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  • 1 bruja

    f.
    1 witch, sorceress.
    3 vixen, old bag, old hag, bitch.
    4 crone, harridan.
    5 barn owl.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: brujir.
    * * *
    1 (hechicera) witch
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ

    estar bruja — Caribe, Méx ** to be broke *, be flat (EEUU) *

    ando bien bruja — ** I'm skint **

    2. SF
    1) (=hechicera) witch
    2) * (=arpía) old hag *; Méx woman
    3) Caribe, Cono Sur (=fantasma) spook *, ghost; (=puta) whore
    4) (Orn) barn owl
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    Ex. Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.
    Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex. Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    ----
    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    Ex: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.

    Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex: Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    * * *
    A (mujer antipática) ( fam); witch ( colloq), old hag ( colloq) ver tb brujo2 (↑ brujo (2))
    B (AmC, Col) ( Zool) moth
    * * *

     

    bruja sustantivo femenino
    1 witch, sorceress
    2 fig (mujer antipática) old bag
    ' bruja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mientras
    - chicha
    - escoba
    English:
    bitch
    - cow
    - hag
    - sorceress
    - witch
    - change
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [hechicera] witch, sorceress
    2. Fam [mujer fea] hag
    3. Fam [mujer mala] witch
    ♦ adj
    CAm, Carib, Méx Fam
    andar o [m5] estar bruja [sin dinero] to be broke o Br skint
    * * *
    f
    1 witch;
    :
    estar bruja fam be broke fam
    * * *
    bruja n witch [pl. witches]

    Spanish-English dictionary > bruja

  • 2 carcamal

    f. & m.
    old fogey, crock, fuddy-duddy, old-fashioned person.
    * * *
    1 familiar peyorativo old fogey
    * * *
    I
    Méx, RPl carcamán - mana adjetivo (fam & pey) decrepit
    II
    Méx, RPl carcamán masculino (fam & pey) ( hombre) old crock (colloq & pej); ( mujer) old hag (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = old fog(e)y, old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat, fuddy-duddy.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. They make us look like the stereotype of old fogies.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    Ex. Since meeting his wife and having kids he says he's become an old fuddy-duddy.
    * * *
    I
    Méx, RPl carcamán - mana adjetivo (fam & pey) decrepit
    II
    Méx, RPl carcamán masculino (fam & pey) ( hombre) old crock (colloq & pej); ( mujer) old hag (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = old fog(e)y, old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat, fuddy-duddy.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: They make us look like the stereotype of old fogies.

    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    Ex: Since meeting his wife and having kids he says he's become an old fuddy-duddy.

    * * *
    ( fam pey); decrepit
    (hombre) old crock ( colloq pej); (mujer) old hag ( colloq pej)
    * * *
    carcamal, Méx, RP carcamán Fam Pey
    ♦ adj
    decrepit;
    un viejo carcamal a decrepit old man
    ♦ nmf
    old crock
    * * *
    m/f fam
    old crock fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > carcamal

  • 3 farolero

    adj.
    boastful, vain.
    m.
    1 lamplighter.
    2 boaster.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (de profesión) lamplighter
    ————————
    1 (de profesión) lamplighter
    * * *
    farolero, -a
    1.
    ADJ * boastful
    2. SM / F
    1) * (=fanfarrón) boaster
    2) * (=mentiroso) bullshitter ***
    3) (=fabricante) lamp-maker
    4) † [del alumbrado público] lamplighter
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (Esp)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino (Esp) boaster, bragger
    * * *
    Nota: Persona que antigüamente se encargaba de encencer y apagar las luces de las calles.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (Esp)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino (Esp) boaster, bragger
    * * *
    Nota: Persona que antigüamente se encargaba de encencer y apagar las luces de las calles.

    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.

    * * *
    farolero1 -ra
    1 (presumido) flashy ( colloq)
    2
    (que se tira faroles): es muy farolero he's always bragging o ( colloq) shooting his mouth off
    farolero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    1 (presumido) show-off ( colloq)
    2 (jactancioso) boaster, bragger
    meterse a farolero ( fam); to poke one's nose into things one knows nothing about ( colloq)
    * * *
    farolero, -a
    ♦ adj
    Fam bragging
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [oficio] lamplighter
    2. Fam [fanfarrón] braggart
    * * *
    m, farolera f blowhard fam, boaster
    * * *
    farolero, -ra n, fam : bluffer

    Spanish-English dictionary > farolero

  • 4 gran tiburón blanco

    Ex. Great white sharks are an enigma, as scientists are still trying to unravel the mysterious lifestyle of these denizens of the deep.
    * * *

    Ex: Great white sharks are an enigma, as scientists are still trying to unravel the mysterious lifestyle of these denizens of the deep.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gran tiburón blanco

  • 5 habitante

    f. & m.
    inhabitant, resident, dweller, habitant.
    m.
    inhabitant.
    * * *
    1 inhabitant
    * * *
    noun mf.
    inhabitant, resident
    * * *
    1. SMF
    1) [gen] inhabitant

    una ciudad de 10.000 habitantes — a town of 10,000 inhabitants o people, a town with a population of 10,000

    2) (=vecino) resident
    3) (=inquilino) occupant, tenant
    2.
    SM hum (=piojo) louse

    tener habitantes — to have lice, have nits *

    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Geog, Sociol) inhabitant; ( de barrio) resident
    * * *
    = citizen, denizen, inhabitant, resident, burgess.
    Ex. This paper reports a conference on present and future possibilities for interstate cooperation in the effective delivery of community information to citizens.
    Ex. The denizens of each of these worlds have a wide variety of information needs and a wide variety of economic, social, political, and educational backgrounds.
    Ex. The conference debated a library bill which aims to set up public libraries in all municipalities with over 30,000 inhabitants.
    Ex. Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.
    Ex. They claimed that they and all of their ancestors as burgesses had held a market on these days from time out of mind, without interruption.
    ----
    * exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].
    * habitante de Junctionville = Junctionvillers.
    * habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.
    * habitante de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.
    * habitante de la urbe = urban dweller.
    * habitante del campo = country dweller.
    * habitante del desierto = desert dweller.
    * habitante del este = Easterner.
    * habitante del lugar = local, local resident.
    * habitante del Medio Oriente = Middle Easterner.
    * habitante del oeste = Westerner.
    * habitante del pueblo = villager, village man, village woman.
    * habitante de Mesopotamia = Hippopotamian.
    * habitante de Misuri = Missourian.
    * habitante de Singapur = Singaporean.
    * habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.
    * habitantes = population.
    * habitantes del pueblo = village people.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Geog, Sociol) inhabitant; ( de barrio) resident
    * * *
    = citizen, denizen, inhabitant, resident, burgess.

    Ex: This paper reports a conference on present and future possibilities for interstate cooperation in the effective delivery of community information to citizens.

    Ex: The denizens of each of these worlds have a wide variety of information needs and a wide variety of economic, social, political, and educational backgrounds.
    Ex: The conference debated a library bill which aims to set up public libraries in all municipalities with over 30,000 inhabitants.
    Ex: Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.
    Ex: They claimed that they and all of their ancestors as burgesses had held a market on these days from time out of mind, without interruption.
    * exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].
    * habitante de Junctionville = Junctionvillers.
    * habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.
    * habitante de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.
    * habitante de la urbe = urban dweller.
    * habitante del campo = country dweller.
    * habitante del desierto = desert dweller.
    * habitante del este = Easterner.
    * habitante del lugar = local, local resident.
    * habitante del Medio Oriente = Middle Easterner.
    * habitante del oeste = Westerner.
    * habitante del pueblo = villager, village man, village woman.
    * habitante de Mesopotamia = Hippopotamian.
    * habitante de Misuri = Missourian.
    * habitante de Singapur = Singaporean.
    * habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.
    * habitantes = population.
    * habitantes del pueblo = village people.

    * * *
    A ( Geog, Sociol) inhabitant
    esta ciudad tiene medio millón de habitantes this city has a population of half a million, this city has half a million inhabitants
    los habitantes de la zona norte de la ciudad the people who live in the northern part of the city, the residents of the northern part of the city
    B ( hum)
    (parásito): esta manzana tiene habitante there's something living in this apple ( hum)
    este niño tiene habitantes this child has lice
    * * *

    habitante sustantivo masculino y femenino (Geog, Sociol) inhabitant;
    ( de barrio) resident
    habitante mf inhabitant: esta ciudad perdió muchos habitantes, this city lost a lot of inhabitants
    ' habitante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    transeúnte
    - ciudadano
    - isleño
    - llanero
    - vecino
    English:
    Cockney
    - inhabitant
    - Sri Lankan
    - town dweller
    - villager
    * * *
    [de ciudad, país] inhabitant; [de barrio] resident;
    una ciudad de doce millones de habitantes a city with a population of twelve million;
    un insecto habitante habitual de las zonas pantanosas an insect commonly found in marshy areas
    * * *
    m/f inhabitant
    * * *
    : inhabitant, resident
    * * *
    habitante n inhabitant

    Spanish-English dictionary > habitante

  • 6 hombre anuncio

    m.
    sandwich man.
    * * *
    sandwich man
    * * *
    (n.) = sandwich man, sandwich-board man, human billboard
    Ex. As a young man he worked as a ' sandwich man' in order to make a living.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. The Spanish capital of Madrid has banned the use of human billboards, calling them an 'assault on people's dignity'.
    * * *
    (n.) = sandwich man, sandwich-board man, human billboard

    Ex: As a young man he worked as a ' sandwich man' in order to make a living.

    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: The Spanish capital of Madrid has banned the use of human billboards, calling them an 'assault on people's dignity'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hombre anuncio

  • 7 lamparero

    m.
    1 lamp lighter.
    2 lamp maker, lampmaker, lamplighter.
    * * *
    Nota: Persona que antigüamente se encargaba de encencer y apagar las luces de las calles.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    * * *
    Nota: Persona que antigüamente se encargaba de encencer y apagar las luces de las calles.

    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lamparero

  • 8 morador

    adj.
    dwelling, residing.
    m.
    inhabitant, resident, dweller.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 dweller, inhabitant
    * * *
    morador, -a
    SM / F inhabitant
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (liter) inhabitant
    * * *
    Ex. The denizens of each of these worlds have a wide variety of information needs and a wide variety of economic, social, political, and educational backgrounds.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (liter) inhabitant
    * * *

    Ex: The denizens of each of these worlds have a wide variety of information needs and a wide variety of economic, social, political, and educational backgrounds.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( liter); inhabitant
    * * *
    morador, -ora nm,f
    inhabitant
    * * *
    m, moradora f inhabitant
    * * *
    : dweller, inhabitant

    Spanish-English dictionary > morador

  • 9 vieja bruja

    f.
    old witch, vixen.
    * * *
    (n.) = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat
    Ex. Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.
    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * * *
    (n.) = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat

    Ex: Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.

    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja bruja

  • 10 vieja fea

    f.
    ugly old woman, hag, crone.
    * * *
    (n.) = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * * *
    (n.) = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat

    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.

    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja fea

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