seis getting up at six is a real bastard;

con ese profesor está muy jodido aprobar it's fucking difficult getting a pass off that teacher

4. [maldito]
el muy jodido me ha quitado la novia the bastard's stolen my girlfriend;

ha ganado la lotería, la muy jodida she's won the lottery, the lucky bitch

5. [persona]
es un tipo muy jodido Br he's a really nasty piece of work, US he's a real piece of work

♦ nm,f

1. [maldito]
el jodido de tu hermano that Br bloody o US goddamn brother of yours

2. RP [perjudicado] screwed;

los jodidos son siempre los mismos it's always the same people who end up getting screwed

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jodido

adj vulg

persona, máquina etc fucked vulg ; situación fucked up vulg

Spanish-English dictionary > jodido
104 joroba

f.

1 hump.

2 bother.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: jorobar.

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joroba

► nombre femenino

1 (deformidad) hump

2 familiar (fastidio) nuisance, drag

► interjección

1 familiar (sorpresa, admiración) wow!; (disgusto) damn!, blast!

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SF

1) [de persona, camello] hump

2) * (=fastidio) pain *, drag *

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femenino

a) (de persona, camello) hump

b) (fam) ( molestia) drag (colloq), pain in the neck (colloq)

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= humpback.

Ex. One of the patients had a symptomatic humpback deformity which could not be treated.

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femenino

a) (de persona, camello) hump

b) (fam) ( molestia) drag (colloq), pain in the neck (colloq)

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= humpback.

Ex: One of the patients had a symptomatic humpback deformity which could not be treated.

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joroba¹

feminine

1 (de una persona) hump; (de un camello) hump

2 ( fam) (molestia) drag ( colloq), pain in the neck ( colloq)

joroba²

interjection

( Esp fam) (expresando sorpresa) heavens! ( colloq), gosh! ( colloq); (expresando enfado) for heaven's sake!

¡joroba! ¡me has roto la bici! hey! you've broken my bike! ( colloq)

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Del verbo jorobar: ( conjugate jorobar)

joroba es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
joroba
jorobar
joroba sustantivo femenino
a) (de persona, camello) hump

b) (fam) ( molestia) drag (colloq), pain in the neck (colloq)

jorobar ( conjugate jorobar) verbo transitivo (fam)
a) ( molestar) to bug (colloq)

b) ( malograr) to ruin, spoil

verbo intransitivo (fam) ( molestar) to annoy;
◊ lo que más me joroba es … what really bugs o gets me is … (colloq)

jorobarse verbo pronominal (fam)
a) ( aguantarse):

◊ y si no te gusta, te jorobas and if you don't like it, that's tough (colloq)

b) ( dañarse) ‹hígado/estómago› to mess up (colloq);

‹ espalda› to do … in (colloq)
c) [ plan] to be scuppered (colloq);

[ fiesta] to be ruined
joroba
I sustantivo femenino hump
II exclamación drat!
jorobar familiar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, enfadar) to annoy, bother: me joroba que hagas eso, it really bugs me when you do that
¡no jorobes!, (incredulidad) pull the other one!
2 (arruinar, estropear) to ruin, wreck: la lluvia nos jorobó el paseo, the rain spoilt our stroll
' joroba' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jorobar
English:
hump
- hunch

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joroba

♦ nf

hump

♦ interj
Esp Fam Euf [expresando sorpresa, enfado] Jeez!, Br flipping heck!
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joroba

I f hump; fig

pain fam, drag fam

II int fam

darn! fam, heck! fam

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joroba nf

1) giba: hump

2) fam : nuisance, pain in the neck

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joroba n hump

Spanish-English dictionary > joroba
105 jorobado

adj.

hunchbacked, humpbacked, hump-backed, humped.

f. & m.

hunchback.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: jorobar.

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jorobado

► adjetivo

1 hunchbacked, humpbacked

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 hunchback, humpback

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jorobado, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=con chepa) hunchbacked

2) * (=fastidiado)

ando algo jorobado con la espalda — my back's giving me a bit of trouble, my back's playing up a bit *

la artritis lo tiene jorobado — arthritis makes his life a misery

3) * [tema, asunto, decisión] tricky

2.

SM / F (=con chepa) hunchback

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I
- da adjetivo

1) ( giboso) hunchbacked

2) (fam)

a) (enfermo, delicado)

todavía anda algo jorobada — she's still a bit low (colloq)

está or anda jorobado del estómago — his stomach's been playing (him) up (colloq)

b) ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)

c) < asunto> tricky
II
- da masculino, femenino hunchback

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= humpbacked, hunchback.

Ex. In addition, he parodies romantic conventions by casting one of the story's lovers as a disfigured, humpbacked character reminiscent of Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame of Paris.

Ex. Dwarfs and hunchbacks were always preferred candidates for the jester role, from the Aztecs, to India, to China.

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* ballena jorobada = humpback whale.

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I
- da adjetivo

1) ( giboso) hunchbacked

2) (fam)

a) (enfermo, delicado)

todavía anda algo jorobada — she's still a bit low (colloq)

está or anda jorobado del estómago — his stomach's been playing (him) up (colloq)

b) ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)

c) < asunto> tricky
II
- da masculino, femenino hunchback

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= humpbacked, hunchback.

Ex: In addition, he parodies romantic conventions by casting one of the story's lovers as a disfigured, humpbacked character reminiscent of Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame of Paris.

Ex: Dwarfs and hunchbacks were always preferred candidates for the jester role, from the Aztecs, to India, to China.

* ballena jorobada = humpback whale.

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jorobado¹ -da

adjective

A (giboso) hunchbacked

B ( fam)

1

(fastidiado): anda todavía algo jorobada she's still a bit low ( colloq)

está or anda jorobado del estómago últimamente his stomach's been playing (him) up o giving him some trouble recently ( colloq)

tantos gastos lo tienen jorobado he's in a mess with all the money he's had to spend

2 (delicado) ‹asunto› tricky

jorobado² -da

masculine, feminine

hunchback, humpback ( AmE)

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Del verbo jorobar: ( conjugate jorobar)

jorobado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
jorobado
jorobar
jorobado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 ( giboso) hunchbacked
2 (fam)
a) (enfermo, delicado):

◊ todavía anda algo jorobada she's still a bit low (colloq);

está jorobado del estómago his stomach's been playing (him) up (colloq)
b) ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)

c) ‹ asunto› tricky

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
hunchback
jorobar ( conjugate jorobar) verbo transitivo (fam)
a) ( molestar) to bug (colloq)

b) ( malograr) to ruin, spoil

verbo intransitivo (fam) ( molestar) to annoy;
◊ lo que más me joroba es … what really bugs o gets me is … (colloq)

jorobarse verbo pronominal (fam)
a) ( aguantarse):

◊ y si no te gusta, te jorobas and if you don't like it, that's tough (colloq)

b) ( dañarse) ‹hígado/estómago› to mess up (colloq);

‹ espalda› to do … in (colloq)
c) [ plan] to be scuppered (colloq);

[ fiesta] to be ruined
jorobado,-a
I adjetivo hunchbacked
II sustantivo masculino y femenino hunchback
jorobar familiar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, enfadar) to annoy, bother: me joroba que hagas eso, it really bugs me when you do that
¡no jorobes!, (incredulidad) pull the other one!
2 (arruinar, estropear) to ruin, wreck: la lluvia nos jorobó el paseo, the rain spoilt our stroll
' jorobado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jorobada
English:
hunchback
- hunch

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jorobado, -a

♦ adj

1. [con joroba] hunchbacked

2. Fam [estropeado] bust, Br knackered;

tengo el estómago jorobado my stomach's acting o Br playing up o Br giving me gyp

♦ nm,f
[con joroba] hunchback
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jorobado

I adj

1 hump-backed

2 fig fam

in a bad way fam

II m, jorobada f humpback, hunchback

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jorobado, -da adj

giboso: hunchbacked, humpbacked

jorobado, -da n

giboso: hunchback, humpback

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jorobado n hunchback

Spanish-English dictionary > jorobado
106 llenar

v.

1 to fill.

llenar a alguien de alegría/tristeza to fill somebody with happiness/sadness

este premio me llena de orgullo this prize fills me with pride o makes me very proud

Ellos llenaron la cubeta They filled the pail.

2 to fill in or out (impreso, solicitud, quiniela).

3 to fulfill.

no le llena la relación con su novio she finds her relationship with her boyfriend unfulfilling

Ellos llenaron sus aspiraciones They fulfilled their aspirations.

4 to be filling (food).

5 to crowd, to fill completely, to chock up.

Los fanáticos llenaron el estadio The fans crowded the stadium.

6 to satisfy.

Ver a mis hijos me llena Seeing my children satisfies me.

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llenar

► verbo transitivo

1 (espacio, recipiente) to fill

2 (formulario) to fill in

3 (tiempo) to fill, occupy

4 (satisfacer) to fulfil, please

■ el trabajo que hago no me llena I don't find my job very fulfilling

► verbo intransitivo

1 (comida) to be very filling

► verbo pronominal llenarse

1 (gen) to fill

2 (de gente) to fill up

■ el estadio se llena todos los domingos the stadium fills up every Sunday

3 (de comida) to get full, overeat

■ me he llenado tanto que no puedo ni respirar I've eaten so much I can't breathe

■ se llena con nada que come he gets full up very quickly

4 llenar de (alegría) to fill with; (favores, regalos) to shower with; (insultos) to heap on

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verb

1) to fill

2) fulfill, please

•

- llenarse

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1. VT

1) (=rellenar) [+ cubo, vaso] to fill; [+ bañera] to run; [+ cajón, maleta] to fill

llenó tanto la maleta que no podía cerrarla — he packed o filled the suitcase so full that he couldn't shut it

no sabía cómo llenar las tardes — she didn't know how to fill her evenings

no me llenes el vaso — don't fill my glass (up to the top)

no me llenes mucho el plato — don't give me too much food

¿puede llenar aquí? — [en un bar] the same again, please

siempre llena los auditorios — he always gets full houses

• llenar con o de algo — [+ contenedor] to fill with sth; [+ superficie] to cover with sth

llenó las estanterías de libros — she filled the shelves with books

llenó la pizarra de nombres — he covered the blackboard with names

- le llenó la cabeza de pájaros

2) (=ocupar) to fill

los coches llenaron el centro de la ciudad — the town centre was filled with cars

las cajas llenan todo el maletero — the boxes take up o fill the whole boot

llenar un hueco — to fill a gap

llena un hueco que había en el mercado — it fills a gap in the market

no podía llenar el hueco dejado por su antecesor — he couldn't fill his predecessor's shoes

3) (=satisfacer) [+ deseo] to fulfil, fulfill (EEUU), satisfy

este trabajo no me llena — I don't find this job satisfying o fulfilling

mi vida no me llena — I'm not getting enough out of life

no me termina de llenar este libro — this book doesn't really convince me

sus nietos han llenado su vejez — his grandchildren have gladdened his old age liter

4) (=colmar)

• llenar a algn de — [+ inquietud, dudas] to fill sb with

sus hijos lo llenaron de orgullo — his children filled him with pride

su tono de voz la llenó de inquietud — his tone of voice made her feel uneasy, his tone of voice filled her with unease liter

lo llenaron de insultos — they heaped insults upon him, they hurled abuse at him

verte nos llenó de alegría — we were delighted to see you

lo llenaron de atenciones — they showered him with attention, they made a great fuss of him

nos llenaron de elogios — they showered praise on us

5) (=cumplimentar) [+ documento, impreso] to fill in, fill out (EEUU)

2.

VI [comida] to be filling

esta sopa no llena nada — this soup isn't really very filling, this soup doesn't really fill you up

3.

See:

llenarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <vaso/plato/cajón> to fill; < tanque> to fill (up); < maleta> to fill, pack

no me llenes el vaso — don't fill my glass right up

siempre llena la sala — he always manages to fill the hall

llenar algo de/con algo — to fill something with something

b) < formulario> to fill out, to fill in (esp BrE)

c) ( cubrir)

llenar algo de algo — to cover something with something

2) ( colmar) < persona>

llenar a alguien de algo: la noticia nos llenó de alegría we were overjoyed by the news; nos llenó de atenciones — he made a real fuss of us

3) ( hacer sentirse realizado) < persona>

su carrera no la llena — she doesn't find her career fulfilling
2.
llenar vi comida to be filling
3.
llenarse v pron

1)

a) recipiente/estadio to fill

aquí el tren siempre se llena — the train always fills up here

el teatro se llenó hasta los topes — the theater was (jam) packed

llenarse de algo — to fill with something

se le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas — his eyes filled with tears

b) ( cubrirse)

llenarse de algo — de polvo/pelos to be covered in something

se le llenó la cara de granos — he got very pimply (AmE colloq) o (BrE colloq) spotty

2) <bolsillo/boca> to fill

llenarse algo de algo — to fill something with something

no te llenes la boca de comida — don't stuff your mouth with food

3) ( colmarse)

llenarse de algo: con esa hazaña se llenó de gloria it was an achievement that covered him in glory; se llenaron de deudas — they got heavily into debt

4) persona ( de comida)

sólo viene a llenarse la barriga — (fam) he only comes here to stuff his face (colloq)

con un plato de ensalada ya se llena — one plate of salad and she's full

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= fill, litter (with), fill up, top up, crowd.

Ex. Once a university's reserve store is filled it should be expected to dispose of surplus stock, normally to the British Library.

Ex. There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.

Ex. Nonetheless, shelves fill up and eventually must be relieved of duplicated, superseded or obsolete books.

Ex. Lastly, one needs a spirit duplicating machine and a supply of spirit solvent with which to top up the solvent container incorporated in the machine.

Ex. Titles on alternative medicine are now crowding US bookshelves.

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* llenar de = fill with.

* llenar de alegría = delight, brighten up.

* llenar de luz = flood with + light, brighten up.

* llenar de orgullo = fill + Nombre + with pride.

* llenar de terror = terrorise [terrorize, -USA], terrify.

* llenar el depósito = gas up.

* llenar el tanque = gas up.

* llenar gasolina = pump + gas.

* llenar hasta el borde = fill + Nombre + to the brim.

* llenar las calles = be out in force, come out in + force.

* llenar mucho = be filling.

* llenarse = become + full.

* llenarse el bolsillo = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s).

* llenar un hueco = fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + the breach.

* llenar un vacío = fill + vacuum, fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + void, fill + the breach.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <vaso/plato/cajón> to fill; < tanque> to fill (up); < maleta> to fill, pack

no me llenes el vaso — don't fill my glass right up

siempre llena la sala — he always manages to fill the hall

llenar algo de/con algo — to fill something with something

b) < formulario> to fill out, to fill in (esp BrE)

c) ( cubrir)

llenar algo de algo — to cover something with something

2) ( colmar) < persona>

llenar a alguien de algo: la noticia nos llenó de alegría we were overjoyed by the news; nos llenó de atenciones — he made a real fuss of us

3) ( hacer sentirse realizado) < persona>

su carrera no la llena — she doesn't find her career fulfilling
2.
llenar vi comida to be filling
3.
llenarse v pron

1)

a) recipiente/estadio to fill

aquí el tren siempre se llena — the train always fills up here

el teatro se llenó hasta los topes — the theater was (jam) packed

llenarse de algo — to fill with something

se le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas — his eyes filled with tears

b) ( cubrirse)

llenarse de algo — de polvo/pelos to be covered in something

se le llenó la cara de granos — he got very pimply (AmE colloq) o (BrE colloq) spotty

2) <bolsillo/boca> to fill

llenarse algo de algo — to fill something with something

no te llenes la boca de comida — don't stuff your mouth with food

3) ( colmarse)

llenarse de algo: con esa hazaña se llenó de gloria it was an achievement that covered him in glory; se llenaron de deudas — they got heavily into debt

4) persona ( de comida)

sólo viene a llenarse la barriga — (fam) he only comes here to stuff his face (colloq)

con un plato de ensalada ya se llena — one plate of salad and she's full

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= fill, litter (with), fill up, top up, crowd.

Ex: Once a university's reserve store is filled it should be expected to dispose of surplus stock, normally to the British Library.

Ex: There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.

Ex: Nonetheless, shelves fill up and eventually must be relieved of duplicated, superseded or obsolete books.

Ex: Lastly, one needs a spirit duplicating machine and a supply of spirit solvent with which to top up the solvent container incorporated in the machine.

Ex: Titles on alternative medicine are now crowding US bookshelves.

* llenar de = fill with.

* llenar de alegría = delight, brighten up.

* llenar de luz = flood with + light, brighten up.

* llenar de orgullo = fill + Nombre + with pride.

* llenar de terror = terrorise [terrorize, -USA], terrify.

* llenar el depósito = gas up.

* llenar el tanque = gas up.

* llenar gasolina = pump + gas.

* llenar hasta el borde = fill + Nombre + to the brim.

* llenar las calles = be out in force, come out in + force.

* llenar mucho = be filling.

* llenarse = become + full.

* llenarse el bolsillo = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s).

* llenar un hueco = fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + the breach.

* llenar un vacío = fill + vacuum, fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + void, fill + the breach.

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llenar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹vaso/plato› to fill; ‹tanque› to fill up, fill; ‹maleta› to fill, pack; ‹cajón› to fill

no me llenes el vaso don't fill my glass right up o don't give me a full glass

el agua casi llenaba el cubo the water almost filled the bucket

siempre llena la sala he always manages to fill the hall o always has a full house

no sabe cómo llenar su tiempo libre he doesn't know how to fill o occupy his spare time

su nombramiento llena un importante vacío en la empresa his appointment fills an important vacancy in the company

llenar algo DE algo to fill sth WITH sth

le llenaron la cabeza de ideas extrañas they filled his head with strange ideas

llenar algo CON algo to fill sth WITH sth

llenó una bolsa con la ropa sucia he filled a bag with the dirty clothes

2 ‹formulario› to fill out, to fill in ( esp BrE), to complete

3 (cubrir) llenar algo DE algo to cover sth WITH sth

llenaron la pared de fotografías they covered the wall with photographs

llenó el pizarrón de fórmulas she filled o covered the blackboard with formulae

B (colmar) ‹persona› llenar a algn DE algo:

la noticia nos llenó de alegría/confusión we were overjoyed/completely thrown by the news

nos llenó de atenciones he made a real fuss over us o ( BrE) of us, we were showered with attention ( AmE) o ( BrE) attentions

me llenó de ira it made me very angry o ( liter) filled me with anger

C (satisfacer) ‹persona›

su carrera no la llena she doesn't find her career satisfying o fulfilling

D (cumplir) ‹requisitos› to fulfill*, meet

E (Ur fam) (fastidiar) to bug ( colloq), to annoy

■ llenar

vi

«comida» to be filling

la pasta llena mucho pasta is very filling

■ llenarse

v pron

A

1 «recipiente/estadio» to fill

el tren siempre se llena en esta estación the train always gets full o fills up with people at this station

el teatro se llenó hasta los topes the theater was (jam) packed o was full to bursting

llenarse DE algo to fill WITH sth

el cubo se había llenado de agua de lluvia the bucket had filled with rainwater

se le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas his eyes filled with tears, tears welled up in his eyes

la casa se llenó de mosquitos the house filled with mosquitoes

2 (cubrirse) llenarse DE algo:

se le ha llenado la cara de granos he's gotten very pimply ( AmE colloq), he's got very spotty ( BrE colloq)

la pared se llenó de manchas de humedad damp patches appeared all over the wall

B «persona» ‹bolsillo/boca› to fill

sólo buscan llenarse los bolsillos they're only interested in lining their own pockets

llenarse algo DE algo to fill sth WITH sth

se llenó los bolsillos de guijarros he filled his pockets with pebbles

no te llenes la boca de comida don't stuff your mouth with food, don't put so much food in your mouth

C

«persona» (colmarse) llenarse DE algo: se llenaron de oro they made a fortune

con esa hazaña se llenó de gloria it was an achievement that covered him in glory

en poco tiempo se llenaron de deudas they were soon up to their necks in debt

D

«persona» (de comida): se llena tomando cerveza y después no quiere comer he fills himself up with beer and then doesn't want anything to eat

sólo viene a llenarse la barriga ( fam); he only comes here to fill his belly o to stuff his face ( colloq)

con un plato de ensalada ya se llena one plate of salad and she's full

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llenar ( conjugate llenar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹vaso/plato/cajón› to fill;

‹ tanque› to fill (up);
‹ maleta› to fill, pack;
◊ no me llenes el vaso don't fill my glass right up;

llenar algo de/con algo to fill sth with sth
b) ‹ formulario› to fill out, to fill in (esp BrE)

2
a) ( cubrir) llenar algo de algo to cover sth with sth

b) ‹ vacante› to fill

3 ( colmar) ‹ persona›:
◊ la noticia nos llenó de alegría we were overjoyed by the news;

nos llenó de atenciones he made a real fuss of us
4 ( hacer sentirse realizado) ‹ persona›:
◊ su carrera no la llena she doesn't find her career fulfilling

verbo intransitivo [ comida] to be filling
llenarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [recipiente/estadio] to fill (up);

◊ el teatro solo se llenó a la mitad the theater only filled to half capacity o was only half full;

llenarse de algo to fill with sth
b) ( cubrirse) llenarse de algo ‹de polvo/pelos› to be covered in sth

2 ‹bolsillo/boca› to fill;
llenarse algo de algo to fill sth with sth
3 ( colmarse):
◊ su corazón se llenó de alegría she filled with joy;

se llenaron de deudas they got heavily into debt
4 [ persona] ( de comida):
◊ con un plato de ensalada ya se llena one plate of salad and she's full;

me llené (colloq) I'm full (up) (colloq)
llenar
I verbo transitivo
1 to fill: me llena de vergüenza/alegría, it fills me with shame/happiness
2 (una superficie) llené la pared de fotografías, I covered the wall with photos
3 (una comida, actividad, etc) to satisfy
II verbo intransitivo to be filling: la paella llena mucho, paella is very filling
' llenar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahumar
- buche
- poblar
- rellenar
- acribillar
- hartar
- hueco
English:
crowd
- fill
- fill up
- gap
- pack
- replenish
- restock
- stock
- top up
- complete
- cover
- delight
- disturb
- exhilarate
- gladden
- pervade
- refill
- satisfy
- top

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llenar

♦ vt

1. [ocupar] [vaso, hoyo, habitación] to fill (de o con with);
llenó la casa de muebles usados she filled the house with second-hand furniture;

llenar el depósito [del coche] to fill up the tank;

¡llénemelo! [el depósito] fill her up, please;

llenan su tiempo libre leyendo y charlando they spend their spare time reading and chatting

2. [cubrir] [pared, suelo] to cover (de with);
llenó de adornos el árbol de Navidad she covered the Christmas tree with decorations;

has llenado la pared de salpicaduras de aceite you've spattered oil all over the wall

3. [colmar]
llenar a alguien de [alegría, tristeza] to fill sb with;

este premio me llena de orgullo this prize fills me with pride o makes me very proud;

llenaron de insultos al árbitro they hurled abuse at the referee;

nos llenaron de obsequios they showered gifts upon us

4. [rellenar] [impreso, solicitud, quiniela] to fill in o out

5. [satisfacer]
le llena su trabajo he's fulfilled in his job;

no le llena la relación con su novio she finds her relationship with her boyfriend unfulfilling

6. Fam [gustar]
a mí el queso no me termina de llenar cheese isn't really my thing

7. RP Fam [fastidiar]
¡no me llenes! stop bugging me!;

no (me) llenes la paciencia don't push your luck;

Comp
muy Fam
llenar las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos a alguien Br to get on sb's tits, US to bust sb's balls;

dejá de llenar las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos stop being a pain in the Br arse o US ass

♦ vi

1. [comida] to be filling

2. RP Fam [molestar] to be a pest;

¡no llenes! stop being a pest!

♦ See also the pronominal verb llenarse

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llenar

I v/t fill; impreso fill out o

in

II v/i be filling

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llenar vt

1) : to fill, to fill up, to fill in

2) : to meet, to fulfill

los regalos no llenaron sus expectativas: the gifts did not meet her expectations

♦ See also the reflexive verb llenarse

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llenar vb

1. (en general) to fill

llenó el vaso de zumo de naranja he filled the glass with orange juice

2. (superficie) to cover

llenó la mesa de libros she covered the table with books

3. (comida) to be filling

las patatas fritas llenan mucho chips are very filling

Spanish-English dictionary > llenar
107 luciérnaga

f.

glowworm, lightning beetle, firefly, glow-worm.

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luciérnaga

► nombre femenino

1 glow-worm

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SF glow-worm

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femenino ( insecto volador) firefly; ( larva) glowworm; ( insecto sin alas) glowworm

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= firefly.

Ex. Fireflies are the classic example of organisms that use light signalling for sexual communication.

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femenino ( insecto volador) firefly; ( larva) glowworm; ( insecto sin alas) glowworm

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= firefly.

Ex: Fireflies are the classic example of organisms that use light signalling for sexual communication.

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luciérnaga

feminine

(insecto volador) firefly, lightning bug ( AmE); (larva) glowworm; (insecto sin alas) glowworm

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luciérnaga sustantivo femenino
glowworm;
( insecto volador) firefly
luciérnaga f Zool glow-worm
' luciérnaga' also found in these entries:
English:
glow-worm

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luciérnaga nf

glow-worm

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luciérnaga

f ZO glowworm

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luciérnaga nf

: firefly, glowworm

Spanish-English dictionary > luciérnaga
108 manía

f.

1 mania, craze, excessive enthusiasm, frenzy.

2 oddity, odd trait.

3 mania, manic disorder, compulsion.

4 vagary, extravagant and erratic notion.

5 hyperphrenia.

imperf.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) Imperfect Indicative of Spanish verb: manir.

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manía

► nombre femenino

1 MEDICINA mania

2 (ojeriza) dislike, grudge

■ le tiene manía he's got it in for her

■ tengo manía a ese cantante I can't stand that singer

3 (costumbre) habit; (rareza) quirk, peculiar habit; (obsesión) obsession, mania

■ tiene la manía de morderse las uñas she has a habit of biting her nails

4 (pasión) craze, fad, mania

■ ahora le ha dado la manía por las antigüedades she's really into antiques at the moment

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cogerle/tomarle manía a alguien familiar to take a dislike to somebody

mania persecutoria persecution mania

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SF

1) (Med) mania

manía de grandezas — megalomania

manía persecutoria — persecution mania

2) [de persona] (=costumbre) odd habit; (=rareza) peculiarity, oddity; (=capricho) fad, whim

tiene sus manías — he has his little ways

tiene la manía de comerse las uñas — he has the annoying habit of biting his nails

le ha dado la manía de salir sin abrigo — he's taken to going out without a coat

3) [de grupo] (=afición) mania; (=moda) rage, craze

la manía del fútbol — football fever, the football craze

la manía de la minifalda — the craze for miniskirts

tiene la manía de las motos — he's obsessed with motorbikes, he's motorbike-crazy *

4) (=antipatía) dislike

coger manía a algn — to take a dislike to sb

tener manía a algn — to dislike sb

tengo manía a los bichos — I can't stand insects

el maestro me tiene manía — the teacher's got it in for me

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femenino

1) (obsesión, capricho)

tiene sus manías — he has his funny little ways

tiene la manía de la limpieza — she has an obsession with o (colloq) a thing about cleaning

tiene la manía de oler todo — she has this obsession with smelling everything

ahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro — now she has this fad o craze of dressing in black

- manía persecutoria or de persecución

2) ( antipatía)

tenerle manía a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)

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= craze, mania, pet peeve.

Ex. The interest is not really in the craze itself but in the intense, socially binding effect it has on the individuals in the group.

Ex. This mania reached its height about the beginning of the present century.

Ex. But many people have said that fag ends are merely the tip of the iceberg, with chewing gum and dog muck being some of the top pet peeves.

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* manía persecutoria = persecution complex.

* tenerle manía a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

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femenino

1) (obsesión, capricho)

tiene sus manías — he has his funny little ways

tiene la manía de la limpieza — she has an obsession with o (colloq) a thing about cleaning

tiene la manía de oler todo — she has this obsession with smelling everything

ahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro — now she has this fad o craze of dressing in black

- manía persecutoria or de persecución

2) ( antipatía)

tenerle manía a alguien — to have it in for somebody (colloq)

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= craze, mania, pet peeve.

Ex: The interest is not really in the craze itself but in the intense, socially binding effect it has on the individuals in the group.

Ex: This mania reached its height about the beginning of the present century.

Ex: But many people have said that fag ends are merely the tip of the iceberg, with chewing gum and dog muck being some of the top pet peeves.

* manía persecutoria = persecution complex.

* tenerle manía a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

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manía

feminine

A

(antipatía): tenerle manía a algn to have it in for sb ( colloq)

B

(obsesión, capricho): déjate de manías, que no estás nada gorda stop saying such silly things o stop being silly o stop being neurotic, you're not at all fat

está viejo y tiene sus manías he's an old man, and he has his funny little ways o some odd habits

tiene la manía de la limpieza she has an obsession o a mania o ( colloq) a thing about cleaning

tiene la manía de mirar debajo de la cama antes de acostarse she has this peculiar habit of looking under the bed before she gets into it

el pescado siempre me cae mal — eso es una manía fish always upsets my stomach — that's just your imagination o you've just got a thing about it

ahora le ha dado la manía de vestirse siempre de negro now she has this fad o craze of always dressing in black

tiene la manía de que la gente se ríe de él he has this obsession o this strange idea that people are laughing at him

Compuesto:

manía persecutoria or de persecución

persecution complex o mania

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manía sustantivo femenino
1 (obsesión, capricho):
◊ tiene sus manías he has his funny little ways;

tiene la manía de la limpieza she has a mania for cleanliness o (colloq) a thing about cleaning;
le ha dado la manía de vestirse de negro she has this fad o craze of dressing in black;
manía persecutoria or de persecución persecution complex o mania
2 ( antipatía):
◊ tenerle manía a algn to have it in for sb (colloq)

manía sustantivo femenino
1 (costumbre) habit: tengo la manía de mirar bajo la cama antes de dormirme, I have to take a look under the bed before I fall asleep
tiene muchas manías, he has many obsessions
2 (odio, ojeriza) dislike: le cogiste manía, you took a dislike to it
creo que le tiene manía, I think he dislikes her
nos tenemos manía, we dislike each other
3 (afición) craze
4 Med mania
manía persecutoria, persecution complex
' manía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hincha
- pegarse
- perra
- prurito
- rabia
- rareza
- tic
- contagiar
- maña
English:
bug
- fixation
- frenzy
- get
- kink
- mania
- obsession
- oddity
- peculiarity
- craze
- have

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manía nf

1. [enfermedad] mania

Comp
manía persecutoria persecution complex
2. [idea fija] obsession

3. [mala costumbre] bad habit;

tiene la manía de morderse las uñas he's always biting his fingernails;

le ha dado la manía de tirar la ropa por el suelo she has got into the bad habit of leaving her clothes scattered on the floor

4. [afición exagerada] mania, craze

5. Fam [ojeriza] dislike;

tomar o Esp [m5] coger manía a alguien to take a dislike to sb;

tener manía a alguien: le tengo manía a su hermana I can't stand her sister

* * *

manía

f

1 ( costumbre) habit, mania;

tiene sus manías she has her little ways

2 ( antipatía) dislike;

tener manía a alguien fam have it in for s.o. fam

3 ( obsesión) obsession

* * *

manía nf

1) obsesión: mania, obsession

2) : craze, fad

3) : odd habit, peculiarity

4) : dislike, aversion

* * *

manía n (costumbre) strange habit

tiene la manía de apagar todas las luces she's got the strange habit of turning all the lights off

coger manía to take a dislike to [pt. took; pp. taken]

tener manía a alguien not to be able to stand somebody [pt. & pp. stood]

le tengo manía I can't stand him

Spanish-English dictionary > manía
109 microbio

m.

germ, microbe.

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microbio

► nombre masculino

1 microbe

2 familiar (enano) little squirt

* * *

noun m.

microbe

* * *

SM microbe frm, germ

* * *

masculino (Biol) microbe; ( niño pequeño) (fam) little kid (colloq)

tú, microbio, a la cama — come on, shrimp, off to bed (colloq)

* * *

= microbe.

Ex. This new processing method has many effects on enzymes, microbes, globules and proteins in milk.

* * *

masculino (Biol) microbe; ( niño pequeño) (fam) little kid (colloq)

tú, microbio, a la cama — come on, shrimp, off to bed (colloq)

* * *

= microbe.

Ex: This new processing method has many effects on enzymes, microbes, globules and proteins in milk.

* * *

microbio

masculine

1 ( Biol) microbe

2 ( fam)

(niño pequeño): tú, microbio, a la cama come on, shrimp, off to bed ( colloq)

cuando yo era un microbio when I was knee-high to a grasshopper ( colloq), when I was a toddler

* * *

microbio sustantivo masculino
microbe
microbio sustantivo masculino microbe: los hospitales están llenos de microbios, hospitals are teeming with microbes
' microbio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
germen
English:
bug
- germ
- microbe
- superbug

* * *

microbio nm

1. [organismo unicelular] germ, microbe

2. Fam [niño] ankle-biter

3. Fam [enano] shrimp

* * *

microbio

m microbe

* * *

microbio nm

: microbe, germ

* * *

microbio n germ

Spanish-English dictionary > microbio
110 murga

f.

1 band of street musicians (charanga).

2 drag, pain (informal) (pesadez). (peninsular Spanish)

dar la murga to be a pain

* * *

murga

► nombre femenino

1 familiar nuisance

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar la murga familiar to be a pain in the neck

* * *

SF

1) * (=lata) nuisance, bind *

dar la murga — to be a pain *, be a pest

2) (=banda) band of street musicians

* * *

femenino

1) (Mús)

a) ( grupo) band of street musicians

b) (Col) ( concurso) musical competition

2) (Esp fam) ( molestia) drag (colloq)

dar la murga — (Esp fam) to be a pain (colloq)

* * *

= pest.

Nota: Referido a personas que irritan con su comportamiento.

Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

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* dar la murga = be a pest.

* * *

femenino

1) (Mús)

a) ( grupo) band of street musicians

b) (Col) ( concurso) musical competition

2) (Esp fam) ( molestia) drag (colloq)

dar la murga — (Esp fam) to be a pain (colloq)

* * *

= pest.

Nota: Referido a personas que irritan con su comportamiento.

Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

* dar la murga = be a pest.

* * *

murga

feminine

A ( Mús)

1 (grupo) band of street musicians

2 ( Col) (concurso) musical competition

B ( Esp fam) (molestia) drag ( colloq), bind ( BrE colloq)

dar la murga ( Esp fam); to be a pain ( colloq)

* * *

murga nf

1. [charanga] band of street musicians

2. Esp Fam [pesadez] drag, pain;

dar la murga to be a pain

3. Urug [comparsa] = group of dancers in a carnival

* * *

murga

f band of street musicians;

dar la murga a alguien fam bug s.o. fam

* * *

murga nf

: band of street musicians

Spanish-English dictionary > murga
111 obsesión

f.

1 obsession, compulsion, fixedness.

2 fixed idea, fixation.

* * *

obsesión

► nombre femenino

1 obsession

* * *

noun f.

obsession

* * *

SF obsession

* * *

femenino obsession

tenía la obsesión de que... — she was obsessed with the idea that...

* * *

= compulsion, obsession, infatuation (with), fixation.

Ex. A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.

Ex. The article concludes that the recent obsession with image and stereotype extends beyond librarianship.

Ex. His gushing evaluations of MacDonald's performances suggest that he has never recovered from a youthful infatuation with the star.

Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

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* tener obsesión con = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).

* * *

femenino obsession

tenía la obsesión de que... — she was obsessed with the idea that...

* * *

= compulsion, obsession, infatuation (with), fixation.

Ex: A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.

Ex: The article concludes that the recent obsession with image and stereotype extends beyond librarianship.

Ex: His gushing evaluations of MacDonald's performances suggest that he has never recovered from a youthful infatuation with the star.

Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

* tener obsesión con = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).

* * *

obsesión

feminine

obsession

se había convertido en una obsesión para él it had become an obsession with him

tenía la obsesión de que moriría joven she was obsessed with the idea that she would die young

* * *

obsesión sustantivo femenino
obsession
obsesión sustantivo femenino obsession
' obsesión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
manía
English:
bug
- compulsion
- get under
- obsession
- fixation
- preoccupation

* * *

obsesión nf

obsession;

tiene la obsesión de que va a suceder de nuevo he's obsessed with the idea that it's going to happen again

* * *

obsesión

f obsession

* * *

obsesión nf, pl - siones : obsession

* * *

obsesión n obsession

tener obsesión por algo to be obsessed with something

Spanish-English dictionary > obsesión
112 oculto

adj.

1 occult, hidden, secret, concealed.

2 masked.

3 larval.

4 occult, supernatural, esoteric.

5 latent.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: ocultar.

* * *

oculto

► adjetivo

1 (escondido) hidden

■ quedaba oculto tras las ramas it was hidden behind the branches

2 (misterioso) cryptic; (esotérico) occult

* * *

(f. - oculta)

adj.

concealed, hidden

* * *

ADJ

1) (=escondido) hidden, concealed

permanecer oculto — to stay hidden

2) (=misterioso) [gen] mysterious; [pensamiento] inner, secret; [motivo] ulterior

3) [poderes] occult
ciencia 2)
* * *

- ta adjetivo

a) [ESTAR] ( escondido) hidden

permanecer oculto — to stay hidden

b) [SER] ( misterioso) <razón/designio> mysterious, occult

* * *

= veiled, disguised, in disguise, undisclosed, unrevealed, buried.

Ex. The question of ideological thought (in the sense of a veiled interest-determined trend of thought) is again rearing its head in present times.

Ex. One great danger in budgeting is the problem of disguised needs.

Ex. The author addresses the question of whether a metadata specialist is really a cataloguer in disguise.

Ex. These records reveal facts about individuals and business entities that the parties concerned might prefer undisclosed.

Ex. More than half the paintings in the exhibition represented groups of people watching interesting spectacles, some of which were unrevealed.

Ex. This new signal processing technique improves the detectability of buried anti-personnel land mines using a ground penetrating radar.

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* cámara oculta = hidden camera.

* cara oculta, la = dark side, the.

* lugar oculto = hidden storage place, secret storage location, secret storage place, secret holding location, secret cell.

* mantener oculto = keep + Nombre + under wraps.

* no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.

* oculto = lie + hidden.

* palabra oculta = hidden word.

* peligro oculto = hidden danger.

* placer oculto = guilty pleasure.

* subdivisión jerárquica oculta = hidden link.

* web oculta, la = hidden Web, the.

* yacer oculto = lie + hidden.

* * *

- ta adjetivo

a) [ESTAR] ( escondido) hidden

permanecer oculto — to stay hidden

b) [SER] ( misterioso) <razón/designio> mysterious, occult

* * *

= veiled, disguised, in disguise, undisclosed, unrevealed, buried.

Ex: The question of ideological thought (in the sense of a veiled interest-determined trend of thought) is again rearing its head in present times.

Ex: One great danger in budgeting is the problem of disguised needs.

Ex: The author addresses the question of whether a metadata specialist is really a cataloguer in disguise.

Ex: These records reveal facts about individuals and business entities that the parties concerned might prefer undisclosed.

Ex: More than half the paintings in the exhibition represented groups of people watching interesting spectacles, some of which were unrevealed.

Ex: This new signal processing technique improves the detectability of buried anti-personnel land mines using a ground penetrating radar.

* cámara oculta = hidden camera.

* cara oculta, la = dark side, the.

* lugar oculto = hidden storage place, secret storage location, secret storage place, secret holding location, secret cell.

* mantener oculto = keep + Nombre + under wraps.

* no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.

* oculto = lie + hidden.

* palabra oculta = hidden word.

* peligro oculto = hidden danger.

* placer oculto = guilty pleasure.

* subdivisión jerárquica oculta = hidden link.

* web oculta, la = hidden Web, the.

* yacer oculto = lie + hidden.

* * *

oculto -ta

adjective

1 [ ESTAR] (escondido) hidden

permanecieron ocultos hasta que pasó el peligro they stayed hidden until the danger had passed

2 [ SER] (misterioso) ‹razón/designio› mysterious, secret, occult ciencia

* * *

Del verbo ocultar: ( conjugate ocultar)

oculto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

ocultó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
ocultar
oculto
ocultar ( conjugate ocultar) verbo transitivo ( en general) to conceal, hide;
‹ persona› to hide;
ocultole algo A algn to conceal o hide sth from sb
ocultarse verbo pronominal
a) [ persona] to hide

b) ( estar oculto) to hide, lie hidden

c) [ sol] to disappear

oculto
◊ -ta adjetivo

a) [ESTAR] ( escondido) hidden

b) [SER] ( misterioso) ‹razón/designio› mysterious, secret

ocultar verbo transitivo to conceal, hide: no nos ocultes la verdad, don't hide the truth from us
oculto,-a adjetivo concealed, hidden
' oculto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descubrir
- oculta
- disimulado
- esconder
- escondido
- ocultar
English:
bug
- concealed
- hidden
- low
- occult
- secret
- ulterior
- bury
- keep
- unseen

* * *

oculto, -a adj

1. [escondido] hidden

2. [que se desconoce] secret, hidden;

su objetivo oculto his secret goal

3. [sobrenatural] occult;

las ciencias ocultas the occult sciences, the occult;

lo oculto the occult

* * *

oculto

adj

1 hidden

2 ( sobrenatural) occult;

las ciencias ocultas the occult

* * *

oculto, -ta adj

1) escondido: hidden, concealed

2) : occult

* * *

oculto adj hidden / concealed

Spanish-English dictionary > oculto
113 pajarito

m.

1 a small bird.

2 little bird, birdie, dickey bird, dickybird.

* * *

pajarito

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 little bird, birdie

► nombre masculino pajarito

1 familiar (pene) willy, willie

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

me lo ha dicho un pajarito a little bird told me

quedarse como un pajarito (morir) to snuff it

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pajarito

► nombre masculino

1 familiar (pene) willy, willie

* * *

SM

1) (Orn) (=cría) baby bird, fledgling; hum birdie

2) (=persona) very small person

- me lo dijo un pajarito

- quedarse como un pajarito

3) Caribe (=bichito) bug, insect

* * *

masculino ( cría) baby bird; ( pájaro) (fam) little bird, birdie (colloq)

comer como un pajarito — to eat like a bird

me lo dijo un pajarito — (fam) a little bird told me (colloq)

* * *

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* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* * *

masculino ( cría) baby bird; ( pájaro) (fam) little bird, birdie (colloq)

comer como un pajarito — to eat like a bird

me lo dijo un pajarito — (fam) a little bird told me (colloq)

* * *

* comer como un pajarito = eat like + a bird.

* * *

pajarito

masculine

A ( Zool) (cría) baby bird; (pájaro) ( fam) little bird, birdie ( colloq)

¡mira el pajarito! look at o watch the birdie!

comer como un pajarito to eat like a bird

me lo dijo un pajarito ( fam); a little bird told me ( colloq)

B ( fam) (pene) thing ( colloq), weeny ( AmE colloq), willy ( BrE colloq)

* * *

pajarito sustantivo masculino ( cría) baby bird;
( pájaro) (fam) little bird, birdie (colloq)
pajarito
♦ Locuciones: quedarse pajarito: nos quedamos pajarito esperándole en la calle, we nearly froze to death waiting for him in the street
' pajarito' also found in these entries:
English:
bird
- grapevine
- grape

* * *

pajarito nm
[pájaro pequeño] small bird;
¡mira al pajarito! [al tomar una foto] watch the birdie!;

Comp

comer como un pajarito to eat like a bird, to eat practically nothing;

Comp

me lo ha contado o [m5] dicho un pajarito a little bird told me;

Comp

morir o [m5] quedarse como un pajarito to just fade away;

Comp

quedarse pajarito to freeze to death, to be frozen stiff

Spanish-English dictionary > pajarito
114 paliza

f.

1 beating (golpes, derrota).

2 hard grind (esfuerzo).

3 drag (informal) (rollo).

dar la paliza (a alguien) to go on and on (to somebody)

* * *

paliza

► nombre femenino

1 beating, thrashing

2 familiar (derrota) thrashing

3 familiar (pesadez) pain

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar una paliza a alguien / pegar una paliza a alguien to beat somebody up

dar la paliza familiar to be a pain

darse la paliza familiar to slog one's guts out

ser un paliza / ser un palizas familiar to be a pain, be a pain in the neck

* * *

noun f.

beating

- dar una paliza

* * *

1. SF

1) (=tunda) beating, thrashing

dar o propinar una paliza a algn — to give sb a beating, beat sb up *

los críticos le dieron una paliza a la novela — the critics panned o slated the novel *

2) * (=pesadez) bore

el viaje fue una paliza — the journey was a real bore o drag *

dar la paliza — to be a pain

- darse la paliza

3) * (Dep etc) drubbing, thrashing

el Betis le dio una paliza al Barcelona — Betis gave Barcelona a real thrashing, Betis thrashed Barcelona

2.

SMF INV * (=pesado) bore, pain *

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( zurra) hiding, beating

su padre le dio una buena paliza — his father gave him a good hiding

los matones le pegaron una paliza — the thugs beat him up

b) (fam) ( derrota) thrashing (colloq)

al Danubio le dieron una paliza en casa — Danubio were hammered o thrashed at home (colloq)

2) (fam)

a) ( esfuerzo)

fue una paliza de viaje — the journey was a real killer

qué paliza tener que ir hasta allá! — what a trek having to go all the way over there! (colloq)

darse la paliza — (fam) (trabajando, estudiando) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

b) ( aburrimiento) drag (colloq)

* * *

= whitewash, whipping, spanking, beating.

Ex. He got a whitewash for that.

Ex. One parent told the judge that the whippings had become so common that he had lost count of how many he had seen at Allen's church.

Ex. A spanking is designed as much to humiliate as to hurt enough to deter.

Ex. He pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of participating in the beating of a suspected informant.

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* darle una paliza a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners, give + Nombre + a beating, school.

* dar una buena paliza = whitewash, thrash.

* dar una paliza = clobber, pummel, slaughter, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, whip, whitewash, thrash, wallop, lick, baste, take + a pounding, take + a beating, belt, trounce, beat + Nombre + (all) hollow.

* dar una paliza a Alguien = beat + Nombre + up, beat + Nombre + black and blue.

* recibir una paliza = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( zurra) hiding, beating

su padre le dio una buena paliza — his father gave him a good hiding

los matones le pegaron una paliza — the thugs beat him up

b) (fam) ( derrota) thrashing (colloq)

al Danubio le dieron una paliza en casa — Danubio were hammered o thrashed at home (colloq)

2) (fam)

a) ( esfuerzo)

fue una paliza de viaje — the journey was a real killer

qué paliza tener que ir hasta allá! — what a trek having to go all the way over there! (colloq)

darse la paliza — (fam) (trabajando, estudiando) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)

b) ( aburrimiento) drag (colloq)

* * *

= whitewash, whipping, spanking, beating.

Ex: He got a whitewash for that.

Ex: One parent told the judge that the whippings had become so common that he had lost count of how many he had seen at Allen's church.

Ex: A spanking is designed as much to humiliate as to hurt enough to deter.

Ex: He pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of participating in the beating of a suspected informant.

* darle una paliza a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners, give + Nombre + a beating, school.

* dar una buena paliza = whitewash, thrash.

* dar una paliza = clobber, pummel, slaughter, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, whip, whitewash, thrash, wallop, lick, baste, take + a pounding, take + a beating, belt, trounce, beat + Nombre + (all) hollow.

* dar una paliza a Alguien = beat + Nombre + up, beat + Nombre + black and blue.

* recibir una paliza = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* * *

paliza

feminine

A

1 (zurra) hiding, beating

como se entere te va a dar or pegar una paliza if he finds out he'll clobber you o thrash you o give you a hiding

le robaron la cartera y le dieron una paliza they stole his wallet and beat him up o ( AmE) beat up on him

2 ( fam) (derrota) thrashing ( colloq)

al Danubio le dieron una paliza en casa Danubio were hammered o thrashed o given a thrashing at home ( colloq)

B ( fam)

1

(esfuerzo agotador): fue una paliza de viaje the journey was a real killer

¡menuda paliza tener que ir hasta allá! what a trek to have to go all the way over there! ( colloq)

2 (pesadez, aburrimiento) drag ( colloq)

darle la paliza a algn ( fam); to bug sb ( colloq), to hassle sb ( colloq)

darse la paliza ( fam) (trabajando, estudiando) to work one's butt off ( AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out ( BrE colloq);

«pareja» to be all over each other ( colloq)

C

paliza masculine and feminine ( Esp fam) (pesado) tb palizas pain in the neck ( colloq)

* * *

paliza sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( zurra) hiding, beating;

◊ su padre le dio una buena paliza his father gave him a good hiding;

los matones le pegaron una paliza the thugs beat him up
b) (fam) ( derrota) thrashing (colloq)

2 (fam)
a) ( esfuerzo):

◊ fue una paliza de viaje the journey was a real killer;

darse la paliza (fam) (trabajando, estudiando) to work one's butt off (AmE colloq), to slog one's guts out (BrE colloq)
b) ( aburrimiento) drag (colloq)

paliza
I sustantivo femenino
1 (tunda, somanta) beating: aquellos bárbaros le dieron una paliza, those thugs beat him up
2 (derrota) beating: ¡menuda paliza le dio ayer el Elche al Betis!, Betis got a real thrashing by Elche the other day
3 (esfuerzo físico o mental) slog: nos dimos una paliza limpiando la librería, that was a real chore having to clean the book case
me he dado una paliza que no me tengo, I've really pushed myself to the limits
4 (tostón, rollo) drag, pain: no me des la paliza, stop being such a pain in the neck!
II mf fam bore, pain (in the neck), pest: ¡qué paliza(s) era el camarero!, that waiter was a real pain
' paliza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
leña
- soberana
- soberano
- solfeo
- tundir
- tute
- pegar
English:
battering
- beat
- beat up
- beating
- do over
- good
- hammer
- hammering
- hiding
- rough up
- thrash
- thrashing
- whipping
- whitewash
- belt
- pummel
- wallop
- whip

* * *

paliza

♦ nf

1. [golpes] beating;

le dieron una paliza they beat him up

2. [derrota] thrashing;

¡menuda paliza recibió el equipo! the team got completely thrashed!

3. Fam [esfuerzo] hard grind;

el viaje hasta la capital es una auténtica paliza the journey to the capital is a real killer;

nos dimos una paliza tremenda para acabar a tiempo we slogged our guts out to finish in time

4. Fam [rollo] drag;

Comp

dar la paliza (a alguien) to go on (at sb);

lleva semanas dándome la paliza con que tenemos que ir a esquiar he's being going on at me o pestering me for weeks saying we've got to go skiing

♦ nmf inv
Esp Fam
ser un paliza(s) to be a pain in the neck

* * *

paliza

I f

1 ( azotaina) beating

2 ( derrota) thrashing fam, drubbing fam

3 fam ( pesadez) drag fam ;

dar la paliza a alguien fam pester s.o. fam

II m/f fam

drag

* * *

paliza nf

: beating, pummeling

darle una paliza a: to beat, to thrash

* * *

paliza n

1. (zurra) beating / thrashing

el equipo local les dio una paliza the local team thrashed them

2. (trabajo cansado) pain

limpiar la cocina es una paliza cleaning the kitchen is a pain

3. (persona pesada) pain / bore

¡vaya paliza de tío! what a bore that guy is!

dar la paliza a alguien to be a pain

¡no me des la paliza! don't be such a pain!

dar una paliza a alguien to beat somebody up

darse una paliza to work really hard

Spanish-English dictionary > paliza
115 picado

adj.

piqued.

m.

diving, dive.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: picar.

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picado

► nombre masculino

1 (de avión) dive

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picado

► participio pasado

1→ link=picar picar

► adjetivo

1 COCINA (cortado - verdura) finely chopped; (- carne) minced

2 (vino) vinegary, sour, off

3 (metal) pitted

4 (piel, cara) pockmarked

5 (tabaco) cut

6 (mar) choppy

7 (diente) decayed

8 familiar (ofendido) offended

► nombre masculino picado

1 (de avión) dive

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FRASEOLOGÍA

caer en picado to plummet

estar picado,-a familiar to be upset, be miffed

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1. ADJ

1) (=podrido) [diente] rotten, decayed; [fruta] rotten; [metal] rusty, rusted

tengo tres muelas picadas — I have three cavities

2) (Culin) [ajo, cebolla, patata] chopped; Esp, Cono Sur [carne] minced, ground (EEUU)

3) (=triturado) [tabaco] cut; [hielo] crushed

4) [vino] pricked, sour

5) [mar] choppy

6)

picado de viruelas — pockmarked

7) * (=enfadado)

estar picado — to be in a huff *

están picados desde hace muchos años — they fell out years ago

8) * (=interesado)

estar picado con o por algo — to go for sth in a big way *

está muy picado con la lotería — he's really been bitten by the lottery bug *, he's gone for the lottery in a big way *

9) (=borracho) tipsy

10) (Mús) [nota] staccato

2. SM

1) (=acción)

a) (Culin) [de ajo, cebolla, patata] chopping; Esp, Cono Sur [de carne] mincing, grinding (EEUU)

b) [de billete, boleto] punching

c) (=triturado) [de tabaco, de piedra] cutting; [de hielo] crushing

2) (Aer, Orn) dive

caer en picado — Esp (Aer) to plummet, nose-dive; [precios, popularidad, producción] to plummet, fall sharply

3) (Mús) staccato

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I
- da adjetivo

a) < diente> decayed, bad; <manguera/llanta> perished

tiene una muela picada — you have a cavity in one tooth

una cara picada de viruela — a pockmarked face

b) <ajo/perejil> chopped; < carne> (Esp, RPl) ground (AmE), minced (BrE)

c) < manzana> rotten; < vino> sour

d) (fam) (enfadado, ofendido) put out (colloq), miffed (colloq)

está picado porque no lo llamaste — he's a bit put out that you didn't call him (colloq)

e) < mar> choppy
II
masculino (Esp) picada 1)

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= choppy [choppier -comp., chopiest -sup.], chopped, ground, minced, miffed.

Ex. So far, Internet retailers have not been able to take the bread out of the mouths of the terrestrial booksellers, as had been feared, but the trading waters remain choppy.

Ex. Between 9 and 12 months, lumpy or chopped foods, such as vegetables, meats, or cottage cheese, may be introduced.

Ex. For red ink the usual colour was ground vermilion (i.e. red mercuric sulphide).

Ex. Ninety-one percent of cats tested prefer minced foods.

Ex. These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.

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* caer en picado = plummet, swoop, take + a nosedive, nosedive.

* caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.

* carne de cerdo picada = minced pork.

* carne de ternera picada = ground beef.

* carne de vaca picada = ground beef.

* carne picada = ground meat, minced meat.

* descenso en picado = swoop.

* empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* hielo picado = crushed ice.

* mar picada = heavy sea.

* ternera picada = minced beef.

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I
- da adjetivo

a) < diente> decayed, bad; <manguera/llanta> perished

tiene una muela picada — you have a cavity in one tooth

una cara picada de viruela — a pockmarked face

b) <ajo/perejil> chopped; < carne> (Esp, RPl) ground (AmE), minced (BrE)

c) < manzana> rotten; < vino> sour

d) (fam) (enfadado, ofendido) put out (colloq), miffed (colloq)

está picado porque no lo llamaste — he's a bit put out that you didn't call him (colloq)

e) < mar> choppy
II
masculino (Esp) picada 1)

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= choppy [choppier -comp., chopiest -sup.], chopped, ground, minced, miffed.

Ex: So far, Internet retailers have not been able to take the bread out of the mouths of the terrestrial booksellers, as had been feared, but the trading waters remain choppy.

Ex: Between 9 and 12 months, lumpy or chopped foods, such as vegetables, meats, or cottage cheese, may be introduced.

Ex: For red ink the usual colour was ground vermilion (i.e. red mercuric sulphide).

Ex: Ninety-one percent of cats tested prefer minced foods.

Ex: These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.

* caer en picado = plummet, swoop, take + a nosedive, nosedive.

* caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.

* carne de cerdo picada = minced pork.

* carne de ternera picada = ground beef.

* carne de vaca picada = ground beef.

* carne picada = ground meat, minced meat.

* descenso en picado = swoop.

* empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

* hielo picado = crushed ice.

* mar picada = heavy sea.

* ternera picada = minced beef.

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picado¹ -da

adjective

A

1 ‹muela› decayed, bad; ‹manguera/llanta› perished

tenía todos los dientes picados all her teeth were bad o decayed

tiene una muela picada you have a cavity in one tooth

una cara picada de viruela a pockmarked face, a face marked by smallpox

2 ‹manzana› rotten; ‹vino› sour

B

1 (mar) choppy

2 ( fam) (enfadado, ofendido) put out ( colloq), miffed ( colloq)

está picado porque no lo llamaste he's a bit put out that you didn't call him ( colloq)

3

( Méx fam) (interesado, intrigado): el asunto lo tiene picado he's really into the subject ( colloq)

estoy picado con el final del libro I'm on tenterhooks to see how the book ends

picado²

masculine

A (de carne) grinding ( AmE), mincing ( BrE); (de cebolla, ajo) chopping

B

( Esp) (descenso pronunciado): el avión cayó en picado the plane nose-dived

el pájaro cayó en picado al agua the bird plunged o dived into the water

las acciones descendieron en picado stocks plummeted o plunged

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Del verbo picar: ( conjugate picar)

picado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
picado
picar
picado 1
◊ -da adjetivo

a) ‹diente/muela› decayed, bad;

‹manguera/llanta› perished
b) ‹ajo/perejil› chopped;

‹ carne› (Esp, RPl) ground (AmE), minced (BrE)
c) ‹ manzana› rotten;

‹ vino› sour
d) (fam) (enfadado, ofendido) put out (colloq), miffed (colloq)

e) ‹ mar› choppy

picado 2 sustantivo masculino (Esp) See Also→ picada 1
picar ( conjugate picar) verbo transitivo
1
a) [mosquito/víbora] to bite;

[abeja/avispa] to sting;
◊ me picadoon los mosquitos I got bitten by mosquitoes;

una manta picada por las polillas a moth-eaten blanket
b) [ ave] ‹ comida› to peck at;

‹ enemigo› to peck
c) ‹ anzuelo› to bite

d) (fam) ( comer) to eat;

◊ solo quiero picado algo I just want a snack o a bite to eat

e) ‹billete/boleto› to punch

f) (Taur) to jab

2
a) (Coc) ‹ carne› (Esp, RPl) to grind (AmE), to mince (BrE);

‹cebolla/perejil› to chop (up)
b) ‹ hielo› to crush;

‹ pared› to chip;
‹ piedra› to break up, smash
3 ‹dientes/muelas› to rot, decay
verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( morder el anzuelo) to bite, take the bait

b) ( comer) to nibble

2
a) ( ser picante) to be hot

b) ( producir comezón) [lana/suéter] to itch, be itchy;

◊ me pica la espalda my back itches o is itchy;

me pican los ojos my eyes sting
3 (AmL) [ pelota] to bounce
4 (RPl arg) (irse, largarse) to split (sl);
◊ picadole (Méx fam) to get a move on (colloq)

picarse verbo pronominal
1
a) [ muelas] to decay, rot;

[manguera/llanta] to perish;
[cacerola/pava] to rust;
[ ropa] to get moth-eaten
b) [ manzana] to go rotten;

[ vino] to go sour
2 [ mar] to get choppy
3 (fam) ( enfadarse) to get annoyed;
( ofenderse) to take offense
picado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (ajo, cebolla, etc) chopped
2 (carne) minced
3 (fruta) bad
manzana picada, rotten apple
4 (vino) sour
5 (diente) decayed
un diente picado, a bad tooth
6 (mar) choppy
7 fam (ofendido, enojado) offended, put out: está picado conmigo, he's in a huff with me
II m (de avión, ave) dive
caer en picado, to nose-dive, plummet
picar
I verbo transitivo
1 (carne) to mince
2 (cebolla, ajo, etc) to chop up
3 (hielo) to crush
4 (una avispa, abeja) to sting: me picó un escorpión, I was stung by a scorpion
5 (una serpiente, un mosquito) to bite
6 (tarjeta, billete) to punch
7 (piedra) to chip
8 (papel) to perforate
9 (comer: las aves) to peck
(: una persona) to nibble
picar algo, to have a snack/nibble
10 fam (incitar) to incite
11 fam (molestar) to annoy
12 (curiosidad) me picó la curiosidad, it aroused my curiosity
II verbo intransitivo
1 (pez) to bite
2 (comida) to be hot
3 (escocer, irritar) to itch: este suéter pica, this sweater is very itchy
me pica la mano, my hand is itching
4 fam (sol) to burn, scorch: hoy pica el sol, the sun is scorching today
' picado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mosca
- picada
- bicho
- papel
English:
academic
- bite
- choppy
- crush
- dive
- eat
- finely
- ground
- nosedive
- plummet
- pockmarked
- slump
- some
- sour
- swoop
- tailspin
- wane
- chop
- confetti
- dip
- nose
- plunge
- rotten
- rough
- sore
- steep

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picado, -a

♦ adj

1. [marcado] [piel] pockmarked;
[fruta] bruised
2. [agujereado] perforated;

picado de polilla moth-eaten

3. [diente] decayed;

tengo una muela picada I've got a bad o rotten tooth

4. [triturado] [alimento] chopped;
[tabaco] cut; Esp, RP
carne picada Br mince, US ground beef

5. [vino] sour

6. [mar] choppy

7. Fam [enfadado] peeved, put out;

está picado porque no lo invitaron a la fiesta he's peeved o put out because he wasn't invited to the party

8. Am [achispado] tipsy

♦ nm

1. Esp [de avión] nose dive;

hacer un picado to dive;

caer en picado: el avión cayó en picado the plane nose-dived;

la caída en picado del régimen the collapse of the regime

2. Col, RP Fam [de fútbol] kickabout;

¿jugamos un picado? shall we have a kickabout?

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picado

I adj

1 diente decayed

2 mar rough, choppy

3 carne ground, Br

minced; verdura minced, Br

finely chopped

3 fig ( resentido) offended

II m L.Am.

dive;

caer en picado de precios nosedive, plummet

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picado, -da adj

1) : perforated

2) : minced, chopped

3) : decayed (of teeth)

4) : choppy, rough

5) fam : annoyed, miffed

Spanish-English dictionary > picado
116 pinchazo

m.

1 prick (punzada).

2 needle mark (marca).

3 puncture, flat.

4 sting, pinprick, poke, jab.

5 tire burst.

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pinchazo

► nombre masculino

1 (de neumático) puncture

2 (con aguja etc) prick

■ me he dado un pinchazo con la aguja mientras cosía I pricked my finger with the needle while I was sewing

3 (inyección) injection, jab, US shot

4 (de dolor) sharp pain

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noun m.

1) puncture

2) prick

3) shot

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SM

1) [con objeto punzante] prick

me he metido un pinchazo cosiendo — I've pricked my finger o myself sewing

2) [en neumático] puncture

tuvimos un pinchazo — we got a puncture

3) * (=inyección) [de antibiótico, insulina] jab *, shot; [de cocaína, heroína] shot, fix **

le encontraron varios pinchazos en el brazo — they found a number of needle marks on his arm

4) [de dolor] shooting pain, sharp pain

5) (Telec) * tap *, bug *

6) Esp (=fracaso) fiasco

las elecciones supusieron un gran pinchazo para el gobierno — the elections proved to be a disaster o fiasco for the government

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masculino

a) ( herida) prick; ( inyección) shot (colloq)

b) ( en una rueda) flat, puncture

c) ( dolor agudo) sharp pain

d) (fam) ( de droga) fix (colloq)

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= puncture, puncture hole, prick, prickling, bubble burst.

Ex. Treatment of the paper items included varnish removal; washing; and repairs to tears, punctures and missing areas.

Ex. He even has found a fish's stomach with puncture holes caused by eating a catfish, and the fish was still none the worse for wear.

Ex. A tiny prick is made with a lancet through a drop of allergen placed on the skin, usually on the forearm.

Ex. Abnormal nerve sensations such as pins-and-needles, burning, prickling or similar feelings are all known as 'paresthesias'.

Ex. Information technology tycoons have made a surprising rebound from the technology bubble burst to top this year's China rich people list.

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masculino

a) ( herida) prick; ( inyección) shot (colloq)

b) ( en una rueda) flat, puncture

c) ( dolor agudo) sharp pain

d) (fam) ( de droga) fix (colloq)

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= puncture, puncture hole, prick, prickling, bubble burst.

Ex: Treatment of the paper items included varnish removal; washing; and repairs to tears, punctures and missing areas.

Ex: He even has found a fish's stomach with puncture holes caused by eating a catfish, and the fish was still none the worse for wear.

Ex: A tiny prick is made with a lancet through a drop of allergen placed on the skin, usually on the forearm.

Ex: Abnormal nerve sensations such as pins-and-needles, burning, prickling or similar feelings are all known as 'paresthesias'.

Ex: Information technology tycoons have made a surprising rebound from the technology bubble burst to top this year's China rich people list.

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pinchazo

masculine

1 (herida) prick; (inyección) shot ( colloq), jab ( BrE colloq), injection

tiene el brazo lleno de pinchazos her arm is riddled with needle marks

me pusieron un pinchazo they gave me a shot o a jab o an injection

2 (en una rueda) flat, puncture

3 (dolor agudo) sharp pain

4 ( fam) (de droga) fix ( colloq)

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pinchazo sustantivo masculino
a) ( herida) prick;

( inyección) shot (colloq)
b) ( en una rueda) flat, puncture

c) ( dolor agudo) sharp pain

d) (fam) ( de droga) fix (colloq)

pinchazo sustantivo masculino
1 (con algo punzante) prick
2 (de una rueda) puncture, flat tyre
3 (de dolor) sudden o sharp pain
' pinchazo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sentir
English:
flat
- jab
- poke
- prick
- prod
- puncture
- dig
- pin

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pinchazo nm

1. [punzada] prick;

se dio un pinchazo con una jeringuilla he pricked himself with a syringe

2. [inyección] injection, Br jab, US shot

3. [marca] needle mark

4. [de neumático] puncture, flat;

sufrió un pinchazo a los cinco kilómetros de carrera he got a puncture o flat tyre five kilometers into the race

5. [dolor agudo] stabbing pain, pang;

me ha dado un pinchazo en la espalda I felt a stabbing pain in my back

6. Fam [de teléfono] tap

7. Fam [fracaso]
el nuevo modelo ha sido un pinchazo the new model has been a flop;

la empresa no se ha recuperado de su pinchazo en la Bolsa the company hasn't recovered from the collapse of its share price

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pinchazo

m

1 herida prick

2 dolor sharp pain

3 AUTO flat (tire), Br

puncture

4 fam ( fracaso) flop fam

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pinchazo nm

1) : prick, jab

2) : puncture, flat tire

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pinchazo n

1. (reventón de neumático) puncture

2. (inyección) jab / injection

Spanish-English dictionary > pinchazo
117 quemar

v.

1 to burn.

quemaron una bandera americana they set fire to an American flag

El fuego quemó las cortinas The fire burned=burnt the curtains.

Elsa quemó la madera Elsa burned=set fire to the wood.

2 to go through, to fritter away (malgastar) (ahorros).

3 to burn out (informal) (desgastar).

4 to be (scalding) hot (estar caliente).

ten cuidado que la sopa quema be careful, the soup's (scalding) hot

5 to burn off, to consume, to burn up.

El ejercicio quema calorías Exercise burns off calories.

6 to be scorching, to be beating down, to be blazing down, to be blazing out.

Este sol quema This sun is scorching.

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quemar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to burn; (plants) to scorch

■ quemó un leño she burnt a log

■ la lejía quemó su ropa the bleach burnt his clothes

2 (incendiar) to set on fire

3 (destilar) to distil

4 figurado (dinero) to throw away, squander

5 familiar (acabar) to burn out

■ tanta popularidad lo ha quemado so much popularity burnt him out

■ dar clase quema mucho teaching burns you out

► verbo intransitivo

1 (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot

■ esta sopa quema this soup is burning hot

► verbo pronominal quemarse

1 (persona) to burn oneself; (cosa) to be burnt

■ se ha quemado la carne the meat got burnt

■ el niño se quemó los dedos the boy burnt his fingers

2 figurado (deteriorarse el prestigio) to burn oneself out; (en política) to be a has-been

3 figurado (ir a acertar) to get warm

■ ¡que te quemas! you're getting warm!

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verb

to burn

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1. VT

1) (=hacer arder)

a) [fuego, sol] [+ papeles, mueble, arroz, patatas] to burn; [+ edificio] to burn down; [+ coche] to set fire to

lo quemaron vivo — he was burned alive

las quemaron en la hoguera — they were burned at the stake

tenía el rostro quemado por el sol — he had a sunburned face

el incendio ha quemado varias hectáreas de bosque — the fire has destroyed o burned down several hectares of woodland

he quemado la camisa con la plancha — I scorched o burned my shirt with the iron

los guerrilleros quemaron varias aldeas — the guerrillas set fire to o burned several villages
nave 1)
b) [líquido hirviendo] to scald; [ácido, frío, helada] to burn

la pomada parece que te quema el brazo — the cream makes your arm burn

2) (=dar sensación de calor) [radiador, especia picante] to burn

el radiador me está quemando la espalda — the radiator is burning my back

esta bebida te quema la garganta — this drink burns your throat

3) [+ fusible] to blow

4) (=gastar)

a) [+ calorías] to burn, burn up; [+ energías] to burn off

b) [+ fortuna] to squander; [+ dinero] to blow *, squander; [+ recursos] to use up

quemó su dinero en la lotería — he blew his money on the lottery *

- quemar etapas

5) * (=fastidiar) to bug *, get *

lo que más me quemó fue que me tratara como a un estúpido — what bugged * me o got * me most was the way he treated me as if I was stupid

6) (=desgastar) [+ político, gobierno] to destroy, be the ruin of

un escándalo sexual puede quemar a cualquier político — a sex scandal can destroy o can be the ruin of any politician

tanto aparecer en televisión va a quemar su carrera — all these TV appearances will damage his career

7) (Com) [+ precios] to slash, cut; [+ géneros] to sell off cheap

8) Cuba (=estafar) to swindle

9) CAm (=denunciar) to denounce, inform on

10) Ven * [con arma de fuego] to shoot

11) Arg, Uru

quemar a algn — to make a fool of sb

2. VI

1) (=arder) [comida, líquido, metal] to be boiling (hot); [mejillas] to be burning

la sopa está quemando — the soup is boiling (hot)

ya no quema — it's not too hot now

le quemaban las mejillas — her cheeks were burning

¡cómo quema el sol! — the sun's really scorching (hot)!

este sol no quema nada — LAm you won't get tanned in this sun

2) (=picar) [especia, picante] to burn

es una especia que quema en la lengua — this spice burns your tongue

3.

See:

quemarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <basura/documentos> to burn

b) <herejes/brujas> to burn... at the stake

2) <leña/combustible> to burn; < calorías> to burn up; < grasa> to burn off

3) ( accidentalmente)

a) <comida/mesa/mantel> to burn; ( con la plancha) to scorch

me quemó con el cigarrillo — he burned me with his cigarette

b) líquido/vapor to scald

c) ácido <ropa/piel> to burn

d) < motor> to burn... out; < fusible> to blow

e) sol < plantas> to scorch; < piel> to burn; ( broncear) (AmL) to tan

4) ( malgastar) <fortuna/herencia> to squander
2.
quemar vi

1) ( estar muy caliente) plato/fuente to be very hot; café/sopa to be boiling (hot) (colloq)

2) sol to burn
3.
quemarse v pron

1)

a) (refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; <mano/lengua> to burn; <pelo/cejas> to singe

b) (fam) ( en juegos)

caliente, caliente... te quemaste! — getting warmer, warmer... you're burning! (colloq)

c) ( al sol - ponerse rojo) to get burned; (- broncearse) (AmL) to tan

2)

a) ( destruirse) papeles to get burned; edificio to burn down

b) ( sufrir daños) alfombra/vestido to get burned; comida to burn; (+ me/te/le etc)

se me quemaron las tostadas — I burned the toast

3) persona ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out; ( pasar de moda)

un cantante que se quemó en un par de años — a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of years

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= burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear, singe, scald.

Ex. In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.

Ex. The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.

Ex. Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.

Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.

Ex. The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.

Ex. This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.

Ex. If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.

Ex. Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.

Ex. Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.

Ex. In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.

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* fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.

* más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out.

* quemar completamente = burn out.

* quemarse = go up in + flames.

* quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.

* sin quemar = unburned.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <basura/documentos> to burn

b) <herejes/brujas> to burn... at the stake

2) <leña/combustible> to burn; < calorías> to burn up; < grasa> to burn off

3) ( accidentalmente)

a) <comida/mesa/mantel> to burn; ( con la plancha) to scorch

me quemó con el cigarrillo — he burned me with his cigarette

b) líquido/vapor to scald

c) ácido <ropa/piel> to burn

d) < motor> to burn... out; < fusible> to blow

e) sol < plantas> to scorch; < piel> to burn; ( broncear) (AmL) to tan

4) ( malgastar) <fortuna/herencia> to squander
2.
quemar vi

1) ( estar muy caliente) plato/fuente to be very hot; café/sopa to be boiling (hot) (colloq)

2) sol to burn
3.
quemarse v pron

1)

a) (refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; <mano/lengua> to burn; <pelo/cejas> to singe

b) (fam) ( en juegos)

caliente, caliente... te quemaste! — getting warmer, warmer... you're burning! (colloq)

c) ( al sol - ponerse rojo) to get burned; (- broncearse) (AmL) to tan

2)

a) ( destruirse) papeles to get burned; edificio to burn down

b) ( sufrir daños) alfombra/vestido to get burned; comida to burn; (+ me/te/le etc)

se me quemaron las tostadas — I burned the toast

3) persona ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out; ( pasar de moda)

un cantante que se quemó en un par de años — a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of years

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= burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear, singe, scald.

Ex: In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.

Ex: The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.

Ex: Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.

Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.

Ex: The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.

Ex: This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.

Ex: If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.

Ex: Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.

Ex: Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.

Ex: In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.

* fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.

* más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out.

* quemar completamente = burn out.

* quemarse = go up in + flames.

* quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.

* sin quemar = unburned.

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quemar [A1 ]

vt

A (destruir, eliminar)

1 ‹basura/documentos› to burn; ‹gases› to burn off

2 (en la hoguera) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake

B

1 ‹leña/combustible/incienso› to burn

2 ‹calorías› to burn up; ‹grasa› to burn off

C (accidentalmente)

1 ‹comida› to burn; ‹mesa/mantel› to burn; (con la plancha) to scorch

me quemó con el cigarrillo he burned me with his cigarette

2 «líquido/vapor» to scald

3 «ácido» ‹ropa/piel› to burn

4 ‹motor› to burn… out; ‹fusible› to blow

D

1 «sol» ‹plantas› to scorch

la helada quemó los geranios the frost burned o damaged the geraniums

2 «sol» ‹piel› (poner rojo) to burn; (broncear) ( AmL) to tan

E (malgastar) ‹fortuna/herencia› to squander

F

( RPl arg) (hacer quedar mal) ‹persona› lo quemaron publicando esa foto it made him look ridiculous o it was very embarrassing for him when they published that photo

loco, me quemaste diciéndole eso you idiot, you really messed me up ( AmE) o ( BrE) dropped me in it by telling him that ( colloq)

G ‹CD› to burn

■ quemar

vi

A (estar muy caliente) «plato/fuente» to be very hot; «café/sopa» to be boiling ( colloq), to be boiling hot ( colloq), to be very hot

B «sol» to burn

aunque está nublado el sol quema igual even though it's cloudy, you can still get burned

a estas horas el sol quema mucho at this time of day, the sun is very strong o really burns

■ quemarse

v pron

A

1 ( refl) (lastimarse) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; ‹mano/lengua› to burn; ‹pelo/cejas› to singe

me quemé con la plancha I burned myself on the iron

pestaña

2 ( fam)

(en juegos): caliente, caliente … ¡te quemaste! getting warmer, warmer … you're burning o boiling! ( colloq)

3 (al sol — ponerse rojo) to get burned; (— broncearse) ( AmL) to tan

B

1 (destruirse) «papeles» to get burned o burnt; «edificio» to burn down

2 (sufrir daños) «alfombra/vestido» to get burned o burnt; «comida» to burn

aquí se está quemando algo something's burning

(+ me/te/le etc): se me quemaron las tostadas I burned the toast, the toast burned

C «persona»

1 (desgastarse, agotarse) to burn oneself out

2

(pasarse de moda): un cantante que se quemó en un par de años a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of years

en el mundo del espectáculo te quemas rápidamente in show business you're only famous for a short time

D

( RPl arg) «persona» (quedar mal): te quemás si les hacés un regalo así it'll look really bad if you give them a gift like that

no digas eso en la entrevista porque te quemás don't say that in your interview or you'll blow your chances ( colloq)

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quemar ( conjugate quemar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹basura/documentos/leña/CDs› to burn

b) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake

2 ‹ calorías› to burn up;
‹ grasa› to burn off
3
a) ‹comida/mesa/mantel› to burn;

( con la plancha) to scorch
b) [líquido/vapor] to scald

c) [ ácido] ‹ropa/piel› to burn

d) ‹ motor› to burn … out;

‹ fusible› to blow
e) [ sol] ‹ plantas› to scorch;

‹ piel› to burn;
( broncear) (AmL) to tan
verbo intransitivo
a) [plato/sartén] to be very hot;

[café/sopa] to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
b) [ sol] to burn

quemarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself;

(con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself;
‹mano/lengua› to burn;
‹pelo/cejas› to singe
b) ( al sol — ponerse rojo) to get burned;

(— broncearse) (AmL) to tan
2
a) ( destruirse) [ papeles] to get burned;

[ edificio] to burn down
b) ( sufrir daños) [alfombra/vestido] to get burned;

[ comida] to burn;
◊ se me quemaron las tostadas I burned the toast

3 [ persona] ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out
quemar
I verbo transitivo
1 (con el sol, fuego, etc) to burn
2 (con líquido) to scald
3 fam (psíquicamente) to burn out
II vi (una bebida, etc) to be boiling hot
' quemar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicharrar
- nave
- abrasar
- incendiar
English:
burn
- burn out
- burn up
- sear
- wood
- work off
- blow
- frost
- scorch

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quemar

♦ vt

1. [sol, con fuego, calor] to burn;
[con líquido hirviendo] to scald;
quemaron una bandera americana they set fire to an American flag;

has quemado los macarrones you've burnt the macaroni;

quemaban a los herejes en la hoguera heretics were burnt at the stake;

Comp

quemar etapas [ir rápido] to come on in leaps and bounds, to progress rapidly;
[ir demasiado rápido] to cut corners;
Comp

quemar el último cartucho to play one's last card

2. [calorías] to burn up;
[grasa] to burn off
3. [plantas]
la helada quemó las plantas the frost killed the plants;

el sol quemó las plantas the plants withered in the sun

4. [malgastar] to run through, to fritter away;

quemó sus ahorros en pocos meses she ran through her savings in just a few months

5. Fam [desgastar] to burn out

6. CAm, Méx [delatar] to denounce, to inform on

7. Carib, Méx [estafar] to swindle

8. RP Fam [balear] to shoot

9. RP Fam [dejar mal a]
quemar a alguien to make sb look bad;

me quemaron con la publicación de esa noticia they really landed me in it by publishing that story

♦ vi

1. [estar caliente] to be (scalding) hot;

ten cuidado que la sopa quema be careful, the soup's (scalding) hot

2. Fam [desgastar]
la política quema politics burns you out

♦ See also the pronominal verb quemarse

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quemar

I v/t

1 burn

2 con agua scald

3 fam

recursos use up; dinero blow fam

II v/i be very hot

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quemar vt

: to burn, to set fire to

quemar vi

: to be burning hot

♦ See also the reflexive verb quemarse

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quemar vb

1. (en general) to burn [pt. & pp. burnt]

he quemado las tostadas I've burnt the toast

2. (edificio, etc) to burn down

el hombre quemó la casa the man burnt the house down

3. (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot / to be very hot

¡cuidado que quema! be careful, it's very hot!

Spanish-English dictionary > quemar
118 quicio

m.

1 (door)jamb.

estar fuera de quicio (on hinge side)(figurative) to be out of kilter

sacar de quicio a alguien (figurative) to drive somebody mad

sacar las cosas de quicio (figurative) to blow things (up) out of all proportion

2 hinge, spindle, male pivot, swivel.

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quicio

► nombre masculino

1 pivot hole

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar fuera de quicio familiar to be beside oneself

sacar a alguien de quicio familiar to get on somebody's nerves

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SM doorjamb

- estar fuera de quicio

- sacar a algn de quicio

estas cosas me sacan de quicio — these things make me see red o drive me mad

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masculino doorjamb

sacar de quicio a alguien — to drive somebody crazy (colloq)

sacar las cosas de quicio — (Esp) to blow things up out of all proportion

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* estar fuera de quicio = be beside + Reflexivo.

* fuera de quicio = pissed off, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses.

* sacado de quicio = out of all proportion (to), out of (all) proportion (to).

* sacar a Alguien de quicio = get on + Posesivo + nerves, drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* sacar de quicio = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, exasperate, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, piss + Nombre + off.

* sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.

* * *

masculino doorjamb

sacar de quicio a alguien — to drive somebody crazy (colloq)

sacar las cosas de quicio — (Esp) to blow things up out of all proportion

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* estar fuera de quicio = be beside + Reflexivo.

* fuera de quicio = pissed off, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses.

* sacado de quicio = out of all proportion (to), out of (all) proportion (to).

* sacar a Alguien de quicio = get on + Posesivo + nerves, drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* sacar de quicio = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, exasperate, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, piss + Nombre + off.

* sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.

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quicio

masculine

doorjamb

sacar a algn de quicio to drive sb crazy

me saca de quicio con sus bromitas he really gets on my nerves o he drives me crazy with his stupid little jokes ( colloq)

sacar las cosas de quicio ( Esp); to blow things up out of all proportion

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quicio sustantivo masculino
doorjamb;
◊ sacar de quicio a algn to drive sb crazy (colloq)

quicio m (de puerta) jamb
♦ Locuciones: estaba fuera de quicio, she was out of her mind
figurado sacar de quicio, (las cosas) to get things out of all proportion
(a alguien) to drive sb mad

' quicio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
llantina
English:
back
- bug
- clingy
- distraction
- exasperate
- infuriating
- drive
- vex
- wild

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quicio nm

1. [de puerta, ventana] jamb [on hinge side]

2. Comp

sacar de quicio a alguien to drive sb mad;

me saca de quicio que utilice tantas palabrotas I really hate it when she uses so much bad language;

sacar las cosas de quicio to blow things (up) out of all proportion

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quicio

m

:

sacar de quicio a alguien fam drive s.o. crazy fam

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quicio nm

1)

estar fuera de quicio : to be beside oneself

2)

sacar de quicio : to exasperate, to drive crazy

* * *

quicio n

sacar de quicio a alguien to drive somebody mad

Spanish-English dictionary > quicio
119 romper

v.

1 to break.

romper algo en pedazos to break/smash/tear something to pieces

Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.

Su voz rompe el silencio His voice breaks the silence.

2 to break.

3 to break (empezar) (día).

al romper el alba o día at daybreak

romper a hacer algo to suddenly start doing something

romper a llorar to burst into tears

romper a reír to burst out laughing

4 to break (olas).

5 to wear out.

6 to break (interrumpir) (monotonía, silencio, hábito).

7 to break off.

Su ira rompe nuestra amistad His anger breaks off our friendship.

8 to tear, to tear up.

Ellos rompieron los papeles They tore the papers.

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romper

(pp roto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to break; (papel, tela) to tear; (cristal, loza) to smash, shatter

2 (rajar, reventar) to split

3 (gastar) to wear out

4 (relaciones) to break off

5 figurado (ley) to break, violate; (contrato) to break

6 figurado (cerca, límite) to break through, break down

7 (empezar) to initiate, begin

■ romper las hostilidades to initiate hostilities

8 figurado (interrumpir) to break, interrupt

■ romper el silencio to break the silence

9 (mar, aire) to cleave

► verbo intransitivo

1 (acabar - con algo) to break; (- con alguien) to split up, US break up

■ romper con el pasado to break with one's past

■ rompieron hace un mes they broke up a month ago

2 (olas, día) to break

■ al romper el día at daybreak

3 (flores) to bloom, blossom

4 romper a + inf figurado (empezar) to burst out

■ romper a reír to burst out laughing

5 romper en + sust figurado (prorrumpir) to burst into

■ romper en llanto to burst into tears

► verbo pronominal romperse

1 (gen) to break

■ se me ha roto esta uña I've broken this nail

2 (papel, tela) to tear, rip

■ se me han roto las medias I've ripped my stockings

3 (rajarse, reventarse) to split

■ la bolsa se ha roto the bag has split open

4 (desgastarse) to wear out

■ se me han roto los zapatos my shoes are worn out

5 (coche) to break down

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de rompe y rasga familiar resolute, determined

romper con alguien to quarrel with somebody, fall out with somebody

romper el fuego MILITAR to open fire

romper el hielo figurado to break the ice

romper una lanza por alguien figurado to defend somebody

romperle la cara a alguien / romperle las narices a alguien familiar to smash somebody's face in

romperse la cabeza (pensar) to rack one's brains 2 (herirse) to split one's head open

romperse por la mitad to break in half, split in half

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verb

1) to break

2) smash, shatter

3) rip, tear

•

- romper a

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(pp roto)
1. VT

1) (=partir, destrozar)

a) [intencionadamente] [+ juguete, mueble, cuerda] to break; [+ rama] to break, break off; [+ vaso, jarrón, cristal] to break, smash

los ladrones entraron rompiendo la puerta a patadas — the burglars got in by kicking down the door

la onda expansiva rompió los cristales — the shock wave broke o smashed the windows

b) (=rasgar) [+ tela, vestido, papel] to tear, rip

¡cuidado, que vas a romper las cortinas! — careful, you'll tear o rip the curtains!

se disgustó tanto con la carta que la rompió en pedazos — he was so angry about the letter that he tore o ripped it up

c) [por el uso] [+ zapatos, ropa] to wear out

d) [+ barrera] (lit) to break down, break through; (fig) to break down

tratan de romper barreras en el campo de la informática — they are trying to break down barriers in the area of computing

romper la barrera del sonido — to break the sound barrier

e)

romper aguas —

todavía no ha roto aguas — her waters haven't broken yet

- romper la cara a algn

- romper el hielo

- romper una lanza en favor de algn/algo

no haber roto un plato —

se comporta como si no hubiera roto un plato en su vida — he behaves as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

de rompe y rasga —

es una mujer de rompe y rasga — she's not someone to mess with

- quien rompe paga
esquema, molde
2) (=terminar) [+ equilibrio, silencio, maleficio, contrato] to break; [+ relaciones, amistad] to break off

hagamos algo distinto que rompa la rutina — let's do something different to break the routine

la patronal ha roto el pacto con los sindicatos — employers have broken the agreement with the unions

romper la racha de algo — to break a run of sth

romper el servicio a algn — (Tenis) to break sb's service

3) (Mil) [+ línea, cerco] to break, break through

¡rompan filas! — fall out!

romper (el) fuego — to open fire

romper las hostilidades — to start hostilities

4) (Agr) [+ tierra] to break, break up

5) Arg, Uru *** (=molestar) to piss off ***

deja de romperme — stop pissing me off ***

2. VI

1) [olas] to break

2) (=salir) [diente] to come through; [capullo, flor] to come out

romper entre algo — to break through sth, burst through sth

los manifestantes rompieron entre el cordón de seguridad — the demonstrators broke o burst through the security cordon

3) [alba, día] to break

al romper el alba — at crack of dawn, at daybreak

4) (=empezar)

romper a hacer algo — to (suddenly) start doing sth, (suddenly) start to do sth

rompió a proferir insultos contra todo el mundo — he suddenly started hurling o to hurl insults at everyone

al verme rompió a llorar — when he saw me he burst into tears

romper en llanto — to break down in tears

cuando rompa el hervor — when it comes to the boil

5) (=separarse) [pareja, novios] to split up

hace algún tiempo que rompieron — they split up some time ago

romper con — [+ novio, amante] to split up with, break up with; [+ amigo, familia] to fall out with; [+ aliado] to break off relations with; [+ tradición, costumbre, pasado] to break with; [+ imagen, tópico, leyenda] to break away from

ha roto con su novio — she has broken o split up with her boyfriend

Albania rompió con China en 1978 — Albania broke off relations with China in 1978

han roto con una tradición de siglos — they have broken with a centuries-old tradition

3.

See:

romperse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <loza/mueble> to break; < ventana> to break, smash; <lápiz/cuerda> to break, snap

b) < puerta> ( tirándola abajo) to break down; ( para que quede abierta) to break open

c) <hoja/póster> ( rasgar) to tear; ( en varios pedazos) to tear up

d) < camisa> to tear, split

2)

a) <silencio/monotonía> to break; < tranquilidad> to disturb

b) <promesa/pacto> to break; <relaciones/compromiso> to break off
2.
romper vi

1)

a) olas to break

b) (liter) alba to break; flores to open, burst open

al romper el día — at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar)

romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

rompió a llorar/reír — she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper en llanto — to burst into tears

2) novios to break up, split up

romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

este verso rompe con la estructura del poema — this verse departs from the structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

mujeres de rompe y rasga — strong-minded women
3.
romperse verbo pronominal

a) vaso/plato to break, smash, get broken o smashed; papel to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; televisor/ascensor (RPl) to break down

b) pantalones/zapatos to wear out

c) (refl) <brazo/pierna> to break

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= break, break down, rupture, rip off, fracture, rip.

Ex. The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.

Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex. In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

Ex. Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex. He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.

Ex. He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

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* algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.

* al romper el día = at the crack of dawn.

* día + romper = day + break.

* que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof.

* que rompe la armonía = eyesore.

* romper a carcajadas = break out with + laugh.

* romper Algo en pedazos = tear + Nombre + to bits.

* romper a reír = bubble over in + laugh, burst out + laughing, explode into + laughter.

* romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.

* romper completamente = break off.

* romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper con = break out of, break through, step away from, break away from.

* romper con la tradición = make + break with tradition, break with + tradition.

* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.

* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.

* romper el hielo = break + the ice.

* romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.

* romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.

* romper filas = break + ranks.

* romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.

* romper la huelga = cross + the picket line.

* romper la monotonía = relieve + monotony.

* romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.

* romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.

* romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* romper los esquemas = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.

* romperse = snap off.

* romperse el cuello = break + Posesivo + neck.

* romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.

* romper tajantemente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper un acuerdo = sever + arrangement.

* romper una lanza en favor de = stick up for.

* romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.

* romper una relación = break off + relationship, sever + connection.

* romper un lazo = sever + connection.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <loza/mueble> to break; < ventana> to break, smash; <lápiz/cuerda> to break, snap

b) < puerta> ( tirándola abajo) to break down; ( para que quede abierta) to break open

c) <hoja/póster> ( rasgar) to tear; ( en varios pedazos) to tear up

d) < camisa> to tear, split

2)

a) <silencio/monotonía> to break; < tranquilidad> to disturb

b) <promesa/pacto> to break; <relaciones/compromiso> to break off
2.
romper vi

1)

a) olas to break

b) (liter) alba to break; flores to open, burst open

al romper el día — at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar)

romper A + INF — to begin o start to + inf

rompió a llorar/reír — she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper en llanto — to burst into tears

2) novios to break up, split up

romper CON algn — con novio to split o break up with sb

romper CON algo — con el pasado to break with sth; con tradición to break away from sth

este verso rompe con la estructura del poema — this verse departs from the structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga — < decidir> suddenly

mujeres de rompe y rasga — strong-minded women
3.
romperse verbo pronominal

a) vaso/plato to break, smash, get broken o smashed; papel to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; televisor/ascensor (RPl) to break down

b) pantalones/zapatos to wear out

c) (refl) <brazo/pierna> to break

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= break, break down, rupture, rip off, fracture, rip.

Ex: The document arrangement adopted is often broken, in the sense that documents in libraries are rarely shelved in one single and self-evident sequence.

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex: In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex: He will miss a month after fracturing his hand in practice.

Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

* algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.

* al romper el día = at the crack of dawn.

* día + romper = day + break.

* que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof.

* que rompe la armonía = eyesore.

* romper a carcajadas = break out with + laugh.

* romper Algo en pedazos = tear + Nombre + to bits.

* romper a reír = bubble over in + laugh, burst out + laughing, explode into + laughter.

* romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.

* romper completamente = break off.

* romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper con = break out of, break through, step away from, break away from.

* romper con la tradición = make + break with tradition, break with + tradition.

* romper con una amenaza = slay + dragon.

* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.

* romper el hielo = break + the ice.

* romper el molde tradicional = break out of + the traditional mould.

* romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.

* romper filas = break + ranks.

* romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.

* romper la huelga = cross + the picket line.

* romper la monotonía = relieve + monotony.

* romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.

* romper las cadenas de la esclavitud = cast off + Posesivo + chains.

* romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* romper los esquemas = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.

* romperse = snap off.

* romperse el cuello = break + Posesivo + neck.

* romperse la cabeza = puzzle + Reflexivo, scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.

* romper tajantemente con = make + a clean break with.

* romper un acuerdo = sever + arrangement.

* romper una lanza en favor de = stick up for.

* romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.

* romper una relación = break off + relationship, sever + connection.

* romper un lazo = sever + connection.

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romper [ E30 ]

vt

A

1 ‹taza› to break; ‹ventana› to break, smash; ‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap; ‹juguete/radio/silla› to break

2 ‹puerta› (tirándola abajo) to break down; (para que quede abierta) to break open

3 ‹hoja/póster› (rasgar) to tear; (en varios pedazos) to tear up

4 ‹camisa› to tear, split

B

1 ‹silencio/monotonía› to break; ‹tranquilidad› to disturb

2 ‹promesa/pacto› to break; ‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off

C

1 ( fam) ‹servicio› (en tenis) to break

2 ( esp AmL) ‹récord› to break

■ romper

vi

A

1 «olas» to break

2 ( liter); «alba/día» to break; «flores» to open, burst open, come out

salimos al romper el día we left at daybreak o at the crack of dawn

3

(empezar): cuando rompa el hervor when it reaches boiling point, when it comes to the boil o starts to boil

romper A + INF to begin o start to + INF

rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

romper EN algo:

romper en llanto to burst into tears

romper en sollozos to break into sobs, start sobbing

B «novios» to break up, split up romper CON algn ‹con un novio› to split o break up WITH sb; ‹con un amigo› to fall out WITH sb romper CON algo ‹con el pasado› to break WITH sth; ‹con una tradición› to break away FROM sth, break WITH sth

hay que romper con esas viejas creencias we have to break away from those old beliefs

este verso rompe con la estructura general del poema this verse departs from the general structure of the poem

de rompe y rasga: me lo dijo así, de rompe y rasga he told me like that, straight out ( colloq)

no se puede decidir así de rompe y rasga you can't just decide like that on the spur of the moment

mujeres de rompe y rasga strong-minded women

C ( RPl vulg) (molestar) to bug ( colloq)

■ romperse

v pron

1 «vaso/plato» to break, smash, get broken o smashed; «papel» to tear, rip, get torn o ripped; «televisor/lavadora/ascensor» ( RPl) to break down

2 «pantalones/zapatos» to wear out

se me rompieron los calcetines por el talón my socks have worn through o gone through at the heel

3 ‹brazo/pierna/muñeca› to break

se rompió el tobillo he broke his ankle

4

( RPl fam) (esforzarse): no te rompas demasiado don't kill yourself ( colloq)

no se rompieron mucho con el regalo they didn't go to much trouble o expense over the gift ( colloq)

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romper ( conjugate romper) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹loza/mueble› to break;

‹ ventana› to break, smash;
‹lápiz/cuerda› to break, snap
b) ‹hoja/póster› ( rasgar) to tear;

( en varios pedazos) to tear up
c) ‹ camisa› to tear, split

2
a) ‹silencio/monotonía› to break;

‹ tranquilidad› to disturb
b) ‹promesa/pacto› to break;

‹relaciones/compromiso› to break off
verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ olas] to break

b) (liter) [ alba] to break;

◊ al romper el día at daybreak, at the crack of dawn

c) ( empezar):

◊ rompió a llorar/reír she burst into tears/burst out laughing

2 [ novios] to break up, split up;
romper CON algn ‹ con novio› to split o break up with sb;
romper CON algo ‹ con el pasado› to break with sth;
‹ con tradición› to break away from sth
romperse verbo pronominal
a) [vaso/plato] to break, smash, get broken o smashed;

[ papel] to tear, rip, get torn o ripped;
[televisor/ascensor] (RPl) to break down
b) [pantalones/zapatos] to wear out

c) ( refl) ‹brazo/pierna› to break

romper
I verbo transitivo
1 to break
(un cristal, una pieza de loza) to smash, shatter
(una tela, un papel) to tear (up): rompió el contrato en pedazos, he tore the contract into pieces
2 (relaciones, una negociación) to break off
3 (una norma) to fail to fulfil, break
(una promesa, un trato) to break
4 (el ritmo, sueño, silencio) to break
II verbo intransitivo
1 (empezar el día, etc) to break: al cabo de un rato rompió a hablar, after a while she started talking
rompió a llorar, he burst into tears
2 (poner un fin) to break [con, with]: he roto con el pasado, I've broken with the past
(relaciones de pareja) rompieron hace una semana, they broke up a week ago ➣ Ver nota en break
' romper' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cascar
- congénere
- crisma
- dejar
- desligarse
- desordenar
- destrozar
- frágil
- hielo
- lanza
- partir
- regañar
- reñir
- echar
- espuma
- mameluco
- pacto
- promesa
- quebrar
English:
bash in
- break
- break into
- break off
- break up
- break with
- bust
- bust up
- crack
- dash
- fall out
- finish with
- ice
- monotony
- oath
- pound
- prompt
- rank
- relieve
- rupture
- sever
- smash
- snap
- snap off
- tear
- tear up
- chip
- fall
- half
- rip
- rompers
- shatter

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romper

♦ vt

1. [partir, fragmentar] to break;
[hacer añicos] to smash; [rasgar] to tear;
romper algo en pedazos to break/smash/tear sth to pieces;
Mil
¡rompan filas! fall out!;

Comp
Fam
romper la baraja to get annoyed;

Comp
Fam
o jugamos todos, o se rompe la baraja either we all play, or nobody does

2. [estropear] to break

3. [desgastar] to wear out

4. [interrumpir] [monotonía, silencio, hábito] to break;
[hilo del discurso] to break off; [tradición] to put an end to, to stop
5. [terminar] to break off

6. [incumplir] to break;

rompió su promesa de ayudarnos she broke her promise to help us

7.
romper el par [en golf] to break par

8.
romper el servicio de alguien [en tenis] to break sb's serve

9. RP Fam [fastidiar]
no me rompas give me a break;

no (me) rompas la paciencia you're trying my patience;
muy Fam
romper las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos a alguien to get on sb's tits;
muy Fam
dejá de romper las pelotas o [m5] las bolas o [m5] los huevos stop being such a pain in the Br arse o US ass

♦ vi

1. [terminar una relación]
romper (con alguien) to break up o split up (with sb);

rompió con su novia he broke up o split up with his girlfriend;

ha roto con su familia she has broken off contact with her family;

romper con la tradición to break with tradition;

rompió con el partido she broke with the party

2. [empezar] [día] to break;
[hostilidades] to break out;
al romper el alba o [m5] día at daybreak;

romper a hacer algo to suddenly start doing sth;

romper a llorar to burst into tears;

romper a reír to burst out laughing

3. [olas] to break

4. Fam [tener éxito] to be a hit;

un cantante que rompe a singer who's all the rage;

Comp

de rompe y rasga: es una mujer de rompe y rasga she's a woman who knows what she wants o knows her own mind

5. RP Fam [molestar] to be a pain;

¡no rompas! give me a break!

♦ See also the pronominal verb romperse

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romper

<part roto>

I v/t

1 break; ( hacer añicos) smash; tela, papel tear

2 relación break off

II v/i

1 break;

romper con alguien break up with s.o.

2

:

romper a hacer algo start doing sth, start to do sth;

romper a llorar burst into tears, start crying

3

:

hombre de rompe y rasga strong-minded man

* * *

romper {70} vt

1) : to break, to smash

2) : to rip, to tear

3) : to break off (relations), to break (a contract)

4) : to break through, to break down

5) gastar: to wear out

romper vi

1) : to break

al romper del día: at the break of day

2)

romper a : to begin to, to burst out with

romper a llorar: to burst into tears

3)

romper con : to break off with

* * *

romper vb

1. (en general) to break [pt. broke; pp. broken]

¿quién ha roto el cristal? who broke the window?

se rompió el brazo he broke his arm

2. (papel, tela) to tear [pt. tore; pp. torn]

he roto la sábana I've torn the sheet

rompió la carta she tore the letter up

3. (desgastar ropa, zapatos) to wear out [pt. wore; pp. worn]

vas a romper los zapatos you're going to wear your shoes out

4. (acabar una relación) to split up [pt. & pp. split]

rompieron hace un mes they split up a month ago

rompió con su novio she split up with her boyfriend

romper a llorar to burst into tears

romperse la cabeza to split your head open

Spanish-English dictionary > romper
120 sebo

m.

1 fat.

2 grease, fat, sebum, suet.

* * *

sebo

► nombre masculino

1 (grasa) fat

2 COCINA suet

3 (para velas) tallow

4 (suciedad) grease, filth

5 (gordura) fat

* * *

SM

1) (=grasa) [gen] grease, fat; [para velas] tallow; (Culin) suet

2) (=gordura) fat

* * *

masculino ( grasa) grease, fat; (para jabón, velas) tallow; (Coc) suet

* * *

= suet, tallow.

Ex. Lard and suet are suitable for shortcrust and flaky pastry, used with butter or margarine.

Ex. Animal rendering is the process of extracting lard, tallow, and protein from leftover animal parts.

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masculino ( grasa) grease, fat; (para jabón, velas) tallow; (Coc) suet

* * *

= suet, tallow.

Ex: Lard and suet are suitable for shortcrust and flaky pastry, used with butter or margarine.

Ex: Animal rendering is the process of extracting lard, tallow, and protein from leftover animal parts.

* * *

sebo

masculine

1 (grasa) grease, fat

2 (para jabón, velas) tallow

3 ( Coc) suet

hacer sebo ( RPl fam); to goof off ( AmE colloq), to swing the lead ( BrE colloq)

ponerle sebo a algn ( Col fam); to bug sb ( colloq), to pester sb

* * *

sebo sustantivo masculino ( grasa) grease, fat;
(para jabón, velas) tallow;
(Coc) suet
sebo sustantivo masculino
1 (materia grasa) fat
2 (de una vela) tallow
3 (en la piel) spot
' sebo' also found in these entries:
English:
dip
- suet

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sebo nm

1. [grasa untuosa] grease

2. [para jabón, velas] tallow;

Comp
RP Fam
hacer sebo to laze around

3. [suciedad] grease

4. Chile [regalo] = christening present from godparents

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sebo

m grease, fat

* * *

sebo nm

1) : grease, fat

2) : tallow

3) : suet

Spanish-English dictionary > sebo

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