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  • 61 apología

    f.
    1 apology, apologia.
    2 eulogy, exaltation, extolment.
    * * *
    1 apology, defence (US defense)
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=defensa) defence, defense (EEUU); (=elogio) eulogy
    * * *
    femenino apologia (frml)

    hizo apología del terrorismo — he made a statement (o speech etc) justifying terrorism

    * * *
    = paean, apologia, apology.
    Ex. Past celebrations have included the Faculty Survival Kits Party (based on the TV show 'Survivor'), the French Café Party (a paean to books and coffee), and the We Look Different Party wherein we used furniture rearrangement in the library as the inspiration to have a costume party.
    Ex. The article ' apologia for alternatives' examines the situation where professional standards may have to give way to commercial interests.
    Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    ----
    * hacer apología = make + apology.
    * * *
    femenino apologia (frml)

    hizo apología del terrorismo — he made a statement (o speech etc) justifying terrorism

    * * *
    = paean, apologia, apology.

    Ex: Past celebrations have included the Faculty Survival Kits Party (based on the TV show 'Survivor'), the French Café Party (a paean to books and coffee), and the We Look Different Party wherein we used furniture rearrangement in the library as the inspiration to have a costume party.

    Ex: The article ' apologia for alternatives' examines the situation where professional standards may have to give way to commercial interests.
    Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    * hacer apología = make + apology.

    * * *
    apologia ( frml)
    hizo apología del terrorismo he made a statement ( o speech etc) justifying o defending o supporting terrorism
    escribió una apología del difunto compositor he wrote a eulogy for the dead composer
    * * *

    apología sustantivo femenino
    apologia (frml);
    ◊ hizo apología del terrorismo he made a statement (o speech etc) justifying terrorism

    apología sustantivo femenino apology, defence, US defense

    ' apología' also found in these entries:
    English:
    defense
    * * *
    1. [defensa]
    hacer apología de algo to defend o justify sth;
    le acusaron de apología del terrorismo they accused him of supporting o defending terrorism
    2. [texto] apologia
    * * *
    f defense, Br
    defence
    * * *
    : defense, apology

    Spanish-English dictionary > apología

  • 62 asir

    v.
    to grasp, to take hold of.
    * * *
    Present Indicative
    asgo, ases, ase, asimos, asís, asen.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    ase (tú), asga (él/Vd.), asgamos (nos.), asid (vos.), asgan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    to seize, grab, grasp
    * * *
    1.
    VT to grasp, take hold of ( con with) (de by)
    2.
    VI (Bot) to take root
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (liter) to seize, grasp

    asir a alguien de or por algo: la asió de un brazo — he seized o grasped her arm

    2.
    asirse v pron (liter)

    asirse de or a algo: se asió a la cuerda she grabbed (hold of) o seized the rope; caminaban asidos de la mano — they walked hand in hand

    * * *
    = grip.
    Ex. The entrance door should be automatic or with a handle easy to grip.
    ----
    * asirse = seize on/upon, clutch.
    * asirse a = latch on to.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (liter) to seize, grasp

    asir a alguien de or por algo: la asió de un brazo — he seized o grasped her arm

    2.
    asirse v pron (liter)

    asirse de or a algo: se asió a la cuerda she grabbed (hold of) o seized the rope; caminaban asidos de la mano — they walked hand in hand

    * * *
    = grip.

    Ex: The entrance door should be automatic or with a handle easy to grip.

    * asirse = seize on/upon, clutch.
    * asirse a = latch on to.

    * * *
    asir [ I10 ]
    vt
    ( liter); to seize, grasp, grab hold of asir a algn DE algo:
    la asió de un brazo he grabbed (hold of) o seized o grasped her arm
    ■ asirse
    ( liter) asirse DE or A algo:
    se asió a la cuerda she grabbed (hold of) o seized the rope
    se asió de una rama he grabbed (onto o hold of) a branch
    caminaban asidos de la mano they walked hand in hand o ( liter) they walked, hands entwined
    no tienen más excusas de que asirse they have no more excuses to fall back on
    * * *

    asir ( conjugate asir) verbo transitivo (liter) to seize, grasp;
    asir a algn de or por algo:
    ◊ la asió de un brazo he seized o grasped her arm

    asirse verbo pronominal (liter) asirse de or a algo: se asió a la cuerda she grabbed (hold of) o seized the rope;
    caminaban asidos de la mano they walked hand in hand
    asir verbo transitivo to grasp, seize

    ' asir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tener
    - agarrar
    - tomar
    English:
    catch
    - grab
    - grasp
    - grip
    - seize
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to grasp, to grab;
    asió a su hermano de los pantalones she grabbed her brother by the Br trousers o US pants
    * * *
    <asgo, ases> v/t grab (hold of)
    * * *
    asir {7} vt
    : to seize, to grasp
    * * *
    asir vb to grab [pt. & pp. grabbed]

    Spanish-English dictionary > asir

  • 63 atacar

    v.
    1 to attack.
    esta enfermedad ataca el sistema respiratorio this disease attacks the respiratory system
    El general atacó al pueblo The general attacked the village.
    Ese grupo ataca siempre That group attacks always.
    2 to attack (sport).
    3 to attack.
    4 to corrode.
    5 to tackle, to attack, to try to solve.
    El grupo ataca los problemas The group tackles problems.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (gen) to attack
    2 (criticar) to attack, criticize
    3 (afectar) to attack, affect
    \
    atacar los nervios to get on one's nerves
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ enemigo, ciudad, fortaleza] to attack
    2) (Med, Quím) [enfermedad, plaga, sustancia] to attack

    este niño me ataca los nervios — * that child gets on my nerves *

    3) (=criticar) [+ teoría, planteamiento, propuesta] to attack
    4) (=combatir) [+ problema] to tackle, combat
    5) (=abordar)

    tengo que atacar a las matemáticas — * I'll have to get stuck into my maths *

    ¿puedo atacar al pastel? — * can I get stuck into the cake? *

    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <país/enemigo/ideas> to attack
    2) ácido/virus/enfermedad to attack
    3)
    a) ( combatir) <problema/enfermedad> to attack
    b) ( acometer) < tarea> to tackle; < pieza musical> to launch into
    c) (Ven fam) ( cortejar) to go after
    2.
    atacar vi to attack
    * * *
    = attack, set about, assail, make + attack, bash, storm, assault, argue against, mount + attack, come under + attack, go to + bat against, maul, hit out (at/against).
    Ex. Soon afterwards he got up and wanted to attack me again.
    Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    Ex. It's ridiculous to assail people who are making a code for abandoning all the principles which have been going strong for 100 years.
    Ex. This has led David Beminghausen in the United States to make the most outspoken attack on those who are trying to influence the role of the American Library Association.
    Ex. Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex. On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.
    Ex. Throughout history the cultural world has been assaulted in various ways which leads to the need for a process of cultural repair.
    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex. Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex. This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex. The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex. After being mauled by a tiger the two elephants were sedated with hydrochloride for surgical dressing of the wounds.
    Ex. She has hit out at rumours that she is a man-eater.
    ----
    * animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.
    * atacar a = take + a swipe at, swipe, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at.
    * atacar con = urge against.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * atacar primero = preemptive strike.
    * atacar un síntoma = attack + symptom.
    * ser atacado = be under attack, come under + fire.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <país/enemigo/ideas> to attack
    2) ácido/virus/enfermedad to attack
    3)
    a) ( combatir) <problema/enfermedad> to attack
    b) ( acometer) < tarea> to tackle; < pieza musical> to launch into
    c) (Ven fam) ( cortejar) to go after
    2.
    atacar vi to attack
    * * *
    = attack, set about, assail, make + attack, bash, storm, assault, argue against, mount + attack, come under + attack, go to + bat against, maul, hit out (at/against).

    Ex: Soon afterwards he got up and wanted to attack me again.

    Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    Ex: It's ridiculous to assail people who are making a code for abandoning all the principles which have been going strong for 100 years.
    Ex: This has led David Beminghausen in the United States to make the most outspoken attack on those who are trying to influence the role of the American Library Association.
    Ex: Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex: On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.
    Ex: Throughout history the cultural world has been assaulted in various ways which leads to the need for a process of cultural repair.
    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex: Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex: This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex: The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex: After being mauled by a tiger the two elephants were sedated with hydrochloride for surgical dressing of the wounds.
    Ex: She has hit out at rumours that she is a man-eater.
    * animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.
    * atacar a = take + a swipe at, swipe, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at.
    * atacar con = urge against.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * atacar primero = preemptive strike.
    * atacar un síntoma = attack + symptom.
    * ser atacado = be under attack, come under + fire.

    * * *
    atacar [A2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹país/enemigo› to attack
    la atacó por la espalda he attacked her from behind
    su adversario lo atacó por sorpresa his opponent caught him off guard o took him by surprise
    2 (verbalmente) ‹ideas/persona› to attack
    deja de atacarme continuamente stop attacking me o ( colloq) getting at me all the time
    B «sustancia» to attack; «virus/enfermedad» to attack
    el ácido ataca el mármol the acid attacks the marble
    ataca el sistema nervioso it attacks the nervous system
    me atacaron unos dolores de cabeza terribles I suffered o got terrible headaches
    me atacó el sueño I was suddenly overcome by sleep, I suddenly felt very sleepy
    C
    1 (combatir) ‹problema/enfermedad› to attack
    atacar las causas del problema to attack the causes of the problem
    este problema hay que atacarlo de raíz we need to attack the root of this problem
    2 (acometer) ‹tarea› to tackle; ‹pieza musical› to launch into
    3 ( Ven fam) (cortejar) to go after
    Julio está atacando a Luisa Julio's after Luisa ( colloq), Julio's trying to get Luisa to go out with him
    ■ atacar
    vi
    to attack
    ( Méx fam) (atiborrarse) atacarse DE algo; to stuff oneself WITH sth ( colloq)
    * * *

    atacar ( conjugate atacar) verbo transitivo
    to attack
    atacar verbo transitivo to attack, assault
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar atacar los nervios, to lose one's cool
    ' atacar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cargar
    - diferente
    - arremeter
    - asaltar
    - detrás
    - disponer
    English:
    assault
    - attack
    - boot
    - charge
    - fire
    - go at
    - go for
    - hit out
    - lay into
    - savage
    - set on
    - set upon
    - strike
    - turn on
    - blast
    - blitz
    - hit
    - jump
    - lash
    - maul
    - mob
    - move
    - set
    - slam
    - tuck
    - turn
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [con violencia] to attack
    2. Dep to attack
    3. [criticar] to attack;
    su propuesta fue atacada por los asistentes her proposal was attacked by those present
    4. [afectar]
    le atacó la risa/fiebre he had a fit of laughter/a bout of fever;
    me atacó el sueño I suddenly felt very sleepy
    5. [poner nervioso]
    ese ruido me ataca that noise gets on my nerves;
    su impuntualidad me ataca los nervios his unpunctuality gets on my nerves
    6. [emprender] to launch into;
    el tenor atacó el aria con entusiasmo the tenor launched into the aria with gusto;
    los ciclistas atacaron la última subida con gran energía the cyclists attacked the final climb energetically
    7. [corroer] to corrode;
    la humedad ataca los metales humidity corrodes metal
    8. [dañar] to attack;
    esta enfermedad ataca el sistema respiratorio this disease attacks the respiratory system
    9. Ven Fam [cortejar] to try to Br get off with o US make out with;
    no es el primer chico que la ataca he isn't the first boy to try to Br get off with o US make out with her
    ♦ vi
    1. [tropas, animal] to attack
    2. Dep to attack
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 attack;
    le atacó un fuerte lumbago he had a severe attack of lumbago;
    me atacaron ganas de … I was seized o gripped by a desire to …
    2 fig: tarta attack, tackle; tema address, tackle
    II v/i attack
    * * *
    atacar {72} v
    : to attack
    * * *
    atacar vb to attack

    Spanish-English dictionary > atacar

  • 64 atendido por varias personas

    (adj.) = multi-staffed
    Ex. Information desks should be sited near the library entrance, be multi-staffed, designed for double-faced seating and easy use of microfilm readers and AV materials.
    * * *
    (adj.) = multi-staffed

    Ex: Information desks should be sited near the library entrance, be multi-staffed, designed for double-faced seating and easy use of microfilm readers and AV materials.

    Spanish-English dictionary > atendido por varias personas

  • 65 atrayente

    adj.
    attractive.
    m.
    attractant, attractiveness, lure.
    * * *
    1 attractive
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo appealing
    * * *
    = attractive, inviting, winning, appealing, endearing.
    Ex. A particularly attractive feature of the notation is the expressiveness of the notation.
    Ex. An easy and inviting route to the entrance needs to be unambiguously defined.
    Ex. Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.
    Ex. The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.
    Ex. Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    * * *
    adjetivo appealing
    * * *
    = attractive, inviting, winning, appealing, endearing.

    Ex: A particularly attractive feature of the notation is the expressiveness of the notation.

    Ex: An easy and inviting route to the entrance needs to be unambiguously defined.
    Ex: Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.
    Ex: The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.
    Ex: Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.

    * * *
    appealing
    * * *

    atrayente adjetivo
    appealing
    atrayente adjetivo attractive
    ' atrayente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    appealing
    * * *
    attractive
    * * *
    adj appealing
    * * *
    : attractive

    Spanish-English dictionary > atrayente

  • 66 bloque de pisos

    block of flats
    * * *
    (n.) = block of flats, block of high-rise flats, tower block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block
    Ex. The area is populated by old people, immigrants and single parent families housed in blocks of flats.
    Ex. In Britain, this meant the dislocation and scattering of what were close-knit communities either to sprawling suburban council estates, often grossly lacking in amenities, or to blocks of high-rise flats.
    Ex. There is a multiscreen cinema within 30 minutes walk of the conference venue, including the recently opened IMAX cinema, which shows specialist films on a screen as large as a tower block.
    Ex. Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    * * *
    (n.) = block of flats, block of high-rise flats, tower block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block

    Ex: The area is populated by old people, immigrants and single parent families housed in blocks of flats.

    Ex: In Britain, this meant the dislocation and scattering of what were close-knit communities either to sprawling suburban council estates, often grossly lacking in amenities, or to blocks of high-rise flats.
    Ex: There is a multiscreen cinema within 30 minutes walk of the conference venue, including the recently opened IMAX cinema, which shows specialist films on a screen as large as a tower block.
    Ex: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bloque de pisos

  • 67 bloquear

    v.
    1 to block (comunications, roads).
    los manifestantes bloqueaban la salida de la fábrica the demonstrators were blocking the exit to the factory
    Los huelguistas bloquearon la calle The strikers blocked the road.
    Las hojas bloquearon los tubos The leaves blocked the pipes.
    2 to blockade.
    Los huelguistas bloquearon el edificio The strikers blanked off the building
    3 to freeze (finance).
    4 to block (acuerdo).
    5 to jam (mecanismo).
    la centralita del ministerio está bloqueada the ministry's switchboard is jammed
    6 to block (sport).
    8 to lock (automobiles).
    9 to close off.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to block
    2 MILITAR to blockade
    3 (precios, cuentas) to freeze
    4 (mecanismo) to jam; (coche etc) to immobilize
    1 (persona) to have a mental block
    * * *
    verb
    3) jam
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=obstaculizar) [+ entrada, salida] to block (off); [+ camino, proyecto, proceso] to block

    un tractor bloqueaba la carretera — the road was blocked by a tractor, a tractor was blocking the road

    bloquearon la puerta con un sillón — they blocked o barricaded the door with an armchair

    2) (=atascar) [+ mecanismo] to jam (up), block; [+ cerradura, línea telefónica] to jam; [+ volante] to lock
    3) (=aislar) to cut off
    4) (Mil) to blockade
    5) (Com, Econ) to freeze
    6) (Dep) [+ jugador] to tackle; [+ balón] to stop, trap
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <camino/acceso> to block; <entrada/salida> to block, obstruct
    b) (Mil) to blockade
    c) <proceso/iniciativa> to block
    d) (Dep) to block
    2) < mecanismo> to jam; (Auto) < dirección> to lock
    3) <cuenta/fondos> to freeze, block
    2.
    bloquearse v pron
    1) mecanismo to jam; frenos to jam, lock on; ruedas to lock
    2) negociaciones to reach deadlock
    * * *
    = block, lock, clog up, stymie, come under + siege, shut down, jam, barricade, tie up, block in.
    Ex. If loans to this borrower have been blocked, the system displays the screen shown in Figure 88 and sounds the alarm at the terminal.
    Ex. Pressing the lock key locks the keyboard in a shifted (uppercase) condition.
    Ex. It is wise to fan the paper to separate the sheets and let air in between them, otherwise several sheets might stick together and clog up the printer.
    Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex. The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex. Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.
    Ex. In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, New York, on 11th September 2001, the main World Wide Web based news Web sites were jammed by users seeking information.
    Ex. When he looked through his window he saw two coarse man in reflecting traffic jackets barricade the entrance to the dunes with large rocks.
    Ex. Your estate will be tied up in probate if you do not name a beneficiary in your will.
    Ex. A man who blocked in a rubbish lorry with his car in a dispute over waste collection was allegedly hit on the head and sworn at by a binman.
    ----
    * tecla de Bloquear Desplazamiento = Scroll Lock key.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <camino/acceso> to block; <entrada/salida> to block, obstruct
    b) (Mil) to blockade
    c) <proceso/iniciativa> to block
    d) (Dep) to block
    2) < mecanismo> to jam; (Auto) < dirección> to lock
    3) <cuenta/fondos> to freeze, block
    2.
    bloquearse v pron
    1) mecanismo to jam; frenos to jam, lock on; ruedas to lock
    2) negociaciones to reach deadlock
    * * *
    = block, lock, clog up, stymie, come under + siege, shut down, jam, barricade, tie up, block in.

    Ex: If loans to this borrower have been blocked, the system displays the screen shown in Figure 88 and sounds the alarm at the terminal.

    Ex: Pressing the lock key locks the keyboard in a shifted (uppercase) condition.
    Ex: It is wise to fan the paper to separate the sheets and let air in between them, otherwise several sheets might stick together and clog up the printer.
    Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex: The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex: Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.
    Ex: In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, New York, on 11th September 2001, the main World Wide Web based news Web sites were jammed by users seeking information.
    Ex: When he looked through his window he saw two coarse man in reflecting traffic jackets barricade the entrance to the dunes with large rocks.
    Ex: Your estate will be tied up in probate if you do not name a beneficiary in your will.
    Ex: A man who blocked in a rubbish lorry with his car in a dispute over waste collection was allegedly hit on the head and sworn at by a binman.
    * tecla de Bloquear Desplazamiento = Scroll Lock key.

    * * *
    bloquear [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹camino/acceso› to block; ‹entrada/salida› to block, obstruct
    estamos bloqueados por un camión there's a truck blocking our way
    2 ( Mil) ‹ciudad/puerto› to blockade
    3 ‹proceso/iniciativa› to block
    su negativa bloqueó las negociaciones her refusal blocked negotiations o brought negotiations to a standstill
    4 ( Dep) to block
    B
    1 ‹mecanismo› to jam
    2 ( Auto) ‹dirección› to lock
    C ‹cuenta/fondos› to freeze, block
    A «mecanismo» to jam; «frenos» to jam, lock on; «ruedas» to lock
    B «negociaciones» to reach deadlock, come to a standstill
    C ( fam)
    «persona»: me bloqueé en la entrevista my mind went blank in the interview
    ahora mismo tengo la mente bloqueada I can't think straight right now
    * * *

     

    bloquear ( conjugate bloquear) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹camino/entrada/salida› to block;


    b) (Mil) to blockade

    2 ‹cuenta/fondos› to freeze, block
    bloquearse verbo pronominal
    1 [ mecanismo] to jam;
    [ frenos] to jam, lock on;
    [ ruedas] to lock
    2 [ negociaciones] to reach deadlock
    bloquear verbo transitivo
    1 (impedir el movimiento, el acceso) to block: ese coche bloquea el paso, that car is blocking the access
    2 (impedir una gestión, paralizar) to block
    3 (una cuenta) to freeze
    4 (colapsar un servicio, un aparato) to jam, seize up
    ' bloquear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerrar
    - interceptar
    - intervenir
    - obstruir
    English:
    bar
    - block
    - obstruct
    - way
    - blockade
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [comunicaciones, carreteras] [por nieve, inundación] to block;
    los manifestantes bloqueaban la salida de la fábrica the demonstrators were blocking the exit to the factory
    2. [mecanismo] to jam;
    la centralita del ministerio está bloqueada the ministry's switchboard is jammed
    3. [acuerdo] to block;
    bloqueó todo avance en este asunto durante la reunión she blocked o prevented any progress on this issue during the meeting
    4. Fin [cuentas] to freeze
    5. [con ejército, barcos] to blockade
    6. Aut to lock
    7. Dep [jugador] to block;
    [en baloncesto] to block out, to screen
    8. Informát [disquete] to lock
    * * *
    v/t
    1 block
    2 DEP obstruct; en baloncesto screen
    3 ( atascar) jam
    4 MIL blockade
    5 COM freeze
    * * *
    1) obstruir: to block, to obstruct
    2) : to blockade
    * * *
    bloquear vb to block

    Spanish-English dictionary > bloquear

  • 68 bobalicón

    adj.
    simple, stupid, very stupid, goofy.
    m.
    simpleton, blockhead, idiot, boob.
    * * *
    1 simple
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 simpleton
    * * *
    bobalicón, -ona
    1.
    2.
    SM / F nitwit, clot *, dumbbell (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam) fool, twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], nincompoop, deadhead, simp, dumbbell, half-soaked, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], drongo.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    * * *
    - cona masculino, femenino (fam) fool, twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], nincompoop, deadhead, simp, dumbbell, half-soaked, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], drongo.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.

    * * *
    ( fam); silly, daft ( BrE colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool, twit ( colloq)
    * * *

    bobalicón,-ona familiar
    I adjetivo
    1 (tonto) silly, simple, stupid
    2 (ingenuo) gullible
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot, fool: ¡cuando ocurrió, se te quedó una cara de bobalicón!, when it happened you had an idiotic expression on your face
    ' bobalicón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bobalicona
    English:
    goofy
    * * *
    bobalicón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    simple
    ♦ nm,f
    simpleton
    * * *
    m, bobalicona f fam
    dope fam, Br tb
    twit fam
    * * *
    bobalicón, - cona adj, mpl - cones fam : silly, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobalicón

  • 69 bobo

    adj.
    silly, booby, foolish, stupid.
    intj.
    you blot, you dope.
    m.
    fool, clod, blockhead, silly.
    * * *
    1 silly, foolish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fool
    * * *
    1. (f. - boba)
    noun
    fool, simpleton
    2. (f. - boba)
    adj.
    silly, stupid
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) silly, stupid; (=ingenuo) simple, naïve
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) idiot, fool; (Teat) clown, funny man
    3. SM / F
    1) Caribe * (=reloj) watch
    2) Cono Sur (=corazón) heart, ticker *
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    ----
    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.
    * * *
    I
    - ba adjetivo (fam) silly
    II
    - ba masculino, femenino (fam) fool

    deja de hacer el bobo — stop playing the fool, stop being so silly

    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], fool, simpleton, goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], witless, simp, deadhead, nincompoop, dumbbell, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], half-soaked, airhead, airheaded, drongo, dweeb.

    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: This collection of videos pays tribute to nincompoops, deadheads and simps: people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: Three half-soaked security guards sat around a desk at the main entrance letting through more than they checked.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    * como un bobo = stupidly.
    * tortuga boba = loggerhead turtle.

    * * *
    bobo1 -ba
    ( fam); silly
    bobo2 -ba
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); fool
    deja de hacer el bobo stop playing the fool, stop being so silly
    * * *

    bobo
    ◊ -ba adjetivo (fam) silly

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) fool
    bobo,-a
    I adj (simple, lelo) stupid, silly
    (cándido) naïve
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino fool

    ' bobo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atontada
    - atontado
    - boba
    - pájaro
    - che
    - hacer
    - pavo
    - primo
    English:
    boob
    - daft
    - dopey
    - dumb
    - dummy
    - goof
    - halfwit
    - lemon
    - mug
    - simple
    - soft-headed
    - sucker
    * * *
    bobo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, daft
    2. [ingenuo] naive, simple
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] fool, idiot;
    hacer el bobo to act o play the fool
    2. [ingenuo] simpleton
    ♦ nm
    1. Teatro = rustic simpleton
    2. CAm, Méx [pez] threadfin
    * * *
    I adj silly, foolish
    II m, boba f fool;
    pájaro bobo penguin
    * * *
    bobo, -ba adj
    : silly, stupid
    bobo, -ba n
    : fool, simpleton
    * * *
    bobo1 adj
    1. (tonto) silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest]
    anda, no seas bobo come on, don't be silly
    2. (ingenuo) naive
    es tan bobo que se lo cree todo he's so naive, he'll believe anything
    bobo2 n fool

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobo

  • 70 buzón

    m.
    mailbox, letter box, mail-box, post-box.
    * * *
    1 letter box, US mailbox
    \
    echar una carta al buzón to post a letter
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Correos) [en casa] letterbox, mailbox (EEUU); [en calle] postbox, letterbox, mailbox (EEUU)
    - cerrar el buzón
    2) (Inform) mailbox
    3) (=tapón) plug
    4) (=compuerta) sluice
    5) (Pol) courier in secret organization
    * * *
    masculino ( en la calle) postbox, mailbox (AmE), letter-box (BrE); ( en una casa) mailbox (AmE), letter-box (BrE)

    echar una carta al or en el buzón — to mail (AmE) o (BrE) post a letter

    * * *
    = letter-box, cubbyhole.
    Ex. The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Kiosk or cubbyhole - the future of the information center'.
    ----
    * buzón de correos = mailbox.
    * buzón de sugerencias = suggestion box.
    * buzón de voz = voice mail.
    * buzón para la devolución de préstamos = book chute, book return box.
    * * *
    masculino ( en la calle) postbox, mailbox (AmE), letter-box (BrE); ( en una casa) mailbox (AmE), letter-box (BrE)

    echar una carta al or en el buzón — to mail (AmE) o (BrE) post a letter

    * * *
    = letter-box, cubbyhole.

    Ex: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Kiosk or cubbyhole - the future of the information center'.
    * buzón de correos = mailbox.
    * buzón de sugerencias = suggestion box.
    * buzón de voz = voice mail.
    * buzón para la devolución de préstamos = book chute, book return box.

    * * *
    A (en la calle) postbox, mailbox ( AmE), letter box ( BrE); (en una casa) mailbox ( AmE), letter box ( BrE)
    echar una carta al or en el buzón to mail ( AmE) o ( BrE) post a letter
    venderle un buzón a algn ( RPl fam); to take sb for a ride ( colloq), to sell sb a gold brick ( AmE colloq)
    a ésta un día de éstos le venden un buzón she's so gullible you could sell her a gold brick ( AmE) o ( BrE) Tower Bridge if you tried
    Compuesto:
    suggestion(s) box
    B ( Inf) mailbox
    Compuesto:
    voice mail
    C (persona) go-between, intermediary
    * * *

     

    buzón sustantivo masculino ( en la calle) postbox, mailbox (AmE), letter-box (BrE);
    ( en una casa) mailbox (AmE), letter-box (BrE);
    echar una carta al or en el buzón to mail (AmE) o (BrE) post a letter
    buzón sustantivo masculino letter box, US mailbox
    ' buzón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bocacalle
    - impresa
    - impreso
    - propaganda
    - boca
    English:
    from
    - letter box
    - mail
    - mailbox
    - pillar box
    - postbox
    - letter
    - pillar
    - post
    * * *
    buzón nm
    1. [para cartas] post box, Br letter box, US mailbox;
    echar algo al buzón to post sth, US to mail sth;
    RP Fam
    comprar un buzón: Lucía es increíble, capaz de comprar un buzón Lucía is incredibly gullible;
    RP Fam
    vender un buzón: no lo mandes a hacer las compras, que igual le venden un buzón don't send him shopping, he'll likely get ripped off
    buzón de sugerencias suggestions box;
    buzón de voz voice mail
    2. Informát [de correo electrónico] (electronic) mailbox, e-mail address
    3. Fam [boca] bigmouth
    * * *
    m mailbox, Br
    postbox
    * * *
    buzón nm, pl buzones : mailbox
    * * *
    1. (en casa) letter box [pl. letter boxes]
    2. (en la calle) postbox [pl. postboxes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > buzón

  • 71 callejón

    m.
    alley, street, alleyway, back street.
    * * *
    1 back street, back alley
    \
    en un callejón sin salida figurado at an impasse, deadlocked
    callejón sin salida cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM (=calleja) alley, passage; And (=calle) main street; (Taur) space between inner and outer barriers; (Geog) narrow pass

    callejón sin salida — cul-de-sac, dead end; (fig) blind alley

    las negociaciones están en un callejón sin salida — the negotiations are at an impasse, the negotiations are stalemated

    gente de callejón — And low-class people

    * * *
    masculino alley, narrow street
    * * *
    = back alley, side-street, side lane, alley, alleyway.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. To gain an idea of the fineness of detail necessary to produce the circuit elements on the chip, imagine a map of the British Isles showing sufficient detail to identify even the narrowest side-street in London.
    Ex. The back entrance is off of Huntington Avenue in a service road/ side lane behind the Prudential Tower.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.
    Ex. Upon questioning we find that those eminently pragmatic down-to-earth notions dwell in the darkest alleyways of metaphysics.
    ----
    * callejón de servicio = service road.
    * callejón oscuro = dark alley.
    * callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.
    * * *
    masculino alley, narrow street
    * * *
    = back alley, side-street, side lane, alley, alleyway.

    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.

    Ex: To gain an idea of the fineness of detail necessary to produce the circuit elements on the chip, imagine a map of the British Isles showing sufficient detail to identify even the narrowest side-street in London.
    Ex: The back entrance is off of Huntington Avenue in a service road/ side lane behind the Prudential Tower.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.
    Ex: Upon questioning we find that those eminently pragmatic down-to-earth notions dwell in the darkest alleyways of metaphysics.
    * callejón de servicio = service road.
    * callejón oscuro = dark alley.
    * callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

    * * *
    alley, narrow street
    Compuesto:
    (literal) dead end, blind alley; (situación difícil) dead end, blind alley
    estábamos en un callejón sin salida we were at o had reached a dead end, we were up a blind alley
    * * *

    callejón sustantivo masculino
    alley, narrow street;


    ( situación) dead end
    callejón sustantivo masculino back alley o street
    (sin salida) cul-de-sac, dead end
    ♦ Locuciones: han llevado la situación a un callejón sin salida, the situation is at an impasse
    ' callejón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    salida
    - pasaje
    English:
    alley
    - blind alley
    - cul-de-sac
    - dead end
    - gun down
    - passage
    - passageway
    - alleyway
    - dead
    - lane
    - stand
    * * *
    1. [calle] alley
    callejón sin salida dead end, blind alley; Fig blind alley, impasse;
    la OTAN se ha metido en un callejón sin salida NATO has got itself into a blind alley, NATO is at an impasse
    2. Taurom = barricaded passage between the edge of the bullring and the seats
    * * *
    m alley
    * * *
    callejón nm, pl - jones
    1) : alley
    2)
    callejón sin salida : dead-end street
    * * *
    callejón n alley

    Spanish-English dictionary > callejón

  • 72 callejón de servicio

    (n.) = service road
    Ex. The back entrance is off of Huntington Avenue in a service road/side lane behind the Prudential Tower.
    * * *

    Ex: The back entrance is off of Huntington Avenue in a service road/side lane behind the Prudential Tower.

    Spanish-English dictionary > callejón de servicio

  • 73 cara a cara

    face to face
    * * *
    = face-to-face [face to face], face-to-face [face to face], double-faced, head-to-head, confrontational, one-on-one, eyeball-to-eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, in person
    Ex. This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex. This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex. Information desks should be sited near the library entrance, be multi-staffed, designed for double-faced seating and easy use of microfilm readers and AV materials.
    Ex. The database will compete head-to-head with other information providers by making information freely available on the Internet.
    Ex. The authors report on a case study that highlights the problems of applying such a confrontational method in an Eastern culture, such as Hong Kong.
    Ex. The one-on-one training pattern predominates and is effective at this institution where education in the singular is stressed.
    Ex. Last night the Israeli prime minister announced that after nine days of eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations, he'd had enough and was going home.
    Ex. For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    Ex. Telephone reference services have become problematic in recent years due to increased volume of patron demand, both in person and on the telephone.
    * * *
    = face-to-face [face to face], face-to-face [face to face], double-faced, head-to-head, confrontational, one-on-one, eyeball-to-eyeball, eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, in person

    Ex: This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.

    Ex: This may help to improve the service librarians can give face to face with clients.
    Ex: Information desks should be sited near the library entrance, be multi-staffed, designed for double-faced seating and easy use of microfilm readers and AV materials.
    Ex: The database will compete head-to-head with other information providers by making information freely available on the Internet.
    Ex: The authors report on a case study that highlights the problems of applying such a confrontational method in an Eastern culture, such as Hong Kong.
    Ex: The one-on-one training pattern predominates and is effective at this institution where education in the singular is stressed.
    Ex: Last night the Israeli prime minister announced that after nine days of eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations, he'd had enough and was going home.
    Ex: For Miller, though, two decades of eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations with the new chairman are proof enough.
    Ex: Telephone reference services have become problematic in recent years due to increased volume of patron demand, both in person and on the telephone.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cara a cara

  • 74 casa de pisos

    block of flats
    * * *
    (n.) = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    * * *
    (n.) = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.

    * * *
    apartment house, Br
    block of flats

    Spanish-English dictionary > casa de pisos

  • 75 cautivar

    v.
    1 to capture.
    2 to captivate, to enchant.
    Su belleza cautivó a Pedro Her beauty captivated Peter.
    3 to be captivating.
    Tanta belleza cautiva So much beauty is captivating.
    4 to be delighted to.
    Me cautiva oír ópera I am delighted to listen to opera.
    5 to be delighted by.
    Me cautivan tus ocurrencias I am delighted by your remarks.
    * * *
    1 to take prisoner, capture
    2 figurado (atraer) to captivate, charm
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=hacer prisionero a) (Mil) to capture, take prisoner
    2) (=hechizar) to captivate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( atraer) to captivate
    * * *
    = captivate, enthral [enthrall, -USA], charm, mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA], beguile, enchant, capture + the imagination, bewitch, entrance, smite.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado smote, participio smitten. Usado comúnmente con este sentido la voz pasiva y seguido de la partícula with y también a veces by.
    Ex. This article suggests a number of titles which can be relied on to captivate the young reader and arouse enthusiasm for further exploration of the world of books.
    Ex. If one encounters a young patron who is an animal lover, the recommendation of a book such as Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' may enthrall him or her.
    Ex. We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.
    Ex. Beguiling as the show is, it perhaps lacks major impact because it has taken elements from lacework and painting in such a way as to avoid the fundamental challenges of both.
    Ex. The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.
    Ex. This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
    Ex. In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex. Her husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive.
    Ex. It's hard to imagine a red-blooded man anywhere in the world who could look at her and not be ' smitten' with her.
    ----
    * cautivar al mundo = make + a big noise in the world.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( atraer) to captivate
    * * *
    = captivate, enthral [enthrall, -USA], charm, mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA], beguile, enchant, capture + the imagination, bewitch, entrance, smite.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado smote, participio smitten. Usado comúnmente con este sentido la voz pasiva y seguido de la partícula with y también a veces by.

    Ex: This article suggests a number of titles which can be relied on to captivate the young reader and arouse enthusiasm for further exploration of the world of books.

    Ex: If one encounters a young patron who is an animal lover, the recommendation of a book such as Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' may enthrall him or her.
    Ex: We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.
    Ex: Beguiling as the show is, it perhaps lacks major impact because it has taken elements from lacework and painting in such a way as to avoid the fundamental challenges of both.
    Ex: The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.
    Ex: This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
    Ex: In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex: Her husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive.
    Ex: It's hard to imagine a red-blooded man anywhere in the world who could look at her and not be ' smitten' with her.
    * cautivar al mundo = make + a big noise in the world.

    * * *
    cautivar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (atraer) to captivate
    lo cautivó con su sonrisa she captivated him with her smile, he was captivated by her smile
    2 ( ant) (hacer prisionero) to capture
    * * *

    cautivar ( conjugate cautivar) verbo transitivo ( atraer) to captivate
    cautivar verbo transitivo
    1 to capture, take prisoner
    2 figurado (fascinar) to captivate
    ' cautivar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrebatar
    - hechizar
    - magnetizar
    - subyugar
    - atraer
    - seducir
    English:
    wow
    - beguile
    - bewitch
    - captivate
    - charm
    - enchant
    - enthrall
    - mesmerize
    * * *
    1. [seducir] to captivate, to enchant;
    su simpatía me cautiva I find her friendly manner quite captivating
    2. [apresar] to capture
    * * *
    v/t fig
    captivate
    * * *
    hechizar: to captivate, to charm

    Spanish-English dictionary > cautivar

  • 76 chaleco reflectante

    Ex. When he looked through his window he saw two coarse man in reflecting traffic jackets barricade the entrance to the dunes with large rocks.
    * * *

    Ex: When he looked through his window he saw two coarse man in reflecting traffic jackets barricade the entrance to the dunes with large rocks.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chaleco reflectante

  • 77 cochero

    m.
    1 coachman.
    2 coach driver, cabman, hackman, coachman.
    * * *
    1 coachman
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ
    2.
    - hablar en cochero

    cochero de punto — † cabman, cabby *

    * * *
    masculino coachman
    * * *
    Ex. During these campaigns, black soldiers served as militiamen, guides, teamsters, and spies.
    * * *
    masculino coachman
    * * *

    Ex: During these campaigns, black soldiers served as militiamen, guides, teamsters, and spies.

    * * *
    coachman
    * * *
    coachman
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    puerta cochera carriage entrance
    II m coachman

    Spanish-English dictionary > cochero

  • 78 cole

    m.
    school (informal).
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: colar.
    * * *
    1 familiar school
    * * *
    masculino (Esp fam) school
    * * *
    = school.
    Ex. Many infant and junior schools have books in the entrance hall and in the corridors as well as in the classrooms.
    ----
    * vuelta al cole = back-to-school.
    * * *
    masculino (Esp fam) school
    * * *

    Ex: Many infant and junior schools have books in the entrance hall and in the corridors as well as in the classrooms.

    * vuelta al cole = back-to-school.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    school
    * * *
    cole nm
    Fam school
    * * *
    m fam
    school

    Spanish-English dictionary > cole

  • 79 con cúpula

    (adj.) = domed
    Ex. Entrance is at a domed foyer at ground level and seating provided in the new facility accommodates over 200 students.
    * * *
    (adj.) = domed

    Ex: Entrance is at a domed foyer at ground level and seating provided in the new facility accommodates over 200 students.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con cúpula

  • 80 cortar con barricadas

    (v.) = barricade
    Ex. When he looked through his window he saw two coarse man in reflecting traffic jackets barricade the entrance to the dunes with large rocks.
    * * *
    (v.) = barricade

    Ex: When he looked through his window he saw two coarse man in reflecting traffic jackets barricade the entrance to the dunes with large rocks.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cortar con barricadas

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