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  • 1 cum or (earlier) quom (not quum)

        cum or (earlier) quom (not quum) conj.    [1 CA-].    I. Prop., of time (cum temporale), constr. with indic. in an independent assertion; with subj. in a subordinate statement.—Fixing a point of time, when, at the time when: Lacrumo, quom in mentem venit, now that, T.: auditis, cum ea breviter dicuntur: eo cum venio: Postera cum lustrabat terras dies, V.: cum contionem habuit: cum proxime Romae fui: cum Italia vexata est: cum stellas fugarat dies, V.: quom non potest haberi, cupis, T.: tempus cum pater iacebat: eo tempore, cum necesse erat: memini noctis illius, cum pollicebar: tunc, cum adempta sunt arma, L.: etiam tum, cum verisimile erit, latratote, not until: cum peroraro, tum requiratis: cum signum dedero, tum invadite, L.: sese, cum opus esset, signum daturum, Cs.: sua bona, cum causae dicendae data facultas sit, tum se experturum, L. — Fixing or defining a period of time, when, while, during the time that, as, as long as, after: Alium esse censes nunc me, atque olim quom dabam? T.: risum vix tenebam, cum comparabas, etc.: tum, cum illum exterminari volebam, putabam, etc.: Hasdrubal, cum haec gerebantur, apud Syphaeum erat, L.—Of repeated action, when, whenever, at times when, as often as, always... when, if: omnes, quom valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus, T.: cum permagna praemia sunt, est causa peccandi: Cum furit... Profuit aestūs avertere, V.: cum cogniti sunt, retinent caritatem: cum rosam viderat, tum incipere ver arbitrabatur, never until.—In clauses stating a fact, the point or period of time fixed by the main sentence (cum inversum), when, at the time when, and at this time, and meanwhile, and yet: longe iam abieram, quom sensi, T.: dies nondum decem intercesserant, cum filius necatur: Vix ea fatus erat, cum scindit se nubes, V.: multum diei processerat, cum etiamtum eventus in incerto erat, S.: nondum lucebat, cum scitum est: iamque hoc facere apparabant, cum matres procurrerunt, Cs.: Et iam phalanx ibat... flammas cum puppis Extulerat, V.: anni sunt octo, cum interea invenitis, etc.: cum interim milites domum obsidere coeperunt: nondum centum anni sunt, cum lata lex est.—Describing a time by natural events, when, while, as soon as: ipsi, cum iam dilucesceret, deducuntur: cum lux adpropinquaret.—In narration, describing the occasion or circumstances of an action (cum historicum), when, on the occasion that, under the circumstances that, while, after.—With imperf: Magistratus quom ibi adesset, occeptast agi, T.: Marius, cum secaretur, vetuit se adligari: Caesar cum ab hoste non amplius abesset... legati revertuntur, Cs.: heri, cum vos non adessetis: cum ad tribum Polliam ventum est, et praeco cunctaretur, ‘cita,’ inquit, etc., L.: Socrates, cum XXX tyranni essent, pedem portā non extulit, as long as: vidi, Cum tu terga dares, O.: is cum interrogaretur... respondit.—With maxime, just as, precisely when: Caesar, cum maxime furor arderet Antoni, exercitum comparavit: cum maxime agmen explicaretur, adoriuntur, L. — With perf: hic pagus, cum domo exisset, Cassium interfecerat, Cs.: cum domos vacuas fecissent, iunguntur nuptiis, L.: cum fanum expilavisset, navigabat Syracusas. — Of repeated occasions, when, whenever, on every occasion that, as often as.—With imperf: dispersos, cum longius procederent, adoriebatur, Cs.: saepe, cum aliquem videret, etc., on seeing, N.: numquam est conspectus, cum veniret. — With pluperf: Cum cohortes ex acie procucurrissent, Numidae effugiebant, Cs.: qui cum in convivium venisset: quantum obfuit multis, cum fecissent, etc.—Describing a time named in the principal sentence, when, such that, in which: Si ullum fuit tempus quom ego fuerim, etc., T.: fuit antea tempus, cum Galli superarent, Cs.: vigesimo anno, cum tot praetores in provinciā fuissent: eodem anno, cum omnia infida essent, L.: biduum supererat, cum frumentum metiri oporteret, in which, Cs.: fuit cum arbitrarer, etc.: audivi cum diceret, etc.—    II. Meton., of identical actions, when, in that, by the fact that: Qui quom hunc accusant, Naevium accusant, T.: quae cum taces, nulla esse concedis: quod cum facit, iudicat, etc.: senatum intueri videor, cum te videor, L.: loco ille motus est, cum ex urbe est depulsus: quod cum dederis, illud dederis, ut, etc.: illa scelera, cum eius domum evertisti (which you committed) in uprooting: purgatio est cum factum conceditur, culpa removetur.—In hypothesis, assuming a fact, when, if: ad cuius fidem confugiet, cum per eius fidem laeditur, etc.—Contrary to fact, when, if, if at such a time: haec neque cum ego dicerem, neque cum tu negares, magni momenti nostra esset oratio: quod esset iudicium, cum tres... adsedissent?—Explaining a feeling, etc., that, because, for: Dis habeo gratiam, Quom adfuerunt liberae, T.: gratulor tibi, cum tantum vales. — As connective, correl. with tum, while, when; cum... tum, as... so, both... and, and besides, while... especially: Quom id mihi placebat, tum omnes bona dicere, T.: cum omnes eo convenerant, tum navium quod ubique fuerat coëgerant, Cs.: qui cum multa providit, tum quod te consulem non vidit: movit patres cum causa, tum auctor, L.—In the adverb. phrase cum maxime, with ellips. of predicate, in the highest degree, most: hanc Amabat, ut quom maxime, tum Pamphilus, as much as ever, T.: ea, quae fiunt cum maxime, i. e. at this very moment: sed cum maxime tamen hoc significabat, precisely this: quae multos iam annos, et nunc cum maxime, cupit.—    III. Praegn., giving a cause or reason (cum causale), when, since, because, inasmuch as, seeing that, in that, in view of the fact that: haud invito sermo mi accessit tuos, Quom... intellego, T.: Deos quaeso ut sit superstes, Quom veritust facere, etc., T.: an pater familiarissimis suscensuit, cum Sullam laudarent? for praising: quae cum ita sint, videamus, etc.: cum longinqua instet militia, commeatum do, L.: cum tanta multitudo tela conicerent, potestas erat, etc., Cs.: cum esset egens, coepit, etc.: Caesar cum constituisset hiemare in continenti, obsides imperat, Cs.—So often nunc cum, now that, since in fact: nunc vero cum sit unus Pompeius.—Often with praesertim, especially since, more than all when: nam puerum non tollent... Praesertim quom sit, etc., T.: cum praesertim vos aliam miseritis.—With quippe, since evidently, since of course: nihil est virtute amabilius... quippe cum propter virtutem diligamus, etc. — In contrasts, when, while, whereas, while on the contrary, and yet (cum adversativum): finem faciam dicundi, quom ipse finem non facit? T.: quo tandem ore mentionem facitis... cum fateamini, etc.: cum maximis eum rebus liberares... culpam relinquebas: simulat se confiteri, cum interea aliud machinetur.—In concessions, when, although, notwithstanding (cum concessivum): nil quom est, nil defit tamen, T.: pecuniam facere cum posset, non statuit: cum aquae vim vehat ingentem (Druentia), non tamen navium patiens est, L.: patrem meum, cum proscriptus non esset, ingulastis: quam causam dixerat, cum annos ad quinquaginta natus esset?

    Latin-English dictionary > cum or (earlier) quom (not quum)

  • 2 कृष्णार्चनविधि


    kṛishṇâ̱rcana-vidhi
    m. « rules for praising Kṛishṇa»

    N. of wk.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > कृष्णार्चनविधि

  • 3 marhaban

    k.r(Islam) Welcome ! k.r(esp. used in Islam school circles).melody for praising the Prophert on Mikraj.

    Malay-English dictionary > marhaban

  • 4 regañar

    v.
    to scold, to call down, to chide, to chew out.
    * * *
    1 to scold, tell off
    1 (reñir) to argue, quarrel, fall out
    2 (refunfuñar) to moan, grumble, complain
    * * *
    1.
    VT to scold, tell off *
    2. VI
    1) [persona] to grumble, grouse *
    2) [dos personas] to fall out, quarrel
    3) †† [perro] to snarl, growl
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell... off (colloq)
    2.
    regañar vi (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel

    ha regañado con el novio — ( ha discutido) she's had an argument with her boyfriend; ( ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend

    * * *
    = set about, rebuff, reprimand, chide, slap + Nombre + down, upbraid, scold, tell + Nombe + off, get at.
    Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    Ex. 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex. Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.
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    * regañar constantemente = nag (at).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell... off (colloq)
    2.
    regañar vi (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel

    ha regañado con el novio — ( ha discutido) she's had an argument with her boyfriend; ( ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend

    * * *
    = set about, rebuff, reprimand, chide, slap + Nombre + down, upbraid, scold, tell + Nombe + off, get at.

    Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

    Ex: 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.
    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.
    * regañar constantemente = nag (at).

    * * *
    regañar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( esp AmL) to scold, to give … a talking-to ( colloq), to tell … off ( colloq)
    ¿te regañó por llegar tarde? did she tell you off for being late?, did you get a talking-to for being late?
    ■ regañar
    vi
    ( Esp)
    1 (pelearse) to quarrel
    regañamos por una tontería we quarreled over nothing
    ha regañado con el novio (ha discutido) she's had an argument o a row o ( colloq) a tiff with her boyfriend; (ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend
    2 (quejarse) to grumble
    * * *

     

    regañar ( conjugate regañar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell … off (colloq)
    verbo intransitivo (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel
    regañar
    I verbo transitivo to scold, tell off
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (en una discusión) to argue, quarrel
    2 (romper una relación) to split up, break up
    ' regañar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caldo
    - discutir
    - reñir
    - repaso
    - retar
    - rezongar
    English:
    chastise
    - pull up
    - reprehend
    - scold
    - tell off
    - tick off
    - pull
    - tell
    * * *
    vt
    [reprender] to tell off;
    me regañaron por acabarme toda la cerveza I got a row for finishing all the beer
    vi
    Esp [pelearse] to fall out;
    ha regañado con su hermana he's fallen out with his sister;
    están regañados they've fallen out
    * * *
    I v/t tell off
    II v/i quarrel
    * * *
    : to scold, to give a talking to
    1) quejarse: to grumble, to complain
    2) reñir: to quarrel, to argue
    * * *
    regañar vb (reñir) to tell off [pt. & pp. told]

    Spanish-English dictionary > regañar

  • 5 reprender

    v.
    1 to tell off (a niños).
    2 to reprehend, to admonish, to scold, to bawl out.
    María reprocha a su esposo Mary reproaches her husband.
    * * *
    1 to reprimand, scold
    * * *
    VT (=amonestar) to reprimand, tell off *; [+ niño] to scold
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to scold, tell... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = set about, rebuke, reprimand, chide, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, upbraid, castigate, chastise, berate, scold, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, get at.
    Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex. For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
    Ex. If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to scold, tell... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = set about, rebuke, reprimand, chide, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, upbraid, castigate, chastise, berate, scold, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, get at.

    Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex: For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex: After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
    Ex: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.

    * * *
    reprender [E1 ]
    vt
    to scold, tell … off ( colloq)
    reprendió a los niños por jugar con la pelota en la calle she scolded the children o told the children off for playing ball in the street
    * * *

    reprender ( conjugate reprender) verbo transitivo
    to scold, tell … off (colloq)
    reprender verbo transitivo to reprimand, scold, tell off
    ' reprender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amonestar
    English:
    reprehend
    - reprimand
    - reprove
    - task
    - berate
    - chastise
    - rebuke
    - scold
    - up
    * * *
    [a niños] to tell off; [a empleados] to reprimand
    * * *
    v/t scold, tell off fam
    * * *
    : to reprimand, to scold
    * * *
    reprender vb to tell off [pt. & pp. told]

    Spanish-English dictionary > reprender

  • 6 desanimar

    v.
    to discourage.
    El fracaso desalienta a los chicos Failure discourages the kids.
    * * *
    1 to discourage, dishearten
    1 to be discouraged, be disheartened, lose heart
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=desalentar) to discourage
    2) (=deprimir) to depress, sadden
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to discourage
    2.
    desanimarse v pron to become disheartened o discouraged
    * * *
    = discourage, dissuade, frighten off, put + Nombre + off, put off, kill + the momentum, dampen, dispirit, lay + Nombre + low, dampen + Posesivo + spirits.
    Ex. Several pages of entries under one keyword are discouraging to say the least.
    Ex. Indeed, does the very design of our curricula dissuade the best, the brightest and the most creative from even considering entering our programs?.
    Ex. Then something compelled her to blurt out: 'Are you interested in the job?' 'We haven't frightened you off, have we?' ejaculated another, with a nervous laugh.
    Ex. Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex. Papers by Lin and coleagues advocate post-processing of downloaded bibliographic text in a way that does not kill the momentum for futher searching.
    Ex. Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.
    Ex. Adverse fortune may attend us, but it shall never dispirit us.
    Ex. She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
    Ex. Despite being physically challenged, the harsh realities of life have failed to dampen her spirits.
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    * desanimarse = lose + heart.
    * no desanimarse = keep + Posesivo + chin up.
    * sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to discourage
    2.
    desanimarse v pron to become disheartened o discouraged
    * * *
    = discourage, dissuade, frighten off, put + Nombre + off, put off, kill + the momentum, dampen, dispirit, lay + Nombre + low, dampen + Posesivo + spirits.

    Ex: Several pages of entries under one keyword are discouraging to say the least.

    Ex: Indeed, does the very design of our curricula dissuade the best, the brightest and the most creative from even considering entering our programs?.
    Ex: Then something compelled her to blurt out: 'Are you interested in the job?' 'We haven't frightened you off, have we?' ejaculated another, with a nervous laugh.
    Ex: Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.
    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex: Papers by Lin and coleagues advocate post-processing of downloaded bibliographic text in a way that does not kill the momentum for futher searching.
    Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.
    Ex: Adverse fortune may attend us, but it shall never dispirit us.
    Ex: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
    Ex: Despite being physically challenged, the harsh realities of life have failed to dampen her spirits.
    * desanimarse = lose + heart.
    * no desanimarse = keep + Posesivo + chin up.
    * sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.

    * * *
    desanimar [A1 ]
    vt
    to discourage
    lo que me han contado me ha desanimado totalmente what they've told me has totally discouraged me
    to become disheartened o discouraged
    * * *

    desanimar ( conjugate desanimar) verbo transitivo
    to discourage
    desanimarse verbo pronominal
    to become disheartened o discouraged
    desanimar verbo transitivo to discourage, dishearten
    ' desanimar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desinflar
    English:
    discourage
    - dishearten
    - undeterred
    * * *
    vt
    to discourage;
    los comentarios de sus amigos lo han desanimado he has been put off o discouraged by his friends' comments
    * * *
    v/t discourage, dishearten
    * * *
    desalentar: to discourage, to dishearten
    * * *
    desanimar vb to discourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > desanimar

  • 7 exagerar

    v.
    to exaggerate.
    yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating
    no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad
    tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?
    María magnificó sus sentimientos Mary exaggerated her feelings.
    * * *
    1 to exaggerate
    1 to exaggerate
    2 (abusar) to overdo it, do too much
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate
    2.
    exagerar vi ( al hablar) to exaggerate; ( al hacer algo)

    tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

    * * *
    = exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.
    Ex. Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.
    Ex. There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.
    Ex. However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.
    Ex. 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex. The article ' Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.
    Ex. This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.
    Ex. Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.
    Ex. I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.
    Ex. The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.
    ----
    * exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.
    * exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate
    2.
    exagerar vi ( al hablar) to exaggerate; ( al hacer algo)

    tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today

    * * *
    = exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.

    Ex: Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.

    Ex: There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.
    Ex: However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.
    Ex: 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.
    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex: The article ' Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.
    Ex: This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.
    Ex: Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.
    Ex: I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.
    Ex: The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.
    * exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.
    * exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.

    * * *
    exagerar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerate
    estás exagerando la importancia del asunto you're exaggerating o overstating the importance of the matter
    ■ exagerar
    vi
    (al hablar) to exaggerate
    (al hacer algo): tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    exagerar    
    exagerar algo
    exagerar ( conjugate exagerar) verbo transitivosuceso/noticia to exaggerate
    verbo intransitivo ( al hablar) to exaggerate;
    ( al hacer algo) to overdo it, go over the top (colloq)
    exagerar verbo transitivo to exaggerate
    ' exagerar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dramatizar
    - magnificar
    - tinta
    - agrandar
    - tendencia
    English:
    dramatize
    - embellish
    - embroider
    - exaggerate
    - magnify
    - overdo
    - overstate
    - pile on
    - stretch
    - blow
    - over
    - proportion
    * * *
    vt
    to exaggerate;
    la oposición exagera la trascendencia de este asunto the opposition has blown this issue out of proportion
    vi
    1. [al describir, calificar] to exaggerate;
    yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating;
    no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad
    2. [al actuar] to go too far, to overdo it ( con with);
    tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?
    * * *
    v/t exaggerate
    * * *
    : to exaggerate
    * * *
    exagerar vb to exaggerate

    Spanish-English dictionary > exagerar

  • 8 reñir

    v.
    1 to quarrel, to engage in a quarrel, to dispute, to scrap.
    Ellos riñen They quarrel.
    2 to reprimand, to reproach, to tell off.
    María riñe a Ricardo Mary recriminates Richard.
    3 to scold, to berate.
    María riñe a su hijo Mary scolds her son.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CEÑIR], like link=ceñir ceñir
    1 (discutir) to quarrel, argue
    2 (pelear) to fight
    3 (desavenirse) to fall out
    1 (reprender) to scold, tell off
    2 (ejecutar) to fight, wage
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=regañar) to scold; (=reprender) to tell off *, reprimand ( por for)
    2) [+ batalla] to fight, wage
    2.
    VI (=pelear) to quarrel, fall out ( con with)

    ha reñido con su novioshe's fallen out o had a fight with her boyfriend

    riñeron por cuestión de dinero — they quarrelled about money, they quarrelled over money

    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (esp Esp)
    a) ( discutir) to argue, quarrel
    b)

    reñir CON alguien — ( pelearse) to quarrel o have a row with somebody; ( enemistarse) to fall out with somebody

    2.
    reñir vt (Esp) ( regañar) to scold, tell... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = berate, bicker, quarrel, niggle, scold, squabble, tell + Nombe + off, argue.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. Chapter 4 presents solutions for when children fight, bicker, compete, namecall, and hit.
    Ex. But, firstly, the big German banks quarrelled among themselves over the division of the spoils.
    Ex. The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.
    Ex. Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex. Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. Cutter argued that when it could be established that the second term was definitely more significant then inversion of headings was acceptable.
    ----
    * reñirse con = be at odds with.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (esp Esp)
    a) ( discutir) to argue, quarrel
    b)

    reñir CON alguien — ( pelearse) to quarrel o have a row with somebody; ( enemistarse) to fall out with somebody

    2.
    reñir vt (Esp) ( regañar) to scold, tell... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = berate, bicker, quarrel, niggle, scold, squabble, tell + Nombe + off, argue.

    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.

    Ex: Chapter 4 presents solutions for when children fight, bicker, compete, namecall, and hit.
    Ex: But, firstly, the big German banks quarrelled among themselves over the division of the spoils.
    Ex: The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.
    Ex: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex: Let's not squabble about the fact that Bush actually eked out a razor-thin victory in the popular vote.
    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex: Cutter argued that when it could be established that the second term was definitely more significant then inversion of headings was acceptable.
    * reñirse con = be at odds with.

    * * *
    reñir [ I15 ]
    vi
    A ( esp Esp) (discutir) to argue, quarrel
    B ( esp Esp) reñir CON algn (pelearse) to quarrel WITH sb, have a row o fight WITH sb; (enemistarse) to fall out WITH sb
    ■ reñir
    vt
    A ( Esp) (regañar) to scold, tell … off ( colloq)
    B ( liter); ‹lucha/combate› to fight
    * * *

     

    reñir ( conjugate reñir) verbo intransitivo (esp Esp)

    b) reñir CON algn ( pelearse) to quarrel o have a row with sb;

    ( enemistarse) to fall out with sb
    verbo transitivo (Esp) ( regañar) to scold, tell … off (colloq)
    reñir
    I vi (tener una discusión) to quarrel, argue
    (enfadarse, dejar de hablarse) to fall out [con, with]
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (regañar) to tell off: mamá me riñó por romper el perchero, mum told me off for breaking the hatstand
    2 (una batalla) to fight
    ' reñir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discutir
    - tarifar
    English:
    bicker
    - fall out
    - fight
    - quarrel
    - squabble
    - tell off
    - argue
    - argument
    - row
    - tell
    - wrangle
    * * *
    vt
    [regañar] to tell off;
    les riñeron por hablar en clase they were told off for talking in class
    vi
    1. [discutir] to argue;
    ¡niños, dejad de reñir! stop arguing, children!
    2. [enemistarse] to fall out ( con with);
    riñeron por una tontería they fell out over something really silly
    * * *
    I v/t tell off
    II v/i quarrel, fight fam
    * * *
    reñir {67} vi
    1) : to argue
    2)
    reñir con : to fall out with, to go up against
    : to scold, to reprimand
    * * *
    reñir vb
    1. (regañar) to tell off [pt. & pp. told]
    2. (discutir) to quarrel / to argue
    3. (romper las relaciones) to fall out [pt. fell; pp. fallen]
    iban a casarse, pero han reñido they were going to get married, but they've fallen out

    Spanish-English dictionary > reñir

  • 9 amonestar

    v.
    1 to reprimand.
    Ellos amonestaron a los matones They reprimanded the bullies.
    2 to caution (sport).
    3 to publish the banns of.
    4 to bind over, to order not to cause trouble, to rap.
    El profesor amonesta a los alumnos The professor binds over the students.
    * * *
    1 (reprender) to reprimand, admonish
    2 (advertir) to warn
    3 DEPORTE to caution, book
    4 (en una boda) to publish the banns of
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=reprender) to reprimand; (=advertir) to warn; (=avisar) to advise; (Dep) to caution, book; (Jur) to caution
    2) (Rel) to publish the banns of
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( reprender) to reprimand, admonish (frml); ( en fútbol) to caution, book
    2) (Der, Relig) < novios> to publish the banns of
    * * *
    = reprimand, hand + a reprimand, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, berate, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, give + Nombre + a verbal warning.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex. The board of trustees decided to hand Balzac an official reprimand with the warning that if more staff resigned he would be asked to resign himself.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex. For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
    Ex. If we caught them necking, we'd give them a verbal warning and send them on their way.
    ----
    * amonestar verbalmente = give + Nombre + a verbal warning.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( reprender) to reprimand, admonish (frml); ( en fútbol) to caution, book
    2) (Der, Relig) < novios> to publish the banns of
    * * *
    = reprimand, hand + a reprimand, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, berate, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, give + Nombre + a verbal warning.

    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.

    Ex: The board of trustees decided to hand Balzac an official reprimand with the warning that if more staff resigned he would be asked to resign himself.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex: For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex: After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
    Ex: If we caught them necking, we'd give them a verbal warning and send them on their way.
    * amonestar verbalmente = give + Nombre + a verbal warning.

    * * *
    amonestar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (reprender) to reprimand, admonish ( frml); (en fútbol) to caution, book
    B ( Der, Relig) ‹novios› to publish the banns of
    * * *

    amonestar ( conjugate amonestar) verbo transitivo ( reprender) to reprimand, admonish (frml);
    ( en fútbol) to caution, book
    amonestar verbo transitivo
    1 (reprender) to rebuke, reprimand
    Dep to warn
    2 Rel to publish the banns of
    ' amonestar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    admonish
    - book
    - caution
    * * *
    1. [reprender] to reprimand
    2. [en fútbol] to caution
    3. [para matrimonio] to publish the banns of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 reñir reprimand
    2 DEP caution
    * * *
    apercibir: to admonish, to warn

    Spanish-English dictionary > amonestar

  • 10 echar un rapapolvo

    (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
    Ex. A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    * * *
    (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up

    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.

    Ex: Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
    Ex: A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar un rapapolvo

  • 11 echar una bronca

    (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
    Ex. A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    * * *
    (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up

    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.

    Ex: Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
    Ex: A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar una bronca

  • 12 estar molesto

    v.
    to be upset, to look annoyed, to be angry, to be put out.
    * * *
    (v.) = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off
    Ex. They were displeased, as were the men, that we should be the masters, and should behave towards each other in this way.
    Ex. The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life.
    Ex. Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify.
    Ex. I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    * * *
    (v.) = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off

    Ex: They were displeased, as were the men, that we should be the masters, and should behave towards each other in this way.

    Ex: The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life.
    Ex: Now before anyone gets their knickers in a bundle over that statement let me clarify.
    Ex: I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar molesto

  • 13 hablar pestes

    (v.) = trash, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, rubbish
    Ex. Although many trashed her when she was still alive, her death granted her immortality.
    Ex. They screamed abuse at him and called him all the names under the sun while they kicked and beat him.
    Ex. He is applying for a court order to ban his ex-wife from saying nasty things about him to the media.
    Ex. People constanstly slagging her off for the way she looks is part of her weight problems at the moment.
    Ex. Last week he listed a bunch of really stupid things Harriet had written, totally cutting her up, and then ended saying she was a great lady.
    Ex. His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
    Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    * * *
    (v.) = trash, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, rubbish

    Ex: Although many trashed her when she was still alive, her death granted her immortality.

    Ex: They screamed abuse at him and called him all the names under the sun while they kicked and beat him.
    Ex: He is applying for a court order to ban his ex-wife from saying nasty things about him to the media.
    Ex: People constanstly slagging her off for the way she looks is part of her weight problems at the moment.
    Ex: Last week he listed a bunch of really stupid things Harriet had written, totally cutting her up, and then ended saying she was a great lady.
    Ex: His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
    Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablar pestes

  • 14 poner por los suelos

    (v.) = slate, slag + Nombre + off, mouth off, say + nasty things about, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, trash, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, rubbish
    Ex. Horror fiction has been slated by book reviewers and a similar prejudice among librarians could explain its under-representation in library stocks.
    Ex. People constanstly slagging her off for the way she looks is part of her weight problems at the moment.
    Ex. She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
    Ex. He is applying for a court order to ban his ex-wife from saying nasty things about him to the media.
    Ex. They screamed abuse at him and called him all the names under the sun while they kicked and beat him.
    Ex. Although many trashed her when she was still alive, her death granted her immortality.
    Ex. Last week he listed a bunch of really stupid things Harriet had written, totally cutting her up, and then ended saying she was a great lady.
    Ex. His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
    Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    * * *
    (v.) = slate, slag + Nombre + off, mouth off, say + nasty things about, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, trash, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, rubbish

    Ex: Horror fiction has been slated by book reviewers and a similar prejudice among librarians could explain its under-representation in library stocks.

    Ex: People constanstly slagging her off for the way she looks is part of her weight problems at the moment.
    Ex: She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
    Ex: He is applying for a court order to ban his ex-wife from saying nasty things about him to the media.
    Ex: They screamed abuse at him and called him all the names under the sun while they kicked and beat him.
    Ex: Although many trashed her when she was still alive, her death granted her immortality.
    Ex: Last week he listed a bunch of really stupid things Harriet had written, totally cutting her up, and then ended saying she was a great lady.
    Ex: His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
    Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner por los suelos

  • 15 poner verde

    (v.) = mouth off, get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue, trash, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, slate, rubbish
    Ex. She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
    Ex. So the unhappy lame man got up with a flea in his ear and went to the second Prince, but here, too, he got the rough edge of his tongue = Así pues, el cojo desafortunado se levantó con las orejas gachas y fue a ver al segundo príncipe, pero de nuevo salió escaldado.
    Ex. Although many trashed her when she was still alive, her death granted her immortality.
    Ex. They screamed abuse at him and called him all the names under the sun while they kicked and beat him.
    Ex. He is applying for a court order to ban his ex-wife from saying nasty things about him to the media.
    Ex. People constanstly slagging her off for the way she looks is part of her weight problems at the moment.
    Ex. Last week he listed a bunch of really stupid things Harriet had written, totally cutting her up, and then ended saying she was a great lady.
    Ex. His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
    Ex. Horror fiction has been slated by book reviewers and a similar prejudice among librarians could explain its under-representation in library stocks.
    Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    * * *
    (v.) = mouth off, get + the rough edge of + Posesivo + tongue, trash, call + Nombre + all the names under the sun, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, cut + Nombre + up, tear + Nombre + down, slate, rubbish

    Ex: She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.

    Ex: So the unhappy lame man got up with a flea in his ear and went to the second Prince, but here, too, he got the rough edge of his tongue = Así pues, el cojo desafortunado se levantó con las orejas gachas y fue a ver al segundo príncipe, pero de nuevo salió escaldado.
    Ex: Although many trashed her when she was still alive, her death granted her immortality.
    Ex: They screamed abuse at him and called him all the names under the sun while they kicked and beat him.
    Ex: He is applying for a court order to ban his ex-wife from saying nasty things about him to the media.
    Ex: People constanstly slagging her off for the way she looks is part of her weight problems at the moment.
    Ex: Last week he listed a bunch of really stupid things Harriet had written, totally cutting her up, and then ended saying she was a great lady.
    Ex: His reviews aren't about tearing the author down or praising them to the skies, but sparking the reader's curiosity.
    Ex: Horror fiction has been slated by book reviewers and a similar prejudice among librarians could explain its under-representation in library stocks.
    Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner verde

  • 16 con efusión

    figurado effusively
    * * *
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    * * *

    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con efusión

  • 17 desmesuradamente

    adv.
    1 immeasurably.
    2 uncivilly, impudently.
    3 enormously, extremely, beyond measure, inordinately.
    * * *
    1 extremely, excessively, disproportionately
    * * *
    ADV disproportionately, excessively
    * * *

    me miró con los ojos desmesuradamente abiertos — he looked at me, eyes wide open

    * * *
    = extravagantly, inordinately.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex. As a result of the study, 3 suppliers with inordinately low scores were dropped by the library.
    * * *

    me miró con los ojos desmesuradamente abiertos — he looked at me, eyes wide open

    * * *
    = extravagantly, inordinately.

    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.

    Ex: As a result of the study, 3 suppliers with inordinately low scores were dropped by the library.

    * * *
    1
    (excesivamente): zapatos desmesuradamente grandes extremely o enormously big shoes
    me miró con los ojos desmesuradamente abiertos he looked at me, eyes wide open
    2 (desproporcionadamente) disproportionately
    * * *
    1. [excesivamente] excessively, extremely
    2. [enormemente] uncommonly, extremely

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmesuradamente

  • 18 detestar

    v.
    1 to detest.
    María odia los discursos Mary hates speeches.
    2 to hate to.
    * * *
    1 to detest, hate, abhor
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT to detest, loathe
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to hate, detest
    * * *
    = abhor, hate, loathe, put off, detest.
    Ex. Shera has reminded us that 'man abhors chaos as nature is said to abhor a vacuum', and he seeks constantly to impose a pattern on what he sees.
    Ex. I would hate to see us add more responsibility at this time, when librarians are already reeling.
    Ex. He sometimes loathed the books he recommended as much as the children they were inflicted upon loathed them.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex. This resulted in Africans loving and aspiring to everything European and detesting and deeming inferior anything that is African.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to hate, detest
    * * *
    = abhor, hate, loathe, put off, detest.

    Ex: Shera has reminded us that 'man abhors chaos as nature is said to abhor a vacuum', and he seeks constantly to impose a pattern on what he sees.

    Ex: I would hate to see us add more responsibility at this time, when librarians are already reeling.
    Ex: He sometimes loathed the books he recommended as much as the children they were inflicted upon loathed them.
    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex: This resulted in Africans loving and aspiring to everything European and detesting and deeming inferior anything that is African.

    * * *
    detestar [A1 ]
    vt
    to hate, detest
    detesto esta ciudad/este clima I hate o detest o loathe this city/this climate, I can't stand this city/this climate
    * * *

    detestar ( conjugate detestar) verbo transitivo
    to hate, detest
    detestar verbo transitivo to detest, hate ➣ Ver notas en detest y hate
    ' detestar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    detest
    - loathe
    - abhor
    - hate
    * * *
    to detest;
    detesto trabajar los sábados I hate working on Saturdays;
    te detesto I despise o hate you
    * * *
    v/t detest
    * * *
    : to detest
    detestable adj
    * * *
    detestar vb to detest / to hate

    Spanish-English dictionary > detestar

  • 19 efusivamente

    adv.
    effusively, expansively.
    * * *
    1 effusively, warmly
    * * *
    ADV warmly, effusively

    me saludó muy efusivamente — he gave me a very warm greeting, he greeted me very warmly

    * * *
    = effusively, profusely.
    Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
    Ex. As a result of the strange meal we all had everybody farted profusely all night long.
    ----
    * hablar efusivamente = gush about.
    * * *
    = effusively, profusely.

    Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.

    Ex: As a result of the strange meal we all had everybody farted profusely all night long.
    * hablar efusivamente = gush about.

    * * *
    effusively, warmly
    * * *
    effusively

    Spanish-English dictionary > efusivamente

  • 20 ensalzamiento

    m.
    1 praise.
    2 praising, extolment, extolling, praise.
    * * *
    1 (enaltecimiento) exaltation
    2 (elogio) praise
    * * *
    SM [de persona] praise; [de virtudes] extolling
    * * *
    = elevation, exaltation, glorification.
    Ex. Within the last 40 years, information has undergone remarkable elevation.
    Ex. The roots of modernism are traced to the Enlightenment period, with its exaltation of reason.
    Ex. The book business is in crisis for reasons such as the glorification of mass popular entertainment.
    * * *
    = elevation, exaltation, glorification.

    Ex: Within the last 40 years, information has undergone remarkable elevation.

    Ex: The roots of modernism are traced to the Enlightenment period, with its exaltation of reason.
    Ex: The book business is in crisis for reasons such as the glorification of mass popular entertainment.

    * * *
    praise
    * * *
    m extolling, praising

    Spanish-English dictionary > ensalzamiento

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