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  • 21 bobo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    bobo
    ◊ -ba adjetivo (fam) silly

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

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobo

  • 22 conducir

    v.
    1 to drive.
    Batista condujo a Ricardo al gimnasio Batista drove Richard to the gym.
    María conduce por la noche Mary drives at night.
    2 to manage, to run (dirigir) (empresa).
    3 to lead (person).
    María conduce una vida loca Mary leads a crazy life.
    4 to conduct (por tubería, cable) (calor).
    María conduce la conferencia Mary conducts the conference.
    El maestro condujo la orquesta local The maestro conducted the local...
    5 to guide, to usher, to walk.
    María condujo a Silvia al cuarto Mary guided Silvia to the room.
    6 to conduce.
    La soledad conduce a la tristeza Loneliness conduces to sadness.
    * * *
    (c changes to zc before a and o; the Preterite is irregular)
    Present Indicative
    conduzco, conduces, conduce, conducimos, conducís, conducen.
    Past Indicative
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperfect Subjunctive
    Future Subjunctive
    Imperative
    conduce (tú), conduzca (él/Vd.), conduzcamos (nos.), conducid (vos.), conduzcan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    3) lead
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Aut) to drive
    2) (=llevar) to take, lead
    3) [+ electricidad, calor] to conduct; [+ agua, gas] to convey
    4) frm (=estar a cargo de) [+ negocio, empresa] to manage; [+ equipo] to lead; [+ debate] to chair, lead
    5) (TV, Radio) to present
    2. VI
    1) (Aut) to drive

    ¿sabes conducir? — can you drive?, do you know how to drive?

    si bebes, no conduzcas — don't drink and drive

    2) (=llevar)

    esta carretera conduce al aeropuerto — this road leads to the airport, this road takes you to the airport

    ¿esa actitud a qué conduce? — where will that attitude get you?

    esto no nos conduce a ninguna parte o a nada — this is getting us nowhere

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) ( llevar)

    conducir a algo — camino/sendero to lead to something

    esa actitud no conduce a nada or ninguna parte — that attitude won't achieve anything o (colloq) won't get us anywhere

    2) (esp Esp) (Auto) to drive

    ¿sabes conducir? — can o do you drive?

    2.
    1)
    a) (guiar, dirigir) to lead
    b) (AmL) < programa> to host, present; < debate> to chair
    2) (esp Esp) < vehículo> to drive
    3) <electricidad/calor> to conduct
    3.
    conducirse v pron to behave, conduct oneself (frml)
    * * *
    = lead, steer, drive, engage, lead + Pronombre + down the road to, shepherd, drive along.
    Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex. They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.
    Ex. Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.
    Ex. And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.
    Ex. The catalog's deterioration is leading us down the road to lesser quality library service.
    Ex. He showed the ability of a single mind to shepherd cultural ventures.
    Ex. A motorist who drove along 20ft of a railway line told police officers his sat nav had directed him to turn on to the track.
    ----
    * academia de conducir = driving school.
    * carnet de conducir = driving licence, driver's licence, driving permit.
    * carnet de conducir internacional = international driving permit, international driving licence.
    * conducir a = lead up to.
    * conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol = drive while under + the influence of alcohol.
    * conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.
    * conducir + Ganado = herd.
    * conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.
    * conducir Personas como si fueran ganado = herd.
    * conducir por medio de tubos = duct.
    * conducir una barca con una pértiga = pole.
    * examen de conducir = road test.
    * no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.
    * permiso de conducir = driving licence, driver's licence, driving permit.
    * permiso de conducir internacional = international driving permit, international driving licence.
    * persona que está aprendiendo a conducir = learner driver.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) ( llevar)

    conducir a algo — camino/sendero to lead to something

    esa actitud no conduce a nada or ninguna parte — that attitude won't achieve anything o (colloq) won't get us anywhere

    2) (esp Esp) (Auto) to drive

    ¿sabes conducir? — can o do you drive?

    2.
    1)
    a) (guiar, dirigir) to lead
    b) (AmL) < programa> to host, present; < debate> to chair
    2) (esp Esp) < vehículo> to drive
    3) <electricidad/calor> to conduct
    3.
    conducirse v pron to behave, conduct oneself (frml)
    * * *
    = lead, steer, drive, engage, lead + Pronombre + down the road to, shepherd, drive along.

    Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

    Ex: They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.
    Ex: Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.
    Ex: And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.
    Ex: The catalog's deterioration is leading us down the road to lesser quality library service.
    Ex: He showed the ability of a single mind to shepherd cultural ventures.
    Ex: A motorist who drove along 20ft of a railway line told police officers his sat nav had directed him to turn on to the track.
    * academia de conducir = driving school.
    * carnet de conducir = driving licence, driver's licence, driving permit.
    * carnet de conducir internacional = international driving permit, international driving licence.
    * conducir a = lead up to.
    * conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol = drive while under + the influence of alcohol.
    * conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.
    * conducir + Ganado = herd.
    * conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.
    * conducir Personas como si fueran ganado = herd.
    * conducir por medio de tubos = duct.
    * conducir una barca con una pértiga = pole.
    * examen de conducir = road test.
    * no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.
    * permiso de conducir = driving licence, driver's licence, driving permit.
    * permiso de conducir internacional = international driving permit, international driving licence.
    * persona que está aprendiendo a conducir = learner driver.

    * * *
    conducir [I6 ]
    vi
    A (llevar) conducir A algo to lead TO sth
    este sendero conduce a la playa this path leads to the beach
    puede conducir a error it can lead to mistakes
    esa actitud no conduce a ninguna parte or nada that attitude won't achieve anything o ( colloq) won't get us anywhere
    B ( esp Esp) ( Auto) to drive
    ¿sabes conducir? can o do you drive?
    ■ conducir
    vt
    A
    1 (guiar, dirigir) to lead conducir a algn A algo to lead sb TO sth
    nos condujo al lugar donde se escondía la banda he led us to the gang's hiding place
    fue elegido para conducir los destinos de la nación he was chosen to steer the nation's destiny
    condujo la lucha armada contra la dictadura he led the armed struggle against the dictatorship
    2 ( frml); ‹cadáver› to bear ( frml), to take
    el cadáver será conducido al cementerio a las diez the body will be taken to the cemetery at 10 o'clock
    3 ( AmL) ‹programa› to host, present; ‹debate› to chair
    B ( esp Esp) ‹vehículo› to drive
    C
    1 ‹electricidad/calor› to conduct
    2 ‹agua› to carry, take
    to behave, conduct oneself ( frml)
    * * *

     

    conducir ( conjugate conducir) verbo intransitivo
    a) ( llevar) conducir a algo [camino/sendero] to lead to sth;

    ◊ esa actitud no conduce a nada that attitude won't achieve anything o (colloq) won't get us anywhere;

    a qué conduce eso? what's the point of that?
    b) (esp Esp) (Auto) to drive;


    verbo transitivo
    a) (guiar, dirigir) to lead;

    conducir a algn a algo to lead sb to sth;
    conducir a algn ante algn to take sb before sb
    b) (AmL) ‹ programa› to host, present;

    ‹ debate› to chair
    c) (esp Esp) ‹ vehículo› to drive

    d) ‹electricidad/calor› to conduct

    conducir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (un coche) to drive
    2 (llevar a un sitio) to take
    (a una situación) to lead
    3 (corriente eléctrica) to conduct: condujeron las aguas al embalse, the waters were channelled to the reservoir
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 Auto to drive
    2 (camino, actitud) to lead: eso no conduce a nada, this leads nowhere
    ' conducir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    administrar
    - altar
    - carnet
    - conducción
    - correr
    - cuestión
    - documentación
    - estado
    - examen
    - ir
    - permiso
    - sanción
    - temeraria
    - temerario
    - vértigo
    - carné
    - clase
    - conduje
    - conduzca
    - derecha
    - forma
    - imprudencia
    - licencia
    - llevar
    - noche
    - patente
    - quitar
    - rápido
    English:
    averse
    - conduct
    - drive
    - driver
    - driving licence
    - driving test
    - ease
    - insane
    - lead
    - learner
    - lesson
    - licence
    - license
    - limit
    - more
    - reckless driving
    - reverse
    - safely
    - speed
    - steer
    - test
    - come
    - driver's license
    - driving
    - left
    - L
    - navigate
    - right
    - road
    - student
    - usher
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [vehículo] to drive
    2. [por tubería, cable] [calor] to conduct;
    [líquido] to convey, to carry; [electricidad] to carry
    3. [dirigir] [empresa] to manage, to run;
    [ejército] to lead; [asunto] to handle
    4. [programa televisivo] to present, to host
    5. [persona] to lead;
    el guía nos condujo a la salida the guide led us to the exit
    ♦ vi
    1. [en vehículo] to drive
    2. [a sitio, situación]
    conducir a to lead to;
    esas discusiones no conducen a nada those discussions won't achieve anything;
    este plan conduce al desastre this plan is a recipe for disaster;
    una cifra que puede conducir a error a figure which could be misleading o lead to mistakes
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 vehículo drive
    2 ( dirigir) lead (a to);
    esto no conduce a nada this is getting us nowhere
    3 EL, TÉC conduct
    4 programa de TV, radio host
    5 MÚS conduct
    II v/i
    1 drive
    2 de camino lead (a to)
    * * *
    conducir {61} vt
    1) dirigir, guiar: to direct, to lead
    2) manejar: to drive (a vehicle)
    1) : to drive a vehicle
    2)
    conducir a : to lead to
    * * *
    1. (vehículo en general) to drive [pt. drove; pp. driven]
    ¿sabes conducir? can you drive?
    2. (moto) to ride [pt. rode; pp. ridden]
    3. (guiar) to lead [pt. & pp. led]
    4. (llevar) to take [pt. took; pp. taken]
    5. (gas, agua) to carry [pt. & pp. carried]
    6. (electricidad, calor) to conduct

    Spanish-English dictionary > conducir

  • 23 destornillador

    m.
    1 screwdriver (tool). (peninsular Spanish, Carib, River Plate)
    2 screwdriver (informal) (bebida).
    * * *
    1 screwdriver
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=herramienta) screwdriver
    2) * (=bebida) screwdriver * ( cocktail of vodka and orange juice)
    * * *
    masculino screwdriver
    * * *
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    ----
    * destornillador de cabeza plana = flathead screwdriver.
    * * *
    masculino screwdriver
    * * *

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

    * destornillador de cabeza plana = flathead screwdriver.

    * * *
    1 (herramienta) screwdriver
    2 (cóctel) screwdriver
    * * *

    destornillador sustantivo masculino
    screwdriver
    destornillador sustantivo masculino screwdriver
    ' destornillador' also found in these entries:
    English:
    screwdriver
    - whatever
    - screw
    * * *
    1. [herramienta] screwdriver
    2. Fam [bebida] screwdriver
    * * *
    m screwdriver
    * * *
    : screwdriver
    * * *
    destornillador n screwdriver

    Spanish-English dictionary > destornillador

  • 24 detener

    v.
    1 to stop.
    consiguieron detener la hemorragia they managed to stop the bleeding
    estaba decidido, nada podía detenerlo he had made up his mind, nothing could stop him
    Ricardo detuvo el auto Richard stopped the car.
    El guarda detuvo el asalto The guard stopped the holdup.
    2 to arrest.
    El guarda detuvo al ladrón The guard arrested the thief.
    3 to keep, to delay.
    4 to hold back, to delay, to block someone's progress, to block the progress of.
    La falta de luz detuvo al tren The lack of lighting held back the train.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ TENER], like link=tener tener
    1 (parar) to stop, halt; (proceso, negociación) to hold up
    2 (retener) to keep, delay, detain
    3 DERECHO to detain, arrest
    1 (pararse) to stop, halt
    2 (entretenerse) to hang about, linger
    * * *
    verb
    1) to arrest, detain
    2) stop, halt
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=parar) to stop
    2) (=retrasar) to hold up, delay
    3) (=retener) [+ objeto] to keep
    4) (Jur) (=arrestar) to arrest; (=encarcelar) to detain
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( parar) <vehículo/máquina> to stop; <trámite/proceso> to halt; < hemorragia> to stop, staunch

    vete, nadie te detiene — go then, nobody's stopping you

    2) ( arrestar) to arrest; ( encarcelar) to detain
    2.
    detenerse v pron
    a) ( pararse) vehículo/persona to stop

    detenerse a + inf — to stop to + inf

    detenerse en algo: no nos detengamos demasiado en los detalles — let's not spend too much time discussing the details

    * * *
    = halt, stop, suspend, staunch [stanch, -USA], check, detain, stunt, stem + the tide of, arrest, apprehend, shut down, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, pull over.
    Ex. Consequently, a freeze-frame or still-picture effect can be achieved by simply halting the movement of the head across the disc.
    Ex. Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.
    Ex. The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.
    Ex. Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.
    Ex. They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.
    Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
    Ex. True personal discrimination cannot be forced by exercises in selecting the good and rejecting the bad by the application of stock critical formulas: it may indeed be stunted.
    Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.
    Ex. Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.
    Ex. Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.
    Ex. Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.
    Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
    Ex. In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
    Ex. They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.
    Ex. The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.
    Ex. A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.
    Ex. Since cops were given the go-ahead to pull over people for not wearing seat belts, state troopers have become creative about spotting scofflaws.
    ----
    * continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.
    * detener bruscamente = halt + in full flight.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * detener completamente = bring to + a (grinding) halt.
    * detener en el camino = waylay.
    * detenerse = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over.
    * detenerse antes de = stop + short of.
    * detenerse a pensar = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back.
    * detenerse a pensar en = spare + a thought for.
    * detenerse a reflexionar = stand back.
    * detenerse completamente = grind to + a (screeching) halt, come to + a (dead) halt, come to + a shuddering halt.
    * detenerse en el camino = stop along + the way.
    * detenerse en el lado del camino = pull over.
    * detenerse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.
    * detenerse por un momento = pause.
    * estar detenido = be under arrest.
    * ser detenido = be under arrest.
    * si nos detenemos a reflexionar sobre ello = on reflection.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( parar) <vehículo/máquina> to stop; <trámite/proceso> to halt; < hemorragia> to stop, staunch

    vete, nadie te detiene — go then, nobody's stopping you

    2) ( arrestar) to arrest; ( encarcelar) to detain
    2.
    detenerse v pron
    a) ( pararse) vehículo/persona to stop

    detenerse a + inf — to stop to + inf

    detenerse en algo: no nos detengamos demasiado en los detalles — let's not spend too much time discussing the details

    * * *
    = halt, stop, suspend, staunch [stanch, -USA], check, detain, stunt, stem + the tide of, arrest, apprehend, shut down, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, pull over.

    Ex: Consequently, a freeze-frame or still-picture effect can be achieved by simply halting the movement of the head across the disc.

    Ex: Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.
    Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.
    Ex: Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.
    Ex: They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.
    Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
    Ex: True personal discrimination cannot be forced by exercises in selecting the good and rejecting the bad by the application of stock critical formulas: it may indeed be stunted.
    Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.
    Ex: Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.
    Ex: Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.
    Ex: Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.
    Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
    Ex: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
    Ex: They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.
    Ex: The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.
    Ex: A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.
    Ex: Since cops were given the go-ahead to pull over people for not wearing seat belts, state troopers have become creative about spotting scofflaws.
    * continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.
    * detener bruscamente = halt + in full flight.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * detener completamente = bring to + a (grinding) halt.
    * detener en el camino = waylay.
    * detenerse = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over.
    * detenerse antes de = stop + short of.
    * detenerse a pensar = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back.
    * detenerse a pensar en = spare + a thought for.
    * detenerse a reflexionar = stand back.
    * detenerse completamente = grind to + a (screeching) halt, come to + a (dead) halt, come to + a shuddering halt.
    * detenerse en el camino = stop along + the way.
    * detenerse en el lado del camino = pull over.
    * detenerse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.
    * detenerse por un momento = pause.
    * estar detenido = be under arrest.
    * ser detenido = be under arrest.
    * si nos detenemos a reflexionar sobre ello = on reflection.

    * * *
    vt
    A (parar) ‹vehículo/máquina› to stop; ‹trámite/proceso› to halt; ‹hemorragia› to stop, staunch
    detener el avance del enemigo to halt the enemy advance
    detener el avance de la enfermedad to curb o check o arrest the development of the disease
    vete si quieres, nadie te detiene go if you want, nobody's stopping you
    B (arrestar) to arrest; (encarcelar) to detain
    ¡queda usted detenido! you're under arrest!
    C (Dep) ‹gol/lanzamiento› to save; (balón) to stop
    1 (pararse) «vehículo/persona» to stop
    ven directo a casa, sin detenerte en el camino come straight home without stopping off on the way
    detenerse A + INF to stop to + INF
    ¿te has detenido a pensar en las consecuencias? have you stopped to consider the consequences?
    2
    (tomar mucho tiempo): me detuve arreglando el escritorio y perdí el tren I hung around tidying my desk and I missed the train
    detenerse EN algo:
    hay que ir al grano sin detenerse en lo accesorio we have to get to the point without dwelling on incidentals
    no te detengas en la introducción don't waste time o spend too much time on the introduction
    * * *

     

    detener ( conjugate detener) verbo transitivo
    1 ( parar) ‹vehículo/máquina› to stop;
    ‹trámite/proceso› to halt;
    ‹ hemorragia› to stop, staunch
    2 ( arrestar) to arrest;
    ( encarcelar) to detain;
    ◊ ¡queda usted detenido! you're under arrest!

    detenerse verbo pronominal
    a) ( pararse) [vehículo/persona] to stop;

    detenerse a hacer algo to stop to do sth
    b) ( tomar mucho tiempo) detenerse en algo:


    detener verbo transitivo
    1 to stop, halt
    2 Jur (a un sospechoso) to arrest, detain
    ' detener' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    interceptar
    - prender
    - atajar
    - detiene
    - detuve
    - paso
    English:
    apprehend
    - arrest
    - detain
    - get
    - inhibit
    - keep
    - prisoner
    - pull in
    - recapture
    - remand
    - seize
    - stem
    - stop
    - halt
    - hold
    - stunt
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [parar] to stop;
    detenga el vehículo y estacione stop the vehicle and park;
    detener el avance enemigo to halt the enemy advance;
    detener la propagación de la epidemia to stop the spread of the epidemic;
    los bomberos lograron detener el fuego firefighters managed to hold the fire in check o stop the fire spreading;
    consiguieron detener la hemorragia they managed to stop the bleeding;
    estaba decidido, nada podía detenerlo he had made up his mind, nothing could stop him;
    ¡adelante, hazlo! ¿qué te detiene? go on, do it! what's stopping you?
    2. [arrestar] to arrest
    3. [entretener] to keep, to delay;
    ¿qué fue lo que te detuvo? what kept you?, what held you up?
    * * *
    v/t
    1 stop
    2 de policía arrest, detain
    * * *
    detener {80} vt
    1) arrestar: to arrest, to detain
    2) parar: to stop, to halt
    3) : to keep, to hold back
    * * *
    1. (parar) to stop [pt. & pp. stopped]
    2. (arrestar) to arrest

    Spanish-English dictionary > detener

  • 25 ejercer autoridad

    (v.) = exercise + power
    Ex. Broadly speaking, the former are framework regulations, such as the basic regulations for the common organization of markets and the annual CAP fixing, within which the Commission exercises delegated powers.
    * * *
    (v.) = exercise + power

    Ex: Broadly speaking, the former are framework regulations, such as the basic regulations for the common organization of markets and the annual CAP fixing, within which the Commission exercises delegated powers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ejercer autoridad

  • 26 ejercer poder

    (v.) = wield + power, exercise + power
    Ex. He's chairman of the budget committee and he wields a lot of power.
    Ex. Broadly speaking, the former are framework regulations, such as the basic regulations for the common organization of markets and the annual CAP fixing, within which the Commission exercises delegated powers.
    * * *
    (v.) = wield + power, exercise + power

    Ex: He's chairman of the budget committee and he wields a lot of power.

    Ex: Broadly speaking, the former are framework regulations, such as the basic regulations for the common organization of markets and the annual CAP fixing, within which the Commission exercises delegated powers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ejercer poder

  • 27 ejercicio de calentamiento

    (n.) = warm-up, warm-up exercise
    Ex. Proper warm-up is recommended so that energy will easily flow through your entire body.
    Ex. Many of the warm-up exercises we practised years ago have now found to be dangerous.
    * * *
    (n.) = warm-up, warm-up exercise

    Ex: Proper warm-up is recommended so that energy will easily flow through your entire body.

    Ex: Many of the warm-up exercises we practised years ago have now found to be dangerous.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ejercicio de calentamiento

  • 28 ejercicio de comprensión

    Ex. But it was no less misguided than the commonplace practice of setting passages thieved from literature for comprehension exercises.
    * * *

    Ex: But it was no less misguided than the commonplace practice of setting passages thieved from literature for comprehension exercises.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ejercicio de comprensión

  • 29 elogiar

    v.
    to praise.
    Ella halaga a Ricardo She cajoles Richard.
    * * *
    1 to praise, eulogize
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT to praise, eulogize ( liter)
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to praise
    * * *
    = applaud, praise, vaunt, eulogise [eulogize, -USA], compliment, acclaim, hail, commend, hold out as, laud, rave about, hold + Nombre + up for praise, rant and rave.
    Ex. I'd like to applaud a great deal of the work that she and SRRT, and also Mr Berman, have done in their criticism of LC subject headings.
    Ex. In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
    Ex. In a promotional brochure Junctionville is vaunted as 'an attractive city to live in and a nice place to raise children'.
    Ex. The business history or biography should not be seen as simply to entertain or eulogise, but as a tool which can be used discriminatingly for its more factual content.
    Ex. Most library users have not noticed AACR2's effects or do not care enough about them to compliment or complain.
    Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex. Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.
    Ex. As drill exercises in writing, the writing of book reviews has little to commend it.
    Ex. Community information services seem light years away from the kind of electronic wizardry that is held out as the brave new information world of tomorrow.
    Ex. Libraries are also lauded for providing other public services with economic benefits.
    Ex. Past delegates rave about how much they learn from colleagues in other fields.
    Ex. Politicians give us many reasons to worry, and I don't usually hold them up for public praise.
    Ex. I ordered a cake for my 1st grandson's baby shower and people just ranted and raved about how delicious the lemon and raspberry filling was.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to praise
    * * *
    = applaud, praise, vaunt, eulogise [eulogize, -USA], compliment, acclaim, hail, commend, hold out as, laud, rave about, hold + Nombre + up for praise, rant and rave.

    Ex: I'd like to applaud a great deal of the work that she and SRRT, and also Mr Berman, have done in their criticism of LC subject headings.

    Ex: In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
    Ex: In a promotional brochure Junctionville is vaunted as 'an attractive city to live in and a nice place to raise children'.
    Ex: The business history or biography should not be seen as simply to entertain or eulogise, but as a tool which can be used discriminatingly for its more factual content.
    Ex: Most library users have not noticed AACR2's effects or do not care enough about them to compliment or complain.
    Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex: Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.
    Ex: As drill exercises in writing, the writing of book reviews has little to commend it.
    Ex: Community information services seem light years away from the kind of electronic wizardry that is held out as the brave new information world of tomorrow.
    Ex: Libraries are also lauded for providing other public services with economic benefits.
    Ex: Past delegates rave about how much they learn from colleagues in other fields.
    Ex: Politicians give us many reasons to worry, and I don't usually hold them up for public praise.
    Ex: I ordered a cake for my 1st grandson's baby shower and people just ranted and raved about how delicious the lemon and raspberry filling was.

    * * *
    elogiar [A1 ]
    vt
    to praise
    muy elogiada por la crítica highly praised by the critics
    siempre está elogiando sus virtudes he's always singing her praises
    * * *

    elogiar ( conjugate elogiar) verbo transitivo
    to praise
    elogiar verbo transitivo to praise
    ' elogiar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ensalzar
    English:
    commend
    - eulogize
    - praise
    * * *
    to praise;
    elogiar a alguien por algo to praise sb for sth
    * * *
    v/t praise
    * * *
    encomiar: to praise
    * * *
    elogiar vb to praise

    Spanish-English dictionary > elogiar

  • 30 en líneas generales

    in general
    * * *
    = broadly speaking, generally, loosely, on the whole, in outline, in basic outline, roughly speaking, as a rough guide
    Ex. Broadly speaking, the former are framework regulations, such as the basic regulations for the common organization of markets and the annual CAP fixing, within which the Commission exercises delegated powers.
    Ex. Specific entry is generally recommended.
    Ex. The term category has been at times used somewhat loosely in the literature of indexing and, for this reason, it can cause confusion.
    Ex. I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.
    Ex. The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.
    Ex. In basic outline school libraries the world over share similar philosophy and objectives.
    Ex. Roughly speaking one-third of book publishers publish only one new book each every six months.
    Ex. As a rough guide, if you've had severe period pain (known as dysmenorrhoea) since around the time your periods first started, it's less likely a particular cause will be found.
    * * *
    = broadly speaking, generally, loosely, on the whole, in outline, in basic outline, roughly speaking, as a rough guide

    Ex: Broadly speaking, the former are framework regulations, such as the basic regulations for the common organization of markets and the annual CAP fixing, within which the Commission exercises delegated powers.

    Ex: Specific entry is generally recommended.
    Ex: The term category has been at times used somewhat loosely in the literature of indexing and, for this reason, it can cause confusion.
    Ex: I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.
    Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.
    Ex: In basic outline school libraries the world over share similar philosophy and objectives.
    Ex: Roughly speaking one-third of book publishers publish only one new book each every six months.
    Ex: As a rough guide, if you've had severe period pain (known as dysmenorrhoea) since around the time your periods first started, it's less likely a particular cause will be found.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en líneas generales

  • 31 estando sentado

    Ex. Exercises are described which can be done from a seated position at a VDU workstation and which improve relaxation, memory and cognition and reduce tension.
    * * *

    Ex: Exercises are described which can be done from a seated position at a VDU workstation and which improve relaxation, memory and cognition and reduce tension.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estando sentado

  • 32 estándar

    adj.
    standard, conventional, stock, standardised.
    m.
    standard, original, pattern, prototype.
    * * *
    1 standard, standardized
    1 standard
    * * *
    ADJ SM standard
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino standard
    * * *
    = standard, standard, standardised [standardized, -USA], mainline, stock, mainstream, received, commonly seen.
    Ex. Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.
    Ex. A standard is a document available to the public and aimed at the promotion of optimum community benefits and approved by a body recognized on the national, regional or international level.
    Ex. The function of a thesaurus is to provide a standardized vocabulary for information storage and retrieval systems.
    Ex. This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
    Ex. True personal discrimination cannot be forced by exercises in selecting the good and rejecting the bad by the application of stock critical formulas: it may indeed be stunted.
    Ex. Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
    Ex. It was interesting, in view of the received opinion that 'We don't have many problems round here'.
    Ex. This typology divides humor comics into commonly seen subject areas, such as teen, kiddie, horror, military, and so on = Esta tipología divide los comics de humor en áreas temáticas conocidas como adolescentes, infantil, terror, militar, etc.
    ----
    * conseguir un estándar = attain + standard.
    * de tamaño estándar = standard-sized, full-sized.
    * estándar de evaluación = benchmark.
    * estándar de la industria = industry standard.
    * estándar de proceso = processing standard.
    * mantener un estándar = uphold + standard.
    * SGML (Lenguaje Estándar Universal para el Análisis Formal de Documentos) = SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language).
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino standard
    * * *
    = standard, standard, standardised [standardized, -USA], mainline, stock, mainstream, received, commonly seen.

    Ex: Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.

    Ex: A standard is a document available to the public and aimed at the promotion of optimum community benefits and approved by a body recognized on the national, regional or international level.
    Ex: The function of a thesaurus is to provide a standardized vocabulary for information storage and retrieval systems.
    Ex: This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
    Ex: True personal discrimination cannot be forced by exercises in selecting the good and rejecting the bad by the application of stock critical formulas: it may indeed be stunted.
    Ex: Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
    Ex: It was interesting, in view of the received opinion that 'We don't have many problems round here'.
    Ex: This typology divides humor comics into commonly seen subject areas, such as teen, kiddie, horror, military, and so on = Esta tipología divide los comics de humor en áreas temáticas conocidas como adolescentes, infantil, terror, militar, etc.
    * conseguir un estándar = attain + standard.
    * de tamaño estándar = standard-sized, full-sized.
    * estándar de evaluación = benchmark.
    * estándar de la industria = industry standard.
    * estándar de proceso = processing standard.
    * mantener un estándar = uphold + standard.
    * SGML (Lenguaje Estándar Universal para el Análisis Formal de Documentos) = SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language).

    * * *
    standard
    un giro no estándar ( Ling) a nonstandard o substandard expression
    standard
    Compuesto:
    standard of living
    * * *

     

    estándar adjetivo / noun masculine
    standard
    estándar adjetivo & sustantivo masculino standard: el sobre tiene un tamaño estándar, the envelope has a standard size
    ' estándar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    standard
    English:
    gauge
    - standard
    - stock
    - stick
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    standard
    ♦ nm
    standard
    estándar de vida standard of living
    * * *
    m standard
    * * *
    estándar adj & nm
    : standard
    * * *
    estándar adj n standard

    Spanish-English dictionary > estándar

  • 33 estúpido

    adj.
    1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.
    2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.
    m.
    stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.
    * * *
    1 stupid, silly
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 berk, idiot
    * * *
    1. (f. - estúpida)
    adj.
    2. (f. - estúpida)
    noun f.
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    1.
    ADJ stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    estúpido1 -da
    ‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, silly
    ay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrong
    un gasto estúpido a stupid waste of money
    es estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to go
    estúpido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    idiot, fool
    el estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother
    * * *

     

    estúpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› stupid;


    ‹ argumento› stupid, silly;
    ◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    idiot, fool
    estúpido,-a
    I adjetivo stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot

    ' estúpido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burra
    - burro
    - estúpida
    - animal
    - apendejarse
    - baboso
    - caballo
    - el
    - embromar
    - gafo
    - huevón
    - pendejo
    English:
    also
    - believe
    - bit
    - bonehead
    - bozo
    - damn
    - dopey
    - equally
    - foolish
    - goof
    - idiotic
    - mindless
    - obtuse
    - pretty
    - shame
    - soft
    - stupid
    - that
    - wonder
    - inane
    - jerk
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    ♦ adj
    stupid;
    ¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;
    sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot;
    el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour
    * * *
    I adj stupid
    II m, estúpida f idiot
    * * *
    estúpido, -da adj
    : stupid
    estúpido, -da n
    idiota: idiot, fool
    * * *
    estúpido1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > estúpido

  • 34 fijación de precios

    (n.) = fixing
    Ex. Broadly speaking, the former are framework regulations, such as the basic regulations for the common organization of markets and the annual CAP fixing, within which the Commission exercises delegated powers.
    * * *
    (n.) = fixing

    Ex: Broadly speaking, the former are framework regulations, such as the basic regulations for the common organization of markets and the annual CAP fixing, within which the Commission exercises delegated powers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fijación de precios

  • 35 gili

    f. & m.
    1 pompous ass.
    2 pompous ass.
    * * *
    1 argot peyorativo→ link=gilipolla gilipolla
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Esp fam) silly, dumb (colloq)
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp fam) nerd (colloq), twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Esp fam) silly, dumb (colloq)
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp fam) nerd (colloq), twit (colloq)
    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].

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

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) silly, dumb ( colloq), daft ( BrE colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    nerd ( colloq), twit ( colloq), twerp ( colloq), wally ( BrE colloq)
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    stupid
    ♦ nmf
    jerk, Br twit
    * * *
    adj fam
    dumb fam, silly;
    no seas gilí don’t be so dumb fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > gili

  • 36 gilipuertas

    adj.
    daft(informal Euphemism). (peninsular Spanish)
    m.&f. s&pl.
    dumbo.
    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    * * *
    = daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].

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

    * * *
    ( Esp fam euf) dumb ( colloq), silly, daft ( BrE colloq)
    nerd ( colloq), twerp ( colloq), twit ( colloq)
    * * *
    gilipuertas, jilipuertas Esp Fam Euf
    ♦ adj inv
    daft, US dumb
    ♦ nmf inv
    dumbo, Br twit
    * * *
    m/f inv fam → gilipollas

    Spanish-English dictionary > gilipuertas

  • 37 graduar

    v.
    1 to gauge, to measure.
    El médico graduó la dosis The doctor gauged the dose.
    2 to stagger.
    3 to confer a degree on (education).
    4 to confer a rank on, to commission (military).
    5 to graduate, to degree, to give a diploma to.
    La escuela graduó a mil estudiantes The school graduated a thousand students
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACTUAR], like link=actuar actuar
    1 (termómetro) to graduate, calibrate
    2 (regular) to adjust, regulate
    3 (conceder un diploma) to confer a degree on, US graduate; (conceder un grado) to confer a rank
    4 (medir) to gauge, measure; (la vista) to test, check
    1 to graduate, get one's degree
    \
    graduarse la vista to have one's eyes tested
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=regular) [+ volumen, temperatura] to adjust
    2) (=medir) to gauge, measure; (Téc) to calibrate; [+ termómetro] to graduate; [+ vista] to test
    3) (Univ) to confer a degree on
    4) (Mil) to confer a rank on
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( regular) to adjust
    b) ( marcar) <instrumento/termómetro> to calibrate
    2.
    graduarse v pron
    a) (Educ) to graduate
    b) (Mil) to take a commission
    * * *
    = grade, scale, graduate.
    Ex. In an area study the emphasis should be about equal, in a case or comparative study it should be graded depending on the focus of interest.
    Ex. To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.
    Ex. This article discusses whether library service fees should be graduated.
    ----
    * graduarse = graduate.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( regular) to adjust
    b) ( marcar) <instrumento/termómetro> to calibrate
    2.
    graduarse v pron
    a) (Educ) to graduate
    b) (Mil) to take a commission
    * * *
    = grade, scale, graduate.

    Ex: In an area study the emphasis should be about equal, in a case or comparative study it should be graded depending on the focus of interest.

    Ex: To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.
    Ex: This article discusses whether library service fees should be graduated.
    * graduarse = graduate.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (regular) to adjust
    para graduar la temperatura to adjust the temperature
    graduamos la dificultad de los ejercicios we progressively increase the difficulty of the exercises
    2 (marcar) ‹instrumento/termómetro› to calibrate
    1 (de la universidad) to graduate, get one's degree
    2 ( Mil) to take a commission, be commissioned
    acaba de graduarse de capitán he has just been commissioned as a captain
    3 (Esp, Méx) (medir) ‹vista› to test
    tengo que graduarme la vista I have to have my eyes tested
    * * *

    graduar ( conjugate graduar) verbo transitivo

    b) ( marcar) ‹instrumento/termómetro› to calibrate

    graduarse verbo pronominal
    a) (Educ) to graduate


    graduar verbo transitivo
    1 (calibrar) to regulate
    (la vista) to test
    (un termómetro) to graduate
    2 Educ Mil to confer a degree o a rank on
    ' graduar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    poner
    English:
    graduate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [medir] to gauge, to measure
    2. [regular] to regulate;
    la temperatura se gradúa con este botón this button regulates o controls the temperature
    3. [vista] to test;
    me graduaron mal las gafas they gave me the wrong prescription for my glasses
    4. [escalonar] to stagger;
    graduó su esfuerzo para llegar hasta el final she paced herself to make sure she finished
    5. Educ to confer a degree on
    6. Mil to confer a rank on, to commission
    * * *
    v/t
    1 TÉC etc adjust
    2
    :
    la vista have one’s eyes tested
    * * *
    graduar {3} v
    1) : to regulate, to adjust
    2) calibrar: to calibrate, to gauge
    * * *
    1. (regular) to adjust
    2. (clasificar) to grade

    Spanish-English dictionary > graduar

  • 38 hurtar

    v.
    to steal.
    Ellos roban dinero They steal money.
    * * *
    1 (robar) to steal, pilfer
    2 (no dar el peso) to cheat on the weight
    3 figurado (desviar) to dodge
    4 figurado (plagiar) to plagiarize
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=robar) to steal

    pretenden hurtar al país las elecciones — they are trying to deprive the country of (the chance of holding) elections

    2)

    hurtar el cuerpo — to dodge, move out of the way

    3) [mar, río] to eat away, erode
    4) (=plagiar) to plagiarize, pinch *, lift *
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) to purloin (frml), to steal
    * * *
    = purloin, thieve, pilfer, filch, heist, rifle.
    Ex. Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.
    Ex. But it was no less misguided than the commonplace practice of setting passages thieved from literature for comprehension exercises.
    Ex. In his work, Al pilfers fragments from a wide array of sources and glues them into collages.
    Ex. Even in poems written directly out of his own experience, he is likely to use notions, phrases, and musical ideas filched from other recent poems.
    Ex. This can vary, however, as sometimes banks are robbed and armored cars heisted to forward their causes, but this was not Kahl's way of doing things.
    Ex. English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.
    ----
    * hurtar en una tienda = shoplift.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) to purloin (frml), to steal
    * * *
    = purloin, thieve, pilfer, filch, heist, rifle.

    Ex: Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.

    Ex: But it was no less misguided than the commonplace practice of setting passages thieved from literature for comprehension exercises.
    Ex: In his work, Al pilfers fragments from a wide array of sources and glues them into collages.
    Ex: Even in poems written directly out of his own experience, he is likely to use notions, phrases, and musical ideas filched from other recent poems.
    Ex: This can vary, however, as sometimes banks are robbed and armored cars heisted to forward their causes, but this was not Kahl's way of doing things.
    Ex: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.
    * hurtar en una tienda = shoplift.

    * * *
    hurtar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (robar) ( frml); to purloin ( frml), to steal, to make off with cuerpo
    2 (en tienda) to shoplift
    * * *

    hurtar ( conjugate hurtar) verbo transitivo (frml) to purloin (frml), to steal
    hurtar verbo transitivo to steal, pilfer
    ' hurtar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    afanar
    - cepillar
    - soplar
    - sustraer
    English:
    pilfer
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [robar] to steal
    * * *
    v/t steal
    * * *
    hurtar vt
    robar: to steal

    Spanish-English dictionary > hurtar

  • 39 ido

    adj.
    1 absent-minded, distracted.
    2 lost.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: ir.
    * * *
    1 (loco) mad
    2 (despistado) absent-minded
    \
    estar ido,-a familiar (loco) to be mad 2 (despistado) to be miles away
    * * *
    SM ABR Esp
    = Instituto de Denominaciones de Origen
    * * *
    ida adjetivo [estar]
    b) (fam) ( loco) crazy
    * * *
    = potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    * * *
    ida adjetivo [estar]
    b) (fam) ( loco) crazy
    * * *
    = potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].

    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.

    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

    * * *
    ido, ida
    1 [ ESTAR]
    (distraído): ¿pero qué te pasa? estás como ido what's the matter with you? you seem to be miles away
    una mirada ida a faraway look
    2 [ ESTAR] ( fam) (loco) crazy
    el pobre está ido the poor guy's crazy o ( colloq) not all there
    * * *

    Del verbo ir: ( conjugate ir)

    ido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    ido    
    ir
    ido,
    ◊ ida adjetivo ( distraído) ‹ mirada› faraway ( before n);

    estás como ido you seem miles away
    ir ( conjugate ir) verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) (trasladarse, desplazarse) to go;


    iban a caballo/a pie they were on horseback/on foot;
    ido por mar to go by sea;
    ¡Fernando! — ¡voy! Fernando! — (just) coming! o I'll be right there!;
    el ido y venir de los invitados the coming and going of the guests;
    vamos a casa let's go home;
    ¿adónde va este tren? where's this train going (to)?;
    ido de compras/de caza to go shopping/hunting;
    ya vamos para allá we're on our way;
    ¿por dónde se va a …? how do you get to …?;
    ido por or (Esp) a por algo/algn to go to get sth/sb;
    voy (a) por pan I'm going to get some bread


    ya va al colegio she's already at school
    2 ( expresando propósito) ido a + inf:
    ◊ ¿has ido a verla? have you been to see her?;

    ve a ayudarla go and help her;
    ver tb ido v aux 1
    3 (al arrojar algo, arrojarse):
    ◊ tírame la llave — ¡allá va! throw me the key — here you are o there you go!;

    tírate del trampolín — ¡allá voy! jump off the board! — here I go/come!
    4 [ comentario]:

    eso va por ti también that goes for you too, and the same goes for you
    1 (+ compl) ( sin énfasis en el movimiento):

    ¿van cómodos? are you comfortable?;
    íbamos sentados we were sitting down;
    vas muy cargada you have a lot to carry;
    yo iba a la cabeza I was in the lead
    2 ( refiriéndose al atuendo):

    voy a ido de Drácula I'm going to go as Dracula;
    iba de verde she was dressed in green
    3 ( en calidad de) ido de algo to go (along) as sth;

    1 [camino/sendero] ( llevar) ido a algo to lead to sth, to go to sth
    2 (extenderse, abarcar):

    el período que va desde … hasta … the period from … to …
    1 (marchar, desarrollarse):
    ◊ ¿cómo va el nuevo trabajo? how's the new job going?;

    va de mal en peor it's going from bad to worse;
    ¿cómo te va? how's it going?, how are things? (colloq), what's up? (AmE colloq);
    ¿cómo les fue en Italia? how was Italy?, how did you get on in Italy?;
    me fue mal/bien en el examen I did badly/well in the exam;
    ¡que te vaya bien! all the best!, take care!;
    ¡que te vaya bien (en) el examen! good luck in the exam
    2 ( en competiciones):
    ◊ ¿cómo van? — 3-1 what's the score? — 3-1;

    voy ganando yo I'm ahead, I'm winning
    3 ( en el desarrollo de algo):
    ◊ ¿por dónde van en historia? where have you got (up) to in history?;

    ¿todavía vas por la página 20? are you still on page 20?
    4 ( estar en camino):
    ◊ ¡vamos para viejos! we're getting on o old!;

    va para los cincuenta she's going on fifty;
    ya va para dos años que … it's getting on for two years since …
    5 (sumar, hacer):

    con este van seis six, counting this one
    6 ( haber transcurrido): en lo que va del or (Esp) de año/mes so far this year/month
    1 ( deber colocarse) to go;
    ◊ ¿dónde van las toallas? where do the towels go?;

    ¡qué va! (fam): ¿has terminado? — ¡qué va! have you finished? — you must be joking!;
    ¿se disgustó? — ¡qué va! did she get upset? — not at all!;
    vamos a perder el avión — ¡qué va! we're going to miss the plane — no way!
    2
    a) ( combinar) ido con algo to go with sth

    b) (sentar bien, convenir) (+ me/te/le etc):


    te idoá bien un descanso a rest will do you good
    3 (Méx) (tomar partido por, apoyar) idole a algo/algn to support sth/sb;

    1
    ◊ vamos

    a) (expresando incredulidad, fastidio):

    ◊ ¡vamos! ¿eso quién se lo va a creer? come off it o come on! who do you think's going to believe that?

    b) (intentando tranquilizar, animar, dar prisa):

    ◊ vamos, mujer, dile algo go on, say something to him;

    ¡vamos, date prisa! come on, hurry up!
    c) (al aclarar, resumir):

    ◊ eso sería un disparate, vamos, digo yo that would be a stupid thing to do, well, that's what I think anyway;

    vamos, que no es una persona de fiar basically, he's not very trustworthy;
    es mejor que el otro, vamos it's better than the other one, anyway
    2
    ◊ vaya

    a) (expresando sorpresa, contrariedad):

    ◊ ¡vaya! ¡tú por aquí! what a surprise! what are you doing here?;

    ¡vaya! ¡se ha vuelto a caer! oh no o (colloq) damn! it's fallen over again!
    b) (Esp) ( para enfatizar):

    ◊ ¡vaya cochazo! what a car!

    ido v aux ido a + inf:
    1
    a) (para expresar tiempo futuro, propósito) to be going to + inf;


    va a hacer dos años que … it's getting on for two years since …
    b) (en propuestas, sugerencias):

    ◊ vamos a ver ¿cómo dices que te llamas? now then, what did you say your name was?;

    bueno, vamos a trabajar all right, let's get to work
    2 (al prevenir, hacer recomendaciones):

    cuidado, no te vayas a caer mind you don't fall (colloq);
    lleva el paraguas, no vaya a ser que llueva take the umbrella, in case it rains
    3 ( expresando un proceso paulatino):

    ya puedes ido haciéndote a la idea you'd better get used to the idea;
    la situación ha ido empeorando the situation has been getting worse and worse
    irse verbo pronominal
    1 ( marcharse) to leave;
    ◊ ¿por qué te vas tan temprano? why are you leaving o going so soon?;

    vámonos let's go;
    bueno, me voy right then, I'm taking off (AmE) o (BrE) I'm off;
    no te vayas don't go;
    vete a la cama go to bed;
    se fue de casa/de la empresa she left home/the company;
    vete de aquí get out of here;
    se han ido de viaje they're away, they've gone away
    2 (consumirse, gastarse):
    ◊ ¡cómo se va el dinero! I don't know where the money goes!;

    se me va medio sueldo en el alquiler half my salary goes on the rent
    3 ( desaparecer) [mancha/dolor] to go;


    (+ me/te/le etc)
    ◊ ¿se te ha ido el dolor de cabeza? has your headache gone?

    4 (salirse, escaparse) [líquido/gas] to escape;
    ◊ se le está yendo el aire al globo the balloon's losing air o going down

    5 (caerse, perder el equilibrio) (+ compl):
    ◊ idose de boca/espaldas to fall flat on one's face/back;

    me iba para atrás I was falling backwards;
    frenó y nos fuimos todos para adelante he braked and we all went flying forwards
    ido,-a adjetivo
    1 (ausente, distraído) absent-minded
    2 fam (loco) crazy, nuts
    3 LAm drunk
    ir
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (dirigirse a un lugar) to go: ¡vamos!, let's go!
    voy a París, I'm going to Paris ➣ Ver nota en go
    2 (acudir regularmente) to go: va al colegio, he goes to school
    van a misa, they go to church
    3 (conducir a) to lead, go to: el sendero va a la mina, the path goes to the mine
    esta carretera va a Londres, this road leads to London
    4 (abarcar) to cover: la finca va desde la alambrada al camino, the estate extends from the wire fence to the path
    las lecciones que van desde la página 1 a la 53, the lessons on pages 1 to 53
    5 (guardarse habitualmente) va al lado de éste, it goes beside this one
    6 (mantener una posición) to be: va el primero, he's in first place
    7 (tener un estado de ánimo, una apariencia) to be: iba furioso/radiante, he was furious/radiant
    vas muy guapa, you look very smart o pretty
    8 (desenvolverse) ¿cómo te va?, how are things? o how are you doing?
    ¿cómo te va en el nuevo trabajo?, how are you getting on in your new job?
    9 (funcionar) to work (properly): el reloj no va, the clock doesn't go o work
    10 (sentar bien) to suit: ese corte de pelo no te va nada, that haircut doesn't suit you at all
    11 (combinar) to match, go: el rojo no va con el celeste, red doesn't go with pale blue
    12 (vestir) to wear
    ir con abrigo, to wear a coat
    ir de negro/de uniforme, to be dressed in black/in uniform
    la niña irá de enfermera, the little girl will dress up as a nurse
    13 fam (importar, concernir) to concern: eso va por ti también, and the same goes for you
    ni me va ni me viene, I don't care one way or the other
    14 (apostar) to bet: va un café a que no viene, I bet a coffee that he won't come
    15 (ir + de) fam (comportarse de cierto modo) to act
    ir de listo por la vida, to be a smart ass
    (tratar) to be about: ¿de qué va la película?, what's the film about?
    16 (ir + detrás de) to be looking for: hace tiempo que voy detrás de un facsímil de esa edición, I've been after a facsimile of that edition for a long time
    17 (ir + por) ir por la derecha, to keep (to the) right
    (ir a buscar) ve por agua, go and fetch some water
    (haber llegado) voy por la página noventa, I've got as far as page ninety
    18 (ir + para) (tener casi, estar cercano a) va para los cuarenta, she's getting on for forty
    ya voy para viejo, I'm getting old
    (encaminarse a) iba para ingeniero, she was studying to be an engineer
    este niño va para médico, this boy's going to become a doctor
    II verbo auxiliar
    1 (ir + gerundio) va mejorando, he's improving
    ir caminando, to go on foot
    2 (ir + pp) ya van estrenadas tres películas de Almodóvar, three films by Almodovar have already been released
    3 ( ir a + infinitivo) iba a decir que, I was going to say that
    va a esquiar, she goes skiing
    va a nevar, it's going to snow
    vas a caerte, you'll fall
    ♦ Locuciones: a eso iba, I was coming to that
    ¡ahí va!, catch!
    en lo que va de año, so far this year
    ¡qué va!, of course not! o nothing of the sort!
    ¡vamos a ver!, let's see!
    van a lo suyo, they look after their own interests
    ¡vaya!, fancy that
    ¡vaya cochazo!, what a car!
    ir a parar, to end up
    ' ido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    curso
    - hasta
    - ida
    - mínimamente
    - nunca
    - pesar
    - seguida
    - seguido
    - cabeza
    - con
    - después
    - encontrar
    - ir
    - parar
    - seguir
    English:
    can
    - chance
    - fetch
    - fizz
    - flat
    - for
    - go
    - go for
    - have
    - moonstruck
    - scribble
    - theater
    - theatre
    - wish
    - at
    - by
    - clear
    - further
    - which
    - year
    * * *
    ido, -a adj
    Fam
    1. [loco] mad, touched
    2. [despistado] distracted;
    caminaba con un aire un poco ido she was walking along rather distractedly;
    estar ido to be miles away
    * * *
    I part → ir
    II adj fam ( chiflado) nuts fam ;
    estar ido be miles away fam
    * * *
    ido pp ir

    Spanish-English dictionary > ido

  • 40 institución de la que depende

    Ex. The interplay of forces outside their individual control -- government, local authority, trade union, parent institution -- plays havoc with planning exercises.
    * * *

    Ex: The interplay of forces outside their individual control -- government, local authority, trade union, parent institution -- plays havoc with planning exercises.

    Spanish-English dictionary > institución de la que depende

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