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  • 21 despropósito

    m.
    piece of nonsense, nonsense, irrelevant remark.
    * * *
    1 absurdity, nonsense
    \
    decir despropósitos to talk nonsense
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=salida de tono) inappropriate remark
    2) (=disparate) piece of nonsense
    * * *
    1) ( desatino) silly thing to say/do
    2) (Col frml) ( desaire) snub, slight
    * * *
    = absurdity, nonsense, snub, mixed signal.
    Ex. It is true that the newspapers sensationalized some of the Community's absurdities and gave prominence to the unpopular practice of disposing of surplus food at taxpayers' expense.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. This is yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
    Ex. Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.
    * * *
    1) ( desatino) silly thing to say/do
    2) (Col frml) ( desaire) snub, slight
    * * *
    = absurdity, nonsense, snub, mixed signal.

    Ex: It is true that the newspapers sensationalized some of the Community's absurdities and gave prominence to the unpopular practice of disposing of surplus food at taxpayers' expense.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: This is yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
    Ex: Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.

    * * *
    A (desatino) silly thing to say/do
    no dice más que despropósitos he talks nothing but nonsense
    B ( Col frml) (desaire) snub, slight
    * * *

    despropósito sustantivo masculino nonsense, absurdity: no digas depropósitos, don't speak nonsense
    ' despropósito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barbaridad
    * * *
    1. [comentario absurdo] stupid thing to say;
    fue un despropósito it was a stupid thing to say;
    decir despropósitos to say stupid things, to talk nonsense
    2. [acción absurda] stupid thing to do;
    sería un despropósito invertir en bolsa ahora it would be stupid to invest on the stock market now
    * * *
    m stupid thing
    * * *
    : piece of nonsense, absurdity

    Spanish-English dictionary > despropósito

  • 22 empático

    adj.
    empathy, empathic.
    * * *
    = empathic, empathetic.
    Ex. A good reference librarian is tactful, intelligent, imaginative, ingenious, helpful, empathic, curious, persistent, energetic, sensitive, polite, and assured.
    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.
    * * *
    = empathic, empathetic.

    Ex: A good reference librarian is tactful, intelligent, imaginative, ingenious, helpful, empathic, curious, persistent, energetic, sensitive, polite, and assured.

    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.

    * * *
    empathetic
    * * *
    empático, -a adj
    empathetic

    Spanish-English dictionary > empático

  • 23 enconado

    adj.
    1 pigheaded, dogged.
    2 bitter, violent.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enconar.
    * * *
    1→ link=enconar enconar
    1 MEDICINA inflamed, sore
    2 figurado (apasionado) passionate, eager
    3 figurado (discusión, lucha) bitter, fierce, heated
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [discusión] bitter
    2) (Med) (=inflamado) inflamed; (=dolorido) sore
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <lucha/disputa> fierce; < discusión> heated, passionate
    * * *
    = acrimonious, vitriolic.
    Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <lucha/disputa> fierce; < discusión> heated, passionate
    * * *
    = acrimonious, vitriolic.

    Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.

    Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.

    * * *
    ‹lucha› fierce; ‹disputa› fierce, bitter; ‹discusión› heated, passionate
    * * *
    enconado, -a adj
    1. [lucha, pelea, conflicto] bitter;
    [discusión, debate] heated; [partidario] passionate, ardent
    2. [herida] inflamed
    * * *
    adj fierce, heated

    Spanish-English dictionary > enconado

  • 24 equipararse a

    v.
    to be on a level with, to become equal to, to draw level with.
    * * *
    (v.) = map to
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    * * *
    (v.) = map to

    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 > equipararse a

  • 25 estupideces

    f.pl.
    nonsense, drivel, inane remarks, inanities.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    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. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    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'.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    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: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    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'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupideces

  • 26 extravagante

    adj.
    1 eccentric, outlandish.
    2 extravagant, conspicuous, eccentric, highly unconventional.
    3 outrageous.
    f. & m.
    deviate.
    * * *
    1 (comportamiento) extravagant outrageous; (persona, ropa) flamboyant
    1 flamboyant person
    * * *
    ADJ [ideas, ropa, persona] extravagant, outlandish
    * * *
    adjetivo <comportamiento/ideas> outrageous, extravagant; <persona/ropa> flamboyant, outrageous
    * * *
    = extravagant, fancy, fanciful, outrageous, flamboyant, outlandish, way out in left field, freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. The claims that ISBD will make the entries produced in any country 'easily understood' in any other country and integrable with the entries produced in any other country are obviously and incredibly extravagant.
    Ex. This kind of research, whether on processes of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot, should produce results to show that, with due respect to all the fancy mathematics, the specific arts of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot are being done as well as can be expected.
    Ex. Their terminology is confusing and unrealistic, and the ideas about education for librarianship are fanciful but unoriginal.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex. From this chance observation, Kazantsev drew two conclusions: one dead on target, the other, way out in left field.
    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.
    ----
    * extravagante, lo = fanciful, the.
    * * *
    adjetivo <comportamiento/ideas> outrageous, extravagant; <persona/ropa> flamboyant, outrageous
    * * *
    = extravagant, fancy, fanciful, outrageous, flamboyant, outlandish, way out in left field, freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: The claims that ISBD will make the entries produced in any country 'easily understood' in any other country and integrable with the entries produced in any other country are obviously and incredibly extravagant.

    Ex: This kind of research, whether on processes of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot, should produce results to show that, with due respect to all the fancy mathematics, the specific arts of cataloging, acquisitions, or whatnot are being done as well as can be expected.
    Ex: Their terminology is confusing and unrealistic, and the ideas about education for librarianship are fanciful but unoriginal.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex: From this chance observation, Kazantsev drew two conclusions: one dead on target, the other, way out in left field.
    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.
    * extravagante, lo = fanciful, the.

    * * *
    1 ‹comportamiento/ideas› outrageous, extravagant; ‹persona› flamboyant
    2 ‹ropa› flamboyant, outrageous, outlandish
    * * *

    extravagante adjetivo ‹comportamiento/ideas› outrageous, extravagant;
    ‹persona/ropa› flamboyant, outrageous
    extravagante adjetivo odd, outlandish
    ' extravagante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colgada
    - colgado
    English:
    fanciful
    - fancy
    - flamboyant
    - outlandish
    - outrageous
    - extravagant
    * * *
    1. [excéntrico] eccentric
    2. [raro] outlandish
    * * *
    I adj eccentric
    II m/f eccentric
    * * *
    : extravagant, outrageous, flamboyant
    * * *
    extravagante adj eccentric / flamboyant

    Spanish-English dictionary > extravagante

  • 27 hacer las maletas

    (v.) = pack up, pack + Posesivo + belongings, pack + Posesivo + things, pack + Posesivo + suitcases, pack + Posesivo + bags
    Ex. The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.
    Ex. She then returned to campus and finished packing her belongings in her dormitory room.
    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. With schools about to break up for the summer, millions of Brits will be packing their suitcases and jetting off on holiday over the next few weeks.
    Ex. The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.
    * * *
    (v.) = pack up, pack + Posesivo + belongings, pack + Posesivo + things, pack + Posesivo + suitcases, pack + Posesivo + bags

    Ex: The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

    Ex: She then returned to campus and finished packing her belongings in her dormitory room.
    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: With schools about to break up for the summer, millions of Brits will be packing their suitcases and jetting off on holiday over the next few weeks.
    Ex: The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer las maletas

  • 28 infantil

    adj.
    1 children's.
    psicología infantil child psychology
    2 infantile, childish (inmaduro).
    * * *
    1 (literatura, juego) children's; (equipo) junior; (parálisis) infantile
    2 (aniñado) childlike
    3 (inmaduro) childish
    * * *
    adj.
    childish, infantile
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [educación, población, prostitución, psicología] child antes de s ; [sonrisa, mirada] childish, childlike; [enfermedad] children's, childhood antes de s ; [hospital, libro, programa] children's; [mortalidad] infant, child antes de s
    2) pey childish, infantile
    3) (Dep) ≈ youth
    * * *
    a) < enfermedad> children's (before n), childhood (before n); <literatura/programa/moda> children's (before n); <rasgos/sonrisa> childlike; < población> child (before n)
    b) (pey) <persona/actitud/reacción> childish (pej), infantile (pej)
    * * *
    = infantile, infant, childish, puerile, childlike [child-like].
    Ex. The writer sets out the stages of infantile theories of sexuality.
    Ex. Quite obviously, as most children spend their infant years aware of very few people, usually members of their family, it is from them -- parents, brothers and sisters, attendant relatives and friends -- that they learn the primary adaptive lessons.
    Ex. Selection must be based on certain criteria -- they must not describe childish exploits, and illustrations must be well reproduced.
    Ex. However, it is ironic that the author's first venture into the world of children's books is a disappointment because it does not have the puerile outrageousness of her 'adult' work.
    Ex. She added, her voice taking on a curious quality of childlike appeal, 'I'll give you that new typewriter if you agree to Albert'.
    ----
    * biblioteca infantil = children's library.
    * canción infantil = nursery rhyme.
    * champú infantil = baby shampoo.
    * chiste infantil = infantile joke.
    * comida infantil = baby food.
    * cuidados infantiles = child care [childcare].
    * dermatitis seborroica infantil = cradle cap.
    * explotación infantil = child labour.
    * guardería infantil = day-care centre.
    * hospital maternoinfantil = maternity hospital.
    * índice de morbosidad infantil = infant morbidity rate.
    * índice de mortalidad infantil = infant mortality rate.
    * juego infantil = children's play.
    * libro infantil = children's book.
    * literatura infantil = kiddy lit(erature).
    * mano de obra infantil = child labour.
    * morbosidad infantil = infant morbidity.
    * mortalidad infantil = child mortality.
    * narración infantil = children's story.
    * obra de teatro infantil = children's play.
    * salud infantil = child health.
    * salud materno-infantil = mother and child health.
    * síndrome infantil de muerte súbita (SIMS) = sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
    * terapeuta infantil = children's therapist.
    * trabajo infantil = child labour, child work.
    * * *
    a) < enfermedad> children's (before n), childhood (before n); <literatura/programa/moda> children's (before n); <rasgos/sonrisa> childlike; < población> child (before n)
    b) (pey) <persona/actitud/reacción> childish (pej), infantile (pej)
    * * *
    = infantile, infant, childish, puerile, childlike [child-like].

    Ex: The writer sets out the stages of infantile theories of sexuality.

    Ex: Quite obviously, as most children spend their infant years aware of very few people, usually members of their family, it is from them -- parents, brothers and sisters, attendant relatives and friends -- that they learn the primary adaptive lessons.
    Ex: Selection must be based on certain criteria -- they must not describe childish exploits, and illustrations must be well reproduced.
    Ex: However, it is ironic that the author's first venture into the world of children's books is a disappointment because it does not have the puerile outrageousness of her 'adult' work.
    Ex: She added, her voice taking on a curious quality of childlike appeal, 'I'll give you that new typewriter if you agree to Albert'.
    * biblioteca infantil = children's library.
    * canción infantil = nursery rhyme.
    * champú infantil = baby shampoo.
    * chiste infantil = infantile joke.
    * comida infantil = baby food.
    * cuidados infantiles = child care [childcare].
    * dermatitis seborroica infantil = cradle cap.
    * explotación infantil = child labour.
    * guardería infantil = day-care centre.
    * hospital maternoinfantil = maternity hospital.
    * índice de morbosidad infantil = infant morbidity rate.
    * índice de mortalidad infantil = infant mortality rate.
    * juego infantil = children's play.
    * libro infantil = children's book.
    * literatura infantil = kiddy lit(erature).
    * mano de obra infantil = child labour.
    * morbosidad infantil = infant morbidity.
    * mortalidad infantil = child mortality.
    * narración infantil = children's story.
    * obra de teatro infantil = children's play.
    * salud infantil = child health.
    * salud materno-infantil = mother and child health.
    * síndrome infantil de muerte súbita (SIMS) = sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
    * terapeuta infantil = children's therapist.
    * trabajo infantil = child labour, child work.

    * * *
    1 ‹enfermedad› children's ( before n), childhood ( before n); ‹literatura/programa/moda› children's ( before n); ‹rasgos/sonrisa› childlike
    el aumento de la población infantil the increase in the child population
    un coro de voces infantiles a children's choir
    2 ( pey); ‹persona/actitud/reacción› childish ( pej), infantile ( pej)
    * * *

     

    infantil adjetivo

    ‹literatura/programa/moda› children's ( before n);
    ‹rasgos/sonrisa› childlike;
    ‹ población› child ( before n)
    b) (pey) ‹persona/actitud/reacción› childish (pej), infantile (pej)

    infantil adjetivo
    1 (para niños) children's
    moda infantil, children's fashion
    2 (propio de niños) childlike
    pey childish, infantile
    ' infantil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    guardería
    - mortalidad
    - niña
    - niñería
    - niño
    - pupa
    - tos
    - trauma
    - abuso
    - bueno
    - caca
    - chiquilín
    - cuco
    - literatura
    - malo
    - mentira
    - parálisis
    - pueril
    English:
    abuse
    - childcare
    - childish
    - childlike
    - infantile
    - juvenile
    - nursery rhyme
    - paddling pool
    - puerile
    - tummy
    - creche
    - day
    - grow
    - infant
    - nursery
    - preschool
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [para niños] children's;
    lenguaje infantil children's speech;
    literatura infantil children's literature;
    psicología infantil child psychology;
    hospital infantil children's hospital
    2. [inmaduro] childish, infantile;
    es muy infantil she's very childish
    3. Dep
    equipo infantil ≈ youth team [ages 12 to 13]
    ♦ nmf
    Dep
    infantiles ≈ youth team [ages 12 to 13]
    * * *
    adj
    1 children’s
    2 naturaleza childlike; desp
    infantile, childish
    * * *
    1) : childish, infantile
    2) : child's, children's
    * * *
    1. (para niños) children's
    2. (inmaduro) childish
    ¡qué infantil! how childish!

    Spanish-English dictionary > infantil

  • 29 manitas

    adj.
    handy (informal). (peninsular Spanish)
    ser muy manitas to be very good with one's hands
    m.&f. s&pl.
    1 handy person.
    ser un manitas (de plata) to be (very) good with one's hands
    hacer manitas to canoodle
    2 handyman, odd job man.
    * * *
    1 familiar handy
    1 (hombre) handyman; (mujer) handy woman
    \
    hacer manitas to hold hands
    ser un/una manitas to be very good with one's hands
    * * *
    = handyman [handymen, pl.], diy'er, jack of all trades, factotum.
    Ex. The impact of television series' and home improvement stores is in the process of transforming a solid handyman niche market into a publishing and bookselling bonanza in the US.
    Ex. Besides MP3 and streaming audio, the raw transfers are also available for diy'ers to try their own hand at audio restoration.
    Ex. Jacks of all trades are curious by nature: they try to see things through the eyes of others and are only limited by their own ability.
    Ex. Quietly spoken, introverted Henry, the main character, tries to get casual jobs (anything, like a factotum) around Los Angeles.
    * * *
    = handyman [handymen, pl.], diy'er, jack of all trades, factotum.

    Ex: The impact of television series' and home improvement stores is in the process of transforming a solid handyman niche market into a publishing and bookselling bonanza in the US.

    Ex: Besides MP3 and streaming audio, the raw transfers are also available for diy'ers to try their own hand at audio restoration.
    Ex: Jacks of all trades are curious by nature: they try to see things through the eyes of others and are only limited by their own ability.
    Ex: Quietly spoken, introverted Henry, the main character, tries to get casual jobs (anything, like a factotum) around Los Angeles.

    * * *

    manitas sustantivo masculino y femenino (Esp, Méx fam) handyman (colloq)
    manitas
    I adjetivo es muy manitas, she's very good with her hands
    II mf inv fam handyman, handywoman
    ' manitas' also found in these entries:
    English:
    handyman
    - jack
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    handy;
    ser muy manitas to be very good with one's hands
    ♦ nmf inv
    1. [persona habilidosa] handy person;
    ser un manitas de plata to be (very) good with one's hands
    2. Comp
    hacer manitas [acariciarse] to cuddle, to canoodle
    ♦ nfpl
    manitas (de cerdo) pig's trotters
    * * *
    I m/f inv fam
    :
    ser un manitas be handy
    II fpl
    :
    hacer manitas make out fam, neck fam
    * * *
    manitas n handyman [pl. handymen]
    hacer manitas to hold hands [pt. & pp. held]

    Spanish-English dictionary > manitas

  • 30 mañoso

    adj.
    slick, skillful, tricky, artful.
    * * *
    1 (habilidoso) handy, skilful, US skillful
    2 (astuto) crafty
    * * *
    (f. - mañosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    mañoso, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=hábil) clever, ingenious; (=astuto) crafty, cunning
    2) And (=perezoso) lazy
    3) LAm [animal] (=violento) vicious; (=terco) obstinate; (=tímido) shy, nervous; And, Cono Sur, Méx difficult ( esp about food)
    2.
    SM / F CAm (=ladrón) thief
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( habilidoso) good with one's hands
    2) (AmL)
    a) ( caprichoso) <niño/anciano> difficult
    b) (Chi) < caballo> difficult, stubborn
    * * *
    = jack of all trades, factotum.
    Ex. Jacks of all trades are curious by nature: they try to see things through the eyes of others and are only limited by their own ability.
    Ex. Quietly spoken, introverted Henry, the main character, tries to get casual jobs (anything, like a factotum) around Los Angeles.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( habilidoso) good with one's hands
    2) (AmL)
    a) ( caprichoso) <niño/anciano> difficult
    b) (Chi) < caballo> difficult, stubborn
    * * *
    = jack of all trades, factotum.

    Ex: Jacks of all trades are curious by nature: they try to see things through the eyes of others and are only limited by their own ability.

    Ex: Quietly spoken, introverted Henry, the main character, tries to get casual jobs (anything, like a factotum) around Los Angeles.

    * * *
    mañoso1 -sa
    A (habilidoso) good with one's hands
    B ( AmL)
    1 (caprichoso) ‹niño/anciano› difficult
    es muy mañoso para comer ( AmL); he's a very fussy o finicky eater
    2 ( Chi) ‹caballo› difficult, stubborn
    mañoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    ( Chi fam) thief
    * * *

    mañoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ( habilidoso) good with one's hands
    2 (AmL) ( caprichoso) difficult
    mañoso,-a adjetivo skilful, US skillful
    ' mañoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diestra
    - diestro
    - hábil
    - mañosa
    English:
    handy
    - sharp
    - slick
    - fastidious
    - fuss
    - fussy
    * * *
    mañoso, -a adj
    1. Esp [hábil] skilful
    2. Andes, RP [caprichoso] difficult;
    no quiero andar más en este caballo, es demasiado mañoso I don't want to ride this horse again, it's too strong-willed;
    nunca se queda a cuidar a sus nietos, dice que son muy mañosos he never stays and looks after his grandchildren, he says they play up too much
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( habilidoso) skillful, Br
    skilful
    2 desp ( astuto) crafty
    3 L.Am.
    animal stubborn
    * * *
    mañoso, -sa adj
    1) hábil: skillful
    2) astuto: cunning, crafty
    3) : fussy, finicky

    Spanish-English dictionary > mañoso

  • 31 miércoles

    m. s.&pl.
    Wednesday, Wed.
    * * *
    1 Wednesday
    \
    Miércoles de Ceniza Ash Wednesday Table 1 NOTA See also jueves/Table 1
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM INV Wednesday

    miércoles de ceniza — Ash Wednesday; ver sábado

    * * *
    1) Wednesday; para ejemplos ver lunes
    2) (fam & euf) ( uso expletivo)

    miércoles! — shoot! (AmE colloq & euph), sugar! (BrE colloq & euph)

    * * *
    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.
    ----
    * Miércoles de Ceniza = Ash Wednesday.
    * * *
    1) Wednesday; para ejemplos ver lunes
    2) (fam & euf) ( uso expletivo)

    miércoles! — shoot! (AmE colloq & euph), sugar! (BrE colloq & euph)

    * * *

    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.

    * Miércoles de Ceniza = Ash Wednesday.

    * * *
    A (día) Wednesday; para ejemplos ver lunes
    Compuesto:
    Ash Wednesday
    B ( fam euf)
    (uso expletivo): ¡miércoles! shoot! ( AmE colloq euph), sugar! ( BrE colloq euph)
    perro de miércoles ( AmL); blooming dog ( colloq), effing dog ( colloq euph)
    hace un tiempo de miércoles it's lousy weather ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    miércoles sustantivo masculino (pl

    miércoles de ceniza Ash Wednesday;
    para ejemplos ver lunes
    miércoles m inv Wednesday
    Miércoles de Ceniza, Ash Wednesday

    ' miércoles' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    de
    - el
    - posiblemente
    - dar
    English:
    Ash Wednesday
    - except
    - Wednesday
    - ash
    - be
    - on
    * * *
    ♦ nm inv
    Wednesday
    Miércoles de Ceniza Ash Wednesday; ver también sábado
    ♦ interj
    Fam Euf Br sugar, US shoot; Am
    ¡de miércoles!: ¡qué irresponsable de miércoles! what an irresponsible so-and-so!;
    Am
    ¡hace un frío de miércoles! Br it's blinking freezing!, US it's goddamn freezing!
    * * *
    m inv Wednesday
    * * *
    miércoles nms & pl
    : Wednesday
    * * *
    miércoles n Wednesday

    Spanish-English dictionary > miércoles

  • 32 mordaz

    adj.
    1 caustic, biting.
    2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.
    3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.
    * * *
    1 mordant, sarcastic
    * * *
    adj.
    sarcastic, biting
    * * *
    ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.
    Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    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. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    ----
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.

    Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

    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: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

    * * *
    ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing
    * * *

    mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
    ‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
    mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
    ' mordaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corrosiva
    - corrosivo
    - afilado
    English:
    abrasive
    - acid
    - barbed
    - biting
    - caustic
    - cutting
    - damning
    - denunciation
    - incisive
    - pointed
    - scathing
    - sharp
    - dry
    - dryness
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    caustic
    * * *
    adj biting, sharp
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    : caustic, scathing

    Spanish-English dictionary > mordaz

  • 33 no querer saber más nada de

    (v.) = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick
    Ex. People were just curious, and once they slaked their thirst for this new product, they dropped it like a hot potato.
    Ex. The public is equally quick to worship a winner as to drop a loser like a hot brick.
    * * *
    (v.) = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick

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

    Ex: The public is equally quick to worship a winner as to drop a loser like a hot brick.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no querer saber más nada de

  • 34 palabra fosilizada

    (n.) = fossil word
    Ex. Nonce is a curious fossil word, occurring only in the single phrase 'for the nonce'.
    * * *

    Ex: Nonce is a curious fossil word, occurring only in the single phrase 'for the nonce'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > palabra fosilizada

  • 35 paparruchadas

    (n.) = baloney, blather, claptrap, nonsense
    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. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    * * *
    (n.) = baloney, blather, claptrap, nonsense

    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: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

    * * *
    fpl fam
    baloney sg fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > paparruchadas

  • 36 patochadas

    (n.) = baloney, nonsense
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    * * *
    (n.) = baloney, nonsense

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

    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 > patochadas

  • 37 peculiar

    adj.
    1 typical, characteristic.
    2 peculiar (raro, curioso).
    * * *
    1 (raro) peculiar
    2 (característico) particular, personal
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=particular, característico) particular

    su peculiar manera de ver las cosas — his particular way of seeing things, his own individual way of seeing things

    un rasgo peculiar de su carácter — a particular o characteristic trait of his

    2) (=raro) peculiar, unusual
    * * *
    1) ( característico) particular
    2) (poco común, raro) < sensación> peculiar, unusual
    * * *
    = peculiar, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * muy peculiar = highly distinctive.
    * peculiar de = peculiar to.
    * * *
    1) ( característico) particular
    2) (poco común, raro) < sensación> peculiar, unusual
    * * *
    = peculiar, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.

    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * muy peculiar = highly distinctive.
    * peculiar de = peculiar to.

    * * *
    A (característico) particular
    es un rasgo peculiar de su personalidad it's a particular trait of his
    su peculiar modo de escribir her own particular o individual way of writing
    las características peculiares de este país the characteristics peculiar to this country
    reaccionó con su peculiar buen humor he reacted with his characteristic o usual good humor
    B (poco común, raro) ‹sensación› peculiar, unusual
    con características muy peculiares with very unusual characteristics
    * * *

    peculiar adjetivo
    1 ( característico) particular;

    con su peculiar buen humor with his characteristic good humor
    2 (poco común, raro) ‹ sensación› peculiar, unusual
    peculiar adjetivo
    1 (inusual, raro) peculiar, odd: esta comida tiene un sabor peculiar, this meal has a peculiar taste
    2 (que es propio de algo/alguien) characteristic, distinctive: tiene una peculiar manera de andar, she has a distinctive way of walking
    ' peculiar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    particular
    - propia
    - propio
    - singular
    - suya
    - suyo
    - tic
    - hispanismo
    - peregrino
    English:
    peculiar
    - set-up
    * * *
    1. [característico] typical, characteristic;
    tiene el sabor peculiar de la cebolla it has the characteristic o distinctive taste of onion;
    trabajaba con su peculiar seriedad he worked with characteristic seriousness
    2. [raro, curioso] peculiar;
    tiene una manera muy peculiar de hacer las cosas she has a very peculiar o strange way of doing things
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( singular) peculiar, odd
    2 ( característico) typical
    * * *
    1) característico: particular, characteristic
    2) raro: peculiar, uncommon
    * * *
    peculiar adj characteristic

    Spanish-English dictionary > peculiar

  • 38 por ahora

    for the time being
    * * *
    = as of right now, as yet, at present, at the moment, at this point, for the present, for the time being, just yet, for now, at this time, as of now, at the present, by now, for the nonce
    Ex. But, as of right now, despite all of the interest, I do not know of a library relying exclusively on an online catalog.
    Ex. A second objective of union catalogues -- to make library resources available when and where they are needed -- has not then as yet been fully achieved.
    Ex. A number of libraries are at present involved in the conversion of their traditional card catalogues.
    Ex. Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex. At this point the user can enter a number or an 'o' for system, in which case the system will assign the borrower number.
    Ex. For the present it is sufficient to note that, as aids to the retrieval of documents, they have the following advantages over shelf arrangement.
    Ex. Authorities for subject headings were excluded for the time being from the scope of the Working Group tasks.
    Ex. We shall not pursue this topic any further just yet.
    Ex. But for now, having fun and feeling famous will do quite well enough.
    Ex. Even though both projects are building of the Cornell software and experience, they have encountered the usual delays associated with new technologies, so no significant information is available at this time.
    Ex. As of now, more than 634,000 LC records for monographs, serials, films, and maps are in MARC form.
    Ex. At present, the library board consists of: a housewife, who is serving as chairwoman, a stockbroker, a retired head of the health department, an owner of a hardware store, and an attorney = En la actualidad, la comisión de biblioteca consta de un ama de casa, que actúa de presidenta, un agente de bolsa, un director del departamento de sanidad jubilado, el propietario de una ferretería y un abogado.
    Ex. It will be evident by now that the microcomputer market is a complex place.
    Ex. Nonce is a curious fossil word, occurring only in the single phrase ' for the nonce'.
    * * *
    = as of right now, as yet, at present, at the moment, at this point, for the present, for the time being, just yet, for now, at this time, as of now, at the present, by now, for the nonce

    Ex: But, as of right now, despite all of the interest, I do not know of a library relying exclusively on an online catalog.

    Ex: A second objective of union catalogues -- to make library resources available when and where they are needed -- has not then as yet been fully achieved.
    Ex: A number of libraries are at present involved in the conversion of their traditional card catalogues.
    Ex: Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex: At this point the user can enter a number or an 'o' for system, in which case the system will assign the borrower number.
    Ex: For the present it is sufficient to note that, as aids to the retrieval of documents, they have the following advantages over shelf arrangement.
    Ex: Authorities for subject headings were excluded for the time being from the scope of the Working Group tasks.
    Ex: We shall not pursue this topic any further just yet.
    Ex: But for now, having fun and feeling famous will do quite well enough.
    Ex: Even though both projects are building of the Cornell software and experience, they have encountered the usual delays associated with new technologies, so no significant information is available at this time.
    Ex: As of now, more than 634,000 LC records for monographs, serials, films, and maps are in MARC form.
    Ex: At present, the library board consists of: a housewife, who is serving as chairwoman, a stockbroker, a retired head of the health department, an owner of a hardware store, and an attorney = En la actualidad, la comisión de biblioteca consta de un ama de casa, que actúa de presidenta, un agente de bolsa, un director del departamento de sanidad jubilado, el propietario de una ferretería y un abogado.
    Ex: It will be evident by now that the microcomputer market is a complex place.
    Ex: Nonce is a curious fossil word, occurring only in the single phrase ' for the nonce'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por ahora

  • 39 por el momento

    for the time being
    * * *
    = for the time being, momentarily, at the moment, for the nonce, for the present
    Ex. Authorities for subject headings were excluded for the time being from the scope of the Working Group tasks.
    Ex. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex. Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex. Nonce is a curious fossil word, occurring only in the single phrase ' for the nonce'.
    Ex. For the present it is sufficient to note that, as aids to the retrieval of documents, they have the following advantages over shelf arrangement.
    * * *
    = for the time being, momentarily, at the moment, for the nonce, for the present

    Ex: Authorities for subject headings were excluded for the time being from the scope of the Working Group tasks.

    Ex: The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex: Further, changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
    Ex: Nonce is a curious fossil word, occurring only in the single phrase ' for the nonce'.
    Ex: For the present it is sufficient to note that, as aids to the retrieval of documents, they have the following advantages over shelf arrangement.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por el momento

  • 40 prostíbulo

    m.
    whorehouse, brothel, call house, house of ill repute.
    * * *
    1 brothel
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino brothel
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    masculino brothel
    * * *
    = 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
    * * *

    prostíbulo sustantivo masculino
    brothel
    prostíbulo sustantivo masculino brothel
    * * *
    brothel
    * * *
    m brothel

    Spanish-English dictionary > prostíbulo

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