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dingy

  • 1 deslucido

    • dingy
    • lacking symmetry
    • lacking willpower
    • lacklustre
    • laconic
    • listless
    • mediocre
    • undistinguished
    • unimpressive

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > deslucido

  • 2 deslustrado

    • dingy
    • drab
    • lacking symmetry
    • lacking willpower
    • lacklustre
    • laconic

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > deslustrado

  • 3 sucio

    • dingy
    • evil-minded
    • filthily
    • filthy act
    • grimly
    • grin
    • grubbily
    • grubstake
    • impure
    • nastiness
    • nasty animal
    • slatternly
    • smutty
    • soiled
    • unclean
    • uncleanly
    • uncleansed

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > sucio

  • 4 deslucido

    adj.
    shabby, lackluster, lacklustre, mediocre.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: deslucir.
    * * *
    1→ link=deslucir deslucir
    1 (sin brillantez) faded, dull
    2 (sin gracia) unimpressive, unexciting, dull, lacklustre (US lackluster)
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin brillo) [metal] tarnished; [mármol] worn, faded
    2) (=aburrido) [actor] dull, lacklustre; [toro] unimpressive; [actuación] undistinguished
    3) (=desgarbado) graceless, inelegant
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <actuación/desfile> dull, lackluster*; <colores/paredes> faded, drab; < plata> tarnished
    * * *
    = dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], tarnished.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <actuación/desfile> dull, lackluster*; <colores/paredes> faded, drab; < plata> tarnished
    * * *
    = dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], tarnished.

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

    Ex: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.

    * * *
    1 ‹actuación/desfile› dull, unimpressive, lackluster*
    2 ‹colores/paredes› faded, drab, dingy; ‹plata› tarnished
    * * *

    Del verbo deslucir: ( conjugate deslucir)

    deslucido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    deslucido    
    deslucir
    deslucido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹actuación/desfile› dull, lackluster( conjugate lackluster);


    ‹colores/paredes› faded, drab;
    ‹ plata› tarnished
    deslucir vtr (un acto, espectáculo) to mar: el mal sonido deslució el concierto, the concert was marred by poor sound equipment
    una pelea deslució la fiesta, the party was ruined because of a fight
    ' deslucido' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dingy
    - fifth
    - lack
    - second
    * * *
    deslucido, -a adj
    1. [sin brillo] [color, tapicería, pintura] faded;
    [plata] tarnished
    2. [sin gracia] [acto, ceremonia] dull;
    [actuación] lacklustre, uninspired
    * * *
    adj
    1 metal, espejo tarnished
    2 colores dull, drab
    * * *
    deslucido, -da adj
    1) : unimpressive, dull
    2) : faded, dingy, tarnished

    Spanish-English dictionary > deslucido

  • 5 deslustrado

    adj.
    lackluster, drab, lacklustre, dingy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: deslustrar.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin brillo) [vidrio] frosted, ground; [loza] unglazed
    2) [actuación, papel] dull, lacklustre, lackluster (EEUU)
    3) [reputación] tarnished
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < vidrio> ground, frosted; < metal> tarnished; < zapatos> unpolished
    * * *
    = lackluster, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], tarnished.
    Ex. On the debit side, the Americana has lackluster illustrations.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < vidrio> ground, frosted; < metal> tarnished; < zapatos> unpolished
    * * *
    = lackluster, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], tarnished.

    Ex: On the debit side, the Americana has lackluster illustrations.

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.

    * * *
    1 ‹vidrio› ground, frosted
    2 ‹metal› tarnished
    3 ‹zapatos› unpolished
    * * *
    deslustrado, -a adj
    1. [zapatos] unpolished
    2. [ropa] dingy
    3. [metal] tarnished;
    la madera quedó deslustrada the wood lost its shine
    * * *
    adj unpolished
    * * *
    deslustrado, -da adj
    : dull, lusterless

    Spanish-English dictionary > deslustrado

  • 6 sucio

    adj.
    1 dirty, messy, filthy, nasty.
    2 dirty.
    3 dirty, evil-minded.
    * * *
    1 (con manchas) dirty, filthy
    2 (que se ensucia fácilmente) which dirties easily, which shows the dirt
    3 figurado (deshonesto) shady, underhand
    5 DEPORTE figurado foul, dirty, unfair
    6 figurado (trabajo, lenguaje) dirty, filthy
    1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty
    \
    en sucio in rough
    tener una lengua sucia to be foul-mouthed
    ————————
    1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty
    * * *
    (f. - sucia)
    adj.
    dirty, filthy, messy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=manchado) [cara, ropa, suelo] dirty

    hazlo primero en sucio — make a rough draft first, do it in rough first

    2) [color] dirty
    3) (=fácil de manchar)

    los pantalones blancos son muy sucios — white trousers show the dirt, white trousers get dirty very easily

    4) (=obsceno) dirty, filthy

    palabras sucias — dirty words, filthy words

    5) (=deshonesto) [jugada] foul, dirty; [táctica] dirty; [negocio] shady
    6) [conciencia] bad
    7) [lengua] coated, furred
    2.
    ADV
    3.
    SM And bit of dirt
    * * *
    I
    - cia adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

    hacer algo en sucio — to do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

    b) < lengua> furred, coated
    2) [SER]
    b) < color> dirty (before n)
    c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty
    d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty
    II
    masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark
    * * *
    = brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
    Ex. There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    Ex. It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.
    ----
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * capa de espuma sucia = scum.
    * cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * guerra sucia = dirty war.
    * persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * trabajo en sucio = rough work.
    * * *
    I
    - cia adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

    hacer algo en sucio — to do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

    b) < lengua> furred, coated
    2) [SER]
    b) < color> dirty (before n)
    c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty
    d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty
    II
    masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark
    * * *
    = brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
    Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    Ex: It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * capa de espuma sucia = scum.
    * cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * guerra sucia = dirty war.
    * persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * trabajo en sucio = rough work.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty
    tengo las manos sucias my hands are dirty
    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? whose is this grubby exercise book? ( colloq)
    la habitación está tan sucia que da asco the room is disgustingly dirty o is filthy
    en sucio in rough
    primero haz el ejercicio en sucio first do the exercise in rough
    2 ‹lengua› furred, coated, furry ( colloq)
    B [ SER]
    1
    (que se ensucia fácilmente): las alfombras tan claras son muy sucias such light carpets get very dirty o show the dirt terribly
    2 ‹verde/amarillo› dirty ( before n)
    3 ‹trabajo› dirty
    es una tarea sucia y aburrida it's a dirty, tedious job
    4 ‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty
    5 ‹palabras/lenguaje› dirty, filthy; ‹mente› dirty
    tener la conciencia sucia to have a guilty conscience
    ( Ven fam)
    dirty mark
    * * *

     

    sucio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo

    1
    a) [ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty;


    b) ‹ lengua› furred, coated

    2 [SER]
    a) ‹ trabajo› dirty;

    ‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty
    b) ‹ lenguaje› filthy;

    ‹ mente› dirty;

    sucio,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 dirty: tienes las manos sucias, your hands are dirty
    2 (obsceno) filthy, dirty
    3 (inmoral, deshonesto) juego sucio, foul play
    una jugada sucia, a dirty trick
    negocio sucio, shady business o deal
    trabajo sucio, dirty work
    (fraudulento) underhand
    4 (que se ensucia con facilidad) el blanco es un color muy sucio para vestir, white clothes get dirty so easily
    II adverbio unfairly
    jugar sucio, to play unfairly
    ' sucio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - asqueroso
    - cerdo
    - cochina
    - cochino
    - jugar
    - manchada
    - manchado
    - marrana
    - marrano
    - negra
    - negro
    - puerca
    - puerco
    - roñosa
    - roñoso
    - sucia
    - tinglado
    - zarrapastrosa
    - zarrapastroso
    - chancho
    - juego
    - negociado
    - piojoso
    - repugnar
    - rozado
    - tufo
    English:
    dingy
    - dirty
    - filthy
    - foul play
    - greasy
    - grimy
    - grubby
    - grungy
    - low
    - mess
    - messy
    - murky
    - play
    - soiled
    - foul
    * * *
    sucio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sin limpieza] dirty;
    estar sucio to be dirty;
    tiene muy sucia la cocina his kitchen is very dirty;
    la ropa sucia the dirty clothes
    2. [al comer, trabajar] messy;
    ser sucio to be messy
    3. [que se ensucia]
    el blanco es un color muy sucio white is a colour that really shows the dirt
    4. [color] dirty;
    un pantalón de un color blanco sucio off-white Br trousers o US pants
    5. [lenguaje] dirty, filthy
    6. [conciencia] bad, guilty
    7.
    en sucio [escribir] in rough
    ♦ adv
    jugar sucio to play dirty
    ♦ nm
    Ven Fam stain, dirty mark
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    dirty;
    en sucio in rough;
    blanco sucio off-white
    * * *
    sucio, - cia adj
    : dirty, filthy
    * * *
    sucio adj dirty [comp. dirtier; superl. dirtiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sucio

  • 7 deprimente

    adj.
    1 depressing.
    2 depressive, depressing, sickening, dismal.
    m.
    depressant.
    * * *
    1 depressing
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo depressing
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], depressing, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], dispiriting, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].
    Ex. In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.
    Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    ----
    * de manera deprimente = sombrely [somberly, -USA].
    * Nombre + deprimente = depressingly + Adjetivo.
    * * *
    adjetivo depressing
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], depressing, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], dispiriting, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].

    Ex: In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.

    Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    * de manera deprimente = sombrely [somberly, -USA].
    * Nombre + deprimente = depressingly + Adjetivo.

    * * *
    depressing
    * * *

    deprimente adjetivo
    depressing
    deprimente adjetivo depressing: nos contó una historia muy deprimente, he told us a very depressing story
    la habitación era deprimente, it was a gloomy room
    ' deprimente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bleak
    - depressing
    - depressingly
    - downer
    - gloomy
    - miserable
    - dismal
    - dreary
    * * *
    depressing
    * * *
    adj depressing
    * * *
    : depressing
    * * *
    deprimente adj depressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > deprimente

  • 8 descuidado

    adj.
    1 careless, forgetful, reckless, carefree.
    2 neglected, forsaken, deserted, abandoned.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descuidar.
    * * *
    1→ link=descuidar descuidar
    1 (negligente) careless, negligent
    2 (desaseado) slovenly, untidy, neglected
    3 (desprevenido) unprepared
    * * *
    (f. - descuidada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=despreocupado) careless; (=olvidadizo) forgetful; (=desprevenido) unprepared; (=tranquilo) easy in one's mind

    coger o pillar a algn descuidado — to catch sb off his guard

    puedes estar descuidado — you needn't worry, you can relax

    2) (=desaliñado) [aspecto] untidy, slovenly; [habitación] untidy, messy
    3) (=abandonado) neglected
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected
    * * *
    = run-down, sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], careless, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], rough and tumble, neglected, scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], unattended, unkempt, abandoned, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], be remiss, thoughtless.
    Ex. In order to overcome the limitations of legal advice centres a number of lawyers in the early seventies began to set up law centres in run-down inner-city areas.
    Ex. Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex. They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. Gloucester has been a rough and tumble fishing community and seaport since the 1600's.
    Ex. The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex. It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. Yet readers would be remiss to rely solely on any single source for handling such sensitive and critical situations.
    Ex. Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    ----
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected
    * * *
    = run-down, sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], careless, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], rough and tumble, neglected, scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], unattended, unkempt, abandoned, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], be remiss, thoughtless.

    Ex: In order to overcome the limitations of legal advice centres a number of lawyers in the early seventies began to set up law centres in run-down inner-city areas.

    Ex: Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex: They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: Gloucester has been a rough and tumble fishing community and seaport since the 1600's.
    Ex: The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex: He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.
    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: Yet readers would be remiss to rely solely on any single source for handling such sensitive and critical situations.
    Ex: Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] (negligente) careless
    es muy descuidado al escribir he writes very carelessly o sloppily
    es muy descuidado, yo que tú no se lo prestaría he's very careless with things, if I were you I wouldn't lend him it
    es muy descuidada en su forma de vestir she's very sloppy about o slapdash about o slovenly in the way she dresses
    2 [ ESTAR] (desatendido) neglected
    el jardín está muy descuidado the garden is very neglected o overgrown
    tiene la casa muy descuidada he hasn't been looking after the house, his house is a mess ( colloq), his house is in a real state ( BrE colloq)
    al hijo lo tienen muy descuidado they neglect their son terribly
    los edificios son impresionantes, es una pena que estén tan descuidados the buildings are impressive, it's just a shame that they're so neglected o run-down
    * * *

    Del verbo descuidar: ( conjugate descuidar)

    descuidado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    descuidado    
    descuidar
    descuidado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless;

    ( en el vestir) sloppy
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected

    descuidar ( conjugate descuidar) verbo transitivo ‹negocio/jardín› to neglect
    verbo intransitivo:
    ◊ descuide, yo me ocuparé de eso don't worry, I'll see to that

    descuidarse verbo pronominal
    a) (no prestar atención, distraerse):


    si te descuidas, te roban if you don't watch out, they'll rob you;
    como te descuides, te van a quitar el puesto if you don't look out, they'll take your job from you

    descuidado,-a adjetivo
    1 (poco aseado) untidy, neglected
    2 (poco cuidadoso) careless, negligent
    3 (desprevenido) off one's guard
    descuidar verbo transitivo to neglect, overlook
    ♦ Locuciones: descuida, don't worry
    ' descuidado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dejada
    - dejado
    - descuidada
    - descuidarse
    - abandonado
    - despreocupado
    English:
    careless
    - neglected
    - neglectful
    - negligent
    - slack
    - slapdash
    - sloppy
    - slovenly
    - unkempt
    - untidy
    - grow
    - messy
    - straggly
    - untended
    * * *
    descuidado, -a adj
    1. [desaseado] [persona, aspecto] untidy;
    arréglate un poco, no vayas tan descuidado tidy yourself up a bit, don't be so slovenly
    2. [abandonado] [jardín, casa] neglected;
    [habitación] untidy; [barrio, ciudad] run-down;
    un paraje bellísimo, pero muy descuidado a lovely spot, but very poorly looked after
    3. [negligente] careless;
    es muy descuidado con sus cosas he's very careless with his things
    4. [distraído]
    estaba descuidado he wasn't paying attention
    * * *
    adj careless
    * * *
    descuidado, -da adj
    1) : neglectful, careless
    2) : neglected, unkempt
    * * *
    1. (poco cuidadoso) careless
    2. (desatentido) neglected

    Spanish-English dictionary > descuidado

  • 9 mugriento

    adj.
    dirty, grimy, grubby, grungy.
    * * *
    1 grimy, filthy
    * * *
    ADJ (=sucio) dirty, filthy; (=grasiento) grimy, greasy
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo filthy
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], grimy [grimier -comp., grimiest -sup.], grubby, squalid, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo filthy
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], grimy [grimier -comp., grimiest -sup.], grubby, squalid, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

    * * *
    filthy
    * * *

    mugriento
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    filthy
    mugriento,-a adjetivo filthy, mucky

    ' mugriento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mugrienta
    - roñoso
    English:
    dirty
    - filthy
    - grimy
    - mucky
    - grubby
    * * *
    mugriento, -a, Méx mugroso, -a adj
    filthy
    * * *
    adj filthy
    * * *
    mugriento, -ta adj
    : filthy

    Spanish-English dictionary > mugriento

  • 10 pringoso

    adj.
    grease-stained, greasy.
    * * *
    1 greasy
    * * *
    ADJ (=grasiento) greasy; (=pegajoso) sticky
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo greasy
    * * *
    = dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo greasy
    * * *
    = dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

    * * *
    greasy
    * * *

    pringoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    greasy
    pringoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (de grasa) greasy
    2 (pegajoso) sticky, dirty

    ' pringoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pringosa
    * * *
    pringoso, -a adj
    [grasiento] greasy; [pegajoso] sticky
    * * *
    adj greasy
    * * *
    pringoso, -sa adj
    : greasy

    Spanish-English dictionary > pringoso

  • 11 cutre

    adj.
    1 cheap and nasty (de bajo precio, calidad). (peninsular Spanish)
    2 shabby, dingy.
    3 tight, stingy (tacaño).
    4 down-at-heel, shabby.
    5 in bad shape.
    6 mean, stingy.
    f. & m.
    Scrooge, miser.
    * * *
    1 (tacaño) mean, stingy
    2 familiar (sórdido) grotty, seedy
    * * *
    adjetivo (Esp fam) < hotel> seedy, shabby; < persona> shabby
    * * *
    = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.
    Ex. Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.
    * * *
    adjetivo (Esp fam) < hotel> seedy, shabby; < persona> shabby
    * * *
    = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], cheapo, shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

    Ex: I just put the DVD in my cheapo DVD player connected to my TV and it played without a hitch.
    Ex: Behind the shabby desk was a rather shabby man, with a tired and indecisive face.

    * * *
    1 ( Esp fam) ‹hotel› seedy, shabby
    el bar es un poco cutre the bar is a bit of a dive o is pretty seedy ( colloq)
    es un chico de lo más cutre he's terribly shabby o down-at-heel(s)
    2 ( ant) (tacaño) stingy
    * * *

    cutre adj fam
    1 (de mala calidad) shabby, grotty, seedy
    2 (tacaño) stingy
    ' cutre' also found in these entries:
    English:
    seedily
    - seedy
    - tatty
    * * *
    cutre adj
    Esp Fam
    1. [de bajo precio, calidad] cheap and nasty, crummy
    2. [sórdido] shabby, dingy;
    un garito cutre a sleazy nightclub
    3. [tacaño] tight, stingy
    * * *
    adj fam
    shabby, dingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > cutre

  • 12 abarrotado

    adj.
    crammed, packed, completely full, crowded.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: abarrotar.
    * * *
    1→ link=abarrotar abarrotar
    1 (cosas) packed (de, with), crammed (de, with); (personas) jam-packed (de, with), packed (de, with)
    * * *
    (f. - abarrotada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [sala, tren] packed, jam-packed

    • estar abarrotado de — [+ personas] to be packed o jam-packed with; [+ objetos] to be crammed o jam-packed with

    * * *
    - da adjetivo crammed, packed

    abarrotado de algo — < de gente> packed o crammed with something

    * * *
    = congested, packed to capacity, overcrowded, bursting at the seams, stuffed looking, choc-a-block, chock-full, cluttered, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex. Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.
    Ex. The library solved the problems of budget cuts, a library building bursting at the seams, and stock ill matched to some of the courses by switching to the use of on-line search services.
    Ex. As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex. The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.
    Ex. Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.
    Ex. They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.
    Ex. The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.
    Ex. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.
    Ex. The local church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69.
    ----
    * abarrotado (de) = teeming with, bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo crammed, packed

    abarrotado de algo — < de gente> packed o crammed with something

    * * *
    = congested, packed to capacity, overcrowded, bursting at the seams, stuffed looking, choc-a-block, chock-full, cluttered, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex: Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.
    Ex: The library solved the problems of budget cuts, a library building bursting at the seams, and stock ill matched to some of the courses by switching to the use of on-line search services.
    Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex: The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.
    Ex: Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.
    Ex: They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.
    Ex: The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.
    Ex: Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.
    Ex: The local church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69.
    * abarrotado (de) = teeming with, bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

    * * *
    crammed, packed abarrotado DE algo packed o crammed WITH sth
    estanterías abarrotadas de adornos shelves crammed with ornaments
    el foyer estaba abarrotado de gente the foyer was packed with people
    * * *

    Del verbo abarrotar: ( conjugate abarrotar)

    abarrotado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    abarrotado    
    abarrotar
    abarrotado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    crammed, packed;
    abarrotado de algo ‹ de gente› packed o crammed with sth
    abarrotar ( conjugate abarrotar) verbo transitivo ‹sala/teatro› to pack
    abarrotado,-a adjetivo packed, crammed [de, with]: no pudimos entrar en el local, estaba abarrotado (de gente), we couldn't get into the place because it was jam-packed with people
    abarrotar verbo transitivo to pack, cram [de, with]: el público abarrotaba el teatro, the theatre was packed (with people)

    ' abarrotado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abarrotada
    English:
    astir
    - chock-a-block
    - chock-full
    - overcrowded
    - swarm
    - cluttered
    - congested
    - crowded
    - over
    * * *
    abarrotado, -a adj
    1. [lleno] [teatro, autobús] packed (de with); [desván, baúl] crammed (de with)
    2. Ven
    estar abarrotado de trabajo to have a lot of work
    * * *
    I adj packed
    II part → abarrotar
    * * *
    abarrotado, -da adj
    : packed, crammed

    Spanish-English dictionary > abarrotado

  • 13 alojamiento

    m.
    1 accommodation.
    alojamiento y comida board and lodging
    2 lodge, accommodations, billet, lodging.
    * * *
    1 lodging, accommodation
    * * *
    noun m.
    accommodation, rooms, lodgings
    * * *
    SM (=lugar de hospedaje) lodging, lodgings pl ; (Mil) billet, quarters pl ; And (=pensión) small hotel, boarding house

    dar alojamiento — to put up, accommodate

    * * *
    masculino accommodations (pl) (AmE), accommodation (BrE)
    * * *
    = housing, quarters, lodging, accommodation, digs, living quarters.
    Ex. The form of these terms, whether descriptors or non-descriptors, is usually one of the following: single words, e.g. Government, Hovercraft, housing.
    Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex. All these CD-ROM software products provide highly customized itineraries; very good route maps; and listings of lodgings, amusement parks, zoos, aquariums, and other sights along the way.
    Ex. NACs deal with a wide range of topics such as public and private rented accommodation, rents, rebates and allowances, improvement grants, landlord-tenant relations, environmental health, and house purchase.
    Ex. Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    Ex. The captain's living quarters in a warship were furnished according to his pocket, the bare necessities in the case of an officer without private means, and luxury for a noble or wealthy man.
    ----
    * alojamiento barato = budget accommodation.
    * alojamiento de alquiler = rented accommodation, residential property.
    * alojamiento de lujo = mews cottage.
    * alojamiento de páginas web = web hosting.
    * alojamiento económico = budget accommodation.
    * alojamiento en hotel = hotel accommodation.
    * alojamiento en régimen de pensión completa = full-board accommodation.
    * asesoría de alojamiento = housing advice centre.
    * comida y alojamiento = board and lodging.
    * encontrar alojamiento = find + a home.
    * gastos de alojamiento = lodging expenses, lodging costs.
    * información de alojamiento = housing information.
    * traslado de alojamiento = rehousing.
    * * *
    masculino accommodations (pl) (AmE), accommodation (BrE)
    * * *
    = housing, quarters, lodging, accommodation, digs, living quarters.

    Ex: The form of these terms, whether descriptors or non-descriptors, is usually one of the following: single words, e.g. Government, Hovercraft, housing.

    Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex: All these CD-ROM software products provide highly customized itineraries; very good route maps; and listings of lodgings, amusement parks, zoos, aquariums, and other sights along the way.
    Ex: NACs deal with a wide range of topics such as public and private rented accommodation, rents, rebates and allowances, improvement grants, landlord-tenant relations, environmental health, and house purchase.
    Ex: Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    Ex: The captain's living quarters in a warship were furnished according to his pocket, the bare necessities in the case of an officer without private means, and luxury for a noble or wealthy man.
    * alojamiento barato = budget accommodation.
    * alojamiento de alquiler = rented accommodation, residential property.
    * alojamiento de lujo = mews cottage.
    * alojamiento de páginas web = web hosting.
    * alojamiento económico = budget accommodation.
    * alojamiento en hotel = hotel accommodation.
    * alojamiento en régimen de pensión completa = full-board accommodation.
    * asesoría de alojamiento = housing advice centre.
    * comida y alojamiento = board and lodging.
    * encontrar alojamiento = find + a home.
    * gastos de alojamiento = lodging expenses, lodging costs.
    * información de alojamiento = housing information.
    * traslado de alojamiento = rehousing.

    * * *
    accommodations (pl) ( AmE), accommodation ( BrE)
    un amigo nos dio alojamiento a friend put us up o gave us accommodations o accommodation
    Compuesto:
    ( Inf) web hosting
    * * *

     

    alojamiento sustantivo masculino
    accommodations (pl) (AmE), accommodation (BrE);

    alojamiento sustantivo masculino accommodation
    dar alojamiento, to accommodate

    ' alojamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acomodar
    - pensión
    - albergue
    English:
    accommodation
    - board
    - boarding
    - dig
    - lodging
    - quarter
    - bed
    - fix
    - residential
    * * *
    accommodation;
    estoy buscando alojamiento I'm looking for accommodation;
    el precio incluye el alojamiento the price includes accommodation;
    * * *
    m accommodations pl, Br
    accommodation
    * * *
    : lodging, accommodations pl
    * * *
    alojamiento n accommodation

    Spanish-English dictionary > alojamiento

  • 14 aunque

    conj.
    1 even though, although (a pesar de que).
    tendrás que venir aunque no quieras you'll have to come, even if you don't want to
    aunque es caro, me lo voy a comprar although it's expensive I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it even though it's expensive
    2 although (pero).
    es lista, aunque un poco perezosa she's clever, although o if a little lazy
    * * *
    1 (valor concesivo) although, though; (con énfasis) even if, even though
    ■ es duro, aunque justo he's tough but fair
    * * *
    conj.
    although, though, even though, even if
    * * *
    CONJ although, though, even though

    es guapa aunque algo bajita — she's pretty but rather short, she's pretty even if she is on the short side

    aunque más... — however much..., no matter how much...

    AUNQUE Aunque se puede traducir al inglés por although, though, even though o even if. ► Por regla general, cuando la cláusula introducida por aunque indica un hecho ( aunque + ((indicativo))), en inglés coloquial se traduce por though y en lenguaje más formal por although: Aunque había un montón de gente, al final pude encontrar a Carlos Though there were a lot of people there, I managed to find Carlos No esperaba eso de él, aunque entiendo por qué lo hizo I did not expect that from him, although I can understand why he did it ► Even though introduce la oración subordinada, enfatizando con más fuerza el contraste con la principal, cuando aunque va seguido de un hecho concreto, no una hipótesis, y equivale a a pesar de que: Llevaba un abrigo de piel, aunque era un día muy caluroso She wore a fur coat, even though it was a very hot day ► Si aunque tiene el sentido de incluso si ( aunque + ((subjuntivo))), se traduce por even if: Debes ir, aunque no quieras You must go, even if you don't want to Me dijo que no me lo diría, aunque lo supiera He said he wouldn't tell me even if he knew Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    a) (+ indicativo) although

    aunque llegué tarde conseguí entradas — although o even though I got there late I managed to get tickets

    es simpático, aunque algo tímido — he's very likable, if somewhat shy

    b) ( respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo)

    es millonario, aunque no lo parezca — he's a millionaire though he may not look it

    aunque no lo creas... — believe it or not...

    2) (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if

    cómetelo, aunque no te guste — eat it, even if you don't like it

    dale aunque más no sea unos pesos — (RPl) at least give him a few pesos

    * * *
    = admittedly, albeit (that), although, but, even though, while, whilst, even when, though, if, but still, but then again.
    Ex. Admittedly, this relevant part of the classified file may not be the specific class he wants.
    Ex. Present, classical catalog designs are elaborations, albeit considerable elaborations, of these sixteenth-century developments.
    Ex. These are the strengths of the Journal of Common Market Studies, although even this journal has a wider remit than its title suggest.
    Ex. Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.
    Ex. Their objectives are however slightly different, even though in any discussion of computerised cataloguing systems co-operative networks and centralised cataloguing are inextricably linked.
    Ex. While the resulting A/Z entries are not 'wrong', they tend to be clumsy.
    Ex. Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.
    Ex. On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.
    Ex. This is not to say, though, that in some countries the 'all' that is available to gather into a current national bibliography is only that which the ruling government approve of.
    Ex. Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    Ex. Less well-reported but still widely collected types of use included newly registered borrowers, visits, reference questions, in-library use, and off site program attendance = Otros datos sobre los que se dio menos información aunque todas las bibliotecas los recogen eran el número de nuevos usuarios, las visitas, las preguntas de referencia, el uso dentro de la biblioteca y la asistencia a actividades organizas fuera de la biblioteca.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    ----
    * aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.
    * aunque a menudo = if often.
    * aunque en balde = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.
    * aunque me fuera la vida en ello = for the life of me.
    * aunque no lo creas = believe it or not.
    * aunque no lo parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * aunque no sea para otra cosa = if nothing else.
    * aunque no siempre = if not always.
    * aunque no sirva para otra cosa = if nothing else.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, strangely enough, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough.
    * aunque parezca razo = funnily.
    * aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.
    * aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque sólo sea porque = if only because.
    * * *
    a) (+ indicativo) although

    aunque llegué tarde conseguí entradas — although o even though I got there late I managed to get tickets

    es simpático, aunque algo tímido — he's very likable, if somewhat shy

    b) ( respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo)

    es millonario, aunque no lo parezca — he's a millionaire though he may not look it

    aunque no lo creas... — believe it or not...

    2) (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if

    cómetelo, aunque no te guste — eat it, even if you don't like it

    dale aunque más no sea unos pesos — (RPl) at least give him a few pesos

    * * *
    = admittedly, albeit (that), although, but, even though, while, whilst, even when, though, if, but still, but then again.

    Ex: Admittedly, this relevant part of the classified file may not be the specific class he wants.

    Ex: Present, classical catalog designs are elaborations, albeit considerable elaborations, of these sixteenth-century developments.
    Ex: These are the strengths of the Journal of Common Market Studies, although even this journal has a wider remit than its title suggest.
    Ex: Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.
    Ex: Their objectives are however slightly different, even though in any discussion of computerised cataloguing systems co-operative networks and centralised cataloguing are inextricably linked.
    Ex: While the resulting A/Z entries are not 'wrong', they tend to be clumsy.
    Ex: Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.
    Ex: On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.
    Ex: This is not to say, though, that in some countries the 'all' that is available to gather into a current national bibliography is only that which the ruling government approve of.
    Ex: Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    Ex: Less well-reported but still widely collected types of use included newly registered borrowers, visits, reference questions, in-library use, and off site program attendance = Otros datos sobre los que se dio menos información aunque todas las bibliotecas los recogen eran el número de nuevos usuarios, las visitas, las preguntas de referencia, el uso dentro de la biblioteca y la asistencia a actividades organizas fuera de la biblioteca.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    * aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.
    * aunque a menudo = if often.
    * aunque en balde = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.
    * aunque me fuera la vida en ello = for the life of me.
    * aunque no lo creas = believe it or not.
    * aunque no lo parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * aunque no sea para otra cosa = if nothing else.
    * aunque no siempre = if not always.
    * aunque no sirva para otra cosa = if nothing else.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, strangely enough, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough.
    * aunque parezca razo = funnily.
    * aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.
    * aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque sólo sea porque = if only because.

    * * *
    1 (+ indicativo) although
    aunque llegamos tarde conseguimos entradas although o even though we got there late we managed to get tickets
    por lo menos antes se oía; aunque mal, se oía at least before you could hear it, not very well, but you could hear it
    es simpático, aunque algo tímido he's very likable, if somewhat shy
    le dije que sí, aunque la verdad es que no tengo ganas de ir I said yes, although o though to be quite honest I don't feel like going
    aunque a ti no te guste, es muy bonito you may not like it, but it's very pretty
    es millonario, aunque no lo parezca he's a millionaire though he may not look it
    aunque no lo creas sacó la mejor nota believe it or not she got the best marks
    B (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if
    come lo que te sirvan, aunque no te guste eat whatever you're given, even if you don't like it
    mándales unas flores, aunque sea at least send them some flowers
    dale aunque más no sea unos pesos ( RPl); at least give him a few pesos
    * * *

     

    aunque conjunción
    1 ( a pesar de que)


    b) ( respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo):

    ◊ es millonario, aunque no lo parezca he's a millionaire though he may not look it;

    aunque no lo creas … believe it or not …
    2 (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if;

    aunque conj although, though
    (incluso si) even if
    aunque no te lo creas, even if you don't believe it o believe it or not
    (a pesar de) even though
    aunque llegamos tarde, no perdimos el tren, even though we were late, we didn't miss the train
    Fíjate en estos dos sentidos de aunque:
    1) a pesar de
    though     - más informal
    although - más formal
    even though - más enfático
    2) incluso si, even if
    ' aunque' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abogada
    - abogado
    - apellido
    - así
    - comida
    - cuando
    - fonéticamente
    - más
    - mentira
    - ni
    - pesar
    - política
    - rentabilidad
    - salario
    - sellar
    - siquiera
    - toda
    - todo
    - creer
    - parecer
    English:
    albeit
    - alike
    - although
    - as
    - believe
    - blusher
    - delicate
    - devoted
    - even
    - further
    - hate
    - have
    - if
    - lady
    - love
    - oddly
    - shall
    - should
    - tear away
    - though
    - while
    - odds
    - strangely
    * * *
    aunque conj
    1. [a pesar de que] even though, although;
    [incluso si] even if;
    tendrás que venir aunque no quieras you'll have to come, even if you don't want to;
    aunque quisiera no podría even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to;
    aunque es caro, me lo voy a comprar although it's expensive I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it even though it's expensive;
    aunque me cae bien, no me fío de él much as I like him, I don't trust him;
    aunque no te lo creas llegó el primero believe it or not, he came first;
    aunque parezca mentira strange as it may seem, believe it or not;
    aunque parezca raro oddly enough, odd though it may seem;
    cómprale aunque sea una caja de bombones buy her something, even if it's only a box of chocolates;
    RP
    decime la verdad aunque más no sea at least tell me the truth
    2. [pero] although;
    es lista, aunque un poco perezosa she's clever, although o if a little lazy;
    aquellos cuadros no están mal, aunque éstos me gustan más those paintings aren't bad, but I like these (ones) better
    * * *
    conj
    1 although, even though
    2 + subj even if
    * * *
    aunque conj
    1) : though, although, even if, even though
    2)
    aunque sea : at least
    * * *
    aunque conj
    1. (a pesar de que) although / even though
    aunque no quería, tuve que ir although I didn't want to, I had to go
    era simpático, aunque parecía serio even though he seemed serious, he was nice
    aunque sólo llevo 5 meses aquí, me siento muy a gusto although I've only lived here for 5 months, I feel very much at home
    2. (incluso si) even if
    sale a pasear todos los días, aunque caigan chuzos de punta he goes for a walk every day even if it's pouring with rain

    Spanish-English dictionary > aunque

  • 15 cafetería

    f.
    1 coffee shop, coffeehouse, snack bar, coffee-bar.
    2 milk bar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) snack bar, coffee bar; (en un tren) buffet car
    * * *
    SF
    1) [gen] café, coffee shop; (=autoservicio) cafeteria; (Ferro) buffet, refreshment car (EEUU)
    2) LAm (=tienda) retail coffee shop
    * * *
    femenino ( café) café; (en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
    •• Cultural note:
    In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes
    * * *
    = cafe, cafeteria, food-court, coffee house [coffee-house/coffeehouse], coffee bar, diner, coffee shop.
    Ex. The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.
    Ex. In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.
    Ex. And then, perhaps more important of all of that, is the social and professional interaction that takes place at the conference, it is not rare to meet new friends at the food court that last for ever!.
    Ex. As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex. Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.
    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. The services of the library, bookstore, and coffee shop were judged adequate by over 60%.
    ----
    * bar cafetería = cellar coffee bar.
    * cafetería con terraza = curbside cafe, kerbside cafe.
    * servicios de cafetería = food services.
    * * *
    femenino ( café) café; (en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
    •• Cultural note:
    In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes
    * * *
    = cafe, cafeteria, food-court, coffee house [coffee-house/coffeehouse], coffee bar, diner, coffee shop.

    Ex: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

    Ex: In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.
    Ex: And then, perhaps more important of all of that, is the social and professional interaction that takes place at the conference, it is not rare to meet new friends at the food court that last for ever!.
    Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex: Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.
    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: The services of the library, bookstore, and coffee shop were judged adequate by over 60%.
    * bar cafetería = cellar coffee bar.
    * cafetería con terraza = curbside cafe, kerbside cafe.
    * servicios de cafetería = food services.

    * * *
    cafetería (↑ cafetería a1)
    coffee shop, café, coffee bar ( BrE)
    In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares (↑ bar a1) and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes.
    * * *

     

    cafetería sustantivo femenino ( café) café;
    (en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
    cafetería sustantivo femenino snack bar, café
    Ferroc buffet, refreshment room
    ' cafetería' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barra
    - cafetera
    - convecina
    - convecino
    - directoria I
    - directorio
    - estudiantil
    - lavabo
    - mostrador
    - murmullo
    - pergeñar
    - autoservicio
    - café
    - cantina
    - chocolatería
    - comedor
    - soda
    English:
    buffet
    - cafeteria
    - coffee house
    - friendly
    - snack bar
    - café
    - diner
    - snack
    * * *
    [establecimiento] café, snack bar; [en facultad, hospital, museo] cafeteria; [en empresa] canteen
    * * *
    f coffee shop
    * * *
    1) : coffee shop, café
    2) : lunchroom, cafeteria
    * * *
    cafetería n cafe / snack bar

    Spanish-English dictionary > cafetería

  • 16 centro de la ciudad

    (n.) = central city, downtown, city centre
    Ex. First was a rapid increase in population turnover, marked by a massive movement of whites into the suburbs and a subsequent rise in the number of low-income blacks in the central city.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. Use of this library is not still more extensive because those living on the townward side are cut off by an intersecting main road and gravitate naturally to the city centre.
    * * *
    (n.) = central city, downtown, city centre

    Ex: First was a rapid increase in population turnover, marked by a massive movement of whites into the suburbs and a subsequent rise in the number of low-income blacks in the central city.

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: Use of this library is not still more extensive because those living on the townward side are cut off by an intersecting main road and gravitate naturally to the city centre.

    Spanish-English dictionary > centro de la ciudad

  • 17 centro urbano

    m.
    town center, town centre.
    * * *
    (n.) = downtown, city centre, town centre
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. Use of this library is not still more extensive because those living on the townward side are cut off by an intersecting main road and gravitate naturally to the city centre.
    Ex. Suburban branches can be replaced by one central library in the nearest town centre.
    * * *
    (n.) = downtown, city centre, town centre

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

    Ex: Use of this library is not still more extensive because those living on the townward side are cut off by an intersecting main road and gravitate naturally to the city centre.
    Ex: Suburban branches can be replaced by one central library in the nearest town centre.

    * * *
    en señal town center o Br
    centre

    Spanish-English dictionary > centro urbano

  • 18 con olor a polvo

    (adj.) = dust smelling
    Ex. As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = dust smelling

    Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con olor a polvo

  • 19 días universitarios

    (n.) = school days
    Ex. Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient institution from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    * * *

    Ex: Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient institution from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > días universitarios

  • 20 gustar

    v.
    1 to be pleasing.
    me gusta ir al cine I like going to the cinema
    me gustan las novelas I like novels
    así me gusta, has hecho un buen trabajo that's what I like to see, you've done a fine job
    hazlo como más te guste do it whichever way you see fit, do it however you like
    El buen vino gusta mucho Good wine is pleasing.
    2 to taste, to try.
    3 to like, to be fond of, to enjoy, to dig.
    Me gusta el buen vino I like a good wine.
    4 to like to, to enjoy, to love to, to go in for.
    Nos gusta viajar We like to travel.
    5 to be desirable, to be desired.
    El cuadro caro gusta The expensive picture is desirable.
    6 to like it.
    Nos gusta We like it.
    * * *
    1 (agradar) to like
    2 (probar) to taste, try
    1 (tener complacencia) to enjoy (de, -)
    \
    cuando guste / cuando gustes formal whenever you want
    ¿gustas? formal would you like some?
    ¿Ud. gusta? formal would you like some?
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) [con complemento personal]
    a) [con sustantivo]

    ¿te gustó México? — did you like Mexico?

    le gustan mucho los niños — she loves children, she's very fond of children, she likes children a lot

    ¿te ha gustado la película? — did you enjoy the film?

    eso es, así me gusta — that's right, that's the way I like it

    • me gusta como canta — I like the way she sings

    b) + infin

    ¿te gusta jugar a las cartas? — do you like playing cards?

    no me gusta nada levantarme temprano — I hate getting up early, I don't like getting up early at all

    no me gustaría nada estar en su lugar — I'd hate to be o I really wouldn't like to be in his place o shoes

    le gusta mucho jugar al fútbol — he's a keen footballer, he likes playing o to play football

    c)

    • gustar que + subjun —

    no me gustó que no invitaran a mi hija a la boda — I didn't like the fact that o I was annoyed that my daughter wasn't invited to the wedding

    ¿te gustaría que te llevara al cine? — would you like me to take you to the cinema?, would you like it if I took you to the cinema?

    d) (=sentir atracción por)

    a mi amiga le gusta Carlos — my friend fancies * o likes o is keen on Carlos

    2) [sin complemento explícito]
    3) [en frases de cortesía]

    ¿gusta usted? — would you like some?, may I offer you some?

    si usted gusta — if you please, if you don't mind

    como usted guste — as you wish, as you please †

    cuando gusten — [invitando a pasar] when you're ready

    4)

    • gustar de algo — to like sth

    • gustar de hacer algo — to like to do sth

    Josechu, como gustan de llamarlo en su familia — Josechu, as his family like to call him

    2. VT
    1) (=probar) to taste, sample
    2) LAm

    ¿gustaría un poco de vino? — would you like some wine?

    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) (+ me/te/le etc)

    ¿te gustó el libro? — did you like o enjoy the book?

    no me/te/nos gustan los helados — I/you/we don't like ice cream

    es el que más me gusta — he's/it's the one I like best

    b)

    gustarle a alguien + inf: le gusta tocar la guitarra she likes to play the guitar (AmE), she likes playing the guitar (BrE); le gusta mucho viajar she's very fond of traveling (colloq); me gusta mucho jugar al tenis I love playing o to play tennis; nos gusta dar un paseo después de comer we like to have a walk after lunch; ¿te gustaría visitar el castillo? — would you like to visit the castle?

    c)

    gustarle a alguien que + subj: no le gusta que le toquen sus papeles he doesn't like people touching o to touch his papers; me gustaría que vinieras temprano — I'd like you to come early

    2)
    a) ( en frases de cortesía) to wish (frml)

    puede llamar o escribir, como guste — you may call or write, as you wish

    ¿usted gusta? están muy buenas — would you like some? they're very nice

    b)
    c)

    gustar de + inf — to like to + inf (AmE), to like -ing (BrE)

    gusta de jugar a las cartas — he likes to play o he likes playing cards

    2.
    gustar vt
    a) (liter) ( saborear) to taste
    b) (AmL) ( querer) to like

    ¿gustan tomar algo? — would you like something to drink?

    * * *
    = appreciate, be fond of, like, wish, love, please, have + a liking for, be keen on, be into, strike + Posesivo + fancy, fancy, get + a buzz from, take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to.
    Ex. Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.
    Ex. MARIAN EVANS, who wrote as GEORGE ELIOT, was at times fond of identifying herself as MRS. GEORGE HENRY LEWES, and eventually actually became MRS. JOHN WALTER CROSS.
    Ex. But the incompleteness of information can be turned into an asset by challenging students to specify what additional information they would like and how they would attempt to get it.
    Ex. Step 1 Familiarisation: A searcher must be adequately familiar with that which he wishes to retrieve.
    Ex. All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.
    Ex. By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.
    Ex. I have a liking for novels which use techniques for disturbing the usual steady flow of sequential narrative with perhaps a flashback or two.
    Ex. Librarians were most keen on the self-help aspects of community information.
    Ex. As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex. Most books for children are selected by looking along the shelf until an attractive cover, familiar author's name or familiar title strikes the reader's fancy.
    Ex. He was popular because he was good at sport and talked a lot about girls he fancied.
    Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.
    Ex. He is a collector who wants to form a collection by making his own paintings of pictures he has taken a fancy to in other people's houses.
    Ex. She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.
    Ex. He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.
    ----
    * a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play.
    * ciertamente me gustaría = I sure wish.
    * dejar de gustar = go off.
    * empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea.
    * gustar la ceremonia = stand on + ceremony.
    * gustar la idea de = fancy + the idea of.
    * gustar las faldas = be a bit of a lad.
    * gustarle a uno algo = be amused by, be amused by.
    * gustar los formalismos = stand on + ceremony.
    * gustar muchísimo = love + Nombre + to bits.
    * gustar mucho = come up + a treat, go down + a treat.
    * gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].
    * gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth.
    * gustar una hartá = love + Nombre + to bits.
    * gustar + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.
    * me gustaría = I shoud like.
    * me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish.
    * no gustar = have + a dislike for, dislike, be uncomfortable + Gerundio, be uncomfortable with, feel + uncomfortable with, feel + uncomfortable + Gerundio.
    * nos gusten o no = like them or not.
    * nos guste o no = like it or not.
    * persona que no le gusta leer = aliterate.
    * ser lo que a Uno le gusta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.
    * ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene.
    * si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) (+ me/te/le etc)

    ¿te gustó el libro? — did you like o enjoy the book?

    no me/te/nos gustan los helados — I/you/we don't like ice cream

    es el que más me gusta — he's/it's the one I like best

    b)

    gustarle a alguien + inf: le gusta tocar la guitarra she likes to play the guitar (AmE), she likes playing the guitar (BrE); le gusta mucho viajar she's very fond of traveling (colloq); me gusta mucho jugar al tenis I love playing o to play tennis; nos gusta dar un paseo después de comer we like to have a walk after lunch; ¿te gustaría visitar el castillo? — would you like to visit the castle?

    c)

    gustarle a alguien que + subj: no le gusta que le toquen sus papeles he doesn't like people touching o to touch his papers; me gustaría que vinieras temprano — I'd like you to come early

    2)
    a) ( en frases de cortesía) to wish (frml)

    puede llamar o escribir, como guste — you may call or write, as you wish

    ¿usted gusta? están muy buenas — would you like some? they're very nice

    b)
    c)

    gustar de + inf — to like to + inf (AmE), to like -ing (BrE)

    gusta de jugar a las cartas — he likes to play o he likes playing cards

    2.
    gustar vt
    a) (liter) ( saborear) to taste
    b) (AmL) ( querer) to like

    ¿gustan tomar algo? — would you like something to drink?

    * * *
    = appreciate, be fond of, like, wish, love, please, have + a liking for, be keen on, be into, strike + Posesivo + fancy, fancy, get + a buzz from, take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to.

    Ex: Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.

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    Ex: But the incompleteness of information can be turned into an asset by challenging students to specify what additional information they would like and how they would attempt to get it.
    Ex: Step 1 Familiarisation: A searcher must be adequately familiar with that which he wishes to retrieve.
    Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.
    Ex: By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.
    Ex: I have a liking for novels which use techniques for disturbing the usual steady flow of sequential narrative with perhaps a flashback or two.
    Ex: Librarians were most keen on the self-help aspects of community information.
    Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex: Most books for children are selected by looking along the shelf until an attractive cover, familiar author's name or familiar title strikes the reader's fancy.
    Ex: He was popular because he was good at sport and talked a lot about girls he fancied.
    Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.
    Ex: He is a collector who wants to form a collection by making his own paintings of pictures he has taken a fancy to in other people's houses.
    Ex: She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.
    Ex: He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.
    * a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play.
    * ciertamente me gustaría = I sure wish.
    * dejar de gustar = go off.
    * empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea.
    * gustar la ceremonia = stand on + ceremony.
    * gustar la idea de = fancy + the idea of.
    * gustar las faldas = be a bit of a lad.
    * gustarle a uno algo = be amused by, be amused by.
    * gustar los formalismos = stand on + ceremony.
    * gustar muchísimo = love + Nombre + to bits.
    * gustar mucho = come up + a treat, go down + a treat.
    * gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].
    * gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth.
    * gustar una hartá = love + Nombre + to bits.
    * gustar + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.
    * me gustaría = I shoud like.
    * me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish.
    * no gustar = have + a dislike for, dislike, be uncomfortable + Gerundio, be uncomfortable with, feel + uncomfortable with, feel + uncomfortable + Gerundio.
    * nos gusten o no = like them or not.
    * nos guste o no = like it or not.
    * persona que no le gusta leer = aliterate.
    * ser lo que a Uno le gusta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.
    * ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene.
    * si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.

    * * *
    gustar [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 (+ me/te/le etc):
    ¿te gustó el libro? did you like o enjoy the book?
    me gusta su compañía I enjoy her company, I like being with her
    no me/te/nos gustan los helados I/you/we don't like ice cream
    le gusta mucho la música he's very fond of music, he likes music very much
    ¡así me gusta! that's what I like to see ( o hear etc)!, that's the spirit!
    creo que a Juan le gusta María I think Juan likes María, I think Juan fancies o is keen on María ( BrE colloq)
    me gusta como sonríe I like the way she smiles
    hazlo como te guste do it however you like
    un cantante que gusta mucho a very popular singer
    éste es el que más me gusta this is the one I like best
    2 gustarle a algn + INF:
    le gusta tocar la guitarra she likes to play the guitar ( AmE), she likes playing the guitar ( BrE)
    le gusta mucho viajar she's very fond of traveling o ( BrE) keen on travelling ( colloq)
    me gusta mucho jugar al tenis I'm a keen tennis player, I love playing o to play tennis
    nos gusta dar un paseo después de comer we like to have a walk after lunch
    ¿te gustaría visitar el castillo? would you like to visit the castle?
    3 gustarle a algn QUE + SUBJ:
    no le gusta que le toquen sus papeles he doesn't like people touching o to touch his papers
    no me gusta que salgas con ellos I don't like you going out o to go out with them
    me gustaría que vinieras temprano I'd like you to come early, I'd like for you to come early ( AmE)
    B «persona»
    puede llamar o escribir, como guste you may call or write, as you wish o whichever you prefer
    pásese por nuestras oficinas cuando usted guste please call at our offices when convenient
    para lo que usted guste mandar ( ant); at your service ( frml)
    ¿gusta? están muy buenas would you like some? they're very nice
    2 gustar DE algo to like sth
    es muy serio, no gusta de bromas he is very serious, he doesn't like jokes
    no gusta de alabanzas she doesn't like to be praised, she doesn't like o enjoy being praised
    gusta de la chica de pelo largo ( RPl); he likes the girl with long hair, he is keen on the girl with long hair ( BrE colloq)
    gustar DE + INF to like to + INF ( AmE), to like -ING ( BrE)
    gusta de jugar a las cartas he likes to play o he likes playing cards
    ■ gustar
    vt
    1 ( liter) (saborear) to taste
    gustaron las mieles del triunfo they tasted the fruits of victory ( liter)
    2 ( AmL) (querer) to like
    ¿gustan tomar algo? would you like something to drink?
    si gustan pasar a la mesa would you like to go through to eat?
    * * *

     

    gustar ( conjugate gustar) verbo intransitivo
    1 (+ me/te/le etc):
    ◊ ¿te gustó el libro? did you like o enjoy the book?;

    me gusta su compañía I enjoy her company;
    los helados no me/te/nos gustan I/you/we don't like ice cream;
    le gusta mucho la música he likes music very much;
    a Juan le gusta María Juan likes María;
    le gusta tocar la guitarra she likes to play the guitar (AmE), she likes playing the guitar (BrE);
    le gusta mucho viajar she's very fond of traveling (colloq);
    nos gusta dar un paseo después de comer we like to have a walk after lunch;
    ¿te gustaría visitar el castillo? would you like to visit the castle?;
    me gustaría que vinieras temprano I'd like you to come early
    2 ( en frases de cortesía) to wish (frml);

    cuando usted guste whenever it is convenient for you
    verbo transitivo (AmL) ( querer) to like;
    ◊ ¿gustan tomar algo? would you like something to drink?

    gustar
    I verbo intransitivo 1 me gusta el pan, I like bread
    me gustaba su compañía, I used to like his company
    (con infinitivo) me gusta escribir, I like to write o I like writing
    me gustaría ir, I would like to go ➣ Ver nota abajo
    2 frml cortesía: cuando gustes, whenever you like
    ¿gustas?, would you like some?
    3 frml (sentir agrado o afición) gustar de, to enjoy: gusta de salir a pasear por las mañanas, he likes to have a walk in the morning
    II vtr (degustar, probar) to taste
    Gustar se traduce por to like: Me gusta esta música. I like this music. Sin embargo, recuerda que en español el sujeto del verbo gustar es lo que nos gusta (esta música), mientras que en inglés el sujeto del verbo to like es I.
    Si quieres añadir un verbo como complemento del verbo to like (me gusta nadar), debes emplear el gerundio, que siempre sugiere algo placentero: I like swimming. Pero si más que gustarte simplemente te parece una buena idea o lo haces por tu propio bien puedes usar el infinitivo: I like to go to the dentist twice a year. Me gusta ir al dentista dos veces al año. Sería muy difícil que alguien dijera I like going to the dentist, porque significaría que disfruta haciéndolo.
    En el modo condicional ( I would like) sólo se puede usar el infinitivo: I would like to go out tonight. Me gustaría salir esta noche.

    ' gustar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adorar
    - apetecer
    - chiflar
    - encantar
    - enloquecer
    - entusiasmar
    - privar
    - satisfacer
    - tirar
    - atraer
    - latir
    - tincar
    English:
    care for
    - like
    - thrive
    - grow
    - turn
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [agradar]
    me gusta esa chica I like that girl;
    me/te/le gustan las novelas I like/you like/she likes novels;
    las fresas me gustan con locura I'm mad about strawberries, I adore strawberries;
    ¿te gustó la película? did you like o enjoy the movie o Br film?;
    no me gustó nada I didn't like it at all;
    no me gusta la playa I don't like the seaside;
    me gusta ir al cine I like going to the cinema;
    me gusta hacer las cosas bien I like to do things properly;
    me hubiera gustado ser famoso como él I would have liked to be famous, like him;
    me gusta como juega I like the way he plays;
    sus declaraciones no gustaron a los dirigentes del partido her comments didn't go down too well with the party leaders;
    el tipo de película que gusta al público the sort of film that the audience likes;
    la comedia no gustó the comedy didn't go down well;
    no nos gusta que pongas la música tan fuerte we don't like you playing your music so loud;
    así me gusta, has hecho un buen trabajo that's what I like to see, you've done a fine job;
    hazlo como más te guste do it whichever way you see fit, do it however you like
    2. [atraer]
    me gustas mucho I like you a lot, I really like you;
    Andrés y Lidia se gustan Andrés and Lidia fancy each other o are pretty keen on each other
    3. [en fórmulas de cortesía]
    como/cuando guste as/whenever you wish;
    ¿gustas? [¿quieres?] would you like some?
    4. Formal
    gustar de hacer algo to like o enjoy doing sth;
    gusta de pasear por las mañanas she likes o enjoys going for a walk in the mornings;
    no gusta de bromas durante el horario laboral he doesn't like people joking around during working hours;
    gusta de recordar sus tiempos de embajador he likes to reminisce about his time as ambassador
    ♦ vt
    1. [saborear, probar] to taste, to try;
    gustó el vino y dio su aprobación she tasted o tried the wine and said it was fine
    2. Am Formal [querer]
    ¿gusta sentarse? would you like to sit down?
    * * *
    v/i
    :
    me gusta de viajar I like to travel, I like o enjoy traveling;
    ¿te gusta el ajo? do you like garlic?;
    no me gusta I don’t like it;
    me gusta Ana I like Ana, Br tb I fancy Ana fam ;
    me gustaría … I would like …;
    cuando guste whenever you like;
    ¿Vd. gusta? would you like some?
    II v/t taste
    * * *
    gustar vt
    1) : to taste
    2) : to like
    ¿gustan pasar?: would you like to come in?
    gustar vi
    1) : to be pleasing
    me gustan los dulces: I like sweets
    a María le gusta Carlos: Maria is attracted to Carlos
    no me gusta que me griten: I don't like to be yelled at
    2)
    gustar de : to like, to enjoy
    no gusta de chismes: she doesn't like gossip
    3)
    como guste : as you wish, as you like
    * * *
    gustar vb
    1. (en general) to like
    ¿te gustó la película? sí, me gustó mucho did you like the film? yes, I liked it a lot
    2. (persona) to like / to fancy [pt. & pp. fancied]
    ¿cuál te gusta más? which one do you prefer?

    Spanish-English dictionary > gustar

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