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121 apprehendo
ap-prĕhendo ( adp-, Fleck., Baiter, Halm; app-, Kayser) ( poet. sometimes apprendo: adprendas, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9;I.apprensus,
Tac. A. 4, 8; Stat. S. 3, 4, 43;apprendere,
Sil. 13, 653), di, sum, 3, v. a., to lay hold upon, to seize, take hold of (class., esp. in prose; syn.: prehendo, comprehendo, cupio, arripio, corripio).In gen.A.Lit.:B.Alterum alterā adprehendit eos manu,
Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 64, where Fleck. reads prehendit: Pone (me) apprendit pallio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 23:adprehendens pallium suum,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 30:atomi aliae alias adprehendentes continuantur,
Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54:adprehendit cornu altaris,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 28:vites sic claviculis adminicula tamquam manibus adprehendunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120:morsu,
Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:quantum adprehenderint tres digiti,
Quint. 1, 2, 26.—So of seizing hold of the hand, or embracing the person:manum osculandi causā,
Suet. Tib. 72 (prehendere manum is found in Cic. Quint. 31, and id. de Or. 1, 56, 240):manum adprehendere,
Vulg. Gen. 19, 16; id. Isa. 41, 13; ib. Marc. 1, 31; ib. Act. 3, 7:quibus adprensis,
Tac. A. 4, 8 al.:adprehensum deosculatur,
Vulg. Prov. 7, 13.—Also in entreaty:conscientiā exter ritus adprehendit Caecilium, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8.—Trop.1.Of discourse:2.quidquid ego apprehenderam statim accusator extorquebat e manibus,
whatever I had brought forward, alleged, Cic. Clu. 19, 52:nisi caute adprehenditur,
is laid hold of, employed, Quint. 10, 2, 3.—To grasp with the mind, to understand, comprehend:3.passio apprehensa,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 5, 70; Tert. adv. Val. 11.—For complector, to embrace, include:II.casum testamento,
Dig. 28, 2, 10:personam filii (sc. in stipulatione),
ib. 45, 1, 56.—Esp., to seize, to take, or lay hold of, to apprehend:A. * In milit.a militibus adprehensus,
Gell. 5, 14, 26:furem adprehendere,
Dig. 13, 7, 11:fugitivum,
ib. 11, 4, 1.—Hence,lang., to take possession of:B.adprehendere Hispanias,
Cic. Att. 10, 8 init. (cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 112: Pharon prehendit); and in gen. to lay hold of, to get, secure, obtain (eccl. Lat.):adprehende vitam aeternam,
Vulg. 1 Tim. 6, 12;6, 19: justitiam,
righteousness, ib. Rom. 9, 30.—As med. t., of disease, to seize:Ubi libido veniet nauseae eumque adprehendit, decumbat etc.,
Cato, R. R. 156, 4.—So in gen. of fear, pain, trouble (eccl. Lat.):tremor adprehendit eam,
Vulg. Jer. 49, 24:dolor,
ib. 2 Macc. 9, 5:angustia,
ib. Jer. 50, 43:stupor,
ib. Luc. 5, 26:tentatio,
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122 desero
1. 2.dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,
Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:deseritur a suis Varus,
id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:pignus,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:te amantem non deseram,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,
id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:Avaricum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,
id. ib. 2, 29:fratrem ne desere frater,
Verg. A. 10, 600:thalamos ne desere pactos,
id. ib. 10, 649:bellum,
Just. 5, 2, 10:victoriam,
id. 14, 3, 6:milites insepultos,
Curt. 5, 13, 3:metu locum,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—II.Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:2.Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:suum jus,
Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,
id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,
id. Att. 3, 19, 2:causam,
id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:desertam ac proditam causam queri,
Liv. 2, 54:ullam officii partem,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.officium (with praetermittere defensionem),
id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:vitam,
Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:deditionem,
Sall. J. 70, 1:studia sapientiae,
Quint. 12, 2, 8:viam virtutis,
Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:vestigia Graeca,
id. A. P. 287:fastidiosam copiam,
id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—Esp., leg. t. t.:B.vadimonia deserere,
to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,
Quint. 3, 6, 78.—Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:A.genua hunc cursorem deserunt,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:aliquem corpus, vires,
Tac. A. 6, 50:donec te deseret aetas,
Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:me lucerna,
Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:fama Curium Fabricium,
id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,
Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:mensa deserit toros,
is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.— Pass.:deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,
Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:a tribunitia voce,
id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:deseror conjuge,
Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:desertus viribus leo,
Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.suis,
Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:deserta natorum,
Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.Adj. (cf.:B.vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,
Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:deserta via et inculta,
id. Cael. 18:frequens an desertus locus,
Quint. 5, 10, 37:terra,
Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:stipes,
Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):arbores,
Prop. 1, 20, 36.— Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:multi filii desertae,
Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.— Comp.:reditus desertior,
Cic. Pis. 23, 55:nihil turpius ac desertius,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.— Sup.:orae desertissimae,
id. Sest. 22, 50:solitudo,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al. —Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:Libyae deserta,
Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):in deserto,
Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep. -
123 deserta
1. 2.dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,
Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:deseritur a suis Varus,
id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:pignus,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:te amantem non deseram,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,
id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:Avaricum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,
id. ib. 2, 29:fratrem ne desere frater,
Verg. A. 10, 600:thalamos ne desere pactos,
id. ib. 10, 649:bellum,
Just. 5, 2, 10:victoriam,
id. 14, 3, 6:milites insepultos,
Curt. 5, 13, 3:metu locum,
Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—II.Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:2.Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,
Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:suum jus,
Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,
id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,
id. Att. 3, 19, 2:causam,
id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:desertam ac proditam causam queri,
Liv. 2, 54:ullam officii partem,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.officium (with praetermittere defensionem),
id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:vitam,
Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:deditionem,
Sall. J. 70, 1:studia sapientiae,
Quint. 12, 2, 8:viam virtutis,
Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:vestigia Graeca,
id. A. P. 287:fastidiosam copiam,
id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—Esp., leg. t. t.:B.vadimonia deserere,
to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,
Quint. 3, 6, 78.—Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:A.genua hunc cursorem deserunt,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:aliquem corpus, vires,
Tac. A. 6, 50:donec te deseret aetas,
Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:me lucerna,
Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:fama Curium Fabricium,
id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,
Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:mensa deserit toros,
is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.— Pass.:deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,
Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:a tribunitia voce,
id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:deseror conjuge,
Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:desertus viribus leo,
Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.suis,
Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:deserta natorum,
Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.Adj. (cf.:B.vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,
Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:deserta via et inculta,
id. Cael. 18:frequens an desertus locus,
Quint. 5, 10, 37:terra,
Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:stipes,
Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):arbores,
Prop. 1, 20, 36.— Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:multi filii desertae,
Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.— Comp.:reditus desertior,
Cic. Pis. 23, 55:nihil turpius ac desertius,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.— Sup.:orae desertissimae,
id. Sest. 22, 50:solitudo,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al. —Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:Libyae deserta,
Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):in deserto,
Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep. -
124 pater
păter, tris (old gen PATRVS. Inscr Corp. Lat. 1469; dat PATRE, ib 182), m. [Sanscr. root pā, to nourish, protect; Lat. pasco; hence, Zend, patar, protector; Gr. patêr; Sanscr pitri; Engl. father; Germ. Vater], a father, sire.I.Lit. Aes. Ehem, pater mi, tu hic eras? De Tuus hercle vero et animo et patura pater, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 3:II.patre certo nasci,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 46:Servius Tullius captivā Corniculanā natus, patre nullo, matre servā,
i. e. by an unknown father, Liv. 4, 3:SI PATER FILIVM TER VENVM DVIT FILIVS A PATRE LIBER ESTO, Lex XII. Tab.: CORNELIVS SCIPIO BARBATVS GNAIVOD PATRE PROGNATVS, Epit. of the Scipios: ego a patre ita eram deductus,
by my father, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:aliquem patris loco colere debere,
id. Phil. 2, 38, 99.—Transf.A.The father as head and rep resentative of the household, esp., paterfamilias and paterfamiliae:B.pauci milites patresque familiae recepti,
Caes. B. C. 2, 44:quemeunque patrem familiae arripuissetis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 43; v. familia.—In plur.: patres, fathers, forefathers:C.patrum nostrorum aetas,
Cic. Or. 5, 18:memoria patrum,
id. de Or. 1, 40, 181:apud patres nostros,
id. Off. 3, 11, 47:patres majoresque nostri,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 69:Dominus Deus patrum vestrorum, Vulg Exod 3, 15: descenderunt patres tui in Aegyptum,
id. Deut. 10, 22.—So in sing (eccl. Lat.): dixitque Jacob;Deus patris mei Abraham, etc.,
Vulg. Gen. 32, 9: quod juravit ad Abra. [p. 1314] ham patrem nostrūm, id. Luc. 1, 73.—PATRES for parentes, parents, Inscr. Grut. 707, 5; 656, 2; 692, 1; 704, 1.—D.As a title of honor, father. —Of a deity, esp. of Jupiter: divum pater atque hominum rex, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 179 Vahl.); cf.: pater optime Olimpi, id. ap. Oros. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 198 ib.):E.ipse pater mediā nimborum in nocte coruscā Fulmina molitur dextrā,
Verg. G. 1, 328:Gradivumque patrem Geticis qui praesidet arvis,
id. A. 3, 35:pater Lemnius,
i. e. Vulcan, id. ib. 8, 454:Bacche pater,
Hor. C. 3, 3, 13; cf.Lenaeus,
i. e. Bacchus, Verg. G. 2, 7:pater Silvane,
Hor. Epod. 2, 21: Quirine pater, Enn. ap. Non. 120, 1 (Ann. v. 121 Vahl.): pater Tiberine, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 55 ib.); of the Tiber, Liv. 2, 10:Apenninus,
Verg. A. 12, 703 Wagner:pater Aeneas,
id. ib. 1, 699.—Of the creative or generative powers of nature as deities:pater Aether,
Lucr. 1, 250: aequoreus, i. e. Ocean, Col. poët. 10, 200.—As an honorable designation applied to senators:principes, qui appellati sunt propter caritatem patres,
Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:patres ab honore patriciique progenies eorum appellati,
Liv. 1, 8.—Hence, patres = patricii, opp. to plebeii:quā re ad patres censeo revertare: plebeii quam fuerint importuni, vides,
Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3 fin.:patres conscripti, v. conscribo: pater patrum, pater sacrorum, pater nomimus, the title given to the high-priest of Mithras,
Inscr. Grut. 28, 2; 315, 5; 1102, 2; Inscr. Orell. 5059: patratus, v. h. v. under patro, P. a.—Of the founder of a school:Zeno, pater Stoicorum,
Cic. N. D. 3, 9, 23;of a teacher, as a source or creator: Isocrates pater eloquentiae,
Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 10:Herodotus pater historiae,
id. Leg. 1, 1, 5: pater patriae, the father of his country, of Cicero, Cic. Pis. 3, 6:quem Q. Catulus, quem multi alii saepe in senatu patrem patriae nominarant,
id. Sest. 57, 121; cf.:Roma patrem patriae Ciceronem libera dixit,
Juv. 8, 245.—So of Marius:C. Marium quem vere patrem patriae... possumus dicere,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 27;of Trajan, and other emperors: at tu etiam nomen patris patriae recusabas,
Plin. Pan. 21; cf. Sen. Clem. 1, 14, 2; Suet. Caes. 76; id. Tib. 26; id. Ner. 8; cf.also: pater senatūs,
Tac. A. 11, 25; Ov. F. 2, 127; id. Tr. 2, 39; 181; id. P. 1, 1, 36:pater orbis,
id. F. 3, 72; Stat. S. 1, 4, 95; 4, 8, 20.—As a term of respect:pater Aeneas,
Verg. A. 5, 348;esp., to an old man,
Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 36; Verg. A. 5, 521; so id. ib. 533.—In eccl. Lat., the Supreme Being, God:* F.sicut enim Pater habet vitam in semet ipso,
Vulg. Joan. 5, 26:confiteor tibi, Pater Domine caeli et terrae,
id. Luc. 10, 21:Pater caelestis,
id. Matt. 5, 48; 18, 35:Pater vester qui in caelis est,
id. ib. 23, 9:Pater noster, qui es in caelis,
id. ib. 6, 9:adorabunt Patrem,
id. Joan. 4, 23; id. Act. 1, 7 saep.—Pater cenae, the host, Hor. S. 2, 8, 7:G.misericordiarum,
Vulg. 2 Cor. 1, 3. —Hence, by way of opposition, *Pater esuritionum, the father of hunger-pains, said of a very poor man who suffers from hunger, Cat. 21, 1.—H. -
125 machacar
v.1 to crush.Ella machaca las semillas She crushes the seeds.2 to bone up on(informal) (estudiar). (peninsular Spanish)3 to go on and on (informal) (insistir).4 to repeat over and over, to insist on, to drive into the ground, to repeat.Ella machaca sus razones She repeats over and over her reasons.5 to insist in harping on a subject.Ella machaca siempre She insists in harping on a subject always.* * *1 (triturar) to crush4 familiar (estudiar) to swot up on, US grind away at5 familiar (insistir en) to harp on about, go on about1 (estudiar) to swot up, cram, US grind\machacársela tabú to wank, US jerk offpor mí como si se la machaca tabú I couldn't give a toss* * *1. VT1) (=triturar) to crush2) * (=aniquilar) [+ contrincante] to thrash; [en discusión] to crush, flatten3) [+ precio] to slash4) * [+ lección, asignatura] to swot (up) *5) Esp * (=insistir sobre) to go on about6) (Baloncesto) * to dunk, slam dunk2. VI *1) Esp (=insistir) to go on¡no machaques! — don't go on so!, stop harping on about it!
hierro 1)machacar con o sobre algo — to go on about sth
2) (=empollar) to swot *3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)b) (fam) < contrincante> to thrash (colloq)c) (fam) ( pegar) to beat... to a pulpd) < precios> to slash2) (Esp fam)a) ( repetír)machacar un tema — to go on o harp on about a subject (colloq)
b) ( estudiar) to bone up on (colloq)2.machacar via) (fam) ( insistir)machacar con or sobre algo — to go on o harp on about something (colloq)
b) (fam) ( para un examen) to cram (colloq)3.machacarse v pron (fam) < dedo> to crush* * *= bust, batter, squash, crush, clobber, steamroller, pound, lick, mash, blow away.Ex. 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Ex. The article has the title 'Reorganizing organizations and information: how knowledge technologies squash heirarchy and alter the role of information'.Ex. The article is entitled 'Dinosaurs to crush flies: computer catalogues, classification and other barriers to library use'.Ex. Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.Ex. When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.Ex. A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.Ex. They got licked by a bunch of little, ill-armed peasant guerillas.Ex. But scooping out the baked potatoes' flesh, mashing it with other ingredients, and then baking them again takes some extra time.Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.----* machacar los tipos = batter + type.* machacársela = jerk + Reflexivo + off, wank.* machacar un idea = squash + idea.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)b) (fam) < contrincante> to thrash (colloq)c) (fam) ( pegar) to beat... to a pulpd) < precios> to slash2) (Esp fam)a) ( repetír)machacar un tema — to go on o harp on about a subject (colloq)
b) ( estudiar) to bone up on (colloq)2.machacar via) (fam) ( insistir)machacar con or sobre algo — to go on o harp on about something (colloq)
b) (fam) ( para un examen) to cram (colloq)3.machacarse v pron (fam) < dedo> to crush* * *= bust, batter, squash, crush, clobber, steamroller, pound, lick, mash, blow away.Ex: 'That new project he's been busting himself and everyone else over is way behind schedule and Peterson is getting fed up'.
Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Ex: The article has the title 'Reorganizing organizations and information: how knowledge technologies squash heirarchy and alter the role of information'.Ex: The article is entitled 'Dinosaurs to crush flies: computer catalogues, classification and other barriers to library use'.Ex: Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.Ex: When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.Ex: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.Ex: They got licked by a bunch of little, ill-armed peasant guerillas.Ex: But scooping out the baked potatoes' flesh, mashing it with other ingredients, and then baking them again takes some extra time.Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.* machacar los tipos = batter + type.* machacársela = jerk + Reflexivo + off, wank.* machacar un idea = squash + idea.* * *machacar [A2 ]vtA1 ‹ajo› to crush; ‹almendras› to grind, crush; ‹piedra› to crush, pound4 ‹precios› to slashB ( Esp)1 ( fam)(remachar): machácale bien lo que tiene que hacer make sure you drum into her what she has to dosiguen machacando los mismos puntos they're still going on about o harping on about the same points ( colloq)■ machacarvi1 ( fam)(insistir): machacar con or sobre algo to go on o harp on about sth ( colloq)1 ( fam); ‹dedo› to smash, crush2 ( Esp fam) ‹comida/bebida› to put away ( colloq), to polish off ( colloq); ‹trabajo› to polish off ( colloq); ‹dinero› to blow ( colloq)* * *
machacar ( conjugate machacar) verbo transitivo
‹ almendras› to grind, crush;
‹ piedra› to crush, pound
verbo intransitivo
machacar
I verbo transitivo
1 (a golpes) to crush: hay que machacar los ajos, you have to crush the garlic
2 fam (vencer, derrotar) to crush, thrash: nos machacaron en la final, they thrashed us in the final
3 fam (estudiar) to study hard: aún me quedan por machacar dos lecciones, I still have to swot up on two lessons
4 fam (agotar, cansar) to exhaust, wear out: este trabajo me machaca, this job wears me out
II verbo intransitivo
1 fam (estudiar) to cram, US grind
2 fam (insistir) to harp on, go on: siempre machaca sobre lo mismo, she's always going on about the same thing
' machacar' also found in these entries:
English:
crush
- dead
- dent
- labour
- lick
- pound
- grind
- hammer
* * *♦ vt1. [desmenuzar] to crushsigue machacando las mismas ideas she keeps on trotting out the same old ideas6. [en baloncesto] to dunk♦ vi2. [en baloncesto] to dunk* * *I v/t1 ( triturar) crush2 fig ( vencer) thrash3 en baloncesto dunkII v/i2 en baloncesto dunk* * *machacar {72} vt1) : to crush, to grind2) : to beat, to poundmachacar vi: to insist, to go on (about)* * *machacar vb1. (triturar) to crush2. (vencer) to thrash3. (insistir) to go over / to go on -
126 pijo
► adjetivo1 familiar posh► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 tabú prick————————1 tabú prick* * *pijo, -a1. ADJ *1) [persona, ropa, discoteca] posh2) (=tonto) stupid2. SM / F *1) (=niño bien) spoilt brat, spoilt rich kid2) (=tonto) berk *, twit *, jerk (EEUU) *3. SM1) Esp *** (=pene) prick ***2) **- ¿qué pijos haces aquí?* * *I- ja adjetivo (Esp fam & pey) <persona/moda/lugar> posh (colloq & pej)II- ja masculino, femenino (Esp fam & pey) rich kid (colloq & pej)* * *= preppy [preppier -comp., preppiest -sup.], posh [posher -comp., poshest -sup.], preppy [preppie], swanky [swankier -comp., swankiest -sup.].Ex. Of tobacco-using students, 46% wore preppy or trendy clothing & 90% exhibited a cheerful facial expression.Ex. She entered the 'in-crowd' when she was hired by a posh country club and befriended the charismatic leader of a clique of wealthy college students.Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex. Sitting on a tailgate drinking a beer with a good friend can be better than going to a swanky martini bar, especially if you know where the good country roads are.----* mamá pija y tía buena = yummy mummy.* * *I- ja adjetivo (Esp fam & pey) <persona/moda/lugar> posh (colloq & pej)II- ja masculino, femenino (Esp fam & pey) rich kid (colloq & pej)* * *= preppy [preppier -comp., preppiest -sup.], posh [posher -comp., poshest -sup.], preppy [preppie], swanky [swankier -comp., swankiest -sup.].Ex: Of tobacco-using students, 46% wore preppy or trendy clothing & 90% exhibited a cheerful facial expression.
Ex: She entered the 'in-crowd' when she was hired by a posh country club and befriended the charismatic leader of a clique of wealthy college students.Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.Ex: Sitting on a tailgate drinking a beer with a good friend can be better than going to a swanky martini bar, especially if you know where the good country roads are.* mamá pija y tía buena = yummy mummy.* * *( Esp fam pey) ‹persona› posh ( colloq pej), stuck-up ( colloq pej); ‹moda/lugar› posh ( colloq pej)masculine, feminine* * *
pijo◊ -ja adjetivo (Esp fam &
pey) ‹persona/moda/lugar› posh (colloq & pej)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam & pey) rich kid (colloq & pej)
pijo,-a fam, pey
I adjetivo posh, snooty
II sustantivo masculino y femenino rich kid, spoilt brat
' pijo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pija
- pije
English:
posh
- preppy
- swanky
* * *pijo, -a Esp♦ adjFam Pey1. [esnob] [persona] = who speaks and dresses in an affected way;llevaba una chaqueta muy pija he was wearing a typical rich kid jacket;tenía un acento muy pijo he spoke with the affected accent of a trendy youth2. [refinado] posh♦ nm,fFam Pey [persona] = person who speaks and dresses in an affected way♦ nmmuy Fam [pene] prick, cock* * *I adj poshpersona rich kid fam* * *pijo1 adj poshpijo2 n rich kid -
127 acojonar
v.1 to be damn or.2 to scare away, to frighten off, to daunt.* * *1 argot (atemorizar) to scare the shit out of2 argot (asombrar) to knock out1 argot to shit oneself, shit bricks* * *1.verbo transitivo (Esp)a) (fam) ( asustar) to frighten the life out of (colloq)b) (arg) ( asombrar) to knock... dead (colloq)2.acojonarse v pron (Esp fam) to get scared* * *1.verbo transitivo (Esp)a) (fam) ( asustar) to frighten the life out of (colloq)b) (arg) ( asombrar) to knock... dead (colloq)2.acojonarse v pron (Esp fam) to get scared* * *acojonar [A1 ]vt( esp Esp)2 ( arg)(asombrar): los acojonó con su vestimenta she blew their minds o knocked them out with the clothes she was wearing ( colloq)* * *♦ vt2. [impresionar]♦ vi1. [asustar] to be damn o Br bloody scary* * *vulgv/t -
128 alieno
ălĭēno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.] (purely prosaic, but class.).I.Orig., to make one person or thing another:II.facere, ut aliquis alius sit. Thus, in Plaut., Sosia says to Mercury, who represented himself as Sosia: certe edepol tu me alienabis numquam, quin noster siem,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 243. So also Pliny:sacopenium, quod apud nos gignitur, in totum transmarino alienatur,
is entirely other than, different from, the transmarine one, Plin. 20, 18, 75, § 197.—Hence, of things, a t. t. in the Roman lang. of business, to make something the property of another, to alienate, to transfer by sale (in the jurid. sense, diff. from vendere: Alienatum non proprie dicitur, quod adhuc in dominio venditoris manet? venditum tamen recte dicetur, Dig. 50, 16, 67; the former, therefore, includes the idea of a complete transfer of the thing sold):pretio parvo ea, quae accepissent a majoribus, vendidisse atque alienāsse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60:venire vestras res proprias atque in perpetuum a vobis alienari,
id. Agr. 2, 21, 54:vectigalia (opp. frui),
id. ib. 2, 13, 33; so Varr. R. R. 2, 1; Dig. 4, 7, 4.—Esp., to remove, separate, make foreign:urbs maxuma alienata,
Sall. J. 48, 1.—Transf. to mental objects, and with esp. reference to that from which any person or thing is separated or removed, to cast off, to alienate, estrange, set at variance, render averse, make enemies ( Abalienatus dicitur, quem quis a se removerit; alienatus, qui alienus est factus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; class., esp. freq. in the part. alienatus).A.In gen.:B.eum omnibus eadem res publica reconciliavit, quae alienārat,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 9:legati alienati,
id. Pis. 96:alienati sunt peccatores,
Vulg. Psa. 51, 4; ib. Col. 1, 21:alienari a Senatu,
Cic. Att. 1, 14:studium ab aliquo,
id. Pis. 76:si alienatus fuerit a me,
Vulg. Ezech. 14, 7:alienati a viā Dei,
ib. Eph. 4, 18:voluntatem ab aliquo,
Cic. Phil. 2, 38; id. Fam. 3, 6:tantā contumeliā acceptā omnium suorum voluntates alienare (sc. a se),
Caes. B. G. 7, 10:voluntate alienati,
Sall. J. 66, 2; Nep. Alcib. 5, 1:falsā suspitione alienatum esse,
neglected, discarded, Sall. C. 35, 3:animos eorum alienare a causā,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 21:a dictatore animos,
Liv. 8, 35:sibi animum alicujus,
Vell. 2, 112; Tac. H. 1, 59; Just. 1, 7, 18.—Esp.1.Mentem alienare alicui, to take away or deprive of reason, to make crazy, insane, to drive mad (not before the Aug. per., perh. first by Livy):2.erat opinio Flaccum minus compotem fuisse sui: vulgo Junonis iram alienāsse mentem ferebant,
Liv. 42, 28:signum alienatae mentis,
of insanity, Suet. Aug. 99:alienata mens,
Sall. Rep. Ord. 2, 12, 6 (cf. Liv. 25, 39: alienatus sensibus).—And absol.:odor sulfuris saepius haustus alienat,
deprives of reason, Sen. Q. N. 2, 53.—Hence, pass.:alienari mente,
to be insane, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93:ita alienatus mente Antiochus (erat),
Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 17.—In medic. lang.: alienari, of parts of the body, to die, perish:3.intestina momento alienantur,
Cels. 7, 16; 8, 10; 5, 26, n. 23:in corpore alienato,
Sen. Ep. 89:(spodium) alienata explet,
Plin. 23, 4, 38, § 76.—Alienari ab aliquā re, to keep at a distance from something, i. e. to be disinclined to, have an aversion for, to avoid = abhorrere (only in Cic.):a falsā assensione magis nos alienatos esse quam a ceteris rebus,
Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18:alienari ab interitu iisque rebus, quae interitum videantur afferre,
id. ib. 3, 5, 16.
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tontería — {{#}}{{LM SynT39003}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE T38055}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}tontería{{]}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} = {{<}}1{{>}} estupidez • tontuna • tontada • memez • necedad • simpleza • tontera • sandez • idiotez • imbecilidad … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
tonto — {{#}}{{LM SynT39005}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE T38057}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}tonto{{]}}, {{[}}tonta{{]}} {{《}}▍ adj./s.{{》}} = {{<}}1{{>}} {{※}}desp.{{¤}} {{♂}}(insulto){{♀}} bobo • lelo • {{SynA01630}}{{↑}}alelado{{↓}} •… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
fastidiar — {{#}}{{LM F17469}}{{〓}} {{ConjF17469}}{{\}}CONJUGACIÓN{{/}}{{SynF17919}} {{[}}fastidiar{{]}} ‹fas·ti·diar› {{《}}▍ v.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Enfadar, molestar o disgustar: • Me fastidia que llames para esas tonterías.{{○}} {{<}}2{{>}} {{※}}col.{{¤}}… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
fastidiarse — {{#}}{{LM SynF17919}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE F17469}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}fastidiar(se){{]}} {{《}}▍ v.{{》}} = {{<}}1{{>}} {{♂}}(causar fastidio){{♀}} {{SynM26929}}{{↑}}molestar{{↓}} • importunar • incomodar •… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
culo — {{#}}{{LM C11257}}{{〓}} {{SynC11525}} {{[}}culo{{]}} ‹cu·lo› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Nalgas o parte carnosa que rodea el ano: • Como no te estés quieto te voy a dar un azote en el culo.{{○}} {{<}}2{{>}} {{※}}col.{{¤}} Ano. {{<}}3{{>}}… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
copular — {{#}}{{LM C10436}}{{〓}} {{ConjC10436}}{{\}}CONJUGACIÓN{{/}}{{SynC10689}} {{[}}copular{{]}} ‹co·pu·lar› {{《}}▍ v.{{》}} Unirse sexualmente: • Los perros copulan cuando la hembra está en celo.{{○}} {{★}}{{\}}MORFOLOGÍA:{{/}} Verbo regular. {{#}}{{LM … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
vulva — {{#}}{{LM SynV41311}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE V40307}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}vulva{{]}} {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} = coño (vulg.) • higo (vulg.) • chocho (vulg.) • chirla (vulg.) • chimba (esp. mer.) (vulg.) • concha (esp. mer.)… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
pijo — {{#}}{{LM P30297}}{{〓}} {{SynP31022}} {{[}}pijo{{]}}, {{[}}pija{{]}} ‹pi·jo, ja› {{《}}▍ adj.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} {{※}}col. desp.{{¤}} Característico de quien ostenta de forma afectada una buena posición social y económica: • Ese modelo de coche es… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
estropear — {{#}}{{LM E16671}}{{〓}} {{ConjE16671}}{{\}}CONJUGACIÓN{{/}}{{SynE17106}} {{[}}estropear{{]}} ‹es·tro·pe·ar› {{《}}▍ v.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Maltratar, deteriorar o poner en malas condiciones: • Con esos golpes vas a estropear el juguete. El televisor… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
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