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  • 1 bruja

    f.
    1 witch, sorceress.
    3 vixen, old bag, old hag, bitch.
    4 crone, harridan.
    5 barn owl.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: brujir.
    * * *
    1 (hechicera) witch
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ

    estar bruja — Caribe, Méx ** to be broke *, be flat (EEUU) *

    ando bien bruja — ** I'm skint **

    2. SF
    1) (=hechicera) witch
    2) * (=arpía) old hag *; Méx woman
    3) Caribe, Cono Sur (=fantasma) spook *, ghost; (=puta) whore
    4) (Orn) barn owl
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    Ex. Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.
    Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex. Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
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    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    Ex: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.

    Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex: Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    * * *
    A (mujer antipática) ( fam); witch ( colloq), old hag ( colloq) ver tb brujo2 (↑ brujo (2))
    B (AmC, Col) ( Zool) moth
    * * *

     

    bruja sustantivo femenino
    1 witch, sorceress
    2 fig (mujer antipática) old bag
    ' bruja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mientras
    - chicha
    - escoba
    English:
    bitch
    - cow
    - hag
    - sorceress
    - witch
    - change
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [hechicera] witch, sorceress
    2. Fam [mujer fea] hag
    3. Fam [mujer mala] witch
    ♦ adj
    CAm, Carib, Méx Fam
    andar o [m5] estar bruja [sin dinero] to be broke o Br skint
    * * *
    f
    1 witch;
    :
    estar bruja fam be broke fam
    * * *
    bruja n witch [pl. witches]

    Spanish-English dictionary > bruja

  • 2 carcamal

    f. & m.
    old fogey, crock, fuddy-duddy, old-fashioned person.
    * * *
    1 familiar peyorativo old fogey
    * * *
    I
    Méx, RPl carcamán - mana adjetivo (fam & pey) decrepit
    II
    Méx, RPl carcamán masculino (fam & pey) ( hombre) old crock (colloq & pej); ( mujer) old hag (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = old fog(e)y, old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat, fuddy-duddy.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. They make us look like the stereotype of old fogies.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    Ex. Since meeting his wife and having kids he says he's become an old fuddy-duddy.
    * * *
    I
    Méx, RPl carcamán - mana adjetivo (fam & pey) decrepit
    II
    Méx, RPl carcamán masculino (fam & pey) ( hombre) old crock (colloq & pej); ( mujer) old hag (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = old fog(e)y, old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat, fuddy-duddy.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: They make us look like the stereotype of old fogies.

    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    Ex: Since meeting his wife and having kids he says he's become an old fuddy-duddy.

    * * *
    ( fam pey); decrepit
    (hombre) old crock ( colloq pej); (mujer) old hag ( colloq pej)
    * * *
    carcamal, Méx, RP carcamán Fam Pey
    ♦ adj
    decrepit;
    un viejo carcamal a decrepit old man
    ♦ nmf
    old crock
    * * *
    m/f fam
    old crock fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > carcamal

  • 3 degradante

    adj.
    degrading.
    * * *
    1 degrading, humiliating
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo < comportamiento> degrading; < tortura> humiliating, degrading
    * * *
    = degrading, demeaning, humbling.
    Ex. A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.
    Ex. Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.
    Ex. What started as a bubble a couple of years ago has evolved into a horrific, humbling and scary atmosphere that has grown into a national economic crisis.
    * * *
    adjetivo < comportamiento> degrading; < tortura> humiliating, degrading
    * * *
    = degrading, demeaning, humbling.

    Ex: A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.

    Ex: Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.
    Ex: What started as a bubble a couple of years ago has evolved into a horrific, humbling and scary atmosphere that has grown into a national economic crisis.

    * * *
    ‹comportamiento› degrading; ‹tortura› humiliating, degrading
    * * *

    degradante adjetivo
    degrading
    degradante adjetivo degrading
    ' degradante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    degrading
    - demeaning
    * * *
    degrading
    * * *
    adj degrading

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  • 4 denigrante

    adj.
    1 degrading (humillante).
    2 denigratory, reviling, debasing, slighting.
    f. & m.
    denigrator, railer.
    * * *
    1 denigrating, disparaging
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=difamante) degrading
    2) (=injurioso) insulting
    * * *
    adjetivo degrading, humiliating
    * * *
    = demeaning, degrading.
    Ex. Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.
    Ex. A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.
    * * *
    adjetivo degrading, humiliating
    * * *
    = demeaning, degrading.

    Ex: Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.

    Ex: A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.

    * * *
    degrading, humiliating
    * * *

    denigrante adjetivo
    degrading, humiliating
    denigrante adjetivo humiliating, degrading
    ' denigrante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insulting
    * * *
    1. [humillante] degrading
    2. [insultante] insulting
    * * *
    adj
    1 trato degrading
    2 artículo denigrating
    * * *
    : degrading, humiliating

    Spanish-English dictionary > denigrante

  • 5 feminista

    adj.
    feminist.
    f. & m.
    feminist, women's libber.
    * * *
    1 feminist
    1 feminist
    * * *
    noun mf. adj.
    * * *
    ADJ SMF feminist
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino feminist
    * * *
    = feminist, feminist.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. The Fawcett Library's collection of materials concerning the feminist theorist and activist, Teresa Billington-Grieg, is described.
    Ex. Most librarians, as well as most feminists, have long held liberal views on most issues, including freedom of information or free speech.
    ----
    * movimiento feminista, el = women's movement, the.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino feminist
    * * *
    = feminist, feminist.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: The Fawcett Library's collection of materials concerning the feminist theorist and activist, Teresa Billington-Grieg, is described.

    Ex: Most librarians, as well as most feminists, have long held liberal views on most issues, including freedom of information or free speech.
    * movimiento feminista, el = women's movement, the.

    * * *
    adj/mf
    feminist
    * * *

    feminista adjetivo, masculino y femenino
    feminist
    feminista adjetivo & mf feminist
    ' feminista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abanderada
    - abanderado
    - movimiento
    - machamartillo
    English:
    feminist
    - women's lib
    - lip
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    feminist
    ♦ nmf
    feminist
    * * *
    m/f & adj feminist
    * * *
    feminista adj & nmf
    : feminist

    Spanish-English dictionary > feminista

  • 6 habitante del este

    (n.) = Easterner
    Ex. Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.
    * * *
    (n.) = Easterner

    Ex: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.

    Spanish-English dictionary > habitante del este

  • 7 habitante del oeste

    (n.) = Westerner
    Ex. Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.
    * * *
    (n.) = Westerner

    Ex: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.

    Spanish-English dictionary > habitante del oeste

  • 8 historificación

    = historisation [historization, -USA], historicisation [historicization, -USA], historicising [historicizing, -USA].
    Ex. Recent Western literature is emphasizing notions of diversity, partial modernization, tradition, & ' historization'.
    Ex. The main project of this study is the historicization of theory, particularly feminist theory, from a postcolonial perspective.
    Ex. The article ' Historicising Sexual Harassment' draws on a 1912 case study of a sexual harassment complaint to explore how feminists have treated such historical cases.
    * * *
    = historisation [historization, -USA], historicisation [historicization, -USA], historicising [historicizing, -USA].

    Ex: Recent Western literature is emphasizing notions of diversity, partial modernization, tradition, & ' historization'.

    Ex: The main project of this study is the historicization of theory, particularly feminist theory, from a postcolonial perspective.
    Ex: The article ' Historicising Sexual Harassment' draws on a 1912 case study of a sexual harassment complaint to explore how feminists have treated such historical cases.

    Spanish-English dictionary > historificación

  • 9 historización

    = historisation [historization, -USA], historicisation [historicization, -USA], historicising [historicizing, -USA].
    Ex. Recent Western literature is emphasizing notions of diversity, partial modernization, tradition, & ' historization'.
    Ex. The main project of this study is the historicization of theory, particularly feminist theory, from a postcolonial perspective.
    Ex. The article ' Historicising Sexual Harassment' draws on a 1912 case study of a sexual harassment complaint to explore how feminists have treated such historical cases.
    * * *
    = historisation [historization, -USA], historicisation [historicization, -USA], historicising [historicizing, -USA].

    Ex: Recent Western literature is emphasizing notions of diversity, partial modernization, tradition, & ' historization'.

    Ex: The main project of this study is the historicization of theory, particularly feminist theory, from a postcolonial perspective.
    Ex: The article ' Historicising Sexual Harassment' draws on a 1912 case study of a sexual harassment complaint to explore how feminists have treated such historical cases.

    Spanish-English dictionary > historización

  • 10 negar

    v.
    1 to deny.
    niega haber tenido nada que ver con el robo he denies having had anything to do with the robbery
    no voy a negar que la idea me atrae I won't deny that the idea appeals to me
    Ella negó los cargos She denied the charges.
    Ella negó haber robado She denied stealing.
    Ella negó los permisos She denied the permits.
    Ricardo negó una y otra vez Richard denied over and over again.
    2 to refuse, to deny.
    negarle algo a alguien to refuse o deny somebody something
    nos negaron la entrada a la fiesta they refused to let us into the party, they wouldn't let us into the party
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ REGAR], like link=regar regar
    1 (rechazar) to deny
    2 (no conceder) to refuse
    1 to refuse (a, to)
    \
    negar con la cabeza to shake one's head
    negar la entrada a alguien to refuse entrance to somebody, not let somebody in
    negarse a sí mismo,-a to deny oneself
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=desmentir) to deny

    negó que lo hubieran despedido — he denied that they had sacked him, he denied having been sacked

    2) (=rehusar) to refuse, deny (a to)

    nos negaron la entrada al edificio — we were refused o denied entry to the building

    3) frm [+ persona] to disown
    2.
    VI
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <acusación/rumor> to deny

    negar + inf — to deny -ing

    2) ( no conceder) (+ me/te/le etc) to refuse
    3) < persona> to disown

    lo negó tres veces — (Bib) he denied Him three times

    2.
    negar vi
    3.
    negarsev pron
    1) ( rehusar) to refuse

    negarse a + inf — to refuse to + inf

    negarse a que + subj: se negó a que llamáramos un taxi — he refused to let us call a taxi

    2) (refl) <placeres/lujos> to deny oneself
    * * *
    = deny, negate, gainsay, disavow, repudiate, contest, withhold.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio withheld.
    Ex. Borrower records may be marked so that charge-out privileges will be denied except when special permission from the librarian is given.
    Ex. Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.
    Ex. We could even agree that no one in our experience is terribly interested in knowing about all of the works of an author, and this would not gainsay the value of consistent author entry.
    Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    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. It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.
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    * negar la entrada = turn + Nombre + away.
    * negarse = refuse, baulk at [balk at].
    * negarse a = resist.
    * negarse a aceptar = disavow.
    * negarse a hacer un pedido a = withhold + supply from.
    * negarse a + Infinitivo = won't + Verbo.
    * negarse rotundamente = baulk at [balk at].
    * negar tener relación con = disclaim + connection with.
    * negar una hipótesis = negate + hypothesis.
    * negar un rumor = scoff at + the idea.
    * no poderse negar que = there + be + no denying that.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <acusación/rumor> to deny

    negar + inf — to deny -ing

    2) ( no conceder) (+ me/te/le etc) to refuse
    3) < persona> to disown

    lo negó tres veces — (Bib) he denied Him three times

    2.
    negar vi
    3.
    negarsev pron
    1) ( rehusar) to refuse

    negarse a + inf — to refuse to + inf

    negarse a que + subj: se negó a que llamáramos un taxi — he refused to let us call a taxi

    2) (refl) <placeres/lujos> to deny oneself
    * * *
    = deny, negate, gainsay, disavow, repudiate, contest, withhold.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio withheld.

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

    Ex: Thus excessive delays in the availability of cataloguing records from the central agency will negate much of the value of a central service.
    Ex: We could even agree that no one in our experience is terribly interested in knowing about all of the works of an author, and this would not gainsay the value of consistent author entry.
    Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    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: It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.
    * negar la entrada = turn + Nombre + away.
    * negarse = refuse, baulk at [balk at].
    * negarse a = resist.
    * negarse a aceptar = disavow.
    * negarse a hacer un pedido a = withhold + supply from.
    * negarse a + Infinitivo = won't + Verbo.
    * negarse rotundamente = baulk at [balk at].
    * negar tener relación con = disclaim + connection with.
    * negar una hipótesis = negate + hypothesis.
    * negar un rumor = scoff at + the idea.
    * no poderse negar que = there + be + no denying that.

    * * *
    negar [A7 ]
    vt
    A ‹acusación/rumor/alegación› to deny
    negó la existencia del documento she denied the existence of the document, she denied that the document existed
    no puedo negar que me gusta I can't deny o I have to admit (that) I like it
    negar QUE + SUBJ:
    no niego que haya mejorado I don't deny that she's improved, I'm not saying she hasn't improved
    negó que la Tierra fuera plana he disputed the idea that the earth was flat
    negar + INF:
    niega habértelo dicho she denies having told you, she denies that she told you
    B (denegar, no conceder) (+ me/te/le etc) to refuse
    les negaron el uso de las instalaciones portuarias they were refused o denied use of the port facilities
    sigue negándome el saludo he still doesn't say o he still refuses to say hello to me
    no le puedo negar este favor I can't refuse him this favor
    ¿cómo se lo puedes negar? how can you say no (to him)?, how can you refuse (him) o turn him down?
    C ‹persona› to disown
    su propia madre lo ha negado his own mother has disowned him
    lo negó tres veces ( Bib) he denied Him three times
    ■ negar
    vi
    negar con la cabeza to shake one's head
    A (rehusar) to refuse negarse A + INF to refuse to + INF
    se negó rotundamente a recibirlo she refused point blank to see him
    negarse A QUE + SUBJ:
    se negó a que llamáramos un taxi he refused to let us call a taxi
    B ( refl) ‹placeres/lujos› to deny oneself
    se niega todo para dárselo a sus hijos she goes without all kinds of things so that her children can have them
    * * *

     

    negar ( conjugate negar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹acusación/rumor› to deny;


    niega habértelo dicho she denies having told you
    b) ( no conceder) ‹permiso/favor› to refuse;


    verbo intransitivo:

    negarse verbo pronominal ( rehusar) to refuse;
    negarse a hacer algo to refuse to do sth;
    se negó a que llamáramos a un médico he refused to let us call a doctor
    negar verbo transitivo
    1 to deny: no me niegues que te gusta, don't deny you like her ➣ Ver nota en deny
    2 (rechazar) to refuse, deny: me negó su apoyo, he refused to help me
    es tan rencorosa que me niega el saludo, he's so bitter that he refuses to greet me

    ' negar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    renegar
    - evidencia
    - niega
    - sacudir
    English:
    deny
    - hotly
    - negate
    - repudiate
    - shrug off
    - shake
    - withhold
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [rechazar] to deny;
    niega que existan los ovnis he denies the existence of UFOs;
    niega haber tenido nada que ver con el robo he denies having had anything to do with the robbery;
    no voy a negar que la idea me atrae I won't deny that the idea appeals to me
    2. [denegar] to refuse, to deny;
    le negaron el permiso de trabajo they refused o denied him a work permit;
    nos negaron la entrada a la fiesta they refused to let us into the party, they wouldn't let us into the party;
    no le puedo negar ese favor I can't refuse o deny her that favour;
    me niega el saludo she won't say hello to me
    ♦ vi
    negar con la cabeza to shake one's head
    * * *
    v/t
    1 acusación deny
    2 (no conceder) refuse
    * * *
    negar {49} vt
    1) : to deny
    2) rehusar: to refuse
    3) : to disown
    * * *
    negar vb
    1. (en general) to deny [pt. & pp. denied]
    2. (permiso, etc) to refuse
    negar con la cabeza to shake your head [pt. shook; pp. shaken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > negar

  • 11 negarse a aceptar

    (v.) = disavow
    Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    * * *
    (v.) = disavow

    Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > negarse a aceptar

  • 12 no aceptar

    v.
    1 to turn down, to disavow, to reject, to turn away.
    La chica despreció su ayuda The girl turned down his help.
    2 to refuse to.
    * * *
    (v.) = disavow
    Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    * * *
    (v.) = disavow

    Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no aceptar

  • 13 occidental

    adj.
    western.
    la España occidental western Spain
    f. & m.
    westerner.
    * * *
    1 western, occidental
    1 (persona) westerner
    * * *
    adj.
    western, occidental
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < zona> western; <cultura/países> Western
    II
    masculino y femenino westerner
    * * *
    = western, Western-born, Westerner, occidental, westerly.
    Ex. Examples of western bias were less evident.
    Ex. How can a Western-born white man, to take an extreme example, experience directly what it means to be a black Central African?.
    Ex. Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.
    Ex. This special classification scheme was created by Henry van de Waal for the description of occidental art.
    Ex. The most westerly town in Europe, Dingle is also famous for its friendly dolphin.
    ----
    * Africa occidental = West Africa.
    * Alemania Occidental = West Germany.
    * civilización occidental = Western civilisation.
    * cultura occidental = Western culture.
    * frente occidental, el = Western Front, the.
    * hemisferio occidental, el = Western Hemisphere, the.
    * mundo occidental, el = western world, the, West, the, Occident, the.
    * no occidental = non-Western.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < zona> western; <cultura/países> Western
    II
    masculino y femenino westerner
    * * *
    = western, Western-born, Westerner, occidental, westerly.

    Ex: Examples of western bias were less evident.

    Ex: How can a Western-born white man, to take an extreme example, experience directly what it means to be a black Central African?.
    Ex: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.
    Ex: This special classification scheme was created by Henry van de Waal for the description of occidental art.
    Ex: The most westerly town in Europe, Dingle is also famous for its friendly dolphin.
    * Africa occidental = West Africa.
    * Alemania Occidental = West Germany.
    * civilización occidental = Western civilisation.
    * cultura occidental = Western culture.
    * frente occidental, el = Western Front, the.
    * hemisferio occidental, el = Western Hemisphere, the.
    * mundo occidental, el = western world, the, West, the, Occident, the.
    * no occidental = non-Western.

    * * *
    ‹zona› western; ‹cultura/bloque/países› Western
    África Occidental West Africa
    westerner
    * * *

    occidental adjetivo ‹ zona› western;
    ‹cultura/países› Western;

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    westerner
    occidental adjetivo western, occidental

    ' occidental' also found in these entries:
    English:
    society
    - west
    - western
    - Western Europe
    - dress
    - lie
    - Westerner
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [zona, área] western; [economía, cultura, sociedad] Western
    ♦ nmf
    westerner
    * * *
    I adj western
    II m/f Westerner
    * * *
    : western, occidental
    * * *
    occidental1 adj western
    occidental2 n westerner

    Spanish-English dictionary > occidental

  • 14 oriental

    adj.
    1 eastern.
    2 Uruguayan. ( Latin American Spanish)
    3 Oriental, Eastern, easterly, pertaining to the Orient.
    f. & m.
    1 oriental.
    2 Uruguayan. ( Latin American Spanish)
    * * *
    1 eastern, oriental
    1 Oriental
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] oriental; [región, zona] eastern
    2) Cono Sur (=uruguayo) Uruguayan
    3) Cuba of/from Oriente province
    2. SMF
    1) (=persona de Oriente) oriental
    2) Cono Sur (=uruguayo) Uruguayan
    3) Cuba native/inhabitant of Oriente province
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo ( del este) Eastern; ( del Lejano Oriente) Oriental; ( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
    II
    masculino y femenino ( del Lejano Oriente) Oriental; ( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
    * * *
    = eastern, oriental, Easterner, Far Eastern.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex. Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.
    Ex. The Dutch, too, started making cigars using tobacco from their Far Eastern colonies.
    ----
    * Africa Oriental = East Africa.
    * cultura oriental = Eastern culture.
    * hemisferio oriental, el = Eastern Hemisphere, the.
    * jardín oriental = oriental garden.
    * Timor Oriental = East Timor.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo ( del este) Eastern; ( del Lejano Oriente) Oriental; ( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
    II
    masculino y femenino ( del Lejano Oriente) Oriental; ( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
    * * *
    = eastern, oriental, Easterner, Far Eastern.

    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex: Western feminists must abandon their tendency to diminish diverse feminist discourses so Westerners & Easterners can enter into a dialogue on gender issues that includes the many existing feminisms.
    Ex: The Dutch, too, started making cigars using tobacco from their Far Eastern colonies.
    * Africa Oriental = East Africa.
    * cultura oriental = Eastern culture.
    * hemisferio oriental, el = Eastern Hemisphere, the.
    * jardín oriental = oriental garden.
    * Timor Oriental = East Timor.

    * * *
    1 (del este) Eastern
    3 ( AmL) (uruguayo) Uruguayan
    2 ( AmL) (uruguayo) Uruguayan
    * * *

    oriental adjetivo ( del este) eastern;
    ( del Lejano Oriente) oriental;
    ( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( del Lejano Oriente) oriental;
    ( uruguayo) (AmL) Uruguayan
    oriental
    I adjetivo eastern, oriental
    II mf Oriental
    ' oriental' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    achinada
    - achinado
    - palillo
    - amarillo
    - bazar
    - jalado
    - plátano
    - República Oriental del Uruguay
    English:
    bazaar
    - East
    - easterly
    - eastern
    - Eastern Europe
    - Oriental
    - chopstick
    - east
    - oriental
    - rickshaw
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [del este] eastern;
    [del Lejano Oriente] oriental
    2. Am [uruguayo] Uruguayan
    3. [de Oriente, Venezuela] of/from Oriente
    ♦ nmf
    1. [del Lejano Oriente] oriental
    2. Am [uruguayo] Uruguayan;
    Hist
    los 33 orientales = group of Uruguayans who played a key role in the wars of independence by regaining control, in April 1825, of the area that was then eastern Uruguay
    3. [persona de Oriente, Venezuela] person from Oriente
    * * *
    I adj
    1 oriental, eastern
    2 S.Am.
    Uruguayan
    II m/f
    1 Oriental
    2 S.Am.
    Uruguayan
    * * *
    1) : eastern
    2) : oriental
    3) Arg, Uru : Uruguayan
    1) : Easterner
    2) : Oriental
    3) Arg, Uru : Uruguayan
    * * *
    oriental1 adj
    1. (en general) eastern
    2. (persona) Asian

    Spanish-English dictionary > oriental

  • 15 rechazar

    v.
    1 to reject.
    el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption
    Ellos rechazan el grano malo They reject the bad grain.
    4 to clear (sport).
    el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play
    5 to refuse, to pass up, to decline, to disregard.
    Ellos rechazan el café They refuse the coffee.
    6 to refuse to.
    Ellos rechazan comprar eso They refuse to buy that.
    7 to turn one's back on.
    8 to dishonor, to refuse to accept, to repudiate, to disavow.
    Ellos rechazan el reconocimiento They dishonor the recognition.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to reject, turn down, refuse
    2 (ataque) to repel, repulse, drive back
    3 MEDICINA to reject
    * * *
    verb
    1) to reject, decline
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ persona] to push away; [+ ataque] to repel, beat off; [+ enemigo] to drive back
    2) [+ acusación, idea] to reject; [+ oferta] to turn down, refuse; [+ tentación] to resist
    3) [+ luz] to reflect; [+ agua] to throw off
    4) (Med) [+ órgano] to reject
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down
    b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse
    c) (Med) < órgano> to reject
    * * *
    = condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.
    Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
    Ex. Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.
    Ex. Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.
    Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex. Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.
    Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex. 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.
    Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.
    ----
    * cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.
    * rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.
    * rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.
    * rechazarse = go by + the board.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.
    * rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.
    * rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.
    * rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.
    * rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down
    b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse
    c) (Med) < órgano> to reject
    * * *
    = condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.

    Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

    Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
    Ex: Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.
    Ex: Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.
    Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex: Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.
    Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex: 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.
    Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.
    * cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.
    * rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.
    * rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.
    * rechazarse = go by + the board.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.
    * rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.
    * rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.
    * rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.
    * rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.

    * * *
    rechazar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 ‹invitación/propuesta› to reject; ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
    la moción fue rechazada the motion was defeated
    rechazó su proposición de matrimonio she rejected o turned down his proposal of marriage
    se sienten rechazados por la sociedad they feel rejected by society
    2 ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse
    3 ‹luz› to reflect
    4 ( Med) ‹órgano› to reject
    * * *

     

    rechazar ( conjugate rechazar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹invitación/propuesta/individuo› to reject;

    ‹moción/enmienda› to defeat;
    ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
    b) ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse

    c) (Med) ‹ órgano› to reject

    rechazar verbo transitivo
    1 (una idea, un plan, a una persona) to reject
    (oferta, contrato) to turn down
    2 Med (un órgano) to reject
    3 Mil to repel
    ' rechazar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barrer
    - declinar
    - negar
    - definitivamente
    - desechar
    - despreciar
    - plano
    English:
    beat off
    - brush off
    - decline
    - defeat
    - deny
    - disallow
    - dismiss
    - fend off
    - fight off
    - head-hunt
    - offer
    - refuse
    - reject
    - repudiate
    - repulse
    - shun
    - snub
    - spurn
    - stave off
    - sweep aside
    - turn away
    - turn down
    - ward off
    - wave aside
    - fend
    - fight
    - hand
    - over
    - parry
    - rebuff
    - repel
    - throw
    - turn
    - ward
    - wave
    * * *
    1. [no aceptar] to reject;
    [oferta, invitación] to turn down, to reject
    2. [negar] to deny;
    el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption;
    rechazó que vaya a presentarse a la presidencia he denied that he was going to run for the presidency
    3. [órgano] to reject;
    el paciente rechazó el órgano the patient rejected the organ
    4. [repeler] [a una persona] to push away;
    [a atacantes] to drive back, to repel;
    rechazaron el ataque de los enemigos they repelled the enemy attack
    5. Dep to clear;
    el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play
    * * *
    v/t reject; MIL repel
    * * *
    rechazar {21} vt
    1) : to reject
    2) : to turn down, to refuse
    * * *
    rechazar vb to reject / to turn down

    Spanish-English dictionary > rechazar

  • 16 relación de trabajo

    (n.) = working relation, working relationship, work relationship, work relation
    Ex. Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.
    Ex. Communication within the organisation and between staff is essential to promote good working relationships.
    Ex. Frustrated by the limitations on developing work relationships with students, and bored with the demands of the library, she returned to teaching English.
    Ex. There are 13 qualities for library employment which administrators should foster in order to achieve an ideal in work relations.
    * * *
    (n.) = working relation, working relationship, work relationship, work relation

    Ex: Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.

    Ex: Communication within the organisation and between staff is essential to promote good working relationships.
    Ex: Frustrated by the limitations on developing work relationships with students, and bored with the demands of the library, she returned to teaching English.
    Ex: There are 13 qualities for library employment which administrators should foster in order to achieve an ideal in work relations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > relación de trabajo

  • 17 relación laboral

    f.
    labor relations, labor relation, labour relation, labour relations.
    * * *
    (n.) = working relation, working relationship, work relationship, work relation
    Ex. Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.
    Ex. Communication within the organisation and between staff is essential to promote good working relationships.
    Ex. Frustrated by the limitations on developing work relationships with students, and bored with the demands of the library, she returned to teaching English.
    Ex. There are 13 qualities for library employment which administrators should foster in order to achieve an ideal in work relations.
    * * *
    (n.) = working relation, working relationship, work relationship, work relation

    Ex: Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.

    Ex: Communication within the organisation and between staff is essential to promote good working relationships.
    Ex: Frustrated by the limitations on developing work relationships with students, and bored with the demands of the library, she returned to teaching English.
    Ex: There are 13 qualities for library employment which administrators should foster in order to achieve an ideal in work relations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > relación laboral

  • 18 renegar

    v.
    1 to grumble (informal) (gruñir).
    Ella reniega del dinero She grumbles about the money.
    2 to renegate, to abjure.
    Ricardo reniega Richard renegates.
    3 to renegate to.
    Me reniega Ricardo Ricardo renegates to me.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ REGAR], like link=regar regar
    1 (negar) to deny vigorously
    1 (gen) to renounce (de, -); (familia) to disown (de, -)
    2 familiar figurado (protestar) to grumble, complain
    3 familiar figurado (blasfemar) to swear, curse
    * * *
    1. VI
    1)

    renegar de: renegó de su fe — he renounced his faith

    2) (=maldecir) to curse, swear; (=blasfemar) to blaspheme
    3) (=refunfuñar) to complain (de about)
    4) And, Méx (=enojarse) to get angry, get upset
    5) And, Méx (=gritar) to shout, rage
    2.
    VT
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) (Relig) to apostatize
    b) ( abjurar)

    renegar DE algo — de creencias/principios to renounce something

    2) ( maldecir) to swear, curse; ( blasfemar) to blaspheme
    3) (quejarse, refunfuñar) to grumble
    4) (AmL) ( enojarse) to get annoyed
    2.
    renegar vt to deny... vigorously
    * * *
    = disavow, renounce.
    Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex. 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    ----
    * renegar a una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.
    * renegar de = deny.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) (Relig) to apostatize
    b) ( abjurar)

    renegar DE algo — de creencias/principios to renounce something

    2) ( maldecir) to swear, curse; ( blasfemar) to blaspheme
    3) (quejarse, refunfuñar) to grumble
    4) (AmL) ( enojarse) to get annoyed
    2.
    renegar vt to deny... vigorously
    * * *
    = disavow, renounce.

    Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.

    Ex: 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    * renegar a una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.
    * renegar de = deny.

    * * *
    renegar [A7 ]
    vi
    A
    1 ( Relig) to apostatize
    2 (abjurar) renegar DE algo:
    nunca renegaré de mis principios/creencias I shall never renounce my principles/beliefs
    renegar de Dios to renounce God
    ha renegado de su familia she has disowned her family, she doesn't want to have anything to do with her family
    renegar de una promesa to renege on o go back on a promise
    B
    1 (maldecir) to swear, curse
    2 (blasfemar) to blaspheme
    C (quejarse, refunfuñar) to grumble renegar DE algo to grumble ABOUT sth
    renegaba del tiempo he was grumbling about the weather
    D ( AmL) (enojarse) to get annoyed
    ■ renegar
    vt
    to deny … vigorously
    negó y renegó su participación en el asunto she vigorously denied any involvement in the affair
    * * *

    renegar ( conjugate renegar) verbo intransitivo
    a) (Relig) to apostatize;

    renegar DE algo ‹de creencias/principios› to renounce sth

    ( blasfemar) to blaspheme

    renegar DE algo to grumble about sth

    renegar
    I vtr (negar con fuerza) to deny vigorously
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (de creencias, ideología, etc) to renounce: renegaron de su pasado fascista, they repudiated their fascist past
    2 (repudiar) to disown: reniega de su familia, he disowns his family
    3 fam (refunfuñar) renegar de algo, to grumble about sthg
    ' renegar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    maldecir
    English:
    forswear
    - disown
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [negar] to deny categorically;
    negó y renegó que hubiera estado allí he repeatedly and categorically denied that he had been there
    ♦ vi
    1.
    renegar de [fe] to renounce
    2.
    renegar de [familia] to disown;
    [principios] to abandon, to renounce
    3. Fam [gruñir] to grumble
    * * *
    v/i
    :
    renegar de alguien disown s.o.;
    renegar de algo renounce sth
    * * *
    renegar {49} vi
    1)
    renegar de : to renounce, to disown, to give up
    2)
    renegar de : to complain about
    1) : to deny vigorously
    2) : to abhor, to hate

    Spanish-English dictionary > renegar

  • 19 servil

    adj.
    servile.
    f. & m.
    servile person.
    * * *
    1 (humilde) servile
    2 (obediente) subservient
    3 (rastrero) base
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco apreciado) [actitud, comportamiento] servile, obsequious; [trabajo] menial
    2) [imitación, estilo] slavish
    * * *
    a) <persona/actitud> servile, obsequious (frml)
    b) < trabajo> menial
    * * *
    = subservient, menial.
    Ex. Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.
    Ex. The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.
    * * *
    a) <persona/actitud> servile, obsequious (frml)
    b) < trabajo> menial
    * * *
    = subservient, menial.

    Ex: Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.

    Ex: The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/actitud› servile, obsequious ( frml)
    2 ‹trabajo› menial
    * * *

    servil adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/actitud› servile, obsequious (frml)

    b) ‹ trabajo› menial

    servil adjetivo servile
    ' servil' also found in these entries:
    English:
    obsequious
    - servile
    - slavish
    - subservient
    - sycophantic
    * * *
    servil adj
    1. [obsequioso] servile
    2. [humilde] menial
    * * *
    adj servile
    * * *
    servil adj
    1) : servile, subservient
    2) : menial

    Spanish-English dictionary > servil

  • 20 venganza

    f.
    vengeance, revenge.
    * * *
    1 revenge, vengeance
    \
    tomar venganza de alguien to take revenge on somebody
    * * *
    noun f.
    revenge, vengeance
    * * *
    SF revenge, vengeance

    mintió por o como venganza — she lied out of revenge o vengeance

    clamar venganza — frmto cry for vengeance frm

    * * *
    femenino revenge, vengeance (liter)
    * * *
    = revenge, vengeance, vendetta.
    Ex. Ever true to her word, Kate Lespran found an appropriate vehicle for her revenge: the local press = Fiel a su palabra, Kate Lespran encontró el vehículo apropiado para su venganza: la prensa local.
    Ex. The article 'The Furies: goddesses of vengeance' recounts how 12 feminists began putting out the first issues of The Furies, an underground newspaper.
    Ex. Modernity & vendetta are contradictory social phenomena, & yet globalization brings to light the existence of blood feud in a modernized world.
    ----
    * clamar venganza = bay for + blood, bay for + vengeance.
    * pedir venganza = bay for + vengeance, bay for + blood.
    * por venganza = out of spite.
    * reclamar venganza = bay for + blood, bay for + vengeance.
    * sed de venganza = thirst for revenge.
    * tomarse la venganza = wreak + vengeance upon.
    * venganza de injusticias, la = righting of wrongs, the.
    * * *
    femenino revenge, vengeance (liter)
    * * *
    = revenge, vengeance, vendetta.

    Ex: Ever true to her word, Kate Lespran found an appropriate vehicle for her revenge: the local press = Fiel a su palabra, Kate Lespran encontró el vehículo apropiado para su venganza: la prensa local.

    Ex: The article 'The Furies: goddesses of vengeance' recounts how 12 feminists began putting out the first issues of The Furies, an underground newspaper.
    Ex: Modernity & vendetta are contradictory social phenomena, & yet globalization brings to light the existence of blood feud in a modernized world.
    * clamar venganza = bay for + blood, bay for + vengeance.
    * pedir venganza = bay for + vengeance, bay for + blood.
    * por venganza = out of spite.
    * reclamar venganza = bay for + blood, bay for + vengeance.
    * sed de venganza = thirst for revenge.
    * tomarse la venganza = wreak + vengeance upon.
    * venganza de injusticias, la = righting of wrongs, the.

    * * *
    revenge, vengeance ( liter)
    está deseoso de venganza he wants revenge o vengeance
    actuó por venganza she acted out of a desire for revenge o a desire for vengeance
    * * *

    venganza sustantivo femenino
    revenge, vengeance (liter)
    venganza sustantivo femenino revenge, vengeance
    ' venganza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consumar
    - deseo
    - ebria
    - ebrio
    - clamar
    - motivar
    - sed
    - tramar
    English:
    out
    - revenge
    - vengeance
    * * *
    revenge, vengeance;
    lo hicieron en venganza por la muerte de su compatriota they did it in revenge for the death of their countryman
    Hum la venganza de Moctezuma Montezuma's revenge
    * * *
    f vengeance, revenge
    * * *
    : vengeance, revenge
    * * *
    venganza n revenge

    Spanish-English dictionary > venganza

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