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1 futilidad
• emptiness• futile act• futility• insignia• insignificant• senseless talk• sensibility -
2 insubstancialidad
• emptiness• groundless• groundling• insubstantiality• vagueness -
3 vaciedad
• emptiness• hollowing-out• holly• vacuity -
4 vacuidad
• emptiness• hollowing-out• holly• insubstantiality• vacuity• vacuousness -
5 vacío
adj.1 empty, hollow, unladen, void.2 hollow, empty.3 shallow, empty, hollow, soulless.m.1 vacuum, blank, void.2 empty space.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vaciar.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) empty2 (no ocupado) vacant, unoccupied; (sin muebles) unfurnished3 (hueco) hollow5 figurado (palabras, conversación) empty1 (gen) emptiness, void3 (vacante) vacancy4 FÍSICA vacuum\caer en el vacío figurado to fall on deaf earsenvasar al vacío to vacuum-packhacer el vacío a alguien figurado to cold-shoulder somebody, send somebody to Coventrysentir un gran vacío figurado to feel emptytener el estómago vacío figurado to feel hungrytener la cabeza vacía figurado to be empty-headedvolver con las manos vacías figurado to come back empty-handed————————1 (gen) emptiness, void3 (vacante) vacancy4 FÍSICA vacuum* * *1. noun m.1) emptiness, void2) gap3) vacuum2. (f. - vacía)adj.1) empty2) vacant* * *1. ADJ1) (gen) empty; [puesto, local] vacant, emptyhe alquilado un piso vacío porque sale más barato — I've rented an unfurnished flat because it's cheaper
Madrid queda vacío en agosto — Madrid is empty o deserted in August
de vacío: el camión volvió de vacío — the lorry came back empty
2) (=superficial) [persona] shallow; [conversación] meaninglessun discurso vacío de contenido — a speech empty o devoid of any content
3) (=sin sentido) [existencia] empty, meaningless4) (=vano) [esfuerzo] vain; [promesa] empty, hollow5)pan vacío — (And, CAm, Caribe) dry bread
2. SM1) (Fís) vacuum2) (=hueco) (empty) space, gap3) (=abismo)el vacío — the void, space
saltó al vacío desde lo alto del acantilado — he jumped from the top of the cliff into space o the void
4) (=falta de sentido) void5) (Jur, Pol)6) (Mec)7) (Anat) side, flank* * *I- cía adjetivoa) <botella/caja> empty; <calle/ciudad> empty, deserted; < casa> empty, unoccupied; <palabras/retórica> emptylos envases vacíos — the empty bottles, the empties (colloq)
IIvolver de vacío — (Esp) camión to come back empty; persona to come back empty-handed
a) (Fís) vacuumhacerle el vacío a alguien — to give somebody the cold shoulder
b) ( espacio vacío) spacesaltó al vacío — he leapt into the void o into space
caer en el vacío — to fall on deaf ears
c) (falta, hueco) gapdejó un vacío en su vida — she left a gap o a void in his life
* * *= dummy, empty [emptier -comp., emptiest -sup.], gap, gulf, stop, vacuum, void, hollow, emptiness, vacant, loophole, vacated.Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.Ex. When DOBIS/Leuven is ready and waiting for input, the line is empty.Ex. New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.Ex. It must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form, and applying the schedules.Ex. Of course some terms may be difficult to categorise as stop or non-stop.Ex. Whilst valves work by passing electric currents through a vacuum between electrodes, transistors are built from materials called semiconductors.Ex. If archival materials are entered into an OPAC the vague nature of collection titles and the general subject headings may result in records being lost in a void.Ex. It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.Ex. The economic recession and the new technology are, between them, leaving a section of society with a feeling of hopelessness and emptiness = La recesión económica y las nuevas tecnologías, entre otros, están dejando a un sector de la sociedad con un sentimiento de desesperación y vacío.Ex. Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.Ex. Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.Ex. There are plans to transform vacated space in the old building into a visitor's centre with exhibitions and reading rooms.----* caer al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.* cámara al vacío = vacuum chamber.* con las manos vacías = empty-handed.* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.* disparar cartuchos vacíos = fire + blanks.* empaquetar al vacío en plástico = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].* envasar al vacío = vacuum-pack.* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.* llenar un vacío = fill + vacuum, fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + void, fill + the breach.* medio vacío = half-empty.* mesa al vacío = vacuum table.* mirada vacía = blank look, blank expression.* mirar al vacío = stare into + space, look into + space, gaze into + space.* no vacío = non-stop.* palabra vacía = function word.* precipitarse al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.* referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.* salto al vacío = leap in the dark.* secado y congelado al vacío = vacuum freeze drying.* vacío informativo = information vacuum.* vacío legal = loophole, legal void.* * *I- cía adjetivoa) <botella/caja> empty; <calle/ciudad> empty, deserted; < casa> empty, unoccupied; <palabras/retórica> emptylos envases vacíos — the empty bottles, the empties (colloq)
IIvolver de vacío — (Esp) camión to come back empty; persona to come back empty-handed
a) (Fís) vacuumhacerle el vacío a alguien — to give somebody the cold shoulder
b) ( espacio vacío) spacesaltó al vacío — he leapt into the void o into space
caer en el vacío — to fall on deaf ears
c) (falta, hueco) gapdejó un vacío en su vida — she left a gap o a void in his life
* * *= dummy, empty [emptier -comp., emptiest -sup.], gap, gulf, stop, vacuum, void, hollow, emptiness, vacant, loophole, vacated.Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.
Ex: When DOBIS/Leuven is ready and waiting for input, the line is empty.Ex: New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.Ex: It must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form, and applying the schedules.Ex: Of course some terms may be difficult to categorise as stop or non-stop.Ex: Whilst valves work by passing electric currents through a vacuum between electrodes, transistors are built from materials called semiconductors.Ex: If archival materials are entered into an OPAC the vague nature of collection titles and the general subject headings may result in records being lost in a void.Ex: It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.Ex: The economic recession and the new technology are, between them, leaving a section of society with a feeling of hopelessness and emptiness = La recesión económica y las nuevas tecnologías, entre otros, están dejando a un sector de la sociedad con un sentimiento de desesperación y vacío.Ex: Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.Ex: Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.Ex: There are plans to transform vacated space in the old building into a visitor's centre with exhibitions and reading rooms.* caer al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.* cámara al vacío = vacuum chamber.* con las manos vacías = empty-handed.* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.* disparar cartuchos vacíos = fire + blanks.* empaquetar al vacío en plástico = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].* envasar al vacío = vacuum-pack.* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.* llenar un vacío = fill + vacuum, fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + void, fill + the breach.* medio vacío = half-empty.* mesa al vacío = vacuum table.* mirada vacía = blank look, blank expression.* mirar al vacío = stare into + space, look into + space, gaze into + space.* no vacío = non-stop.* palabra vacía = function word.* precipitarse al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.* referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.* salto al vacío = leap in the dark.* secado y congelado al vacío = vacuum freeze drying.* vacío informativo = information vacuum.* vacío legal = loophole, legal void.* * *1 ‹botella/caja› empty; ‹calle/ciudad› empty, desertedcon el estómago vacío on an empty stomachlos envases vacíos the empty bottles, the empties ( colloq)la casa se alquila vacía the house is being rented unfurnishedel local está vacío the premises are empty o vacantla siguió con una mirada totalmente vacía he stared after her with a totally blank expression on his facela despensa está vacía there's no food in the housevacío DE algo:una calle vacía de vehículos y transeúntes a street empty of vehicles and passersbyun hombre vacío de compasión a man devoid of compassionfrases vacías de significado meaningless o empty wordsretórica vacía de contenido empty rhetoricvolver de vacío ( Esp) «camión» to come back empty;«persona» to come back empty-handed2 (frívolo) ‹persona› shallow; ‹vida› empty, meaninglessson frases bonitas pero vacías they're fine-sounding words but they're meaningless o devoid of any meaningpasaban su tiempo en conversaciones vacías they spent their time in idle o superficial conversation1 ( Fís) vacuumenvasado al vacío vacuum-packedhacer el vacío a algo to ignore sthhicieron el vacío a todas mis sugerencias they ignored all my suggestionshacerle el vacío a algn to give sb the cold shoulder, to cold-shoulder sb2 (espacio vacío) spacemiraba al vacío she was gazing into spacesaltó al vacío he leapt into the void o into spacecaer en el vacío to fall on deaf ears3 (falta, hueco) gapdejó en su vida un vacío she left a gap o a void in his lifesentía una terrible sensación de vacío he had a terrible feeling of emptinessen el caso de un vacío en la jefatura del Estado in the situation where there is no head of stateCompuesto:power vacuum* * *
Del verbo vaciar: ( conjugate vaciar)
vacío es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
vació es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
vaciar
vacío
vaciar ( conjugate vaciar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ radiador› to drain;
‹bolsillo/cajón› to empty;
‹armario/habitación› to clean out
2 ( ahuecar) to hollow out
vaciarse verbo pronominal
to empty
vacío 1◊ - cía adjetivo
‹calle/ciudad› empty, deserted;
‹ casa› empty, unoccupied;
‹palabras/retórica› empty;
‹vida/frase› empty, meaningless
vacío 2 sustantivo masculinoa) (Fís) vacuum;
◊ dejó un vacío en su vida she left a gap o a void in his life;
una sensación de vacío a feeling of emptiness
vaciar verbo transitivo
1 (un cajón, una botella, un contenedor) to empty: vaciamos la piscina, we emptied the pool
2 Arte (una escultura, etc) to mould, US mold
3 (dejar hueco) to hollow out
vacío,-a
I adjetivo
1 (sin contenido) empty
(sin interior, hueco) hollow
el tronco ya está vacío, the trunk is already hollow
2 (sin personas) empty
(sin ocupante) vacant: el piso está vacío, the flat is unoccupied
3 (pensamiento, promesa, etc) empty, hollow
(superficial) shallow
II sustantivo masculino
1 Fís vacuum
envasado al vacío, vacuum-packed
2 (espacio, aire) emptiness, void: el camión se precipitó al vacío, the truck plunged into the void
3 (sensación, sentimiento) me dejó una sensación de vacío, it made me feel empty
4 (hueco sin ocupar) gap, (empty) space
♦ Locuciones: de vacío, empty-handed
' vacío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casco
- hueca
- hueco
- huera
- huero
- lanzarse
- precipitarse
- salto
- vacía
- desocupado
- despejado
- estómago
- lanzar
- saltar
English:
bare
- blank
- bottle
- emptiness
- empty
- flat
- gap
- half-empty
- hollow
- leap
- send
- space
- spring
- tip out
- vacant
- vacuum
- vacuum-packed
- void
- into
- ostracize
- stomach
* * *vacío, -a♦ adj1. [recipiente, vivienda, espacio] empty;una sala casi vacía an almost empty hall;la ciudad estaba vacía the city was empty o deserted2. [palabras, gesto, promesa] empty;vacío de [contenido] devoid of3. [vida, existencia] empty♦ nmcaer en el vacío [palabras] to fall on deaf ears;hacer el vacío a alguien to cold-shoulder sb2. Fís vacuum;envasar al vacío to vacuum-pack3. [abismo, carencia] void;su muerte ha dejado un gran vacío his death has left a big gap o voidvacío existencial existential void;vacío legal legal vacuum;Pol vacío de poder power vacuum4. [hueco] space, gap;tener un vacío en el estómago to feel hungry5. RP [carne] flank steak♦ de vacío loc advirse/volver de vacío [persona] to go/come back empty-handed;[vehículo] to go/come back empty* * *I adj emptydejar un vacío fig leave a gap;envasado al vacío vacuum-packed;hacer el vacío a alguien fig ostracize s.o.;caer en el vacío fig fall on deaf ears fam* * *1) : vacant2) : empty3) : meaninglessvacío nm1) : emptiness, void2) : space, gap3) : vacuum4)hacerle el vacío a alguien : to ostracize someone, to give someone the cold shoulder* * *vacío1 adj2. (silla) free¿está vacía esta silla? is this seat free?vacío2 n1. (en general) void2. (en física) vacuum -
6 vaciedad
f.1 trifle.2 emptiness, hollowness, vacuity.* * *1 stupid remark* * *SF1) (=estado) emptiness2) (=necedad) (piece of) nonsensevaciedades — nonsense [sing], rubbish [sing], garbage (EEUU) [sing]
* * *silly remarkno dice más que vaciedades she talks nothing but empty-headed nonsense* * *
vaciedad sustantivo femenino nonsense, silliness
* * *vaciedad nf1. [tontería] vapid remark;decir vaciedades to blather2. [de palabras, vida] emptiness -
7 al igual que con todo en la vida
Ex. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *Ex: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
Spanish-English dictionary > al igual que con todo en la vida
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8 bloque mental
m.mental block, inability to understand, obfuscation.* * *(n.) = writer's blockEx. The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.* * *(n.) = writer's blockEx: The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.
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9 bloqueo mental del escritor
(n.) = writer's blockEx. The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.* * *(n.) = writer's blockEx: The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.
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10 brindar por
v.1 to drink to, to cheer to, to drink a toast to, to have a drink to.María brinda por sus hijos Mary drinks to her children.2 to celebrate.María brinda por su ascenso Mary celebrates her promotion.* * *(v.) = toast, drink + toast toEx. Mr Luo Gan and Robert Wedgeworth toasted the success of the IFLA Conference.Ex. The chorus goes: 'We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now and tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how'.* * *(v.) = toast, drink + toast toEx: Mr Luo Gan and Robert Wedgeworth toasted the success of the IFLA Conference.
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11 como con todo en la vida
Ex. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *Ex: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
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12 con el corazón destrozado
(adj.) = broken-heartedEx. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *(adj.) = broken-heartedEx: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
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13 con el corazón partido
(adj.) = broken-heartedEx. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *(adj.) = broken-heartedEx: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
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14 con el corazón roto
figurado heartbroken* * *(adj.) = broken-heartedEx. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *(adj.) = broken-heartedEx: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.
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15 desconsolado
adj.disconsolate, heartbroken, cheerless, comfortless.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desconsolar.* * *1→ link=desconsolar desconsolar► adjetivo1 disconsolate, grief-stricken, inconsolable* * *ADJ disconsolate* * *- da adjetivo* * *= desolate, disconsolate, broken-hearted.Ex. The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.Ex. The window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.Ex. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *- da adjetivo* * *= desolate, disconsolate, broken-hearted.Ex: The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.
Ex: The window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.Ex: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *desconsolado -daestá desconsolado por la pérdida de su mujer he's heartbroken over his wife's deathlloraba desconsolado he cried inconsolably* * *
Del verbo desconsolar: ( conjugate desconsolar)
desconsolado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
desconsolado
desconsolar
desconsolado◊ -da adjetivo estar desconsolado por algo to be heartbroken over sth;
lloraba desconsolado he cried inconsolably
desconsolado,-a adjetivo disconsolate, grief-stricken: su llanto desconsolado nos entristeció, his inconsolable weeping left us feeling distraught
' desconsolado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desconsolada
English:
desolate
- disconsolate
- grief-stricken
- bereaved
- heart
- woeful
* * *desconsolado, -a adj[persona, rostro] disconsolate; [llanto] inconsolable;su desconsolada viuda no quiso hablar con la prensa his heartbroken widow did not want to speak to the press;me miraba desconsolado he looked at me disconsolately* * *adj inconsolable* * *desconsolado, -da adj: disconsolate, heartbroken -
16 descorazonado
adj.1 depressed, dejected, dispirited.2 disheartened, hopeless, broken-hearted, heartbroken.past part.past participle of spanish verb: descorazonar.* * *ADJ discouraged, disheartened* * *= disheartened, despondent, hopeless, broken-hearted.Ex. This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.Ex. Perhaps those who come from the smaller nations feel even more despondent about their plight.Ex. This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.Ex. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *= disheartened, despondent, hopeless, broken-hearted.Ex: This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.
Ex: Perhaps those who come from the smaller nations feel even more despondent about their plight.Ex: This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.Ex: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.* * *descorazonado, -a adjdisheartened* * *descorazonado, -da adj: disheartened, discouraged -
17 destrozado
adj.shattered, in pieces, destroyed, battered.past part.past participle of spanish verb: destrozar.* * *1→ link=destrozar destrozar► adjetivo1 (objeto) smashed, broken, ruined2 (persona - moralmente) devastated, shattered; (- físicamente) exhausted, done in, worn out* * *ADJ1) [cristal, cerámica] smashed, shatteredquedó destrozado — [traje, alfombra, zapato] it was ruined; [coche, jardín] it was wrecked
2) [persona] (=abatido) shattered, devastated; (=cansado) * knackered *, pooped (EEUU) *, shattered *; [corazón] broken* * *- da adjetivoa) (roto, deteriorado) < zapatos> ruinedtengo los pies destrozados — (fam) my feet are killing me
b) < persona> ( físicamente) exhausted; ( moralmente) devastated, shatteredc) < corazón> broken* * *= tattered, shattered, wrecked, vandalised [vandalized, -USA], dog tired, ruined, broken-hearted, in tatters, in shambles, upside down.Ex. He inherited a deplorable 'library' with a randomly-chosen collection of tattered, torn, defaced books.Ex. It is clear that it will take a considerable period to fully assess the damage and loss and even longer to begin to rebuild damaged infrastructure and shattered communities.Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex. He helped to hose down graffiti from a vandalised wall while waxing lyrical about an era before antisocial behaviour.Ex. After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.Ex. The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.Ex. When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.Ex. Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.Ex. He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.Ex. Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.----* con el corazón destrozado = broken-hearted.* destrozado por la guerra = war-ravaged.* destrozado por un huracán = hurricane-ravaged.* estar destrozado = be + wreck, be a shambles.* quedar destrozado = go to + pieces.* sentirse destrozado = be gutted, feel + gutted.* * *- da adjetivoa) (roto, deteriorado) < zapatos> ruinedtengo los pies destrozados — (fam) my feet are killing me
b) < persona> ( físicamente) exhausted; ( moralmente) devastated, shatteredc) < corazón> broken* * *= tattered, shattered, wrecked, vandalised [vandalized, -USA], dog tired, ruined, broken-hearted, in tatters, in shambles, upside down.Ex: He inherited a deplorable 'library' with a randomly-chosen collection of tattered, torn, defaced books.
Ex: It is clear that it will take a considerable period to fully assess the damage and loss and even longer to begin to rebuild damaged infrastructure and shattered communities.Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.Ex: He helped to hose down graffiti from a vandalised wall while waxing lyrical about an era before antisocial behaviour.Ex: After all, who has not felt dog-tired and drained, sometimes for long stretches, at one time or another?.Ex: The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses.Ex: When we feel broken-hearted it is all too easy to wallow in the emptiness and pain and forget that as with everything in life this too shall pass.Ex: Israeli bombardment leaves telecom infrastructure in tatters.Ex: He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.Ex: Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.* con el corazón destrozado = broken-hearted.* destrozado por la guerra = war-ravaged.* destrozado por un huracán = hurricane-ravaged.* estar destrozado = be + wreck, be a shambles.* quedar destrozado = go to + pieces.* sentirse destrozado = be gutted, feel + gutted.* * *destrozado -da1 (roto, deteriorado) ‹zapatos› ruineda él no le pasó nada, pero el coche quedó destrozado he was all right, but the car was a total wrecktengo que comprar sillones nuevos, éstos ya están destrozados I've got to buy some new armchairs, these are falling aparteste diccionario está destrozado this dictionary is falling to piecestenía los nervios destrozados she was a nervous wreck, her nerves were in shreds o tatterstengo los pies destrozados ( fam); my feet are killing meel conductor tenía la cara destrozada the driver's face was a real mess2 ‹persona› (físicamente) exhausted; (moralmente) devastated, shattered3 ‹corazón› broken* * *
Del verbo destrozar: ( conjugate destrozar)
destrozado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
destrozado
destrozar
destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
‹ coche› to wreck;
‹ libro› to pull apart
‹ corazón› to break;
destrozarse verbo pronominal
[jarrón/cristal] to smash
destrozado,-a adjetivo
1 (un objeto) torn-up, ruined, smashed: estos pantalones están destrozados, these trousers are in shreds
2 (muy cansado, agotado) worn out, exhausted
3 (muy triste) shattered, devastated
destrozar verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
' destrozado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabada
- acabado
- destrozada
- deshecho
English:
bumper
- heart-broken
- shattered
- tatters
- war-torn
- broken
- shred
- tattered
* * *destrozado, -a adj1. [vestido, zapatos] ruined;[jarrón, cámara] smashed;esta estantería está destrozada these shelves are falling apart;la lavadora está destrozada the washing machine is only fit for the scrapheap;el gato tiene los sillones destrozados the cat has clawed the chairs to shreds;me devolvió el libro destrozado the book was falling to bits when he gave it back to me;tengo las manos destrozadas de tanto fregar all that washing up has left my hands in a terrible state;huyó dejándole el corazón destrozado she ran off leaving him heartbroken;el autobús quedó destrozado the bus was wrecked2. [persona] [emocionalmente] shattered, devastated;[físicamente] shattered;la noticia lo dejó destrozado he was devastated by the news* * *destrozado, -da adj1) : ruined, destroyed2) : devastated, brokenhearted -
18 devorador
adj.devouring, all-consuming, eater.* * *► adjetivo1 devouring► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 devourer\devoradora de hombres man-eater* * *ADJ [pasión] devouring; [fuego] all-consuming; [hambre] ravenous* * ** * *= ravenous.Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.----* devoradora de hombres = man-eater.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* devorador de libros = book-eating.* * ** * *= ravenous.Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
* devoradora de hombres = man-eater.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* devorador de libros = book-eating.* * *‹pasión› all-consumingel fuego devorador del infierno ( liter); the flames of Hell that will engulf you o swallow you up ( liter)tengo un hambre devoradora I'm ravenousatenazados por unos impuestos devoradores beset by crippling taxes* * *devorador, -ora♦ adjun adolescente devorador de novelas de aventuras a young boy who devours adventure stories2. [pasión, celos, deseo] all-consuming;tener unas ansias de triunfo devoradoras to have a burning desire for victory;hambre devoradora ravenous hunger;me lanzó una mirada devoradora he devoured me with his eyes;un incendio devorador arrasó el bosque the forest was destroyed by an all-consuming blaze♦ nm,fdevourer;Fam Humuna devoradora de hombres a man-eater* * *adj hambre ravenous; figall-consuming -
19 hambriento
adj.hungry, craving, famished, hungering.m.hungry person, hungerer.* * *► adjetivo1 hungry, starving2 figurado hungry, longing► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 hungry person, starving person1 the hungry* * *(f. - hambrienta)adj.* * *hambriento, -a1. ADJ1) (=con hambre) hungry; (=famélico) starvingvenimos hambrientos — we're starving *, we're very hungry
unas tristes imágenes de niños hambrientos — very sad pictures of hungry o starving children
2)2.SM / F [con hambre] hungry person; [en situación desesperada] starving person* * *I- ta adjetivo [estar] hungry, starving (colloq), famished (colloq)II- ta masculino, femeninodar de comer al hambriento — to feed the starving o hungry
* * *= hungry [hungrier -comp., hungriest -sup.], starving, ravenous.Ex. The article 'Text timeshares: sitting ducks for hungry dogs' examines how US text timesharing companies, responsible for deliver of information to users, are operating, against a background of US business in general.Ex. The rights of the little starving author, and the weight of the enormous publishing industry, both are pretty hefty in legal and legislative thinking.Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.----* estar hambriento = starve.* hambriento de poder = power-hungry.* * *I- ta adjetivo [estar] hungry, starving (colloq), famished (colloq)II- ta masculino, femeninodar de comer al hambriento — to feed the starving o hungry
* * *= hungry [hungrier -comp., hungriest -sup.], starving, ravenous.Ex: The article 'Text timeshares: sitting ducks for hungry dogs' examines how US text timesharing companies, responsible for deliver of information to users, are operating, against a background of US business in general.
Ex: The rights of the little starving author, and the weight of the enormous publishing industry, both are pretty hefty in legal and legislative thinking.Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.* estar hambriento = starve.* hambriento de poder = power-hungry.* * *[ ESTAR] hungrycompra unos cuantos, estoy hambriento buy several, I'm hungry o ( colloq) I'm starving o ( colloq) I'm famishedlos niños hambrientos del mundo the world's starving childrenhambriento DE algo hungry FOR sthel pueblo está hambriento de justicia the people are hungry for justice, the people hunger for o after justicehuérfanos hambrientos de cariño orphans hungry for o craving affectionmasculine, femininelos hambrientos hungry peopledar de comer al hambriento to feed the starving o hungry* * *
hambriento
hambriento de algo hungry for sth
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: los hambrientos hungry people
hambriento,-a adjetivo
1 (por inanición) starving
(por apetito) hungry
2 (deseoso) hungry, craving: está hambriento de aventuras, he's hungry for adventure
' hambriento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hambrienta
English:
famished
- hungry
- ravenous
- starving
* * *hambriento, -a♦ adjstarving♦ nm,fstarving person;los hambrientos the hungry* * *adj tb fighungry (de for)* * *hambriento, -ta adj: hungry, starving* * *hambriento adj2. (muerto de hambre) starving -
20 incomprensible
adj.incomprehensible.* * *► adjetivo1 incomprehensible* * *ADJ incomprehensible* * *adjetivo incomprehensible* * *= incomprehensible, unfathomable, garbled, unaccountable.Ex. An ugly voice, one that is monotonous or grating, weak in power, incomprehensible or strained, is never likely to receive and retain anyone's attention for long.Ex. Then, of course, there are those who always ask because that's easier than looking up anything in that unfathomable catalog.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. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.----* hacer incomprensible = render + incomprehensible, garble.* incomprensible, lo = incomprehensible, the.* * *adjetivo incomprehensible* * *= incomprehensible, unfathomable, garbled, unaccountable.Ex: An ugly voice, one that is monotonous or grating, weak in power, incomprehensible or strained, is never likely to receive and retain anyone's attention for long.
Ex: Then, of course, there are those who always ask because that's easier than looking up anything in that unfathomable catalog.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: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.* hacer incomprensible = render + incomprehensible, garble.* incomprensible, lo = incomprehensible, the.* * *incomprehensiblesu decisión me parece incomprensible I find her decision incomprehensible, I just do not understand her decision* * *
incomprensible adjetivo
incomprehensible
incomprensible adjetivo incomprehensible: expuso unas teorías incomprensibles, he expounded some incomprehensible theories
tuvieron un comportamiento incomprensible, their behaviour was difficult to understand
' incomprensible' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chino
- galimatías
English:
baffling
- impenetrable
- incomprehensible
- incomprehensibly
- unintelligible
- defy
- garbled
* * *incomprensible adjincomprehensible;su discurso me resultó incomprensible I couldn't understand his speech;me parece incomprensible que ahora quiera marcharse I find it incomprehensible that she wants to leave now, I cannot understand why she wants to leave now* * *adj incomprehensible* * *incomprensible adj: incomprehensible* * *incomprensible adj incomprehensible
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