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  • 21 miserable

    adj.
    1 poor (pobre).
    2 miserable (penoso, insuficiente).
    3 contemptible, base (vil).
    4 mean (tacaño).
    5 miserly, mean, stingy.
    6 meager, scant.
    f. & m.
    1 wretch, vile person (persona vil).
    2 mean person, miser (tacaño).
    * * *
    1 (desdichado) miserable
    2 (insignificante) miserly; (tacaño) mean
    3 (malvado) wretched
    1 (malvado) wretch
    2 (tacaño) miser
    * * *
    adj.
    1) miserable, wretched
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    2. SMF
    1) (=desgraciado) wretch
    2) (=canalla) swine, wretch

    ¡miserable! — you miserable wretch!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    ----
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.

    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

    * * *
    1 (pobre) ‹vivienda› miserable, wretched; ‹sueldo› paltry, miserable
    2 (avaro) mean, stingy ( colloq)
    3 (malvado) malicious, nasty
    wretch, scoundrel, nasty piece of work ( colloq)
    * * *

    miserable adjetivo

    ‹ sueldo› paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    wretch, scoundrel
    miserable
    I adjetivo
    1 (lástimoso, pobre) wretched, poor: gana un sueldo miserable, she earns a miserable salary
    2 (malvado, ruin) despicable
    un comportamiento miserable, despicable behaviour
    3 (avariento) mean
    II mf
    1 (mezquino) miser
    2 (canalla) wretch, scoundrel: un miserable le robó la bicicleta, some scoundrel stole his bicycle
    ' miserable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astrosa
    - astroso
    - escoria
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mísera
    - miseria
    - mísero
    - pajolera
    - pajolero
    - chancho
    - triste
    English:
    abject
    - miser
    - miserable
    - niggardly
    - skimpy
    - squalid
    - stingy
    - bleak
    - sorry
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [pobre] poor;
    [vivienda] wretched, squalid
    2. [penoso, insuficiente] miserable
    3. [vil] contemptible, base
    4. [tacaño] mean
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona vil] wretch, vile person
    2. [tacaño] mean person, miser
    * * *
    I adj wretched
    II m/f
    1 ( tacaño) skinflint
    2 ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    1) lastimoso: miserable, wretched
    2) : paltry, meager
    3) mezquino: stingy, miserly
    4) : despicable, vile

    Spanish-English dictionary > miserable

  • 22 vuelo de conexión

    Ex. What's saved from lower-cost airline tickets can be more than offset by the income lost when travelers cool their heels for hours waiting for connecting flights.
    * * *

    Ex: What's saved from lower-cost airline tickets can be more than offset by the income lost when travelers cool their heels for hours waiting for connecting flights.

    * * *
    connecting flight

    Spanish-English dictionary > vuelo de conexión

  • 23 vuelo de enlace

    Ex. What's saved from lower-cost airline tickets can be more than offset by the income lost when travelers cool their heels for hours waiting for connecting flights.
    * * *

    Ex: What's saved from lower-cost airline tickets can be more than offset by the income lost when travelers cool their heels for hours waiting for connecting flights.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vuelo de enlace

  • 24 amansadora

    SF Arg
    1) (=sala) waiting room
    2) * (=espera) long wait ( at government office)
    * * *
    ( RPl fam)
    long wait
    ¡qué amansadora me tocó en el dentista! I had to wait for ages o I had such a long wait at the dentist's ( colloq)
    * * *
    RP Fam tedious wait;
    después de tres horas de amansadora, conseguí el formulario after hanging around for three hours, I finally got the form;
    ¿qué tal la compra de las entradas? – fue una amansadora how did it go when you bought the tickets? – it took forever o I had to Br queue o US stand in line for hours

    Spanish-English dictionary > amansadora

  • 25 a la luz de una lámpara de gas

    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    * * *

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a la luz de una lámpara de gas

  • 26 barco pirata

    m.
    pirate ship.
    * * *
    (n.) = pirate ship
    Ex. Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.
    * * *

    Ex: Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.

    Spanish-English dictionary > barco pirata

  • 27 bolsa de aire caliente

    Ex. Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by 'thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.
    * * *

    Ex: Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by 'thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bolsa de aire caliente

  • 28 cierre metálico

    m.
    folding iron shutter.
    * * *
    ( en tienda) metal shutter o grille
    * * *
    (n.) = shutter, security shutter
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The tidal wave ripped open the steel security shutters of the shops.
    * * *
    ( en tienda) metal shutter o grille
    * * *
    (n.) = shutter, security shutter

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Ex: The tidal wave ripped open the steel security shutters of the shops.

    * * *
    metal shutter

    Spanish-English dictionary > cierre metálico

  • 29 columna termal

    (n.) = thermal
    Ex. Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by ' thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.
    * * *
    (n.) = thermal

    Ex: Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by ' thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > columna termal

  • 30 diario matinal

    m.
    morning newspaper, morning paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper
    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > diario matinal

  • 31 diario matutino

    m.
    morning paper, morning newspaper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper
    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > diario matutino

  • 32 estar atareado

    (v.) = be tied up
    Ex. Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.
    * * *
    (v.) = be tied up

    Ex: Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar atareado

  • 33 estar ocupado

    v.
    1 to be busy.
    La línea está ocupada The line is busy.
    Ricardo está ocupado Richard is busy.
    2 to be busy.
    La línea está ocupada The line is busy.
    3 to be taken, to be taken up.
    Este asiento está ocupado This seat is taken.
    * * *
    (v.) = busyness, be engaged, be tied up
    Ex. Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.
    Ex. All telephone lines to the computer may be engaged at peak periods.
    Ex. Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.
    * * *
    (v.) = busyness, be engaged, be tied up

    Ex: Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.

    Ex: All telephone lines to the computer may be engaged at peak periods.
    Ex: Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar ocupado

  • 34 periódico de la mañana

    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper
    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > periódico de la mañana

  • 35 periódico matutino

    m.
    morning newspaper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning paper, morning newspaper
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning paper, morning newspaper

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > periódico matutino

  • 36 piloto de ala delta

    (n.) = hang glider
    Ex. Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by 'thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.
    * * *

    Ex: Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by 'thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > piloto de ala delta

  • 37 planeador de ala delta

    (n.) = hang glider
    Ex. Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by 'thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.
    * * *

    Ex: Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by 'thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > planeador de ala delta

  • 38 postigo

    m.
    1 shutter (contraventana).
    2 wicket gate (puerta).
    3 outside shutter, shutter.
    4 wicket door, postern, wicket, wicket gate.
    5 hidden door, false door.
    * * *
    1 (de ventana) shutter; (de puerta) wicket gate
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=contraventana) shutter
    2) † (=puerta chica en otra mayor) wicket, wicket gate; (=portillo) postern; (=puerta falsa) side door, side gate
    * * *
    masculino shutter
    * * *
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    ----
    * cerrar los postigos = shutter.
    * echar los postigos = shutter.
    * * *
    masculino shutter
    * * *

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    * cerrar los postigos = shutter.
    * echar los postigos = shutter.

    * * *
    shutter
    * * *

    postigo sustantivo masculino
    shutter
    postigo m (de puerta) wicket, small gate
    (de ventana) shutter
    ' postigo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    persiana
    English:
    shutter
    * * *
    1. [contraventana] shutter
    2. [puerta] wicket gate
    * * *
    m shutter
    * * *
    1) contraventana: shutter
    2) : small door, wicket gate
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > postigo

  • 39 ser extraterrestre

    Ex. Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.
    * * *

    Ex: Kidlets age 6 and up will be tied up for hours assembling and playing with these packs of different pirate ships, dinosaurs, airplanes or alien creatures.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser extraterrestre

  • 40 termal

    adj.
    thermal.
    * * *
    1 thermal
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo thermal
    * * *
    = thermal, thermal.
    Ex. The article commences with a brief roundup of factors linked to ink jet printing and proceeds to details of specific ink jet printing technology: thermal (or bubble jet); electrostatic; piezoelectric; and airbrush.
    Ex. Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by ' thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.
    ----
    * aguas termales = thermal springs.
    * columna termal = thermal.
    * fuentes termales = hot springs.
    * * *
    adjetivo thermal
    * * *
    = thermal, thermal.

    Ex: The article commences with a brief roundup of factors linked to ink jet printing and proceeds to details of specific ink jet printing technology: thermal (or bubble jet); electrostatic; piezoelectric; and airbrush.

    Ex: Hang gliders weighing hundreds of pounds with their gear can keep aloft for hours at a time by ' thermals' -- pockets of warm air rising into the atmosphere.
    * aguas termales = thermal springs.
    * columna termal = thermal.
    * fuentes termales = hot springs.

    * * *
    ‹aguas› thermal; ‹baños› thermal, hot
    * * *

    termal adjetivo thermal
    aguas termales, thermal spring
    baños termales, hot baths
    ' termal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fuente
    English:
    thermal
    - hot
    * * *
    termal adj
    thermal;
    * * *
    adj thermal;
    baño termal hot o thermal bath
    * * *
    termal adj
    : thermal, hot

    Spanish-English dictionary > termal

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