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fly-by-night

  • 1 sobrevuelo

    • fly away
    • fly out
    • fly past
    • fly-by-night

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > sobrevuelo

  • 2 actividad clandestina

    • fly by
    • fly casting
    • fly-by-night activity
    • undercover business

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > actividad clandestina

  • 3 bajar en vuelo

    • fly down rapidly
    • fly-by-night activity

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > bajar en vuelo

  • 4 de un solo día

    • fly back
    • fly-by-night activity

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > de un solo día

  • 5 lanzamiento de moscas artificiales

    • fly down
    • fly-by-night

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > lanzamiento de moscas artificiales

  • 6 dudoso

    adj.
    1 doubtful, insecure, in doubt, hesitant.
    2 doubtful, uncertain, unlikely, improbable.
    3 dubious, arguable, doubtable, doubtful.
    4 of dubious origin, fishy, louche.
    * * *
    1 (incierto) doubtful, uncertain
    2 (vacilante) hesitant, undecided
    3 (sospechoso) suspicious, dubious
    4 (poco seguro) questionable
    * * *
    (f. - dudosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    dudoso, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=incierto) [diagnóstico, futuro] doubtful, uncertain; [resultado] indecisive

    de origen dudosoof doubtful o uncertain origin

    aún es dudosa su colaboración — it's still uncertain whether he will collaborate, his collaboration is still uncertain

    2) (=vacilante) [persona] hesitant

    estar dudoso — to be undecided, be in two minds

    3) (=sospechoso) [actuación, dinero, reputación] dubious
    2.
    SM / F

    el voto de los dudosos — the "undecided" vote

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( incierto) doubtful

    lo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it

    b) <costumbres/moral> dubious, questionable; < victoria> dubious; < decisión> dubious
    c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided
    * * *
    = suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.
    Ex. The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.
    Ex. The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex. It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    Ex. This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.
    Ex. This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.
    Ex. Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex. I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.
    Ex. The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.
    Ex. An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.
    Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex. But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.
    ----
    * con dudosa reputación = disreputable.
    * conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.
    * estar dudoso = be doubtful.
    * proceder dudoso = unfair practice.
    * que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.
    * ser dudoso = be doubtful.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( incierto) doubtful

    lo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it

    b) <costumbres/moral> dubious, questionable; < victoria> dubious; < decisión> dubious
    c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided
    * * *
    = suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.

    Ex: The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.

    Ex: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    Ex: This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.
    Ex: This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.
    Ex: Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex: I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.
    Ex: The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.
    Ex: An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.
    Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.
    * con dudosa reputación = disreputable.
    * conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.
    * estar dudoso = be doubtful.
    * proceder dudoso = unfair practice.
    * que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.
    * ser dudoso = be doubtful.

    * * *
    dudoso -sa
    1 (incierto) doubtful
    lo veo dudoso it's doubtful, I doubt it
    su participación aún está dudosa it is still uncertain whether they will take part
    es dudoso que cumpla su promesa it's doubtful o I doubt whether he'll keep his promise
    2 ‹costumbres/moral› dubious, questionable; ‹victoria› dubious
    una campaña publicitaria de dudoso gusto an advertising campaign in dubious o doubtful taste
    una decisión dudosa a doubtful o dubious decision
    3 (indeciso) hesitant, undecided
    * * *

    dudoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo





    dudoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (poco probable) unlikely, doubtful
    (incierto) los orígenes de la creación son dudosos, the origins of creation are uncertain
    (con pocas garantías) la atribución a Velázquez es dudosa, the attribution to Velazquez is doubtful
    2 (indeciso, vacilante) undecided: estaba dudoso, he was hesitant
    3 (turbio) dubious
    ' dudoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dudosa
    - incierto
    - oscuro
    English:
    bad debt
    - borderline
    - doubtful
    - dubious
    - moot
    - questionable
    - touch
    - uncertain
    - border
    * * *
    dudoso, -a adj
    1. [improbable] doubtful;
    una palabra de origen dudoso a word of doubtful origin;
    lo veo dudoso I doubt it;
    ser dudoso (que) to be doubtful (whether), to be unlikely (that);
    es dudoso que asista a la reunión it's unlikely (that) he'll attend the meeting, it's doubtful whether he'll attend the meeting
    2. [vacilante] hesitant, indecisive;
    estaba dudoso sobre qué hacer she was unsure about what to do
    3. [sospechoso] questionable, dubious;
    un individuo de dudosa reputación an individual of dubious reputation;
    una broma de gusto dudoso a joke in questionable taste;
    un penalti dudoso a dubious penalty
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( incierto) doubtful, dubious
    2 ( indeciso) hesitant
    * * *
    dudoso, -sa adj
    1) : doubtful
    2) : dubious, questionable
    dudosamente adv
    * * *
    dudoso adj (en general) doubtful
    estoy dudoso, no sé qué coche elegir I'm doubtful, I don't know which car to choose

    Spanish-English dictionary > dudoso

  • 7 fraudulento

    adj.
    fraudulent, fake, scammy, bogus.
    * * *
    1 fraudulent
    * * *
    ADJ fraudulent, dishonest
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < negocio> fraudulent; < elecciones> rigged
    * * *
    = fraudulent, dishonest, fly-by-night.
    Ex. In August 1990, ACS sued DIALOG over breach of contract alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures.
    Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    ----
    * de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < negocio> fraudulent; < elecciones> rigged
    * * *
    = fraudulent, dishonest, fly-by-night.

    Ex: In August 1990, ACS sued DIALOG over breach of contract alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures.

    Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    * de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.

    * * *
    ‹quiebra/negocio› fraudulent; ‹elecciones› rigged
    por medios fraudulentos by fraudulent o dishonest means
    * * *

    fraudulento
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ negocio fraudulent;


    elecciones rigged
    fraudulento,-a adjetivo fraudulent: es un negocio fraudulento, it is an illegal business
    ' fraudulento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fraudulenta
    - sucia
    - sucio
    English:
    dishonest
    - fraudulent
    * * *
    fraudulento, -a adj
    fraudulent;
    consiguió la victoria de forma fraudulenta he won by fraudulent means o by cheating
    * * *
    adj fraudulent
    * * *
    fraudulento, -ta adj
    : fraudulent

    Spanish-English dictionary > fraudulento

  • 8 ilegal

    adj.
    illegal.
    * * *
    1 illegal
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ illegal, unlawful
    * * *
    adjetivo <venta/comercio> illegal, unlawful; <inmigrante/huelga> illegal
    * * *
    = illicit, pirated, illegal, bootleg, back-street, piratical, wrongful, unlicensed, fly-by-night, against the law.
    Ex. The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.
    Ex. Beadle and Adams of New York's 'dime and nickel novels' included both new books and pirated English novels retailing as paperbacks at 10 cents a volume.
    Ex. The closed shop (an industry or organization in which employers may hire only union members) is illegal, as is the union shop (where union membership is mandatory for all employees included in a bargaining unit).
    Ex. Sometimes described as a ' bootleg' preacher, Will Campbell professes a great love and affection for Country Music.
    Ex. Women should be free to have legal abortions so that they are not 'forced' to go to ' back-street' abortionists.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex. Something must be done to resolve freelance authors' rights to remuneration for wrongful use of their property.
    Ex. Loan sharks are unlicensed lenders, they operate illegally and away from any sort of regulation that governs the financial industry.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex. Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.
    ----
    * bebida alcohólica ilegal = moonshine.
    * caza ilegal = poaching.
    * declarar ilegal = outlaw.
    * destilería ilegal = moonshine still.
    * droga ilegal = illicit drug.
    * entrada ilegal = trespassing.
    * fabricante ilegal de bebidas alcohólicas = moonshiner.
    * inmigración ilegal = illegal immigration.
    * inmigrante ilegal = illegal alien.
    * ocupación ilegal = squat, squatting.
    * prácticas ilegales = unlawful practices.
    * reproducción ilegal de libros = book piracy.
    * ser ilegal = be against the law.
    * sustancia ilegal = illegal substance.
    * tráfico ilegal de drogas = illicit drug trafficking.
    * vendedor ilegal de bebidas alcohólicas = moonshiner.
    * * *
    adjetivo <venta/comercio> illegal, unlawful; <inmigrante/huelga> illegal
    * * *
    = illicit, pirated, illegal, bootleg, back-street, piratical, wrongful, unlicensed, fly-by-night, against the law.

    Ex: The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.

    Ex: Beadle and Adams of New York's 'dime and nickel novels' included both new books and pirated English novels retailing as paperbacks at 10 cents a volume.
    Ex: The closed shop (an industry or organization in which employers may hire only union members) is illegal, as is the union shop (where union membership is mandatory for all employees included in a bargaining unit).
    Ex: Sometimes described as a ' bootleg' preacher, Will Campbell professes a great love and affection for Country Music.
    Ex: Women should be free to have legal abortions so that they are not 'forced' to go to ' back-street' abortionists.
    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex: Something must be done to resolve freelance authors' rights to remuneration for wrongful use of their property.
    Ex: Loan sharks are unlicensed lenders, they operate illegally and away from any sort of regulation that governs the financial industry.
    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex: Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.
    * bebida alcohólica ilegal = moonshine.
    * caza ilegal = poaching.
    * declarar ilegal = outlaw.
    * destilería ilegal = moonshine still.
    * droga ilegal = illicit drug.
    * entrada ilegal = trespassing.
    * fabricante ilegal de bebidas alcohólicas = moonshiner.
    * inmigración ilegal = illegal immigration.
    * inmigrante ilegal = illegal alien.
    * ocupación ilegal = squat, squatting.
    * prácticas ilegales = unlawful practices.
    * reproducción ilegal de libros = book piracy.
    * ser ilegal = be against the law.
    * sustancia ilegal = illegal substance.
    * tráfico ilegal de drogas = illicit drug trafficking.
    * vendedor ilegal de bebidas alcohólicas = moonshiner.

    * * *
    ‹venta/comercio› illegal, unlawful; ‹inmigrante› illegal; ‹huelga› illegal
    funciona de manera ilegal it operates illegally
    la importación de ese tipo de artículo es ilegal it is illegal o against the law to import that type of article
    * * *

    ilegal adjetivo
    illegal;

    ilegal adjetivo illegal

    ' ilegal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    compinche
    - desaguisado
    - enredar
    - importación
    - ocupante
    - pirata
    - tapadera
    - falluca
    - furtivo
    English:
    against
    - illegal
    - insider dealing
    - insider trading
    - law
    - lawful
    - squatter
    - squatting
    - stranglehold
    - tapping
    - tighten up
    - unlawful
    - wetback
    - outlaw
    * * *
    adj
    illegal;
    de forma ilegal illegally
    nmf
    [inmigrante] illegal immigrant, US illegal; [trabajador] illegal worker, US illegal
    * * *
    adj illegal
    * * *
    ilegal adj
    : illegal, unlawful
    ilegalmente adv
    ilegal nmf, CA, Mex : illegal alien
    * * *
    ilegal adj illegal

    Spanish-English dictionary > ilegal

  • 9 sospechoso

    adj.
    1 suspicious, suspect, on suspicion, shady.
    2 suspicious, distrustful.
    3 suspicious, open to suspicion, doubtable, dubious.
    m.
    suspect, suspected criminal.
    * * *
    1 suspicious
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 suspect
    * * *
    1. (f. - sospechosa)
    noun
    2. (f. - sospechosa)
    adj.
    suspect, suspicious
    * * *
    sospechoso, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F suspect
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo <movimiento/comportamiento> suspicious; < paquete> suspicious, suspect

    me parece muy sospechosoI find it very o highly suspicious

    II
    - sa masculino, femenino suspect
    * * *
    = suspect, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], shady, suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding, dubious, under suspicion.
    Ex. The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.
    Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex. Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex. Results show that newsworthiness of a homicide is enhanced when whites are suspects or victims, males are suspects and victims are females, children or senior citizens.
    Ex. The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex. But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.
    Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex. When war broke out against Germany, immigrants from that country were suddenly under suspicion of being possible enemy.
    ----
    * haber algo sospechoso con = there + be + something fishy going on with.
    * principal sospechoso = leading suspect.
    * que parece sospechoso = dubious-sounding.
    * ruedad de sospechosos = identity parade.
    * rueda de sospechosos = police line-up, identification parade.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo <movimiento/comportamiento> suspicious; < paquete> suspicious, suspect

    me parece muy sospechosoI find it very o highly suspicious

    II
    - sa masculino, femenino suspect
    * * *
    = suspect, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], shady, suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding, dubious, under suspicion.

    Ex: The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.

    Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex: Results show that newsworthiness of a homicide is enhanced when whites are suspects or victims, males are suspects and victims are females, children or senior citizens.
    Ex: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.
    Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex: When war broke out against Germany, immigrants from that country were suddenly under suspicion of being possible enemy.
    * haber algo sospechoso con = there + be + something fishy going on with.
    * principal sospechoso = leading suspect.
    * que parece sospechoso = dubious-sounding.
    * ruedad de sospechosos = identity parade.
    * rueda de sospechosos = police line-up, identification parade.

    * * *
    ‹movimiento/comportamiento› suspicious; ‹paquete› suspicious, suspect
    tres hombres de aspecto sospechoso three suspicious-looking men
    relojes baratos de origen sospechoso cheap watches of dubious origin
    me parece muy sospechoso I find it very o highly suspicious
    masculine, feminine
    suspect
    * * *

    sospechoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹movimiento/comportamiento suspicious;


    paquete suspicious, suspect;

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    suspect
    sospechoso,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino suspect
    II adjetivo suspicious: era sospechoso de asesinato, he was suspected of committing a murder

    ' sospechoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    detener
    - detenida
    - detenido
    - enjuiciar
    - interrogar
    - oscura
    - oscuro
    - rondar
    - sospechosa
    - interrogación
    - llevar
    - vaina
    English:
    detention
    - doubtful
    - dubious
    - funny business
    - grill
    - shady
    - shifty
    - suspect
    - suspicious
    - up
    - Caucasian
    - fishy
    - furtive
    - name
    * * *
    sospechoso, -a
    adj
    suspicious;
    me parece sospechoso que no haya venido it strikes me as suspicious that he hasn't come
    nm,f
    suspect
    * * *
    I adj suspicious
    II m, sospechosa f suspect
    * * *
    sospechoso, -sa adj
    : suspicious, suspect
    sospechoso, -sa n
    : suspect
    * * *
    sospechoso1 adj suspicious
    sospechoso2 n suspect

    Spanish-English dictionary > sospechoso

  • 10 ganar bastante dinero

    (v.) = make + good money, earn + good money
    Ex. Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + good money, earn + good money

    Ex: Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could.

    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganar bastante dinero

  • 11 ganar mucho dinero

    (v.) = make + good money, earn + good money
    Ex. Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + good money, earn + good money

    Ex: Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could.

    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganar mucho dinero

  • 12 ganar un buen sueldo

    (v.) = make + good money, earn + good money
    Ex. Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + good money, earn + good money

    Ex: Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could.

    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganar un buen sueldo

  • 13 hacer mucho dinero

    (v.) = make + good money, earn + good money
    Ex. Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + good money, earn + good money

    Ex: Thousands of ordinary people from all over the world are now making good money on the Internet, who once thought they never could.

    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly by night, get rich quick scheme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer mucho dinero

  • 14 efímero

    • ephemeral
    • fleet policy
    • fleetingly
    • fly back
    • fly-by-night activity
    • short-lived
    • transitorily
    • transitory accounts
    • unabiding
    • written guarantee
    • written info

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > efímero

  • 15 fugaz

    • elusive
    • fleet policy
    • fleetingly
    • fly back
    • fly-by-night activity

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fugaz

  • 16 efímero

    adj.
    1 short-lived, fleeting, brief, fly-by-night.
    2 liable to disappear.
    * * *
    1 ephemeral, brief
    * * *
    (f. - efímera)
    adj.
    ephemeral, short-lived
    * * *
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo ephemeral
    * * *
    = ephemeral, fleeting, volatile, evanescent, short-lived [shortlived], transient, vanishing.
    Ex. Some books had to be rebound, some discarded and replaced on microfilm, and others, of ephemeral interest, received typed paper labels covered with Mylar tape.
    Ex. From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex. The market is relatively volatile and changes are to be expected.
    Ex. The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.
    Ex. Many centres were short-lived, so the picture was always in a state of flux.
    Ex. The suppliers of this circulation system recommend that the readers are given numbers and names only, since it will not be cost-effective to store full addresses, particularly with a relatively transient population such as that of a university.
    Ex. Librarians have a great role to play in the systematic collection of such material which constitutes a rich but vanishing source for the study of Nigeria's history.
    ----
    * documentación efímera = fugitive literature.
    * material efímero = ephemera, ephemeral, fugitive material.
    * no efímero = non-volatile [nonvolatile].
    * trabajo de impresión de material efímero = ephemeral jobbing.
    * trabajos de impresión de material efímero = jobbing work.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo ephemeral
    * * *
    = ephemeral, fleeting, volatile, evanescent, short-lived [shortlived], transient, vanishing.

    Ex: Some books had to be rebound, some discarded and replaced on microfilm, and others, of ephemeral interest, received typed paper labels covered with Mylar tape.

    Ex: From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex: The market is relatively volatile and changes are to be expected.
    Ex: The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.
    Ex: Many centres were short-lived, so the picture was always in a state of flux.
    Ex: The suppliers of this circulation system recommend that the readers are given numbers and names only, since it will not be cost-effective to store full addresses, particularly with a relatively transient population such as that of a university.
    Ex: Librarians have a great role to play in the systematic collection of such material which constitutes a rich but vanishing source for the study of Nigeria's history.
    * documentación efímera = fugitive literature.
    * material efímero = ephemera, ephemeral, fugitive material.
    * no efímero = non-volatile [nonvolatile].
    * trabajo de impresión de material efímero = ephemeral jobbing.
    * trabajos de impresión de material efímero = jobbing work.

    * * *
    ephemeral
    * * *

    efímero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    ephemeral
    efímero,-a adjetivo ephemeral

    ' efímero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    efímera
    - transitorio
    English:
    ephemeral
    - fleeting
    - short-lived
    - short
    * * *
    efímero, -a adj
    ephemeral
    * * *
    adj ephemeral, short-lived
    * * *
    efímero, -ra adj
    : ephemeral

    Spanish-English dictionary > efímero

  • 17 irresponsable

    adj.
    irresponsible.
    f. & m.
    irresponsible person.
    * * *
    1 irresponsible
    1 irresponsible person
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo irresponsible
    II
    masculino y femenino

    es un irresponsable — he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person

    * * *
    = irresponsible, freewheeling [free-wheeling], heedless, reckless, thoughtless.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex. Above all things, this film is one woman's passionate protest against the thoughtless abuse of the weak by the strong.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo irresponsible
    II
    masculino y femenino

    es un irresponsable — he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person

    * * *
    = irresponsible, freewheeling [free-wheeling], heedless, reckless, thoughtless.

    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex: Above all things, this film is one woman's passionate protest against the thoughtless abuse of the weak by the strong.

    * * *
    1 (insensato) irresponsible
    2 ( Der) incompetent
    es un irresponsable he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person
    * * *

    irresponsable adjetivo
    irresponsible
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:

    irresponsable
    I adjetivo irresponsible
    II mf irresponsible person: eres una irresponsable, you're irresponsible

    ' irresponsable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inconsciente
    - informal
    - alocado
    - botarate
    English:
    fly-by-night
    - irresponsible
    * * *
    adj
    irresponsible
    nmf
    irresponsible person;
    es un irresponsable he's very irresponsible
    * * *
    adj irresponsible
    * * *
    : irresponsible
    * * *
    irresponsable adj irresponsible

    Spanish-English dictionary > irresponsable

  • 18 tarambana SMF

    1) (=casquivano) harebrained person; (=estrafalario) crackpot *; (=no fiable) fly-by-night
    2) (=parlanchín) chatterbox *

    Spanish-English dictionary > tarambana SMF

  • 19 tarambanas SMF INV

    1) (=casquivano) harebrained person; (=estrafalario) crackpot *; (=no fiable) fly-by-night
    2) (=parlanchín) chatterbox *

    Spanish-English dictionary > tarambanas SMF INV

  • 20 sinsubstancia

    1 familiar flighty person, fly-by-night

    Spanish-English dictionary > sinsubstancia

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  • Fly by Night — Studioalbum von Rush Veröffentlichung Februar 1975 Label Mercury Records …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • fly-by-night — fly by .night adj [only before noun] informal a fly by night company or businessman is one that you cannot trust because they have only been in business for a short time and are only interested in making quick profits …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fly-by-night — fly by night; fly by night·er; …   English syllables

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