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curious

  • 1 cosa curiosa

    • curious thing
    • quaintness

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > cosa curiosa

  • 2 raro

    • curious
    • far-out
    • offbeat
    • out of the common
    • queerish
    • quirky
    • rare
    • strange
    • uncommon
    • unconventional
    • unfamiliar
    • unusual
    • unwonted

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > raro

  • 3 curioso

    adj.
    curious, funny, odd, eccentric.
    m.
    1 snooper, rubberneck, busybody, eavesdropper.
    2 bystander.
    * * *
    1 curious
    2 (indiscreto) inquisitive
    3 (aseado) clean, tidy, neat
    4 (extraño) strange, odd
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (mirón) onlooker
    2 peyorativo (indiscreto) nosy parker, busybody
    * * *
    (f. - curiosa)
    adj.
    2) peculiar, unusual
    * * *
    curioso, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] curious; (=indiscreto) inquisitive
    2) (=raro) [acto, objeto] curious, odd

    ¡qué curioso! — how odd!, how curious!

    3) (=aseado) neat, clean, tidy
    4) (=cuidadoso) careful, conscientious
    2. SM / F
    1) (=presente) bystander, onlooker
    2) (=interesado)
    3) (=cotilla) busybody
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1) (interesante, extraño) curious, strange, odd

    es curioso que... — it's odd o strange that...

    lo curioso del caso es que... — the strange o funny thing is that...

    2)
    a) [ser] ( inquisitivo) inquisitive; ( entrometido) (pey) nosy* (colloq)
    b) [estar] ( interesado) curious
    3) (Esp) ( pulcro) neat
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    a) ( espectador) onlooker

    abstenerse curiosos — (Esp) no timewasters

    b) (fam) ( fisgón) busybody (colloq)
    * * *
    = curious, quaint, inquisitive, onlooker, intriguing, prying.
    Ex. Books in miniature formats were attempted from time to time, although they may always be more curious than useful.
    Ex. Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.
    Ex. Skilled and inquisitive use of libraries can enrich the academic and personal lives of students.
    Ex. One of the problems identified by staff from the use of Prestel in the library has been the noise from the set or from onlookers.
    Ex. Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    Ex. Our books are not open to general requests from the general public, or prying individuals seeking to find something with which to find fault.
    ----
    * curioso por conocer = interrogator, interrogator.
    * curioso por saber = interrogator.
    * miradas curiosas = prying eyes.
    * objeto curioso = knick knack.
    * objetos curiosos = bric-a-brac.
    * ojos curiosos = prying eyes.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1) (interesante, extraño) curious, strange, odd

    es curioso que... — it's odd o strange that...

    lo curioso del caso es que... — the strange o funny thing is that...

    2)
    a) [ser] ( inquisitivo) inquisitive; ( entrometido) (pey) nosy* (colloq)
    b) [estar] ( interesado) curious
    3) (Esp) ( pulcro) neat
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    a) ( espectador) onlooker

    abstenerse curiosos — (Esp) no timewasters

    b) (fam) ( fisgón) busybody (colloq)
    * * *
    = curious, quaint, inquisitive, onlooker, intriguing, prying.

    Ex: Books in miniature formats were attempted from time to time, although they may always be more curious than useful.

    Ex: Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.
    Ex: Skilled and inquisitive use of libraries can enrich the academic and personal lives of students.
    Ex: One of the problems identified by staff from the use of Prestel in the library has been the noise from the set or from onlookers.
    Ex: Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    Ex: Our books are not open to general requests from the general public, or prying individuals seeking to find something with which to find fault.
    * curioso por conocer = interrogator, interrogator.
    * curioso por saber = interrogator.
    * miradas curiosas = prying eyes.
    * objeto curioso = knick knack.
    * objetos curiosos = bric-a-brac.
    * ojos curiosos = prying eyes.

    * * *
    curioso1 -sa
    A (interesante, extraño) curious, strange, odd
    es curioso que no haya venido it's odd o strange o curious that she hasn't come
    lo curioso del caso es que … the strange o funny o odd o curious thing is that …
    B
    1 [ SER] (inquisitivo) inquisitive; (entrometido) ( pey) nosy* ( colloq)
    2 [ ESTAR] (interesado) curious
    estoy curiosa por saber qué pasó I'm curious to know what happened
    C (pulcro) neat
    curioso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    1 (espectador) onlooker
    [ S ] abstenerse curiosos ( Esp); no timewasters
    2 ( fam) (fisgón) busybody ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    curioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 (interesante, extraño) curious, strange, odd
    2

    ( entrometido) (pey) nosy( conjugate nosy) (colloq)
    b) [estar] ( interesado) curious

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    b) (fam) ( fisgón) busybody (colloq)

    curioso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (indiscreto) curious, inquisitive
    2 (extraño) strange, odd
    lo curioso es que..., the strange thing is that...
    3 (limpio) neat, tidy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (mirón) onlooker
    2 pey (chismoso) nosey-parker, busybody
    ' curioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    curiosa
    - inquieta
    - inquieto
    English:
    curious
    - enough
    - funny
    - inquisitive
    - odd
    - Peeping Tom
    - quaint
    - rubberneck
    - strange
    - droll
    - inquiring
    * * *
    curioso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [por saber, averiguar] curious, inquisitive
    2. [raro] odd, strange;
    ¡qué curioso! how odd!, how strange!;
    lo más curioso es que… the oddest o strangest thing is that…;
    es curioso que… it's odd o strange that…
    3. [limpio] neat, tidy;
    [cuidadoso] careful
    4. [fisgón] inquisitive, nosy
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [espectador] onlooker
    2. [fisgón] inquisitive o nosy person
    * * *
    I adj
    1 persona curious
    2 ( raro) curious, odd, strange
    II m, curiosa f onlooker
    * * *
    curioso, -sa adj
    1) : curious, inquisitive
    2) : strange, unusual, odd
    ♦ curiosamente adv
    * * *
    curioso adj
    1. (extraño) strange
    ¡qué curioso! how strange!
    2. (interesado) inquisitive
    3. (indiscreto) nosy [comp. nosier; superl. nosiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > curioso

  • 4 curiosidad

    f.
    1 curiosity.
    sentir o tener curiosidad por to be curious about
    2 neatness, tidiness (limpieza).
    3 curious thing, curiosity, curio, collectible.
    * * *
    1 (gen) curiosity
    2 (aseo) cleanliness, tidiness
    3 (cuidado) care
    \
    despertar la curiosidad de alguien to arouse somebody's curiosity
    tener curiosidad de algo to be curious about something
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=interés) curiosity; (=indiscreción) inquisitiveness

    tenemos curiosidad por saber si... — we are curious to know if...

    2) (=objeto) curiosity, curio
    3) (=aseo) neatness, cleanliness
    4) (=esmero) care, carefulness, conscientiousness
    * * *
    1) ( cualidad) curiosity

    siente/tiene mucha curiosidad — he is very curious

    están muertos de curiosidad or se mueren de curiosidad — they are dying to see him (o to know etc)

    2) ( cosa rara) curiosity
    * * *
    1) ( cualidad) curiosity

    siente/tiene mucha curiosidad — he is very curious

    están muertos de curiosidad or se mueren de curiosidad — they are dying to see him (o to know etc)

    2) ( cosa rara) curiosity
    * * *
    curiosidad1
    1 = curiosity, inquisitiveness.

    Ex: With ISI's CD Editions you can expand your searching power to the limits of your curiosity.

    Ex: Pupil's creativity and inquisitiveness must be encouraged through up-dated school libraries equipped with audio-visual aids and information technology.
    * despertar la curiosidad = arouse + curiosity, provoke + curiosity, spark + curiosity, excite + attention, excite + curiosity, stir + Posesivo + curiosity, pique + curiosity.
    * incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.
    * muerto de curiosidad = agog.
    * objeto de curiosidad = object of curiosity.
    * picar la curiosidad = pique + curiosity.
    * por curiosidad = out of curiosity.
    * por pura curiosidad = just out of interest, (just) as a mater of interest.
    * por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.
    * satisfacer la curiosidad = satisfy + Posesivo + curiosity.
    * sólo por curiosidad = just for the sake of curiosity.
    * suscitar la curiosidad = excite + attention.

    curiosidad2

    Ex: We'll show you how to build a beautiful knick-knack shelf for displaying all of your trophies, statuettes, china plates and other knick knacks.

    * curiosidades = curiosa, bric-a-brac.
    * libros sobre curiosidades = curiosa.

    * * *
    A (cualidad) curiosity
    siente/tiene mucha curiosidad he is very curious, he has a lot of curiosity
    están muertos de curiosidad or se mueren de curiosidad they are dying to see him ( o to know etc)
    me ha picado la curiosidad my curiosity has been aroused
    B (cosa rara) curiosity
    tienda de curiosidades curio o curiosity shop
    C (pulcritud) neatness
    * * *

     

    curiosidad sustantivo femenino ( cualidad) curiosity;

    siente mucha curiosidad he is very curious;
    tengo curiosidad por saberlo I'm curious to know;
    están muertos de curiosidad they are dying to see him (o to know etc)
    curiosidad sustantivo femenino
    1 curiosity: tengo curiosidad por las costumbres extranjeras, I'm interested in other peoples' customs
    tengo curiosidad por leer ese libro, I'm curious to read that book
    tener/sentir mucha curiosidad, to be very curious

    ' curiosidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguijonear
    - interés
    - intriga
    - intrigar
    - morbosa
    - morboso
    - picar
    - resistir
    - satisfacer
    - título
    - copucha
    - excitar
    - perdonar
    English:
    better
    - cat
    - curio
    - curiosity
    - curious
    - out of
    - quizzically
    - agog
    - curiously
    - idle
    * * *
    1. [deseo de saber] curiosity;
    sentir o [m5] tener curiosidad por to be curious about;
    te lo pregunto por curiosidad I'm just asking out of curiosity
    2. [cosa rara] curiosity, curio;
    trajo varias curiosidades de sus viajes he brought back several interesting things o objects from his travels
    3. [limpieza] neatness, tidiness
    * * *
    f curiosity
    * * *
    1) : curiosity
    2) : curio
    * * *
    curiosidad n curiosity

    Spanish-English dictionary > curiosidad

  • 5 inquisitivo

    adj.
    inquisitive, analysing, curious, enquiring.
    * * *
    1 inquisitive
    * * *
    ADJ inquisitive, curious
    * * *
    - va adjetivo inquisitive, curious
    * * *
    = questioning, searching, inquisitive, enquiring [inquiring, -USA], quizzical, prying.
    Ex. Pope studied him with questioning eyes, his hand reaching for the coolish remainder of his coffee.
    Ex. The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.
    Ex. Skilled and inquisitive use of libraries can enrich the academic and personal lives of students.
    Ex. By means of advances in typography, layout and content, their indexes gradually evolved into ever more precise and useful aids to the enquiring reader.
    Ex. Troche's quizzical eye has the capacity to make even the most mundane landscapes unsettling.
    Ex. Our books are not open to general requests from the general public, or prying individuals seeking to find something with which to find fault.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo inquisitive, curious
    * * *
    = questioning, searching, inquisitive, enquiring [inquiring, -USA], quizzical, prying.

    Ex: Pope studied him with questioning eyes, his hand reaching for the coolish remainder of his coffee.

    Ex: The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.
    Ex: Skilled and inquisitive use of libraries can enrich the academic and personal lives of students.
    Ex: By means of advances in typography, layout and content, their indexes gradually evolved into ever more precise and useful aids to the enquiring reader.
    Ex: Troche's quizzical eye has the capacity to make even the most mundane landscapes unsettling.
    Ex: Our books are not open to general requests from the general public, or prying individuals seeking to find something with which to find fault.

    * * *
    inquisitive, curious
    * * *

    inquisitivo,-a adjetivo inquisitive
    ' inquisitivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inquisitiva
    - curioso
    English:
    curious
    - inquisitive
    - quizzical
    - inquiring
    - questioning
    - searching
    * * *
    inquisitivo, -a adj
    inquisitive
    * * *
    adj inquisitive
    * * *
    inquisitivo, -va adj
    : inquisitive, curious

    Spanish-English dictionary > inquisitivo

  • 6 extraño

    adj.
    strange, far-out, queer, odd.
    f. & m.
    stranger, foreigner, outsider.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: extrañar.
    * * *
    1 (no conocido) alien, foreign
    2 (particular) strange, peculiar, odd, funny
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 stranger
    \
    no es extraño que... it is not surprising that...
    ser extraño,-a a algo to have nothing to do with something
    * * *
    1. (f. - extraña)
    noun
    2. (f. - extraña)
    adj.
    1) strange, odd
    2) alien, foreign
    * * *
    extraño, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=raro) strange

    ¡qué extraño! — how odd o strange!

    parece extraño que... — it seems odd o strange that...

    2) (=ajeno)
    2. SM / F
    1) (=desconocido) stranger
    2) (=extranjero) foreigner
    3.
    SM

    hacer un extraño: el balón hizo un extraño — the ball took a bad bounce

    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo
    a) ( raro) strange, odd

    es extraño que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that she hasn't called

    II
    - ña masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    * * *
    = bizarre, extraneous, queer, strange, eccentric, odd, alien, outlander, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, outsider, kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.
    Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex. The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.
    Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
    Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * cita con un extraño = blind date.
    * cuerpo extraño = foreign body.
    * de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de una manera extraña = strangely.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * extraño (a) = foreign (to).
    * país extraño = foreign country.
    * por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.
    * ser extraño para = be alien to.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * ser un extraño = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo
    a) ( raro) strange, odd

    es extraño que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that she hasn't called

    II
    - ña masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    * * *
    = bizarre, extraneous, queer, strange, eccentric, odd, alien, outlander, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, outsider, kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.
    Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex: The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.
    Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
    Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * cita con un extraño = blind date.
    * cuerpo extraño = foreign body.
    * de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de una manera extraña = strangely.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * extraño (a) = foreign (to).
    * país extraño = foreign country.
    * por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.
    * ser extraño para = be alien to.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * ser un extraño = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

    * * *
    extraño1 -ña
    1 (raro) strange, odd
    es extraño que no haya llamado it's strange o odd that she hasn't called
    es una pareja extraña they're a strange o an odd couple
    últimamente está muy extraño he's been very strange lately, he's been acting very strange o strangely lately
    2
    (desconocido): los asuntos de familia no se discuten delante de personas extrañas you shouldn't discuss family matters in front of strangers o outsiders
    no me siento bien ante tanta gente extraña I feel uncomfortable with so many people I don't know o so many strangers
    extraño2 -ña
    masculine, feminine
    1 (desconocido) stranger
    2
    extraño masculine (movimiento): el caballo hizo un extraño the horse shied
    el coche me hizo un extraño en la curva the car did something strange on the bend
    * * *

     

    Del verbo extrañar: ( conjugate extrañar)

    extraño es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    extrañó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    extrañar    
    extraño
    extrañar ( conjugate extrañar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) ‹amigo/país› to miss
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( sorprender) (+ me/te/le etc) to surprise;

    ya me extrañaba a mí que … I thought it was strange that …
    2 (RPl) ( tener nostalgia) to be homesick
    extrañarse verbo pronominal extrañose de algo to be surprised at sth
    extraño
    ◊ -ña adjetivo ( raro) strange, odd;

    eso no tiene nada de extraño there's nothing unusual about that
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    extrañar verbo transitivo
    1 (asombrar) to surprise: no es de extrañar, it's hardly surprising
    2 (echar de menos) to miss
    3 (notar extraño) extraño mucho la cama, I find this bed strange o (echar de menos) I miss my own bed
    extraño,-a
    I adjetivo strange
    Med foreign: tiene un cuerpo extraño en el ojo, she has a foreign object in her eye
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino stranger: de repente entró un extraño, a stranger suddenly came in

    ' extraño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ajena
    - ajeno
    - curiosa
    - curioso
    - extraña
    - extrañar
    - imprimir
    - más
    - modo
    - proceder
    - rondar
    - ruido
    - tan
    - corriente
    - notar
    - raro
    English:
    bizarre
    - curious
    - extraordinary
    - funnily
    - odd
    - odd-sounding
    - peculiar
    - phenomenon
    - puzzling
    - queer
    - singular
    - strange
    - uncanny
    - weird
    - agree
    - alien
    - as
    - foreign
    - greet
    - home
    - incongruous
    - quaint
    * * *
    extraño, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [raro] strange, odd;
    es extraño que no hayan llegado ya it's strange o odd they haven't arrived yet;
    ¡qué extraño! how strange o odd!;
    me resulta extraño oírte hablar así I find it strange o odd to hear you talk like that
    2. [ajeno] detached, uninvolved
    3. Med foreign
    ♦ nm,f
    stranger;
    no hables con extraños don't talk to strangers
    ♦ nm
    [movimiento brusco]
    el vehículo hizo un extraño the vehicle went out of control for a second
    * * *
    I adj strange, odd
    II m, extraña f stranger
    * * *
    extraño, -ña adj
    1) raro: strange, odd
    2) extranjero: foreign
    extraño, -ña n
    desconocido: stranger
    * * *
    extraño1 adj strange
    extraño2 n stranger

    Spanish-English dictionary > extraño

  • 7 raro

    adj.
    1 unusual, curious, rare, out of the common.
    2 strange, odd, queer, far-out.
    3 unfamiliar.
    * * *
    2 (escaso) scarce, rare
    3 (peculiar) odd, strange, weird
    4 (excelente) excellent
    ■ escribió un libro raro, una verdadera obra de arte she wrote a very good book, a real work of art
    \
    ¡qué raro! how odd!, that's strange!
    rara vez seldom
    * * *
    (f. - rara)
    adj.
    1) rare, uncommon, unusual, funny
    2) bizarre, weird
    3) odd
    •
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=extraño) strange, odd

    es raro que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that he hasn't called

    ¡qué raro!, ¡qué cosa más rara! — how (very) strange!, how (very) odd!

    2) (=poco común) rare

    con alguna rara excepción — with few o rare exceptions

    de rara perfección — of rare perfection, of remarkable perfection

    rara vez nos visita, rara es la vez que nos visita — he rarely visits us

    3) (Fís) rare, rarefied
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)

    es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...

    qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!

    te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)

    b) ( poco frecuente) rare

    raro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...

    aquí es raro que nieve — it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

    2) < gas> rare
    * * *
    = bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex. In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.
    Ex. If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
    Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.
    Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex. Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.
    Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection.
    * de forma rara = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera rara = oddly, funnily.
    * demasiado raro = all too rare.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de una manera rara = strangely.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * edición rara = rare edition.
    * en casos raros = in rare cases.
    * enfermedad rara = rare disease.
    * en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.
    * en raros casos = in rare cases.
    * especie rara = rare breed.
    * haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.
    * Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.
    * libro raro = rare book.
    * muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.
    * parecer raro = sound + odd.
    * por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * ¡qué raro! = how strange!.
    * rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.
    * ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)

    es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...

    qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!

    te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)

    b) ( poco frecuente) rare

    raro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...

    aquí es raro que nieve — it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

    2) < gas> rare
    * * *
    = bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex: In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.
    Ex: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
    Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.
    Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex: Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.
    Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection.
    * de forma rara = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera rara = oddly, funnily.
    * demasiado raro = all too rare.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de una manera rara = strangely.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * edición rara = rare edition.
    * en casos raros = in rare cases.
    * enfermedad rara = rare disease.
    * en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.
    * en raros casos = in rare cases.
    * especie rara = rare breed.
    * haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.
    * Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.
    * libro raro = rare book.
    * muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.
    * parecer raro = sound + odd.
    * por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * ¡qué raro! = how strange!.
    * rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.
    * ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

    * * *
    raro -ra
    A
    1 (extraño) strange, odd, funny ( colloq)
    es raro que aún no haya venido it's strange o odd o funny that he hasn't come yet
    ya me parecía raro que no salieras I thought it was a bit strange o odd you weren't going out
    ¡qué cosa más rara! or ¡qué raro! how odd o strange o funny o peculiar!
    me siento raro en este ambiente I feel strange o funny in these surroundings
    es un poco rarilla she's a bit odd o strange o funny o peculiar
    ¿qué te pasa hoy? te noto/estás muy raro what's up with you today? you're acting very strangely
    me miró como si fuera un bicho raro ( fam); he looked at me as if I was some kind of weirdo ( colloq)
    ¡qué tipo más raro! what a strange o peculiar o funny man!
    2 (poco frecuente, común) rare
    salvo raras excepciones with a few rare exceptions
    raro es el día que no sale there's rarely o hardly a day when she doesn't go out
    aquí es raro que nieve it rarely o seldom snows here, it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
    B ‹gas› rare
    * * *

     

    raro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq);

    ◊ es raro que … it's strange o odd o funny that …;

    ¡qué raro! how odd o strange!;
    te noto muy raro hoy you're acting very strangely today


    aquí es raro que nieve it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
    raro,-a adjetivo
    1 (no frecuente) rare: es raro que no llame, it's unusual for her not to telephone
    2 (poco común) odd, strange: ¡qué sombrero más raro!, what a weird hat!
    tiene un raro sentido del humor, he's got a warped sense of humour
    ♦ Locuciones: Paco es un bicho raro, Paco is a weirdo
    ' raro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bicho
    - chocante
    - disgustar
    - individuo
    - particular
    - peculiar
    - rara
    - singular
    - tipo
    - artefacto
    - extraño
    - gusto
    - olor
    - sonar
    English:
    flaky
    - funny
    - most
    - odd
    - odd-looking
    - oddbod
    - oddity
    - odor
    - odour
    - peculiar
    - queer
    - rare
    - set-up
    - should
    - strange
    - strangely
    - unlikely
    - unusual
    - weird
    - for
    - how
    - incongruous
    - like
    - oddball
    - seem
    - strike
    - uncanny
    * * *
    raro, -a adj
    1. [extraño] strange, odd;
    ¡qué raro! how strange o odd!;
    ¡qué raro que no haya llamado! it's very strange o odd that she hasn't called;
    es raro que no nos lo haya dicho it's odd o funny that she didn't tell us;
    ya me parecía raro que no hubiera dicho nada I thought it was strange o odd that he hadn't said anything;
    no sé qué le pasa últimamente, está o [m5] la noto muy rara I don't know what's up with her lately, she's been acting very strangely
    2. [excepcional] unusual, rare;
    [visita] infrequent;
    rara vez rarely;
    es raro el día que viene a comer she very rarely comes round for lunch;
    raro es el que no fuma very few of them don't smoke
    3. [extravagante] odd, eccentric
    4. [escaso] rare
    5. Quím rare
    * * *
    adj
    1 rare
    2 ( extraño) strange;
    ¡qué raro! how strange!
    * * *
    raro, -ra adj
    1) extraño: odd, strange, peculiar
    2) : unusual, rare
    3) : exceptional
    4)
    rara vez : seldom, rarely
    * * *
    raro adj
    1. (extraño) strange / odd

    Spanish-English dictionary > raro

  • 8 curiosa

    f., (m. - curioso)
    * * *

    curioso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (indiscreto) curious, inquisitive
    2 (extraño) strange, odd
    lo curioso es que..., the strange thing is that...
    3 (limpio) neat, tidy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (mirón) onlooker
    2 pey (chismoso) nosey-parker, busybody
    * * *
    I adj
    1 persona curious
    2 ( raro) curious, odd, strange
    II m, curiosa f onlooker

    Spanish-English dictionary > curiosa

  • 9 algo absurdo

    (n.) = nonsense
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    * * *
    (n.) = nonsense

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

    Spanish-English dictionary > algo absurdo

  • 10 apagar la sed

    (v.) = slake + Posesivo + thirst
    Ex. People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.
    * * *
    (v.) = slake + Posesivo + thirst

    Ex: People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.

    Spanish-English dictionary > apagar la sed

  • 11 aplacar la sed

    (v.) = slake + Posesivo + thirst
    Ex. People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.
    * * *
    (v.) = slake + Posesivo + thirst

    Ex: People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aplacar la sed

  • 12 atraer el interés

    (v.) = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, draw + interest
    Ex. This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
    Ex. The author lists World Wide Web sites that capture the interest of curious but not very knowledgeable inquirers.
    Ex. The topic of discipline always draws a great deal of interest.
    * * *
    (v.) = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, draw + interest

    Ex: This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.

    Ex: The author lists World Wide Web sites that capture the interest of curious but not very knowledgeable inquirers.
    Ex: The topic of discipline always draws a great deal of interest.

    Spanish-English dictionary > atraer el interés

  • 13 burdel

    m.
    brothel.
    * * *
    1 brothel
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino brothel
    * * *
    = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse], bordello.
    Ex. And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.
    Ex. The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.
    Ex. Theatres, cafés, cabarets, bars, bordellos, carnival fairs and the gutter. were the places where the artist found his subject matter.
    * * *
    masculino brothel
    * * *
    = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse], bordello.

    Ex: And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.

    Ex: The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.
    Ex: Theatres, cafés, cabarets, bars, bordellos, carnival fairs and the gutter. were the places where the artist found his subject matter.

    * * *
    brothel
    * * *

    burdel sustantivo masculino
    brothel
    burdel sustantivo masculino brothel
    ' burdel' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    serrallo
    - bulín
    English:
    bordel
    - bordello
    - brothel
    * * *
    burdel nm
    brothel
    * * *
    m brothel
    * * *
    burdel nm
    : brothel, whorehouse

    Spanish-English dictionary > burdel

  • 14 captar el interés

    (v.) = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest
    Ex. This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
    Ex. The author lists World Wide Web sites that capture the interest of curious but not very knowledgeable inquirers.
    * * *
    (v.) = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest

    Ex: This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.

    Ex: The author lists World Wide Web sites that capture the interest of curious but not very knowledgeable inquirers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > captar el interés

  • 15 casa de putas

    (vulg) whorehouse (vulg)
    * * *
    (n.) = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse]
    Ex. And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.
    Ex. The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.
    * * *
    (vulg) whorehouse (vulg)
    * * *
    (n.) = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse]

    Ex: And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.

    Ex: The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.

    * * *
    brothel

    Spanish-English dictionary > casa de putas

  • 16 chorradas

    f.pl.
    nonsense, baloney, meaningless stuff, hogwash.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex. This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex. Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex. For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    ----
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex: This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex: Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex: For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorradas

  • 17 comprensivo

    adj.
    1 understanding, sensitive, tolerant, broad-minded.
    2 understanding.
    3 comprehensive, of large scope, all-embracing, broad-scope.
    4 comprehensive.
    5 comprehensive, providing wide coverage and protection.
    * * *
    1 (tolerante) understanding
    \
    comprensivo,-a de comprising, made up of
    * * *
    (f. - comprensiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - va adjetivo understanding
    * * *
    = comprehensive, forgiving, understanding, empathic, caring, sympathetic, empathetic.
    Ex. One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.
    Ex. Data base design is less forgiving when it comes to intellectual ambiguities than are the traditional methods and tools of the art historian.
    Ex. There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex. A good reference librarian is tactful, intelligent, imaginative, ingenious, helpful, empathic, curious, persistent, energetic, sensitive, polite, and assured.
    Ex. Public library services to children from birth have an essential role in developing a caring, informed and competent adult society.
    Ex. 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.
    Ex. It is imperative for young people to learn to be empathetic, both for their own good and for the good of society as a whole.
    ----
    * poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.
    * ser lo suficientemente comprensivo = go + far enough.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo understanding
    * * *
    = comprehensive, forgiving, understanding, empathic, caring, sympathetic, empathetic.

    Ex: One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.

    Ex: Data base design is less forgiving when it comes to intellectual ambiguities than are the traditional methods and tools of the art historian.
    Ex: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex: A good reference librarian is tactful, intelligent, imaginative, ingenious, helpful, empathic, curious, persistent, energetic, sensitive, polite, and assured.
    Ex: Public library services to children from birth have an essential role in developing a caring, informed and competent adult society.
    Ex: 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.
    Ex: It is imperative for young people to learn to be empathetic, both for their own good and for the good of society as a whole.
    * poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.
    * ser lo suficientemente comprensivo = go + far enough.

    * * *
    understanding
    * * *

    comprensivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    understanding
    comprensivo,-a adjetivo understanding: es muy comprensiva, she's very understanding

    ' comprensivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    benigna
    - benigno
    - comprensiva
    - liberal
    - condescendiente
    English:
    caring
    - forgiving
    - sport
    - sympathetic
    - understanding
    - unsympathetic
    * * *
    comprensivo, -a adj
    understanding;
    mostrarse comprensivo (con alguien) to be understanding (with sb)
    * * *
    adj understanding
    * * *
    comprensivo, -va adj
    : understanding
    * * *
    comprensivo adj understanding / sympathetic

    Spanish-English dictionary > comprensivo

  • 18 conejito

    m.
    1 a little rabbit.
    2 bunny, baby rabbit, bunny rabbit.
    * * *
    1 familiar bunny
    * * *
    = bunny, bunny rabbit.
    Ex. Data on 295 bunnies, born in 63 litters from March to September 1996, were analysed.
    Ex. Bunny rabbits are surprisingly curious and sociable, and can be trained to fit right into most households as beloved members of the family.
    * * *
    = bunny, bunny rabbit.

    Ex: Data on 295 bunnies, born in 63 litters from March to September 1996, were analysed.

    Ex: Bunny rabbits are surprisingly curious and sociable, and can be trained to fit right into most households as beloved members of the family.

    * * *
    ( Arg)
    snapdragon

    Spanish-English dictionary > conejito

  • 19 cáustico

    adj.
    1 caustic, acrimonious, barbed, rancid.
    2 caustic, stinging, sour, spiky.
    3 caustic, amytic, pyrotic, cauterant.
    * * *
    1 caustic
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo/masculino caustic
    * * *
    = scathing, caustic, vitriolic, pungent.
    Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    ----
    * en tono cáustico = scathingly.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo/masculino caustic
    * * *
    = scathing, caustic, vitriolic, pungent.

    Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.

    Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    * en tono cáustico = scathingly.

    * * *
    cáustico1 -ca
    1 ( Quím) caustic
    2 ‹estilo/lenguaje› caustic, biting; ‹humor› caustic; ‹comentario› sharp, caustic
    caustic
    * * *

    cáustico,-a adjetivo caustic
    ' cáustico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cáustica
    English:
    abrasive
    - acrimonious
    - caustic
    - scathing
    * * *
    cáustico, -a adj
    1. [sustancia] caustic
    2. [comentario] caustic
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    caustic
    * * *
    cáustico, -ca adj
    : caustic

    Spanish-English dictionary > cáustico

  • 20 despertar el interés

    (v.) = provoke + interest, stimulate + interest, stir + interest, whet + the appetite, heighten + interest, rouse + interest, capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, work up + an interest, pique + interest
    Ex. EEC's activities provoke general interest only when they seem to pose a threat to yet another apect of the British way of life.
    Ex. Continuing differences of opinion on such matters as the Community budget and the Common Agricultural Policy have stimulated the interest of academics and produced a market for their publications.
    Ex. The author's observations of a series of literary evenings for the deaf confirm that such evenings can stir a dormant interest in literature.
    Ex. One part of a novel or long text may be read in order to whet the listeners' appetites for reading the book themselves.
    Ex. Reading may be introduced with music in order to achieve a multisensory experience, heighten interest, and add variety and pleasure.
    Ex. The best reference librarians never find it necessary to rouse their interest in any subject: it is sufficient for them that the topic has been asked about by a reader.
    Ex. This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
    Ex. The author lists World Wide Web sites that capture the interest of curious but not very knowledgeable inquirers.
    Ex. It was at this time that John Hall, together with other public-spirited citizens of that community, worked up an interest in the matter, the proceeds of which were to be used in the construction of a railroad.
    Ex. Indeed, piracy in the Horn of Africa is such a hot topic these days that it is piquing the interest of the world's top security experts.
    * * *
    (v.) = provoke + interest, stimulate + interest, stir + interest, whet + the appetite, heighten + interest, rouse + interest, capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, work up + an interest, pique + interest

    Ex: EEC's activities provoke general interest only when they seem to pose a threat to yet another apect of the British way of life.

    Ex: Continuing differences of opinion on such matters as the Community budget and the Common Agricultural Policy have stimulated the interest of academics and produced a market for their publications.
    Ex: The author's observations of a series of literary evenings for the deaf confirm that such evenings can stir a dormant interest in literature.
    Ex: One part of a novel or long text may be read in order to whet the listeners' appetites for reading the book themselves.
    Ex: Reading may be introduced with music in order to achieve a multisensory experience, heighten interest, and add variety and pleasure.
    Ex: The best reference librarians never find it necessary to rouse their interest in any subject: it is sufficient for them that the topic has been asked about by a reader.
    Ex: This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
    Ex: The author lists World Wide Web sites that capture the interest of curious but not very knowledgeable inquirers.
    Ex: It was at this time that John Hall, together with other public-spirited citizens of that community, worked up an interest in the matter, the proceeds of which were to be used in the construction of a railroad.
    Ex: Indeed, piracy in the Horn of Africa is such a hot topic these days that it is piquing the interest of the world's top security experts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > despertar el interés

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