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devastating

  • 1 arrollador

    • devastating
    • overwhelming
    • vast
    • windlass

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > arrollador

  • 2 demoledor

    adj.
    devastating, smashing, demolishing, knockout.
    m.
    demolisher, housebreaker, wrecker.
    * * *
    1 demolishing
    2 figurado devastating
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [ataque, efecto] shattering
    2) (=destructivo) [argumento] overwhelming; [crítica] devastating
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    a) < máquina> demolition (before n)
    b) <ataque/crítica> devastating
    * * *
    = devastating, shattering.
    Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
    Ex. The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
    ----
    * algo demoledor = steamroller.
    * resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    a) < máquina> demolition (before n)
    b) <ataque/crítica> devastating
    * * *
    = devastating, shattering.

    Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.

    Ex: The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
    * algo demoledor = steamroller.
    * resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.

    * * *
    1 ‹máquina› demolition ( before n)
    2 ‹ataque/fuerza› devastating
    3 ‹crítica/testimonio› devastating
    * * *

    demoledor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo


    b) ‹ataque/crítica› devastating

    demoledor,-ora adj fig devastating
    ' demoledor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    demoledora
    English:
    devastating
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    demoledor, -ora adj
    1. [huracán, terremoto, inundaciones] devastating;
    [energía, empuje, fuerza] overwhelming, overpowering
    2. [crítica, ataque, declaración] devastating
    3. [argumento] overwhelming, crushing
    * * *
    adj demolition atr ; fig
    devastating
    * * *
    demoledor, - dora adj
    : devastating

    Spanish-English dictionary > demoledor

  • 3 desolador

    adj.
    desolating, destructive, ravaging.
    m.
    desolator, bereaver, desolater.
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    1 (devastador) devastating, ravaging
    2 (desconsolador) heartbreaking, devastating
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    ADJ
    1) (=entristecedor) [imagen] heartbreaking, heartrending; [noticia] devastating, distressing; [paisaje] bleak, cheerless
    2) [epidemia] devastating
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating
    2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.
    Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating
    2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.

    Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.

    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

    * * *
    A (devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastating
    B
    (triste, penoso): ante este panorama desolador faced with this bleak prospect
    todos se conmovieron ante ese espectáculo desolador everybody was moved by that heartrending sight
    la noticia desoladora de la muerte de su padre the heartbreaking o desvastating news of his father's death
    * * *

    desolador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    1 ( devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastating
    2 (triste, penoso) ‹ noticia› devastating;
    ‹ espectáculo› distressing
    desolador,-ora adjetivo
    1 (asolador, arrasador) devastating
    2 (descorazonador) distressing
    ' desolador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desoladora
    - panorama
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    desolador, -ora adj
    1. [devastador] [terremoto, guerra] devastating
    2. [deprimente] [imagen, espectáculo] heart-rending;
    [noticia] devastating;
    ante un panorama tan desolador, nadie sabía cómo reaccionar faced with such a bleak prospect, nobody knew how to react
    * * *
    adj devastating
    * * *
    desolador, - dora adj
    1) : devastating
    2) : bleak, desolate

    Spanish-English dictionary > desolador

  • 4 devastador

    adj.
    devastating, destructive, shattering.
    m.
    1 devastator, destructor.
    2 destroying insect.
    * * *
    1 devastating
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 devastator
    * * *
    (f. - devastadora)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo devastating
    * * *
    = deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], hammer-blow, desolating, devastating, crippling, shattering, overwhelming.
    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. Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
    Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.
    Ex. The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
    Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
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    * de un modo devastador = devastatingly.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo devastating
    * * *
    = deadly [deadlier -comp., deadliest -sup.], hammer-blow, desolating, devastating, crippling, shattering, overwhelming.

    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: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
    Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.
    Ex: The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.
    Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
    * de un modo devastador = devastatingly.

    * * *
    ‹tormenta/incendio/guerra› devastating
    las consecuencias psicológicas pueden ser devastadoras the psychological consequences can be devastating
    * * *

    devastador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    devastating
    devastador,-ora adjetivo devastating

    ' devastador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    devastadora
    - desolador
    English:
    blistering
    - devastating
    * * *
    devastador, -ora adj
    devastating
    * * *
    : devastating

    Spanish-English dictionary > devastador

  • 5 asolador

    adj.
    devastating, destructive, destroying, ravaging.
    * * *
    1 razing, ravaging, devastating
    * * *
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo devastating
    * * *
    = devastating, desolating.
    Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
    Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo devastating
    * * *
    = devastating, desolating.

    Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.

    Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.

    * * *
    devastating
    * * *
    asolador, -ora adj
    [destructor] ravaging, devastating
    * * *
    adj devastating

    Spanish-English dictionary > asolador

  • 6 fulminante

    adj.
    1 sudden (despido, muerte).
    2 fulminating (explosive).
    3 siderans.
    m.
    fulminant, blasting cap, detonator, exploder.
    * * *
    1 (que arroja rayos) fulminating
    2 figurado (instantáneo) instantaneous; (rápido) swift; (súbito) sudden
    ■ su destitución fue fulminante he was dismissed on the spot, he was summarily dismissed
    3 (enfermedad) sudden
    1 (materia explosiva) fuse, detonator
    \
    cápsula fulminante percussion cap
    mirada fulminante withering look
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [pólvora] fulminating; [mirada] withering
    2) (=súbito) sudden, fulminant frm
    3) * (=tremendo) terrific, tremendous

    tiro fulminante — (Ftbl etc) sizzling shot

    2.
    SM LAm percussion cap
    * * *
    a) < enfermedad> sudden and devastating, fulminant (tech)
    b) ( fuerte)
    * * *
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. The explosive growth of Internet resources has generated an intense need for support in the search for and assessment of those resources.
    ----
    * golpe fulminante = crushing blow.
    * revés fulminante = crushing blow.
    * * *
    a) < enfermedad> sudden and devastating, fulminant (tech)
    b) ( fuerte)
    * * *
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: The explosive growth of Internet resources has generated an intense need for support in the search for and assessment of those resources.

    * golpe fulminante = crushing blow.
    * revés fulminante = crushing blow.

    * * *
    1 ‹enfermedad› sudden and devastating, fulminant ( tech)
    una mirada fulminante a withering look
    sus palabras tuvieron un efecto fulminante her words had an immediate and devastating effect
    fue despedido de manera fulminante he was dismissed without warning, he was summarily dismissed
    2
    (fuerte): recibió un golpe fulminante y cayó al suelo he received a crushing blow and fell to the ground
    lanzó un tiro fulminante he hit a thundering shot
    1 ( Arm) percussion cap
    2 fulminantes mpl ( AmL) ( Jueg) caps (pl)
    * * *

    fulminante adjetivo ‹ enfermedad› sudden and devastating;
    ‹ mirada› withering;

    fulminante adjetivo
    1 (repentino, sin previo aviso) sudden
    (de efecto instantáneo) immediate, summary
    2 ((fuerte) crushing, devastating

    ' fulminante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    destitución
    English:
    by-product
    - withering
    - glower
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [despido, muerte] sudden;
    [mirada] withering
    2. [enfermedad] devastating, Espec fulminant
    3. [explosivo] fulminating
    ♦ nm
    initiating explosive
    * * *
    I adj
    1 enfermedad sudden
    2 mirada withering
    II m percussion cap
    * * *
    1) : fulminating, explosive
    2) : devastating, terrible
    una mirada fulminante: a withering look

    Spanish-English dictionary > fulminante

  • 7 abrumador

    adj.
    1 overwhelming, mind-boggling, overpowering, staggering.
    2 overwhelming, total, crushing, large.
    m.
    oppressor.
    * * *
    1 overwhelming, crushing
    * * *
    (f. - abrumadora)
    adj.
    devastating, overwhelming, crushing
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=agobiante) crushing; (=pesado) burdensome
    2) (=importante) [mayoría] overwhelming; [superioridad] crushing, overwhelming
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    a) <victoria/mayoría> overwhelming
    b) <trabajo/tarea> exhausting; <responsabilidad/carga> onerous, heavy
    * * *
    = boggling, mind-boggling [mind boggling], overwhelming, taxing, devastating, mind-numbing, crippling, overwhelming.
    Ex. It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.
    Ex. The new technologies for information storage and retrieval which have burst upon the scene in only the past few years are mind boggling.
    Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
    Ex. Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.
    Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.
    Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
    ----
    * de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.
    * ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    a) <victoria/mayoría> overwhelming
    b) <trabajo/tarea> exhausting; <responsabilidad/carga> onerous, heavy
    * * *
    = boggling, mind-boggling [mind boggling], overwhelming, taxing, devastating, mind-numbing, crippling, overwhelming.

    Ex: It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.

    Ex: The new technologies for information storage and retrieval which have burst upon the scene in only the past few years are mind boggling.
    Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
    Ex: Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.
    Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.
    Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
    * de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.
    * ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.

    * * *
    1 ‹victoria/mayoría› overwhelming
    2 ‹trabajo/tarea› exhausting, tiring; ‹responsabilidad/carga› onerous, heavy
    * * *

    abrumador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    a) ‹victoria/mayoría› overwhelming

    b) ‹trabajo/tarea› exhausting

    abrumador,-ora adjetivo overwhelming
    ' abrumador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrumadora
    - experimentar
    English:
    grief
    - devastating
    * * *
    abrumador, -ora adj
    [mayoría, superioridad] overwhelming; [victoria] crushing;
    sus productos dominan de forma abrumadora el mercado their products completely dominate the market
    * * *
    adj overwhelming
    * * *
    abrumador, - dora adj
    : crushing, overwhelming

    Spanish-English dictionary > abrumador

  • 8 aplastante

    adj.
    1 crushing, overwhelming (victoria, derrota).
    2 large.
    * * *
    1 crushing, overwhelming
    \
    triunfo/victoria aplastante (electoral) landslide victory
    * * *
    adj.
    overwhelming, crushing, sweeping
    * * *
    ADJ overwhelming, crushing
    * * *
    adjetivo < mayoría> overwhelming; <victoria/derrota> overwhelming, crushing; < lógica> devastating
    * * *
    = overwhelming, overpowering, crushing.
    Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    Ex. The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.
    Ex. The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.
    ----
    * de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.
    * ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.
    * * *
    adjetivo < mayoría> overwhelming; <victoria/derrota> overwhelming, crushing; < lógica> devastating
    * * *
    = overwhelming, overpowering, crushing.

    Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.

    Ex: The librarian should at all times try to place himself in the position of the reader and ask just how much information will be useful without becoming overpowering.
    Ex: The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.
    * de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.
    * ganar de forma aplastante = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down, win by + a landslide.

    * * *
    ‹mayoría› overwhelming; ‹victoria› overwhelming, resounding ( before n); ‹derrota› crushing
    rebatió todos sus argumentos con una lógica aplastante she refuted all his arguments with devastating logic
    * * *

    aplastante adjetivo ‹ mayoría› overwhelming;
    ‹victoria/derrota› overwhelming, crushing;
    ‹ lógica› devastating
    aplastante adjetivo crushing
    Pol victoria aplastante, landslide victory
    ' aplastante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apabullante
    - coherencia
    English:
    crushing
    - landslide victory
    - overwhelming
    - devastating
    - land
    - over
    - rout
    * * *
    [victoria, derrota] crushing, overwhelming; [apoyo, mayoría, superioridad] overwhelming;
    esa argumentación es de una lógica aplastante that line of reasoning is devastating in its logic
    * * *
    adj overwhelming; calor suffocating;
    una mayoría aplastante an overwhelming majority
    * * *
    : crushing, overwhelming
    * * *
    aplastante adj (victoria) overwhelming

    Spanish-English dictionary > aplastante

  • 9 arrollador

    adj.
    1 vast, overwhelming.
    2 sweeping, devastating, complete.
    3 rolling, winding.
    m.
    windlass.
    * * *
    1 overwhelming, irresistible
    * * *
    (f. - arrolladora)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    a) < éxito> overwhelming; < victoria> crushing, overwhelming
    b) <fuerza/ataque> devastating
    c) <personalidad/elocuencia> overpowering
    * * *
    Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    ----
    * ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    a) < éxito> overwhelming; < victoria> crushing, overwhelming
    b) <fuerza/ataque> devastating
    c) <personalidad/elocuencia> overpowering
    * * *

    Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.

    * ganar de forma arrolladora = win by + a landslide.

    * * *
    1 ‹éxito› overwhelming, resounding ( before n); ‹victoria› crushing, overwhelming
    ganaron por una mayoría arrolladora they won by an overwhelming majority
    2 ‹fuerza/viento/ataque› devastating
    3 ‹personalidad/elocuencia› overpowering
    * * *

    arrollador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    a) ‹éxito/mayoría/victoria› overwhelming

    b) ‹fuerza/ataque› devastating

    c) ‹personalidad/elocuencia› overpowering

    arrollador,-ora adj fig overwhelming
    (éxito) resounding
    (carácter) captivating
    ' arrollador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apabullante
    - arrolladora
    English:
    devastating
    - hugely
    - whirl
    * * *
    arrollador, -ora adj
    [victoria] crushing, overwhelming; [superioridad] overwhelming; [éxito] resounding, overwhelming; [belleza, personalidad] dazzling;
    es de una simpatía arrolladora she's an incredibly nice person
    * * *
    adj overwhelming
    * * *
    : sweeping, overwhelming

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrollador

  • 10 aceite mineral

    m.
    mineral oil.
    * * *
    (n.) = mineral oil
    Ex. The author reports the case of 15 transsexuals regarding their devastating long-term outcomes after the injection of up to 8 liters of silicone or mineral oil to feminize their bodies.
    * * *

    Ex: The author reports the case of 15 transsexuals regarding their devastating long-term outcomes after the injection of up to 8 liters of silicone or mineral oil to feminize their bodies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aceite mineral

  • 11 afeminar

    v.
    1 to effeminate, to unman.
    2 to debilitate, to enervate, to melt into weakness.
    3 to feminize, to make effeminate, to womanize, to effeminate.
    * * *
    1 to make effeminate
    1 to become effeminate
    * * *
    = feminise [feminize, -USA].
    Ex. The author reports the case of 15 transsexuals regarding their devastating long-term outcomes after the injection of up to 8 liters of silicone or mineral oil to feminize their bodies.
    * * *
    = feminise [feminize, -USA].

    Ex: The author reports the case of 15 transsexuals regarding their devastating long-term outcomes after the injection of up to 8 liters of silicone or mineral oil to feminize their bodies.

    * * *
    afeminar [A1 ]
    vt
    to make... effeminate
    to become effeminate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to make effeminate
    * * *
    v/t soften, feminize;
    afeminar sus cualidades varoniles get in touch with one’s feminine side

    Spanish-English dictionary > afeminar

  • 12 agente de bolsa

    * * *
    (n.) = stockbroker, market trader, stock market trader, share market trader
    Ex. At present, the library board consists of: a housewife, who is serving as chairwoman, a stockbroker, a retired head of the health department, an owner of a hardware store, and an attorney = En la actualidad, la comisión de biblioteca consta de un ama de casa, que actúa de presidenta, un agente de bolsa, un director del departamento de sanidad jubilado, el propietario de una ferretería y un abogado.
    Ex. According to market traders, Indian shares lost steam midway, after rallying on overnight news that interest rates would be slashed to historic lows.
    Ex. In fact it is these stock market traders who raise the fund for the businesses by investing in the stocks.
    Ex. Due to the devastating drop in stock prices and a slump in the share market, share market traders predict a sharp drop in the sale of gold.
    * * *
    (n.) = stockbroker, market trader, stock market trader, share market trader

    Ex: At present, the library board consists of: a housewife, who is serving as chairwoman, a stockbroker, a retired head of the health department, an owner of a hardware store, and an attorney = En la actualidad, la comisión de biblioteca consta de un ama de casa, que actúa de presidenta, un agente de bolsa, un director del departamento de sanidad jubilado, el propietario de una ferretería y un abogado.

    Ex: According to market traders, Indian shares lost steam midway, after rallying on overnight news that interest rates would be slashed to historic lows.
    Ex: In fact it is these stock market traders who raise the fund for the businesses by investing in the stocks.
    Ex: Due to the devastating drop in stock prices and a slump in the share market, share market traders predict a sharp drop in the sale of gold.

    Spanish-English dictionary > agente de bolsa

  • 13 agitación

    f.
    1 agitation, fuss, excitement, fluster.
    2 agitation, troublemaking, rebellion, insubordination.
    * * *
    1 agitation
    2 figurado excitement, restlessness
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de mano] waving, flapping; [de bebida] shaking, stirring; [de mar] roughness
    2) (Pol) agitation; (=bullicio) bustle, stir; (=intranquilidad) nervousness; (=emoción) excitement
    * * *
    a) (Pol) agitation
    b) ( nerviosismo) agitation
    c) (de calle, ciudad) bustle
    * * *
    = upheaval, agitation, turmoil, stir, shaking, convulsion, spin, restlessness.
    Ex. Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.
    Ex. Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.
    Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
    Ex. With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.
    Ex. The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.
    Ex. Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.
    ----
    * agitación política = political turmoil, political upheaval.
    * agitación social = social upheaval.
    * * *
    a) (Pol) agitation
    b) ( nerviosismo) agitation
    c) (de calle, ciudad) bustle
    * * *
    = upheaval, agitation, turmoil, stir, shaking, convulsion, spin, restlessness.

    Ex: Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.

    Ex: Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.
    Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
    Ex: With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.
    Ex: The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.
    Ex: Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.
    * agitación política = political turmoil, political upheaval.
    * agitación social = social upheaval.

    * * *
    1 ( Pol) agitation
    preocupados por la agitación reinante worried by the prevailing state of unrest
    2 (nerviosismo) agitation
    3 (de una calle, ciudad) bustle
    * * *

    agitación sustantivo femenino

    b) (de calle, ciudad) bustle

    agitación f (nerviosismo) restlessness
    (descontento social) unrest
    ' agitación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alborotar
    - convulsión
    - polvareda
    - torbellino
    - alboroto
    - alteración
    - conmoción
    - ebullición
    - movimiento
    English:
    agitation
    - excitement
    - ferment
    - flurry
    - upheaval
    * * *
    1. [intranquilidad] restlessness, agitation;
    respondió con agitación she answered agitatedly;
    el café le provoca agitación coffee makes him nervous
    2. [jaleo] racket, commotion
    3. [conflicto] unrest;
    la agitación estudiantil ha crecido there has been an increase in student unrest
    4. [del mar] choppiness
    * * *
    f POL unrest
    * * *
    agitación nf, pl - ciones
    1) : agitation
    2) nerviosismo: nervousness

    Spanish-English dictionary > agitación

  • 14 almendro

    m.
    1 almond (tree).
    2 almond tree.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: almendrar.
    * * *
    1 almond tree
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino almond tree
    * * *
    Ex. Recently, a new and devastating disease of almond and nectarine trees leading to their death within a few years has emerged in Lebanon.
    * * *
    masculino almond tree
    * * *

    Ex: Recently, a new and devastating disease of almond and nectarine trees leading to their death within a few years has emerged in Lebanon.

    * * *
    almond tree
    * * *

    almendro sustantivo masculino
    almond tree
    almendro m Bot almond tree
    ' almendro' also found in these entries:
    English:
    almond
    * * *
    almond (tree)
    * * *
    m almond tree
    * * *
    : almond tree
    * * *
    almendro n almond tree

    Spanish-English dictionary > almendro

  • 15 bolsa de valores

    stock exchange, stock market
    * * *
    (n.) = stock exchange, stock market, share market
    Ex. This article reviews the Moody's 5000 Plus data base, of over 5000 companies listed on the New York and American stock exchanges, on CD-ROM.
    Ex. This database supplies on-line information on current events, weather, sports, stock markets, health, travel and shopping.
    Ex. Due to the devastating drop in stock prices and a slump in the share market, share market traders predict a sharp drop in the sale of gold.
    * * *
    stock exchange, stock market
    * * *
    (n.) = stock exchange, stock market, share market

    Ex: This article reviews the Moody's 5000 Plus data base, of over 5000 companies listed on the New York and American stock exchanges, on CD-ROM.

    Ex: This database supplies on-line information on current events, weather, sports, stock markets, health, travel and shopping.
    Ex: Due to the devastating drop in stock prices and a slump in the share market, share market traders predict a sharp drop in the sale of gold.

    * * *
    stock exchange

    Spanish-English dictionary > bolsa de valores

  • 16 depresión del lunes por la mañana

    Ex. The impact of Monday-morning blues can be devastating: more people have heart attacks on a Monday morning than any other day of the week.
    * * *

    Ex: The impact of Monday-morning blues can be devastating: more people have heart attacks on a Monday morning than any other day of the week.

    Spanish-English dictionary > depresión del lunes por la mañana

  • 17 desconsolador

    adj.
    1 disconsolate, disappointing, disconcerting, lamentable.
    2 distressing, heartbreaking.
    * * *
    1 heartbreaking, distressing
    * * *
    ADJ distressing, grievous
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.
    Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.

    Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.

    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

    * * *
    adj distressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconsolador

  • 18 descorazonador

    adj.
    disheartening, discouraging.
    m.
    apple corer.
    * * *
    1 disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    ADJ discouraging, disheartening
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = frustrating, dispiriting, disheartening, heartbreaking.
    Ex. In such cases consultation of the classified files would be pointless and frustrating to the user.
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex. This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    ----
    * ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = frustrating, dispiriting, disheartening, heartbreaking.

    Ex: In such cases consultation of the classified files would be pointless and frustrating to the user.

    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex: This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.

    * * *
    disheartening, discouraging
    corer
    * * *

    descorazonador,-ora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    ' descorazonador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descorazonadora
    - desolador
    - desoladora
    English:
    discouraging
    - disheartening
    * * *
    descorazonador, -ora adj
    discouraging

    Spanish-English dictionary > descorazonador

  • 19 desgarrador

    adj.
    heartbreaking, harrowing, tearing, heartrending.
    * * *
    1 heartbreaking, heart-rending
    2 (aterrador) bloodcurdling
    * * *
    ADJ [escena, noticia] heartbreaking, heartrending; [grito] piercing; [emoción] heartrending
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo heartbreaking, heartrending
    * * *
    = lancinating, heart-rending, heart-rendering, gut-wrenching, heart-wrenching, heartbreaking.
    Ex. The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.
    Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.
    Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo heartbreaking, heartrending
    * * *
    = lancinating, heart-rending, heart-rendering, gut-wrenching, heart-wrenching, heartbreaking.

    Ex: The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.

    Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.
    Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

    * * *
    heartbreaking, heartrending
    * * *

    desgarrador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    heartbreaking, heartrending
    desgarrador,-ora adjetivo
    1 (que causa pena, angustia) heart-rending
    2 (que causa horror) bloodcurdling

    ' desgarrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desgarradora
    English:
    heart-breaking
    - harrowing
    - heart
    - piercing
    * * *
    desgarrador, -ora adj
    [grito] piercing; [llanto] heart-rending; [noticia] harrowing; [tragedia] terrible
    * * *
    adj heart-rending
    * * *
    : heartrending, heartbreaking

    Spanish-English dictionary > desgarrador

  • 20 doloroso

    adj.
    1 painful, sore, sorrowful, dolorous.
    2 algesic.
    * * *
    1 painful
    2 figurado painful, distressing
    * * *
    (f. - dolorosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) painful
    2) (=angustioso) painful, distressing
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <tratamiento/enfermedad> painful
    b) <decisión/momento/recuerdo> painful; <separación/espectáculo> distressing, upsetting
    * * *
    = painfully + Adjetivo, grievous, wrenching, upsetting, painful, heartbreaking.
    Ex. In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.
    Ex. How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    ----
    * hacer que Algo sea menos doloroso = take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <tratamiento/enfermedad> painful
    b) <decisión/momento/recuerdo> painful; <separación/espectáculo> distressing, upsetting
    * * *
    = painfully + Adjetivo, grievous, wrenching, upsetting, painful, heartbreaking.

    Ex: In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.

    Ex: How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * hacer que Algo sea menos doloroso = take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of.

    * * *
    1 ‹tratamiento/enfermedad› painful
    tuvo una muerte muy dolorosa he had o died a very painful death, he died in great pain
    2 ‹decisión/momento› painful, distressing; ‹separación/espectáculo› distressing, upsetting; ‹recuerdo› painful
    * * *

    doloroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹tratamiento/enfermedad› painful

    b) ‹decisión/momento/recuerdo› painful;

    ‹separación/espectáculo› distressing, upsetting
    doloroso,-a adjetivo painful
    ' doloroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dolorosa
    English:
    painful
    - grievous
    - poignant
    * * *
    doloroso, -a adj
    1. [físicamente] painful;
    tuvo un parto muy doloroso she had a very painful labour
    2. [moralmente] distressing;
    fue una decisión muy dolorosa para mí it was a very painful decision for me;
    tengo un recuerdo doloroso de aquella época I have painful memories of that period;
    resulta doloroso verlo en ese estado it's distressing to see him in that state
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    painful
    * * *
    doloroso, -sa adj
    1) : painful
    2) : distressing
    * * *
    doloroso adj painful

    Spanish-English dictionary > doloroso

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