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diabolical

  • 1 diabólico

    adj.
    diabolical, demoniacal, demonic, devilish.
    * * *
    1 diabolic, devilish, diabolical
    * * *
    ADJ [palabras, rito] diabolic, satanic; (=malvado) diabolical; (=muy difícil) fiendishly difficult
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic; < persona> evil; <plan/intenciones> devilish, fiendish
    * * *
    = demonic, hellish, diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic; < persona> evil; <plan/intenciones> devilish, fiendish
    * * *
    = demonic, hellish, diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    * * *
    1 (del diablo) diabolic, satanic
    2 ‹persona› evil; ‹plan/intenciones› devilish, fiendish, evil
    * * *

    diabólico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ( del diablo) diabolic, satanic;


    ‹ persona› evil;
    ‹plan/intenciones› devilish, fiendish
    diabólico,-a adjetivo
    1 diabolical, satanic, evil
    2 terrible: hace un viento diabólico, it's awfully windy
    3 complicated: tienes una escritura diabólica, your handwriting is awful
    ' diabólico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diabólica
    English:
    devilish
    - diabolic
    - diabolical
    - fiendish
    - evil
    * * *
    diabólico, -a adj
    1. [del diablo] diabolic
    2. [muy malo] evil, diabolical;
    tiene una mente diabólica she has an evil mind
    3. [difícil] fiendishly difficult
    * * *
    adj diabolical
    * * *
    diabólico, -ca adj
    : diabolical, diabolic, devilish

    Spanish-English dictionary > diabólico

  • 2 endiablado

    adj.
    devilish, diabolical, possessed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: endiablar.
    * * *
    1 (poseso) possessed
    2 figurado (malo) evil, wicked
    3 figurado (maldito) wretched, cursed
    4 figurado (travieso) devilish, mischievous
    5 figurado (feo) ugly, horrible
    6 figurado (frenético) wild, frenzied
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=diabólico) devilish, diabolical
    2) (=travieso) impish, mischievous
    3) (=feo) ugly
    4) (=enfadado) furious
    5) (=difícil) [problema] tricky; [carretera] difficult, dangerous
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( malo) <carácter/genio> terrible

    este endiablado niño/ruido! — this wretched child/noise!

    b) ( difícil) < problema> thorny, difficult; < asunto> complicated, tricky
    c) ( peligroso) < velocidad> reckless, dangerous
    * * *
    = diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( malo) <carácter/genio> terrible

    este endiablado niño/ruido! — this wretched child/noise!

    b) ( difícil) < problema> thorny, difficult; < asunto> complicated, tricky
    c) ( peligroso) < velocidad> reckless, dangerous
    * * *
    = diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.

    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    * * *
    1 (malo) ‹carácter/genio› terrible
    está de un humor endiablado she's in a foul o terrible mood
    ¡este endiablado niño no me deja en paz! this wretched child won't leave me alone!
    ¡qué tiempo más endiablado! what terrible o foul weather!
    2 (difícil) ‹problema› thorny, difficult; ‹asunto› complicated, tricky; ‹crucigrama› devilishly o fiendishly hard
    3 (peligroso) ‹velocidad› reckless, dangerous; ‹carretera› treacherous, dangerous
    * * *

    endiablado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( malo) ‹carácter/genio› terrible;

    ◊ ¡este endiablado niño! this wretched child!


    endiablado,-a adjetivo ➣ endemoniado,-a
    ' endiablado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    endiablada
    English:
    devil
    * * *
    endiablado, -a adj
    1. [maldito] confounded, blasted;
    el endiablado teléfono no paraba de sonar the blasted phone wouldn't stop ringing;
    ¡esos niños endiablados me van a volver loco! those little devils are going to drive me mad!
    2. [difícil] [problema, crucigrama, examen] fiendishly difficult
    3. [desagradable] [olor, sabor, genio] foul, vile;
    [tiempo, clima, día] foul, filthy;
    soplaba un viento endiablado there was a terrible wind blowing
    4. [velocidad] breakneck
    * * *
    adj fig
    1 ( malo) terrible, awful
    2 ( difícil) tough
    * * *
    endiablado, -da adj
    1) : devilish, diabolical
    2) : complicated, difficult

    Spanish-English dictionary > endiablado

  • 3 diablesco

    adj.
    diabolical, devilish.
    * * *
    = diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    = diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.

    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    Spanish-English dictionary > diablesco

  • 4 infernal

    adj.
    * * *
    1 (del infierno) infernal
    2 familiar figurado hellish
    * * *
    ADJ infernal, hellish
    * * *
    adjetivo < ruido> infernal, hideous; < música> diabolical
    * * *
    = hellish, scorching.
    Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. It is widely known that black robes help the Bedouins to keep cool in the scorching heat of the desert.
    ----
    * calor infernal = blistering heat.
    * * *
    adjetivo < ruido> infernal, hideous; < música> diabolical
    * * *
    = hellish, scorching.

    Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.

    Ex: It is widely known that black robes help the Bedouins to keep cool in the scorching heat of the desert.
    * calor infernal = blistering heat.

    * * *
    ‹ruido› infernal, hideous; ‹música› diabolical
    hacía un calor infernal it was baking o unbearably o hellishly hot ( colloq)
    tengo un dolor de muelas infernal I have terrible o unbearable toothache
    * * *

    infernal adjetivo ‹ ruido› infernal, hideous;
    ‹ música› diabolical;

    infernal adjetivo infernal, hideous: tengo un dolor de cabeza infernal, I've got a dreadful headache

    ' infernal' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hellish
    * * *
    1. [del infierno] infernal
    2. [ruido, tiempo] abominable;
    hizo un calor infernal it was infernally hot
    * * *
    adj
    1 ruido, calor infernal
    2 ( muy malo) diabolical
    * * *
    : infernal, hellish

    Spanish-English dictionary > infernal

  • 5 perverso

    adj.
    perverse, wicked, bad, base.
    m.
    pervert, evil doer.
    * * *
    1 (malvado) evil, wicked
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 evil person
    * * *
    ADJ (=depravado) depraved; (=malvado) wicked
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo evil
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person
    * * *
    = wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.
    Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex. There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    ----
    * mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * utopía perversa = dystopia.
    * utópico perverso = dystopian.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo evil
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person
    * * *
    = wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.

    Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

    Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex: There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    * mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * utopía perversa = dystopia.
    * utópico perverso = dystopian.

    * * *
    perverso1 -sa
    evil
    una mente perversa an evil mind
    la madrastra perversa the wicked stepmother
    perverso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    evil o wicked person
    * * *

    perverso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    evil
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    evil o wicked person
    perverso,-a
    I adjetivo evil, wicked
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino wicked person

    ' perverso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mala
    - malo
    - perversa
    - tenebrosa
    - tenebroso
    English:
    perverse
    - spiteful
    - diabolical
    * * *
    perverso, -a
    ♦ adj
    evil, wicked
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [depravado] depraved person
    2. [persona mala] evil person
    * * *
    adj wicked, evil
    * * *
    perverso, -sa adj
    : wicked, depraved

    Spanish-English dictionary > perverso

  • 6 satánico

    adj.
    satanic, diabolic, cloven-feet, cloven-foot.
    * * *
    1 satanic
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Satanist
    * * *
    ADJ (=diabólico) satanic; (=malvado) fiendish
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) satanic; ( malvado) evil, satanic
    * * *
    = demonic, diabolical, diabolic.
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( del diablo) satanic; ( malvado) evil, satanic
    * * *
    = demonic, diabolical, diabolic.

    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.

    * * *
    1 (del diablo) satanic
    2 (malvado) evil, satanic
    * * *

    satánico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ( del diablo) satanic;


    ( malvado) evil, satanic
    satánico,-a adjetivo satanic
    ' satánico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rito
    - satánica
    English:
    satanic
    - Satanist
    - diabolical
    * * *
    satánico, -a adj
    1. [de Satanás] satanic
    2. [diabólico] demonic
    * * *
    adj satanic
    * * *
    satánico, -ca adj
    : satanic

    Spanish-English dictionary > satánico

  • 7 sed de venganza

    (n.) = thirst for revenge, thirst for revenge
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * * *
    (n.) = thirst for revenge, thirst for revenge

    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sed de venganza

  • 8 endemoniado

    adj.
    possessed, demoniac, diabolical, devilish.
    f. & m.
    possessed person, possessed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: endemoniar.
    * * *
    1 (poseso) possessed
    2 figurado (diabólico) diabolical
    3 figurado (maldito) evil, wretched
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poseído) possessed (of the devil)
    2) (=travieso) devilish, fiendish; (=perverso) perverse; (=furioso) furious, wild
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) ( inaguantable) <niño/asunto> wretched (before n); <genio/humor> foul, wicked

    estos endemoniados zapatos — these wretched o darned shoes (colloq)

    2) ( poseído del demonio) possessed (by the devil)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) ( inaguantable) <niño/asunto> wretched (before n); <genio/humor> foul, wicked

    estos endemoniados zapatos — these wretched o darned shoes (colloq)

    2) ( poseído del demonio) possessed (by the devil)
    * * *
    A
    1 (inaguantable) ‹niño› wretched ( before n); ‹genio/humor› foul, wicked
    2 ‹examen› fiendish, tough
    estos endemoniados zapatos me aprietan mucho these wretched o darned shoes are far too tight ( colloq)
    B (poseído del demonio) possessed (by the devil)
    un niño endemoniado a child possessed by the devil
    * * *

    Del verbo endemoniar: ( conjugate endemoniar)

    endemoniado es:

    el participio

    endemoniado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( inaguantable) ‹niño/asunto› wretched ( before n);

    ‹genio/humor› foul, wicked

    endemoniado,-a adjetivo
    1 (poseído por el diablo) possessed
    2 (problema, situación) complicated
    ' endemoniado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    endemoniada
    - endiablada
    - endiablado
    English:
    fiendish
    - possessed
    * * *
    endemoniado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [poseído] possessed (by the devil)
    2. [maldito] [niño, aparato] confounded, blasted
    3. [difícil] [trabajo, crucigrama, examen] fiendishly difficult
    4. [desagradable] [olor, sabor, genio] foul, vile;
    [tiempo, clima, día] foul, filthy
    ♦ nm,f
    person possessed by the devil
    * * *
    adj
    1 possessed
    terrible, awful
    * * *
    endemoniado, -da adj
    : fiendish, diabolical

    Spanish-English dictionary > endemoniado

  • 9 amañar

    v.
    1 to rig, to manipulate.
    2 to trick, to rig.
    * * *
    1 (falsear) to fiddle, fix; (documentos) to tamper with, doctor; (cuentas) to cook; (elecciones) to rig
    2 (componer) to fix, arrange
    1 (darse maña) to be skilful (US skillful)
    \
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) pey (=manipular) [+ resultado] to alter, tamper with; [+ elección] to rig; [+ foto] to fake; [+ partido, jurado] to fix; [+ cuentas] to cook *; [+ excusa] to cook up
    2) (=hacer bien) to do skilfully, do skillfully (EEUU), do cleverly
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (fam) < elecciones> to rig; <partido/pelea> to fix; <carnet/documento> to tamper with; < informe> to alter, doctor (pej); <excusa/historia> to dream o cook up, concoct
    2.
    amañarse v pron
    1) tb

    amañárselas — ( ingeniarse) to manage

    2) (Col, Ven) ( acostumbrarse) to settle in
    * * *
    = sex up, fiddle, fiddle with, fudge, fake, cobble together, concoct.
    Ex. Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had ' sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.
    Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.
    Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.
    Ex. The author explains how scientific literature is written, refereed, edited, and published, and contends that the data it contains have often been fudged or stolen from others.
    Ex. Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.
    Ex. By cobbling together these essays without any attempt to integrate them, Mills reveals a disregard for his audience.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * amañar el mercado = rig + the market.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (fam) < elecciones> to rig; <partido/pelea> to fix; <carnet/documento> to tamper with; < informe> to alter, doctor (pej); <excusa/historia> to dream o cook up, concoct
    2.
    amañarse v pron
    1) tb

    amañárselas — ( ingeniarse) to manage

    2) (Col, Ven) ( acostumbrarse) to settle in
    * * *
    = sex up, fiddle, fiddle with, fudge, fake, cobble together, concoct.

    Ex: Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had ' sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.

    Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.
    Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.
    Ex: The author explains how scientific literature is written, refereed, edited, and published, and contends that the data it contains have often been fudged or stolen from others.
    Ex: Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.
    Ex: By cobbling together these essays without any attempt to integrate them, Mills reveals a disregard for his audience.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * amañar el mercado = rig + the market.

    * * *
    amañar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( fam)
    1 ‹elecciones› to rig; ‹partido/pelea› to fix
    2 ‹carnet/documento› to tamper with, doctor
    amañó el informe oficial he doctored o altered the official report
    3 ‹excusa/historia› to dream o cook up, concoct
    A
    tb amañárselas (ingeniarse): se (las) amañó para llegar a fin de mes she somehow managed to get by until the end of the month
    B ( Col) (acostumbrarse) to settle in
    * * *

    amañar ( conjugate amañar) verbo transitivo (fam) ‹ elecciones› to rig;
    ‹partido/pelea› to fix;
    ‹carnet/documento› to tamper with;
    ‹ informe› to alter, doctor (pej);
    ‹excusa/historia› to dream o cook up, concoct
    amañarse verbo pronominal
    1 tb

    2 (Col, Ven) ( acostumbrarse) to settle in
    amañar verbo transitivo
    1 to fix, fiddle
    2 (unas elecciones, un premio) to rig
    ' amañar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    book
    - cook
    - doctor
    - fiddle
    - fix
    - juggle
    - fudge
    - rig
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [elecciones, resultado] to rig;
    [partido] to fix
    2. [documento] to doctor
    * * *
    v/t fam
    rig fam ; partido fix fam
    * * *
    : to rig, to fix, to tamper with

    Spanish-English dictionary > amañar

  • 10 fraguar

    v.
    1 to forge.
    2 to think up.
    3 to set, to harden.
    Fraguamos el hierro We forge iron.
    4 to concoct, to brew, to contrive, to machinate.
    Fraguamos un plan We concoct a plan.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AVERIGUAR], like link=averiguar averiguar
    1 (metal) to forge
    2 figurado (plan) to dream up, fabricate; (conspiración) to hatch
    1 (endurecerse) to set, harden
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ metal] to forge
    2) [+ plan] to hatch, concoct
    2.
    VI [hormigón] to harden, set
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Metal) to forge
    b) < complot> to hatch; < plan> to conceive
    2.
    fraguar vi cemento to set
    * * *
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * polémica + fraguarse = controversy + brew.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Metal) to forge
    b) < complot> to hatch; < plan> to conceive
    2.
    fraguar vi cemento to set
    * * *

    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

    * polémica + fraguarse = controversy + brew.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ( Metal) to forge
    2 ‹complot› to hatch; ‹plan› to conceive, think up
    ■ fraguar
    vi
    to set
    * * *

    fraguar ( conjugate fraguar) verbo transitivo
    a) (Metal) to forge

    b) ‹ complot› to hatch;

    ‹ plan› to conceive
    verbo intransitivo [ cemento] to set
    fraguar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (un metal) to forge
    2 (idear) to think up, fabricate
    (urdir) to hatch
    II verbo intransitivo to set, harden
    ' fraguar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    forge
    - set
    - engineer
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [forjar] to forge
    2. [idear] to think up
    ♦ vi
    1. [cemento] to set, to harden
    2. [idea, plan] to be successful;
    su proyecto no llegó a fraguar their project never came to anything
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 forge
    2 plan devise; complot hatch
    II v/i de cemento set
    * * *
    fraguar {10} vt
    1) : to forge
    2) : to conceive, to concoct, to hatch
    : to set, to solidify

    Spanish-English dictionary > fraguar

  • 11 inextiguible

    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * * *

    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > inextiguible

  • 12 insaciable

    adj.
    insatiable.
    * * *
    1 insatiable
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo < apetito> insatiable; < sed> unquenchable; <afán/deseo> insatiable
    * * *
    = voracious, insatiable, greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], avid reader, avid, unquenchable.
    Ex. Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.
    Ex. Bibliographies are one of the largest group of reference material in a library; the demand appears insatiable and publishers are aware of this.
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
    Ex. She was an avid collector of historical manuscripts considered worthless by his contemporaries and priceless by scholars today.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.
    * lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.
    * * *
    adjetivo < apetito> insatiable; < sed> unquenchable; <afán/deseo> insatiable
    * * *
    = voracious, insatiable, greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], avid reader, avid, unquenchable.

    Ex: Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.

    Ex: Bibliographies are one of the largest group of reference material in a library; the demand appears insatiable and publishers are aware of this.
    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex: In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.
    Ex: She was an avid collector of historical manuscripts considered worthless by his contemporaries and priceless by scholars today.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.
    * lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.

    * * *
    ‹apetito› insatiable; ‹sed› unquenchable; ‹afán/deseo› insatiable
    * * *

    insaciable adjetivo
    insatiable;
    ‹ sed› unquenchable
    insaciable adjetivo insatiable
    ' insaciable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insatiable
    * * *
    [apetito, curiosidad] insatiable; [sed] unquenchable
    * * *
    adj insatiable
    * * *
    : insatiable

    Spanish-English dictionary > insaciable

  • 13 maquinar

    v.
    to machinate, to plot.
    maquinar algo contra alguien to plot something against somebody
    Ella discurre engaños She contrives tricks.
    * * *
    1 to scheme, plot
    * * *
    verb
    to plot, scheme
    * * *
    VT VI to plot
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = conspire, finesse, cook up, scheme, concoct.
    Ex. There is a future for the public library, despite competing social and economic needs which would seem to conspire to preclude one.
    Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
    Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = conspire, finesse, cook up, scheme, concoct.

    Ex: There is a future for the public library, despite competing social and economic needs which would seem to conspire to preclude one.

    Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
    Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

    * * *
    maquinar [A1 ]
    vt
    to plot, scheme
    * * *

    maquinar ( conjugate maquinar) verbo transitivo
    to plot, scheme
    maquinar verbo transitivo to scheme, plot
    ' maquinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discurrir
    - tejer
    English:
    engineer
    * * *
    to plot, to scheme;
    estaban maquinando una conspiración contra el gobierno they were plotting against the government
    * * *
    v/t plot
    * * *
    : to plot, to scheme

    Spanish-English dictionary > maquinar

  • 14 preparar

    v.
    1 to prepare.
    voy a preparar la cena/el arroz I'm going to get dinner ready/cook the rice
    le hemos preparado una sorpresa we've got a surprise for him
    Ella prepara la ropa She prepares the clothes.
    Ella preparó la carne ayer She prepared=seasoned the meat yesterday.
    2 to prepare for (examen).
    3 to train (sport).
    La agencia preparó al espía The Agency trained the spy.
    4 to arrange for, to organize, to prepare.
    Ella prepara el viaje She arranges for the trip.
    * * *
    1 to prepare, get ready
    ■ ¿habéis preparado el viaje? have you arranged the trip?
    2 (enseñar) to teach
    3 DEPORTE (entrenar) to train, coach
    4 (estudiar) to revise for, work for
    ■ ¿has preparado el examen de inglés? have you studied for the English exam?
    \
    preparar oposiciones to study for competitive exams
    * * *
    verb
    2) coach, train
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dejar listo) [+ comida] to make, prepare; [+ habitación, casa] to prepare, get ready; [+ compuesto, derivado] (Quím) to prepare, make up

    estoy preparando la cena — I'm making o preparing dinner, I'm getting dinner ready

    ¿te preparo un café? — shall I make you a coffee?

    ¿me puedes preparar la cuenta, por favor? — can you make my bill up, please?

    terreno 2., 4)
    2) (=organizar) [+ acción, viaje] to prepare; [+ ejemplar, revista] to prepare, work on

    estamos preparando el siguiente número de la revista — we're working on o preparing the next issue of the magazine

    3) (=instruir) [para un partido] to train, coach; [para examen, oposición] to coach, tutor

    lleva meses preparando al equipo — he has been training o coaching the team for months

    la están preparando en una academia — they are preparing o coaching her in a private school, she is being tutored in a private school

    4) [+ examen, prueba] to study for, prepare for

    llevo semanas preparando este examen — I have been studying o preparing for this exam for weeks

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < plato> to make, prepare; < comida> to prepare, get... ready; < medicamento> to prepare, make up; < habitación> to prepare, get... ready; < cuenta> to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2) <examen/prueba> to prepare
    3) < persona> ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE); ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    2.
    prepararse v pron
    1) tormenta/crisis to brew
    2) (refl) ( disponerse)

    se preparó para darle la mala noticia — he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news

    3) (refl) ( formarse) to prepare

    prepararse para algo — <para examen/competición> to prepare for something

    * * *
    = draw, draw up, gear (to/toward(s)/for), prepare, put together, train, marshal, set + aside, brief, coach, tool up, groom, brew, ready, concoct, gird for.
    Ex. For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.
    Ex. At the IFLA General Council the two Sections drew up the terms of reference and proposed as members some ten representatives of national libraries.
    Ex. Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex. A summary at the beginning of a document serves to prepare the reader to proceed to the remainder of the text.
    Ex. I have many people to acknowledge, beginning with my co-editor who offered untiring support and many useful suggestions in putting together the institutes.
    Ex. The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.
    Ex. The use of new information technologies ought to be marshalled for use in the developing countries.
    Ex. We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.
    Ex. This may or may not be the case, but particularly in these areas staff must be informed and briefed so that misunderstandings do not arise.
    Ex. The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Tooling up for a revolution'.
    Ex. Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qaeda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden.
    Ex. The goddess owned a potent magick cauldron in which she planned to brew a special liquid for her ugly son.
    Ex. A woman died yesterday while being readied for cosmetic surgery.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    Ex. Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.
    ----
    * preparar a la brasa = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la parrilla = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la plancha = griddle.
    * preparar algo = put + a few things + together.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * preparar el camino = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    * preparar el camino para = smooth + the path of.
    * preparar el terreno = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way.
    * preparar el terreno para = lead up to, smooth + the path of, clear + the ground for, fertilise + the ground for.
    * preparar en el microondas = microwave.
    * preparar la comida = cook + meal.
    * preparar para el futuro = future-proof.
    * preparar rápidamente = rustle up.
    * prepararse = do + homework, brace + Reflexivo, get + ready.
    * prepararse para = gear up for, ready + Reflexivo + to/for, saddle up for, brace for, get + ready to.
    * prepararse para el futuro = embrace + the future.
    * prepararse para la tormenta = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * prepararse para lo peor = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * preparar una defensa = mount + defence.
    * preparar una ensalada = toss + a salad.
    * preparar una superficie de nuevo = resurface.
    * preparar un ataque = mount + attack.
    * preparar una tela = dress + cloth.
    * preparar un contraataque = mount + counterattack.
    * preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.
    * prepárate = get + ready.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < plato> to make, prepare; < comida> to prepare, get... ready; < medicamento> to prepare, make up; < habitación> to prepare, get... ready; < cuenta> to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2) <examen/prueba> to prepare
    3) < persona> ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE); ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    2.
    prepararse v pron
    1) tormenta/crisis to brew
    2) (refl) ( disponerse)

    se preparó para darle la mala noticia — he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news

    3) (refl) ( formarse) to prepare

    prepararse para algo — <para examen/competición> to prepare for something

    * * *
    = draw, draw up, gear (to/toward(s)/for), prepare, put together, train, marshal, set + aside, brief, coach, tool up, groom, brew, ready, concoct, gird for.

    Ex: For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.

    Ex: At the IFLA General Council the two Sections drew up the terms of reference and proposed as members some ten representatives of national libraries.
    Ex: Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex: A summary at the beginning of a document serves to prepare the reader to proceed to the remainder of the text.
    Ex: I have many people to acknowledge, beginning with my co-editor who offered untiring support and many useful suggestions in putting together the institutes.
    Ex: The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.
    Ex: The use of new information technologies ought to be marshalled for use in the developing countries.
    Ex: We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.
    Ex: This may or may not be the case, but particularly in these areas staff must be informed and briefed so that misunderstandings do not arise.
    Ex: The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Tooling up for a revolution'.
    Ex: Iran is trying to form an unholy alliance with al-Qaeda by grooming a new generation of leaders to take over from Osama bin Laden.
    Ex: The goddess owned a potent magick cauldron in which she planned to brew a special liquid for her ugly son.
    Ex: A woman died yesterday while being readied for cosmetic surgery.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    Ex: Australia's government girded on Monday for a battle with miners over its plan to slap the industry with a new 40 percent profits tax.
    * preparar a la brasa = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la parrilla = grill, broil.
    * preparar a la plancha = griddle.
    * preparar algo = put + a few things + together.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * preparar el camino = set + the scene, smooth + the way, open + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the way (for/towards/to), pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    * preparar el camino para = smooth + the path of.
    * preparar el terreno = pave + the way (for/towards/to), set + the scene, clear + the path, smooth + the way, set + the stage, pave + the path (for/towards/to), pave + the path (for/towards/to), lay + the groundwork for, pave + the road (for/towards/to), clear + the way.
    * preparar el terreno para = lead up to, smooth + the path of, clear + the ground for, fertilise + the ground for.
    * preparar en el microondas = microwave.
    * preparar la comida = cook + meal.
    * preparar para el futuro = future-proof.
    * preparar rápidamente = rustle up.
    * prepararse = do + homework, brace + Reflexivo, get + ready.
    * prepararse para = gear up for, ready + Reflexivo + to/for, saddle up for, brace for, get + ready to.
    * prepararse para el futuro = embrace + the future.
    * prepararse para la tormenta = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * prepararse para lo peor = batten down, batten down + the hatches.
    * preparar una defensa = mount + defence.
    * preparar una ensalada = toss + a salad.
    * preparar una superficie de nuevo = resurface.
    * preparar un ataque = mount + attack.
    * preparar una tela = dress + cloth.
    * preparar un contraataque = mount + counterattack.
    * preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.
    * prepárate = get + ready.

    * * *
    preparar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹plato› to make, prepare; ‹comida› to prepare, get … ready; ‹medicamento› to prepare, make up
    tengo que preparar la comida I have to get lunch ready o make lunch
    nos había preparado un postre riquísimo he had made a delicious dessert for us
    preparó la habitación para los invitados she prepared the room o got the room ready for the guests
    verás la sorpresa que te tengo preparada just wait till you see the surprise I've got (waiting) for you
    prepáreme la cuenta por favor can you draw up my check, please? ( AmE), can you make up my bill, please? ( BrE)
    terreno2 m C. (↑ terreno (2))
    B ‹examen/prueba› to prepare
    ha preparado la asignatura a fondo she's prepared the subject very thoroughly
    prepara su participación en los campeonatos he is training o preparing for the championships
    C ‹persona› (para un examen) to tutor, coach ( BrE); (para un partido) to train, coach, prepare; (para una tarea, un reto) to prepare
    no ha sabido preparar a los hijos para la vida he has failed to prepare his children for life
    ¿sabes quién la prepara para el examen? do you know who's tutoring o coaching her for the exam?
    antes de darle la noticia habrá que prepararla the news will have to be broken to her gently
    no estaba preparada para esa grata sorpresa she wasn't prepared for o expecting such a pleasant surprise
    A «tormenta» to brew
    se prepara una crisis en la zona there's a crisis brewing in the region
    B ( refl)
    (disponerse): prepárate que me vas a escuchar just you listen to me!
    prepararse PARA algo to get ready FOR sth
    se preparó para darle la mala noticia he got ready o prepared himself to give her the bad news
    C ( refl) (formarse) to prepare
    se prepara para el examen de ingreso en la Universidad she's preparing for the University entrance examination
    se prepara para las Olimpiadas he is training o preparing for the Olympics
    no se ha preparado bien (para) la prueba she hasn't studied hard enough o done enough work for the test, she isn't well enough prepared for the test
    * * *

     

    preparar ( conjugate preparar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ plato› to make, prepare;
    ‹ comida› to prepare, get … ready;
    ‹ medicamento› to prepare, make up;
    ‹ habitación› to prepare, get … ready;
    ‹ cuenta› to draw up (AmE), make up (BrE)
    2 ‹examen/prueba› to prepare
    3 ‹ persona› ( para examen) to tutor, coach (BrE);
    ( para partido) to train, coach, prepare;
    (para tarea, reto) to prepare
    prepararse verbo pronominal
    1 ( refl) ( disponerse): prepararse PARA algo to get ready for sth
    2 ( refl) ( formarse) to prepare;
    prepararse para algo ‹para examen/competición› to prepare for sth
    preparar verbo transitivo
    1 to prepare, get ready
    preparar una fiesta, to prepare a party
    2 Dep to train, coach
    ' preparar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capacitar
    - despreocuparse
    - disponer
    - planear
    - sabática
    - sabático
    - terrena
    - terreno
    - urdir
    - arreglar
    - corresponder
    - hacer
    English:
    brew
    - coach
    - concoct
    - cook
    - detailed
    - draw up
    - fix
    - get
    - groom
    - lay out
    - make
    - make out
    - make up
    - microwave
    - mix
    - prep
    - prepare
    - prime
    - rind
    - roll out
    - set
    - study
    - way
    - whip up
    - add
    - can
    - curry
    - dispense
    - do
    - draft
    - draw
    - dress
    - ease
    - equip
    - gear
    - mount
    - plan
    - put
    - ready
    - run
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [disponer, elaborar] to prepare;
    [trampa] to set, to lay; [maletas] to pack;
    estaban preparando un robo they were planning a robbery;
    voy a preparar la cena/el arroz I'm going to get dinner ready/cook the rice;
    nos preparó una cena estupenda she made o cooked a delicious evening meal for us;
    ¿quién prepara la comida en tu casa? who does the cooking in your household?;
    le hemos preparado una sorpresa we've got a surprise for you
    2. [examen, oposiciones, prueba] to prepare for
    3. [entrenar, adiestrar] [físicamente] to train;
    [tácticamente] to coach; [alumnos] to coach; [animales] to train;
    no nos habían preparado para solucionar este tipo de problemas we hadn't been taught to solve this type of problem
    * * *
    v/t prepare, get ready
    * * *
    1) : to prepare, to make ready
    2) : to teach, to train, to coach
    * * *
    1. (en general) to prepare / to get ready
    2. (entrenar) to train / to coach
    preparar un examen to study for an exam [pt. & pp. studied]

    Spanish-English dictionary > preparar

  • 15 tramar

    v.
    1 to weave (hilo).
    2 to plot.
    estar tramando algo to be up to something
    Fraguamos un plan We concoct a plan.
    3 to scheme to.
    * * *
    1 (tejidos) to weave
    2 figurado (maquinar) to plot, cook up
    ■ ¿qué estás tramando? what are you up to?
    * * *
    verb
    1) to plot, devise
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=tejer) to weave
    2) [+ engaño, enredo] to plan, plot; [+ complot] to lay, hatch

    ¿qué estarán tramando? — I wonder what they're up to?

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < engaño> to devise; < venganza> to plot; < complot> to hatch, lay

    ¿qué andan tramando? — what are you up to? (colloq)

    2.
    tramarse v pron (enf) to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = be up to, weave, engineer, plot, scheme, cook up, concoct.
    Ex. When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.
    Ex. You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
    Ex. So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex. The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando alguna barrabasada = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * tramar una conspiración = hatch + plot, spin + conspiracy.
    * tramar un complot = hatch + plot.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < engaño> to devise; < venganza> to plot; < complot> to hatch, lay

    ¿qué andan tramando? — what are you up to? (colloq)

    2.
    tramarse v pron (enf) to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = be up to, weave, engineer, plot, scheme, cook up, concoct.

    Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

    Ex: You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
    Ex: So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex: The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando alguna barrabasada = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * tramar una conspiración = hatch + plot, spin + conspiracy.
    * tramar un complot = hatch + plot.

    * * *
    tramar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹engaño› to devise; ‹venganza› to plot; ‹complot› to hatch, lay
    ¿qué andas tramando? what are you plotting o scheming?, what are you up to? ( colloq)
    2 ( Col) ‹lector/público› to absorb
    me tramó la conferencia I was totally absorbed by the lecture, the lecture really captured my interest
    ( enf) to plot, scheme
    ¿qué se estarán tramando? I wonder what they're plotting o scheming
    * * *

    tramar ( conjugate tramar) verbo transitivo ‹ engaño› to devise;
    ‹ venganza› to plot;
    ‹ complot› to hatch, lay;
    ◊ ¿qué andan tramando? what are they up to? (colloq)

    tramar vtr (un engaño, conspiración, plan) to plot: ¿qué estará tramando? what is he up to?

    ' tramar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    planear
    - traerse
    - traer
    English:
    concoct
    - cook up
    - hatch
    - plot
    - up to
    - brew
    - engineer
    * * *
    tramar vt
    1. [planear] to plot;
    [complot] to hatch;
    un plan tramado por sus enemigos a plot hatched by her enemies;
    estar tramando algo to be up to something
    2. [hilo] to weave
    * * *
    v/t complot hatch
    * * *
    tramar vt
    1) : to plot, to plan
    2) : to weave
    * * *
    tramar vb to plot [pt. & pp. plotted]

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramar

  • 16 urdir

    v.
    1 to plot, to forge (plan).
    2 to warp (hilos).
    3 to contrive, to cook up, to plot, to brew.
    4 to cast on.
    * * *
    1 (textil) to warp
    2 figurado (tramar) to plot, scheme
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ tela] to warp
    2) (=tramar) to plot
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( en telar) to warp; < puntos> to cast on
    b) < plan> to devise, hatch
    * * *
    = weave, weave, engineer, texture, spin, concoct.
    Ex. You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
    Ex. This article compares an expert system to a rug and the shell to the loom on which it was woven.
    Ex. So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex. The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.
    Ex. Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * urdir una conspiración = hatch + plot.
    * urdir una historia = weave + story.
    * urdir un complot = hatch + plot.
    * urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.
    * urdir un plan = devise + a plan.
    * urdir un relato = weave + a tale.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( en telar) to warp; < puntos> to cast on
    b) < plan> to devise, hatch
    * * *
    = weave, weave, engineer, texture, spin, concoct.

    Ex: You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.

    Ex: This article compares an expert system to a rug and the shell to the loom on which it was woven.
    Ex: So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex: The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.
    Ex: Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * urdir una conspiración = hatch + plot.
    * urdir una historia = weave + story.
    * urdir un complot = hatch + plot.
    * urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.
    * urdir un plan = devise + a plan.
    * urdir un relato = weave + a tale.

    * * *
    urdir [I1 ]
    vt
    (en un telar) to warp; ‹puntos› to cast on
    urdían una conspiración para derrocarlo they were plotting o they were hatching a plot to overthrow him
    habían urdido un plan they had devised o hatched a plan
    * * *

    urdir ( conjugate urdir) verbo transitivo

    ‹ puntos› to cast on
    b) ‹ plan› to devise, hatch

    urdir vtr (preparar en secreto) to devise, scheme for
    ' urdir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discurrir
    - fraguar
    - planear
    - tejer
    English:
    engineer
    - hatch
    * * *
    urdir vt
    1. [plan] to plot, to forge
    2. [hilos] to warp
    * * *
    v/t
    1 complot hatch
    2 hilos warp

    Spanish-English dictionary > urdir

  • 17 mefistofélico

    adj.
    Mephistophelian, diabolical, devilish.
    * * *
    1 Mephistophelian
    * * *
    ADJ diabolic, Mephistophelian
    * * *
    mefistofélico, -a adj
    diabolical

    Spanish-English dictionary > mefistofélico

  • 18 abusivo

    adj.
    1 outrageous, exorbitant, extortionate, diabolical.
    2 abusive, insulting, offending, reviling.
    3 abusive, inconsiderate.
    m.
    abuser.
    * * *
    1 excessive, exorbitant
    \
    trato abusivo ill-treatment
    * * *
    ADJ unfair; [precio] exorbitant, outrageous
    * * *
    - va adjetivo <precio/interés> outrageous
    * * *
    = extortionate, scurrilous.
    Ex. This is an important and interesting book, but given that much of the material has previously been published, the price seems extortionate.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    ----
    * de un modo abusivo = extortionately.
    * precio abusivo = abusive price tag.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo <precio/interés> outrageous
    * * *
    = extortionate, scurrilous.

    Ex: This is an important and interesting book, but given that much of the material has previously been published, the price seems extortionate.

    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    * de un modo abusivo = extortionately.
    * precio abusivo = abusive price tag.

    * * *
    abusivo -va
    ‹precio/interés› outrageous
    el contrato incluye dos cláusulas francamente abusivas the contract has two clauses which are blatantly unfair
    * * *

    abusivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo ‹precio/interés› outrageous

    abusivo,-a adjetivo
    1 (un precio) exorbitant
    2 (una medida, una situación) outrageous, abusive

    ' abusivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abusiva
    English:
    extortionate
    * * *
    abusivo, -a adj
    1. [trato]
    recibimos un trato abusivo we were treated like dirt;
    la policía infligió tratos abusivos a los detenidos the police mistreated the detainees
    2. [precio] extortionate
    * * *
    adj
    1 JUR unfair
    2 precio exorbitant
    * * *
    abusivo, -va adj
    1) : abusive
    2) : outrageous, excessive

    Spanish-English dictionary > abusivo

  • 19 espantoso

    adj.
    frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful
    2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing
    3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible
    ■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing
    * * *
    (f. - espantosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) frightening
    2) [para exagerar]

    llevaba un traje espantoso — she was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    ----
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

    * * *
    1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling
    fue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience
    2 ( fam)
    (uso hiperbólico): hace un calor espantoso it's boiling o roasting, it's incredibly o unbearably hot ( colloq)
    pasamos un frío espantoso we were absolutely freezing ( colloq)
    tengo un hambre espantosa I'm ravenous o starving ( colloq)
    la comida era espantosa the food was atrocious o ghastly
    ¡qué sombrero tan espantoso! what a hideous o an awful hat
    esta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)
    llueve que es una cosa espantosa it's absolutely pouring ( colloq), it's bucketing down ( colloq)
    * * *

    espantoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling

    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) ‹comida/letra/tiempo› atrocious;

    ‹vestido/color› hideous;
    ‹ruido/voz› terrible, awful;

    espantoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (horripilante) horrifying, appalling: es un asunto espantoso, it's a horrifying situation
    2 fam (uso hiperbólico) tengo unas ganas espantosas de que llegue el fin de semana, I'm dying for the weekend to come!
    3 fam (muy feo) awful, hideous: ¡quítate ese espantoso sombrero!, take off that awful hat!
    ' espantoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    berrido
    - espantosa
    - ridícula
    - ridículo
    - sueño
    - tener
    - hacer
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - dreadful
    - frightening
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - gruesome
    - hairy
    - hideous
    - horrendous
    - interminable
    - shocking
    - stinking
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - atrocious
    - boiling
    - dire
    - excruciating
    - horrific
    - split
    - terrible
    - terrific
    * * *
    espantoso, -a adj
    1. [pavoroso] horrific
    2. [enorme] terrible;
    allí dentro hacía un calor espantoso it was roasting o boiling o terribly hot in there;
    tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;
    teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving
    3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;
    llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress
    4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;
    el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;
    * * *
    adj
    1 horrific, appalling
    2 para enfatizar terrible, dreadful;
    hace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot
    * * *
    espantoso, -sa adj
    1) : frightening, terrifying
    2) : frightful, dreadful
    * * *
    espantoso adj awful / dreadful

    Spanish-English dictionary > espantoso

  • 20 inaguantable

    adj.
    unbearable.
    * * *
    1 unbearable
    * * *
    ADJ intolerable, unbearable
    * * *
    adjetivo unbearable
    * * *
    = unbearable, unendurable, insufferable.
    Ex. Books are the best friends a man can have because they are loyal at a time when a man is unbearable to himself and his fellow human beings.
    Ex. She said that the smoke is making her job unendurable, that she becomes physically ill.
    Ex. At times during the summer, residents across Ontario and southern Quebec either enjoyed or endured bouts of torrid heat and insufferable humidity.
    * * *
    adjetivo unbearable
    * * *
    = unbearable, unendurable, insufferable.

    Ex: Books are the best friends a man can have because they are loyal at a time when a man is unbearable to himself and his fellow human beings.

    Ex: She said that the smoke is making her job unendurable, that she becomes physically ill.
    Ex: At times during the summer, residents across Ontario and southern Quebec either enjoyed or endured bouts of torrid heat and insufferable humidity.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] ‹dolor/calor/peso› unbearable
    2 ‹persona› unbearable
    hoy está inaguantable he's (being) unbearable today
    ese tipo es inaguantable that guy is unbearable
    * * *

    inaguantable adjetivo
    unbearable
    inaguantable adjetivo unbearable, intolerable
    ' inaguantable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imposible
    - irresistible
    - endemoniado
    - horrible
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - unbearable
    * * *
    [dolor, persona] unbearable;
    los alumnos están hoy inaguantables the pupils are being unbearable today
    * * *
    adj unbearable
    * * *
    insoportable: insufferable, unbearable
    * * *
    inaguantable adj unbearable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inaguantable

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