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enduring

  • 1 estoico

    • enduring
    • stoic
    • stoical

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estoico

  • 2 que dura mucho tiempo

    • enduring
    • last years
    • lasting for ever

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > que dura mucho tiempo

  • 3 perdurable

    adj.
    2 long-lasting (que dura mucho).
    3 lasting, lifelong, long-lasting, permanent.
    * * *
    1 (perpetuo) everlasting
    2 (duradero) long-lasting
    * * *
    ADJ (=duradero) lasting, abiding; (=perpetuo) everlasting
    * * *
    adjetivo <recuerdo/relación> lasting (before n); <vida/amor> everlasting
    * * *
    = enduring, sustainable, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived.
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.
    Ex. Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex. The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    * * *
    adjetivo <recuerdo/relación> lasting (before n); <vida/amor> everlasting
    * * *
    = enduring, sustainable, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived.

    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.

    Ex: Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.
    Ex: Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex: The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.

    * * *
    ‹recuerdo› lasting ( before n), abiding ( before n); ‹vida/amor› everlasting; ‹relación› lasting ( before n)
    * * *

    perdurable adjetivo
    1 (recuerdo, sentimiento) lasting, everlasting
    2 (objeto) durable
    ' perdurable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    abiding
    - enduring
    * * *
    1. [que dura mucho] long-lasting
    2. [que dura siempre] eternal
    * * *
    adj enduring, lasting
    * * *
    : lasting

    Spanish-English dictionary > perdurable

  • 4 duradero

    adj.
    durable, permanent, abiding, long-lasting.
    * * *
    1 durable, lasting
    * * *
    (f. - duradera)
    adj.
    durable, lasting
    * * *
    ADJ [ropa, tela] hard-wearing; [paz, efecto] lasting; [relación] lasting, long-term antes de s
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo <amistad/recuerdo> lasting (before n); <ropa/zapatos> hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    * * *
    = durable, sustained, lasting, enduring, everlasting, long-lasting, serviceable, abiding, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived, hard-wearing.
    Ex. The slips are cheaper, but less durable than cards.
    Ex. Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex. Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex. By means of this method copies are long-lasting and do not fade.
    Ex. Plain calico makes a serviceable book cover but it looks better when it is coloured.
    Ex. The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.
    Ex. Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex. The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    Ex. The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    ----
    * amor duradero = lasting love.
    * bienes duraderos = durable goods.
    * consecuencia duradera = long-lasting effect.
    * efecto duradero = lasting effect, long-lasting effect.
    * impacto duradero = lasting impact.
    * impresión duradera = lasting impression.
    * más duradero = longer-lasting.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo <amistad/recuerdo> lasting (before n); <ropa/zapatos> hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    * * *
    = durable, sustained, lasting, enduring, everlasting, long-lasting, serviceable, abiding, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived, hard-wearing.

    Ex: The slips are cheaper, but less durable than cards.

    Ex: Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex: Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.
    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex: By means of this method copies are long-lasting and do not fade.
    Ex: Plain calico makes a serviceable book cover but it looks better when it is coloured.
    Ex: The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.
    Ex: Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex: The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    * amor duradero = lasting love.
    * bienes duraderos = durable goods.
    * consecuencia duradera = long-lasting effect.
    * efecto duradero = lasting effect, long-lasting effect.
    * impacto duradero = lasting impact.
    * impresión duradera = lasting impression.
    * más duradero = longer-lasting.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.

    * * *
    ‹amistad/recuerdo› lasting ( before n); ‹ropa/zapatos› hardwearing, durable, longwearing ( AmE)
    * * *

    duradero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo ‹amistad/recuerdo› lasting ( before n);


    ‹ropa/zapatos› hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    duradero,-a adjetivo durable, lasting
    ' duradero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    duradera
    - resistente
    - secular
    - agudeza
    - agudo
    English:
    continued
    - durable
    - enduring
    - hardwearing
    - lasting
    - long-lasting
    - serviceable
    - long
    * * *
    duradero, -a adj
    1. [que permanece] lasting;
    es una vacuna de efecto duradero it is a long-acting vaccine
    2. [ropa, zapatos] hard-wearing
    * * *
    adj lasting; ropa, calzado hard-wearing
    * * *
    duradero, -ra adj
    : durable, lasting
    * * *
    duradero adj lasting

    Spanish-English dictionary > duradero

  • 5 imperecedero

    adj.
    imperishable, immortal, endless, everlasting.
    * * *
    1 (producto) imperishable
    2 figurado everlasting
    * * *
    ADJ [recuerdo] immortal, undying; [legado] eternal; [fama] eternal, everlasting
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (frml o liter) everlasting, undying
    * * *
    = enduring, everlasting, enduringly + Adjetivo.
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex. Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (frml o liter) everlasting, undying
    * * *
    = enduring, everlasting, enduringly + Adjetivo.

    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.

    Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex: Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.

    * * *
    ( frml o liter); everlasting
    y así consiguió una fama imperecedera and thus she achieved everlasting o undying fame
    * * *

    imperecedero,-a adjetivo everlasting
    figurado enduring
    ' imperecedero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imperecedera
    * * *
    imperecedero, -a adj
    1. [producto] non-perishable
    2. [eterno] immortal, eternal
    * * *
    adj perpetual, everlasting
    * * *
    imperecedero, -ra adj
    1) : imperishable
    2) inmortal: immortal, everlasting

    Spanish-English dictionary > imperecedero

  • 6 subsistente

    adj.
    1 surviving.
    2 subsisting, surviving, lasting, subsistent.
    * * *
    1 surviving, lasting
    * * *
    ADJ (=duradero) lasting, enduring; (=aún existente) surviving
    * * *
    la deuda/obligación continuará subsistente the debt/obligation will remain in force
    derechos y obligaciones subsistentes enduring rights and obligations
    * * *

    subsistente adjetivo lasting, enduring
    * * *
    surviving
    * * *
    adj which still exists

    Spanish-English dictionary > subsistente

  • 7 archivo

    m.
    1 archive (place).
    2 file (informe, ficha).
    3 file (computing).
    4 file cabinet, filing cabinet.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: archivar.
    * * *
    1 (informe, ficha) file
    2 (documentos) files plural, archives plural
    4 (lugar) archive
    5 (archivador) filing cabinet
    6 figurado (modelo) model, example
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) file
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=sitio) archive, archives pl
    2) (=documentos)

    archivos policiales — police files, police records

    3) (Inform) file
    4)

    de archivo — * (=viejo) ancient, out of the ark

    5) And (=oficina) office
    6) Cono Sur, Méx (=cárcel) jail, prison
    * * *
    1) ( local) archive; ( conjunto de documentos) tb

    archivos — archives (pl), archive

    2) (Inf) file
    * * *
    = archive(s), archives, file, filing, filing cabinet, repository, vertical file, archiving, working file, archival institution, archive office.
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. The organization for the acquisition and preservation of archives and placing them at the disposal of users is known as archives.
    Ex. Information is held in files or databases, which are comprised of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.
    Ex. The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.
    Ex. Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.
    Ex. Repositories have broad mandates to acquire records, including business records, of cultural and historical importance to their respective communities.
    Ex. The fugitive literature of acid rain: making use of nonconventional information sources in a vertical file.
    Ex. Duplicating, archiving, and the option of computerised indexing is also discussed = También se trata de la duplicación, archivo y de la opción de indización automática.
    Ex. The archives contain mainly the Papal working files of other days.
    Ex. Archival institutions are outstripping libraries in the establishment of shops for the curative treatment of holdings.
    Ex. Powys is a very large, thinly populated, mountainous county in Wales where the archive office was established only in 1990.
    ----
    * administración de archivos = archive(s) administration.
    * administrativo encargado de los archivos = file clerk.
    * almacenamiento de archivo = archival storage.
    * archivo administrativo = record office, administrative archives, administrative library.
    * Archivo Británico de Documentos Públicos = British Public Record Office.
    * archivo comprimido = zip file.
    * archivo de datos = database [data base].
    * archivo de documentos administrativos = public record office.
    * archivo de empresa = business archives.
    * archivo de escuela = school records.
    * archivo de funeraria = funeral home library.
    * archivo de imágenes = image archiving, picture file.
    * Archivo del Vaticano, el = Vatican Archives, the, Vatican Archives, the.
    * archivo de oficina = office file.
    * archivo de ordenador = computer file, machine-readable data file.
    * archivo de periódico = news library.
    * archivo de prensa = newspaper morgue.
    * archivo de programas = programme file.
    * archivo de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * archivo de recortes de prensa = newspaper clippings archives.
    * archivo de recursos electrónico = electronic repository [e-repository].
    * archivo de sindicato = trade-union archive.
    * archivo eclesiástico = church register.
    * archivo electrónico = machine-readable data file.
    * archivo estatal = state archive.
    * archivo étnico = ethnic archives.
    * archivo familiar = estate archive.
    * archivo fotográfico = picture archive, photographic library.
    * archivo histórico = historical archives.
    * archivo ministerial = departmental records.
    * archivo municipal = municipal archives, city archive.
    * archivo nacional = national archives.
    * Archivo Nacional Americano = United States National Archives.
    * archivo parlamentario = parliamentary archive(s).
    * archivo parroquial = parish register, parish records.
    * archivo particular = family archive.
    * archivo personal = private archives, personal archive(s), personal records.
    * archivo plano = flat file.
    * archivo presidencial = presidential archive.
    * archivo privado = private archives.
    * archivo provincial = provincial archives.
    * archivo público = public archive.
    * archivo regional = regional archives.
    * archivo senatorial = senatorial papers.
    * archivo sonoro = sound archive.
    * Asociación Internacional de Archivos Sonoros (IASA) = International Association of Sound Archives (IASA).
    * comprimir un archivo = zip + file.
    * Consejo Internacional de Archivos (CIA) = International Council on Archives (ICA).
    * conservación de archivos = archival preservation.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * conservar en archivo = archive.
    * copia de archivo = archival print.
    * de archivo = archival, archive.
    * depósito de archivo = archival depot, archives depot.
    * descomprimir un archivo = unzip + file.
    * Descripción de Archivos Codificada (EAD) = Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
    * descripción de documentos de archivo = archival description.
    * disco de archivo = archival disc.
    * documento de archivo = archival document, archival record, archival file, archival print.
    * gestión de archivos = management of records.
    * gestión de archivos personales = personal archives management, personal records management.
    * grabaciones filmadas de archivo = library footage, stock footage.
    * historia de los archivos = archival history.
    * información de archivo = archival information.
    * la Biblioteca y el Archivo de Canadá = Library and Archives Canada.
    * Manual de Descripción de Archivos = Manual of Archival Description (MAD).
    * material de archivo = archival material, archive material.
    * nombre de archivo = file name.
    * nombre del archivo = data set name.
    * Norma General Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD-G) = General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)).
    * Norma Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD) = International Standard Archival Description (ISAD).
    * ordenación en archivos = vertical filing.
    * pieza de archivo = archival file.
    * preservación de archivos = archival preservation.
    * Programa de Gestión de Registros y Archivos (RAMP) = Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP).
    * reproducción de archivo = archival print.
    * seleccionador de documentación de archivo = archival appraiser.
    * sistema de archivo = archiving system.
    * Sistema de Comunicaciones y de Archivo Fotográfico (PACS) = Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
    * unidad de archivos de ordenador múltiples = multi-file item.
    * vida de archivo = archival life.
    * * *
    1) ( local) archive; ( conjunto de documentos) tb

    archivos — archives (pl), archive

    2) (Inf) file
    * * *
    = archive(s), archives, file, filing, filing cabinet, repository, vertical file, archiving, working file, archival institution, archive office.

    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.

    Ex: The organization for the acquisition and preservation of archives and placing them at the disposal of users is known as archives.
    Ex: Information is held in files or databases, which are comprised of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.
    Ex: The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.
    Ex: Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.
    Ex: Repositories have broad mandates to acquire records, including business records, of cultural and historical importance to their respective communities.
    Ex: The fugitive literature of acid rain: making use of nonconventional information sources in a vertical file.
    Ex: Duplicating, archiving, and the option of computerised indexing is also discussed = También se trata de la duplicación, archivo y de la opción de indización automática.
    Ex: The archives contain mainly the Papal working files of other days.
    Ex: Archival institutions are outstripping libraries in the establishment of shops for the curative treatment of holdings.
    Ex: Powys is a very large, thinly populated, mountainous county in Wales where the archive office was established only in 1990.
    * administración de archivos = archive(s) administration.
    * administrativo encargado de los archivos = file clerk.
    * almacenamiento de archivo = archival storage.
    * archivo administrativo = record office, administrative archives, administrative library.
    * Archivo Británico de Documentos Públicos = British Public Record Office.
    * archivo comprimido = zip file.
    * archivo de datos = database [data base].
    * archivo de documentos administrativos = public record office.
    * archivo de empresa = business archives.
    * archivo de escuela = school records.
    * archivo de funeraria = funeral home library.
    * archivo de imágenes = image archiving, picture file.
    * Archivo del Vaticano, el = Vatican Archives, the, Vatican Archives, the.
    * archivo de oficina = office file.
    * archivo de ordenador = computer file, machine-readable data file.
    * archivo de periódico = news library.
    * archivo de prensa = newspaper morgue.
    * archivo de programas = programme file.
    * archivo de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * archivo de recortes de prensa = newspaper clippings archives.
    * archivo de recursos electrónico = electronic repository [e-repository].
    * archivo de sindicato = trade-union archive.
    * archivo eclesiástico = church register.
    * archivo electrónico = machine-readable data file.
    * archivo estatal = state archive.
    * archivo étnico = ethnic archives.
    * archivo familiar = estate archive.
    * archivo fotográfico = picture archive, photographic library.
    * archivo histórico = historical archives.
    * archivo ministerial = departmental records.
    * archivo municipal = municipal archives, city archive.
    * archivo nacional = national archives.
    * Archivo Nacional Americano = United States National Archives.
    * archivo parlamentario = parliamentary archive(s).
    * archivo parroquial = parish register, parish records.
    * archivo particular = family archive.
    * archivo personal = private archives, personal archive(s), personal records.
    * archivo plano = flat file.
    * archivo presidencial = presidential archive.
    * archivo privado = private archives.
    * archivo provincial = provincial archives.
    * archivo público = public archive.
    * archivo regional = regional archives.
    * archivo senatorial = senatorial papers.
    * archivo sonoro = sound archive.
    * Asociación Internacional de Archivos Sonoros (IASA) = International Association of Sound Archives (IASA).
    * comprimir un archivo = zip + file.
    * Consejo Internacional de Archivos (CIA) = International Council on Archives (ICA).
    * conservación de archivos = archival preservation.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * conservar en archivo = archive.
    * copia de archivo = archival print.
    * de archivo = archival, archive.
    * depósito de archivo = archival depot, archives depot.
    * descomprimir un archivo = unzip + file.
    * Descripción de Archivos Codificada (EAD) = Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
    * descripción de documentos de archivo = archival description.
    * disco de archivo = archival disc.
    * documento de archivo = archival document, archival record, archival file, archival print.
    * gestión de archivos = management of records.
    * gestión de archivos personales = personal archives management, personal records management.
    * grabaciones filmadas de archivo = library footage, stock footage.
    * historia de los archivos = archival history.
    * información de archivo = archival information.
    * la Biblioteca y el Archivo de Canadá = Library and Archives Canada.
    * Manual de Descripción de Archivos = Manual of Archival Description (MAD).
    * material de archivo = archival material, archive material.
    * nombre de archivo = file name.
    * nombre del archivo = data set name.
    * Norma General Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD-G) = General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)).
    * Norma Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD) = International Standard Archival Description (ISAD).
    * ordenación en archivos = vertical filing.
    * pieza de archivo = archival file.
    * preservación de archivos = archival preservation.
    * Programa de Gestión de Registros y Archivos (RAMP) = Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP).
    * reproducción de archivo = archival print.
    * seleccionador de documentación de archivo = archival appraiser.
    * sistema de archivo = archiving system.
    * Sistema de Comunicaciones y de Archivo Fotográfico (PACS) = Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
    * unidad de archivos de ordenador múltiples = multi-file item.
    * vida de archivo = archival life.

    * * *
    A
    1 (local) archive
    archivos archives (pl), archive
    los archivos de la policía the police files o records
    Compuesto:
    picture library
    B ( Inf) file
    Compuestos:
    zip file
    signature file
    swap file
    source file
    ● archivo or fichero de autoridad
    ( Inf, Ling) authority file
    master file
    ● archivo MP3 or emepetres
    MP3 file
    ● archivo zip or ( AmL tb) zipeado
    zip file
    * * *

     

    Del verbo archivar: ( conjugate archivar)

    archivo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    archivó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    archivar    
    archivo
    archivar ( conjugate archivar) verbo transitivo ‹ documentos› to file;
    ‹investigación/asunto› ( por un tiempo) to shelve;
    ( para siempre) to close the file on
    archivo sustantivo masculino
    a) ( local) archive;

    ( conjunto de documentos) tb

    los archivos de la policía the police files o records
    b) (Inf) file

    archivar verbo transitivo
    1 (guardar) to file (away)
    2 (considerar concluido) to shelve
    3 Inform to save
    archivo sustantivo masculino
    1 (documento) file
    2 (archivador) filing cabinet
    3 (edificio, lugar) archives pl: me pasé la mañana entera en el archivo municipal, I spent the morning at the city archives
    ' archivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    filmoteca
    - borrar
    - constar
    - FTP
    - kárdex
    English:
    file
    - record
    - archive
    - mug
    * * *
    1. [lugar] archive;
    TV
    imágenes de archivo library pictures
    el Archivo de Indias = archive in Seville storing documents relating to the administration of Spain's colonial empire
    2. [documentos] archives
    3. Informát file
    archivo adjunto attachment;
    archivo ejecutable executable file;
    archivo invisible invisible file;
    archivo oculto hidden file;
    archivo temporal temporary file;
    archivo de texto text file
    * * *
    m
    1 archive
    2 INFOR file
    * * *
    1) : file
    2) : archive, archives pl
    * * *
    archivo n (de policía, informática) file

    Spanish-English dictionary > archivo

  • 8 artificio

    m.
    1 device (aparato).
    2 artifice.
    * * *
    1 (habilidad) skill, dexterity
    2 (mecanismo) device
    4 (engaño) artifice, trick
    \
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=arte) art, craft; (=truco) artifice; (=astucia) cunning, sly trick
    2) (=aparato) device, appliance
    3) (=hechura) workmanship, craftsmanship
    * * *
    a) ( artimaña) trick, artful device
    b) ( afectación) affectation
    c) ( artilugio) device
    * * *
    Ex. Such canons need not transcend human artifice to be of enduring significance.
    * * *
    a) ( artimaña) trick, artful device
    b) ( afectación) affectation
    c) ( artilugio) device
    * * *

    Ex: Such canons need not transcend human artifice to be of enduring significance.

    * * *
    1 (truco, artimaña) trick, artful device
    una belleza sin artificios a natural beauty
    2 (afectación) affectation
    3 (dispositivo) device; (artilugio) device, contrivance
    * * *

    artificio sustantivo masculino



    artificio sustantivo masculino
    1 artifice
    2 (truco, ingenio) ruse
    * * *
    1. [aparato] device
    2. [falsedad]
    se comporta con mucho artificio he has a very artificial manner;
    un estilo sin artificio a very natural style
    3. [artimaña] trick
    artificios contables false accounting
    * * *
    m
    1 trick
    2 ( artefacto) device
    * * *
    1) habilidad: skill
    2) aparato: device, appliance
    3) ardid: artifice, ruse

    Spanish-English dictionary > artificio

  • 9 atestiguar

    v.
    1 to testify to.
    2 to bear witness, to testify, to witness, to attest.
    3 to bear witness to, to attest, to attest to, to testify.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AVERIGUAR], like link=averiguar averiguar
    1 DERECHO to testify to, bear witness to, give evidence of
    2 (ofrecer muestras) to attest, testify, vouch for
    * * *
    verb
    to attest, testify
    * * *
    VT (Jur) to testify to, give evidence of; (=dar prueba de) to attest, vouch for
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Der) to testify
    b) ( probar) to bear witness to
    2.
    atestiguar vi to testify
    * * *
    = witness, bear + witness, speak to.
    Ex. We sometimes only have to speak a word to witness a reaction in other people that should logically follow only if the object itself were present.
    Ex. Controversy and antagonism attended each area of investigation, as a flood of secondary publication bears witness.
    Ex. These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Der) to testify
    b) ( probar) to bear witness to
    2.
    atestiguar vi to testify
    * * *
    = witness, bear + witness, speak to.

    Ex: We sometimes only have to speak a word to witness a reaction in other people that should logically follow only if the object itself were present.

    Ex: Controversy and antagonism attended each area of investigation, as a flood of secondary publication bears witness.
    Ex: These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ( Der) to testify
    2 (probar) to bear witness to
    los resultados atestiguan el esfuerzo realizado the results bear witness to the amount of effort which has been put in
    existen datos que atestiguan estas declaraciones there are figures to back up o support these statements
    ■ atestiguar
    vi
    to testify
    * * *

    atestiguar ( conjugate atestiguar) verbo transitivo
    a) (Der) to testify


    atestiguar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo Jur to testify to
    ' atestiguar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constancia
    English:
    attest
    - testify
    - witness
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [declarar]
    atestiguar que to testify that
    2. [demostrar, probar]
    atestiguar algo to bear witness to sth;
    diversos estudios atestiguan la validez de su teoría various studies bear witness to o bear out the validity of her theory;
    la economía sigue creciendo, así lo atestiguan las estadísticas the economy continues to grow, as is borne out by the statistics
    ♦ vi
    [declarar] to testify
    * * *
    v/t JUR testify; fig
    bear witness to
    * * *
    atestiguar {10} vt
    : to testify to, to bear witness to
    declarar: to testify

    Spanish-English dictionary > atestiguar

  • 10 buenas costumbres

    f.pl.
    good manners, politeness, amenities, civilization.
    * * *
    (n.) = propriety, mores, decorum
    Ex. Dissatisfaction is being expressed with the public library's feminised world of propriety and respectability.
    Ex. These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.
    Ex. The lack of contemporary censure may suggest that he observed a type of decorum in costume appropriate to the social and moral status of his characters.
    * * *
    (n.) = propriety, mores, decorum

    Ex: Dissatisfaction is being expressed with the public library's feminised world of propriety and respectability.

    Ex: These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.
    Ex: The lack of contemporary censure may suggest that he observed a type of decorum in costume appropriate to the social and moral status of his characters.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buenas costumbres

  • 11 cambio traumático

    Ex. It has survived for 70 years, enduring colonialism, Japanese occupation, the struggle for independence, wars, and traumatic changes of government and social structure.
    * * *

    Ex: It has survived for 70 years, enduring colonialism, Japanese occupation, the struggle for independence, wars, and traumatic changes of government and social structure.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cambio traumático

  • 12 chabacano

    adj.
    1 coarse, low-minded, vulgar, lurid.
    2 gullible.
    m.
    1 apricot.
    2 gawk.
    * * *
    1 coarse, vulgar
    * * *
    I
    ADJ [chiste] vulgar, coarse, in bad taste; [objeto] cheap; [trabajo] shoddy
    II
    SM Méx apricot, apricot tree
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo <ropa/decoración> gaudy, tasteless; <espectáculo/persona> vulgar; <chiste/cuento> coarse, tasteless
    II
    masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree; ( fruta) apricot
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], vulgar, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], gawky, garish, lurid, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].
    Ex. Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.
    Ex. This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    ----
    * demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo <ropa/decoración> gaudy, tasteless; <espectáculo/persona> vulgar; <chiste/cuento> coarse, tasteless
    II
    masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree; ( fruta) apricot
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], vulgar, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], gawky, garish, lurid, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

    Ex: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

    Ex: This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    * demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.

    * * *
    chabacano1 -na
    1 ‹ropa/decoración› gaudy, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar, tacky ( colloq); ‹espectáculo› vulgar, tasteless; ‹persona› vulgar; ‹chiste/cuento› coarse, tasteless
    2 ( Méx) (simple, ingenuo) gullible
    A ( Ling) pidgin Spanish ( spoken in the Philippines)
    B ( Méx) (árbol) apricot tree; (fruta) apricot
    * * *

    chabacano 1
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹ropa/decoración› gaudy, tasteless;


    ‹espectáculo/persona› vulgar;
    ‹chiste/cuento› coarse, tasteless
    chabacano 2 sustantivo masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree;
    ( fruta) apricot
    chabacano,-a adj pey (de mal gusto) cheap
    ' chabacano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chabacana
    English:
    tacky
    - apricot
    * * *
    chabacano, -a
    ♦ adj
    vulgar
    ♦ nm
    1. [lengua] = Spanish creole spoken in some parts of the Philippines
    2. Méx [fruto] apricot
    3. Méx [árbol] apricot tree
    * * *
    I adj vulgar, tacky fam
    II m Méx
    apricot
    * * *
    chabacano, -na adj
    : tacky, tasteless
    chabacano nm, Mex : apricot

    Spanish-English dictionary > chabacano

  • 13 confirmar

    v.
    1 to confirm.
    Ella confirmó los rumores She confirmed the rumors.
    Ella confirmó el ataque She confirmed the attack.
    María confirmó a pesar de la carta Mary confirmed despite the letter.
    2 to ratify, to confirm, to approve, to affirm.
    María confirmó su asistencia Mary ratified her attendance.
    3 to confirm to, to prove to.
    María confirmó hacer de madrina Mary confirmed to act as godmother.
    * * *
    1 to confirm
    1 to be confirmed
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ noticia, rumor, temor] to confirm

    según confirmaron fuentes policiales — as police sources confirmed, according to police sources

    2) [+ vuelo, cita] to confirm
    3) (=reafirmar) [+ sentencia] to confirm
    4) (Rel) to confirm
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <noticia/vuelo> to confirm
    2) (Relig) to confirm
    * * *
    = bear out, confirm, endorse, ratify, reaffirm, substantiate, validate, add + confirmation to, underpin, uphold, speak to, vindicate, affirm.
    Ex. This instruction bears out the earlier statement that the identification of concepts is related to the subject undergoing indexing.
    Ex. The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.
    Ex. These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.
    Ex. The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.
    Ex. Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.
    Ex. It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.
    Ex. The records will be validated by the Library of Congress and the National Library of Canada and regularly included in the MARC Distribution Service for the benefit of libraries that are not members of OCLC.
    Ex. In these statements, Carnegie added strong confirmation to the librarian's long-held elitist views.
    Ex. This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.
    Ex. The stereotype of the serious novel 'collecting dust on the shelf' was not upheld by research.
    Ex. These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.
    Ex. The relevance to a local library situation of British Library Lending Division data on periodical usage is vindicated.
    Ex. This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.
    ----
    * confirmar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).
    * confirmar las dudas = fulfil + doubts.
    * confirmar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * confirmar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * confirmar una hipótesis = support + hypothesis, validate + hypothesis.
    * confirmar una observación = bear out + point.
    * confirmar una sospecha = confirm + suspicion.
    * excepciones que confirman la regla = exceptions to prove the rule.
    * por confirmar = to be confirmed.
    * ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.
    * sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unvalidated, to be confirmed.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <noticia/vuelo> to confirm
    2) (Relig) to confirm
    * * *
    = bear out, confirm, endorse, ratify, reaffirm, substantiate, validate, add + confirmation to, underpin, uphold, speak to, vindicate, affirm.

    Ex: This instruction bears out the earlier statement that the identification of concepts is related to the subject undergoing indexing.

    Ex: The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.
    Ex: These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.
    Ex: The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.
    Ex: Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.
    Ex: It can be substantiated that in switching over to new technologies we often have not done this kind of linkage.
    Ex: The records will be validated by the Library of Congress and the National Library of Canada and regularly included in the MARC Distribution Service for the benefit of libraries that are not members of OCLC.
    Ex: In these statements, Carnegie added strong confirmation to the librarian's long-held elitist views.
    Ex: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.
    Ex: The stereotype of the serious novel 'collecting dust on the shelf' was not upheld by research.
    Ex: These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.
    Ex: The relevance to a local library situation of British Library Lending Division data on periodical usage is vindicated.
    Ex: This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.
    * confirmar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).
    * confirmar las dudas = fulfil + doubts.
    * confirmar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * confirmar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * confirmar una hipótesis = support + hypothesis, validate + hypothesis.
    * confirmar una observación = bear out + point.
    * confirmar una sospecha = confirm + suspicion.
    * excepciones que confirman la regla = exceptions to prove the rule.
    * por confirmar = to be confirmed.
    * ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.
    * sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unvalidated, to be confirmed.

    * * *
    confirmar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹noticia/sospecha› to confirm
    es la excepción que confirma la regla it's the exception that proves the rule
    2 ‹vuelo/regreso› to confirm
    fue confirmado como director he was confirmed as the new director
    3 (en una idea, opinión) to confirm
    esto me confirma en mis temores this confirms my fears
    B ( Relig) to confirm
    * * *

     

    confirmar ( conjugate confirmar) verbo transitivo
    to confirm;

    confirmar verbo transitivo to confirm
    ♦ Locuciones: la excepción confirma la regla, the exception proves the rule

    ' confirmar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sancionar
    - comprobar
    - venir
    English:
    bear out
    - confirm
    - corroborate
    - diagnosis
    - so
    - validate
    - bear
    - substantiate
    - support
    - up
    - verify
    - vindicate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [noticia, sospecha] to confirm;
    esto sólo confirma mis sospechas this simply confirms my suspicions
    2. [billete, reserva] to confirm;
    el ministro ha sido confirmado en el cargo the minister has been confirmed in his post
    3. Rel to confirm
    * * *
    v/t confirm
    * * *
    : to confirm, to substantiate
    * * *
    confirmar vb to confirm

    Spanish-English dictionary > confirmar

  • 14 costumbres

    f.pl.
    way of life, folkways, mores.
    pres.subj.
    2nd person singular (tú) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: costumbrar.
    * * *
    1 (personales) ways, manner sing; (de un pueblo) customs
    * * *
    (n.) = mores
    Ex. These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.
    * * *
    (n.) = mores

    Ex: These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > costumbres

  • 15 costumbres y convenciones

    (n.) = mores
    Ex. These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.
    * * *
    (n.) = mores

    Ex: These reasons speak to the duties and enduring mores of the professoriate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > costumbres y convenciones

  • 16 documento de archivo

    (n.) = archival document, archival record, archival file, archival print
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Lawyers and historians have different and possibly conflicting needs with regard to archival records and archivists should consider the requirements of both professions to maintain a balanced collection.
    Ex. The initial task of the Archive, which in 1960 had a stock of 521 archival files, was to complete the transfer of stock from other archival workplaces and to make its stock available to research workers.
    Ex. The combination will yield an archival print that will last for many decades or up to a century without fading or degradation of colour.
    * * *
    (n.) = archival document, archival record, archival file, archival print

    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.

    Ex: Lawyers and historians have different and possibly conflicting needs with regard to archival records and archivists should consider the requirements of both professions to maintain a balanced collection.
    Ex: The initial task of the Archive, which in 1960 had a stock of 521 archival files, was to complete the transfer of stock from other archival workplaces and to make its stock available to research workers.
    Ex: The combination will yield an archival print that will last for many decades or up to a century without fading or degradation of colour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > documento de archivo

  • 17 estratagema

    f.
    stratagem (military).
    * * *
    1 MILITAR stratagem
    * * *
    noun f.
    stratagem, device
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino stratagem
    * * *
    = course of action, stratagem, ruse, ploy, artifice, power play, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff.
    Ex. Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.
    Ex. Must she fortify herself with an arsenal of stratagems in order to survive?.
    Ex. The library did not burn and the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library as a replacement was a ruse to help pay the former President's debts.
    Ex. They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.
    Ex. Such canons need not transcend human artifice to be of enduring significance.
    Ex. The author offers a detailed overview of how Congress came to pass the USA Patriot Act and some of the power plays that took place behind the scenes.
    Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
    * * *
    femenino stratagem
    * * *
    = course of action, stratagem, ruse, ploy, artifice, power play, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff.

    Ex: Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.

    Ex: Must she fortify herself with an arsenal of stratagems in order to survive?.
    Ex: The library did not burn and the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library as a replacement was a ruse to help pay the former President's debts.
    Ex: They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.
    Ex: Such canons need not transcend human artifice to be of enduring significance.
    Ex: The author offers a detailed overview of how Congress came to pass the USA Patriot Act and some of the power plays that took place behind the scenes.
    Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.

    * * *
    stratagem
    * * *

    estratagema sustantivo femenino
    stratagem
    estratagema sustantivo femenino stratagem
    ' estratagema' also found in these entries:
    English:
    device
    - frame-up
    - scheme
    - stratagem
    * * *
    1. Mil stratagem
    2. [astucia] artifice, trick
    * * *
    f stratagem
    * * *
    artimaña: stratagem, ruse

    Spanish-English dictionary > estratagema

  • 18 forjar la identidad

    (v.) = shape + identity
    Ex. Our enduring indigenous roots and the French, British, Scottish and Irish influences have shaped the identity of Canada.
    * * *
    (v.) = shape + identity

    Ex: Our enduring indigenous roots and the French, British, Scottish and Irish influences have shaped the identity of Canada.

    Spanish-English dictionary > forjar la identidad

  • 19 gripe aviar

    (n.) = avian flu
    Ex. The region is enduring the consequences of a global economic slump and the outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and avian flu epidemics.
    * * *
    (n.) = avian flu

    Ex: The region is enduring the consequences of a global economic slump and the outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and avian flu epidemics.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gripe aviar

  • 20 grosero

    adj.
    rude, impolite, coarse, discourteous.
    m.
    rough person, rough, rough and disorderly person, rude.
    * * *
    1 (tosco) coarse, crude
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 rude person
    * * *
    (f. - grosera)
    adj.
    2) rude
    * * *
    ADJ (=descortés) rude; (=ordinario) coarse, vulgar; (=tosco) rough, loutish; (=indecente) indelicate
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( descortés) <persona/comportamiento> rude, ill-mannered; < lenguaje> rude
    b) ( vulgar) crude
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino

    es un grosero — ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!; ( descortés) he's so rude!

    * * *
    = rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], churlish, abusive, vulgar, uncouth, coarse [coarser -comp.; coarsest -sup.], gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], churl, boorish, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].
    Ex. 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex. 'He's slipping back into a churlish mood', the director said averting his eyes.
    Ex. Reference supervisors have a responsibility to protect their staff as well as other library users from the unpleasant, abusive behavior of some persons.
    Ex. This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex. All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.
    Ex. The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    ----
    * ser grosero con = be abusive of.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( descortés) <persona/comportamiento> rude, ill-mannered; < lenguaje> rude
    b) ( vulgar) crude
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino

    es un grosero — ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!; ( descortés) he's so rude!

    * * *
    = rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], churlish, abusive, vulgar, uncouth, coarse [coarser -comp.; coarsest -sup.], gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], churl, boorish, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

    Ex: 'That young man was terribly rude'.

    Ex: 'He's slipping back into a churlish mood', the director said averting his eyes.
    Ex: Reference supervisors have a responsibility to protect their staff as well as other library users from the unpleasant, abusive behavior of some persons.
    Ex: This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex: All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.
    Ex: The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex: He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    * ser grosero con = be abusive of.

    * * *
    grosero1 -ra
    1 (descortés) ‹persona/comportamiento› rude, ill-mannered; ‹lenguaje› rude
    2 (vulgar) crude, vulgar, coarse
    grosero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    es un grosero (vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude o coarse!; (descortés) he's so rude!
    * * *

     

    grosero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    a) ( descortés) ‹persona/lenguaje› rude


    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:
    ◊ es un grosero ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!;


    ( descortés) he's so rude!
    grosero,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (tosco, de baja calidad) coarse
    2 (ofensivo, desagradable) rude
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino es un grosero, he's very rude
    ' grosero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    basta
    - basto
    - bruta
    - bruto
    - conmigo
    - grosera
    - ordinaria
    - ordinario
    - primitiva
    - primitivo
    - tono
    - animal
    - bestia
    - gamberro
    - gesto
    - guarango
    - ordinariez
    - patán
    - pelado
    English:
    boor
    - boorish
    - coarse
    - crude
    - earthy
    - foul
    - rude
    - throw out
    - uncouth
    - apologize
    - downright
    - dream
    - how
    - just
    - so
    - vulgar
    * * *
    grosero, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [maleducado] rude, crude
    2. [tosco] coarse, rough
    3. [malhablado] foul-mouthed
    ♦ nm,f
    rude person;
    es un grosero he's terribly rude
    * * *
    I adj rude
    II m, grosera f rude person
    * * *
    grosero, -ra adj
    1) : rude, fresh
    2) : coarse, vulgar
    grosero, -ra n
    : rude person
    * * *
    grosero adj rude

    Spanish-English dictionary > grosero

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