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• exasperatingDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > que saca a uno de quicio
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5 exasperante ADJ
exasperating, infuriating -
6 exasperante
adj.exasperating, infuriating.* * *► adjetivo1 exasperating* * *adjetivo exasperating* * *= abrasive, nerve-wracking [nerve-racking], maddening, exasperating.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. A program should always tell the operator what it is doing once an instruction has been given: there is nothing more nerve-wracking than to enter a command and have the screen go totally blank!.Ex. For people with 'print disabilities' this is maddening and frustrating.Ex. While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.* * *adjetivo exasperating* * *= abrasive, nerve-wracking [nerve-racking], maddening, exasperating.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: A program should always tell the operator what it is doing once an instruction has been given: there is nothing more nerve-wracking than to enter a command and have the screen go totally blank!.Ex: For people with 'print disabilities' this is maddening and frustrating.Ex: While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.* * *exasperating* * *
exasperante adjetivo
exasperating
exasperante adjetivo exasperating
' exasperante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desesperante
English:
infuriating
- maddening
- maddeningly
- exasperating
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7 desesperante
adj.1 infuriating.2 exasperating, maddening.* * *► adjetivo1 exasperating, infuriating* * *ADJ [situación] infuriating; [persona] infuriating, hopeless* * *a) ( exasperante) exasperatingb) ( angustioso) distressing* * *= agonising [agonizing, -USA], maddening.Ex. Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an ' agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.Ex. For people with 'print disabilities' this is maddening and frustrating.* * *a) ( exasperante) exasperatingb) ( angustioso) distressing* * *= agonising [agonizing, -USA], maddening.Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an ' agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.
Ex: For people with 'print disabilities' this is maddening and frustrating.* * *‹situación› exasperatinges desesperante hablar con él porque no te escucha it's infuriating o exasperating o maddening talking to him because he doesn't listen* * *
desesperante adjetivo
desesperante adjetivo exasperating: adoptó una actitud desesperante, she assumed an infuriating attitude
' desesperante' also found in these entries:
English:
agonizing
- soul-destroying
* * *desesperante adjinfuriating;resulta desesperante oírle hablar he's infuriating to listen to;el balón rodaba por el barro con lentitud desesperante the ball rolled through the mud infuriatingly o maddeningly slowly* * *adj infuriating, exasperating -
8 exasperar
v.to exasperate, to infuriate.* * *1 to exasperate1 to get exasperated* * *1.VT to exasperate, infuriate2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to exasperate2.exasperarse v pron to get worked up o exasperated* * *= outrage + Posesivo + every fibre, roil, drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, rile, enrage, exasperate, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, raise + Posesivo + hackles.Ex. And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.Ex. Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.Ex. If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining.Ex. Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.Ex. On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.Ex. We can often see in someone's face, or hear in his response to us, the times when we are grinding on his nerves.Ex. But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.----* exasperar a Alguien = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, get on + Posesivo + nerves, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.* exasperarse por = become + carried away by.* * *1.verbo transitivo to exasperate2.exasperarse v pron to get worked up o exasperated* * *= outrage + Posesivo + every fibre, roil, drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, rile, enrage, exasperate, grind on + Posesivo + nerves, raise + Posesivo + hackles.Ex: And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.
Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.Ex: If there is one behavior that most parents, caregivers and teachers would readily admit drives them around the bend it's whining.Ex: Now is not the time for superfluous rantings intended to rile the public.Ex: On a recent field trip, he drank too much and became enraged with another student by whom he felt insulted.Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.Ex: We can often see in someone's face, or hear in his response to us, the times when we are grinding on his nerves.Ex: But be prepared to raise some hackles if you take this approach, because it is essential you do it openly and not behind your boss' back.* exasperar a Alguien = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, get on + Posesivo + nerves, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.* exasperarse por = become + carried away by.* * *exasperar [A1 ]vtA «persona» to exasperate; «lentitud/actitud» to exasperateese niño exaspera a cualquiera that child is absolutely exasperatingsu torpeza me exaspera I find his clumsiness exasperating, his clumsiness exasperates meB «conflicto/síntomas» to exacerbateto get worked up* * *
exasperar ( conjugate exasperar) verbo transitivo
to exasperate
exasperarse verbo pronominal
to get worked up o exasperated
exasperar verbo transitivo to exasperate
' exasperar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
crispar
English:
exasperate
- madden
- aggravate
* * *♦ vtto exasperate, to infuriate;¿qué es lo que más te exaspera de él? what is it you find most exasperating o infuriating about him?;la actitud del equipo exasperó a los aficionados the team's attitude exasperated o infuriated the fans* * *v/t exasperate* * *exasperar vtirritar: to exasperate, to irritate♦ exasperación nf* * *exasperar vb to exasperate -
9 exacerbante
adj.exacerbating, exasperating, irritating.m.exacerbating factor, aggravator, irritator.* * *► adjetivo1 (agravante) aggravating2 (irritante) irritating, exasperating* * *ADJ LAm1) (=irritante) irritating, provoking2) (=agravante) aggravating* * *2) (irritante, exasperante) <ruido/situación> exasperating, intolerable* * *2) (irritante, exasperante) <ruido/situación> exasperating, intolerable* * *A (agravante) ‹factor› aggravating, exacerbatingB (irritante, exasperante) ‹ruido/situación› exasperating, intolerable -
10 desesperar
v.1 to drive to despair (quitar la esperanza a).2 to exasperate, to drive mad.3 to irritate.* * *1 (hacer perder la paciencia) to drive to despair, make lose one's patience2 (exasperar) to exasperate1 (desesperanzar) to lose hope, despair1 (desesperanzar) to lose hope, despair2 (irritarse) to get irritated, become exasperated* * *verb1) to despair2) exasperate* * *1. VT1) (=exasperar)mi hermano me desespera — my brother drives me mad o crazy, my brother is infuriating o maddening
me desespera que el tren llegue tarde — it's infuriating o maddening when the train is late
2) (=desalentar)no dejes que sus críticas te desesperen — don't let their criticism make you lose hope o heart, don't let their criticism get to you *
tantos problemas la desesperaron y acabó dimitiendo — all these problems drove her to despair and in the end she resigned
2.VI (=perder la esperanza) to despair, lose hopesigue adelante, no desesperes — keep at it, don't despair o lose hope
desesperar de hacer algo — frm to despair of doing sth, lose all hope of doing sth
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to drive... to distraction o despair2.desesperar vi to despair, give up hope3.desesperar de algo — to despair o give up hope of something
desesperarse v pron to become exasperated* * *= despair, yield + despair.Ex. Like others, I've been wondering when I'd get my money's worth out of this meeting, and I was beginning to despair.Ex. It is as if failure, having yielded despair, then gave rise to the sheerest optimism.----* desesperarse = yield to + despair.* * *1.verbo transitivo to drive... to distraction o despair2.desesperar vi to despair, give up hope3.desesperar de algo — to despair o give up hope of something
desesperarse v pron to become exasperated* * *= despair, yield + despair.Ex: Like others, I've been wondering when I'd get my money's worth out of this meeting, and I was beginning to despair.
Ex: It is as if failure, having yielded despair, then gave rise to the sheerest optimism.* desesperarse = yield to + despair.* * *desesperar [A1 ]vtsu lentitud me desespera I find his slowness exasperating, he's so slow, it drives me crazy o to distractionme desespera que nunca me haga caso it's maddening o infuriating o exasperating the way she never takes any notice of me■ desesperarvito despair, give up hopeno desesperes, ya se arreglarán las cosas don't despair, everything will be all rightdesesperar DE algo to despair o give up hope OF sthdesesperaban ya de encontrarlos vivos they were already despairing of o giving up hope of finding them aliveto become exasperatedse desespera y le grita she becomes exasperated o gets infuriated and she shouts at himse desespera de ver que va tan lento it exasperates him to see it going so slowly* * *
desesperar ( conjugate desesperar) verbo transitivo
to drive … to distraction o despair
verbo intransitivo
to despair, give up hope
desesperarse verbo pronominal
to become exasperated
desesperar verbo transitivo
1 to drive to despair
2 (poner nervioso, irritado) to exasperate
' desesperar' also found in these entries:
English:
despair
* * *♦ vt1. [quitar la esperanza a] to drive to despair2. [irritar, enojar] to exasperate, to drive mad;me desespera cuando se pone a hablar así it makes me mad when he starts talking like that;si hay algo que me desespera es la desorganización if there's one thing that exasperates me o drives me mad, it's lack of organization♦ vito despair, to give up hope;no desesperes, aún se puede hacer algo don't despair o give up hope, something can still be done;desesperar de hacer algo to give up all hope of doing sth;desesperan ya de encontrar supervivientes they have given up hope of finding survivors* * *I v/t infuriate, exasperateII v/i give up hope (de of), despair (de of)* * *desesperar vt: to exasperatedesesperar vi: to despair, to lose hope* * *desesperar vb1. (perder la esperanza) to despairno desesperes, todo saldrá bien don't despair, everything will be all right -
11 irritante
adj.irritating.m.irritant.* * *► adjetivo1 irritating, aggravating, annoying* * *1.ADJ irritating2.SM irritant* * *Ia) <situación/actitud> irritating, annoyingb) (Med) irritantIImasculino irritant* * *= irritating, irksome, vexing, jarring, grating, exasperating, smarting.Ex. We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.Ex. The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).Ex. The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.Ex. Sanborn was infamous for his grating personality, editorial liberties and inaccurate accounts of people and events.Ex. While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.Ex. At 11:30 I was feeling that all was well with the world, and then at 11:35 I'm all tightened to a smarting tension by having been treated like scum.* * *Ia) <situación/actitud> irritating, annoyingb) (Med) irritantIImasculino irritant* * *= irritating, irksome, vexing, jarring, grating, exasperating, smarting.Ex: We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.
Ex: The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).Ex: The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.Ex: Sanborn was infamous for his grating personality, editorial liberties and inaccurate accounts of people and events.Ex: While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.Ex: At 11:30 I was feeling that all was well with the world, and then at 11:35 I'm all tightened to a smarting tension by having been treated like scum.* * *1 ‹situación/actitud› irritating, annoying2 ( Med) irritantirritant* * *
irritante adjetivo ‹situación/actitud› irritating, annoying
' irritante' also found in these entries:
English:
aggravating
- bratty
- constant
- grating
- irritating
- irritant
* * *irritante adjirritating, annoying* * *adj tb MED irritating* * *irritante adj: irritating* * *irritante adj irritating -
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ADJ Cono Sur irritating, annoying* * *adjetivo (CS) exasperating* * *adjetivo (CS) exasperating* * *(CS) exasperating* * *enfermante adjCSur exasperating, infuriating -
13 aparato para el uso de la información
(n.) = information applianceEx. While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.* * *(n.) = information applianceEx: While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.
Spanish-English dictionary > aparato para el uso de la información
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adj.1 draining.2 stressing, exasperating.3 enervating.m.psychoactive drug, psychedelic drug, mind-altering drug, psychodelic drug.* * *► adjetivo1 MEDICINA enervating2 familiar (irritante) irritating, exasperating* * *a) (fam) ( irritante)una vocecita chillona y enervante — a grating, high-pitched voice
b) ( que quita fuerzas) enervating* * *= unnerving, enervating, nerving.Ex. Librarians have an unnerving habit of assuming that all libraries and all patrons are the same.Ex. Plato warned that too much music of any kind was enervating to personal will and would `make a soft warrior'.Ex. And it is very nerving if you have lots of trouble later when maintaining the site.* * *a) (fam) ( irritante)una vocecita chillona y enervante — a grating, high-pitched voice
b) ( que quita fuerzas) enervating* * *= unnerving, enervating, nerving.Ex: Librarians have an unnerving habit of assuming that all libraries and all patrons are the same.
Ex: Plato warned that too much music of any kind was enervating to personal will and would `make a soft warrior'.Ex: And it is very nerving if you have lots of trouble later when maintaining the site.* * *1 ( fam)(irritante): ese ruido es enervante that noise is driving me crazy o really getting on my nervestiene una vocecita chillona y enervante she has a grating, high-pitched voice2(que quita fuerzas): el calor se hizo enervante the heat became quite enervating* * *enervante adj1. [debilitador] draining* * *adj fml1 ( debilitador) debilitating, enervating fml2 ( irritante) irritating -
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(n.) = information applianceEx. While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.* * *(n.) = information applianceEx: While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.
Spanish-English dictionary > herramienta para el uso de la información
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16 obstinante
* * *obstinante adjVen Fam1. [irritante] aggravating, exasperating2. [aburrido] deadly, deadly dull -
17 desesperación
f.despair, desperation, desperateness, hopelessness.* * *1 despair, desperation2 (irritación) exasperation\ser una desesperación to be exasperating, be unbearable* * *noun f.despair, desperation* * *SF1) (=pérdida de esperanza) despair, desperation2) (=resultado)es una desesperación tener que... — it's infuriating to have to...
* * *a) ( angustia) desperationb) ( desesperanza) despairc) ( exasperación)* * *= despair, hopelessness, desperation.Ex. The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing scenes of despair unfolding before his eyes with ever increasing frequency.Ex. 'Are you sure that's what you want?' 'I'm at my wit's end', he said and spread out his hands in a gesture of hopelessness.Ex. An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.----* con desesperación = dispiritedly, hopelessly.* crear desesperación = yield + despair.* en desesperación = despairing, in despair.* producir desesperación = yield + despair.* situación de desesperación = scene of despair.* * *a) ( angustia) desperationb) ( desesperanza) despairc) ( exasperación)* * *= despair, hopelessness, desperation.Ex: The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing scenes of despair unfolding before his eyes with ever increasing frequency.
Ex: 'Are you sure that's what you want?' 'I'm at my wit's end', he said and spread out his hands in a gesture of hopelessness.Ex: An inwardly feverish but outwardly calm desperation possessed him.* con desesperación = dispiritedly, hopelessly.* crear desesperación = yield + despair.* en desesperación = despairing, in despair.* producir desesperación = yield + despair.* situación de desesperación = scene of despair.* * *1 (angustia) desperationme entra or me viene una desesperación cuando pienso que … I get a feeling of total desperation o it makes me feel desperate when I think that …me vino una desesperación terrible al ver que no llegaba I got desperate when there was still no sign of himlloraba con desesperación he was weeping bitterlylloraba de desesperación she was crying out of desperationen la desesperación rompió la ventana con el puño in (his) desperation he put his fist through the windowpresa de la desesperación se tiró al agua seized by desperation she threw herself into the water2 (desesperanza) despairsumida en la más profunda desesperación, optó por quitarse la vida plunged into deep despair, she decided to take her own life3(exasperación): ¡qué desesperación estos trenes! these trains drive you mad!* * *
desesperación sustantivo femenino
‹mirar/suplicar› despairingly;
‹ llorar› bitterly;
desesperación sustantivo femenino
1 (tristeza absoluta) despair
(ante una medida extrema) desperation: en su desesperación, aceptó casarse con él, in desperation, she agreed to marry him
2 (impaciencia, irritación) fury
' desesperación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reflejar
- reflejarse
- vencer
- sumir
English:
despair
- desperation
- throw up
- depth
- despairing
* * *1. [falta de alternativa] desperation;[desesperanza] despair;su desesperación era tal que pidió ayuda a un curandero he was so desperate he asked a witch doctor's help;pedía con desesperación que la ayudaran she made desperate pleas for help;se echó a llorar de desesperación she burst into tears of despair;me entra la desesperación cuando pienso en el poco tiempo que nos queda I start getting o feeling desperate when I think of how little time we have left;se suicidó presa de la desesperación despair drove him to suicide;vivir sumido en la desesperación to be sunk in despair2. [enojo]¡me entra una desesperación cuando veo estas injusticias! it makes me mad when I see injustices like these!;es una desesperación lo lento que van los trenes it's maddening how slow the trains are* * *f1 despair2:* * ** * *desesperación n (desesperanza) despair -
18 impacientar
v.to make impatient, to exasperate.* * *1 to make lose one's patience, exasperate1 to lose one's patience, get impatient* * *1. VT1) [lentitud, retraso] to make impatient2) (=exasperar) to exasperate2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) retraso to make... impatientb) ( exasperar) to exasperate2.impacientarse v pron ( por retraso) to get impatient; ( exasperarse) to lose (one's) patience, get exasperated* * *----* impacientarse con = be impatient with, get + short with.* no impacientarse con = bear with + Pronombre.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) retraso to make... impatientb) ( exasperar) to exasperate2.impacientarse v pron ( por retraso) to get impatient; ( exasperarse) to lose (one's) patience, get exasperated* * ** impacientarse con = be impatient with, get + short with.* no impacientarse con = bear with + Pronombre.* * *impacientar [A1 ]vt1 «retraso» to make … impatient2 (exasperar) to exasperatelas repetidas interrupciones empezaron a impacientar al público the audience began to get exasperated with o impatient because of the constant interruptions1 (por un retraso) to get impatient2 (exasperarse) to lose (one's) patience, get exasperatedempezaba a impacientarse con tantas preguntas she began to lose (her) patience o to get exasperated with all the questions* * *
impacientar verbo transitivo impacientar a alguien, to make sb lose patience, exasperate sb
* * *♦ vtto make impatient, to exasperate;su impuntualidad me impacienta I find his lack of punctuality exasperating* * *v/t make impatient* * *impacientar vt: to make impatient, to exasperate -
19 ser una desesperación
to be exasperating, be unbearable -
20 desesperante
• despairing• exasperating• maddening
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exasperating — adj. 1. extremely annoying or displeasing. Syn: annoying, infuriating, maddening, vexing. [WordNet 1.5] 2. same as {exacerbating}. Syn: aggravating, exacerbating. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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exasperating — adjective 1. extremely annoying or displeasing (Freq. 1) his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating I ve had an exasperating day her infuriating indifference the ceaseless tumult of the jukebox was maddening • Syn: ↑infuriating, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Exasperating — Exasperate Ex*as per*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exsasperated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exasperating}.] 1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exasperating — ex|as|pe|rat|ing [ıgˈza:spəreıtıŋ US ˈzæs ] adj extremely annoying ▪ You have this exasperating habit of never looking at me! >exasperatingly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
exasperating — adjective extremely annoying: You have this exasperating habit of never looking at me! exasperatingly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
exasperating — exasperate ► VERB ▪ irritate intensely. DERIVATIVES exasperated adjective exasperating adjective exasperation noun. ORIGIN Latin exasperare irritate to anger … English terms dictionary
exasperating — adjective That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates … Wiktionary
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