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conniving

  • 1 confabulador

    m.
    1 a story-teller, gossip; schemer.
    2 conspirator, colluder, conniver.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 conspirator, plotter
    * * *
    = scheming, schemer, plotter, conniving.
    Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex. In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    Ex. The FBI said the plotters planned to bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of commuters.
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    = scheming, schemer, plotter, conniving.

    Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.

    Ex: In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    Ex: The FBI said the plotters planned to bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of commuters.
    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > confabulador

  • 2 maquinador

    adj.
    machinating, calculating, scheming.
    m.
    contriver, schemer, machinator; plotter.
    * * *
    1 scheming, machinating
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 plotter, schemer, machinator
    * * *
    maquinador, -a
    SM / F schemer, plotter
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo scheming
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino schemer, plotter
    * * *
    = designing, scheming, schemer, plotter, conniving.
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex. In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    Ex. The FBI said the plotters planned to bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of commuters.
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo scheming
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino schemer, plotter
    * * *
    = designing, scheming, schemer, plotter, conniving.

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex: In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    Ex: The FBI said the plotters planned to bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of commuters.
    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    * * *
    scheming
    masculine, feminine
    schemer, plotter
    * * *
    maquinador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    plotting, scheming
    ♦ nm,f
    plotter, schemer
    * * *
    I adj scheming
    II m, maquinadora f schemer

    Spanish-English dictionary > maquinador

  • 3 acechar

    v.
    to watch, to spy on.
    el cazador acechaba a su presa the hunter was stalking his prey
    * * *
    1 (vigilar) to watch, spy on; (esperar) to lie in wait for
    2 (caza) to stalk
    3 (amenazar) to threaten, lurk
    * * *
    VT (=observar) to spy on, watch; (=esperar) to lie in wait for; [+ caza] to stalk; (=amenazar) to threaten, beset
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <enemigo/presa> to lie in wait for
    * * *
    = lurk, stalk, lie in + wait, skulk, lurk in + the wings.
    Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. The hurdles that lie in wait for us include ones called 'connectivity', 'electronic journals', 'new software', 'new computers', 'more RAM', 'local area networks' and 'more time and energy'.
    Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <enemigo/presa> to lie in wait for
    * * *
    = lurk, stalk, lie in + wait, skulk, lurk in + the wings.

    Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.

    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex: The hurdles that lie in wait for us include ones called 'connectivity', 'electronic journals', 'new software', 'new computers', 'more RAM', 'local area networks' and 'more time and energy'.
    Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.
    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    * * *
    acechar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹enemigo/presa› to stalk, to lie in wait for
    somos conscientes del peligro que nos acecha we are aware of the danger that awaits us o that lies ahead of us
    * * *

    acechar ( conjugate acechar) verbo transitivo ‹enemigo/presa› to lie in wait for;

    acechar verbo transitivo
    1 to lie in wait for
    2 (amenazar) to threaten

    ' acechar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    stalk
    * * *
    to watch, to spy on;
    el cazador acechaba a su presa the hunter was stalking his prey
    * * *
    v/t lie in wait for
    * * *
    1) : to watch, to spy on
    2) : to stalk, to lie in wait for
    * * *
    acechar vb to lurk

    Spanish-English dictionary > acechar

  • 4 actuar de mirón

    (v.) = lurk in + the wings
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    (v.) = lurk in + the wings

    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar de mirón

  • 5 actuar en segundo plano

    (v.) = lurk in + the wings
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    (v.) = lurk in + the wings

    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar en segundo plano

  • 6 ascender al trono

    (v.) = ascend (to) + the throne
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    (v.) = ascend (to) + the throne

    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ascender al trono

  • 7 demostrar + Posesivo + valor

    (v.) = prove + Posesivo + value, prove + Posesivo + worth, prove + Reflexivo, show + Posesivo + worth, prove + Posesivo + courage
    Ex. As the services prove their value and as librarians and their clientele continue to push for subsidization, society and the legislators will gradually accept the notion that at least some of these new expensive services are deserving of support.
    Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    Ex. They are also a place where untested ideas or authors can prove themselves and gather a following.
    Ex. To show one's worth, to feel important -- that is the secret of the human soul.
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    (v.) = prove + Posesivo + value, prove + Posesivo + worth, prove + Reflexivo, show + Posesivo + worth, prove + Posesivo + courage

    Ex: As the services prove their value and as librarians and their clientele continue to push for subsidization, society and the legislators will gradually accept the notion that at least some of these new expensive services are deserving of support.

    Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    Ex: They are also a place where untested ideas or authors can prove themselves and gather a following.
    Ex: To show one's worth, to feel important -- that is the secret of the human soul.
    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > demostrar + Posesivo + valor

  • 8 esperar entre bastidores

    (v.) = wait in + the wings, lurk in + the wings
    Ex. The author brings us up to date on developments in a technology that still appears to be waiting in the wings.
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    (v.) = wait in + the wings, lurk in + the wings

    Ex: The author brings us up to date on developments in a technology that still appears to be waiting in the wings.

    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esperar entre bastidores

  • 9 esperar su momento

    (v.) = wait in + the wings, stand in + the wings, lurk in + the wings
    Ex. The author brings us up to date on developments in a technology that still appears to be waiting in the wings.
    Ex. As Toni McNaron points out, new teachers stand in the wings waiting to take our places.
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    (v.) = wait in + the wings, stand in + the wings, lurk in + the wings

    Ex: The author brings us up to date on developments in a technology that still appears to be waiting in the wings.

    Ex: As Toni McNaron points out, new teachers stand in the wings waiting to take our places.
    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esperar su momento

  • 10 esperar su oportunidad

    (v.) = wait in + the wings, stand in + the wings, lurk in + the wings
    Ex. The author brings us up to date on developments in a technology that still appears to be waiting in the wings.
    Ex. As Toni McNaron points out, new teachers stand in the wings waiting to take our places.
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    (v.) = wait in + the wings, stand in + the wings, lurk in + the wings

    Ex: The author brings us up to date on developments in a technology that still appears to be waiting in the wings.

    Ex: As Toni McNaron points out, new teachers stand in the wings waiting to take our places.
    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esperar su oportunidad

  • 11 subir al trono

    figurado to ascend to the throne
    * * *
    (v.) = ascend (to) + the throne
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    (v.) = ascend (to) + the throne

    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    Spanish-English dictionary > subir al trono

  • 12 tejedor

    adj.
    weaving.
    m.
    weaver, weaverbird, Java sparrow.
    * * *
    1 weaving
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 weaver
    * * *
    tejedor, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=artesano) weaver
    2) And, Cono Sur (=intrigante) schemer, meddler
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) ( con telar) weaver
    b) (con agujas, máquina) knitter
    * * *
    = weaver.
    Ex. The spectre that has been raised of reference librarians as the handloom weavers of the library revolution by the turn of the century is as insubstantial as the prediction fifty years ago that the coming of radio meant the death sentence for gramophone records.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) ( con telar) weaver
    b) (con agujas, máquina) knitter
    * * *

    Ex: The spectre that has been raised of reference librarians as the handloom weavers of the library revolution by the turn of the century is as insubstantial as the prediction fifty years ago that the coming of radio meant the death sentence for gramophone records.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 (con telar) weaver
    2 (con agujas, máquina) knitter
    B
    tejedora feminine (máquina) knitting machine
    * * *

    tejedor
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) (con agujas, máquina) knitter

    tejedor,-ora
    I adjetivo weaving
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino weaver
    III m Ent water strider
    ' tejedor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tejedora
    - urdidor
    - urdidora
    English:
    weaver
    * * *
    tejedor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [que teje] weaving
    2. Chile, Perú Fam [intrigante] scheming, conniving
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [persona que teje] weaver
    2. Chile, Perú Fam [persona intrigante] schemer, conniver
    ♦ nm
    Zool
    1. [insecto acuático] pondskater
    2. [ave] tejedor familiar village weaver
    * * *
    m weaver
    * * *
    : weaver

    Spanish-English dictionary > tejedor

См. также в других словарях:

  • conniving — index collusive, concerted, dishonest, fraudulent, insidious, machiavellian, perfidious, recreant, sly …   Law dictionary

  • conniving — 1783, prp. adj. from CONNIVE (Cf. connive). Earlier in this sense was CONNIVENT (Cf. connivent) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Conniving — Connive Con*nive (k[o^]n*n[imac]v ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Connived} ( n[imac]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conniving}.] [L. connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.] 1. To open and close… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • conniving — [[t]kəna͟ɪvɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people. Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman …   English dictionary

  • conniving — con|niv|ing [kəˈnaıvıŋ] adj a conniving person secretly tries to gain something or harm someone used to show disapproval …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • conniving — adjective behaving in a way that does not prevent something wrong from happening, or actively helps it to happen: He knew all along, the conniving bastard! …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • conniving — adjective his conniving brother planned the whole dirty affair Syn: scheming, cunning, crafty, calculating, devious, wily, sly, tricky, artful, guileful; manipulative, Machiavellian, disingenuous, deceitful, underhanded, treacherous; informal… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • conniving — /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/ (say kuh nuyving) adjective scheming; crafty: *he s a scheming, conniving and, at times, evil man. –west australian, 1992 …  

  • conniving — adjective That connives; conspiratorial …   Wiktionary

  • conniving — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Machiavellian, calculating, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coefficient, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, commensal, common, communal, communalist,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • conniving — con|niv|ing [ kə naıvıŋ ] adjective dishonest in a clever way, especially in order to get something you want or in order to harm someone …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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