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frustrate

  • 1 frustrar

    v.
    1 to frustrate (person).
    El accidente frustró sus planes The accident frustrated her plans.
    Su actitud frustró al gerente His attitude frustrated the manager.
    2 to thwart, to put paid to (posibilidades, ilusiones).
    * * *
    1 (cosa) to frustrate, thwart
    2 (persona) to disappoint
    1 (proyectos, planes) to fail, come to nothing
    2 (persona) to get frustrated, get disappointed
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ persona] to frustrate; [+ proyecto, aspiración, deseo, sueño] to thwart
    2) (=abortar) [+ atentado, operación] to foil
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to frustrate; < planes> to thwart; < esperanzas> to dash
    b) < atentado> to foil
    2.
    frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing
    * * *
    = thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.
    Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
    Ex. The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
    Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
    Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
    Ex. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.
    Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    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. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
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    * frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
    * frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.
    * frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to frustrate; < planes> to thwart; < esperanzas> to dash
    b) < atentado> to foil
    2.
    frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing
    * * *
    = thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.

    Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
    Ex: The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
    Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
    Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
    Ex: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.
    Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    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: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    * frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
    * frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.
    * frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).

    * * *
    frustrar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to frustrate; ‹planes› to thwart; ‹esperanzas› to dash
    me frustra que no entiendan I find it frustrating o it frustrates me that they don't understand
    2 ‹atentado› to foil
    «planes» to be thwarted, fail; «esperanzas» to be dashed, come to nothing
    * * *

    frustrar ( conjugate frustrar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to frustrate;
    ‹ planes› to thwart;
    ‹ esperanzas› to dash;

    frustrarse verbo pronominal [ planes] to be thwarted, fail;

    [ esperanzas] to come to nothing
    frustrar verbo transitivo to frustrate
    (una esperanza) to disappoint
    ' frustrar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estropear
    - impedir
    - tronchar
    English:
    defeat
    - disappoint
    - foil
    - frustrate
    - thwart
    - baffle
    - confound
    - cross
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [persona] to frustrate
    2. [posibilidades, ilusiones] to thwart, Br to put paid to;
    [plan, robo] to thwart;
    el mal tiempo frustró nuestras vacaciones the bad weather ruined our holiday
    * * *
    v/t persona frustrate; plan thwart
    * * *
    : to frustrate, to thwart

    Spanish-English dictionary > frustrar

  • 2 truncar

    v.
    1 to cut short (frustrar) (vida, carrera).
    Ella truncó su relato She cut her story short.
    2 to behead, to decapitate.
    Los criminales truncaron a Ricardo The criminals beheaded Richard.
    3 to truncate, to cut off.
    María trunca los árboles Mary truncates the trees.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (cortar) to truncate
    2 figurado (ilusiones, esperanzas) to shatter, cut short
    3 figurado (escrito) to leave unfinished; (sentido) to upset
    1 figurado (ilusiones etc) to cut short
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=acortar) [+ texto] to truncate, shorten; [+ cita] to mutilate
    2) [+ carrera, vida] to cut short; [+ esperanzas] to dash; [+ proyecto] to ruin; [+ desarrollo] to stunt, check
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <frase/discurso/texto> to cut short
    b) < vida> to cut short; < planes> to frustrate, thwart; < ilusiones> to shatter
    * * *
    Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
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    * truncar la esperanza = dash + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes.
    * truncar + Posesivo + vida = snip + Posesivo + life short, cut + Posesivo + life short.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <frase/discurso/texto> to cut short
    b) < vida> to cut short; < planes> to frustrate, thwart; < ilusiones> to shatter
    * * *

    Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

    * truncar la esperanza = dash + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes.
    * truncar + Posesivo + vida = snip + Posesivo + life short, cut + Posesivo + life short.

    * * *
    truncar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 ‹frase/discurso› to cut short; ‹texto› to cut short, truncate
    2 ‹vida› to cut short; ‹planes› to frustrate, thwart; ‹ilusiones› to shatter
    esta derrota ha truncado su racha de buena suerte this defeat has cut short o put an end to his run of good luck
    * * *

    truncar ( conjugate truncar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹frase/discurso/texto› to cut short

    b) ‹ vida› to cut short;

    ‹ planes› to frustrate, thwart;
    ‹ ilusiones› to shatter
    truncar verbo transitivo
    1 (una pirámide, un cono) to truncate
    2 (una ilusión, esperanza) to shatter
    (una vida, carrera profesional, etc) to cut short
    ' truncar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    troncar
    - tronchar
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. Geom to truncate
    2. [frustrar] [vida, carrera] to cut short;
    [planes] to spoil, to ruin; [ilusiones] to dash
    3. [cortar] [rama] to cut off;
    [texto, frase] to truncate
    * * *
    v/t
    1 GEOM truncate
    2 vida, esperanzas cut short
    * * *
    truncar {72} vt
    1) : to truncate, to cut short
    2) : to thwart, to frustrate
    truncó sus esperanzas: she shattered their hopes

    Spanish-English dictionary > truncar

  • 3 frustrar el esfuerzo

    (v.) = frustrate + effort
    Ex. Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.
    * * *
    (v.) = frustrate + effort

    Ex: Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > frustrar el esfuerzo

  • 4 frustrado

    adj.
    1 frustrated, thwarted, attempted, unsuccessful.
    2 frustrated, manqué, unfulfilled, disappointed.
    3 frustrate.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: frustrar.
    * * *
    1 (persona) frustrated
    2 (hechos) frustrated, unsuccessful
    * * *
    (f. - frustrada)
    adj.
    1) frustrated, would-be
    2) failed, unsuccessful
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] frustrated; [intento, plan, atentado] failed
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < persona> frustrated; <actor/bailarina> frustrated (before n)
    b) <atentado/intento> failed (before n)
    * * *
    = frustrated, in frustration, abortive, bungled, out of frustration.
    Ex. First, Sholom Aleichem I recently spent something like twenty minutes talking over the telephone with a suitably irate and properly frustrated borrower.
    Ex. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex. The Consumers' Association had been founded in 1957 following a similar abortive service set up by the British Standards Institution two years previously.
    Ex. He was also blamed for the bungled imposition of a state of emergency in Nyasaland in March 1959.
    Ex. If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < persona> frustrated; <actor/bailarina> frustrated (before n)
    b) <atentado/intento> failed (before n)
    * * *
    = frustrated, in frustration, abortive, bungled, out of frustration.

    Ex: First, Sholom Aleichem I recently spent something like twenty minutes talking over the telephone with a suitably irate and properly frustrated borrower.

    Ex: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex: The Consumers' Association had been founded in 1957 following a similar abortive service set up by the British Standards Institution two years previously.
    Ex: He was also blamed for the bungled imposition of a state of emergency in Nyasaland in March 1959.
    Ex: If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› frustrated
    sentirse frustrado to feel frustrated
    2 ‹atentado/intento› failed ( before n); ‹actor/bailarina› frustrated ( before n)
    * * *

    Del verbo frustrar: ( conjugate frustrar)

    frustrado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    frustrado    
    frustrar
    frustrado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹ persona› frustrated;

    ‹actor/bailarina› frustrated ( before n)
    b) ‹atentado/intento› failed ( before n)

    frustrar ( conjugate frustrar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to frustrate;
    ‹ planes› to thwart;
    ‹ esperanzas› to dash;

    frustrarse verbo pronominal [ planes] to be thwarted, fail;

    [ esperanzas] to come to nothing
    frustrado,-a adjetivo
    1 (persona) frustrated
    2 (tentativa, proyecto) unsuccessful
    frustrar verbo transitivo to frustrate
    (una esperanza) to disappoint
    ' frustrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    frustrada
    English:
    abortive
    - foil
    - frustrated
    - sex-starved
    - unfulfilled
    * * *
    frustrado, -a adj
    1. [persona] frustrated;
    se quedó muy frustrado cuando se enteró del suspenso he was very frustrated when he found out he'd failed
    2. [plan] failed;
    un intento frustrado de mandar una nave tripulada a Marte an unsuccessful attempt to send a manned spacecraft to Mars
    * * *
    frustrado, -da adj
    1) : frustrated
    2) : failed, unsuccessful

    Spanish-English dictionary > frustrado

  • 5 abortar

    v.
    1 to abort (feto).
    Ella abortó al bebé She aborted the baby.
    Ricardo abortó el plan Richard aborted=called off the plan.
    Silvia abortó hace un mes Silvia had an abortion a month ago.
    2 to have a miscarriage, to miscarry (medicine) (espontáneamente).
    * * *
    1 (voluntariamente) to abort, have an abortion; (involuntariamente) to miscarry, have a miscarriage
    2 (fracasar) to fail, fall through
    1 (interrumpir) to stop; (frustrar) to foil, thwart
    * * *
    verb
    1) to abort, foil, frustrate
    2) have an abortion, have a miscarriage
    * * *
    1.
    VI [accidentalmente] to have a miscarriage; [deliberadamente] to have an abortion
    2. VT
    1) (=abandonar) [+ plan, aterrizaje] to abort
    2) (=frustrar) [+ complot] to foil, frustrate; [+ motín, protesta] to quell, put down
    3) (Inform) to abort
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) (Med) ( de forma espontánea) to have a miscarriage, miscarry, abort; ( de forma provocada) to have an abortion, abort
    2) plan/conspiración to miscarry
    2.
    abortar vt <maniobra/aterrizaje> to abort
    * * *
    = abort, have + an abortion.
    Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
    Ex. This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) (Med) ( de forma espontánea) to have a miscarriage, miscarry, abort; ( de forma provocada) to have an abortion, abort
    2) plan/conspiración to miscarry
    2.
    abortar vt <maniobra/aterrizaje> to abort
    * * *
    = abort, have + an abortion.

    Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

    Ex: This study examines responses to antiabortion picketing by women encountering picketers as they entered abortion clinics to have an abortion.

    * * *
    abortar [A1 ]
    vi
    A ( Med) (de forma espontánea) to have a miscarriage, miscarry, abort; (de forma provocada) to have an abortion, abort
    B «plan/conspiración» to miscarry
    ■ abortar
    vt
    A ‹maniobra/aterrizaje› to abort
    la policía abortó estas acciones de protesta the police quashed these protests
    B ( Inf) ‹programa/proceso› to abort
    * * *

    abortar ( conjugate abortar) verbo intransitivo (Med) ( de forma espontánea) to have a miscarriage, miscarry;
    ( de forma provocada) to have an abortion, abort
    verbo transitivo ‹maniobra/aterrizaje› to abort
    abortar
    I verbo intransitivo (accidentalmente) to miscarry, have a miscarriage
    (voluntariamente) to abort, have an abortion: no quiere abortar, she doesn't want to have an abortion
    II verbo transitivo to abort: la policía abortó el intento de secuestro, the police aborted the attempted kidnapping
    ' abortar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    abort
    - abortion
    - miscarry
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [feto] to abort
    2. [misión, aterrizaje] to abort;
    [atentado] to foil;
    abortaron la operación antes de que empezara they called off the operation before it had started
    3. Informát [programa] to abort
    ♦ vi
    [espontáneamente] to have a miscarriage, to miscarry; [intencionadamente] to have an abortion
    * * *
    I v/i MED espontáneamente miscarry; de forma provocada have an abortion
    II v/t plan foil
    * * *
    : to have an abortion
    1) : to abort
    2) : to quash, to suppress
    * * *
    1. (voluntariamente) to have an abortion
    2. (espontáneamente) to miscarry [pt. & pp. miscarried]

    Spanish-English dictionary > abortar

  • 6 burlar

    v.
    1 to evade.
    consiguió burlar a sus perseguidores she managed to outwit her pursuers
    El ladrón burló la seguridad The thief evaded the security measures.
    2 to trick, to put on.
    Silvia burló a Ricardo Silvia tricked Richard.
    3 to get by.
    El auto burló a la policía The car got by the police.
    * * *
    1 to deceive, trick
    2 (eludir) to dodge, evade
    1 to mock (de, -), make fun (de, of), laugh (de, at)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=engañar) [+ persona] to deceive, trick; [+ enemigo] to outwit; [+ vigilancia] to defeat; [+ bloqueo] to run
    2) (=frustrar) [+ ambición, plan] to thwart, frustrate; [+ esperanzas] to ruin, frustrate
    3) (=seducir) to seduce
    4) * (=saber usar) to know how to use, be able to handle
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < medidas de seguridad> to evade, get around
    b) < enemigo> to outwit
    2.
    burlarse v pron

    burlarse de algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody

    * * *
    = mock, hoodwink, outwit, bilk, outfox, outsmart.
    Nota: Literalmente significa "ser más listo que".
    Ex. They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.
    Ex. In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.
    Ex. Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex. It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex. Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    ----
    * burlar el sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < medidas de seguridad> to evade, get around
    b) < enemigo> to outwit
    2.
    burlarse v pron

    burlarse de algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody

    * * *
    = mock, hoodwink, outwit, bilk, outfox, outsmart.
    Nota: Literalmente significa "ser más listo que".

    Ex: They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.

    Ex: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.
    Ex: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    * burlar el sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.

    * * *
    burlar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹medidas de seguridad/control› to evade, get around
    el barco se fugó burlando la vigilancia de la marina the boat escaped despite being under navy surveillance
    burlarse DE algo/algn to make fun OF sth/sb
    ¡de mí no se burla nadie! no-one makes fun of me!
    * * *

     

    burlar ( conjugate burlar) verbo transitivo


    b) ‹ enemigo› to outwit

    burlarse verbo pronominal burlarse de algo/algn to make fun of sth/sb
    burlar verbo transitivo
    1 (engañar) to outwit
    2 (esquivar) to evade
    ' burlar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cheat
    - outwit
    - run
    - out
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [esquivar] to evade; [ley] to flout;
    consiguió burlar a sus perseguidores she managed to outwit her pursuers;
    el ladrón burló los sistemas de seguridad the thief found a way round the security systems;
    burla burlando without anyone noticing
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 riesgo, dificultad get round
    2 ( engañar) trick, take in
    II v/i mock
    * * *
    burlar vt
    engañar: to trick, to deceive
    * * *
    burlar vb
    1. (esquivar) to give the slip [pt. gave; pp. given]
    2. (engañar) to trick

    Spanish-English dictionary > burlar

  • 7 coartar

    v.
    1 to limit, to restrict.
    2 to coarct.
    * * *
    1 to limit, restrict
    * * *
    VT to limit, restrict
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < persona> to inhibit; <libertad/voluntad> to restrict
    * * *
    = anchor, restrict, tie down, cripple, frustrate, dam (up), shackle, box in, hamstring, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.
    Ex. One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.
    Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
    Ex. The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
    Ex. But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.
    Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.
    Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.
    Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    ----
    * coartar el avance de Algo = hinder + progress.
    * coartar el progreso de Algo = hinder + progress.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < persona> to inhibit; <libertad/voluntad> to restrict
    * * *
    = anchor, restrict, tie down, cripple, frustrate, dam (up), shackle, box in, hamstring, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.

    Ex: One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.

    Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
    Ex: The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
    Ex: But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.
    Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.
    Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.
    Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    * coartar el avance de Algo = hinder + progress.
    * coartar el progreso de Algo = hinder + progress.

    * * *
    coartar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to inhibit
    su presencia lo coartaba he found her presence inhibiting, her presence inhibited him
    2 ‹libertad/voluntad› to restrict
    * * *

    coartar ( conjugate coartar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to inhibit;
    ‹libertad/voluntad› to restrict
    coartar verbo transitivo to restrict
    ' coartar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    constrict
    * * *
    to limit, to restrict
    * * *
    v/t restrict
    * * *
    : to restrict, to limit

    Spanish-English dictionary > coartar

  • 8 esfuerzo

    m.
    1 effort.
    hacer esfuerzos, hacer un esfuerzo to make an effort, to try hard
    estoy haciendo esfuerzos por no llorar I'm trying hard not to cry
    haz un último esfuerzo, ya verás como ahora lo consigues make one last attempt, you'll do it this time!
    sin esfuerzo effortlessly
    2 strain.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: esforzar.
    * * *
    1 effort, endeavour (US endeavor)
    2 (valor) courage, spirit
    \
    hacer un esfuerzo (físico) to make an effort, exert oneself 2 (moral) to try hard, strive
    sin esfuerzo effortlessly
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de fuerza física, intelectual] effort

    sin esfuerzo — effortlessly, without strain

    no hizo el más mínimo esfuerzo por agradar — he made absolutely no effort at all to be nice, he didn't make the slightest effort to be nice

    2) (=vigor) spirit, vigour, vigor (EEUU)
    3) (Mec) stress
    * * *
    masculino effort
    * * *
    = endeavour [endeavor, -USA], labour [labor, -USA], leg work, struggle, effort, toil, elbow grease.
    Ex. Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.
    Ex. An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter, the catalog card, and much leg work, but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.
    Ex. The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.
    Ex. For example, with such a system a change of the heading AEROPLANES -- ASSISTED TAKE-OFF in figure 7 would without further effort be reflected in the six associated cross-reference records.
    Ex. Furthermore, the computer can be used, and is already being used, to eliminate drudgery, busywork, and useless toil in library systems.
    Ex. The window frames appeared to have not seen the light of day for over 50 years and were totally caked in dirt -- although with some elbow grease the window came up a treat.
    ----
    * ahorro de esfuerzo = savings in energy, savings in effort.
    * aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.
    * aunar esfuerzos = join + forces, coordinate + efforts, join + hands, pool + efforts, pull together.
    * compartir esfuerzos = share + efforts.
    * concentrar el esfuerzo = concentrate + effort, direct + effort, direct + energy, concentrate + Posesivo + energy.
    * concentrar el esfuerzo en = divert + effort into.
    * con mucho esfuerzo = painfully.
    * conseguir con esfuerzo = mine.
    * consumir esfuerzo = take up + energy.
    * coordinar esfuerzos = coordinate + efforts.
    * dedicación de esfuerzo = expenditure of effort.
    * dedicar el tiempo y el esfuerzo = take + the time and effort.
    * dedicar esfuerzo = expend + effort, spend + effort, devote + energy, give + effort.
    * dedicar todo el esfuerzo del mundo a = put + Posesivo + heart into.
    * demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.
    * dirigir el esfuerzo = direct + effort, direct + energy.
    * duplicidad de esfuerzos = duplication of effort.
    * empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.
    * en + Posesivo + esfuerzo de = in + Posesivo + quest for/to.
    * entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.
    * entrar sed después del esfuerzo = work up + a thirst.
    * en un esfuerzo por = in an effort to.
    * esfuerzo cognitivo = cognitive overhead.
    * esfuerzo común = concerted effort.
    * esfuerzo conjunto = team effort.
    * esfuerzo de equipo = team effort.
    * esfuerzo denodado = strenuous effort.
    * esfuerzo físico = physical effort.
    * esfuerzo físico humano = human power.
    * esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.
    * esfuerzo + hacer sudar = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.
    * esfuerzo heroico = all out effort.
    * esfuerzo humano = human energy.
    * esfuerzo intelectual = cognitive overhead, intellectual effort.
    * esfuerzo inútil = wasted energy.
    * esfuerzo mental = cognitive overhead, mental effort.
    * esfuerzo sobrehumano = Herculean effort, Herculanian effort.
    * exigir esfuerzo = take + effort.
    * frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
    * ganar a Alguien sin apenas hacer ningún esfuerzo = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * hacer Algo con mucho esfuerzo = plod (along/through).
    * hacer el esfuerzo necesario = pull + Posesivo + (own) weight.
    * hacer el último esfuerzo = go + the last mile, go + the extra mile.
    * hacer grandes esfuerzos por = take + (great) pains to.
    * hacer un esfuerzo = make + effort.
    * hacer un gran esfuerzo = go out of + Posesivo + way to + Infinitivo.
    * invertir esfuerzo intelectual en = invest + Posesivo + thoughts in.
    * justificar el esfuerzo = justify + the effort.
    * llevar tiempo y esfuerzo = take + time and effort.
    * merecer la pena el esfuerzo = repay + effort.
    * mucho esfuerzo = hard work.
    * necesitar esfuerzo = take + effort.
    * no concentrar el esfuerzo = spread + Nombre + thinly.
    * poner esfuerzo = give + effort.
    * propulsado con el esfuerzo físico humano = human-powered.
    * realizar esfuerzo = exert + effort.
    * realizar un esfuerzo = put forth + effort, make + effort.
    * realizar un esfuerzo común = make + a concerted effort.
    * redirigir el esfuerzo = refocus + effort.
    * redirigir un esfuerzo = divert + impetus.
    * redoblar esfuerzos = redouble + efforts.
    * reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.
    * reorientar el esfuerzo = refocus + effort.
    * sin esfuerzo = effortless, effortlessly.
    * sin esfuerzo alguno = effortlessly.
    * sin ningún esfuerzo = effortlessly.
    * sin ningún esfuerzo mental = thought-free.
    * tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.
    * tener sed después del esfuerzo = work up + a thirst.
    * tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.
    * trabajo y esfuerzo = toil and trouble.
    * unir esfuerzos = join + hands.
    * vehículo propulsado por el esfuerzo físico humano = human-powered vehicle.
    * * *
    masculino effort
    * * *
    = endeavour [endeavor, -USA], labour [labor, -USA], leg work, struggle, effort, toil, elbow grease.

    Ex: Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.

    Ex: An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter, the catalog card, and much leg work, but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.
    Ex: The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.
    Ex: For example, with such a system a change of the heading AEROPLANES -- ASSISTED TAKE-OFF in figure 7 would without further effort be reflected in the six associated cross-reference records.
    Ex: Furthermore, the computer can be used, and is already being used, to eliminate drudgery, busywork, and useless toil in library systems.
    Ex: The window frames appeared to have not seen the light of day for over 50 years and were totally caked in dirt -- although with some elbow grease the window came up a treat.
    * ahorro de esfuerzo = savings in energy, savings in effort.
    * aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.
    * aunar esfuerzos = join + forces, coordinate + efforts, join + hands, pool + efforts, pull together.
    * compartir esfuerzos = share + efforts.
    * concentrar el esfuerzo = concentrate + effort, direct + effort, direct + energy, concentrate + Posesivo + energy.
    * concentrar el esfuerzo en = divert + effort into.
    * con mucho esfuerzo = painfully.
    * conseguir con esfuerzo = mine.
    * consumir esfuerzo = take up + energy.
    * coordinar esfuerzos = coordinate + efforts.
    * dedicación de esfuerzo = expenditure of effort.
    * dedicar el tiempo y el esfuerzo = take + the time and effort.
    * dedicar esfuerzo = expend + effort, spend + effort, devote + energy, give + effort.
    * dedicar todo el esfuerzo del mundo a = put + Posesivo + heart into.
    * demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.
    * dirigir el esfuerzo = direct + effort, direct + energy.
    * duplicidad de esfuerzos = duplication of effort.
    * empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.
    * en + Posesivo + esfuerzo de = in + Posesivo + quest for/to.
    * entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.
    * entrar sed después del esfuerzo = work up + a thirst.
    * en un esfuerzo por = in an effort to.
    * esfuerzo cognitivo = cognitive overhead.
    * esfuerzo común = concerted effort.
    * esfuerzo conjunto = team effort.
    * esfuerzo de equipo = team effort.
    * esfuerzo denodado = strenuous effort.
    * esfuerzo físico = physical effort.
    * esfuerzo físico humano = human power.
    * esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.
    * esfuerzo + hacer sudar = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.
    * esfuerzo heroico = all out effort.
    * esfuerzo humano = human energy.
    * esfuerzo intelectual = cognitive overhead, intellectual effort.
    * esfuerzo inútil = wasted energy.
    * esfuerzo mental = cognitive overhead, mental effort.
    * esfuerzo sobrehumano = Herculean effort, Herculanian effort.
    * exigir esfuerzo = take + effort.
    * frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
    * ganar a Alguien sin apenas hacer ningún esfuerzo = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * hacer Algo con mucho esfuerzo = plod (along/through).
    * hacer el esfuerzo necesario = pull + Posesivo + (own) weight.
    * hacer el último esfuerzo = go + the last mile, go + the extra mile.
    * hacer grandes esfuerzos por = take + (great) pains to.
    * hacer un esfuerzo = make + effort.
    * hacer un gran esfuerzo = go out of + Posesivo + way to + Infinitivo.
    * invertir esfuerzo intelectual en = invest + Posesivo + thoughts in.
    * justificar el esfuerzo = justify + the effort.
    * llevar tiempo y esfuerzo = take + time and effort.
    * merecer la pena el esfuerzo = repay + effort.
    * mucho esfuerzo = hard work.
    * necesitar esfuerzo = take + effort.
    * no concentrar el esfuerzo = spread + Nombre + thinly.
    * poner esfuerzo = give + effort.
    * propulsado con el esfuerzo físico humano = human-powered.
    * realizar esfuerzo = exert + effort.
    * realizar un esfuerzo = put forth + effort, make + effort.
    * realizar un esfuerzo común = make + a concerted effort.
    * redirigir el esfuerzo = refocus + effort.
    * redirigir un esfuerzo = divert + impetus.
    * redoblar esfuerzos = redouble + efforts.
    * reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.
    * reorientar el esfuerzo = refocus + effort.
    * sin esfuerzo = effortless, effortlessly.
    * sin esfuerzo alguno = effortlessly.
    * sin ningún esfuerzo = effortlessly.
    * sin ningún esfuerzo mental = thought-free.
    * tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.
    * tener sed después del esfuerzo = work up + a thirst.
    * tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.
    * trabajo y esfuerzo = toil and trouble.
    * unir esfuerzos = join + hands.
    * vehículo propulsado por el esfuerzo físico humano = human-powered vehicle.

    * * *
    por lo menos hizo el esfuerzo de ser amable at least he made an effort o tried to be friendly
    hay que hacer un esfuerzo de imaginación you have to use your imagination
    me costó muchos esfuerzos convencerlo it took a lot of effort to persuade him, I had a lot of trouble persuading him
    conseguía todo lo que quería sin esfuerzo she got everything she wanted quite effortlessly o without any effort
    2 ( Fís) effort
    * * *

     

    Del verbo esforzar: ( conjugate esforzar)

    esfuerzo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    esforzar    
    esfuerzo
    esforzar ( conjugate esforzar) verbo transitivo ‹voz/vista› to strain
    esforzarse verbo pronominal:

    tienes que esfuerzote más you'll have to work harder;
    esfuerzose por o en hacer algo to strive to do sth
    esfuerzo sustantivo masculino
    effort;
    hizo el esfuerzo de ser amable he made an effort o tried to be friendly
    esforzar vtr (la vista, un músculo) to strain
    esfuerzo sustantivo masculino effort
    hacer un esfuerzo, to make an effort
    ♦ Locuciones: sin esfuerzo, effortlessly

    ' esfuerzo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conquista
    - considerable
    - cuajar
    - desesperada
    - desesperado
    - difícil
    - economía
    - emplear
    - entregarse
    - facilidad
    - gratificar
    - hacer
    - inversión
    - invertir
    - lucir
    - lucha
    - mérito
    - molestarse
    - molestia
    - mucha
    - mucho
    - obra
    - paliza
    - para
    - penosa
    - penoso
    - premiar
    - premio
    - producto
    - renovar
    - rentable
    - rota
    - roto
    - sprint
    - sudor
    - titánica
    - titánico
    - trabajo
    - tute
    - baldío
    - común
    - conjunto
    - consagrar
    - costar
    - demasiado
    - desplegar
    - empeño
    - estéril
    - hazaña
    - intenso
    English:
    all-out
    - challenging
    - concerted
    - conscious
    - effort
    - effortless
    - endeavor
    - endeavour
    - exert
    - exertion
    - extraordinary
    - hard-won
    - heave
    - incessant
    - last-ditch
    - level
    - obstinate
    - out
    - puff
    - push
    - shatter
    - spurt
    - strain
    - strenuous
    - successful
    - sustain
    - swing
    - trouble
    - try
    - unsuccessful
    - vain
    - waste
    - work
    - worth
    * * *
    [físico, intelectual] effort;
    cualquier movimiento cuesta o [m5] supone un terrible esfuerzo any movement requires a huge effort;
    no hagas ningún esfuerzo, que el médico ha recomendado reposo don't exert yourself, the doctor has recommended rest;
    hacer esfuerzos, hacer un esfuerzo to make an effort, to try hard;
    estoy haciendo esfuerzos por no llorar I'm trying hard not to cry;
    hizo un esfuerzo por agradar he made an effort to be pleasant;
    haz un último esfuerzo, ya verás como ahora lo consigues make one last attempt, you'll do it this time!;
    sin esfuerzo effortlessly
    * * *
    m effort;
    hacer un esfuerzo make an effort;
    sin esfuerzo effortlessly
    * * *
    1) : effort
    2) ánimo, vigor: spirit, vigor
    3)
    sin esfuerzo : effortlessly
    * * *
    esfuerzo n effort

    Spanish-English dictionary > esfuerzo

  • 9 ingeniarse el modo de

    (v.) = dream up + ways to
    Ex. Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.
    * * *
    (v.) = dream up + ways to

    Ex: Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ingeniarse el modo de

  • 10 llegar a la conclusión de que

    (v.) = come to + the conclusion that, come up with + the conclusion that, get + the idea that
    Ex. Many librarians have come to the conclusion that the advantages of the dictionary catalogue are outweighed by the associated filing problems.
    Ex. Content analysts, doing their kind of mechanistic time-and-motion studies on 'Till death do us part', might well come up with the conclusion that the greater part of it is straight and explicit racialism.
    Ex. Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.
    * * *
    (v.) = come to + the conclusion that, come up with + the conclusion that, get + the idea that

    Ex: Many librarians have come to the conclusion that the advantages of the dictionary catalogue are outweighed by the associated filing problems.

    Ex: Content analysts, doing their kind of mechanistic time-and-motion studies on 'Till death do us part', might well come up with the conclusion that the greater part of it is straight and explicit racialism.
    Ex: Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llegar a la conclusión de que

  • 11 mantenerse despierto

    v.
    to stay up, to keep awake.
    María velaba todas las noches Mary stood awake every night.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep + alert, stay + awake
    Ex. It is not unsual also for the staff to take courses (at company expense and often on company time) that will keep them alert and mentally alive.
    Ex. Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep + alert, stay + awake

    Ex: It is not unsual also for the staff to take courses (at company expense and often on company time) that will keep them alert and mentally alive.

    Ex: Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantenerse despierto

  • 12 permanecer despierto

    v.
    to stay awake, to keep awake.
    * * *
    (v.) = stay + awake
    Ex. Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.
    * * *
    (v.) = stay + awake

    Ex: Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > permanecer despierto

  • 13 barrenar

    v.
    1 to drill.
    2 to scupper.
    3 to pierce.
    4 to riddle.
    * * *
    1 to drill
    2 (desbaratar) to foil, thwart
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=taladrar) [+ madera, metal] to drill, bore; [+ roca] to blast; [+ barco] to scuttle
    2) (=volar) to blast
    3) (=frustrar) to foil, frustrate
    4) (Jur) to violate, infringe
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( perforar) to drill; ( volar) < roca> to blast
    * * *
    = scuttle, blast into.
    Ex. Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them.
    Ex. The earth is pockmarked with the evidence of ancient collisions - huge craters blasted into its surface by asteroids or comets.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( perforar) to drill; ( volar) < roca> to blast
    * * *
    = scuttle, blast into.

    Ex: Three bills intended to scuttle affirmative action in California were left in dry dock when the committee refused to pass them.

    Ex: The earth is pockmarked with the evidence of ancient collisions - huge craters blasted into its surface by asteroids or comets.

    * * *
    barrenar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (perforar) to drill
    2 (volar) ‹roca› to blast
    * * *

    barrenar ( conjugate barrenar) verbo transitivo ( perforar) to drill;
    ( volar) ‹ roca› to blast
    ' barrenar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    scuttle
    - drill
    * * *
    1. [taladrar] to drill
    2. [frustrar] to scupper
    * * *
    v/t drill
    * * *
    1) : to drill
    2) : to undermine

    Spanish-English dictionary > barrenar

  • 14 hacer fracasar

    v.
    to frustrate, to baffle, to make fail, to prevent from being successful.
    Elsa retardó los planes Elsa thwarted the plans.
    * * *
    (v.) = foil, derail
    Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
    Ex. When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well = Cuando la comunicación dentro de una organización funciona bien, las demás facetas de la gestión mejoran; no obstante, si falla, los otros aspectos de la dirección flaquean también.
    * * *
    (v.) = foil, derail

    Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.

    Ex: When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well = Cuando la comunicación dentro de una organización funciona bien, las demás facetas de la gestión mejoran; no obstante, si falla, los otros aspectos de la dirección flaquean también.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer fracasar

  • 15 segar

    v.
    1 to reap (agriculture).
    El agricultor segó el trigo The farmer reaped the wheat.
    2 to cut off.
    Ricardo segó el maíz Richard cut the corn.
    3 to cut short, to shatter, to thwart, to frustrate.
    Su aparición segó sus planes His appearance thwarted his plans.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ REGAR], like link=regar regar
    1 (gen) to reap, cut; (césped) to mow
    2 figurado (matar) to mow down, cut down
    3 figurado (truncar) to cut off
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Agr) [+ mies] to reap, cut; [+ hierba] to mow, cut
    2) (=acabar con) [+ persona] to cut off; [+ esperanzas] to ruin
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < mies> to reap (liter), to cut
    b) (liter o period) <cabeza/miembro> to sever, cut off
    c) (liter o period) < esperanzas> to shatter, dash
    * * *
    = scythe.
    Ex. The latest swine fever scare scythed through stock markets, cutting back gains made last week.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < mies> to reap (liter), to cut
    b) (liter o period) <cabeza/miembro> to sever, cut off
    c) (liter o period) < esperanzas> to shatter, dash
    * * *

    Ex: The latest swine fever scare scythed through stock markets, cutting back gains made last week.

    * * *
    segar [A7 ]
    vt
    1 ‹mies› to reap ( liter), to cut
    2 ( liter o period); ‹cabeza/miembro› to sever, cut off
    3 ( liter o period); ‹esperanzas› to shatter, dash
    una vida segada en la plenitud a life cut short in its prime
    * * *

    segar ( conjugate segar) verbo transitivo ‹ mies› to reap (liter), to cut
    segar verbo transitivo to reap, cut
    ' segar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    scythe
    - strike down
    - cut
    - mow
    * * *
    segar vt
    1. Agr to reap
    2. [cortar] to cut off;
    la sierra le segó la mano the saw cut off his hand
    3. [esperanzas] to dash;
    la epidemia segó la vida de cientos de personas the epidemic claimed the lives of hundreds of people
    * * *
    v/t
    1 AGR reap, harvest
    2 vida cut short
    * * *
    segar {49} vt
    1) : to reap, to harvest, to cut
    2) : to sever abruptly
    una vida segada por la enfermedad: a life cut short by illness
    * * *
    segar vb to cut [pt. & pp. cut]

    Spanish-English dictionary > segar

  • 16 tozudez

    f.
    1 stubbornness, obstinacy.
    2 cussedness, obstinacy, stubbornness, doggedness.
    * * *
    1 stubbornness, obstinacy
    * * *
    SF stubbornness, obstinacy
    * * *
    femenino obstinacy, stubbornness
    * * *
    Ex. In the past, there has seemed to be a stubbornness on the part of the Library of Congress to update ethnic and racial, as well as sexual and medical subject headings.
    * * *
    femenino obstinacy, stubbornness
    * * *

    Ex: In the past, there has seemed to be a stubbornness on the part of the Library of Congress to update ethnic and racial, as well as sexual and medical subject headings.

    * * *
    obstinacy, stubbornness
    ¡qué tozudez la tuya! you're so obstinate o stubborn!
    * * *

    tozudez sustantivo femenino stubborness, obstinacy
    ' tozudez' also found in these entries:
    English:
    frustrate
    * * *
    stubbornness
    * * *
    f obstinacy
    * * *
    : stubbornness, obstinancy

    Spanish-English dictionary > tozudez

  • 17 truncado

    adj.
    truncate, truncated.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: truncar.
    * * *
    1→ link=trucar trucar
    1 (geometría) truncated
    * * *
    ADJ (=reducido) truncated, shortened; (=incompleto) incomplete
    * * *
    - da adjetivo truncated
    * * *
    Nota: En las búsquedas, inclusión de palabras incompletas para que el ordenador recupere todas aquellas palabras que contienen los caracteres que se han especificado.
    Ex. Truncation is another search device which is to be found to be particularly useful in natural language information retrieval system, although it can be applied with controlled languages.
    ----
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo truncated
    * * *
    Nota: En las búsquedas, inclusión de palabras incompletas para que el ordenador recupere todas aquellas palabras que contienen los caracteres que se han especificado.

    Ex: Truncation is another search device which is to be found to be particularly useful in natural language information retrieval system, although it can be applied with controlled languages.

    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.

    * * *
    truncated
    * * *

    Del verbo truncar: ( conjugate truncar)

    truncado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    truncado    
    truncar
    truncar ( conjugate truncar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹frase/discurso/texto› to cut short

    b) ‹ vida› to cut short;

    ‹ planes› to frustrate, thwart;
    ‹ ilusiones› to shatter
    truncado,-a adjetivo truncated
    truncar verbo transitivo
    1 (una pirámide, un cono) to truncate
    2 (una ilusión, esperanza) to shatter
    (una vida, carrera profesional, etc) to cut short
    ' truncado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    truncada
    * * *
    truncado, -a adj
    [cono, columna] truncated

    Spanish-English dictionary > truncado

  • 18 trunco

    ADJ (=reducido) truncated, shortened; (=incompleto) incomplete
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo truncated, incomplete
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo truncated, incomplete
    * * *
    trunco -ca
    truncated, incomplete
    * * *

    Del verbo truncar: ( conjugate truncar)

    trunco es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    truncó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    truncar    
    trunco
    truncar ( conjugate truncar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹frase/discurso/texto› to cut short

    b) ‹ vida› to cut short;

    ‹ planes› to frustrate, thwart;
    ‹ ilusiones› to shatter
    truncar verbo transitivo
    1 (una pirámide, un cono) to truncate
    2 (una ilusión, esperanza) to shatter
    (una vida, carrera profesional, etc) to cut short
    trunco,-a adj LAm truncated, mutilated, incomplete
    ' trunco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    trunca
    * * *
    trunco, -a adj
    Am incomplete
    * * *
    adj L.Am.
    incomplete; sin punta truncated
    * * *
    trunco, -ca adj
    1) : truncated
    2) : unfinished, incomplete

    Spanish-English dictionary > trunco

  • 19 trunca


    Del verbo truncar: ( conjugate truncar)

    trunca es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    trunca    
    truncar
    truncar ( conjugate truncar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹frase/discurso/texto› to cut short

    b) ‹ vida› to cut short;

    ‹ planes› to frustrate, thwart;
    ‹ ilusiones› to shatter
    trunco,-a adj LAm truncated, mutilated, incomplete
    truncar verbo transitivo
    1 (una pirámide, un cono) to truncate
    2 (una ilusión, esperanza) to shatter
    (una vida, carrera profesional, etc) to cut short

    Spanish-English dictionary > trunca

  • 20 decepcionar

    • disappoint
    • dishearten
    • dissatisfy
    • frustrate

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > decepcionar

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