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  • 1 de siete suelas

    • downright

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > de siete suelas

  • 2 reloco

    • downright crazy

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > reloco

  • 3 totalmente loco

    • downright crazy
    • totally crazy

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > totalmente loco

  • 4 solemne

    adj.
    1 formal, solemn.
    una promesa solemne a solemn promise
    2 utter, complete (enorme).
    hacer/decir una solemne tontería to do/say something incredibly stupid
    * * *
    1 solemn, majestic
    2 peyorativo downright
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=serio) solemn
    2) * (=enorme) [mentira] downright; [tontería] utter; [error] complete, terrible
    * * *
    1)
    a) < acto> formal, solemn; < promesa> solemn; < tono> solemn
    b) (Der) < contrato> solemn
    2) (delante del n) (fam) < mentira> complete, downright
    * * *
    = grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], solemn, ceremonial, formidable, dignified, portentous.
    Ex. I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex. The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    Ex. An award made at a ceremonial occasion was the incentive for children to read a minimum of 6 books in 6 weeks.
    Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
    Ex. By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.
    Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
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    * de aspecto solemne = dignified.
    * de una manera solemne = solemnly.
    * * *
    1)
    a) < acto> formal, solemn; < promesa> solemn; < tono> solemn
    b) (Der) < contrato> solemn
    2) (delante del n) (fam) < mentira> complete, downright
    * * *
    = grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], solemn, ceremonial, formidable, dignified, portentous.

    Ex: I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.

    Ex: The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    Ex: An award made at a ceremonial occasion was the incentive for children to read a minimum of 6 books in 6 weeks.
    Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
    Ex: By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.
    Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    * de aspecto solemne = dignified.
    * de una manera solemne = solemnly.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹acto› formal, solemn; ‹promesa› solemn; ‹tono› solemn
    2 ( Der) ‹contrato› solemn
    B ( delante del n) ( fam); ‹mentira› complete, downright
    dijo una solemne estupidez she made an extremely stupid remark
    * * *

    solemne adjetivo
    1 ( en general) solemn
    2 ( delante del n) (fam) ‹ mentira› complete, downright
    solemne adjetivo
    1 (acontecimiento, promesa) solemn
    2 figurado pey (enfático) una solemne tontería, a downright piece of nonsense
    ' solemne' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dignified
    - grave
    - sober
    - solemn
    - state
    - ceremonial
    - grand
    * * *
    solemne adj
    1. [con pompa, importante] formal, solemn
    2. [serio] solemn;
    una promesa solemne a solemn promise
    3. [enorme] utter, complete;
    hacer/decir una solemne tontería to do/say something incredibly stupid
    * * *
    adj solemn;
    una solemne tontería an absolutely stupid thing
    * * *
    solemne adj
    : solemn
    ♦ solemnemente adv
    * * *
    solemne adj solemn

    Spanish-English dictionary > solemne

  • 5 absolutamente + Adjetivo

    (n.) = downright + Adjetivo, crazily + Adjetivo
    Ex. Bibliographies developed in this way are rarely totally reliable and are sometimes downright misleading.
    Ex. It sounds crazily complicated, but it may work.
    * * *
    (n.) = downright + Adjetivo, crazily + Adjetivo

    Ex: Bibliographies developed in this way are rarely totally reliable and are sometimes downright misleading.

    Ex: It sounds crazily complicated, but it may work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > absolutamente + Adjetivo

  • 6 completamente + Adjetivo

    (n.) = altogether + Adjetivo, downright + Adjetivo, blissfully + Adjetivo
    Ex. The treatment of form concepts is not altogether satisfactory in the 6th edition of CC.
    Ex. Bibliographies developed in this way are rarely totally reliable and are sometimes downright misleading.
    Ex. As it turns out, the secret of life is blissfully simple.
    * * *
    (n.) = altogether + Adjetivo, downright + Adjetivo, blissfully + Adjetivo

    Ex: The treatment of form concepts is not altogether satisfactory in the 6th edition of CC.

    Ex: Bibliographies developed in this way are rarely totally reliable and are sometimes downright misleading.
    Ex: As it turns out, the secret of life is blissfully simple.

    Spanish-English dictionary > completamente + Adjetivo

  • 7 totalmente + Adjetivo

    (n.) = utterly + Adjetivo, downright + Adjetivo
    Ex. It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.
    Ex. Bibliographies developed in this way are rarely totally reliable and are sometimes downright misleading.
    * * *
    (n.) = utterly + Adjetivo, downright + Adjetivo

    Ex: It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.

    Ex: Bibliographies developed in this way are rarely totally reliable and are sometimes downright misleading.

    Spanish-English dictionary > totalmente + Adjetivo

  • 8 mentir

    v.
    1 to lie.
    no me mientas don't lie to me
    miente más que habla he's a born liar
    esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta… those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…
    llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salir it was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave
    El chico miente por rabia The boy lies out of spite.
    Los datos mienten The information lies.
    2 to lie to, to tell a lie to.
    María le mintió a su padre Mary lied to her father.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HERVIR], like link=hervir hervir
    1 to lie
    ■ eso me ha dicho, pero sé que miente that's what he said, but I know he's lying
    \
    miente más que habla he's lying through his teeth
    * * *
    verb
    * * *

    ¡miento! — sorry!, I'm wrong!, my mistake!

    ¡esta carta no me dejará mentir! — this letter will bear me out o confirm what I say

    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to lie

    no he estado nunca. Miento! estuve una vez — I've never been there. No, I lie, I did go once

    * * *
    = lie, fib.
    Ex. He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.
    Ex. She also fibbed about the place the wedding took place - citing a country town when they were married in a city registry office.
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    * el mentir = lying.
    * ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.
    * mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth, lie + straight-faced.
    * mentir descaradamente = lie through + Posesivo + teeth.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to lie

    no he estado nunca. Miento! estuve una vez — I've never been there. No, I lie, I did go once

    * * *
    = lie, fib.

    Ex: He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.

    Ex: She also fibbed about the place the wedding took place - citing a country town when they were married in a city registry office.
    * el mentir = lying.
    * ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.
    * mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth, lie + straight-faced.
    * mentir descaradamente = lie through + Posesivo + teeth.

    * * *
    mentir [ I11 ]
    vi
    to lie
    me mintió he lied to me
    miente descaradamente, yo no dije eso that's a downright lie o ( colloq) she's lying through her teeth, I didn't say that
    siempre andas mintiéndome you're always lying to me, you're always telling me lies
    y aquí está Luis que no me deja mentir and Luis here will bear me out
    no he estado nunca en su casa. ¡Miento! estuve una vez I've never been to her house. No, I tell a lie, I did go there once
    * * *

     

    mentir ( conjugate mentir) verbo intransitivo
    to lie;

    mentir verbo intransitivo to lie, tell lies
    miente como un bellaco, he's a real liar ➣ Ver nota en lie

    ' mentir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engañar
    - deber
    - hacer
    - macanear
    - mienta
    - mintiera
    English:
    deceive
    - good
    - lie
    - prevaricate
    - shamelessly
    - tell
    - fib
    - tooth
    * * *
    mentir vi
    to lie;
    no me mientas don't lie to me;
    miente más que habla he's a born liar;
    esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta… those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…;
    llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salir it was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave
    * * *
    v/i lie
    * * *
    mentir {76} vi
    : to lie
    * * *
    mentir vb to lie

    Spanish-English dictionary > mentir

  • 9 absolutamente

    adv.
    absolutely, without limits or restrictions, definitely.
    * * *
    1 absolutely, completely
    * * *
    adv.
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=completamente) absolutely
    2) [con negativos] not at all, by no means

    -¿así que no viene nadie? -absolutamente — "so nobody is coming?" - "nobody at all"

    * * *
    adverbio totally, absolutely

    ¿estás segura? - absolutamente — are you sure? - absolutely o I'm positive

    * * *
    Ex. Although not absolutely necessary, unique call numbers are very helpful during this stage of the conversion.
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    * absolutamente + Adjetivo = downright + Adjetivo, crazily + Adjetivo.
    * absolutamente todo = anything and everything, the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel.
    * * *
    adverbio totally, absolutely

    ¿estás segura? - absolutamente — are you sure? - absolutely o I'm positive

    * * *

    Ex: Although not absolutely necessary, unique call numbers are very helpful during this stage of the conversion.

    * absolutamente + Adjetivo = downright + Adjetivo, crazily + Adjetivo.
    * absolutamente todo = anything and everything, the whole works, the whole shebang, everything and the kitchen sink, the whole enchilada, the whole (kit and) caboodle, the whole nine yards, the whole shooting match, the whole banana, lock, stock and barrel.

    * * *
    absolutely, totally
    me resulta absolutamente imposible asistir it's absolutely o totally impossible for me to attend
    no se ve absolutamente nada you can't see a thing, you can't see anything at all
    no encontró absolutamente nada que le gustara she didn't find a single thing she liked
    no vino absolutamente nadie not a soul came, not a single person came
    es completa y absolutamente falso it is completely and utterly untrue
    ¿estás segura? — absolutamente are you sure? — absolutely o I'm positive
    * * *

    absolutamente adverbio
    totally, absolutely;

    absolutamente nadie not a soul;
    ¿estás segura? — absolutamente are you sure? — absolutely o I'm positive
    absolutamente adverbio absolutely, completely: no veo absolutamente nada, I can't see anything at all
    estoy absolutamente segura de que tenía aquí las llaves, I'm absolutely sure I had the keys here

    ' absolutamente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abominable
    - baremo
    - brillante
    - delirante
    - encierro
    - irregular
    - quemada
    - quemado
    English:
    dead
    - delicious
    - deplorable
    - glaringly
    - perfectly
    - positively
    - stranglehold
    - whatever
    - absolutely
    - bit
    - sick
    - stroke
    - thing
    - wildly
    * * *
    [completamente] absolutely, completely;
    es absolutamente imprescindible acabar antes del viernes it is absolutely essential to finish before Friday;
    no me costó absolutamente nada it didn't cost me anything at all;
    eso es absolutamente falso that's completely untrue
    * * *
    adv absolutely;
    no entendió absolutamente nada he didn’t understand a thing, he understood absolutely nothing
    * * *
    absolutamente adv absolutely

    Spanish-English dictionary > absolutamente

  • 10 agresivo

    adj.
    1 aggressive, assertive, belligerent, go-getter.
    2 aggressive, combative, hostile, truculent.
    3 aggressive.
    4 predatory.
    * * *
    1 aggressive
    * * *
    (f. - agresiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=violento) aggressive; (=vigoroso) forceful, vigorous
    * * *
    - va adjetivo aggressive
    * * *
    = aggressive, belligerent, truculent, killer, sociopathic, combative, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], bellicose, campaigning.
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex. Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Guerilla Web strategies: killer marketing tactics to make your site the most popular on the Web'.
    Ex. The problem of optimally refining sociopathic knowledge bases is modeled as a bipartite graph.
    Ex. His book is a one-sided insider account of the scrappy, often combative style that characterized the New York intellectual crowd from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s.
    Ex. Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    Ex. For all their bellicose rhetoric, they still hope that diplomatic pressure will persuade Iran to compromise.
    Ex. He is fearless, courageous, campaigning, waspish and wise.
    ----
    * comportamiento agresivo = aggressive behaviour.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * venta agresiva = hard-sell.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo aggressive
    * * *
    = aggressive, belligerent, truculent, killer, sociopathic, combative, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], bellicose, campaigning.

    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.

    Ex: Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Guerilla Web strategies: killer marketing tactics to make your site the most popular on the Web'.
    Ex: The problem of optimally refining sociopathic knowledge bases is modeled as a bipartite graph.
    Ex: His book is a one-sided insider account of the scrappy, often combative style that characterized the New York intellectual crowd from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s.
    Ex: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    Ex: For all their bellicose rhetoric, they still hope that diplomatic pressure will persuade Iran to compromise.
    Ex: He is fearless, courageous, campaigning, waspish and wise.
    * comportamiento agresivo = aggressive behaviour.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * venta agresiva = hard-sell.

    * * *
    1 (feroz, violento) aggressive
    2 ‹campaña/publicidad› aggressive, forceful
    * * *

    agresivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    aggressive
    agresivo,-a adjetivo aggressive

    ' agresivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agresiva
    - volverse
    - combativo
    English:
    aggressive
    - belligerent
    - hawkish
    - pushy
    - truculent
    * * *
    agresivo, -a adj
    1. [violento] aggressive
    2. [osado] aggressive;
    una publicidad muy agresiva very aggressive advertising
    * * *
    adj aggressive
    * * *
    agresivo, -va adj
    : aggressive
    * * *
    agresivo adj aggressive

    Spanish-English dictionary > agresivo

  • 11 completamente

    adv.
    completely, totally.
    * * *
    1 completely
    * * *
    adv.
    * * *
    * * *
    adverbio completely
    * * *
    = all the way, completely, entirely, in + Posesivo + entirety, fully, in full, outright, perfectly, purely, squarely, thoroughly, totally, wholly, right through, head and shoulder, roundly, utterly, wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], altogether, go + the whole hog, the full monty, by a long way, hopelessly + Adjetivo, one hundred percent, flat out, to the hilt, heinously + Adjetivo.
    Ex. Becker takes the topic all the way back to the Coonskin Library and frontier days.
    Ex. A completely specific statement of document content would have to be the text of the document itself.
    Ex. Table 1 may be used anywhere in the schedules, entirely at the discretion of the classifier.
    Ex. Clearly, the only totally adequate indication of the content of a document is the text of the document in its entirety.
    Ex. Although this may seem an obvious statement, there are many instances when the searcher is not fully aware of what can or might be retrieved.
    Ex. Geographical divisions are sometimes given in full in the main schedule, and sometimes elsewhere as tables in classes.
    Ex. The author of an unpublished book normally had to sell it outright for whatever the publisher chose to pay in cash or in printed copies.
    Ex. This is a perfectly acceptable UDC class number but it does not conform to the citation order PME...ST.
    Ex. Indicative-informative abstracts are more common than either the purely indicative or the purely informative abstract.
    Ex. Surveillance licensing is one question which falls squarely into the 'free movement of goods' category and does not involve the harmonization of the laws of member states.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing is valuable in respect of any type of media, but many of ideas have been tested most thoroughly in the context of monographs and serials.
    Ex. Clearly, the only totally adequate indication of the content of a document is the text of the document in its entirety.
    Ex. Since 1980 it has offered access to data bases and data banks either wholly or partially sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities.
    Ex. Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.
    Ex. 'General recreation or leisure' stands out head and shoulders above all the other books borrowed from the library.
    Ex. The constant demand for a return to the previous situation, so roundly criticised by the committee, may soon be granted.
    Ex. We recount the parts which absorbed us utterly, which made us feel that the alternative world was more vivid, more 'real,' than our life outside the book.
    Ex. I agree whole-heartedly that the subject approach is used chiefly by the beginner, whether it is a historical researcher or a high school student who is looking for term paper material.
    Ex. Service in-depth abandons subject arrangement altogether, and seeks to arrange documents in categories according to their popularity.
    Ex. The article 'Patent information: going the whole hog' presents an overview of Derwent's products in the patent information field.
    Ex. The article ' The digital full monty?' forecasts that the world of information is likely to be dominated by global giants on the one hand and selective niche providers on the other.
    Ex. The best possible candidate, by a long way, is also one who is, for political reasons, a dark horse.
    Ex. Rumor has it that she 'tolerates' Mathilda Panopoulos, having tried many times to engage her in meaningful dialogue only to find her ' hopelessly set in her opinions'.
    Ex. Even if a runner does recover after pulling a muscle they will never be one hundred percent healed.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. Motorists are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps.
    Ex. What is truly and more heinously wrong though is that the architects of the financial disaster will likely go scot-free.
    ----
    * afectar completamente = engulf.
    * arrasar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * completamente + Adjetivo = altogether + Adjetivo, downright + Adjetivo, blissfully + Adjetivo.
    * completamente alemán = all-German.
    * completamente corrupto = rotten to the core.
    * completamente decidido a = dead set on.
    * completamente desarrollado = fully-developed.
    * completamente desnudo = stark naked.
    * completamente digital = all-digital.
    * completamente en vigor en = alive and well and living.
    * completamente equipado = with all mods and cons.
    * completamente europeo = all-European.
    * completamente resuelto a = dead set on.
    * completamente seco = bone dry.
    * demoler completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * derrotar completamente = trounce.
    * destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destruido completamente por el fuego = burnt out.
    * destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * detener completamente = bring to + a (grinding) halt.
    * detenerse completamente = grind to + a (screeching) halt, come to + a (dead) halt, come to + a shuddering halt.
    * estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.
    * estar completamente de acuerdo con = agree + wholeheartedly with.
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * introducirse completamente en = immerse + Reflexivo + in.
    * pagar completamente = pay up.
    * quedarse completamente atónito = You could have pushed + Nombre + over with a feather.
    * quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.
    * romper completamente = break off.
    * romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.
    * ser algo completamente distinto = be nothing of the sort.
    * ser completamente diferente = be in a different league.
    * ser un caso completamente diferente = be in a league of its own.
    * vencer completamente = beat + soundly.
    * Verbo + completamente = quite + Verbo.
    * * *
    adverbio completely
    * * *
    = all the way, completely, entirely, in + Posesivo + entirety, fully, in full, outright, perfectly, purely, squarely, thoroughly, totally, wholly, right through, head and shoulder, roundly, utterly, wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], altogether, go + the whole hog, the full monty, by a long way, hopelessly + Adjetivo, one hundred percent, flat out, to the hilt, heinously + Adjetivo.

    Ex: Becker takes the topic all the way back to the Coonskin Library and frontier days.

    Ex: A completely specific statement of document content would have to be the text of the document itself.
    Ex: Table 1 may be used anywhere in the schedules, entirely at the discretion of the classifier.
    Ex: Clearly, the only totally adequate indication of the content of a document is the text of the document in its entirety.
    Ex: Although this may seem an obvious statement, there are many instances when the searcher is not fully aware of what can or might be retrieved.
    Ex: Geographical divisions are sometimes given in full in the main schedule, and sometimes elsewhere as tables in classes.
    Ex: The author of an unpublished book normally had to sell it outright for whatever the publisher chose to pay in cash or in printed copies.
    Ex: This is a perfectly acceptable UDC class number but it does not conform to the citation order PME...ST.
    Ex: Indicative-informative abstracts are more common than either the purely indicative or the purely informative abstract.
    Ex: Surveillance licensing is one question which falls squarely into the 'free movement of goods' category and does not involve the harmonization of the laws of member states.
    Ex: Analytical cataloguing is valuable in respect of any type of media, but many of ideas have been tested most thoroughly in the context of monographs and serials.
    Ex: Clearly, the only totally adequate indication of the content of a document is the text of the document in its entirety.
    Ex: Since 1980 it has offered access to data bases and data banks either wholly or partially sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities.
    Ex: Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.
    Ex: 'General recreation or leisure' stands out head and shoulders above all the other books borrowed from the library.
    Ex: The constant demand for a return to the previous situation, so roundly criticised by the committee, may soon be granted.
    Ex: We recount the parts which absorbed us utterly, which made us feel that the alternative world was more vivid, more 'real,' than our life outside the book.
    Ex: I agree whole-heartedly that the subject approach is used chiefly by the beginner, whether it is a historical researcher or a high school student who is looking for term paper material.
    Ex: Service in-depth abandons subject arrangement altogether, and seeks to arrange documents in categories according to their popularity.
    Ex: The article 'Patent information: going the whole hog' presents an overview of Derwent's products in the patent information field.
    Ex: The article ' The digital full monty?' forecasts that the world of information is likely to be dominated by global giants on the one hand and selective niche providers on the other.
    Ex: The best possible candidate, by a long way, is also one who is, for political reasons, a dark horse.
    Ex: Rumor has it that she 'tolerates' Mathilda Panopoulos, having tried many times to engage her in meaningful dialogue only to find her ' hopelessly set in her opinions'.
    Ex: Even if a runner does recover after pulling a muscle they will never be one hundred percent healed.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: Motorists are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps.
    Ex: What is truly and more heinously wrong though is that the architects of the financial disaster will likely go scot-free.
    * afectar completamente = engulf.
    * arrasar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * completamente + Adjetivo = altogether + Adjetivo, downright + Adjetivo, blissfully + Adjetivo.
    * completamente alemán = all-German.
    * completamente corrupto = rotten to the core.
    * completamente decidido a = dead set on.
    * completamente desarrollado = fully-developed.
    * completamente desnudo = stark naked.
    * completamente digital = all-digital.
    * completamente en vigor en = alive and well and living.
    * completamente equipado = with all mods and cons.
    * completamente europeo = all-European.
    * completamente resuelto a = dead set on.
    * completamente seco = bone dry.
    * demoler completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * derrotar completamente = trounce.
    * destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destruido completamente por el fuego = burnt out.
    * destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * detener completamente = bring to + a (grinding) halt.
    * detenerse completamente = grind to + a (screeching) halt, come to + a (dead) halt, come to + a shuddering halt.
    * estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.
    * estar completamente de acuerdo con = agree + wholeheartedly with.
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * introducirse completamente en = immerse + Reflexivo + in.
    * pagar completamente = pay up.
    * quedarse completamente atónito = You could have pushed + Nombre + over with a feather.
    * quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.
    * romper completamente = break off.
    * romper completamente con = make + a clean break with.
    * ser algo completamente distinto = be nothing of the sort.
    * ser completamente diferente = be in a different league.
    * ser un caso completamente diferente = be in a league of its own.
    * vencer completamente = beat + soundly.
    * Verbo + completamente = quite + Verbo.

    * * *
    completely
    está completamente loca she's completely insane
    están completamente borrachos they're blind drunk ( colloq)
    es completamente sordo he is stone deaf
    me parece completamente fuera de lugar I think it's totally out of place
    * * *
    completely, totally;
    estoy completamente seguro/lleno I'm completely sure/full;
    el plan fracasó completamente the plan was a total failure
    * * *
    adv completely, totally
    * * *
    : completely, totally
    * * *
    completamente adv completely
    es completamente normal it's completely normal / it's perfectly normal

    Spanish-English dictionary > completamente

  • 12 de baja calidad

    (adj.) = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]
    Ex. This process is slow and the resulting picture is poor in detail.
    Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex. Low-quality information can be downright misleading or distorted.
    Ex. The quality of the material published has often been regarded as second or third rate, a criticism less justified today.
    Ex. Therefore real time interaction is feasible on both low-end and high-end machines.
    Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]

    Ex: This process is slow and the resulting picture is poor in detail.

    Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex: Low-quality information can be downright misleading or distorted.
    Ex: The quality of the material published has often been regarded as second or third rate, a criticism less justified today.
    Ex: Therefore real time interaction is feasible on both low-end and high-end machines.
    Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de baja calidad

  • 13 en los últimos tiempos

    = latterly, in recent times, in modern times, in recent memory
    Ex. During its first decade, TEX has been at home mainly in the academic world, but latterly it has spread into industry = Durante su primera decada, TEX se ha utilizado principalmente en el mundo académico, aunque recientemente se ha difundido a la industria.
    Ex. School libraries as they have evolved in recent times share certain similarities the world over.
    Ex. In modern times, the term 'ecology' has had exclusive reference to a scientific discipline and not a branch of philosophy.
    Ex. Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.
    * * *
    = latterly, in recent times, in modern times, in recent memory

    Ex: During its first decade, TEX has been at home mainly in the academic world, but latterly it has spread into industry = Durante su primera decada, TEX se ha utilizado principalmente en el mundo académico, aunque recientemente se ha difundido a la industria.

    Ex: School libraries as they have evolved in recent times share certain similarities the world over.
    Ex: In modern times, the term 'ecology' has had exclusive reference to a scientific discipline and not a branch of philosophy.
    Ex: Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en los últimos tiempos

  • 14 encabezonarse

    pron.v.
    to become stubborn.
    * * *
    = stick to + Posesivo + guns.
    Ex. Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.
    * * *
    = stick to + Posesivo + guns.

    Ex: Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encabezonarse

  • 15 insistente

    adj.
    insistent.
    f. & m.
    insistent person.
    * * *
    1 insistent
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] insistent; [quejas] persistent
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> insistent; <recomendaciones/pedidos> repeated (before n), persistent; < timbrazos> insistent, repeated (before n)
    * * *
    = insistent, undaunted, importunate, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], tenacious.
    Ex. Increasingly insistent, however, are the voices of those who disagree.
    Ex. His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    Ex. She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex. Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> insistent; <recomendaciones/pedidos> repeated (before n), persistent; < timbrazos> insistent, repeated (before n)
    * * *
    = insistent, undaunted, importunate, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], tenacious.

    Ex: Increasingly insistent, however, are the voices of those who disagree.

    Ex: His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.

    * * *
    ‹persona› insistent; ‹recomendaciones/pedidos› repeated ( before n), persistent; ‹timbrazos› insistent, repeated ( before n)
    se dieron insistentes avisos por megafonía they made repeated announcements over the loudspeaker
    * * *

    insistente adjetivo ‹ persona› insistent;
    ‹recomendaciones/pedidos› repeated ( before n), persistent;
    ‹ timbrazos› insistent, repeated ( before n)
    insistente adjetivo insistent, persistent, repeated
    ' insistente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    machacón
    - machacona
    English:
    insistent
    - nagging
    - persistent
    * * *
    [persona] insistent; [preguntas] persistent;
    la insistente lluvia obligó a cancelar el concierto the persistent rain meant that the concert had to be cancelled;
    circulaban insistentes rumores sobre un golpe de estado there were persistent rumours of a coup d'état
    * * *
    adj insistent
    * * *
    : insistent

    Spanish-English dictionary > insistente

  • 16 mantenerse en + Posesivo + trece

    (v.) = stick to + Posesivo + guns
    Ex. Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.
    * * *
    (v.) = stick to + Posesivo + guns

    Ex: Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantenerse en + Posesivo + trece

  • 17 mantenerse firme

    v.
    1 to stand one's ground, to be steadfast, to be firm, to withstand.
    Nos mantuvimos firmes We were firm.
    2 to stand up straight.
    La mesera se mantuvo firme The waitress stood up straight.
    * * *
    figurado to hold one's ground
    * * *
    (v.) = stand + Posesivo + ground, stick to + Posesivo + guns
    Ex. The most common coping strategies were to bury one's feelings, to concentrate on what to do next, to stand one's ground, and to talk to someone about the problem.
    Ex. Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.
    * * *
    (v.) = stand + Posesivo + ground, stick to + Posesivo + guns

    Ex: The most common coping strategies were to bury one's feelings, to concentrate on what to do next, to stand one's ground, and to talk to someone about the problem.

    Ex: Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantenerse firme

  • 18 niño prodigio

    m.
    child prodigy, wonder child, boy wonder, infant prodigy.
    * * *
    child prodigy
    * * *
    Ex. Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    * * *

    Ex: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > niño prodigio

  • 19 no bajarse del burro

    (v.) = stick to + Posesivo + guns
    Ex. Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.
    * * *
    (v.) = stick to + Posesivo + guns

    Ex: Bravo to writer/director Wayne Kramer for sticking to his guns and delivering one of the most uncompromising, memorable and downright brutal thrillers in recent memory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no bajarse del burro

  • 20 raza de ganado

    Ex. However, the farmer will be downright annoyed at having to turn to the Zoology class every time he wants a document on a particular breed of cattle.
    * * *

    Ex: However, the farmer will be downright annoyed at having to turn to the Zoology class every time he wants a document on a particular breed of cattle.

    Spanish-English dictionary > raza de ganado

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