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confrontation

  • 21 choque frontal

    m.
    head-on collision.
    * * *
    (Auto) head-on collision; ( enfrentamiento) head-on confrontation
    * * *
    Ex. The article ' Head-on collision: ALA in Motor City' presents a summary of proceedings of the 96th Annual conference of the ALA.
    * * *
    (Auto) head-on collision; ( enfrentamiento) head-on confrontation
    * * *

    Ex: The article ' Head-on collision: ALA in Motor City' presents a summary of proceedings of the 96th Annual conference of the ALA.

    * * *
    head-on collision

    Spanish-English dictionary > choque frontal

  • 22 composición por confrontación de ideas

    Ex. Methods, such as brainstorming, brain-writing, creative confrontation, use an heuristic approach to solving problems, and bring new stimuli to information work.
    * * *

    Ex: Methods, such as brainstorming, brain-writing, creative confrontation, use an heuristic approach to solving problems, and bring new stimuli to information work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > composición por confrontación de ideas

  • 23 conflicto militar

    Ex. Events such as the bloody confrontation in Tiananmen Square, political campaigns, military conflicts and other such events are becoming everyday occurrences that hourly revise global affairs and exert their influence on local circumstances.
    * * *

    Ex: Events such as the bloody confrontation in Tiananmen Square, political campaigns, military conflicts and other such events are becoming everyday occurrences that hourly revise global affairs and exert their influence on local circumstances.

    Spanish-English dictionary > conflicto militar

  • 24 confrontación de ideas

    (n.) = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm
    Ex. Methods, such as brainstorming, brain-writing, creative confrontation, use an heuristic approach to solving problems, and bring new stimuli to information work.
    Ex. The article 'Creating an e-mail brainstorm' describes the attempts to involve all library staff at an academic library in the USA in providing ideas for a new strategic plan.
    * * *
    (n.) = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm

    Ex: Methods, such as brainstorming, brain-writing, creative confrontation, use an heuristic approach to solving problems, and bring new stimuli to information work.

    Ex: The article 'Creating an e-mail brainstorm' describes the attempts to involve all library staff at an academic library in the USA in providing ideas for a new strategic plan.

    Spanish-English dictionary > confrontación de ideas

  • 25 conmoción

    f.
    1 commotion, bustle, shake, stir.
    2 commotion, bustle, tumult, riot.
    3 fuss, anxious preparations.
    * * *
    1 commotion, shock
    2 MEDICINA concussion
    \
    conmoción cerebral concussion
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Geol) shock, tremor
    2) (Med)
    3) (=perturbación) shock
    4) (Pol) disturbance
    * * *
    a) (Med) concussion
    b) (trastorno, agitación)
    c) (Geol) shock
    * * *
    = riot, hype, the, jolt, tumult, stir, convulsion, hoopla, spin, commotion, shake.
    Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex. However, given the hype about the networking of public libraries in the US, it is perhaps surprising to note that only 21% have some form of connection to the Internet.
    Ex. The automation of the catalogue was the single most disconcerting jolt to hit modern libraries up to that time.
    Ex. This volume of essays looks to the formative processes that have shaped human relations in the midst of this century's tumult of wars, revolutions, and international confrontation.
    Ex. With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.
    Ex. Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.
    Ex. Amid the hoopla, she hasn't forgotten its roots.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.
    Ex. It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.
    ----
    * causar conmoción = cause + a ripple.
    * * *
    a) (Med) concussion
    b) (trastorno, agitación)
    c) (Geol) shock
    * * *
    = riot, hype, the, jolt, tumult, stir, convulsion, hoopla, spin, commotion, shake.

    Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

    Ex: However, given the hype about the networking of public libraries in the US, it is perhaps surprising to note that only 21% have some form of connection to the Internet.
    Ex: The automation of the catalogue was the single most disconcerting jolt to hit modern libraries up to that time.
    Ex: This volume of essays looks to the formative processes that have shaped human relations in the midst of this century's tumult of wars, revolutions, and international confrontation.
    Ex: With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.
    Ex: Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.
    Ex: Amid the hoopla, she hasn't forgotten its roots.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.
    Ex: It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.
    * causar conmoción = cause + a ripple.

    * * *
    1 ( Med) concussion
    2
    (trastorno, agitación): el siniestro produjo una profunda conmoción en el país the disaster left the country in a state of profound shock
    la separación de Marujita produjo una conmoción familiar Marujita's separation caused great upset in the family
    3 ( Geol) shock
    Compuesto:
    concussion
    * * *

    conmoción sustantivo femenino
    a) (Med) tb


    b) (trastorno, agitación):


    c) (Geol) shock

    conmoción sustantivo femenino
    1 (emoción muy fuerte) commotion, shock
    2 Med conmoción cerebral, concussion
    ' conmoción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impacto
    - producir
    - revuelo
    English:
    concussion
    - ferment
    - flap
    - shock
    - commotion
    - concuss
    - stir
    * * *
    1. [física] shock
    conmoción cerebral concussion;
    la caída le produjo una conmoción cerebral he suffered concussion as a result of the fall
    2. [psíquica] shock;
    su muerte causó conmoción a la familia his death left the family in a state of shock
    3. [tumulto] upheaval
    4. [sísmica] shock
    * * *
    f
    1 shock
    2 ( agitación) upheaval
    * * *
    conmoción nf, pl - ciones
    1) : shock, upheaval
    2) or
    conmoción cerebral : concussion
    * * *
    conmoción n shock

    Spanish-English dictionary > conmoción

  • 26 constantemente

    adv.
    1 constantly, firmly, unalterably.
    2 evidently, undoubtedly.
    * * *
    1 constantly
    ■ la gente entraba y salía constantemente people were constantly going in and out, people kept going in and out all the time
    * * *
    * * *
    = consistently, constantly, steadily, continually, persistently, hourly, all the way through, day in and day out, permanently.
    Ex. Punctuation must be established and be adopted consistently.
    Ex. They point out that, 'The Library of Congress faces problems in the integration of new copy on a monumental scale, with the result that it is constantly revising its retrospective file'.
    Ex. Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex. The real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
    Ex. The modern trend of persistently growing subscription prices to scientific journals is due to the tremendous increase in the manufacturing cost per page.
    Ex. Events such as the bloody confrontation in Tiananmen Square, political campaigns, military conflicts and other such events are becoming everyday occurrences that hourly revise global affairs and exert their influence on local circumstances.
    Ex. All the way through, the Jews are portrayed as bloodthirsty.
    Ex. People with diabetes have to do it every day, day in and day out.
    Ex. A modem is permanently wired, and converts digital messages which the terminal and computer understand into analogue messages capable of being transmitted down telephone lines.
    ----
    * regañar constantemente = nag (at).
    * * *
    = consistently, constantly, steadily, continually, persistently, hourly, all the way through, day in and day out, permanently.

    Ex: Punctuation must be established and be adopted consistently.

    Ex: They point out that, 'The Library of Congress faces problems in the integration of new copy on a monumental scale, with the result that it is constantly revising its retrospective file'.
    Ex: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex: The real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
    Ex: The modern trend of persistently growing subscription prices to scientific journals is due to the tremendous increase in the manufacturing cost per page.
    Ex: Events such as the bloody confrontation in Tiananmen Square, political campaigns, military conflicts and other such events are becoming everyday occurrences that hourly revise global affairs and exert their influence on local circumstances.
    Ex: All the way through, the Jews are portrayed as bloodthirsty.
    Ex: People with diabetes have to do it every day, day in and day out.
    Ex: A modem is permanently wired, and converts digital messages which the terminal and computer understand into analogue messages capable of being transmitted down telephone lines.
    * regañar constantemente = nag (at).

    * * *
    constantly
    uno tiene que estar constantemente encima de él you have to be on top of him constantly o all the time
    * * *

    constantemente adverbio constantly
    ' constantemente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rehuir
    English:
    carp
    - chip away
    - constantly
    - continually
    - forever
    - go on
    - oscillate
    - permanently
    - perpetually
    - keep
    - ply
    - stir
    - time
    * * *
    constantly
    * * *
    adv constantly
    * * *
    constantemente adv constantly

    Spanish-English dictionary > constantemente

  • 27 continuamente

    adv.
    1 continually.
    2 continuously, at all hours, around the clock, constantly.
    * * *
    1 continuously
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=repetidamente) constantly, continually
    2) (=sin interrupción) constantly, continuously
    * * *
    adverbio (con frecuencia, repetidamente) continually, constantly; ( sin interrupción) continuously
    * * *
    = all the time, continuously, steadily, continually, persistently, hourly, all the way through, constantly.
    Ex. Improvements are, however being made all the time: the dividing line between microcomputer and minicomputer is already blurred.
    Ex. The format of the body of entry is the same as for catalog cards except that the fields are printed continuously instead of starting new lines.
    Ex. Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex. The real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
    Ex. The modern trend of persistently growing subscription prices to scientific journals is due to the tremendous increase in the manufacturing cost per page.
    Ex. Events such as the bloody confrontation in Tiananmen Square, political campaigns, military conflicts and other such events are becoming everyday occurrences that hourly revise global affairs and exert their influence on local circumstances.
    Ex. All the way through, the Jews are portrayed as bloodthirsty.
    Ex. They point out that, 'The Library of Congress faces problems in the integration of new copy on a monumental scale, with the result that it is constantly revising its retrospective file'.
    * * *
    adverbio (con frecuencia, repetidamente) continually, constantly; ( sin interrupción) continuously
    * * *
    = all the time, continuously, steadily, continually, persistently, hourly, all the way through, constantly.

    Ex: Improvements are, however being made all the time: the dividing line between microcomputer and minicomputer is already blurred.

    Ex: The format of the body of entry is the same as for catalog cards except that the fields are printed continuously instead of starting new lines.
    Ex: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex: The real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
    Ex: The modern trend of persistently growing subscription prices to scientific journals is due to the tremendous increase in the manufacturing cost per page.
    Ex: Events such as the bloody confrontation in Tiananmen Square, political campaigns, military conflicts and other such events are becoming everyday occurrences that hourly revise global affairs and exert their influence on local circumstances.
    Ex: All the way through, the Jews are portrayed as bloodthirsty.
    Ex: They point out that, 'The Library of Congress faces problems in the integration of new copy on a monumental scale, with the result that it is constantly revising its retrospective file'.

    * * *
    1 (con frecuencia, repetidamente) continually, constantly
    el teléfono ha estado sonando continuamente the phone has been ringing continually o constantly o nonstop, the phone hasn't stopped ringing
    2 (sin interrupción) continuously
    hay que estar continuamente pendiente de él you have to be at his beck and call the whole time o all the time
    llovió continuamente durante cuatro días it rained continuously o constantly for four days
    * * *

    continuamente adverbio (con frecuencia, repetidamente) continually, constantly;
    ( sin interrupción) continuously
    continuamente adverbio continuously
    Recuerda que continuous significa que la acción es ininterrumpida (continuous sound, sonido continuo), mientras que continual hace referencia a una acción frecuente o repetida (his continual questions, sus continuas preguntas).
    ' continuamente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    continually
    - continuously
    - perpetually
    - steadily
    - keep
    - stream
    * * *
    1. [con repetición] continually;
    protesta continuamente she never stops complaining, she complains all the time
    2. [sin interrupción] continuously;
    la información es continuamente actualizada the information is constantly updated;
    los siguieron continuamente durante dos semanas they followed them continuously for two weeks
    * * *
    continuamente adv continually

    Spanish-English dictionary > continuamente

  • 28 contraste de ideas

    (n.) = brainstorming [brain-storming]
    Ex. Methods, such as brainstorming, brain-writing, creative confrontation, use an heuristic approach to solving problems, and bring new stimuli to information work.
    * * *
    (n.) = brainstorming [brain-storming]

    Ex: Methods, such as brainstorming, brain-writing, creative confrontation, use an heuristic approach to solving problems, and bring new stimuli to information work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > contraste de ideas

  • 29 descontrolarse

    pron.v.
    1 to lose control.
    2 to blow one's top, to go up the wall (enojarse).
    3 to go out of control, to run wild.
    4 to freak out, to lose control.
    * * *
    1 (persona) to lose control; (avión etc) to go out of control
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=perder control) to get out of control, go wild
    2) * (=enojarse) to blow one's top *, go up the wall *
    * * *
    verbo pronominal to get out of control
    * * *
    = run + wild, get out of + control, go + wild, run + rampant.
    Ex. Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.
    Ex. Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.
    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. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal to get out of control
    * * *
    = run + wild, get out of + control, go + wild, run + rampant.

    Ex: Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.

    Ex: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.
    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: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

    * * *
    to get out of control o out of hand
    * * *

    descontrolarse ( conjugate descontrolarse) verbo pronominal
    to get out of control
    ■descontrolarse verbo reflexivo to lose control
    ' descontrolarse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    control
    - riot
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [automóvil, inflación] to go out of control
    2. [persona] to lose control;
    Fam [desmadrarse] to go wild, to go over the top
    * * *
    v/r get out of control; ( enojarse) lose control
    * * *
    : to get out of control, to be out of hand

    Spanish-English dictionary > descontrolarse

  • 30 débil

    adj.
    1 weak, dim, faint, feeble.
    Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.
    2 atonic.
    * * *
    1 (persona) weak, feeble
    2 (ruido) faint; (luz) dim, feeble
    1 weak person
    1 the weak
    \
    débil mental mentally retarded person, mentally deficient person
    * * *
    adj.
    1) weak
    * * *
    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
    económicamente
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = 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.

    * * *
    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
    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
    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
    * * *

     

    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
    * * *
    ♦ 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
    * * *
    adj weak
    * * *
    débil adj
    : weak, feeble
    ♦ débilmente adv
    * * *
    débil adj
    1. (en general) weak
    2. (ruido) faint
    3. (luz) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > débil

  • 31 echar leña al fuego

    figurado to add fuel to the fire
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = pour + oil on the flames
    Ex. They know that to build bigger audiences, they have to pour oil on the flames and amp up the confrontation.
    * * *
    (v.) = pour + oil on the flames

    Ex: They know that to build bigger audiences, they have to pour oil on the flames and amp up the confrontation.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar leña al fuego

  • 32 electoral

    adj.
    electoral.
    * * *
    1 electoral
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo <campaña/discurso> election (before n)
    * * *
    Ex. The debate culminated in a confrontation between the political parties when the question of Community membership became an electoral issue in 1983.
    ----
    * ardid electoral = election stunt.
    * calendario electoral = election calendar, electoral calendar.
    * campaña electoral = election race.
    * colegio electoral = electoral college.
    * distrito electoral = constituency, electoral district.
    * impreso de inscripción electoral = electoral registration form.
    * influencia electoral = coattails, political coattails, electoral coattails.
    * mesa electoral = polling station.
    * mesa electoral, la = polls, the.
    * política electoral = election politics.
    * retórica electoral = electoral discourse.
    * sistema electoral = electoral system.
    * urna electoral = ballot box.
    * * *
    adjetivo <campaña/discurso> election (before n)
    * * *

    Ex: The debate culminated in a confrontation between the political parties when the question of Community membership became an electoral issue in 1983.

    * ardid electoral = election stunt.
    * calendario electoral = election calendar, electoral calendar.
    * campaña electoral = election race.
    * colegio electoral = electoral college.
    * distrito electoral = constituency, electoral district.
    * impreso de inscripción electoral = electoral registration form.
    * influencia electoral = coattails, political coattails, electoral coattails.
    * mesa electoral = polling station.
    * mesa electoral, la = polls, the.
    * política electoral = election politics.
    * retórica electoral = electoral discourse.
    * sistema electoral = electoral system.
    * urna electoral = ballot box.

    * * *
    ‹campaña/discurso› election ( before n) colegio, distrito, padrón, plataforma
    * * *

    electoral adjetivo ‹campaña/discurso› election ( before n)
    electoral adjetivo electoral
    campaña electoral, election campaign
    colegio electoral, polling station
    jornada electoral, polling day
    ' electoral' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    borrachera
    - campaña
    - censo
    - circunscripción
    - colegio
    - maquinaria
    - normalidad
    - papeleta
    - programa
    - propaganda
    - boleta
    - listado
    - padrón
    - planilla
    - pucherazo
    English:
    ballot box
    - campaign
    - canvass
    - canvasser
    - constituency
    - election
    - electioneering
    - electoral
    - electoral register
    - flag
    - hustings
    - manifesto
    - party political broadcast
    - polling station
    - seat
    - ward
    - ballot
    - polling
    - precinct
    * * *
    [sistema, distrito, reforma] electoral; [campaña, resultado, propaganda] election
    * * *
    adj election atr, electoral
    * * *
    : electoral, election

    Spanish-English dictionary > electoral

  • 33 enfrentamiento cara a cara

    Ex. For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    * * *

    Ex: For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentamiento cara a cara

  • 34 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.
    * * *
    1 (poner frente a frente) to bring face to face, confront
    2 (encarar) to face, confront
    1 (hacer frente) to face (a/con, -), confront (a/con, -)
    2 DEPORTE to meet (a/con, -)
    3 (pelearse) to have an argument (a, with), fall out (a, with); (chocar) to clash (a/con, with)
    * * *
    verb
    to face, confront
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=enemistar) to set against
    2) (=afrontar) [+ dificultad] to face (up to), confront; [+ realidad] to face (up to)
    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:
    * * *
    1.
    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
    2.
    enfrentarse v pron

    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
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    1.
    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
    2.
    enfrentarse v pron

    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
    * * *
    = 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.

    * * *
    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
    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
    * * *

     

    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
    * * *
    ♦ 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
    * * *
    v/t confront, face up to
    * * *
    : to confront, to face

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentar

  • 35 enfrentarse

    1 (hacer frente) to face (a/con, -), confront (a/con, -)
    2 DEPORTE to meet (a/con, -)
    3 (pelearse) to have an argument (a, with), fall out (a, with); (chocar) to clash (a/con, with)
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=pelear) [personas] to have a confrontation; [equipos] to face each other
    2)

    enfrentarse a o con —

    a) [+ persona] to confront

    se enfrentaron al enemigo — they faced o confronted the enemy

    b) [+ problema, dificultad] to face (up to), confront
    * * *
    (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?.
    * * *
    (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?.

    * * *

    ■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
    * * *
    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
    * * *
    v/r
    1 DEP meet
    2
    :
    3
    :
    enfrentarse a algo face (up to) sth
    * * *
    vr
    1)
    enfrentarse con : to clash with
    2)
    enfrentarse a : to face up to
    * * *
    1. (hacer frente) to face
    2. (jugar) to play
    3. (pelearse) to argue

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse

  • 36 enmudecido

    adj.
    dumbfounded, awestruck, astonished, overwhelmed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enmudecer.
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    = 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

  • 37 escondite

    m.
    1 hiding place (place).
    2 hide-and-seek (game).
    3 hiding-place, hideaway, hideout, hide-out.
    * * *
    1 (lugar) hiding place
    2 (juego) hide-and-seek
    \
    jugar al escondite to play hide-and-seek
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    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

    * * *
    a) ( para personas) hideout; ( para cosas) hiding place
    b) (Jueg)
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    a) ( para personas) hideout; ( para cosas) hiding place
    b) (Jueg)
    * * *
    el escondite

    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.

    * * *
    1 (lugar — para personas) hideout; (— para cosas) hiding place
    2 ( Jueg):
    jugar al escondite to play hide-and-seek
    * * *

    escondite sustantivo masculino

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


    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
    * * *
    1. [lugar] hiding place
    2.
    el escondite [juego] hide-and-seek;
    jugar al escondite to play hide-and-seek
    * * *
    m
    1 lugar hiding place
    2 juego hide-and-seek
    * * *
    1) encondrijo: hiding place
    2) escondidas: hide-and-seek
    * * *
    1. (lugar) hiding place
    2. (juego) hide and seek

    Spanish-English dictionary > escondite

  • 38 escondrijo

    m.
    1 hiding place.
    2 hiding-place, hideaway, hide-out, den.
    3 hidden recess, hidden place, recess.
    * * *
    1 hiding place
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM (=escondite) hiding place, hideout; (=rincón poco visible) nook
    * * *
    masculino hidden place, recess (liter)
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    masculino hidden place, recess (liter)
    * * *
    = 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.

    * * *
    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
    * * *
    hiding place
    * * *
    m hiding place
    * * *
    escondite: hiding place
    * * *
    escondrijo n hiding place

    Spanish-English dictionary > escondrijo

  • 39 estupefacto

    adj.
    astonished, astounded, amazed, bemused.
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    1 astounded, dumbfounded, flabbergasted
    * * *
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo astonished, amazed
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo astonished, amazed
    * * *
    = 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.

    * * *
    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
    * * *

    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
    * * *
    estupefacto, -a adj
    astonished, astounded;
    dejar a alguien estupefacto to astonish o astound sb;
    quedarse estupefacto to be astonished o astounded
    * * *
    adj stupefied, speechless
    * * *
    estupefacto, -ta adj
    : astonished, stunned

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupefacto

  • 40 eunuco

    m.
    eunuch.
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    1 eunuch
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino eunuch
    * * *
    = eunuch.
    Ex. Daniel used good sense in that he did not cause a confrontation over the matter but went to the eunuch and asked for permission to eat pulse and water.
    * * *
    masculino eunuch
    * * *

    Ex: Daniel used good sense in that he did not cause a confrontation over the matter but went to the eunuch and asked for permission to eat pulse and water.

    * * *
    eunuch
    * * *

    eunuco sustantivo masculino eunuch
    ' eunuco' also found in these entries:
    English:
    eunuch
    * * *
    eunuco nm
    eunuch
    * * *
    m eunuch
    * * *
    eunuco nm
    : eunuch

    Spanish-English dictionary > eunuco

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