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  • 101 desalmado

    adj.
    cruel, inhuman, heartless, conscienceless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desalmar.
    * * *
    1 (malvado) wicked
    2 (cruel) cruel, heartless
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (malvado) wicked person
    2 (cruel) cruel person, heartless person
    * * *
    ADJ cruel, heartless
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = cold-blooded, soulless, heartless.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = cold-blooded, soulless, heartless.

    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    * * *
    desalmado1 -da
    heartless, callous
    desalmado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    heartless o callous swine ( colloq)
    * * *

    desalmado,-a
    I adjetivo cruel, heartless
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino heartless person: solo un desalmado cometería un crimen así, only a cruel, heartless person could have committed such a crime
    ' desalmado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desalmada
    English:
    fiend
    - fiendish
    * * *
    desalmado, -a
    ♦ adj
    heartless
    ♦ nm,f
    heartless person;
    es un desalmado he's completely heartless
    * * *
    I adj heartless
    II m, desalmada f
    :
    es un desalmado he is heartless
    * * *
    desalmado, -da adj
    : heartless, callous

    Spanish-English dictionary > desalmado

  • 102 despiadado

    adj.
    merciless, cruel, inhuman, cold-hearted.
    * * *
    1 ruthless, merciless
    * * *
    (f. - despiadada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] heartless; [ataque] merciless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex. The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex. The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex: The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex: The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.

    * * *
    ‹persona› ruthless, heartless; ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    * * *

    despiadado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› ruthless, heartless;


    ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    despiadado,-a adjetivo merciless, ruthless
    ' despiadado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acerba
    - acerbo
    - bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - despiadada
    English:
    cold-blooded
    - cold-hearted
    - cutthroat
    - merciless
    - pitiless
    - remorseless
    - ruthless
    - unmerciful
    - vicious
    - cold
    * * *
    despiadado, -a adj
    [persona] merciless; [trato] inhuman, pitiless; [ataque] savage, merciless
    * * *
    adj ruthless
    * * *
    despiadado, -da adj
    cruel: cruel, merciless, pitiless
    * * *
    despiadado adj hard-hearted / heartless / ruthless

    Spanish-English dictionary > despiadado

  • 103 esbirro

    m.
    henchman.
    * * *
    1 HISTORIA bailiff
    2 (ayudante) henchman
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=ayudante) henchman, minion; (=sicario) killer
    2) Caribe ** (=soplón) grass **, fink (EEUU) **, informer
    3) ( Hist) (=alguacil) bailiff, constable
    * * *
    masculino ( secuaz) henchman; (Hist) bailiff, constable
    * * *
    = henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey].
    Ex. Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *
    masculino ( secuaz) henchman; (Hist) bailiff, constable
    * * *
    = henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey].

    Ex: Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.

    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    * * *
    1 (secuaz) henchman
    2 ( Hist) bailiff, constable
    * * *

    esbirro m pey thug, henchman
    * * *
    [matón] henchman, thug
    * * *
    m henchman
    * * *
    : henchman

    Spanish-English dictionary > esbirro

  • 104 hacer bulla

    v.
    to make noise.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer bulla

  • 105 invertebrado

    adj.
    invertebrate, spineless.
    m.
    invertebrate.
    * * *
    1 invertebrate
    1 invertebrate
    ————————
    1 invertebrate
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo invertebrate
    II
    masculino invertebrate
    * * *
    Ex. Palaeontology collections ( invertebrates, vertebrates and plants), housed by museums and universities and cared for by curators, serve a wide range of studies.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo invertebrate
    II
    masculino invertebrate
    * * *

    Ex: Palaeontology collections ( invertebrates, vertebrates and plants), housed by museums and universities and cared for by curators, serve a wide range of studies.

    * * *
    invertebrate
    invertebrate
    * * *

    invertebrado,-a adjetivo & m Zool invertebrate
    ' invertebrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    invertebrada
    English:
    invertebrate
    - spineless
    * * *
    invertebrado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [animal] invertebrate
    2. [incoherente] disjointed
    ♦ nm
    [animal] invertebrate
    * * *
    m/adj ZO invertebrate
    * * *
    invertebrado, -da adj
    : invertebrate
    : invertebrate

    Spanish-English dictionary > invertebrado

  • 106 lacayo

    m.
    1 footman (criado).
    2 manservant, flunky, servant, house-servant.
    * * *
    1 lackey, footman
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=criado) footman
    2) pey (=adulador) lackey
    * * *
    masculino ( criado) footman; ( persona servil) lackey
    * * *
    = menial worker, menial, flunky [flunkey].
    Ex. These free Negro women could earn only such wages as were paid to menial workers.
    Ex. However numerous the class of menials may be, it has not, as a rule, been able to absorb the whole number of those left propertyless.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *
    masculino ( criado) footman; ( persona servil) lackey
    * * *
    = menial worker, menial, flunky [flunkey].

    Ex: These free Negro women could earn only such wages as were paid to menial workers.

    Ex: However numerous the class of menials may be, it has not, as a rule, been able to absorb the whole number of those left propertyless.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    * * *
    (criado) footman; (persona servil) lackey
    * * *

    lacayo m Hist (criado con librea) footman, lackey
    ' lacayo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    foot
    * * *
    lacayo nm
    1. [criado] footman
    2. Pey [persona servil] lackey
    * * *
    m fig
    pej lackey
    * * *
    lacayo nm
    : lackey

    Spanish-English dictionary > lacayo

  • 107 lameculos

    m.&f. s&pl.
    1 brown-nose, arse-licker (very informal).
    2 bootlicker, ingratiating person, greaser.
    * * *
    1 tabú arse licker, US ass licker
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (pl lameculos) (vulg) asskisser (AmE vulg), arselicker (BrE vulg)
    * * *
    = arse licker, flunky [flunkey], toady, creep, fawning.
    Ex. The way this government and its arse lickers conduct themselves is beyond belief.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. He campaigned under the guise of a moderate 'new Democrat' but now we know he's simply a toady to labor bosses and the old vestiges of his party.
    Ex. Remember before you give your heart away to figure out if he's a creep or not because creeps are just there to use you for whatever needs they have.
    Ex. Over the past two days, the fawning American media has provided rave reviews of John McCain's visit to France.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (pl lameculos) (vulg) asskisser (AmE vulg), arselicker (BrE vulg)
    * * *
    = arse licker, flunky [flunkey], toady, creep, fawning.

    Ex: The way this government and its arse lickers conduct themselves is beyond belief.

    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: He campaigned under the guise of a moderate 'new Democrat' but now we know he's simply a toady to labor bosses and the old vestiges of his party.
    Ex: Remember before you give your heart away to figure out if he's a creep or not because creeps are just there to use you for whatever needs they have.
    Ex: Over the past two days, the fawning American media has provided rave reviews of John McCain's visit to France.

    * * *
    (pl lameculos) ( vulg)
    asslicker ( AmE vulg), arse licker ( BrE vulg), brown nose o noser ( AmE vulg)
    * * *
    lameculos, Méx lambeculo nmf inv
    muy Fam brown-nose, Br arse-licker, US ass-licker
    * * *
    m inv vulg
    asslicker vulg, brown-nose pop, Br
    arselicker vulg

    Spanish-English dictionary > lameculos

  • 108 limpiadora

    f.
    1 cleanser, scourer.
    2 cleaning lady, char.
    * * *
    f., (m. - limpiador)
    * * *
    = charwoman [charwomen, -pl.], cleaning lady, cleaning woman, housekeeper.
    Ex. Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.
    Ex. Doyle's fifth novel deals with the life and love of Paula Spencer, a 39-year-old woman, alcoholic, mother, cleaning lady, and widow.
    Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex. Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.
    * * *
    = charwoman [charwomen, -pl.], cleaning lady, cleaning woman, housekeeper.

    Ex: Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.

    Ex: Doyle's fifth novel deals with the life and love of Paula Spencer, a 39-year-old woman, alcoholic, mother, cleaning lady, and widow.
    Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex: Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.

    * * *

    limpiador,-ora
    I adjetivo cleansing
    II m,f (persona) cleaner
    III m (sustancia) cleaner
    ' limpiadora' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cleansing lotion
    - cleanser
    - cleansing
    - cold
    - maid
    * * *
    I adj cleansing
    II m, limpiadora f cleaner
    III m Méx ( limpiaparabrisas) windshield wiper, Br
    windscreen wiper

    Spanish-English dictionary > limpiadora

  • 109 malvado

    adj.
    wicked, devilish, evil, perverse.
    m.
    villain, evildoer, wrongdoer.
    * * *
    1 wicked, evil
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 villain, evil person
    * * *
    (f. - malvada)
    adj.
    evil, wicked
    * * *
    malvado, -a
    1.
    ADJ evil, wicked
    2.
    SM / F villain
    * * *
    - da adjetivo wicked, evil; ( uso hiperbólico) wicked
    * * *
    = wicked, evil, heartless.
    Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    ----
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo wicked, evil; ( uso hiperbólico) wicked
    * * *
    = wicked, evil, heartless.

    Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

    Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.

    * * *
    malvado1 -da
    wicked, evil; (uso hiperbólico) wicked
    malvado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    el malvado que la había engañado the evil man who had deceived her
    no llores por esa malvada don't cry over that evil o wicked woman
    * * *

    malvado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    wicked, evil
    malvado,-a adjetivo evil, wicked

    ' malvado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malvada
    - miserable
    - siniestra
    - siniestro
    - tenebrosa
    - tenebroso
    - satánico
    English:
    evil
    - fiend
    - ungodly
    - villainous
    - wicked
    * * *
    malvado, -a
    ♦ adj
    evil, wicked
    ♦ nm,f
    villain, evil person;
    es un malvado he's evil o wicked
    * * *
    I adj evil
    II m, malvada f evil man; mujer evil woman
    * * *
    malvado, -da adj
    : evil, wicked
    malvado, -da n
    : evildoer, wicked person
    * * *
    malvado adj evil / wicked [comp. wickeder; superl. wickedest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > malvado

  • 110 margarina

    f.
    margarine.
    * * *
    1 margarine
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino margarine
    * * *
    = margarine, marge.
    Nota: Abreviatura de margarine.
    Ex. Lard and suet are suitable for shortcrust and flaky pastry, used with butter or margarine.
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    * * *
    femenino margarine
    * * *
    = margarine, marge.
    Nota: Abreviatura de margarine.

    Ex: Lard and suet are suitable for shortcrust and flaky pastry, used with butter or margarine.

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    * * *
    margarine
    * * *

    margarina sustantivo femenino
    margarine
    margarina f Culin margarine
    ' margarina' also found in these entries:
    English:
    margarine
    * * *
    margarine
    * * *
    f margarine
    * * *
    : margarine
    * * *
    margarina n margarine

    Spanish-English dictionary > margarina

  • 111 montar bulla

    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about)
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about)

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.

    Spanish-English dictionary > montar bulla

  • 112 montar un cirio

    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > montar un cirio

  • 113 montar un numerito

    (v.) = kick up + a fuss
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Spanish-English dictionary > montar un numerito

  • 114 montar un número

    familiar to make a scene
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > montar un número

  • 115 muchacha

    f.
    1 maid (sirvienta).
    2 girl, miss, gal, lass.
    * * *
    1→ link=muchacho muchacho,-a
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) girl
    2) maid
    * * *
    * * *
    = girl, girlie, maid, gal, wench, lass, lassie, maidservant.
    Ex. The article 'Why girls flock to Sweet Valley High' investigates the appeal to girls of adolescent romances and what, if anything, could be done to broaden the reading habits of such fans of formula fiction.
    Ex. The article ' Girlies on the warpath' argues that despite institutional resistance, good antisexist work is happening in teacher education.
    Ex. Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.
    Ex. Summer time clothes are much more revealing, and every gal could use a little help looking her best.
    Ex. He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.
    Ex. This festival has its origins in the 19th century, when young laddies and lasses had very few places where they could meet, greet and flirt in a socially acceptable manner.
    Ex. Prior to the gathering at the barracks the Salvation Army band, followed by lassies with tambourines, held an open air meeting in Diamond Street.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    ----
    * muchacha de la limpieza = cleaning woman.
    * * *
    * * *
    = girl, girlie, maid, gal, wench, lass, lassie, maidservant.

    Ex: The article 'Why girls flock to Sweet Valley High' investigates the appeal to girls of adolescent romances and what, if anything, could be done to broaden the reading habits of such fans of formula fiction.

    Ex: The article ' Girlies on the warpath' argues that despite institutional resistance, good antisexist work is happening in teacher education.
    Ex: Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.
    Ex: Summer time clothes are much more revealing, and every gal could use a little help looking her best.
    Ex: He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.
    Ex: This festival has its origins in the 19th century, when young laddies and lasses had very few places where they could meet, greet and flirt in a socially acceptable manner.
    Ex: Prior to the gathering at the barracks the Salvation Army band, followed by lassies with tambourines, held an open air meeting in Diamond Street.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * muchacha de la limpieza = cleaning woman.

    * * *
    f:
    * * *

     

    muchacha sustantivo femenino: tb

    ver tb muchacho
    muchacha sustantivo femenino girl

    ' muchacha' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chica
    - chico
    - como quiera
    - comoquiera
    - derrochar
    - chavo
    - jebo
    English:
    lass
    - girl
    * * *
    1. [sirvienta] maid;
    Am
    muchacha de adentro live-in maid
    * * *
    f girl
    * * *
    : maid
    * * *
    muchacha n girl

    Spanish-English dictionary > muchacha

  • 116 niñera

    adj.
    one who is fond of children, or who delights in childish tricks; a dandler.
    * * *
    1 nanny
    * * *
    f., (m. - niñero)
    * * *
    SF nanny, child's nurse (EEUU), nursemaid †
    * * *
    = nanny.
    Ex. Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.
    ----
    * estado niñera = nanny state.
    * * *

    Ex: Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.

    * estado niñera = nanny state.

    * * *

    niñera sustantivo femenino
    nanny, nursemaid (AmE)
    niñera sustantivo femenino nursemaid, nanny
    ' niñera' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nana
    - nodriza
    English:
    intensify
    - nanny
    - nurse
    - nursemaid
    * * *
    nanny
    * * *
    f nanny
    * * *
    niñera n nanny [pl. nannies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > niñera

  • 117 ocuparse de

    v.
    1 to take care of, to deal with, to look after, to address.
    Nos ocupamos de la limpieza We take care of the cleaning.
    2 to go about, to get about, to attend to, to be concerned with.
    Ocuparse de sus negocios Go about one's business
    * * *
    1 (encargarse de) to take care of; (tratar) to deal with
    * * *
    to attend, take care of
    * * *
    (v.) = be concerned with, deal with, indulge in, preoccupy, turn to, concern, take + a turn at, care (about/for), become + engaged (in/with), engage with, see to
    Ex. Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.
    Ex. Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
    Ex. Each library must make policy decisions concerning whether it will indulge in analytical cataloguing.
    Ex. Abstracting agencies citation recommendations may be preoccupied with the practices desirable for periodical articles.
    Ex. We shall turn to this distinction very shortly.
    Ex. The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex. Journeyman printers generally specialized as compositors or pressmen and, although a compositor might on occasion take a turn at the press (especially in a small shop), few pressmen could set type efficiently.
    Ex. Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
    Ex. There is a strong demand for information about Asia as Australia becomes engaged with countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
    Ex. In order to overcome isolation and develop a community oriented approach, libraries will need to engage with people.
    Ex. They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.
    * * *
    (v.) = be concerned with, deal with, indulge in, preoccupy, turn to, concern, take + a turn at, care (about/for), become + engaged (in/with), engage with, see to

    Ex: Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.

    Ex: Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
    Ex: Each library must make policy decisions concerning whether it will indulge in analytical cataloguing.
    Ex: Abstracting agencies citation recommendations may be preoccupied with the practices desirable for periodical articles.
    Ex: We shall turn to this distinction very shortly.
    Ex: The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex: Journeyman printers generally specialized as compositors or pressmen and, although a compositor might on occasion take a turn at the press (especially in a small shop), few pressmen could set type efficiently.
    Ex: Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
    Ex: There is a strong demand for information about Asia as Australia becomes engaged with countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
    Ex: In order to overcome isolation and develop a community oriented approach, libraries will need to engage with people.
    Ex: They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ocuparse de

  • 118 personaje secundario

    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *

    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    Spanish-English dictionary > personaje secundario

  • 119 poner el grito en el cielo

    figurado to hit the ceiling, hit the roof
    ————————
    to hit the ceiling
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = be (all) up in arms, kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, blow + Posesivo + top, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack, scream + blue murder, froth at + the mouth, shout + blue murder
    Ex. And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    Ex. Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.
    Ex. She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
    Ex. She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
    Ex. This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.
    Ex. There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.
    * * *
    (v.) = be (all) up in arms, kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, blow + Posesivo + top, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack, scream + blue murder, froth at + the mouth, shout + blue murder

    Ex: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    Ex: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.
    Ex: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
    Ex: She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
    Ex: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.
    Ex: There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner el grito en el cielo

  • 120 preocuparse por

    v.
    to worry about, to be concerned about, to be bothered with, to care about.
    Me preocupo por esa situación I worry about that situation.
    * * *
    (v.) = become + apprehensive about, care (about/for), be apprehensive (about), lose + sleep over/on, fret about
    Ex. As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.
    Ex. Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
    Ex. His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.
    Ex. Up to 42 percent of IT managers confess to losing sleep over security concerns.
    Ex. I would have included library schools in this list except for the fact that they fret endlessly about the pros and cons of being called a library school.
    * * *
    (v.) = become + apprehensive about, care (about/for), be apprehensive (about), lose + sleep over/on, fret about

    Ex: As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.

    Ex: Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
    Ex: His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.
    Ex: Up to 42 percent of IT managers confess to losing sleep over security concerns.
    Ex: I would have included library schools in this list except for the fact that they fret endlessly about the pros and cons of being called a library school.

    Spanish-English dictionary > preocuparse por

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