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1 engaño
m.1 deceit, deception, trickery, cheating.2 lie, hoax, trick, take-in.3 fraudulence, deceitfulness.4 delusion, false impression.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: engañar.* * *1 deceit, deception2 (estafa) fraud, trick, swindle3 (mentira) lie4 (error) mistake\estar en un engaño to be mistaken* * *noun m.1) deception2) trick* * *SM1) (=acto) [gen] deception; (=ilusión) delusionaquí no hay engaño — there is no attempt to deceive anybody here, it's all on the level *
2) (=trampa) trick, swindle3) (=malentendido) mistake, misunderstandingpadecer engaño — to labour under a misunderstanding, labor under a misunderstanding (EEUU)
4) pl engaños (=astucia) wiles, tricks5) [de pesca] lure6) Cono Sur (=regalo) small gift, token* * *1)a) ( mentira) deceptionllamarse a engaño — to claim one has been cheated o deceived
b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)c) ( ardid) ploy, trick2) (Taur) cape* * *= fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.Ex. The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex. The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.Ex. Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex. The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.----* autoengaño = self-deception.* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.* * *1)a) ( mentira) deceptionllamarse a engaño — to claim one has been cheated o deceived
b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)c) ( ardid) ploy, trick2) (Taur) cape* * *= fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.Ex: The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.Ex: Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex: The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.* autoengaño = self-deception.* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.* * *A1 (mentira) deceptionlo que más me duele es el engaño it was the deceit o deception that upset me mostfue víctima de un cruel engaño she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle, she was cruelly deceived o taken invivió en el engaño durante años for years she lived in complete ignorance of his deceites un engaño, no es de oro it's a con, this isn't (made of) gold ( colloq)2 (ardid) ploy, trickse vale de todo tipo de engaños para salirse con la suya he uses all kinds of tricks o every trick in the book to get his own wayllamarse a engaño to claim one has been cheated o deceivedpara que luego nadie pueda llamarse a engaño so that no one can claim o say that they were deceived/cheatedB ( Taur) cape ( used by the matador to confuse the bull)C ( Dep) fakehacer un engaño to fake* * *
Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)
engaño es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
engañó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
engañar
engaño
engañó
engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo
tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
engaño a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engaño sustantivo masculino
engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
engaño sustantivo masculino
1 (mentira, trampa) deception, swindle
(estafa) fraud
(infidelidad) unfaithfulness
2 (ilusión, equivocación) delusion: deberías sacarle del engaño, you should tell him the truth
♦ Locuciones: llamarse a engaño, to claim that one has been duped
' engaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañarse
- farsa
- maña
- montaje
- tramar
- trampear
- coba
- descubrir
- desengañar
- engañar
- tapadera
- tranza
English:
deceit
- deception
- delusion
- double-cross
- game
- guile
- impersonation
- put over
- ride
- sham
- unfaithful
- hoax
* * *engaño nm1. [mentira] deception, deceit;se ganó su confianza con algún engaño she gained his trust through a deception;lo obtuvo mediante engaño she obtained it by deception;todo fue un engaño it was all a deception;llamarse a engaño [engañarse] to delude oneself;[lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well;no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar let's not delude ourselves, the program could be improved;para que luego no te llames a engaño so you can't claim to have been misled afterwards2. [estafa] swindle;ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land3. [ardid] ploy, trick;de nada van a servirte tus engaños your ploys will get you nowhere;las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre lo que no necesita sales are a ploy to make people buy things they don't need4. Taurom bullfighter's cape5. [para pescar] lure* * *m1 ( mentira) deception, deceit2 ( ardid) trick;llamarse a engaño claim to have been cheated* * *engaño nm1) : deception, trick2) : fake, feint (in sports)* * *engaño n1. (mentira) lie2. (trampa) trick3. (timo) swindle -
2 argucia
f.1 sophism.2 subterfuge, contrivance, scheme, chicanery.* * *1 sophism, subtlety* * *SF sophistry frm, hair-splittingargucias — nit-picking * sing
* * *femenino cunning argument* * *= trickery, chicanery, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex. With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the 1st users.Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.* * *femenino cunning argument* * *= trickery, chicanery, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
Ex: With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the 1st users.Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.* * *cunning argumentgracias a las argucias de su abogado thanks to some cunning arguments from o some fancy footwork by his lawyer* * *
argucia sustantivo femenino ruse
* * *argucia nfdeceptive argument* * *f clever argument* * *argucia nf: sophistry, subtlety -
3 arte
f. & m.1 art.arte abstracto abstract artarte dramático dramaarte figurativo figurative artarte floral flower arrangingbellas artes fine artsartes gráficas graphic artsartes interpretativas performing artsartes liberales liberal artsartes marciales martial arts(escuela de) artes y oficios = college for the study of arts and craftsartes plásticas visual artsarte pop pop art2 artistry.el arte de la la conversación the art of conversation3 artfulness, cunning (astucia).malas artes trickery4 artifice, craftiness, deceitful cleverness, foxiness.* * *1 art2 (habilidad) craft, skill3 (astucia) cunning4 (pesca) fishing gear\con malas artes by evil means* * *noun mf.1) art2) skill* * *SM ó SF[gen m en sing, f en pl]1) (=pintura, música) artartes — (Univ) arts
el séptimo arte — the cinema, film
amor 1)por arte de magia — by magic, as if by magic
2) (=habilidad) skill; (=astucia) craftiness3) (=artificio) workmanship, artistrysin arte — [como adj] clumsy; [como adv] clumsily
4) (Literat)arte mayor — Spanish verse of eight lines each of twelve syllables dating from the 15th century
arte menor — Spanish verse usually of four lines each of six or eight syllables
5) (Pesca)arte de pesca — (=red) fishing net; (=caña etc) fishing tackle
* * *(gen m en el singular y f en el plural)1) (Art) artno trabajo por amor al arte — (hum) I'm not working for the good of my health (hum)
no tener arte ni parte: no tuve arte ni parte en el asunto — I had nothing whatsoever to do with it
2)a) (habilidad, destreza)tiene arte para arreglar flores — she has a flair o gift for flower arranging
b) artes femenino plural (astucias, artimañas) trickempleé todas mis artes para... — I used every trick I could think of to...
* * *= art, craft.Ex. In less well structured schemes, the application of chain indexing is more of an art.Ex. He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.----* apreciación del arte = art appreciation.* arte abstracto = abstraction, abstract art.* arte conceptual = conceptual art.* arte contemporáneo = contemporary art.* arte culinario = cuisine.* arte de escribir = penmanship.* arte de gobernar = statesmanship.* arte de hacer nudos = knotting.* arte de herrar caballos = farriery.* arte de la guerra = warfare.* arte del libro = bookmanship.* arte del metal = metal art.* arte del vídeo = video art.* arte de tejer = weaving.* arte de vender = salesmanship, specsmanship.* arte de vivir, el = art of living, the.* arte dramático = performance art, performing arts.* arte folclórico = folk art.* arte islámico = Islamic art.* arte moderno = modern art.* arte pop = pop art.* arte popular = popular art, folk art.* arte publicitario = commercial art.* arte renacentista = Renaissance art.* arte rupestre = rock art.* artes aplicadas = applied arts.* artes decorativas, las = decorative arts, the.* artes de creación literaria y artística, las = creative arts, the.* artes gráficas, las = graphic arts, the.* artes interpretativas = performing arts.* artes liberales, las = liberal arts, the.* artes marciales = martial arts.* artes plásticas = fine art.* artes plásticas, las = plastic arts, the.* artes visuales, las = visual arts, the.* arte topiario = topiary.* arte tradicional = folk art.* arte y técnica de escribir obras de teatro = playwriting.* aula de arte = art-room.* bellas artes = fine arts.* biblioteca de arte = art library.* bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.* colección de arte = art collection.* colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.* colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.* crítico de arte = art critic.* diapositiva de arte = art slide.* el arte de = the art of, the fine art of.* enseñanza de bellas artes = aesthetic education.* estado del arte = state of the art.* estado de las artes = state of the arts.* exposición de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.* fotografía de obra de arte = art photograph.* galería de arte = art gallery.* hacer algo por amor al arte = labour of love.* historia del arte = art history.* historiador de arte = art historian.* libro de arte = art book.* material de arte = art material.* muestra de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.* mundo del arte, el = art world, the.* museo de arte = art museum.* objeto de arte = art object.* obra de arte = work of art, masterpiece, artistic work, art work.* obra de arte musical = musical masterpiece.* original de una obra de arte = art original.* poner en práctica un arte = practise + art.* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* un arte = a fine art.* un arte en extinción = a dying art.* * *(gen m en el singular y f en el plural)1) (Art) artno trabajo por amor al arte — (hum) I'm not working for the good of my health (hum)
no tener arte ni parte: no tuve arte ni parte en el asunto — I had nothing whatsoever to do with it
2)a) (habilidad, destreza)tiene arte para arreglar flores — she has a flair o gift for flower arranging
b) artes femenino plural (astucias, artimañas) trickempleé todas mis artes para... — I used every trick I could think of to...
* * *= art, craft.Ex: In less well structured schemes, the application of chain indexing is more of an art.
Ex: He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.* apreciación del arte = art appreciation.* arte abstracto = abstraction, abstract art.* arte conceptual = conceptual art.* arte contemporáneo = contemporary art.* arte culinario = cuisine.* arte de escribir = penmanship.* arte de gobernar = statesmanship.* arte de hacer nudos = knotting.* arte de herrar caballos = farriery.* arte de la guerra = warfare.* arte del libro = bookmanship.* arte del metal = metal art.* arte del vídeo = video art.* arte de tejer = weaving.* arte de vender = salesmanship, specsmanship.* arte de vivir, el = art of living, the.* arte dramático = performance art, performing arts.* arte folclórico = folk art.* arte islámico = Islamic art.* arte moderno = modern art.* arte pop = pop art.* arte popular = popular art, folk art.* arte publicitario = commercial art.* arte renacentista = Renaissance art.* arte rupestre = rock art.* artes aplicadas = applied arts.* artes decorativas, las = decorative arts, the.* artes de creación literaria y artística, las = creative arts, the.* artes gráficas, las = graphic arts, the.* artes interpretativas = performing arts.* artes liberales, las = liberal arts, the.* artes marciales = martial arts.* artes plásticas = fine art.* artes plásticas, las = plastic arts, the.* artes visuales, las = visual arts, the.* arte topiario = topiary.* arte tradicional = folk art.* arte y técnica de escribir obras de teatro = playwriting.* aula de arte = art-room.* bellas artes = fine arts.* biblioteca de arte = art library.* bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.* colección de arte = art collection.* colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.* colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.* crítico de arte = art critic.* diapositiva de arte = art slide.* el arte de = the art of, the fine art of.* enseñanza de bellas artes = aesthetic education.* estado del arte = state of the art.* estado de las artes = state of the arts.* exposición de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.* fotografía de obra de arte = art photograph.* galería de arte = art gallery.* hacer algo por amor al arte = labour of love.* historia del arte = art history.* historiador de arte = art historian.* libro de arte = art book.* material de arte = art material.* muestra de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.* mundo del arte, el = art world, the.* museo de arte = art museum.* objeto de arte = art object.* obra de arte = work of art, masterpiece, artistic work, art work.* obra de arte musical = musical masterpiece.* original de una obra de arte = art original.* poner en práctica un arte = practise + art.* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.* un arte = a fine art.* un arte en extinción = a dying art.* * *A ( Art) artel arte medieval/abstracto/contemporáneo medieval/abstract/contemporary artlas artes the artsel arte por el arte art for art's sake¿te crees que trabajo por amor al arte? ( hum); do you think I'm working for the good of my health o for the fun of it? ( hum)(como) por arte de magia as if by magicno tener arte ni parte: no tuve arte ni parte en el asunto I had nothing whatsoever to do with itCompuestos:kinetic artdramatic arts (pl)poetics (pl)fpl graphic arts (pl)fpl (liberal) arts (pl)fpl martial arts (pl)fpl crafts (pl)fpl plastic arts (pl)fpl arts and crafts (pl)B1(habilidad, destreza): es maestro en el arte de mentir/de la diplomacia he's an expert in the art of lying/of diplomacytiene mucho arte para arreglar flores she has a real flair o gift for flower arrangingtengo muy poco arte para convencer a la gente I'm no good at persuading people(astucias, artimañas): usó todas sus artes para seducirlo she used (all) her feminine wiles to seduce himtuve que usar todas mis artes para convencerlo I had to use every trick I could think of to win him over* * *
arte ( gen m en el singular y f en el plural)
1 (Art) art;
no trabajo por amor al arte (hum) I'm not working for the good of my health (hum);
artes gráficas graphic arts;
(como) por arte de magia as if by magic
2 (habilidad, destreza) art;
tiene arte para arreglar flores she has a flair o gift for flower arranging
arte sustantivo masculino & sustantivo femenino art
1 (habilidad) skill
2 artes, (trucos, mañas) tricks
3 artes de pesca, fishing equipment
bellas artes, fine arts
♦ Locuciones: familiar como por arte de magia, as if by magic
no tener arte ni parte, to have nothing to do with
' arte' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aborigen
- aguafuerte
- amor
- arábiga
- arábigo
- bicha
- boceto
- caligrafía
- canto
- carpintería
- cine
- clásica
- clásico
- cuadro
- cubismo
- dadaísmo
- de
- decadencia
- desnuda
- desnudo
- dialéctica
- dibujante
- encuadernación
- escorzo
- espátula
- estilo
- estofar
- exposición
- expresionismo
- fascinar
- figurativa
- figurativo
- fresca
- fresco
- galería
- género
- grabar
- iluminar
- ilusión
- imagen
- impresionismo
- labrada
- labrado
- lienzo
- litografía
- lobulada
- lobulado
- magia
- marchante
- marina
English:
amateurish
- appreciation
- art
- art gallery
- artistry
- avant-garde
- brush
- bust
- charcoal
- cookery
- corps
- craft
- cubism
- cuisine
- curator
- depict
- design
- designer
- diplomacy
- draw
- dying
- early
- elaborate
- exhibit
- facsimile
- figurative
- forte
- gallery
- graphics
- halo
- life
- magic
- magically
- mime
- mimicry
- motif
- movement
- naive
- nude
- oarsmanship
- oil
- one-upmanship
- oratory
- paintbrush
- patron
- piece
- plaster
- plastic
- portray
- pose
* * *arte nm o nf Usually masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural.1. [creación estética] art;una obra de arte a work of art;el arte gótico/barroco Gothic/baroque art;arte abstracto abstract art;artes audiovisuales audiovisual arts;arte conceptual conceptual art;artes decorativas decorative arts;arte dramático drama;artes escénicas performing arts;arte figurativo figurative art;artes gráficas graphic arts;artes interpretativas performing arts;artes liberales liberal arts;artes marciales martial arts;arte naïf naive art;artes y oficios arts and crafts;artes plásticas plastic arts;arte religioso religious art;arte rupestre cave paintings2. [habilidad, estilo] artistry;con (buen) arte with (great) style;tiene mucho arte para recitar she's got a real talent for reciting poetry3. [astucia] artfulness, cunning;emplearon todas sus artes para timarla they used all their cunning o wiles to cheat her;malas artes trickery;no tener arte ni parte en algo to have nothing whatsoever to do with sth4.artes (de pesca) [instrumentos] fishing tacklede arte menor = comprising lines of eight syllables or fewer* * *m (pl f)1 art;bellas artes pl fine art sg ;el séptimo arte cinema, the movies pl ;(como) por arte de magia as if by magic;no tener arte ni parte have absolutely no say2 ( argucia):malas artes pl guile sg* * *arte nmf, (usually m in singular, f in plural)1) : artartes y oficios: arts and craftsbellas artes: fine arts2) habilidad: skill3) : cunning, cleverness* * *arte n1. (en general) art2. (habilidad) skill -
4 artimañas
f.pl.wiles, gimmickry, sharp practice, unscrupulous practice.* * *(n.) = crafty ways, trickery, bag of tricksEx. The article 'The crafty ways of a school librarian' describes how to work with young children by reinforcing reading sessions with craft-based activities.Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex. The article is titled 'A medical librarian's bag of tricks: coordinating books and media' = El artículo se titula "Los trucos de un bibliotecario de medicina: cómo coordinar los libros y los multimedia".* * *(n.) = crafty ways, trickery, bag of tricksEx: The article 'The crafty ways of a school librarian' describes how to work with young children by reinforcing reading sessions with craft-based activities.
Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex: The article is titled 'A medical librarian's bag of tricks: coordinating books and media' = El artículo se titula "Los trucos de un bibliotecario de medicina: cómo coordinar los libros y los multimedia". -
5 artimaña
f.1 trick, rascally trick, scheme, stratagem.2 trick, trap, cod.* * *1 artifice, trick, ruse* * *SF1) (Caza) trap, snare2) (=ingenio) cunning* * *femenino trick* * *= ruse, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.Ex. The library did not burn and the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library as a replacement was a ruse to help pay the former President's debts.Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.----* artimañas = crafty ways, trickery, bag of tricks.* * *femenino trick* * *= ruse, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.Ex: The library did not burn and the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library as a replacement was a ruse to help pay the former President's debts.
Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.* artimañas = crafty ways, trickery, bag of tricks.* * *trickse valió de todo tipo de artimañas para conseguirlo he used every trick o ( colloq) every dodge he could think of to get it, he used every trick in the book to get it ( colloq)* * *
artimaña sustantivo femenino
trick
artimaña sustantivo femenino trick, ruse
' artimaña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
artificio
English:
device
- ruse
* * *artimaña nftrick, ruse;se sirvió de todo tipo de artimañas para conseguir su objetivo she used all kinds of trickery to get what she wanted* * *f trick* * *artimaña nf: ruse, trick -
6 triquiñuela
f.dirty little trick, trick, rascally trick, chicane.* * *1 familiar trick, dodge\andar(se) con triquiñuelas familiar to be a slippery customersaberse las triquiñuelas familiar to know all the dodges* * *SF trick, dodgesaber las triquiñuelas del oficio — to know the tricks of the trade, know all the dodges
es un tío triquiñuelas — * he's an artful old cuss *
* * *femenino (fam) trick, dodge (colloq)* * *= wheeze.Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.* * *femenino (fam) trick, dodge (colloq)* * *= wheeze.Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.
* * *( fam)trick, dodge ( colloq)conseguir algo por medio de triquiñuelas y engaños to obtain something through trickery and deceitseguro que encuentra alguna triquiñuela para no hacerlo no doubt he'll find some way to get out of doing it ( colloq), I'm sure he'll find some dodge o ploy not to do itsaberse las triquiñuelas del oficio to know the tricks of the trade* * *
triquiñuela sustantivo femenino (fam) trick, dodge (colloq)
triquiñuela f fam dodge, ruse
' triquiñuela' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
astucia
* * *triquiñuela nfFam trick, ruse;mediante triquiñuelas legales by means of legal tricks o dodges* * *f famdodge fam, trick -
7 chicanear
v.1 to use trickery, to be cunning.2 to trick, to take in.3 to practice trickery, to practice deception.* * *VI Méx to use trickery, be cunning* * *verbo intransitivo (Andes, Méx)deja de chicanear — cut out the tricks (colloq) (colloq)
* * *verbo intransitivo (Andes, Méx)deja de chicanear — cut out the tricks (colloq) (colloq)
* * *chicanear [A1 ]vi(Andes, Méx): deja de chicanear cut out the tricks o the funny business ( colloq), stop trying to con me/us ( colloq) -
8 trapisonda
f.1 row, commotion (riña).2 scheme (enredo).* * ** * *SF1) (=pelea) row, brawl; (=jaleo) row, commotion, shindy *2) * (=trampa) swindle, fiddle *; (=asunto sucio) monkey business *, shady affair *, fiddle *; (=intriga) intrigue* * *femenino trickery, scheming* * *femenino trickery, scheming* * *trickery, scheming* * *
trapisonda f fam
1 (pelea, discusión) row, shindy, brawl
2 (lío, truco) trick, scheme, intrigue
* * *trapisonda nf1. [riña] row, commotion2. [enredo] scheme -
9 coger a Alguien con las manos en la masa
(v.) = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the actEx. It's the first time that Geller, who has always stated that he has never used any trickery, is so clearly caught red-handed on tape.Ex. Two criminals are off the street and behind bars thanks to an alert officer who caught them in the act.* * *(v.) = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the actEx: It's the first time that Geller, who has always stated that he has never used any trickery, is so clearly caught red-handed on tape.
Ex: Two criminals are off the street and behind bars thanks to an alert officer who caught them in the act.Spanish-English dictionary > coger a Alguien con las manos en la masa
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10 coger a Alguien in fraganti
(v.) = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the actEx. It's the first time that Geller, who has always stated that he has never used any trickery, is so clearly caught red-handed on tape.Ex. Two criminals are off the street and behind bars thanks to an alert officer who caught them in the act.* * *(v.) = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the actEx: It's the first time that Geller, who has always stated that he has never used any trickery, is so clearly caught red-handed on tape.
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11 pillar a Alguien con las manos en la masa
(v.) = catch + Nombre + red-handedEx. It's the first time that Geller, who has always stated that he has never used any trickery, is so clearly caught red-handed on tape.* * *(v.) = catch + Nombre + red-handedEx: It's the first time that Geller, who has always stated that he has never used any trickery, is so clearly caught red-handed on tape.
Spanish-English dictionary > pillar a Alguien con las manos en la masa
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12 pillar a Alguien in fraganti
familiar to catch somebody red-handed* * *(v.) = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the actEx. It's the first time that Geller, who has always stated that he has never used any trickery, is so clearly caught red-handed on tape.Ex. Two criminals are off the street and behind bars thanks to an alert officer who caught them in the act.* * *(v.) = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the actEx: It's the first time that Geller, who has always stated that he has never used any trickery, is so clearly caught red-handed on tape.
Ex: Two criminals are off the street and behind bars thanks to an alert officer who caught them in the act. -
13 superchería
f.1 superstition.2 cheating, fraud, jiggery-pokery.3 piece of trickery.* * *1 trick, fraud* * *SF fraud, trick, swindle* * *femenino trick, fraud* * *femenino trick, fraud* * *trick, fraud¿y tú crees en curanderos y esas supercherías? do you believe in faith healers and all that mumbo-jumbo?* * *
superchería sustantivo femenino fraud, deceit, trick
' superchería' also found in these entries:
English:
fiddle
* * *superchería nf1. [engaño] fraud, hoax2. [superstición] superstition* * *f trick, swindle* * *superchería nf: trickery, fraud -
14 cubiletear
v.1 to shake the dice box.2 (fig.) To intrigue, to scheme.3 to evade obligations.El chico cubiletea en la escuela The boy evades obligations at school.4 to use trickery to accomplish a purpose.Ese pillo cubiletea That scoundrel uses trickery to accomplish a purpose.* * *1 (dados) to shake2 figurado to cheat, fiddle* * *VT1) [en el juego] to shake the dice cup2) (=intrigar) to intrigue, scheme -
15 amañamiento
SM (=manipulación) fiddling, trickery; (Pol) rigging, gerrymandering* * *= doctoring, fudging.Ex. The second section of the report describes the use of education as a weapon of cultural repression, and the doctoring of textbooks to promote intolerance.Ex. Both the researcher and the student practice of ' fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.* * *= doctoring, fudging.Ex: The second section of the report describes the use of education as a weapon of cultural repression, and the doctoring of textbooks to promote intolerance.
Ex: Both the researcher and the student practice of ' fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data. -
16 esquilmar
v.1 to overexploit (recursos).2 to harvest.Esquilmaron el maíz They harvested the corn.3 to swindle, to acquire by deception, to acquire by trickery, to cheat.Esquilmaron a ese pobre hombre They swindled that poor man.* * *1 (cosecha etc) to harvest* * *VT1) [+ cosecha] to harvest2) [+ tierra] to impoverish, exhaust3) * [+ jugador] to skin ** * *verbo transitivo1) (Agr) to harvest2) <riquezas/recursos> to exhaust; < fortuna> to squander; < persona> to suck... dry* * *= fleece, take + Nombre + to the cleaners.Ex. Roosevelt's measures to prevent big business fleecing the public were popular and the election of 1904 provided him with the chance to run for president in his own right.Ex. Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *verbo transitivo1) (Agr) to harvest2) <riquezas/recursos> to exhaust; < fortuna> to squander; < persona> to suck... dry* * *= fleece, take + Nombre + to the cleaners.Ex: Roosevelt's measures to prevent big business fleecing the public were popular and the election of 1904 provided him with the chance to run for president in his own right.
Ex: Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *esquilmar [A1 ]vtA ( Agr) to harvestB1 ‹riquezas/recursos› to exhaust; ‹fortuna› to squander2 ‹persona› to suck … dry* * *
esquilmar verbo transitivo
1 Agr to harvest
2 (riquezas) to exhaust, impoverish: tantas cosechas acaban por esquilmar la tierra, after so many harvests, the land will become exhausted
* * *esquilmar vt1. [terreno, campo de cultivo] to exhaust, overcultivate;[recursos, riqueza natural] to overexploit; [bancos de pescado] to deplete2. [fortuna, herencia] to squander* * *v/t2 a alguien suck dry -
17 filigrana
f.1 filigree.2 skillful work.3 watermark.4 fine handicraft, lovely thing, adornment, daintiness.5 dealer imprint.* * *1 (orfebrería) filigree2 (papel) watermark3 (cosa delicada) delicate piece of work* * *SF1) (Téc) filigree (work)2) (Tip) watermark3) pl filigranas (fig) delicate work sing ; (Dep) elegant play sing, fancy footwork sing* * *a) (de oro, plata) filigreeb) (en deporte, danza) intricate movementa ver si se dejan de filigranas y marcan un gol! — let's have less fancy footwork and more goals! (colloq)
c)hacer filigranas — to perform o work miracles
d) ( en un papel) watermark* * *= watermark, paper image.Ex. Such paper was rarely made, but may now and again be found with the watermark in the middle, or next to an edge, of the sheet.Ex. No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.----* filigranas = watermarking.* marcar con filigrana = watermark.* * *a) (de oro, plata) filigreeb) (en deporte, danza) intricate movementa ver si se dejan de filigranas y marcan un gol! — let's have less fancy footwork and more goals! (colloq)
c)hacer filigranas — to perform o work miracles
d) ( en un papel) watermark* * *= watermark, paper image.Ex: Such paper was rarely made, but may now and again be found with the watermark in the middle, or next to an edge, of the sheet.
Ex: No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.* filigranas = watermarking.* marcar con filigrana = watermark.* * *1 (de oro, plata) filigree2 (en deporte, danza) intricate o delicate movement¡a ver si se dejan de filigranas y marcan un gol! let's have less fancy footwork and more goals! ( colloq)hacer filigranas to perform o work miracles3 (en un papel) watermark* * *
filigrana sustantivo femenino
1 filigree
2 fig (usu tb en pl) intricacy, intricate work
3 (de papel) watermark
' filigrana' also found in these entries:
English:
juggling act
- watermark
- water
* * *filigrana nf1. [en orfebrería] filigree2. [en billetes] watermarktuve que hacer filigranas para dejar a todos contentos it took some fancy footwork on my part to keep everyone happy* * *f filigree;hacer filigranas fig fam do marvels* * *filigrana nf1) : filigree2) : watermark (on paper) -
18 muela
f.1 back tooth, molar (diente).muela del juicio wisdom tooth2 millstone.3 whetstone.4 small hill, manmade hill, mound.pres.subj.1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: moler.* * *1 (diente) tooth, molar2 (de molino) millstone3 (para afilar) grindstone\muela del juicio wisdom tooth* * *SF1) (Anat) [gen] tooth; [para especificar] back tooth, molar2) (Téc) [de molino] millstone; [de afilar] grindstone3) (Geog) (=cerro) mound, hillock4) And gluttony5) Caribe trickery* * *1) (Odont) molar, back tooth; ( como término genérico) toothtener/ser buena muela — (Col fam)
tiene/es buena muela — he really enjoys his food
2) ( de molino) millstone; ( para afilar) whetstone3) (Geog) hill, mound4) (Col) ( en calle) parking bay; ( en carretera) rest stop (AmE), lay-by (BrE)* * *----* dolor de muelas = toothache.* muela del juicio = wisdom tooth.* * *1) (Odont) molar, back tooth; ( como término genérico) toothtener/ser buena muela — (Col fam)
tiene/es buena muela — he really enjoys his food
2) ( de molino) millstone; ( para afilar) whetstone3) (Geog) hill, mound4) (Col) ( en calle) parking bay; ( en carretera) rest stop (AmE), lay-by (BrE)* * ** dolor de muelas = toothache.* muela del juicio = wisdom tooth.* * *todavía no le han salido las muelas his teeth haven't come through yet, he hasn't teethed yettengo una muela picada I have a cavity o hole in one of my back teethme sacaron una muela I had a tooth taken outtengo dolor de/me duelen las muelas I have (a) toothacheCompuestos:wisdom toothwisdom toothB1 (de un molino) millstone2 (para afilar) whetstoneC ( Geog) hill, mound* * *
Del verbo moler: ( conjugate moler)
muela es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
moler
muela
moler ( conjugate moler) verbo transitivo ‹especias/café› to grind;
‹ trigo› to grind, mill;
‹ aceitunas› to crush;
‹ carne› to grind (AmE), to mince (BrE);
‹ plátano› (Chi, Méx) to mash;
muela sustantivo femenino
1 (Odont) molar, back tooth;
( como término genérico) tooth;
tengo dolor de muelas I have (a) toothache;
muela del juicio wisdom tooth
2 ( de molino) millstone;
( para afilar) whetstone
3 (Col) ( en calle) parking bay;
( en carretera) rest stop (AmE), lay-by (BrE)
moler verbo transitivo
1 (reducir a polvo) to grind
2 (hacer daño) esta silla me está moliendo la espalda, this chair is ruining my back
moler a alguien a palos, to beat sb to pulp
muela f Anat molar: tengo una muela picada, I've got a cavity
muela del juicio, wisdom tooth
' muela' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caries
- empastar
- empaste
- juicio
- calza
- calzar
- doler
- picado
- picadura
- sacar
- tapar
English:
have out
- molar
- tooth
- wisdom tooth
- grind
- have
- wisdom
* * *muela nf1. [diente] back tooth, molar;dolor de muelas toothache;tiene varias muelas picadas she has several teeth with decaymuela del juicio wisdom tooth2. [de molino] millstone3. [para afilar] grindstone4. [cerro] = flat-topped hill* * *f tooth; ANAT molar;dolor de muelas toothache* * *muela nf1) : tooth, molardolor de muelas: toothachemuela de juicio: wisdom tooth2) : millstone3) : whetstone* * * -
19 sonsacar
v.to sneak out, to steal out, to get by trickery.* * *1 (gen) to wheedle* * *VT to wheedle, coax* * *verbo transitivole sonsacaron el secreto — they wormed o got the secret out of him
* * *= probe for, tease out, winkle out.Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.----* sonsacar algo de = get + something out of.* * *verbo transitivole sonsacaron el secreto — they wormed o got the secret out of him
* * *= probe for, tease out, winkle out.Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.
Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.* sonsacar algo de = get + something out of.* * *sonsacar [A2 ]vtme costó trabajo sonsacarle la verdad I had a hard time getting the truth out of heres difícil sonsacarle las cosas it's difficult to get anything out of himle sonsacaron el secreto they wormed o got the secret out of him* * *
sonsacar ( conjugate sonsacar) verbo transitivo:
sonsacar verbo transitivo
1 (una información) to winkle out: se lo sonsacó a María, he coaxed it out of Maria
2 (dinero, un regalo, etc) to wheedle
' sonsacar' also found in these entries:
English:
coax
- dig out
- draw
- get
* * *sonsacar vtsonsacar algo a alguien to extract sth from sb;sonsacar a alguien to pump sb for information* * *v/t:* * *sonsacar {72} vt: to wheedle, to extract -
20 mangoneo
m.1 bossing or pushing around.2 fiddling.3 trickery.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mangonear.* * *1 familiar (entrometimiento) meddling* * *masculino (fam)a) ( intromisión) meddlingb) ( robo) thieving* * *masculino (fam)a) ( intromisión) meddlingb) ( robo) thieving* * *( fam)1 (intromisión) meddling2 (holgazanería) laziness3 (robo) thieving* * *mangoneo nmFam [intromisión]ya estoy harto de su mangoneo I'm fed up with his meddling* * *m1 fambossiness fam2 fam ( entrometimiento) nosiness fam
См. также в других словарях:
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trickery — index artifice, collusion, deceit, deception, duplicity, falsification, frame up, fraud, hoax … Law dictionary
trickery — 1800, from TRICK (Cf. trick) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
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trickery — [trik′ər ē] n. pl. trickeries the act or practice of tricking; use of tricks; deception; fraud SYN. DECEPTION … English World dictionary
trickery — [[t]trɪ̱kəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Trickery is the use of dishonest methods in order to achieve something. They are notorious for resorting to trickery in order to impress their clients … English dictionary
trickery — noun she suspects me of trickery Syn: deception, deceit, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, double dealing, legerdemain, sleight of hand, guile, craftiness, deviousness, subterfuge, skulduggery, chicanery, fraud, fraudulence, swindling; formal… … Thesaurus of popular words
trickery — trick ► NOUN 1) a cunning or skilful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone. 2) a skilful act performed for entertainment. 3) an illusion: a trick of the light. 4) (before another noun ) intended to mystify or trick: a trick question … English terms dictionary
trickery — noun Date: 1796 the practice of crafty underhanded ingenuity to deceive or cheat Synonyms: see deception … New Collegiate Dictionary
trickery — /trik euh ree/, n., pl. trickeries. 1. the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception. 2. a trick used to deceive. [1790 1800; TRICK + ERY] Syn. 1. See deceit. * * * … Universalium