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confrontation with

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1 enfrentarse a

v.

to face, to breast, to brave, to confront with.

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(v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with

Ex. The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.

Ex. Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.

Ex. Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.

Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

Ex. Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.

Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.

Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.

Ex. The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.

Ex. The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.

Ex. Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.

Ex. Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.

Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.

Ex. British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.

Ex. We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.

Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.

Ex. The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.

Ex. The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.

Ex. He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.

Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.

Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.

Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

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(v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with

Ex: The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.

Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.

Ex: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.

Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

Ex: Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.

Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.

Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.

Ex: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.

Ex: The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.

Ex: Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.

Ex: Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.

Ex: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.

Ex: We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.

Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.

Ex: The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.

Ex: The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.

Ex: He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.

Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.

Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.

Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a
2 enfrentar

v.

1 to bring face to face (poner frente a frente).

2 to confront, to face (hacer frente a).

enfrentan el futuro con inquietud they face the future with unease

María enfrentó a la chismosa Mary confronted the gossip.

María confrontó sus problemas Mary confronted her problems.

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enfrentar

► verbo transitivo

1 (poner frente a frente) to bring face to face, confront

■ el debate enfrentó a los líderes the debate brought the leaders face to face

2 (encarar) to face, confront

► verbo pronominal enfrentarse

1 (hacer frente) to face (a/con, -), confront (a/con, -)

■ tuvo que enfrentarse con los sindicatos he had to confront the unions

2 DEPORTE to meet (a/con, -)

3 (pelearse) to have an argument (a, with), fall out (a, with); (chocar) to clash (a/con, with)

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verb

to face, confront

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1. VT

1) (=enemistar) to set against

la herencia enfrentó a los dos hermanos — the inheritance set the two brothers against each other o at loggerheads

2) (=afrontar) [+ dificultad] to face (up to), confront; [+ realidad] to face (up to)

tienes que enfrentar el problema — you have to face (up to) o confront the problem

3) (=encarar)

este partido enfrentará a los dos mejores tenistas — this match will bring together the two best tennis players, this match will bring the two best tennis players face to face

2.

See:

enfrentarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <problema/peligro/realidad> to confront, face up to; < futuro> to face

2)

a) <contrincantes/opositores> to bring... face to face

enfrentar a alguien con alguien — to bring somebody face to face with somebody

b) ( enemistar) to bring... into conflict
2.
enfrentarse v pron

a) ( hacer frente a)

enfrentarse a/con alguien: se enfrentaron con la policía they clashed with the police; se enfrentó con el enemigo he confronted the enemy; el equipo se enfrenta hoy a Paraguay today the team comes up against o meets Paraguay; enfrentarse a algo a dificultades/peligros to face something; no quiere enfrentarse a la realidad — he doesn't want to face up to reality

b) (recípr) equipos/atletas to meet; tropas/oponentes to clash

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= oppose, drive + a wedge between.

Ex. A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.

Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

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* enfrentar a = pit against.

* enfrentarse = struggle, tackle, come to + terms with, engage, come + face to face.

* enfrentarse a = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with.

* enfrentarse a Algo cara a cara = address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on.

* enfrentarse a alternativas = be faced with choices, face + choices.

* enfrentarse a la muerte = face + death.

* enfrentarse a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + reality.

* enfrentarse a la realidad (de que) = face + (up to) the fact that, face + the truth (that).

* enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life, face + life, cope.

* enfrentarse al futuro = face up to + the future, face + the future.

* enfrentarse al hecho de que = face + (up to) the fact that.

* enfrentarse a los cambios = cope with + change.

* enfrentarse a los elementos = brave + the elements.

* enfrentarse a una barrera = face + barrier.

* enfrentarse a una crisis = face + crisis.

* enfrentarse a una cuestión = run up against + issue.

* enfrentarse a una limitación = face + constraint, face + limitation.

* enfrentarse a una reacción + Adjetivo = meet with + Adjetivo + reaction.

* enfrentarse a una situación = face + situation, meet + situation.

* enfrentarse a una tarea = face + task.

* enfrentarse a una traba = face + limitation, face + barrier.

* enfrentarse a un dilema = face + dilemma.

* enfrentarse a un impás = face + impasse.

* enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.

* enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + problem, confront + problem, come up against + problem, experience + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.

* enfrentarse a un reto = face + challenge, meet + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge.

* enfrentarse cara a cara con = go + eyball to eyeball with.

* enfrentarse con una dificultad = face + difficulty.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <problema/peligro/realidad> to confront, face up to; < futuro> to face

2)

a) <contrincantes/opositores> to bring... face to face

enfrentar a alguien con alguien — to bring somebody face to face with somebody

b) ( enemistar) to bring... into conflict
2.
enfrentarse v pron

a) ( hacer frente a)

enfrentarse a/con alguien: se enfrentaron con la policía they clashed with the police; se enfrentó con el enemigo he confronted the enemy; el equipo se enfrenta hoy a Paraguay today the team comes up against o meets Paraguay; enfrentarse a algo a dificultades/peligros to face something; no quiere enfrentarse a la realidad — he doesn't want to face up to reality

b) (recípr) equipos/atletas to meet; tropas/oponentes to clash

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= oppose, drive + a wedge between.

Ex: A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.

Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

* enfrentar a = pit against.

* enfrentarse = struggle, tackle, come to + terms with, engage, come + face to face.

* enfrentarse a = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with.

* enfrentarse a Algo cara a cara = address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on.

* enfrentarse a alternativas = be faced with choices, face + choices.

* enfrentarse a la muerte = face + death.

* enfrentarse a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + reality.

* enfrentarse a la realidad (de que) = face + (up to) the fact that, face + the truth (that).

* enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life, face + life, cope.

* enfrentarse al futuro = face up to + the future, face + the future.

* enfrentarse al hecho de que = face + (up to) the fact that.

* enfrentarse a los cambios = cope with + change.

* enfrentarse a los elementos = brave + the elements.

* enfrentarse a una barrera = face + barrier.

* enfrentarse a una crisis = face + crisis.

* enfrentarse a una cuestión = run up against + issue.

* enfrentarse a una limitación = face + constraint, face + limitation.

* enfrentarse a una reacción + Adjetivo = meet with + Adjetivo + reaction.

* enfrentarse a una situación = face + situation, meet + situation.

* enfrentarse a una tarea = face + task.

* enfrentarse a una traba = face + limitation, face + barrier.

* enfrentarse a un dilema = face + dilemma.

* enfrentarse a un impás = face + impasse.

* enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.

* enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + problem, confront + problem, come up against + problem, experience + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.

* enfrentarse a un reto = face + challenge, meet + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge.

* enfrentarse cara a cara con = go + eyball to eyeball with.

* enfrentarse con una dificultad = face + difficulty.

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enfrentar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹problema/peligro› to confront, face up to

podemos enfrentar el futuro con optimismo we can face the future with optimism

tienes que enfrentar la realidad you have to face up to reality, you have to face facts

B

1 ‹contrincantes/opositores› to bring … face to face enfrentar a algn CON algn to bring sb face to face WITH sb

el combate enfrentará al campeón europeo con el africano the fight will bring together the European and African champions, the fight will bring the European champion face to face with the African champion, the European and African champions will meet in the fight

2 (enemistar) to bring … into conflict

■ enfrentarse

v pron

1 (hacer frente a) enfrentarse A/ CON algn:

se enfrentaron con la policía they clashed with the police

se enfrentó con el enemigo he confronted the enemy

se enfrentó duramente al or con el líder de la oposición she clashed with the leader of the opposition

el equipo se enfrenta hoy a Paraguay today the team comes up against o meets Paraguay

enfrentarse A algo:

tuvieron que enfrentarse a múltiples dificultades/peligros they had to face many difficulties/dangers

nunca ha querido enfrentarse a la realidad he has never wanted to face up to reality

ya cambiará cuando tenga que enfrentarse a la vida he'll change when he has to face up to life

2 ( recípr) «equipos/atletas» to meet; «tropas» to clash

los dos líderes se enfrentaron en un duro debate the two leaders clashed in a fierce debate

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enfrentar ( conjugate enfrentar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹problema/peligro/realidad› to confront, face up to;
‹ futuro› to face
2
a) ‹contrincantes/opositores› to bring … face to face

b) ( enemistar) to bring … into conflict

enfrentarse verbo pronominal
a) ( hacer frente a) enfrentarse con algn ‹con rival/enemigo› to confront sb;

enfrentarse a algo ‹a dificultades/peligros› to face sth;
‹a realidad/responsabilidad› to face up to sth
b) ( recípr) [equipos/atletas] to meet;

[tropas/oponentes] to clash
enfrentar verbo transitivo
1 (afrontar) to confront, face up to
2 (enemistar) to set at odds: las diferencias políticas enfrentaron a los dos amigos, political differences set them at odds
3 (poner frente a frente) to bring face to face
' enfrentar' also found in these entries:
English:
play off against
- confront
- pit
- tackle

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enfrentar

♦ vt

1. [enemistar] to bring into conflict

2. [poner frente a frente] to bring face to face ( con with);
un partido que enfrentará al actual campeón con sus antiguos rivales a game that will pit the current champions against their old rivals

3. [hacer frente a] to confront, to face;

enfrentan el futuro con inquietud they face the future with unease

♦ See also the pronominal verb enfrentarse

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enfrentar

v/t confront, face up to

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enfrentar vt

: to confront, to face

♦ See also the reflexive verb enfrentarse

Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentar
3 choque

m.

1 impact (impacto).

choque frontal head-on collision

2 clash (enfrentamiento).

3 shock.

choque cultural culture shock

4 crash, clash, bump, collision.

5 encounter, run-in, engagement, skirmish.

6 car crash.

7 choc, ictus.

8 circulatory collapse.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: chocar.

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choque

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) collision, impact; (de coche, tren, etc) crash, smash, collision

2 figurado (enfrentamiento) clash

3 MILITAR skirmish

4 (discusión) dispute, quarrel

5 MEDICINA shock

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FRASEOLOGÍA

choque de frente head-on collision

choque múltiple pile-up

fuerzas de choque shock troops

policía de choque riot police

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noun m.

1) collision, crash

2) clash

3) shock

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SM

1) [de vehículos] crash, collision

choque frontal — head-on collision

choque múltiple — multiple crash, pile-up
coche I, 1)
2) (=desavenencia) clash

hubo un choque entre ambos ministros — there was a clash between the two ministers

un choque de personalidades — a personality clash

un choque de culturas — a clash of cultures

3) (=lucha) clash

hubo varios choques entre la población civil — there were several clashes between civilians
fuerza 8), tropa 1)
4) (Dep) (=partido) encounter, clash

5) (=conmoción)

su muerte fue un choque para ella — his death was a shock for her

sufrí un choque cultural al llegar a este país — I had a culture shock when I came to this country

6) (Med) shock

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masculino

1)

a) ( de vehículos) crash, collision

b) ( conflicto) clash

se produjeron algunos choques violentos — there were some violent clashes

fuerzas de choque — shock troops

- choque conjunto or múltiple

- choque frontal

2)

a) (sorpresa, golpe) shock

ha sido un choque muy fuerte para él — it has come as a terrible shock to him

b) (Med, Psic) shock

en estado de choque — in a state of shock

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= collision, crash.

Ex. Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.

Ex. Lower average high school grades were associated with car ownership, high weekly mileage, speeding, driving after drinking, & having traffic tickets & crashes.

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* choque cultural = cultural shock, culture shock.

* choque de civilizaciones = clash of civilisations.

* choque de culturas = clash of cultures.

* choque de frente = head-on collision.

* choque de gigantes = clash of giants.

* choque de titanes = clash of titans.

* choque en cadena = pile-up.

* choque frontal = head-on collision.

* choque por detrás = rear end.

* plan de choque, táctica de choque = shock tactics.

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masculino

1)

a) ( de vehículos) crash, collision

b) ( conflicto) clash

se produjeron algunos choques violentos — there were some violent clashes

fuerzas de choque — shock troops

- choque conjunto or múltiple

- choque frontal

2)

a) (sorpresa, golpe) shock

ha sido un choque muy fuerte para él — it has come as a terrible shock to him

b) (Med, Psic) shock

en estado de choque — in a state of shock

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= collision, crash.

Ex: Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.

Ex: Lower average high school grades were associated with car ownership, high weekly mileage, speeding, driving after drinking, & having traffic tickets & crashes.

* choque cultural = cultural shock, culture shock.

* choque de civilizaciones = clash of civilisations.

* choque de culturas = clash of cultures.

* choque de frente = head-on collision.

* choque de gigantes = clash of giants.

* choque de titanes = clash of titans.

* choque en cadena = pile-up.

* choque frontal = head-on collision.

* choque por detrás = rear end.

* plan de choque, táctica de choque = shock tactics.

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choque

masculine

A

1 (de vehículos) crash, collision

el choque se produjo en el cruce the crash o collision occurred at the crossroads

auto, coche

2 (conflicto) clash

se produjeron algunos choques violentos there were some violent clashes

fuerzas de choque shock troops

se produjo un choque entre ellos sobre el tema de las subvenciones they clashed over the question of subsidies

Compuestos:

● choque conjunto

pile-up

● choque frontal

( Auto) head-on collision

esta política ha producido un choque frontal con los sindicatos this policy has led to head-on confrontation with the unions o has brought them/us into direct conflict with the unions

● choque múltiple

pileup

B

1 (sorpresa, golpe) shock

ha sido un choque muy fuerte para él it has come as a terrible shock to him

2 ( Med, Psic) shock

en estado de choque in a state of shock

Compuesto:

choque térmico

thermal shock

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Del verbo chocar: ( conjugate chocar)

choqué es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

choque es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

Multiple Entries:
chocar
choque
chocar ( conjugate chocar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( colisionar) to crash;

( entre sí) to collide;
◊ choque de frente to collide o crash head-on;

choque con or contra algo [ vehículo] to crash o run into sth;

( con otro en marcha) to collide with sth;
◊ el balón chocó contra el poste the ball hit the goalpost;

choque con algn [ persona] to run into sb;

( con otra en movimiento) to collide with sb
b) ( entrar en conflicto) choque con algn to clash with sb

c) choque con algo ‹con problema/obstáculo› to come up against sth

2
a) ( extrañar):

◊ me chocó que no me lo dijera I was surprised that he hadn't told me

b) ( escandalizar) to shock;

◊ me chocó su lenguaje I was shocked by her language

3 (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (irritar, molestar) to annoy, bug (colloq)
verbo transitivo
a) ‹ copas› to clink;

◊ ¡chócala! (fam) put it there! (colloq), give me five! (colloq)

b) (AmL) ‹ vehículo› ( que se conduce) to crash;

( de otra persona) to run into
chocarse verbo pronominal (Col)
1 ( en vehículo) to have a crash o an accident
2 (fam) ( molestarse) to get annoyed
choque sustantivo masculino
a) ( de vehículos) crash, collision;

◊ choque múltiple pile-up;

choque frontal (Auto) head-on collision;

( enfrentamiento) head-on confrontation
b) ( conflicto) clash

c) (sorpresa, golpe) shock

chocar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (colisionar) to crash, collide
chocar con/contra, to run into, collide with
2 (discutir) to clash [con, with]
3 (sorprender, extrañar) to surprise
II verbo transitivo
1 to knock
(la mano) to shake
familiar ¡chócala!, ¡choca esos cinco!, shake (on it)!, US give me five!
choque sustantivo masculino
1 (golpe) impact
2 (accidente de tráfico) crash, collision
choque en cadena, pile-up
choque frontal, head-on collision
3 (impresión) shock
' choque' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abordaje
- castaña
- frontal
- guardagujas
- impacto
- shock
- cadena
- carambola
- coche
- disparado
- golpe
- tope
English:
bang
- bump
- bumper car
- clash
- collision
- crash
- culture shock
- cushion
- deaden
- dent
- fracture
- generation
- head-on
- impact
- pile-up
- shock
- shock tactics
- shock therapy
- shock treatment
- shock wave
- smash
- smash-up
- stand
- wrench
- culture
- pileup

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choque

♦ ver chocar

♦ nm

1. [impacto] impact;
[de automóvil, avión] crash;
ha habido un choque de trenes there's been a train crash

Comp
choque frontal head-on collision
2. [enfrentamiento] clash;

el choque entre los ejércitos produjo numerosas bajas there were many casualties when the armies clashed;

tuvieron un choque sobre el reparto de poderes they clashed over how power was to be shared out

3. [impresión] shock;

la muerte de su marido le produjo un gran choque emocional she was traumatized by her husband's death, her husband's death was a terrible shock to her

Comp
choque cultural culture shock
4. Med shock

Comp
choque anafiláctico anaphylactic shock
5. Dep [partido] clash

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choque

m

1 collision, crash

2 DEP, MIL clash

3 MED shock

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choque, etc. chocar

choque nm

1) : crash, collision

2) : clash, conflict

3) : shock

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choque n

1. (colisión) crash [pl. crashes]

un choque de coches a car crash

2. (impresión) shock

está en estado de choque she's in a state of shock

Spanish-English dictionary > choque
4 blando

adj.

1 soft, flabby, floppy, bland.

2 soft-hearted, softhearted, mild-mannered, soft.

3 soft, nonalcoholic.

4 weak.

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blando

► adjetivo

1 (gen) soft

2 (poco severo) soft, lenient

3 figurado (benigno) gentle, mild

4 (cobarde) cowardly

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(f. - blanda)

adj.

1) soft, tender

2) weak

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blando, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=tierno) [madera, droga, agua] soft; [pasta] smooth; [carne] tender; pey flabby

blando de boca — [caballo] tender-mouthed

blando de carnes — flabby

blando al tacto — soft to the touch

2) (=indulgente) [persona] soft, indulgent; [carácter] soft, delicate; [política] soft, wet

blando de corazón — soft-hearted, sentimental

ser blando con el crimen — to be soft on crime

llevar una vida blanda — to live an easy life

3) (=cobarde) cowardly

2.

SM / F (Pol) soft-liner, moderate; (Mil) dove

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- da adjetivo

1)

a) < carne> tender; <queso/mantequilla> soft

ponerse blando — to go soft

b) <cama/almohada> soft

de carnes blandas — flabby

c) <madera/metal> soft

un cepillo de cerdas blandas — a soft brush

d) < agua> soft

2) < carácter> ( débil) weak; ( poco severo) soft

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= soft [softer -comp., softest -sup.], spineless, soft-line, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], boneless.

Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

Ex. To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.

Ex. Part 1 examines and discusses the pros and cons of both hard-line and soft-line approaches to moral education.

Ex. The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.

Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

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* de línea blanda = soft-line.

* demasiado blando = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

* disco de sectores blandos = soft sectored disc.

* ¿mano blanda o mano dura? = the carrot vs. the stick.

* mano blanda y mano dura = carrots and sticks.

* paladar blando = soft palate.

* pornografía blanda = mild pornography.

* queso blando = soft cheese.

* sector blando = soft sector.

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- da adjetivo

1)

a) < carne> tender; <queso/mantequilla> soft

ponerse blando — to go soft

b) <cama/almohada> soft

de carnes blandas — flabby

c) <madera/metal> soft

un cepillo de cerdas blandas — a soft brush

d) < agua> soft

2) < carácter> ( débil) weak; ( poco severo) soft

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= soft [softer -comp., softest -sup.], spineless, soft-line, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], boneless.

Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

Ex: To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.

Ex: Part 1 examines and discusses the pros and cons of both hard-line and soft-line approaches to moral education.

Ex: The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.

Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

* de línea blanda = soft-line.

* demasiado blando = mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

* disco de sectores blandos = soft sectored disc.

* ¿mano blanda o mano dura? = the carrot vs. the stick.

* mano blanda y mano dura = carrots and sticks.

* paladar blando = soft palate.

* pornografía blanda = mild pornography.

* queso blando = soft cheese.

* sector blando = soft sector.

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blando¹ -da

adjective

A

1 ‹carne› tender; ‹queso/mantequilla› soft

las galletas se han puesto blandas the biscuits have gone soft

2 ‹cama/almohada› soft

de carnes blandas flabby

3 ‹madera/metal› soft

un cepillo de cerdas blandas a soft brush

4 ‹agua› soft

B ‹carácter› (débil) weak ‹padre/profesor› (poco severo) soft

¡qué blando eres con los niños! you're so lenient with/soft on the children!

blando² -da

masculine, feminine

es un blando en cuanto al tema de la inmigración he takes a soft line on the question of immigration

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blando
◊ -da adjetivo

1
a) ‹ carne› tender;

‹queso/mantequilla› soft;
◊ ponerse blando to go soft

b) ‹cama/madera/agua› soft;

◊ un cepillo de cerdas blandas a soft brush

2 ‹ carácter› ( débil) weak;
( poco severo) soft
blando,-a adjetivo
1 (mullido) soft
2 (de carácter) weak: es muy blanda con los chicos, she's very soft on her children
' blando' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
blanda
- aplastar
English:
bonbon
- floppy
- mushy
- soft
- squashy
- wet

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blando, -a

♦ adj

1. [material, superficie] soft

2. [carne] tender

3. [agua] soft

4. Econ
crédito blando soft loan

5. [persona] [débil] weak

6. [persona] [indulgente] lenient, soft;

es muy blando con sus subordinados he's very lenient with o soft on his subordinates

♦ nm,f

1. [persona débil] weak person;

es un blando he's so weak

2. [persona indulgente] lenient person;

eres una blanda you're so lenient o soft

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blando

I adj soft

II m, blanda f

:

ser un blando be too soft

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blando, -da adj

1) suave: soft, tender

2) : weak (in character)

3) : lenient

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blando adj soft

no puede dormir en un colchón blando she can't sleep on a soft mattress

Spanish-English dictionary > blando
5 escondite

m.

1 hiding place (place).

2 hide-and-seek (game).

3 hiding-place, hideaway, hideout, hide-out.

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escondite

► nombre masculino

1 (lugar) hiding place

2 (juego) hide-and-seek

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

jugar al escondite to play hide-and-seek

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noun m.

hiding place

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SM

1) (=escondrijo) hiding place; (Caza, Orn) hide, blind (EEUU)

2) (=juego) hide-and-seek

jugar al escondite con algn — (lit, fig) to play hide-and-seek with sb

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masculino

a) ( para personas) hideout; ( para cosas) hiding place

b) (Jueg)

jugar al escondite — to play hide-and-seek

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= hiding hole, hideout, hiding, hideaway, hidden storage place, secret storage location, secret storage place, secret holding location, secret cell, hiding spot.

Ex. He was to remain in his refuge for one hundred and twenty-one days, an urban Robinson Crusoe, venturing forth from his hiding hole to retrieve salvageable materials from the jettisoned impedimenta of restless travelers.

Ex. Seditious books continued to appear, nevertheless, both from secret presses in England moving furtively from hideout to hideout.

Ex. He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Ex. This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.

Ex. The excavations uncovered a hidden storage place that contained 26 well-preserved statues of kings, queens, and deities.

Ex. The investigation also uncovered the existence of a secret storage location used since 1990.

Ex. Her chest has a secret storage place that can hold a heart shaped lip gloss or eye shadow that comes with the doll.

Ex. The captured crews were transported to secret holding locations where they were eventually interrogated until they told everything they knew.

Ex. He was held as a secret prisoner and hidden in a secret cell.

Ex. Saddam Hussein, the tyrant of Iraq, was pitiful when he was discovered in his hiding spot dirty, hungry and in tatters.

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* escondite, el = hide and seek.

* salir de + Posesivo + escondite = raise + Posesivo + head above the parapet.

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masculino

a) ( para personas) hideout; ( para cosas) hiding place

b) (Jueg)

jugar al escondite — to play hide-and-seek

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el escondite

= hide and seek

Ex: The best sequence in the movie takes place at a deserted train station where the children play hide and seek amongst the abandoned train cars.

= hiding hole, hideout, hiding, hideaway, hidden storage place, secret storage location, secret storage place, secret holding location, secret cell, hiding spot.

Ex: He was to remain in his refuge for one hundred and twenty-one days, an urban Robinson Crusoe, venturing forth from his hiding hole to retrieve salvageable materials from the jettisoned impedimenta of restless travelers.

Ex: Seditious books continued to appear, nevertheless, both from secret presses in England moving furtively from hideout to hideout.

Ex: He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Ex: This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.

Ex: The excavations uncovered a hidden storage place that contained 26 well-preserved statues of kings, queens, and deities.

Ex: The investigation also uncovered the existence of a secret storage location used since 1990.

Ex: Her chest has a secret storage place that can hold a heart shaped lip gloss or eye shadow that comes with the doll.

Ex: The captured crews were transported to secret holding locations where they were eventually interrogated until they told everything they knew.

Ex: He was held as a secret prisoner and hidden in a secret cell.

Ex: Saddam Hussein, the tyrant of Iraq, was pitiful when he was discovered in his hiding spot dirty, hungry and in tatters.

* escondite, el = hide and seek.

* salir de + Posesivo + escondite = raise + Posesivo + head above the parapet.

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escondite

masculine

1 (lugar — para personas) hideout; (— para cosas) hiding place

2 ( Jueg):

jugar al escondite to play hide-and-seek

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escondite sustantivo masculino
a) ( para personas) hideout;

( para cosas) hiding place
b) (Jueg):

◊ jugar al escondite to play hide-and-seek

escondite sustantivo masculino
1 (escondrijo) hiding place
2 (juego) hide-and-seek
' escondite' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
madriguera
English:
hide-and-seek
- hide
- hiding

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escondite nm

1. [lugar] hiding place

2.
el escondite [juego] hide-and-seek;

jugar al escondite to play hide-and-seek

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escondite

m

1 lugar hiding place

2 juego hide-and-seek

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escondite nm

1) encondrijo: hiding place

2) escondidas: hide-and-seek

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escondite n

1. (lugar) hiding place

2. (juego) hide and seek

Spanish-English dictionary > escondite
6 débil

adj.

1 weak, dim, faint, feeble.

Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.

2 atonic.

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débil

► adjetivo

1 (persona) weak, feeble

■ está aún muy débil para caminar he's still too weak to walk

2 (ruido) faint; (luz) dim, feeble

3 LINGÚÍSTICA weak

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 weak person

► nombre masculino plural los débiles

1 the weak

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

débil mental mentally retarded person, mentally deficient person

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adj.

1) weak

2) faint

3) feeble

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1. ADJ

1) [persona] [gen] weak; [extremadamente] feeble; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frail

se encuentra un poco débil de salud — his health is rather frail, he is in rather poor health

2) [carácter] weak; [esfuerzo] feeble, half-hearted

3) (=poco intenso) [voz, ruido] faint; [luz] dim

2.

SMF

es un débil mental — he's a bit mentally deficient
económicamente
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adjetivo

a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak

es de complexión débil — she has a weak constitution

es débil de carácter — he has a weak character

b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint

c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak

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= powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.

Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.

Ex. Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.

Ex. The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.

Ex. Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.

Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.

Ex. To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.

Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.

Ex. As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.

Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.

Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.

Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.

Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.

Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.

Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

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* alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* débil de salud = poor health.

* débiles, los = little guy, the.

* en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.

* eslabón débil = weak link.

* hacerse el débil = sandbagging.

* luz débil = glimmer.

* más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.

* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* punto débil = blind spot, weak link.

* punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.

* ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

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adjetivo

a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak

es de complexión débil — she has a weak constitution

es débil de carácter — he has a weak character

b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint

c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak

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= powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.

Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.

Ex: Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.

Ex: The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.

Ex: Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.

Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.

Ex: To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.

Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.

Ex: As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.

Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.

Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.

Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.

Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.

Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.

Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

* alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* débil de salud = poor health.

* débiles, los = little guy, the.

* en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.

* eslabón débil = weak link.

* hacerse el débil = sandbagging.

* luz débil = glimmer.

* más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.

* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* punto débil = blind spot, weak link.

* punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.

* ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

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débil¹

adjective

1 ‹persona› (físicamente) weak; (falto de — firmeza) soft; (— voluntad) weak; ‹economía/ejército/gobierno› weak

es de complexión débil she has a very weak constitution

aún está débil he's still weak

es muy débil de carácter he has a very weak character

sexo

2 ‹sonido/voz› faint; ‹moneda› weak; ‹corriente› weak; ‹argumento› weak; ‹excusa› feeble, lame

da una luz muy débil it gives out a very dim o feeble o weak light

3 ( Ling) ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak

débil²

masculine and feminine

los débiles the weak

es un débil mental ( fam); he's soft in the head ( colloq)

eres un debilucho ( fam); you're a wimp ( colloq)

los económicamente débiles ( frml); those on low incomes

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débil adjetivo
a) ‹persona/economía/gobierno› weak

b) ‹sonido/voz› faint;

‹moneda/argumento› weak;
‹ excusa› feeble, lame;
‹ luz› dim, faint;
‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
débil
I adj (fuerza, salud) weak, feeble: el argumento era muy débil, his reasoning was flawed
es muy débil de carácter, she is very weak
es muy débil con sus alumnos, he is lenient with his students o he is over-indulgent with his students
(intensidad de luz o sonido) faint
punto débil, weak spot
II mf
1 weak person: el fuerte oprime al débil, the powerful opress the weak
2 (blandengue) wimp: eres una débil, no aguantas nada el calor, don't be such a wimp, it's not even hot
' débil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- alicaída
- alicaído
- flaca
- flaco
- flojear
- goteo
- talón
- tenue
- blando
- flojo
- lánguido
- pelele
- sexo
English:
A
- an
- anaemic
- and
- as
- be
- chink
- dim
- do
- failing
- faint
- feather
- feeble
- frail
- from
- infirm
- limp
- link
- shaky
- shall
- should
- tenuous
- than
- that
- them
- thin
- to
- weak
- were
- what
- whatever
- wimp
- wimpish
- would
- you
- your
- yourself
- fragile
- glimmer
- hole
- low
- muted
- run
- spindly
- spineless
- weakly
- weakness

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débil

♦ adj

1. [persona] [sin fuerzas] weak;
[condescendiente] lax, lenient;
de constitución débil prone to illness, sickly;

débil de carácter of weak character

2. [voz, sonido] faint;
[luz] dim, faint;
una débil mejoría a slight improvement;

una débil brisa movía las cortinas a slight breeze moved the curtains

3. [país, gobierno, moneda] weak;
[argumento, teoría] weak, lame
4. [sílaba] unstressed

5. [vocal] weak [i, u]

♦ nmf

weak person;

ser un débil to be weak;

una enfermedad que ataca a los más débiles a disease which attacks the weakest o most vulnerable

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débil

adj weak

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débil adj

: weak, feeble

♦ débilmente adv

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débil adj

1. (en general) weak

todavía se siente muy débil he still feels very weak

2. (ruido) faint

se oyó una voz débil a faint voice could be heard

3. (luz) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest]

Spanish-English dictionary > débil
7 estupefacto

adj.

astonished, astounded, amazed, bemused.

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estupefacto

► adjetivo

1 astounded, dumbfounded, flabbergasted

* * *

ADJ astonished

me miró estupefacto — he looked at me in astonishment o amazement

dejar a algn estupefacto — to leave sb speechless

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- ta adjetivo astonished, amazed

la noticia me dejó estupefacto — the news left me speechless o amazed me

* * *

= astounded, staggered, dumbfounded, speechless, stunned, flabbergasted, thunderstruck, gobsmacked, astonished.

Ex. Astounded and frightened by those shimmering tears, Leforte repeated her questions: 'Bernice... Please... Is anything wrong? Can I help?'.

Ex. 'Old geezer!' exclaimed Carpozzi, staggered, dumbfounded.

Ex. 'Old geezer!' exclaimed Carpozzi, staggered, dumbfounded.

Ex. The confrontation with this reality is understood as a consequence of the speechless horror that evil produces.

Ex. She revealed that her first pregnancy had left her stunned.

Ex. They say they are flabbergasted and astounded by the decision to turn down their application.

Ex. The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.

Ex. Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.

Ex. 'Behind every successful woman there's an astonished man,' she added.

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* dejar a Alguien estupefacto = make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out), leave + Nombre + speechless, astound.

* dejar estupefacto = stagger.

* quedarse estupefacto = stun into + speechlessness, eyes + pop (out), Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + head, be speechless, be gobsmacked, Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + socket.

* * *

- ta adjetivo astonished, amazed

la noticia me dejó estupefacto — the news left me speechless o amazed me

* * *

= astounded, staggered, dumbfounded, speechless, stunned, flabbergasted, thunderstruck, gobsmacked, astonished.

Ex: Astounded and frightened by those shimmering tears, Leforte repeated her questions: 'Bernice... Please... Is anything wrong? Can I help?'.

Ex: 'Old geezer!' exclaimed Carpozzi, staggered, dumbfounded.

Ex: 'Old geezer!' exclaimed Carpozzi, staggered, dumbfounded.

Ex: The confrontation with this reality is understood as a consequence of the speechless horror that evil produces.

Ex: She revealed that her first pregnancy had left her stunned.

Ex: They say they are flabbergasted and astounded by the decision to turn down their application.

Ex: The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.

Ex: Recent statistics about the volume of junk e-mail are so astounding as to leave any reasonable person gobsmacked.

Ex: 'Behind every successful woman there's an astonished man,' she added.

* dejar a Alguien estupefacto = make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out), leave + Nombre + speechless, astound.

* dejar estupefacto = stagger.

* quedarse estupefacto = stun into + speechlessness, eyes + pop (out), Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + head, be speechless, be gobsmacked, Posesivo + eyes + pop out of + Posesivo + socket.

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estupefacto -ta

adjective

astonished, amazed

me quedé estupefacto I was astonished o amazed o speechless

la noticia me dejó estupefacto the news left me speechless o amazed me

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estupefacto
◊ -ta adjetivo

astonished, amazed
estupefacto,-a adjetivo astounded, flabbergasted: ¡me has dejado estupefacto!, I'm flabbergasted!

' estupefacto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estupefacta
English:
astound
- dumbfounded
- dumbstruck
- stupefy
- dumb
- flabbergasted
- stagger

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estupefacto, -a adj

astonished, astounded;

dejar a alguien estupefacto to astonish o astound sb;

quedarse estupefacto to be astonished o astounded

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estupefacto

adj stupefied, speechless

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estupefacto, -ta adj

: astonished, stunned

Spanish-English dictionary > estupefacto
8 asesino a sueldo

(n.) = hatchetman, hired assassin, hired gun, hit man

Ex. The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.

Ex. He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Ex. I encourage anyone who wants to understand how warfare is shifting from the citizen soldier to the hired gun to watch this film.

Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

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(n.) = hatchetman, hired assassin, hired gun, hit man

Ex: The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.

Ex: He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Ex: I encourage anyone who wants to understand how warfare is shifting from the citizen soldier to the hired gun to watch this film.

Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

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asesino a sueldo

hired killer, hitman

Spanish-English dictionary > asesino a sueldo
9 enmudecido

adj.

dumbfounded, awestruck, astonished, overwhelmed.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: enmudecer.

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= awestruck, speechless.

Ex. I remain awestruck by the advances in information technology in libraries.

Ex. The confrontation with this reality is understood as a consequence of the speechless horror that evil produces.

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= awestruck, speechless.

Ex: I remain awestruck by the advances in information technology in libraries.

Ex: The confrontation with this reality is understood as a consequence of the speechless horror that evil produces.

Spanish-English dictionary > enmudecido
10 escondrijo

m.

1 hiding place.

2 hiding-place, hideaway, hide-out, den.

3 hidden recess, hidden place, recess.

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escondrijo

► nombre masculino

1 hiding place

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noun m.

hiding place

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SM (=escondite) hiding place, hideout; (=rincón poco visible) nook

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masculino hidden place, recess (liter)

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= nook, hideout, hiding, hiding hole, hideaway.

Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he would often hide in some nook of the station to save the fare.

Ex. Seditious books continued to appear, nevertheless, both from secret presses in England moving furtively from hideout to hideout.

Ex. He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Ex. He was to remain in his refuge for one hundred and twenty-one days, an urban Robinson Crusoe, venturing forth from his hiding hole to retrieve salvageable materials from the jettisoned impedimenta of restless travelers.

Ex. This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.

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masculino hidden place, recess (liter)

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= nook, hideout, hiding, hiding hole, hideaway.

Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he would often hide in some nook of the station to save the fare.

Ex: Seditious books continued to appear, nevertheless, both from secret presses in England moving furtively from hideout to hideout.

Ex: He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Ex: He was to remain in his refuge for one hundred and twenty-one days, an urban Robinson Crusoe, venturing forth from his hiding hole to retrieve salvageable materials from the jettisoned impedimenta of restless travelers.

Ex: This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.

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escondrijo

masculine

hidden place, recess ( liter)

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escondrijo sustantivo masculino
hidden place, recess (liter)
escondrijo sustantivo masculino hiding place
' escondrijo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escondite
English:
hide-out
- hiding

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escondrijo nm

hiding place

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escondrijo

m hiding place

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escondrijo nm

escondite: hiding place

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escondrijo n hiding place

Spanish-English dictionary > escondrijo
11 hacer salir

v.

1 to bring out, to fetch out, to drive out, to have out.

El policía hizo salir al criminal The policeman drove out the criminal.

María hizo salir el tejón Mary brought out the badger.

2 to drive out, to flush out.

El policía hizo salir al criminal The policeman drove out the criminal.

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(v.) = push out, flush out

Ex. There is today culture of all sorts at all levels (high culture, middle-brow culture and mass culture) and there is no evidence to show that the one sort pushes out the other.

Ex. He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

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(v.) = push out, flush out

Ex: There is today culture of all sorts at all levels (high culture, middle-brow culture and mass culture) and there is no evidence to show that the one sort pushes out the other.

Ex: He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer salir
12 sicario

m.

hired assassin.

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sicario

► nombre masculino

1 hired gunman

2 (matón) heavy, thug

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SM hired killer, hitman *

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- ria masculino, femenino hired assassin

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= hired assassin, hired gun, hit man.

Ex. He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Ex. I encourage anyone who wants to understand how warfare is shifting from the citizen soldier to the hired gun to watch this film.

Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

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- ria masculino, femenino hired assassin

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= hired assassin, hired gun, hit man.

Ex: He is hounded by hired assassins and eventually flushed out of hiding for a final confrontation with his nemesis.

Ex: I encourage anyone who wants to understand how warfare is shifting from the citizen soldier to the hired gun to watch this film.

Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and a idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

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sicario - ria

masculine, feminine

hired assassin

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sicario sustantivo masculino hired killer, hired assassin
familiar hit man
' sicario' also found in these entries:
English:
hatchet man
- contract
- hit

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sicario nm

hired assassin

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sicario

m hired assassin o

killer

Spanish-English dictionary > sicario
13 sin carácter

adj.

characterless, namby-pamby, weak-minded, weak-kneed.

adv.

without character.

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(adj.) = boneless, spineless

Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

Ex. To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.

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(adj.) = boneless, spineless

Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

Ex: To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.

Spanish-English dictionary > sin carácter
14 sin habla

adj.

speechless, dumb, tongue-tied, voiceless.

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(adj.) = speechless

Ex. The confrontation with this reality is understood as a consequence of the speechless horror that evil produces.

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(adj.) = speechless

Ex: The confrontation with this reality is understood as a consequence of the speechless horror that evil produces.

Spanish-English dictionary > sin habla
15 enfrentamiento

m.

confrontation.

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enfrentamiento

► nombre masculino

1 confrontation

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noun m.

clash, confrontation

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SM (=conflicto) confrontation; (=encuentro) (face to face) encounter, (face to face) meeting; (Dep) encounter

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masculino clash

- enfrentamiento bélico

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= clash [clashes, -pl.], conflict, confrontation, contest, collision, showdown, fighting, collision course, rumble, match, standoff.

Ex. A seminar was held on community information last year which brought sharp clashes between librarians and social workers over their respective roles.

Ex. On that basis, I should like to suggest a possible solution to the conflict.

Ex. A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.

Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.

Ex. Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.

Ex. The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.

Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.

Ex. A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.

Ex. It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.

Ex. That was one of the finest matches they ever played.

Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.

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* enfrentamiento armado = armed encounter.

* enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.

* enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.

* enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.

* enfrentamiento racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.

* enfrentamientos sobre preferencias = flame war.

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.

* reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.

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masculino clash

- enfrentamiento bélico

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= clash [clashes, -pl.], conflict, confrontation, contest, collision, showdown, fighting, collision course, rumble, match, standoff.

Ex: A seminar was held on community information last year which brought sharp clashes between librarians and social workers over their respective roles.

Ex: On that basis, I should like to suggest a possible solution to the conflict.

Ex: A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.

Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.

Ex: Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.

Ex: The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.

Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.

Ex: A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.

Ex: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.

Ex: That was one of the finest matches they ever played.

Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.

* enfrentamiento armado = armed encounter.

* enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.

* enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.

* enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.

* enfrentamiento racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.

* enfrentamientos sobre preferencias = flame war.

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.

* reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.

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enfrentamiento

masculine

clash

se produjeron enfrentamientos entre los manifestantes y la policía there were clashes between demonstrators and police

en el debate se produjo un enfrentamiento entre los dos dirigentes during the debate there was a confrontation o clash between the two leaders

Compuestos:

● enfrentamiento armado

armed confrontation

● enfrentamiento bélico

military confrontation

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enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino
clash;
◊ enfrentamiento bélico military confrontation

enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino confrontation

' enfrentamiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conflictividad
- contienda
- disputa
- duelo
- oposición
- parte
- refriega
- sangrienta
- sangriento
- choque
- conflicto
- confrontación
English:
clash
- showdown
- confrontation
- show

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enfrentamiento nm

confrontation;

hubo enfrentamientos con la policía there were confrontations with the police;

un enfrentamiento entre las dos alas del partido a confrontation between the two wings of the party

Comp
enfrentamiento armado armed confrontation o clash
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enfrentamiento

m clash, confrontation;

enfrentamiento verbal heated argument

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enfrentamiento nm

: clash, confrontation

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enfrentamiento n clash [pl. clashes]

Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentamiento
16 evitar

v.

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

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

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

Ricardo previno el accidente Richard prevented the accident.

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

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

no puede evitarlo he can't help it

Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me

3 to save.

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

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evitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to avoid

■ evitó una confrontación he avoided a confrontation

2 (impedir) to prevent, avoid

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

3 (ahorrar) to spare, save

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

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verb

1) to avoid

2) prevent

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1. VT

1) (=eludir) to avoid

quiero evitar ese riesgo — I want to avoid that risk

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

no pude evitarlo — I couldn't help it

evitar hacer algo — to avoid doing sth

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

2) (=ahorrar) to save

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

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

2.

See:

evitarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid

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

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

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

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( ahorrar)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* acto de evitar = avoidance.

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

* el evitar = avoidance.

* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.

* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.

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

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

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

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

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

* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar que = keep from.

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

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

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

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

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

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

* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.

* evitar un error = avoid + error.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

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

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

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

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

* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.

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

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

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

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

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

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

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid

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

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

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

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( ahorrar)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* acto de evitar = avoidance.

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

* el evitar = avoidance.

* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.

* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.

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

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

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

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

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

* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar que = keep from.

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

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

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

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

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

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

* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.

* evitar un error = avoid + error.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

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

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

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

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

* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.

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

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

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

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

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

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

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evitar [A1 ]

vt

1 (eludir, huir de) to avoid

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

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

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

2 (impedir) to avoid, prevent

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

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

para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

3 (ahorrar) to save

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

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

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

■ evitarse

v pron

‹problemas› to save oneself

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

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

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

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

◊ evitar hacer algo to avoid doing sth

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent;

◊ para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( remediar):

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

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

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

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

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

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evitar

♦ vt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me;

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

no puede evitarlo he can't help it;

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

3. [ahorrar] to save;

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

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

♦ See also the pronominal verb evitarse

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evitar

v/t

1 avoid;

no puedo evitarlo I can’t help it

2 ( impedir) prevent

3 molestias save

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evitar vt

1) : to avoid

2) prevenir: to prevent

3) eludir: to escape, to elude

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evitar vb

1. (en general) to avoid

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

2. (impedir) to prevent

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

3. (ahorrar) to save

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

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

no lo pude evitar I couldn't help it

Spanish-English dictionary > evitar
17 confrontación

f.

1 confrontation, confrontment, encounter, face-off.

2 match, game.

3 comparison, checking.

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confrontación

► nombre femenino

1 (enfrentamiento) confrontation

2 (comparación) comparison, collation

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SF

1) (=enfrentamiento) confrontation

confrontación nuclear — nuclear confrontation

2) (Literat) comparison

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femenino

a) ( enfrentamiento) confrontation

b) ( de textos) comparison

c) (period) (Dep) game, match

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= confrontation, collision, showdown, collision course.

Ex. A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.

Ex. Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.

Ex. The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.

Ex. A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.

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* composición por confrontación de ideas = brain-writing.

* confrontación de ideas = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

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femenino

a) ( enfrentamiento) confrontation

b) ( de textos) comparison

c) (period) (Dep) game, match

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= confrontation, collision, showdown, collision course.

Ex: A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.

Ex: Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.

Ex: The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.

Ex: A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.

* composición por confrontación de ideas = brain-writing.

* confrontación de ideas = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

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confrontación

feminine

1 (enfrentamiento) confrontation

2 (de textos) comparison

3 ( period) ( Dep) game, match

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confrontación sustantivo femenino
a) ( enfrentamiento) confrontation

b) ( de textos) comparison

confrontación sustantivo femenino
1 (cotejo) contrast
2 (careo) confrontation
' confrontación' also found in these entries:
English:
confrontation
- face off
- run-in

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confrontación nf

1. [enfrentamiento] confrontation;
[deportivo] clash
2. [comparación] comparison

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confrontación

f confrontation

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confrontación nf, pl - ciones : confrontation

Spanish-English dictionary > confrontación
18 cara

f.

1 face (rostro).

esa cara me suena de algo I remember that face from somewhere, I've seen that face somewhere before

2 face (person).

acudieron muchas caras famosas a lot of famous faces were there

3 side (lado).

cara A A side (de disco)

4 heads.

cara o cruz heads or tails ( Andes, Venezuelan Spanish RP)

cara o sello heads or tails ( Andes, Venezuelan Spanish RP)

cara o ceca heads or tails ( Andes, Venezuelan Spanish RP)

echar algo a cara o cruz to toss (a coin) for something, to flip a coin for something (United States)

5 front (parte frontal).

6 cheek, nerve (informal) (desvergüenza).

tener (mucha) cara, tener la cara muy dura to have a lot of cheek o nerve, to have a real brass neck (British)

tener la cara de hacer algo to have the nerve to do something

7 appearance, aspect, image, countenance.

8 dial.

9 Cara.

10 expression, look.

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cara

► nombre femenino

1 (rostro) face

■ tiene una cara muy bonita she's got a pretty face

2 (expresión) face, expression

■ tenía la cara muy triste he looked sad

■ nos miró con cara de asco he looked at us with disgust

3 (lado) side; (de moneda) right side

■ mira la hoja por la otra cara look at the other side of the sheet

■ ¿cara o cruz? heads or tails?

4 (superficie) face

5 figurado (aspecto) look

■ este pastel tiene muy buena cara this cake looks very good

6 familiar figurado (desvergüenza) cheek, nerve

■ ¡vaya cara! what a cheek!

■ ¡vaya cara que tienes! you've got a cheek!, you've got a nerve!

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 familiar (caradura) cheeky person

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la cara to somebody's face

■ se lo dijo a la cara he said it to her face

caérsele a uno la cara de vergüenza familiar to die of shame

cara a facing

■ cara al sol facing the sun

■ cara a la pared facing the wall

cara a cara face to face

dar la cara figurado to face the consequences

dar la cara por alguien figurado to stand up for somebody

■ el padre dio la cara por su hijo the father stood up for his son

de cara facing

■ tenemos el viento de cara we're facing into the wind

echar algo a cara o cruz to toss for something

echar en cara figurado to reproach for

■ le echó en cara su comportamiento he reproached her for her behaviour

en la cara in somebody's face

■ se le rió en la cara he laughed in her face

jugar algo a cara o cruz to toss for something

lavar la cara a algo figurado to give something a facelift, give something a once-over

■ si le lavamos la cara al piso lo venderemos más caro if we give the flat a once-over we'll get more for it

no saber qué cara poner not to know what to do with oneself

no tener cara para hacer algo figurado not to dare do something

■ no tengo cara para decírselo I daren't tell her

plantar cara a alguien figurado to face up to somebody

poner al mal tiempo buena cara to put on a brave face, grin and bear it

poner buena cara to look pleased

poner mala cara to pull a long face

romperle la cara a alguien familiar to smash somebody's face in

tener buena cara to look well

tener cara de to look

■ tenía cara de asustada she looked frightened

■ tenía cara de haber llorado he looked as if he had been crying

tener mala cara to look bad

tener más cara que espalda familiar to have a lot of cheek

verse las caras figurado to come face to face

volver la cara to look the other way

cara de circunstancias figurado serious look

cara de perro familiar scowling face

cara de pocos amigos familiar unfriendly face

cara dura figurado cheek, nerve

■ ¡qué cara más dura! what a cheek!, what a nerve!

cara larga figurado long face

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1. noun f.
1) face

2) side

3) look, appearance

4) nerve, cheek
2. f., (m. - caro)
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SF

1) (=rostro) face

tiene la cara alargada — he has a long face

en la fiesta me encontré con varias caras conocidas — I saw several familiar faces at the party

se los tiré a la cara — I threw them in his face

los banqueros sin cara — the faceless bankers

conocido como "cara cortada" — known as "Scarface"

cara a cara: se encontraron cara a cara — they met face to face

un encuentro cara a cara — a face-to-face encounter

• asomar la cara — to show one's face

• de cara, corrimos con el viento de cara — we ran into the wind

el sol les daba de cara — the sun was shining in their eyes

el viento me pegaba de cara — the wind was blowing into my face

• de cara a, nos sentamos de cara al sol — we sat facing the sun

de cara al norte — facing north

reformas de cara a las próximas elecciones — reforms with an eye on the next elections o for the next elections

no soy nada optimista de cara al futuro — I'm not at all optimistic about the future

hay que estar prevenidos de cara a afrontar los cambios — we have to be prepared for the changes

• volver la cara hacia algn — to turn one's face towards sb

no vuelvas la cara atrás — don't look back

no se puede volver la cara ante la corrupción — you cannot turn a blind eye to corruption

caérsele a algn la cara de vergüenza —

se le tendría que caer la cara de vergüenza — she ought to be ashamed of herself

se le caía la cara de vergüenza — he blushed with embarrassment

- cruzar la cara a algn

- dar la cara

- dar la cara por algn

- a cara descubierta

- decir algo en la cara de algn

a dos caras —

actuar a dos caras — to engage in double-dealing

echar algo a la cara * —

lo mejor que te puedes echar a la cara — the very best you could wish for

- echar algo en cara a algn

echaron en cara a los estudiantes su escasa participación — they reproached the students for not joining in enough

le echan en cara haber abandonado su país — they accuse him of having abandoned his country

- hacer cara a

- huir la cara a algn

- lavar la cara a algo

le lavó la cara al piso — she made the flat look presentable

querían lavar la cara al partido — they wanted to make the party look better

- mirar a algn a la cara

- partir la cara a algn

cuidado con lo que dices o te parto la cara — just watch it or I'll smash your face in

- partirse la cara con algn

- partirse la cara por algo

- plantar cara a

por la cara * —

entrar por la cara en una fiesta — to gatecrash a party

es alcalde por la cara — he's only mayor because of his connections

está viviendo con sus padres y cobrando el paro por la cara — he's living with his parents and getting away with claiming dole money at the same time

no me lo van a dar por mi cara bonita — they're not going to hand it to me on a plate

- romper la cara a algn

- sacar la cara por algn

- nos veremos las caras

2) (=expresión)

• poner mala cara — to grimace, make a (wry) face

no pongas esa cara — don't look like that

puso cara de alegría — his face lit up

• tener cara de, tenía cara de querer pegarme — he looked as if he wanted to hit me

tener cara de estar aburrido — to look bored

tener buena cara — [enfermo] to be looking well; [comida] to look appetizing

tener mala cara — [enfermo] to look ill; [comida] to look bad

- poner cara de circunstancias

- tener cara de acelga

- tener cara de aleluya

- tener cara de chiste

- tener cara de corcho

- tener cara de estatua

- tener cara de hereje

- tener cara de justo juez

- tener cara de monja boba

- tener cara de palo

- tener cara de pascuas

- tener cara de pocos amigos

- tener cara de vinagre

3) * (=descaro) cheek *, nerve *; (=valor) nerve *

¡qué cara más dura! — * what a cheek o nerve! *

¡qué cara tienes! — what a cheek you've got! *, you've got a nerve! *

¿con qué cara le voy a pedir eso? — how do you expect me to have the nerve to ask her for that? *

• tener cara para hacer algo — to have the nerve to do sth *

- tener más cara que espalda

4) (=lado) [de moneda, montaña, figura geométrica] face; [de disco, planeta, papel] side; [de tela] face, right side; (Arquit) face, front

escribir por ambas caras — to write on both sides

intentaron ascender por la cara norte — they tried to climb the north face

cara A — [en disco] A side

cara adelante — facing forwards

cara atrás — facing backwards

• cara o cruz, cara o ceca — Arg heads or tails

echar o jugar o sortear algo a cara o cruz — to toss for sth

lo echamos a cara o cruz — we tossed for it

cara y cruz —

cara y cruz de una cuestión — both sides of a question

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femenino

1)

a) (Anat) face

las mismas caras conocidas — the same old faces

dímelo a la cara — say it to my face

se le rió en la cara — she laughed in his face

mírame a la cara — look at me

no lo pienso mirar más a la cara — I don't ever want to set eyes on him again

b) (en locs)

cara a cara — face to face

de cara: llevaban el viento de cara they were running (o riding etc) into the wind; el sol me da de cara the sun is in my eyes; de cara a: se puso de cara a la pared she turned to face the wall, she turned her face to the wall; la campaña de cara a las próximas elecciones the campaign for the forthcoming elections; las medidas a tomar (de) cara a esta situación the measures to take in view of o in the light of this situation; a cara descubierta openly; cruzarle la cara a alguien to slap somebody's face; dar or (Col) poner la cara: nunca da la cara he never does his own dirty work; dar or sacar la cara por alguien to stand up for somebody; echarle algo en cara a alguien to throw something back in somebody's face; echarle cara a algo (Esp fam) to be bold; echarse algo a la cara (Esp fam): es lo más antipático que te puedes echar/que me he echado a la cara he's the most unpleasant person you could ever wish to meet/I've ever met (colloq); hacer cara a algo to face (up to) something; hacerle caritas a alguien (Méx) to give somebody the eye; me/le/nos volteó (AmL) or (Esp) volvió or (CS) dio vuelta la cara she turned her head away; partirle or romperle la cara a alguien (fam) to smash somebody's face in (colloq); plantarle cara a alguien ( resistir) to stand up to somebody; por tu cara bonita or (CS) tu linda cara: si crees que por tu cara bonita vas a conseguirlo todo... if you think everything is just going to fall into your lap...; se te/le debería caer la cara de vergüenza you/he should be ashamed of yourself/himself; verse las caras: ya nos veremos las caras tú y yo — you haven't seen the last of me

2)

a) ( expresión)

no pongas esa cara que no es para tanto — don't look like that, it's not that bad

alegra esa cara — cheer up

no pongas cara de bueno — don't play o act the innocent

puse cara de circunstancias — I tried to look serious

anda con cara de pocos amigos or (fam) de vinagre — he has a sour look on his face

poner cara de perro or de sargento — (fam) to look fierce

andaba con/puso cara larga — (fam) he had/he pulled a long face

puso mala cara — he pulled a face

tiene cara de cansado/de no haber dormido — he looks tired/as if he hasn't slept

tienes mala cara — you don't look well

b) ( aspecto) look

qué buena cara tiene la comida! — the food looks delicious!

3)

a) (Mat) face

b) (de disco, papel) side

salió cara — it came up heads

cara o cruz or (Arg) ceca or (Andes, Ven) sello — heads or tails

lo echaron a cara o cruz — they tossed for it

la otra cara de la moneda — the other side of the coin

c) ( de situación) face, side

4)

a) (fam) (frescura, descaro) nerve (colloq), cheek (BrE colloq)

qué cara (más dura) tienes! — you have some nerve!

lo dijo con toda la cara del mundo — he said it as cool as you like

tiene más cara que espalda — he has such a nerve! (colloq)

b) cara masculino y femenino: tb

cara dura — (fam) ( persona) sassy devil (AmE colloq), cheeky swine (BrE colloq)

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= face, face, side.

Ex. They are followed in turn by the see and see also references to the heading: HEAD see also BRAIN; EAR; EYE; FACE; HAIR; NOSE.

Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

Ex. The red ON/OFF switch for the terminal is located at the left side of the screen.

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* acabar con mejor cara = end up on + a high note.

* actuar de cara a la galería = play to + the gallery.

* cambiar de cara = arrange + countenance.

* cara a cara = face-to-face [face to face], face-to-face [face to face], double-faced, head-to-head, confrontational, one-on-one, eyeball-to-eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, in person.

* cara B, la = flip side, the.

* cara de póker = poker face, deadpan expression.

* cara de póquer = deadpan expression, poker face.

* cara dura = impudence, effrontery, blatancy, shameless, shamelessness.

* cara expresiva = expressive face.

* cara inexpresiva = poker face.

* cara inmutable = poker face.

* cara larga = straight face.

* cara o cruz = heads or tails.

* cara oculta = underside.

* cara oculta, la = dark side, the.

* carapálida = white man [white men, -pl.].

* caras de Chernoff = Chernoff faces.

* cara seria = straight face.

* con cara de cansado = bleary-eyed.

* con cara de sueño = bleary-eyed.

* con dos caras = double-faced.

* costar un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.

* dar de cara a = front.

* dar un lavado de cara = spruce up.

* dar un ojo de la cara por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.

* de cara a = facing.

* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.

* de la cara = facial.

* echar en cara = fault.

* edición cara = hardcover.

* encontrarse cara a cara = come + face to face.

* enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.

* enfrentarse a Algo cara a cara = address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on.

* enfrentarse cara a cara con = go + eyball to eyeball with.

* hacer Algo de cara a la galería = play to + the gallery.

* hacer cara a = brave.

* lavar la cara = spin-doctor.

* lavarse la cara = wash + Posesivo + face.

* otra cara, la = flip side, the.

* pagar un ojo de la cara = pay through + the nose.

* paño para la cara = facecloth, face flannel, washcloth, washrag.

* paño para lavarse la cara = washcloth, facecloth, face flannel, washrag.

* partirse la cara por = work + Reflexivo + to death, work + Reflexivo + to the ground.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* sin cara = faceless.

* tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener la cara de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la cara descompuesta = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* terminar con mejor cara = end up on + a high note.

* valer un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.

* viento de cara = headwind.

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femenino

1)

a) (Anat) face

las mismas caras conocidas — the same old faces

dímelo a la cara — say it to my face

se le rió en la cara — she laughed in his face

mírame a la cara — look at me

no lo pienso mirar más a la cara — I don't ever want to set eyes on him again

b) (en locs)

cara a cara — face to face

de cara: llevaban el viento de cara they were running (o riding etc) into the wind; el sol me da de cara the sun is in my eyes; de cara a: se puso de cara a la pared she turned to face the wall, she turned her face to the wall; la campaña de cara a las próximas elecciones the campaign for the forthcoming elections; las medidas a tomar (de) cara a esta situación the measures to take in view of o in the light of this situation; a cara descubierta openly; cruzarle la cara a alguien to slap somebody's face; dar or (Col) poner la cara: nunca da la cara he never does his own dirty work; dar or sacar la cara por alguien to stand up for somebody; echarle algo en cara a alguien to throw something back in somebody's face; echarle cara a algo (Esp fam) to be bold; echarse algo a la cara (Esp fam): es lo más antipático que te puedes echar/que me he echado a la cara he's the most unpleasant person you could ever wish to meet/I've ever met (colloq); hacer cara a algo to face (up to) something; hacerle caritas a alguien (Méx) to give somebody the eye; me/le/nos volteó (AmL) or (Esp) volvió or (CS) dio vuelta la cara she turned her head away; partirle or romperle la cara a alguien (fam) to smash somebody's face in (colloq); plantarle cara a alguien ( resistir) to stand up to somebody; por tu cara bonita or (CS) tu linda cara: si crees que por tu cara bonita vas a conseguirlo todo... if you think everything is just going to fall into your lap...; se te/le debería caer la cara de vergüenza you/he should be ashamed of yourself/himself; verse las caras: ya nos veremos las caras tú y yo — you haven't seen the last of me

2)

a) ( expresión)

no pongas esa cara que no es para tanto — don't look like that, it's not that bad

alegra esa cara — cheer up

no pongas cara de bueno — don't play o act the innocent

puse cara de circunstancias — I tried to look serious

anda con cara de pocos amigos or (fam) de vinagre — he has a sour look on his face

poner cara de perro or de sargento — (fam) to look fierce

andaba con/puso cara larga — (fam) he had/he pulled a long face

puso mala cara — he pulled a face

tiene cara de cansado/de no haber dormido — he looks tired/as if he hasn't slept

tienes mala cara — you don't look well

b) ( aspecto) look

qué buena cara tiene la comida! — the food looks delicious!

3)

a) (Mat) face

b) (de disco, papel) side

salió cara — it came up heads

cara o cruz or (Arg) ceca or (Andes, Ven) sello — heads or tails

lo echaron a cara o cruz — they tossed for it

la otra cara de la moneda — the other side of the coin

c) ( de situación) face, side

4)

a) (fam) (frescura, descaro) nerve (colloq), cheek (BrE colloq)

qué cara (más dura) tienes! — you have some nerve!

lo dijo con toda la cara del mundo — he said it as cool as you like

tiene más cara que espalda — he has such a nerve! (colloq)

b) cara masculino y femenino: tb

cara dura — (fam) ( persona) sassy devil (AmE colloq), cheeky swine (BrE colloq)

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= face, face, side.

Ex: They are followed in turn by the see and see also references to the heading: HEAD see also BRAIN; EAR; EYE; FACE; HAIR; NOSE.

Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

Ex: The red ON/OFF switch for the terminal is located at the left side of the screen.

* acabar con mejor cara = end up on + a high note.

* actuar de cara a la galería = play to + the gallery.

* cambiar de cara = arrange + countenance.

* cara a cara = face-to-face [face to face], face-to-face [face to face], double-faced, head-to-head, confrontational, one-on-one, eyeball-to-eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, in person.

* cara B, la = flip side, the.

* cara de póker = poker face, deadpan expression.

* cara de póquer = deadpan expression, poker face.

* cara dura = impudence, effrontery, blatancy, shameless, shamelessness.

* cara expresiva = expressive face.

* cara inexpresiva = poker face.

* cara inmutable = poker face.

* cara larga = straight face.

* cara o cruz = heads or tails.

* cara oculta = underside.

* cara oculta, la = dark side, the.

* carapálida = white man [white men, -pl.].

* caras de Chernoff = Chernoff faces.

* cara seria = straight face.

* con cara de cansado = bleary-eyed.

* con cara de sueño = bleary-eyed.

* con dos caras = double-faced.

* costar un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.

* dar de cara a = front.

* dar un lavado de cara = spruce up.

* dar un ojo de la cara por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.

* de cara a = facing.

* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.

* de la cara = facial.

* echar en cara = fault.

* edición cara = hardcover.

* encontrarse cara a cara = come + face to face.

* enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.

* enfrentarse a Algo cara a cara = address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on.

* enfrentarse cara a cara con = go + eyball to eyeball with.

* hacer Algo de cara a la galería = play to + the gallery.

* hacer cara a = brave.

* lavar la cara = spin-doctor.

* lavarse la cara = wash + Posesivo + face.

* otra cara, la = flip side, the.

* pagar un ojo de la cara = pay through + the nose.

* paño para la cara = facecloth, face flannel, washcloth, washrag.

* paño para lavarse la cara = washcloth, facecloth, face flannel, washrag.

* partirse la cara por = work + Reflexivo + to death, work + Reflexivo + to the ground.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* sin cara = faceless.

* tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener la cara de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

* tener la cara descompuesta = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* terminar con mejor cara = end up on + a high note.

* valer un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.

* viento de cara = headwind.

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cara

feminine

A

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) face

esa cara me suena I know that face (from somewhere), that face is familiar

le encuentro cara conocida his face is familiar

mírame a la cara cuando te hablo look at me when I'm talking to you

las mismas caras conocidas the same old faces

no se atreve a decírmelo a la cara he doesn't dare say it to my face

se le rió en la cara she laughed in his face

no pienso mirarlo más a la cara I don't ever want to set eyes on him again

2 ( en locs):

cara a cara face to face

de cara: llevaban el viento de cara they were running ( o riding etc) into the wind

no puedo conducir cuando el sol me da de cara I can't drive with the sun in my eyes

de cara a: se puso de cara a la pared she turned to face the wall, she turned her face to the wall

la campaña de propaganda de cara a las próximas elecciones the advertising campaign for the forthcoming elections

la importancia de estas reuniones de cara a su futuro the importance of these meetings vis-à-vis o for their future

las medidas a tomar (de) cara a esta situación the measures to take in view of o in the light of o vis-à-vis this situation

a cara descubierta openly

cara de pan ( Esp): tiene cara de pan he has a round face o is moon-faced

cara de póquer poker face

cara de poto ( Chi fam) (cara — fea) ugly mug ( colloq); (— de enfermo) pasty face ( colloq); (— larga) long face

cara larga or de dos metros ( fam): puso cara larga (de depresión) he put on o pulled a long face; (de disgusto) he pulled a face

cruzarle la cara a algn to slap sb's face

dar or ( Col) poner la cara: nunca da la cara, siempre me manda a mí he never does his own dirty work, he always sends me

hacen lo que les da la gana y luego tengo que dar la cara yo they do what they want and then I'm the one who has to suffer the consequences

dar or sacar la cara por algn to stand up for sb

echarle or sacarle algo en cara a algn to throw sth back in sb's face

echarle cara a algo ( Esp fam): anímate, échale cara al asunto go on, have a try

echarse algo a la cara ( Esp fam): es lo más antipático que te puedes echar/que me he echado a la cara he's the most unpleasant person you could ever wish to meet/I've ever met ( colloq)

hacerle caritas a algn ( Méx); to give sb the eye

lavarle la cara a algo to give sth a quick once-over

me/le/nos volteó la cara ( AmL) or ( Esp) me volvió la caraor (CS) me dio vuelta la cara she turned her head away, she turned the other way

partirle or romperle or volverle la cara a algn ( fam); to smash sb's face in ( colloq)

partirse la cara por algn: yo me parto la cara por ti I work myself to death o into the ground for you

se parte la cara por sus empleados she really puts herself out for her employees

plantarle cara a algn (resistir) to stand up to sb

no le plantes cara a tu madre don't answer your mother back

por tu cara bonita or (CS) tu linda cara: si crees que por tu cara bonita vas a conseguirlo todo … if you think everything is just going to fall into your lap …

se te/le debería caer la cara de vergüenza you/he should be ashamed of yourself/himself

verse las caras: ha logrado escapar pero ya nos veremos las caras he's managed to escape but he hasn't seen the last of me

los dos boxeadores que se verán las caras el jueves the two boxers who will come face to face o meet on Thursday

volver la cara atrás to look back

cuando se proponía algo no volvía la cara atrás once she decided to do something, she would never look back

Compuesto:

cara a cara

masculine face-to-face o head-to-head debate

B

1

(expresión): no pongas esa cara que no es para tanto don't look like that, it's not that bad

alegra esa cara, vamos come on, cheer up

no pongas cara de bueno don't play o act the innocent

puse cara de circunstancias I tried to look serious

siempre anda con cara de pocos amigos or de vinagre he always has such a sour look on his face

si no pongo cara de perro or de sargento no me hacen caso if I don't look fierce they don't take any notice of me

puso mala cara cuando le pedí que me ayudara he pulled a face when I asked him to help me

tiene cara de cansado/de no haber dormido he looks tired/as if he hasn't slept

tienes mala cara you don't look well

2 (aspecto) look

no me gusta la cara de esa herida I don't like the look of that wound

¡qué buena cara tiene la comida! the food looks delicious!

le cambiará la cara al país it will change the face of the country

C

1 ( Mat) face

2 (de un disco, un papel) side

salió cara it came up heads

cara o cruz or ( Arg) ceca or (Andes, Ven) sello heads or tails

lo echaron a cara o cruz they tossed for it

dos caras de la misma moneda two sides of the same coin

la otra cara de la moneda the other side of the coin

3 (de una situación) face, side

la otra cara del régimen the other face of the regime

D

1 ( fam) (frescura, descaro) nerve ( colloq), cheek ( BrE colloq)

¡qué cara (más dura) tienes! you have some nerve!, you've got a nerve o cheek!

se lo llevó por la cara he just took it quite openly

entraron en la fiesta por la cara they gatecrashed the party ( colloq)

lo dijo con toda la cara del mundo he said it as cool as you like

tiene más cara que espalda he has such a nerve! ( colloq)

2

cara masculine and feminine tb cara dura ( fam) (persona) sassy devil ( AmE colloq), cheeky swine ( BrE colloq)

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cara sustantivo femenino
1
a) (Anat) face;

◊ dímelo a la cara say it to my face;

se le rio en la cara she laughed in his face;
mírame a la cara look at me
b) ( en locs)

◊ cara a cara face to face;

de cara: el sol me da de cara the sun is in my eyes;
se puso de cara a la pared she turned to face the wall, she turned her face to the wall;
dar la cara: nunca da la cara he never does his own dirty work;
dar la cara por algn to stand up for sb;
echarle algo en cara a algn to throw sth back in sb's face;
romperle la cara a algn (fam) to smash sb's face in (colloq
2
a) ( expresión):

◊ no pongas esa cara que no es para tanto don't look like that, it's not that bad;

alegra esa cara cheer up;
le cambió la cara cuando … her face changed when …;
poner cara de bueno to play o act the innocent;
poner cara de asco to make o (BrE) pull a face;
andaba con/puso cara larga (fam) he had/he pulled a long face
b) ( aspecto) look;

◊ tiene cara de cansado he looks tired;

tienes mala cara you don't look well;
¡qué buena cara tiene la comida! the food looks delicious!
3
a) (Mat) face

b) (de disco, papel) side;

cara o cruz or (Arg) ceca or (Andes, Ven) sello heads or tails;
◊ lo echaron a cara o cruz they tossed for it

4 (fam) (frescura, descaro) nerve (colloq), cheek (BrE colloq);
◊ ¡qué cara (más dura) tienes! you have some nerve!

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: tb
◊ cara dura (fam) ( persona) sassy devil (AmE colloq), cheeky swine (BrE colloq)

caro,-a
I adjetivo expensive, dear
II adverbio (en el precio) el piso nos costó caro, we paid a lot for the flat
(en las consecuencias) pagará caro su desprecio, he'll pay dearly for his scorn
cara
I sustantivo femenino
1 face: quise darle un beso, pero me torció la cara, I wanted to give her a kiss but she turned her face away
2 (expresión del rostro) puse cara de póquer, I tried to look as if nothing was happening
tiene buena/mala cara, he looks good/bad
tienes cara de circunstancias, you look serious
3 familiar (desfachatez) cheek, nerve: ¡qué cara tienes!, what a cheek you've got!
4 (de un folio, disco) side: está escrito por las dos caras, it's written on both sides
5 (anverso de una moneda) right side: ¿cara o cruz?, heads or tails?
echar algo a cara o cruz, to toss (a coin) for sthg
II mf familiar (fresco, descarado) cheeky person
♦ Locuciones: figurado dar la cara, to face the consequences (of one's acts)
figurado dar o sacar la cara por alguien, to stand up for somebody
figurado echarle a alguien algo en cara, to reproach sb for sthg
plantarle cara a alguien, to face up to sb
figurado poner mala cara, to pull a long face
cara a cara, face to face
cara a la pared, facing the wall
de cara, (en dirección a uno, directamente): el sol me da de cara, the sun is right in my face
(a favor) hoy tengo la suerte de cara, this is my lucky day
figurado (de) cara a, (pensando en) with a view to: ya tienen un nuevo modelo de cara al próximo año, they've already got a new model for the following year
(mirando a) facing: una casa cara a la montaña, a house facing the mountain
familiar por la cara, for nothing: quería que hiciese el trabajo por la cara, he wanted me to do the work for nothing
familiar irón por su cara bonita, because they like her face

' cara' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abotargada
- abotargado
- arruga
- arrugar
- arrugarse
- barba
- bobalicón
- bobalicona
- cachete
- capaz
- comer
- cruz
- decir
- denotar
- estampar
- evanescente
- galería
- incapaz
- jeta
- lavado
- maquillar
- marca
- momentáneamente
- mona
- mono
- ojo
- plantar
- plena
- pleno
- poema
- reconocer
- rozar
- salir
- santa
- santo
- señalar
- simiesca
- simiesco
- sonar
- sur
- taparse
- tête à tête
- ubicar
- vislumbrar
- abotagado
- alargar
- alegrar
- amarillo
- ancho
- apergaminado
English:
angular
- antiallergenic
- ashen
- best
- black
- blank
- bomb
- bright
- brighten
- brim
- carp
- cheek
- close
- coin
- contort
- cost
- cover
- craggy
- deadpan
- dearly
- deflect
- disappointment
- disfigure
- distort
- drawn
- everyplace
- exasperation
- expression
- face
- fall
- familiar
- feature
- flip side
- florid
- flush
- flushed
- forlorn
- freckle
- frightful
- full
- furrow
- furtive
- glow
- glowing
- grin
- head
- hideous
- hollow
- ill
- job

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cara¹ nf

1. [rostro] face;

tiene una cara muy bonita she has a very pretty face;

me ha salido un grano en la cara I've got a spot on my face;

esa cara me suena de algo I remember that face from somewhere, I've seen that face somewhere before;

los atracadores actuaron a cara descubierta the robbers didn't bother covering their faces;

castigar a alguien de cara a la pared to make sb stand facing the wall (as a punishment);

arrugar la cara to screw up one's face;
también Fig
asomar la cara to show one's face;

¡mira quién asoma la cara! look who's here!;

cara a cara face-to-face;

un (encuentro) cara a cara entre los dos candidatos a head-to-head (debate) between the two candidates

2. [expresión, aspecto]
¡alegra esa cara, ya es viernes! cheer up o don't look so miserable, it's Friday!;

cuando se enteró de la noticia, puso muy buena cara when she heard the news, her face lit up;

no supe qué cara poner I didn't know how to react;

¡no pongas mala cara! don't look so miserable!;

cuando le contamos nuestro plan, puso muy mala cara when we told her our plan, she pulled a face;

tener buena/mala cara [persona] to look well/awful;

tiene cara de buena persona she has a kind face, she looks like a nice person;

tener cara de enfadado to look angry;

tienes cara de no haber dormido you look like you haven't slept;

tiene cara de querer comer she looks as if she'd like something to eat;

tiene cara de ponerse a llover it looks as if it's going to rain;

esta comida tiene buena cara this meal looks good

Comp
Esp Fam cara de acelga:
tener cara de acelga to have a pale face;

cara de ángel: [m5] tener cara de ángel to look like an angel;

cara de asco: [m5] poner cara de asco to pull a face, to look disgusted;
Fam cara bonita eye candy, glamourpuss; Fam cara de circunstancias:
puso cara de circunstancias his face took on a serious expression o turned serious;
RP Fam cara de culo:
tener cara de culo to look really Br hacked off o US pissed;
Fam cara de hereje:
tener cara de hereje to have an ugly mug;
Fam cara larga:
poner cara larga to pull a long face;
Esp Fam cara de pascua:
tener cara de pascua to have a happy face;
Fam cara de perro:
no pongas esa cara de perro don't look so miserable;

tiene cara de perro he has an unfriendly face;

un enfrentamiento a cara de perro a crunch match;

cara de pocos amigos: [m5] tener cara de pocos amigos to have an unfriendly face;
Esp Fam cara de póquer:
tener/poner cara de póquer to have/pull a poker face;

cara de tonto: [m5]tener/poner cara de tonto to have/pull a stupid face;
Fam cara de viernes:
tener cara de viernes to have a long face;
Fam cara de vinagre:
tener cara de vinagre to have a sour face

3. [persona] face;

acudieron muchas caras famosas a lot of famous faces were there;

veo muchas caras nuevas I see a lot of new faces here

4. [lado] side;

cara A [de disco] A side

5. Geom face

6. [parte frontal] front

7. [de moneda] heads;
Fig
la otra cara de la moneda the other side of the coin;

cara o cruz o Andes, Ven [m5] sello o RP [m5] ceca heads or tails;

echar algo a cara o cruz to toss (a coin) for sth, US to flip a coin for sth;

si sale cara, elijo yo if it's heads, I get to choose

8. [indicando posición]
cara a facing;

quiero un apartamento cara al mar I want an apartment that looks out on to the sea;

cara al futuro with regard to the future, in future;

cara arriba/abajo face up/down;
Esp
de cara [sol, viento] in one's face;

los ciclistas tenían el viento de cara the cyclists were riding into the wind

9.
de cara a [indicando objetivo] with a view to;

de cara a mejorar with a view to improving

10. Comp

se le cayó la cara de vergüenza she blushed with shame;

¡no sé cómo no se te cae la cara de vergüenza al hablar así a tu madre! you should be ashamed of yourself, talking to your mother like that!;

dar cara a algo to face o confront sth;

dar la cara [responsabilizarse] to face up to the consequences;

siempre que quiere mandar un mensaje me manda a mí, en vez de dar la cara él whenever he has a message to deliver, he always sends me instead of doing it himself;

ya estoy harto de ser yo el que siempre dé la cara I'm fed up of always being the one who takes the flak;

dar la cara por alguien [disculpar] to make excuses for sb;
[defender] to stick up for sb; RP
dar vuelta la cara a alguien to look away from sb;
Fam
decir algo a alguien Esp [m5] a la cara o Am [m5] en la cara to say sth to sb's face;

si tiene algo que decir, que me lo diga Esp [m5] a la cara o Am [m5] en la cara if she has something to say to me, she can say it to my face;
Fam
echar algo en cara a alguien to reproach sb for sth;
Esp Fam
es lo más grosero/estúpido que me he echado a la cara he's the rudest/most stupid person I've ever met;
Fam
hacer cara a to stand up to;

lavar la cara a algo to make cosmetic changes to sth;

mirar a alguien a la cara to look sb in the face;
Fam
partir la cara a alguien to smash sb's face in;
Esp
plantar cara a alguien to confront sb;
Andes, RP
poner la cara [responsabilizarse] to face up to the consequences;
Esp Fam
por la cara: entrar por la cara [sin pagar] to get in without paying;
[sin ser invitado] to gatecrash; Fam
por su cara bonita, por su linda cara: le dieron el trabajo por su cara bonita o [m5] por su linda cara she got the job because her face fitted;

reírse de alguien en su cara to laugh in sb's face;

en mi cara no se me ríe nadie nobody laughs at me to my face;
Fam
romper la cara a alguien to smash sb's face in;

sacar la cara por alguien to stick up for sb;

saltar a la cara to be blindingly obvious;

tener dos caras to be two-faced;

verse las caras [pelearse] to have it out;
[enfrentarse] to fight it out; Andes
voltear la cara a alguien to look away from sb

cara² Fam

♦ nf
[desvergüenza] cheek, nerve;
tener la cara de hacer algo to have the nerve to do sth;

tener mucha cara, tener la cara muy dura to have a lot of cheek o nerve, Br to have a real brass neck;

¡qué cara más dura! what a cheek o nerve!;

¡qué cara, ahora me echa las culpas a mí! the cheek of it! now he's trying to put the blame on me!;

¡hay que tener cara para decir eso! what a cheek o nerve to say a thing like that!;

Comp
Esp
tener más cara que espalda to have a cheek o nerve

♦ nmf
Fam
ser un(a) cara (dura) to have a lot of cheek o nerve, Br to have a real brass neck

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cara

f

1 face;

a cara descubierta not wearing a mask;

cara a algo facing sth;

cara a cara face to face;

en el cara a cara face to face;

de cara a facing; fig with regard to;

de cara al exterior on the surface, outwardly;

hacer cara a face up to;

dar la cara face the consequences;

sacar la cara por alguien stick one’s neck out for s.o.;

plantar cara a stand up to;

echar algo en cara a alguien remind s.o. of sth;

decir algo en o

a la cara de alguien say sth to s.o.’s face;

lo hizo por su cara bonita o

por su linda cara fig he did it just because he felt like it;

cruzar la cara a alguien slap s.o. in the face, slap s.o.’s face;

romper o

partir la cara a alguien pop smash s.o.’s face in;

¡nos veremos las caras! you haven’t heard the last of this!;

tenían el viento/el sol de cara they had the wind in their faces/the sun in their eyes;

todo le sale de cara everything goes right for him

2 ( expresión) look;

tiene cara de pocos amigos he doesn’t look very friendly;

tiene cara de preocupación/alegría he looks worried/happy;

cara larga long face;

tener buena/mala cara de comida look good/bad; de persona look well/sick;

poner buena cara a mal tiempo look on the bright side

3 fig

nerve;

tener cara dura have a nerve

4

:

la otra cara de la moneda fig the other side of the coin

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cara nf

1) : face

2) aspecto: look, appearance

¡qué buena cara tiene ese pastel!: that cake looks delicious!

3) fam : nerve, gall

4)

cara a or

de cara a : facing

5)

de cara a : in view of, in the light of

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cara n

1. (en general) face

tiene una cara muy bonita she's got a really nice face

¿veo una cara nueva? do I see a new face?

2. (de página, disco) side

no escribas por la otra cara del folio don't write on the other side of the sheet

un cubo tiene seis caras a cube has got six sides

3. (expresión) look

tenía mala cara she didn't look well

tienes cara de sueño you look tired

4. (descaro) cheek / nerve

tuvo la cara de pedirme un favor he had the cheek to ask me a favour

¡vaya cara! what a cheek!

cara a cara face to face

¿cara o cruz? heads or tails?

de cara (sol) in your eyes (viento) against you

el sol me daba de cara the sun was (shining) in my eyes

tenemos el viento de cara we've got the wind against us

de cara a (mirando) facing (con vistas a) with a view to

está castigado de cara a la pared he's got to stand facing the wall

echar a cara o cruz to toss for it

Spanish-English dictionary > cara
19 enfrentarse

enfrentarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (hacer frente) to face (a/con, -), confront (a/con, -)

■ tuvo que enfrentarse con los sindicatos he had to confront the unions

2 DEPORTE to meet (a/con, -)

3 (pelearse) to have an argument (a, with), fall out (a, with); (chocar) to clash (a/con, with)

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VPR

1) (=pelear) [personas] to have a confrontation; [equipos] to face each other

Juan y su padre se enfrentaron durante la comida — Juan and his father had a confrontation over lunch

hoy se enfrentan el Madrid y el Barcelona — today Madrid and Barcelona are facing each other

2)

enfrentarse a o con —

a) [+ persona] to confront

se enfrentó a sus secuestradores — he confronted his kidnappers

se enfrentaron al enemigo — they faced o confronted the enemy

la selección de España se enfrentó a la de Italia — the Spanish team came up against o faced the Italian team

b) [+ problema, dificultad] to face (up to), confront

se niega a enfrentarse a la realidad — he refuses to face (up to) reality

hay que enfrentarse con el peligro — we have to face up to the danger

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(v.) = struggle, tackle, come to + terms with, engage, come + face to face

Ex. The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory.

Ex. Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.

Ex. Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.

Ex. Australian destroyers engaged the Japanese shore guns and the mine sweepers carried out their task successfully, but not without loss.

Ex. If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.

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(v.) = struggle, tackle, come to + terms with, engage, come + face to face

Ex: The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory.

Ex: Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.

Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.

Ex: Australian destroyers engaged the Japanese shore guns and the mine sweepers carried out their task successfully, but not without loss.

Ex: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.

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■enfrentarse verbo reflexivo
1 to face: se enfrentó a un gran peligro, she faced a grave danger
2 Dep (un equipo) to play
(una persona) to meet [a, -]: Karpov se enfrentará a Kasparov, Karpov will meet Kasparov
' enfrentarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encararse
- toser
- batir
- enfrentar
English:
clash
- come up against
- confront
- contend
- emerge
- face
- fight
- meet
- nerve
- penalty
- take on
- come
- cope
- pit
- tackle
- take

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vpr

1. [afrontar]
enfrentarse a algo to confront sth, to face sth;

nos enfrentamos a una grave crisis we are facing a serious crisis;

enfrentarse a los hechos to face the facts;

se enfrentó a su enfermedad con valor she faced up to her illness bravely

2. [en contienda] [dos bandos] to meet, to clash;

los dos equipos se enfrentarán por el campeonato the two teams will play each other for the championship;

enfrentarse a o [m5] con alguien to confront sb;

nos enfrentamos al enemigo we confronted the enemy;

los manifestantes se enfrentaron con la policía the demonstrators clashed with the police;

a Brasil le toca enfrentarse con Suecia Brazil has been drawn against Sweden

3. [discutir] to clash

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enfrentarse

v/r

1 DEP meet

2

:

enfrentarse con alguien confront s.o.

3

:

enfrentarse a algo face (up to) sth

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vr

1)

enfrentarse con : to clash with

2)

enfrentarse a : to face up to

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enfrentarse vb

1. (hacer frente) to face

el gobierno se enfrenta a un problema muy grave the government is facing a very serious problem

tienes que enfrentarte a la situación you've got to face the situation

2. (jugar) to play

nos enfrentamos a uno de los mejores equipos de Europa we're playing one of the best teams in Europe

3. (pelearse) to argue

me enfrenté con él I argued with him

Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse
20 volverse loco

v.

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

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volverse loco

to go mad

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to go crazy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish-English dictionary > volverse loco

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