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  • 1 старшая медсестра

    Русско-английский словарь по логистике > старшая медсестра

  • 2 медсестра

    1. trained nurse

    медсестра, ведущая архивbank nurse

    2. nurse
    Синонимический ряд:
    медицинская сестра (сущ.) медицинская сестра; милосердная сестра; сестра; сестра милосердия

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > медсестра

  • 3 старший

    1. boss

    старший рабочий; десятник; артельщикgang boss

    2. chief
    3. eldest
    4. high-order

    цифра старшего разряда; старший разрядhigh-order digit

    5. oldest
    6. ranking
    7. seniors
    8. superiors
    9. yardmaster
    10. elder; older; senior; eldest; oldest; higher; highest; foreman; first
    11. major
    12. senior
    13. superior
    Синонимический ряд:
    взрослый (прил.) большой; взрослый
    Антонимический ряд:

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > старший

  • 4 старшая медсестра

    1) General subject: matron
    2) Medicine: head nurse
    4) Makarov: chief nurse

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > старшая медсестра

  • 5 enfermera jefe

    • charge nurse
    • chief nurse

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > enfermera jefe

  • 6 enfermera jefe

    f.
    chief nurse, charge nurse, matron, matron in hospital.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfermera jefe

  • 7 главная медсестра

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > главная медсестра

  • 8 главная медсестра

    Русско-английский словарь по логистике > главная медсестра

  • 9 jefe

    adj.
    chief, top.
    m.
    1 boss, principal, chief, manager.
    2 chief, chieftain, leader, ringleader.
    3 boss, woman in charge, headwoman, top woman.
    4 boss.
    * * *
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 boss, head, chief
    2 COMERCIO (hombre) manager; (mujer) manageress
    3 PLÍTICA leader
    4 MILITAR officer in command
    interjección ¡jefe!
    1 familiar waiter!
    1 familiar the old lady, the wife
    \
    jefe de estación station master
    jefe de Estado Head of State
    jefe de Estado Mayor Chief of Staff
    jefe de redacción editor in chief
    jefe de ventas sales manager
    jefe supremo commander-in-chief
    * * *
    (f. - jefa)
    noun
    1) boss
    2) head
    * * *
    jefe, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=superior) boss; (=director) head; (Pol) leader; (Com) manager; (Mil) officer in command; [de tribu] chief

    ¿quién es el jefe aquí? — who's in charge around here?

    jefe/a civil — Caribe registrar

    jefe/a de almacén — warehouse manager/manageress

    jefe/a de bomberos — fire chief, chief fire officer

    jefe/a de cabina — (Aer) chief steward/stewardess

    jefe/a de camareros — head waiter/waitress

    jefe/a de cocina — head chef

    jefe/a de equipo — team leader

    jefe/a de estación — station master, station manager

    jefe/a de estado — head of state

    jefe/a de estado mayor — chief of staff

    jefe/a de estudios — (Escol) director of studies

    jefe/a de filas — (Pol) party leader

    jefe/a de máquinas — (Náut) chief engineer

    jefe/a de márketing — marketing manager

    jefe/a de obras — site manager

    jefe/a de oficina — office manager/manageress

    jefe/a de personal — personnel manager

    jefe/a de pista — ringmaster

    jefe/a de plató — (Cine, TV) floor manager

    jefe/a de producción — production manager

    jefe/a de protocolo — chief of protocol

    jefe/a de realización — (Cine, TV) production manager

    jefe/a de redacción — editor-in-chief

    jefe/a de sala — head waiter/waitress

    jefe/a de taller — foreman

    jefe/a de tren — guard, conductor (EEUU)

    jefe/a de ventas — sales manager

    jefe/a ejecutivo/a — chief executive

    jefe/a supremo/a — commander-in-chief

    2) [como apelativo]

    ¡oiga jefe! — hey!, mate! *

    sí, mi jefe — esp LAm yes, sir o boss

    * * *
    - fa masculino, femenino, jefe masculino y femenino
    a) ( superior) boss
    b) ( de empresa) manager; ( de sección) head; ( de tribu) chief
    c) (Pol) leader
    d) ( como apelativo) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)
    e) jefes masculino plural (fam) ( padres) folks (pl) (colloq)
    * * *
    = boss [bosses, -pl.], chief, employer, chief honcho, top official, top position, head honcho, honcho, gaffer, leader.
    Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.
    Ex. He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.
    Ex. But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.
    Ex. 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.
    Ex. Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.
    Ex. In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.
    Ex. Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.
    Ex. Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.
    Ex. Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.
    Ex. The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.
    ----
    * ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.
    * editor jefe = editor-in-chief.
    * jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress.
    * jefe de cocina = chef.
    * jefe de escuadrón = squadron leader.
    * jefe de espías = spymaster.
    * jefe de estado = head of state, chief of state.
    * jefe de facturación = billing clerk.
    * jefe de la tribu = tribal chief.
    * jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.
    * jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).
    * jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).
    * jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.
    * jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.
    * jefe de milicia = warlord.
    * jefe de oficina = office manager.
    * jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster.
    * jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.
    * jefe de prensa = press officer.
    * jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.
    * jefe de sección = section head.
    * jefe de taller = overseer.
    * jefe militar = army official, army officer.
    * muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
    * ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * * *
    - fa masculino, femenino, jefe masculino y femenino
    a) ( superior) boss
    b) ( de empresa) manager; ( de sección) head; ( de tribu) chief
    c) (Pol) leader
    d) ( como apelativo) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)
    e) jefes masculino plural (fam) ( padres) folks (pl) (colloq)
    * * *
    = boss [bosses, -pl.], chief, employer, chief honcho, top official, top position, head honcho, honcho, gaffer, leader.

    Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

    Ex: He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.
    Ex: But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.
    Ex: 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.
    Ex: Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.
    Ex: In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.
    Ex: Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.
    Ex: Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.
    Ex: Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.
    Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.
    * ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.
    * editor jefe = editor-in-chief.
    * jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress.
    * jefe de cocina = chef.
    * jefe de escuadrón = squadron leader.
    * jefe de espías = spymaster.
    * jefe de estado = head of state, chief of state.
    * jefe de facturación = billing clerk.
    * jefe de la tribu = tribal chief.
    * jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.
    * jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).
    * jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).
    * jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.
    * jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.
    * jefe de milicia = warlord.
    * jefe de oficina = office manager.
    * jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster.
    * jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.
    * jefe de prensa = press officer.
    * jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.
    * jefe de sección = section head.
    * jefe de taller = overseer.
    * jefe militar = army official, army officer.
    * muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
    * ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

    * * *
    jefe -fa
    masculine, feminine
    1 (superior) boss
    aquí el jefe soy yo I'm the boss here, I'm in charge here
    2 (de una sección, un departamento) head
    4 (de un partido, una banda) leader
    5 (como apelativo) buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq), guv ( BrE colloq dated)
    6 jefes mpl ( fam) (padres) folks (pl) ( colloq), parents (pl)
    Compuestos:
    jefe/jefa de bomberos
    fire chief
    jefe/jefa de cocina
    chef
    jefe/jefa de departamento
    head of department
    jefe/jefa de estación
    stationmaster
    jefe/jefa de Estado
    head of state
    jefe/jefa de Estado Mayor
    Chief of Staff
    jefe/jefa de estudios
    director of studies
    jefe/jefa de filas
    group leader
    jefe/jefa de gobierno
    (primer ministro) prime minister; (presidente) president
    jefe/jefa de la guerrilla
    guerrilla leader
    jefe/jefa de la oposición
    leader of the opposition
    jefe/jefa de la policía
    chief of police
    jefe/jefa de los espías
    spymaster
    jefe/jefa de máquinas
    chief engineer
    jefe/jefa de negociado
    head of section, head of department
    jefe/jefa de oficina
    chief clerk, office manager
    jefe/jefa de personal
    personnel manager
    jefe/jefa de planta
    floor manager
    jefe/jefa de producción
    production manager
    jefe/jefa de producto
    product manager
    jefe/jefa de redacción
    editor-in-chief
    jefe/jefa de sección
    section head
    jefe/jefa de seguridad
    chief of security
    jefe/jefa de taller
    supervisor, foreman
    jefe/jefa de tren
    head conductor, train manager ( BrE)
    jefe/jefa de ventas
    sales manager
    * * *

     

    jefe
    ◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femenino, jefe sustantivo masculino y femenino

    a) ( superior) boss;


    jefe de personal/ventas personnel/sales manager;
    jefe de redacción editor-in-chief

    ( de sección) head;
    ( de tribu) chief
    c) (Pol) leader;

    jefe de Estado/gobierno head of state/government

    jefe,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 boss
    Com manager
    jefe de estación, station master
    jefe de informativos, news editor
    jefe de personal, personnel manager
    jefe de redacción, editor-in-chief
    jefe de ventas, sales manager
    2 (líder) leader: es el jefe de la tribu, he's the chief of the tribe
    jefe de Estado, Head of State
    3 Mil comandante en jefe, commander-in-chief
    ' jefe' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arder
    - bailar
    - bebida
    - cabestro
    - congraciarse
    - definitivamente
    - encima
    - faltar
    - gastar
    - gusano
    - jefa
    - mondarse
    - patrón
    - patrona
    - patrono
    - quemada
    - quemado
    - redactor
    - redactora
    - sapo
    - sheriff
    - tal
    - trinar
    - abajo
    - canciller
    - citar
    - comandante
    - condición
    - enfermero
    - facultar
    - mandar
    - pensar
    - plantear
    - quedar
    - rabiar
    - robar
    - salir
    - ver
    English:
    absence
    - abuse
    - anybody
    - approachable
    - around
    - ask for
    - bluster
    - boss
    - busywork
    - by
    - by-product
    - chancellor
    - chief
    - chieftain
    - clear
    - comeback
    - cow
    - deal with
    - departmental
    - deputy
    - discount
    - doormat
    - edit
    - even
    - expect
    - forceful
    - foreman
    - forge
    - frustrated
    - grievance
    - guard
    - head
    - higher-up
    - imagine
    - in
    - initially
    - leader
    - manager
    - marshal
    - mate
    - of
    - pass over
    - pat
    - pool
    - postmaster
    - promise
    - Secretary of State
    - sister
    - staff nurse
    - take over
    * * *
    jefe, -a nm,f
    1. [persona al mando] boss;
    [de empresa] manager, f manageress; [líder] leader; [de tribu, ejército] chief; [de departamento] head; Mil
    en jefe in-chief;
    Méx Fam
    como jefe: entró a la oficina como jefe he walked into the office as if he owned the place
    jefe de bomberos fire chief;
    jefe de compras purchasing manager;
    jefe de estación stationmaster;
    jefe de Estado head of state;
    jefe del estado mayor chief of staff;
    jefe de estudios director of studies;
    Dep jefe de fila(s) team leader [driver or cyclist];
    jefe de gabinete chief of staff;
    jefe de gobierno prime minister;
    una reunión de jefes de gobierno a meeting of heads of government;
    jefe de policía police chief, chief of police, Br chief constable;
    jefe de prensa press officer;
    jefe de producción production manager;
    jefe de producto product line manager;
    jefe de protocolo chief of protocol;
    jefe de proyecto project manager;
    jefe de redacción editor-in-chief;
    jefe de sección departmental head o chief;
    jefe de ventas sales manager
    2. Fam [como apelativo]
    pregúntale al jefe qué se debe ask the guy for the bill;
    jefe, pónganos dos cervezas give us two beers, Br guv o US mac
    3. Méx Fam [padre, madre] old man, f old girl
    4. Esp Fam
    mis jefes [mis padres] my folks
    * * *
    m, jefa f de departamento, organización head; ( superior) boss; POL leader; de tribu chief
    :
    mi jefe my dad fam ;
    mi jefa my mom fam
    * * *
    jefe, -fa n
    1) : chief, head, leader
    jefe de bomberos: fire chief
    2) : boss
    * * *
    jefe n
    1. (superior) boss [pl. bosses]
    3. (de un partido, de una asociación) leader

    Spanish-English dictionary > jefe

  • 10 chef

    chef [∫εf]
    1. masculine noun, feminine noun
       a. ( = patron) boss ; [de tribu] chief(tain)
    faire le or jouer au petit chef to throw one's weight around
       b. [d'expédition, révolte, syndicat] leader
       d. ( = cuisinier) chef
    2. invariable adjective
    gardien/médecin chef chief warden/consultant
    chef de classe ≈ class prefect (Brit) or president (US)
    chef de famille head of the family ; (Administration) householder
    chef de plateau (Cinema, TV) floor manager
    chef de service departmental head ; ( = médecin) ≈ consultant
    * * *

    I ʃɛf
    nom masculin
    1) ( meneur) leader
    2) ( supérieur) superior, boss (colloq); Armée ( sergent) sergeant
    3) ( dirigeant) gén head; Commerce ( d'un service) manager

    commandant en chefArmée commander-in-chief

    chef (cuisinier or de cuisine) — chef

    5) (colloq) (as, champion) ace
    6) (dated) ( tête) head

    de mon/leur (propre) chef — on my/their own initiative

    7) ( chapitre)

    au premier chef — primarily, first and foremost

    Phrasal Verbs:

    II ʃɛf
    nom féminin boss (colloq)
    * * *
    ʃɛf
    1. nmf
    1) [groupe] leader, [tribu] chief

    en chef; général en chef — general-in-chief

    2) [service] head

    Le nouveau chef du service comptable est un Écossais. — The new head of the accounts department is Scottish.

    3) (= supérieur hiérarchique) boss

    Je dois demander la permission à mon chef. — I have to get permission from my boss.

    4) [cuisine] chef
    2. nm
    1)

    au premier chef (= avant tout) [concerner, viser]primarily

    2) (= de sa propre initiative)
    3) humoristique, lit (= tête)
    * * *
    A nm
    1 ( meneur) leader; le chef du parti the party leader; le chef de l'école cubiste the leader of the Cubist school; chef de l'opposition leader of the opposition; chef de bande gang leader; avoir des qualités de chef to have leadership qualities; avoir une âme or un tempérament de chef to be a born leader;
    2 ( supérieur) superior, boss; Mil ( sergent) sergeant; votre chef en sera informé your superior will be informed; mon chef my boss; salut, chef! hi, boss!;
    3 (patron, dirigeant) gén head; Comm ( d'un service) manager; chef de l'Église/de l'exécutif head of the Church/of the executive branch of government; l'exemple doit venir des chefs the example must come from the top; architecte en chef chief architect; commandant en chef Mil commander-in-chief; ⇒ petit;
    5 (as, champion) ace; se débrouiller comme un chef to manage splendidly;
    6 ( tête) head; de mon/leur (propre) chef on my/their own initiative, off my/their own bat GB;
    7 ( chapitre) heading; sous ce chef under this heading; au premier chef, leur négligence primarily ou first and foremost, their negligence; il importe, au premier chef, de rétablir l'ordre primarily, we must restore order.
    B nf boss; à la maison, c'est elle la chef at home, she's the boss.
    chef d'accusation Jur count of indictment; répondre à un chef d'accusation to answer a charge; chef d'atelier (shop) foreman; chef de bataillon major; chef de bureau chief clerk; chef de cabinet principal private secretary; chef de chantier works GB ou site foreman; chef de chœur choirmaster; chef de clan chieftain; chef de classe class prefect ou monitor GB, class president US; chef de clinique Méd senior registrar GB; chef de département head of department; chef d'entreprise head of a company; chef d'équipe Entr foreman; Sport team captain; chef d'escadron cavalry major; chef d'établissement head teacher; chef d'État head of state; chef d'état-major Chief of Staff; chef de fabrication production manager; chef de famille head of the family ou household; chef de file gén leader; Pol party leader; Fin ( de consortium) lead bank; Naut lead ship; chef de gare stationmaster; chef de gouvernement head of government; chef indien Indian chief; chef mécanicien engine driver GB, (locomotive) engineer US; chef de musique bandmaster; chef de nage stroke; chef d'orchestre conductor; chef de patrouille patrol leader; chef du personnel personnel manager; chef de plateau Cin, TV floor manager; chef de produit Comm product manager; chef de projet Entr project manager; chef de publicité ( d'agence) account executive; ( annonceur) advertising manager; ( dans les médias) advertising (sales) manager; chef de rang chef de rang; chef de rayon Comm department supervisor ou manager; chef de région area ou regional manager; chef de réseau ( espionnage) leader of a spy ring; ( Résistance) leader of a cell (in the Resistance movement); chef de service Admin section ou department head; Méd clinical director GB, chief physician US; chef de train guard GB, conductor US; chef de tribu headman; chef des ventes sales manager; chef de village village headman.
    [ʃɛf] nom masculin
    1. [responsable - généralement] head ; [ - d'une entreprise] manager, boss
    chef du personnel personnel ou staff manager
    3. RAIL
    7. [leader] leader
    a. (péjoratif) [dans une famille] domestic tyrant
    b. [au bureau, à l'usine] slave driver
    8. (comme adjectif) head (modificateur), chief (modificateur)
    médecin-chef ≃ senior consultant
    9. (humoristique) [tête] head
    10. DROIT
    chef d'accusation charge ou count (of indictment)
    ————————
    [ʃɛf] nom féminin
    [responsable]
    ————————
    au premier chef locution adverbiale
    de mon propre chef locution adverbiale,
    de son propre chef etc. locution adverbiale
    on my/his etc. own authority ou initiative
    ————————
    en chef locution adjectivale
    chef d'orchestre nom masculin
    2. (figuré) [organisateur] organizer, orchestrator

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > chef

  • 11 enérgico

    adj.
    1 energetic, strong, active, powerful.
    2 forceful, high-pressure, aggressive, drastic.
    * * *
    1 energetic, vigorous
    \
    en tono enérgico emphatically
    * * *
    (f. - enérgica)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] energetic, vigorous; [gesto, habla, tono] emphatic; [esfuerzo] determined; [ejercicio] strenuous; [campaña] vigorous, high-pressure; [medida, golpe] bold, drastic; [ataque] vigorous, strong; [protesta] forceful
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) ( físicamente) <ejercicio/movimiento> energetic, strenuous; < persona> energetic, vigorous
    b) (firme, resuelto) < carácter> forceful; <protesta/ataque> vigorous; < medidas> firm, strong; <desmentido/rechazo> flat, firm
    * * *
    = emphatic, energetic, forceful, assertive, aggressive, brisk [brisker -comp., briskest -sup.], spirited, vociferous, vocal, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], power-packed.
    Ex. Her first hint that all was not well was with the sudden appearance of Consuelo Feng, whose no-nonsensen approach to her job was emphasized by the emphactic clicks of her heels along the highly polished terrazzo floors.
    Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex. The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.
    Ex. I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex. The classic example quoted by Jourard is the brisk, super-efficient nurse, whose manner appears to be something that she puts on when she dons her uniform.
    Ex. Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex. The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.
    Ex. Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex. A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.
    Ex. He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.
    Ex. Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.
    ----
    * enérgico, poderoso, contundente, potente, potentísimo, impetuoso, formidable = power-packed.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) ( físicamente) <ejercicio/movimiento> energetic, strenuous; < persona> energetic, vigorous
    b) (firme, resuelto) < carácter> forceful; <protesta/ataque> vigorous; < medidas> firm, strong; <desmentido/rechazo> flat, firm
    * * *
    = emphatic, energetic, forceful, assertive, aggressive, brisk [brisker -comp., briskest -sup.], spirited, vociferous, vocal, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], power-packed.

    Ex: Her first hint that all was not well was with the sudden appearance of Consuelo Feng, whose no-nonsensen approach to her job was emphasized by the emphactic clicks of her heels along the highly polished terrazzo floors.

    Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex: The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.
    Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex: The classic example quoted by Jourard is the brisk, super-efficient nurse, whose manner appears to be something that she puts on when she dons her uniform.
    Ex: Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex: The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.
    Ex: Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex: A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.
    Ex: He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.
    Ex: Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.
    * enérgico, poderoso, contundente, potente, potentísimo, impetuoso, formidable = power-packed.

    * * *
    1 (físicamente) ‹ejercicio/movimiento› energetic, strenuous; ‹persona› energetic, vigorous
    le asestó un enérgico golpe en la cabeza she dealt him a fierce o heavy blow to the head
    2 (firme, resuelto) ‹carácter› forceful; ‹protesta› vigorous; ‹medidas› firm, strong
    lanzó un enérgico ataque contra ellos she launched a vigorous o fierce o strong attack on them
    un enérgico desmentido a flat o firm denial
    * * *

    enérgico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo


    b) (firme, resuelto) ‹ carácter forceful;

    protesta/ataque vigorous;
    medidas firm, strong;
    negativa/rechazo flat, firm
    enérgico,-a adjetivo
    1 energetic
    con un golpe enérgico, with a vigorous blow
    2 (con decisión) firm
    ' enérgico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enérgica
    - plumazo
    - decidido
    English:
    active
    - assertive
    - brisk
    - energetic
    - forceful
    - spirited
    - sprightly
    - strenuous
    - strident
    - vigorous
    - vital
    - vociferous
    - emphatic
    - high
    - loud
    - strength
    - strong
    * * *
    enérgico, -a adj
    1. [físicamente] [persona, salto] energetic;
    [golpe] vigorous, powerful; [gesto, movimiento] vigorous, energetic
    2. [decidido, firme] [persona, carácter] forceful;
    [medida] firm; [defensa, protesta] vigorous, energetic; [respuesta] emphatic
    * * *
    adj energetic; fig
    forceful, strong
    * * *
    enérgico, -ca adj
    1) : energetic, vigorous
    2) : forceful, emphatic
    * * *
    1. (persona) energetic / vigorous
    2. (respuesta, medida) strong

    Spanish-English dictionary > enérgico

  • 12 लॄ _lॄ

    लॄ f. A mother, a divine female. -m. Śiva. -f. =
    लृ. cf. लॄर्महात्मा सुरो बालो भूपः स्तोमः कथानकः (वक्ता) । मूर्खो शिश्नो गुदः कक्षा केशः पापरतो नरः ॥ Enm. एकान्वयो मम Ś.7; मनस्येकं वचस्येकं कर्मण्येकं महात्मनाम् H.1.197.
    -4 Firm, unchanged; एको ग्रहस्तु Pt.1.26.
    -5 Single of its kind, unique, singular.
    -6 Chief, supreme, prominent, sole; ब्राह्मण्यास्तद्धरेत्पुत्र एकांशं वै पितुर्धनात् Mb.13.47.11. ˚पार्थिव, ˚धनुर्धरः, ˚ऐश्वर्य M.1.1 sole sovereignty; एको रागिषु राजते Bh.3.121.
    -7 Peerless, matchless.
    -8 One of two or many; Me.3. एकः सख्यास्तव सह मया वामपादाभिलाषी Me.8.
    -9 Oft. used like the English indefinite article 'a', or 'an'; ज्योतिरेकम् Ś.5.3.
    -1 True.
    -11 Little. Oft. used in the middle of comp. in the sense of 'only', with an adjectival or adverbial force; दोषैकदृक् looking only to faults; त्वदेकेषु Ku.3.15 your arrow only; so भोगैकबद्धस्पृहः. एकः-अन्यः, or अपरः the one- the other; अजामेकां लोहित... नमामः । अजो ह्येको... अजोन्यः Śvet. Up.4.5; it is used in the plural in the sense of some, its correlative being अन्ये or अपरे (others); एके समूहुर्बलरेणुसंहतिं शिरोभिराज्ञामपरे महीभृतः ॥ Śi.12.45; see अन्य, अपर also.
    -कः N. of Viṣṇu. the ऴSupreme Being or Prajāpati; एक इति च प्रजापतेरभिधानमिति । ŚB. on MS. 1.3.13.
    (-कम्) 1 The mind; एकं विनिन्ये स जुगोप सप्त सप्तैव तत्याज ररक्ष पञ्च Bu. Ch.2.41.
    -2 unity, a unit; Hch.
    -का N. of Durgā. [cf. Persian yak; L. aequus].
    -Comp. -अंशः a separate part, part in general. विष्टभ्याह- मिदं कृत्स्नमेकांशेन स्थितो जगत् Bg.1.42. एकांशश्च प्रधानतः Ms. 9.15.
    -अक्ष a.
    1 having only one axle. द्विचक्रमेकाक्षम् (रथम्) Bhāg.4.26.1.
    -2 having one eye.
    -3 having an excellent eye.
    (-क्षः) 1 a crow.
    -2 N. of Śiva.
    -अक्षर a. monosyllabic. ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म Bg.8.13.
    (-रम्) 1 a monosyllable.
    -2 the sacred syllable; ओम्; एकाक्षरं परं ब्रह्म Ms.2.83.
    -3 The sole imperishable thing; एका- क्षरमभिसंभूय Av.5.28.8.
    -4 N. of an Upaniṣad. ˚कोशः a vocabulary of monosyllabic words by Puruṣottama- deva. ˚रीभावः the production of only one syllable, con- traction.
    -अग्नि a. Keeping only one fire; Āpastamba Dharma Sūtra 2.21.21. (
    -कः) One and the same fire.
    -अग्र a.
    1 fixed on one object or point only.
    -2 closely attentive, concentrated, intent; तद्गीतश्रवणैकाग्रा R.15.66; K.49; कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा Bg.18.72; मनुमे- काग्रमासीनम् Ms.1.1.
    -3 unperplexed.
    -4 known, cele- brated.
    -5 single-pointed. (
    -ग्रः) (in Math.) the whole of the long side of a figure which is subdivided. ˚चित्त, ˚मनस् a. with a concentrated mind, with un- divided attention. ˚चित्तम्, ˚चित्तता intentness of purpose, concentration of mind; तत्रैकाग्रं मनःकृत्वा Bg.6.12;18.72. °reeदृष्टि a. fixing one's eye on one spot.
    -अग्ऱ्य = ˚अग्र. (
    -ग्ऱ्यम्) concentration.
    -अङ्गः 1 a body-guard.
    -2 the planet Mercury or Mars.
    -3 N. of Viṣṇu. ˚वधः Mutilation of a limb; Kau. A.4.
    -4 Having a unique or beautiful shape.
    (-अङ्गम्) 1 a single member or part.
    -2 sandal wood.
    -3 the head. (
    -ङ्गौ) a married couple. (
    -ङ्गी) Incomplete; ˚रूपक incomplete, simile.
    -अञ्जलिः A handful.
    -अङ्गिका preparation made with sandal-wood.
    -अण्डः a kind of horse.
    -अधिपतिः a sole monarch or sovereign.
    -अनंशा the only (day) receiving no part of the moon, an epithet of Kuhū or day of new moon (born together with Kṛiṣṇa and worshipped with Kṛiṣ&na and Bala- deva and identified with Durgā).
    -अनुदिष्ट a.
    1 left as a funeral feast or one who has recently partaken in it. (
    -ष्टम्) a funeral ceremony performed for only one ancestor (recently dead); see एकोद्दिष्ट; यावदेकानुदिष्टस्य गन्धो लेपश्च तिष्ठति Ms.4.111.
    -अन्त a.
    1 solitary, retired.
    -2 aside, apart.
    -3 directed towards one point or object only.
    -4 excessive, great; ˚शैत्यात्- कदलीविशेषाः Ku.1.36.
    -5 worshipping only one; devoted to only one (एकनिष्ठ); एकान्तजनप्रियः Bhāg.8.24.31.
    -6 absolute, invariable, perpetual; स्वायत्तमेकान्तगुणम् Bh.2.7; कस्यैकान्तं सुखमुपगतम् Me.111.
    (-तः) 1 a lonely or retired place, solitude; तासामेकान्तविन्यस्ते शयानां शयने द्युमे Rām.5.1.5. व्योम˚ विहारिणः Pt.2.2; H.1.49.
    -2 exclusiveness.
    -3 an invariable rule or course of conduct or action; तस्मादेकान्तमासाद्य Pt.3.7.
    -4 exclusive aim or boundary. (
    -तम्) an exclusive recourse, a settled rule or principle; तेजः क्षमा वा नैकान्तं काल- ज्ञस्य महीपतेः Śi.2.83. (
    -तम्, -तेन, -ततः, -ते) ind.
    1 solely, exclusively, invariably, always, absolutely, युद्धे नैकान्तेन भवेज्जयः Mb.5.64.27.
    -2 exceeding, quite, wholly, very much; वयमप्येकान्ततो निःस्पृहाः Bh.3.24; दुःखमेकान्ततो वा Me.111; oft. in comp.; ˚विध्वंसिन् sure or destined to perish; R.2.57; ˚भीरु Mu. 3.5 always timid; so एकान्तकरुण very weak &c.
    -3 alone, apart, privately. ˚भूत being alone or solitary; विलोक्यैकान्तभूतानि भूतान्यादौ प्रजापतिः Bhāg.6.18.3. ˚मति a. devoted to one object only. ˚विहारिन् a. a solitary wanderer. ˚सुषमा 'containing exclusively good years', a division of time with Jainas. ˚स्थित a. staying or remaining apart.
    -अन्तर a. next but one, separated by one remove; द्वन्द्वं दक्षमरीचिसंभवमिदं तत्स्रष्टुरेकान्तरम् Ś.7.27; V.1. (
    -रः) a kind of fever.
    -अन्तिक a. final, conclusive.
    -अन्तित्वम् devotion to one object.
    -अन्तिन् a. devoted to one object only; अहो अत्यद्भुतं ह्येतद् दुर्लभैकान्ति- नामपि Bhāg.7.1.15. -m. a worshipper of Viṣṇu.
    -अन्नम् one and the same food.
    (-न्नः), -˚आदिन् 1 a mess-mate.
    -2 One who lives on the alms from only one house; नैकान्नादी भवेद् व्रती Ms.2.188.
    -अपचयः, अपायः Diminution by one.
    -अब्दा a heifer one year old.
    1 passable for only one (as a foot-path) Mb.3.
    -2 fixing one's thoughts on one object, closely attentive, intent; see एकाग्र.
    (-नम्) 1 a lonely or retired place; एकायनगतः पथि Mb.1.176.5; Rām. 3.67.23.
    -2 a meeting-place, rendezvous. सर्वासामपां समुद्र एकायनम् Bṛi. Up.2.4.11.
    -3 union of thoughts.
    -4 monotheism.
    -5 the sole object; सा स्नेहस्य एकायनीभूता M.2.14; एकायनीभूय Mv.4 with one accord, unani- mously.
    -6 One and the same way, similarity; एकमेवायनगताः प्लवमाना गिरेर्गिरम् Rām.4.2.9.
    -7 Worldly wisdom (नीतिशास्त्र); नाम वै एकायनम् Ch. Up.7.1.2. ˚गत = एकायन q. v. तरुणः सुकृतैर्युक्त एकायनगतश्च ह Mb.7.12.22. ˚स्थः With only one resource open, driven to extremity; शूरश्चैकायनस्थश्च किमन्यत्प्रतिपद्यते Pratijñā.1.7.
    -अर्णवः general flood, universal deluge; अयं ह्युत्सहते क्रुद्धः कर्तुमे- कार्णवं जगत् Rām.5.49.2.
    -अर्थ a.
    1 having one and the same meaning, having the same object in view; राजन्यकान्युपायज्ञैरेकार्थानि चरैस्तव Śi.2.114.
    -2 (Rhet.) Tautological (as a sentence); Kāvyālaṅkāravṛitti. 2.1.11.
    (-र्थः) 1 the same thing, object, or intention.
    -2 the same meaning.
    -3 N. of a glossary (of synonymous words); cf. एकार्थनाममाला.
    - अवम a. inferior or less by one.
    - अवयव a. made up of the same components.
    -अशीत or ˚तितम a. eighty-first.
    -अशीतिः f. eighty-one.
    -अष्टका 1 the first or chief Aṣṭakā after the full moon; एकाष्टके सुप्रजसः सुवीरा Av.3.1.5.
    -2 the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Māgha (on which a श्राद्ध is to be performed).
    -अष्ठीका (ला) The root of the trumpet-flower (Mar. पहाडमूळ).
    -अष्ठील a. having one kernel. (
    -लः) N. of a plant (बकवृक्ष); A white variety of Gigantic swallow- wort (Mar. रुईमांदार).
    -अहन् (ह) 1 the period of one day.
    -2 a sacrifice lasting for one day. ˚गमः, ˚अध्वा a day's journey.
    -आतपत्र a. characterized by only one umbrella (showing universal sovereignty); एकातपत्रं जगतः प्रभुत्वम् R.2.47. ˚त्रां भुवम् 18.4; K.26; Śi.12. 33; V.3.19.
    -आत्मन् a. depending solely on one-self, solitary.
    -आदेशः cf. Sk. on P.VI.1.11. one substitute for two or more letters (got by either dropping one vowel, or by the blending of both); as the आ in एकायन.
    -आयु a.
    1 providing the most excellent food.
    -2 the first living being. एकायुरग्रे विश आविवाससि Rv.1.31.5.
    -आवलिः, -ली f.
    1 a single string of pearls, beads &c.; सूत्रमेकावली शुद्धा Kau. A.2.11. एका- वली कण्ठविभूषणं वः Vikr.1.3; लताविटपे एकावली लग्ना V.1.
    -2 (in Rhetoric) Necklace- a series of statements in which there is a regular transition from a predicate to a subject, or from a subject to a predicate; स्थाप्यते$पोह्यते वापि यथापूर्वं परस्परम् । विशेषणतया यत्र वस्तु सैकावली द्विधा ॥ K. P.1; cf. Chandr.5.13-4; नेत्रे कर्णान्तविश्रान्ते कर्णो दोःस्तम्भदोलितौ &c. and Bk.2.19.
    -आहार्य a. having the same food; making no difference between allowed and forbidden food; एकहार्यं युगं सर्वम् Mb.3.19.41.
    -उक्तिः f. a single expression or word.
    -उत्तर a. greater or increasing by one.
    -उदकः (a relative) connected by the offering of funeral libations of water to the same deceased ancestor; जन्मन्येकोदकानां तु त्रिरात्राच्छुद्धिरिष्यते Ms.5.71.
    -उदरः, -रा uterine, (brother or sister).
    -उदात्त a. having one Udātta accent.
    -उद्दिष्टम् a Śrāddha or funeral rite performed for one definite individual deceased, not including other ancestors; see एकानुदिष्ट.
    -ऊन a. less by one, minus one.
    -ऋच् a. consisting of one verse (ऋच्). (
    -चम्) A Sūkta of one verse only; Av.19.23.2.
    -एक a. one by one, one taken singly, a single one; एकैकमप्यनर्थाय किमु यत्र चतुष्टयम् H. Pr.11; R.17.43.
    (-कम्), -एकैकशः, ind. one by one, singly, severally एकैकमत्र दिवसे दिवसे Ś.6.11; ˚कं निर्दिशन् Ś.7 pointing to each severally.
    -श्यम् (एककश्यम्) Single state, severally एकैकश्येनानुपूर्वं भूत्वा भूत्वेह जायते Bhāg.7.15.51.
    -˚श्येन (instrumental used as an adv.) individually, singly, one by one. ते यदि एकैकश्येनापि कुर्वन्ति तथापि सत्रक्रियामभिसमीक्ष्य बहव एव कुर्वन्तीति बहुवचनं भविष्यति । ŚB on MS.1.6.45.
    -ओघः 1 a continuous current.
    -2 A single flight (of arrows); एकौघेन स्वर्णपुङ्खैर्द्विषन्तः (आकिरन्ति स्म) Śi. 18.55.
    -कपाल a. consisting of or contained in one cup.
    -कर a. (
    -री f.)
    1 doing only one thing.
    -2 (-रा) one-handed.
    -3 one-rayed.
    -कार्य a.
    1 acting in concert with, co-operating, having made common cause with; co-worker; अस्माभिः सहैककार्याणाम् Mu.2; R.1.4.
    -2 answering the same end.
    -3 having the same occu- pation. (
    -र्यम्) sole or same business.
    -कालः 1 one time.
    -2 the same time, (
    -लम्, -ले) ind. at one time, at one and the same time; एककालं चरेद्भैक्षम् Ms.6.55. ˚भोजनम् eating but one meal in any given time.
    -कालिकम् Once a day; तेभ्यो लब्धेन भैक्ष्येण वर्तयन्नेककालिकम् Ms.11.123.
    -कालीन a.
    1 happening once only;
    -2 Contemporary, coeval.
    -कुण्डलः (लिन्) N. of Kubera; of Balabhadra and Śeṣa; गर्गस्रोतो महातीर्थमाजगामैककुण्डली Mb.9.37.14. cf. एककुण्डल आख्यातो बलरामे धनाधिपे Medini.
    -कुष्ठम् a kind of leprosy; कृष्णारुणं येन भवे- च्छरीरं तदेककुष्ठं प्रवदन्त्यसाध्यम् Suśr.
    -क्षीरम् the milk of one (nurse &c.).
    -गम्यः the supreme spirit.
    -गुरु, गुरुक a. having the same preceptor. (
    -रुः, -रुकः) a spiritual brother (pupil of the same preceptor).
    -ग्राम a. living in the same village. (
    -मः) the same village.
    -ग्रामीण a. Inhabiting the same village; नैकग्रामीणमतिथिम् Ms.3.13.
    -चक्र a.
    1 having only one wheel. (said of the sun's chariot); सप्त युञ्जन्ति रथमेक- चक्रम् Rv.1.164.2.
    -2 governed by one king only. (
    -क्रः) the chariot of the sun. ˚वर्तिन् m. sole master of the whole universe, universal monarch. (
    -क्रा) N. of the town Kīchakas.
    -चत्वारिंशत् f. forty-one.
    -चर a.
    1 wandering or living alone, alone; अयमेकचरो$ भिवर्तते माम् Ki.13.3;3.53. Kau. A.1.18. स्वच्छन्दमेकचरं Mudrā.
    -2 having one attendant.
    -3 living un- assisted.
    -4 going together or at the same time.
    -5 gregarious.
    -6 (Said of certain animals); न भक्षयेदेकचरान् Ms.5.17; Bhāg.5.8.18.
    (-रः) 1 a rhinoceros.
    -2 An ascetic (यति); नाराजके जनपदे चरत्येकचरो वशी Rām.2.67.23.
    - चरण a. having only one foot.
    -चारिन् a.
    1 living alone, solitary.
    -2 going alone or with one follower only.
    -3 An atten- dant of Buddha. (
    -णी) a loyal wife.
    -चित्त a. thinking of one thing only, absorbed in one object.
    (-त्तम्) 1 fixedness of thought upon one object.
    -2 unanimity एकचित्तीभूय H.1 unanimously; ˚ता fixedness of mind, agreement, unanimity.
    -चिन्तनम् thinking of only one object.
    -चिन्मय a. Consisting of intelligence; Rāmt. Up.
    -चेतस्, -मनस् a. unanimous; see ˚चित्त.
    -चोदन a. Resting upon one rule. (
    -नम्) referring to in the singular number.
    -च्छत्र a. Ruled by one king solely.
    -च्छायाश्रित a. Involved in similarity (of debt) with one debtor (said of a surety); Y.2.56.
    - a.
    1 born alone or single.
    -2 growing alone (a tree); महानप्येकजो वृक्षो बलवान्सुप्रतिष्ठितः Pt.3.54.
    -3 alone of its kind.
    -4 uniform, unchanging.
    -जः, -जा a brother or sister of the same parents.
    -जटा N. of a goddess उग्रतारा.
    -जन्मन् m.
    1 a king.
    -2 a Śūdra; see ˚जाति below.
    -जात a. born of the same parents; Ms.9.148.
    -जाति a.
    1 once born.
    -2 belonging to the same family or caste. (
    -तिः) a Śūdra (opp. द्विजन्मन्); ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यस्त्रयो वर्णा द्विजातयः । चतुर्थ एकजातिस्तु शूद्रो नास्ति तु पञ्चमः ॥ Ms.1.4;8.27.
    -जातीय a. of the same kind, species or family. ˚अनुसमयः performance of one detail with reference to all things or persons, then doing the second, then the third and so on (see पदार्थानुसमय) Ms.5.2.1-2.
    -जीववादः (in phil.) the assertion of a living soul only.
    -ज्या the chord of an arc; sine of 3˚.
    -ज्योतिस् m. N. of Śiva.
    -तान a. con- centrated or fixed on one object only, closely attentive; ब्रह्मैकतानमनसो हि वसिष्ठमिश्राः Mv.3.11.
    (-नः) 1 atten- tion fixed on one object only; A. Rām.6.2.2.
    -2 musical harmony, = ˚तालः
    -ताल a. Having a single palm tree; एकताल एवोत्पातपवनप्रेरितो गिरिः R.15.23.
    -तालः harmony, accurate adjustment of song, dance, and instrumental music (cf. तौर्यत्रिकम्).
    -लम् A kind of sculptural measurement. (
    -ली) an instrument for beating time, any instrument having but one note.
    -तीर्थिन् a.
    1 bathing in the same holy water.
    -2 belonging to the same religious order; क्रमेणाचार्यसच्छिष्य- धर्मभ्रात्रेकतीर्थिनः Y.2.137. -m. a fellow student, spiritual brother.
    -तेजन a. Ved. having only one shaft (an arrow).
    -त्रिंशत् f. thirty-one; ˚त्रिंश 31st.
    -त्रिकः a kind of sacrifice performed in or lasting for a day.
    -दंष्ट्रः, -दन्तः "one-tusked", epithets of Gaṇeśa (एकदंष्ट्रः) A kind of fever.
    -दण्डिन् m.
    1 N. of a class of Sannyāsins or beggars (otherwise called हंस). They are divided into four orders:-- कुटीचको बहूदको हंसश्चैव तृतीयकः । चतुर्थः परहंसश्च यो यः पश्चात्स उत्तमः ॥ Hārita.
    -2 N. of a Vedantic school.
    -दलः, -पत्रः N. of a plant (चन्डालकन्द).
    -दिश् a. living in the same region or quarter.
    -दुःखसुख a. sympathising, having the same joys and sorrows.
    -दृश्, -दृष्टि a. one-eyed. -m.
    1 a crow.
    -2 N. of Śiva.
    -3 a philosopher.
    -दृश्य a. the sole object of vision, alone being worthy of being seen. तमेकदृश्यं नयनैः पिबन्त्यो Ku.7.64.
    -दृष्टिः f. fixed or steady look.
    -देवः the Supreme god.
    -देवत, -दे(दै)वत्य a. devoted, directed or offered to one deity.
    -देश a. occupying the same place.
    (-शः) 1 one spot or place.
    -2 a part or portion (of the whole), one side; ˚अवतीर्णा K.22; तस्यैकदेशः U.4; Mv.2; विभावितैकदेशेन देयं यदभियुज्यते V.4.33 'what is claimed should be given by one who is proved to have got a part of it'; (this is sometimes called एकदेशविभावितन्याय) ˚क्षाण a. partly burnt. एकदेशक्षाणमपि क्षाणमेव । ŚB. on MS.6.4.18.
    -देशिन् a. consisting of parts or portions divided into parts. -m. A disputant knowing only part of the true state of the case.
    -देह, -देहिन् a.
    1 having only one body.
    -2 elegantly formed.
    (-हः) 1 the planet Mercury.
    -2 (du.) Husband and wife.
    -धनः a kind of jug with which water is taken up at certain religious ceremonies.
    (-नम्) 1 an excellent gift.
    -2 honorific offering.
    -धनिन् a. obtaining an honorific offering,
    -धर्मन्, -धर्मिन् a.
    1 possessing the same properties of the same kind.
    -2 professing the same religion.
    -धुर, -धुरावह, -धुरीण a.
    1 fit for but one kind of labour.
    -2 fit for but one yoke (as cattle for special burden; P.IV.4.79).
    -धुरा a particular load or con- veyance.
    -नक्षत्रम् a lunar mansion consisting of only one star.
    -नटः the principal actor in a drama, the manager (सूत्रधार) who recites the prologue.
    -नयनः The planet Venus.
    -नवतः ninety-first.
    -नवतिः f. ninety-one.
    -नाथ a. having one master.
    (-थः) 1 sole master or lord.
    -2 N. of an author.
    -नायकः N. of Śiva.
    -निश्चय a. come to the same conclusion or resolution, having the same aim. (
    -यः) general agreement or con- clusion, unanimity.
    -निपातः A particle which is a single word.
    -निष्ठ a.
    1 intently devoted or loyal (to one thing).
    -2 intently fixed on one object.
    -नेत्रः 1 N. of Śiva; (one-eyed).
    -2 (With Śaivas) One of the eight forms of Vidyeśvara.
    -पक्ष a.
    1 of the same side or party, an associate.
    -2 partial. (
    -क्षः) one side or party; ˚आश्रयविक्लवत्वात् R.14.34; ˚क्षे in one point of view, in one case.
    -पक्षीभावः The state of being the one alternative.
    -पञ्चाशत् f. fifty-one.
    -पतिक a. having the same husband.
    -पत्नी 1 a faithful wife (perfectly chaste); तां चावश्यं दिवसगणनातत्परामेकपत्नीम् Me.1.
    -2 the wife of a man who has no other wives; यो धर्म एकपत्नीनां काङ्क्षन्ती तमनुत्तमम् Ms.5.158.
    -3 the wife of the same man; a co-wife; सर्वासामेकपत्नीनामेका चेत्पुत्रिणी भवेत् Ms.9. 183. ˚व्रतम् a vow of perfect chastity; कामेकपत्नीव्रतदुःख- शीलाम् Ku.3.7.
    -पत्रिका the plant Ocimum Gratissimum (गन्धपत्रा; Mar. नागदवणी)
    -पद्, -पाद् a.
    1 one-footed, limping, lame.
    -2 incomplete. (
    -पाद्) m. N. of Śiva or Viṣṇu. (
    -पदी) a foot-path (for a single man to walk on). एकपद्या तया यान्ती नलिकायन्त्रतुल्यया Śiva. B.28.66
    -पद a.
    1 one-footed.
    -2 consisting of or named in one word.
    (-दम्) 1 a single step.
    -2 single or simple word.
    -3 the time required to pronounce a single word.
    -4 present time, same time;
    (-दः) 1 a man having one foot.
    -2 a kind of coitus (रतिबन्ध). (
    -दे) ind. sudden- ly, all at once, abruptly; निहन्त्यरीनेकपदे य उदात्तः स्वरानिव Śi.2.95; R.8.48; K.45; V.4.3. (
    -दा) a verse con- sisting of only one Pāda or quarter stanza.
    (-दी) 1 a woman having one foot.
    -2 a Gāyatrī consisting of one Pāda. गायत्र्यस्येकपदी Bṛi. Up.5.14.7.
    -3 Foot-path (Mar. पाऊलवाट); इयमेकपदी राजन्यतो मे पितुराश्रमः Rām. 2.63.44.
    -पर a. Ved. an epithet of the dice in which one is decisive or of pre-eminent importance.
    -परि ind. one over or under, (a term at dice; cf. अक्षपरि). अक्षस्याह- मेकहरस्य हेतोः Rv.1.34.2.
    -पर्णा 1 N. of a younger sister of Durgā.
    -2 N. of Durgā.
    -3 a plant having one leaf only.
    -पलाशः a. a single Butea Frondosa.
    -पाटला N. of a younger sister of Durgā; N. of Durgā.
    -पाणः a single wager.
    -पात a. happening at once, sudden.
    -तः The first word of a Mantra (प्रतीक).
    -पतिन् a.
    1 sudden.
    -2 standing alone or solitary. (
    -नी) i. e. ऋक् a verse to be taken by itself or independently of the hymn to which it belongs.
    -पाद a.
    1 having only one foot; तत्र शिश्रिये$ज एकपादः Av.13.1.6.
    -2 using only one foot.
    (-दः) 1 one or single foot.
    -2 one and the same Pāda.
    -3 N. of Viṣṇu and Śiva.
    -पादिका a kind of posture of birds.
    -पार्थिवः Sole ruler or king; न केवलं तद्गुरुरेक- पार्थिवः R.3.31.
    -पिङ्गः, -पिङ्गलः N. of Kubera; having a yellow mark in place of one eye; (his eye was so made on account of a curse uttered by Pārvatī when he cast an evil eye at her;) Dk.2.4.
    -पिण्ड a. united by the offering of the funeral rice-ball;
    ˚ता, -त्वम् consanguinity.
    -पुत्र a. having only one son.
    -पुरुषः 1 the Supreme Being; वेदान्तेषु यमाहुरेकपुरुषम् V.1.1;
    -2 the chief person. a. Consisting of only one man. तथैकपुरुषं राष्ट्रम् Bhāg.6.5.7.
    -पुष्कलः (रः) N. of a musical instrument (Mar. काहल); ततः प्रयाते दाशार्हे प्रावाद्यन्तैकपुष्कराः Mb.5.94.21.
    -प्रकार a. of the same kind.
    -प्रख्य a. singularly like.
    -प्रभुत्वम् sole sovereignty.
    -प्रयत्नः one effort (of the voice).
    -प्रस्थः a measure.
    -प्रहारिक a. killed by one blow. Mk.8.
    -प्राणयोगः union in one breath.
    -बुद्धि a. having only one thought.
    -भक्त a.
    1 serving one master only.
    -2 worshipping one deity.
    -3 eating together. (
    -भूक्तम्) N. of a religi- ous ceremony; eating but one meal (a day) Mb.3; Y.3.318. ˚व्रतम् eating but once a day as a religious observance.
    -भक्ति a.
    1 believing in one deity.
    -2 firmly devoted; तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते Bg.7. 17. -f. eating but one meal a day.
    -भार्या a faithful or chaste wife. तामेकभार्यां परिवादभीरोः R.14.86 (
    -र्यः) one having one wife only.
    -भाव a. of the same or one nature.
    -2 sincerely devoted.
    -3 honest, sincerely disposed.
    (-वः) 1 one feeling, the same or unchanged devotion; दुर्ग्राह्यत्वान्नृपतिमनसां नैकभावाश्रयाणां सेवाधर्मः परमगहनः Pt.1.285;3.65. स्वतेजसा सत्त्वगुणप्रवाहमात्मैकभावेन भजध्वमद्धा Bhāg.
    -2 oneness, agreement. cf. एको भावः सदा शस्तो यतीनां भवितात्मनाम्
    -भूत a.
    1 being one, undivided
    -2 concentrated, closely attentive.
    -भूमः a palace having one floor.
    -भोजन, -भुक्त a.
    1 eating but one meal.
    -2 eating in common.
    -मति a.
    1 fixed on one object.
    -2 unanimous, thinking in the same way.
    -मनस् a. thinking with another, of one thought; ते निर्यान्तु मया सहैकमनसो येषामभीष्टं यशः Mu.2.13.
    -2 fixing the mind upon one object, closely attentive; गच्छन्तमेकमनसम् Mb.1.42.36. एकमनाः श्रोतुमर्हति देवः M.2.
    -मात्र a. of one syllable.
    -मुख a.
    1 having the face directed towards one place, direction of object; सहस्रं स एकमुखो ददाति Av.9.4.9.
    -2 having the same aim.
    -3 having one chief or head; द्यूतमेकमुखं कार्यम् Y.2.23.
    -4 having one door or entrance (as a मण्डप).
    (-खम्) 1 gambling.
    -2 a kind of fruit (रुद्राक्षफल).
    -मूर्धन् = ˚मुख q. v. Av.8.9.15.
    -मूला = अतसी q. v.
    -यष्टिः, -यष्टिका a single string of pearls.
    -योनि a.
    1 uterine.
    -2 of the same family or caste; एतद्विधानं विज्ञेयं विभाग- स्यैकयोनिषु Ms.9.148.
    -रजः the plant भृङ्गराज (Mar. माका).
    -रथः An eminent warrior; Mb.3.
    -रश्मि a. Lustrous Mb.4.
    -रस a.
    1 finding pleasure only in one thing, of one flavour; रसान्तराण्येकरसं यथा दिव्यं पयो$श्नुते R.1.17.
    -2 of one feeling or sentiment only; साहस˚ U.5.21 influenced only by rashness; विक्रम˚ K.7; भावैकरसं मनः Ku.5.82; M.3.1; Bv.2.155; Śi.6.26; V.1.9.
    -3 of one tenor, stable, equable; Māl.4.7; U.4.15.
    -4 solely or exclusively devoted (to one); अबलैकरसाः R.9.43,8.65.
    (-सः) 1 oneness of aim or feeling.
    -2 the only flavour or pleasure. (
    -सम्) a drama of one sentiment.
    -राज्, -राजः m. an absolute king; प्राङ् विशाम्पतिरेकराट् त्वं वि राज Av.3.4.1. a. Shining alone, alone visible; स वा एष तदा द्रष्टा नाप- श्यद् दृश्यमेकराट् Bhāg.3.5.24.
    -रात्रः a ceremony lasting one night. (
    -त्रम्) one night; एकरात्रं तु निवसन्नतिथिर्ब्राह्मणः स्मृतः Ms.3.12.
    -रात्रिक a. lasting or sufficient for one night only.
    -राशिः 1 a heap, crowd.
    -2 a sign of the zodiac. ˚भूत a. collected or heaped together.
    -रिक्थिन् m. a coheir; यद्येकरिक्थिनौ स्यातामौरसक्षेत्रजौ सुतौ Ms.9.162.
    -रूप a.
    1 of one form or kind, like, similar; आसवः प्रतिपदं प्रमदानां नैकरूपरसतामिव भेजे Ki.9.55.
    -2 uniform, one-coloured; Rv.1.169.2.
    (-पम्) 1 one form or kind;
    -2 The knowledge of reality. विमोचयत्येकरूपेण Sāṅ. K.63. ˚ता uniformity, invariableness; क्षणद्युतीनां दधुरेकरूपताम् Ki.8.2.
    -रूप्य a. formed or arising from one.
    -लिङ्गः 1 a word having one gender only.
    -2 N. of Kubera. (
    -ङ्गम्) a place in which for five krośas there is but one लिङ्ग (Phallus); पञ्चक्रोशान्तरे यत्र न लिङ्गान्तरमीक्ष्यते । तदेकलिङ्गमाख्यातं तत्र सिद्धिरनुत्तमा ॥ Śabdak.
    -वचनम् the singular number.
    -वर्ण a.
    1 of one colour.
    -2 identical, same.
    -3 of one tribe or caste.
    -4 involving the use of one letter (˚समीकरण).
    (-र्णः) 1 one form.
    -2 a Brāhmaṇa.
    -3 a word of one syllable.
    -4 a superior caste. (
    -र्णी) beating time, the instru- ment (castanet); ˚समीकरणम् an equation involving one unknown quantity.
    -वर्णिक a.
    1 of one colour.
    -2 of one caste.
    -वर्षिका a heifer one year old.
    -वस्त्र, -वसन a. having only one garment, in one dress (without उत्तरीय). (
    -स्त्रम्) a single garment.
    -वाक्यम् one or unanimous opinion; एकवाक्यं विवव्रः R.6.85 raised a unanimous cry; ˚ता consistency in meaning, unanimity, reconciling different statements, syntactical unity; प्रकरणाच्च ज्योतिष्टोमेनैकवाक्यता स्यात् । ŚB. on MS.1. 5.37.
    -वाक्यकृ 8 U. To effect syntactical unity, to construe as one sentence. तस्मात् प्रकृतानां... देवतानामन्यतमया देवतया प्रकृतत्वादेकवाक्यतां कृत्वा देवतामवगमिष्यामः । ŚB. on MS.1. 8.5.
    -वाक्यया 2 P. (with instrumental) To form one sentence with, to be syntactically connected with; न वै कृतं कर्म प्राकृतैरङ्गपदार्थैः सहैकवाक्यतां याति । ŚB. on MS.1. 1.2.
    ˚त्वम् syntactical unity. The state of forming or being one sentence; एकवाक्यत्वाच्च । Ms.1.1.8.
    -वाचक a. Synonymous.
    -वादः 1 a kind of drum or tabor (Mar. डफ).
    -2 the unitarian doctrine, monotheism.
    -वारम्, -वारे ind.
    1 only once.
    -2 at once, suddenly.
    -3 at one time.
    -वासस् a. Clothed in only one garment.
    -वासा A woman; Nigh.
    -विंश a. twenty-first; consisting of twentyone. (
    -शः) the Ekaviṁśa- ṣ&tod;oma; Av.8.9.2.
    -विंशक a. The twentyfirst; दश पूर्वान्परान् वंश्यानात्मानं चैकविंशकम् । ब्राह्मीपुत्रः सुकृतकृन्मोचयेदेनसः पितॄन् ॥ Ms.3.37.
    -कम् The number twentyone; Y.3.224.
    -विंशतिः f. twentyone.
    -विजयः Complete victory; Kau. A.12.
    -विध a. of one kind; simple.
    -विलोचन a. one-eyed; see एकदृष्टि.
    -विषयिन् m. a rival (having a common object or end in view).
    -वीरः a pre-eminent warrior or hero; धर्म˚ Mv.5.48.
    -रा N. of a daughter of Śiva, a deity.
    -वृक्षः 1 one tree.
    -2 a district in which but one tree is seen for 4 Krośas.
    -वृत f. heaven.
    -वृन्दम 1 a peculiar disease of the throat.
    -2 one heap or collection.
    -वृषः Ved. the chief bull; the best or most excellent of a number.
    -वेणिः, -णी f. a single braid of hair (worn by a woman as a mark of her separation from her hus- band &c.); गण्डाभोगात्कठिनविषमामेकवेणीं करेण Me.93; ˚धरा Ś.7; धृत˚ Ś.7.21.
    -वेश्मन् n. a solitary house or room; विप्रदुष्टां स्त्रियं भर्ता निरुन्ध्यादेकवेश्मनि Ms.11.176.
    -व्यवसायिन् a. following the same profession.
    -व्याव- हारिकाः N. of a Buddhist school.
    -शत a. 11 st. (
    -तम्) 11; अत्रैतदेकशतं नाडीनां Prasna. Up.3.6.
    -शक a. whole-hoofed. (
    -फः) an animal whose hoof is not cloven (as a horse, ass &c.); अजाविकं सैकशफं न जातु विषमं भजेत् Ms.9.119.
    -शरणम् the sole recourse or refuge (especially applied to a deity).
    -शरीर a. of one body or blood, consanguineous. ˚अन्वयः consan- guineous descent. ˚अवयवः a descendant in a right line, blood-kinsman. ˚आरम्भः commencement of consangui- nity by the union of father and mother.
    -शल्यः A kind of fish; Rām.5.11.17.
    -शाख a. having one branch. (
    -खः) a Brāhmaṇa of the same branch or school.
    -शायिन् a. Sleeping alone, chaste; Mb.13.
    -शाला A single hall or room; (
    -लम् A house consisting of one hall; Matsya P.
    -शीर्षन् = ˚मुख q. v. Av.13.4.6.
    -शुङ्ग a. having one sheath. (
    -ङ्गा) N. of a medicinal plant.
    -शुल्कम् One and the same purchase money (given to the parents of a bride); अन्यां चेद्दर्शयित्वा$न्या वोढुः कन्या प्रदीयते । उभे ते एकशुल्केन वहेदित्यब्रवीन्मनुः ॥ Ms.8.24.
    -शृङ्ग a. having only one horn.
    (-ङ्गः) 1 a unicorn; rhinoceros.
    -2 N. of Viṣṇu.
    -3 a class of Pitṛis.
    -4 a mountain having one top.
    -शेपः a tree having one root.
    -शेषः 'the remainder of one', a species of Dvandva compound in which one of two or more words only is retained; e. g. पितरौ father and mother, parents, (= मातापितरौ); so श्वशुरौः, भ्रातरः &c.
    -श्रुत a. once heard. ˚धर a. keeping in mind what one has heard once.
    -श्रुतिः f.
    1 monotony.
    -2 the neutral accentless tone. (
    -ति) ind. in a monotonous manner.
    -श्रुष्टि a. Ved. obedient to one command.
    -षष्ट a. sixty-first.
    -षष्टिः f. sixty-one. ˚तम a. sixty first.
    -संस्थ a. dwelling in one place; R.6.29.
    -सप्तत, ˚तितम् a. seventy-first.
    -सप्ततिः f. seventy-one.
    -सभम् a common place of meeting.
    -सर्ग a. closely attentive. (
    -र्गः) concentration.
    -सहस्रम् 11 or one thousand; वृषभैकसहस्रा गा दद्यात्सुचरितव्रतः Ms.11.127.
    -साक्षिक a. witnessed by one.
    -सार्थम् ind. together, in one company.
    -सूत्रम् N. of a small double drum played by a string and ball attached to the body of it (Mar. डमरू).
    -स्तोमः N. of Soma ceremony.
    -स्थ a.
    1 being or centred in one place; in one man; ज्ञानमेकस्थमाचार्ये...... शौर्यमेकस्थमाचार्ये Mb.7.188.45. Ku. 1.49; हन्तैकस्थं क्वचिदपि न ते चण्डि सादृश्यमस्ति Me.16.
    -2 close-standing, standing side by side.
    -3 collected, combined.
    -स्थानम् one or the same place; एकस्थाने प्रसूते वाक् Pt.4.5.
    -2 Standing closely; विपक्षेणापि मरुता यथैकस्थानवीरुधः Pt.3.53.
    -हंसः the chief or highest Haṁsa (an allegorical designation of the soul). हिरण्मयः पुरुष एकहंसः Bṛi. Up.4.3.11.
    -हायन a. one year old; त्रस्तैकहायनकुरङ्गविलोलदृष्टिः Māl.4.8; U.3.28. (
    -नी) a heifer one year old. (
    -नम्) the period of one year.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > लॄ _lॄ

  • 13 старший

    прл
    1) более старый older; о брате, сестре и т. п. elder

    ста́ршее поколе́ние — the older generation

    ста́рший брат — sb's elder brother

    Джон Смит-ста́рший — John Smith the elder/AE Senior, сокр Sr., Snr.

    он на два го́да ста́рше жены́ — he's two years older than his wife

    2) самый старый the oldest; в семье the eldest

    са́мый ста́рший студе́нт в гру́ппе — the oldest student of/in the group

    ста́рший из всех бра́тьев — the eldest brother

    3) по должности, званию senior; главный chief, head attr

    ста́ршие офице́ры — senior officers

    ста́рший инспе́ктор — chief inspector

    ста́ршая медсестра́ — head nurse, sister

    ста́ршие кла́ссы шко́лы — senior classes, upper school sg, AE high school sg

    4) в знач сущ м человек во главе чего-л chief, head, man in charge; по званию, рангу senior, superior

    приве́тствовать ста́рших по зва́нию — to salute one's superiors

    5) в знач сущ м взрослый adult, grown-up (person)

    ста́ршие в семье́ — the/ one's elders

    уважа́ть ста́рших — to have respect for/to respect one's seniors

    Русско-английский учебный словарь > старший

  • 14 surveillant

    surveillant, e [syʀvεjɑ̃, ɑ̃t]
    masculine noun, feminine noun
    [de prison] warder (Brit), guard (US) ; [d'usine, chantier] supervisor ; [de magasin] shopwalker ; [d'établissement scolaire] supervisor ; (aux examens) invigilator (Brit), proctor (US)
    * * *
    surveillante syʀvɛjɑ̃, ɑ̃t nom masculin, féminin
    1) École supervisor
    3) ( dans un magasin) store detective
    * * *
    syʀvɛjɑ̃, ɑ̃t nm/f surveillant, -e
    1) [prison] warder
    2) ÉDUCATION monitor
    3) [travaux] supervisor
    * * *
    1 Scol ( dans une école) supervisor; ( pour les examens) invigilator GB, proctor US;
    2 Admin surveillant/surveillante de prison prison warder/wardress GB, prison guard US;
    3 ( dans un grand magasin) store detective.
    surveillant de baignade lifeguard; surveillant d'étude Scol study supervisor; surveillantgénéral Scol chief supervisor; surveillant d'internat Scol dormitory supervisor.
    , surveillante [syrvɛjɑ̃, ɑ̃t] nom masculin, nom féminin
    1. [de prison] prison guard
    [d'hôpital] charge nurse (UK), sister (UK), head nurse (US)
    [de magasin] store detective
    [de chantier] supervisor, overseer
    [d'examen] invigilator (UK), proctor (US)

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > surveillant

  • 15 hijo

    adj.
    junior.
    m.
    son, boy, descendant, child.
    * * *
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (niño, niña) child; (chico) son; (chica) daughter
    ¿dónde está mi hijo? where's my son?
    2 (aposición) junior
    Juan Rodríguez, hijo Juan Rodríguez junior
    1 children
    2 (descendientes) descendants
    \
    ¡hijo,-a de mi alma! familiar my dear child!
    hijo,-a mío,-a (chico) my boy, my son, my child 2 (chica) my girl, my daughter, my child 3 (hombre, mujer) my dear
    todo hijo de vecino familiar everyone, everyone else
    hijo,-a adoptivo,-a (niño, niña) adopted child 2 (chico) adopted son 3 (chica) adopted daughter
    hijo,-a de papá (chico) daddy's boy 2 (chica) daddy's girl
    hijo,-a de puta tabú (hombre) son of a bitch 2 (mujer) fucking cow
    hijo político / hija política son-in-law / daughter-in-law
    hijo,-a único,-a (niño, niña) only child 2 (chico) only son 3 (chica) only daughter
    un hijo de tal familiar a real so-and-so
    * * *
    (f. - hija)
    noun
    1) son / daughter
    * * *
    hijo, -a
    SMF
    1) son/daughter

    ¿cuántos hijos tiene Amelia? — how many children does Amelia have?

    ¿cuántos hijos tiene a su cargo? — how many dependent children do you have?

    Pedro Gutiérrez, hijo — Pedro Gutiérrez Junior

    su novio le hizo un hijo* her boyfriend got her pregnant

    hijo/a adoptivo/a — adopted child

    hijo/a biológico/a — natural child, biological child

    hijo de la chingada Méx *** bastard ***, son of a bitch ***

    hijo/a de leche — foster child

    hijo/a de papá — rich kid *

    hijo/a de puta — *** (=hombre) bastard ***, son of a bitch ***; (=mujer) bitch **, cow **

    hijo/a natural — illegitimate child

    hijo/a político/a — son-in-law/daughter-in-law

    2) [de un pueblo, un país] son

    es hijo de Madrid — he hails from Madrid, he is from Madrid

    3) pl hijos (=descendientes)
    4) [uso vocativo]

    ¡hijo de mi alma! — my precious child!

    ¡ay hijo, qué pesado eres! — you're such a pain!

    ¡hijo(s)!, ¡híjole! — Méx * Christ! **, good God! *

    * * *
    - ja masculino, femenino
    1) ( pariente) (m) son; (f) daughter

    mis hijos — ( sólo varones) my sons; ( varones y mujeres) my children

    ese hijo de su madre! — (fam & euf) that son-of-a-gun! (colloq & euph)

    M. Pérez, hijo — M. Pérez Junior

    cualquier/todo hijo de vecino — (fam)

    hijo de tigre sale pintado — (AmL fam) he's just like his father/mother

    2) (de pueblo, comunidad) (m) son; (f) daughter
    3) ( apelativo)

    hijo, por Dios! — ( hablándole a un niño) for heaven's sake, child!; ( hablándole a un adulto) for heaven's sake, Pedro (o Luis etc)!

    4) (Méx fam) ( interjección) jeez! (AmE colloq), gosh (colloq)
    * * *
    = Jr. (junior), son, offspring.
    Ex. John D. Byrum, Jr. is presently the Chief of Descriptive Cataloging at the Library of Congress.
    Ex. Any funeral scene in a story inevitably conjures in myself memories of my childhood spent as the son of an undertaker.
    Ex. The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.
    ----
    * cualquier hijo de vecino = any Tom, Dick or Harry.
    * hija o hijo adoptado = adopted child, adoptee, adoptive child.
    * hija o hijo adoptivo = adopted child, foster child, adoptive child.
    * hija o hijo biológico = biological child.
    * hijo adoptivo = stepchild [stepchildren, -pl.], foster son, adoptive son, adopted son.
    * hijo biológico = biological son.
    * hijo de militares = military brat.
    * hijo de puta = rotter.
    * hijo político = son-in-law.
    * hijo pródigo, el = prodigal son, the.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * no tener hijos = be childless.
    * tener hijos = father + children, have + children.
    * todo hijo de vecino = every Tom, Dick and Harry.
    * * *
    - ja masculino, femenino
    1) ( pariente) (m) son; (f) daughter

    mis hijos — ( sólo varones) my sons; ( varones y mujeres) my children

    ese hijo de su madre! — (fam & euf) that son-of-a-gun! (colloq & euph)

    M. Pérez, hijo — M. Pérez Junior

    cualquier/todo hijo de vecino — (fam)

    hijo de tigre sale pintado — (AmL fam) he's just like his father/mother

    2) (de pueblo, comunidad) (m) son; (f) daughter
    3) ( apelativo)

    hijo, por Dios! — ( hablándole a un niño) for heaven's sake, child!; ( hablándole a un adulto) for heaven's sake, Pedro (o Luis etc)!

    4) (Méx fam) ( interjección) jeez! (AmE colloq), gosh (colloq)
    * * *
    = Jr. (junior), son, offspring.

    Ex: John D. Byrum, Jr. is presently the Chief of Descriptive Cataloging at the Library of Congress.

    Ex: Any funeral scene in a story inevitably conjures in myself memories of my childhood spent as the son of an undertaker.
    Ex: The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.
    * cualquier hijo de vecino = any Tom, Dick or Harry.
    * hija o hijo adoptado = adopted child, adoptee, adoptive child.
    * hija o hijo adoptivo = adopted child, foster child, adoptive child.
    * hija o hijo biológico = biological child.
    * hijo adoptivo = stepchild [stepchildren, -pl.], foster son, adoptive son, adopted son.
    * hijo biológico = biological son.
    * hijo de militares = military brat.
    * hijo de puta = rotter.
    * hijo político = son-in-law.
    * hijo pródigo, el = prodigal son, the.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * no tener hijos = be childless.
    * tener hijos = father + children, have + children.
    * todo hijo de vecino = every Tom, Dick and Harry.

    * * *
    hijo -ja
    masculine, feminine
    A (pariente) ( masculine) son; ( feminine) daughter
    espera un hijo she's expecting a baby
    ha tenido un hijo she's had a son
    un matrimonio sin hijos a childless couple, a couple with no children
    es digna hija de su padre she's her father's daughter all right!
    ¿viste lo que hizo el hijo de su madre? ( fam euf); did you see what that son-of-a-gun o ( BrE) that so-and-so did? ( colloq euph)
    Manuel Pérez, hijo Manuel Pérez Junior
    vicios hijos del ocio vices born of idleness
    cualquier/todo hijo de vecino ( fam): va a tener que esperar como cualquier hijo de vecino she's going to have to wait like everybody else
    eso lo sabe todo hijo de vecino everybody knows that
    yo puedo entrar aquí, como cualquier hijo de vecino I've as much right as the next man o as anyone else to come in here
    hijo de gato caza ratón ( Ven fam); he's just like his father/mother
    hijo del diablo ( Ven fam); son-of-a-gun ( colloq)
    hijo de tigre sale pintado ( AmL fam); he's just like his father/mother
    ser hijo de vidriero ( RPl fam): salí, que no sos hijo de vidriero get out of the way, you're not invisible, you know ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    hijo adoptivo, hija adoptiva
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) adopted son; ( feminine) adopted daughter
    hijo biológico, hija biológica
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) biological son, natural son; ( feminine) biological daughter, natural daughter
    hijo de la Gran Bretaña, hija de la Gran Bretaña
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam euf) swine ( colloq), sod ( BrE sl)
    hijo de la guayaba, hija de la guayaba
    ( Méx fam euf) swine ( colloq), sod ( BrE sl)
    hijo de la mañana or de su pelona
    el Hijo del Hombre the Son of Man
    hijo de leche, hija de leche
    masculine, feminine child fed by wet nurse
    hijo de papá, hija de papá
    masculine, feminine rich kid ( colloq)
    hijo de puta, hija de puta
    masculine, feminine
    ( vulg); ( masculine) bastard ( vulg), son of a bitch ( AmE sl); ( feminine) bitch ( vulg), cow ( BrE colloq pej)
    hijo ilegítimo, hija ilegítima
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) illegitimate son; ( feminine) illegitimate daughter
    hijo legítimo, hija legítima
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) legitimate son; ( feminine) legitimate daughter
    hijo natural, hija natural
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) illegitimate son; ( feminine) illegitimate daughter
    hijo político, hija política
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) son-in-law; ( feminine) daughter-in-law
    masculine prodigal son
    hijo único, hija única
    masculine, feminine only child
    B (de un pueblo, una comunidad) ( masculine) son; ( feminine) daughter
    Compuesto:
    hijo predilecto, hija predilecta
    masculine, feminine freeman, freewoman
    C
    (como apelativo): ¡hijo, por Dios! (hablándole a un niño) for heaven's sake, child!; (hablándole a un adulto) for heaven's sake, Pedro ( o Luis etc)!
    ¡hijo de mi alma! ¡cómo te has mojado! oh darling, you're soaking wet!
    D
    ( Méx fam) (como interjección): ¡hijo! or ¡hijos! aún no funciona damn! it still isn't working ( colloq)
    ¡hijo! ¡es una víbora! jeez! ( AmE) o ( BrE) bloody hell! it's a snake! (sl)
    * * *

     

    hijo
    ◊ -ja sustantivo masculino, femenino

    1 ( pariente) (m) son;
    (f) daughter;


    ( varones y mujeres) my children;

    no tienen hijos they don't have any children;
    hijo adoptivo/hija adoptiva adopted son/daughter;
    hijo/hija de papá rich kid (colloq);
    hijo/hija natural illegitimate son/daughter;
    hijo político/hija política son-in-law/daughter-in-law;
    hijo único/hija única only child;
    M. Pérez, hijo M. Pérez Junior;
    hijo de tigre sale pintado (AmL fam) he's just like his father/mother
    2 ( apelativo):
    ¡hijo, por Dios! ( hablándole a un niño) for heaven's sake, child!;


    ( hablándole a un adulto) for heaven's sake, Pedro (o Luis etc)!
    hijo sustantivo masculino
    1 son, child
    hijo adoptivo, adopted child
    hijo natural, illegitimate child
    pey hijo de papá, daddy's boy
    hijo único, only child
    vulgar hijo de puta, son of a bitch
    2 pl hijos, offspring, children
    ' hijo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abdicar
    - adoptiva
    - adoptivo
    - alma
    - ansiedad
    - concebir
    - conllevar
    - debilidad
    - díscola
    - díscolo
    - esperar
    - evolucionar
    - gluten
    - hija
    - ilegítima
    - ilegítimo
    - inquina
    - reconocer
    - segundón
    - segundona
    - sexta
    - sexto
    - anhelar
    - chico
    - de
    - decir
    - el
    - emplear
    - encargo
    - enorgullecer
    - esperanza
    - estudio
    - guacho
    - infante
    - júnior
    - legítimo
    - mayor
    - no
    - por
    - predilección
    - propiedad
    - puta
    - separado
    - trastornar
    - único
    - varón
    English:
    adopted
    - after
    - amount to
    - and
    - archery
    - argue
    - attention span
    - baby-sit
    - boy
    - burst
    - butt in
    - child
    - christen
    - criticize
    - cut off
    - disown
    - distracted
    - dutiful
    - exact
    - frown
    - gofer
    - governess
    - grade
    - gratifying
    - in-laws
    - junior
    - left-handed
    - motivate
    - only
    - pass
    - practice
    - practise
    - precedence
    - puff up
    - rub off
    - send away
    - son
    - baby
    - bastard
    - bugger
    - disapprove
    - do
    - off
    - precious
    - single
    - suggest
    * * *
    hijo, -a
    nm,f
    1. [descendiente] son, f daughter;
    Alfonso Sánchez, hijo Alfonso Sánchez Junior;
    estar esperando un hijo to be expecting (a baby);
    Fam
    hacerle un hijo a alguien to get sb pregnant;
    Fam
    cualquier o [m5]todo hijo de vecino: nos gusta salir por la noche, como a cualquier o [m5] todo hijo de vecino like most people, we like going out in the evening;
    cualquier o [m5] todo hijo de vecino tiene derecho a trabajar everyone, no matter who they are, has a right to work;
    Fam Hum
    ser hijo de cristalero o RP [m5]vidriero: échate a un lado, que no eres hijo de cristalero o RP [m5] vidriero you make better door than window!
    hijo adoptivo adopted son;
    hija adoptiva adopted daughter;
    hijo bastardo bastard son;
    hija bastarda bastard daughter;
    hijo biológico biological son;
    hija biológica biological daughter;
    Méx Vulg hijo de la chingada fucking bastard, motherfucker; Méx Vulg hija de la chingada fucking bitch, motherfucker;
    Hijo de Dios Son of God;
    Méx Fam hijo de la guayaba pest;
    Hijo del Hombre Son of Man;
    hijo ilegítimo illegitimate son;
    hija ilegítima illegitimate daughter;
    hijo legítimo legitimate son;
    hija legítima legitimate daughter;
    Fam Euf hijo de su madre Br beggar, US s.o.b.;
    hijo natural illegitimate son;
    hija natural illegitimate daughter;
    Fam Pey hijo de papá:
    es un hijo de papá daddy does everything for him;
    este bar está lleno de hijos de papá this bar is full of rich kids;
    Vulg hijo de perra bastard; Vulg hija de perra bitch;
    hijo político son-in-law;
    hija política daughter-in-law;
    hijo pródigo prodigal son;
    Vulg hijo de puta fucking bastard, motherfucker; Vulg hija de puta fucking bitch, motherfucker; Vulg
    ¡será hijo de puta! he's a right fucking bastard!;
    Méx Vulg hijo de la tiznada fucking bastard, motherfucker; Méx Vulg hija de la tiznada fucking bitch, motherfucker;
    hijo único only son;
    hija única only daughter
    2. [natural] native
    hijo predilecto = honorary title given by a city to a famous person born there or whose family comes from there
    3. [como forma de dirigirse a alguien]
    ¡hijo, no te pongas así! don't be like that!;
    ¡pues hijo, podrías haber avisado! you could at least have told me, couldn't you?;
    ¡hijo, te lo he explicado ya veinte veces! for heaven's sake, I must have explained it to you at least twenty times!;
    ¡hija mía, qué bruta eres! God, you're stupid!;
    ¡hijo mío, haz caso a los consejos de los mayores! you should listen to the advice of your elders, son;
    ¡hijo, eres el colmo! you really are the limit!
    4. [resultado] child;
    los errores son hijos de la precipitación mistakes are what comes of being too hasty
    nm
    [hijo o hija] child;
    hijos children;
    no han tenido ningún hijo they don't have any children
    hijo adoptivo adopted child;
    hijo bastardo bastard child;
    hijo biológico biological child;
    hijo ilegítimo illegitimate child;
    hijo legítimo legitimate child;
    hijo natural illegitimate child;
    hijo no deseado unwanted child;
    hijo único only child
    interj
    Méx Fam
    ¡hijos! wow!
    * * *
    m
    1 son;
    todo hijo de vecino like everybody else
    2
    :
    hijos children pl
    * * *
    hijo, -ja n
    1) : son m, daughter f
    2) hijos nmpl
    : children, offspring
    * * *
    hijo n
    2. (varón) son

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  • 16 madre

    f.
    1 mother.
    es madre de tres niños she's a mother of three
    Alicia va a ser madre Alicia's going to have a baby
    madre adoptiva foster mother
    madre de alquiler surrogate mother
    madre biológica natural mother
    la madre patria the motherland
    madre política mother-in-law
    madre soltera single mother
    2 bed.
    * * *
    1 mother
    2 (causa) root
    3 (monja) sister
    \
    ahí está la madre del cordero familiar that's where the trouble lies
    ciento y la madre familiar the world and his wife, US everyone and his brother
    de puta madre tabú brilliant, fucking brilliant
    ¡la madre que te parió! tabú (hombre) you bastard! 2 (mujer) you bitch!
    ¡madre mía! familiar good heavens!
    salirse de madre familiar (río) to burst its banks 2 (persona) to lose control
    ¡tu madre! tabú up yours!
    futura madre mother-to-be
    madre adoptiva adoptive mother
    madre alquilada / madre de alquiler surrogate mother
    madre de leche wet nurse
    madre patria one's motherland
    madre política mother-in-law
    madre soltera single mother
    madre superiora mother superior
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=pariente) mother

    su señora madre esp Méx your mother

    ¡madre mía! — good heavens!

    ¡madre de Dios! — good heavens!

    la Madre Patria — the Mother Country, the Old Country

    madre soltera — single mother, unmarried mother

    2) (Rel) [en convento] mother; [en asilo] matron
    3)
    - ¡me cago en la madre que te parió!

    no tener madre —

    él no tiene madre* he's a real swine *

    esto no tiene madre* this is the limit

    puto
    4) (=origen) origin, cradle
    5) [de río] bed

    salirse de madre[río] to burst its banks; [persona] to lose all self-control; [proceso] to go beyond its normal limits

    6) [de vino] dregs pl, sediment
    7) (Agr) (=acequia) main channel, main irrigation ditch; (=alcantarilla) main sewer
    8) [en juegos] home
    9) (Anat) womb
    10) And dead skin, scab
    11) ** queer **, fag (EEUU) **
    2. ADJ
    1) (=de origen)

    lengua madre — (Ling) parent language

    2)

    la cuestión madre — the chief problem, the central problem

    3) LAm
    *

    una regañada madrea real telling-off *, one hell of a telling-off **

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Chi fam) great (colloq)
    II
    1)
    a) ( pariente) mother

    estar hasta la madre de algo — (Méx fam) to be fed up to the back teeth of something

    mentarle la madre a alguiento insult somebody (by referring to his/her mother)

    no tener madre — (Méx fam) to be shameless

    ser un/una madre para algo — (Chi fam) to be brilliant at something

    madre mía! or mi madre! — (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!

    la madre que te parió! — (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) you jerk! (colloq), you bastard! (sl)

    tu madre! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg), up yours! (BrE sl)

    chinga (a) tu madre! — (Méx vulg) screw o fuck you! (vulg)

    me vale madres — (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit

    c) (Relig) mother
    2)
    a) ( cauce)
    b) (Esp) ( sedimento) lees (pl), sediment
    * * *
    = mother, mama.
    Ex. Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    ----
    * amor de madre = mother love.
    * Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos (AMPA) = Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
    * célula madre = stem cell.
    * célula madre adulta = adult stem cell.
    * célula madre embrionaria = embryonic stem cell.
    * célula madre hematopoyética = haematopoietic stem cell.
    * de puta madre = fantastic, wicked, swell, the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers, badass.
    * día de la madre, el = Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday.
    * madre adoptiva = foster mother, adoptive mother.
    * madre biológica = biological mother.
    * madre de alquiler = surrogate mother.
    * madre de nacimiento = birth mother.
    * madre en período de lactancia = nursing mother.
    * ¡Madre mía! = Good heavens!.
    * madre natural = birth mother.
    * madre naturaleza, la = Mother Nature.
    * madre o padre adoptivo = foster parent.
    * madre o padre biológico = biological parent.
    * madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.
    * madre o padre natural = birth parent.
    * madre or padre adoptivo = adoptive parent.
    * madre patria = motherland.
    * madre primeriza = new mother.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * madres de alquiler = surrogacy.
    * madre soltera = unmarried mother, single mom, single mother.
    * madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.
    * madre tierra, la = mother earth.
    * madre trabajadora = working mother.
    * placa madre = motherboard.
    * planta madre = rootstock.
    * roca madre = bedrock.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Chi fam) great (colloq)
    II
    1)
    a) ( pariente) mother

    estar hasta la madre de algo — (Méx fam) to be fed up to the back teeth of something

    mentarle la madre a alguiento insult somebody (by referring to his/her mother)

    no tener madre — (Méx fam) to be shameless

    ser un/una madre para algo — (Chi fam) to be brilliant at something

    madre mía! or mi madre! — (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!

    la madre que te parió! — (fam: en algunas regiones vulg) you jerk! (colloq), you bastard! (sl)

    tu madre! — (vulg) screw you! (vulg), up yours! (BrE sl)

    chinga (a) tu madre! — (Méx vulg) screw o fuck you! (vulg)

    me vale madres — (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit

    c) (Relig) mother
    2)
    a) ( cauce)
    b) (Esp) ( sedimento) lees (pl), sediment
    * * *
    = mother, mama.

    Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    * amor de madre = mother love.
    * Asociación de Madres y Padres de Alumnos (AMPA) = Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
    * célula madre = stem cell.
    * célula madre adulta = adult stem cell.
    * célula madre embrionaria = embryonic stem cell.
    * célula madre hematopoyética = haematopoietic stem cell.
    * de puta madre = fantastic, wicked, swell, the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers, badass.
    * día de la madre, el = Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday.
    * madre adoptiva = foster mother, adoptive mother.
    * madre biológica = biological mother.
    * madre de alquiler = surrogate mother.
    * madre de nacimiento = birth mother.
    * madre en período de lactancia = nursing mother.
    * ¡Madre mía! = Good heavens!.
    * madre natural = birth mother.
    * madre naturaleza, la = Mother Nature.
    * madre o padre adoptivo = foster parent.
    * madre o padre biológico = biological parent.
    * madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.
    * madre o padre natural = birth parent.
    * madre or padre adoptivo = adoptive parent.
    * madre patria = motherland.
    * madre primeriza = new mother.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * madres de alquiler = surrogacy.
    * madre soltera = unmarried mother, single mom, single mother.
    * madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.
    * madre tierra, la = mother earth.
    * madre trabajadora = working mother.
    * placa madre = motherboard.
    * planta madre = rootstock.
    * roca madre = bedrock.

    * * *
    ( Chi fam) great ( colloq), terrific ( colloq)
    A
    1 (pariente) mother
    madre de todos los vicios mother of all vices
    ahí está or ésa es la madre del cordero that's the root of the problem, that's the crux of the matter
    estar hasta la madre de algo ( Méx fam); to be fed up to the back teeth of sth
    mentarle or ( Chi) sacarle la madre a algn to insult sb (by referring to his/her mother)
    ser un/una madre para algo ( Chi fam); to be brilliant at sth, be a wizard o whiz at sth ( colloq)
    2
    (en exclamaciones): ¡madre mía! or ¡mi madre! (my) goodness!, good heavens!, heavens!
    ¡madre mía! ¡qué tarde se ha hecho! goodness! look how late it is!
    ¡la madre que te parió! or te trajo al mundo! (fam: en algunas regiones vulg); you jerk! ( colloq), you bastard! (sl)
    ¡tu madre! ( vulg); screw you! ( vulg), up yours! ( BrE sl)
    ¡chinga (a) tu madre! ( Méx vulg); fuck off! ( vulg), screw o fuck you! ( vulg)
    me vale madres ( Méx vulg); I don't give a damn ( colloq), I don't give a shit o fuck ( vulg)
    ver tb puto1 (↑ puto (1))
    3 ( Relig) mother
    la madre Soledad Mother Soledad
    Compuestos:
    surrogate mother
    biological mother
    surrogate mother
    mother
    ( Méx) spider plant
    mother-in-law
    single o unmarried mother
    Mother Superior
    surrogate mother
    B
    1
    (cauce): el río se salió de madre the river burst its banks
    todo se salió de madre everything got out of hand
    2 ( Esp) (sedimento) lees (pl), sediment
    * * *

     

    madre sustantivo femenino
    mother;

    madre de familia mother;
    madre política mother-in-law;
    madre soltera single o unmarried mother;
    madre superiora Mother Superior;
    ¡madre mía! or ¡mi madre! (my) goodness!, (good) heavens!;
    me vale madres (Méx vulg) I don't give a damn (colloq) o (vulg) shit;
    salirse de madre [ río] to burst its banks;

    [ situación] to get out of hand
    madre
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 mother: fue madre a los veinte años, she was a mother at twenty
    madre adoptiva, adoptive mother
    madre soltera, unmarried mother
    2 (origen) root, mother: la pereza es la madre de la pobreza, laziness is the origin of poverty
    4 (de río) bed
    II exclamación ¡madre mía, qué tarde es!, good heavens, it's really late!
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar la madre del cordero, the crux of the matter
    salirse de madre: Pepe se salió de madre, Pepe went too far
    el concierto se salió de madre, the concert turned wild
    ' madre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abandonada
    - abandonado
    - abismo
    - ablandar
    - abrazarse
    - adoptiva
    - adoptivo
    - algo
    - ánimo
    - ascendiente
    - calor
    - ciento
    - con
    - cumplir
    - desmejorada
    - desmejorado
    - desnaturalizar
    - día
    - disgustar
    - ejemplo
    - encargar
    - entenderse
    - envidiar
    - estar
    - estancada
    - estancado
    - franquicia
    - hablar
    - la
    - malmeter
    - marioneta
    - martirizar
    - mayor
    - mentar
    - negación
    - origen
    - padre
    - preguntar
    - profesar
    - progenitor
    - progenitora
    - recado
    - recordar
    - reverenda
    - reverendo
    - solera
    - soltera
    - soltero
    - tal
    - tirar
    English:
    adjust
    - after
    - aloud
    - apron
    - assign
    - belong
    - best
    - boy
    - consent
    - disappoint
    - down-home
    - exact
    - fetch
    - frown
    - hip
    - hit out
    - infrequent
    - its
    - like
    - likeness
    - look
    - miss
    - mother
    - mother-to-be
    - overhear
    - parent
    - pretence
    - pretense
    - pride
    - prone
    - single parent
    - surrogate mother
    - talk
    - uncle
    - working mother
    - doting
    - fucking
    - her
    - his
    - introduce
    - my
    - name
    - our
    - parenthood
    - queen
    - remember
    - single
    - surrogate
    - their
    - wish
    * * *
    madre nf
    1. [mujer] mother;
    es madre de tres niños she's a mother of three;
    Alicia va a ser madre Alicia's going to have a baby;
    Fam
    ¡madre mía!, ¡mi madre! Jesus!, Christ!;
    Fam
    ¡madre mía, cómo llueve! Jesus o Christ, it's pouring down!;
    Fam
    ¡mi madre! ¿y ahora qué vamos a hacer? oh my God, what are we going to do now?
    madre adoptiva foster mother;
    madre de alquiler surrogate mother;
    madre biológica natural mother;
    la madre naturaleza Mother Nature;
    la madre patria the motherland;
    Am [España] Spain;
    madre política mother-in-law;
    madre soltera single mother;
    la madre tierra earth mother
    2. [hembra] mother;
    la madre cuida de los cachorros the mother looks after the pups
    3. [religiosa] mother;
    la madre Teresa Mother Teresa
    madre superiora mother superior
    4. [origen] source;
    la pobreza extrema es la madre de todos los males de la región extreme poverty is the source of all the region's problems
    5. [cauce] bed;
    salirse de madre [río] to burst its banks;
    [persona] to go too far
    6. Comp
    Fam
    eran ciento y la madre everybody and his dog o the world and his wife was there;
    Fam
    ser la madre del cordero to be at the very root of the problem;
    Méx Fam
    dar a alguien en la madre to kick sb's head in;
    Méx Fam
    de a madre: estoy aburrido de a madre I'm fed up to the back teeth;
    su casa está sucia de a madre her house is a tip o pigsty;
    me cae de a madre I hate his guts;
    Méx Fam
    echar madres to swear, Br to eff and blind;
    Méx muy Fam
    ¡en la madre! Br bloody hell!, US goddamn!;
    Méx Fam
    estar hasta la madre [lleno] to be jam-packed;
    Méx Fam
    ir hecho madre to bomb along;
    Fam
    nombrar o [m5] mentar la madre a alguien = to insult someone by referring to their mother;
    Méx Fam
    ni madre: no oye ni madre she can't hear a damn thing;
    Méx Fam
    ¡ni madres! no way!;
    Am muy Fam
    no tener madre to be a shameless bastard;
    muy Fam
    ¡la madre que te parió! you bastard!;
    Esp Fam
    ¡viva la madre que te parió! [en concierto, corrida de toros] we love you!;
    Méx Fam
    estar de poca madre to be great o fantastic;
    Méx Fam
    ser de poca madre to be great o fantastic;
    Méx Fam
    tener poca madre to be a swine;
    Méx Fam
    ser a toda madre to be a really great o nice person;
    Fam
    ser una madre para alguien to be like a mother to sb;
    Fam
    ser una madre haciendo algo Chile [bueno] to be a whizz at sth;
    RP [malo] to be useless at sth; Méx muy Fam
    me vale madre I couldn't give a damn o Br a toss
    * * *
    I f mother;
    dar en la madre a alguien Méx fam hit s.o. where it hurts;
    sacar a alguien de madre fam insult s.o. (by saying rude things about his/ her mother);
    salirse de madre de un río burst its banks; fig fam get out of hand;
    esa es la madre del cordero that’s the trouble, that’s the problem;
    de puta madre vulg fucking fantastic vulg ;
    ¡madre mía! good heavens!;
    ¡me vale madre! Méx vulg I don’t give a fuck! vulg
    II adj Méx, C.Am. fam
    great fam, fantastic fam
    * * *
    madre nf
    1) : mother
    2)
    madre política : mother-in-law
    3)
    la Madre Patria : the mother country (said of Spain)
    * * *
    madre n mother
    ¡madre mía! good heavens!

    Spanish-English dictionary > madre

  • 17 प्रजापति


    prajā́-pati
    (- jā-) m. « lord of creatures»

    N. of Savitṛi, Soma, Agni, Indra etc. RV. AV. ;
    a divinity presiding over procreation, protector of life ib. VS. Mn. Suṡr. BhP. ;
    lord of creatures, creator RV. etc. etc.
    (N. of a supreme god above orᅠ among the Vedic deities
    RV. (only X, 21, 10) AV. VS. Br. but in later times alsoᅠ applied to Vishṇu, Ṡiva, Time personified, the sun, fire, etc.,
    andᅠ to various progenitors, esp. to the 10 lords of created beings first created by Brahmā.,
    viz. Marīci, Atri., Aṇgiras, Pulastya, Pulaka, Kratu, Vasishṭha, Pracetas orᅠ Daksha, Bhṛigu, Nārada Mn. I, 34 ; cf. IW. 206 n. 1,
    of whom some authorities count only the first 7, others the last 3);
    a father L. ;
    a king, prince L. ;
    a son-in-law L. ;
    N. of the 5th (39th) year in a 60 years, cycle of Jupiter Var. ;
    the planet Mars, a partic. star, δ Aurigae Sūryas. ;
    (in astrol.) = 2. kāla-nara q.v.;
    a species of insect L. ;
    N. of sev. men andᅠ authors Cat. ;
    (ī) f. a matron, lady Divyâ̱v. ;
    N. of Gautama Buddha's aunt andᅠ nurse (with the patr. Gautamī, the first woman who assented to his doctrines) Lalit. ;
    - grihīta (-jā́-p-) mfn. seized by Prajā-pati VS. ;
    - carita n. N. of wk.;
    - cití f. Prajā-pati's layer ṠBr. ;
    - datta m. N. of a man Pat. ;
    - nivāsinī f. N. of a Gandharvī Kāraṇḍ. ;
    - pati m. « lord of the Prajā-pati»
    N. of Brahmā. BhP. ;
    of Daksha ib. ;
    - bhakshita (-jā́-p-) mfn. eaten by Prajā-pati VS. ;
    - mukha (jā́-p-) mfn. having Prajā-pati as head orᅠ chief ṠBr. ;
    - yajña m. « sacrifice to Prajā-pati», the procreation of children enjoined by law VP. ;
    - loká m. Prajā-pati's world (situated between the sphere of Brahmā. andᅠ that of the Gandharvas) ṠBr. ;
    - ṡarman m. N. of a man L. ;
    - sṛishṭa (-jā́-p-) mfn. created by Prajā-pati AV. ṠBr. ;
    - smṛiti f. N. of wk.;
    - hṛidaya n. « Prajā-pati's heart»
    N. of a Sāman. ṠrS. ( alsoᅠ prajā́pater-hṛíd- ṠBr. TS.)

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  • 18 mater

    māter, tris, f. [root ma-; Sanscr. and Zend, to make, measure, like Gr. mêtêr, the maker, akin with Dor. matêr; Germ. Mutter; Engl. mother; cf.: materies, manus], a mother ( dat. sing. matre, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 177; dat. plur. matris, Inscr. Grut. 90:

    matrabus,

    Inscr. Orell. 2089).
    I.
    Lit.:

    si quidem istius regis (sc. Anci Martii) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33:

    cur non sit heres matri suae?

    id. ib. 3, 10, 17:

    de pietate in matrem,

    id. Lael. 3, 11:

    Sassia mater hujus Aviti,

    id. Clu. 5, 12:

    Hecate, quae matre Asteria est,

    who has Asteria for her mother, id. N. D. 3, 18, 46:

    musa, matre nati,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 45: mater esse de aliquo, to be a mother, i. e. to be pregnant by any one, Ov. H. 9, 48:

    facere aliquam matrem,

    id. M. 9, 491: mater familias or familiae, the mistress of a house, matron (v. familia).—
    B.
    Transf., a nurse:

    mater sua... quae mammam dabat, neque adeo mater ipsa, quae illos pepererat,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 19:

    puero opust cibo, opus est autem matri quae puerum lavit,

    id. Truc. 5 10:

    lambere matrem,

    Verg. A. 8, 632.—As a title of honor, mother, applied to priestesses: jubemus te salvere, mater. Sa. Salvete puellae, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 5:

    amice benigneque honorem, mater, nostrum habes,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 30.—To goddesses:

    Vesta mater,

    Sen. Excerpt. Contr. 4, 2; Verg. G. 1, 498:

    mater Matuta, v. h. v.: Flora mater,

    Lucr. 5, 739;

    the same: florum,

    Ov. F. 5, 183: mater magna, or absol.: Mater, i. e. Cybele, the mother of all the gods:

    matris magnae sacerdos,

    Cic. Sest. 26; cf. absol.: matris quate cymbala circum, Verg. G. 4, 64; id. A. 9, 108:

    secreta palatia Matris,

    Juv. 9, 23:

    matres... cives Romanae, ut jus liberorum consecutae videantur,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 1:

    matris condicionem sequi,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 81; cf. §§ 67, 86.—Also, in gen., a woman, a lady; usu. in plur., women, ladies:

    pilentis matres in mollibus,

    Verg. A. 8, 666:

    matres atque viri,

    id. ib. 6, 306; cf. Ov. F. 1, 619.—Of the earth, as the mother of all:

    exercitum Dis Manibus matrique Terrae deberi,

    Liv. 8, 6; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56.—Of a country:

    haec terra, quam matrem appellamus,

    Liv. 5, 54, 2:

    amorum,

    i. e. Venus, Ov. H. 16, 201:

    cupidinum,

    i. e. Venus, Hor. C. 1, 19, 1.—Of animals:

    porci cum matribus,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4:

    excretos prohibent a matribus haedos,

    Verg. G. 3, 398:

    ova assunt ipsis cum matribus, i. e. cum gallinis,

    Juv. 11, 70:

    mater simia,

    id. 10, 195:

    pullus hirundinis ad quem volat mater,

    id. 10, 232.—Of the trunks of trees, etc.:

    plantas tenero abscindens de corpore matrum,

    Verg. G. 2, 23; Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23.—Of a fountain, as the source of waters:

    ex grandi palude oritur (fluvius), quam matrem ejus accolae appellant,

    Mel. 2, 1, 7.—Of a chief or capital city:

    mater Italiae Roma,

    Flor. 3, 18, 5:

    ut Graeci dicere solent, urbium mater, Cydona,

    id. 3, 7, 4:

    (Cilicia) matrem urbium habet Tarsum,

    Sol. 38; cf. Metropolis.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The mother, i. e. maternal love:

    simul matrem labare sensit,

    Ov. M. 6, 629: mater redit, Sen. ap. Med. 928.—
    B.
    Motherhood, maternity, Sen. Herc. Oet. 389.—
    C.
    A producing cause, origin, source, etc. (freq. and class.):

    apes mellis matres,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5:

    mater omnium bonarum artium sapientia est,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

    philosophia mater omnium bene factorum,

    id. Brut. 93, 322:

    avaritiae mater, luxuries,

    id. de Or. 2, 40, 171:

    voluptas, malorum mater omnium,

    id. Leg. 1, 17, 47; 1, 22, 58; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 64; id. Planc. 33, 80; Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34; Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80; Quint. 9, 3, 89:

    juris et religionis,

    Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

    justitiae imbecillitas mater est,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 23:

    intemperantia omnium perturbationum mater,

    id. Ac. 1, 10, 39:

    similitudo est satietatis mater,

    id. Inv. 1, 41, 76:

    utilitas justi prope mater et aequi,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 98; Lact. 3, 8, 32; Aug. in Psa. 83, 1.—Comically:

    eam (sc. hirneam) ego vini ut matre fuerat natum, eduxi meri,

    i. e. as it came from the cask, without the addition of water, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 274.—
    D.
    The protector, shelter, home:

    urbs Roma, virtutum omnium mater, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 1: illa Jerusalem quae est mater nostra,

    Vulg. Gal. 4, 26.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mater

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