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daring

  • 1 atrevido

    adj.
    1 daring, adventurous, bold, brave.
    2 cheeky, brassy, bold-faced, pert.
    f. & m.
    cheeky person, insolent person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atreverse.
    * * *
    1→ link=atreverse atreverse
    1 (osado) daring, bold
    2 (insolente) insolent, impudent
    3 (indecoroso) daring, risqué
    * * *
    (f. - atrevida)
    adj.
    daring, bold
    * * *
    atrevido, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=audaz) daring, bold; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    2) [chiste] daring, risqué
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

    el atrevido diseño del edificio — the bold o adventurous design of the building

    c) ( valiente) brave
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( insolente)

    es un atrevido y un maleducado — he is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

    b) ( valiente)

    el mundo es de los atrevidos — fortune favors the brave

    * * *
    = brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.
    * persona atrevida = risk taker.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

    el atrevido diseño del edificio — the bold o adventurous design of the building

    c) ( valiente) brave
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( insolente)

    es un atrevido y un maleducado — he is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

    b) ( valiente)

    el mundo es de los atrevidos — fortune favors the brave

    * * *
    = brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.

    Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.
    * persona atrevida = risk taker.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

    * * *
    atrevido1 -da
    1 (insolente) mouthy ( AmE colloq), sassy ( AmE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)
    2 (osado) ‹escote/vestido› daring; ‹chiste› risqué
    el atrevido diseño del edificio the bold o adventurous design of the building
    me parece algo atrevido decir una cosa así I think it would be rash to say such a thing
    un escritor atrevido a daring writer
    3 (valiente) brave
    ¿te vas a vivir allí? eres muy atrevido are you going to live there? that's very brave of you
    atrevido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    1
    (insolente): ese niño es un atrevido y un maleducado that little boy is mouthy ( AmE) o sassy ( AmE) o ( BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered ( colloq)
    2
    (valiente): el mundo es de los atrevidos fortune favors the brave
    * * *

     

    Del verbo atreverse: ( conjugate atreverse)

    atrevido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    atreverse    
    atrevido
    atreverse ( conjugate atreverse) verbo pronominal
    to dare;
    ◊ ¡anda, atrévete! go on then, I dare you (to);

    no me atrevo a decírselo I daren't tell him;
    ¿cómo te atreves a pegarle? how dare you hit him?;
    ¿a que conmigo no te atreves? I bet you wouldn't dare take me on
    atrevido -da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)

    b) ( osado) ‹escote/persona› daring;

    ‹ chiste› risqué;
    ‹ diseño› bold

    atreverse verbo reflexivo to dare: ¿te atreves a hacerlo?, do you dare to do it? o dare you do it? ➣ Ver nota en dare
    atrevido,-a adjetivo
    1 (descarado) daring, bold
    2 (insolente) cheeky, impudent
    3 (un vestido) risqué
    ' atrevido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - arrojado
    - atrevida
    - desvergonzada
    - desvergonzado
    - impertinente
    - lanzada
    - lanzado
    English:
    audacious
    - daredevil
    - daring
    - naughty
    - presumptuous
    - revealing
    - forward
    - risqué
    - sassy
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    atrevido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [osado] daring;
    es muy atrevido, le encantan los deportes de riesgo he's very daring, he loves dangerous sports;
    un escote atrevido a daring neckline;
    una película/escultura atrevida a bold movie/sculpture
    2. [caradura] cheeky
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [osado] daring person
    2. [caradura] cheeky person;
    ¡qué atrevido, contestar así a tu madre! what a cheek, answering your mother back like that!
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( insolente) sassy fam, Br
    cheeky fam
    2 ( valiente) brave, daring
    * * *
    atrevido, -da adj
    1) : bold, daring
    2) : insolent
    * * *
    1. (audaz) daring
    2. (insolente) cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > atrevido

  • 2 audaz

    adj.
    1 daring, bold.
    2 audacious, bold, brave, courageous.
    3 wild.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl audaces)
    1 audacious, bold, daring
    * * *
    adj.
    bold, audacious
    * * *
    ADJ bold, audacious
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * persona audaz = risk taker.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * persona audaz = risk taker.

    * * *
    1 (valiente) ‹persona/acción› brave, courageous, daring, bold
    2 (osado) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *

    audaz adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous;
    ( osado) daring, bold
    audaz adjetivo audacious, bold
    ' audaz' also found in these entries:
    English:
    audacious
    - bold
    - daring
    - defiant
    - intrepid
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    audaz adj
    1. [valiente] daring, bold
    2. [descarado] audacious
    * * *
    adj daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    audaz adj, pl audaces : bold, audacious, daring
    ♦ audazmente adv
    * * *
    audaz adj daring / bold

    Spanish-English dictionary > audaz

  • 3 osado

    adj.
    1 daring, devil-may-care, bold, audacious.
    2 imprudent, presumptuous, cheeky.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: osar.
    * * *
    1 (audaz) audacious, daring
    2 (desvergonzado) shameless
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=audaz) daring, bold
    2) (=descarado) impudent, audacious
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    = brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], daring, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], defiant, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    = brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], daring, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], defiant, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    osado -da
    ( liter); daring, bold, audacious
    * * *

    Del verbo osar: ( conjugate osar)

    osado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    osado    
    osar
    osar ( conjugate osar) verbo intransitivo (liter) osado + INF to dare to + inf;

    osado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que no tiene miedo) daring
    2 (que no tiene respeto) impudent, disrespectful
    osar verbo intransitivo to dare ➣ Ver nota en dare

    ' osado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    osada
    - atrevido
    - audaz
    English:
    daring
    * * *
    osado, -a adj
    1. [valeroso] daring, bold
    2. [descarado] impudent, audacious
    * * *
    adj daring
    * * *
    osado, -da adj
    1) : bold, daring
    2) : audacious, impudent
    ♦ osadamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > osado

  • 4 arresto

    m.
    1 arrest.
    2 detention, imprisonment.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: arrestar.
    * * *
    1 arrest
    1 (ímpetu) daring sing, guts
    \
    tener arrestos to be bold, be daring
    estar bajo arresto to be under arrest
    arresto mayor close arrest
    arresto menor open arrest
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Jur) (=acción) arrest; (=detención) remand; (Mil) detention, confinement

    arresto mayor — Esp imprisonment for from one month and a day to six months

    arresto menor — Esp imprisonment for from one day to thirty days

    2) pl arrestos (=arrojo) daring sing

    tener arrestos — to be bold, be daring

    * * *
    1) (Der, Mil)
    a) ( detención) arrest
    b) ( prisión) detention
    2) arrestos masculino plural ( audacia) boldness, daring

    no tiene arrestos para... — she's not daring o bold enough to...

    * * *
    = arrest, detention.
    Ex. The number of drug related arrests in the USA has increased considerably.
    Ex. Children charged with offense are usually at risk of detention between the time of arraignment and the time of hearing.
    ----
    * arresto domiciliario = house arrest.
    * bajo arresto domiciliario = under house arrest.
    * estar bajo arresto = be under arrest.
    * hacer un arresto = make + an arrest.
    * orden de arresto = warrant for + Posesivo + arrest, arrest warrant.
    * * *
    1) (Der, Mil)
    a) ( detención) arrest
    b) ( prisión) detention
    2) arrestos masculino plural ( audacia) boldness, daring

    no tiene arrestos para... — she's not daring o bold enough to...

    * * *
    = arrest, detention.

    Ex: The number of drug related arrests in the USA has increased considerably.

    Ex: Children charged with offense are usually at risk of detention between the time of arraignment and the time of hearing.
    * arresto domiciliario = house arrest.
    * bajo arresto domiciliario = under house arrest.
    * estar bajo arresto = be under arrest.
    * hacer un arresto = make + an arrest.
    * orden de arresto = warrant for + Posesivo + arrest, arrest warrant.

    * * *
    A ( Der, Mil)
    1 (detención) arrest
    se encuentran bajo arresto en la comisaría they are being held in custody at o they are under arrest in the police station
    2 (prisión) detention
    Compuestos:
    house arrest
    se encuentra bajo arresto domiciliario he is under house arrest
    fue condenado a seis meses de arresto mayor he was sentenced to six months imprisonment o in prison
    preventive detention
    B arrestos mpl (valor, audacia) spirit, boldness, daring; (energía) energy
    no tiene arrestos para hacerlo she's not daring o bold enough to do it
    * * *

    Del verbo arrestar: ( conjugate arrestar)

    arresto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    arrestó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    arrestar    
    arresto
    arrestar ( conjugate arrestar) verbo transitivo
    to arrest
    arresto sustantivo masculino (Der, Mil)



    arrestar verbo transitivo to arrest
    arresto sustantivo masculino arrest
    Jur arresto domiciliario, house arrest
    ' arresto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    orden
    - detención
    English:
    apprehension
    - arrest
    - detain
    - detention
    - under
    - house
    - warrant
    * * *
    1. [detención] arrest;
    su arresto se produjo en plena calle he was arrested in broad daylight;
    durante su arresto lo torturaron while under arrest he was tortured
    2. [reclusión]
    al soldado le impusieron dos días de arresto the soldier was locked up for two days
    arresto domiciliario house arrest;
    arresto mayor = prison sentence of between one month and a day and six months;
    arresto menor = prison sentence of between one and thirty days
    * * *
    m
    1 arrest;
    orden de arresto arrest warrant
    2
    :
    arrestos pl spirit sg, daring sg
    * * *
    1) detención: arrest
    2) arrestos nmpl
    : boldness, daring

    Spanish-English dictionary > arresto

  • 5 osadía

    f.
    daring, audacity, courage, valor.
    * * *
    1 (audacia) audacity, daring
    2 (desvergüenza) effrontery, nerve
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=audacia) daring, boldness
    2) (=descaro) impudence, audacity, temerity
    * * *
    femenino ( valor) (liter) daring, boldness; ( descaro) temerity, audacity
    * * *
    = boldness, fearlessness, effrontery, blatancy, shamelessness, impudence, pertness.
    Ex. Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.
    Ex. Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.
    Ex. This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.
    Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    Ex. Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.
    Ex. We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.
    ----
    * tener la osadía de = have + the gall to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.
    * * *
    femenino ( valor) (liter) daring, boldness; ( descaro) temerity, audacity
    * * *
    = boldness, fearlessness, effrontery, blatancy, shamelessness, impudence, pertness.

    Ex: Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.

    Ex: Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.
    Ex: This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.
    Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    Ex: Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.
    Ex: We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.
    * tener la osadía de = have + the gall to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

    * * *
    1 ( liter) (valor) daring, boldness
    2 (descaro) temerity, audacity
    * * *

    osadía sustantivo femenino
    1 (falta de temor) daring
    2 (falta de respeto) impudence
    ' osadía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    determinación
    - audacia
    English:
    boldness
    - daring
    * * *
    1. [valor] boldness, daring
    2. [descaro] audacity, temerity
    * * *
    f
    1 daring
    2 ( descaro) audacity
    * * *
    1) valor: boldness, daring
    2) audacia: audacity, nerve

    Spanish-English dictionary > osadía

  • 6 arriesgado

    adj.
    1 risky, dangerous, unsafe, chancy.
    2 venturesome, buccaneering, dauntless, daring.
    f. & m.
    risk taker.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arriesgar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arriesgar arriesgar
    1 (peligroso) risky, dangerous
    2 (temerario) bold, daring, fearless
    * * *
    (f. - arriesgada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [acto] risky, hazardous
    2) [individuo] (=intrépido) bold, daring; pey (=impetuoso) rash, foolhardy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.

    * * *
    1 (aventurado) ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous
    2 (valiente) ‹persona› brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arriesgar: ( conjugate arriesgar)

    arriesgado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arriesgado    
    arriesgar
    arriesgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous;


    ‹ persona› brave, daring
    arriesgar ( conjugate arriesgar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹vida/dinero› to risk


    arriesgarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ ¿nos arriesgamos? shall we risk it o take a chance?;

    arriesgadose a hacer algo to risk doing sth
    arriesgado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que entraña peligro) risky
    2 (temerario) fearless, daring
    arriesgar verbo transitivo to risk

    ' arriesgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - embarcarse
    - expuesta
    - expuesto
    English:
    chancy
    - dangerous
    - dodgy
    - hazardous
    - perilous
    - risky
    - low
    * * *
    arriesgado, -a adj
    1. [peligroso] [decisión, operación] risky
    2. [osado] daring;
    es una persona muy arriesgada she's a very daring person
    * * *
    adj risky
    * * *
    arriesgado, -da adj
    1) : risky
    2) : bold, daring
    * * *
    arriesgado adj (peligroso) dangerous / risky [comp. riskier; superl. riskiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arriesgado

  • 7 audacia

    f.
    1 daring, boldness.
    2 audacity, daring, valor, boldness.
    * * *
    1 audacity, boldness, daring
    * * *
    SF (=atrevimiento) boldness, audacity; (=descaro) cheek, nerve
    * * *
    femenino ( valor) courage, daring; ( osadía) boldness, audacity
    * * *
    = audacity, boldness, aggresiveness, fearlessness.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.
    Ex. The innovative thrust of an organization significantly affects the aggressiveness of the firm's strategy for investment in information technology.
    Ex. Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.
    ----
    * con audacia = boldly.
    * * *
    femenino ( valor) courage, daring; ( osadía) boldness, audacity
    * * *
    = audacity, boldness, aggresiveness, fearlessness.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.

    Ex: Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.
    Ex: The innovative thrust of an organization significantly affects the aggressiveness of the firm's strategy for investment in information technology.
    Ex: Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.
    * con audacia = boldly.

    * * *
    1 (valor) courage, daring, bravery, boldness
    se enfrentó a la situación con audacia she faced up to the situation bravely o with courage o with bravery
    2 (osadía) boldness, audacity
    * * *

    audacia sustantivo femenino ( valor) courage, daring;
    ( osadía) boldness, audacity
    audacia sustantivo femenino audacity
    ' audacia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevimiento
    - capaz
    English:
    boldness
    - cheek
    - audacity
    - boldly
    - daring
    * * *
    1. [valentía] daring, boldness;
    con audacia daringly, boldly
    2. [descaro] audacity
    * * *
    f audacity
    * * *
    osadía: boldness, audacity

    Spanish-English dictionary > audacia

  • 8 arrojado

    adj.
    brave, aggressive, bold, courageous.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arrojar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arrojar arrojar
    1 thrown, thrown out
    2 (osado) bold, fearless, daring
    * * *
    ADJ (=valiente) daring, dashing; (=temerario) reckless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.

    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arrojar: ( conjugate arrojar)

    arrojado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arrojado    
    arrojar
    arrojar ( conjugate arrojar) verbo transitivo
    1

    (Aviac) ‹ bomba› to drop
    b) ‹ lava› to spew (out);

    ‹ humo› to belch out;
    ‹ luz› to shed
    2 ( vomitar) to bring up, throw up
    arrojarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to throw oneself;
    arrojadose sobre algo/algn [ persona] to throw oneself onto sth/sb;
    [perro/tigre] to pounce on sth/sb
    arrojado,-a adj (atrevido) bold, daring
    arrojar verbo transitivo
    1 (lanzar) to throw, fling
    2 Com (un resultado) to show
    ' arrojado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - valiente
    English:
    spunky
    * * *
    arrojado, -a adj
    bold, fearless
    * * *
    I adj brave, daring
    II part → arrojar
    * * *
    arrojado, -da adj
    : daring, fearless

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrojado

  • 9 arrojo

    m.
    courage, fearlessness.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: arrojar.
    * * *
    1 boldness, dash, bravery, daring
    * * *
    SM daring, fearlessness

    con arrojo — boldly, fearlessly

    * * *
    masculino bravery, daring
    * * *
    = bravura, courage.
    Ex. She emphasizes Colette's extraordinary character: her bravura, pragmatism, insouciance, resistance to conventions and, above all, appetite.
    Ex. In this novel the central themes are courage and cowardice and what these are.
    * * *
    masculino bravery, daring
    * * *
    = bravura, courage.

    Ex: She emphasizes Colette's extraordinary character: her bravura, pragmatism, insouciance, resistance to conventions and, above all, appetite.

    Ex: In this novel the central themes are courage and cowardice and what these are.

    * * *
    bravery, daring
    obró con arrojo y decisión she acted bravely and decisively
    * * *

    Del verbo arrojar: ( conjugate arrojar)

    arrojo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    arrojó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    arrojar    
    arrojo
    arrojar ( conjugate arrojar) verbo transitivo
    1

    (Aviac) ‹ bomba› to drop
    b) ‹ lava› to spew (out);

    ‹ humo› to belch out;
    ‹ luz› to shed
    2 ( vomitar) to bring up, throw up
    arrojarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to throw oneself;
    arrojose sobre algo/algn [ persona] to throw oneself onto sth/sb;
    [perro/tigre] to pounce on sth/sb
    arrojar verbo transitivo
    1 (lanzar) to throw, fling
    2 Com (un resultado) to show
    arrojo sustantivo masculino daring, courage
    ' arrojo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gallardía
    - valor
    - garra
    English:
    hurl
    - wash up
    - daring
    * * *
    arrojo nm
    courage, fearlessness;
    con arrojo courageously, fearlessly
    * * *
    m bravery, daring
    * * *
    arrojo nm
    : boldness, fearlessness

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrojo

  • 10 atrevimiento

    m.
    1 daring.
    2 cheek (insolencia).
    3 forwardness, effrontery, insolence, crust.
    * * *
    1 (osadía) daring, boldness
    2 (insolencia) effrontery, insolence, impudence
    * * *
    noun m.
    daring, boldness
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=audacia) daring, boldness
    2) (=insolencia) insolence, cheek; (=osadía) forwardness
    * * *
    masculino nerve

    qué atrevimiento! — what nerve! (AmE), what a nerve! (BrE)

    * * *
    = boldness, effrontery, blatancy, shamelessness, impudence, wantonness, pertness.
    Ex. Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.
    Ex. This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.
    Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    Ex. Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.
    Ex. This Court has often reiterated that while ordinary negligence involves inadvertence, wantonness requires a showing of a conscious or an intentional act.
    Ex. We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.
    ----
    * tener el atrevimiento = have + the nerve(s) to.
    * tener el atrevimiento de = have + the cheek to.
    * * *
    masculino nerve

    qué atrevimiento! — what nerve! (AmE), what a nerve! (BrE)

    * * *
    = boldness, effrontery, blatancy, shamelessness, impudence, wantonness, pertness.

    Ex: Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.

    Ex: This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.
    Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    Ex: Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.
    Ex: This Court has often reiterated that while ordinary negligence involves inadvertence, wantonness requires a showing of a conscious or an intentional act.
    Ex: We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.
    * tener el atrevimiento = have + the nerve(s) to.
    * tener el atrevimiento de = have + the cheek to.

    * * *
    nerve
    tuvo el atrevimiento de decirme que no lo haría he had the nerve o audacity to tell me that he wouldn't do it
    ¡qué atrevimiento! what nerve! ( AmE), what a nerve! ( BrE)
    * * *

    atrevimiento sustantivo masculino
    nerve
    atrevimiento sustantivo masculino
    1 (audacia) daring, audacity
    2 (insolencia) insolence, impudence
    ' atrevimiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confianza
    - desvergüenza
    - intromisión
    - pagar
    English:
    daring
    - presumption
    - suggestiveness
    - audacity
    * * *
    1. [osadía]
    el atrevimiento de sus diseños the daring of his designs;
    perdona mi atrevimiento, ¿estás casada? if you don't mind me asking, are you married?
    2. [insolencia] cheek;
    tuvo el atrevimiento de gritarle she had the cheek o nerve to shout at him;
    ¡qué atrevimiento! what a cheek!
    * * *
    m nerve
    * * *
    1) : daring, boldness
    2) : insolence

    Spanish-English dictionary > atrevimiento

  • 11 envalentonar

    v.
    1 to urge on, to fill with courage.
    2 to make bold, to encourage, to give courage, to hearten.
    * * *
    1 to make bold, make daring
    1 (volverse valiente) to become bold, become daring
    2 (insolentarse) to become arrogant, become aggressive
    * * *
    1.
    VT to make bold, embolden
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to make... bolder, encourage
    2.
    envalentonarse v pron ( ponerse valiente) to become bolder o more daring; ( insolentarse) to become defiant
    * * *
    Ex. The spark of warmth had emboldened her.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to make... bolder, encourage
    2.
    envalentonarse v pron ( ponerse valiente) to become bolder o more daring; ( insolentarse) to become defiant
    * * *

    Ex: The spark of warmth had emboldened her.

    * * *
    vt
    to make … bolder, encourage
    (ponerse valiente) to become bolder o more daring; (insolentarse) to become defiant
    * * *

    envalentonar ( conjugate envalentonar) verbo transitivo
    to make … bolder, encourage
    envalentonarse verbo pronominal ( ponerse valiente) to become bolder o more daring;
    ( insolentarse) to become defiant
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to urge on, to fill with courage
    * * *
    v/t make bolder o
    more daring
    * * *
    : to make bold, to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > envalentonar

  • 12 entrador

    adj.
    charming.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) LAm * (=atrevido) daring, forward
    2) Cono Sur * (=simpático) charming, likeable
    3) And, Caribe, Méx (=mujeriego) amorously inclined
    4) CAm (=coqueto) flirtatious
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    a) (AmL fam) ( lanzado) daring, forward
    b) (RPl fam) ( simpático) likable*, nice
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    a) (AmL fam) ( lanzado) daring, forward
    b) (RPl fam) ( simpático) likable*, nice
    * * *
    1 ( AmL fam) (lanzado) daring, forward
    2 ( RPl fam) (simpático) likable*, nice
    * * *

    entrador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo (AmL fam) ( lanzado) daring, forward


    * * *
    entrador, -ora adj
    1. Méx, Perú, Ven [animoso] spirited, energetic
    2. CRica, RP [agradable] likeable, charming
    3. Chile, Perú [entrometido] meddling, meddlesome

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrador

  • 13 temerario

    adj.
    1 reckless, bold, audacious, brash.
    2 reckless, breakneck, suicidal.
    3 cock-brained.
    * * *
    1 reckless, rash
    * * *
    (f. - temeraria)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona, acto] (=imprudente) rash, reckless; (=audaz) bold
    2) [juicio] hasty, rash
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo bold
    * * *
    = daring, reckless, rash, foolhardy, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex. And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex. There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.
    * juicio temerario = snap judgement.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo bold
    * * *
    = daring, reckless, rash, foolhardy, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex: And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.
    * juicio temerario = snap judgement.

    * * *
    ‹persona› rash, bold; ‹acto/empresa› rash
    * * *

    temerario,-a adj (acción, modo de conducir) reckless, (comentario, hipótesis, acusación) rash
    ' temerario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - arriesgado
    - colgada
    - colgado
    - temeraria
    - imprudente
    English:
    daredevil
    - reckless
    - risktaker
    - dare
    * * *
    temerario, -a adj
    [persona, conducta] rash, reckless; [juicio, opinión] rash;
    conducción temeraria careless o reckless driving
    * * *
    adj rash, reckless
    * * *
    temerario, - ria adj
    : reckless, rash
    * * *
    temerario adj reckless

    Spanish-English dictionary > temerario

  • 14 agalludo

    adj.
    1 daring, bold (atrevido). (Latin American Spanish)
    2 courageous, bold, daring, gutsy.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=valiente) daring, bold
    2) (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    3) (=glotón) greedy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) (AmL fam) ( valiente) gutsy (colloq)
    2) (Col fam) ( codicioso) grasping
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) (AmL fam) ( valiente) gutsy (colloq)
    2) (Col fam) ( codicioso) grasping
    * * *
    A ( AmL fam) (valiente) gutsy ( colloq), spunky ( colloq)
    B ( Col fam) (codicioso) grasping

    Spanish-English dictionary > agalludo

  • 15 entrón

    adj.
    daring, bold, intrepid, brave.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) And (=entrometido) meddlesome
    2) Méx (=animoso) spirited, daring
    3) Méx (=coqueto) flirtatious
    * * *
    1 (valiente y osado) daring, brave
    2
    (coqueta): es bien entrona she's a real flirt ( colloq)
    * * *
    entrón, -ona adj
    Méx Fam gutsy;
    es más entrona que muchos hombres she's got more guts than a lot of men;
    tiene un carácter entrón y habla sin tapujos he's gutsy by nature and doesn't mince his words

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrón

  • 16 envalentonarse

    1 (volverse valiente) to become bold, become daring
    2 (insolentarse) to become arrogant, become aggressive
    * * *
    VPR (=cobrar valor) to pluck up courage; pey (=insolentarse) to become defiant; (=jactarse) to brag
    * * *
    vpr
    to become daring
    * * *
    v/r
    1 become bolder o
    more daring
    2 ( insolentarse) become defiant
    * * *
    vr

    Spanish-English dictionary > envalentonarse

  • 17 a la última

    up to date
    * * *
    (adj.) = hip [hipper -comp., hippest -sup.], on the fast track, hipped
    Ex. Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.
    Ex. The article ' On the fast track or the road to nowhere' points to the growing practice of subsuming public libraries into larger departments headed by non-librarians = El artículo " A la vanguardia o en un camino sin rumbo" pone de manifiesto la costumbre cada vez más frecuente de incluir las bibliotecas públicas dentro de órganismos más grandes dirigidos por personal no bibliotecario.
    Ex. The dancers were using blue feather fans and they made moves that looked spectactular and the choreography was very hipped and daring.
    * * *
    (adj.) = hip [hipper -comp., hippest -sup.], on the fast track, hipped

    Ex: Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.

    Ex: The article ' On the fast track or the road to nowhere' points to the growing practice of subsuming public libraries into larger departments headed by non-librarians = El artículo " A la vanguardia o en un camino sin rumbo" pone de manifiesto la costumbre cada vez más frecuente de incluir las bibliotecas públicas dentro de órganismos más grandes dirigidos por personal no bibliotecario.
    Ex: The dancers were using blue feather fans and they made moves that looked spectactular and the choreography was very hipped and daring.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a la última

  • 18 arquitectónicamente

    adv.
    architecturally.
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. Brumunddal Library is architecturally the most daring.
    * * *

    Ex: Brumunddal Library is architecturally the most daring.

    * * *
    architecturally

    Spanish-English dictionary > arquitectónicamente

  • 19 arrodillarse

    pron.v.
    to kneel down.
    * * *
    1 to kneel down, get down on one's knees
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VPR to kneel, kneel down, go down on one's knees
    * * *
    verbo pronominal to kneel (down)
    * * *
    = get down + on knees, kneel, genuflect, kneel down.
    Ex. For the elderly getting down on one's knees to look for books is a job for acrobats.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. This team genuflects to nobody.
    Ex. As she knelt down to fill up her canteen, something inside told her that someone was watching.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal to kneel (down)
    * * *
    = get down + on knees, kneel, genuflect, kneel down.

    Ex: For the elderly getting down on one's knees to look for books is a job for acrobats.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex: This team genuflects to nobody.
    Ex: As she knelt down to fill up her canteen, something inside told her that someone was watching.

    * * *
    to kneel (down), get down on one's knees
    estaba arrodillado he was kneeling o on his knees
    * * *

    arrodillarse ( conjugate arrodillarse) verbo pronominal
    to kneel (down)
    arrodillarse verbo reflexivo to kneel down
    ' arrodillarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    postrarse
    English:
    kneel
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [ponerse de rodillas] to kneel down ( ante in front of o before)
    2. [someterse] to go down on one's knees, to grovel ( ante to)
    * * *
    v/r kneel (down)
    * * *
    : to kneel (down)
    * * *
    arrodillarse vb to kneel down [pt. & pp. knelt]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrodillarse

  • 20 aspirar a lo máximo

    (v.) = shoot (for) + the moon
    Ex. Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.
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    (v.) = shoot (for) + the moon

    Ex: Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aspirar a lo máximo

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