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disorderly

  • 1 acumulación de cosas sueltas

    • disorderly accumulation of things
    • pile of junk

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > acumulación de cosas sueltas

  • 2 búsqueda desordenada

    • disorderly search
    • rummage

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > búsqueda desordenada

  • 3 condiciones anormales en el mercado cambiario

    • disorderly exchange market conditions

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > condiciones anormales en el mercado cambiario

  • 4 conducta contra la moral pública

    • disorderly conduct

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > conducta contra la moral pública

  • 5 conducta escandalosa

    • disorderly conduct

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > conducta escandalosa

  • 6 demostraciones que alteran el orden público

    • disorderly picketing

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > demostraciones que alteran el orden público

  • 7 desorden público

    • disorderly conduct

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > desorden público

  • 8 heteróclito

    • disorderly
    • hetaera
    • heterodox
    • messy

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > heteróclito

  • 9 multitud alborotada

    • disorderly crowd
    • mob

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > multitud alborotada

  • 10 persona de conducta escandalosa

    • disorderly person

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > persona de conducta escandalosa

  • 11 persona revoltosa

    • disorderly person
    • rowdy person

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > persona revoltosa

  • 12 piquetes que alteran el orden público

    • disorderly picketing

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > piquetes que alteran el orden público

  • 13 remolino de gente

    • disorderly crowd
    • milling crowd
    • mob

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > remolino de gente

  • 14 desordenado

    adj.
    disordered, disorderly, cluttered, disorganized.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desordenar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desordenar desordenar
    1 (habitación etc) untidy, messy
    2 (persona) slovenly
    3 (ideas) confused
    4 figurado (vida) licentious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin orden) [habitación, persona] untidy, messy; [objetos] in a mess, jumbled
    2) (=asocial) [vida] chaotic; [conducta] disorderly; [carácter] unmethodical; [niño] wild, unruly
    3) [país] chaotic
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <persona/habitación> untidy, messy (colloq)
    b) [estar] <naipes/hojas> out of order
    2) < vida> disorganized
    3) (Chi) ( en el colegio) < niño> naughty, badly-behaved
    * * *
    = disordered, topsy-turvy, in disarray, disorderly, all over the place.
    Ex. Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
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    * agrupamiento desordenado = clutter.
    * de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.
    * estar desordenado = be out of order.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <persona/habitación> untidy, messy (colloq)
    b) [estar] <naipes/hojas> out of order
    2) < vida> disorganized
    3) (Chi) ( en el colegio) < niño> naughty, badly-behaved
    * * *
    = disordered, topsy-turvy, in disarray, disorderly, all over the place.

    Ex: Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.

    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * agrupamiento desordenado = clutter.
    * de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.
    * estar desordenado = be out of order.

    * * *
    A
    2 ‹habitación› untidy, messy ( colloq)
    tengo la casa toda desordenada my house is in a mess o is very untidy
    las hojas están todas desordenadas the sheets are all out of order
    B ‹vida› disorganized
    C ( Chi) (revoltoso) ‹niño› naughty, badly-behaved
    * * *

    Del verbo desordenar: ( conjugate desordenar)

    desordenado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desordenado    
    desordenar
    desordenado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1
    a)persona/habitación untidy, messy (colloq);

    tengo la casa toda desordenada my house is in a mess o is very untidy

    b) [estar] ‹naipes/hojas out of order

    2 vida disorganized
    desordenar ( conjugate desordenar) verbo transitivomesa/habitaciónto make … untidy, mess up (colloq);
    naipes/hojasto get … out of order
    desordenado,-a adj (alborotado, desarreglado) messy, untidy
    (sin orden, no correlativo) out of order
    (sin norma, con excesos) chaotic
    desordenar verbo transitivo to make untidy, mess up
    (romper una secuencia, un orden) to put out of order, to mix up
    ' desordenado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alborotada
    - alborotado
    - desordenada
    - leonera
    - pata
    - trastornada
    - trastornado
    - entreverado
    - revuelto
    English:
    disorderly
    - haphazard
    - mess
    - messy
    - order
    - untidy
    - straggly
    - topsy-turvy
    * * *
    desordenado, -a
    adj
    1. [habitación, casa, mesa] untidy, messy;
    [persona] untidy, messy; [documentos, fichas] jumbled (up);
    lo tiene todo muy desordenado it's all in a complete mess;
    una secuencia de números desordenada a jumbled sequence of numbers
    2. [vida] disorganized;
    [comportamiento] disorderly
    nm,f
    untidy o messy person;
    es una desordenada she's very untidy o messy
    * * *
    adj untidy, messy fam ; fig
    disorganized
    * * *
    desordenado, -da adj
    1) : untidy, messy
    2) : disorderly, unruly
    * * *
    1. (persona, sitio) untidy [comp. untidier; superl. untidiest] / messy [comp. messier; superl. messiest]
    2. (papeles, fichas, etc) out of order

    Spanish-English dictionary > desordenado

  • 15 desordenadamente

    adv.
    1 disorderly, irregularly, confusedly.
    2 in disorder, disjointedly, confusedly, at sixes and sevens.
    * * *
    1 pell-mell, in a disorderly fashion
    * * *
    ADV
    1) [colocarse] untidily
    2) [entrar] in a disorderly fashion
    3) [escribir] unmethodically
    * * *
    adverbio <entrar/salir> in a disorderly fashion
    * * *
    adverbio <entrar/salir> in a disorderly fashion
    * * *
    in a disorderly fashion o manner
    entraron desordenadamente en la sala they entered the room in a disorderly fashion
    fue guardándolos desordenadamente en el cajón he put them away untidily in the drawer
    * * *
    1. [sin orden] in a disorderly fashion;
    lo guardó todo desordenadamente en la maleta she put everything in the suitcase in a jumble
    2. [confusamente] confusedly;
    expuso sus ideas desordenadamente he put forward his ideas in a very confusing way

    Spanish-English dictionary > desordenadamente

  • 16 alborotado

    adj.
    excited, disorderly, agitated, restless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: alborotar.
    * * *
    1→ link=alborotar alborotar
    1 (agitado) agitated, excited
    2 (ruidoso) noisy, rowdy
    3 (desordenado) untidy, messy
    4 (irreflexivo) reckless, rash
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=excitado) agitated, excited; (=ruidoso) noisy; (=precipitado) hasty; (=impetuoso) reckless; (=amotinado) riotous
    2) [período] troubled, eventful
    3) [mar] rough
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( nervioso) agitated; (animado, excitado) excited
    b) ( ruidoso) noisy, rowdy; ( amotinado) riotous
    2) < mar> rough; < pelo> untidy, disheveled*
    3) ( precipitado) hasty, rash
    * * *
    = disorderly, abuzz, hurly-burly.
    Ex. As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.
    Ex. She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery.
    Ex. Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( nervioso) agitated; (animado, excitado) excited
    b) ( ruidoso) noisy, rowdy; ( amotinado) riotous
    2) < mar> rough; < pelo> untidy, disheveled*
    3) ( precipitado) hasty, rash
    * * *
    = disorderly, abuzz, hurly-burly.

    Ex: As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.

    Ex: She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery.
    Ex: Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.

    * * *
    A
    1 (nervioso) agitated; (animado, excitado) excited
    2 ‹grupo/muchedumbre› (ruidoso) noisy, rowdy; (amotinado) riotous
    B
    1 ‹mar› rough, choppy
    2 ‹pelo› untidy, disheveled*
    C (precipitado) hasty, reckless, rash
    * * *

    Del verbo alborotar: ( conjugate alborotar)

    alborotado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    alborotado    
    alborotar
    alborotado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1

    (animado, excitado) excited

    ( amotinado) riotous
    2 mar rough;
    pelo untidy, disheveled( conjugate disheveled)
    alborotar ( conjugate alborotar) verbo intransitivo
    to make a racket
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( agitar) to agitate, get … agitated;

    ( excitar) to get … excited

    alborotarse verbo pronominal
    a) ( agitarse) to get agitated o upset;

    ( excitarse) to get excited

    alborotado,-a adjetivo
    1 worked up, agitated
    2 (desordenado) untidy, messy
    3 (mar) rough
    (tiempo) stormy
    alborotar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (causar agitación) to agitate, work up
    2 (revolver, desordenar) to make untidy, turn upside down
    II vi (causar jaleo) to kick up a racket
    ' alborotado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alborotada
    - desordenada
    - desordenado
    English:
    ruffled
    - disorderly
    - excited
    - tousled
    - wind
    * * *
    alborotado, -a adj
    1. [agitado] rowdy;
    los niños están alborotados con la excursión the children are all excited about the trip;
    los ánimos están alborotados feelings are running high
    2. [pelo] dishevelled
    3. [mar] rough
    4. Cuba [sexualmente] sex-starved
    * * *
    I adj
    1 rowdy
    2 ( imprudente) reckless
    II partalborotar
    * * *
    alborotado, -da adj
    1) : excited, agitated
    2) : rowdy, unruly

    Spanish-English dictionary > alborotado

  • 17 revoltoso

    adj.
    unruly, rebellious, disorderly, mischievous.
    m.
    rowdy, mischief-maker, rebel, firebrand.
    * * *
    1 (rebelde) rebellious, unruly
    2 (travieso) mischievous, naughty
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (rebelde) rebel
    2 (travieso) mischievous child
    3 (sedicioso) troublemaker
    * * *
    revoltoso, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=rebelde) rebellious, unruly; [niño] naughty, unruly
    2.
    SM / F (=alborotador) troublemaker, agitator
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < niño> naughty; <soldados/estudiantes> rebellious
    * * *
    = unruly, disorderly, riotous.
    Ex. 'Sometimes the kids get a little unruly!' she announced in that easy familiar style of hers as she sat down.
    Ex. As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.
    Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < niño> naughty; <soldados/estudiantes> rebellious
    * * *
    = unruly, disorderly, riotous.

    Ex: 'Sometimes the kids get a little unruly!' she announced in that easy familiar style of hers as she sat down.

    Ex: As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.
    Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.

    * * *
    1 ‹niño› naughty
    2 ‹soldados/estudiantes› rebellious
    * * *

    revoltoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ niño naughty;


    soldados/estudiantes rebellious
    revoltoso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino naughty
    ' revoltoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    revoltosa
    English:
    disruptive
    - mischief-maker
    - mischievous
    - unruly
    - disorderly
    * * *
    revoltoso, -a
    adj
    1. [soldado, estudiante] rebellious
    2. [niño] naughty
    nm,f
    1. [soldado, estudiante] troublemaker
    2. [niño] rascal
    * * *
    I adj niño naughty
    II m, revoltosa f naughty child
    * * *
    revoltoso, -sa adj
    : unruly, rebellious
    * * *
    revoltoso adj naughty [comp. naughtier; superl. naughtiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > revoltoso

  • 18 alteración del orden público

    breach of the peace, disturbance of the peace
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = disorderly conduct, public order offence, breach of the peace
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Disorderly conduct: crime and disruptive behaviour in the library'.
    Ex. The Public Order Act 1986 contains many of the more common public order offences such as riot, affray and threatening behaviour.
    Ex. All but four of the laws are of a civil nature, three involving pupils with contraband in their school lockers and the other one concerning breach of the peace by college students.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = disorderly conduct, public order offence, breach of the peace

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Disorderly conduct: crime and disruptive behaviour in the library'.

    Ex: The Public Order Act 1986 contains many of the more common public order offences such as riot, affray and threatening behaviour.
    Ex: All but four of the laws are of a civil nature, three involving pupils with contraband in their school lockers and the other one concerning breach of the peace by college students.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alteración del orden público

  • 19 caótico

    adj.
    chaotic, disorganized, disastrous.
    * * *
    1 chaotic
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo chaotic
    * * *
    = chaotic, helter-skelter, disorderly, shambolic.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. The larger issues of higher education provide a context for redefining the helter-skelter relationship of teaching and research.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    ----
    * computación caótica = chaotic computing.
    * informática caótica = chaotic computing.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo chaotic
    * * *
    = chaotic, helter-skelter, disorderly, shambolic.

    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.

    Ex: The larger issues of higher education provide a context for redefining the helter-skelter relationship of teaching and research.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    * computación caótica = chaotic computing.
    * informática caótica = chaotic computing.

    * * *
    chaotic
    encontré la casa en un estado caótico the house was in chaos o was chaotic when I got there
    * * *

    caótico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    chaotic
    caótico,-a adjetivo chaotic

    ' caótico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caótica
    English:
    chaotic
    - haphazard
    - shambolic
    * * *
    caótico, -a adj
    chaotic
    * * *
    adj chaotic
    * * *
    caótico, -ca adj
    : chaotic

    Spanish-English dictionary > caótico

  • 20 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a)idea/texto/explicación confused;

    recuerdo confused, hazy;
    imagen blurred, hazy;
    información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

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