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1 chorreadura
• dripping -
2 calado por completo
• dripping-wet• soaking-wet -
3 empapado totalmente
• dripping-wet• soaked -
4 gotera
• dripping water• league together• leak away• leak out to• leakage finder -
5 niebla meona
• dripping fog -
6 niebla muy pesada
• dripping fog -
7 chorrear
v.1 to drip (gotear) (gota a gota).estar chorreando to be soaking o wringing wet (estar empapado)Esta vieja cafetera chorrea demasiado This old coffeepot drips too much.María chorreó la leche Mary poured the milk.2 to spurt or gush (out).3 to steal, to rob. (River Plate)4 to besprinkle, to bedabble, to stain.Ricardo chorreó su camisa preferida Richard besprinkled his favorite shirt.* * *1 (caer a chorro) to spout, gush, spurt2 (gotear) to drip3 familiar (ir sin interrupción) to flow1 (echar) to drip2 familiar (abroncar) to tick off, give a dressing-down to\estar chorreando familiar to be dripping wet, be soaking 2 (de sudor) to pour with sweat, be dripping with sweat* * *verb1) to drip2) pour* * *1. VI1) (=salir a chorros) to gush (out), spoutla sangre le chorreaba por la frente — blood was gushing (out) o spouting from his forehead
2) (=gotear) to dripla ropa chorrea todavía — the clothes are still dripping water o wringing wet
3) [dinero] to trickle in, come in in dribs and drabschorrean todavía las solicitudes — applications are still trickling in o coming in in dribs and drabs
2. VT1) (Mil) * (=regañar) to tick off *, dress down *2) (=verter) to pour3) Cono Sur (=robar) to pinch *4) And (=mojar) to soak3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo to drip2.chorrear vt1) (AmL fam) ( manchar)2) (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)3.chorrearse v pron1) (refl) (CS, Per fam) ( mancharse)2) (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)* * *= trickle, drip.Ex. Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it ' trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.* * *1.verbo intransitivo to drip2.chorrear vt1) (AmL fam) ( manchar)2) (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)3.chorrearse v pron1) (refl) (CS, Per fam) ( mancharse)2) (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)* * *= trickle, drip.Ex: Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it ' trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.
Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.* * *chorrear [A1 ]vito dripten cuidado, que esa tetera chorrea be careful, that teapot dripslas sábanas todavía están chorreando the sheets are still dripping wettengo el pelo chorreando my hair is soaking wetllegó chorreando de sudor she arrived dripping with sweatla sangre le chorreaba por la nariz blood was pouring from his nose■ chorrearvtA1(gotear): las sábanas chorrean agua the sheets are dripping wetesta pluma está chorreando tinta this pen's leakingchorreaba sudor he was dripping with sweat2( AmL fam) (manchar): el mantel está todo chorreado de café the tablecloth is covered in coffee stainstienes el abrigo chorreado de pintura you've got paint all over your coatA ( refl)* * *
chorrear ( conjugate chorrear) verbo intransitivo
to drip;
chorreando de sudor dripping with sweat;
la sangre le chorreaba de la nariz blood was pouring from his nose
verbo transitivo
1 (AmL fam) ( manchar):
2 (Col, RPl arg) ( robar) to swipe (colloq)
chorrearse verbo pronominal ( refl) (CS, Per fam) ( mancharse):
chorrear
I verbo intransitivo
1 to drip, trickle
familiar estoy chorreando de sudor, I'm pouring with sweat
2 fam (estar empapado) to be soaked: traigo los zapatos chorreando, my shoes are dripping wet
II verbo transitivo to flow out: el jamón chorreaba grasa, the ham was oozing with grease
' chorrear' also found in these entries:
English:
spurt
- drip
* * *♦ vi1. [gotear] [gota a gota] to drip;[en un hilo] to trickle;esa cafetera chorrea that coffee pot leaks;el helado le chorreaba por la cara he had ice cream running down his face2. [brotar] to spurt o gush (out)♦ vt1. [sujeto: prenda] to drip;[sujeto: persona] to drip with;ese tubo chorrea aceite that pipe drips oil;acabó la carrera chorreando sudor he was dripping with sweat when he finished the race* * *v/i1 gush out, stream out2 ( gotear) drip* * *chorrear vi1) : to drip2) : to pour out, to gush out* * *chorrear vb1. to pour2. to be dripping -
8 goteo
m.1 dripping.2 dribbling, incontinence.3 drip.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gotear.* * *1 dripping* * *noun m.drip, dripping* * *SM1) [de líquido, grifo] dripping; [de cañería, recipiente] leak; (=chorrito) trickleel goteo de cartas de protesta se convirtió en avalancha — the trickle of letters of complaint became a flood
un constante goteo de dimisiones — a steady flow o stream of resignations
2) (Med) drip, IV (EEUU)* * ** * *= drip, trickle.Ex. The article 'The invisible drip: how data seeps away in various ways' voices concern at the vulnerability of electronically held data, as especially in many cases only a single copy may exist.Ex. This is in fulfillment of the Claverhouse dictum that unless staff members have the opportunity to develop as people their inspirational springs will become mere trickles.----* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.* riego por goteo = trickle irrigation, drip irrigation.* * ** * *= drip, trickle.Ex: The article 'The invisible drip: how data seeps away in various ways' voices concern at the vulnerability of electronically held data, as especially in many cases only a single copy may exist.
Ex: This is in fulfillment of the Claverhouse dictum that unless staff members have the opportunity to develop as people their inspirational springs will become mere trickles.* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.* riego por goteo = trickle irrigation, drip irrigation.* * *(de un líquido, un grifo) dripping; (de una vela) drippingriego por goteo trickle irrigation* * *
Del verbo gotear: ( conjugate gotear)
goteo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
goteó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
gotear
goteo
gotear ( conjugate gotear) verbo intransitivo [líquido/grifo/vela] to drip;
[ cañería] to leak
goteo v impers ( lloviznar) to spit, drizzle
goteo sustantivo masculino
dripping
gotear verbo intransitivo & impers to drip: el grifo gotea, the tap o faucet is dripping
goteo sustantivo masculino drip, trickle: el débil goteo de ayuda humanitaria no conseguía aliviar la situación, the slow trickle of humanitarian aid didn't provide much relief
' goteo' also found in these entries:
English:
drip
- intravenous drip
* * *goteo nm1. [de líquido] dripping2. [de gente, información] trickle* * *m dripping* * *goteo nm: drip, dripping -
9 chorreo
m.1 dripping (goteo) (gota a gota).un chorreo de dinero a steady drain on funds2 spurting, gushing (brote).3 leak, dripping, gush, gushing.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: chorrear.* * *1 (en chorro) gush, gushing, spurting, spouting2 (goteo) dripping, trickle* * *SM1) (=flujo) gushing, spouting2) (=goteo) dripping3) [de dinero] trickle (de on)4) * (=reprimenda) ticking-off *, dressing-down *5)chorreo mental — ** nonsense, rubbish, garbage (EEUU)
* * *= trickle.Ex. This is in fulfillment of the Claverhouse dictum that unless staff members have the opportunity to develop as people their inspirational springs will become mere trickles.* * *= trickle.Ex: This is in fulfillment of the Claverhouse dictum that unless staff members have the opportunity to develop as people their inspirational springs will become mere trickles.
* * *gushing, spouting* * *chorreo nm1. [goteo] [gota a gota] dripping;[en un hilo] trickling; Figun chorreo de dinero a steady drain on funds;Figun chorreo de ofertas a steady stream of offers2. [brote] spurting, gushing* * *m gushing -
10 gotear
v.1 to drip.Esta vieja cafetera chorrea demasiado This old coffeepot drips too much.2 to spit, to drizzle.3 to be dripping, to be running.Me gotea la nariz My nose is running.* * *2 (Used in 3rd person only; it does not take a subject) (lluvia) to drizzle* * *verb1) to drip2) leak* * *VI1) [líquido, grifo, vela] to drip; [cañería, recipiente] to leak2) (Meteo) to rain lightly* * *1. 2.* * *= trickle, dribble, leak, drip, spring + a leak.Ex. Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it ' trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.Ex. Beaten stuff was dribbled steadily across the width of an endless belt of woven wire which carried it away from the vat in an even film = La pasta de papel goteaba constantemente sobrre una cinta sin fin hecha de tela metálica, o tamiz, que la transportaba desde la tina formando una capa uniforme.Ex. The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.Ex. While the region grapples with fixing its sewer infrastructure, another set of underground pipes are springing leaks.----* que gotea = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.* * *1. 2.* * *= trickle, dribble, leak, drip, spring + a leak.Ex: Data buffers receive data from the computer and let it ' trickle through' to the printer at the appropriate speed, thus freeing the computer for the next task.
Ex: Beaten stuff was dribbled steadily across the width of an endless belt of woven wire which carried it away from the vat in an even film = La pasta de papel goteaba constantemente sobrre una cinta sin fin hecha de tela metálica, o tamiz, que la transportaba desde la tina formando una capa uniforme.Ex: The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.Ex: While the region grapples with fixing its sewer infrastructure, another set of underground pipes are springing leaks.* que gotea = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.* * *gotear [A1 ]vi«líquido» to drip; «grifo/vela» to drip; «cañería» to leak■(lloviznar) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] to spit, drizzle* * *
gotear ( conjugate gotear) verbo intransitivo [líquido/grifo/vela] to drip;
[ cañería] to leak
gotear v impers ( lloviznar) to spit, drizzle
gotear verbo intransitivo & impers to drip: el grifo gotea, the tap o faucet is dripping
' gotear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estilar
English:
dribble
- drip
- leak
* * *♦ vi[líquido] to drip; [techo, depósito] to leak; Fig to trickle through;el grifo gotea the tap is dripping♦ v impersonal[chispear] to spit, to drizzle* * *v/i drip; filtrarse leak* * *gotear v1) : to drip2) : to leakgotear v imperslloviznar: to drizzle* * *gotear vb2. (cañería) to leak -
11 mojado
adj.wet, soaking, moist, damp.f. & m.wetback, illegal immigrant.past part.past participle of spanish verb: mojar.* * *► adjetivo1 (húmedo) wet, moist; (empapado) drenched, soaked, wet through* * *(f. - mojada)adj.* * *1.ADJ (=húmedo) damp, wet; (=empapado) soaked, drenchedlloverllegamos a casa completamente mojados — we were completely soaked o drenched when we got home
2.SM Méx wetback (EEUU), illegal immigrant* * *I- da adjetivo wetIIestaba completamente mojado — he was dripping o soaking wet
- da masculino, femenino (Méx fam) wetback (colloq & pej)* * *= damp, sodden, wet, wetted, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.].Ex. The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.Ex. He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.Ex. When Brady made his Civil War pictures, the plate had to be wet at the time of exposure.Ex. If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.Ex. The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.----* suelo mojado = wet floor.* * *I- da adjetivo wetIIestaba completamente mojado — he was dripping o soaking wet
- da masculino, femenino (Méx fam) wetback (colloq & pej)* * *= damp, sodden, wet, wetted, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.].Ex: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.
Ex: He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.Ex: When Brady made his Civil War pictures, the plate had to be wet at the time of exposure.Ex: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.Ex: The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.* suelo mojado = wet floor.* * *‹pelo/calle› wet; ‹hierba› wetle pasas un trapo mojado you (just) wipe it over with a wet clothllegó a casa completamente mojado he arrived home dripping o soaking wetno te quedes con los calcetines mojados, que te vas a resfriar take your wet socks off, you'll catch coldmasculine, feminine* * *
Del verbo mojar: ( conjugate mojar)
mojado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
mojado
mojar
mojado◊ -da adjetivo
wet
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Méx fam) wetback (colloq &
pej)
mojar ( conjugate mojar) verbo transitivo
( a propósito) to wet;
mojado la cama (euf) to wet the bed
mojarse verbo pronominal
me mojé toda I got soaked
( accidentalmente) to get … wet
mojado,-a adjetivo wet
(húmedo) damp
mojar verbo transitivo
1 to wet
2 (en la leche, el café, etc) to dip, dunk
3 fam (celebrar) vamos a mojar este éxito, let's go and celebrate this success with a drink
' mojado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
médula
- mojada
- papel
- toda
- todo
- chorrear
English:
damp
- through
- wet
* * *mojado, -a♦ adj[empapado] wet; [húmedo] damp;ten cuidado, el suelo está mojado be careful, the floor is wet;llegué a casa completamente mojado I got home completely soaked;tengo los zapatos mojados my shoes are wet;todavía tengo la ropa mojada my clothes are still damp♦ nm,fMéx Fam [inmigrante] wetback;irse de mojado to enter the United States as an illegal immigrant* * *wetback* * *mojado, -da adj: wet* * * -
12 enjoyado
adj.1 bejewelled, set with jewels.2 adorned with jewels, bejewelled, jeweled, bejeweled.past part.past participle of spanish verb: enjoyar.* * *ADJ1) [corona] bejewelled, set with jewels2) [persona]* * *- da adjetivo bejeweled* (liter)* * *- da adjetivo bejeweled* (liter)* * *enjoyado -dabejeweled* ( liter)iba muy enjoyada she was wearing lots of jewelry o ( colloq) dripping with jewels* * *
Del verbo enjoyar: ( conjugate enjoyar)
enjoyado es:
el participio
enjoyado,-a adjetivo bejeweled
una señora muy enjoyada, a lady dripping in jewellery
' enjoyado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enjoyada
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13 al unísono
adv.in chorus, in unison, en bloc, simultaneously.* * *in unison* * *= in concert, unison, with one voice, in unisonEx. Such a scheme, though, can only work if libraries act in concert politically to impart new ground rules to users.Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.Ex. There is something depressing about people demonstrating solidarity for ethnic separation with 'one voice'.Ex. Macaronic poetry is often used as a vehicle for humorous social criticism, but also as a ludic exercise and linguistic challenge, or simply for the delight of hearing different languages in unison.* * *= in concert, unison, with one voice, in unisonEx: Such a scheme, though, can only work if libraries act in concert politically to impart new ground rules to users.
Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.Ex: There is something depressing about people demonstrating solidarity for ethnic separation with 'one voice'.Ex: Macaronic poetry is often used as a vehicle for humorous social criticism, but also as a ludic exercise and linguistic challenge, or simply for the delight of hearing different languages in unison. -
14 banda de música
band* * *(n.) = band, musical band, marching band, brass bandEx. A condensed score is the score of an orchestral or band work reduce to two, three, or four staves as required.Ex. Glasgow has produced many famous musical bands, including Simple Minds, Texas, Wet Wet Wet, Del Amitri, Lulu and Primal Scream.Ex. Activities included a procession of floats, marching bands, stalls, displays and cultural activities.Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.* * *(n.) = band, musical band, marching band, brass bandEx: A condensed score is the score of an orchestral or band work reduce to two, three, or four staves as required.
Ex: Glasgow has produced many famous musical bands, including Simple Minds, Texas, Wet Wet Wet, Del Amitri, Lulu and Primal Scream.Ex: Activities included a procession of floats, marching bands, stalls, displays and cultural activities.Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces. -
15 bocinazos
= hooting.Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.* * *= hooting.Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
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16 destripamiento
m.evisceration, disembowelment, disembowelling.* * *Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.* * *Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
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17 empapado
adj.soaking, soaking-wet, soppy, drenched.past part.past participle of spanish verb: empapar.* * *1→ link=empapar empapar► adjetivo1 soaked* * *(f. - empapada)adj.* * *ADJ soaked, soaking wet* * *= sodden, water-soaked, bedraggled, saturated, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.Ex. He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.Ex. This article describes the freezing, drying and cleaning of water-soaked and smoke-damaged books.Ex. This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.Ex. Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.Ex. The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.Ex. A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.Ex. The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex. NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex. It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.----* empapado en sudor = sweaty [sweatier -comp., sweatiest -sup.].* empapado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* * *= sodden, water-soaked, bedraggled, saturated, soggy [soggier -comp., soggiest -sup.], drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.Ex: He looked up and descried a gym class, all wet and draggled, scurrying back across the sodden football field.
Ex: This article describes the freezing, drying and cleaning of water-soaked and smoke-damaged books.Ex: This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.Ex: Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.Ex: The snakes had been kept in the soggy bilges for forty days and forty nights and were in pretty sad shape.Ex: A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.Ex: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.Ex: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.Ex: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.* empapado en sudor = sweaty [sweatier -comp., sweatiest -sup.].* empapado hasta los huesos = drenched to the skin, soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.* * *
Del verbo empapar: ( conjugate empapar)
empapado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
empapado
empapar
empapar ( conjugate empapar) verbo transitivo
empaparse verbo pronominal ( mojarse mucho) [persona/zapatos/ropa] to get soaking wet
empapado,-a adjetivo soaked
empapar verbo transitivo
1 (mojar, calar) to soak: llegó con la camisa empapada en sudor, she came home with her shirt soaked in sweat
2 (con un paño) to soak up
' empapado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calada
- calado
- chorrear
- empapada
English:
all
- soak
- soaking
- sodden
- soggy
- sopping
- wet
- dripping
- water
* * *empapado, -a adjsoaked, drenched;iba empapado en sudor he was soaked o drenched in sweat* * *adj soaked, dripping wet* * *empapado, -da adj: soggy, sodden* * *empapado adj soaking / soaked -
18 extravagancia típica de los hippies
(n.) = hippiedomEx. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.* * *(n.) = hippiedomEx: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
Spanish-English dictionary > extravagancia típica de los hippies
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19 fanfaria
= fanfare, hooting.Ex. The recommendations were accepted without fanfare.Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.* * *= fanfare, hooting.Ex: The recommendations were accepted without fanfare.
Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces. -
20 farsa
f.1 farce (also figurative).2 burlesque, low comedy.* * *1 TEATRO farce2 (enredo) sham, farce* * *ISF1) (Teat) farce; pey bad play2) (=engaño) farce, shamIISF (Culin) stuffing* * ** * *= farce, travesty of justice, masquerade, theatrics, whitewash, charade, travesty.Ex. University libraries are facing the farce of new information and communication technologies.Ex. Why did the ALA accept the travesty of justice represented by the Latin American subcommittee's January 2001 report on Cuba, as well as the stage-managed 'onsite investigation' carried out in May 2001?.Ex. The book presents an overview of masks and masquerades in Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times.Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.Ex. The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.Ex. Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.Ex. It's great that Connecticut finally decided to drop the charges, but the whole thing remains a travesty.* * ** * *= farce, travesty of justice, masquerade, theatrics, whitewash, charade, travesty.Ex: University libraries are facing the farce of new information and communication technologies.
Ex: Why did the ALA accept the travesty of justice represented by the Latin American subcommittee's January 2001 report on Cuba, as well as the stage-managed 'onsite investigation' carried out in May 2001?.Ex: The book presents an overview of masks and masquerades in Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times.Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.Ex: The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.Ex: Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.Ex: It's great that Connecticut finally decided to drop the charges, but the whole thing remains a travesty.* * *1 ( Teatr) farce2 (engaño) sham, farcelas elecciones fueron una farsa the elections were a complete sham o farce* * *
farsa sustantivo femenino (Teatr) farce;
( engaño) sham, farce
farsa sustantivo femenino
1 Teat farce
2 (montaje, engaño) sham, mockery: su desmayo fue una farsa para conmovernos, he pretended to faint because he wanted our attention
' farsa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comedia
- pantomima
- simulacro
English:
charade
- farce
- mockery
- sham
* * *farsa nf1. [obra teatral] farce2. [engaño] farce;la investigación fue una farsa the investigation was a complete farce* * *f tb figfarce* * *farsa nf1) : farce2) : fake, sham
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Dripping — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El dripping (de drip, gotear en inglés) es una técnica pictórica característica de la Action Painting estadounidense. Elaborado en su forma más típica a finales de los años 1940 por Jackson Pollock, el dripping tiene … Wikipedia Español
Dripping — steht für Drip Painting, eine Maltechnik Dripping Springs, eine Stadt im Hays County in Texas, Vereinigte Staaten Siehe auch: Dripper … Deutsch Wikipedia
Dripping — Drip ping, n. 1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made. [1913 Webster] 2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting. [1913 Webster] {Dripping pan}, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dripping — ● dripping nom masculin (anglais dripping, de to drip, couler) Procédé pictural qui consiste à faire s égoutter la couleur par le fond percé d un récipient que le peintre déplace au dessus de son œuvre, obtenant ainsi coulures et giclures.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
dripping — [drip′iŋ] adv. so as to drip; thoroughly [dripping wet] n. 1. a falling of liquid drop by drop 2. [usually pl.] anything that drips, esp. the fat and juices that drip from roasting meat … English World dictionary
dripping — /ˈdripin(g), ingl. ˈdrɪpɪŋ/ [vc. ingl., da to drip «sgocciolare»] s. m. inv. (pitt.) sgocciolatura, spruzzo CFR. action painting … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
dripping — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ fat that has melted and dripped from roasting meat. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely wet … English terms dictionary
Dripping — For the general concept of dripping liquid, see drop (liquid). A type of dripping from Yorkshire, United Kingdom, where it is known as mucky fat Dripping, also known usually as beef dripping or more rarely, as pork dripping, is an animal fat… … Wikipedia
Dripping — En arts plastiques (incluant les arts décoratifs), le dripping (de l´anglais to drip, goutter) consiste à faire des superpositions de plusieurs couleurs d un même spectre. Cela se fait sur des surfaces originales, mais aussi sur une toile.… … Wikipédia en Français
dripping — [[t]drɪ̱pɪŋ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Dripping is the fat which comes out of meat when it is fried or roasted, and which can be used for frying food. 2) PHRASE: usu v link PHR If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you. We… … English dictionary
dripping — drip|ping [ drıpıŋ ] adjective very wet: She stumbled in from the storm, dripping and cold. dripping wet: The towel is dripping wet … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English