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fickle person

  • 1 veleta

    f.
    1 weather vane.
    2 fickle person, inconstant person, person who constantly changes sides, turncoat.
    f. & m.
    capricious person.
    * * *
    1 (para el viento) weathercock, weather vane
    1 familiar figurado (persona) fickle person, changeable person
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) [de edificio] weather vane, weathercock
    2) (Pesca) float
    2.
    SMF (=persona) fickle person, weathercock
    * * *
    a) ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    b) veleta masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person
    * * *
    = weathervane, weathercock, windvane.
    Ex. Balustrades, spiral staircases and weathervanes are just a few of the products they make.
    Ex. Since olden times there has been a weathercock on the back roof of the cathedral which it is said to serve as protection from the devil.
    Ex. A windvane is really just a flat piece of metal or wood on a swivel that catches the wind and points toward and away from the wind.
    * * *
    a) ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    b) veleta masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person
    * * *
    = weathervane, weathercock, windvane.

    Ex: Balustrades, spiral staircases and weathervanes are just a few of the products they make.

    Ex: Since olden times there has been a weathercock on the back roof of the cathedral which it is said to serve as protection from the devil.
    Ex: A windvane is really just a flat piece of metal or wood on a swivel that catches the wind and points toward and away from the wind.

    * * *
    1 (para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    2
    es un veleta he changes his mind every two minutes o ( colloq hum) more often than he changes his underwear
    * * *

    veleta sustantivo femenino
    1 ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    2
    ◊ veleta sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person

    veleta
    I sustantivo femenino weathervane, weathercock
    II mf fam changeable person
    ' veleta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    weather vane
    - weathercock
    - weather
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    weather vane
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [persona]
    es un veleta he's very fickle
    * * *
    I f weathervane
    II m/f fig
    weathercock
    * * *
    veleta nf
    : weather vane
    * * *
    veleta n weathervane

    Spanish-English dictionary > veleta

  • 2 voluble

    adj.
    1 changeable, fickle (person).
    2 climbing (botany).
    3 twining, twisting.
    * * *
    1 changeable, fickle
    2 BOTÁNICA voluble, twining
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=inconstante) fickle, changeable; (=imprevisible) erratic, unpredictable; (=inestable) unstable
    2) (Bot) twining, climbing
    * * *
    adjetivo ( inconstante) changeable, fickle
    * * *
    = mercurial, fickle, capricious.
    Ex. As William A Katz puts it, 'questions are mercurial', and an author/title enquiry may evolve into a fact-finding enquiry if inability to trace the work casts doubt upon the accuracy of its description.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex. Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
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    * dinero voluble = soft money.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( inconstante) changeable, fickle
    * * *
    = mercurial, fickle, capricious.

    Ex: As William A Katz puts it, 'questions are mercurial', and an author/title enquiry may evolve into a fact-finding enquiry if inability to trace the work casts doubt upon the accuracy of its description.

    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex: Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
    * dinero voluble = soft money.

    * * *
    A (inconstante) changeable, fickle
    B ( Bot) twining, climbing
    * * *

    voluble adjetivo ( inconstante) changeable, fickle
    voluble adj (cambiante) fickle, changeable
    ' voluble' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inconstante
    English:
    whimsical
    * * *
    voluble adj
    [persona] changeable, fickle
    * * *
    adj erratic, unpredictable
    * * *
    voluble adj
    : fickle, changeable

    Spanish-English dictionary > voluble

  • 3 temporero

    adj.
    seasonal, temporary.
    m.
    temporary worker, casual worker, seasonal worker, seasonal labor.
    * * *
    1 seasonal, temporary
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 seasonal worker, temporary worker
    * * *
    temporero, -a
    1.
    ADJ [obrero] (=eventual) temporary, casual; (=de temporada) seasonal
    2.
    SM / F (=eventual) casual worker; (=de temporada) seasonal worker
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo < trabajador> seasonal
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino ( trabajador) seasonal worker
    * * *
    = migrant farm worker, seasonal farmworker, seasonal worker, harvest hand.
    Ex. This article describes the mobile library services to migrant farm workers provided by Fresno Public Library, California.
    Ex. Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.
    Ex. These people are seasonal workers who are here on a temporary work permit and who should be leaving at the end of their legal contract.
    Ex. So thousands of harvest hands come and go every year like birds of passage.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo < trabajador> seasonal
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino ( trabajador) seasonal worker
    * * *
    = migrant farm worker, seasonal farmworker, seasonal worker, harvest hand.

    Ex: This article describes the mobile library services to migrant farm workers provided by Fresno Public Library, California.

    Ex: Results indicate that untreated dental decay is significant among seasonal farmworkers who seek care at this dental clinic.
    Ex: These people are seasonal workers who are here on a temporary work permit and who should be leaving at the end of their legal contract.
    Ex: So thousands of harvest hands come and go every year like birds of passage.

    * * *
    temporero1 -ra
    A ‹trabajador› seasonal
    B ( Chi fam) (cambiante) fickle
    temporero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    A (trabajador) seasonal worker
    B ( Chi fam) (persona cambiante) fickle person
    * * *

    temporero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino seasonal o temporary worker
    ' temporero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    temporera
    * * *
    temporero, -a, Méx temporalero, -a
    ♦ adj
    seasonal
    ♦ nm,f
    seasonal worker
    * * *
    I adj trabajador seasonal
    II m, temporera f seasonal worker
    * * *
    temporero, -ra adj
    : temporary, seasonal
    temporero, -ra n
    : temporary or seasonal worker

    Spanish-English dictionary > temporero

  • 4 persona voluble

    f.
    fickle person, skittish person, whirligig.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona voluble

  • 5 persona cambiadiza

    f.
    fickle person, whirligig.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona cambiadiza

  • 6 mudable

    • fickle
    • inconspicuousness
    • inconstant
    • inconstant person
    • musty
    • mutable
    • mutant
    • voluble

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > mudable

  • 7 inconstante

    adj.
    1 changeable, fickle.
    2 inconstant, fickle, wavering, mutable.
    f. & m.
    inconstant person.
    * * *
    1 (indolente) lacking in discipline
    2 (variable) inconstant, changeable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [equipo, sistema] inconstant
    2) [tiempo] changeable
    3) [persona] (=veleidoso) fickle; (=poco firme) unsteady
    * * *
    a) ( falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    b) ( voluble) fickle
    * * *
    = unsustained, lapsed, fickle.
    Ex. The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex. However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    * * *
    a) ( falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    b) ( voluble) fickle
    * * *
    = unsustained, lapsed, fickle.

    Ex: The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.

    Ex: However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.

    * * *
    1 (falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    nunca llegó a ser campeón por inconstante he never became champion because he lacked application
    2 (voluble) fickle
    * * *

    inconstante adjetivo


    inconstante adjetivo changeable
    ' inconstante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mariposear
    - versátil
    - caprichoso
    - veleta
    - voluble
    English:
    changeable
    - fickle
    - inconsistent
    * * *
    1. [en el trabajo, escuela]
    es muy inconstante he never sticks at anything
    2. [de opinión, ideas] changeable, fickle
    * * *
    adj fickle
    * * *
    : inconstant, fickle, changeable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inconstante

  • 8 caprichoso

    adj.
    capricious, cranky, erratic, fickle.
    * * *
    1 capricious, whimsical, fanciful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 whimsical person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] capricious
    2) [idea, novela etc] whimsical, fanciful
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy

    * * *
    = capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].
    Ex. Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
    Ex. This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
    Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex. 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
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    * de forma caprichosa = capriciously.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy

    * * *
    = capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].

    Ex: Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.

    Ex: This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
    Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex: 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex: These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    * de forma caprichosa = capriciously.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.

    * * *
    1 (inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious; ‹tiempo/moda› changeable
    ¡qué niño más caprichoso! what a capricious child! o this child is always changing his mind
    las estalactitas presentaban formas caprichosas the stalactites formed fanciful shapes
    2 (difícil, exigente) fussy
    masculine, feminine
    es un caprichoso (es inconstante) he's so capricious o he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he is so fussy
    * * *

     

    caprichoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ( inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious;

    ‹tiempo/moda› changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:


    (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy
    caprichoso,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino mi hermana es una caprichosa, my sister is very impulsive
    II adjetivo
    1 (antojadizo) whimsical, fanciful
    2 (maniático, exigente) fussy
    3 (creativo, sin norma) las nubes creaban figuras caprichosas, the clouds made strange shapes
    ' caprichoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caprichosa
    - mañoso
    English:
    capricious
    - erratic
    - flighty
    - moody
    - whimsical
    * * *
    caprichoso, -a adj
    capricious, impulsive;
    actuar de forma caprichosa to act capriciously o impulsively
    * * *
    adj capricious
    * * *
    caprichoso, -sa adj
    antojadizo: capricious, fickle

    Spanish-English dictionary > caprichoso

  • 9 mudable

    adj.
    changeable (person).
    * * *
    1 changeable
    2 (caracter) fickle
    * * *
    mudable adj
    [persona] changeable; [carácter] fickle
    * * *
    adj viento changeable; fig
    opinión, gustos fickle

    Spanish-English dictionary > mudable

  • 10 danzante

    adj.
    dancing.
    f. & m.
    1 dancer.
    2 a knowing person.
    3 a fickle, airy person.
    * * *
    1 dancing
    1 dancer
    2 familiar figurado (intrigante) busybody, meddler
    3 familiar figurado (botarate) scatterbrain
    * * *
    danzante, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=bailarín) dancer
    2) * (=persona activa) live wire; (=entrometido) busybody; (=zascandil) scatterbrain, featherbrain (EEUU)
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    dancing
    ♦ nmf
    [bailarín] dancer
    * * *
    danzante, -ta n
    bailarín: dancer

    Spanish-English dictionary > danzante

  • 11 caprichoso

    • capricious
    • crotchety
    • erratic
    • faddish
    • faddy
    • fanciful
    • fickle
    • fit with strings
    • fitfully
    • inconsideration
    • inconsistent in one's opinions
    • inconspicuousness
    • inconstant person
    • moody
    • unpredictable
    • whimsical

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > caprichoso

  • 12 inconstante

    • desultory
    • everchanging
    • fickle
    • inconspicuousness
    • inconstant person
    • musty
    • mutant

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > inconstante

  • 13 voluble

    • changeable
    • fickle
    • flighty
    • inconspicuousness
    • inconstant
    • inconstant person
    • skittish
    • twining
    • unreliable
    • voluble
    • weak verb
    • weak wine
    • weak-willed
    • whimsical

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > voluble

См. также в других словарях:

  • fickle-minded — /fik euhl muyn did/, adj. (of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant. [1590 1600] * * * …   Universalium

  • fickle-minded — /fik euhl muyn did/, adj. (of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant. [1590 1600] …   Useful english dictionary

  • flirt — flÉœrt /flɜːt n. charming tease, one who teases affectionately; fickle person, inconstant person; sudden movement, quick motion v. tease affectionately, make amorous advances without serious intent; trifle with; move suddenly or jerkily; fling …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flirted — flÉœrt /flɜːt n. charming tease, one who teases affectionately; fickle person, inconstant person; sudden movement, quick motion v. tease affectionately, make amorous advances without serious intent; trifle with; move suddenly or jerkily; fling …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flirting — n. flirtation, coquetry, affectionate and playful conduct meant to arouse sexual interest; brief romance flÉœrt /flɜːt n. charming tease, one who teases affectionately; fickle person, inconstant person; sudden movement, quick motion v. tease… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • flirts — flÉœrt /flɜːt n. charming tease, one who teases affectionately; fickle person, inconstant person; sudden movement, quick motion v. tease affectionately, make amorous advances without serious intent; trifle with; move suddenly or jerkily; fling …   English contemporary dictionary

  • rover — n. 1. Rambler, wanderer, straggler, bird of passage. 2. Robber, pirate, freebooter. 3. Fickle person, inconstant person …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • weathercock — n. weather vane; weather vane in the shape of a cock; fickle person …   English contemporary dictionary

  • weathercocks — n. weather vane; weather vane in the shape of a cock; fickle person …   English contemporary dictionary

  • weather-cock — n. 1. Vane, weather vane. 2. Trimmer, time server, fickle person, chameleon …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • chameleon — cha•me•le•on [[t]kəˈmi li ən, ˈmil yən[/t]] n. 1) ram any Old World lizard of the family Chamaeleontidae, slow moving, with a projectile tongue and the ability to change color 2) ram anole 3) a changeable or fickle person • Etymology: 1300–50; ME …   From formal English to slang

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