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  • 61 causar pena

    (v.) = cause + hurt
    Ex. Our reactions to actual crime -- disbelief about the act committed, anger at the hurt caused, a desire to get even, and fear for ourselves and our children -- arrive in an indecipherable rush of emotion.
    * * *
    (v.) = cause + hurt

    Ex: Our reactions to actual crime -- disbelief about the act committed, anger at the hurt caused, a desire to get even, and fear for ourselves and our children -- arrive in an indecipherable rush of emotion.

    Spanish-English dictionary > causar pena

  • 62 estar entre rejas

    familiar to be behind bars
    * * *
    Ex. Two criminals are off the street and behind bars thanks to an alert officer who caught them in the act.
    * * *

    Ex: Two criminals are off the street and behind bars thanks to an alert officer who caught them in the act.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar entre rejas

  • 63 hora feliz

    f.
    bar happy hour, happy hour.
    * * *
    (n.) = happy hour
    Ex. Even the U.S. military got in the act, when in 1984 they abolished happy hours at military base clubs.
    * * *
    (n.) = happy hour

    Ex: Even the U.S. military got in the act, when in 1984 they abolished happy hours at military base clubs.

    * * *
    happy hour

    Spanish-English dictionary > hora feliz

  • 64 meter mano

    v.
    to take action, to get into the act, to get in on the act, to get involved.
    * * *
    familiar (toquetear) to grope, touch up 2 (intervenir) to do something, take action
    * * *
    (v.) = grope
    Ex. The second we were out of my parents eyesight he was all hands -- groping and kissing and calling me baby.
    * * *
    (v.) = grope

    Ex: The second we were out of my parents eyesight he was all hands -- groping and kissing and calling me baby.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meter mano

  • 65 spoofing

    Nota: En Internet, intercepción ilegal y con propósitos deshonestos de las señales que envía y recibe un usuario.
    Ex. Spoofing is the act of funnelling a user's Web traffic through a remote computer, monitoring sessions, and sending false or misleading information both to and from the user.
    * * *
    Nota: En Internet, intercepción ilegal y con propósitos deshonestos de las señales que envía y recibe un usuario.

    Ex: Spoofing is the act of funnelling a user's Web traffic through a remote computer, monitoring sessions, and sending false or misleading information both to and from the user.

    Spanish-English dictionary > spoofing

  • 66 santiguada

    f.
    blessing, the act of making the sign of the cross.
    * * *
    SF (=señal) sign of the Cross; (=acto) act of crossing oneself

    Spanish-English dictionary > santiguada

  • 67 hacer creer

    v.
    to lead to believe, to make believe, to let believe.
    Hizo a Maya creer la mentira He led Maya to believe the lie.
    * * *
    (v.) = lead to + believe, lull + Nombre + into thinking
    Ex. The Act was launched with a glossy advertising campaign that led claimants to believe they were entitled to larger sums of money than they in fact received.
    Ex. One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.
    * * *
    (v.) = lead to + believe, lull + Nombre + into thinking

    Ex: The Act was launched with a glossy advertising campaign that led claimants to believe they were entitled to larger sums of money than they in fact received.

    Ex: One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer creer

  • 68 enganchamiento

    m.
    1 accroachment, the act of drawing as with a hook, hooking.
    2 the act of entrapping, alluring, or decoying someone, particularly to make him enlist in the military service.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enganchamiento

  • 69 socava

    f.
    1 the act of mining or undermining.
    2 the act of opening the ground around trees.

    Spanish-English dictionary > socava

  • 70 introducción

    f.
    1 introduction, preamble, lead-in, prologue.
    2 introduction, input, insertion, putting-in.
    * * *
    1 introduction
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de texto] introduction

    "Introducción a la gramática española" — "Introduction to Spanish Grammar"

    2) (=inserción) insertion

    la introducción del tubo puede causar heridas — inserting the tube o the insertion of the tube can cause injury, the tube's insertion could cause injury

    3) (=llegada) [de mercancías, cambios] introduction
    4) (Inform) [de datos] input
    * * *
    1) (en libro, obra musical) introduction
    2)
    a) (de cambio, medida) introduction
    b) ( inserción) insertion
    c) (a tema, cultura) introduction
    * * *
    = background, leading remark, overview, penetration, prelude, preparation, infusion, induction, backgrounder, entrée, build-up [buildup], rollout [roll-out].
    Nota: De un producto, principalmente..
    Ex. This article describes the Nordic online data base situation, outlining its background and future developments, as well as the supply of different kinds of data base.
    Ex. Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective.
    Ex. Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex. The somewhat late arrival of the ROOT thesaurus in the indexing world means that its penetration will be slow, although it has great potential as a tool for standardizing indexing languages.
    Ex. As a prelude to using the scheme, we will briefly outline the various sections of this book.
    Ex. A study then of the underlying features of the classification process and the components of a classification scheme is a preparation for the more critical and informed application of classification schemes.
    Ex. The infusion of computers and data bases into the law office and the tremendous increase in published legal materials have given rise to the need for the law librarian.
    Ex. The author concludes that the new course offered an overall improvement in library induction.
    Ex. He provides information ' backgrounders' to 100-200 people.
    Ex. Now that information is being distributed through the visual media, exhibitions can provide an entree for diversified and potentially larger audiences.
    Ex. The work completed to date has only been a build-up to the main phase but its usefulness has already been shown.
    Ex. The interview provides a behind-the-scenes look at the company's preparation for the service's official rollout in Summer 2000.
    ----
    * anterior a la introducción de la escritura = preliterate [pre-literate].
    * hacer una introducción = set + the scene.
    * hacer una introducción histórica = give + background information.
    * introducción (a) = introduction (to).
    * introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.
    * modo de introducción de datos = input mode.
    * ofrecer una introducción a = provide + a background to.
    * posterior a la introducción de la escritura = postliterate [post-literate].
    * programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.
    * servir de introducción = set + the backdrop, set + the framework, set + the context.
    * servir de introducción a = provide + a background to.
    * tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.
    * * *
    1) (en libro, obra musical) introduction
    2)
    a) (de cambio, medida) introduction
    b) ( inserción) insertion
    c) (a tema, cultura) introduction
    * * *
    = background, leading remark, overview, penetration, prelude, preparation, infusion, induction, backgrounder, entrée, build-up [buildup], rollout [roll-out].
    Nota: De un producto, principalmente..

    Ex: This article describes the Nordic online data base situation, outlining its background and future developments, as well as the supply of different kinds of data base.

    Ex: Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective.
    Ex: Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex: The somewhat late arrival of the ROOT thesaurus in the indexing world means that its penetration will be slow, although it has great potential as a tool for standardizing indexing languages.
    Ex: As a prelude to using the scheme, we will briefly outline the various sections of this book.
    Ex: A study then of the underlying features of the classification process and the components of a classification scheme is a preparation for the more critical and informed application of classification schemes.
    Ex: The infusion of computers and data bases into the law office and the tremendous increase in published legal materials have given rise to the need for the law librarian.
    Ex: The author concludes that the new course offered an overall improvement in library induction.
    Ex: He provides information ' backgrounders' to 100-200 people.
    Ex: Now that information is being distributed through the visual media, exhibitions can provide an entree for diversified and potentially larger audiences.
    Ex: The work completed to date has only been a build-up to the main phase but its usefulness has already been shown.
    Ex: The interview provides a behind-the-scenes look at the company's preparation for the service's official rollout in Summer 2000.
    * anterior a la introducción de la escritura = preliterate [pre-literate].
    * hacer una introducción = set + the scene.
    * hacer una introducción histórica = give + background information.
    * introducción (a) = introduction (to).
    * introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.
    * modo de introducción de datos = input mode.
    * ofrecer una introducción a = provide + a background to.
    * posterior a la introducción de la escritura = postliterate [post-literate].
    * programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.
    * servir de introducción = set + the backdrop, set + the framework, set + the context.
    * servir de introducción a = provide + a background to.
    * tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.

    * * *
    A (en un libro, una obra musical) introduction
    B
    1 (de un cambio, una medida) introduction
    la introducción de un nuevo producto en el mercado the introduction of a new product onto the market
    la introducción de esa enmienda modifica sustancialmente la ley the inclusion of that amendment substantially alters the act
    2 (inserción) insertion
    la introducción de la aguja en el músculo the insertion of the needle into the muscle
    3 (a un tema, una cultura) introduction introducción A algo introduction TO sth
    su introducción a los misterios de la informática her introduction to o initiation into the mysteries of computers
    * * *

    introducción sustantivo femenino
    introduction;
    introducción A algo introduction to sth
    introducción sustantivo femenino introduction
    ' introducción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    que
    - iniciación
    - título
    English:
    insertion
    - institution
    - intro
    - introduction
    - preamble
    - preface
    - introductory
    * * *
    1. [presentación] introduction (a to);
    introducción a la lingüística [título] an introduction to linguistics;
    un curso de introducción a la informática an introductory course in computing
    2. [de libro] introduction
    3. [de composición musical] introduction;
    [en música pop] intro
    4. [inserción] [de objeto] insertion;
    Informát [de datos] input, entering
    5. [de novedad, medida, política, en mercado] introduction;
    precio especial de introducción special introductory price;
    la introducción de la moneda única the introduction of the single currency;
    a él se debe la introducción de la patata en Europa he was responsible for the introduction of the potato to Europe;
    una banda que se dedica a la introducción de tabaco de contrabando en Europa a gang that smuggles tobacco into Europe
    * * *
    f
    1 introduction
    2 acción de meter insertion
    3 INFOR input
    * * *
    introducción nf, pl - ciones : introduction
    * * *
    introducción n introduction

    Spanish-English dictionary > introducción

  • 71 alcanzar una solución

    (v.) = arrive at + a solution
    Ex. Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.
    * * *
    (v.) = arrive at + a solution

    Ex: Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alcanzar una solución

  • 72 cancelar

    v.
    1 to cancel.
    Pedro canceló la otra deuda Peter canceled the other debt.
    Ella canceló el acto de agresión She canceled=counteracted the act of...
    Pedro canceló ayer Peter canceled=paid off yesterday.
    Pedro canceló su membresía Peter canceled his membership.
    María cancela sus malos pensamientos Mary canceled her bad thoughts.
    2 to pay, to settle (deuda).
    3 to pay off, to cancel.
    * * *
    1 (anular) to cancel
    2 (saldar una deuda) to settle, pay
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ pedido, suscripción, tarjeta] to cancel; [+ cuenta bancaria] to close
    2) [+ reunión, concierto, viaje, proyecto] to cancel
    3) [+ deuda] to pay off
    4) LAm (=pagar) to pay, settle
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <reunión/viaje/pedido> to cancel
    2) < deuda> to settle, pay off; < cuenta> to pay
    * * *
    = cancel, kill, wipe out, waive, pull + the plug on, drive out, counteract, block off, write off, call off.
    Ex. Pressing the RESET key cancels the insert mode.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex. However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.
    Ex. A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex. They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex. The second training run for the marathon was called off because of poor weather conditions.
    ----
    * cancelar debido a la lluvia = rain out, wash out.
    * cancelar por la lluvia = rain out, wash out.
    * cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * cancelar una suscripción = churn.
    * sin cancelar = uncancelled.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <reunión/viaje/pedido> to cancel
    2) < deuda> to settle, pay off; < cuenta> to pay
    * * *
    = cancel, kill, wipe out, waive, pull + the plug on, drive out, counteract, block off, write off, call off.

    Ex: Pressing the RESET key cancels the insert mode.

    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: When only partial success in contracted terms is achieved, the repayment due may be reduced or waived.
    Ex: However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: Closed system tendencies, such as invoking system controls designed to counteract differences and correct deviations (thus scoring creativity as error), only push the institution more rapidly toward extinction.
    Ex: A globalizing world so devoted to 'diversity,' as the present one is, can ill afford to block off one particular communication channel in favor of any other.
    Ex: They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.
    Ex: The second training run for the marathon was called off because of poor weather conditions.
    * cancelar debido a la lluvia = rain out, wash out.
    * cancelar por la lluvia = rain out, wash out.
    * cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * cancelar una suscripción = churn.
    * sin cancelar = uncancelled.

    * * *
    cancelar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (anular) ‹concierto/reunión› to cancel; ‹viaje/vuelo› to cancel; ‹pedido› to cancel
    1 ‹deuda› to settle, pay off; ‹cuenta› to pay
    2 ( Chi) (en una tienda) to pay for
    C ( Inf) to cancel
    ■ cancelar
    vi
    ( Chi) to pay
    * * *

     

    cancelar ( conjugate cancelar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹reunión/viaje/pedido› to cancel

    b) ‹ deuda› to settle, pay off;

    ‹ cuenta› to pay
    cancelar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cuenta, viaje, etc) to cancel
    2 (una deuda) to pay off
    3 (una puerta) to close off
    ' cancelar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    suspender
    English:
    annihilate
    - cancel
    - expunge
    - pay off
    - rain off
    - redeem
    - stop
    - withdraw
    - write off
    - pay
    - repay
    - write
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [contrato, vuelo, reunión] to cancel
    2. [deuda] to pay, to settle
    3. Informát to cancel
    4. Chile, Ven [compra] to pay for
    ♦ vi
    Chile, Ven [pagar] to pay
    * * *
    v/t
    1 tb INFOR cancel
    2 deuda, cuenta settle, pay
    * * *
    1) : to cancel
    2) : to pay off, to settle
    * * *
    1. (suspender) to cancel [pt. & pp. cancelled]
    2. (saldar) to pay off [pt. & pp. paid] / to settle

    Spanish-English dictionary > cancelar

  • 73 en un extremo de la escala

    Ex. Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.
    * * *

    Ex: Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un extremo de la escala

  • 74 escuchar con una actitud abierta

    (v.) = lend + a sympathetic ear to
    Ex. Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.
    * * *
    (v.) = lend + a sympathetic ear to

    Ex: Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuchar con una actitud abierta

  • 75 exteriorizar un problema

    (v.) = externalise + problem
    Ex. Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.
    * * *
    (v.) = externalise + problem

    Ex: Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > exteriorizar un problema

  • 76 llegar a una solución

    (v.) = arrive at + a solution
    Ex. Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.
    * * *
    (v.) = arrive at + a solution

    Ex: Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llegar a una solución

  • 77 mano1

    1 = hand.
    Ex. Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.
    ----
    * accionado a mano = hand-powered.
    * agresión a mano armada = armed assault.
    * ahorrar mano de obra = save + manpower.
    * al alcance de la mano = within arm's reach, within easy reach.
    * alargar la mano = reach out.
    * alargar la mano para coger = reach for.
    * a mano = by hand, manually, nearby [near-by], handy, within reach, within easy reach.
    * a mano alzada = by a show of hands.
    * a mano derecha de = on the right side of, on the right-hand side of.
    * a manos de = at the hands of.
    * aparato de informática del tamaño de la palma de la mano = palm computing device.
    * apretón de manos = handshake.
    * arreglarse las manos = manicure.
    * asalto a mano armada = armed robbery, armed assault, heist.
    * asignado a mano = manually assigned.
    * atar de pies y manos = hogtie.
    * atraco a mano armada = armed robbery, heist, daylight robbery.
    * batidora de mano = food mincer.
    * bolsa de mano = flight bag, carryall bag, travelbag, soft bag.
    * bomba de mano = hand pump.
    * borrador escrito a mano = manuscript draft.
    * caer en manos de = fall into + the hands of.
    * caer en manos enemigas = fall into + enemy hands.
    * cambiar de manos = change + hands.
    * cambio de manos = change of hands.
    * carretilla de mano = pushcart.
    * coche de segunda mano = used car, second-hand car.
    * codificar a mano = hand-code.
    * coger a Alguien con las manos en la masa = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.
    * coger de la mano = hold + Posesivo + hand.
    * coger la mano = take + Posesivo + hand.
    * cogerse de la mano = hold + hands.
    * cogerse la mano = join + hands.
    * cogido a mano = hand-picked.
    * confeccionar a mano = handcraft.
    * con las dos manos = two handed [two-handed].
    * con las manos muy largas = light-fingered.
    * con las manos vacías = empty-handed.
    * conocer Algo como la palma de + Posesivo + mano = know + Algo + like the back of + Posesivo + hand.
    * conocer de primera mano = know + first-hand.
    * con una mano delante y otra detrás = penniless, broke, skint.
    * corregir a mano = hand-correct.
    * costes de mano de obra = labour costs.
    * crema de manos = hand cream.
    * crema limpiadora de manos = handcleaner.
    * croché a mano = hand crochet.
    * cubrir Algo con la mano = cup + Posesivo + hand + over + Nombre.
    * cultivado a mano = hand-reared.
    * dar a Alguien una mano y te cogen el brazo = give + Pronombre + an inch and + Pronombre + take a mile.
    * dar en mano = hand (over).
    * dar la mano = extend + Posesivo + hand.
    * dar la mano derecha = give + Posesivo + right arm.
    * darse la mano = join + hands, shake + hand.
    * darse un apretón de manos = clasp + hands.
    * dar un apretón de manos = shake + hand.
    * decir adiós con la mano = wave + goodbye.
    * dedicación de mano de obra = expenditure of manpower.
    * dejado de la mano de Dios = God-forsaken.
    * dejar las manos de uno libres de = free + Posesivo + hands from.
    * de mano = hand-held [handheld].
    * de primera mano = at first hand, first-hand [firsthand], first-person.
    * de segunda mano = second-hand [secondhand].
    * despedir mano de obra = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * de tercera mano = third-hand.
    * de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.
    * echarle una mano a = bat for, go to + bat for.
    * echar mano a/de = leverage.
    * echar mano a los ahorros = dip into + savings.
    * echar mano de = fall back on, call into + play.
    * echar una mano = lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in.
    * echar una mano a Alguien = give + Nombre + a hand.
    * el mundo en la palma de la mano = the world in the palm of + Posesivo + hand.
    * en buenas manos = in a safe place, in safekeeping.
    * encaje de aguja a mano = needlepoint lace.
    * en mano = in hand.
    * en manos de = in the hands of.
    * en manos de extranjeros = foreign-owned.
    * en manos del enemigo = at the hands of enemies, at the hands of the enemy.
    * en manos enemigas = at the hands of enemies, at the hands of the enemy.
    * en + Posesivo + manos = at + Posesivo + hands.
    * entre manos = at hand, in hand.
    * equipaje de mano = carry-on luggage, cabin baggage, cabin luggage.
    * escalera de mano = stepladder.
    * escaparse de las manos de = slip beyond + the grasp of.
    * escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.
    * escribir a mano = handletter.
    * escrito a mano = handwritten [hand-written], in black and white, in handwriting, longhand [long-hand].
    * escritura a mano = handwriting.
    * estar al alcance de la mano = be at hand.
    * estar a mano = be on hand, be around.
    * estar en buenas manos = be in safe hands.
    * estar en manos privadas = hold in + private hands.
    * experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.
    * extender la mano = put out + Posesivo + hand, reach out, put forth + Posesivo + hand.
    * extender la mano para coger algo = hand + reach for.
    * fabricado a mano = hand-made.
    * falta de mano de obra = labour shortage.
    * freno de mano = hand brake [handbrake].
    * futuro + estar + en + Posesivo + manos = future + be + in + Posesivo + hands.
    * ganarle la mano a Alguien = steal + a march on.
    * ganchillo a mano = hand crochet.
    * golpeo a mano = hand-beating.
    * granada de mano = hand grenade.
    * hacer a mano = handcraft.
    * hacer todo lo que está en nuestras manos = pull out + all the stops.
    * hecho a mano = hand-made, hand-drawn, handcrafted.
    * hilado a mano = handspinning.
    * impulsado a mano = hand-powered.
    * ir de la mano = go + hand in hand (with), be hand in hand.
    * írsele a Uno Algo de las manos = get out of + hand, get out of + hand.
    * írsele la mano a Uno = overplay + Posesivo + hand.
    * juego de manos = sleight-of-hand.
    * juegos de manos = fingergame.
    * labores de croché a mano = hand-crochet work.
    * labores de ganchillo a mano = hand-crochet work.
    * la mano que mece la cuna es la mano que domina el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world, the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
    * levantar la mano = raise + Posesivo + hand.
    * mano amiga = helping hand.
    * ¿mano blanda o mano dura? = the carrot vs. the stick, the carrot vs. the stick.
    * mano blanda y mano dura = carrots and sticks.
    * mano de hierro = iron fist, iron hand.
    * mano de obra = labour [labor, -USA], manpower, manpower force, work-force [workforce], work-force, labour force, manual labour.
    * mano de obra del campo = farm labour force.
    * mano de obra extranjera = foreign labour.
    * mano de obra infantil = child labour.
    * mano de obra inmigrante = foreign labour.
    * mano derecha = right hand.
    * mano dura = iron fist, iron hand.
    * mano fría de, la = cold hand of, the.
    * mano invisible, la = invisible hand, the.
    * mano negra = schemer.
    * manos libres = free hand, hands-free.
    * mantener a mano = keep to + hand.
    * más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando = a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    * menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick.
    * mercadillo de prendas de segunda mano = rummage sale.
    * meter las manos en todo = have + a finger in every pie.
    * meterle mano a = get + stuck into.
    * meter mano = grope.
    * meterse mano = pet.
    * moder la mano del que + dar de comer = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.
    * no caer en buenas manos = fall into + the wrong hands.
    * ofrecer la mano = put forth + Posesivo + hand.
    * ordenador de mano = Palm Pilot.
    * palma de la mano = palm of hand, palm.
    * papel a mano-máquina = mouldmade paper.
    * papel hecho a mano = hand-made paper.
    * pillar a alguien con las manos en la masa = catch + Nombre + red-handed.
    * pintado a mano = hand-painted.
    * poner Algo a mano = put + Nombre + within reach.
    * ponerle la mano encima a = lay + a finger on.
    * ponerse manos a la obra = get down to + business, swing into + action.
    * que necesita bastante mano de obra = labour-intensive [labour intensive].
    * quitar de las manos = snap up.
    * realizado a mano = hand-made.
    * recogido a mano = hand-picked.
    * relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.
    * repartir a manos llenas = dish out.
    * retorcerse las manos = wring + Posesivo + hands.
    * robo a mano armada = armed robbery, highway robbery.
    * ropa de segunda mano = second-hand clothes.
    * separar las manos = spread out + hands.
    * ser torpe con las manos = be all thumbs.
    * sierra de mano = handsaw.
    * sistema de llave en mano = turnkey system, turnkey software system.
    * situación + irse de las manos = things + get out of hand.
    * tallado a mano = hand-carved.
    * tener algo a mano = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + fingertips.
    * tener a mano = have at + Posesivo + touch, have + on call, have + to hand, keep within + reach, be to hand.
    * tener buena mano con las plantas = have + a green thumb.
    * tener entre manos = be up to.
    * todos manos a la obra = all hands on deck, all hands to the pump(s).
    * tomar la mano = take + Posesivo + hand.
    * trabajo entre manos, el = work at hand, the.
    * traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * untar la mano = grease + Posesivo + palm, oil + Posesivo + palm.
    * vendedor de coches de segunda mano = used-car dealer, second-hand car dealer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mano1

  • 78 colada

    f.
    1 washing (clothes). (peninsular Spanish)
    hacer la colada to do the washing
    2 filtering.
    La colada del café the filtering of coffee.
    3 washing of dirty clothes, washing.
    4 washed clothes.
    5 casting.
    6 mountain pass.
    7 tangle.
    8 rice pudding.
    9 cattle track.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: colar.
    * * *
    1 (lavado) washing, laundry; (con lejía) bleaching
    2 (ropa) washing, wash
    3 (de metal) tapping
    4 (volcánica) outflow
    \
    hacer la colada to do the washing, do the laundry
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=lavado) washing
    2) (=lejía) bleach, lye
    3) (Geol) outflow
    4) (Agr) sheep run, cattle run
    colado
    * * *
    femenino (Esp) ( lavado) laundry, washing
    * * *
    femenino (Esp) ( lavado) laundry, washing
    * * *
    la colada
    = washing, the.

    Ex: Perhaps inevitably as soon as the washing was hanging up, the sky darkened and it started to pour down with rain.

    * * *
    A
    ( Esp) (lavado): hacer la colada to do the laundry o ( BrE) washing
    hago dos coladas por semana I do the laundry twice a week, I do two washes a week
    tender la colada to hang out the washing
    meter a algn en la colada ( Chi fam); to drag sb into an argument ( o fight etc)
    meterse en la colada ( Chi fam); to get in on the act ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    colada sustantivo femenino (Esp) ( lavado) laundry, washing
    colado,-a adj fam crazy, [por, about]: está colada por él, she's crazy about him
    colada sustantivo femenino wash, laundry
    hacer la colada, to do the washing o laundry
    tender la colada, to hang out the washing o laundry
    ' colada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    blancuzca
    - blancuzco
    - colado
    English:
    do
    - fetch in
    - laundry
    - load
    - put out
    - spin
    - wash
    - washing
    * * *
    colada nf
    1. Esp [lavado] laundry, washing;
    echar algo a la colada to put sth in the washing;
    hacer la colada to do the washing
    2. Esp [ropa limpia] washing
    3. Geol
    colada (de lava) lava flow
    4. [en alto horno] tapping
    5. Dep Fam [internada] run
    * * *
    f
    :
    hacer la colada do the laundry o washing
    * * *
    colada n washing

    Spanish-English dictionary > colada

  • 79 trasero

    adj.
    rear, back, hind, hindmost.
    m.
    1 rear end, buttocks, back end, backside.
    2 hindquarters.
    * * *
    1 back, rear
    1 familiar eufemístico bottom, bum
    \
    en la parte trasera at the back
    ————————
    1 familiar eufemístico bottom, bum
    * * *
    1. (f. - trasera)
    adj.
    back, rear
    2. noun m.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [puerta] back; [asiento] back, rear

    la parte trasera del edificio — the back o rear of the building

    rueda trasera — back wheel, rear wheel

    2. SM
    1) euf (=culo) bottom, behind
    - quedarse con el trasero al aire
    2) (Zool) hindquarters pl
    3) †† pl traseros (=antepasados) ancestors
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo <puerta/habitación/asiento> back (before n); < rueda> rear, back (before n); < motor> rear-mounted
    II
    masculino (fam) ( de persona) bottom, backside (colloq); ( de animal) hindquarters (pl)
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo <puerta/habitación/asiento> back (before n); < rueda> rear, back (before n); < motor> rear-mounted
    II
    masculino (fam) ( de persona) bottom, backside (colloq); ( de animal) hindquarters (pl)
    * * *
    trasero1
    1 = bottom, bum, backside, buttocks, rear end, bahookie, tush, heinie, booty, tushy.

    Ex: There is 'no bottom which can be decisively kicked or even a soul to damn'.

    Ex: At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.
    Ex: Corporal punishment, the act of disciplining students by inflicting physical pain (usually paddling the child's backside), has recently come under fire due to the public's growing concern over child abuse.
    Ex: Fournier's gangrene is a necrotizing fasciitis of the scrotum or perineum that may extend to the clavicles, penis, buttocks, and lower extremities.
    Ex: People may find the swollen female rear ends ugly, but male baboons find them attractive.
    Ex: She's not as fragile as she looks and you may end up with her toe up your bahookie.
    Ex: They are just sitting on their tushes and doing nothing but talking about what is wrong with their country.
    Ex: Sheep walk in a row by sniffing each other's heinies.
    Ex: American socialite Kim Kardashian has revealed that she's planning to get her booty insured.
    Ex: He lost his job as a male model after an injury left him with an unsightly scar on his tushy.
    * dar un pellizco en el trasero = bottom pinching.
    * pellizcar el trasero = bottom pinching.
    * trasero respingón = pert bum, pert bottom.

    trasero2
    2 = rear.

    Ex: Taking the hose with it, the spindle forced the platen down on to the back of the rear half of the tympan.

    * asiento trasero = pillion seat.
    * eje trasero = rear end.
    * en el asiento trasero = in the back seat.
    * en la parte trasera = in the back, at the rear.
    * ir en el asiento trasero = pillion riding, ride + pillion.
    * jardín trasero = back-garden.
    * lámpara trasera = rear lamp.
    * la parte trasera de = the back of.
    * luz trasera = tail light.
    * parte trasera = back, rear.
    * pata trasera = hind leg.
    * puerta trasera = back door.
    * tren trasero = rear end.

    * * *
    trasero1 -ra
    ‹puerta/habitación› back ( before n); ‹rueda› rear ( before n), back ( before n); ‹motor› rear-mounted
    las patas traseras the rear o hind o back legs
    un asiento de la parte trasera one of the rear o back seats
    ( fam)
    1 (de una persona) bottom, backside ( colloq)
    2 (de un animal) hindquarters (pl)
    * * *

     

    trasero 1
    ◊ -ra adjetivo ‹puerta/habitación/asiento› back ( before n);


    ‹rueda/pata/asiento› rear ( before n), back ( before n);
    ‹ motor› rear-mounted
    trasero 2 sustantivo masculino (fam) ( de persona) bottom, backside (colloq);
    ( de animal) hindquarters (pl)
    trasero,-a
    I adjetivo back, rear
    en la parte trasera de la casa, at the rear of the house
    II sustantivo masculino bottom, behind
    ' trasero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asiento
    - cuarta
    - cuarto
    - culo
    - trasera
    - cristal
    - pelado
    - posterior
    - traste
    English:
    back
    - backside
    - backyard
    - behind
    - bottom
    - bum
    - butt
    - hind
    - rear
    - rump
    - spank
    - bun
    - pillion
    - sirloin
    * * *
    trasero, -a
    ♦ adj
    [asiento] back, rear; [puerta] [de casa] back, rear; [de coche] rear; [patas] hind, back
    ♦ nm
    backside
    * * *
    I adj rear atr, back atr
    II m fam
    butt fam, Br
    rear end fam
    * * *
    trasero, -ra adj
    posterior: rear, back
    : buttocks
    * * *
    trasero1 adj back
    trasero2 n bottom

    Spanish-English dictionary > trasero

  • 80 encaro

    m.
    1 the act of viewing steadfastly.
    2 blunderbuss, a wide-mouthed short handgun. (Provincial)
    Encaro de escopeta aiming, the act of levelling a musket or fire-lock aim
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: encarar.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=mirada) stare, staring, gaze
    2) (=puntería) aim, aiming
    3) ( Hist) blunderbuss

    Spanish-English dictionary > encaro

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