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diehard

  • 1 acérrimo

    adj.
    1 staunch, very tenacious, resolute, stalwart.
    2 out-and-out, all-out, dyed-in-the-wool, extremist.
    3 mordant, acrid, sarcastic, sardonic.
    * * *
    1 (seguidor) staunch, steadfast; (enemigo) bitter
    * * *
    ADJ [partidario] staunch; [enemigo] bitter
    * * *
    - ma adjetivo <partidario/defensor> staunch; < enemigo> bitter
    * * *
    = staunch [stanch, -USA], diehard.
    Ex. This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.
    Ex. Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.
    ----
    * enemigo acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival], sworn enemy.
    * rival acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival].
    * * *
    - ma adjetivo <partidario/defensor> staunch; < enemigo> bitter
    * * *
    = staunch [stanch, -USA], diehard.

    Ex: This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.

    Ex: Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.
    * enemigo acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival], sworn enemy.
    * rival acérrimo = arch-rival [archrival].

    * * *
    ‹partidario/defensor› staunch; ‹enemigo› bitter
    * * *

    acérrimo
    ◊ -ma adjetivo ‹partidario/defensor› staunch;


    ‹ enemigo› bitter
    acérrimo,-a adjetivo (simpatizante) staunch
    (adversario) bitter
    ' acérrimo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acérrima
    English:
    staunch
    - sworn
    - all
    - diehard
    - out
    * * *
    acérrimo, -a adj
    [defensor] diehard, fervent; [enemigo] bitter
    * * *
    adj staunch
    * * *
    acérrimo, -ma adj
    1) : staunch, steadfast
    2) : bitter
    un acérrimo enemigo: a bitter enemy

    Spanish-English dictionary > acérrimo

  • 2 incondicional

    adj.
    unconditional.
    f. & m.
    staunch supporter.
    * * *
    1 (rendición) unconditional
    2 (amistad, admiración) unquestioning
    1 staunch supporter
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=sin condiciones) [retirada, fianza, amor, garantía] unconditional; [fe] complete, unquestioning; [apoyo] wholehearted, unconditional; [afirmación] unqualified; [partidario] staunch, stalwart
    2) LAm pey servile, fawning
    2. SMF
    1) (=partidario) stalwart, staunch supporter
    2) pey (=intransigente) diehard, hardliner
    3) LAm yes man *
    * * *
    I
    a) < apoyo> unconditional, wholehearted; < obediencia> absolute; <aliado/admirador> staunch

    un amigo incondicional — a true o loyal friend

    b) < rendición> unconditional
    II
    masculino y femenino committed supporter, stalwart
    * * *
    = stalwart, unqualified, wholehearted [whole-hearted], unconditional, staunch [stanch, -USA], loyal (to), diehard, unreserved.
    Ex. She went on to quote Jast, that stalwart defender of public libraries against all comers, who said, 'The librarian and teacher have almost opposite basic aims, the one deals with the literature, the other with the person'.
    Ex. Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.
    Ex. The project never achieved wholehearted international support and encouragement.
    Ex. In relating to client, therefore, there are fundamental conditions that need expression: unconditional positive regard from others and self-regard and valuing from the client.
    Ex. This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.
    Ex. He was said to be 100% loyal to the library and perfectly satisfied with his position.
    Ex. Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.
    Ex. It is also important that we all give them our unreserved support.
    ----
    * amor incondicional = unconditional love.
    * defensor incodicional = stalwart.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * hincha incondicional = loyal fan.
    * incondicionales, los = faithful, the.
    * partidario incondicional = stalwart.
    * * *
    I
    a) < apoyo> unconditional, wholehearted; < obediencia> absolute; <aliado/admirador> staunch

    un amigo incondicional — a true o loyal friend

    b) < rendición> unconditional
    II
    masculino y femenino committed supporter, stalwart
    * * *
    = stalwart, unqualified, wholehearted [whole-hearted], unconditional, staunch [stanch, -USA], loyal (to), diehard, unreserved.

    Ex: She went on to quote Jast, that stalwart defender of public libraries against all comers, who said, 'The librarian and teacher have almost opposite basic aims, the one deals with the literature, the other with the person'.

    Ex: Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.
    Ex: The project never achieved wholehearted international support and encouragement.
    Ex: In relating to client, therefore, there are fundamental conditions that need expression: unconditional positive regard from others and self-regard and valuing from the client.
    Ex: This article reviews the work of Professor Kaula, the staunch crusader of librarianship in India.
    Ex: He was said to be 100% loyal to the library and perfectly satisfied with his position.
    Ex: Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.
    Ex: It is also important that we all give them our unreserved support.
    * amor incondicional = unconditional love.
    * defensor incodicional = stalwart.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * hincha incondicional = loyal fan.
    * incondicionales, los = faithful, the.
    * partidario incondicional = stalwart.

    * * *
    1 ‹apoyo› unconditional, wholehearted; ‹obediencia› absolute
    un amigo incondicional a true o staunch friend
    2 ‹rendición› unconditional
    committed supporter, stalwart
    * * *

    incondicional adjetivo

    ‹ obediencia› absolute;
    ‹aliado/admirador› staunch;
    ‹ amigo› true, loyal

    incondicional
    I adj (amistad, rendición) unconditional
    (respaldo) wholehearted
    (amigo) faithful
    (simpatizante, defensor) staunch: es un corrupto, pero tiene admiradores incondicionales, he's corrupt but she's got some staunch admirers
    II sustantivo masculino staunch supporter: una película para incondicionales del cine negro, a must for film noir enthusiasts
    ' incondicional' also found in these entries:
    English:
    blind
    - hard-core
    - hilt
    - implicit
    - stalwart
    - staunch
    - unconditional
    - unqualified
    - unquestioning
    - unreserved
    - wholehearted
    - wool
    - absolute
    - whole
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [rendición, perdón] unconditional;
    [ayuda] wholehearted
    2. [seguidor] staunch
    ♦ nmf
    staunch supporter
    * * *
    I adj unconditional
    II m/f staunch supporter, stalwart
    * * *
    : unconditional

    Spanish-English dictionary > incondicional

  • 3 intransigente

    adj.
    intransigent.
    f. & m.
    intransigent, intransigent person.
    * * *
    1 intransigent
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [gen] intransigent; (=que no cede) unyielding; (=fanático) diehard
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo intransigent
    * * *
    = uncompromising, intolerant, intransigent, uncompromised, illiberal, bigot.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. The main clauses of the section are doctrinaire and intolerant and have no place in modern society.
    Ex. There will always be a depressingly high percentage of intransigent parents and arrogant professionals.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex. It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adoptar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * ser intransigente = play + hardball.
    * tomar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * * *
    adjetivo intransigent
    * * *
    = uncompromising, intolerant, intransigent, uncompromised, illiberal, bigot.

    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

    Ex: The main clauses of the section are doctrinaire and intolerant and have no place in modern society.
    Ex: There will always be a depressingly high percentage of intransigent parents and arrogant professionals.
    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex: It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adoptar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * ser intransigente = play + hardball.
    * tomar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.

    * * *
    intransigent
    la actitud intransigente del gobierno the government's unyielding o intransigent attitude
    * * *

    intransigente adjetivo
    intransigent
    intransigente adjetivo intransigent, uncompromising, inflexible: no creo que te perdone, es muy intransigente con esas cosas, I don't think he'll forgive you, he's so inflexible in these matters
    ' intransigente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerrada
    - cerrado
    - cerrarse
    - dura
    - duro
    - posición
    English:
    heel
    - intransigent
    - uncompromising
    - diehard
    - soften
    * * *
    intransigent
    * * *
    adj intransigent
    * * *
    : intransigent, unyielding

    Spanish-English dictionary > intransigente

  • 4 empedernido

    adj.
    1 inveterate, recurrent, out-and-out, habitual.
    2 licentious, vicious, corrupt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: empedernir.
    * * *
    1 confirmed, inveterate, hardened
    \
    un,-a fumador,-ra/bebedor,-ra empedernido,-a a hardened smoker/drinker
    * * *
    (f. - empedernida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [vicio] hardened, inveterate

    un pecador empedernido — an unregenerate sinner, a reprobate

    2) (=cruel) heartless, cruel
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <bebedor/fumador> hardened, inveterate; < jugador> compulsive; < solterón> confirmed
    * * *
    = hardened, out-and-out, habitual, diehard.
    Ex. There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.
    Ex. Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.
    Ex. A new study confirms that male gender, obesity, and weight gain are key determinants of habitual snoring in the adult population.
    Ex. Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.
    ----
    * comprador empedernido = spendaholic.
    * fumador empedernido = chain smoker.
    * jugador empedernido = compulsive gambler.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <bebedor/fumador> hardened, inveterate; < jugador> compulsive; < solterón> confirmed
    * * *
    = hardened, out-and-out, habitual, diehard.

    Ex: There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.

    Ex: Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.
    Ex: A new study confirms that male gender, obesity, and weight gain are key determinants of habitual snoring in the adult population.
    Ex: Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.
    * comprador empedernido = spendaholic.
    * fumador empedernido = chain smoker.
    * jugador empedernido = compulsive gambler.

    * * *
    ‹bebedor/fumador› hardened, inveterate; ‹jugador› compulsive; ‹solterón› confirmed
    * * *

    empedernido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹bebedor/fumador› hardened, inveterate;


    ‹ jugador› compulsive;
    ‹ solterón› confirmed
    empedernido,-a adj (fumador, jugador) hardened
    ' empedernido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    empedernida
    - bebedor
    English:
    confirmed
    - habitual
    - hard
    - inveterate
    - chronic
    - confirm
    - drinker
    - hardened
    - incurable
    * * *
    empedernido, -a adj
    [bebedor, fumador] heavy; [criminal, jugador] hardened; [solterón, solterona] confirmed;
    un lector empedernido de novelas de terror a compulsive reader of horror stories
    * * *
    adj
    :
    fumador empedernido inveterate smoker;
    solterón empedernido confirmed bachelor
    * * *
    empedernido, -da adj
    incorregible: hardened, inveterate

    Spanish-English dictionary > empedernido

  • 5 forofo

    m.
    buff, fan.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar fan, supporter
    * * *
    forofo, -a
    * SM / F fan, supporter
    * * *
    - fa masculino, femenino (Esp fam) (Dep) fan; (Taur) aficionado, enthusiast
    * * *
    = hound, enthusiast, diehard.
    Ex. The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.
    Ex. Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex. Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.
    * * *
    - fa masculino, femenino (Esp fam) (Dep) fan; (Taur) aficionado, enthusiast
    * * *
    = hound, enthusiast, diehard.

    Ex: The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.

    Ex: Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex: Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.

    * * *
    forofo -fa
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp fam) ( Dep) fan; ( Taur) aficionado, enthusiast ser forofo DE algn to be crazy o wild o ( BrE) mad ABOUT sb, be a real fan OF sb ser forofo DE algo to be crazy o wild o ( BrE) mad ABOUT sth
    * * *

    forofo,-a m,f fam fan, supporter
    ' forofo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    forofa
    English:
    addicted
    * * *
    forofo, -a Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    es muy forofo he's really fanatical
    ♦ nm,f
    fan;
    es un forofo de la escalada he's crazy o Br mad about climbing
    * * *
    m, forofa f fam
    fan
    * * *
    forofo n fan

    Spanish-English dictionary > forofo

  • 6 reaccionario

    adj.
    reactionary, blimpish, die-hard, diehard.
    m.
    reactionary, die-hard, conservatist, diehard.
    * * *
    1 reactionary
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 reactionary
    * * *
    reaccionario, -a
    ADJ SM / F reactionary
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo/masculino, femenino reactionary
    * * *
    = reactionary, reactionary.
    Ex. While this may sound like a contradictory and reactionary sort of chauvinism coming from an iconoclast, our people have got to come first.
    Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo/masculino, femenino reactionary
    * * *
    = reactionary, reactionary.

    Ex: While this may sound like a contradictory and reactionary sort of chauvinism coming from an iconoclast, our people have got to come first.

    Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.

    * * *
    adj/m,f
    reactionary
    * * *

    reaccionario
    ◊ - ria adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    reactionary
    reaccionario,-a adjetivo & m,f Pol reactionary

    ' reaccionario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reaccionaria
    - retrógrada
    - retrógrado
    - gorila
    English:
    something
    - reactionary
    - red
    * * *
    reaccionario, -a
    ♦ adj
    reactionary
    ♦ nm,f
    reactionary
    * * *
    I adj reactionary
    II m, reaccionaria f reactionary
    * * *
    reaccionario, - ria adj & n
    : reactionary

    Spanish-English dictionary > reaccionario

  • 7 H

    f.
    h, letter h.
    * * *
    h
    1 ( habitante) inhabitant
    ————————
    h
    1 ( hora) hour; (abreviatura) h
    * * *
    I =h
    ['ate]
    SF (=letra) H, h II
    ABR
    2) (Quím)
    = hidrógeno H III
    ABR
    = hora h., hr.
    * * *
    h femenino ( read as ['atʃe]) the letter H, h ( ver tb hache)
    * * *
    ----
    * * *
    h femenino ( read as ['atʃe]) the letter H, h ( ver tb hache)
    * * *
    * bomba H = hydrogen bomb (H-bomb).
    * * *
    H, h
    ( read as /ˈatʃe/)
    1 (= hombre) M, male
    2 (= hembra) F, female
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    H    
    h.
    H,
    ◊ h sustantivo femenino ( read as /'atʃe/) the letter H, h ( ver tb hache)

    H, h f (letra) H, h

    'h' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - H
    - pasar
    - S.A.R.
    - sabihonda
    - sabihondo
    - sabionda
    - sabiondo
    - h.
    - hache
    - hacienda
    English:
    A
    - alcohol
    - alcoholic
    - antihistamine
    - behalf
    - boyhood
    - brotherhood
    - coherent
    - cohesion
    - cohesive
    - courtship
    - cubbyhole
    - diehard
    - dojo
    - fish-hook
    - H
    - ha ha
    - habitual
    - habitually
    - haematology
    - haemoglobin
    - haemophilia
    - haemophiliac
    - half
    - half-a-dozen
    - half-baked
    - half-breed
    - half-brother
    - half-caste
    - half-closed
    - half-day
    - half-dead
    - half-dressed
    - half-empty
    - half-full
    - half-hearted
    - half-heartedly
    - half-heartedness
    - half-holiday
    - half-hourly
    - half-mast
    - half-monthly
    - half-moon
    - half-naked
    - half-open
    - half-pay
    - half-pint
    - half-serious
    - half-sister
    - half-time
    * * *
    H1 (abrev de Hermano)
    Br
    H2
    1. (abrev de Hombre) M
    2. (abrev de Hembra) F
    H, h ['atʃe] nf
    [letra] H, h; Fam
    por h o por b for one reason or another
    * * *
    h nf
    : eighth letter of the Spanish alphabet

    Spanish-English dictionary > H

  • 8 empecinado

    adj.
    1 stubborn, bulldogged, bullheaded, bulldoggish.
    2 obstinate, recalcitrant.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: empecinarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=empecinarse empecinarse
    1 stubborn, pig-headed
    * * *
    ADJ stubborn, pig-headed
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (esp AmL) ( terco) stubborn; ( determinado) determined
    * * *
    Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.
    ----
    * empecinado en = bent on.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (esp AmL) ( terco) stubborn; ( determinado) determined
    * * *

    Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.

    * empecinado en = bent on.

    * * *
    ( esp AmL) (terco) stubborn; (determinado) determined empecinado EN algo:
    estaba empecinada en comprar un perro she had got(ten) it into her head that she wanted to buy a dog
    siguen empecinados en la búsqueda de una solución they are still determined to find a solution
    * * *

    Del verbo empecinarse: ( conjugate empecinarse)

    empecinado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    empecinado    
    empecinarse
    empecinado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (esp AmL) ( terco) stubborn;


    ( determinado) determined
    empecinarse ( conjugate empecinarse) verbo pronominal ( obstinarse) to get an idea into one's head;
    ( empeñarse) to persist
    empecinado,-a adjetivo determined: está empecinada en ir al campo, she's determined to go to the country
    empecinarse verbo reflexivo to insist [en, on]
    ' empecinado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    empecinada
    English:
    diehard
    - mind
    * * *
    empecinado, -a adj
    1. [tozudo] stubborn
    2. [empeñado]
    estar empecinado en hacer algo to be determined to do sth, to be set on doing sth
    * * *
    adj stubborn;
    estar empecinado en (hacer) algo be set on (doing) sth
    * * *
    empecinado, -da adj
    terco: stubborn

    Spanish-English dictionary > empecinado

  • 9 muy resistente

    adj.
    very resistant, diehard.
    * * *
    (adj.) = heavy-duty
    Ex. It uses a heavy-duty seal and is therefore watertight, but not submersible.
    * * *
    (adj.) = heavy-duty

    Ex: It uses a heavy-duty seal and is therefore watertight, but not submersible.

    Spanish-English dictionary > muy resistente

  • 10 pertinaz

    adj.
    1 stubborn (terco).
    2 persistent (persistente).
    3 pertinacious, firm, dogged, stick-to-itive.
    * * *
    1 (sequía, frío) prolonged, persistent
    2 (persona) obstinate
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [tos] persistent; [sequía] long-lasting, prolonged
    2) [persona] obstinate
    * * *
    adjetivo (frml)
    a) ( persistente) < sequía> prolonged; < tos> persistent
    b) ( obstinado) obstinate
    * * *
    Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    * * *
    adjetivo (frml)
    a) ( persistente) < sequía> prolonged; < tos> persistent
    b) ( obstinado) obstinate
    * * *

    Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    1 (persistente) ‹sequía› prolonged; ‹tos› persistent
    2 (obstinado) obstinate, pertinacious ( frml)
    * * *

    pertinaz adjetivo
    1 (tos, lluvia, etc) persistent, prolonged
    2 (persona) obstinate
    ' pertinaz' also found in these entries:
    English:
    diehard
    - stubborn
    * * *
    1. [terco] stubborn
    2. [persistente] persistent
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( prolongado) persistent
    2 ( terco) obstinate
    * * *
    pertinaz adj, pl - naces
    1) obstinado: obstinate
    2) persistente: persistent

    Spanish-English dictionary > pertinaz

  • 11 radical

    adj.
    radical.
    f. & m.
    1 radical, die-hard, diehard, extremist.
    2 radicle, radical.
    3 radical, root.
    m.
    1 root (grammar & math).
    2 radical (chemistry).
    * * *
    1 radical
    1 (en gramática, matemática) root, radical
    * * *
    1. adj.
    radical, drastic
    2. noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ SMF radical
    2. SM
    1) (Ling) root
    2) (Mat) square-root sign
    3) (Quím) radical
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo radical
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) (Pol) radical
    2)
    a) (Mat) root
    b) (Ling) radical, root
    * * *
    = drastic, radical, deep-seated, dramatic, vowed, hardliner, bigot.
    Ex. Even when drastic revision is seen to be necessary and accepted, the point in time at which to conduct this extensive review can be difficult to select.
    Ex. A similar approach to arrangement, but one which is less radical than reader interest arrangement, is to rely upon broad categorisation rather than detailed specification.
    Ex. Librarians have always had a deep-seated, and often irrational, faith in education -- especially book-centred, information education -- as a panacea for society's ills.
    Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.
    Ex. The archtypical animal rights activist is embodied in Emma Peel, a suicidal grammar school dropout, a vowed fruitarian, & member of the Animal Liberation Front.
    Ex. Iranians have voted for hardliners just out of spite.
    Ex. It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    ----
    * cambio radical = revulsion, radical change.
    * cambio radical de postura = about-face.
    * causa radical, la = radical cause, the.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo radical
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) (Pol) radical
    2)
    a) (Mat) root
    b) (Ling) radical, root
    * * *
    = drastic, radical, deep-seated, dramatic, vowed, hardliner, bigot.

    Ex: Even when drastic revision is seen to be necessary and accepted, the point in time at which to conduct this extensive review can be difficult to select.

    Ex: A similar approach to arrangement, but one which is less radical than reader interest arrangement, is to rely upon broad categorisation rather than detailed specification.
    Ex: Librarians have always had a deep-seated, and often irrational, faith in education -- especially book-centred, information education -- as a panacea for society's ills.
    Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.
    Ex: The archtypical animal rights activist is embodied in Emma Peel, a suicidal grammar school dropout, a vowed fruitarian, & member of the Animal Liberation Front.
    Ex: Iranians have voted for hardliners just out of spite.
    Ex: It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    * cambio radical = revulsion, radical change.
    * cambio radical de postura = about-face.
    * causa radical, la = radical cause, the.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Pol) radical
    2 ‹cambio/medida› radical, drastic
    B ( Bot) radical
    A ( Pol) radical
    radical de izquierdas left-wing radical
    B
    1 ( Mat) root
    2 ( Ling) radical, root
    * * *

    radical adjetivo, masculino y femenino
    radical
    radical
    I adjetivo
    1 (total, completo) radical: su carácter cambió de un modo radical, he went through a radical character change
    un cambio radical, a drastic change
    2 (categórico, sin término medio) hizo una crítica radical de la nueva ley, she was scathingly critical of the new law
    II adjetivo & mf Pol radical
    III m Mat Quím radical
    radical libre, free radical
    Ling root
    ' radical' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    decantarse
    - giro
    - radicalizar
    - radicalizarse
    - vuelco
    - vuelta
    English:
    drastic
    - economic
    - extreme
    - radical
    - shake-up
    - sweeping
    - about
    - line
    - out
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [drástico] radical
    2. [no moderado] radical
    3. Arg Pol = relating to the Unión Cívica Radical
    4. Gram root
    5. Bot root
    ♦ nmf
    1. [que no es moderado] radical
    2. Arg Pol = member or supporter of the Unión Cívica Radical
    ♦ nm
    1. Gram root
    2. Mat square root sign
    3. Quím radical
    radical libre free radical
    * * *
    I adj radical
    II m/f persona radical
    III m GRAM, MAT root
    * * *
    radical adj
    : radical, extreme
    ♦ radicalmente adv
    radical nmf
    : radical
    * * *
    radical adj n radical

    Spanish-English dictionary > radical

  • 12 recalcitrante

    adj.
    1 stubborn.
    2 recalcitrant, insolent, stubborn, balky.
    m.
    recalcitrant.
    * * *
    1 recalcitrant
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/actitud> recalcitrant
    * * *
    = recalcitrant, resister.
    Ex. Not all housing problems originated from local authorities, private tenants frequently had to contend with recalcitrant landlords.
    Ex. The 2 remaining teachers -- the resisters -- were negatively disposed to the innovations and failed to implement them.
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/actitud> recalcitrant
    * * *
    = recalcitrant, resister.

    Ex: Not all housing problems originated from local authorities, private tenants frequently had to contend with recalcitrant landlords.

    Ex: The 2 remaining teachers -- the resisters -- were negatively disposed to the innovations and failed to implement them.

    * * *
    ‹persona/actitud› recalcitrant
    es enemigo recalcitrante de la música moderna he's stubbornly opposed to modern music, he is a declared o sworn enemy of modern music
    * * *

    recalcitrante adjetivo recalcitrant
    ' recalcitrante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    diehard
    - dye
    - recalcitrant
    * * *
    1. [obstinado] [persona, mancha, actitud] stubborn
    2. [incorregible] recalcitrant
    * * *
    adj recalcitrant
    * * *
    : recalcitrant

    Spanish-English dictionary > recalcitrante

  • 13 h.

    ABR
    1) (Econ)
    = haber Cr
    2) (Rel)
    = Hermano Br., Bro.
    * * *
    (= hora) hr

    a las 11h. — at 11:00 o 11 o'clock

    100 km/h — 100 kph, 100 km/h

    * * *
    (= hora) hr

    a las 11h. — at 11:00 o 11 o'clock

    100 km/h — 100 kph, 100 km/h

    * * *
    h.
    (= hora) hr
    a las 11h. at 11:00 o 11 o'clock
    100 km/h 100 kph, 100 km/h
    * * *

    h. (
    ◊ hora) hr


    'h.' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - H
    - pasar
    - S.A.R.
    - sabihonda
    - sabihondo
    - sabionda
    - sabiondo
    - hache
    - hacienda
    English:
    A
    - alcohol
    - alcoholic
    - antihistamine
    - behalf
    - boyhood
    - brotherhood
    - coherent
    - cohesion
    - cohesive
    - courtship
    - cubbyhole
    - diehard
    - dojo
    - fish-hook
    - H
    - ha ha
    - habitual
    - habitually
    - haematology
    - haemoglobin
    - haemophilia
    - haemophiliac
    - half
    - half-a-dozen
    - half-baked
    - half-breed
    - half-brother
    - half-caste
    - half-closed
    - half-day
    - half-dead
    - half-dressed
    - half-empty
    - half-full
    - half-hearted
    - half-heartedly
    - half-heartedness
    - half-holiday
    - half-hourly
    - half-mast
    - half-monthly
    - half-moon
    - half-naked
    - half-open
    - half-pay
    - half-pint
    - half-serious
    - half-sister
    - half-time

    Spanish-English dictionary > h.

  • 14 carcamán

    m.
    heavy old boat.
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) (Náut) tub, hulk
    2) And, Caribe * old crock *, wreck
    II
    carcamán, -ana
    SM / F
    1) Caribe * (=persona) low-class person
    2) And, Caribe * (=inmigrante) poor immigrant
    3) Cono Sur (Pol) diehard, reactionary
    * * *
    (Méx, RPl) carcamal1 (↑ carcamal (1))
    (Méx, RPl)
    carcamal2 (↑ carcamal (2))

    Spanish-English dictionary > carcamán

  • 15 numantino

    1 HISTORIA Numantian
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Numantian
    * * *
    numantino, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) ( Hist) of/from Numantia
    2) [resistencia] heroic, last-ditch; pey diehard, stubborn
    2.
    SM / F native/inhabitant of Numantia
    * * *
    numantino, -a adj
    heroic

    Spanish-English dictionary > numantino

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