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  • 1 anticuado

    adj.
    old-fashioned, archaic, out-of-date, antiquated.
    f. & m.
    old-fashioned person, fuddy-duddy, fuddy, lame.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: anticuar.
    * * *
    1 antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete, out-of-date
    * * *
    (f. - anticuada)
    adj.
    old-fashioned, outdated
    * * *
    ADJ [maquinaria, infraestructura, tecnología] antiquated; [moda] old-fashioned, out-of-date; [técnica] obsolete
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.
    Ex. Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
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    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.

    Ex: Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.

    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.

    * * *
    anticuado1 -da
    ‹persona/ideas› old-fashioned, antiquated; ‹ropa› old-fashioned; ‹sistema/aparato› antiquated
    anticuado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    * * *

    Del verbo anticuarse: ( conjugate anticuarse)

    anticuado es:

    el participio

    anticuado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    old-fashioned
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    anticuado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino old-fashioned, antiquated

    ' anticuado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anticuada
    - apolillada
    - apolillado
    - antiguo
    - atrasado
    - pasado
    - zanahoria
    English:
    antiquated
    - date
    - fuddy-duddy
    - old
    - old-fashioned
    - outdated
    - outmoded
    - dated
    - out
    - time
    * * *
    anticuado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [persona, ropa] old-fashioned;
    esa técnica está anticuada that method is out of date;
    mi módem se ha quedado anticuado my modem is out of date
    ♦ nm,f
    old-fashioned person;
    mi madre es una anticuada my mother is very old-fashioned
    * * *
    adj antiquated
    * * *
    anticuado, -da adj
    : antiquated, outdated
    * * *
    anticuado adj old fashioned

    Spanish-English dictionary > anticuado

  • 2 desastrado

    adj.
    ragged, sloppy, bedraggled, down-at-heel.
    * * *
    1 (desgraciado) unfortunate
    2 (desaseado) untidy, slovenly, unkempt, scruffy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 untidy person, scruff
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona, aspecto] (=sucio) scruffy, untidy; (=harapiento) shabby, ragged
    2) (=desgraciado) unlucky
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> scruffy, untidy; <habitación/trabajo> untidy
    * * *
    = scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], dag, scruff, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup].
    Nota: Palabra de origen australiano que en su origen se refiere a la suciedad que se le pega a las ovejas en el trasero.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. A dag will commonly not really care what they're wearing, being more interested in comfort than looks.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> scruffy, untidy; <habitación/trabajo> untidy
    * * *
    = scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], dag, scruff, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup].
    Nota: Palabra de origen australiano que en su origen se refiere a la suciedad que se le pega a las ovejas en el trasero.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.

    Ex: A dag will commonly not really care what they're wearing, being more interested in comfort than looks.
    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.

    * * *
    A (desaseado) ‹persona› scruffy, untidy; ‹habitación/trabajo› untidy
    B ( liter) (sin estrella, desgraciado) ‹persona› ill-starred ( liter); ‹proyecto› ill-fated ( liter)
    * * *

    desastrado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› scruffy, untidy;


    ‹habitación/trabajo› untidy
    desastrado,-a
    I adjetivo untidy, scruffy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino scruff, scruffy person
    ' desastrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desastrada
    English:
    seedy
    * * *
    desastrado, -a adj
    [desaseado] scruffy;
    ¿cómo puedes ir siempre tan desastrado? how can you always go about looking so scruffy?
    * * *
    adj untidy

    Spanish-English dictionary > desastrado

См. также в других словарях:

  • daggy — UK [ˈdæɡɪ] / US adjective Word forms daggy : adjective daggy comparative daggier superlative daggiest Australian informal, showing disapproval 1) not fashionable 2) untidy, dirty, and unpleasant …   English dictionary

  • daggy — I Australian Slang dirty lump of wool at the back end of a sheep; something that looks very bad or ridiculous; dirty; slovenly; unpleasant; uncool; conservative and lacking style and sophistication in manners, interests, etc. II North Country… …   English dialects glossary

  • daggy — Superlatively lame, in a downmarket way. To be precise: something that s half dorky, half ghetto. Australian derivation, most endearingly uttered in a Japanese accent. I hate daggy stupid surferboy shop in Shibuya, ne. Nobody there surf. Ne? …   Dictionary of american slang

  • daggy — Superlatively lame, in a downmarket way. To be precise: something that s half dorky, half ghetto. Australian derivation, most endearingly uttered in a Japanese accent. I hate daggy stupid surferboy shop in Shibuya, ne. Nobody there surf. Ne? …   Dictionary of american slang

  • daggy — adjective uncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so …   Wiktionary

  • Daggy — dirty lump of wool at the back end of a sheep; something that looks very bad or ridiculous; dirty; slovenly; unpleasant; uncool; conservative and lacking style and sophistication in manners, interests, etc …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • daggy — adj Australian stupid, unpleasant. From the noun dag. A brusque but fairly mild expression of distaste (deemed suitable for inclusion in the scripts of TV soap operas, for instance) …   Contemporary slang

  • daggy — adj. (Slang) not stylish; not fashionable; dirty, scruffy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • daggy — adjective (daggier, daggiest) Austral./NZ informal 1》 (especially of clothes) scruffy. 2》 not stylish; unfashionable …   English new terms dictionary

  • daggy — dag·gy …   English syllables

  • daggy — I. /ˈdægi / (say dagee) adjective (daggier, daggiest) 1. (of sheep or wool) fouled with dags. 2. Colloquial dirty; slovenly; unpleasant. {dag1 + y1} –daggily, adverb –dagginess, noun II. /ˈ …  

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