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  • 1 fracasar

    v.
    1 to fail (intento, persona).
    El chico fracasó The boy failed.
    2 to be unsuccessful, to fail to accomplish anything, to draw a blank.
    El chico fracasó The boy failed.
    El detective fracasó The detective failed to accomplish anything.
    El proyecto fracasó The project failed.
    Me fracasó el muchacho My boy failed.
    * * *
    1 to fail, be unsuccessful, fall through
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT LAm to mess up, make a mess of
    2.
    VI [gen] to fail, be unsuccessful; [plan] to fail, fall through
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to fail
    * * *
    = flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.
    Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
    Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.
    Ex. While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.
    Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
    Ex. Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
    Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
    Ex. While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.
    Ex. Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.
    Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
    Ex. However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.
    Ex. This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.
    Ex. Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.
    Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    Ex. The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
    Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.
    Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex. He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.
    Ex. The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.
    Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
    Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
    Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.
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    * esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.
    * fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.
    * fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.
    * fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.
    * hacer fracasar = foil, derail.
    * planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.
    * prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to fail
    * * *
    = flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.

    Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.

    Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.
    Ex: While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.
    Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
    Ex: Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
    Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
    Ex: While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.
    Ex: Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.
    Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
    Ex: However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.
    Ex: This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.
    Ex: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.
    Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    Ex: The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
    Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.
    Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex: He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.
    Ex: The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.
    Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
    Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
    Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.
    * esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.
    * fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.
    * fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.
    * fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.
    * hacer fracasar = foil, derail.
    * planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.
    * prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.

    * * *
    fracasar [A1 ]
    vi
    1 «negociaciones» to fail; «plan» to fail, fall through
    2 «persona» to fail
    como padre fracasó horriblemente he failed miserably as a father
    fracasó como actor he failed o was unsuccessful as an actor
    fracasar EN algo to fail IN sth
    fracasó en su intento de conquistar el Everest he was unsuccessful o he failed in his attempt to conquer Everest
    * * *

     

    fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
    to fail
    fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
    ' fracasar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    venirse
    - sonar
    - tronar
    English:
    backfire
    - bomb
    - break down
    - fail
    - fall apart
    - fall through
    - flop
    - founder
    - miserably
    - unstuck
    - back
    - break
    - collapse
    - flat
    - grief
    * * *
    1. [intento] to fail;
    [producto] to be a failure;
    el modelo fracasó en Europa the model was a failure in Europe
    2. [persona] to fail;
    fracasó en su intento de obtener un acuerdo he failed in his attempt to get an agreement;
    fracasó como cantante she was a failure as a singer
    * * *
    v/i fail
    * * *
    1) fallar: to fail
    2) : to fall through
    * * *
    1. (en general) to fail
    2. (planes) to fall through [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > fracasar

  • 2 esfumarse

    pron.v.
    1 to fade away (esperanzas, posibilidades).
    2 to vanish, to disappear (informal) (person).
    ¡esfúmate! beat it!, get lost!
    * * *
    1 familiar (largarse) to disappear, fade away
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [apoyo, esperanzas] to fade away, melt away
    2) [persona] to vanish, make o.s. scarce

    ¡esfúmate! — * get lost! *

    * * *
    = evaporate, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away.
    Ex. It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.
    Ex. Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex. The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
    Ex. We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.
    Ex. All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.
    Ex. Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.
    Ex. One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.
    Ex. So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
    * * *
    = evaporate, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away.

    Ex: It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.

    Ex: Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
    Ex: We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.
    Ex: All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.
    Ex: Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.
    Ex: One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.
    Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

    * * *

    esfumarse ( conjugate esfumarse) verbo pronominal
    a) [ilusiones/sueños] to evaporate;

    [ temores] to melt away, be dispelled
    b) (fam) [persona/dinero] to vanish, disappear

    ■esfumarse vr fam to disappear, vanish: ¡esfúmate!, clear off!
    ' esfumarse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    evaporate
    - melt away
    - runner
    - scarce
    - air
    - fizzle out
    - smoke
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [esperanzas, posibilidades] to fade away;
    [dudas, sospechas] to be dispelled
    2. Fam [persona] to vanish, to disappear;
    ¡esfúmate! beat it!, get lost!
    * * *
    disappear
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to fade away, to vanish
    2) fam : to take off, to leave

    Spanish-English dictionary > esfumarse

  • 3 chispa

    f.
    1 spark.
    2 bit.
    3 sparkle (sharpness, humor).
    esa novela tiene chispa that novel has really got something
    4 wit, cleverness, scintillation.
    5 small bit, shred.
    6 spoon bait, spinner.
    * * *
    1 (de lumbre, eléctrica, etc) spark
    2 (brillo) sparkle, glitter
    3 (brillante pequeño) small diamond
    5 (de lluvia) drop, droplet
    6 figurado (ingenio, gracia) wit, sparkle; (inteligencia) intelligence; (viveza) liveliness
    7 (mentira) lie
    \
    coger una chispa / pillar una chispa familiar to get sloshed
    echar chispas figurado to be raging
    no tiene ni chispa de gracia figurado it's not funny at all, it's not a bit funny
    ser una chispa figurado to be very bright
    tener chispa figurado to be witty, be funny
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) [de luz, fuego] spark
    - echar chispas: está que echa chispas
    2) (=gota de lluvia) drop
    3) (=pizca) bit, tiny amount
    4) (=ingenio) wit
    - es de chispa retardada
    5) * (=borrachera) drunkenness

    coger o pillar una chispa — to get sloshed *

    estar con o tener la chispa — to be tight *

    6) CAm, Méx

    dar chispa — to work, be successful, yield results

    7) And (=rumor) rumour, rumor (EEUU)
    8) And (=arma) gun, weapon
    2. ADJ INV
    1) (=borracho)

    estar chispa — * to be sloshed *

    2) Méx (=divertido) funny, amusing
    3.
    SM * (tb: chispas) electrician
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)
    II
    1)
    a) ( del fuego) spark

    está/están que echa/echan chispas — (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)

    b) (Auto, Elec) spark
    2) (fam) ( pizca)

    ¿más vino? - una chispita — more wine? - just a drop

    3) (gracia, ingenio) wit
    * * *
    = spark, zest, piquancy, sizzle, wit.
    Ex. However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.
    Ex. In the humanistic perspective, the concern is with potential, unique capabilities, and dignity -- with a dash of joy to add zest.
    Ex. Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.
    Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.
    Ex. The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.
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    * echar chispas = fume, froth at + the mouth.
    * echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).
    * encender la chispa = kindle + spark.
    * ni una chispa de viento = not a drop of wind.
    * soltar chispas = emit + sparks.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)
    II
    1)
    a) ( del fuego) spark

    está/están que echa/echan chispas — (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)

    b) (Auto, Elec) spark
    2) (fam) ( pizca)

    ¿más vino? - una chispita — more wine? - just a drop

    3) (gracia, ingenio) wit
    * * *
    = spark, zest, piquancy, sizzle, wit.

    Ex: However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.

    Ex: In the humanistic perspective, the concern is with potential, unique capabilities, and dignity -- with a dash of joy to add zest.
    Ex: Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.
    Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.
    Ex: The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.
    * echar chispas = fume, froth at + the mouth.
    * echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).
    * encender la chispa = kindle + spark.
    * ni una chispa de viento = not a drop of wind.
    * soltar chispas = emit + sparks.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) tipsy ( colloq), merry ( BrE colloq)
    A
    1 (del fuego) spark
    está/están que echa/echan chispas ( fam); he's/they're hopping mad ( colloq), he's/they're fuming! ( colloq)
    2 ( Auto, Elec) spark
    cuando lo enchufé empezaron a saltar chispas when I plugged it in it started sparking o giving off sparks
    tiene la chispa atrasada the ignition timing needs adjusting
    B ( fam)
    (pizca): ¿te sirvo más vino? — una chispita would you like some more wine? — just a drop
    vio en sus ojos una chispa de ironía/esperanza she saw a flicker of irony/hope in his eyes
    no tiene ni chispa de inteligencia he doesn't have an ounce o an iota o a spark of intelligence
    C (gracia, ingenio) wit
    sus chistes tienen mucha chispa his jokes are very funny o witty
    D ( Chi) (para pescar) spinner
    * * *

     

    chispa sustantivo femenino
    1

    ◊ está/están que echa/echan chispas (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)

    b) (Auto, Elec) spark

    2 (fam) ( pizca) little bit
    3 (gracia, ingenio) wit;

    ■ adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)
    chispa sustantivo femenino
    1 spark
    2 familiar (un poco, pizca) bit, dash
    una chispa de coñac, a dash of brandy
    3 familiar (ingenio) wit, sparkle
    4 (gracia, simpatía) liveliness
    ' chispa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gracia
    - graciosa
    - gracioso
    - inflamarse
    - sal
    - centella
    - chiribita
    - ingenio
    - ingenioso
    English:
    gleam
    - spark
    - sparkle
    - droll
    - glint
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [de fuego] spark;
    Fam
    echar chispas to be hopping mad;
    está que echa chispas she's hopping mad, she's fuming
    2. [de electricidad] spark;
    si juntas los cables, saltan chispas if you put the cables together, you get o it throws off sparks;
    Fig
    saltaron chispas entre los asistentes al debate sparks flew among the participants in the debate
    3. [pizca] bit;
    añade una chispa de sal add a pinch of salt
    4. [agudeza, gracia] sparkle;
    esa novela tiene chispa that novel has really got something;
    cuenta los chistes con mucha chispa he tells jokes really well
    5.
    están cayendo chispas [lluvia ligera] it's spitting (with rain)
    ♦ interj
    Méx
    ¡chispas! good heavens!, Br blimey!, US jeez!
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    estar chispa fam be tipsy fam
    II f
    1 spark;
    echar chispas be fuming fam
    wit
    3 ( cantidad pequeña) spot;
    ni chispa not one iota;
    una chispa de … a touch of …;
    eres una chispa revolucionario you’re a bit of a revolutionary
    * * *
    chispa adj
    1) Mex fam : lively, vivacious
    un perrito chispa: a frisky puppy
    2) Spain fam : tipsy
    chispa nf
    1) : spark
    2)
    echar chispas : to be furious
    * * *
    chispa n spark

    Spanish-English dictionary > chispa

  • 4 chisporroteo

    m.
    1 crackling.
    2 sparking, sizzling, sputter.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: chisporrotear.
    * * *
    1 familiar (del fuego) sparking; (de la leña) crackling
    * * *
    SM [de aceite] spitting, spluttering; [de carne] sizzling; [de leña] sparking, crackling
    * * *
    masculino (de leña, fuego) sparking, crackling; ( de aceite) spitting, spluttering; ( de la carne) sizzling
    * * *
    = sizzle.
    Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.
    * * *
    masculino (de leña, fuego) sparking, crackling; ( de aceite) spitting, spluttering; ( de la carne) sizzling
    * * *

    Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.

    * * *
    (de la leña, fuego) sparking, crackling; (del aceite) spitting, spluttering; (de la carne) sizzling, spitting
    * * *
    1. [de fuego, leña] crackling
    2. [de aceite] spluttering
    3. [de comida] sizzling

    Spanish-English dictionary > chisporroteo

  • 5 desaparecer

    v.
    1 to disappear.
    me ha desaparecido la pluma my pen has disappeared
    será mejor que desaparezcas de escena durante una temporada you'd better make yourself scarce for a while
    desaparecer de la faz de la tierra to vanish from the face of the earth
    ¡desaparece de mi vista ahora mismo! get out of my sight this minute!
    La tristeza desaparece al amanecer Sadness disappears at dawn.
    Sus dudas desaparecieron His doubts disappeared.
    2 to go missing.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 (dejar de estar) to disappear
    \
    desaparecer del mapa figurado to vanish off the face of the earth
    hacer desaparecer to cause to disappear, hide 2 (quitar) to get rid of
    * * *
    verb
    to disappear, vanish
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) [persona, objeto] to disappear, go missing

    ¡desaparece de mi vista! — get out of my sight!

    mapa
    2) [mancha, olor, síntoma] to disappear, go (away)
    3) euf (=morir) to pass away
    2.
    VT LAm (Pol) to disappear

    desaparecieron a los disidentes — they disappeared the dissidents, the dissidents were disappeared

    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( de lugar) to disappear
    b) dolor/síntoma/cicatriz to disappear, go; costumbre to disappear, die out; mancha to come out
    c) ( de la vista) to disappear

    desapareció entre la muchedumbre — he disappeared o vanished into the crowd

    desaparece de mi vista — (fam) get out of my sight

    2.
    desaparecerse v pron (Andes) to disappear
    * * *
    = disappear, disband, fade (away/out), fall into + obscurity, vanish, die out, evaporate, go away, dissolve, pass on, go + missing, sweep away, slip through + the cracks, swallow up, slip from + the scene, go out of + existence, go + the way of the dodo, follow + the dodo, go + the way of the horseless carriage, go + the way of the dinosaur(s), blow away, wither away, drop from + sight, pass away, fizzle out, efface, fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, go + forever, peter out, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away, go into + hiding, wear off, be all gone.
    Ex. This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.
    Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex. Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.
    Ex. The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.
    Ex. She seized her sweater and purse and vanished.
    Ex. These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.
    Ex. It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.
    Ex. Not surprisingly, the girls went away embarrassed, and the mother, if she was any better informed, was certainly none the wiser.
    Ex. He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.
    Ex. Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.
    Ex. This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.
    Ex. The growing complexity of computing environments requires creative solutions to prevent the gain in productivity promised by computing advances from being swallowed up by the necessity of moving information from one environment to another.
    Ex. With their numbers and their prices, serials in the paper format are as a spring fog slipping from the scene.
    Ex. The volunteer fire companies went out of existence, as did their library associations.
    Ex. Today, all of the early independents have gone the way of the dodo = En la actualidad, todas las empresas independientes originales han desaparecido.
    Ex. It has the choice: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.
    Ex. When databases of information (particularly in full text) first became available on the Internet, many users felt that thesauri and subject classifications were no longer needed and would go the way of horseless carriages.
    Ex. The library will have to learn to cope with new technology and even larger amounts of material if it wishes to avoid going the way of the dinosaur.
    Ex. Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
    Ex. He concludes that public libraries will wither away, together with the rights of the individual member of the public to information.
    Ex. The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.
    Ex. These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.
    Ex. Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex. But he may be put under house arrest, a dire fate for a man who is terrified of fading into obscurity.
    Ex. The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.
    Ex. Those were the good old days and now they have gone forever.
    Ex. Press demands for information soon petered out but enquiries from the general public continued for many months.
    Ex. Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.
    Ex. One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.
    Ex. So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
    Ex. The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.
    Ex. We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.
    Ex. The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.
    ----
    * aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.
    * barreras + desaparecer = boundaries + dissolve.
    * desaparecer de la faz de la tierra = vanish from + the face of the earth, disappear from + the face of the earth.
    * desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.
    * desaparecer en la distancia = disappear in + the distance.
    * desaparecer gradualmente = fade into + the sunset.
    * desaparecer las diferencias = blur + distinctions, blur + the lines between, blur + the boundaries between.
    * desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.
    * desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.
    * desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.
    * desear fuertemente que Algo desaparezca = will + Nombre + away.
    * estar desapareciendo = be on the way out.
    * hacer desaparecer = eradicate, dispel, banish.
    * hacer desaparecer un mito = dispel + myth.
    * hacer mucho tiempo que Algo ha desaparecido = be long gone.
    * límites + desaparecer = boundaries + crumble.
    * problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.
    * que no desaparece = lingering.
    * viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( de lugar) to disappear
    b) dolor/síntoma/cicatriz to disappear, go; costumbre to disappear, die out; mancha to come out
    c) ( de la vista) to disappear

    desapareció entre la muchedumbre — he disappeared o vanished into the crowd

    desaparece de mi vista — (fam) get out of my sight

    2.
    desaparecerse v pron (Andes) to disappear
    * * *
    = disappear, disband, fade (away/out), fall into + obscurity, vanish, die out, evaporate, go away, dissolve, pass on, go + missing, sweep away, slip through + the cracks, swallow up, slip from + the scene, go out of + existence, go + the way of the dodo, follow + the dodo, go + the way of the horseless carriage, go + the way of the dinosaur(s), blow away, wither away, drop from + sight, pass away, fizzle out, efface, fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, go + forever, peter out, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away, go into + hiding, wear off, be all gone.

    Ex: This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.

    Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex: Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.
    Ex: The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.
    Ex: She seized her sweater and purse and vanished.
    Ex: These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.
    Ex: It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.
    Ex: Not surprisingly, the girls went away embarrassed, and the mother, if she was any better informed, was certainly none the wiser.
    Ex: He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.
    Ex: Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.
    Ex: This article describes the consequences of a burglary of a during which the desktop system, computer, image setter, and a FAX machine went missing.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: The author discusses the factors which have led to early adolescent services slipping through the cracks.
    Ex: The growing complexity of computing environments requires creative solutions to prevent the gain in productivity promised by computing advances from being swallowed up by the necessity of moving information from one environment to another.
    Ex: With their numbers and their prices, serials in the paper format are as a spring fog slipping from the scene.
    Ex: The volunteer fire companies went out of existence, as did their library associations.
    Ex: Today, all of the early independents have gone the way of the dodo = En la actualidad, todas las empresas independientes originales han desaparecido.
    Ex: It has the choice: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.
    Ex: When databases of information (particularly in full text) first became available on the Internet, many users felt that thesauri and subject classifications were no longer needed and would go the way of horseless carriages.
    Ex: The library will have to learn to cope with new technology and even larger amounts of material if it wishes to avoid going the way of the dinosaur.
    Ex: Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
    Ex: He concludes that public libraries will wither away, together with the rights of the individual member of the public to information.
    Ex: The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.
    Ex: These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.
    Ex: Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex: But he may be put under house arrest, a dire fate for a man who is terrified of fading into obscurity.
    Ex: The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.
    Ex: Those were the good old days and now they have gone forever.
    Ex: Press demands for information soon petered out but enquiries from the general public continued for many months.
    Ex: Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.
    Ex: One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.
    Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
    Ex: The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.
    Ex: We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.
    Ex: The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.
    * aparecer y desaparecer = come and go.
    * barreras + desaparecer = boundaries + dissolve.
    * desaparecer de la faz de la tierra = vanish from + the face of the earth, disappear from + the face of the earth.
    * desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.
    * desaparecer en la distancia = disappear in + the distance.
    * desaparecer gradualmente = fade into + the sunset.
    * desaparecer las diferencias = blur + distinctions, blur + the lines between, blur + the boundaries between.
    * desaparecer poco a poco = fade into + the sunset.
    * desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.
    * desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.
    * desear fuertemente que Algo desaparezca = will + Nombre + away.
    * estar desapareciendo = be on the way out.
    * hacer desaparecer = eradicate, dispel, banish.
    * hacer desaparecer un mito = dispel + myth.
    * hacer mucho tiempo que Algo ha desaparecido = be long gone.
    * límites + desaparecer = boundaries + crumble.
    * problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.
    * que no desaparece = lingering.
    * viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.

    * * *
    vi
    1 (de un lugar) to disappear
    desapareció sin dejar huella he disappeared o vanished without trace, he did a vanishing trick o a disappearing act ( hum)
    hizo desaparecer el sombrero ante sus ojos he made the hat disappear o vanish before their very eyes
    en esta oficina las cosas tienden a desaparecer things tend to disappear o go missing in this office
    2 «dolor/síntoma» to disappear; «cicatriz» to disappear, go; «costumbre» to disappear, die out
    lo dejé en remojo y la mancha desapareció I left it to soak and the stain came out
    tenía que hacer desaparecer las pruebas he had to get rid of the evidence
    3 (de la vista) to disappear
    el sol desapareció detrás de una nube the sun disappeared o went behind a cloud
    el ladrón desapareció entre la muchedumbre the thief disappeared o vanished into the crowd
    desaparece de mi vista antes de que te pegue ( fam); get out of my sight before I wallop you ( colloq)
    1 (de un lugar) to disappear
    se desaparecieron mis gafas my glasses have disappeared
    2 (de la vista) to disappear
    * * *

     

    desaparecer ( conjugate desaparecer) verbo intransitivo [persona/objeto] to disappear;
    [dolor/síntoma/cicatriz] to disappear, go;
    [ costumbre] to disappear, die out;
    [ mancha] to come out
    desaparecerse verbo pronominal (Andes) to disappear
    desaparecer verbo intransitivo to disappear: me ha desaparecido la cartera, I can't find my wallet
    el sol desapareció detrás de las nubes, the sun vanished behind the clouds
    ♦ Locuciones: desaparecer del mapa/de la faz de la tierra, to vanish off the face of the earth
    ' desaparecer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confundirse
    - disipar
    - escabullirse
    - lance
    - magia
    - mapa
    - obliterar
    - perderse
    - volar
    - volatilizarse
    - camino
    - comer
    - ir
    - pasar
    - quitar
    - sacar
    English:
    disappear
    - dissipate
    - linger
    - lost
    - magic away
    - melt away
    - sink away
    - trace
    - vanish
    - face
    - melt
    - missing
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [de la vista] to disappear (de from);
    desapareció tras las colinas it dropped out of sight behind the hills;
    me ha desaparecido la pluma my pen has disappeared;
    hizo desaparecer una paloma y un conejo he made a dove and a rabbit vanish;
    será mejor que desaparezcas de escena durante una temporada you'd better make yourself scarce for a while;
    desaparecer de la faz de la tierra to vanish from the face of the earth;
    ¡desaparece de mi vista ahora mismo! get out of my sight this minute!
    2. [dolor, síntomas, mancha] to disappear, to go;
    [cicatriz] to disappear; [sarpullido] to clear up
    3. [en guerra, accidente] to go missing, to disappear;
    muchos desaparecieron durante la represión many people disappeared during the crackdown
    ♦ vt
    Am [persona] = to detain extrajudicially during political repression and possibly kill
    * * *
    I v/i disappear, vanish
    II v/t L.Am.
    disappear fam, make disappear
    * * *
    desaparecer {53} vt
    : to cause to disappear
    : to disappear, to vanish
    * * *
    desaparecer vb to disappear

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaparecer

  • 6 desvanecerse

    1 (disiparse) to disperse, clear
    2 figurado (desaparecer) to vanish, disappear; (recuerdos) to fade
    3 figurado (demayarse) to faint
    * * *
    2) fade
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=desaparecer) [humo, niebla] to clear, disperse; [recuerdo, sonido] to fade, fade away; [duda] to be dispelled
    2) (Med) to faint
    3) (Quím) to evaporate
    * * *
    = fade (away/out), fall into + obscurity, fall out, perish, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, wither, banish, blow away, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, wear off.
    Ex. Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.
    Ex. The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.
    Ex. So when the 1908 ALA rules superseded Cutter's rules, the whole provision for bringing together editions fell out, and we didn't have them until the AACR.
    Ex. A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
    Ex. She seized her sweater and purse and vanished.
    Ex. It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.
    Ex. He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.
    Ex. The article 'Whither libraries? or, wither libraries' urges the profession to seriously consider its role in an electronic society.
    Ex. Microcomputers sets the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex. Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
    Ex. Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex. The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
    Ex. But he may be put under house arrest, a dire fate for a man who is terrified of fading into obscurity.
    Ex. The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.
    Ex. We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.
    Ex. All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.
    Ex. We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.
    ----
    * desvanecerse la luz = light + fail.
    * * *
    = fade (away/out), fall into + obscurity, fall out, perish, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, wither, banish, blow away, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, wear off.

    Ex: Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.

    Ex: The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.
    Ex: So when the 1908 ALA rules superseded Cutter's rules, the whole provision for bringing together editions fell out, and we didn't have them until the AACR.
    Ex: A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
    Ex: She seized her sweater and purse and vanished.
    Ex: It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.
    Ex: He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.
    Ex: The article 'Whither libraries? or, wither libraries' urges the profession to seriously consider its role in an electronic society.
    Ex: Microcomputers sets the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex: Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
    Ex: Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
    Ex: But he may be put under house arrest, a dire fate for a man who is terrified of fading into obscurity.
    Ex: The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.
    Ex: We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.
    Ex: All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.
    Ex: We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.
    * desvanecerse la luz = light + fail.

    * * *

    desvanecerse ( conjugate desvanecerse) verbo pronominal
    a) [humo/nubes/niebla] to clear, disperse;

    [dudas/temores/sospechas] to vanish, be dispelled;
    [fantasma/visión] to disappear, vanish

    desvanecerse verbo reflexivo
    1 (un recuerdo, una imagen, duda) to vanish, fade
    (la niebla) to clear
    2 (perder el conocimiento) to faint
    ' desvanecerse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    disiparse
    English:
    evaporate
    - recede
    - disappear
    - dissipate
    - fade
    - melt
    - swoon
    - window
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [desmayarse] to faint;
    caer desvanecido to fall in a faint, to faint;
    yacía desvanecido en el pavimento he lay unconscious in the road
    2. [humo, nubes] to clear, to disappear;
    [perfil, figura] to become blurred; [colores] to fade; [sonido, olor] to fade away;
    su imagen se desvanece y en la pantalla vemos un paisaje her image fades out and we see a country scene
    3. [sospechas, temores] to be dispelled;
    [esperanzas] to be dashed; [recuerdos] to fade;
    * * *
    v/r
    1 de niebla disperse;
    desvanecerse en el aire vanish into thin air
    2 MED faint
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to vanish, to disappear
    2) : to fade
    3) desmayarse: to faint, to swoon

    Spanish-English dictionary > desvanecerse

  • 7 disipar

    v.
    1 to dispel (dudas, sospechas).
    2 to squander, to throw away (fortuna, herencia).
    3 to drive or blow away.
    4 to dissipate, to fritter away, to waste away, to squander.
    Tito disipó su fortuna Tito dissipated his fortune.
    María disipó las dudas Mary dissipated the doubts.
    * * *
    1 (desvanecer) to disperse, dissipate
    2 (derrochar) to squander, dissipate
    3 figurado (dudas, temores) to dispel; (esperanzas) to destroy; (sospechas) to allay
    1 (desvanecerse) to clear, disperse, dissipate
    2 (evaporarse) to evaporate
    3 figurado to vanish, be dispelled
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Meteo) [+ niebla] to drive away; [+ nubes] to disperse
    2) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ duda, temor] to dispel, remove; [+ esperanza] to destroy
    3) [+ dinero] to squander, fritter away (en on)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <temores/dudas> to dispel
    b) <fortuna/dinero> to squander
    2.
    disiparse v pron nubes/niebla to clear; temores/sospechas to be dispelled; ilusiones to vanish, disappear
    * * *
    = dissipate, diffuse, dispel, quiet, assuage, fritter away, splurge, clear up.
    Ex. Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.
    Ex. As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * disipar dudas = dispel + doubts.
    * disipar el miedo = assuage + fear.
    * disipar el temor = assuage + fear.
    * disiparse = fade (away/out), dribble off, die away, fizzle out, blow away, wear off.
    * disipar un temor = allay + fear.
    * humo + disiparse = smoke + clear.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <temores/dudas> to dispel
    b) <fortuna/dinero> to squander
    2.
    disiparse v pron nubes/niebla to clear; temores/sospechas to be dispelled; ilusiones to vanish, disappear
    * * *
    = dissipate, diffuse, dispel, quiet, assuage, fritter away, splurge, clear up.

    Ex: Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.

    Ex: As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex: Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * disipar dudas = dispel + doubts.
    * disipar el miedo = assuage + fear.
    * disipar el temor = assuage + fear.
    * disiparse = fade (away/out), dribble off, die away, fizzle out, blow away, wear off.
    * disipar un temor = allay + fear.
    * humo + disiparse = smoke + clear.

    * * *
    disipar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹temores/dudas/sospechas› to dispel
    2 (derrochar) ‹fortuna/dinero› to squander, fritter away ( colloq); ‹energía/fuerzas› to use up
    3 ( Tec) ‹calor/energía› to dissipate
    1 «nubes/niebla» to clear
    2 «temores/sospechas» to be dispelled
    3 «esperanzas/ilusiones» to vanish, disappear
    4 ( Tec) «calor/energía» to dissipate, be dissipated
    * * *

    disipar verbo transitivo
    1 (hacer desaparecer la niebla, etc) to drive away
    (un temor, una duda) to dispel: quiero disipar cualquier duda que podáis tener, I'd like to dispel any doubts you have
    2 (despilfarrar) to squander: tardó poco en disipar sus ahorros, it didn't take him long to squander his savings
    ' disipar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dispel
    - dissipate
    - settle
    - allay
    - assuage
    - quiet
    - remove
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dudas, sospechas, temores] to dispel;
    [ilusiones] to shatter
    2. [fortuna, herencia] to squander, to throw away
    3. [niebla, humo, vapor] to drive o blow away, to disperse;
    las lluvias disiparon la contaminación the rains washed away the pollution
    * * *
    v/t
    1 duda dispel
    2 dinero fritter away, squander
    * * *
    1) : to dissipate
    2) : to dispel

    Spanish-English dictionary > disipar

  • 8 disiparse

    1 (desvanecerse) to clear, disperse, dissipate
    2 (evaporarse) to evaporate
    3 figurado to vanish, be dispelled
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (Meteo) [niebla] to lift; [nubes] to disperse
    2) [dudas] to be dispelled
    * * *
    (v.) = fade (away/out), dribble off, die away, fizzle out, blow away, wear off
    Ex. Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.
    Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.
    Ex. The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.
    Ex. Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex. Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
    Ex. We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.
    * * *
    (v.) = fade (away/out), dribble off, die away, fizzle out, blow away, wear off

    Ex: Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.

    Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.
    Ex: The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.
    Ex: Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex: Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
    Ex: We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.

    * * *

    disiparse ( conjugate disiparse) verbo pronominal [nubes/niebla] to clear;
    [temores/sospechas] to be dispelled;
    [ ilusiones] to vanish, disappear
    ■disiparse vr (desvanecerse la niebla, el temor, etc) to disappear, vanish
    ' disiparse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clear
    - disperse
    - dissipate
    - lift
    - thin out
    - melt
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [dudas, sospechas, temores] to be dispelled;
    [ilusiones] to be shattered
    2. [niebla, humo, vapor] to disperse;
    un frente cálido hará que se disipe la borrasca a warm front will cause the low pressure to dissipate
    * * *
    v/r
    1 de niebla clear
    2 de duda vanish
    * * *
    vr

    Spanish-English dictionary > disiparse

  • 9 malograr

    v.
    1 to waste.
    2 to spoil, to waste.
    * * *
    1 (desaprovechar) to waste
    2 (estropear) to spoil, ruin
    1 (plan, proyecto) to fail, fall through; (cosecha) to fail, be ruined
    2 (persona) to die before one's time
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=arruinar) to spoil, ruin; (=desperdiciar) to waste
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < oportunidad> to waste; < trabajo> to ruin, spoil
    2) (Ven euf) ( desvirgar) to deflower
    2.
    malograrsev pron
    1) proyecto to fail, miscarry; sueños to come to nothing; cosecha to fail
    2)
    a) persona ( morir joven) to die young o before one's time
    b) cría to be stillborn
    c) (Per) reloj to stop working; lavadora to break down
    * * *
    = waste, cast + a blight on, blight.
    Ex. Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    ----
    * malograrse = fizzle.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < oportunidad> to waste; < trabajo> to ruin, spoil
    2) (Ven euf) ( desvirgar) to deflower
    2.
    malograrsev pron
    1) proyecto to fail, miscarry; sueños to come to nothing; cosecha to fail
    2)
    a) persona ( morir joven) to die young o before one's time
    b) cría to be stillborn
    c) (Per) reloj to stop working; lavadora to break down
    * * *
    = waste, cast + a blight on, blight.

    Ex: Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.

    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    * malograrse = fizzle.

    * * *
    malograr [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹oportunidad› to waste; ‹trabajo› to ruin, spoil, wreck
    B ( Ven euf) (desvirgar) to deflower
    A «proyecto» to fail, miscarry; «sueños» to come to nothing; «cosecha» to fail
    todos nuestros esfuerzos se malograron all our efforts came to nothing o were in vain
    B
    1 «persona» (morir joven) to die young o before one's time
    2 «cría» to be stillborn
    3 ( Per) «reloj» to stop working; «lavadora» to break down
    * * *

    malograr ( conjugate malograr) verbo transitivo ‹ oportunidad› to waste;
    ‹ trabajo› to ruin, spoil
    malograrseverbo pronominal
    1 [proyecto/cosecha] to fail
    2
    a) [ persona] ( morir joven) to die young o before one's time

    b) (Per) [ reloj] to stop working;

    [ lavadora] to break down
    malograr verbo transitivo to upset: has malogrado esta oportunidad, you've wasted this chance
    ' malograr' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estropear
    - jorobar
    English:
    blight
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [desperdiciar] to waste;
    malograron dos penalties they wasted two penalties
    2. Andes [estropear] to make a mess of, to ruin
    3. Ven Fam [matar] to do in, to waste
    * * *
    v/t
    1 tiempo waste
    2 trabajo spoil, ruin
    * * *
    1) : to spoil, to ruin
    2) : to waste (an opportunity, time)

    Spanish-English dictionary > malograr

  • 10 agonizar

    v.
    1 to be dying.
    2 to fizzle out.
    3 to be in agony.
    4 to agonize, to be dying, to lie dying.
    * * *
    1 to be dying
    2 (acabarse) to fail, fade away
    3 (sufrir) to suffer
    * * *
    VI to be dying, be in one's death throes
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo persona to be dying, be in the throes of death; imperio/régimen be in its death throes; luz (liter) to fade
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo persona to be dying, be in the throes of death; imperio/régimen be in its death throes; luz (liter) to fade
    * * *
    agonizar [A4 ]
    vi
    «persona» to be dying, be in the throes of death; «imperio/régimen» to crumble, be in its death throes; «luz» ( liter) to fade
    * * *

    agonizar ( conjugate agonizar) verbo intransitivo [ persona] to be dying, be in the throes of death;
    [imperio/régimen] to be in its death throes
    agonizar verbo intransitivo to be dying
    ' agonizar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    throes
    * * *
    1. [morir] [persona] to be dying;
    [dictadura] to be on its last legs
    2. [sufrir] to be in agony
    * * *
    v/i
    1 de persona be dying
    2 de régimen be crumbling, be in its death throes
    * * *
    agonizar {21} vi
    1) : to be dying
    2) : to be in agony
    3) : to dim, to fade
    * * *
    agonizar vb to be dying

    Spanish-English dictionary > agonizar

  • 11 borbor

    • bubbling
    • ebullition
    • effervescence
    • effervescency
    • fixity
    • fixture
    • fizzing
    • fizzle
    • gunwale
    • gurjun tree

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > borbor

  • 12 burbujeo

    • bubbling
    • effervescence
    • effervescency
    • fixity
    • fixture
    • fizzing
    • fizzle
    • gunwale
    • gurjun tree

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > burbujeo

  • 13 efervescencia

    • agitation
    • bubbling
    • burble
    • ebullience
    • ebullition
    • effervescence
    • effervescency
    • excitement
    • fixity
    • fixture
    • fizzing
    • fizzle
    • gunwale
    • gurjun tree

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > efervescencia

  • 14 espumación

    • ebullience
    • effervescence
    • effervescency
    • fixture
    • fizzle
    • frothing

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > espumación

  • 15 fiord

    • Finnish
    • fipple
    • fizzle
    • FL

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fiord

  • 16 fiordo

    • Finnish
    • fipple
    • fizzle
    • FL

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fiordo

  • 17 fracasar

    • be unsuccessful
    • bungle
    • come off badly
    • come to grief
    • fail
    • fail on
    • fail to accomplish anything
    • fall down
    • fall flat
    • fall through
    • fizzle
    • flop
    • flunk
    • go bad
    • go by foot over
    • go by the board
    • go by the book
    • go phut
    • miscarry
    • run into failure

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fracasar

См. также в других словарях:

  • fizzle — fiz zle (f[i^]z z l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fizzled} (f[i^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {fizzling} (f[i^]z zl[i^]ng).] [See {Fizz}.] 1. To make a hissing sound. [1913 Webster] It is the easiest thing, sir, to be done, As plain as fizzling. B. Jonson.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fizzle — ► VERB 1) make a feeble hissing or spluttering sound. 2) (fizzle out) end or fail in a weak or disappointing way. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of fizzling. ORIGIN probably imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • fizzle — fiz zle, n. A failure or abortive effort; a fiasco. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fizzle — (v.) 1530s, to break wind without noise, probably altered from obsolete fist, from M.E. fisten break wind (see FEISTY (Cf. feisty)) + frequentative suffix le. Related: Fizzled; fizzling. Noun sense of failure, fiasco is from 1846, originally U.S …   Etymology dictionary

  • fizzle — [v] collapse, fall through abort, be a fiasco*, come to nothing*, die, end, end in defeat*, end in disappointment*, fail, fold, miscarry, misfire, miss the mark*, peter out*, wane; concept 699 Ant. build, develop, progress …   New thesaurus

  • fizzle — [fiz′əl] vi. fizzled, fizzling [ME fesilen, to break wind silently, akin to fisten: see FEIST] 1. to make a hissing or sputtering sound 2. Informal to fail, esp. after a successful beginning: often with out n. ☆ Informal an attempt that ends in… …   English World dictionary

  • fizzle — I = fizzle out fizzle UK [ˈfɪz(ə)l] / US or fizzle out UK / US verb [intransitive] Word forms fizzle : present tense I/you/we/they fizzle he/she/it fizzles present participle fizzling past tense fizzled past participle fizzled Word forms fizzle… …   English dictionary

  • fizzle — 1. verb the loudspeaker fizzled Syn: crackle, buzz, hiss, fizz, crepitate 2. noun 1) electric fizzle See fizz 2. 3) 2) the whole thing turned out to be a fizzle Syn: failure …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • fizzle — [“fizl] 1. n. a failure; something that sputters away. □ The whole project was a fizzle. □ Her first play was no fizzle. 2. n. to fail; to peter out. □ The whole plan fizzled, and we had to start over. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • fizzle — fiz|zle1 [ fızl ] or ,fizzle out verb intransitive to gradually fail, become less enthusiastic, or disappear, especially after starting successfully: The group s efforts at reform fizzled out after their leader left. fizzle fiz|zle 2 [ fızl ]… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • fizzle — [16] Originally, fizzle meant ‘fart silently or unobtrusively’: ‘And then in court they poisoned one another with their fizzles’, Benjamin Walsh’s translation of Aristophanes’ Knights 1837. Then in the mid 19th century it started to be used for a …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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