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  • 101 con aplicación

    = industriously, studiously
    Ex. For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
    Ex. It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.
    * * *
    = industriously, studiously

    Ex: For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.

    Ex: It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con aplicación

  • 102 con diligencia

    diligently
    * * *
    = sedulously, industriously, studiously
    Ex. She argues that at the close of the 20th century, aesthetics in the academy has become a subject for the most part to be sedulously avoided.
    Ex. For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
    Ex. It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.
    * * *
    = sedulously, industriously, studiously

    Ex: She argues that at the close of the 20th century, aesthetics in the academy has become a subject for the most part to be sedulously avoided.

    Ex: For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
    Ex: It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con diligencia

  • 103 con esmero

    = sedulously, studiously
    Ex. She argues that at the close of the 20th century, aesthetics in the academy has become a subject for the most part to be sedulously avoided.
    Ex. It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.
    * * *
    = sedulously, studiously

    Ex: She argues that at the close of the 20th century, aesthetics in the academy has become a subject for the most part to be sedulously avoided.

    Ex: It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con esmero

  • 104 condescendiente

    adj.
    1 obliging.
    2 condescending, agreeable, assenting, accommodating.
    3 patronizing, obliging.
    * * *
    1 (transigente) condescending
    2 (complaciente) obliging, helpful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=deferente) obliging; (=afable) affable; (=conforme) acquiescent
    2) pey
    * * *
    a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescending
    b) ( comprensivo) understanding
    * * *
    = smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex. Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.
    * * *
    a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescending
    b) ( comprensivo) understanding
    * * *
    = smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Ex: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex: Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.

    * * *
    1 ‹actitud/respuesta› (con aires de superioridad) condescending
    2 (comprensivo) understanding
    eres muy poco condescendiente you're not very understanding
    * * *

    condescendiente adjetivo
    a) ‹actitud/respuesta› ( con aires de superioridad) condescending


    condescendiente adjetivo
    1 (amable, deferente) complacent
    2 (con aire de superioridad) condescending
    ' condescendiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    compasiva
    - compasivo
    - contemplar
    English:
    condescending
    - patronizing
    - talk down
    - talk
    * * *
    1. [amable] obliging
    2. [altivo] condescending
    * * *
    adj actitud accommodating; desp
    condescending

    Spanish-English dictionary > condescendiente

  • 105 continuamente

    adv.
    1 continually.
    2 continuously, at all hours, around the clock, constantly.
    * * *
    1 continuously
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=repetidamente) constantly, continually
    2) (=sin interrupción) constantly, continuously
    * * *
    adverbio (con frecuencia, repetidamente) continually, constantly; ( sin interrupción) continuously
    * * *
    = all the time, continuously, steadily, continually, persistently, hourly, all the way through, constantly.
    Ex. Improvements are, however being made all the time: the dividing line between microcomputer and minicomputer is already blurred.
    Ex. The format of the body of entry is the same as for catalog cards except that the fields are printed continuously instead of starting new lines.
    Ex. Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex. The real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
    Ex. The modern trend of persistently growing subscription prices to scientific journals is due to the tremendous increase in the manufacturing cost per page.
    Ex. Events such as the bloody confrontation in Tiananmen Square, political campaigns, military conflicts and other such events are becoming everyday occurrences that hourly revise global affairs and exert their influence on local circumstances.
    Ex. All the way through, the Jews are portrayed as bloodthirsty.
    Ex. They point out that, 'The Library of Congress faces problems in the integration of new copy on a monumental scale, with the result that it is constantly revising its retrospective file'.
    * * *
    adverbio (con frecuencia, repetidamente) continually, constantly; ( sin interrupción) continuously
    * * *
    = all the time, continuously, steadily, continually, persistently, hourly, all the way through, constantly.

    Ex: Improvements are, however being made all the time: the dividing line between microcomputer and minicomputer is already blurred.

    Ex: The format of the body of entry is the same as for catalog cards except that the fields are printed continuously instead of starting new lines.
    Ex: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex: The real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
    Ex: The modern trend of persistently growing subscription prices to scientific journals is due to the tremendous increase in the manufacturing cost per page.
    Ex: Events such as the bloody confrontation in Tiananmen Square, political campaigns, military conflicts and other such events are becoming everyday occurrences that hourly revise global affairs and exert their influence on local circumstances.
    Ex: All the way through, the Jews are portrayed as bloodthirsty.
    Ex: They point out that, 'The Library of Congress faces problems in the integration of new copy on a monumental scale, with the result that it is constantly revising its retrospective file'.

    * * *
    1 (con frecuencia, repetidamente) continually, constantly
    el teléfono ha estado sonando continuamente the phone has been ringing continually o constantly o nonstop, the phone hasn't stopped ringing
    2 (sin interrupción) continuously
    hay que estar continuamente pendiente de él you have to be at his beck and call the whole time o all the time
    llovió continuamente durante cuatro días it rained continuously o constantly for four days
    * * *

    continuamente adverbio (con frecuencia, repetidamente) continually, constantly;
    ( sin interrupción) continuously
    continuamente adverbio continuously
    Recuerda que continuous significa que la acción es ininterrumpida (continuous sound, sonido continuo), mientras que continual hace referencia a una acción frecuente o repetida (his continual questions, sus continuas preguntas).
    ' continuamente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    continually
    - continuously
    - perpetually
    - steadily
    - keep
    - stream
    * * *
    1. [con repetición] continually;
    protesta continuamente she never stops complaining, she complains all the time
    2. [sin interrupción] continuously;
    la información es continuamente actualizada the information is constantly updated;
    los siguieron continuamente durante dos semanas they followed them continuously for two weeks
    * * *
    continuamente adv continually

    Spanish-English dictionary > continuamente

  • 106 contratación

    f.
    1 deal, contract.
    2 hiring.
    3 preparation of a contract.
    * * *
    1 (contrato - obrero) hiring; (- empleado) engagement
    2 (pedido) total orders plural, volume of business
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de albañil, fontanero] hiring; [de abogado] hiring, contracting frm; [de empleado] recruitment
    2) [de vehículo, servicio] hiring, hire
    * * *
    a) (de personal, servicio) contracting, hiring
    b) ( en la bolsa) transactions (pl), trading
    * * *
    = appointment, hiring, recruitment.
    Ex. The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex. About that time, the council as one of their austerity measures had issued a moratorium on all hiring except for 'absolutely essential services'.
    Ex. For 'concept' may be read any relatively elementary term such as Libraries, Staff, Buildings, recruitment, Chemistry.
    ----
    * antes de la contratación = pre-employment [preemployment].
    * con anterioridad a la contratación = pre-employment [preemployment].
    * con posterioridad a la contratación = post-employment [postemployment].
    * contratación de personal cualificado de otras empresas = lateral hiring.
    * contratación de seguros = insurance broking.
    * contratación fija = tenure.
    * después de la contratación = post-employment [postemployment].
    * * *
    a) (de personal, servicio) contracting, hiring
    b) ( en la bolsa) transactions (pl), trading
    * * *
    = appointment, hiring, recruitment.

    Ex: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.

    Ex: About that time, the council as one of their austerity measures had issued a moratorium on all hiring except for 'absolutely essential services'.
    Ex: For 'concept' may be read any relatively elementary term such as Libraries, Staff, Buildings, recruitment, Chemistry.
    * antes de la contratación = pre-employment [preemployment].
    * con anterioridad a la contratación = pre-employment [preemployment].
    * con posterioridad a la contratación = post-employment [postemployment].
    * contratación de personal cualificado de otras empresas = lateral hiring.
    * contratación de seguros = insurance broking.
    * contratación fija = tenure.
    * después de la contratación = post-employment [postemployment].

    * * *
    1 (de personal, un servicio) contracting, hiring
    los problemas que presenta la contratación de personal extranjero problems which arise when contracting o hiring o taking on foreign workers
    2 (en la bolsa) transactions (pl), trading
    * * *

    contratación sustantivo femenino hiring, contracting: se hace imprescindible la contratación de al menos cien bomberos, at least one hundred firemen must be urgently hired
    ' contratación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flete
    English:
    recruitment
    - trading
    * * *
    1. [de personal] hiring;
    es urgente la contratación de un abogado we urgently need to hire a lawyer;
    la ley contempla diferentes modalidades de contratación the law provides o allows for different forms of recruitment;
    contratación indefinida o [m5]fija/temporal permanent/temporary contracts;
    ha bajado la contratación indefinida the number of (people in) permanent jobs has gone down;
    2. [de servicio, mercancías] [de hotel] hiring;
    [de vuelo] chartering contratación de obras (building) contracting
    3. Bolsa [de valores] trading, Br dealing
    * * *
    f
    1 de trabajadores hiring, recruitment
    2
    :

    Spanish-English dictionary > contratación

  • 107 cuchilla

    f.
    1 blade.
    cuchilla de afeitar razor blade
    2 kitchen knife.
    * * *
    1 (hoja) blade
    \
    cuchilla de afeitar razor blade
    * * *
    SF
    2) (=cuchillo) large kitchen knife; [de carnicero] chopper, cleaver
    3) [de arado] coulter, colter (EEUU)
    4) LAm (=cortaplumas) penknife
    5) (Geog) ridge, crest; Chile (=colinas) sharp ridge; Caribe (=cumbre) mountain top
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de segadora, batidora, cuchillo) blade; ( de arado) coulter, share
    b) tb

    cuchilla de afeitar — ( hoja) razor blade; ( maquinilla) razor

    2) (AmL) (de montañas, colinas) range
    3) (Col fam) (jefe, profesor) tyrant (colloq); ( mujer dominante) harpy (colloq)
    * * *
    = blade, scraper, razor.
    Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.
    Ex. By the early 1820s a lithographic hand-press was in general use that was similar to the copperplate press except that the printing surface was run under a scraper rather than a roller.
    Ex. His teeth grew into razor fangs with two large incisors sticking out above the rest like a wolf.
    ----
    * cuchilla de afeitar = razor blade, blade razor, razor.
    * máquina de recortar con cuchilla recta = straight-knife trimming machine.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de segadora, batidora, cuchillo) blade; ( de arado) coulter, share
    b) tb

    cuchilla de afeitar — ( hoja) razor blade; ( maquinilla) razor

    2) (AmL) (de montañas, colinas) range
    3) (Col fam) (jefe, profesor) tyrant (colloq); ( mujer dominante) harpy (colloq)
    * * *
    = blade, scraper, razor.

    Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in finding and managing to keep a broken and discarded hacksaw blade he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

    Ex: By the early 1820s a lithographic hand-press was in general use that was similar to the copperplate press except that the printing surface was run under a scraper rather than a roller.
    Ex: His teeth grew into razor fangs with two large incisors sticking out above the rest like a wolf.
    * cuchilla de afeitar = razor blade, blade razor, razor.
    * máquina de recortar con cuchilla recta = straight-knife trimming machine.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de una segadora, guillotina, batidora) blade; (del arado) coulter, share
    2 (de cocina) kitchen knife; (de carnicero) cleaver, butcher's knife
    3
    B
    1 (montaña) ridge
    2 ( AmL) (de montañas, colinas) range
    C ( Chi) (en costura — añadidura) gore; (— para estrechar) dart
    D ( Col fam) (jefe, profesor) tyrant ( colloq), slavedriver ( colloq); (mujer dominante) harpy ( colloq), old bag ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    cuchilla sustantivo femenino
    a) (de segadora, batidora, cuchillo) blade;

    ( de arado) coulter, share
    b) tb



    ( maquinilla) razor
    cuchilla sustantivo femenino
    1 blade
    2 cuchilla de afeitar, razor blade
    ' cuchilla' also found in these entries:
    English:
    blade
    - cleaver
    - ice-skate
    - razor
    * * *
    1. [de guillotina] blade
    2. [de carnicero] cleaver
    3.
    4. [de navaja, espada] blade
    5. Am [de montañas] range (of hills)
    6. Andes, Carib [cortaplumas] pocketknife
    * * *
    f razor blade
    * * *
    1) : kitchen knife, cleaver
    2) : blade
    cuchilla de afeitar: razor blade
    3) : crest, ridge
    * * *
    cuchilla n (hoja) blade

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuchilla

  • 108 curry

    m.
    curry.
    pollo al curry chicken curry
    * * *
    1 curry
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=especia) curry powder
    2) (=plato) curry
    * * *
    ['kurri]
    masculino (pl - rries) ( polvo) curry powder; ( plato) curry
    * * *
    = curry.
    Ex. This is basically the same way I cook pork chops, except that I use curry instead of paprika, and the pork chops take a lot longer.
    * * *
    ['kurri]
    masculino (pl - rries) ( polvo) curry powder; ( plato) curry
    * * *

    Ex: This is basically the same way I cook pork chops, except that I use curry instead of paprika, and the pork chops take a lot longer.

    * * *
    /ˈkurri/
    (pl - rries)
    1 (polvo) curry powder
    pollo al curry curried chicken
    2 (plato) curry
    * * *

    curry /'kurri/ sustantivo masculino (pl


    ( plato) curry;


    ' curry' also found in these entries:
    English:
    curry
    - favor
    * * *
    curry nm
    [especias] curry powder;
    pollo al curry chicken curry
    * * *
    m GASTR curry
    * * *
    curry ['kurri] nm, pl - rries
    1) : curry powder
    2) : curry (dish)

    Spanish-English dictionary > curry

  • 109 dar gato por liebre

    familiar to take somebody in, con somebody
    * * *
    (v.) = buy + a pig in a poke, pass off + a lemon
    Ex. You might say we buy 'a pig in a poke' every four years, except that no pig has ever done the kind of damage our recent presidents have done.
    Ex. Since he lost his job at the quarry, Dave runs a used car business, and takes great delight in passing off a lemon to a university student.
    * * *
    (v.) = buy + a pig in a poke, pass off + a lemon

    Ex: You might say we buy 'a pig in a poke' every four years, except that no pig has ever done the kind of damage our recent presidents have done.

    Ex: Since he lost his job at the quarry, Dave runs a used car business, and takes great delight in passing off a lemon to a university student.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar gato por liebre

  • 110 de forma continuada

    Ex. The format of the body of entry is the same as for catalog cards except that the fields are printed continuously instead of starting new lines.
    * * *

    Ex: The format of the body of entry is the same as for catalog cards except that the fields are printed continuously instead of starting new lines.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de forma continuada

  • 111 de la mandíbula superior

    (adj.) = maxillar, maxillary
    Ex. The parameter used to determine adult females was the number of maxillar and mandibular teeth.
    Ex. In general mandibular teeth except premolars tend to emerge earlier than their maxillary counterparts.
    * * *
    (adj.) = maxillar, maxillary

    Ex: The parameter used to determine adult females was the number of maxillar and mandibular teeth.

    Ex: In general mandibular teeth except premolars tend to emerge earlier than their maxillary counterparts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de la mandíbula superior

  • 112 dejar de pie

    (v.) = leave + standing
    Ex. On the beach nearly everything was flattened with only one restaurant left standing although damaged: otherwise nothing is left except debris.
    * * *
    (v.) = leave + standing

    Ex: On the beach nearly everything was flattened with only one restaurant left standing although damaged: otherwise nothing is left except debris.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejar de pie

  • 113 deliberadamente

    adv.
    deliberately.
    * * *
    1 deliberately
    * * *
    * * *
    adverbio deliberately, on purpose
    * * *
    = deliberately, wilfully [willfully, -USA], wittingly, advisedly, purposely, by design, on purpose, knowingly, studiously, designedly.
    Ex. Some categories of headings are deliberately omitted from Sears'.
    Ex. But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.
    Ex. Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.
    Ex. Advisedly, this monograph is not called an 'Introduction to information science' and anyone who buys it on the mistaken assumption that it is such an introduction will be disappointed = Prudentemente, esta monografría no se titula "Introducción a la documentación" y cualquiera que lo compre pensando que es una introducción se sentirá decepcionado.
    Ex. I have purposely refrained from discussing the theory of comparative librarianship which has up to now characterized much of the writing on the subject.
    Ex. The victims had been herded onto a wooden landing craft by the captain of a Honduras-registered ship who then proceeded, by accident or design, to ram the craft, killing the majority of people aboard.
    Ex. Most consumers felt confident that once a letter is written and posted, no one will read it either accidently or on purpose except for the intended addressee.
    Ex. The ways in which library professionals -- knowingly and unknowingly -- undermine intellectual freedom are discussed = Se analizan las formas en las que los profesionales de las bibliotecas, consciente o inconscientemente, socavan la libertad intelectual.
    Ex. Previous economic historians have, by and large, studiously ignored the British slave trade.
    Ex. In respect of those defects, the seller may be held liable where he has designedly concealed their existence from the purchaser.
    ----
    * deliberadamente inexpresivo = deadpan.
    * * *
    adverbio deliberately, on purpose
    * * *
    = deliberately, wilfully [willfully, -USA], wittingly, advisedly, purposely, by design, on purpose, knowingly, studiously, designedly.

    Ex: Some categories of headings are deliberately omitted from Sears'.

    Ex: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.
    Ex: Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.
    Ex: Advisedly, this monograph is not called an 'Introduction to information science' and anyone who buys it on the mistaken assumption that it is such an introduction will be disappointed = Prudentemente, esta monografría no se titula "Introducción a la documentación" y cualquiera que lo compre pensando que es una introducción se sentirá decepcionado.
    Ex: I have purposely refrained from discussing the theory of comparative librarianship which has up to now characterized much of the writing on the subject.
    Ex: The victims had been herded onto a wooden landing craft by the captain of a Honduras-registered ship who then proceeded, by accident or design, to ram the craft, killing the majority of people aboard.
    Ex: Most consumers felt confident that once a letter is written and posted, no one will read it either accidently or on purpose except for the intended addressee.
    Ex: The ways in which library professionals -- knowingly and unknowingly -- undermine intellectual freedom are discussed = Se analizan las formas en las que los profesionales de las bibliotecas, consciente o inconscientemente, socavan la libertad intelectual.
    Ex: Previous economic historians have, by and large, studiously ignored the British slave trade.
    Ex: In respect of those defects, the seller may be held liable where he has designedly concealed their existence from the purchaser.
    * deliberadamente inexpresivo = deadpan.

    * * *
    deliberately, on purpose
    * * *
    deliberately, on purpose

    Spanish-English dictionary > deliberadamente

  • 114 demoler

    v.
    1 to demolish, to pull down (edificio).
    Los arquitectos demolieron la casa The architects demolished the house.
    2 to rout, to demolish.
    Los Vaqueros demolieron a los Delfines The Cowboys routed the Dolphins.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover
    1 to demolish, pull down, tear down
    2 figurado to demolish, tear to pieces
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT [+ edificio] to demolish, pull down; [+ argumento, teoría] to demolish
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < edificio> to demolish, pull down
    b) <mito/teoría> (fam) to debunk, demolish
    * * *
    = demolish, tear down, bulldoze, wreck, knock out, raze.
    Ex. Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.
    Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.
    Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex. The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.
    ----
    * demoler aparatosamente = bring + crashing down.
    * demoler completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < edificio> to demolish, pull down
    b) <mito/teoría> (fam) to debunk, demolish
    * * *
    = demolish, tear down, bulldoze, wreck, knock out, raze.

    Ex: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

    Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.
    Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex: The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.
    * demoler aparatosamente = bring + crashing down.
    * demoler completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.

    * * *
    demoler [E9 ]
    vt
    1 ‹edificio› to demolish, pull down
    2 ‹organización/sistema› to do away with, destroy
    3 ‹mito/teoría› ( fam); to debunk, demolish
    * * *

    demoler ( conjugate demoler) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹mito/teoría› (fam) to debunk, demolish

    demoler verbo transitivo to demolish
    ' demoler' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tirar
    English:
    demolish
    - level
    - bull
    - devastate
    - wreck
    * * *
    1. [edificio] to demolish, to pull down
    2. [organización, sistema] to destroy
    3. [argumentos, teorías] to demolish
    * * *
    v/t demolish
    * * *
    demoler {47} vt
    derribar, derrumbar: to demolish, to destroy

    Spanish-English dictionary > demoler

  • 115 denegar

    v.
    1 to turn down, to reject.
    2 to deny, to reject, to gainsay, to refuse.
    Denegaron el permiso They denied permission.
    3 to disallow, to overrule.
    Denegaron la regla nueva They disallowed the new rule.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ REGAR], like link=regar regar
    1 (desestimar) to refuse; (negar) to deny
    \
    denegar una demanda DERECHO to dismiss a claim
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=rechazar) [+ permiso, petición] to refuse; [+ derechos] to deny
    2) (Jur) [+ cargo] to deny
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) <permiso/autorización> to refuse; < petición> to turn down; < recurso> (Der) to refuse
    * * *
    = deny, turn down, overrule, reject, refuse.
    Ex. Borrower records may be marked so that charge-out privileges will be denied except when special permission from the librarian is given.
    Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex. If not, it displays an error message and refuses to allow you start the requested function.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) <permiso/autorización> to refuse; < petición> to turn down; < recurso> (Der) to refuse
    * * *
    = deny, turn down, overrule, reject, refuse.

    Ex: Borrower records may be marked so that charge-out privileges will be denied except when special permission from the librarian is given.

    Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex: If not, it displays an error message and refuses to allow you start the requested function.

    * * *
    denegar [A7 ]
    vt
    ‹permiso/autorización› to refuse
    la solicitud de extradición ha sido denegada the application for an extradition order has been turned down o refused
    le han denegado la libertad condicional he has been refused probation
    * * *

     

    denegar ( conjugate denegar) verbo transitivo (frml) ‹permiso/autorización› to refuse;
    ‹ petición› to turn down;
    ‹ recurso› (Der) to refuse
    denegar verbo transitivo to refuse
    Jur denegar una demanda, to dismiss a claim
    ' denegar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    overrule
    - refuse
    - deny
    * * *
    to turn down, to reject;
    le ha sido denegado el visado her visa application has been turned down;
    me han denegado el crédito they turned down my loan application;
    Der
    denegada la protesta objection overruled
    * * *
    v/t refuse
    * * *
    denegar {49} vt
    : to deny, to turn down

    Spanish-English dictionary > denegar

  • 116 derecho constitucional

    m.
    constitutional law.
    * * *
    (n.) = constitutional right, constitutional law
    Ex. Prisoners rely on inadequate legal resources in prison law libraries to prepare legal cases to protect their constitutional rights.
    Ex. Except for civil laws, and the individual right of the private citizen etc., the king is bound to public law, constitutional law and divine law.
    * * *
    (n.) = constitutional right, constitutional law

    Ex: Prisoners rely on inadequate legal resources in prison law libraries to prepare legal cases to protect their constitutional rights.

    Ex: Except for civil laws, and the individual right of the private citizen etc., the king is bound to public law, constitutional law and divine law.

    Spanish-English dictionary > derecho constitucional

  • 117 derecho público

    m.
    public law, jus publicum.
    * * *
    (n.) = civic right, public law
    Ex. Here it is at last, the public library as a civic right.
    Ex. Except for civil laws, and the individual right of the private citizen etc., the king is bound to public law, constitutional law and divine law.
    * * *
    (n.) = civic right, public law

    Ex: Here it is at last, the public library as a civic right.

    Ex: Except for civil laws, and the individual right of the private citizen etc., the king is bound to public law, constitutional law and divine law.

    Spanish-English dictionary > derecho público

  • 118 derribar

    v.
    1 to knock down, to demolish.
    Ella derribó la puerta She knocked down the door.
    2 to overthrow.
    El pueblo derribó al tirano The country overthrew the tyrant.
    3 to down, to bring down.
    Ella derriba las paredes She downs the walls.
    4 to blow down, to blow over.
    5 to crush.
    * * *
    1 (demoler) to pull down, demolish, knock down
    ■ derribar un edificio to demolish a building, knock down a building
    3 (avión, enemigo) to shoot down, bring down
    4 (una puerta) to batter down
    5 figurado (gobierno) to overthrow; (ministro) to topple
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=derrumbar) [+ edificio] to knock down, pull down; [+ puerta] to batter down; [+ barrera] to tear down

    el huracán derribó varias casas — the hurricane blew down o brought down a number of houses

    2) [+ persona] to knock down; (Boxeo) to floor
    3) (Aer) to shoot down, bring down
    4) (Caza) to shoot, bag
    5) [+ gobierno] to bring down, topple
    6) [+ pasión] to subdue
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <edificio/muro> to demolish, knock down; < puerta> to break down
    b) < avión> to shoot down, bring down
    c) < persona> to floor, knock... down; < novillo> to knock... over
    d) viento to bring down
    e) < gobierno> to overthrow, topple
    * * *
    = knock out, tear down, smash, pull down, topple, bulldoze, knock down, fell, raze, lay + Nombre + low.
    Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    Ex. Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.
    Ex. The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.
    Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.
    Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex. In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.
    Ex. The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.
    Ex. She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
    ----
    * derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.
    * derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <edificio/muro> to demolish, knock down; < puerta> to break down
    b) < avión> to shoot down, bring down
    c) < persona> to floor, knock... down; < novillo> to knock... over
    d) viento to bring down
    e) < gobierno> to overthrow, topple
    * * *
    = knock out, tear down, smash, pull down, topple, bulldoze, knock down, fell, raze, lay + Nombre + low.

    Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

    Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.
    Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    Ex: Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.
    Ex: The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.
    Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.
    Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex: In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.
    Ex: The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.
    Ex: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
    * derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.
    * derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.
    * derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.

    * * *
    derribar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹edificio/muro› to demolish, knock down, pull down; ‹puerta› to break down
    2 ‹avión› to shoot down, bring down, down ( colloq)
    3 ‹persona› to floor, knock … down, lay … out ( colloq); ‹novillo› to knock … over
    4 «viento» to bring down
    el viento derribó varios árboles the wind brought down several trees
    5 ‹gobierno› to overthrow
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    derribar    
    derribar algo
    derribar ( conjugate derribar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹edificio/muro› to demolish, knock down;

    ‹ puerta› to break down

    c) ‹ persona› to floor, knock … down;

    ‹ novillo› to knock … over


    derribar verbo transitivo
    1 (un edificio) to pull down
    (a una persona) to knock down
    (un avión) to shoot down
    2 (un gobierno) to bring down
    ' derribar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abatir
    - echar
    - tirar
    - botar
    English:
    blow down
    - blow over
    - bowl over
    - break down
    - bring down
    - bulldoze
    - demolish
    - fell
    - floor
    - kick down
    - knock down
    - pull down
    - shoot down
    - tear down
    - bowl
    - bring
    - down
    - knock
    - shoot
    - topple
    - unseat
    * * *
    1. [construcción, edificio, muro, pared] to knock down, to demolish;
    [puerta] to break down, to smash down;
    derribó el castillo de naipes she knocked down the house of cards
    2. [árbol] [sujeto: leñador] to cut down, to fell;
    [sujeto: viento, tormenta] to uproot
    3. [avión, jugador, res] to bring down;
    [púgil, luchador] to knock down, to floor; [jinete] to unseat
    4. [gobierno, gobernante] to overthrow
    5. [en equitación] [obstáculo] to knock over o down
    * * *
    v/t
    1 edificio, persona knock down
    2 avión shoot down
    3 POL bring down
    * * *
    1) demoler, derrumbar: to demolish, to knock down
    2) : to shoot down, to bring down (an airplane)
    3) derrocar: to overthrow
    * * *
    1. (edificio) to demolish / to pull down
    2. (persona) to knock down

    Spanish-English dictionary > derribar

  • 119 desaparecer de la faz de la tierra

    (v.) = vanish from + the face of the earth, disappear from + the face of the earth
    Ex. The plot is about a scientist who wakes up one morning to find that everyone except him seems to have vanished from the face of the earth.
    Ex. Religion has never disappeared from the face of the earth, no matter how we dislike, it is here to stay.
    * * *
    (v.) = vanish from + the face of the earth, disappear from + the face of the earth

    Ex: The plot is about a scientist who wakes up one morning to find that everyone except him seems to have vanished from the face of the earth.

    Ex: Religion has never disappeared from the face of the earth, no matter how we dislike, it is here to stay.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaparecer de la faz de la tierra

  • 120 desmentir

    v.
    1 to deny.
    desmintió la noticia he denied the report
    2 to belie.
    3 to disprove, to give the lie to, to disavow, to belie.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HERVIR], like link=hervir hervir
    1 (negar) to deny
    2 (contradecir) to contradict, belie
    3 (desmerecer) not to live up to
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=negar) [+ acusación] to deny, refute; [+ rumor] to scotch, squelch (EEUU); [+ teoría] to refute; [+ carácter, orígenes] to belie
    2) (=llevar la contraria) [+ persona] to contradict
    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to deny; < acusación> to deny, refute
    * * *
    = deny, refute, disprove.
    Ex. Borrower records may be marked so that charge-out privileges will be denied except when special permission from the librarian is given.
    Ex. The title, 'The Catalog in the World Around It,' suggests that the catalog is an abstract; I would like to refute that suggestion in the beginning.
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    ----
    * desmentir un rumor = scoff at + the idea, dismiss + speculation.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to deny; < acusación> to deny, refute
    * * *
    = deny, refute, disprove.

    Ex: Borrower records may be marked so that charge-out privileges will be denied except when special permission from the librarian is given.

    Ex: The title, 'The Catalog in the World Around It,' suggests that the catalog is an abstract; I would like to refute that suggestion in the beginning.
    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    * desmentir un rumor = scoff at + the idea, dismiss + speculation.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹noticia/rumor› to deny; ‹acusación› to deny, refute
    2 ‹persona› to contradict
    * * *

    desmentir ( conjugate desmentir) verbo transitivo ‹noticia/rumor› to deny;
    ‹ acusación› to deny, refute
    desmentir verbo transitivo to deny
    ' desmentir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    deny
    - disprove
    - denial
    * * *
    1. [negar] to deny;
    desmintió la noticia he denied the report;
    el primer ministro desmintió a su portavoz the prime minister contradicted his spokesperson
    2. [desmerecer] to be unworthy of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 acusación deny
    2 a alguien contradict
    * * *
    desmentir {76} vt
    1) negar: to deny, to refute
    2) contradecir: to contradict
    * * *
    desmentir vb (negar) to deny [pt. & pp. denied]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmentir

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