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connive

  • 1 connivir

    • connive

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > connivir

  • 2 actuar en complicidad con

    • connive with

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > actuar en complicidad con

  • 3 actuar en connivencia con

    • connive with

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > actuar en connivencia con

  • 4 complotar

    • connive
    • plot together

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > complotar

  • 5 confabularse

    • connive
    • cooperate secretly

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > confabularse

  • 6 insidiar contra

    • connive against
    • plan against
    • plot against

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > insidiar contra

  • 7 actuar

    v.
    1 to act (obrar, producir efecto).
    actúa de o como escudo it acts o serves as a shield
    este tranquilizante actúa directamente sobre los centros nerviosos this tranquilizer acts directly on the nerve centers
    Juana actúa como reina Johanna acts like a queen.
    Actué bien I acted [behaved] well.
    Ricardo actuó en el incendio Richard acted=took action during the fire.
    2 to undertake proceedings (law).
    3 to perform, to act.
    en esta película actúa Victoria Abril Victoria Abril appears in this film
    4 to perform on, to act out.
    5 to perform judicial acts, to prosecute, to litigate, to bring an action.
    El juez actúa legalmente The judge performs judicial acts legally.
    * * *
    (stressed ú in certain persons of certain tenses)
    Present Indicative
    actúo, actúas, actúa, actuamos, actuáis, actúan.
    Present Subjunctive
    actúe, actúes, actúe, actuemos, actuéis, actúen.
    Imperative
    actúa (tú), actúe (él/Vd.), actuemos (nos.), actuad (vos.), actúen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    to act, perform
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) [actor] to act; [cantante, banda, compañía, equipo] to perform

    actuar en una películato act o be in a film

    2) (=obrar) to act

    actúa como o de mediador en el conflicto — he's acting as a mediator in the conflict

    actúa de manera rarahe's acting o behaving strangely

    3) (Jur) (=proceder) to institute (legal) proceedings; [abogado] to act
    4) (=tener efecto) to act
    2.
    VT (=hacer funcionar) to work, operate
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona ( obrar) to act

    forma de actuar — behavior*

    b) < medicamento> to work, act
    c) actor to act; torero to perform

    ¿quién actúa en esa película? — who's in the movie?

    d) (Der) to act
    * * *
    = act, be at work, behave, function, perform, step in, work, conduct + Reflexivo, come into + play, get in + the act, undertake + action, step up.
    Ex. AACR2 defines a corporate body thus: 'a corporate body is an organisation or group of persons that is identified by a particular name and that acts, or may act, as an entity'.
    Ex. All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.
    Ex. Although the system behaves simply, it incorporates some complex retrieval techniques, developed from information retrieval research.
    Ex. The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.
    Ex. 'There's no question,' he said, 'but an individual's past performance is a good indicator of how he or she will perform in the future'.
    Ex. Furthermore, children can be misled by group influences into reading truly pernicious material (hard core ponography, for example) and when this happens adults have a clear responsibility to step in and do something about it.
    Ex. Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex. There are, of course, all sorts of other considerations which come into play in determining the income which a publisher might obtain from a book.
    Ex. Even the U.S. military got in the act, when in 1984 they abolished happy hours at military base clubs.
    Ex. Members will not undertake actions that may unfairly or unlawfully jeopardise a candidate's employment.
    Ex. Another growing group in this annual pro-life event is women who are stepping up to proclaim their regret for their own abortions.
    ----
    * actuar a posteriori = be reactive.
    * actuar autoritariamente = flex + Posesivo + muscles.
    * actuar como si + ser + Dios = play + God.
    * actuar con cautela = play it + safe.
    * actuar con fineza = finesse.
    * actuar con irresponsabilidad hacia = play + fast and loose with.
    * actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.
    * actuar consecuentemente = act + accordingly.
    * actuar convencido de que = operate under + the impression that.
    * actuar correctamente = do + the right thing, get on + the right side of.
    * actuar de = serve as.
    * actuar de abogado del diablo = be the/a devil's advocate.
    * actuar de acuerdo con los principios de Uno = act on + Posesivo + principles.
    * actuar de buena fe = act in + good faith.
    * actuar de capitán = skipper, captain.
    * actuar de cara a la galería = play to + the gallery.
    * actuar de contrapeso = counterpoise.
    * actuar de forma negligente = be remiss.
    * actuar de juez = don + Posesivo + judge's wig, officiate.
    * actuar del modo que se considere más adecuado = exercise + discretion.
    * actuar de mediador = mediate.
    * actuar de mirón = lurk in + the wings.
    * actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.
    * actuar de puente = act as + a bridge.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo determinado = follow + pattern.
    * actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * actuar de un modo enérgico = turn on + the heat.
    * actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * actuar duro = play + hardball.
    * actuar en colusión = connive.
    * actuar en complicidad = connive.
    * actuar en conciencia = act in + good conscience.
    * actuar en connivencia = collude, connive.
    * actuar en consecuencia = act + accordingly.
    * actuar en defensa de la profesión = advocacy.
    * actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.
    * actuar en la clandestinidad = go into + hiding.
    * actuar en segundo plano = lurk in + the wings.
    * actuar en sinergia = synergize.
    * actuar independientemente = fly + solo.
    * actuar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * actuar motivado por + Nombre = act out of + Nombre.
    * actuar negligentemente = be remiss.
    * actuar para el bien de todos = acting-for-the-best.
    * actuar por encima de + Posesivo + capacidades = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.
    * actuar rápido = be quick off the mark, be quick off the blocks.
    * actuar según = act on/upon.
    * actuar sin demora = act + promptly.
    * actuar sin pensar = shoot from + the hip.
    * actuar sumisamente = take + Nombre + lying down.
    * al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.
    * empezar a actuar = swing into + action.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * forma de actuar = discourse.
    * manera de actuar = line of attack.
    * modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.
    * no actuar correctamente = be remiss.
    * no actuar debidamente = be remiss.
    * organismo que actúa en representación de otros = umbrella.
    * para actuar = for action.
    * que actúa de soporte = supporting.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona ( obrar) to act

    forma de actuar — behavior*

    b) < medicamento> to work, act
    c) actor to act; torero to perform

    ¿quién actúa en esa película? — who's in the movie?

    d) (Der) to act
    * * *
    = act, be at work, behave, function, perform, step in, work, conduct + Reflexivo, come into + play, get in + the act, undertake + action, step up.

    Ex: AACR2 defines a corporate body thus: 'a corporate body is an organisation or group of persons that is identified by a particular name and that acts, or may act, as an entity'.

    Ex: All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.
    Ex: Although the system behaves simply, it incorporates some complex retrieval techniques, developed from information retrieval research.
    Ex: The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.
    Ex: 'There's no question,' he said, 'but an individual's past performance is a good indicator of how he or she will perform in the future'.
    Ex: Furthermore, children can be misled by group influences into reading truly pernicious material (hard core ponography, for example) and when this happens adults have a clear responsibility to step in and do something about it.
    Ex: Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.
    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex: There are, of course, all sorts of other considerations which come into play in determining the income which a publisher might obtain from a book.
    Ex: Even the U.S. military got in the act, when in 1984 they abolished happy hours at military base clubs.
    Ex: Members will not undertake actions that may unfairly or unlawfully jeopardise a candidate's employment.
    Ex: Another growing group in this annual pro-life event is women who are stepping up to proclaim their regret for their own abortions.
    * actuar a posteriori = be reactive.
    * actuar autoritariamente = flex + Posesivo + muscles.
    * actuar como si + ser + Dios = play + God.
    * actuar con cautela = play it + safe.
    * actuar con fineza = finesse.
    * actuar con irresponsabilidad hacia = play + fast and loose with.
    * actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.
    * actuar consecuentemente = act + accordingly.
    * actuar convencido de que = operate under + the impression that.
    * actuar correctamente = do + the right thing, get on + the right side of.
    * actuar de = serve as.
    * actuar de abogado del diablo = be the/a devil's advocate.
    * actuar de acuerdo con los principios de Uno = act on + Posesivo + principles.
    * actuar de buena fe = act in + good faith.
    * actuar de capitán = skipper, captain.
    * actuar de cara a la galería = play to + the gallery.
    * actuar de contrapeso = counterpoise.
    * actuar de forma negligente = be remiss.
    * actuar de juez = don + Posesivo + judge's wig, officiate.
    * actuar del modo que se considere más adecuado = exercise + discretion.
    * actuar de mediador = mediate.
    * actuar de mirón = lurk in + the wings.
    * actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.
    * actuar de puente = act as + a bridge.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo determinado = follow + pattern.
    * actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * actuar de un modo enérgico = turn on + the heat.
    * actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * actuar duro = play + hardball.
    * actuar en colusión = connive.
    * actuar en complicidad = connive.
    * actuar en conciencia = act in + good conscience.
    * actuar en connivencia = collude, connive.
    * actuar en consecuencia = act + accordingly.
    * actuar en defensa de la profesión = advocacy.
    * actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.
    * actuar en la clandestinidad = go into + hiding.
    * actuar en segundo plano = lurk in + the wings.
    * actuar en sinergia = synergize.
    * actuar independientemente = fly + solo.
    * actuar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * actuar motivado por + Nombre = act out of + Nombre.
    * actuar negligentemente = be remiss.
    * actuar para el bien de todos = acting-for-the-best.
    * actuar por encima de + Posesivo + capacidades = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.
    * actuar rápido = be quick off the mark, be quick off the blocks.
    * actuar según = act on/upon.
    * actuar sin demora = act + promptly.
    * actuar sin pensar = shoot from + the hip.
    * actuar sumisamente = take + Nombre + lying down.
    * al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.
    * empezar a actuar = swing into + action.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * forma de actuar = discourse.
    * manera de actuar = line of attack.
    * modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.
    * no actuar correctamente = be remiss.
    * no actuar debidamente = be remiss.
    * organismo que actúa en representación de otros = umbrella.
    * para actuar = for action.
    * que actúa de soporte = supporting.

    * * *
    actuar [ A18 ]
    vi
    1 «persona» (obrar) to act
    actuó de or como mediador he acted as a mediator
    no entiendo tu forma de actuar I don't understand the way you're behaving o acting
    2 «medicamento» to work, act
    dejar actuar a la naturaleza let nature take its course
    3 «actor» to act; «torero» to perform
    ¿quién actúa en esa película? who's in that movie?
    4 ( Der) to act
    actúa por la parte demandada el abogado Sr. Ruiz Sr. Ruiz is acting for the defendant
    * * *

     

    actuar ( conjugate actuar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [ persona] ( obrar) to act;



    c) [ actor] to act;

    [ torero] to perform;
    ¿quién actúa en esa película? who's in the movie?

    actuar verbo intransitivo
    1 to act: el agua actuó como disolvente, the water acted as a solvent
    actuará de fiscal en la causa, he will act as public prosecutor in the trial
    2 Cine Teat to perform, act
    ' actuar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    clandestinidad
    - constreñimiento
    - cumplir
    - diplomacia
    - enrollarse
    - estilo
    - flojear
    - hacer
    - judicialmente
    - necesaria
    - necesario
    - operar
    - política
    - proceder
    - reflexión
    - servir
    - tapujo
    - trabajar
    - atropellar
    - brusquedad
    - coherencia
    - consecuencia
    - fanfarrón
    - fanfarronear
    - fe
    - libertad
    - ligereza
    - ligero
    - obrar
    - precaución
    - separar
    - tonto
    English:
    abruptly
    - act
    - act on
    - appear
    - as
    - bone
    - camp up
    - deputize
    - do
    - galvanize
    - guinea pig
    - hand
    - inconsiderate
    - jury duty
    - operate
    - perform
    - play
    - reasonably
    - sting
    - work
    - connive
    - defend
    - liaise
    - move
    - self
    * * *
    actuar vi
    1. [obrar, producir efecto] to act;
    actuó según sus convicciones she acted in accordance with her convictions;
    actúa de o [m5] como escudo it acts o serves as a shield;
    actúa de secretario he acts as a secretary;
    este tranquilizante actúa directamente sobre los centros nerviosos this tranquilizer acts directly on the nerve centres;
    los carteristas actúan principalmente en el centro de la ciudad the pickpockets are mainly active Br in the city centre o US downtown
    2. Der to undertake proceedings
    3. [en película, teatro] to perform, to act;
    en esta película actúa Cantinflas Cantinflas appears in this film
    * * *
    v/i
    1 ( obrar, ejercer), TEA act;
    actuar de act as
    2 MED work, act
    * * *
    actuar {3} vi
    : to act, to perform
    * * *
    actuar vb
    1. (en general) to act
    2. (artista) to perform

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar

  • 8 complicidad

    f.
    complicity.
    * * *
    1 complicity
    * * *
    SF complicity, involvement (en in)
    * * *
    femenino complicity
    * * *
    = complicity, connivance.
    Ex. This time things may be different due to horrors being perpetrated in Cuba with the complicity of ALA committee findings.
    Ex. There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.
    ----
    * actuar en complicidad = connive.
    * en complicidad con = in cahoots (with), in complicity with, in collusion with, in connivance with.
    * * *
    femenino complicity
    * * *
    = complicity, connivance.

    Ex: This time things may be different due to horrors being perpetrated in Cuba with the complicity of ALA committee findings.

    Ex: There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.
    * actuar en complicidad = connive.
    * en complicidad con = in cahoots (with), in complicity with, in collusion with, in connivance with.

    * * *
    actuar en complicidad con algn to act in complicity with sb
    cruzaron una mirada de complicidad they gave each other a knowing look
    cuentan con su absoluta complicidad they have his absolute support
    * * *

    complicidad sustantivo femenino
    complicity
    ' complicidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    guiño
    English:
    complicity
    - knowing
    - knowingly
    - connive
    - smirk
    * * *
    complicity;
    fue acusado de complicidad en el robo he was accused of being an accomplice to the robbery;
    una mirada de complicidad a conspiratorial look, a look of complicity
    * * *
    f complicity
    * * *
    : complicity

    Spanish-English dictionary > complicidad

  • 9 actuar en colusión

    (v.) = connive
    Ex. The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.
    * * *
    (v.) = connive

    Ex: The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar en colusión

  • 10 actuar en complicidad

    (v.) = connive
    Ex. The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.
    * * *
    (v.) = connive

    Ex: The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar en complicidad

  • 11 actuar en connivencia

    (v.) = collude, connive
    Ex. In their obsession to obtain scoops, journalists colluded with high level sources, failing to question their motives.
    Ex. The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.
    * * *
    (v.) = collude, connive

    Ex: In their obsession to obtain scoops, journalists colluded with high level sources, failing to question their motives.

    Ex: The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar en connivencia

  • 12 coludir

    v.
    1 to collude.
    2 to collide.
    * * *
    1 to collude
    * * *
    Ex. The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.
    * * *

    Ex: The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.

    * * *
    coludir [I1 ]
    vi
    to collude coludir CON algn to collude WITH sb
    * * *
    Der to collude
    * * *
    : to be in collusion, to conspire

    Spanish-English dictionary > coludir

  • 13 colusión

    f.
    1 collusion, secret agreement or cooperation between two or more individuals for improper purposes, confederacy, connivance.
    2 collusion, plot, conspiracy.
    * * *
    1 collusion
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino collusion
    * * *
    Ex. There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.
    ----
    * actuar en colusión = connive.
    * en colusión con = in collusion with, in complicity with, in connivance with.
    * * *
    femenino collusion
    * * *

    Ex: There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.

    * actuar en colusión = connive.
    * en colusión con = in collusion with, in complicity with, in connivance with.

    * * *
    collusion
    actuaron en colusión they were in collusion
    * * *
    collusion
    * * *
    colusión nf, pl - siones : collusion

    Spanish-English dictionary > colusión

  • 14 confabular

    v.
    1 to confabulate, to talk easily together, to chat.
    2 to tell stories.
    3 to league, to enter into conspiracy.
    4 to confab, to converse, to converse informally two or more persons.
    5 to narrate fables.
    * * *
    1 to confabulate, discuss
    1 to conspire, plot
    * * *
    (v.) = connive
    Ex. The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.
    * * *
    (v.) = connive

    Ex: The appellate court found that Ybañez and Lim connived to deprive Saban of his commission.

    Spanish-English dictionary > confabular

  • 15 connivencia

    f.
    connivance, conspiracy, collusion, complicity.
    * * *
    1 connivance, collusion
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino (frml) collusion, connivance
    * * *
    = collusion, connivance.
    Ex. There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.
    Ex. There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.
    ----
    * actuar en connivencia = collude, connive.
    * en colusión con = in collusion with.
    * en connivencia = colluding.
    * en connivencia con = in cahoots (with), in complicity with, in connivance with.
    * * *
    femenino (frml) collusion, connivance
    * * *
    = collusion, connivance.

    Ex: There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.

    Ex: There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.
    * actuar en connivencia = collude, connive.
    * en colusión con = in collusion with.
    * en connivencia = colluding.
    * en connivencia con = in cahoots (with), in complicity with, in connivance with.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    collusion, connivance
    actuar en connivencia con algn to act in collusion o connivance with sb
    un delito cometido en presunta connivencia con los aduaneros a crime allegedly carried out with the connivance of o in collusion with o in connivance with the customs officials
    * * *

    connivencia sustantivo femenino connivance, collusion
    ' connivencia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    collusion
    * * *
    fue acusado de connivencia con la mafia local he was accused of colluding with the local mafia;
    actuaron en connivencia con los dueños de la fábrica they acted in collusion o connivance with the owners of the factory
    * * *
    f JUR connivance, collusion;
    en connivencia con in collusion with
    * * *
    : connivance

    Spanish-English dictionary > connivencia

  • 16 convoyarse

    VPR Caribe to connive together, plot
    * * *
    Ven [confabularse] to conspire, to connive

    Spanish-English dictionary > convoyarse

  • 17 amiga

    adj.
    1 friendly.
    2 amicable.
    f.
    1 friend.
    2 female friend, woman friend.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: amigar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: amigar.
    * * *
    1. f., (m. - amigo) 2. f., (m. - amigo)
    * * *
    Ex. The author looks at problems facing US publishers Little Brown over several of their new offerings, including a book by O. J. Simpson's girlfriend Paula Barberi.
    ----
    * amiga del alma = soul sister.
    * * *

    Ex: The author looks at problems facing US publishers Little Brown over several of their new offerings, including a book by O. J. Simpson's girlfriend Paula Barberi.

    * amiga del alma = soul sister.

    * * *

     

    Del verbo amigar: ( conjugate amigar)

    amiga es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    amigo,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino friend: se hicieron amigos durante el verano, they became friends in the summer
    mi hija se hizo amiga de un compañero de clase, my daughter made friends with a classmate
    somos muy amigos, we are very good friends
    un amigo mío, a friend of mine
    II adj (aficionado) fond [de, of]: es muy amigo de estar en la terraza por la tarde, he very much enjoys being on the terrace in the afternoon
    ' amiga' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amigo
    - confidente
    - enrollarse
    - traerse
    - mejor
    English:
    artistic
    - blue
    - commiserate
    - connive
    - dear
    - girlfriend
    - influence
    - lifelong
    - midst
    - outsmart
    - some
    - walk off
    - walk with
    - girl
    - woman
    * * *
    I adj friendly;
    ser amigo de algo be fond of sth;
    no soy amigo de esquiar I’m not a big skier, I’m not fond of skiing;
    ser amigo de lo ajeno be light-fingered fam II m, amiga f friend;
    hacerse amigos make friends;
    somos muy amigos we’re very close, we’re very good friends;

    Spanish-English dictionary > amiga

  • 18 conspirar

    v.
    to conspire, to plot.
    * * *
    1 to conspire, plot
    * * *
    verb
    to plot, conspire
    * * *
    VI to conspire, plot ( con with) ( contra against)
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to conspire, plot
    * * *
    = conspire, plot, scheme.
    Ex. There is a future for the public library, despite competing social and economic needs which would seem to conspire to preclude one.
    Ex. The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to conspire, plot
    * * *
    = conspire, plot, scheme.

    Ex: There is a future for the public library, despite competing social and economic needs which would seem to conspire to preclude one.

    Ex: The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.

    * * *
    conspirar [A1 ]
    vi
    to conspire, plot
    conspirar contra el régimen to conspire o plot against the regime
    todo parece conspirar en nuestra contra everything seems to be conspiring against us
    conspirar A + algo:
    muchos factores conspiraron al fracaso del plan many factors conspired to ruin the plan
    * * *

    conspirar ( conjugate conspirar) verbo intransitivo
    to conspire, plot
    conspirar verbo intransitivo to conspire, plot: conspiraron para derrocar al Gobierno, they conspired to overthrow the Government
    ' conspirar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intrigar
    English:
    connive
    - conspire
    - intrigue
    - plot
    - scheme
    * * *
    to conspire, to plot;
    conspirar contra alguien to conspire o plot against sb;
    conspiraron para derribar al presidente they conspired o plotted to overthrow the president
    * * *
    v/i conspire
    * * *
    conjurar: to conspire, to plot
    * * *
    conspirar vb to plot [pt. & pp. plotted]

    Spanish-English dictionary > conspirar

  • 19 cómplice

    adj.
    accessory.
    f. & m.
    accomplice, accessory, ally, associate.
    * * *
    1 accomplice
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo conspiratorial
    II
    masculino y femenino accomplice
    * * *
    = conspirator, tempter, knowing, abettor [abetter], aider, partner in crime.
    Ex. She recommenced speaking low like a conspirator: 'Jeanne, I must prepare you for your interview with him'.
    Ex. Economy of space is the great tempter in citation practice since it makes authors abbreviate their citations.
    Ex. 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex. Thereafter, it became clear to the city police that the hotel owners acted hand-in-glove with the abettors of prostitution.
    Ex. One of the primary psychological aiders of the Taliban is al-Jazeera TV who is constantly feeding the Arab and Islamic world Taliban propaganda.
    Ex. He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.
    ----
    * cómplices e instigadores = aiders and abettors.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo conspiratorial
    II
    masculino y femenino accomplice
    * * *
    = conspirator, tempter, knowing, abettor [abetter], aider, partner in crime.

    Ex: She recommenced speaking low like a conspirator: 'Jeanne, I must prepare you for your interview with him'.

    Ex: Economy of space is the great tempter in citation practice since it makes authors abbreviate their citations.
    Ex: 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex: Thereafter, it became clear to the city police that the hotel owners acted hand-in-glove with the abettors of prostitution.
    Ex: One of the primary psychological aiders of the Taliban is al-Jazeera TV who is constantly feeding the Arab and Islamic world Taliban propaganda.
    Ex: He was also the only of the partners in crime who administered the coup de grace to each of the murdered women.
    * cómplices e instigadores = aiders and abettors.
    * robo con cómplice interno = inside job.

    * * *
    conspiratorial
    le hizo un guiño cómplice she gave him a conspiratorial wink
    accomplice
    ser cómplice de algn to be sb's accomplice
    era cómplice en un asesinato he was (an) accomplice to a murder
    * * *

    cómplice sustantivo masculino y femenino
    accomplice;
    cómplice en algo accomplice to sth
    cómplice mf accomplice, Jur accessory: fue cómplice del secuestro, he was an accessory to the kidnapping
    ' cómplice' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gancho
    - compinche
    - involuntario
    English:
    accessory
    - accomplice
    - associate
    - connive
    - knowingly
    * * *
    adj
    conspiratorial;
    una sonrisa/un silencio cómplice a conspiratorial smile/silence
    nmf
    accomplice;
    ser cómplice de un delito to be an accomplice to o in a crime
    * * *
    m/f accomplice
    * * *
    : accomplice
    * * *
    cómplice n accomplice

    Spanish-English dictionary > cómplice

  • 20 coludir

    • collude
    • connive

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > coludir

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  • connive — ► VERB 1) (connive at/in) secretly allow (a wrongdoing). 2) (often connive with) conspire. DERIVATIVES connivance noun. ORIGIN Latin connivere shut the eyes (to) …   English terms dictionary

  • connive — con·nive /kə nīv/ vt con·nived, con·niv·ing [Latin con(n)ivere to close one s eyes, knowingly overlook something]: to assent knowingly and wrongfully without opposition to another s wrongdoing; specif: to knowingly consent to a spouse s marital… …   Law dictionary

  • connive — [kə nīv′] vi. connived, conniving [< L conivere, to wink, connive < com , intens. + base akin to nictare, to wink < IE base * knei gwh , to bend > Goth hneiwan, to bend, bow, OE hnigian, to bow (the head)] 1. to pretend not to see or… …   English World dictionary

  • Connive — Con*nive , v. t. To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [R. & Obs.] Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • connive — (v.) c.1600, from L. connivere, also conivere to wink, hence, to wink at (a crime), be secretly privy, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + base akin to nictare to wink, from PIE root *kneigwh (see NICTITATE (Cf. nictitate)). Related …   Etymology dictionary

  • connive — [v] plot, scheme angle, be in cahoots with*, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle*, finagle, frame, frame up, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, work hand in glove*; concept 36 …   New thesaurus

  • connive — con|nive [kəˈnaıv] v [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: conniver, from [i]Latin connivere to close the eyes, connive ] 1.) to not try to stop something wrong from happening connive at ▪ He would not be the first politician to connive at a shady… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • connive — UK [kəˈnaɪv] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms connive : present tense I/you/we/they connive he/she/it connives present participle conniving past tense connived past participle connived 1) to plan secretly, especially to do something that is… …   English dictionary

  • connive — v. 1) (D; intr.) to connive at; with 2) (E) they connived (with each other) to cheat her * * * [kə naɪv] with (D; intr.) to connive at (E) they connives (with each other) to cheat her …   Combinatory dictionary

  • connive — con|nive [ kə naıv ] verb intransitive 1. ) to plan secretly, especially to do something that is illegal or immoral: connive (with someone) to do something: The officials allegedly connived to take public funds for personal use. 2. ) to ignore… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English


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