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  • 81 horrendo

    adj.
    horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.
    * * *
    1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

    * * *
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    horrendo
    ◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso


    ' horrendo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrendo-a
    - infierno
    English:
    eyewitness
    - harrowing
    - horrendous
    - horrific
    - ghastly
    - hideous
    - horrifying
    * * *
    * * *
    adj horrendous
    * * *
    horrendo, -da adj
    : horrendous, horrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrendo

  • 82 horrible

    adj.
    1 horrifying, terrifying.
    2 terrible, awful (muy malo).
    3 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    * * *
    1 horrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=espantoso) [accidente, crimen, matanza] horrific
    2) (=feo) [persona, objeto, ropa, cuadro] hideous
    3) (=malo, perverso) horrible

    ¡qué hombre tan horrible! — what a horrible man!

    4) (=insoportable) terrible

    hizo un calor horrible — it was terribly hot, the heat was terrible

    la conferencia fue un rollo horrible* the lecture was a real drag *

    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
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    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.
    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.

    * * *
    1 (trágico, espantoso) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific
    2 (feo) ‹persona› hideous, ugly; ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    3 (malo) ‹tiempo› terrible, awful, dreadful
    4
    (inaguantable): ¡qué calor más horrible! it's terribly o unbearably hot!
    * * *

     

    horrible adjetivo
    a)accidente/muerte horrible, horrific

    b) ( feo) ‹ persona hideous, ugly;

    camisa/adorno horrible, hideous
    c) tiempo terrible, awful


    horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
    ' horrible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amanecer
    - horrendo-a
    - infame
    - pestazo
    - antipático
    - calor
    - cargante
    - mal
    - malo
    - odioso
    - pereza
    - perro
    - pinche
    - tocar
    - tufo
    English:
    awful
    - cat
    - dreadful
    - hideous
    - hole
    - horrible
    - horrid
    - it
    - manage
    - mind
    - nasty
    - shocking
    - thought
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - crummy
    - foul
    - ghastly
    - revolting
    - rotten
    - sickly
    - vile
    * * *
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, terrifying;
    un accidente horrible a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] horrible, hideous;
    tiene un novio horrible she's got a horrible-looking o hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horrible that dress looks horrible o hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horrible I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horrible! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrible I'm ravenous o starving
    * * *
    adj horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    : horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    1. (en general) awful / terrible
    2. (accidente) horrific

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrible

  • 83 horroso

    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    * * *

    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

    Spanish-English dictionary > horroso

  • 84 humo del tubo de escape

    (n.) = exhaust gas, exhaust fume, exhaust
    Ex. Diurnal carbon dioxice concentration seems to be controlled by wind velocity and the amount of exhaust gases from fossil fuel burning.
    Ex. This article describes potential health risks of diesel exhaust fumes to students riding school buses.
    Ex. The article focuses on the dangers of mold, pesticides, diesel exhaust, and radon.
    * * *
    (n.) = exhaust gas, exhaust fume, exhaust

    Ex: Diurnal carbon dioxice concentration seems to be controlled by wind velocity and the amount of exhaust gases from fossil fuel burning.

    Ex: This article describes potential health risks of diesel exhaust fumes to students riding school buses.
    Ex: The article focuses on the dangers of mold, pesticides, diesel exhaust, and radon.

    Spanish-English dictionary > humo del tubo de escape

  • 85 idea + dar forma

    (n.) = idea + shape
    Ex. This article focuses on the ideas and social forces shaping libraries.
    * * *
    (n.) = idea + shape

    Ex: This article focuses on the ideas and social forces shaping libraries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > idea + dar forma

  • 86 idea + forjar

    (n.) = idea + shape
    Ex. This article focuses on the ideas and social forces shaping libraries.
    * * *
    (n.) = idea + shape

    Ex: This article focuses on the ideas and social forces shaping libraries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > idea + forjar

  • 87 igualdad entre las razas

    Ex. The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.
    * * *

    Ex: The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > igualdad entre las razas

  • 88 igualdad racial

    f.
    racial equality.
    * * *
    (n.) = race equality, racial equality
    Ex. The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    * * *
    (n.) = race equality, racial equality

    Ex: The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.

    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.

    Spanish-English dictionary > igualdad racial

  • 89 instalación deportiva

    f.
    sport building.
    * * *
    sports centre
    * * *
    (n.) = sports facility, athletic facility
    Ex. The social need of relaxation has led to the appearance of many servicies including sports facilities, television and radio, theatre, cinema, and not least, libraries.
    Ex. This annotated bibliography focuses on the design and planning of athletic facilities.
    * * *
    (n.) = sports facility, athletic facility

    Ex: The social need of relaxation has led to the appearance of many servicies including sports facilities, television and radio, theatre, cinema, and not least, libraries.

    Ex: This annotated bibliography focuses on the design and planning of athletic facilities.

    Spanish-English dictionary > instalación deportiva

  • 90 intimidación

    f.
    intimidation, coaction, terrorization, menacing.
    * * *
    1 intimidation
    * * *
    disparo 1)
    * * *
    femenino intimidation
    * * *
    = intimidation, duress, bullying, mobbing, intimidation tactic.
    Ex. Why have you done nothing to stop Cuba's independent librarians from being subjected to campaign of threats, intimidation, harassment, police raids, evictions, confiscations, physical assaults and prison terms of up to 26 years? = ¿Por qué no has hecho nada para poner fin a la campaña de amenazas, intimidación, acoso, redadas policiales, deshaucio, confiscaciones, agresiones físicas y condenas de hasta 26 años a la que están siendo sometidos los bibliotecarios indenpendientes de Cuba?.
    Ex. Criminal law should allow duress to mitigate, as well as to exculpate, for certain crimes.
    Ex. The author focuses on the issues of divorce, bullying and homelessness, with reference to books published by Penguin and Puffin.
    Ex. Now, however, with nearly 80,000 foreign workers in the country, incidents of racism and discrimination (such as insults and mobbing in schoolyards) occur daily.
    Ex. The judge rejected it because it was considered an intimidation tactic and there was no opportunity for those denied voting from appealing before the polls closed.
    ----
    * maniobra de intimidación = intimidation tactic.
    * táctica de intimidación = intimidation tactic.
    * * *
    femenino intimidation
    * * *
    = intimidation, duress, bullying, mobbing, intimidation tactic.

    Ex: Why have you done nothing to stop Cuba's independent librarians from being subjected to campaign of threats, intimidation, harassment, police raids, evictions, confiscations, physical assaults and prison terms of up to 26 years? = ¿Por qué no has hecho nada para poner fin a la campaña de amenazas, intimidación, acoso, redadas policiales, deshaucio, confiscaciones, agresiones físicas y condenas de hasta 26 años a la que están siendo sometidos los bibliotecarios indenpendientes de Cuba?.

    Ex: Criminal law should allow duress to mitigate, as well as to exculpate, for certain crimes.
    Ex: The author focuses on the issues of divorce, bullying and homelessness, with reference to books published by Penguin and Puffin.
    Ex: Now, however, with nearly 80,000 foreign workers in the country, incidents of racism and discrimination (such as insults and mobbing in schoolyards) occur daily.
    Ex: The judge rejected it because it was considered an intimidation tactic and there was no opportunity for those denied voting from appealing before the polls closed.
    * maniobra de intimidación = intimidation tactic.
    * táctica de intimidación = intimidation tactic.

    * * *
    intimidation
    el testigo fue objeto de intimidación the witness was subjected to intimidation
    es autor de robos con intimidación he has carried out a series of robberies involving threats of violence
    * * *

    intimidación sustantivo femenino
    intimidation
    intimidación sustantivo femenino intimidation
    ' intimidación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    intimidation
    * * *
    intimidation;
    robo con intimidación aggravated robbery
    * * *
    f intimidation
    * * *
    intimidación nf, pl - ciones : intimidation

    Spanish-English dictionary > intimidación

  • 91 invasor

    adj.
    invading, raiding.
    m.
    1 invader, raider.
    2 raider, robber.
    * * *
    1 invading
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 invader
    * * *
    invasor, -a
    1.
    ADJ [ejército, pueblo] invading; [tumor] invasive
    2.
    SM / F invader
    * * *
    I
    - sora adjetivo invading (before n)
    II
    - sora masculino, femenino invader
    * * *
    = encroaching, invader, invasive, intrusive.
    Ex. This article focuses on the business ethic and its encroaching influence in not-for-profit organizations like most libraries.
    Ex. The author suggests that the Japanese, as a nation, are insensitive to the invasion of privacy, both from the standpoint of the invader and the sufferer.
    Ex. The minimally invasive nature of endoscopic surgery allows operations to be performed on patients through small incisions, often under local anaesthesia.
    Ex. Librarians should be careful during this critical stage not to become intrusive elements.
    * * *
    I
    - sora adjetivo invading (before n)
    II
    - sora masculino, femenino invader
    * * *
    = encroaching, invader, invasive, intrusive.

    Ex: This article focuses on the business ethic and its encroaching influence in not-for-profit organizations like most libraries.

    Ex: The author suggests that the Japanese, as a nation, are insensitive to the invasion of privacy, both from the standpoint of the invader and the sufferer.
    Ex: The minimally invasive nature of endoscopic surgery allows operations to be performed on patients through small incisions, often under local anaesthesia.
    Ex: Librarians should be careful during this critical stage not to become intrusive elements.

    * * *
    invading ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    invader
    * * *

    invasor
    ◊ - sora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    invader
    invasor,-ora
    I adjetivo invading
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino invader

    ' invasor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    invasora
    - liberar
    - resistir
    English:
    invader
    - raider
    * * *
    invasor, -ora
    adj
    invading;
    el ejército invasor the invading army
    nm,f
    invader
    * * *
    I adj invading atr
    II m, invasora f invader
    * * *
    invasor, - sora adj
    : invading
    : invader

    Spanish-English dictionary > invasor

  • 92 jefe del estado mayor

    Ex. The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.
    * * *

    Ex: The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jefe del estado mayor

  • 93 lanzamiento de martillo

    throwing the hammer
    * * *
    Ex. The author focuses on five sports in which women are relative newcomers: boxing, ski jumping, hammer throwing, triple jump and pole vault.
    * * *

    Ex: The author focuses on five sports in which women are relative newcomers: boxing, ski jumping, hammer throwing, triple jump and pole vault.

    * * *
    hammer

    Spanish-English dictionary > lanzamiento de martillo

  • 94 lascivia

    f.
    lasciviousness, lechery.
    * * *
    1 lasciviousness, lewdness
    * * *
    SF lust, lewdness, lasciviousness
    * * *
    femenino lasciviousness, lust
    * * *
    = lust, lubricity, wantonness.
    Ex. The writer focuses on the innocent dead, violence, lust, and political treachery.
    Ex. The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.
    Ex. The struggle between Alex and Milena has to do with her desire for secrecy and his desire to know her, and with the contrast between her wantonness and his reserve.
    ----
    * con lascivia = lustily.
    * * *
    femenino lasciviousness, lust
    * * *
    = lust, lubricity, wantonness.

    Ex: The writer focuses on the innocent dead, violence, lust, and political treachery.

    Ex: The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.
    Ex: The struggle between Alex and Milena has to do with her desire for secrecy and his desire to know her, and with the contrast between her wantonness and his reserve.
    * con lascivia = lustily.

    * * *
    lasciviousness, lust, lustfulness, lechery
    * * *
    [de comportamiento] lasciviousness, lewdness; [de gesto] lewdness; [de persona, mirada] lustfulness, lecherousness
    * * *
    f lewdness, lasciviousness
    * * *
    : lasciviousness, lewdness

    Spanish-English dictionary > lascivia

  • 95 leña

    f.
    firewood, wood, fire wood, fuelwood.
    * * *
    1 wood, firewood
    \
    dar leña a alguien familiar to give somebody a hiding
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [para el fuego] firewood

    leña de oveja Cono Sur sheep droppings

    2) * (=golpes) thrashing, hiding

    dar leña a algn, cargar o hartar de leña a algn — to thrash sb, give sb a good hiding

    * * *
    femenino wood, firewood

    dar/repartir leña — (fam)

    echar leña al fuegoto add fuel to the fire

    llevar leña al monteto take coals to Newcastle

    * * *
    = firewood, wood.
    Ex. This book focuses on the provisioning of the Roman army with food, fodder, and firewood.
    Ex. This hierarchy shows a general subject area, buildings, and its subordinate subject areas: building materials, auxiliary construction practices, construction in specific materials, wood construction, roofing and so on.
    ----
    * chimenea de leña = wood-burning fireplace.
    * cocina a leña = wood-burning stove.
    * cocina de leña = wood-burning stove.
    * echar leña al fuego = pour + oil on the flames.
    * estufa de leña = log-burning stove.
    * * *
    femenino wood, firewood

    dar/repartir leña — (fam)

    echar leña al fuegoto add fuel to the fire

    llevar leña al monteto take coals to Newcastle

    * * *
    = firewood, wood.

    Ex: This book focuses on the provisioning of the Roman army with food, fodder, and firewood.

    Ex: This hierarchy shows a general subject area, buildings, and its subordinate subject areas: building materials, auxiliary construction practices, construction in specific materials, wood construction, roofing and so on.
    * chimenea de leña = wood-burning fireplace.
    * cocina a leña = wood-burning stove.
    * cocina de leña = wood-burning stove.
    * echar leña al fuego = pour + oil on the flames.
    * estufa de leña = log-burning stove.

    * * *
    wood, firewood
    recogió leña para la chimenea he collected some firewood
    la leña tardó en prender the wood took time to catch
    dar/repartir leña ( fam): reparte/da mucha leña ( Dep) he plays dirty
    ven aquí que te voy a dar leña I'm going to give you a good hiding ( colloq)
    en el debate le dieron leña he took a lot of flak o ( BrE) stick in the debate ( colloq)
    la policía repartió leña en la manifestación the police set about o laid into the demonstrators ( colloq)
    echar leña al fuego to add fuel to the fire o flames
    estar vuelto leña ( Ven fam); to be exhausted, be shattered ( colloq)
    hacer leña del árbol caído ( Ven); to take advantage of somebody else's misfortune
    llevar leña al monte to take o carry coals to Newcastle
    * * *

    leña sustantivo femenino
    wood, firewood
    leña sustantivo femenino
    1 firewood
    2 fam (paliza) thrashing, blows pl
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado echar leña al fuego, to add fuel to the fire
    ' leña' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    prender
    - angoleño
    - chamizo
    - chispeante
    - chispear
    - chisporrotear
    - cortar
    - echar
    - encender
    - haz
    - quemar
    - verde
    English:
    bundle
    - chop
    - coal
    - firewood
    - fuel
    - gather
    - stoke
    - throw on
    - wood
    - woodshed
    - fire
    * * *
    leña nf
    1. [madera] firewood;
    cortar leña to chop firewood;
    leña menuda kindling;
    añadir o [m5] echar leña al fuego to add fuel to the flames o fire;
    hacer leña del árbol caído to turn somebody else's misfortune to one's advantage;
    llevar leña al monte to make a pointless effort, Br to carry coals to Newcastle
    2. Fam [golpes]
    dar leña a alguien to beat sb up;
    es un futbolista que da mucha leña he's a very dirty soccer player o Br footballer;
    los gamberros repartieron leña por todas partes the hooligans beat up anyone who crossed their path;
    hubo mucha leña en la final the final was really dirty
    * * *
    f (fire)wood;
    echar leña al fuego fig add fuel to the fire
    * * *
    leña nf
    : wood, firewood
    * * *
    leña n firewood

    Spanish-English dictionary > leña

  • 96 litigio civil

    Ex. This article focuses on foreign-born plaintiffs in civil litigation.
    * * *

    Ex: This article focuses on foreign-born plaintiffs in civil litigation.

    Spanish-English dictionary > litigio civil

  • 97 lugar ameno

    Ex. He focuses on the poem's use of one of the recurrent motifs of the pastoral elegy: the locus amoenus, the pleasant or happy place.
    * * *

    Ex: He focuses on the poem's use of one of the recurrent motifs of the pastoral elegy: the locus amoenus, the pleasant or happy place.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lugar ameno

  • 98 lujuria

    f.
    lust.
    * * *
    1 lewdness, lust, lechery
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [sexual] lust, lechery, lewdness
    2) [de vegetación] lushness, abundance
    3) [de poder] excess
    * * *
    femenino (liter) lust, lechery
    * * *
    = lust, lubricity, wantonness.
    Ex. The writer focuses on the innocent dead, violence, lust, and political treachery.
    Ex. The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.
    Ex. The struggle between Alex and Milena has to do with her desire for secrecy and his desire to know her, and with the contrast between her wantonness and his reserve.
    ----
    * con lujuria = lustily.
    * * *
    femenino (liter) lust, lechery
    * * *
    = lust, lubricity, wantonness.

    Ex: The writer focuses on the innocent dead, violence, lust, and political treachery.

    Ex: The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.
    Ex: The struggle between Alex and Milena has to do with her desire for secrecy and his desire to know her, and with the contrast between her wantonness and his reserve.
    * con lujuria = lustily.

    * * *
    lust, lechery
    * * *

    lujuria sustantivo femenino (liter) lust, lechery
    lujuria sustantivo femenino lust
    ' lujuria' also found in these entries:
    English:
    lust
    * * *
    lust
    * * *
    f lust
    * * *
    : lust, lechery

    Spanish-English dictionary > lujuria

  • 99 mancha de tinta

    (n.) = set-off, inkblot
    Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex. The exhibition focuses on the writer's most experimental artworks, including inkblots, doodles and spontaneous drawings.
    * * *
    (n.) = set-off, inkblot

    Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.

    Ex: The exhibition focuses on the writer's most experimental artworks, including inkblots, doodles and spontaneous drawings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mancha de tinta

  • 100 mandato

    m.
    1 order, command (orden, precepto).
    2 mandate.
    3 term of office.
    4 period of office, premiership, office, period in office.
    5 mandatum.
    6 terms of reference.
    * * *
    1 (orden) order, command
    2 DERECHO mandate
    3 PLÍTICA term of office
    \
    mandato judicial court order
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=orden) mandate
    2) (=período de mando) term of office, mandate frm

    se acerca el final de su mandatohis term of office o his mandate frm is coming to an end

    bajo o durante el mandato de algn — during sb's term of office o mandate frm

    territorio bajo mandato — mandated territory

    3) (Jur) (=estatutos) terms of reference pl ; (=poder) power of attorney
    4) (Inform) command
    5) (Com)
    6) (Rel) maundy
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( período) term of office
    b) ( orden) mandate
    2) (Der) mandate
    * * *
    = commandment, instruction, mandate, parliament, tenure, dictate, injunction, term, edict, term of office, period of office, term in office, watch, behest.
    Ex. The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.
    Ex. A command language is the language with which the search proceeds; the commands are instructions that the searcher can issue to the computer.
    Ex. The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex. Librarians should not indulge in complacency in the wake of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision not to impose any VAT on books for the duration of the present parliament.
    Ex. During his tenure, OSU was recognized for the high quality Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) program it developed in serving both students and faculty.
    Ex. In practice, once the barriers are broken down in children antagonistic to reading, everything blends into the flux of a whole experience split into bits only by the dictates of a school timetable.
    Ex. Familiar injunctions such as 'Enter under...' seem to have been lost.
    Ex. The board consists of seven members elected by popular ballot for three-year terms.
    Ex. A French edict of 1571 set the maximum price of Latin textbooks in large type at 3 deniers a sheet.
    Ex. At the same time we traditionally record the departure of those who have completed terms of office and who have given much of their time and some of their lives to forwarding the cause of libraries and librarianship.
    Ex. This paper identifies the librarians of Glasgow University since 1641 and assesses their periods of office.
    Ex. The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.
    Ex. During his watch, the US economy as well as the global monetary situation have been thrown into a precarious situation.
    Ex. Prophet Mohammed told him, "Well look here, so long as they follow my behests, they will not be ill".
    ----
    * al final de su mandato = lame duck.
    * en el mandato = in office.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * mandato judicial = writ.
    * periodo de mandato = period of office.
    * territorio bajo mandato = mandate.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( período) term of office
    b) ( orden) mandate
    2) (Der) mandate
    * * *
    = commandment, instruction, mandate, parliament, tenure, dictate, injunction, term, edict, term of office, period of office, term in office, watch, behest.

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

    Ex: A command language is the language with which the search proceeds; the commands are instructions that the searcher can issue to the computer.
    Ex: The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex: Librarians should not indulge in complacency in the wake of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision not to impose any VAT on books for the duration of the present parliament.
    Ex: During his tenure, OSU was recognized for the high quality Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) program it developed in serving both students and faculty.
    Ex: In practice, once the barriers are broken down in children antagonistic to reading, everything blends into the flux of a whole experience split into bits only by the dictates of a school timetable.
    Ex: Familiar injunctions such as 'Enter under...' seem to have been lost.
    Ex: The board consists of seven members elected by popular ballot for three-year terms.
    Ex: A French edict of 1571 set the maximum price of Latin textbooks in large type at 3 deniers a sheet.
    Ex: At the same time we traditionally record the departure of those who have completed terms of office and who have given much of their time and some of their lives to forwarding the cause of libraries and librarianship.
    Ex: This paper identifies the librarians of Glasgow University since 1641 and assesses their periods of office.
    Ex: The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.
    Ex: During his watch, the US economy as well as the global monetary situation have been thrown into a precarious situation.
    Ex: Prophet Mohammed told him, "Well look here, so long as they follow my behests, they will not be ill".
    * al final de su mandato = lame duck.
    * en el mandato = in office.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * mandato judicial = writ.
    * periodo de mandato = period of office.
    * territorio bajo mandato = mandate.

    * * *
    A
    1 (período) term of office
    2 (orden) mandate
    la Regencia se ejercerá por mandato constitucional the Regency will operate according to the constitution
    B ( Der) mandate
    * * *

     

    mandato sustantivo masculino
    1


    2 (Der) mandate
    mandato sustantivo masculino
    1 (orden) order, command
    Jur warrant
    2 (periodo de gobierno) term of office
    ' mandato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    orden
    - ordenar
    - que
    - legislatura
    English:
    expire
    - injunction
    - mandate
    - order
    - term
    - writ
    * * *
    1. [orden, precepto] order, command;
    fue detenido por mandato del juez he was arrested on the judge's instructions
    Der mandato judicial warrant
    2. [poderes de representación] mandate
    mandato electoral electoral mandate
    3. [periodo] term of office;
    durante el mandato del alcalde during the mayor's term of office;
    el candidato republicano aspira a un tercer mandato consecutivo the Republican candidate is seeking his third consecutive term
    * * *
    m
    1 ( orden) order
    2 POL mandate
    * * *
    1) : term of office
    2) : mandate

    Spanish-English dictionary > mandato

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