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  • 61 exceso

    m.
    1 excess.
    en exceso excessively, to excess (fumar, beber, comer)
    trabaja en exceso he works too hard
    exceso de confianza over-confidence
    exceso de equipaje excess baggage
    2 excess (abuso).
    denunciaron los excesos de los invasores they condemned the invaders' excesses o atrocities
    cometer un exceso to go too far
    cometer un exceso en la bebida/comida to drink/eat to excess
    los excesos se pagan we pay for our overindulgence
    3 luxus.
    * * *
    1 excess
    2 COMERCIO surplus
    \
    en exceso too much, in excess, excessively
    exceso de equipaje excess baggage
    exceso de peso excess weight
    exceso de velocidad speeding, exceeding the speed limit
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=demasía) excess

    en o por exceso — excessively, to excess

    exceso de equipaje — excess luggage, excess baggage (EEUU)

    exceso de mano de obra — = exceso de plantilla

    exceso de plantilla — overmanning, overstaffing

    exceso de velocidad — speeding, exceeding the speed limit

    2) (Com, Econ) surplus
    3) pl excesos (=abusos) [al beber, comportarse] excesses

    cometer excesos con el alcohol — to drink excessively, drink to excess, overindulge in drink

    * * *
    a) ( excedente) excess

    exceso de equipaje/peso — excess baggage/weight

    b) ( demasía)

    con or en exceso — <beber/comer> to excess, too much; <fumar/trabajar> too much

    pecar por exceso: al hacer los cálculos pecaron por exceso — they were overambitious in their calculations

    c) excesos masculino plural ( abusos) excesses (pl)

    los excesos en la comida — eating to excess, overindulgence in food

    * * *
    = excess, surfeit, superfluity, extravagance, superabundance, slack, spree, binge, binging, oversupply [over-supply], bloat, glut.
    Ex. Pressure is being brought to bear on the library to readdress its priorities in terms of services rendered and to scale down excesses in terms of funds and manpower.
    Ex. He dismissed the image of overloaded libraries collapsing under the weight of a surfeit of paper as 'mythology'.
    Ex. The true cause of the decline is likely to have been too much competition, not too little, with a superfluity of printers everywhere competing by offering ever cheaper products.
    Ex. Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex. Given that within the superabundance of information there are subject gaps, this paper looks at the responsibility of the information worker in transmitting 'facts'.
    Ex. Therefore, there must be some slack in the system to absorb the additional I & R services or the service must be reduced in other areas.
    Ex. Although it is entertaining to note the extravagant purchases of the very rich, many stories do little beyond documenting sprees of consumption.
    Ex. Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex. A feminist theory of eating problems (anorexia, bulimia, extensive dieting, & binging) is developed.
    Ex. The worldwide oversupply of offshore drilling rigs has decreased rapidly in the past six years.
    Ex. The book falls apart in the second half when its excess of cultural references eventually makes it suffer from bloat.
    Ex. Almost no one is publishing literary criticism and yet a glut of self-help titles are published every year.
    ----
    * abundante en exceso = lavish.
    * en exceso = overflow, overflowing, excessively, excess, to excess.
    * exceso de carga = overload.
    * exceso de estoc = overage.
    * exceso de existencias = overstocking, overage.
    * exceso de fondos = overstock.
    * exceso de gastos = overrun [over-run], cost overrun.
    * exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].
    * exceso de información = information overload.
    * exceso de medios = overkill.
    * exceso de mortalidad = excess mortality.
    * exceso de personal administrativo = administrative bloat.
    * exceso de peso = overweight.
    * exceso de plantilla administrativa = administrative bloat.
    * exceso de población = overpopulation.
    * exceso de publicaciones = overpublishing.
    * exceso de tirada = overrun [over-run].
    * exceso de vello = hirsutism.
    * exceso de velocidad = speeding.
    * exceso en el presupuesto = budget overrun, overrun [over-run], cost overrun.
    * exceso en la bebida = intemperance.
    * excesos = overindulgence.
    * gastar en exceso = overspend.
    * hacer Algo en exceso = push + Nombre + too far.
    * liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.
    * multa por exceso de velocidad = speeding ticket, speed ticket.
    * por exceso = excessively, to excess.
    * representar en exceso = overrepresent.
    * simplificado en exceso = oversimplified [over-simplified].
    * simplificar en exceso = oversimplify.
    * usado en exceso = overused [over-used].
    * usar en exceso = overuse.
    * * *
    a) ( excedente) excess

    exceso de equipaje/peso — excess baggage/weight

    b) ( demasía)

    con or en exceso — <beber/comer> to excess, too much; <fumar/trabajar> too much

    pecar por exceso: al hacer los cálculos pecaron por exceso — they were overambitious in their calculations

    c) excesos masculino plural ( abusos) excesses (pl)

    los excesos en la comida — eating to excess, overindulgence in food

    * * *
    = excess, surfeit, superfluity, extravagance, superabundance, slack, spree, binge, binging, oversupply [over-supply], bloat, glut.

    Ex: Pressure is being brought to bear on the library to readdress its priorities in terms of services rendered and to scale down excesses in terms of funds and manpower.

    Ex: He dismissed the image of overloaded libraries collapsing under the weight of a surfeit of paper as 'mythology'.
    Ex: The true cause of the decline is likely to have been too much competition, not too little, with a superfluity of printers everywhere competing by offering ever cheaper products.
    Ex: Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex: Given that within the superabundance of information there are subject gaps, this paper looks at the responsibility of the information worker in transmitting 'facts'.
    Ex: Therefore, there must be some slack in the system to absorb the additional I & R services or the service must be reduced in other areas.
    Ex: Although it is entertaining to note the extravagant purchases of the very rich, many stories do little beyond documenting sprees of consumption.
    Ex: Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex: A feminist theory of eating problems (anorexia, bulimia, extensive dieting, & binging) is developed.
    Ex: The worldwide oversupply of offshore drilling rigs has decreased rapidly in the past six years.
    Ex: The book falls apart in the second half when its excess of cultural references eventually makes it suffer from bloat.
    Ex: Almost no one is publishing literary criticism and yet a glut of self-help titles are published every year.
    * abundante en exceso = lavish.
    * en exceso = overflow, overflowing, excessively, excess, to excess.
    * exceso de carga = overload.
    * exceso de estoc = overage.
    * exceso de existencias = overstocking, overage.
    * exceso de fondos = overstock.
    * exceso de gastos = overrun [over-run], cost overrun.
    * exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].
    * exceso de información = information overload.
    * exceso de medios = overkill.
    * exceso de mortalidad = excess mortality.
    * exceso de personal administrativo = administrative bloat.
    * exceso de peso = overweight.
    * exceso de plantilla administrativa = administrative bloat.
    * exceso de población = overpopulation.
    * exceso de publicaciones = overpublishing.
    * exceso de tirada = overrun [over-run].
    * exceso de vello = hirsutism.
    * exceso de velocidad = speeding.
    * exceso en el presupuesto = budget overrun, overrun [over-run], cost overrun.
    * exceso en la bebida = intemperance.
    * excesos = overindulgence.
    * gastar en exceso = overspend.
    * hacer Algo en exceso = push + Nombre + too far.
    * liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.
    * multa por exceso de velocidad = speeding ticket, speed ticket.
    * por exceso = excessively, to excess.
    * representar en exceso = overrepresent.
    * simplificado en exceso = oversimplified [over-simplified].
    * simplificar en exceso = oversimplify.
    * usado en exceso = overused [over-used].
    * usar en exceso = overuse.

    * * *
    1 (excedente) excess
    exceso de equipaje/peso excess baggage/weight
    2
    (demasía): un exceso de ejercicio puede ser malo too much exercise can be harmful
    me multaron por exceso de velocidad I was fined for speeding o for exceeding the speed limit
    consideró su actitud como un exceso de confianza she thought he was being over-familiar in his attitude
    con or en exceso ‹beber/comer› to excess, too much;
    ‹fumar/trabajar› too much
    es generoso en exceso he's generous to a fault, he's excessively o too generous
    pecar por exceso: al hacer los cálculos pecaron por exceso they were overambitious in their calculations
    más vale pecar por exceso que por defecto it's better to have too many than too few ( o to do too much rather than too little etc)
    3 excesos mpl (abusos) excesses (pl)
    los excesos en la comida y la bebida eating and drinking to excess, overindulgence in food and drink
    los excesos cometidos durante la guerra the excesses o atrocities committed during the war
    * * *

     

    exceso sustantivo masculino


    b) ( demasía):


    me multaron por exceso de velocidad I was fined for speeding;
    en exceso ‹beber/fumar/trabajar› too much
    c)

    ◊ excesos sustantivo masculino plural ( abusos) excesses (pl)

    exceso sustantivo masculino excess
    exceso de peso, excess weight
    ♦ Locuciones: en exceso, in excess, excessively
    ' exceso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abusar
    - borrachera
    - hincharse
    - licencia
    - recalentar
    - redondear
    - sobrar
    - sobrepeso
    - sopor
    - trincar
    - calentar
    - desmán
    - gordura
    English:
    blitz
    - burn out
    - caution
    - excess
    - excess baggage
    - excessively
    - fuss over
    - fussy
    - glut
    - licence
    - nerve
    - overbook
    - overdo
    - overflow
    - overweight
    - overwork
    - pack
    - pull over
    - speed
    - speeding
    - surfeit
    - top-heavy
    - heavily
    - over
    * * *
    exceso nm
    1. [demasía] excess;
    el exceso de sol puede provocar graves quemaduras too much sun can cause serious sunburn;
    en exceso [fumar, beber, comer] excessively, to excess;
    trabaja en exceso he works too hard;
    es meticuloso en exceso he is far too meticulous;
    más vale pecar por exceso que por defecto too much is better than not enough
    exceso de confianza overconfidence;
    exceso de equipaje excess baggage;
    exceso de peso [obesidad] excess weight;
    2. [abuso] excess;
    denunciaron los excesos de los invasores they condemned the invaders' excesses o atrocities;
    cometer un exceso to go too far;
    cometer un exceso en la bebida/comida to drink/eat to excess;
    los excesos se pagan we pay for our overindulgence
    * * *
    m excess;
    en exceso beber, fumar to excess; preocuparse in excess, too much;
    ser amable en exceso be extremely nice;
    * * *
    exceso nm
    1) : excess
    2) excesos nmpl
    : excesses, abuses
    3)
    * * *
    exceso n excess
    con exceso / en exceso too much

    Spanish-English dictionary > exceso

  • 62 extremadamente + Adjetivo

    (adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo
    Ex. As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.
    Ex. To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.
    Ex. He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.
    Ex. Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
    Ex. Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.
    Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex. The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.
    Ex. This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.
    Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex. Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.
    Ex. Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.
    Ex. I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.
    * * *
    (adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo

    Ex: As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.

    Ex: To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.
    Ex: He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.
    Ex: Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
    Ex: Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.
    Ex: We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex: The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.
    Ex: This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.
    Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex: Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.
    Ex: Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.
    Ex: I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > extremadamente + Adjetivo

  • 63 forcejear

    v.
    to struggle.
    * * *
    1 to wrestle, struggle
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VI [gen] to struggle, wrestle; (=afanarse) to strive
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to struggle
    * * *
    = struggle, clinch.
    Ex. Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.
    Ex. Several times the two clinched and vigorously pounded each other s heads and bodies, and finally Blade was again knocked to the floor.
    ----
    * forcejear (con) = wrestle with, lock + horns (with).
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to struggle
    * * *
    = struggle, clinch.

    Ex: Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.

    Ex: Several times the two clinched and vigorously pounded each other s heads and bodies, and finally Blade was again knocked to the floor.
    * forcejear (con) = wrestle with, lock + horns (with).

    * * *
    forcejear [A1 ]
    vi
    to struggle
    forcejeaba para abrir la puerta she struggled to open the door
    forcejeaba con el ladrón he wrestled o struggled with the thief
    * * *

    forcejear ( conjugate forcejear) verbo intransitivo
    to struggle
    forcejear verbo intransitivo
    1 to wrestle, struggle
    2 quarrel: estoy harta de forcejear contigo por tonterías, I'm tired of quarreling over nonsense with you
    ' forcejear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    grapple
    - struggle
    - wrestle
    * * *
    to struggle;
    forcejeó con la cerradura he struggled with the lock;
    el preso forcejeó para liberarse the prisoner struggled to free himself
    * * *
    v/i struggle
    * * *
    : to struggle
    * * *
    forcejear vb to struggle

    Spanish-English dictionary > forcejear

  • 64 fraude de phishing

    Ex. Despite the constant warnings to Internet users about phishing scams and other schemes, patrons who use the public computers in libraries seem totally unconcerned about protecting their personal information.
    * * *

    Ex: Despite the constant warnings to Internet users about phishing scams and other schemes, patrons who use the public computers in libraries seem totally unconcerned about protecting their personal information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fraude de phishing

  • 65 gañán

    m.
    1 farmhand, farm laborer, farm labourer.
    2 workman, tough and strong man.
    3 uncouth man, uncouth person, rough, boor.
    * * *
    1 (mozo de labranza) farm hand
    2 (hombre tosco) big brute
    * * *
    SM farmhand, labourer, laborer (EEUU)
    * * *
    a) (ant) ( mozo de labranza) farmhand
    b) ( patán) boor
    * * *
    = drudge, farm-hand, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. People who called themselves 'climatologists' were mostly drudges who compiled statistics about weather conditions in regions of interest.
    Ex. The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * * *
    a) (ant) ( mozo de labranza) farmhand
    b) ( patán) boor
    * * *
    = drudge, farm-hand, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: People who called themselves 'climatologists' were mostly drudges who compiled statistics about weather conditions in regions of interest.

    Ex: The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.
    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.

    * * *
    1 ( ant) (mozo de labranza) farmhand, farm laborer*
    2 (patán) boor
    * * *
    1. [hombre rudo] lout, boor
    2. [bracero] farm labourer
    * * *
    m fig
    oaf

    Spanish-English dictionary > gañán

  • 66 gruñón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.
    m.
    grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.
    * * *
    1 grumbling, grumpy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, grouch
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ grumpy, grumbling
    2.
    SM / F grumbler
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); grump ( colloq), grouch ( colloq), misery ( BrE colloq), moaner ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    gruñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)

    gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy

    ' gruñón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gruñona
    English:
    grouch
    - grouchy
    - grump
    - grumpy
    - nag
    - nagging
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    old grump
    * * *
    I adj fam
    grumpy
    II m, gruñona f fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    gruñón, - ñona adj, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy, crabby
    gruñón, - ñona n, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy person, nag
    * * *
    gruñón1 adj grumpy [comp. grumpier; superl. grumpiest]
    gruñón2 n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñón

  • 67 imprevisible

    adj.
    1 unforeseeable (inesperado).
    el tiempo aquí es muy imprevisible the weather here is very unpredictable
    una persona imprevisible an unpredictable person
    2 unpredictable, unforeseeable, unforeseen, fluky.
    * * *
    1 (hecho) unforeseeable; (persona) unpredictable
    * * *
    ADJ [suceso, problema] unforeseeable; [persona] unpredictable
    * * *
    adjetivo <hecho/factor> unforeseeable; < persona> unpredictable
    * * *
    = unpredictable, unforeseeable, unanticipated, freakish.
    Ex. The arrangement of headings into an overall sequence is important, and an order which is erratic, unpredictable, or with which the user is not familiar can lead to poor retrieval in any printed, card or microfilm index or catalogue.
    Ex. In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
    Ex. Nonetheless, despite both anticipated and unanticipated obstacles, the enthusiasm among the consortium members remains high.
    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.
    * * *
    adjetivo <hecho/factor> unforeseeable; < persona> unpredictable
    * * *
    = unpredictable, unforeseeable, unanticipated, freakish.

    Ex: The arrangement of headings into an overall sequence is important, and an order which is erratic, unpredictable, or with which the user is not familiar can lead to poor retrieval in any printed, card or microfilm index or catalogue.

    Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
    Ex: Nonetheless, despite both anticipated and unanticipated obstacles, the enthusiasm among the consortium members remains high.
    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.

    * * *
    ‹hecho/factor› unforeseeable; ‹persona› unpredictable
    * * *

    imprevisible adjetivo ‹hecho/factor› unforeseeable;
    ‹ persona› unpredictable
    imprevisible adjetivo unforeseeable, unpredictable
    ' imprevisible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    erratic
    - exasperate
    - unforeseeable
    - unpredictable
    - volatile
    * * *
    unpredictable;
    el tiempo aquí es muy imprevisible the weather here is very unpredictable;
    una persona imprevisible an unpredictable person;
    lograron un triunfo imprevisible they achieved an unexpected victory
    * * *
    adj unpredictable
    * * *
    : unforeseeable

    Spanish-English dictionary > imprevisible

  • 68 indigente

    adj.
    1 destitute, poor.
    2 indigent, disadvantaged, poor, destitute.
    f. & m.
    1 poor person.
    2 pauper, poor person, indigent, tramp.
    3 bag lady.
    * * *
    1 indigent, poverty-stricken
    1 poor person
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (frml) destitute, indigent (frml)
    II
    masculino y femenino (frml) indigent (frml)
    * * *
    = needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, impecunious, indigent, destitute, vagrant, bag lady, pauper, shopping-bag lady, bagwoman, bagman.
    Ex. By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.
    Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex. Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.
    Ex. These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.
    Ex. The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.
    Ex. This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.
    Ex. A sample of New York City's vagrant females were interviewed in the main bag lady territory in Manhattan.
    Ex. Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.
    Ex. Shopping-bag ladies do not overtly beg, but they do not refuse what is offered.
    Ex. I've always been afraid of somehow winding up as a bagwoman in the streets.
    Ex. His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.
    ----
    * albergue para indigentes = poorhouse.
    * indigentes, los = destitute, the.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (frml) destitute, indigent (frml)
    II
    masculino y femenino (frml) indigent (frml)
    * * *
    = needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, impecunious, indigent, destitute, vagrant, bag lady, pauper, shopping-bag lady, bagwoman, bagman.

    Ex: By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.

    Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex: Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.
    Ex: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.
    Ex: The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.
    Ex: This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.
    Ex: A sample of New York City's vagrant females were interviewed in the main bag lady territory in Manhattan.
    Ex: Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.
    Ex: Shopping-bag ladies do not overtly beg, but they do not refuse what is offered.
    Ex: I've always been afraid of somehow winding up as a bagwoman in the streets.
    Ex: His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.
    * albergue para indigentes = poorhouse.
    * indigentes, los = destitute, the.

    * * *
    ( frml); destitute, indigent ( frml)
    ( frml)
    indigent ( frml)
    los indigentes the destitute
    * * *

    indigente adj frml poverty-stricken
    ' indigente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    destitute
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    poor, destitute
    ♦ nmf
    poor person;
    los indigentes the poor, the destitute
    * * *
    I adj destitute
    II m/f poor person;
    los indigentes the poor pl
    * * *
    indigente adj & nmf
    : indigent

    Spanish-English dictionary > indigente

  • 69 irregular

    adj.
    1 uneven (no uniforme) (terreno, superficie).
    su rendimiento en los estudios es irregular he's inconsistent in his studies
    2 irregular.
    la financiación irregular de los partidos the irregular funding of the parties
    f. & m.
    subversive element.
    * * *
    1 irregular
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=desigual)
    a) [superficie, terreno] uneven; [contorno, línea] crooked; [rasgos] irregular; [filo] jagged
    b) [latido, ritmo] irregular; [rendimiento] irregular, erratic; [jugador, equipo] inconsistent; [año, vida] chaotic
    2) (=no legal)
    3) (Ling) [verbo] irregular
    4) (Mat) [polígono, figura] irregular
    * * *
    1)
    a) <trazos/facciones> irregular; < letra> irregular, uneven; <terreno/superficie> irregular, uneven
    b) <rendimiento/asistencia> irregular, erratic; <pulso/ritmo> irregular
    2) (Der) <procedimiento/acción> irregular
    3) (Ling) irregular
    * * *
    = irregular, spasmodic, spotty, ragged, lapsed, episodic, scrappy [scrappier -comp., scrappiest -sup.], fitful, bitty [bittier -comp., bittiest -sup.], spastic, chequered [checkered, -USA].
    Ex. Irregular, this frequency type is used not only for irregular periodicals, but also for periodicals issued less than once per year.
    Ex. Progress in many sectors has been slow and spasmodic; positive measures have been implemented often only after protracted negotiations and their impact has usually been incremental rather than dramatic.
    Ex. Enforcement of library policies is spotty at best.
    Ex. Even in more mainstream publishing, despite the ubiquity of word processors, which can so easily produce justified text, ragged right margins are becoming more common, even fashionable.
    Ex. However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex. Politics often makes library development episodic and unpredictable.
    Ex. It is a scrappy book, apparently assembled in haste.
    Ex. This is a compelling account of Twain's fitful creative life.
    Ex. However, his use of a remorselessly chronological approach yields a narrative that is often bitty, sometimes ponderously plodding.
    Ex. The joints associated with spastic muscles need to be carried through a passive range of motion daily to delay the development of contractures.
    Ex. An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.
    ----
    * de forma irregular = erratically.
    * de modo irregular = erratically.
    * de un modo irregular = scrappily.
    * pasado irregular = chequered history, chequered past.
    * plantación irregular = random clumping.
    * * *
    1)
    a) <trazos/facciones> irregular; < letra> irregular, uneven; <terreno/superficie> irregular, uneven
    b) <rendimiento/asistencia> irregular, erratic; <pulso/ritmo> irregular
    2) (Der) <procedimiento/acción> irregular
    3) (Ling) irregular
    * * *
    = irregular, spasmodic, spotty, ragged, lapsed, episodic, scrappy [scrappier -comp., scrappiest -sup.], fitful, bitty [bittier -comp., bittiest -sup.], spastic, chequered [checkered, -USA].

    Ex: Irregular, this frequency type is used not only for irregular periodicals, but also for periodicals issued less than once per year.

    Ex: Progress in many sectors has been slow and spasmodic; positive measures have been implemented often only after protracted negotiations and their impact has usually been incremental rather than dramatic.
    Ex: Enforcement of library policies is spotty at best.
    Ex: Even in more mainstream publishing, despite the ubiquity of word processors, which can so easily produce justified text, ragged right margins are becoming more common, even fashionable.
    Ex: However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex: Politics often makes library development episodic and unpredictable.
    Ex: It is a scrappy book, apparently assembled in haste.
    Ex: This is a compelling account of Twain's fitful creative life.
    Ex: However, his use of a remorselessly chronological approach yields a narrative that is often bitty, sometimes ponderously plodding.
    Ex: The joints associated with spastic muscles need to be carried through a passive range of motion daily to delay the development of contractures.
    Ex: An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.
    * de forma irregular = erratically.
    * de modo irregular = erratically.
    * de un modo irregular = scrappily.
    * pasado irregular = chequered history, chequered past.
    * plantación irregular = random clumping.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹trazos/facciones› irregular; ‹letra› irregular, uneven; ‹terreno/superficie› irregular, uneven
    2 ‹rendimiento/asistencia› irregular, erratic; ‹pulso/ritmo› irregular
    su trabajo este año ha sido muy irregular his work has been very erratic o inconsistent this year
    lleva una vida muy irregular he leads a very disorganized o a chaotic life
    B ( Der) ‹procedimiento/acción› irregular
    su situación legal es irregular his legal situation is irregular
    hay posibles acciones irregulares there are possible irregularities
    C ( Ling) irregular
    * * *

    irregular adjetivo ( en general) irregular;
    ‹letra/superficie› irregular, uneven
    irregular adjetivo irregular: es una situación absolutamente irregular, it's a highly irregular situation
    ' irregular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accidentada
    - accidentado
    - ahorcarse
    - alisar
    - dato
    - desigual
    - alterar
    - desnivelado
    - dispar
    English:
    board
    - do
    - erratic
    - fitful
    - irregular
    - lie
    - patchy
    - spasmodic
    - spasmodically
    - uneven
    - fitfully
    - jagged
    - ragged
    * * *
    1. [comportamiento] erratic;
    su rendimiento en los estudios es irregular her Br marks o US grades are inconsistent;
    el equipo tuvo una actuación muy irregular the team's performance was very patchy;
    el comportamiento irregular de la inflación the erratic behaviour of inflation
    2. [situación] irregular;
    un inmigrante en situación irregular an immigrant without the proper documentation, an immigrant who is not legally registered
    3. [terreno, superficie] uneven
    4. [poco honesto] irregular;
    consiguió su fortuna de forma irregular the way he obtained his fortune was not entirely honest o was somewhat irregular;
    la financiación irregular de los partidos the irregular funding of the parties
    5. [verbo] irregular
    6. Geom irregular
    * * *
    adj
    1 irregular
    2 superficie uneven
    * * *
    : irregular
    * * *
    1. (verbos) irregular
    2. (situación) abnormal

    Spanish-English dictionary > irregular

  • 70 jornalero

    m.
    day laborer, field hand, workman, laborer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 day labourer
    * * *
    (f. - jornalera)
    noun f.
    * * *
    jornalero, -a
    SM / F (day) labourer, (day) laborer (EEUU)
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino day laborer*
    * * *
    = labourer [laborer, -USA], seasonal worker, seasonal farmworker, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.
    Ex. These people are seasonal workers who are here on a temporary work permit and who should be leaving at the end of their legal contract.
    Ex. Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    ----
    * jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino day laborer*
    * * *
    = labourer [laborer, -USA], seasonal worker, seasonal farmworker, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.

    Ex: These people are seasonal workers who are here on a temporary work permit and who should be leaving at the end of their legal contract.
    Ex: Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.
    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    day laborer*
    * * *

    jornalero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    day laborer( conjugate laborer)

    ' jornalero' also found in these entries:
    English:
    casual
    - farmhand
    - farmlabourer
    - hired hand
    * * *
    jornalero, -a nm,f
    day labourer
    * * *
    m, jornalera f day laborer, Br
    day labourer
    * * *
    jornalero, -ra n
    : day laborer
    * * *
    jornalero n casual labourer

    Spanish-English dictionary > jornalero

  • 71 jornalero agrícola

    (n.) = farm labourer, farm worker
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * * *
    (n.) = farm labourer, farm worker

    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.

    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jornalero agrícola

  • 72 labrador

    m.
    1 Labrador retriever, Labrador.
    2 Labrador retriever.
    3 farm laborer, farmer, peasant, plowman.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 farmer
    * * *
    (f. - labradora)
    noun
    peasant, farmer
    * * *
    SM (Geog) Labrador
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer; ( trabajador) farmworker
    * * *
    = Labrador retriever, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. The final necropsy diagnoses were compared among 1,206 golden retrievers, boxers, German shepherd dogs, Labrador retrievers, and rottweilers.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    ----
    * perro labrador = Labrador retriever.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer; ( trabajador) farmworker
    * * *
    = Labrador retriever, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: The final necropsy diagnoses were compared among 1,206 golden retrievers, boxers, German shepherd dogs, Labrador retrievers, and rottweilers.

    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * perro labrador = Labrador retriever.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Agr)
    1 (propietario) farmer
    2 (trabajador) farmworker, farmhand
    B (perro) labrador
    * * *

    labrador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino (Agr) ( propietario) farmer;


    ( trabajador) farmworker
    labrador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (dueño de sus tierras) farmer
    2 (asalariado) farm worker
    ' labrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    labradora
    English:
    labourer
    - labrador
    - plow
    * * *
    Labrador
    * * *
    m, labradora f farm worker
    * * *
    : farmer
    * * *
    1. (granjero) farmer
    2. (empleado) farm worker

    Spanish-English dictionary > labrador

  • 73 labriego

    m.
    farm worker, farm labourer, peasant, farmer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 farm worker
    * * *
    labriego, -a
    SM / F farmhand, labourer, peasant
    * * *
    - ga masculino, femenino farmworker
    * * *
    = farm-hand, farm labourer, farm worker.
    Ex. The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * * *
    - ga masculino, femenino farmworker
    * * *
    = farm-hand, farm labourer, farm worker.

    Ex: The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.

    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    farmworker
    * * *

    labriego
    ◊ -ga sustantivo masculino, femenino

    farmworker

    ' labriego' also found in these entries:
    English:
    labourer
    * * *
    labriego, -a nm,f
    farm worker
    * * *
    m, labriega f farm worker

    Spanish-English dictionary > labriego

  • 74 maltratar

    v.
    1 to ill-treat.
    maltrató a su mujer durante cinco años he mistreated his wife over a five-year period
    la novela fue maltratada por la crítica the novel was mauled by the critics
    2 to damage.
    3 to hurt, to cause pain to.
    Ella maltrata a su madre She hurts her mother.
    4 to abuse, to ill-treat, to kick around, to knock about.
    Ellos maltrataron al chico They abused the boy.
    5 to mishandle, to bang about, to bang around, to handle roughly.
    El correo maltrató el paquete The mail mishandled the package.
    * * *
    1 (tratar mal) to ill-treat, mistreat; (pegar) to batter
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ persona] (=tratar mal) to ill-treat, maltreat, abuse; (=pegar) to batter, abuse
    2) [+ cosas] to handle roughly
    3) (tb: maltratar de palabra) to abuse, insult
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <persona/animal> to maltreat, ill-treat, mistreat; ( pegar) <niño/mujer> to batter
    b) <juguete/coche> to mistreat, treat... very roughly
    * * *
    = mistreat, batter, maltreat, manhandle, sandbag, lay + a finger on, ill-treat.
    Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
    Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.
    Ex. Despite these findings, the label 'social isolation' may not accurately describe mothers who maltreat their children.
    Ex. The 300 people, students or other, who took over the premises also manhandled ancient works of great historical value.
    Ex. Bill Clinton did not get sandbagged; he knew exactly what he was doing.
    Ex. That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims -- he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.
    Ex. On his return, his house was assaulted by a large concourse of rabble, who broke all the windows and attacked, pelted, beat and otherwise ill-treated him.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <persona/animal> to maltreat, ill-treat, mistreat; ( pegar) <niño/mujer> to batter
    b) <juguete/coche> to mistreat, treat... very roughly
    * * *
    = mistreat, batter, maltreat, manhandle, sandbag, lay + a finger on, ill-treat.

    Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

    Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.
    Ex: Despite these findings, the label 'social isolation' may not accurately describe mothers who maltreat their children.
    Ex: The 300 people, students or other, who took over the premises also manhandled ancient works of great historical value.
    Ex: Bill Clinton did not get sandbagged; he knew exactly what he was doing.
    Ex: That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims -- he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.
    Ex: On his return, his house was assaulted by a large concourse of rabble, who broke all the windows and attacked, pelted, beat and otherwise ill-treated him.

    * * *
    maltratar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona/animal› to maltreat, ill-treat, mistreat; (pegar) ‹niño/mujer› to batter
    2 ‹juguete/coche› to mistreat, treat … very roughly
    * * *

    maltratar ( conjugate maltratar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹persona/animal› to maltreat, ill-treat, mistreat;

    ( pegar) ‹niño/mujer› to batter
    b) ‹juguete/coche› to mistreat, treat … very roughly

    maltratar verbo transitivo
    1 (un objeto) to mistreat
    2 (psicológicamente) to ill-treat, (golpear) to batter
    ' maltratar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pegar
    English:
    abuse
    - batter
    - ill-treat
    - maltreat
    - manhandle
    - maul
    - mistreat
    - pull about
    - rough
    - beat
    - ill
    - kick
    - man
    * * *
    1. [pegar, insultar] to ill-treat;
    maltrató a su mujer durante cinco años he mistreated his wife over a five-year period;
    la novela fue maltratada por la crítica the novel was mauled by the critics
    2. [estropear] to damage
    * * *
    v/t ill-treat, mistreat
    * * *
    1) : to mistreat, to abuse
    2) : to damage, to spoil
    * * *
    maltratar vb to mistreat

    Spanish-English dictionary > maltratar

  • 75 no remunerado

    adj.
    unremunerated, unsalaried.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unpaid, unsalaried, non-paying, unremunerated, non-remunerated
    Ex. She began her career in the Royal Library in Feb 38 as an unpaid assistant.
    Ex. The mayor, like other councilors, is unsalaried and has virtually no administrative or appointive powers.
    Ex. IFLA is seeking a volunteer (i.e, this is a non-paying position) to act as editor-in-chief of a project to update the World Guide last published in 1995.
    Ex. The reform process that forces a growing number of women out of the recorded labor force into casual, unremunerated, & informal work.
    Ex. The data serves to show that the traditional model of non-remunerated work persists despite the equality of rights enshrined in the Constitution.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unpaid, unsalaried, non-paying, unremunerated, non-remunerated

    Ex: She began her career in the Royal Library in Feb 38 as an unpaid assistant.

    Ex: The mayor, like other councilors, is unsalaried and has virtually no administrative or appointive powers.
    Ex: IFLA is seeking a volunteer (i.e, this is a non-paying position) to act as editor-in-chief of a project to update the World Guide last published in 1995.
    Ex: The reform process that forces a growing number of women out of the recorded labor force into casual, unremunerated, & informal work.
    Ex: The data serves to show that the traditional model of non-remunerated work persists despite the equality of rights enshrined in the Constitution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no remunerado

  • 76 obscenidad

    f.
    1 obscenity.
    2 obscene act, immoral act, indecency, indecent act.
    * * *
    1 obscenity
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino obscenity
    * * *
    = nastiness, obscenity, bawdiness, ribaldry, rude remark.
    Ex. He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.
    Ex. It simply sells space to Information Providers (IPs) who, in theory at least, can put up what information they like, accurate or inaccurate, being bound only by existing laws of libel, obscenity etc.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.
    Ex. The best way to deal with a rude remark is to ignore it.
    * * *
    femenino obscenity
    * * *
    = nastiness, obscenity, bawdiness, ribaldry, rude remark.

    Ex: He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.

    Ex: It simply sells space to Information Providers (IPs) who, in theory at least, can put up what information they like, accurate or inaccurate, being bound only by existing laws of libel, obscenity etc.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.
    Ex: The best way to deal with a rude remark is to ignore it.

    * * *
    1 (cosa obscena) obscenity
    le gritó una sarta de obscenidades he yelled a string of obscenities at her
    una revista pornográfica, llena de obscenidades a pornographic magazine, full of obscene material
    2 (cualidad) obscenity
    * * *

    obscenidad sustantivo femenino obscenity
    ' obscenidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    filth
    - smut
    - obscenity
    * * *
    obscenity
    * * *
    f obscenity
    * * *
    : obscenity

    Spanish-English dictionary > obscenidad

  • 77 obstáculo

    m.
    obstacle, drag, snag, balk.
    * * *
    1 (barrera) obstacle
    2 (inconveniente) objection
    3 (valla) fence, jump
    \
    salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    carrera de obstáculos (para niños) obstacle race 2 (de caballos, atletas) steeplechase
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [físico] obstacle
    carrera 2)
    2) (=dificultad) obstacle, hindrance

    poner obstáculos a algo/algn — to hinder sth/sb

    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.
    Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex. While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex. Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex. This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex. Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex. Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex. The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex. Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.
    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.

    Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

    Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex: Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex: This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex: Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex: Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex: Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

    * * *
    obstacle
    quitaron los obstáculos del camino they cleared the obstacles from the road, they cleared the road of obstacles
    superar or salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    no fue obstáculo para que ganara it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning
    me puso muchos obstáculos he put many obstacles in my path
    el único obstáculo entre nosotros y la victoria the only obstacle between us and victory, the only thing that stands/stood between us and victory
    un obstáculo para el éxito del proyecto an obstacle to the success of the project
    * * *

    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    obstacle
    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    1 (dificultad) handicap: no hay ningún obstáculo para que estudies Derecho, there's nothing stopping you from studying Law
    2 (en un camino, etc) obstacle
    una carrera de obstáculos, an obstacle race
    ' obstáculo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escollo
    - esquivar
    - estorbo
    - franquear
    - insalvable
    - remover
    - salvar
    - sortear
    - vencer
    - allanar
    - apartar
    - brincar
    - chocar
    - eliminar
    - encontrar
    - saltar
    - subsanar
    English:
    bar
    - barrier
    - block
    - chief
    - clash
    - clear
    - get across
    - get over
    - get past
    - hazard
    - hurdle
    - impassable
    - impediment
    - jump
    - negotiate
    - obstacle
    - obstruction
    - pitfall
    * * *
    1. [impedimento] obstacle ( para to);
    poner obstáculos a algo/alguien to put obstacles in the way of sth/sb
    2. [en una carrera] hurdle
    * * *
    m obstacle;
    carrera de obstáculos obstacle race;
    ponerle obstáculos a alguien make things difficult for s.o.;
    ponerle obstáculos a algo make sth difficult
    * * *
    impedimento: obstacle
    * * *
    obstáculo n obstacle

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstáculo

  • 78 pelear

    v.
    1 to fight (a golpes).
    Ellos pelean sin cesar They fight endlessly.
    Ellos pelearon la ley injusta They fought the unfair law.
    2 to have a row or quarrel (a gritos).
    3 to struggle.
    4 to fight with.
    Me pelea mi hermano My brother fights with me.
    * * *
    1 (físicamente) to fight; (verbalmente) to quarrel, argue
    2 (hacer un esfuerzo) to work hard, struggle
    1 (físicamente) to fight; (verbalmente) to quarrel, argue
    \
    pelear por algo to fight for something
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) [físicamente] to fight
    2) (=esforzarse) to struggle

    tuvo que pelear mucho para mantener a su familia — he had to struggle hard to support his family, it was a hard struggle for him to support his family

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( discutir) to quarrel

    pelearon por una tontería — they quarreled o (colloq) had a fight over a silly little thing

    b) novios ( discutir) to quarrel, argue; ( terminar) to break up, split up
    c) ( en sentido físico) to fight
    d) ( batallar)
    e) ( en boxeo) to fight
    2.
    pelearse v pron
    a) ( discutir) to quarrel
    b) novios ( discutir) to quarrel; ( terminar) to break up, split up
    c) ( pegarse) to fight
    * * *
    = struggle, bicker, squabble.
    Ex. Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.
    Ex. Chapter 4 presents solutions for when children fight, bicker, compete, namecall, and hit.
    Ex. Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.
    ----
    * con ganas de pelear = on the warpath.
    * dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.
    * para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.
    * pelear a brazo partido = fight + tooth and nail.
    * pelear a muerte = fight to + death.
    * pelear hasta la muerte = fight to + death.
    * pelearse = feud, scuffle, fall out, quarrel.
    * pelearse con = fall out with.
    * pelearse (por) = war (over).
    * pelearse por Hacer Algo = scramble.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( discutir) to quarrel

    pelearon por una tontería — they quarreled o (colloq) had a fight over a silly little thing

    b) novios ( discutir) to quarrel, argue; ( terminar) to break up, split up
    c) ( en sentido físico) to fight
    d) ( batallar)
    e) ( en boxeo) to fight
    2.
    pelearse v pron
    a) ( discutir) to quarrel
    b) novios ( discutir) to quarrel; ( terminar) to break up, split up
    c) ( pegarse) to fight
    * * *
    = struggle, bicker, squabble.

    Ex: Despite the ferment that was going on in the scientific information field during the middle years of the decade of the '50's, the ADI was struggling to survive; membership had shrunk to only 200.

    Ex: Chapter 4 presents solutions for when children fight, bicker, compete, namecall, and hit.
    Ex: Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.
    * con ganas de pelear = on the warpath.
    * dos no se pelean si uno no quiere = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.
    * para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.
    * pelear a brazo partido = fight + tooth and nail.
    * pelear a muerte = fight to + death.
    * pelear hasta la muerte = fight to + death.
    * pelearse = feud, scuffle, fall out, quarrel.
    * pelearse con = fall out with.
    * pelearse (por) = war (over).
    * pelearse por Hacer Algo = scramble.

    * * *
    pelear [A1 ]
    vi
    1 (reñir, discutir) to quarrel
    pelearon por una tontería they argued o quarreled o ( colloq) had a fight over a silly little thing
    todos pelean por ser el jefe they're all fighting to be the boss
    2 «novios» (discutir) to quarrel, argue, have a fight ( colloq); (terminar) to break up, split up
    ya están peleando otra vez por el balón they're fighting over the ball again
    las tropas pelearon con gran valor the troops fought bravely
    4
    (batallar): ha tenido que pelear mucho para lograrlo she's really had to work hard to get it, getting it was a real struggle
    me paso la vida peleando con los niños para que estudien it's a constant battle trying to get the children to study
    5 (en boxeo) to fight
    Barrios peleará contra Haro en París Barrios will fight Haro in Paris
    1 (discutir, reñir) to quarrel
    se pelearon por una chica y no se hablan they quarreled over a girl and now they aren't speaking (to each other)
    se estaban peleando por algo sin importancia they were quarreling o having an argument about something trivial
    2 «novios» (discutir) to quarrel, argue, have a fight ( colloq); (terminar) to break up, split up
    3 (pegarse) to fight
    los niños se pelearon por los juguetes the children fought over the toys
    * * *

     

    pelear ( conjugate pelear) verbo intransitivo

    ◊ pelearon por una tontería they quarreled o (colloq) had a fight over a silly little thing


    ( terminar) to break up, split up

    pelear por algo to fight over sth
    pelearse verbo pronominal

    ( pegarse) to fight;
    pelearse por algo to quarrel/fight over sth

    ( terminar) to break up, split up
    pelear verbo intransitivo
    1 (luchar) to fight
    2 (discutir) to quarrel, argue
    3 (esforzarse por algo) to work hard
    ' pelear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chueco
    - limpio
    - luchar
    English:
    feud
    - fight
    - argue
    - bicker
    - play
    - squabble
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [a golpes] to fight
    2. [a gritos] to have a row o quarrel;
    han peleado y ya no se quieren ver they've had a row o quarrelled, and don't want to see each other any more
    3. [esforzarse] to fight hard, to struggle;
    ha peleado por sacar a su familia adelante he's fought hard o struggled to keep his family;
    ha peleado mucho por ese puesto she has fought hard to get that job
    * * *
    v/i fight
    * * *
    pelear vi
    1) luchar: to fight
    2) disputar: to quarrel

    Spanish-English dictionary > pelear

  • 79 peón

    m.
    1 unskilled laborer, labourer, laborer, day laborer.
    2 pawn, chess pawn.
    3 farm-hand, ranch hand.
    4 top, spinning top.
    5 mine prop.
    * * *
    1 (trabajador) unskilled labourer (US laborer)
    2 (agrícola) farm hand, farm worker
    4 (peonza) top, spinning top
    \
    peón caminero road mender
    peón de albañil building labourer (US laborer)
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Téc) labourer, laborer (EEUU); esp LAm (Agr) farm labourer, farmhand; (Taur) assistant; Méx (=aprendiz) apprentice; (=ayudante) assistant

    peón caminero — navvy, roadmender

    2) (Ajedrez) pawn
    3) (Mil, Hist) infantryman, foot-soldier
    4) (=peonza) spinning top
    5) (Mec) spindle, shaft
    * * *
    1) (Const) laborer*; (Agr) (esp AmL) agricultural laborer*, farm worker
    2) ( en ajedrez) pawn; ( en damas) piece, checker (AmE), draughtsman (BrE)
    * * *
    = hand, farm worker, labourer [laborer, -USA], jockey, pawn, farmworker [farm worker], farm-hand, farm labourer, harvest hand.
    Ex. The clicker paid each man according to what he had set, keeping for himself a share equal to that of the most productive hand.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    Ex. Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.
    Ex. But unless technical staff want to remain in a servant role as mere tool jockeys, they must complete the evolution from craftsperson to professional.
    Ex. The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.
    Ex. School librarians regularly visit farmworkers' labour camps to help with the literacy needs of migrant children.
    Ex. The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. So thousands of harvest hands come and go every year like birds of passage.
    ----
    * peón agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * peón caminero = road worker.
    * * *
    1) (Const) laborer*; (Agr) (esp AmL) agricultural laborer*, farm worker
    2) ( en ajedrez) pawn; ( en damas) piece, checker (AmE), draughtsman (BrE)
    * * *
    = hand, farm worker, labourer [laborer, -USA], jockey, pawn, farmworker [farm worker], farm-hand, farm labourer, harvest hand.

    Ex: The clicker paid each man according to what he had set, keeping for himself a share equal to that of the most productive hand.

    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    Ex: Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.
    Ex: But unless technical staff want to remain in a servant role as mere tool jockeys, they must complete the evolution from craftsperson to professional.
    Ex: The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.
    Ex: School librarians regularly visit farmworkers' labour camps to help with the literacy needs of migrant children.
    Ex: The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.
    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex: So thousands of harvest hands come and go every year like birds of passage.
    * peón agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.
    * peón caminero = road worker.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Const) laborer*
    2 ( esp AmL) ( Agr) agricultural laborer*, farm worker, ranch hand
    Compuestos:
    (bricklayer's) laborer*, building laborer*
    road worker, roadmender, navvy ( BrE colloq)
    bullfighter's assistant ( who draws the bull to the picador)
    B ( Jueg)
    1 (en ajedrez) pawn; (en damas) piece, checker ( AmE), draughtsman ( BrE)
    2 (trompo) spinning top
    * * *

    peón sustantivo masculino
    1 (Const) laborer( conjugate laborer);
    (Agr) (esp AmL) agricultural laborer( conjugate laborer), farm worker;
    ◊ peón albañil (building) laborer( conjugate laborer);

    peón caminero road worker
    2 ( en ajedrez) pawn;
    ( en damas) piece, checker (AmE), draughtsman (BrE)
    peón sustantivo masculino
    1 unskilled labourer o US laborer
    2 Ajedrez pawn
    ' peón' also found in these entries:
    English:
    farmhand
    - labourer
    - pawn
    - farm
    - hand
    - laborer
    * * *
    peón nm
    1. [obrero] unskilled labourer
    Taurom peón de brega bullfighter's assistant;
    peón caminero roadworker, Br navvy
    2. [en granja] farmhand, farm worker
    3. [en ajedrez] pawn
    4. [peonza] (spinning) top
    * * *
    m
    1 en ajedrez pawn
    2 trabajador laborer, Br
    labourer
    * * *
    peón nm, pl peones
    1) : laborer, peon
    2) : pawn (in chess)
    * * *
    1. (obrero) labourer
    2. (en ajedrez) pawn

    Spanish-English dictionary > peón

  • 80 peón agrícola

    m.
    farm-hand, agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer.
    * * *
    (n.) = farm labourer, farm worker
    Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
    Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.
    * * *
    (n.) = farm labourer, farm worker

    Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.

    Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.

    Spanish-English dictionary > peón agrícola

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