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  • 21 reclamar

    v.
    1 to demand, to ask for.
    le he reclamado todo el dinero que me debe I've demanded that he return to me all the money he owes me
    la multitud reclamaba que cantara otra canción the crowd clamored for her to sing another song
    2 to demand, to require.
    el negocio reclama toda mi atención the business requires o demands all my attention
    3 to ask for.
    te reclaman en la oficina they're asking for you at the office
    4 to protest.
    5 to claim, to ask for, to demand, to lay claim to.
    Ellos reclaman su premio They claim their prize.
    6 to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate.
    Reclamaron mucha tierra junto al mar They reclaimed a lot of land by the sea
    7 to complain.
    Ellos reclaman siempre They always complain.
    8 to file a claim, to lodge a claim.
    Ellos reclamaron hace un mes They filed a claim about a month ago.
    * * *
    1 (pedir) to demand, claim
    2 (exigir) to require, demand
    1 (protestar) to protest ( contra, against)
    2 DERECHO to appeal
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ herencia, tierras] to claim; [+ derechos] to demand
    2) [+ atención, solución] to demand
    3) [+ aves] to call to
    2.
    VI (=quejarse) to complain

    reclamar contra una sentencia — (Jur) to appeal against a sentence

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) persona <derecho/indemnización> to claim; ( con insistencia) to demand
    b) situación/problema to require, demand
    2.
    reclamar vi to complain
    * * *
    = claim, recall, lay + claim(s) to, clamour for [clamor, -USA], reclaim, make + claim, place + claim, call on/upon, contest, appeal.
    Ex. Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, ( claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.
    Ex. To send a recall, display the circulation status of the copy to be recalled.
    Ex. If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.
    Ex. I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.
    Ex. The article ' Reclaiming our technological future' discusses the effects of electronic technology on the future development of libraries and librarians.
    Ex. The claim is made that society is evolving from one whose formal communication patterns have, for centuries, been based primarily on print on paper to one in which communication channels will be largely paperless (electronic).
    Ex. Overall the on-line method of placing claims was preferred because it resulted in a faster response from the vendor and a quicker receipt of the journal.
    Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex. Unfortunately I have not been able to find another survey which incorporates data which would support or contest the conclusions of the Luton survey.
    Ex. The judge rejected it because it was considered an intimidation tactic and there was no opportunity for those denied voting from appealing before the polls closed.
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    * reclamar daños = claim + damages.
    * reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.
    * reclamar el derecho a Algo = stake + Posesivo + claim.
    * reclamar una decisión = appeal + decision.
    * reclamar venganza = bay for + blood, bay for + vengeance.
    * sin reclamar = unredeemed.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) persona <derecho/indemnización> to claim; ( con insistencia) to demand
    b) situación/problema to require, demand
    2.
    reclamar vi to complain
    * * *
    = claim, recall, lay + claim(s) to, clamour for [clamor, -USA], reclaim, make + claim, place + claim, call on/upon, contest, appeal.

    Ex: Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, ( claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.

    Ex: To send a recall, display the circulation status of the copy to be recalled.
    Ex: If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.
    Ex: I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.
    Ex: The article ' Reclaiming our technological future' discusses the effects of electronic technology on the future development of libraries and librarians.
    Ex: The claim is made that society is evolving from one whose formal communication patterns have, for centuries, been based primarily on print on paper to one in which communication channels will be largely paperless (electronic).
    Ex: Overall the on-line method of placing claims was preferred because it resulted in a faster response from the vendor and a quicker receipt of the journal.
    Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex: Unfortunately I have not been able to find another survey which incorporates data which would support or contest the conclusions of the Luton survey.
    Ex: The judge rejected it because it was considered an intimidation tactic and there was no opportunity for those denied voting from appealing before the polls closed.
    * reclamar daños = claim + damages.
    * reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.
    * reclamar el derecho a Algo = stake + Posesivo + claim.
    * reclamar una decisión = appeal + decision.
    * reclamar venganza = bay for + blood, bay for + vengeance.
    * sin reclamar = unredeemed.

    * * *
    reclamar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 «persona» ‹derecho/indemnización› to claim; (con insistencia) to demand
    si no reclama el pago dentro de seis meses if you do not claim payment within six months
    reclamó su parte de los beneficios he claimed his share of the profits
    los manifestantes reclamaban el derecho al voto the demonstrators were demanding the right to vote
    el enfermo reclamaba constantemente atención the patient was constantly demanding attention
    2 «situación/problema» to require, demand
    la situación reclama mucho tacto the situation calls for o requires a great deal of tact
    estos problemas reclaman soluciones inmediatas these problems need to be sorted out immediately, these problems require o demand immediate solutions
    ■ reclamar
    vi
    to complain
    tiene derecho a reclamar si no está satisfecho you have the right to complain o to make a complaint if you are not satisfied
    reclamó ante los tribunales she took the matter to court
    reclamé contra la multa I appealed against the fine
    * * *

     

    reclamar ( conjugate reclamar) verbo transitivo
    a) [ persona] ‹derecho/indemnización› to claim;

    ( con insistencia) to demand
    b) [situación/problema] to require, demand

    verbo intransitivo
    to complain;

    reclamar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (un derecho, una propiedad) to claim, demand
    2 (requerir) to call: la empresa lo reclama en la sede central, the company have summoned him to the headquarters
    Jur (a un testigo, inculpado) to summon
    3 (exigir) este trabajo reclama nuestra paciencia, this work demands our patience
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to complain, protest [contra, against]
    2 Jur to appeal

    ' reclamar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reivindicar
    English:
    claim
    - demand
    - reclaim
    - stake
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [pedir, exigir] to demand, to ask for;
    le he reclamado todo el dinero que me debe I've demanded that he return to me all the money he owes me;
    reclamó ante un tribunal una indemnización she went to court to claim compensation;
    la multitud reclamaba que cantara otra canción the crowd clamoured for her to sing another song
    2. [necesitar] to demand, to require;
    el negocio reclama toda mi atención the business requires o demands all my attention;
    este conflicto reclama una solución inmediata this conflict calls for an immediate solution
    3. [llamar] to ask for;
    te reclaman en la oficina they're asking for you at the office
    4. Der
    reclamar a alguien to summon sb to appear before the court
    ♦ vi
    [quejarse] to make a complaint;
    reclamaron por los malos tratos recibidos they made a complaint about the ill-treatment they had received;
    reclamó contra la sanción he made a formal protest against the suspension
    * * *
    I v/t claim, demand
    II v/i complain
    * * *
    1) exigir: to demand, to require
    2) : to claim
    : to complain
    * * *
    1. (protestar) to complain
    2. (exigir) to demand / to claim

    Spanish-English dictionary > reclamar

  • 22 subida

    f.
    1 hill (cuesta).
    2 ascent, climb.
    3 increase, rise (aumento).
    se espera una subida de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to rise
    subida de precios price increase
    4 pick-up, recovery in prices.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: subir.
    * * *
    1 (ascenso) ascent, climb
    2 (pendiente) slope, hill
    3 (automovilismo) hill climb
    4 figurado (aumento - gen) increase; (- de temperatura) rise; (- de precios, salario) rise, increase
    5 argot (drogas) high
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) rise
    2) ascent, climb
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=ascensión) [de montaña, cuesta] ascent
    2) (=pendiente) slope, hill
    3) (=aumento) rise, increase

    subida salarial — pay rise, wage increase

    4) * [de drogas] high *
    * * *
    a) ( pendiente) rise, climb
    b) ( a montaña) ascent, climb; ( al poder) rise
    c) (de temperatura, precios, salarios) rise, increase
    * * *
    = climb, flow, rise, rise, upturn, climb up, raise, upward spiral, upswing, escalation, spiral, hike, ascent, mark-up [markup].
    Ex. The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.
    Ex. The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex. Consideration must be given to vertical rises (from floor to floor), wiring compartment (don't underestimate need), horizontal cable distribution, and ducting systems.
    Ex. The only hope for the future of the industry lies in a general upturn in the economy.
    Ex. Women's climb up the career ladder has been fostered through programmes which aim to instil gender awareness in existing male members of staff.
    Ex. The article has the tile 'Look out bosses! Union power's going to get your employees a raise!'.
    Ex. Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. Such a formula would seek to contain the escalation in serial prices.
    Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex. The double-digit tuition hikes of recent years have slowed, though tuition is still rising faster than the inflation rate.
    Ex. Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
    Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    ----
    * experimentar una subida = experience + rise.
    * subida acusada = sharp rise.
    * subida al poder = seizure of power.
    * subida de las tasas = rate increase.
    * subida de los tipos de interés = rate increase, interest-rate increase.
    * subida de precios = price rise, rising costs, price increase, increased price, price hike, price hike.
    * subida de temperatura = heat gain.
    * subida espectacular = steep rise.
    * subida salarial = pay increase, salary increase, pay rise, salary rise, salary hike, raise.
    * subida salarial por méritos = merit increase.
    * subidas y bajadas = highs and lows.
    * subida vertiginosa = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].
    * * *
    a) ( pendiente) rise, climb
    b) ( a montaña) ascent, climb; ( al poder) rise
    c) (de temperatura, precios, salarios) rise, increase
    * * *
    = climb, flow, rise, rise, upturn, climb up, raise, upward spiral, upswing, escalation, spiral, hike, ascent, mark-up [markup].

    Ex: The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.

    Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex: Consideration must be given to vertical rises (from floor to floor), wiring compartment (don't underestimate need), horizontal cable distribution, and ducting systems.
    Ex: The only hope for the future of the industry lies in a general upturn in the economy.
    Ex: Women's climb up the career ladder has been fostered through programmes which aim to instil gender awareness in existing male members of staff.
    Ex: The article has the tile 'Look out bosses! Union power's going to get your employees a raise!'.
    Ex: Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: Such a formula would seek to contain the escalation in serial prices.
    Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex: The double-digit tuition hikes of recent years have slowed, though tuition is still rising faster than the inflation rate.
    Ex: Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
    Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    * experimentar una subida = experience + rise.
    * subida acusada = sharp rise.
    * subida al poder = seizure of power.
    * subida de las tasas = rate increase.
    * subida de los tipos de interés = rate increase, interest-rate increase.
    * subida de precios = price rise, rising costs, price increase, increased price, price hike, price hike.
    * subida de temperatura = heat gain.
    * subida espectacular = steep rise.
    * subida salarial = pay increase, salary increase, pay rise, salary rise, salary hike, raise.
    * subida salarial por méritos = merit increase.
    * subidas y bajadas = highs and lows.
    * subida vertiginosa = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

    * * *
    A
    1 (pendiente) rise, climb
    ir de or ( AmL) en subida to go uphill
    2 (a una montaña) ascent, climb; (al trono) ascent; (al poder) rise
    la subida fue más dura que la bajada the ascent was harder than the descent o going up was harder than coming down
    3 (de precios, salarios) rise, increase; (de temperatura) rise, increase
    se registró una fuerte subida del yen there was a sharp rise in the value of the yen, the yen rose sharply o substantially
    la subida del río supuso un peligro the river rose to a dangerous level
    B ( Inf) upload
    * * *

    subida sustantivo femenino


    ( al poder) rise
    c) (de temperatura, precios, salarios) rise, increase

    subido,-a adj fam (intenso) un rojo subido, a deep red
    ♦ Locuciones: una conversación subida de tono, a risqué conversation
    subida sustantivo femenino
    1 (incremento de precios, temperatura, etc) rise, increase
    2 (cuesta, pendiente) slope, hill
    3 (a una montaña) ascent
    ' subida' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ascenso
    - negociar
    - protesta
    - protestar
    - subido
    - brusco
    - crecida
    - escalada
    - trabajoso
    English:
    ascent
    - climb
    - demand
    - escalation
    - gazumping
    - increase
    - jump
    - pay increase
    - rise
    - scramble
    - way
    - hike
    - raise
    - soar
    - up
    * * *
    subida nf
    1. [cuesta] hill
    2. [ascensión] ascent, climb;
    el tenista australiano se impuso en sus subidas a la red the Australian player showed his superiority when he came to the net
    3. [aumento] increase, rise;
    se espera una subida de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to rise
    subida de sueldo Br pay rise, US pay raise
    4. Comp
    RP Fam
    una subida al carro an attempt to jump on the bandwagon
    * * *
    f rise, ascent;
    subida de los precios rise in prices
    * * *
    subida nf
    1) : ascent, climb
    2) : rise, increase
    3) : slope, hill
    ir de subida: to go uphill
    * * *
    1. (aumento) rise
    2. (ascenso) ascent / climb
    3. (cuesta) hill / slope

    Spanish-English dictionary > subida

  • 23 brusco

    adj.
    1 sudden, abrupt.
    2 snappish, gruff, rude, blunt.
    * * *
    1 (repentino) sudden
    2 (persona) brusque, abrupt
    * * *
    (f. - brusca)
    adj.
    1) sudden, abrupt
    2) brusque, rough
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=repentino) [descenso, curva, declive] sharp; [movimiento] sudden; [cambio] abrupt, sudden
    2) (=grosero) [actitud, porte] curt, brusque; [comentario] rude
    2.
    SM (Bot) butcher's broom
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt
    b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque
    * * *
    = abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex. The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
    Ex. She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
    Ex. The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    ----
    * brusca y repentinamente = summarily.
    * cambio brusco = flip-flop.
    * cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt
    b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque
    * * *
    = abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex: The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
    Ex: She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
    Ex: The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    * brusca y repentinamente = summarily.
    * cambio brusco = flip-flop.
    * cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

    * * *
    brusco -ca
    1 ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden; ‹subida/descenso/viraje› sharp, sudden, abrupt
    el brusco giro de los acontecimientos the sudden turn of events
    se deben evitar las frenadas bruscas you should avoid braking suddenly o sharply
    2 ‹carácter/modales› rough; ‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt; ‹respuesta› curt, brusque
    no seas tan brusco que lo vas a romper don't be so rough or you'll break it
    * * *

    brusco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden;

    ‹subida/descenso› sharp, sudden
    b) ‹carácter/modales› rough;

    ‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt;
    ‹ respuesta› curt, brusque
    brusco,-a adjetivo
    1 (rudo, poco amable) brusque, abrupt
    2 (súbito) sudden, sharp
    ' brusco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brusca
    - dura
    - duro
    - sacudida
    - tajante
    - viraje
    - bestia
    - bruto
    - explosión
    English:
    abrupt
    - blunt
    - brusque
    - curt
    - dramatic
    - gruff
    - jerk
    - offhand
    - rough
    - rough-and-tumble
    - sharp
    - short
    - sudden
    - swerve
    - switch
    - unceremonious
    - snappy
    - steep
    - toss
    * * *
    brusco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [repentino, imprevisto] sudden, abrupt;
    un cambio brusco de las temperaturas a sudden change in temperature;
    dio un frenazo brusco she braked sharply
    2. [tosco, grosero] brusque;
    me contestó de forma brusca he answered me brusquely
    ♦ nm,f
    brusque person
    * * *
    adj
    1 cambio abrupt, sudden
    2 respuesta, persona brusque, curt
    * * *
    brusco, -ca adj
    1) súbito: sudden, abrupt
    2) : curt, brusque
    ♦ bruscamente adv
    * * *
    brusco adj
    1. (repetino) sudden
    2. (persona) abrupt

    Spanish-English dictionary > brusco

  • 24 espacioso

    adj.
    roomy, capacious, ample, spacious.
    * * *
    1 (ancho) spacious, roomy
    2 (lento) slow
    * * *
    (f. - espaciosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [cuarto, casa] spacious, roomy
    2) [movimiento] slow, deliberate
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo spacious
    * * *
    = spacious, airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.], capacious, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.].
    Ex. The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.
    Ex. In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.
    Ex. This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.
    Ex. With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo spacious
    * * *
    = spacious, airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.], capacious, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.].

    Ex: The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.

    Ex: In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.
    Ex: This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.
    Ex: With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.

    * * *
    ‹jardín› spacious; ‹casa/coche› spacious, roomy
    * * *

    espacioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    spacious
    espacioso,-a adjetivo spacious, roomy

    ' espacioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desahogada
    - desahogado
    - espaciosa
    English:
    spacious
    - airy
    * * *
    espacioso, -a adj
    [vivienda, habitación, vehículo] spacious, roomy; [instalaciones, jardín, patio] spacious
    * * *
    adj spacious, roomy
    * * *
    espacioso, -sa adj
    : spacious, roomy
    * * *
    espacioso adj spacious

    Spanish-English dictionary > espacioso

  • 25 expulsar

    v.
    1 to throw out.
    El cohete expulsó la obstrucción The rocket threw out the obstruction.
    2 to send off (sport).
    3 to emit, to give off (humo).
    4 to expel, to cast out, to kick out, to put out.
    Los rebeldes fueron expulsados ayer The rebels were expelled yesterday.
    * * *
    1 (expeler) to expel, eject, throw out; (humo etc) to belch out
    2 DEPORTE to send off
    3 (alumno) to expel; (de universidad) to send down, US expel
    * * *
    verb
    1) to expel, eject
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=hacer salir) [+ alumno, inmigrante] to expel; [+ jugador] to send off, eject (EEUU); [+ intruso, alborotador] to eject, throw out (de from)

    la expulsaron del partido — she was expelled from the party, she was thrown out of the party

    2) [+ gases, humo] to expel
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( de institución) to expel; ( de local) to throw... out, eject (frml)
    b) ( de territorio) < individuo> to expel; <grupo/pueblo> to expel, drive out
    c) (Dep) to send off
    2) < aire> to expel; < cálculo> to pass, expel; < placenta> to expel, push out
    * * *
    = pass out, push out, eject, drive out, expel, evict, exhaust.
    Ex. Put a set of premises into such a device and turn the crank, and it will readily pass out conclusion after conclusion.
    Ex. There is today culture of all sorts at all levels (high culture, middle-brow culture and mass culture) and there is no evidence to show that the one sort pushes out the other.
    Ex. Newsprint machines, on the other hand, have grown ever larger and faster, and there are newsprint Fourdriniers working today which can eject a web 1,000 cm. wide at speeds of up to 1,000 metres per minute (which is 60 k.p.h.).
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.
    Ex. This printing press was evicted from its premises in 1984 to make way for a seminar room.
    Ex. As a general rule of thumb, you want front and side fans to intake, rear and top to exhaust.
    ----
    * expulsar temporalmente = suspend.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( de institución) to expel; ( de local) to throw... out, eject (frml)
    b) ( de territorio) < individuo> to expel; <grupo/pueblo> to expel, drive out
    c) (Dep) to send off
    2) < aire> to expel; < cálculo> to pass, expel; < placenta> to expel, push out
    * * *
    = pass out, push out, eject, drive out, expel, evict, exhaust.

    Ex: Put a set of premises into such a device and turn the crank, and it will readily pass out conclusion after conclusion.

    Ex: There is today culture of all sorts at all levels (high culture, middle-brow culture and mass culture) and there is no evidence to show that the one sort pushes out the other.
    Ex: Newsprint machines, on the other hand, have grown ever larger and faster, and there are newsprint Fourdriniers working today which can eject a web 1,000 cm. wide at speeds of up to 1,000 metres per minute (which is 60 k.p.h.).
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.
    Ex: This printing press was evicted from its premises in 1984 to make way for a seminar room.
    Ex: As a general rule of thumb, you want front and side fans to intake, rear and top to exhaust.
    * expulsar temporalmente = suspend.

    * * *
    expulsar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (de un partido, organización) to expel; (de un local) to throw … out, eject ( frml)
    2 (de la escuela) to expel; (de la universidad) to expel, send down ( BrE)
    3 (de un territorio) ‹individuo› to expel; ‹grupo/pueblo› to expel, drive out
    4 ( Dep) to send off, eject o dismiss from the game ( AmE)
    B ‹aire› to expel; ‹cálculo› to pass, expel; ‹placenta› to expel, push out
    * * *

    expulsar ( conjugate expulsar) verbo transitivo
    1

    ( de local) to throw … out, eject (frml)

    c) (Dep) to send off

    2 ‹aire/cálculo› to expel
    expulsar verbo transitivo
    1 to expel [de, from]
    2 Dep ( a un jugador) to send off
    ' expulsar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    irradiar
    - largar
    - echar
    - tirar
    English:
    deport
    - disbar
    - eject
    - expel
    - oust
    - send down
    - send off
    - throw out
    - cast
    - drive
    - send
    - spout
    - suspend
    * * *
    1. [de local] to throw out;
    [de clase] to send out; [de colegio, país, territorio] to expel; [de organización, club] to expel, to throw out
    2. Dep to send off
    3. [emitir] [humo] to emit, to give off;
    [lava, objeto, sustancia] to expel; [disquete] to eject;
    contenga la respiración y expulse el aire hold your breath, then breathe out;
    expulsar la placenta to expel the placenta
    * * *
    v/t
    1 expel, throw out fam
    2 DEP expel from the game, Br
    send off
    * * *
    : to expel, to eject
    * * *
    1. (en general) to expel [pt. & pp. expelled]
    2. (en deportes) to send off [pt. & pp. sent]

    Spanish-English dictionary > expulsar

  • 26 grosero

    adj.
    rude, impolite, coarse, discourteous.
    m.
    rough person, rough, rough and disorderly person, rude.
    * * *
    1 (tosco) coarse, crude
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 rude person
    * * *
    (f. - grosera)
    adj.
    2) rude
    * * *
    ADJ (=descortés) rude; (=ordinario) coarse, vulgar; (=tosco) rough, loutish; (=indecente) indelicate
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( descortés) <persona/comportamiento> rude, ill-mannered; < lenguaje> rude
    b) ( vulgar) crude
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino

    es un grosero — ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!; ( descortés) he's so rude!

    * * *
    = rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], churlish, abusive, vulgar, uncouth, coarse [coarser -comp.; coarsest -sup.], gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], churl, boorish, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].
    Ex. 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex. 'He's slipping back into a churlish mood', the director said averting his eyes.
    Ex. Reference supervisors have a responsibility to protect their staff as well as other library users from the unpleasant, abusive behavior of some persons.
    Ex. This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex. All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.
    Ex. The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    ----
    * ser grosero con = be abusive of.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( descortés) <persona/comportamiento> rude, ill-mannered; < lenguaje> rude
    b) ( vulgar) crude
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino

    es un grosero — ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!; ( descortés) he's so rude!

    * * *
    = rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], churlish, abusive, vulgar, uncouth, coarse [coarser -comp.; coarsest -sup.], gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], churl, boorish, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

    Ex: 'That young man was terribly rude'.

    Ex: 'He's slipping back into a churlish mood', the director said averting his eyes.
    Ex: Reference supervisors have a responsibility to protect their staff as well as other library users from the unpleasant, abusive behavior of some persons.
    Ex: This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex: All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.
    Ex: The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex: He says he dislikes Rose way more because she is a big mouth, intolerant, boorish, know-it-all and always talking about her gay life.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    * ser grosero con = be abusive of.

    * * *
    grosero1 -ra
    1 (descortés) ‹persona/comportamiento› rude, ill-mannered; ‹lenguaje› rude
    2 (vulgar) crude, vulgar, coarse
    grosero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    es un grosero (vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude o coarse!; (descortés) he's so rude!
    * * *

     

    grosero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    a) ( descortés) ‹persona/lenguaje› rude


    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:
    ◊ es un grosero ( vulgar) he's so vulgar o crude!;


    ( descortés) he's so rude!
    grosero,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (tosco, de baja calidad) coarse
    2 (ofensivo, desagradable) rude
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino es un grosero, he's very rude
    ' grosero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    basta
    - basto
    - bruta
    - bruto
    - conmigo
    - grosera
    - ordinaria
    - ordinario
    - primitiva
    - primitivo
    - tono
    - animal
    - bestia
    - gamberro
    - gesto
    - guarango
    - ordinariez
    - patán
    - pelado
    English:
    boor
    - boorish
    - coarse
    - crude
    - earthy
    - foul
    - rude
    - throw out
    - uncouth
    - apologize
    - downright
    - dream
    - how
    - just
    - so
    - vulgar
    * * *
    grosero, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [maleducado] rude, crude
    2. [tosco] coarse, rough
    3. [malhablado] foul-mouthed
    ♦ nm,f
    rude person;
    es un grosero he's terribly rude
    * * *
    I adj rude
    II m, grosera f rude person
    * * *
    grosero, -ra adj
    1) : rude, fresh
    2) : coarse, vulgar
    grosero, -ra n
    : rude person
    * * *
    grosero adj rude

    Spanish-English dictionary > grosero

  • 27 impertinente

    adj.
    1 impertinent.
    ponerse impertinente to be impertinent o rude
    2 cheeky, given to answering back, mouthy, lippy.
    f. & m.
    1 impertinent person (person).
    2 busybody, meddlesome person, snooper.
    * * *
    1 impertinent
    1 lorgnette sing
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=insolente) impertinent
    2) frm (=irrelevante) irrelevant, not pertinent
    2.
    SMPL lorgnette sing
    * * *
    I
    a) ( irrespetuoso) <persona/pregunta/tono> impertinent
    b) ( inoportuno) <momento/hora> inopportune (frml), inappropriate; < llamada> ill-timed; < comentario> uncalled-for
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) ( persona)
    2) impertinentes masculino plural lorgnette
    * * *
    = cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( irrespetuoso) <persona/pregunta/tono> impertinent
    b) ( inoportuno) <momento/hora> inopportune (frml), inappropriate; < llamada> ill-timed; < comentario> uncalled-for
    II
    masculino y femenino
    1) ( persona)
    2) impertinentes masculino plural lorgnette
    * * *
    = cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.

    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.

    * * *
    1 (descarado, irrespetuoso) ‹persona› impertinent; ‹pregunta/risa/tono› impertinent
    2 (inoportuno, fuera de lugar) ‹momento/hora› inopportune ( frml), inappropriate; ‹llamada› ill-timed; ‹comentario› uncalled-for
    me parece impertinente entrar en este momento I don't think this is a very good o opportune moment to go in
    3 ( frml) (no relevante) irrelevant
    A
    (persona): eres una impertinente you're very impertinent
    B impertinentes mpl lorgnette
    * * *

    impertinente adjetivo ‹persona/pregunta/tono› impertinent;
    ‹ comentario› uncalled-for
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( persona):

    impertinente
    I adjetivo
    1 (atrevido) impertinent: estuvo muy impertinente con nosotros, she was impertinent
    2 (improcedente) irrelevant
    II mf impertinent person
    III mpl impertinentes, lorgnette sing

    ' impertinente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    impertinent
    - intrusive
    - nosy
    - presumptuous
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [insolente] impertinent;
    no te pongas impertinente con tu madre don't be rude o impertinent to your mother;
    hoy estás muy impertinente you're being very impertinent today
    2. [inoportuno] inappropriate
    ♦ nmf
    [persona] impertinent person;
    es un impertinente he's very rude o impertinent
    ♦ impertinentes nmpl
    [anteojos] lorgnette
    * * *
    I adj impertinent
    II m/f
    :
    ¡eres un impertinente! you’re so impertinent!
    * * *
    1) insolente: impertinent, insolent
    2) inoportuno: inappropriate, uncalled-for
    3) irrelevante: irrelevant
    * * *
    impertinente adj impertinent

    Spanish-English dictionary > impertinente

  • 28 irascible

    adj.
    1 irascible.
    2 angry, crabby, gnarled, morose.
    * * *
    1 irascible, irritable
    * * *
    ADJ irascible frm
    * * *
    adjetivo irascible
    * * *
    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], peevish, irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], ornery, waspish, explosive, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex. The explosive Cameron Shepherd then brought the Wallabies to within a point of France with the team's second try five minutes later.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * * *
    adjetivo irascible
    * * *
    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], peevish, irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], ornery, waspish, explosive, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).

    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex: The explosive Cameron Shepherd then brought the Wallabies to within a point of France with the team's second try five minutes later.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

    * * *
    irascible
    * * *

    irascible adjetivo irascible, irritable, short-tempered
    ' irascible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    temperamental
    English:
    cantankerous
    - hot-headed
    - irascible
    - quicktempered
    - crusty
    - hot
    - quick
    - snappy
    * * *
    irascible
    * * *
    adj irascible
    * * *
    : irascible, irritable

    Spanish-English dictionary > irascible

  • 29 medir

    v.
    1 to measure (hacer mediciones).
    Elsa midió la harina Elsa measured the flour.
    Ricardo mide las consecuencias Richard measures=weighs the consequences.
    2 to weigh up.
    3 to weigh carefully (palabras).
    4 to evaluate.
    María midió los resultados Mary evaluated the results.
    5 to take measurements.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir
    1 (dimensiones) to measure
    2 (riesgos) to gauge, weigh up
    3 (palabras) to weigh, choose carefully
    4 (versos) to scan
    1 (tener una dimensión) to measure, be
    ■ ¿cuánto mides? how tall are you?
    1 to measure oneself
    \
    medirse con alguien to measure oneself against somebody
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=tomar la medida de) [+ habitación, ángulo] to measure; [+ distancia, temperatura] to measure, gauge, gage (EEUU); [+ tierra] to survey, plot
    - medir a algn con la vista
    2) (=calcular) to weigh up

    deberías medir las consecuencias de lo que dices — you should consider o weigh up the consequences of what you say

    3) (=enfrentar)
    rasero
    4) (=moderar) [+ comentarios] to choose carefully

    mide tus palabras — [aconsejando] choose your words carefully; [regañando] mind your language

    5) (Literat) to scan

    ¿cómo se mide este verso? — how does this line scan?

    2.
    VI to measure, be

    ¿cuánto mides? — how tall are you?

    mido 1,80m — I am 1.80m

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo

    ¿me mide tres metros de esta tela? — can you measure me off three meters of this material?

    2) ( tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure

    mido 60 cm de cintura — I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist

    ¿cuánto mide de alto/largo? — how tall/long is it?

    mide casi 1,90 m — he's almost 1.90 m (tall)

    3) (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up
    4) ( moderar)

    mide tus palabras — you'd better choose o weigh your words carefully

    2.
    medirse v pron
    1) (refl) to measure oneself; <caderas/pecho> to measure
    2) (Col, Méx, Ven) ( probarse) to try on
    * * *
    = measure, quantify, gauge, meter, clock.
    Ex. Thus it is apparent that it is easier to measure precision that recall.
    Ex. The two measurements are quantified as the recall ratio and the precision ratio.
    Ex. The 2nd 'Think Tank' held in Dallas, June 89, focused on gauging what breakthrough issues are occurring in the field that directly concern libraries and merit consideration.
    Ex. The author concludes that a hybrid approach may be the ideal; involving an initial fee of one tenth the usual, single subscription price, and metering subsequent use.
    Ex. The cameras clock your speed and if you are going faster than you are supposed to, you can get a speed ticket in the post.
    ----
    * cinta de medir = measuring tape.
    * fácil de medir = measurable.
    * imposible de medir = incommemsurable, incommensurate.
    * medir a dos raseros = double standard.
    * medir el impacto de Algo = gauge + the impact of.
    * medir la profundidad de Algo = plumb + the depths of.
    * medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).
    * medirse la fuerzas (con) = lock + horns (with).
    * medirse las fuerzas = pit against.
    * sin medir = unmeasured.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo

    ¿me mide tres metros de esta tela? — can you measure me off three meters of this material?

    2) ( tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure

    mido 60 cm de cintura — I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist

    ¿cuánto mide de alto/largo? — how tall/long is it?

    mide casi 1,90 m — he's almost 1.90 m (tall)

    3) (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up
    4) ( moderar)

    mide tus palabras — you'd better choose o weigh your words carefully

    2.
    medirse v pron
    1) (refl) to measure oneself; <caderas/pecho> to measure
    2) (Col, Méx, Ven) ( probarse) to try on
    * * *
    = measure, quantify, gauge, meter, clock.

    Ex: Thus it is apparent that it is easier to measure precision that recall.

    Ex: The two measurements are quantified as the recall ratio and the precision ratio.
    Ex: The 2nd 'Think Tank' held in Dallas, June 89, focused on gauging what breakthrough issues are occurring in the field that directly concern libraries and merit consideration.
    Ex: The author concludes that a hybrid approach may be the ideal; involving an initial fee of one tenth the usual, single subscription price, and metering subsequent use.
    Ex: The cameras clock your speed and if you are going faster than you are supposed to, you can get a speed ticket in the post.
    * cinta de medir = measuring tape.
    * fácil de medir = measurable.
    * imposible de medir = incommemsurable, incommensurate.
    * medir a dos raseros = double standard.
    * medir el impacto de Algo = gauge + the impact of.
    * medir la profundidad de Algo = plumb + the depths of.
    * medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).
    * medirse la fuerzas (con) = lock + horns (with).
    * medirse las fuerzas = pit against.
    * sin medir = unmeasured.

    * * *
    medir [ I14 ]
    vt
    A ‹habitación/ángulo› to measure; ‹distancia/temperatura/velocidad› to measure, gauge
    ¿me mide tres metros de esta tela? can you measure me off three meters of this material?
    mido 60 cm de cintura I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist
    la tela mide 90 cm de ancho the cloth is 90 cm wide
    la mesa mide 50 por 40 the table is 50 by 40, the table measures 50 by 40
    ¿cuánto mide de ancho/largo? how wide/long is it?
    mide casi 1,90 m he's almost 1.90 m (tall)
    medía 52 cm al nacer she measured o was 52 cm at birth
    C (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up
    eso te pasa por no medir las consecuencias de tus actos that is what happens (to you) when you don't consider the consequences of your actions
    midió cuidadosamente las ventajas y los inconvenientes de la oferta she carefully weighed up the pros and cons of the offer
    D
    (moderar): mediré mis palabras I'll choose my words carefully, I'll weigh my words
    tuvo que medir lo que decía para no ofender a nadie he had to choose o measure his words carefully so as not to offend anyone, he had to be as restrained as possible in what he said so as not to offend anyone
    A ( refl) to measure oneself; ‹caderas/pecho› to measure
    me medí sin zapatos I measured myself without shoes on
    mídete la cintura measure your waist
    medírsele a algo/algn ( Col): me retó a cruzar el río a nado, pero no me le medí al asunto he dared me to swim across the river but I didn't take up the challenge
    era capaz de medírsele a cualquier tarea she was capable of taking on o tackling any task
    B (Col, Méx) (probarse) ‹ropa/zapatos› to try on
    * * *

     

    medir ( conjugate medir) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹habitación/distancia/velocidad› to measure
    2 ( tener ciertas dimensiones) to be, measure;
    ◊ mido 60 cm de cintura I measure o I'm 60 cm round the waist;

    ¿cuánto mide de alto/largo? how tall/long is it?;
    mide casi 1,90 m he's almost 1.90 m (tall)
    3 (calcular, considerar) to consider, weigh up;
    ◊ medir los pros y contras de algo to weigh up the pros and cons of sth.

    medirse verbo pronominal
    1 ( refl) to measure oneself;
    ‹caderas/pecho› to measure
    2 (Col, Méx, Ven) ( probarse) to try on
    medir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (dimensiones) to measure
    2 (ponderar) to weigh up: deberías medir los riesgos, you should weigh up the risks
    II verbo intransitivo to measure, be: mide dos metros de alto, he is two metres tall
    mide cinco metros de ancho, it is five metres wide
    ' medir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    granel
    - metro
    - rasero
    - regla
    - tallar
    - contorno
    - huincha
    - mida
    - varilla
    English:
    double standards
    - gauge
    - measure
    - measure out
    - pace out
    - precisely
    - record
    - stand
    - survey
    - measuring
    - meter
    - weigh
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer mediciones] to measure;
    2. [verso] to scan
    3. [sopesar] to weigh up;
    tenemos que medir las ventajas y desventajas de este sistema we have to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of this system
    4. [palabras] to weigh carefully;
    mide bien tus palabras cuando hables con ellos be careful what you say when you talk to them
    5. [fuerzas]
    los dos equipos medirán sus fuerzas en la semifinal the two sides will do battle in the semifinal
    ♦ vi
    [tener de medida]
    ¿cuánto mides? how tall are you?;
    ¿cuánto mide de largo? how long o what length is it?;
    mido 1,80 I'm 6 foot (tall);
    mide diez metros it's ten metres long;
    el cuadro mide 30 por 90 the picture measures o is 30 by 90;
    mide dos metros de ancho por cuatro de largo it's two metres wide by four metres long;
    mide 90-60-90 her vital statistics are 36-24-36;
    este armario mide demasiado this cupboard is too big
    * * *
    I v/t measure;
    medir sus palabras fig weigh one’s words
    II v/i
    :
    mide 2 metros de ancho/largo/alto it’s 2 meters wide/long/tall
    * * *
    medir {54} vt
    1) : to measure
    2) : to weigh, to consider
    medir los riesgos: to weigh the risks
    medir vi
    : to measure
    * * *
    medir vb to measure

    Spanish-English dictionary > medir

  • 30 misterioso

    adj.
    mysterious, hidden, secret, puzzling.
    * * *
    1 mysterious
    * * *
    (f. - misteriosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo mysterious
    * * *
    = arcane, darkling, mysterious, unexplainable, uncanny, shadowy, unaccountable, intriguing.
    Ex. It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.
    Ex. I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.
    Ex. By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex. In Study 1 users performed significantly faster and made fewer errors with structured abstracts but there were some unexplainable practice effects.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. However, in spite of Seymour's very significant role in Dickens's life, he remains something of a shadowy figure and no book has ever been written about him.
    Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    Ex. Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    ----
    * de manera misteriosa = eerily.
    * en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo mysterious
    * * *
    = arcane, darkling, mysterious, unexplainable, uncanny, shadowy, unaccountable, intriguing.

    Ex: It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

    Ex: I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.
    Ex: By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex: In Study 1 users performed significantly faster and made fewer errors with structured abstracts but there were some unexplainable practice effects.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: However, in spite of Seymour's very significant role in Dickens's life, he remains something of a shadowy figure and no book has ever been written about him.
    Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    Ex: Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    * de manera misteriosa = eerily.
    * en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.

    * * *
    mysterious
    * * *

    misterioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    mysterious
    misterioso,-a adjetivo mysterious

    ' misterioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    misteriosa
    - oculto
    English:
    cryptic
    - disclose
    - hiatus
    - mysterious
    - puzzling
    - shadowy
    - uncanny
    - weird
    * * *
    misterioso, -a adj
    mysterious
    * * *
    adj mysterious
    * * *
    misterioso, -sa adj
    : mysterious
    * * *
    misterioso adj mysterious

    Spanish-English dictionary > misterioso

  • 31 prestar atención a

    (v.) = attend to, give + attention to, give + consideration (to), pay + attention to, turn + Posesivo + mind to, train + spotlight on, give + an ear to, listen (to), keep + an eye on, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward)
    Ex. Then due to the difficulty of altering a manual file and the pressure to catalog more new books faster, s/he is administratively enjoined from attending to such details.
    Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.
    Ex. Consideration is also given to video art and video clips.
    Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
    Ex. An alphabetical arrangement was out of the question in so aggressively international an enterprise, and they turned their minds to systematic arrangement.
    Ex. A study of the local newspapers can be used to train a spotlight, so to speak, on a local community.
    Ex. Once a willing ear is given to the suggestions and complaints, then morale will increase, as will production.
    Ex. Only through listening to words in print being spoken does anyone discover their color, their life, their movement and drama.
    Ex. Instructors have to keep an eye always on the clock to ensure time does not run out before the essence of the case has been extracted.
    Ex. People direct their attention to where there is immediate concern or personal interest.
    * * *
    (v.) = attend to, give + attention to, give + consideration (to), pay + attention to, turn + Posesivo + mind to, train + spotlight on, give + an ear to, listen (to), keep + an eye on, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward)

    Ex: Then due to the difficulty of altering a manual file and the pressure to catalog more new books faster, s/he is administratively enjoined from attending to such details.

    Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.
    Ex: Consideration is also given to video art and video clips.
    Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
    Ex: An alphabetical arrangement was out of the question in so aggressively international an enterprise, and they turned their minds to systematic arrangement.
    Ex: A study of the local newspapers can be used to train a spotlight, so to speak, on a local community.
    Ex: Once a willing ear is given to the suggestions and complaints, then morale will increase, as will production.
    Ex: Only through listening to words in print being spoken does anyone discover their color, their life, their movement and drama.
    Ex: Instructors have to keep an eye always on the clock to ensure time does not run out before the essence of the case has been extracted.
    Ex: People direct their attention to where there is immediate concern or personal interest.

    Spanish-English dictionary > prestar atención a

  • 32 atender a

    v.
    1 to attend to.
    Ella atiende a sus necesidades She attends to his needs.
    2 to cater for.
    El restaurante atiende a los García The restaurant caters for the Garcias.
    * * *
    (v.) = cater for/to, look after, provide for, cope with, care (about/for), attend to, pay + attention to
    Ex. Labelling of subjects presents problems mainly because, in order to achieve a user-orientated approach, the various approaches of different users must be catered for.
    Ex. A consumer ombudsman's department looks after consumer complaints and, in addition, many municipalities now have a consumer guidance office.
    Ex. So far we have only provided for the user who happens to consult the A/Z subject index under the term 'Conservative'.
    Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    Ex. Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
    Ex. Then due to the difficulty of altering a manual file and the pressure to catalog more new books faster, s/he is administratively enjoined from attending to such details.
    Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
    * * *
    (v.) = cater for/to, look after, provide for, cope with, care (about/for), attend to, pay + attention to

    Ex: Labelling of subjects presents problems mainly because, in order to achieve a user-orientated approach, the various approaches of different users must be catered for.

    Ex: A consumer ombudsman's department looks after consumer complaints and, in addition, many municipalities now have a consumer guidance office.
    Ex: So far we have only provided for the user who happens to consult the A/Z subject index under the term 'Conservative'.
    Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    Ex: Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
    Ex: Then due to the difficulty of altering a manual file and the pressure to catalog more new books faster, s/he is administratively enjoined from attending to such details.
    Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.

    Spanish-English dictionary > atender a

  • 33 escalonado

    adj.
    1 stepped, graded, in stages.
    2 build-as-you-go.
    3 terraced.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: escalonar.
    * * *
    1→ link=escalonar escalonar
    1 (espaciado) spaced out, at regular intervals
    2 (graduado) graded
    3 (corte de pelo) in layers, layered
    * * *
    ADJ (=gradual) staggered
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < vacaciones> staggered; < pelo> layered
    * * *
    = scaled, staggered, graduated, tiered, stepped.
    Ex. This article reports on the nature of scaled, dichotomous relevance judgements which questioned the use of the mid-point in a scale as the break between relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex. The Junctionville Board of Library Trustees is composed of five persons appointed by the city manager for staggered terms of five years.
    Ex. The programme involves a graduated series of library assignments, with accompanying worksheets, and helps to reinforce and enhance the quality of student projects.
    Ex. The idea of tiered, or multilayered, citation is proposed as a means of testing this hypothesis = Se propone la idea de citar de una forma estratificada o por niveles para comprobar esta hipótesis.
    Ex. Since shales and siltstones erode faster than sandstones and limestones, the basic topography is flat-topped mountains with stepped flanks.
    ----
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < vacaciones> staggered; < pelo> layered
    * * *
    = scaled, staggered, graduated, tiered, stepped.

    Ex: This article reports on the nature of scaled, dichotomous relevance judgements which questioned the use of the mid-point in a scale as the break between relevant and non-relevant documents.

    Ex: The Junctionville Board of Library Trustees is composed of five persons appointed by the city manager for staggered terms of five years.
    Ex: The programme involves a graduated series of library assignments, with accompanying worksheets, and helps to reinforce and enhance the quality of student projects.
    Ex: The idea of tiered, or multilayered, citation is proposed as a means of testing this hypothesis = Se propone la idea de citar de una forma estratificada o por niveles para comprobar esta hipótesis.
    Ex: Since shales and siltstones erode faster than sandstones and limestones, the basic topography is flat-topped mountains with stepped flanks.
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.

    * * *
    1 ‹vacaciones› staggered
    una disminución escalonada a staggered o staged o gradual reduction
    2 ‹pelo› layered
    llevaba el pelo escalonado her hair was layered
    * * *
    escalonado, -a adj
    1. [en el tiempo] staggered, phased;
    una retirada escalonada de las tropas de ocupación a staggered o phased withdrawal of the occupying troops
    2. [terreno] terraced;
    [pirámide] stepped
    * * *
    adj
    1 proceso gradual, cumulative
    2 corte de pelo layered
    * * *
    escalonado, -da adj
    gradual: gradual, staggered

    Spanish-English dictionary > escalonado

  • 34 huevón

    adj.
    lazy, do-nothing, indolent, loafing.
    m.
    1 jerk.
    2 lazy bum, deadbeat, bum, lazy person.
    * * *
    1 sluggish
    * * *
    huevón, -ona **
    1. ADJ
    1) (=flojo) lazy, idle
    2) LAm (=estúpido) stupid, thick *
    3) (=lento) slow
    4) Chile (=cobarde) cowardly, chicken *, yellow *
    2.
    SM / F (=holgazán) lazy sod ***, skiver *, layabout *; (=imbécil) stupid idiot *, bloody fool **
    * * *
    I
    - vona adjetivo
    a) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)
    II
    - vona masculino, femenino
    a) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) jerk (sl & pej), dickhead (vulg), dumbass (AmE sl)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)
    * * *
    = slowcoach [slow coach], arsehole [asshole, -USA], berk, dickhead, prick, schmuck, twat, twerp, wanker, slowpoke, schmuck, schmo.
    Ex. By today's standards, this processor is a bit of a slowcoach.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    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. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    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. 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. 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. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex. The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - vona adjetivo
    a) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)
    II
    - vona masculino, femenino
    a) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) jerk (sl & pej), dickhead (vulg), dumbass (AmE sl)
    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)
    * * *
    = slowcoach [slow coach], arsehole [asshole, -USA], berk, dickhead, prick, schmuck, twat, twerp, wanker, slowpoke, schmuck, schmo.

    Ex: By today's standards, this processor is a bit of a slowcoach.

    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    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: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    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: 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: 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: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: These are the wankers who thought they knew all about fashion.
    Ex: The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet -- examples abound of countries that have faster broadband connections.
    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.

    * * *
    1 (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) dumb ( colloq)
    es tan huevón he's so dumb ( colloq), he's so fucking stupid ( vulg)
    ¡hay que ser huevón para creerse una cosa así! you'd have to be dumb o a jerk to believe something like that! (sl)
    me dio una respuesta bien huevona she gave me a really dumb o stupid answer
    3
    ( Esp vulg) (cachazudo): es tan huevón he's such a slowpoke ( AmE) o ( BrE) slowcoach ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    1 (Andes, Ven vulg) (imbécil) dickhead ( vulg), asshole ( AmE vulg), prat ( BrE sl)
    2 ( Méx vulg) (holgazán) lazy bum ( colloq)
    3 ( Esp vulg) (cachazudo) slowpoke ( AmE colloq), slowcoach ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    huevón
    ◊ - vona adjetivo

    a) (Andes, Ven fam o vulg) (tonto, estúpido) (fam) dumb (colloq);


    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Andes, Ven vulg) ( imbécil) dickhead (vulg), asshole (AmE vulg)

    b) (Méx vulg) ( holgazán) lazy bum (colloq)

    huevón,-ona adj pey vulgar sluggish
    ' huevón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    huevona
    English:
    jerk
    * * *
    huevón, -ona, güevón, -ona muy Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. Cuba, Méx [vago]
    es muy huevón Br he's a lazy sod o git, US he's so goddamn lazy
    2. Andes, Arg, Ven [tonto, torpe]
    es muy huevón Br he's a prat o pillock, US he's a jerk;
    me dio una respuesta huevona she gave me a really Br prattish o US jerky answer
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Cuba, Méx [vago]
    es un huevón Br he's a lazy sod o git, US he's so goddamn lazy
    2. Andes, Arg, Ven [tonto, torpe] Br prat, Br pillock, US jerk;
    son una tropa de huevones Br they're a bunch of prats o pillocks, US they're a bunch of jerks;
    hacer el huevón Br to prat around, US to act like a jerk
    * * *
    m, huevona f
    idiot
    2 L.Am. fam ( flojo) idler fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > huevón

  • 35 manada

    f.
    1 herd (rebaño).
    2 crowd.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: manar.
    * * *
    1 (vacas, elefantes) herd; (ovejas) flock; (lobos, perros) pack
    \
    a manadas / en manada en masse
    * * *
    noun f.
    herd, pack
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Zool) [de ganado] herd; [de lobos] pack; [de leones] pride
    2) * [de gente] crowd, mob

    los periodistas llegaron en manada — a swarm o pack of journalists arrived

    * * *
    a) (Zool) ( de elefantes) herd; ( de leones) pride; ( de lobos) pack
    b) (fam) ( de gente) herd

    los turistas llegaron a or en manadas — swarms o hordes of tourists arrived

    * * *
    = bevy, herd, pride.
    Ex. It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex. Milk yields for herds in England are generally higher than those in France.
    Ex. Being smaller and lighter than males, lionesses are more agile and faster and do the pride's hunting.
    ----
    * cabeza de la manada = leader of the pack.
    * en manadas = in droves.
    * manada de lobos = wolf pack.
    * * *
    a) (Zool) ( de elefantes) herd; ( de leones) pride; ( de lobos) pack
    b) (fam) ( de gente) herd

    los turistas llegaron a or en manadas — swarms o hordes of tourists arrived

    * * *
    = bevy, herd, pride.

    Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.

    Ex: Milk yields for herds in England are generally higher than those in France.
    Ex: Being smaller and lighter than males, lionesses are more agile and faster and do the pride's hunting.
    * cabeza de la manada = leader of the pack.
    * en manadas = in droves.
    * manada de lobos = wolf pack.

    * * *
    1 ( Zool) (de elefantes) herd; (de leones) pride; (de lobos) pack
    2 ( fam) (de gente) herd
    son una manada de brutos they're a mob of (wild) animals
    los turistas llegaron a or en manadas swarms o hordes of tourists arrived
    seguir (a) la manada to follow the crowd o herd
    * * *

    manada sustantivo femenino
    a) (Zool) ( de elefantes) herd;

    ( de leones) pride;
    ( de lobos) pack
    b) (fam) ( de gente) herd

    manada sustantivo femenino
    1 Zool herd
    (de lobos, perros) pack
    2 fam (de personas) crowd, mob
    ' manada' also found in these entries:
    English:
    herd
    - pack
    - crowd
    - drove
    - pride
    * * *
    manada nf
    1. [rebaño] herd;
    [de lobos] pack; [de ovejas] flock; [de leones] pride
    2. Fam [de gente] crowd, mob;
    acudieron en manada they turned up o out in droves
    * * *
    f de elefantes, ciervos herd; de lobos pack; fig: de gente herd
    * * *
    manada nf
    1) : flock, herd, pack
    2) fam : horde, mob
    llegaron en manada: they came in droves
    * * *
    1. (de elefantes, vacas) herd
    2. (de lobos, perros) pack

    Spanish-English dictionary > manada

  • 36 presentar una reclamación

    to lodge a complaint
    * * *
    (v.) = enter + complaint, place + claim, file + complaint
    Ex. What kind of report and evidence is required if persons wish to enter formal complaints or press charges?.
    Ex. Overall the on-line method of placing claims was preferred because it resulted in a faster response from the vendor and a quicker receipt of the journal.
    Ex. Mechanisms for appealing decisions and filing complaints and grievances are also critical to the integrity of any accreditation process.
    * * *
    (v.) = enter + complaint, place + claim, file + complaint

    Ex: What kind of report and evidence is required if persons wish to enter formal complaints or press charges?.

    Ex: Overall the on-line method of placing claims was preferred because it resulted in a faster response from the vendor and a quicker receipt of the journal.
    Ex: Mechanisms for appealing decisions and filing complaints and grievances are also critical to the integrity of any accreditation process.

    Spanish-English dictionary > presentar una reclamación

  • 37 cronometrar

    v.
    to time.
    * * *
    1 to time
    * * *
    verb
    to clock, time
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to time
    * * *
    = time, clock.
    Ex. The searches were timed and the retrieval steps and search terms were noted.
    Ex. The cameras clock your speed and if you are going faster than you are supposed to, you can get a speed ticket in the post.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to time
    * * *
    = time, clock.

    Ex: The searches were timed and the retrieval steps and search terms were noted.

    Ex: The cameras clock your speed and if you are going faster than you are supposed to, you can get a speed ticket in the post.

    * * *
    vt
    to time
    cronometrar una carrera to time a race
    * * *

    cronometrar ( conjugate cronometrar) verbo transitivo
    to time
    cronometrar verbo transitivo to time
    ' cronometrar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clock
    - time
    * * *
    to time
    * * *
    v/t DEP time
    * * *
    : to time, to clock
    * * *
    cronometrar vb to time

    Spanish-English dictionary > cronometrar

  • 38 de mal genio

    (adj.) = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * * *
    (adj.) = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured

    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de mal genio

  • 39 inexplicable

    adj.
    inexplicable.
    * * *
    1 inexplicable
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo inexplicable
    * * *
    = inexplicable, unexplainable, idiopathic, unaccountable.
    Ex. These are all problems which are inexplicable now to the users = Éstos son todos problemas que en la actualidad son inexplicables para los usuarios.
    Ex. In Study 1 users performed significantly faster and made fewer errors with structured abstracts but there were some unexplainable practice effects.
    Ex. This has happened twice and, by the looks of it, it seems be a fairly idiopathic occurrence.
    Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    ----
    * fenómeno inexplicable = unexplained phenomenon.
    * * *
    adjetivo inexplicable
    * * *
    = inexplicable, unexplainable, idiopathic, unaccountable.

    Ex: These are all problems which are inexplicable now to the users = Éstos son todos problemas que en la actualidad son inexplicables para los usuarios.

    Ex: In Study 1 users performed significantly faster and made fewer errors with structured abstracts but there were some unexplainable practice effects.
    Ex: This has happened twice and, by the looks of it, it seems be a fairly idiopathic occurrence.
    Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    * fenómeno inexplicable = unexplained phenomenon.

    * * *
    inexplicable, unexplainable
    * * *

    inexplicable adjetivo
    inexplicable
    inexplicable adjetivo inexplicable
    ' inexplicable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    inexplicable
    - unaccountable
    * * *
    inexplicable
    * * *
    adj inexplicable
    * * *
    : inexplicable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inexplicable

  • 40 inminente

    adj.
    imminent, impending.
    * * *
    1 imminent
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo imminent, impending
    * * *
    = imminent, impending, looming, over the horizon, on the horizon.
    Ex. Faster material and lenses, more automatic cameras, finer-grained sensitive compounds to allow an extension of the minicamera idea, are all imminent.
    Ex. This expansion together with the impending amalgamation with other colleges placed ever increasing and severe restraints upon the full development of the library service.
    Ex. The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = El catálogo automatizado se convirtió en un espectro del inminente cambio ya que los mismos avances electrónicos que hicieron realidad el catálogo en línea prometían transformaciones aún mayores.
    Ex. This article surveys the changes which have already occurred and those which are just over the horizon.
    Ex. The author concludes with descriptions of advances in the technology currently on the horizon.
    ----
    * ser inminente = be on the cards.
    * * *
    adjetivo imminent, impending
    * * *
    = imminent, impending, looming, over the horizon, on the horizon.

    Ex: Faster material and lenses, more automatic cameras, finer-grained sensitive compounds to allow an extension of the minicamera idea, are all imminent.

    Ex: This expansion together with the impending amalgamation with other colleges placed ever increasing and severe restraints upon the full development of the library service.
    Ex: The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = El catálogo automatizado se convirtió en un espectro del inminente cambio ya que los mismos avances electrónicos que hicieron realidad el catálogo en línea prometían transformaciones aún mayores.
    Ex: This article surveys the changes which have already occurred and those which are just over the horizon.
    Ex: The author concludes with descriptions of advances in the technology currently on the horizon.
    * ser inminente = be on the cards.

    * * *
    imminent, impending
    * * *

    inminente adjetivo imminent, impending
    ' inminente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intensificación
    English:
    immediate
    - imminent
    - impending
    - premonition
    * * *
    imminent, impending
    * * *
    adj imminent
    * * *
    : imminent

    Spanish-English dictionary > inminente

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