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1 flail
tr[fleɪl]1 mayal nombre masculino1 golpear, azotar1 agitarse, debatirseflail ['fleɪl] vt1) : trillar (grano)2) : sacudir, agitar (los brazos)flail n: mayal mn.• mayal s.m.v.• desgranar v.• golpear v.• revolcarse v.
I fleɪlnoun mayal m
II
with arms/legs flailing — con los brazos como aspas de molino/sacudiendo las piernas
[fleɪl]she flailed about on the ice, unable to get up — se debatía en el hielo sin conseguir levantarse
1.N (Agr) mayal m2. VT1) (Agr) desgranar2) (=beat) golpear, azotar3) (=agitate) [+ arms, legs] agitar3.VIto flail (about) — [arms, legs] agitarse; [person] revolverse
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I [fleɪl]noun mayal m
II
with arms/legs flailing — con los brazos como aspas de molino/sacudiendo las piernas
she flailed about on the ice, unable to get up — se debatía en el hielo sin conseguir levantarse
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2 flail
s.mayal (agricultural implement)vt.1 agitar.2 agitar violentamente.3 azotar, flagelar.4 desgranar.vi.agitarse. (pt & pp flailed) -
3 flail about
vi.moverse descontroladamente (arms, legs) -> flail around -
4 flail around
VI + ADV revolverse -
5 flail chest
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6 flail chest
s.tórax batiente, tórax inestable, pecho batiente, volet costal. -
7 flail joint
s.articulación suelta, articulación flácida, articulación desplazada, articulación fláccida. -
8 flail mower
s.segadora desgranadora, cortadora desgranadora. -
9 wooden flail
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10 to flail about
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11 war flail
s.mangual. -
12 ante
ante preposición 1b) ( frente a):iguales ante la ley equal in the eyes of the law; nos hallamos ante un problema we are faced with a problem 2 ( sobre todo) above all ■ sustantivo masculino ( cuero) suede
ante 1 sustantivo masculino
1 (piel) suede
2 Zool elk, moose
ante 2 preposición
1 before, in the presence of Jur ante notario, in the presence of a notary
2 (en vista de) faced with, in view of: ante la falta de medios, hicieron un llamamiento a la solidaridad, faced with the shortage of resources, they made an appeal for help Locuciones: ante todo, discreción, above all, be discreet ' ante' also found in these entries: Spanish: a.m. - acobardarse - actitud - apelar - calma - comparecer - contingencia - declarar - desesperación - desfilar - disyuntiva - doblarse - el - entera - entero - escamarse - evidenciar - expectante - firme - humillarse - igualdad - impasible - inclinarse - infranqueable - inmutable - levantarse - palidecer - plantarse - prestar - reaccionar - resistir - retroceder - sombrero - sucumbir - viabilidad - abogado - acobardar - alarma - apocarse - ciego - conducir - humillar - igual - imperturbable - inclinar - interceder - ley - mediar - negativa - poder English: a.m. - accountable - accused - admire - alarmed - ambush - ante - appear - appearance - before - bristle - career - cheek - crawl - curtsey - curtsy - demonstrator - equal - flail - gazumping - give in - give up - go before - grovel - guilt - haul up - insecure - justice - kneel - kowtow - March - primarily - protest - quail - react - responsible - safety - shrink - stick - suede - survivalist - unmoved - yield - address - barrister - bow - eye - file - first - gotr['æntɪ]1 apuesta1 hacer una apuestan.• apuesta s.f.• monte en juego de naipes s.f.• tanto s.m.v.• pagar v.'æntithe ante — la apuesta inicial, la entrada (Méx)
['æntɪ] (esp US)to up o raise the ante — subir la apuesta inicial
1.N (Cards) apuesta f- raise or up the ante2.VT apostar3.- ante up* * *['ænti]the ante — la apuesta inicial, la entrada (Méx)
to up o raise the ante — subir la apuesta inicial
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13 horror
'horə1) (great fear or dislike: She has a horror of spiders; She looked at me in horror.) horror2) (a disagreeable person or thing: Her little boy is an absolute horror.) horror, monstruo•- horrible- horribleness
- horribly
- horrid
- horrific
- horrify
- horrifying
horror n horror
horror sustantivo masculino 1 les tengo horror a los hospitales I'm terrified of hospitalsb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico):◊ ¡qué horror! how awful o terrible!2 los horrors de la guerra the horrors of the war
horror sustantivo masculino
1 horror, terror: ¡qué horror!, how awful!
2 (antipatía, aversión) fam le tengo horror a la plancha, I hate doing the ironing Locuciones: fam (muchísimo) un horror u horrores, an awful lot ' horror' also found in these entries: Spanish: desgarrador - desgarradora - escalofrío - película - terror - espanto - estremecer - vampiro English: bear - dreadful - flail - horror - horror film - horror story - it - nameless - totr['hɒrəSMALLr/SMALL]1 horror nombre masculino, terror nombre masculino1 ¡qué horror!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto have a horror of something tener horror a algohorror film película de terror, película de miedolittle horror diablillo, monstruito,-ahorror ['hɔrər] n: horror mn.• grima s.f.• horror s.m.'hɔːrər, 'hɒrə(r)1)a) u ( emotion) horror mto have a horror of something/-ing: he has a horror of spiders les tiene horror or terror a las arañas; I have a horror of being alone — me aterra or me da pavor estar sola; (before n) <movie, story> de terror
b) c (experience, event)c) c (person, thing) (colloq) monstruo m2) horrors pl (colloq)['hɒrǝ(r)]1. N1) (=terror, dread) horror m, pavor m ; (=loathing, hatred) horror mto my horror I discovered I was locked out — descubrí con horror que me había dejado las llaves dentro
then, to my horror, it moved! — luego ¡qué susto!, se movió
horrors! — ¡qué horror!
2) * diablo myou horror! — ¡bestia!
2.CPDhorror film N — película f de terror
horror story N — historia f de terror
horror writer N — autor(a) m / f de historias de terror
* * *['hɔːrər, 'hɒrə(r)]1)a) u ( emotion) horror mto have a horror of something/-ing: he has a horror of spiders les tiene horror or terror a las arañas; I have a horror of being alone — me aterra or me da pavor estar sola; (before n) <movie, story> de terror
b) c (experience, event)c) c (person, thing) (colloq) monstruo m2) horrors pl (colloq) -
14 thrash
Ɵræʃ1) (to strike with blows: The child was soundly thrashed.) azotar2) (to move about violently: The wounded animal thrashed about/around on the ground.) revolcarse; debatirse3) (to defeat easily, by a large margin: Our team was thrashed eighteen-nil.) derrotar, dar una paliza•thrash vb dar una palizatr[ɵræʃ]1 (beat) azotar2 (defeat) derrotar, dar una paliza a3 (arm, leg, etc) sacudirthrash ['ɵræʃ] vt1) thresh2) beat: golpear, azotar, darle una paliza (a alguien)3) flail: sacudir, agitar bruscamentev.• azotar v.• cimbrar v.• desgranar v.• emplumar v.• golpear v.• trillar v.• zurrar v.θræʃ
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a) ( beat) golpear; ( as punishment) azotar, darle* una paliza ab) ( defeat) (colloq) \<\<opponent\>\> darle* una paliza a (fam)
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vi: thrash (around o about) revolverse*, retorcerse*; (in mud, water) revolcarse*Phrasal Verbs:[θræʃ]1. VT2) * (=defeat) dar una paliza a *, cascar *3) (also: thrash about, thrash around) [+ legs, arms] agitar mucho2.VI (also: thrash about, thrash around) revolverse; (in water) revolcarse3.N (Brit) ** juerga f, fiesta f* * *[θræʃ]
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a) ( beat) golpear; ( as punishment) azotar, darle* una paliza ab) ( defeat) (colloq) \<\<opponent\>\> darle* una paliza a (fam)
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vi: thrash (around o about) revolverse*, retorcerse*; (in mud, water) revolcarse*Phrasal Verbs: -
15 espanto
Del verbo espantar: ( conjugate espantar) \ \
espanto es: \ \1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
espantó es: \ \3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativoMultiple Entries: espantar espanto
espantar ( conjugate espantar) verbo transitivo 1 2 (fam) ( horrorizar) to horrify, appall( conjugate appall) verbo intransitivoa) (fam) ( asustar):◊ es tan feo que espanta he's absolutely hideous (colloq)b) (Bol, Col, Ven fam) [ fantasma]:espantarse verbo pronominal [pájaro/peces] to get frightened away; [ caballo] to take fright, be startled
espanto sustantivo masculino 1b) ( uso hiperbólico):◊ la noticia nos llenó de espanto we were horrified o appalled at the news;hace un frío de espanto (fam) it's freezing o terribly cold (colloq); ya está curada de espanto (fam) she's seen/heard it all before 2 (Bol, Col, Ven fam) ( espíritu) ghost, spook (colloq)
espantar verbo transitivo
1 (ahuyentar) to shoo o scare away: espantó a los atacantes con un tiro al aire, he scared away his attackers by firing a shot into the air
2 (causar espanto) to scare, frighten
espanto sustantivo masculino
1 (terror) panic, fright: siento espanto cuando me mira, he makes me shudder when he looks at me
2 (impresión fuerte) shock: ver toda esa sangre fue un espanto, it was shocking to see all that blood
3 fam (terrible) dreadful, awful: la obra de teatro era un espanto, the play was awful Locuciones: familiar de espanto, dreadful, shocking
estar curado,-a de espanto, to be inured to something: a mí no me impresiona, estoy curada de espanto, it doesn't impress me, I've seen it all before ' espanto' also found in these entries: Spanish: espantar - execrable English: flail - horrify -
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sacudir ( conjugate sacudir) verbo transitivo 1 ( golpear) ‹alfombra/colchón› to beat; ( para afirmar) to nod (one's head) 2 (conmover, afectar) to shake verbo intransitivo (CS, Méx) to dust sacudirse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( quitarse) ‹arena/polvo› to shake off
sacudir verbo transitivo
1 (de un lado a otro) to shake
2 (para limpiar) to shake off (una alfombra) to beat
3 (algo molesto) to brush off
4 fam (pegar a alguien) to wallop, beat sb up
5 (con una emoción intensa) to shock, shake
6 fig (impresionar) la muerte del poeta sacudió a todo el país, the death of the poet affected all the country ' sacudir' also found in these entries: Spanish: trapo English: agitate - beat - flail - fluff - jerk - jolt - shake - shake down - swish - toss - buffet - dust - flutter - jar - jiggle - rock -
17 sentido
Del verbo sentir: ( conjugate sentir) \ \
sentido es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: sentido sentir
sentido 1
◊ -da adjetivo1 ‹palabras/carta› heartfelt; ‹anhelo/dolor› deep; 2 [ESTAR] (AmL) ( ofendido) hurt, offended
sentido 2 sustantivo masculino 1a) (Fisiol) senseb) (noción, idea) sentido DE algo sense of sth;sentido común common sense; sentido del humor sense of humor( conjugate humor) 2 ( conocimiento) consciousness; el golpe lo dejó sin sentido he was knocked unconscious by the blow 3 ( significado) sense; en sentido literal in a literal sense; lo dijo con doble sentido he was intentionally ambiguous; el sentido de la vida the meaning of life; en cierto sentido … in a sense …; no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing; esa política ya no tiene sentido that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now; palabras sin sentido meaningless words 4 ( dirección) direction;◊ gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction;venían en sentido contrario al nuestro they were coming in the opposite direction to us; calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido one-way street
sentir ( conjugate sentir) verbo transitivo 1◊ sentido hambre/frío/sed to feel hungry/cold/thirstysentido celos to feel jealous 2b) (esp AmL) ( percibir):le siento gusto a vainilla I can taste vanilla 3 ( lamentar): sentí mucho no poder ayudarla I was very sorry not to be able to help her; ha sentido mucho la pérdida de su madre she has been very affected by her mother's death sentirse verbo pronominal 1 (+ compl) to feel; no me siento con ánimos I don't feel up to it 2 (Chi, Méx) ( ofenderse) to be offended o hurt; sentidose CON algn to be offended o upset with sb
sentido,-a
I adjetivo
1 deeply felt: su muerte ha sido muy sentida, his death has been deeply felt
2 (susceptible) sensitive
es un chico muy sentido y a la mínima se ofende, he gets upset over the slightest things o he's a very sensitive child
II sustantivo masculino
1 sense
sentido del gusto/olfato, sense of taste/smell
2 (conocimiento, consciencia) recobrar/ perder el sentido, to regain/lose consciousness
3 (lógica, razón) sense: no tiene sentido que te despidas, it makes no sense to leave the job
4 (apreciación, capacidad) no tiene sentido de la medida, he has no sense of moderation
sentido común, common sense
sentido del humor, sense of humour
sexto sentido, sixth sense
5 (significado) meaning: la frase carece de sentido, the sentence has no meaning
6 Auto direction
de doble sentido, two-way
(de) sentido único, one-way
sentir
I sustantivo masculino
1 (juicio, opinion) opinion, view
2 (sentimiento) feeling
II verbo transitivo
1 to feel
sentir alegría/frío, to feel happy/cold
te lo digo como lo siento, I speak my mind ➣ Ver nota en feel
2 (oír, percibir) to hear: la sentí llegar de madrugada, I heard her come home in the small hours
3 (lamentar) to regret, be sorry about: siento haberte enfadado, I'm sorry I made you angry ' sentido' also found in these entries: Spanish: ácida - ácido - acusada - acusado - apelar - cabeza - cazar - coger - contraria - contrario - despertarse - dirección - dotada - dotado - economía - educar - encarar - esperar - figurada - figurado - fina - fino - hogareña - hogareño - inversa - inverso - juicio - nariz - olfato - paladar - penetrar - perder - pésame - rara - raro - realista - recobrar - recta - recto - recuperar - sentida - tacto - tener - trancazo - visión - vista - agudeza - agudizar - agudo - alto English: add up - advantage - anticlockwise - appeal - arguable - babble - break - civic - clockwise - common sense - counterclockwise - derogatory - direction - ear - feel - few - figurative - figuratively - flail - gumption - hearing - high - humour - iota - literally - little - make - meaning - meaningless - mindless - modicum - obscure - one-way - pointless - practicality - quite - reason - respect - scent - sense - senseless - sight - smell - strictly - taste - three-point turn - touch - two-way - U-turn - unconscious -
18 tal
tal adjetivo 1 ( dicho) such; nunca dije tal cosa I never said anything of the kind o such a thing 2 ( seguido de consecuencia):◊ se llevó tal disgusto que … she was so upset (that) …;había tal cantidad de gente que … there were so many people that … 3 ( con valor indeterminado) such-and-such; llamó un tal Méndez a Mr Méndez phoned ■ pronombre:◊ eres un adulto, compórtate como tal you're an adult, behave like one;que si tal y que si cual and so on and so forth; son tal para cual they're as bad as each other ■ adverbio 1 (fam) ( en preguntas):◊ hola ¿qué tal? hello, how are you?;¿qué tal es Marisa? what's Marisa like?; ¿qué tal lo pasaron? how did it go? 2 ( en locs)◊ con tal de: hace cualquier cosa con tal de llamar la atención he'll do anything to get attention;con tal de no tener que volver as long as I don't have to come back; tal (y) como: tal (y) como están las cosas the way things are; hazlo tal (y) como te indicó do it exactly as she told you; tal cual: lo dejé todo tal cual I left everything exactly as it was; tal vez maybe
tal
I adjetivo
1 (dicho, semejante) such: no dije tal cosa, I never said such a thing o anything of the kind
tales mariposas son corrientes aquí, butterflies like that are common here
de tal madre, tal hija, like mother, like daughter
de tal manera, in such a way
en tales condiciones, in such conditions
tal día como hoy, on a day like today (uso enfático) nunca escuché tal algarabía, I never heard such a racket
tenía tal dolor de cabeza..., I had such a headache...
2 (valor indeterminado) such and such
tal día, en tal sitio, such and such a day at such and such a place
ayer te llamó un tal Pedro, someone called Pedro phoned you yesterday
II pron él es el jefe, y como tal es el culpable, he's the boss and, as such, he's to blame
sois tal para cual, you are two of a kind
y tal y cual, and so on
III adv (en expresiones)
1 ¿qué tal?: ¿qué tal tu familia?, how is your family? 2 tal vez, perhaps, maybe ➣ Ver nota en maybe 3 tal cual, just as it is 4 tal como, just as: tal como lo contaba, parecía cierto, the way he explained it, it seemed true (del mismo modo) escríbelo tal y como te lo cuento, write it exactly as I tell you 5 con tal (de) que, so long as, provided ' tal' also found in these entries: Spanish: astilla - bailar - bañera - bien - caso - como - con - cual - fulana - fulano - hombre - manera - padre - palo - rebotar - reventa - según - semejante - soñar - tanta - tanto - tramoya - vez - caer - che - esperar - llegar - pasar - preguntar - prever - punto - qué - regular - resultar - salir - tirar - y English: abroad - arbitration - average - card - certain - chip - colour - come out - do - father - fine - flail - grill - intimidate - like - long - maybe - perhaps - stand - such - such-and-such - suchlike - talk - two - wander - way - a - come - cope - get - keep - kind - length - OK - one - regardless - shame - status - tell - thing -
19 flailing
s.azotaina, tunda.ger.gerundio del verbo: FLAIL
См. также в других словарях:
Flail — Flail, n. [L. flagellum whip, scourge, in LL., a threshing flail: cf. OF. flael, flaiel, F. fl[ e]au. See {Flagellum}.] 1. An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flail — flā(ə)l adj exhibiting abnormal mobility and loss of response to normal controls used of body parts damaged by paralysis, injury, or surgery <flail joint> * * * (flāl) exhibiting abnormal or paradoxical mobility, as flail joint, flail… … Medical dictionary
flail — (n.) implement for threshing grain, c.1100, perhaps from an unrecorded O.E. *flegel, which probably represents W.Gmc. *flagil (Cf. M.Du., Low Ger. vlegel, O.H.G. flegel, Ger. flegel), a borrowing of L.L. flagellum winnowing tool, flail, from L.… … Etymology dictionary
flail — [flāl] n. [ME fleil < OFr flaiel & OE * flegel, both < L flagellum, a whip, scourge: see FLAGELLATE] a farm tool consisting of a free swinging stick tied to the end of a long handle, used to thresh grain vt., vi. 1. to thresh with a flail 2 … English World dictionary
flail — ► NOUN ▪ a tool or machine with a swinging action, used for threshing. ► VERB 1) swing wildly. 2) (flail around/about) flounder; struggle. ORIGIN Latin flagellum little whip … English terms dictionary
flail — index beat (strike) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
flail — [v] beat, strike bash, batter, club, flog, hit, knock, lash, maltreat, pummel, slug, smack, smash, sock, thrash, thwack, whale; concepts 189,246 … New thesaurus
Flail — For other uses, see flail (disambiguation). An example of a grain flail A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing to separate grains from their husks. It is usually made from two or more large sticks attached by a short chain; one stick… … Wikipedia
flail — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fleil, flail, partly from Old English *flegel (whence Old English fligel), from Late Latin flagellum flail, from Latin, whip & partly from Anglo French flael, from Late Latin flagellum more at flagellate Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
flail — [[t]fle͟ɪl[/t]] flails, flailing, flailed 1) V ERG If your arms or legs flail or if you flail them about, they wave about in an energetic but uncontrolled way. His arms were flailing in all directions... [V n] He gave a choked cry, flailed his… … English dictionary
flail — /flayl/, n. 1. an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar. 2. a similar instrument used as a weapon of war. v.t., v.i. 3. to beat or swing with or as if with a … Universalium