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1 buitre
adj.greedy (informal).m.vulture.* * *1 (ave y persona) vulture* * *1.SM (Orn) vulture2.SMF * (=persona gorrona) scrounger ** * *masculino (Zool) vulture; ( persona avariciosa) vulture* * *= vulture, buzzard.Ex. During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.----* buitre cultural = culture vulture.* * *masculino (Zool) vulture; ( persona avariciosa) vulture* * *= vulture, buzzard.Ex: During this period the compositors worked non-stop, breaking off only to eat, for the almost incredible period of fifty hours: two days and two nights without rest 'in an atmosphere that would poison a vulture'.
Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.* buitre cultural = culture vulture.* * *1 ( Zool) vulture* * *
buitre sustantivo masculino
vulture
buitre sustantivo masculino
1 Zool vulture
2 fig pey (persona aprovechada y egoísta) vulture
' buitre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
garra
English:
vulture
* * *♦ adjFames muy buitre [con la comida] he's a greedy pig;[con los amigos, padres] he's a real scrounger; [con las chicas] he's a real lech♦ nm1. [ave] vulturebuitre leonado griffon vulture;buitre monje black vulture2. [persona] [con la comida] greedy pig;[con los amigos, padres] scrounger; [con las chicas] lech* * *m ZO vulture* * *buitre nm: vulture* * *buitre n vulture -
2 cultura
f.1 culture.cultura empresarial corporate culture2 learning, knowledge.cultura general general knowledgepres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: culturar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: culturar.* * *1 culture\de cultura educated* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=civilización) culture2) (=saber)Juan tiene mucha cultura — Juan is very knowledgeable o widely-read
un hombre de gran cultura — a very knowledgeable o cultured man
3) (=artes) culture* * *1) ( civilización) culture2)a) (conocimientos, ilustración)es una persona de gran cultura — she's a very well-educated o cultured person
cultura general/musical — general/musical knowledge
b) (en periódico, artes) arts (pl), culture* * *= culture, literacy.Ex. For instance, we find that children's literature, alternative culture, radical movements, and ethnic themes don't get adequate treatment.Ex. David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.----* arraigado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.* choque de culturas = clash of cultures.* concurso de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* contracultura = counter-culture [counter culture].* con una amplia cultura = well-read.* con una gran cultura = well-read.* cultura académica = academic culture.* cultura africana = African culture.* cultura científica = scientific culture.* cultura consumista = consumerist culture, consumer culture.* cultura de consumo = consumer culture.* cultura de la clase alta = high culture.* cultura de la clase baja = low culture.* cultura de la clase media = middlebrow culture.* cultura del gamberrismo = yob culture.* cultura del mundo impreso = print culture.* cultura de masas = mass culture.* cultura empresarial = business culture.* cultura impresa = print culture.* cultura institucional = company's culture, organisational culture, institutional culture.* cultura juvenil = youth culture.* cultura material = material culture.* cultura occidental = Western culture.* cultura oriental = Eastern culture.* cultura popular = popular culture, pop culture, public culture.* cultura profesional = professional culture.* cultura pública = public culture.* cultura social = social culture.* cultura tecnológica = technology culture.* cultura tradicional = traditional culture.* cultura viva = living culture.* desde el punto de vista de la cultura = culturally.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* entre culturas = intercultural.* extensión de la cultura = cultural outreach.* integrado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.* preguntas de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.* que forma parte de la cultura = culturally-embedded.* que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.* * *1) ( civilización) culture2)a) (conocimientos, ilustración)es una persona de gran cultura — she's a very well-educated o cultured person
cultura general/musical — general/musical knowledge
b) (en periódico, artes) arts (pl), culture* * *= culture, literacy.Ex: For instance, we find that children's literature, alternative culture, radical movements, and ethnic themes don't get adequate treatment.
Ex: David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.* arraigado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.* choque de culturas = clash of cultures.* concurso de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* contracultura = counter-culture [counter culture].* con una amplia cultura = well-read.* con una gran cultura = well-read.* cultura académica = academic culture.* cultura africana = African culture.* cultura científica = scientific culture.* cultura consumista = consumerist culture, consumer culture.* cultura de consumo = consumer culture.* cultura de la clase alta = high culture.* cultura de la clase baja = low culture.* cultura de la clase media = middlebrow culture.* cultura del gamberrismo = yob culture.* cultura del mundo impreso = print culture.* cultura de masas = mass culture.* cultura empresarial = business culture.* cultura impresa = print culture.* cultura institucional = company's culture, organisational culture, institutional culture.* cultura juvenil = youth culture.* cultura material = material culture.* cultura occidental = Western culture.* cultura oriental = Eastern culture.* cultura popular = popular culture, pop culture, public culture.* cultura profesional = professional culture.* cultura pública = public culture.* cultura social = social culture.* cultura tecnológica = technology culture.* cultura tradicional = traditional culture.* cultura viva = living culture.* desde el punto de vista de la cultura = culturally.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* entre culturas = intercultural.* extensión de la cultura = cultural outreach.* integrado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.* preguntas de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.* que forma parte de la cultura = culturally-embedded.* que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.* * *A (civilización) culturela cultura europea European culturecultura del ocio leisure cultureB1(conocimientos, ilustración): es una persona de gran cultura she's a highly cultured o very educated personpreguntas de cultura general general knowledge questionscultura musical musical knowledgela cultura popular popular culture2 (artes) arts (pl), culture* * *
cultura sustantivo femenino
b) (conocimientos, ilustración):◊ una persona de gran cultura a very well-educated o cultured person;
cultura general/musical general/musical knowledge;
la cultura popular popular culture
cultura sustantivo femenino culture
' cultura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
concejalía
- consejería
- contaminar
- costumbre
- cultivada
- cultivado
- empaparse
- masa
- ministra
- ministro
- núcleo
- parte
- primitiva
- primitivo
- salvaje
- tiniebla
- asimilar
- barniz
- difundir
- difusión
- diseminarse
- divulgar
- dominante
- enriquecer
- impulsar
- inculto
- occidental
- popular
- potenciar
English:
Americana
- breeding
- culture
- decay
- education
- flowering
- general knowledge
- mainstream
- revival
- revive
- source
- street cred
- street credibility
- uncivilized
- art
- general
* * *cultura nf1. [de sociedad] culture;es especialista en la cultura inca she is a specialist in Inca culturecultura empresarial corporate culture;cultura de masas mass culture;la cultura del ocio leisure culturetiene mucha cultura teatral she knows a lot about the theatrecultura general general knowledge;la cultura popular popular culture* * *f culture* * *cultura nf: culture* * *cultura n culture -
3 buitre cultural
(n.) = culture vultureEx. Black youth feel considerable animosity toward white ' culture vultures' who steal black styles.* * *(n.) = culture vultureEx: Black youth feel considerable animosity toward white ' culture vultures' who steal black styles.
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4 devorador de cultura
(n.) = culture vultureEx. Black youth feel considerable animosity toward white ' culture vultures' who steal black styles.* * *(n.) = culture vultureEx: Black youth feel considerable animosity toward white ' culture vultures' who steal black styles.
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5 devorador
adj.devouring, all-consuming, eater.* * *► adjetivo1 devouring► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 devourer\devoradora de hombres man-eater* * *ADJ [pasión] devouring; [fuego] all-consuming; [hambre] ravenous* * ** * *= ravenous.Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.----* devoradora de hombres = man-eater.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* devorador de libros = book-eating.* * ** * *= ravenous.Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
* devoradora de hombres = man-eater.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* devorador de libros = book-eating.* * *‹pasión› all-consumingel fuego devorador del infierno ( liter); the flames of Hell that will engulf you o swallow you up ( liter)tengo un hambre devoradora I'm ravenousatenazados por unos impuestos devoradores beset by crippling taxes* * *devorador, -ora♦ adjun adolescente devorador de novelas de aventuras a young boy who devours adventure stories2. [pasión, celos, deseo] all-consuming;tener unas ansias de triunfo devoradoras to have a burning desire for victory;hambre devoradora ravenous hunger;me lanzó una mirada devoradora he devoured me with his eyes;un incendio devorador arrasó el bosque the forest was destroyed by an all-consuming blaze♦ nm,fdevourer;Fam Humuna devoradora de hombres a man-eater* * *adj hambre ravenous; figall-consuming -
6 hiena
f.hyena.* * *1 hyaena, hyena* * *SF1) (=animal) hyena2) (=persona cruel) vulture* * *femenino hyena* * *= hyena [hyaena].Ex. The lion, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, hyena, wolf, dog, sheep, cow and elephant cultures are less desirable than the cat culture, which has to operate on the principle that cats cannot be made to do anything that they do not wish to do.----* reírse como una hiena = laugh like + a hyena, laugh like + a drain.* * *femenino hyena* * *= hyena [hyaena].Ex: The lion, chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, hyena, wolf, dog, sheep, cow and elephant cultures are less desirable than the cat culture, which has to operate on the principle that cats cannot be made to do anything that they do not wish to do.
* reírse como una hiena = laugh like + a hyena, laugh like + a drain.* * *hyena* * *
hiena sustantivo femenino
hyena
' hiena' also found in these entries:
English:
hyena
* * *hiena nfhyenahiena manchada laughing hyena* * *f ZO hyena* * *hiena nf: hyena* * *hiena n hyena
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