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encouraged

  • 101 a hurtadillas

    adv.
    stealthily, on the sly, by stealth, on the quiet.
    * * *
    stealthily, on the sly
    * * *
    = surreptitiously, by stealth, stealthily, furtively, on the sly
    Ex. List prices were not in practice always maintained, for many booksellers would surreptitiously give a discount rather than lose a sale.
    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex. It is contended that adoption policies have encouraged nondisclosure of information by gay men & lesbians, & surrogacy arrangements are often handled stealthily.
    Ex. Seditious books continued to appear, nevertheless, both from secret presses in England moving furtively from hideout to hideout.
    Ex. True, you may not see many boys and girls openly holding hands or kissing but many affairs are conducted on the sly.
    * * *
    = surreptitiously, by stealth, stealthily, furtively, on the sly

    Ex: List prices were not in practice always maintained, for many booksellers would surreptitiously give a discount rather than lose a sale.

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex: It is contended that adoption policies have encouraged nondisclosure of information by gay men & lesbians, & surrogacy arrangements are often handled stealthily.
    Ex: Seditious books continued to appear, nevertheless, both from secret presses in England moving furtively from hideout to hideout.
    Ex: True, you may not see many boys and girls openly holding hands or kissing but many affairs are conducted on the sly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a hurtadillas

  • 102 a principios de los + Década

    = early + Década, the
    Ex. The energy crisis of the early 1970s encouraged programmes on non-conventional energy sources and energy saving.
    * * *
    = early + Década, the

    Ex: The energy crisis of the early 1970s encouraged programmes on non-conventional energy sources and energy saving.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a principios de los + Década

  • 103 actuar de

    (v.) = serve as
    Ex. Also, the students are encouraged to explore subjects on interest to them in their school libraries and report on their investigations, either orally or in writing, to a teacher who serves as a kind of counselor or mentor for the project.
    * * *
    (v.) = serve as

    Ex: Also, the students are encouraged to explore subjects on interest to them in their school libraries and report on their investigations, either orally or in writing, to a teacher who serves as a kind of counselor or mentor for the project.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar de

  • 104 aerobics acuático

    Ex. Residents are encouraged to get ready to make a splash, swim some laps, enjoy water aerobics or learn to swim at these facilities this summer.
    * * *

    Ex: Residents are encouraged to get ready to make a splash, swim some laps, enjoy water aerobics or learn to swim at these facilities this summer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aerobics acuático

  • 105 aerobics en el agua

    Ex. Residents are encouraged to get ready to make a splash, swim some laps, enjoy water aerobics or learn to swim at these facilities this summer.
    * * *

    Ex: Residents are encouraged to get ready to make a splash, swim some laps, enjoy water aerobics or learn to swim at these facilities this summer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aerobics en el agua

  • 106 aeropuerto transcontinental

    (n.) = hub airport
    Ex. Business travelers still prefer using major hub airports despite being encouraged in recent years to utilize smaller alternate airports.
    * * *

    Ex: Business travelers still prefer using major hub airports despite being encouraged in recent years to utilize smaller alternate airports.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aeropuerto transcontinental

  • 107 agente depresivo

    m.
    depressing medicine, depressant, downer.
    * * *
    (n.) = downer, depressant
    Ex. Financial crime in the press is seen as a downer in the market and therefore not encouraged.
    Ex. Beverage alcohol (ethanol) is a depressant that has important pharmacological and biochemical effects on the brain and the central nervous system.
    * * *
    (n.) = downer, depressant

    Ex: Financial crime in the press is seen as a downer in the market and therefore not encouraged.

    Ex: Beverage alcohol (ethanol) is a depressant that has important pharmacological and biochemical effects on the brain and the central nervous system.

    Spanish-English dictionary > agente depresivo

  • 108 ahorro de energía

    (n.) = energy conservation, energy saving, savings in energy
    Ex. Let us attempt to examine these factors with particular reference to the field of energy conservation.
    Ex. The energy crisis of the early 1970s encouraged programmes on non-conventional energy sources and energy saving.
    Ex. Some of the advantages of renovating rather than constructing a new building include considerable savings in money and energy = Algunas de las ventajas de renovar más que construir un nuevo edificio son el ahorro considerable de dinero y esfuerzo.
    * * *
    (n.) = energy conservation, energy saving, savings in energy

    Ex: Let us attempt to examine these factors with particular reference to the field of energy conservation.

    Ex: The energy crisis of the early 1970s encouraged programmes on non-conventional energy sources and energy saving.
    Ex: Some of the advantages of renovating rather than constructing a new building include considerable savings in money and energy = Algunas de las ventajas de renovar más que construir un nuevo edificio son el ahorro considerable de dinero y esfuerzo.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ahorro de energía

  • 109 ahorro energético

    Ex. The energy crisis of the early 1970s encouraged programmes on non-conventional energy sources and energy saving.
    * * *

    Ex: The energy crisis of the early 1970s encouraged programmes on non-conventional energy sources and energy saving.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ahorro energético

  • 110 alentar

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    Ella alienta a María She encourages Mary.
    2 to foster, to nurture.
    Ella alienta un ideal She fosters=nurtures an ideal.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar
    1 coloquial (respirar) to breathe
    2 figurado (existir) to exist, live on
    1 (animar) to encourage
    2 (tener) to harbour (US harbor), cherish
    1 (recuperarse) to get well
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=animar) to encourage, hearten; [+ oposición] to stiffen; [+ esperanzas] to raise

    en su pecho alienta la esperanza de... — he cherishes the hope of...

    2) LAm (=aplaudir) to clap, applaud
    2.
    VI (=brillar) to burn, glow
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to encourage; <jugador/equipo> to cheer... on
    b) <esperanza/ilusión> to cherish
    2.
    alentar vi (liter) ( respirar) to breathe
    3.
    alentarse v pron (AmS fam) ( mejorarse) to get better
    * * *
    = encourage, spur, stimulate, cheer, hearten.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.
    Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
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    * alentar la esperanza = foster + hope.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to encourage; <jugador/equipo> to cheer... on
    b) <esperanza/ilusión> to cherish
    2.
    alentar vi (liter) ( respirar) to breathe
    3.
    alentarse v pron (AmS fam) ( mejorarse) to get better
    * * *
    = encourage, spur, stimulate, cheer, hearten.

    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: I shall neither cheer nor mourn its passing from the current agenda because to do so would be to demonstrate a partisanship that was not presidential.
    Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    * alentar la esperanza = foster + hope.

    * * *
    alentar [A5 ]
    vt
    1 (con gritos, aplausos) to cheer … on; (dar valor) to encourage
    miles de hinchas alentaron al equipo thousands of fans cheered the team on
    sus palabras me alentaron a seguir luchando his words inspired o encouraged me o gave me strength to carry on fighting
    2 (albergar) ‹esperanza› to cherish
    alentaban esperanzas de bienestar they cherished hopes of a comfortable life
    ■ alentar
    vi
    ( liter) (respirar) to breathe
    ( AmL fam) (mejorarse) to get better
    * * *

     

    alentar ( conjugate alentar) verbo transitivo

    ‹jugador/equipo› to cheer … on
    b) ‹esperanza/ilusión› to cherish

    alentar vtr fig to encourage
    ' alentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - estimular
    English:
    buoy up
    - root for
    - encourage
    - root
    - urge
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [animar] to encourage;
    los hinchas alentaban a su equipo the fans cheered their team on;
    la alentó para que siguiera estudiando he encouraged her to keep on studying
    2. Col [palmotear] to applaud
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( animar) encourage
    2 esperanzas cherish
    * * *
    alentar {55} vt
    : to encourage, to inspire
    : to breathe
    * * *
    alentar vb to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > alentar

  • 111 alrededores

    m.pl.
    1 environs.
    2 surroundings, neighborhood, fringes, outskirts.
    * * *
    1 surrounding area sing
    ■ en los alrededores de Sevilla in the vicinity of Seville, just outside Seville
    * * *
    noun m. plural
    * * *
    masculino plural
    a) (de ciudad - barrios periféricos, afueras) outskirts (pl); (- otras localidades)
    b) (de edificio, calle) surrounding area
    * * *
    = surroundings, surrounding area, outskirts of, the, vicinity, environs.
    Ex. Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.
    Ex. Large-scale maps and street plans of the locality and surrounding areas may be consulted, as may current traders' lists and catalogues.
    Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex. Students should be encouraged to pay a visit to a library in their own vicinity to consult particular sources or to initiate an interlibrary loan request.
    Ex. This database contains 500 photographs, drawings, engravings and watercolours of the 16th century Sutton House and its environs.
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    * en los alrededores de = on the outskirts of, in the area round.
    * * *
    masculino plural
    a) (de ciudad - barrios periféricos, afueras) outskirts (pl); (- otras localidades)
    b) (de edificio, calle) surrounding area
    * * *
    = surroundings, surrounding area, outskirts of, the, vicinity, environs.

    Ex: Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.

    Ex: Large-scale maps and street plans of the locality and surrounding areas may be consulted, as may current traders' lists and catalogues.
    Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex: Students should be encouraged to pay a visit to a library in their own vicinity to consult particular sources or to initiate an interlibrary loan request.
    Ex: This database contains 500 photographs, drawings, engravings and watercolours of the 16th century Sutton House and its environs.
    * en los alrededores de = on the outskirts of, in the area round.

    * * *
    1 (de edificio, calle) surrounding area ( sing)
    la polícia está rastreando los alrededores the police are combing the surrounding area
    en los alrededores del estadio in the area around the stadium
    2 (de ciudad) outskirts (pl)
    vive en los alrededores de Madrid she lives in the outskirts of Madrid
    3 (de otras lugares) surroundings (pl)
    el pueblo y sus alrededores the village and its surroundings
    * * *

    alrededores sustantivo masculino plural
    a) (barrios periféricos, extrarradio de ciudad) outskirts (pl);

    ( otras localidades): surroundings (pl)
    b) (de edificio, calle) surrounding area;


    ' alrededores' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alrededor
    - proximidad
    English:
    environs
    - round
    - surrounding
    - vicinity
    - home
    - neighborhood
    - neighboring
    - out
    - surroundings
    * * *
    mpl surrounding area sg
    * * *
    aledaños: surroundings, outskirts
    * * *
    alrededores npl outskirts

    Spanish-English dictionary > alrededores

  • 112 amenazado

    adj.
    threatened.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: amenazar.
    * * *
    = under threat, under attack, threatened.
    Ex. Products under threat include; greeting cards, circulars, information sheets, newspapers and magazines.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The National Health Service in the United Kingdom: under attack or under reconstruction'.
    Ex. Kids and adults are encouraged to take a dip and raise funds to help protect sea turtles and other threatened marine wildlife.
    ----
    * sentirse amenazado = feel + threatened.
    * * *
    = under threat, under attack, threatened.

    Ex: Products under threat include; greeting cards, circulars, information sheets, newspapers and magazines.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'The National Health Service in the United Kingdom: under attack or under reconstruction'.
    Ex: Kids and adults are encouraged to take a dip and raise funds to help protect sea turtles and other threatened marine wildlife.
    * sentirse amenazado = feel + threatened.

    Spanish-English dictionary > amenazado

  • 113 animado

    adj.
    1 animate, animated, moved, bustling.
    2 busy.
    3 alive, living.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: animar.
    * * *
    1→ link=animar animar
    1 (movido) animated, lively, jolly
    2 (concurrido) bustling, full of people
    3 (alegre) cheerful, in high spirits, excited
    * * *
    (f. - animada)
    adj.
    cheerful, alive
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=con ánimo)
    2) (=alentado)

    animado de o por algo/algn — encouraged by sth/sb, urged on by sth/sb

    animados por los hinchas — encouraged o urged on by the fans

    3) [lugar] (=alegre) lively; (=concurrido) [bar, mercado] bustling, busy
    4) (=con vida) animate
    dibujo 2)
    5) (Ling) animate
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <fiesta/ambiente> lively; <conversación/discusión> lively, animated
    b) (optimista, con ánimo) cheerful, in good spirits
    2) ( impulsado)

    animado de or por algo — inspired o motivated by something

    * * *
    = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], vibrant, animate, animated, perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.].
    Ex. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex. All these issues were successfully addressed by rearranging study, reference, and stack areas and enclosing a small office to create a more vibrant, reference oriented library environment.
    Ex. This article reports the results of a study to determine the decision making processes used by doctors when examining medical information derived from animate information sources, such as: colleagues; consultants; and medical information centres.
    Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex. The members of Harvey's family seem almost spookily healthy and perky and nice to each other.
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    * de un modo animado = perkily.
    * dibujos animados = animated cartoons.
    * dibujos animados japoneses = Anime.
    * gráfico animado = motion graphic.
    * película de dibujos animados = cartoon film.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <fiesta/ambiente> lively; <conversación/discusión> lively, animated
    b) (optimista, con ánimo) cheerful, in good spirits
    2) ( impulsado)

    animado de or por algo — inspired o motivated by something

    * * *
    = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], vibrant, animate, animated, perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.].

    Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

    Ex: All these issues were successfully addressed by rearranging study, reference, and stack areas and enclosing a small office to create a more vibrant, reference oriented library environment.
    Ex: This article reports the results of a study to determine the decision making processes used by doctors when examining medical information derived from animate information sources, such as: colleagues; consultants; and medical information centres.
    Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex: The members of Harvey's family seem almost spookily healthy and perky and nice to each other.
    * de un modo animado = perkily.
    * dibujos animados = animated cartoons.
    * dibujos animados japoneses = Anime.
    * gráfico animado = motion graphic.
    * película de dibujos animados = cartoon film.

    * * *
    animado -da
    A
    1 ‹fiesta/reunión/ambiente› lively; ‹conversación/discusión› lively, animated
    2 (optimista, con ánimo) cheerful, in good spirits
    hoy está más animado he's more cheerful o he's in better spirits today
    animado A + INF:
    estoy más animado a intentarlo ahora I feel more like trying o more up to trying now
    B (impulsado) animado DE or POR algo inspired o motivated BY sth
    un movimiento animado de excelentes principios a movement inspired o motivated by excellent principles
    actuó animado de impecables propósitos he acted with the best of intentions
    * * *

    Del verbo animar: ( conjugate animar)

    animado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    animado    
    animar
    animado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹fiesta/ambiente› lively;

    ‹conversación/discusión› lively, animated
    b) (optimista, con ánimo) cheerful, in good spirits

    2 ( impulsado) animado de or por algo inspired o motivated by sth
    animar ( conjugate animar) verbo transitivo
    1

    ( levantar el espíritu) to cheer … up;

    animado a algn a hacer algo or a que haga algo to encourage sb to do sth
    b) ‹fiesta/reunión› to liven up;


    c) (con luces, colores) to brighten up

    2 ‹ programa› to present, host
    3 ( impulsar) to inspire
    animarse verbo pronominal
    a) (alegrarse, cobrar vida) [fiesta/reunión] to liven up, warm up;

    [ persona] to liven up

    ◊ si me animo a salir te llamo if I feel like going out, I'll call you

    c) ( atreverse):

    ◊ ¿quién se anima a decírselo? who's going to be brave enough to tell him?;

    no me animo a saltar I can't bring myself to jump;
    al final me animé a confesárselo I finally plucked up the courage to tell her
    animado,-a adjetivo
    1 (fiesta, reunión, conversación) lively
    2 (estado de ánimo) cheerful
    animar verbo transitivo
    1 (alegrar a alguien) to cheer up
    (una fiesta, una reunión) to liven up, brighten up
    2 (estimular a una persona) to encourage
    ' animado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animada
    - alborotado
    - mono
    - vivo
    English:
    animated
    - busy
    - chirpy
    - lively
    - perky
    - sprightly
    - subdued
    - swing
    - zestful
    - bustling
    - racy
    - spirit
    * * *
    animado, -a adj
    1. [con buen ánimo] cheerful;
    se encuentra muy animado después de la operación he's in excellent spirits after the operation
    2. [entretenido] lively;
    fue un partido muy animado it was a very lively match
    3. [con alma] animate, living;
    los objetos animados e inanimados animate and inanimate objects
    4. Cine animated;
    animado por Esp [m5] ordenador o Am [m5] computadora computer-animated
    * * *
    adj lively
    * * *
    animado, -da adj
    1) : animated, lively
    2) : cheerful
    ♦ animadamente adv
    * * *
    animado adj
    1. (persona) cheerful
    2. (lugar, situación) lively [comp. livelier; superl. liveliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > animado

  • 114 apaciguarse

    1 (persona) to calm down; (tormenta) to abate; (mar) to become calm
    * * *
    VPR to calm down, quieten down
    * * *
    (v.) = quieten down, abate, mellow
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.
    Ex. These findingings support the idea that people do mellow with age.
    * * *
    (v.) = quieten down, abate, mellow

    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.

    Ex: As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.
    Ex: These findingings support the idea that people do mellow with age.

    * * *

    ■apaciguarse vr (calmarse una persona) to calm down
    (amainar la tormenta) to abate
    ' apaciguarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abate
    - calmarse
    - apaciguar
    English:
    abate
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [persona] to calm down;
    los ánimos se han apaciguado people have calmed down
    2. [dolor] to abate;
    [mar] to calm down; [viento] to drop
    * * *
    v/r calm down
    * * *
    vr
    : to calm down

    Spanish-English dictionary > apaciguarse

  • 115 armar bulla

    v.
    to make a racket.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar bulla

  • 116 armar la de San Quintín

    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar la de San Quintín

  • 117 armar un escándalo

    to kick up a fuss
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar un escándalo

  • 118 armar un lío

    to make a fuss
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar un lío

  • 119 armar una bronca

    to kick up a fuss
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armar una bronca

  • 120 armarla

    familiar to cause trouble, kick up a fuss
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), kick up + a row, raise + a stink, make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    Ex. 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex. In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    * * *
    (v.) = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), kick up + a row, raise + a stink, make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus

    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: After all, making a stink is bad news for any public company, let alone a life-insurance company.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    Ex: 'I'll call the young fellow and tell him there's been a mix-up -- I hope his parents don't raise a stink -- and I want you to know that it really sticks in my craw, it violates all my principles' = "Llamaré al joven y le diré que ha habido una confusión (espero que sus padres no me armen un escándalo) y quiero que sepas que es algo que me da patadas en el estómago, va en contra de todos mis principios".
    Ex: In this illustrated book, children are encouraged to make a racket before slowly quietening down for a sound night's sleep.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.

    Spanish-English dictionary > armarla

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