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drunken

  • 1 conductor embriagado

    • drunken driver

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > conductor embriagado

  • 2 embriaguez

    • drunken state
    • drunkenness
    • fuddle
    • inebriated
    • inebriety
    • intoxication

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > embriaguez

  • 3 mujer ebria

    • drunken woman

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > mujer ebria

  • 4 bosque ebrio

    Diccionario geografía española-Inglés > bosque ebrio

  • 5 borracho

    adj.
    drunk, drunken, intoxicated, half seas over.
    m.
    1 drunkard, drunken person, barfly, dipsomaniac.
    2 grey gurnard, Chelidonichtys gurnardus, Eutrigla gurnardus.
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    1 (persona) drunk
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 drunkard, drunk
    \
    borracho,-a como una cuba blind drunk
    ————————
    * * *
    1. (f. - borracha)
    adj.
    2. (f. - borracha)
    noun
    drunk, drunkard
    * * *
    borracho, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona]

    es muy borracho — he's a drunkard, he's a heavy drinker

    2) (=poseído) drunk, blind (de with)
    3) (Culin) [bizcocho] tipsy ( soaked in liqueur o spirit); [fruta] marinated
    4) [de color] violet
    2.
    SM / F drunkard, drunk
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    I
    - cha adjetivo
    a) [estar] drunk

    borracho de gloria/poder — drunk with glory/power

    b) [ser]

    es muy borracho — he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker

    II
    - cha masculino, femenino drunk; ( habitual) drunkard, drunk
    * * *
    = intoxicated, drunken, drunkard, under the influence, sauced up, wino, drunk.
    Ex. A few days ago, our library director was hit by a car driven by an intoxicated driver and suffered severe injuries.
    Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.
    Ex. The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a 'glutton and a drunkard'.
    Ex. He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.
    Ex. And because beer and wine are so expensive at the stadium, many of these fans are coming to the games already sauced up from tailgate drinking.
    Ex. These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.
    Ex. Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.
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    * borracho callejero = wino.
    * borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, pissed as a lord, drunk back, blind drunk.
    * conductor borracho = drink-driver.
    * estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.
    * estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.
    * fiesta de borrachos = drunken party.
    * más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk, as drunk as a newt.
    * tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.
    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo
    a) [estar] drunk

    borracho de gloria/poder — drunk with glory/power

    b) [ser]

    es muy borracho — he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker

    II
    - cha masculino, femenino drunk; ( habitual) drunkard, drunk
    * * *
    = intoxicated, drunken, drunkard, under the influence, sauced up, wino, drunk.

    Ex: A few days ago, our library director was hit by a car driven by an intoxicated driver and suffered severe injuries.

    Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.
    Ex: The writer discusses the designation of Jesus as a 'glutton and a drunkard'.
    Ex: He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.
    Ex: And because beer and wine are so expensive at the stadium, many of these fans are coming to the games already sauced up from tailgate drinking.
    Ex: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.
    Ex: Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.
    * borracho callejero = wino.
    * borracho como una cuba = pissed as a newt, pissed as a lord, drunk back, blind drunk.
    * conductor borracho = drink-driver.
    * estar borracho = be drunk, see + double.
    * estar completamente borracho = be drunk and incapable.
    * fiesta de borrachos = drunken party.
    * más borracho que una cuba = as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk, as drunk as a newt.
    * tan borracho como una cuba = as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a skunk.

    * * *
    1 [ ESTAR] drunk
    borracho de gloria/poder/éxito drunk with glory/power/success
    2 [ SER]:
    es muy borracho he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker
    masculine, feminine
    drunk; (habitual) drunkard, drunk
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    borracho
    ◊ - cha adjetivo

    a) [estar] drunk

    b) [ser]:

    ◊ es muy borracho he is a drunkard o a heavy drinker

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    drunk;
    ( habitual) drunkard, drunk
    borracho,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (ebrio) drunk
    estar borracho, to be drunk
    2 (bizcocho, pastel) with rum
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino drunkard, drunk
    ' borracho' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    borracha
    - ebria
    - ebrio
    - gatas
    - más
    - puesta
    - puesto
    - agravante
    - ahogado
    - bebido
    - chupado
    - colocado
    - curado
    - curda
    - despejar
    - embriagado
    - jalado
    - mamado
    - perdido
    - sobrio
    English:
    as
    - blind
    - blunder
    - bombed
    - boozed up
    - drunk
    - drunkard
    - drunken
    - intoxicated
    - loaded
    - obviously
    - paralytic
    - pissed
    - plastered
    - sloshed
    - smashed
    - sober
    - splash about
    - sway
    - tight
    - well
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    borracho, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [ebrio] drunk;
    Fam Fam
    ¡ni borracho! (absolutely) no way!;
    ¡no lo haría ni borracho! there's no way you'd get me doing that!
    2. [emocionado]
    borracho de [poder, éxito] drunk o intoxicated with;
    está borracho de ideas he's overflowing with ideas;
    estaba borracho de alegría he was wild with joy
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] drunk
    ♦ nm
    [bizcocho] = sponge cake soaked in alcohol, ≈ baba (au rhum), Br rum baba
    * * *
    I adj drunk;
    borracho de poder drunk with power
    II m, borracha f drunk
    * * *
    borracho, - cha adj
    ebrio: drunk, intoxicated
    : drunk, drunkard
    * * *
    borracho adj n drunk

    Spanish-English dictionary > borracho

  • 6 ebrio

    adj.
    drunk, drunken, boozy, intoxicated.
    m.
    drunken person, toper, drunkard, inebriate.
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    1 drunk, intoxicated, inebriated
    2 figurado blind
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) intoxicated frm, drunk
    2) (fig) blind (de with)

    ebrio de alegría — beside o.s. with joy

    * * *
    ebria adjetivo (frml) inebriated (frml), drunk

    ebrio de ira — (liter) blind with rage

    * * *
    = intoxicated, drunken, under the influence, drunk.
    Ex. A few days ago, our library director was hit by a car driven by an intoxicated driver and suffered severe injuries.
    Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.
    Ex. He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.
    Ex. Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.
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    * conductor ebrio = drink-driver.
    * * *
    ebria adjetivo (frml) inebriated (frml), drunk

    ebrio de ira — (liter) blind with rage

    * * *
    = intoxicated, drunken, under the influence, drunk.

    Ex: A few days ago, our library director was hit by a car driven by an intoxicated driver and suffered severe injuries.

    Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.
    Ex: He was being held without bail after his fifth arrest for operating under the influence.
    Ex: Most innkeepers were crooks, the food was bad, and the inns were frequented by cutthroats and drunks.
    * conductor ebrio = drink-driver.

    * * *
    ( frml); inebriated ( frml), drunk
    ebrio de ira ( liter); blind with rage
    estaba ebrio de amor por ella ( liter); he was besotted with her, he was drunk with love for her
    * * *

    ebrio,
    ◊ ebria adjetivo (frml) inebriated (frml), drunk

    ebrio,-a adjetivo
    1 (borracho) drunk
    2 (apasionado) estaban ebrios de venganza, they were bent on revenge

    ' ebrio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bebida
    - bebido
    - borracha
    - borracho
    - ebria
    - sanción
    - soplada
    - soplado
    - tomada
    - tomado
    English:
    intoxicated
    - inebriated
    * * *
    ebrio, -a adj
    Formal
    1. [borracho] inebriated;
    Esp
    conducir o Am [m5] manejar ebrio to drive under the influence
    2. [ofuscado]
    ebrio de blind with;
    estar ebrio de amor (por alguien) to be besotted (with sb);
    ebrio de ira blind with rage;
    ebrio de éxito drunk with success
    * * *
    adj drunk;
    ebrio de éxito, felicidad drunk with;
    ebrio de amor blinded by love;
    ebrio de ira blind with rage
    * * *
    ebrio, - bria adj
    embriagado: inebriated, drunk

    Spanish-English dictionary > ebrio

  • 7 fiesta de borrachos

    Ex. In the movies, a bachelorette party is nothing more than a drunken party with a male stripper.
    * * *

    Ex: In the movies, a bachelorette party is nothing more than a drunken party with a male stripper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fiesta de borrachos

  • 8 sopor etílico

    Ex. He spent most of his 4 years at university in a drunken stupor, which makes this one of the most lucid times of his life.
    * * *

    Ex: He spent most of his 4 years at university in a drunken stupor, which makes this one of the most lucid times of his life.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sopor etílico

  • 9 bacante

    f.
    1 bacchante, bacchant, priestess of Bacchus.
    2 bacchante, a lewd drinking person.
    3 loose drunken woman, drunken woman.
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    SF
    1) (Mit) bacchante
    2) (=mujer ebria) drunken and noisy woman
    * * *
    1 ( Mit) bacchante
    2 (borracha) drunken woman
    * * *
    Hist bacchante
    * * *
    f MYTH bacchante

    Spanish-English dictionary > bacante

  • 10 borrachera

    f.
    1 drunkenness (embriaguez).
    tener/cogerse una borrachera to be/get drunk
    2 intoxication.
    3 drinking spree, bachannalia, drinking bout, binge.
    4 drunken state, drunken stupor, drunkenness, ebriety.
    * * *
    1 drunken state
    ■ ¡estoy harta de tus borracheras! I'm fed up of you getting drunk!
    \
    coger una borrachera / enganchar una borrachera / pillar una borrachera to get drunk
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=estado) drunkenness

    coger o pillar o agarrar o Méx ponerse una borrachera — to get drunk

    2) (=juerga) spree, binge
    * * *

    pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera — to get drunk

    * * *
    = drunkenness, binge, bout of boozing, drinking bout, boozing bout, binge drinking.
    Ex. During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages of the library to towns at present suffering from excesses of drunkenness and debauchery.
    Ex. Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex. Did you know that heavy bouts of boozing damages the red muscle fibres you need for endurance?.
    Ex. For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.
    Ex. After another of his boozing bouts his bride-to-be throws him out of her house.
    Ex. To prevent risky sexual behavior among young adults, attention should be paid to binge drinking & marijuana use during adolescence.
    * * *

    pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera — to get drunk

    * * *
    = drunkenness, binge, bout of boozing, drinking bout, boozing bout, binge drinking.

    Ex: During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages of the library to towns at present suffering from excesses of drunkenness and debauchery.

    Ex: Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex: Did you know that heavy bouts of boozing damages the red muscle fibres you need for endurance?.
    Ex: For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.
    Ex: After another of his boozing bouts his bride-to-be throws him out of her house.
    Ex: To prevent risky sexual behavior among young adults, attention should be paid to binge drinking & marijuana use during adolescence.

    * * *
    pegarse or ( Esp) cogerse or ( RPl) agarrarse una borrachera to get drunk
    ¡tenía una borrachera encima …! he was so drunk!
    se duchó para quitarse or sacarse la borrachera he took a shower to sober up
    aquélla fue su última borrachera that was the last time he got drunk
    en su borrachera de poder perdió toda noción de justicia drunk o intoxicated with power, she lost all sense of justice
    * * *

    borrachera sustantivo femenino: pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera to get drunk
    borrachera sustantivo femenino
    1 (embriaguez) drunkenness: cogí una buena borrachera, I got really drunk
    2 fam fig (exceso, empacho) surfeit
    una borrachera de números, a surfeit of numbers
    3 (entusiasmo) excitement, fever: está en plena borrachera electoral, he has election fever
    ' borrachera' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agarrar
    - berza
    - ciega
    - ciego
    - cogerse
    - pedal
    - pedo
    - tajada
    - torrija
    - tranca
    - trompa
    - cuete
    - embriaguez
    - mona
    English:
    binge
    - piss-up
    - sober up
    - bout
    - drunkenness
    * * *
    1. [embriaguez] drunkenness;
    tener una borrachera to be drunk;
    agarrarse o Esp [m5] cogerse una borrachera to get drunk;
    aún no se me ha pasado la borrachera I still haven't sobered up
    2. [entusiasmo]
    estaba en plena borrachera creativa he was in the grip of artistic inspiration;
    está experimentando la borrachera del éxito she's drunk o dizzy with success
    * * *
    f drunkenness;
    borrachera de poder excitement that power brings
    * * *
    : drunkenness
    agarró una borrachera: he got drunk
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > borrachera

  • 11 aguardentoso

    adj.
    alcoholic.
    * * *
    1 alcoholic, containing spirits
    \
    voz aguardentosa rough/husky voice
    * * *
    ADJ [licor, bebida] alcoholic; [voz] husky, gruff
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo: < aliento> smelling o reeking of alcohol; < voz> drunken
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo: < aliento> smelling o reeking of alcohol; < voz> drunken
    * * *
    ‹aliento› smelling o reeking of alcohol; ‹voz› drunken
    * * *

    aguardentoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (licor) like firewater
    2 (voz) husky, hoarse
    ' aguardentoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguardentosa
    * * *
    aguardentoso, -a adj
    1. [voz] hoarse, gravelly
    2. Ecuad [persona] drunk

    Spanish-English dictionary > aguardentoso

  • 12 crapuloso

    adj.
    1 drunken; gluttonous, surfeited.
    2 dissolute, dissipated.
    3 crapulous, drunken, crapulent.
    4 debauched, dissipated.
    * * *
    ADJ (=borracho) drunken; (=disoluto) dissolute, dissipated
    * * *
    dissolute, dissipated
    * * *
    crapuloso, -a adj
    [libertino] debauched

    Spanish-English dictionary > crapuloso

  • 13 abuchear

    v.
    to boo.
    * * *
    1 to boo, jeer at
    * * *
    VT to boo, jeer at

    ser abucheado — (Teat) to be booed, be hissed (at)

    * * *
    verbo transitivo to boo
    * * *
    = jeer, hiss, boo.
    Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to boo
    * * *
    = jeer, hiss, boo.

    Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.

    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.

    * * *
    abuchear [A1 ]
    vt
    to boo
    * * *

    abuchear ( conjugate abuchear) verbo transitivo
    to boo
    abuchear vt to boo, jeer at
    ' abuchear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pitar
    English:
    barrack
    - boo
    - hoot
    - jeer
    * * *
    to boo
    * * *
    v/t boo
    * * *
    : to boo, to jeer
    * * *
    abuchear vb to boo

    Spanish-English dictionary > abuchear

  • 14 asistente a un entierro

    (n.) = mourner
    Ex. Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.
    * * *
    (n.) = mourner

    Ex: Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asistente a un entierro

  • 15 caótico

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

    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.

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

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

    caótico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    chaotic
    caótico,-a adjetivo chaotic

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > caótico

  • 16 confuso

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

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

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

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

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

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

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

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

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

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

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 17 cosechar

    v.
    1 to grow.
    2 to (bring in the) harvest.
    3 to win, to reap.
    su última novela ha cosechado muchos éxitos his latest novel has been a great success
    cosechó numerosas críticas por sus declaraciones he received a lot of criticism for his statement
    el equipo cubano cosechó veinte medallas en los campeonatos the Cuban team picked up twenty medals at the championships
    4 to harvest, to reap, to crop, to gather in.
    El agricultor segó el trigo The farmer reaped the wheat.
    * * *
    1 to harvest, reap
    1 (recoger) to harvest
    2 (cultivar) to grow
    3 figurado to reap, harvest, win
    * * *
    verb
    2) win, earn
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=recoger) [+ cereales] to harvest, reap; [+ frutas] to harvest, pick
    2) (=cultivar) to grow, cultivate
    3) (=ganar) [+ admiración, premios] to win; [+ respeto] to win, earn; [+ fracasos, éxitos] to achieve; [+ enemigos] to earn, make
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (Agr)
    a) ( recoger) < cereales> to harvest; < legumbres> to pick
    b) (Esp) ( cultivar) <cereales/patatas> to grow
    2) <aplausos/premios/honores> to win; < éxitos> to achieve, reap (journ); <admiración/respeto> to win, earn

    se cosecha lo que se siembra — as you sow, so you reap

    2.
    cosechar vi to harvest
    * * *
    = reap, harvest.
    Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.
    Ex. Entire families or groups of families cooperate in growing and harvesting food.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (Agr)
    a) ( recoger) < cereales> to harvest; < legumbres> to pick
    b) (Esp) ( cultivar) <cereales/patatas> to grow
    2) <aplausos/premios/honores> to win; < éxitos> to achieve, reap (journ); <admiración/respeto> to win, earn

    se cosecha lo que se siembra — as you sow, so you reap

    2.
    cosechar vi to harvest
    * * *
    = reap, harvest.

    Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.

    Ex: Entire families or groups of families cooperate in growing and harvesting food.

    * * *
    cosechar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ( Agr)
    1 (recoger) ‹cereales› to harvest, reap ( dated); ‹legumbres› to pick
    2 ( esp Esp) (cultivar) ‹cereales/patatas/fruta› to grow
    B ‹aplausos/premios/honores› to win; ‹éxitos› to achieve, reap ( journ); ‹admiración/respeto› to win, earn
    trabajó con total dedicación y no cosechó más que disgustos he dedicated himself totally to his work and it brought him nothing but suffering o ( liter) but he harvested nothing but suffering
    su actitud le cosechó muchos enemigos his attitude made him many enemies
    una película que cosechó muchos premios a movie that collected o won many awards
    se cosecha lo que se siembra as you sow, so you reap
    ■ cosechar
    vi
    to harvest
    * * *

    cosechar ( conjugate cosechar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ legumbres› to pick
    b) (Esp) ( cultivar) ‹cereales/patatas› to grow

    c) ‹aplausos/premios/honores› to win;

    ‹ éxitos› to achieve
    verbo intransitivo
    to harvest
    cosechar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 Agr to harvest, gather (in)
    2 (éxitos) to reap, achieve
    (críticas, aplausos) to win
    II verbo intransitivo to harvest
    ' cosechar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    gather
    - harvest
    - reap
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [recolectar] [cereales] to harvest;
    [frutos] to pick
    2. [cultivar] to grow
    3. [obtener] to win, to reap;
    su última novela ha cosechado muchos éxitos his latest novel has been a great success;
    cosechó numerosas críticas por sus declaraciones he received a lot of criticism for his statement;
    el equipo cubano cosechó veinte medallas en los campeonatos the Cuban team picked up twenty medals at the championships;
    su última película ha cosechado los aplausos de la crítica his latest film has won critical acclaim
    ♦ vi
    to (bring in the) harvest
    * * *
    v/t harvest; fig
    gain, win
    * * *
    1) : to harvest, to reap
    2) : to win, to earn, to garner
    : to harvest
    * * *
    cosechar vb to harvest

    Spanish-English dictionary > cosechar

  • 18 desastroso

    adj.
    disastrous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, calamitous.
    * * *
    1 disastrous
    * * *
    (f. - desastrosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ disastrous, calamitous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo disastrous
    * * *
    = appalling, calamitous, disastrous, ruinous, abysmal, shambolic, catastrophic.
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. It gives an overview of the problems faced by the Los Angeles Public Library after it was gutted by the disastrous fire in 1986.
    Ex. Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.
    Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Naturally changes stemming from these actions will affect all users of LC cataloging data, but it seems unlikely that the consequences will be catastrophic.
    ----
    * de forma desastrosa = disastrously.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * efecto desastroso = chilling effect.
    * ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo disastrous
    * * *
    = appalling, calamitous, disastrous, ruinous, abysmal, shambolic, catastrophic.

    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex: It gives an overview of the problems faced by the Los Angeles Public Library after it was gutted by the disastrous fire in 1986.
    Ex: Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.
    Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Naturally changes stemming from these actions will affect all users of LC cataloging data, but it seems unlikely that the consequences will be catastrophic.
    * de forma desastrosa = disastrously.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * efecto desastroso = chilling effect.
    * ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

    * * *
    1 (catastrófico) disastrous, catastrophic
    2 (uso hiperbólico) disastrous
    * * *

    desastroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    disastrous
    desastroso,-a adjetivo disastrous

    ' desastroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desastrosa
    - fatal
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    English:
    disastrous
    - hopeless
    * * *
    desastroso, -a adj
    1. [castastrófico] disastrous;
    la helada fue desastrosa para la cosecha the frost had a disastrous effect on the harvest
    2. [muy malo] disastrous;
    esta comida es desastrosa this food is appalling o awful
    * * *
    adj disastrous
    * * *
    desastroso, -sa adj
    : disastrous, catastrophic

    Spanish-English dictionary > desastroso

  • 19 doliente

    adj.
    1 ill (enfermo).
    2 bereaved, suffering, doleful.
    3 aching.
    f. & m.
    mourner, relative of the deceased.
    * * *
    1 mourner
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=dolorido) aching
    2) (=enfermo) ill
    3) (=triste) sorrowful
    2. SMF
    1) (Med) sick person
    2) [en entierro] mourner
    * * *
    Ex. Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.
    * * *

    Ex: Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.

    * * *
    ( frml); bereaved
    ( frml)
    los dolientes the mourners, the bereaved
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [enfermo] ill;
    [dolorido] suffering
    2. [afligido] sorrowful;
    su doliente viuda his grieving widow
    ♦ nmf
    [pariente del difunto] bereaved relative;
    los dolientes the bereaved relatives, the family of the deceased
    * * *
    adj
    1 sick, Br
    ill
    2 ( apenado) bereaved
    * * *
    : mourner, bereaved

    Spanish-English dictionary > doliente

  • 20 en pena

    Ex. Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.
    * * *

    Ex: Juxtaposing harrowing scenes of a family in grief with high comedy, this film does not so much tread a delicate line between these two modes as career wildly between them like a drunken mourner.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en pena

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