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bumping

Толкование Перевод

1 poste de guarda

• bumping post

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > poste de guarda
2 tope de vía

• bumping post

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tope de vía
3 tumbo

m.

1 jolt, jerk.

dar tumbos o un tumbo to jolt, to jerk (coche)

ir dando tumbos (figurative) to have a lot of ups and downs (persona)

2 wave.

3 passion fruit.

pres.indicat.

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

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tumbo

► nombre masculino

1 jolt, bump

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar tumbos to jolt, bump along

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noun m.

tumble

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I
SM

1) (=sacudida) shake, jolt

- dando tumbos

2) (=caída) fall, tumble

dar un tumbo — to fall, shake
II
SM ( Hist) monastic cartulary

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masculino

1) ( vaivén)

salió del bar dando tumbos — he staggered out of the bar

el coche no paraba de dar tumbo — the car was constantly jolting o bumping around

a (los) tumbos — with great difficulty

2) (Bol) ( fruta) passion fruit

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masculino

1) ( vaivén)

salió del bar dando tumbos — he staggered out of the bar

el coche no paraba de dar tumbo — the car was constantly jolting o bumping around

a (los) tumbos — with great difficulty

2) (Bol) ( fruta) passion fruit

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tumbo

masculine

A

(vaivén): salió de la taberna dando tumbos he staggered o lurched out of the bar

el coche no paraba de dar tumbo the car was constantly jolting o bumping around

a (los) tumbos with great difficulty

B ( Bol) (fruta) passion fruit

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Del verbo tumbar: ( conjugate tumbar)

tumbo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

tumbó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
tumbar
tumbo
tumbar ( conjugate tumbar) verbo transitivo
a) ( hacer caer) to knock down;

◊ lo tumbó en el primer asalto he knocked him down in the first round;

un olor que te tumbaba a smell that knocked you backward(s)
b) (AmL) ‹ árbol› to fell, cut down;

‹muro/casa› to demolish, knock down
tumbarse verbo pronominal
to lie down
tumbo sustantivo masculino
1 ( vaivén):
◊ salió del bar dando tumbos he staggered out of the bar;

la carreta iba dando tumbos por el camino the cart jolted along the path
2 (Bol) ( fruta) passion fruit
tumbar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer caer de un golpe) to knock down
2 (acostar) to lie down
3 fam (suspender) me tumbaron en matemáticas, I failed maths
tumbo sustantivo masculino
1 (vaivén) aquel hombre iba dando tumbos, that man was staggering along
(un vehículo) el coche iba dando tumbos, the car was jolting around
2 (dificultad, tropiezo) setback: va dando tumbos por la vida, he just muddles through life
' tumbo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
de
- tumbar
English:
lurch

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tumbo nm

jolt, jerk;

dar tumbos o [m5] un tumbo [vehículo] to jolt, to jerk;

ir dando tumbos [al caminar] to lurch along;

el autobús va dando tumbos the bus lurches from side to side;

un pobre hombre que va dando tumbos por la vida a poor man who stumbles from one problem to another in life;

la economía europea va dando tumbos the European economy is lurching from crisis to crisis

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tumbo

m tumble;

ir dando tumbos stagger along

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tumbo nm

1) : tumble, fall

2)

dar tumbos : to jolt, to bump around

Spanish-English dictionary > tumbo
4 acometida

f.

1 attack, charge (ataque).

2 (mains) connection.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: acometer.

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acometida

► nombre femenino

1 (ataque) attack, assault

2 (derivación) connection

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SF

1) (=ataque) attack, assault; [de toro] charge

2) (Elec) connection

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femenino attack

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= onslaught, bashing.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. The persistent 'U.S. bashing' that goes on here is, however, imprecise and tiresome after a while.

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femenino attack

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= onslaught, bashing.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: The persistent 'U.S. bashing' that goes on here is, however, imprecise and tiresome after a while.

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acometida

feminine

(de un animal) attack; (de un ejército) attack, assault

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acometida sustantivo femenino
1 (ataque) attack
2 (del agua, gas, etc) connection

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acometida nf

1. [ataque] attack, charge

2. [de luz, gas] (Br mains o US utilities) connection

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acometida

f

1 attack

2 TÉC supply

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acometida nf

ataque: attack, assault

Spanish-English dictionary > acometida
5 arremetida

f.

1 attack.

2 charge, appulse, energetic motion toward an objective.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: arremeter.

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arremetida

► nombre femenino

1 attack, onslaught

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SF

1) (=ataque) attack, assault; (=empujón) shove, push; (=ímpetu) onrush

2) [de caballo] sudden start

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femenino ( embestida) charge; ( ataque) attack, onslaught

la arremetida de las olas — the crashing o pounding of the waves

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= onslaught.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

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femenino ( embestida) charge; ( ataque) attack, onslaught

la arremetida de las olas — the crashing o pounding of the waves

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= onslaught.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

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arremetida

feminine

(embestida) charge; (ataque) attack, onslaught

la arremetida de las olas the onslaught of the waves

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arremetida nf

attack

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arremetida

f MIL charge

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arremetida nf

embestida: attack, onslaught

Spanish-English dictionary > arremetida
6 ataque

m.

1 attack (acometida).

¡al ataque! charge!

ataque aéreo air raid

ataque preventivo pre-emptive strike

2 attack (sport).

3 attack.

lanzó duros ataques contra el presidente she launched several harsh attacks on the president

4 fit (acceso).

le dio un ataque de risa he had a fit of the giggles

ataque cardíaco o al corazón heart attack

ataque epiléptico epileptic fit

ataque de nervios attack of nerves

ataque de pánico panic attack

5 stroke.

6 sudden start, pounce.

7 bout, sudden spell of sickness, crisis.

8 breakdown.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: atacar.

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ataque

► nombre masculino

1 attack

2 MEDICINA fit

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ataque aéreo air raid

ataque de nervios nervous breakdown

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noun m.

attack

- ataque al corazón
- ataque de nervios
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SM

1) (Mil) attack

se dejó expuesto al ataque — he left himself open to attack

un ataque a o contra algo/algn — an attack on sth/sb

lanzar un ataque — to launch an attack

volver al ataque — to return to the attack

pasar al ataque — to go on the offensive

¡al ataque! — charge!

ataque aéreo — air raid, air strike

ataque a superficie — ground attack, ground strike

ataque fingido — sham attack

ataque frontal — frontal attack

ataque por sorpresa — surprise attack

ataque preventivo — pre-emptive strike

ataque suicida — suicide attack

2) (Med) attack

le dio un ataque de tos — he had a coughing fit o a fit of coughing

ataque al corazón, ataque cardíaco — heart attack

ataque cerebral — brain haemorrhage o (EEUU) hemorrhage

ataque de nervios — nervous breakdown

ataque de pánico — panic attack

ataque epiléptico — epileptic fit

ataque fulminante — stroke

3) (=arranque) fit

me entró o dio un ataque de risa — I got a fit of the giggles

cuando se entere le da un ataque — * she'll have a fit when she finds out *

ataque de celos — fit of jealousy

ataque de ira — fit of anger

4) (=crítica) attack

ataque a o contra algo/algn — attack on sth/sb

un duro ataque a o contra la ley electoral — a fierce attack on the electoral law

5) (Dep) attack

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masculino

1)

a) (Dep, Mil) attack

ataque aéreo — air raid

ataque por sorpresa — surprise attack

b) ( verbal) attack

lanzó un duro ataque contra el gobierno — he launched a sharp o fierce attack on the government

2) ( acceso) fit

un ataque de celos/ira — a fit of jealousy/rage

si la ves te va a dar un ataque de risa — you'll die laughing if you see her (colloq)

•

- ataque cardíaco or al corazón

- ataque de nervios

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= attack, craze, outbreak, onslaught, gust, assault, bashing, burst, fulmination, swipe.

Ex. The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.

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 article describes how a sporadic outbreak of mould in this section of the collection was treated with a special cleaning machine.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.

Ex. Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.

Ex. The persistent 'U.S. bashing' that goes on here is, however, imprecise and tiresome after a while.

Ex. Fueled by inspiration, coffee and Benzedrine, Kerouac sat down at his typewriter and -- in one burst of creative energy -- wrote the novel that would make him the voice of his generation in just 20 days.

Ex. Cobbe was the primary target of John Ruskin's well-known fulmination against women who meddle with theology in his book 'Sesame and Lilies'.

Ex. In fact it is an exaltation of the Kyoto protocol and a thinly disguised swipe at those countries who have not signed up.

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* ataque aéreo = raid, air raid, air strike, blitz.

* ataque al corazón = heart attack.

* ataque brutal = vicious attack, brutal attack.

* ataque con mortero = mortar fire.

* ataque contra la seguridad = security attack.

* ataque de ansiedad = panic attack, anxiety attack.

* ataque de asma = asthma attack.

* ataque de cólera = fit of rage, fit of anger.

* ataque de desarticulación = spoiling attack.

* ataque de + Enfermedad = bout of + Enfermedad.

* ataque de furia = fit of rage, fit of anger.

* ataque de histeria = attack of hysterics.

* ataque de nervios = nervous breakdown, attack of hysterics.

* ataque de + Nombre = fit of + Nombre.

* ataque de pánico = panic attack.

* ataque de risa = fit of laughter.

* ataque de tos = coughing fit.

* ataque epiléptico = stroke, epileptic seizure, epileptic fit.

* ataque epilético = seizure.

* ataque matutino = dawn raid.

* ataque nuclear = nuclear attack.

* ataque por sorpresa = surprise attack.

* ataque preventivo = preemptive strike.

* ataque relámpago = hit-and-run attack.

* ataques = slings and arrows.

* ataques de = fevers of, fevers of.

* ataques de cólera = flaming.

* ataque siquiátrico = psychiatric episode.

* ataque sorpresa = surprise attack, sneak attack.

* ataque terrorista = terror attack.

* ataque violento = paroxysm.

* ataque virulento = blistering attack.

* ciberataque = cyberattack.

* dar un ataque de nervios = have + an attack of hysterics.

* defenderse de ataques = ward off + attacks.

* el ataque es la mejor defensa = attack is the best form of defence.

* liderar el ataque = lead + the charge.

* preparar un ataque = mount + attack.

* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.

* sobrevivir un ataque = survive + attack.

* soportar un ataque = suffer + attack.

* sufrir un ataque = be under attack, be under assault.

* un ataque de = an access of, a shock of.

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masculino

1)

a) (Dep, Mil) attack

ataque aéreo — air raid

ataque por sorpresa — surprise attack

b) ( verbal) attack

lanzó un duro ataque contra el gobierno — he launched a sharp o fierce attack on the government

2) ( acceso) fit

un ataque de celos/ira — a fit of jealousy/rage

si la ves te va a dar un ataque de risa — you'll die laughing if you see her (colloq)

•

- ataque cardíaco or al corazón

- ataque de nervios

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= attack, craze, outbreak, onslaught, gust, assault, bashing, burst, fulmination, swipe.

Ex: The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.

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 article describes how a sporadic outbreak of mould in this section of the collection was treated with a special cleaning machine.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.

Ex: Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.

Ex: The persistent 'U.S. bashing' that goes on here is, however, imprecise and tiresome after a while.

Ex: Fueled by inspiration, coffee and Benzedrine, Kerouac sat down at his typewriter and -- in one burst of creative energy -- wrote the novel that would make him the voice of his generation in just 20 days.

Ex: Cobbe was the primary target of John Ruskin's well-known fulmination against women who meddle with theology in his book 'Sesame and Lilies'.

Ex: In fact it is an exaltation of the Kyoto protocol and a thinly disguised swipe at those countries who have not signed up.

* ataque aéreo = raid, air raid, air strike, blitz.

* ataque al corazón = heart attack.

* ataque brutal = vicious attack, brutal attack.

* ataque con mortero = mortar fire.

* ataque contra la seguridad = security attack.

* ataque de ansiedad = panic attack, anxiety attack.

* ataque de asma = asthma attack.

* ataque de cólera = fit of rage, fit of anger.

* ataque de desarticulación = spoiling attack.

* ataque de + Enfermedad = bout of + Enfermedad.

* ataque de furia = fit of rage, fit of anger.

* ataque de histeria = attack of hysterics.

* ataque de nervios = nervous breakdown, attack of hysterics.

* ataque de + Nombre = fit of + Nombre.

* ataque de pánico = panic attack.

* ataque de risa = fit of laughter.

* ataque de tos = coughing fit.

* ataque epiléptico = stroke, epileptic seizure, epileptic fit.

* ataque epilético = seizure.

* ataque matutino = dawn raid.

* ataque nuclear = nuclear attack.

* ataque por sorpresa = surprise attack.

* ataque preventivo = preemptive strike.

* ataque relámpago = hit-and-run attack.

* ataques = slings and arrows.

* ataques de = fevers of, fevers of.

* ataques de cólera = flaming.

* ataque siquiátrico = psychiatric episode.

* ataque sorpresa = surprise attack, sneak attack.

* ataque terrorista = terror attack.

* ataque violento = paroxysm.

* ataque virulento = blistering attack.

* ciberataque = cyberattack.

* dar un ataque de nervios = have + an attack of hysterics.

* defenderse de ataques = ward off + attacks.

* el ataque es la mejor defensa = attack is the best form of defence.

* liderar el ataque = lead + the charge.

* preparar un ataque = mount + attack.

* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.

* sobrevivir un ataque = survive + attack.

* soportar un ataque = suffer + attack.

* sufrir un ataque = be under attack, be under assault.

* un ataque de = an access of, a shock of.

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ataque

masculine

A

1 ( Dep, Mil) attack

ataque aéreo air raid

ataque por sorpresa surprise attack

ataque en tres frentes three-pronged attack

2 (verbal) attack

la oposición lanzó un duro ataque contra el gobierno the opposition launched a sharp o fierce o harsh attack on the government

interpretó mis críticas como un ataque personal she took my criticisms personally o as a personal attack

B (acceso) fit

un ataque de celos/ira a fit of jealousy/rage

si la ves te va a dar un ataque de risa you'll die laughing if you see her ( colloq)

le dio un ataque de llanto he burst into tears

le va a dar un ataque cuando vea esto ( fam); he's going to have a fit when he sees this ( colloq)

me dio un ataque de rabia al ver tanta injusticia it made me furious o I was enraged to see so much injustice

Compuestos:

● ataque cardíaco or al corazón

heart attack

● ataque de ansiedad

anxiety attack

● ataque de nervios

si ese ruido continúa me va a dar un ataque de nervios if that noise carries on I'm going to have a fit

me da un ataque de nervios cada vez que tengo que hablar en público each time I have to speak in public, I get into a panic

● ataque de pánico

panic attack

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Del verbo atacar: ( conjugate atacar)

ataqué es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

ataque es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
atacar
ataque
atacar ( conjugate atacar) verbo transitivo
to attack
ataque sustantivo masculino
1
a) (Dep, Mil) attack;

◊ ataque aéreo air strike

b) ( verbal) attack

2 (Med) attack;
◊ ataque de asma asthma attack;

ataque al corazón heart attack;
ataque epiléptico epileptic fit;
me dio un ataque de nervios I got into a panic;
un ataque de risa a fit of hysterics
atacar verbo transitivo to attack, assault
♦ Locuciones: familiar atacar los nervios, to lose one's cool
ataque sustantivo masculino
1 attack, assault
ataque aéreo, air raid
2 Med fit
ataque al corazón, heart attack
ataque de nervios/risa, fit of hysterics/laughter
' ataque' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acceso
- acometida
- borde
- cardiaca
- cardíaca
- cardiaco
- cardíaco
- crisis
- dar
- entrar
- golpe
- histeria
- inicial
- lanzarse
- nervio
- novilunio
- patatús
- repeler
- resistir
- simular
- arrollador
- asalto
- atentado
- crítica
- demoledor
- despiadado
- emprender
- enérgico
- feroz
- frontal
- lanzar
- rechazar
- refugiar
- refugio
- renovar
- salvaje
- simulacro
- soponcio
- sorpresa
English:
access
- aim
- air raid
- appendicitis
- assault
- attack
- barrage
- blitz
- bomb
- bout
- charge
- crack up
- destroy
- DT
- DTs
- fend off
- fierce
- fit
- full-scale
- go
- hysterics
- jealousy
- laughter
- lay
- lightning
- on
- onslaught
- outburst
- repel
- savage
- seizure
- send
- spearhead
- stave off
- stem
- strike
- throw
- turn
- unprovoked
- verge
- ward off
- air
- amok
- bilious
- crack
- drive
- have
- heart
- involvement
- offense

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ataque

♦ ver atacar

♦ nm

1. [acometida] attack;

¡al ataque! charge!

Comp
ataque aéreo [sobre ciudad] air raid; [sobre tropas] air attack; Bolsa ataque especulativo dawn raid;
ataque preventivo pre-emptive strike

2. Dep attack;

una jugada de ataque an attack, an attacking move

3. [crítica] attack;

lanzó duros ataques contra el presidente she launched several harsh attacks on the president

4. [acceso] fit;

en un ataque de celos la mató he killed her in a fit of jealousy;
Fam
como no se calle me va a dar un ataque if he doesn't shut up I'm going to have a fit

Comp
ataque cardíaco heart attack;
ataque al corazón heart attack;

ataque epiléptico epileptic fit;

ataque de nervios attack of hysteria;

ataque de pánico panic attack;

ataque de risa: [m5] le dio un ataque de risa he had a fit of the giggles

5. [de sustancia] corrosive effect

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ataque

m

1 ( agresión), DEP attack

2 ( acceso) fit;

le dio un ataque de risa she burst out laughing

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ataque nm

1) : attack, assault

2) : fit

ataque de risa: fit of laughter

3)

ataque de nervios : nervous breakdown

4)

ataque cardíaco or

ataque al corazón : heart attack

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ataque n

1. (contra alguien o algo) attack

un ataque militar a military attack

un ataque al corazón a heart attack

2. (de tos, risa, etc) fit

ataque de tos coughing fit

ataque de risa fit of giggles

ataque de nervios nervous breakdown

Spanish-English dictionary > ataque
7 confusión

f.

1 confusion, mix-up, disorder, confusedness.

2 perplexity, bafflement, confusion, confusedness.

3 commotion, riot, clutter, hassle.

4 scene of confusion, shambles.

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confusión

► nombre femenino

1 (desorden) confusion, chaos

2 (equivocación) mistake, confusion

3 (turbación) confusion, embarrassment

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noun f.

confusion

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SF

1) (=equivocación) confusion

lo que provocó la confusión — what caused the confusion

para evitar confusiones — to avoid confusion

ha habido una confusión en los nombres — there was a mix-up with the names, there was some confusion with the names

esta carta no es para mí, debe de tratarse de una confusión — this letter is not for me, there must be some mistake

• por confusión — by mistake

2) (=desconcierto) confusion

el terremoto produjo una gran confusión en las calles — the earthquake caused great confusion in the streets

tiene una gran confusión de ideas — his ideas are very confused

la recuerdo con bastante confusión — I have a hazy o vague memory of her

3) (=turbación)

sentí tal confusión que no pude ni dar las gracias — I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't even say thank you

tantas alabanzas me produjeron una gran confusión — I found all that praise overwhelming

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femenino

a) (desorden, caos) confusion

para mayor confusión — to add to the confusion

b) ( perplejidad) confusion

mis palabras aumentaron su confusión — what I said made him more confused

c) ( turbación) embarrassment

d) ( equivocación) confusion

hubo una confusión con la factura — there was a confusion over the invoice

se presta a confusión — it is open to misinterpretation

para que no haya más confusiones — to avoid any further confusion

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= confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.

Ex. Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.

Ex. In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.

Ex. You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.

Ex. SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

Ex. The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.

Ex. The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.

Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.

Ex. A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.

Ex. The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.

Ex. Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.

Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.

Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.

Ex. We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.

Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.

Ex. The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.

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* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.

* confusión económica = economic turmoil.

* confusión histórica = historical confusion.

* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.

* estado de confusión = state of confusion.

* llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.

* que induce a confusión = confounding.

* * *

femenino

a) (desorden, caos) confusion

para mayor confusión — to add to the confusion

b) ( perplejidad) confusion

mis palabras aumentaron su confusión — what I said made him more confused

c) ( turbación) embarrassment

d) ( equivocación) confusion

hubo una confusión con la factura — there was a confusion over the invoice

se presta a confusión — it is open to misinterpretation

para que no haya más confusiones — to avoid any further confusion

* * *

= confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.

Ex: Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.

Ex: In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.

Ex: You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.

Ex: SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

Ex: The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.

Ex: The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.

Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.

Ex: A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.

Ex: The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.

Ex: Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.

Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.

Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.

Ex: We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.

Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.

Ex: The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.

* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.

* confusión económica = economic turmoil.

* confusión histórica = historical confusion.

* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.

* estado de confusión = state of confusion.

* llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.

* que induce a confusión = confounding.

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confusión

feminine

1 (perplejidad) confusion

para mayor confusión se llaman igual to add to the confusion o to confuse things even more o to make things even more confusing, they have the same name

2 (desorden, caos) confusion

3 (turbación) embarrassment

su inesperada declaración de amor la llenó de confusión his unexpected declaration of love filled her with embarrassment o confusion o threw her into confusion

tanta amabilidad me produjo una gran confusión I was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness

4 (equivocación) confusion

lamentamos la confusión que hubo con la factura we regret the confusion over the invoice

sus comentarios se prestan a confusión his comments are open to misinterpretation

para que no haya más confusiones to avoid any further confusion o any more mix-ups

* * *

confusión sustantivo femenino
a) ( en general) confusion;

◊ para que no haya confusiones to avoid any confusion

b) ( turbación) embarrassment, confusion

confusión sustantivo femenino
1 (desorden) confusion
2 (error) mistake
' confusión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aturdimiento
- barullo
- belén
- desbarajuste
- desconcierto
- desorientación
- embrollo
- folclore
- follón
- obnubilar
- ofuscación
- para
- prestarse
- torre
- turbación
- aquél
- armar
- bochinche
- convulsionar
- desorden
- ése
- éste
- grado
- jaleo
- lío
- mareo
- medio
- sólo
- turbar
English:
brainstorm
- confusion
- disarray
- foul up
- haziness
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- quagmire
- rush
- scramble
- shambles
- start
- turmoil
- welter
- add
- disorder
- havoc
- mix
- straighten

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confusión nf

1. [desorden, lío] confusion;

la confusión aumentó con la llegada del cantante the singer's arrival added to the confusion;

los ladrones actuaron aprovechando la confusión the thieves took advantage of the confusion;

hubo una gran confusión there was great confusion;

en su habitación reina la confusión her room is in chaos;

existe cierta confusión acerca de lo que realmente quiso decir there is some confusion as to what he really meant

2. [desconcierto]
la noticia me llenó de confusión I was disconcerted by the news

3. [error] mix-up;

ha habido una confusión there has been a bit of a mix-up;

esa frase puede llevar a confusión that phrase could lead to confusion o be misinterpreted

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confusión

f confusion

* * *

confusión nf, pl - siones : confusion

* * *

confusión n

1. (falta de claridad) confusion

la falta de indicaciones creó confusión the lack of signs caused confusion

2. (equivocación) mistake

me pidió disculpas por la confusión she apologized for the mistake

Spanish-English dictionary > confusión
8 embate

m.

1 pounding.

el embate de las olas the pounding of the waves

2 onrush, appulse, dash, charge.

3 onslaught, sudden attack, brunt.

* * *

embate

► nombre masculino

1 (de olas) dashing, breaking

2 (viento) summer sea breeze

3 figurado (acometida) outburst

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SM

1) (=golpe) [de mar, viento] beating, violence; [de olas] dashing, breaking, beating

2)

embates de la fortuna — blows of fate

3) (Mil) sudden attack

* * *

masculino (del mar, viento) battering; ( acometida)

proteja su piel de los embates del tiempo — protect your skin from the ravages of time

la industria supo neutralizar el embate japonés — the industry managed to counter the Japanese onslaught

* * *

= pounding, onslaught.

Ex. Stress fractures are tiny cracks that appear in foot and leg bones when muscles are unable to absorb the pounding of regular running.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

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* embates de la enfermedad, los = ravages of disease, the.

* embates de la guerra, los = ravages of war, the.

* embates del tiempo, los = ravages of time, the.

* * *

masculino (del mar, viento) battering; ( acometida)

proteja su piel de los embates del tiempo — protect your skin from the ravages of time

la industria supo neutralizar el embate japonés — the industry managed to counter the Japanese onslaught

* * *

= pounding, onslaught.

Ex: Stress fractures are tiny cracks that appear in foot and leg bones when muscles are unable to absorb the pounding of regular running.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

* embates de la enfermedad, los = ravages of disease, the.

* embates de la guerra, los = ravages of war, the.

* embates del tiempo, los = ravages of time, the.

* * *

embate

masculine

1 (del mar, viento) battering

los embates de las olas the battering o pounding of the waves

2

(acometida): proteja su piel de los embates del tiempo protect your skin from the ravages of time

sufren los embates de la crisis económica they are suffering hardship caused by the economic crisis

la industria supo neutralizar el embate japonés the industry managed to counter the Japanese onslaught

* * *

embate nm

1. [de mar] pounding;

el embate de las olas the pounding of the waves

2. [de ejército, enemigo] onslaught, offensive

3. [de ira, celos] fit

* * *

embate

m del mar, del viento beating, battering; de las olas pounding, battering

* * *

embate nm

1) : onslaught

2) : battering (of waves or wind)

Spanish-English dictionary > embate
9 embestida

f.

1 attack (ataque).

derribó la puerta de una embestida he broke down the door with a single charge

2 sudden attack, assault, invasion, attack.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: embestir.

* * *

embestida

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) onslaught, attack

2 (de toro) charge

* * *

SF (=ataque) [gen] attack; [de olas, viento] onslaught; [de toro] charge

* * *

femenino ( del toro) rush, charge; ( de personas) charge, onslaught

* * *

= onslaught, bashing.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. The persistent 'U.S. bashing' that goes on here is, however, imprecise and tiresome after a while.

* * *

femenino ( del toro) rush, charge; ( de personas) charge, onslaught

* * *

= onslaught, bashing.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: The persistent 'U.S. bashing' that goes on here is, however, imprecise and tiresome after a while.

* * *

embestida

feminine

(del toro) rush, charge; (de personas) charge, onslaught

* * *

embestida sustantivo femenino
charge
' embestida' also found in these entries:
English:
lunge

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embestida nf
[ataque] attack; [de toro] charge;
la valla cedió ante las embestidas de la multitud the barrier gave way under the onslaught of the crowd;

derribó la puerta de una embestida he broke down the door with a single charge

* * *

embestida

f charge

* * *

embestida nf

1) : charge (of a bull)

2) arremetida: attack, onslaught

Spanish-English dictionary > embestida
10 galimatías

f. s.&pl.

1 gibberish, double-talk, doubletalk, double Dutch.

2 galimatias.

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galimatías

► nombre masculino invariable

1 familiar gibberish, double Dutch

* * *

SM INV (=asunto) rigmarole; (=lenguaje) gibberish, nonsense

* * *

masculino (pl galimatías) ( lenguaje incomprensible) gibberish; (de cosas, ideas) jumble

* * *

= welter, gibberish, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, gobbledygook [gobbledegook], mumbo jumbo, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. ' Gibberish' in information science jeopardises the current state of archival literature and practice.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Tired of printing scientific gobbledygook that almost no one can read, one of the world's top science journals has ordered its authors to write plain English.

Ex. This is all the legal mumbo jumbo that protects me from some random lawsuit for god only knows what.

Ex. She sensed intelligence behind this rigmarole, but it was meaningless to her.

* * *

masculino (pl galimatías) ( lenguaje incomprensible) gibberish; (de cosas, ideas) jumble

* * *

= welter, gibberish, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, gobbledygook [gobbledegook], mumbo jumbo, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: ' Gibberish' in information science jeopardises the current state of archival literature and practice.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Tired of printing scientific gobbledygook that almost no one can read, one of the world's top science journals has ordered its authors to write plain English.

Ex: This is all the legal mumbo jumbo that protects me from some random lawsuit for god only knows what.

Ex: She sensed intelligence behind this rigmarole, but it was meaningless to her.

* * *

galimatías

masculine

(pl galimatías)

con ese galimatías de explicación nadie entendió nada his explanation was pure gibberish o pure gobbledygook o double Dutch and nobody understood a word

es un galimatías de fórmulas it's just a confusing mass of formulas

* * *

galimatías sustantivo masculino (pl
◊ galimatías) ( lenguaje incomprensible) gibberish;

(de cosas, ideas) jumble
galimatías m inv fam gibberish: este informe es un auténtico galimatías, this report is written in gobbledygook
' galimatías' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jerga
English:
gibberish

* * *

galimatías nm inv
Fam
las instrucciones de esta lavadora son un galimatías the instructions for this washing machine are complete gibberish;

su explicación fue un galimatías his explanation was in double Dutch;

el debate acabó en un auténtico galimatías the debate ended up in a free-for-all

* * *

galimatías

m gibberish

* * *

galimatías nms & pl

: gibberish, nonsense

Spanish-English dictionary > galimatías
11 incomprensible, lo

= incomprehensible, the

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

* * *

= incomprehensible, the

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Spanish-English dictionary > incomprensible, lo
12 invasión

f.

invasion, raid, inroad, encroachment.

* * *

invasión

► nombre femenino

1 invasion

* * *

noun f.

invasion

* * *

SF

1) [de país, cultivos] invasion

la invasión aliada de Italia — the allied invasion of Italy

una invasión de películas norteamericanas — an invasion of American films

2) [de pista, calzada] presence

la invasión de la pista por un avión de carga causó el accidente — the accident was caused by the presence of a cargo plane on the runway

3) (Jur) [de derechos] encroachment; [de funciones, poderes] usurpation

4) Col (=chabolas) shantytown

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (de zona, país) invasion

b) (Der) encroachment, violation

2) (Col) ( chabolas) shantytown

* * *

= encroachment, invasion, onslaught.

Ex. It is really up to us to decide whether or not we can sustain that entity against the challenges and the encroachments that threaten it.

Ex. Incidentally, this book was about the invasion of Denmark.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

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* invasión del espacio personal = invasion of space.

* invasión del hogar = home invasion.

* invasión del papel, la = paper storm, the.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (de zona, país) invasion

b) (Der) encroachment, violation

2) (Col) ( chabolas) shantytown

* * *

= encroachment, invasion, onslaught.

Ex: It is really up to us to decide whether or not we can sustain that entity against the challenges and the encroachments that threaten it.

Ex: Incidentally, this book was about the invasion of Denmark.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

* invasión del espacio personal = invasion of space.

* invasión del hogar = home invasion.

* invasión del papel, la = paper storm, the.

* * *

invasión

feminine

A

1 (de una zona, un país) invasion

2 ( Der) encroachment, violation

B ( Col) (chabolas) shantytown

* * *

invasión sustantivo femenino
1 (de zona, país) invasion
2 (Col) ( chabolas) shantytown
invasión sustantivo femenino invasion
' invasión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrio
- contener
English:
invasion

* * *

invasión nf

1. [por ejército] invasion

2. [por turistas] invasion

3. [por vehículo]
la invasión por un camión del carril contrario provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a truck o Br lorry going onto the wrong side of the road

4. [de competencias]
acusó al juez de invasión de competencias he accused the judge of overreaching his powers

5. Col [barrio] shantytown

* * *

invasión

f MIL invasion

* * *

invasión nf, pl - siones : invasion

* * *

invasión n invasion

Spanish-English dictionary > invasión
13 ir a tientas y a ciegas

(v.) = bump around + in the dark, fumble

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. In response to the decision, a Harvard Law professor critical of the decision commented: 'Your are dealing with the law of cyberspace -- it doesn't exist; we are fumbling here'.

* * *

(v.) = bump around + in the dark, fumble

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: In response to the decision, a Harvard Law professor critical of the decision commented: 'Your are dealing with the law of cyberspace -- it doesn't exist; we are fumbling here'.

Spanish-English dictionary > ir a tientas y a ciegas
14 maremágnum

maremágnum

► nombre masculino

1→ link=maremágnummaremágnum

* * *

mare mágnum masculino

un maremágnum de fórmulas — a sea of formulae

el maremágnum que siguió a la catástrofe — the chaos o confusion that followed the disaster

un maremágnum de detalles — a welter o plethora of details

* * *

= welter, maelstrom, whirl.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. Specific types of information are considered imperative to decipher the intricate process of surviving in a modern, mid-nineties maelstrom of socio-economic crises.

Ex. Like a whirl of shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, Hubble catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands of stars.

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* en un maremagnum = in a whirl, in a twirl.

* * *

mare mágnum masculino

un maremágnum de fórmulas — a sea of formulae

el maremágnum que siguió a la catástrofe — the chaos o confusion that followed the disaster

un maremágnum de detalles — a welter o plethora of details

* * *

= welter, maelstrom, whirl.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: Specific types of information are considered imperative to decipher the intricate process of surviving in a modern, mid-nineties maelstrom of socio-economic crises.

Ex: Like a whirl of shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, Hubble catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands of stars.

* en un maremagnum = in a whirl, in a twirl.

* * *

maremágnum, mare mágnum

masculine

un maremágnum de fórmulas y números a sea of figures and formulae

el maremágnum que siguió a la catástrofe the chaos o confusion that followed the disaster

el maremágnum de cosas que tenía sobre el escritorio the mountain of things on his desk

un maremágnum de detalles a welter o plethora of details

* * *

maremagno, maremágnum

m mountain

Spanish-English dictionary > maremágnum
15 traqueteo

m.

1 rattling (ruido).

2 banging, jolting, bumping, rattle.

3 joggle.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

traqueteo

► nombre masculino

1 (ruido) rattle, clatter

2 (movimiento) jolting, bumping

* * *

SM

1) (=acción) [de vehículo] rattle, rattling, jolting; [de cohete] crackle, bang; [de ametralladora] rattle

2) And, Caribe, Méx (=ruido) row, din; (=movimiento) hustle and bustle, coming and going

* * *

masculino

1) (de tren, automóvil - movimiento) jolting; (- ruido) clatter, clattering

2) (fam) ( de persona) rushing around

* * *

= shuddering.

Ex. Almost every time I use my brakes anything more than gently I feel a shuddering in the car and in the steering wheel.

* * *

masculino

1) (de tren, automóvil - movimiento) jolting; (- ruido) clatter, clattering

2) (fam) ( de persona) rushing around

* * *

= shuddering.

Ex: Almost every time I use my brakes anything more than gently I feel a shuddering in the car and in the steering wheel.

* * *

traqueteo

masculine

A

1 (de un tren, automóvil — movimiento) jolting; (— ruido) clatter, clattering

2 (de cohetes, armas) crackle

B ( fam) (de un sitio a otro) rushing around

déjate de tanto traqueteo stop rushing o tearing around

* * *

Del verbo traquetear: ( conjugate traquetear)

traqueteo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

traqueteó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
traquetear
traqueteo
traquetear ( conjugate traquetear) verbo intransitivo [tren/carreta] ( hacer ruido) to clatter;
( moverse) to jolt
traqueteo sustantivo masculino (de tren, carreta — movimiento) jolting;
(— ruido) clatter, clattering
traquetear
I verbo intransitivo to crack, make a loud noise
II verbo transitivo to shake, jolt
traqueteo sustantivo masculino clatter
el traqueteo del tren, the clatter of the train
' traqueteo' also found in these entries:
English:
rattle
- clatter

* * *

traqueteo nm
[de tren, carro] rattling
* * *

traqueteo

m rattle, clatter

* * *

traqueteo nm

1) : jolting

2) : clattering, clatter

Spanish-English dictionary > traqueteo
16 volverse loco

v.

to go insane, to go crazy, to become totally insane, to go mad.

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volverse loco

to go mad

* * *

to go crazy

* * *

(v.) = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker

Ex. 'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.

Ex. Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'.

Ex. The article is entitled ' Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.

Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

Ex. That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.

Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

Ex. For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.

Ex. The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.

Ex. He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo.

Ex. Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.

Ex. The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.

Ex. I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.

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(v.) = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker

Ex: 'I can't take it! the man's gone bananas'.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The confrontation of childhood with a world gone mad: an examination of children's biography and autobiography in the context of World War 2'.

Ex: Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Have We Lost Our Marbles?'.

Ex: The article is entitled ' Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.

Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.

Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

Ex: That adults have gone potty over Potter is probably motivated less by Rowling's prose than by the fact that, finally, here is a book we can easily read.

Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

Ex: For this reason, he did not die, but rather went out of his mind.

Ex: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.

Ex: He never had issues with alcohol as a teen with going off the rails etc as he was used to have a sip of wine now and then with dinner or at Crimbo.

Ex: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.

Ex: The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.

Ex: I mean everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but they went off their rocker embracing our enemies.

Spanish-English dictionary > volverse loco
17 evitar

v.

1 to avoid, to prevent (impedir) (desastre, accidente).

podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe this disaster could have been avoided o prevented

evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent somebody from doing something

Ricardo previno el accidente Richard prevented the accident.

María se guarda de decir mentiras Mary takes care not to tell lies.

2 to avoid (eludir) (cuestión, persona).

no puede evitarlo he can't help it

Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me

3 to save.

esto me evita tener que ir this saves me (from) having to go

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evitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to avoid

■ evitó una confrontación he avoided a confrontation

2 (impedir) to prevent, avoid

■ no pudo evitar que lo hiciera he couldn't prevent him (from) doing it

3 (ahorrar) to spare, save

■ intenté evitarle la molestia I tried to save him the trouble

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verb

1) to avoid

2) prevent

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1. VT

1) (=eludir) to avoid

quiero evitar ese riesgo — I want to avoid that risk

intento evitar a Luisa — I'm trying to avoid Luisa

no pude evitarlo — I couldn't help it

evitar hacer algo — to avoid doing sth

María evita a toda costa encontrarse con él — María avoids bumping into him at all costs

2) (=ahorrar) to save

esto nos evitará muchos problemas — this will save us a lot of problems

me evita (el) tener que... — it saves me having to...

2.

See:

evitarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él — avoid getting into arguments with him

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

haremos lo posible para evitarlo — we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( ahorrar)

evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something
2.
evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda — avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

me evitaría tener que pintarlo — it would save me having to paint it

* * *

= avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.

Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.

Ex. The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.

Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex. He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.

Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.

Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.

Ex. Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.

Ex. This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.

Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.

Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.

Ex. The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.

Ex. I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.

Ex. This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.

Ex. They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.

Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.

Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.

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* acto de evitar = avoidance.

* agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.

* el evitar = avoidance.

* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.

* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.

* evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.

* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar que = keep from.

* evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.

* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.

* evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.

* evitar un error = avoid + error.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.

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

* no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él — avoid getting into arguments with him

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

haremos lo posible para evitarlo — we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( ahorrar)

evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something
2.
evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda — avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

me evitaría tener que pintarlo — it would save me having to paint it

* * *

= avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.

Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.

Ex: The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex: Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.

Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex: He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.

Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.

Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.

Ex: Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.

Ex: This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.

Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.

Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.

Ex: The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.

Ex: I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.

Ex: This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.

Ex: They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.

Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.

Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.

* acto de evitar = avoidance.

* agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.

* el evitar = avoidance.

* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.

* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.

* evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.

* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar que = keep from.

* evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.

* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.

* evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.

* evitar un error = avoid + error.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.

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

* no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

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evitar [A1 ]

vt

1 (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él avoid getting into arguments with him

para evitar problemas decidí no ir to avoid problems I decided not to go

¿por qué me estás evitando? why are you avoiding me?

2 (impedir) to avoid, prevent

se podría haber evitado la tragedia the tragedy could have been avoided o averted o prevented

haremos lo posible para evitarlo we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

3 (ahorrar) to save

una simple llamada nos habría evitado muchas molestias a simple phone call would have saved us a lot of trouble

así les evitarás muchos quebraderos de cabeza that way you'll save them a lot of worry

por esta ruta evitas tener que pasar por el centro if you go this way you avoid going through o it saves you going through the center

■ evitarse

v pron

‹problemas› to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

si aceptas, te evitarás muchos problemas if you accept, you'll save yourself a lot of problems

me evitaría tener que pintarlo it would save me having to paint it

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Multiple Entries:
evitar
evitar algo
evitar ( conjugate evitar) verbo transitivo
a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid;

◊ evitar hacer algo to avoid doing sth

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent;

◊ para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( remediar):

◊ me puse a llorar, no lo puede evitar I started to cry, I couldn't help it

d) ( ahorrar) evitarle algo a algn ‹molestia/preocupación› to save o spare sb sth

evitarse verbo pronominal ‹ problemas› to save oneself;
◊ evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

evitar verbo transitivo
1 to avoid: no pude evitar reírme, I couldn't help laughing
2 (una enfermedad, etc) to prevent
(una desgracia) to avert
3 (a una persona) to avoid ➣ Ver nota en avoid

' evitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahorrar
- alarde
- carcajada
- contemporizar
- hincapié
- mortificar
- mortificarse
- murmuración
- para
- remediar
- aglomeración
- huir
English:
avert
- avoid
- breath
- bypass
- cheat
- clampdown
- clear
- deny
- get round
- harm
- head off
- hedge
- help
- loophole
- miss
- pair off
- prevent
- pussyfoot
- save
- scandal
- should
- stave off
- steer
- step in
- way
- get
- guard
- keep
- rat
- shun
- stave
- unavoidably

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evitar

♦ vt

1. [impedir] [desastre, accidente] to avoid, to prevent;

¿podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe ecológica? could this environmental disaster have been avoided o prevented?;

evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent sb from doing sth;

no pude evitar que se pelearan I couldn't stop o prevent them from having a fight;

hemos de evitar que se extienda el incendio we have to stop the fire spreading

2. [eludir] [problema, cuestión, persona] to avoid;

siempre me está evitando she's always trying to avoid me;

Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me;

yo evité hablar del tema I kept o steered clear of the subject;

no puede evitarlo he can't help it;

no puedo evitar ser como soy I can't help (being) the way I am

3. [ahorrar] to save;

esta máquina nos evitaría mucho trabajo this machine would save us a lot of work;

esto me evita tener que ir this gets me out of going, this saves me (from) having to go

♦ See also the pronominal verb evitarse

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evitar

v/t

1 avoid;

no puedo evitarlo I can’t help it

2 ( impedir) prevent

3 molestias save

* * *

evitar vt

1) : to avoid

2) prevenir: to prevent

3) eludir: to escape, to elude

* * *

evitar vb

1. (en general) to avoid

el político quiso evitar un escándalo the politician wanted to avoid a scandal

2. (impedir) to prevent

limpia la herida para evitar que se infecte clean the wound to prevent it from getting infected

3. (ahorrar) to save

eso me evitará muchos problemas that will save me a lot of problems

no poder evitar hacer algo not to be able to help doing something

no lo pude evitar I couldn't help it

Spanish-English dictionary > evitar
18 tope

adj.

1 top, maximum.

fecha tope deadline

2 fab(informal) (great). (peninsular Spanish)

adv.

mega, really (informal) (muy).

m.

1 block (pieza).

2 buffer (fail).

3 limit.

4 speed bump(for speed). (Mexican Spanish)

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: topar.

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tope

► nombre masculino

1 (límite) limit, end

2 TÉCNICA stop, check

3 (de ferrocarril) buffer, bumping post, bumper

4 MARÍTIMO masthead

► adjetivo

1 figurado top, maximum

■ ¡tope! smashing!

2 argot (fantástico) fab, super

► adverbio

1 argot really, absolutely

■ la fiesta fue tope divertida the party was absolutely brilliant

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a tope argot (al límite) flat out 2 (lleno) jam-packed, chock-a-block 3 (estupendo) terrific 4 (música) full blast

■ íbamos a tope we were going flat out

■ la sala estaba a tope the hall was jam-packed

■ lo pasamos a tope we had a terrific time

estar hasta los topes figurado to be full up

llegar al tope figurado to reach one's limit

precio tope top price

tope de puerta doorstop

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noun m.

1) limit, end

2) stop

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I
1.

ADJ INV (=máximo) maximum, top

la edad tope para el puesto — the maximum age for the job

fecha tope — closing date, deadline

precio tope — top price

sueldo tope — maximum salary

2. SM

1) (=límite) limit

estar a tope o hasta el tope o hasta los topes * —

el teatro estaba (lleno) a tope — the theatre was packed out *

el contenedor está hasta los topes — the container is overloaded

voy a estar a tope de trabajo — I'm going to be up to my eyes o neck in work *

- ir a tope

- trabajar a tope

- vivir a tope

tope salarial — wage ceiling

2) (Náut) [del mastelero] masthead; (=vigía) lookout

3) And, Cono Sur (=cumbre) peak, summit

3.

ADV Esp
** (=muy)
es tope enrollada — she's mega-cool *

es tope guay — it's well cool *
II
SM

1) (=golpe) [gen] bump, knock; [con la cabeza] butt

2) (=riña) quarrel; (=pelea) scuffle

3) (=objeto) stop, check; [de tren] buffer; [de coche] bumper, fender (EEUU); [de puerta] doorstop, wedge; [de revólver] catch; Méx [en una carretera] speed bump o hump

tope de tabulación — tab stop

4) (=dificultad) snag, problem

ahí está el tope — that's the problem, that's just the trouble

5) ** (=robo) burglary

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masculino

1)

a) ( límite) limit

tope máximo — upper limit

hasta el tope or los topes: llené la taza hasta el tope I filled the cup to the brim; tenía la maleta hasta el tope her suitcase was full to bursting; el estadio estaba hasta los topes the stadium was jam-packed; estoy hasta el tope de trabajo — I'm snowed under with work

b)

a tope — (Esp fam) < trabajar> flat out (colloq)

vivir a tope — to live life to the full

el club estaba a tope — the club was packed out (colloq)

c) (como adj inv) <edad/precio> maximum (before n)

fecha tope — deadline

2)

a) ( para las puertas) doorstop; (en trenes, estaciones) buffer

b) (Méx) (Auto) speed bump

3) (Andes) ( cima) top

4)

a) (Andes) (golpe, choque) bump

b) (Méx fam) ( cabezazo)

me di un tope — I bumped my head

* * *

= ceiling.

Ex. The Taiwan government is planning to lift the subsidy ceiling for solar equipment makers aiming to increase self-sufficiency to 80%.

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* a tope = packed to capacity, in the fast lane, fast lane, choc-a-block, chock-full, in full swing, in full gear, packed to the rafters.

* estar a tope = overstretch.

* funcionando a tope = overstretched.

* funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* hasta los topes = packed to capacity, bursting at the seams, choc-a-block, chock-full, overloaded, packed to the rafters.

* hasta los topes (de) = bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* lleno a tope = packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno hasta los topes = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* tope ficticio = glass ceiling.

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masculino

1)

a) ( límite) limit

tope máximo — upper limit

hasta el tope or los topes: llené la taza hasta el tope I filled the cup to the brim; tenía la maleta hasta el tope her suitcase was full to bursting; el estadio estaba hasta los topes the stadium was jam-packed; estoy hasta el tope de trabajo — I'm snowed under with work

b)

a tope — (Esp fam) < trabajar> flat out (colloq)

vivir a tope — to live life to the full

el club estaba a tope — the club was packed out (colloq)

c) (como adj inv) <edad/precio> maximum (before n)

fecha tope — deadline

2)

a) ( para las puertas) doorstop; (en trenes, estaciones) buffer

b) (Méx) (Auto) speed bump

3) (Andes) ( cima) top

4)

a) (Andes) (golpe, choque) bump

b) (Méx fam) ( cabezazo)

me di un tope — I bumped my head

* * *

= ceiling.

Ex: The Taiwan government is planning to lift the subsidy ceiling for solar equipment makers aiming to increase self-sufficiency to 80%.

* a tope = packed to capacity, in the fast lane, fast lane, choc-a-block, chock-full, in full swing, in full gear, packed to the rafters.

* estar a tope = overstretch.

* funcionando a tope = overstretched.

* funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* hasta los topes = packed to capacity, bursting at the seams, choc-a-block, chock-full, overloaded, packed to the rafters.

* hasta los topes (de) = bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* lleno a tope = packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* lleno hasta los topes = bursting, bursting at the seams, packed to capacity, packed to the rafters.

* tope ficticio = glass ceiling.

* * *

tope

masculine

A

1 (límite) limit

estoy llegando al tope de mi paciencia my patience is running out, I'm reaching the limit of my patience

su caradura no tiene tope the nerve she has is unbelievable

han establecido un tope máximo a ceiling o an upper limit has been set

hasta el tope or los topes: llené la taza hasta el tope I filled the cup to the brim

tenía la maleta hasta el tope her suitcase was stuffed full o was full to bursting

el estadio estaba hasta los topes the stadium was jam-packed

estoy hasta el tope de trabajo I'm up to the eyes o my eyes in work, I'm snowed under with work

no podemos aceptar más pedidos, estamos hasta los topes we can't accept any more orders, we're snowed under

2

a tope ( Esp fam): vivir a tope to live life to the full

giró el volante a tope she turned the steering wheel as far as it would go

el club estaba a tope the club was packed out ( colloq)

lo pasamos a tope ( fam); we had a fantastic time

el personal trabaja a tope the staff are working to capacity o ( colloq) flat out

3 ( como adj inv):

la edad tope para este trabajo the maximum age for this job

el precio tope the top o maximum price

fecha tope deadline

B

1 (para las puertas) doorstop

2 (en trenes) buffer; (en las estaciones) buffer

3 ( Méx) ( Auto) speed bump, sleeping policeman ( BrE)

C ( Col) (de una montaña) top

D

1 ( Col) (golpe, choque) bump

le di un tope al carro I had a bump o a shunt in the car

se dieron un tope en el pasillo they ran o bumped into each other in the corridor

los ciervos se estaban dando topes the stags were butting each other

2

( Méx fam) (cabezazo): cuando me paré me di un tope I bumped o hit o banged my head when I stood up

* * *

Del verbo topar: ( conjugate topar)

topé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

tope es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

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topar
tope
tope sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( límite) limit;

◊ han establecido un tope máximo an upper limit has been set

b) ( como adj inv) ‹edad/precio› maximum ( before n);

◊ fecha tope deadline

2
a) ( para las puertas) doorstop;

(Ferr) buffer
b) (Méx) (Auto) speed bump

3 (Andes) ( cima) top
4
a) (Andes) (golpe, choque) bump

b) (Méx fam) ( cabezazo):

◊ me di un tope I bumped my head

tope sustantivo masculino
1 (límite, extremo) limit
fecha tope, deadline
2 (pieza: en las puertas) doorstop
(: para el tren) buffer
♦ Locuciones: fig (lleno a rebosar) estar a tope o hasta los topes, to be full to bursting
(un estadio, el autobús, etc) to be packed (out), to be jam-packed
fam (al límite) a tope: estaba trabajando a tope, he was working very hard
viven a tope, they live life to the full
' tope' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
límite
- máxima
- máximo
- toparse
- fecha
English:
buffer
- bump into
- ceiling
- closing date
- deadline
- door stop
- door stopper
- full
- live
- seam
- time limit
- top up
- cap
- closing
- dead
- road
- solid
- speed
- top

* * *

tope

♦ nm

1. [límite máximo] limit;
[de plazo] deadline;
pusieron como tope diez por persona each person was allowed no more than ten;

un tope máximo de 20 millones a maximum of 20 million;

Comp
Fam
a tope [de velocidad, intensidad] flat out;
[lleno] packed;
abrir el grifo a tope to turn the tap on full;

la calefacción estaba a tope the heating was on full blast;

estoy a tope de trabajo I'm up to my neck in work;

disfrutar a tope to have a whale of a time;

Comp

estar hasta los topes to be bursting at the seams

2. Ferroc buffer

3. [freno]
poner tope a to rein in, to curtail

4. [pieza] block;
[para puerta] doorstop
5. Méx [para velocidad] speed bump, Br sleeping policeman

♦ adj inv

1. [máximo] [sueldo, velocidad] top, maximum;
[edad] maximum;
fecha tope deadline

2. Esp Fam [genial] fab, Br brill

♦ adv
Esp Fam [muy] mega, really;
un bar tope enrollado a megacool bar

* * *

tope

m

1 limit;

edad tope upper age limit;

estar hasta los topes fam be bursting at the seams fam ;

pasarlo a tope fam have a great time

2 pieza stop

3 Méx: en la calle speed bump

* * *

tope nm

1) : limit, end

hasta el tope: to the limit, to the brim

2) : stop, check, buffer

tope de puerta: doorstop

3) : bump, collision

4) Mex : speed bump

* * *

tope¹ adv really / absolutely

fue tope interesante it was really interesting

tope² n stop

el tope de la puerta the doorstop

a tope (lleno) packed (mucho) very hard

la sala estaba a tope the hall was packed

Roberto trabaja a tope Roberto works very hard

Spanish-English dictionary > tope
19 zarandear

v.

1 to shake (cosa).

2 to sift, to sieve.

El cocinero zarandea la harina The cook sifts the flour.

3 to shake violently.

ÉL zarandea el saco He shakes the bag violently.

María zarandea al chico Mary shakes=buffets the kid.

* * *

zarandear

► verbo transitivo

1 (sacudir) to shake; (empujar) to jostle, knock about

2 (cribar) to sieve

* * *

1. VT

1) (=sacudir) to shake vigorously; (=empujar) to jostle, push around

2) * (=dar prisa a) to keep on the go

3) (=cribar) to sieve, sift

4) LAm (=balancear) to swing, push to and fro

5) (=insultar) to abuse publicly

2.

See:

zarandearse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo ( de un lado a otro) to shake; ( para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down

la vida lo ha zarandeado mucho — he has taken some hard knocks in his life
2.
zarandearse v pron (esp AmL)

nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo — we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

qué manera de zarandearse este tren! — this train's shaking around like anything (colloq)

el barco se zarandeó mucho — the boat rocked o tossed about a lot

* * *

= shake.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado shook, participio shaken.

Ex. This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo ( de un lado a otro) to shake; ( para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down

la vida lo ha zarandeado mucho — he has taken some hard knocks in his life
2.
zarandearse v pron (esp AmL)

nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo — we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

qué manera de zarandearse este tren! — this train's shaking around like anything (colloq)

el barco se zarandeó mucho — the boat rocked o tossed about a lot

* * *

= shake.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado shook, participio shaken.

Ex: This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

* * *

zarandear [A1 ]

vt

(de un lado a otro) to shake; (para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down

el viento zarandeaba las rosas the wind buffeted o shook the roses

hay que ver cómo lo zarandearon en el examen they certainly put him through his paces o gave him a hard ride in the exam ( colloq)

la vida lo ha zarandeado mucho he has taken some hard knocks in his life

■ zarandearse

v pron

( esp AmL): nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

¡qué manera de zarandearse este tren! this train's shaking around/bumping up and down like anything ( colloq)

el barco se zarandeó mucho durante la travesía the boat rocked o tossed o pitched about a lot during the crossing

* * *

zarandear ( conjugate zarandear) verbo transitivo ( de un lado a otro) to shake;
( para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down
zarandearse verbo pronominal (esp AmL) [ tren] to shake around;
[ barco] to toss about;
◊ nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

zarandear verbo transitivo to shake

' zarandear' also found in these entries:
English:
toss about
- toss around
- buffet
- toss

* * *

zarandear

♦ vt

to shake

♦ See also the pronominal verb zarandearse

* * *

zarandear

v/t shake violently, buffet;

zarandear a alguien fig give s.o. a hard time

* * *

zarandear vt

1) : to sift, to sieve

2) : to shake, to jostle, to jiggle

Spanish-English dictionary > zarandear
20 zarandeo

m.

1 shake, shaking (sacudida).

2 pushing or knocking about.

3 strong shaking, shaking.

4 sifting, jiggling, sieving.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

zarandeo

► nombre masculino

1 (sacudida) shaking; (empujones) jostling about

2 (criba) sieving

3 (contoneo) swaggering, strutting

* * *

SM

1) (=sacudida) shaking

2) [por el tamiz] sieving

* * *

masculino

a) ( sacudida)

con tanto zarandeo se cayeron las maletas — all the jolting brought the suitcases down

b) (esp AmL) ( trajín)

el zarandeo de fin de año — the end-of-year hustle and bustle

pasó el día en zarandeos para acá y para allá — he spent the day rushing around from one place to another (colloq)

* * *

= shaking, shake.

Ex. The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.

Ex. It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.

* * *

masculino

a) ( sacudida)

con tanto zarandeo se cayeron las maletas — all the jolting brought the suitcases down

b) (esp AmL) ( trajín)

el zarandeo de fin de año — the end-of-year hustle and bustle

pasó el día en zarandeos para acá y para allá — he spent the day rushing around from one place to another (colloq)

* * *

= shaking, shake.

Ex: The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.

Ex: It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.

* * *

zarandeo

masculine

1

(sacudida): con tanto zarandeo se cayeron las maletas all the bumping up and down/shaking from side to side/jolting brought the suitcases down

2

( esp AmL) (trajín): el zarandeo de fin de año the end-of-year hustle and bustle

ha pasado toda la mañana en zarandeos para acá y para allá he's spent the entire morning rushing around from one place to another ( colloq)

* * *

Del verbo zarandear: ( conjugate zarandear)

zarandeo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

zarandeó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
zarandear
zarandeo
zarandear ( conjugate zarandear) verbo transitivo ( de un lado a otro) to shake;
( para arriba y para abajo) to shake o jog up and down
zarandearse verbo pronominal (esp AmL) [ tren] to shake around;
[ barco] to toss about;
◊ nos zarandeamos mucho durante el vuelo we got shaken around o buffeted a lot during the flight

zarandear verbo transitivo to shake
zarandeo sustantivo masculino shaking

* * *

zarandeo nm

1. [sacudida] shaking;

le dio un buen zarandeo she shook him hard;

se mareó el niño con tanto zarandeo being shaken around so much made the boy feel ill

2. Am [contoneo] swinging of the hips

Spanish-English dictionary > zarandeo

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