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1 zona de subducción
destructive margin; destructive plate margin; subduction zone -
2 adición destructiva
• destructive addition -
3 comentario destructivo
• destructive remark• tearing• tearing to pieces -
4 devastador
• destructive• devastating• devastator• shattering -
5 rompelotodo
• destructive person -
6 ola destructiva
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7 destructivo
adj.destructive, baneful, deleterious, disruptive.* * *► adjetivo1 destructive* * *(f. - destructiva)adj.* * *ADJ destructive* * *- va adjetivo destructive* * *= corrosive, destructive, ruinous.Ex. This paper examines some aspects of the history of libraries in the Soviet Union from the viewpoint of the corrosive effects of totalitarianism on libraries.Ex. The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.Ex. Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.----* no destructivo = non-destructive.* * *- va adjetivo destructive* * *= corrosive, destructive, ruinous.Ex: This paper examines some aspects of the history of libraries in the Soviet Union from the viewpoint of the corrosive effects of totalitarianism on libraries.
Ex: The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.Ex: Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.* no destructivo = non-destructive.* * *destructivo -vadestructive* * *
destructivo◊ -va adjetivo
destructive
destructivo,-a adjetivo destructive
' destructivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
destructiva
English:
destructive
* * *destructivo, -a adjdestructive* * *adj destructive* * *destructivo, -va adj: destructive -
8 destructor
adj.destructive, deleterious, destroying, noxious.m.1 destroyer, destructor.2 destructive person, ravager.* * *► adjetivo1 destructive1 MARÍTIMO destroyer————————1 MARÍTIMO destroyer* * *1.ADJ destructive2.SM (Náut) destroyer* * *masculino destroyer* * *= destroyer, destructive, annihilating.Ex. The result of knowledge gleaned from libraries is to make men not violent revolutionists, but cautious evolutionists; not destroyers, but careful improvers.Ex. The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.Ex. This is very much a novel about what Max refers to as the annihilating force of the past.* * *masculino destroyer* * *= destroyer, destructive, annihilating.Ex: The result of knowledge gleaned from libraries is to make men not violent revolutionists, but cautious evolutionists; not destroyers, but careful improvers.
Ex: The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.Ex: This is very much a novel about what Max refers to as the annihilating force of the past.* * *destructivedestroyer* * *
destructor sustantivo masculino
destroyer
destructor,-ora
I adjetivo destructive: el efecto destructor de la sequía, the destructive effect of the drought
II m Náut destroyer
' destructor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
destructora
English:
destroyer
- destructive
* * *destructor, -ora♦ adjdestructive♦ nm[barco de guerra] destroyer* * *I adj destructive;máquina destructora de documentos document shredderII m barco destroyer* * *destructor, - tora adj: destructivedestructor nm: destroyer (ship) -
9 aniquilador
adj.annihilating, exterminating, destructive, killing.* * *► adjetivo1 annihilating, destructive* * *ADJ destructive* * *- dora adjetivo destructive* * *= annihilating.Ex. This is very much a novel about what Max refers to as the annihilating force of the past.* * *- dora adjetivo destructive* * *= annihilating.Ex: This is very much a novel about what Max refers to as the annihilating force of the past.
* * *destructive* * *aniquilador, -ora adjdestructive -
10 no destructivo
adj.nondestructive.* * *(adj.) = non-destructiveEx. This feature, along with the fact that it is a non-destructive technique, have made infrared spectroscopy a valuable method in chemical analysis.* * *(adj.) = non-destructiveEx: This feature, along with the fact that it is a non-destructive technique, have made infrared spectroscopy a valuable method in chemical analysis.
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11 perjudicial
adj.harmful.* * *► adjetivo1 harmful* * *adj.* * *1.ADJ damaging, harmful, detrimental frm2.SM Méx ** secret policeman* * *adjetivo damaging, harmful, detrimental (frml)el alcohol es perjudicial para la salud — alcohol is damaging o detrimental to your health
* * *= adverse, bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], detrimental, damaging, harmful, crippling, prejudicial, disruptive, destructive, deleterious, untoward.Ex. An increase in recall tends to have an adverse effect on another measure of performance, precision -- as recall is increased precision is lowered.Ex. I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.Ex. But the proposal to enter all serials under their titles, while obviously easier to apply, is equally detrimental to the integrity of the catalog.Ex. Potentially as damaging are errors that result from poor editing and proofreading.Ex. These multiple-concept terms yield greater precision, but are associated with a rather larger indexing language and a higher likelihood of harmful scatter.Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex. Decentralisation of corporate libraries into smaller units can be prejudicial to the technical and market development in the company.Ex. The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.Ex. The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.Ex. This article attempts to show the influence of man on the beneficial or deleterious use of information.Ex. Efforts to destigmatize euthanasia or even encourage it for some groups may have the untoward effect of promoting suicide in other groups.----* efecto perjudicial = harmful effect.* hacer que sea perjudicial para = render + detrimental to.* perjudicial para = injurious to.* perjudicial para el entorno = environmentally-damaging.* perjudicial para el medioambiente = environmentally-damaging.* * *adjetivo damaging, harmful, detrimental (frml)el alcohol es perjudicial para la salud — alcohol is damaging o detrimental to your health
* * *= adverse, bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], detrimental, damaging, harmful, crippling, prejudicial, disruptive, destructive, deleterious, untoward.Ex: An increase in recall tends to have an adverse effect on another measure of performance, precision -- as recall is increased precision is lowered.
Ex: I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.Ex: But the proposal to enter all serials under their titles, while obviously easier to apply, is equally detrimental to the integrity of the catalog.Ex: Potentially as damaging are errors that result from poor editing and proofreading.Ex: These multiple-concept terms yield greater precision, but are associated with a rather larger indexing language and a higher likelihood of harmful scatter.Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex: Decentralisation of corporate libraries into smaller units can be prejudicial to the technical and market development in the company.Ex: The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.Ex: The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.Ex: This article attempts to show the influence of man on the beneficial or deleterious use of information.Ex: Efforts to destigmatize euthanasia or even encourage it for some groups may have the untoward effect of promoting suicide in other groups.* efecto perjudicial = harmful effect.* hacer que sea perjudicial para = render + detrimental to.* perjudicial para = injurious to.* perjudicial para el entorno = environmentally-damaging.* perjudicial para el medioambiente = environmentally-damaging.* * *damaging, harmful, detrimental ( frml)el alcohol y el tabaco son perjudiciales para la salud alcohol and tobacco are harmful o damaging o detrimental to your healthesta sequía es muy perjudicial para el campo this drought is very bad for agriculture o is seriously damaging agricultureresultaría perjudicial para la economía it would be damaging o prejudicial to the economy* * *
perjudicial adjetivo [ser] damaging, harmful, detrimental (frml);
perjudicial para algo/algn damaging o harmful o detrimental to sth/sb
perjudicial adjetivo damaging, harmful: esa amistad es perjudicial para ti, that friendship is bad for you
' perjudicial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fatal
- costar
- demasía
English:
damaging
- detrimental
- disruptive
- harmful
- injurious
- damage
- untoward
* * *perjudicial adjharmful ( para to);el exceso de colesterol es perjudicial para la salud too much cholesterol is damaging to your health;la decisión es perjudicial para nuestros planes the decision upsets our plans* * *adj harmful, damaging;perjudicial para la salud harmful to one’s health* * *perjudicial adj: harmful, detrimental* * *perjudicial adj bad / harmful -
12 pernicioso
adj.1 noxious, destructive, harmful, baleful.2 pernicious, deleterious, fatal.* * *► adjetivo1 pernicious, harmful* * *ADJ pernicious tb Med; [influencia, sustancia] harmful; [insecto] injurious ( para to)[persona] wicked, evil* * *- sa adjetivo pernicious (frml)* * *= pernicious, baleful, unwholesome, insalubrious.Ex. Furthermore, children can be misled by group influences into reading truly pernicious material (hard core ponography, for example) and when this happens adults have a clear responsibility to step in and do something about it.Ex. He urged the young artists of England to break away from conventionality and the baleful influence of Renaissance art.Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.* * *- sa adjetivo pernicious (frml)* * *= pernicious, baleful, unwholesome, insalubrious.Ex: Furthermore, children can be misled by group influences into reading truly pernicious material (hard core ponography, for example) and when this happens adults have a clear responsibility to step in and do something about it.
Ex: He urged the young artists of England to break away from conventionality and the baleful influence of Renaissance art.Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.* * *pernicioso -sapernicious ( frml), destructive* * *
pernicioso,-a adjetivo pernicious
' pernicioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
perniciosa
- elemento
English:
pernicious
- poisonous
- harmful
* * *pernicioso, -a adjdamaging, harmful* * *adj harmful* * *pernicioso, -sa adj: pernicious, destructive -
13 negativo
adj.1 negative, harmful, contradictory, adverse.2 pessimistic, ill-disposed.3 negativistic.4 negatory.m.1 minus sign.2 negative, negative of a film, negative of photographic film, cliché.* * *► adjetivo1 negative1 (en fotografía) negative————————1 (en fotografía) negative* * *1. noun m. 2. (f. - negativa)adj.negative, adverse* * *1. ADJ1) [gen] negativevoto negativo — vote against, no vote
2) (Mat) minus3) (Fot) negative2.SM (Fot) negative* * *I- va adjetivo1) <respuesta/verbo> negative2) ( perjudicial) < actitud> negative3) (Elec, Mat) negativeIImasculino negative* * *I- va adjetivo1) <respuesta/verbo> negative2) ( perjudicial) < actitud> negative3) (Elec, Mat) negativeIImasculino negative* * *negativo11 = negative.Nota: Nombre.Ex: Owing to the lack of skilled staff and economic resources, traditional libraries are not always able to adequately collect, classify, record, preserve and store prints and negatives of historical importance.
* negativo fotográfico en placa de vidrio = glass plate negative.negativo22 = bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], minus, negative, disruptive, destructive.Ex: I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.
Ex: Here the date the amount was changed, the amount of the change, either plus or minus, and the user number of the person making the change are shown.Ex: When the amount is negative, the vendor owes the library the money.Ex: The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.Ex: The Archives are located in an area that experiences severe air pollution and levels of ozone that are very destructive to paper and parchment.* consecuencia negativa = blowback.* de forma negativa = in a negative light.* de manera negativa = in a negative light.* efecto negativo = chilling effect, blowback.* energía negativa = bad vibes.* eugenesia negativa = negative eugenics.* imagen negativa = negative image.* impacto negativo = negative impact.* los efectos negativos se están dejando sentir ahora = chickens come home to roost.* reacción negativa = negative reaction.* repercusión negativa = backlash.* saldo negativo = debit.* sentimientos negativos = grinding of teeth.* * *A ‹respuesta/verbo› negativelos análisis dieron/salieron negativos the results of the tests were negativeB (perjudicial) negativesu actitud negativa his negative attitudeno hay que ver sólo lo negativo you mustn't always look on the negative side o be so pessimisticC1 ( Elec) ‹terminal/carga› negative2 ( Mat) ‹número› negativenegative* * *
negativo 1◊ -va adjetivo
negative
negativo 2 sustantivo masculino (Fot) negative
negativo,-a
I adjetivo
1 negative, adverse: me produjo una impresión muy negativa, I had a very negative impression of him
los análisis de sangre han dado negativo, the blood test results were negative
2 pessimist: ¡no seas tan negativo!, don't be so negative!
3 Elect el polo negativo, the negative
4 Mat minus
II sustantivo masculino
1 Fot negative
2 (en una puntuación, etc) minus
' negativo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alguna
- alguno
- amagar
- cargar
- condena
- contraria
- contrario
- deber
- nada
- nadie
- negativa
- ninguna
- ninguno
- nunca
- saldo
- hasta
- ni
- no
- polo
English:
advantage
- adverse
- arguable
- but
- debit balance
- disruptive
- do
- downside
- either
- even
- ever
- ill
- jot
- mind
- minus
- negative
- no
- or
- Rh (factor)
- unsympathetic
- whatever
- will
- destructive
- jaundiced
* * *negativo, -a♦ adj1. [respuesta, oración] negative2. [perjudicial] negative3. [resultado] negative;el análisis ha dado negativo the test results were negative, the test came back negative4. [pesimista] negative;no seas tan negativo don't be so negative5. Mat minus, negative;signo negativo minus sign6. [carga eléctrica] negative♦ nm[fotográfico] negative* * *I adj negative;II m FOT negative* * *negativo, -va adj: negativenegativo nm: negative (of a photograph)* * *negativo adj n negative -
14 destrozón
adj.kind of destructive.* * *► adjetivo1 destructive► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 destroyer, destructive person* * *ADJes muy destrozón — [gen] he's a terrible one for breaking things; [con la ropa] he's hard on his clothes
* * *masculine, feminine( fam):eres un destrozón you're always breaking things, you manage to mess up/break everything you lay your hands on* * *destrozón, -ona Fam♦ adjese niño es muy destrozón that child is always breaking things;ser destrozón con la ropa to be very hard on one's clothes♦ nm,fese niño es un destrozón that child is always breaking things -
15 autodestructivo
adj.self-destructive.* * *Ex. The reviewer commends the way the idea of the self-destructing image is incarnated in the texture of the prose.* * *Ex: The reviewer commends the way the idea of the self-destructing image is incarnated in the texture of the prose.
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16 avispero
m.1 wasp's nest (nido).2 mess (informal) (lío).meterse en un avispero to get into a mess3 comb, wasp nest, wasps' nest, vespiary.* * *1 (conjunto de avispas) swarm of wasps2 (nido de avispas) wasp's nest4 MEDICINA carbuncle* * *SM1) (=nido) wasps' nest2) (Med) carbuncle3) * (=enredo) hornet's nest, messmeterse en un avispero — to get o.s. into a jam *
* * *a) ( nido) wasps' nestesa oficina es un avispero — (RPl) that office is a madhouse (colloq)
alborotar or revolver el avispero — to stir up a hornet's nest
b) ( lío) messc) (Med) carbuncle* * *= wasps' nest.Ex. When I was a young, troublesome rapscallion, one of my favorite destructive pastimes was to throw rocks at wasps' nests.* * *a) ( nido) wasps' nestesa oficina es un avispero — (RPl) that office is a madhouse (colloq)
alborotar or revolver el avispero — to stir up a hornet's nest
b) ( lío) messc) (Med) carbuncle* * *= wasps' nest.Ex: When I was a young, troublesome rapscallion, one of my favorite destructive pastimes was to throw rocks at wasps' nests.
* * *1 (nido) wasps' nestalborotar or revolver el avispero to stir up a hornet's nest2 (lío) messmeterse en un avispero to get oneself into a mess o into trouble3 ( Med) carbuncle* * *
avispero sustantivo masculino ( nido) wasps' nest
avispero sustantivo masculino
1 (nido) wasps' nest
2 (asunto complicado, lío) mess
* * *avispero nm1. [nido] wasps' nest;Famalborotar el avispero to stir up a hornet's nestmeterse en un avispero to get into a mess* * *m wasps’ nest;meterse en un avispero fig get o.s. into trouble* * *avispero nm: wasps' nest -
17 barrio
m.1 area, district.los barrios bajos the rough parts of townmandar a alguien al otro barrio (informal figurative) to do somebody in, to kill somebody (peninsular Spanish)barrio comercial/periférico shopping/outlying districtbarrio latino Latin Quarter2 neighborhood, local community, neighbourhood.3 quarter, area.4 people in the neighborhood.5 district, ward, town ward.* * *1 neighbourhood (US neighborhood) (zona) district, area\de barrio localirse al otro barrio familiar to kick the bucketbarrio chino red-light districtbarrio comercial business districtbarrio histórico old townbarrio latino Latin Quarterbarrio periférico suburbbarrio popular working-class areabarrio residencial residential areabarrios bajos slums* * *noun m.1) neighborhood2) quarter* * *SM1) (=distrito) area, district, neighborhood (EEUU)una casa en un barrio residencial — a house in a residential area o district o (EEUU) neighborhood
mi barrio — my part of town, my neighborhood (EEUU)
los barrios de la periferia — the outlying suburbs o areas, the outskirts
tiendas de barrio — local shops, corner shops, neighborhood stores (EEUU)
- el otro barrio- mandar a algn al otro barriobarrio bruja — And shanty town
barrio chino — [de mayoría china] Chinatown, Chinese quarter; [de prostitución] Esp red-light district
barrio comercial — [de negocios] business quarter, commercial district; [de tiendas] shopping area, shopping district
barrio de tolerancia — And red-light district
barrio dormitorio — commuter suburb, dormitory suburb
Barrio Gótico — historic district with principally Gothic architecture
barrio miseria — † shanty town
barrio obrero — working-class area, working-class district, working-class neighborhood (EEUU)
2) LAm shanty town* * *la gente del barrio — people in the neighborhood, local people
* * *= block, ward, quarter, burb, local community.Ex. And what really hurt was that one of them lives on my block and is in no way what you would call a 'delinquent' child.Ex. A total of 868 personal interviews were conducted with residents in tree wards (inner city and suburban).Ex. The library is located in the marginalized quarter of the city of Guatemala.Ex. Townie is in fact a derogatory reference to those who are born and raised in that type of burg or burb, and are assumed to be of inferior intellectual promise.Ex. Involving local communities is crucial to prevent and control destructive forest fires.----* a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.* asesoría de barrio (NAC) = neighbourhood advice centre (NAC).* asistente social de barrio = community worker.* barrio bajo = slum, skid row.* barrio chino, el = Chinatown.* barrio de chabolas = slum.* barrio de los pobres = lower town.* barrio de los ricos = upper town.* barrio dormitorio = bedroom community.* barrio marginado = deprived area.* barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.* barrio pobre = slum.* barrio residencial de las afueras = suburb.* Barrio Sésamo = Sesame Street.* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.* bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.* centro de barrio = neighbourhood centre.* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.* de los barrios pobres = back-street.* en + Posesivo + barrio = in + Posesivo + neck of the woods.* habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.* material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.* patrullas de barrio = community policing.* ser la comidilla del barrio = be the talk of the town.* tienda de barrio = convenience store.* * *la gente del barrio — people in the neighborhood, local people
* * *= block, ward, quarter, burb, local community.Ex: And what really hurt was that one of them lives on my block and is in no way what you would call a 'delinquent' child.
Ex: A total of 868 personal interviews were conducted with residents in tree wards (inner city and suburban).Ex: The library is located in the marginalized quarter of the city of Guatemala.Ex: Townie is in fact a derogatory reference to those who are born and raised in that type of burg or burb, and are assumed to be of inferior intellectual promise.Ex: Involving local communities is crucial to prevent and control destructive forest fires.* a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.* asesoría de barrio (NAC) = neighbourhood advice centre (NAC).* asistente social de barrio = community worker.* barrio bajo = slum, skid row.* barrio chino, el = Chinatown.* barrio de chabolas = slum.* barrio de los pobres = lower town.* barrio de los ricos = upper town.* barrio dormitorio = bedroom community.* barrio marginado = deprived area.* barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.* barrio pobre = slum.* barrio residencial de las afueras = suburb.* Barrio Sésamo = Sesame Street.* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.* bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.* centro de barrio = neighbourhood centre.* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.* de los barrios pobres = back-street.* en + Posesivo + barrio = in + Posesivo + neck of the woods.* habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.* material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.* patrullas de barrio = community policing.* ser la comidilla del barrio = be the talk of the town.* tienda de barrio = convenience store.* * *(zona) neighborhood*la gente del barrio people in the neighborhood, local peopleel mercado del barrio the local marketese chico es de mi barrio that boy lives in my neighborhood o round my wayun barrio residencial a residential district o area o neighborhoodlo conozco del barrio I've seen him around in my area o in the area I live inun comité de barrio neighborhood associationlos barrios más antiguos de la ciudad the oldest parts o areas o quarters of the cityes el hazmerreír del barrio he's the laughing stock of the neighborhoodvive en un barrio de las afueras she lives out in the suburbscine/peluquería de barrio local cinema/hairdresser'sCompuestos:( Chi) smart neighborhoodbusiness quarter o district( Esp) shantytown( Col) shantytownfishermen's quarters( Andes) red-light district( AmC) shantytownLatin Quarterworking-class neighborhood o areasuburbresidential neighborhood o areampl poor neighborhoods (pl)A city neighborhood, defined by its geographical location, a characteristic of its inhabitants, a particular feature, or its history. Most barrios have very strong identities. Buenos Aires is unique, with a total of forty-six distinctive barrios, some very well known, such as the oldest, San Telmo, and La Boca (↑ La Boca 21).* * *
Del verbo barrer: ( conjugate barrer)
barrió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
barrer
barrio
barrer ( conjugate barrer) verbo transitivo
1 ‹suelo/cocina› to sweep
2
verbo intransitivo
1 ( con escoba) to sweep
2 ( arrasar) [equipo/candidato] to sweep to victory;
barrio con algo ‹con premios/medallas› to walk off with sth;
barrió con todos los premios she walked off with all the prizes
barrerse verbo pronominal (Méx) [ vehículo] to skid;
(en fútbol, béisbol) to slide
barrio sustantivo masculino
el mercado del barrio the local market; barrio alto (Chi) smart neighborhood;
barrio chino (Esp) red-light district;
barrio espontáneo (AmC) shantytown;
barrios bajos poor neighborhoods (pl);
barrio de invasión (Col) shantytown
barrer
I verbo transitivo
1 to sweep: hace una semana que no barro el salón, I haven't swept the living room for a week
el anticiclón está barriendo el norte, the anticyclone is sweping through the North
2 (destruir, rechazar) to sweep away
II verbo intransitivo
1 (en una votación) to win by a landslide: el partido conservador barrió en las regiones del norte, the conservatives won by a landslide in the North
2 (acaparar, agotar las existencias) to take away: los clientes barrieron con las ofertas, the customers snapped up the bargains
♦ Locuciones: barrer para casa, to look after number one
barrio sustantivo masculino
1 area, district: el Barrio Alto, the Upper Quarter
barrio chino (zona de prostitución), red-light district
barrios bajos, slums
2 (vecindario) neighbourhood: el niño salió a jugar con los chicos del barrio, the boy went out to play with the local children
♦ Locuciones: de barrio, local: prefiero comprar en cualquier tienda de barrio, no me gustan las grandes superficies, I'd rather buy in a local shop, I don't like big stores
' barrio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrer
- barriada
- bien
- chabola
- comidilla
- comunicada
- comunicado
- desvalorizarse
- haber
- periférica
- periférico
- suburbio
- vecina
- vecindario
- vecino
- atemorizar
- chusco
- cine
- colonia
- comunicar
- copeo
- decaer
- elegancia
- elegante
- feo
- habitante
- inseguridad
- inseguro
- matón
- mirado
- obrero
- pobre
- por
- remodelar
- renovación
- renovar
- retirado
- roto
- rotoso
- silencioso
- superpoblado
- vecindad
English:
academy
- chinatown
- design
- disreputable
- district
- dormitory town
- exclusive
- local
- locally
- neighborhood
- neighbourhood
- quarter
- red light district
- resident
- residential
- rough
- shabby
- shantytown
- slum
- suburb
- unfashionable
- unsafe
- area
- corner
- east
- move
- nice
- salubrious
* * *barrio nm1. [vecindario] area, district, neighbourhood;un barrio acomodado a well-to-do area o neighbourhood;vive en un barrio céntrico she lives centrally;la gente del barrio nos conocemos todos everyone knows everyone else round here;la contaminación afecta más al centro que a los barrios the pollution is worse in the centre of the city than further out;una tienda/un cine de barrio a local shop/cinema;los barrios bajos the rough parts of town;Esp Fam Humirse al otro barrio to kick the bucket, to snuff it;Esp Fam Hummandar a alguien al otro barrio to bump sb offbarrio chino [de chinos] Chinatown; Esp [de prostitución] red-light district;barrio comercial shopping district;Col barrio de invasión shanty town;barrio latino Latin Quarter;barrio marginal deprived area o district;barrio periférico outlying area o district;Andes barrio de tolerancia red-light district* * *m neighborhood, Brneighbourhood, area;* * *barrio nm1) : neighborhood, district2)barrios bajos : slums pl* * *barrio n1. (zona) area / neighbourhood2. (zona típica) quarter -
18 comunidad local
(n.) = local communityEx. Involving local communities is crucial to prevent and control destructive forest fires.* * *(n.) = local communityEx: Involving local communities is crucial to prevent and control destructive forest fires.
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19 denunciar
v.1 to report (to the police) (delito).denunció a su esposo por malos tratos she reported her husomebodyand to the police for ill-treatmentElla denunció la adulteración She reported the adulteration.2 to denounce, to condemn.Ella denunció al agresor She denounced the attacker.3 to indicate, to reveal.4 to speak up against, to speak out against, to clamor against.5 to arraign.El abogado denunció a Ricardo The lawyer arraigned Richard.* * *1 (poner una denuncia) to report2 (dar noticia) to denounce3 (indicar) to indicate* * *verb1) to denounce2) report* * *VT1) [+ delito, accidente] to reporthan denunciado al director por malversación de fondos — the manager has been reported for embezzlement
2) (=criticar) to condemn, denouncedenunció la política derechista del gobierno — he condemned o denounced the government's right-wing policies
3) frm (=indicar) to reveal, indicateel olor denunciaba la presencia del gas — the smell revealed o indicated the presence of gas
4) † (=presagiar) to foretell* * *verbo transitivo1) <robo/asesinato/persona> to report2) ( condenar públicamente) to denounce, condemn* * *= condemn, denounce, speak out against, blow + the whistle (on), inform on, report, rail against, turn in.Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.Ex. Such restraint creates a ridiculous and pathetic situation in which librarians refuse to speak out against, or work to defeat legislation destructive to libraries such as California's Propositions.Ex. The article ' Blowing the whistle on hazardous exports' warns consumers in developing countries about the practice by transnational corporations of exporting hazardous substances into their countries.Ex. Some view whistleblowing -- defined as informing on illegal or unethical practices in the workplace -- as being undesirable.Ex. Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.Ex. She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.Ex. Sometimes communities are unwilling to cooperate with police to put a stop to gang behavior, either because of intimidation or unwillingness to turn in members of their own community = A veces las comunidades no están dispuestas a cooperar con la policía para poner fin a la conducta de pandillas, ya sea por intimidación o por no querer delatar a miembros de su propia comunidad.* * *verbo transitivo1) <robo/asesinato/persona> to report2) ( condenar públicamente) to denounce, condemn* * *= condemn, denounce, speak out against, blow + the whistle (on), inform on, report, rail against, turn in.Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
Ex: Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.Ex: Such restraint creates a ridiculous and pathetic situation in which librarians refuse to speak out against, or work to defeat legislation destructive to libraries such as California's Propositions.Ex: The article ' Blowing the whistle on hazardous exports' warns consumers in developing countries about the practice by transnational corporations of exporting hazardous substances into their countries.Ex: Some view whistleblowing -- defined as informing on illegal or unethical practices in the workplace -- as being undesirable.Ex: Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.Ex: She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.Ex: Sometimes communities are unwilling to cooperate with police to put a stop to gang behavior, either because of intimidation or unwillingness to turn in members of their own community = A veces las comunidades no están dispuestas a cooperar con la policía para poner fin a la conducta de pandillas, ya sea por intimidación o por no querer delatar a miembros de su propia comunidad.* * *denunciar [A1 ]vtA ‹robo/asesinato› to report; ‹persona› to reportyo en tu lugar lo denunciaría if I were you, I'd report him (to the police) o I'd lodge a complaint against him (with the police)denunciaron la desaparición del niño they reported the disappearance of the childB1 (condenar públicamente) to denounce, condemn2 (evidenciar) to revealla escasez denuncia la falta de planificación the shortage reveals o is clear evidence of a lack of planning* * *
denunciar ( conjugate denunciar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹robo/asesinato/persona› to report
2 ( condenar públicamente) to denounce, condemn
denunciar verbo transitivo
1 (un crimen, abuso) to report
2 (a alguien) to press o bring charges: denunciamos al dueño, we pressed charges against the owner
los denunciamos a la policía, we reported them to the police
3 (hacer una crítica) to denounce: la prensa denunció varios casos de soborno, the press reported on a number of attempts at bribery
' denunciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acusar
- reportar
English:
denounce
- report
- inform
- speak
* * *denunciar vt1. [delito, delincuente] to report;han denunciado el robo de la moto (a la policía) they have reported the theft of the motorbike (to the police);ha denunciado a su esposo por malos tratos she has reported her husband to the police for ill-treatment2. [acusar, reprobar] to condemn;la prensa denunció la situación the situation was condemned in the press3. [delatar, revelar] to indicate, to reveal;goteras que denuncian el estado de abandono de la casa leaks that betray the state of abandon the house is in4. Poldenunciar un tratado = to announce one is no longer bound by a treaty, Espec to denounce a treaty* * *v/t report; figcondemn, denounce* * *denunciar vt1) : to denounce, to condemn2) : to report (to the authorities)* * *denunciar vb (de un robo, accidente) to report -
20 entrelazado
adj.1 entwined, interlaced; criss-crossed; interlocking.2 interlaced, criss-crossed, crisscross.past part.past participle of spanish verb: entrelazar.* * *ADJ intertwined, interlaced, interwoven (de with)* * *= interlocking, intertwined, braid, interwoven.Ex. The notion of mutual causality implies that interlocking institutions can be either mutually beneficial or mutually destructive -- but the key is that the outcomes are inescapably an enterprise of their mutual activity.Ex. How to deal with these complex and intertwined issues is the topic of the course.Ex. The author describes the weaving techniques and the designs that appear on the textiles, especially the decorative braids.Ex. The structure reveals a pair of interwoven frameworks that are mutually reinforced.* * *= interlocking, intertwined, braid, interwoven.Ex: The notion of mutual causality implies that interlocking institutions can be either mutually beneficial or mutually destructive -- but the key is that the outcomes are inescapably an enterprise of their mutual activity.
Ex: How to deal with these complex and intertwined issues is the topic of the course.Ex: The author describes the weaving techniques and the designs that appear on the textiles, especially the decorative braids.Ex: The structure reveals a pair of interwoven frameworks that are mutually reinforced.
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