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confrontations

  • 1 cara a cara

    face to face
    * * *
    = 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
    Ex. This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex. This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex. Information desks should be sited near the library entrance, be multi-staffed, designed for double-faced seating and easy use of microfilm readers and AV materials.
    Ex. The database will compete head-to-head with other information providers by making information freely available on the Internet.
    Ex. The authors report on a case study that highlights the problems of applying such a confrontational method in an Eastern culture, such as Hong Kong.
    Ex. The one-on-one training pattern predominates and is effective at this institution where education in the singular is stressed.
    Ex. Last night the Israeli prime minister announced that after nine days of eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations, he'd had enough and was going home.
    Ex. For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    Ex. Telephone reference services have become problematic in recent years due to increased volume of patron demand, both in person and on the telephone.
    * * *
    = 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

    Ex: This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.

    Ex: This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex: Information desks should be sited near the library entrance, be multi-staffed, designed for double-faced seating and easy use of microfilm readers and AV materials.
    Ex: The database will compete head-to-head with other information providers by making information freely available on the Internet.
    Ex: The authors report on a case study that highlights the problems of applying such a confrontational method in an Eastern culture, such as Hong Kong.
    Ex: The one-on-one training pattern predominates and is effective at this institution where education in the singular is stressed.
    Ex: Last night the Israeli prime minister announced that after nine days of eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations, he'd had enough and was going home.
    Ex: For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    Ex: Telephone reference services have become problematic in recent years due to increased volume of patron demand, both in person and on the telephone.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cara a cara

  • 2 con los nervios a flor de piel

    (adj.) = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], on edge, highly-strung
    Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    Ex. The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    Ex. The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.
    Ex. He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.
    * * *
    (adj.) = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], on edge, highly-strung

    Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

    Ex: The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    Ex: The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.
    Ex: He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con los nervios a flor de piel

  • 3 con los nervios de punta

    = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], on edge
    Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    Ex. The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    Ex. The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.
    * * *
    = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], on edge

    Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

    Ex: The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    Ex: The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con los nervios de punta

  • 4 de frente

    (hacia adelante) straight ahead 2 (sin rodeos) straight
    * * *
    (adj.) = head-on, frontal
    Ex. Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.
    Ex. The bracelet is decorated with a trellis pattern containing frontal human heads, birds, hares and fruit.
    * * *
    (adj.) = head-on, frontal

    Ex: Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.

    Ex: The bracelet is decorated with a trellis pattern containing frontal human heads, birds, hares and fruit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de frente

  • 5 demostrarlo todo

    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 > demostrarlo todo

  • 6 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

  • 7 evitar el enfrentamiento

    (v.) = avoid + confrontation
    Ex. Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.
    * * *
    (v.) = avoid + confrontation

    Ex: Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > evitar el enfrentamiento

  • 8 evitar la confrontación

    (v.) = avoid + confrontation
    Ex. Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.
    * * *
    (v.) = avoid + confrontation

    Ex: Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > evitar la confrontación

  • 9 excitado

    adj.
    excited, all excited, flushed, heated-up.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: excitar.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=intranquilo) worked up, agitated
    2) (=entusiasmado) excited
    3) (=sexualmente) excited, aroused
    4) (Bio, Elec, Fís) excited
    * * *
    = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.].
    Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    Ex. The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    * * *
    = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.].

    Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

    Ex: The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.

    * * *
    excitado, -a adj
    1. [nervioso] agitated;
    [por enfado, sexo] aroused
    2. Biol excited
    3. Elec excited
    * * *
    adj
    1 excited
    2 sexualmente aroused
    * * *
    excitado adj excited

    Spanish-English dictionary > excitado

  • 10 frontal

    adj.
    1 frontal (ataque).
    la parte frontal the front, the front part
    2 front, front-end, frontal.
    3 face-to-face, eyeball-to-eyeball.
    m.
    1 frontal.
    2 frontal bone.
    * * *
    1 ANATOMÍA frontal
    2 (choque etc) head-on
    3 (delantero) front
    1 ANATOMÍA frontal bone
    * * *
    adj.
    frontal, head-on
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [parte, posición] front; (Inform) front-end
    2) [enfrentamiento] direct, frontal; [rechazo] outright
    2.
    SM front, front part
    * * *
    a) < colisión> head-on; < ataque> direct, frontal (frml); < oposición> direct
    b) ( delantero)
    * * *
    = head-on, frontal.
    Ex. Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.
    Ex. The bracelet is decorated with a trellis pattern containing frontal human heads, birds, hares and fruit.
    ----
    * frontal de la tienda = shop-front [shopfront].
    * lóbulo frontal = frontal lobe.
    * ordenador frontal = head-end computer.
    * procesador frontal = front end [front-end].
    * * *
    a) < colisión> head-on; < ataque> direct, frontal (frml); < oposición> direct
    b) ( delantero)
    * * *
    = head-on, frontal.

    Ex: Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.

    Ex: The bracelet is decorated with a trellis pattern containing frontal human heads, birds, hares and fruit.
    * frontal de la tienda = shop-front [shopfront].
    * lóbulo frontal = frontal lobe.
    * ordenador frontal = head-end computer.
    * procesador frontal = front end [front-end].

    * * *
    1 ‹colisión› head-on; ‹ataque› direct, frontal ( frml); ‹oposición› direct
    2
    (delantero): la parte frontal del vehículo the front of the vehicle
    1 ( Auto) hood ( AmE), bonnet ( BrE)
    2 ( Anat) frontal bone
    * * *

    frontal adjetivo ‹ colisión› head-on;
    ‹ ataque› direct, frontal (frml);
    ‹ oposición› direct
    frontal
    I adjetivo frontal
    choque frontal, head-on crash
    perspectiva frontal, front view
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un edificio) façade
    2 (hueso) frontal bone
    ' frontal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    choque
    - página
    English:
    front-load
    - head-on
    - head
    - home
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [ataque] frontal;
    [colisión] head-on;
    la parte frontal the front, the front part;
    cuenta con mi oposición frontal I am totally opposed to it
    2. Anat frontal
    ♦ nm
    1. Anat [hueso] frontal bone
    2. Anat [músculo] frontal muscle
    3. [de automóvil] front
    * * *
    I adj
    1 frontal; ataque etc head-on
    2 ( delantero) front atr
    II m
    1 ANAT frontal bone
    2 de coche front end
    * * *
    frontal adj
    : frontal, head-on
    un choque frontal: a head-on collision

    Spanish-English dictionary > frontal

  • 11 gestión del comportamiento

    Ex. Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.
    * * *

    Ex: Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gestión del comportamiento

  • 12 histérico

    adj.
    1 hysterical, nervous wreck.
    2 hysteric.
    * * *
    1 hysterical
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 hysteric
    \
    poner histérico,-a a alguien familiar to drive somebody mad, wind somebody up
    * * *
    histérico, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (Med) hysterical
    2) (=nervioso)

    ¡me pone histérico! — * it drives me mad!, it drives me up the wall *

    2. SM / F
    1) (Med) hysteric
    2) (=nervioso)

    no hagas caso, son unos histéricos — pay no attention, they're always having hysterics

    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo (Med, Psic) hysterical; ( exaltado)
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino (Med, Psic) hysteric; ( exaltado)
    * * *
    = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], demented, hysterical, hysteric.
    Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. It was in the course of treating hysterical patients in the 1980s that Freud began to form the major concepts of psychoanalytic theory.
    Ex. Freud's typical patient in the early years was frequently hysteric -- often female, bright, sexually repressed, bursting with vivid dreams and fantasies, prone to psychosomatic symptomatology.
    ----
    * casi histérico = high-strung, highly-strung.
    * ponerse histérico = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo (Med, Psic) hysterical; ( exaltado)
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino (Med, Psic) hysteric; ( exaltado)
    * * *
    = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], demented, hysterical, hysteric.

    Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: It was in the course of treating hysterical patients in the 1980s that Freud began to form the major concepts of psychoanalytic theory.
    Ex: Freud's typical patient in the early years was frequently hysteric -- often female, bright, sexually repressed, bursting with vivid dreams and fantasies, prone to psychosomatic symptomatology.
    * casi histérico = high-strung, highly-strung.
    * ponerse histérico = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler.

    * * *
    1 ( Med, Psic) hysterical
    2
    (exaltado): se puso histérico cuando vio la carta he went mad o had hysterics o had a fit when he saw the letter ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Med, Psic) hysteric
    2
    (exaltado): es un histérico he gets completely o quite hysterical about things, he gets in a terrible flap about things
    * * *

    histérico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo (Med, Psic) hysterical;


    ( exaltado):
    ◊ ponerse histérico to have hysterics o a fit;

    me pones histérico you drive me mad
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Med, Psic) hysteric;

    ( exaltado):

    histérico,-a adjetivo hysterical
    familiar le estás poniendo histérico, you are driving him mad

    ' histérico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    histérica
    English:
    hysterical
    - wobbly
    - hysterics
    * * *
    histérico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Psi hysterical
    2. Fam [nervioso]
    estar histérico to be a bag o bundle of nerves;
    ponerse histérico to get in a flap;
    ese ruido me pone histérico that noise really gets on my nerves
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Psi hysteric
    2. Fam [nervioso]
    es una histérica she's always getting in a flap
    * * *
    I adj hysterical
    II m, histérica f hysteric
    * * *
    histérico, -ca adj
    : hysterical
    * * *
    histérico adj hysterical

    Spanish-English dictionary > histérico

  • 13 nerviso

    = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.].
    Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    * * *
    = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.].

    Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > nerviso

  • 14 pelea a bofetadas

    Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    * * *

    Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pelea a bofetadas

  • 15 sectarismo

    m.
    1 sectarianism.
    2 sectarism, sectarianism.
    * * *
    1 sectarianism
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino sectarianism
    * * *
    Ex. Yet, behind the facade, sectarianism and denominational confrontations marred many areas.
    * * *
    masculino sectarianism
    * * *

    Ex: Yet, behind the facade, sectarianism and denominational confrontations marred many areas.

    * * *
    sectarianism
    * * *

    sectarismo m Pol Rel sectarianism
    * * *
    sectarianism
    * * *
    m sectarianism

    Spanish-English dictionary > sectarismo

  • 16 ser prueba suficiente

    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 > ser prueba suficiente

  • 17 sin rodeos

    adv.
    directly, in plain English, bluntly, in plain language.
    * * *
    = head-on, baldly, bluntly, outspokenly
    Ex. Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.
    Ex. The search may sometimes prove fruitless: this is also an 'answer', but it is rarely satisfactory to present it to the enquirer baldly as such = A veces la búsqueda puede resultar infructuosa, lo cual en sí es un tipo de "respuesta", pero no es siempre adecuado decírselo al usuario directamente como tal.
    Ex. In comparison with adult literature, South African children's literature presents issues more bluntly and also explores themes barely touched on in adult fiction.
    Ex. Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
    * * *
    = head-on, baldly, bluntly, outspokenly

    Ex: Behaviour Management encourages leadership that is positive, helps prevent situations that are already unsatisfactory from deteriorating, and avoids head-on confrontations between people.

    Ex: The search may sometimes prove fruitless: this is also an 'answer', but it is rarely satisfactory to present it to the enquirer baldly as such = A veces la búsqueda puede resultar infructuosa, lo cual en sí es un tipo de "respuesta", pero no es siempre adecuado decírselo al usuario directamente como tal.
    Ex: In comparison with adult literature, South African children's literature presents issues more bluntly and also explores themes barely touched on in adult fiction.
    Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin rodeos

  • 18 tenso

    adj.
    1 tense, stressed, strained, highly-charged.
    2 drawn tight.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: tensar.
    * * *
    1 (cable, cuerda) tense, taut
    * * *
    (f. - tensa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=tirante) tense, taut
    2) [persona, situación] tense; [relaciones] strained
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) <cuerda/cable> taut, tight; < músculo> tense
    2) < persona> tense; < relación> strained, tense; < situación> tense
    * * *
    = stressful, fraught, taut [tauter -comp., tautest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], tense [tenser -comp., tensest -sup.], edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], uptight, stressed.
    Ex. On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Fraught years ahead? Trade unions and libraries'.
    Ex. While the stencil is held taut, the cylinder is slowly rotated until the bottom edge of the wax sheet can be clamped in position.
    Ex. The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex. The urgency of his supplication was mirrored in the tense whiteness of his knuckles as he clasped his hands tightly in front of him.
    Ex. His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    Ex. The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    Ex. Many of the working-class mothers who take part could be described as uptight.
    Ex. Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.
    ----
    * ponerse en tensión = tense up.
    * ponerse tenso = stress + Nombre + out.
    * situación tensa = stress situation.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) <cuerda/cable> taut, tight; < músculo> tense
    2) < persona> tense; < relación> strained, tense; < situación> tense
    * * *
    = stressful, fraught, taut [tauter -comp., tautest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], tense [tenser -comp., tensest -sup.], edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.], nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.], uptight, stressed.

    Ex: On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Fraught years ahead? Trade unions and libraries'.
    Ex: While the stencil is held taut, the cylinder is slowly rotated until the bottom edge of the wax sheet can be clamped in position.
    Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.
    Ex: The urgency of his supplication was mirrored in the tense whiteness of his knuckles as he clasped his hands tightly in front of him.
    Ex: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations.
    Ex: The article ' Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation.
    Ex: Many of the working-class mothers who take part could be described as uptight.
    Ex: Australia is 'in a different league' to most stressed world economies because of the stability of its banks and China's hunger for its exports.
    * ponerse en tensión = tense up.
    * ponerse tenso = stress + Nombre + out.
    * situación tensa = stress situation.

    * * *
    tenso -sa
    A
    1 ‹cuerda/cable› taut, tight
    2 ‹músculo› tense, tight
    estás muy tenso, procura relajarte un poco you're very tense, try to relax a bit
    continuó con el dedo tenso en el gatillo he kept his finger poised on the trigger
    B
    1 (nervioso) tense
    estaba muy tensa antes del examen she was very tense o nervous o uptight before the exam
    2 ‹relación› strained, tense; ‹situación› tense
    * * *

    Del verbo tensar: ( conjugate tensar)

    tenso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    tensó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    tensar    
    tenso
    tensar ( conjugate tensar) verbo transitivo ‹ músculo› to tense;
    ‹cuerda/cable› to tighten;
    ‹ arco› to draw;
    ‹relaciones/lazos› to strain
    tenso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ‹cuerda/cable› taut, tight;
    ‹ músculo› tense
    2 ‹persona/situación› tense;
    ‹ relación› strained, tense
    tensar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cuerda, un cable, etc) to tighten: hay que tensar la lona, we must make the canvas taut
    (un arco) to draw
    2 (un músculo) to tense
    tenso,-a adjetivo
    1 (persona) tense: se pone tenso cuando la nombran, he tenses up when she is mentioned
    últimamente estoy muy tenso, I've been very tense lately
    2 (negociaciones, relaciones, etc) strained
    3 (cuerda, cable) tight, taut
    ' tenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tensa
    - tirante
    - cargado
    - nervioso
    English:
    nail-biting
    - stiffen
    - strain
    - strained
    - taut
    - tense
    - uptight
    - edgy
    - tight
    - up
    * * *
    tenso, -a adj
    1. [cuerda, cable] taut;
    [arco] drawn; [músculo, cuerpo] tense
    2. [situación, relación, ambiente] tense, strained;
    [persona] tense;
    estar tenso con alguien to be tense with sb;
    ponerse tenso to become tense
    * * *
    adj tense; cuerda, cable taut
    * * *
    tenso, -sa adj
    : tense
    * * *
    tenso adj
    1. (situación, persona) tense
    2. (cuerda, cable) tight

    Spanish-English dictionary > tenso

  • 19 enfrentamiento

    m.
    confrontation.
    * * *
    1 confrontation
    * * *
    noun m.
    clash, confrontation
    * * *
    SM (=conflicto) confrontation; (=encuentro) (face to face) encounter, (face to face) meeting; (Dep) encounter
    * * *
    masculino clash
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    masculino clash
    * * *
    = 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.

    * * *
    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:
    armed confrontation
    military confrontation
    * * *

    enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino
    clash;

    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
    * * *
    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
    enfrentamiento armado armed confrontation o clash
    * * *
    m clash, confrontation;
    enfrentamiento verbal heated argument
    * * *
    : clash, confrontation
    * * *
    enfrentamiento n clash [pl. clashes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentamiento

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