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dragon+lady

  • 1 harpía

    = dragon lady, harridan.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    * * *
    = dragon lady, harridan.

    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.

    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.

    * * *
    1. [ave] harpy eagle
    2. Mitol harpy
    3. [mujer mala] witch

    Spanish-English dictionary > harpía

  • 2 arpía

    adj.
    ravenous, harpy-like, predatory.
    f.
    1 vixen, brawling woman, old hag, shrew.
    2 harpy.
    3 Harpy, mythological monster with a woman's head and a bird's body, mythological monster Harpy.
    * * *
    1 harpy
    2 familiar figurado dragon, old witch, harpy
    * * *
    SF (Mit) harpy; (=mujer) old bag *
    * * *
    femenino ( mujer perversa) dragon, harpy (liter); (Mit) harpy
    * * *
    = dragon lady, harpy, harridan, hag.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    * * *
    femenino ( mujer perversa) dragon, harpy (liter); (Mit) harpy
    * * *
    = dragon lady, harpy, harridan, hag.

    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.

    Ex: For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.

    * * *
    1 (mujer perversa) dragon, harpy, harridan
    2 ( Mit) harpy
    * * *

    arpía sustantivo femenino Mit harpy
    figurado old witch, old hag
    ' arpía' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cow
    - hag
    - bitch
    * * *
    arpía nf
    1. Mitol harpy
    2. [mujer mala] witch
    * * *
    f harpy
    * * *
    arpía nf
    : shrew, harpy

    Spanish-English dictionary > arpía

  • 3 bruja

    f.
    1 witch, sorceress.
    3 vixen, old bag, old hag, bitch.
    4 crone, harridan.
    5 barn owl.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: brujir.
    * * *
    1 (hechicera) witch
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ

    estar bruja — Caribe, Méx ** to be broke *, be flat (EEUU) *

    ando bien bruja — ** I'm skint **

    2. SF
    1) (=hechicera) witch
    2) * (=arpía) old hag *; Méx woman
    3) Caribe, Cono Sur (=fantasma) spook *, ghost; (=puta) whore
    4) (Orn) barn owl
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    Ex. Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.
    Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex. Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
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    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    Ex: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.

    Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex: Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    * * *
    A (mujer antipática) ( fam); witch ( colloq), old hag ( colloq) ver tb brujo2 (↑ brujo (2))
    B (AmC, Col) ( Zool) moth
    * * *

     

    bruja sustantivo femenino
    1 witch, sorceress
    2 fig (mujer antipática) old bag
    ' bruja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mientras
    - chicha
    - escoba
    English:
    bitch
    - cow
    - hag
    - sorceress
    - witch
    - change
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [hechicera] witch, sorceress
    2. Fam [mujer fea] hag
    3. Fam [mujer mala] witch
    ♦ adj
    CAm, Carib, Méx Fam
    andar o [m5] estar bruja [sin dinero] to be broke o Br skint
    * * *
    f
    1 witch;
    :
    estar bruja fam be broke fam
    * * *
    bruja n witch [pl. witches]

    Spanish-English dictionary > bruja

  • 4 malvada

    f., (m. - malvado)
    * * *
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    * * *

    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.

    * * *

    malvado,-a adjetivo evil, wicked
    * * *
    I adj evil
    II m, malvada f evil man; mujer evil woman

    Spanish-English dictionary > malvada

  • 5 mandonear

    v.
    to boss about, to boss around.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (fam) to boss... around (colloq)
    * * *
    = throw + Posesivo + weight around, boss about/around.
    Ex. So they are stifling growth in the industry by throwing their weight around in the interest of greed.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (fam) to boss... around (colloq)
    * * *
    = throw + Posesivo + weight around, boss about/around.

    Ex: So they are stifling growth in the industry by throwing their weight around in the interest of greed.

    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.

    * * *
    mandonear [A1 ]
    vt
    ( AmL fam) to boss … around ( colloq)
    * * *

    mandonear ( conjugate mandonear) verbo transitivo (fam) to boss … around (colloq)
    ' mandonear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mangonear
    English:
    push around
    - boss
    * * *
    mandonear vt, fam mangonear: to boss around

    Spanish-English dictionary > mandonear

  • 6 subalterno

    adj.
    subaltern, assistant, secondary.
    m.
    subordinate, sub, person under administration, subaltern.
    * * *
    1 subordinate, subaltern
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 subordinate, subaltern
    * * *
    subalterno, -a
    1.
    ADJ [importancia] secondary; [personal] auxiliary
    2. SM / F
    1) (=subordinado) subordinate
    2) (Taur) assistant bullfighter
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo (Adm, Mil) subordinate; ( secundario) secondary
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    a) ( en jerarquía) subordinate
    * * *
    = doorman [doormen, -pl.], underling, minion.
    Ex. He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. In general, a deity only accepts minions who have accomplished some great deed in service to the deity.
    ----
    * subalterno de biblioteca = library clerk, library page.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo (Adm, Mil) subordinate; ( secundario) secondary
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    a) ( en jerarquía) subordinate
    * * *
    = doorman [doormen, -pl.], underling, minion.

    Ex: He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.

    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex: In general, a deity only accepts minions who have accomplished some great deed in service to the deity.
    * subalterno de biblioteca = library clerk, library page.

    * * *
    1 ( Adm, Mil) subordinate
    2 (secundario) secondary
    masculine, feminine
    1 (en una jerarquía) subordinate
    * * *

    subalterno
    ◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino



    subalterno,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino subordinate
    ' subalterno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    subalterna
    English:
    junior
    - subaltern
    * * *
    subalterno, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [empleado] auxiliary
    2. [secundario] secondary
    ♦ nm,f
    [empleado] subordinate
    ♦ nm
    Taurom bullfighter's assistant
    * * *
    I adj subordinate
    II m, subalterna f subordinate
    * * *
    subalterno, -na adj
    1) subordinado: subordinate
    2) secundario: secondary
    subalterno, -na n
    subordinado: subordinate

    Spanish-English dictionary > subalterno

  • 7 subordinado

    adj.
    1 subordinate, noncommissioned, subaltern, subservient.
    2 subordinated, yielding, submissive.
    f. & m.
    underling, subordinate, servient.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: subordinar.
    * * *
    1→ link=subordinar subordinar
    1 subordinate
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 subordinate
    * * *
    (f. - subordinada)
    noun adj.
    * * *
    subordinado, -a
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo/masculino y femenino subordinate
    * * *
    = secondary, subordinate, subordinate, underling, minion, member of the staff.
    Ex. In general title entries are regarded as secondary to author entries.
    Ex. Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.
    Ex. 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. In general, a deity only accepts minions who have accomplished some great deed in service to the deity.
    Ex. There were at the time about 90 patients and 80 members of the staff with their families in the building.
    ----
    * entidad subordinada = subordinate body.
    * ser subordinado = be dependent.
    * subordinado a = secondary to.
    * subordinado al tiempo = time-dependent.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo/masculino y femenino subordinate
    * * *
    = secondary, subordinate, subordinate, underling, minion, member of the staff.

    Ex: In general title entries are regarded as secondary to author entries.

    Ex: Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.
    Ex: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.
    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex: In general, a deity only accepts minions who have accomplished some great deed in service to the deity.
    Ex: There were at the time about 90 patients and 80 members of the staff with their families in the building.
    * entidad subordinada = subordinate body.
    * ser subordinado = be dependent.
    * subordinado a = secondary to.
    * subordinado al tiempo = time-dependent.

    * * *
    1 ‹personal› subordinate
    2 ‹oración› subordinate
    masculine, feminine
    subordinate
    * * *

    Del verbo subordinar: ( conjugate subordinar)

    subordinado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    subordinado    
    subordinar
    subordinado
    ◊ -da adjetivo, masculino y femenino

    subordinate
    subordinar ( conjugate subordinar) verbo transitivo
    to subordinate;
    subordinado algo A algo to subordinate sth to sth
    subordinado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino subordinate
    subordinar verbo transitivo to subordinate

    ' subordinado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    depender
    - subordinada
    - mandado
    English:
    averse
    - delay
    - depend
    - enjoy
    - imagine
    - mention
    - mind
    - opposed
    - stand
    - subordinate
    * * *
    subordinado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sometido] subordinate (a to)
    2. Gram subordinate
    ♦ nm,f
    subordinate
    * * *
    I adj subordinate
    II m, subordinada f subordinate
    * * *
    subordinado, -da adj & n
    : subordinate

    Spanish-English dictionary > subordinado

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