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1 abortar
v.1 to abort (feto).Ella abortó al bebé She aborted the baby.Ricardo abortó el plan Richard aborted=called off the plan.Silvia abortó hace un mes Silvia had an abortion a month ago.2 to have a miscarriage, to miscarry (medicine) (espontáneamente).* * *1 (voluntariamente) to abort, have an abortion; (involuntariamente) to miscarry, have a miscarriage2 (fracasar) to fail, fall through1 (interrumpir) to stop; (frustrar) to foil, thwart* * *verb1) to abort, foil, frustrate2) have an abortion, have a miscarriage* * *1.VI [accidentalmente] to have a miscarriage; [deliberadamente] to have an abortion2. VT1) (=abandonar) [+ plan, aterrizaje] to abort2) (=frustrar) [+ complot] to foil, frustrate; [+ motín, protesta] to quell, put down3) (Inform) to abort* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) (Med) ( de forma espontánea) to have a miscarriage, miscarry, abort; ( de forma provocada) to have an abortion, abort2) plan/conspiración to miscarry2.abortar vt <maniobra/aterrizaje> to abort* * *= abort, have + an abortion.Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.Ex. This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) (Med) ( de forma espontánea) to have a miscarriage, miscarry, abort; ( de forma provocada) to have an abortion, abort2) plan/conspiración to miscarry2.abortar vt <maniobra/aterrizaje> to abort* * *= abort, have + an abortion.Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
Ex: This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.* * *abortar [A1 ]viA ( Med) (de forma espontánea) to have a miscarriage, miscarry, abort; (de forma provocada) to have an abortion, abortB «plan/conspiración» to miscarry■ abortarvtA ‹maniobra/aterrizaje› to abortla policía abortó estas acciones de protesta the police quashed these protestsB ( Inf) ‹programa/proceso› to abort* * *
abortar ( conjugate abortar) verbo intransitivo (Med) ( de forma espontánea) to have a miscarriage, miscarry;
( de forma provocada) to have an abortion, abort
verbo transitivo ‹maniobra/aterrizaje› to abort
abortar
I verbo intransitivo (accidentalmente) to miscarry, have a miscarriage
(voluntariamente) to abort, have an abortion: no quiere abortar, she doesn't want to have an abortion
II verbo transitivo to abort: la policía abortó el intento de secuestro, the police aborted the attempted kidnapping
' abortar' also found in these entries:
English:
abort
- abortion
- miscarry
* * *♦ vt1. [feto] to abort2. [misión, aterrizaje] to abort;[atentado] to foil;abortaron la operación antes de que empezara they called off the operation before it had started♦ vi[espontáneamente] to have a miscarriage, to miscarry; [intencionadamente] to have an abortion* * *II v/t plan foil* * *abortar vi: to have an abortionabortar vt1) : to abort2) : to quash, to suppress* * *abortar vb1. (voluntariamente) to have an abortion -
2 choque cultural
m.cultural shock, culture clash, culture shock.* * *(n.) = cultural shock, culture shockEx. The cultural shock that children suffer is more serious than their parents experience.Ex. The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers.* * *(n.) = cultural shock, culture shockEx: The cultural shock that children suffer is more serious than their parents experience.
Ex: The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers. -
3 desesperado
adj.desperate, hopeless, despairing, anguished.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desesperar.* * *1→ link=desesperar desesperar► adjetivo1 (sin esperanza) hopeless, desperate2 (irritado) exasperated, infuriated► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 desperate person\a la desesperada figurado as a last hope, in desperationcomo un,-a desesperado,-a figurado like a mad person* * *(f. - desesperada)adj.desperate, hopeless* * *desesperado, -a1. ADJ1) (=sin esperanza) [persona] desperate; [caso, situación] hopelessestar desesperado de algo — to have despaired of sth, have lost hope of sth
2) [esfuerzo] furious, frenzied2.SM / F* * *I- da adjetivo desperateII- da masculino, femeninocorrió como un desesperado — he ran like crazy (colloq)
* * *= frantic, desperate, in desperation, agonised [agonized, -USA], hopeless, despairing, up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, forlorn, frenzied.Ex. Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.Ex. He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.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. Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.Ex. The article is entitled ' Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.Ex. With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.Ex. There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.----* en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.* estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.* * *I- da adjetivo desperateII- da masculino, femeninocorrió como un desesperado — he ran like crazy (colloq)
* * *= frantic, desperate, in desperation, agonised [agonized, -USA], hopeless, despairing, up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, forlorn, frenzied.Ex: Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.
Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.Ex: He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.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: Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.Ex: The article is entitled ' Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.Ex: With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.Ex: There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.* en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.* estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.* * *desperateuna maniobra desesperada a desperate moveen un intento desesperado por salvarse in a desperate attempt to save himselfestá desesperado porque no sabe cómo lo va a pagar he's desperate o frantic because he doesn't know how he's going to paydesesperado, llegó a pensar en el suicidio he was o felt so desperate that he even contemplated suicidemiraba desesperado cómo las llamas consumían el edificio he looked on in desperation as the flames consumed the buildingestaba desesperado de dolor the pain was driving him mad, he was in excruciating paina la desesperada in desperationmasculine, femininecome como un desesperado he eats as if he were half-starved ( colloq)corrió como un desesperado he ran like crazy o mad ( colloq), he ran as if his life depended on it* * *
Del verbo desesperar: ( conjugate desesperar)
desesperado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
desesperado
desesperar
desesperado◊ -da adjetivo
desperate
desesperar ( conjugate desesperar) verbo transitivo
to drive … to distraction o despair
verbo intransitivo
to despair, give up hope
desesperarse verbo pronominal
to become exasperated
desesperado,-a adjetivo
1 (sin esperanza) desperate, hopeless, in despair
2 (irritado) exasperated, infuriated
(esfuerzo, intento) frenzied, desperate
desesperar verbo transitivo
1 to drive to despair
2 (poner nervioso, irritado) to exasperate
' desesperado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desesperada
English:
anything
- despair
- despairing
- desperate
- frantic
- hopeless
- last-ditch
- agony
- forlorn
- frenetic
- hopelessness
- last
- wild
- wit
* * *desesperado, -a♦ adjdesperate;estar desesperado [sin alternativa] to be desperate;[sin esperanza] to be in despair;lo hice porque estaba desesperado I did it out of desperation;gritaba desesperado que lo ayudaran he was screaming frantically for them to help him;en un intento desesperado por huir del incendio in a desperate attempt to escape from the fire;el estado de la población es desesperado the people are in a desperate state;(hacer algo) a la desesperada (to do sth) in desperation♦ nm,fFamcomo un desesperado like mad o crazy;comer como un desesperado to eat as if one were half-starved* * *adj in despair;a la desesperada out of desperation* * *desesperado, -da adj: desperate, despairing, hopeless♦ desesperadamente adv* * *desesperado adj1. (en general) desperate2. (situación) hopeless -
4 en desesperación
= despairing, in despairEx. Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.Ex. And at the same time his mother has almost gone out of her mind, twisting about on the ground and tearing the hair from her head in despair.* * *= despairing, in despairEx: Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.
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5 etnocentricidad
Ex. The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers.* * *Ex: The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers.
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6 experiencia de la vida
(n.) = experience of lifeEx. In this mood we select books that connect with the way we are now, with the experiences of life we are presently encountering = En este estado de ánimo escogemos libros relacionados con nuestra forma de ser ahora, con las experiencias de la vida que estamos teniendo en la actualidad.* * *(n.) = experience of lifeEx: In this mood we select books that connect with the way we are now, with the experiences of life we are presently encountering = En este estado de ánimo escogemos libros relacionados con nuestra forma de ser ahora, con las experiencias de la vida que estamos teniendo en la actualidad.
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7 formación de piquetes
(n.) = picketingEx. This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.* * *(n.) = picketingEx: This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.
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8 no acostumbrado a
Ex. The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers.* * *Ex: The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers.
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9 no familiarizado con
Ex. The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers.* * *Ex: The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers.
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10 shock cultural
(n.) = cultural shock, culture shockEx. The cultural shock that children suffer is more serious than their parents experience.Ex. The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers.* * *(n.) = cultural shock, culture shockEx: The cultural shock that children suffer is more serious than their parents experience.
Ex: The author uses the concepts of culture shock and ethnocentricity to offer an explanation of what encountering the electronic library may mean to library users unfamiliar with computers. -
11 tener un aborto
(v.) = have + an abortionEx. This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.* * *(v.) = have + an abortionEx: This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.
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12 piquete
m.1 peg, stake (tool).2 prick (informal) (picadura, pinchazo) (de aguja). (Mexican Spanish)3 bite, sting.El águila se abatió y tomó al conejo The eagle swooped and got the rabbit4 picket, strike picket, picket line.* * *1 (de huelga) picket2 (de soldados) squad* * *SM1) [de personas] (Mil) squad, party; [en huelga] picket2) Arg (=corral) yard, small corral3) (=pinchazo) prick, jab4) (=agujero) small hole ( in clothing)5) And (=merienda) picnic6) Caribe (Mús) street band* * *1) ( de huelguistas) picket; ( de soldados) squad, picket (arch)2) (Méx fam)b) ( de insecto) sting, bitec) ( de licor) drop* * *1) ( de huelguistas) picket; ( de soldados) squad, picket (arch)2) (Méx fam)b) ( de insecto) sting, bitec) ( de licor) drop* * *piquete11 = picket line, picket, picketing.Ex: Rather, diversity is emphasized by telling the stories of women in settings as various as the suburbs and the farms, the kitchens, and the picket lines.
Ex: This group of Republican women organized the first picket of Armagh and saw feminist demands as part of the struggle for national freedom.Ex: This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.* formación de piquetes = picketing.* formar un piquete frente a = picket.piquete22 = picketer, picket striker.Ex: This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.
Ex: With one exception, no picket striker or citizen was injured as a result of the presence of state troops.* * *A1 (de huelguistas) picket2 (de soldados) squad, picket ( arch)Compuesto:piquete móvil or volanteflying picket2 (de insecto) sting, bite3 (de licor) dropC ( Chi) (en una tela) small hole* * *
piquete sustantivo masculino
1 ( de huelguistas) picket;
( de soldados) squad, picket (arch)
2 (Méx fam)
( inyección) shot (colloq), jab (colloq)
piquete sustantivo masculino
1 (de soldados) squad
2 (de huelga) picket
' piquete' also found in these entries:
English:
flying picket
- picket
- picket-line
- prick
* * *piquete nm1. [herramienta] peg, stake2. [de huelguistas] picketpiquete informativo = picket concerned with raising awareness and informing workers about the need for industrial action3. piquete de ejecución firing squad[de insecto] stingdar un piquete a alguien to prod sb* * *m1 POL picket2 Méxpicadura bite3 Méxpunzada sharp pain* * *piquete nm1) : picketers pl, picket line2) : squad, detachment -
13 cortante
adj.1 sharp (afilado).2 cutting (tajante) (frase, estilo).Las chicas se abalanzaron al hoyo The girls jumped blindly into the hole.3 incisal.4 blunt, rough, curt, snappish.* * *► adjetivo1 (que corta) cutting, sharp3 figurado (persona, estilo) sharp, brusque* * *adj.cutting, sharp* * *1. ADJ1) [instrumento] cutting, sharp2) [viento] cutting, biting3) [respuesta] sharp, cutting2.SM (=trinchador) cleaver, chopper* * *a) <instrumento/objeto> sharpb) < viento> bitingc) <respuesta/tono> sharp* * *= piercing, razor-sharp.Ex. She gave him one long piercing glance and started up the stairs toward the deputy director's office.Ex. I've always wondered how samurai sword makers made their swords razor-sharp.----* frío cortante = biting cold, pinching cold.* viento cortante = biting wind.* * *a) <instrumento/objeto> sharpb) < viento> bitingc) <respuesta/tono> sharp* * *= piercing, razor-sharp.Ex: She gave him one long piercing glance and started up the stairs toward the deputy director's office.
Ex: I've always wondered how samurai sword makers made their swords razor-sharp.* frío cortante = biting cold, pinching cold.* viento cortante = biting wind.* * *1 ‹instrumento/objeto› sharp2 ‹viento› bitinghacía un frío cortante it was bitterly cold3 ‹respuesta/tono› sharpme respondió cortante she answered sharply* * *
cortante adjetivo
cortante adjetivo
1 (aire, frío, etc) cutting, biting: al subir a cubierta el viento cortante les hizo retroceder, after encountering a biting wind on deck, they were forced to go back inside
2 (persona, comentario) sharp: tiene una manera de ser tan cortante que me extraña que tenga amigos, her manner can be so curt that it's a wonder that she has any friends
' cortante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrupta
- abrupto
English:
biting
- bitter
- cutting
- sharp
- snappy
- curt
- tart
* * *cortante adj1. [afilado] sharp2. [viento] biting;[frío] bitter3. [tajante] [frase, estilo] cutting* * *adj1 filo sharp2 viento cutting* * *cortante adj: cutting, sharp -
14 piquete1
1 = picket line, picket, picketing.Ex. Rather, diversity is emphasized by telling the stories of women in settings as various as the suburbs and the farms, the kitchens, and the picket lines.Ex. This group of Republican women organized the first picket of Armagh and saw feminist demands as part of the struggle for national freedom.Ex. This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.----* formación de piquetes = picketing.* formar un piquete frente a = picket. -
15 piquete2
2 = picketer, picket striker.Ex. This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.Ex. With one exception, no picket striker or citizen was injured as a result of the presence of state troops.
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