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101 malos tratos a la mujer
(n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuseEx. Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.Ex. The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.* * *(n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuseEx: Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.
Ex: The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse. -
102 maltrato a la mujer
(n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuseEx. Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.Ex. The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.* * *(n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuseEx: Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.
Ex: The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse. -
103 maltrato de mujeres
(n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuseEx. Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.Ex. The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.* * *(n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuseEx: Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.
Ex: The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse. -
104 medicamento
m.1 medicine.2 medication, drug, medicine, remedy.* * *1 medicine, drug* * *noun m.medicine, drug* * *SM medicine* * *masculino (frml) medicine, medicament (frml)* * *= drug, medication, pharmaceutical, medicinal product.Ex. Martindale is a large directory of drugs produced by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.Ex. Information obtained was used to check diagnoses, medications, or advice given to patients.Ex. The emphasis of both developed and developing countries has been on pharmaceuticals.Ex. The car boot is a far from ideal environment for the storage of medicinal products, subject as it is to extremes of temperature.----* despachar medicamentos = dispense + medicines.* Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.* medicamento genérico = generic drug.* medicamento sin receta médica = over the counter medicine.* medicamento subvencionado = orphan drug.* recetar medicamentos = prescribe + medicines.* relacionado con los medicamentos = drug-related.* tomar medicamentos = take + drugs.* * *masculino (frml) medicine, medicament (frml)* * *= drug, medication, pharmaceutical, medicinal product.Ex: Martindale is a large directory of drugs produced by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Ex: Information obtained was used to check diagnoses, medications, or advice given to patients.Ex: The emphasis of both developed and developing countries has been on pharmaceuticals.Ex: The car boot is a far from ideal environment for the storage of medicinal products, subject as it is to extremes of temperature.* despachar medicamentos = dispense + medicines.* Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.* medicamento genérico = generic drug.* medicamento sin receta médica = over the counter medicine.* medicamento subvencionado = orphan drug.* recetar medicamentos = prescribe + medicines.* relacionado con los medicamentos = drug-related.* tomar medicamentos = take + drugs.* * *( frml)medicine, medicament ( frml)* * *
medicamento sustantivo masculino (frml) medicine, medicament (frml)
medicamento sustantivo masculino medicine, medicament
' medicamento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dar
- deber
- efectividad
- eficacia
- eficaz
- prospecto
- reanimar
- tolerar
- actuar
- administrar
- ampolla
- astringente
- caducar
- dosificar
- fecha
- precio
- preparar
- toma
- tomar
- uso
English:
alleviate
- antiaging
- drug
- medicine
- orally
- medication
* * *medicamento nmmedicinemedicamento genérico generic drug* * *m medicine, drug* * *medicamento nm: medication, medicine, drug* * *medicamento n medicine -
105 mixto
adj.mixed, mingled.* * *► adjetivo1 mixed1 (sandwich) toasted ham and cheese sandwich\colegio mixto coeducational school, co-ed school————————1 (sandwich) toasted ham and cheese sandwich* * *(f. - mixta)adj.* * *1.ADJ (=mezclado) mixed; [comité] joint; [empresa] joint2. SM1) (=sandwich) (toasted) cheese and ham sandwich2) (=fósforo) match3) (Mil) explosive compound4) (Ferro) passenger and goods train* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) < escuela> mixed, coeducationalb) <partido/equido> mixed2)a) <comisión/comité> joint (before n)b) <economía/agricultura> mixedII* * *= mixed, coeducational [co-educational], joint, blended, merged, interracial, cross-functional, match.Ex. The notation of LCC is mixed, including both letter and numbers.Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.Ex. Library schools must build bridges such as joint programmes and joint professorships that link them with their parent academic institution.Ex. There is an overarching need to establish a shared set of values that defines the blended organisation.Ex. We are convinced that this process will go a long way towards breaking down the few barriers that still exist between the merged entities that make up Learning Services.Ex. The article is entitled ' Interracial children's books: problems and progress'.Ex. In the field of information technology academic institutions should adopt a cross-functional approach that provides a curriculum content that addresses real-world situations in a global setting.Ex. Early matches were made with sulfur.----* curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.* ensalada mixta = tossed salad.* equipo mixto = cross-functional team.* grupo mixto = cross-functional team.* notación mixta = mixed notation.* programa mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich programme.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) < escuela> mixed, coeducationalb) <partido/equido> mixed2)a) <comisión/comité> joint (before n)b) <economía/agricultura> mixedII* * *= mixed, coeducational [co-educational], joint, blended, merged, interracial, cross-functional, match.Ex: The notation of LCC is mixed, including both letter and numbers.
Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.Ex: Library schools must build bridges such as joint programmes and joint professorships that link them with their parent academic institution.Ex: There is an overarching need to establish a shared set of values that defines the blended organisation.Ex: We are convinced that this process will go a long way towards breaking down the few barriers that still exist between the merged entities that make up Learning Services.Ex: The article is entitled ' Interracial children's books: problems and progress'.Ex: In the field of information technology academic institutions should adopt a cross-functional approach that provides a curriculum content that addresses real-world situations in a global setting.Ex: Early matches were made with sulfur.* curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.* ensalada mixta = tossed salad.* equipo mixto = cross-functional team.* grupo mixto = cross-functional team.* notación mixta = mixed notation.* programa mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich programme.* * *A1 ‹escuela› mixed, coeducationaleducación mixta coeducation2 ‹partido› mixedB1 ‹comisión/comité› joint ( before n)2 ‹economía/capitales› mixed3 ‹agricultura/explotación› mixed4 ( Ferr):un tren mixto a train carrying passengers and freightA (sandwich) toasted sandwich ( with two different fillings)un mixto de jamón y queso a toasted ham and cheese sandwichB ( Ferr) train carrying passengers and goodsC1 ( Mil) gunpowder2 ( Jueg) capechando mixtos: se fue echando mixtos he dashed off, he left like a shot* * *
mixto 1◊ -ta adjetivo
mixed;
educación mixta coeducation
mixto 2 sustantivo masculino
toasted sandwich ( with two different fillings)
mixto,-a adjetivo mixed: sandwich mixto, combination sandwich
' mixto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mixta
English:
co-ed
- joint
- mixed
* * *mixto, -a♦ adj1. [con dos elementos] mixed;capital mixto mixed capital;comisión mixta joint committee;financiación mixta public-private financing2. [con hombres y mujeres] mixed;un colegio mixto a mixed school;los dobles mixtos the mixed doubles3. [matrimonio] mixed♦ nm[sándwich] cheese and ham sandwich* * *I adj1 colegio mixed2 comisión jointII m toasted ham and cheese sandwich* * *mixto, -ta adj1) : mixed, joint2) : coeducational* * *mixto adj mixed -
106 muy + Adjetivo
(adj.) = extremely + Adjetivo, grossly + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, severely + Adjetivo, tightly + Adjetivo, wildly + Adjetivo, extraordinarily + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, ludicrously + Adjetivo, seriously + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo, not least + Adjetivo, heavily + Adjetivo, much + Adjetivo, mighty + Adjetivo, prohibitively + Adjetivo, sorely + Adjetivo, supremely + Adjetivo, vastly + Adjetivo, vitally + Adjetivo, immensely + Adjetivo, hugely + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo, most + Adjetivo, impressively + Adjetivo, bloody + AdjetivoEx. Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.Ex. It is a well-known fact that they're grossly deficient in identifiying talented minority children, and, for that matter, girls.Ex. If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.Ex. Even an informative title is by nature of a title, succinct, and therefore severely limited in the quantity of information that can be conveyed.Ex. Because index terms must be used as access points, the summarization of document content achieved in indexing documents must be more tightly structured.Ex. Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.Ex. Perhaps it was a ludicrously inadequate expression of her profound surprise.Ex. The author's manuscript was seriously inadequate in this respect.Ex. For example, searching the databse for 'kidney circulation' without using the thesaurus yields disappointingly small results.Ex. Not least significant as a means of increasing the visibility of recorded knowledge is the progress made in the computerization of indexes, bibliographies etc and of library catalogues.Ex. Library services in the past have been far from neutral, indeed are heavily biased towards the literate middle class who form the bulk of library users.Ex. The control function is, in these cases, not one exercised by the bibliographer but by a political power much superior.Ex. A public library is a mighty good thing.Ex. Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.Ex. The article is entitled 'The ISBN: a good tool sorely misused'.Ex. Wood is not only a supremely abundant raw material, but it can also be made into a product which is second only to pure rag paper for appearance, strength, and durability.Ex. But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.Ex. One cannot study any aspect of the reference process without being made aware just how vitally dependent it is for its success on the librarian's personal qualities.Ex. The young librarian was immensely depressed as she pattered down the hall towards the mail room.Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.Ex. People use a library significantly less than they say they do.Ex. Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.Ex. Therese Lawrence provides an impressively detailed list of categories of material fit for collection by libraries.Ex. I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.* * *(adj.) = extremely + Adjetivo, grossly + Adjetivo, rather + Adjetivo, severely + Adjetivo, tightly + Adjetivo, wildly + Adjetivo, extraordinarily + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, ludicrously + Adjetivo, seriously + Adjetivo, disappointingly + Adjetivo, not least + Adjetivo, heavily + Adjetivo, much + Adjetivo, mighty + Adjetivo, prohibitively + Adjetivo, sorely + Adjetivo, supremely + Adjetivo, vastly + Adjetivo, vitally + Adjetivo, immensely + Adjetivo, hugely + Adjetivo, significantly + Adjetivo, most + Adjetivo, impressively + Adjetivo, bloody + AdjetivoEx: Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
Ex: It is a well-known fact that they're grossly deficient in identifiying talented minority children, and, for that matter, girls.Ex: If you pause to think of all the form concepts you will soon realize that this policy would result in a massive and uneconomical number of rather unhelpful index entries.Ex: Even an informative title is by nature of a title, succinct, and therefore severely limited in the quantity of information that can be conveyed.Ex: Because index terms must be used as access points, the summarization of document content achieved in indexing documents must be more tightly structured.Ex: Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.Ex: We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.Ex: Perhaps it was a ludicrously inadequate expression of her profound surprise.Ex: The author's manuscript was seriously inadequate in this respect.Ex: For example, searching the databse for 'kidney circulation' without using the thesaurus yields disappointingly small results.Ex: Not least significant as a means of increasing the visibility of recorded knowledge is the progress made in the computerization of indexes, bibliographies etc and of library catalogues.Ex: Library services in the past have been far from neutral, indeed are heavily biased towards the literate middle class who form the bulk of library users.Ex: The control function is, in these cases, not one exercised by the bibliographer but by a political power much superior.Ex: A public library is a mighty good thing.Ex: Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.Ex: The article is entitled 'The ISBN: a good tool sorely misused'.Ex: Wood is not only a supremely abundant raw material, but it can also be made into a product which is second only to pure rag paper for appearance, strength, and durability.Ex: But it is quite possible for someone to read the story as a vastly entertaining collection of picaresque adventure written with consummate skill and full of 'colorful' characters.Ex: One cannot study any aspect of the reference process without being made aware just how vitally dependent it is for its success on the librarian's personal qualities.Ex: The young librarian was immensely depressed as she pattered down the hall towards the mail room.Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.Ex: People use a library significantly less than they say they do.Ex: Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.Ex: Therese Lawrence provides an impressively detailed list of categories of material fit for collection by libraries.Ex: I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour. -
107 más borracho que una cuba
= as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunkEx. Churchill certainly drank a lot more than modern politicians but he was far from as drunk as a lord most of the time.Ex. He was unconcious and drunk as a newt but still with enough presence of mind to protect his crown jewels.Ex. But last night his spokesman said: 'He'd clearly had a glass of wine but does not recall being drunk as a skunk'.* * *= as drunk as a lord, as drunk as a newt, as drunk as a skunkEx: Churchill certainly drank a lot more than modern politicians but he was far from as drunk as a lord most of the time.
Ex: He was unconcious and drunk as a newt but still with enough presence of mind to protect his crown jewels.Ex: But last night his spokesman said: 'He'd clearly had a glass of wine but does not recall being drunk as a skunk'. -
108 ni mucho menos
far from* * *= by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shotEx. Hernandez soon discovered that Rolling Ridge was not, by any stretch of the imagination, anything like the suburban bedroom community of Colony Park.Ex. This is not a complete list by any means.Ex. But following the law is not enough to keep you safe, not by a long shot.* * *= by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shotEx: Hernandez soon discovered that Rolling Ridge was not, by any stretch of the imagination, anything like the suburban bedroom community of Colony Park.
Ex: This is not a complete list by any means.Ex: But following the law is not enough to keep you safe, not by a long shot. -
109 parecido
adj.similar, analogous, alike, akin.m.resemblance, likeness, parallel, similarity.past part.past participle of spanish verb: parecer.* * *► adjetivo1 similar1 resemblance, likeness\tener parecido con alguien to bear a resemblance to somebodybien parecido,-a good-lookingmal parecido,-a ugly————————1 resemblance, likeness* * *1. noun m.1) similarity2) resemblance2. (f. - parecida)adj.1) alike2) similar* * *1. ADJ1) (=similar) similarser parecido a algo — to be similar to sth, be like sth
mi reloj es muy parecido al tuyo — my watch is very similar to yours, my watch is very like yours
ser parecido a algn — [de aspecto] to look like sb; [de carácter] to be like sb
2)bien parecido — good-looking, nice-looking, handsome
2.SM resemblance, likenessyo no te veo el parecido con tu hermano — I can't see the resemblance o likeness between you and your brother
hay un gran parecido entre las dos historias — there is a great resemblance o likeness between the two stories, the two stories are very alike
* * *I- da adjetivono son tan parecidos — ( personas) they're not so alike; ( cosas) they're not that similar
IIeres muy parecido a tu padre — you're a lot like your father; bien parecido, mal parecido
masculino resemblancetiene cierto parecido con su hermano — he bears some o a certain resemblance to his brother
son de un parecido asombroso — there's a startling resemblance o likeness between them
* * *= like, similar, common thread, resemblance, like-minded, alike, sameness, similitude, kindred.Nota: Véase red para otras palabras terminadas con este sufijo.Ex. Inversion may offer the advantage of grouping like subjects.Ex. Both the author and the subject approach for nonbook materials can be regarded as broadly similar for all media.Ex. The life of William Lowndes shows a common thread with that of Robert Watt in being far from a happy one.Ex. We have already pointed out the startling resemblance between this and the published outline of the 'new' BSO being prepared for UNISIST.Ex. Directories of organizations and human resources are an excellent means of knowing who is doing what and where and assist in the networking among like-minded institutions.Ex. Although users are better informed than non-users, they are fairly alike in their attitudes toward such issues as capital punishment and the effect of alcohol on driving.Ex. A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.Ex. The third type of interpretation also embodies delicacy, but a kind that resembles narcissistic similitude and involution, with even suggestions of unisexuality.Ex. The indexer must evaluate whether the index user will profit if a distinction is made between two kindred terms.----* bien parecido = personable, good looking.* lo más parecido a = the nearest thing to.* muy parecido a = much like.* o algo parecido = or something of that sort, or something to that effect, or something of that nature, or anything like that, or words to that effect.* parecido a = akin to, equalling that, along the lines of, to the effect of, kind of like.* parecido a la realidad = lifelike [life-like].* parecido a las noticias = news-type.* parecido a los pelos = hair-like.* parecido a una avispa = waspish.* parecido a una bandeja = tray-like.* parecido a una caja = boxlike.* parecido a una capa = cape-like.* parecido a un ácaro = mite-like.* parecido a una catedral = cathedral-like.* parecido a una oficina de información al ciudadano = CAB-type.* parecido a un catálogo = catalogue type.* parecido a un desierto = desert-like.* parecido a un diccionario = dictionary-like.* parecido a un laberinto = maze-like.* parecido a un paraíso = paradise-like.* parecido a un remo = paddle-like.* parecido a un sistema experto = expert-type.* parecido a un televisor = TV-like.* parecido a un tiburón = sharky.* parecido a un violín = fiddle-like.* ser parecido = be on a par.* * *I- da adjetivono son tan parecidos — ( personas) they're not so alike; ( cosas) they're not that similar
IIeres muy parecido a tu padre — you're a lot like your father; bien parecido, mal parecido
masculino resemblancetiene cierto parecido con su hermano — he bears some o a certain resemblance to his brother
son de un parecido asombroso — there's a startling resemblance o likeness between them
* * *= like, similar, common thread, resemblance, like-minded, alike, sameness, similitude, kindred.Nota: Véase red para otras palabras terminadas con este sufijo.Ex: Inversion may offer the advantage of grouping like subjects.
Ex: Both the author and the subject approach for nonbook materials can be regarded as broadly similar for all media.Ex: The life of William Lowndes shows a common thread with that of Robert Watt in being far from a happy one.Ex: We have already pointed out the startling resemblance between this and the published outline of the 'new' BSO being prepared for UNISIST.Ex: Directories of organizations and human resources are an excellent means of knowing who is doing what and where and assist in the networking among like-minded institutions.Ex: Although users are better informed than non-users, they are fairly alike in their attitudes toward such issues as capital punishment and the effect of alcohol on driving.Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.Ex: The third type of interpretation also embodies delicacy, but a kind that resembles narcissistic similitude and involution, with even suggestions of unisexuality.Ex: The indexer must evaluate whether the index user will profit if a distinction is made between two kindred terms.* bien parecido = personable, good looking.* lo más parecido a = the nearest thing to.* muy parecido a = much like.* o algo parecido = or something of that sort, or something to that effect, or something of that nature, or anything like that, or words to that effect.* parecido a = akin to, equalling that, along the lines of, to the effect of, kind of like.* parecido a la realidad = lifelike [life-like].* parecido a las noticias = news-type.* parecido a los pelos = hair-like.* parecido a una avispa = waspish.* parecido a una bandeja = tray-like.* parecido a una caja = boxlike.* parecido a una capa = cape-like.* parecido a un ácaro = mite-like.* parecido a una catedral = cathedral-like.* parecido a una oficina de información al ciudadano = CAB-type.* parecido a un catálogo = catalogue type.* parecido a un desierto = desert-like.* parecido a un diccionario = dictionary-like.* parecido a un laberinto = maze-like.* parecido a un paraíso = paradise-like.* parecido a un remo = paddle-like.* parecido a un sistema experto = expert-type.* parecido a un televisor = TV-like.* parecido a un tiburón = sharky.* parecido a un violín = fiddle-like.* ser parecido = be on a par.* * *no los veo tan parecidos como dicen I don't think they're as much alike as people sayson muy parecidas de cara they have very similar featuresllevaba una especie de capa o algo parecido she was wearing a kind of cape or something like thatyo tengo una falda muy parecida I have a very similar skirtparecido A algo/algn similar TO sth/sberes muy parecido a tu padre you're a lot like o ( BrE) very like your fatherresemblancetiene cierto parecido con su hermano he bears some resemblance o a certain resemblance to his brotherno le encuentro ningún parecido con su familia I can't see any family resemblancetiene un gran parecido a or con Jaime there is a close resemblance between him and Jaime, he's a lot like Jaime, he and Jaime are very alikeson de un parecido asombroso there's a startling resemblance o likeness between them* * *
Del verbo parecer: ( conjugate parecer)
parecido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
parecer
parecido
parecer 1 ( conjugate parecer) verbo intransitivo
1 ( aparentar ser):
no pareces tú en esta foto this picture doesn't look like you (at all);
parecía de cuero it looked like leather;
parece ser muy inteligente she seems to be very clever
2 ( expresando opinión) (+ me/te/le etc):
¿qué te parecieron? what did you think of them?;
vamos a la playa ¿te parece? what do you think, shall we go to the beach?;
si te parece bien if that's alright with you;
me parece que sí I think so;
¿a ti qué te parece? what do you think?;
me parece importante I think it's important;
me pareció que no era necesario I didn't think it necessary;
hazlo como mejor te parezca do it however o as you think best;
me parece mal que vaya sola I don't think it's right that she should go on her own
3 ( dar la impresión) (en 3a pers): así parece or parece que sí it looks like it;◊ aunque no lo parezca, está limpio it might not look like it, but it's clean;
parece que va a llover it looks like (it's going to) rain;
parece que fue ayer it seems like only yesterday;
parece mentira que tenga 20 años it's hard to believe o I can't believe that he's 20;
parece que fuera más joven you'd think she was much younger
parecerse verbo pronominal
( en el carácter) to be like sb/sth
◊ no se parecen en nada they're not/they don't look in the least bit alike;
se parecen mucho they are very similar
parecer 2 sustantivo masculino ( opinión) opinion;
son del mismo parecido they're of the same opinion
parecido 1 -da adjetivo [ser] ‹ personas› alike;
‹ cosas› similar;
una especie de capa o algo parecido a cape or something like that;
parecido A algo similar to sth;
eres muy parecido a tu padre you're a lot like your father
parecido 2 sustantivo masculino
resemblance, similarity;
tiene cierto parecido con su hermano he bears some o a certain resemblance to his brother;
hay un parecido en sus estilos there is a resemblance o similarity in their styles
parecer 1 sustantivo masculino
1 (juicio, opinión) opinion
cambiar de parecer, to change one's mind
2 frml (aspecto, presencia) appearance
parecer 2 verbo intransitivo
1 (tener un parecido) to look like: pareces una reina, you look like a queen
(tener un aspecto) to look: pareces agotado, you look exhausted
2 (causar una impresión) to seem: parecía tener prisa, he seemed to be in a hurry
su intención parece buena, his intention seems good
3 (al emitir un juicio) le pareces un engreído, he thinks you are a bighead
me parece inoportuno, it seems very ill-timed to me
¿qué te parece si vamos al cine?, what about going to the cinema?
4 (uso impersonal) parece que va a haber tormenta, it looks as if there's going to be a storm
no parece que le importe, it doesn't seem to bother him
parecido,-a adjetivo
1 alike, similar 2 bien parecido, good-looking
II sustantivo masculino likeness, resemblance: no guarda parecido con el anterior, it doesn't bear any resemblance to the previous one
' parecido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afín
- aire
- clavada
- clavado
- copia
- identidad
- igual
- igualdad
- imitación
- parecer
- parecerse
- parecida
- reconocerse
- semejante
- sí
- asemejar
- recordar
- vago
English:
alike
- difference
- exact
- lacy
- like
- likeness
- parallel
- similar
- similarity
- similarly
- such
- thing
- close
- -like
- resemblance
- rounders
- rubbery
- salad
- vaguely
* * *parecido, -a♦ adjsimilar;parecido a similar to, like;es parecido a su padre he resembles his father;¡habráse visto cosa parecida! have you ever heard o seen the like?;bien parecido [atractivo] good-looking;mal parecido [feo] ugly♦ nmresemblance (con/entre to/between);el parecido entre todos los hermanos es asombroso there's a startling resemblance between all the brothers;tiene un gran parecido a John Wayne he looks very like John Wayne;cualquier parecido es pura coincidencia any similarity is purely coincidental* * *I adj similar;bien parecido good-looking;no mal parecido not bad-lookingII m similarity;tener un gran parecido look a lot alike* * *parecido, -da adj1) : similar, alike2)bien parecido : good-lookingparecido nm: resemblance, similarity* * *parecido1 adj similarparecido2 n (semejanza) resemblance / similarity -
110 partido de fútbol
(n.) = football game, soccer game, football matchEx. These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.Ex. In order to evaluate the significance of taking vitamin complexes minutes before soccer games, 40 soccer players were tested.Ex. The issue of refereeing football matches is never far from the forefront of public debate of the modern game.* * *(n.) = football game, soccer game, football matchEx: These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.
Ex: In order to evaluate the significance of taking vitamin complexes minutes before soccer games, 40 soccer players were tested.Ex: The issue of refereeing football matches is never far from the forefront of public debate of the modern game. -
111 pedante
adj.1 pretentious.2 pedantic, vain, bookish, pedant.f. & m.1 pretentious person.2 pedant, dry-as-dust, dryasdust, popinjay.* * *► adjetivo1 pedantic, pompous1 pedant* * *1.ADJ [gen] pedantic; (=pomposo) pompous, conceited2.SMF pedant* * *Iadjetivo pedanticIImasculino y femenino pedant* * *= pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.* * *Iadjetivo pedanticIImasculino y femenino pedant* * *= pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.* * *(detallista) pedantic; (presuntuoso) pompouspedant* * *
pedante adjetivo
pedantic
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
pedant
pedante
I adjetivo pedantic
II mf pedant
' pedante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
repipi
English:
fastidious
- pedantic
- should
* * *♦ adjpretentious♦ nmfpretentious person* * *I adj1 ( perfeccionista) pedantic2 ( presuntuoso) pretentiousII m/f1 ( perfeccionista) pedant2 ( presuntuoso) pretentious individual* * *pedante adj: pedanticpedante nmf: pedant -
112 persuasivo
adj.persuasive, moving, convincing.* * *► adjetivo1 persuasive* * *(f. - persuasiva)adj.* * *ADJ [vendedor, carácter] persuasive; [argumento, razones] persuasive, convincing* * *- va adjetivo persuasive* * *= persuasive, compelling, smooth-talking.Ex. It has since been echoed repeatedly in the discussion of cataloging despite the persuasive and decisive refutation of it by Panizzi before the Royal Commission.Ex. This article examines the facets of the fee-or-free controversy and presents a compelling case that the issue is far from resolved.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'.* * *- va adjetivo persuasive* * *= persuasive, compelling, smooth-talking.Ex: It has since been echoed repeatedly in the discussion of cataloging despite the persuasive and decisive refutation of it by Panizzi before the Royal Commission.
Ex: This article examines the facets of the fee-or-free controversy and presents a compelling case that the issue is far from resolved.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'.* * *persuasivo -vapersuasive* * *
persuasivo◊ -va adjetivo
persuasive
persuasivo,-a adjetivo persuasive
' persuasivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
persuasiva
English:
persuasive
* * *persuasivo, -a adjpersuasive* * *adj persuasive* * *persuasivo, -va adj: persuasive -
113 pesca con mosca
(n.) = fly fishingEx. This is far from traditional fly fishing and some anglers will throw their arms up in horror but others will love it.* * *(n.) = fly fishingEx: This is far from traditional fly fishing and some anglers will throw their arms up in horror but others will love it.
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114 poner el sello a
(v.) = place + a stamp onEx. Moreover, we conclude that the process of placing a feminist stamp on working relations is both far from complete and subject to reverses.* * *(v.) = place + a stamp onEx: Moreover, we conclude that the process of placing a feminist stamp on working relations is both far from complete and subject to reverses.
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115 primera línea
f.front line.* * *(n.) = front-line [front line], front-line, forefrontEx. Any front-line information and advice agency needs the backing of information gathering and collating services to provide really up-to-date and relevant information.Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex. The issue of refereeing football matches is never far from the forefront of public debate of the modern game.* * *(n.) = front-line [front line], front-line, forefrontEx: Any front-line information and advice agency needs the backing of information gathering and collating services to provide really up-to-date and relevant information.
Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex: The issue of refereeing football matches is never far from the forefront of public debate of the modern game. -
116 producto medicinal
m.medicinal product, health product.* * *(n.) = medicinal productEx. The car boot is a far from ideal environment for the storage of medicinal products, subject as it is to extremes of temperature.* * *(n.) = medicinal productEx: The car boot is a far from ideal environment for the storage of medicinal products, subject as it is to extremes of temperature.
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117 pródigo
adj.1 prodigal, lavish, profuse.2 wasteful, improvident, unsparing, prodigal.* * *► adjetivo1 (generoso - persona) lavish; (- naturaleza) bountiful2 (derrochador) wasteful\el Hijo Pródigo the Prodigal Son* * *(f. - pródiga)adj.1) lavish2) prodigal* * *pródigo, -a1. ADJ1) (=exuberante) bountifulfui tan pródigo en los pormenores que... — I was so lavish in o with details that...
2) (=generoso) lavish, generous (de with)3) (=derrochador) prodigal, wasteful2.SM / F (=derrochador) spendthrift, prodigal* * *- ga adjetivo prodigalpródigo EN algo — prodigal with o (frml) of something
* * *= prodigal, lavish, unsparing, unstinting.Ex. The ideal, which we are laughably far from attaining, is that books should be spread with prodigal generosity throughout the community.Ex. Library staffing levels were lavish and opening hours long.Ex. The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.Ex. The revolutionary people of the world are unstinting in their praise.----* hijo pródigo, el = prodigal son, the.* * *- ga adjetivo prodigalpródigo EN algo — prodigal with o (frml) of something
* * *= prodigal, lavish, unsparing, unstinting.Ex: The ideal, which we are laughably far from attaining, is that books should be spread with prodigal generosity throughout the community.
Ex: Library staffing levels were lavish and opening hours long.Ex: The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.Ex: The revolutionary people of the world are unstinting in their praise.* hijo pródigo, el = prodigal son, the.* * *pródigo -ga1 (derrochador) extravagant, wasteful, prodigal ( liter)el Hijo Pródigo ( Bib) the Prodigal Son2 (generoso, abundante) pródigo EN algo:fue pródigo en alabanzas para con sus colegas he was generous o lavish o unstinting in his praise of his colleaguesun discurso pródigo en palabras conciliadoras a speech which was full of o ( frml) which abounded in conciliatory words* * *
Del verbo prodigar: ( conjugate prodigar)
prodigo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
prodigó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
prodigar
pródigo
pródigo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (productivo, fértil) bountiful
2 (generoso) fue pródigo en elogios, he was very lavish with his praise
3 (que malgasta, derrocha) extravagant, wasteful
' pródigo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pródiga
English:
lavish
- prodigal
* * *pródigo, -a♦ adj1. [derrochador] extravagant;el hijo pródigo [en la Biblia] the prodigal son2. [generoso] generous, lavish;es muy pródigo con su familia he's very generous to his familyun país pródigo en abogados a country with vast numbers of lawyers♦ nm,fspendthrift* * *I adj1 ( generoso) generous2 ( derrochador) extravagant;el hijo pródigo the prodigal sonII m, pródiga f spendthrift* * *pródigo, -ga adj1) : generous, lavish2) : wasteful, prodigalpródigo, -ga n: spendthrift, prodigal -
118 pérdida del conocimiento
(n.) = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousnessEx. It was hypothesized that unconsciousness was due to a dissociative stupor.Ex. The symptoms of agoraphobia, a condition in which an individual fears entering public areas, include fears of leaving home, fainting, entering open and closed spaces, shopping, entering social situations, and traveling far from home.Ex. Representations of phenomena particularly important to melodrama are examined, such as love, farewells, deaths, tears, and fainting fits.Ex. Syncope is temporary loss of consciousness and muscle tone due to decreased cerebral blood flow.* * *(n.) = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousnessEx: It was hypothesized that unconsciousness was due to a dissociative stupor.
Ex: The symptoms of agoraphobia, a condition in which an individual fears entering public areas, include fears of leaving home, fainting, entering open and closed spaces, shopping, entering social situations, and traveling far from home.Ex: Representations of phenomena particularly important to melodrama are examined, such as love, farewells, deaths, tears, and fainting fits.Ex: Syncope is temporary loss of consciousness and muscle tone due to decreased cerebral blood flow. -
119 pérdida del sentido
(n.) = fainting, fainting fitEx. The symptoms of agoraphobia, a condition in which an individual fears entering public areas, include fears of leaving home, fainting, entering open and closed spaces, shopping, entering social situations, and traveling far from home.Ex. Representations of phenomena particularly important to melodrama are examined, such as love, farewells, deaths, tears, and fainting fits.* * *(n.) = fainting, fainting fitEx: The symptoms of agoraphobia, a condition in which an individual fears entering public areas, include fears of leaving home, fainting, entering open and closed spaces, shopping, entering social situations, and traveling far from home.
Ex: Representations of phenomena particularly important to melodrama are examined, such as love, farewells, deaths, tears, and fainting fits. -
120 queda
f.curfew.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: quedar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: quedar.* * *1 desuso curfew* * *SF* * *----* quedarse en el sitio = die on + the spot.* toque de queda = curfew, last post, the.* * ** quedarse en el sitio = die on + the spot.* toque de queda = curfew, last post, the.* * *curfew toque* * *
Del verbo quedar: ( conjugate quedar)
queda es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
queda
quedar
quedar ( conjugate quedar) verbo intransitivo
1 (en un estado, una situación):◊ queda viudo/huérfano to be widowed/orphaned;
quedó paralítico he was left paralyzed;
el coche quedó como nuevo the car is as good as new (now);
y que esto quede bien claro and I want to make this quite clear;
¿quién quedó en primer lugar? who was o came first?
2 ( en la opinión de los demás):◊ si no voy quedaé mal con ellos it won't go down very well o it'll look bad if I don't turn up;
lo hice para queda bien con el jefe I did it to get in the boss's good books;
quedé muy bien con el regalo I made a very good impression with my present;
me hiciste queda muy mal diciendo eso you really showed me up saying that;
nos hizo queda mal a todos he embarrassed us all;
quedó en ridículo ( por culpa propia) he made a fool of himself;
( por culpa ajena) he was made to look a fool
3 ( permanecer):◊ ¿queda alguien adentro? is there anyone left inside?;
le quedó la cicatriz she was left with a scar;
esto no puede queda así we can't leave things like this;
nuestros planes quedaon en nada our plans came to nothing;
queda atrás [ persona] to fall behind;
[rencillas/problemas] to be in the past
4 (+ me/te/le etc)a) [tamaño/talla]:
la talla 12 le queda bien the size 12 fits (you/him) fineb) ( sentar):◊ el azul le queda bien/mal blue suits her/doesn't suit hera) (acordar, convenir):◊ ¿en qué quedaon? what did you decide?;
¿entonces en qué quedamos? so, what's happening, then?;
quedaon en or (AmL) de no decirle nada they agreed o decided not to tell him anything;
quedó en or (AmL) de venir a las nueve she said she would come at nineb) ( citarse):◊ ¿a qué hora quedamos? what time shall we meet?;
quedé con unos amigos para cenar I arranged to meet some friends for dinner
( estar situado) to be;
me queda muy lejos it's very far from where I live (o work etc)
(en 3a pers)
1
◊ ¿te queda algo de dinero? do you have any money left?;
¿queda café? is there any coffee left?;
solo quedan las ruinas only the ruins remain;
no nos queda más remedio que ir we have no choice but to go
2 ( faltar):
¿cuántos kilómetros quedan? how many kilometers are there to go?;
todavía le quedan dos años he still has two years to go o do;
queda mucho por ver there is still a lot to see;
aún me queda todo esto por hacer I still have all this to do;
no me/le queda otra (fam) I have/he has no choice
quedarse verbo pronominal
1
b) (en un estado, una situación) (+ compl):
quedase dormido to fall asleep;
quedase sin trabajo to lose one's job
2 (+ me/te/le etc)a) ( permanecer):
no me gusta quedame sola en casa I don't like being alone in the house;
no te quedes ahí parado don't just stand there!;
nos quedamos charlando hasta tarde we went on chatting until late in the evening;
se me quedó mirando he sat/stood there staring at me;
de repente el motor se quedó (AmL) the engine suddenly died on meb) (Andes) ( olvidarse):
c) (Esp) ( llegar a ser):
‹cambio/lápiz› to keep;
me quedo con este I'll take this one
quedo,-a
I adjetivo quiet, soft
II adverbio quietly, softly
quedar verbo intransitivo
1 (en un estado) quedar bien, (una persona) to make a good impression
(un objeto) to look nice
quedar en ridículo, to make a fool of oneself
2 (en un lugar) to be: mi casa no queda lejos, my house is not far from here
3 (sobrar) to be left: ¿queda más té?, is there any tea left?
4 (faltar) (tiempo) to go: quedan dos días para las vacaciones, there are two days to go till the holidays
5 (convenir) to agree: quedamos en ir al cine, we agreed to go to the cinema
6 (citarse) to meet: quedaré con mi hermana, I'll arrange to meet my sister
7 (una ropa, un peinado, etc) to suit: te queda grande, it's too big for you
' queda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
algo
- ancha
- ancho
- cojera
- compartir
- desenganchar
- desmano
- entonces
- grupo
- levantamiento
- media
- medio
- mucha
- mucho
- ninguna
- ninguno
- pancha
- pancho
- plaza
- quedar
- remedio
- resquicio
- suelo
- toque
- trasmano
- un
- una
- ajustado
- apretado
- automático
- bien
- camino
- casi
- ceñido
- cintura
- cuánto
- derecho
- dicho
- discreción
- grande
- hacer
- hacia
- largo
- lejos
- libertad
- mal
- mano
- otro
- pequeño
- pero
English:
air
- any
- arrest
- barrel
- curfew
- down
- fit
- go
- homemaker
- it
- last
- leave
- monopolize
- none
- on
- option
- over
- phrase
- pinch
- rest
- still
- there
- up
- way
- away
- be
- boggle
- do
- feel
- further
- gone
- good
- little
- no
- past
- remain
- some
- street
- supply
- whole
* * *queda nftoque de queda curfew* * *queda nf: curfew
См. также в других словарях:
far from it — On the contrary • • • Main Entry: ↑far * * * far from it spoken phrase used for saying that what was just said is not at all true, and that the opposite is probably true I’m not saying they’re all crooks, far from it! Some of them are very decent … Useful english dictionary
far from it — {adv. phr.} Not even approximately; not really at all. * / Do you think she spent $100 on that dress? Jane asked. Far from it, Sue replied. It must have cost at least $300. / … Dictionary of American idioms
far from it — {adv. phr.} Not even approximately; not really at all. * / Do you think she spent $100 on that dress? Jane asked. Far from it, Sue replied. It must have cost at least $300. / … Dictionary of American idioms
far from — (something) not at all. We were far from disappointed when they canceled the invitation. Far from declaring victory, he was thinking of what to do if he lost. Usage notes: usually used to show that a result of action was not expected or wanted… … New idioms dictionary
far from — staff were far from happy: NOT, not at all, nowhere near; the opposite of. → far * * * far from phrase used for saying that the real situation is the opposite of what you mention The battle is far from over. far from doing something: Far from… … Useful english dictionary
far from — used for saying that the real situation is the opposite of what you mention The battle is far from over. far from doing something: Far from seeming glad to see him, Rose looked almost angry … English dictionary
far from — phrasal of a distinctly different and especially opposite quality than < the trip was far from a failure > … New Collegiate Dictionary
far from — adverb Not; not at all. Dont leave now, our task is far from complete! … Wiktionary
far\ from\ it — adv. phr. Not even approximately; not really at all. Do you think she spent $100 on that dress? Jane asked. Far from it, Sue replied. It must have cost at least $300 … Словарь американских идиом
Far from it. — something that you say in order to tell someone that something is not true. I thought Jeff spoke fluent French. Far from it all he can say is bonjour ! … New idioms dictionary
far from it — almost the opposite is true. You think he s selfish? Far from it! Usage notes: used as an answer when you think someone has said something that is not true … New idioms dictionary