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futile

  • 1 fútil

    • futile
    • inamorata
    • inanely
    • piffling
    • trivet
    • trivial faultfinding
    • unavailing

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fútil

  • 2 futileza

    • futile act
    • futility

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > futileza

  • 3 inefectivo

    • futile
    • ineffably
    • ineffective step
    • trivet
    • trivial faultfinding

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > inefectivo

  • 4 inútil

    • futile
    • inamorata
    • inanely
    • needlelike as leaves of pine
    • needless repetition
    • otiose
    • pointless
    • purposefully
    • purposelessness
    • unavailing
    • unnecessary
    • worthily
    • worthless account

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > inútil

  • 5 vano

    adj.
    1 vain, vainglorious, bloated, chuff.
    2 vain, useless, unavailing, inane.
    3 vain.
    m.
    opening.
    * * *
    1 (inútil) vain, useless
    2 (ilusorio) illusory, futile
    3 (frívolo) frivolous
    4 (arrogante) vain, conceited
    5 (infundado) unfounded, groundless
    1 opening, bay
    \
    en vano in vain
    * * *
    (f. - vana)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=infundado) [ilusión, esperanza] empty, vain; [temor, sospecha] groundless; [superstición] foolish
    2) (=inútil) [intento] vain, futile

    vanos esfuerzos — vain o futile efforts

    3) (=vacío) [promesa, excusa] empty
    4) [persona] (=superficial) shallow; (=vanidoso) vain
    5) [cáscara] empty, hollow
    2.
    SM (Arquit) space, opening
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( ineficaz) <discusión/intento> vain, futile; < amenazas> idle; < esfuerzo> futile; < excusa> pointless
    c) <palabra/promesa> empty
    II
    masculino opening, space
    * * *
    = futile, fatuous, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], useless.
    Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
    Ex. We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
    Ex. Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex. Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    ----
    * aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * en vano = vainly, in vain, uselessly, helplessly, to no avail, futilely, without any avail, of no avail.
    * luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle.
    * protestar en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * quejarse en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * ser en vano = be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( ineficaz) <discusión/intento> vain, futile; < amenazas> idle; < esfuerzo> futile; < excusa> pointless
    c) <palabra/promesa> empty
    II
    masculino opening, space
    * * *
    = futile, fatuous, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], useless.

    Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.

    Ex: We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
    Ex: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex: Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    * aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * en vano = vainly, in vain, uselessly, helplessly, to no avail, futilely, without any avail, of no avail.
    * luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle.
    * protestar en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * quejarse en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * ser en vano = be of no avail, be to no avail.

    * * *
    vano1 -na
    A
    1 (inútil, ineficaz) ‹discusiones› vain, futile, useless; ‹amenazas› idle
    mis esfuerzos por ayudarlo fueron vanos my efforts to help him were futile o in vain
    en un vano intento por ayudarla in a vain o futile attempt to help her
    son excusas vanas, no servirán para nada they're pointless excuses, they won't help at all
    en vano in vain
    trató en vano de convencerme she tried in vain to convince me, she tried to convince me, but to no avail o but in vain
    abandona esas vanas esperanzas abandon those vain hopes ( frmlor liter)
    creyó que le iban a dar el puesto, pero no fueron más que vanas ilusiones she thought they were going to give her the job, but it was just wishful thinking
    3 ‹palabras/promesas› empty, hollow, vain ( frml)
    B ‹cáscara/fruta› empty
    opening, space
    * * *

    vano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) ( ineficaz) ‹discusión/intento› vain, futile;

    ‹ esfuerzo› futile;



    c) ‹palabra/promesa› empty

    vano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin resultado, inútil) futile, vain: son vanos tus esfuerzos por convencerme, your efforts to convince me are futile
    2 (sin fundamento, irreal) vain, unreal
    3 (vacuo, insustancial) empty
    4 (vanidoso) vain, conceited
    II m Arquit opening
    ♦ Locuciones: en vano, in vain
    ' vano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    balde
    - jurar
    - vana
    - vanamente
    English:
    empty
    - flog
    - fruitless
    - futile
    - helplessly
    - idle
    - nothing
    - unsuccessful
    - unsuccessfully
    - uselessly
    - vain
    - avail
    - hollow
    - pointless
    - vainly
    * * *
    vano, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [inútil] [intento, ilusiones] vain;
    hubiera sido una pretensión vana por mi parte it would have been a vain hope on my part;
    vanas esperanzas empty hopes;
    todos nuestros esfuerzos fueron vanos all our efforts were in vain
    2. [vacío] [palabras, promesas] empty
    3. [persona] vain, conceited
    ♦ nm
    [de puerta] doorway
    ♦ en vano loc adv
    in vain;
    intenté consolarle, pero fue en vano I tried to console him but it was in vain;
    no en vano: han de pasar por unas pruebas durísimas, no en vano son un cuerpo de élite they have to pass some very tough exams, they're not an elite corps for nothing
    * * *
    I adj futile, vain;
    en vano in vain
    II m ARQUI space, opening
    * * *
    vano, -na adj
    1) inútil: vain, useless
    2) : vain, worthless
    vanas promesas: empty promises
    3)
    en vano : in vain, of no avail

    Spanish-English dictionary > vano

  • 6 estéril

    adj.
    1 sterile, acarpous, infertile, barren.
    2 sterile, clean, antiseptic, aseptic.
    3 barren, infertile.
    * * *
    1 (tierra) sterile, barren
    2 (hombre) sterile; (mujer) sterile, infertile
    3 (aséptico) sterile
    4 figurado futile, useless
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=no fértil) [mujer] barren, sterile, infertile; [hombre] sterile; [terreno] sterile, barren
    2) [esfuerzo] vain, futile
    * * *
    a) <animal/persona> sterile; < terreno> infertile, barren
    b) <esfuerzo/discusión> futile
    c) <gasa/jeringa> sterile
    * * *
    = sterile, barren, infertile.
    Ex. Such a stance appears to ignore the many warnings to the effect that theory without practice may be sterile, but practice without theory is blind.
    Ex. Seeds blown by wind or carried by animals germinated and began sprouting green life in the barren area.
    Ex. This study aimed to assess the attitudes of both fertile and infertile women as well as egg donors and recipients towards the use of donated eggs for treatment, diagnosis and research.
    * * *
    a) <animal/persona> sterile; < terreno> infertile, barren
    b) <esfuerzo/discusión> futile
    c) <gasa/jeringa> sterile
    * * *
    = sterile, barren, infertile.

    Ex: Such a stance appears to ignore the many warnings to the effect that theory without practice may be sterile, but practice without theory is blind.

    Ex: Seeds blown by wind or carried by animals germinated and began sprouting green life in the barren area.
    Ex: This study aimed to assess the attitudes of both fertile and infertile women as well as egg donors and recipients towards the use of donated eggs for treatment, diagnosis and research.

    * * *
    1 ‹mujer› infertile, sterile, barren ( liter); ‹hombre› sterile; ‹animal› infertile, sterile; ‹terreno› infertile, barren
    2 ‹esfuerzo› futile, vain ( before n); ‹discusión› futile, fruitless
    3 ‹gasa/jeringa› sterile
    * * *

    estéril adjetivo
    a) ‹animal/persona› sterile;

    ‹ terreno› infertile, barren
    b) ‹esfuerzo/discusión› futile

    c) ‹gasa/jeringa› sterile

    estéril adjetivo
    1 (infecundo) sterile
    (sin resultado) futile
    2 (sin gérmenes) sterile
    ' estéril' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    salar
    - yerma
    - yermo
    English:
    barren
    - infertile
    - sterile
    * * *
    1. [hombre, animal] sterile, infertile;
    [mujer] infertile, barren, sterile; [terreno] barren, infertile; [pensamiento, imaginación] sterile
    2. [gasa, instrumental] sterilized, sterile
    3. [inútil] futile, fruitless
    * * *
    adj
    1 MED sterile
    2 trabajo, esfuerzo etc futile
    * * *
    1) : sterile, germ-free
    2) : infertile, barren
    3) : futile, vain

    Spanish-English dictionary > estéril

  • 7 inútil

    adj.
    useless, needless, pointless, unnecessary.
    f. & m.
    lame duck, prat, ineffectual person, sad pack.
    * * *
    1 (gen) useless
    2 (intento) vain, futile
    3 MEDICINA disabled
    4 MILITAR unfit
    1 familiar (persona) hopeless case
    \
    es inútil que + subjuntivo there is no point in + gerund
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=vano) [intento, esfuerzo] unsuccessful, fruitless

    lo intenté todo, pero fue inútil — I tried everything, but it was no use o useless

    es inútil que usted proteste — it's no good o use you protesting, there's no point in protesting

    2) (=inepto) useless *, hopeless *
    3) (=inválido) disabled
    4) (=inservible) useless
    5) (Mil) unfit
    2.
    SMF

    ¡tu hermana es una inútil! — your sister is useless o hopeless! *

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <esfuerzo/papeleo> useless
    b) < trasto> useless
    2)
    a) ( incompetente) useless
    b) (Mil) ( no apto) unfit
    c) (Med) disabled
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = futile, useless, deadwood [dead wood], helpless, ineffectual, inutile, wasteful, good-for-nothing, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], duffer, toothless, ineffective.
    Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
    Ex. Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    Ex. Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.
    Ex. In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
    Ex. A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex. However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.
    Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.
    Ex. Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
    ----
    * algo inútil = a dead dog.
    * cosa inútil = dead horse.
    * misión inútil = fool's errand.
    * ser inútil = fire + blanks.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <esfuerzo/papeleo> useless
    b) < trasto> useless
    2)
    a) ( incompetente) useless
    b) (Mil) ( no apto) unfit
    c) (Med) disabled
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = futile, useless, deadwood [dead wood], helpless, ineffectual, inutile, wasteful, good-for-nothing, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], duffer, toothless, ineffective.

    Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.

    Ex: Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    Ex: Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.
    Ex: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
    Ex: A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex: However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.
    Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.
    Ex: Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
    * algo inútil = a dead dog.
    * cosa inútil = dead horse.
    * misión inútil = fool's errand.
    * ser inútil = fire + blanks.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹esfuerzo/papeleo› useless
    es inútil, no lo vas a convencer it's useless o you're wasting your time, you won't convince him
    todo fue inútil it was all futile o useless o in vain
    es inútil que insistas there's no point (in) insisting
    es inútil que trates de hacerlo entender it's pointless trying to make him understand, there's no point trying to make him understand
    2 ‹trasto› useless
    B
    1 (incompetente) useless
    2 ( Mil) (no apto) unfit
    3 ( Med) disabled
    quedó inútil después del accidente the accident left him disabled
    es un inútil he's useless
    * * *

     

    inútil adjetivo
    useless;

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: es un inútil he's useless
    inútil
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin utilidad) useless
    (sin resultado) vain, pointless
    2 Mil unfit (for service)
    II mf fam good-for-nothing

    ' inútil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chisme
    - desperdicio
    - gasto
    - lindeza
    - pegote
    - trasto
    - vana
    - vano
    - cachivache
    - calamidad
    - incapaz
    - inservible
    - insistir
    English:
    breath
    - dead loss
    - dead weight
    - dead wood
    - dud
    - futile
    - gesture
    - good-for-nothing
    - helpless
    - lemon
    - render
    - unhelpful
    - unnecessary
    - use
    - useless
    - vain
    - which
    - white elephant
    - wild-goose chase
    - hopeless
    - incapable
    - pointless
    - waste
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [objeto] useless;
    [intento, esfuerzo] unsuccessful, vain;
    sus intentos resultaron inútiles his attempts were unsuccessful o in vain;
    es inútil, ya es demasiado tarde there's no point, it's too late;
    es inútil que lo esperes, se ha ido para siempre there's no point in waiting for him, he's gone for good
    2. [inválido] disabled;
    le dieron la baja por inútil he was allowed to take disability leave;
    quedó inútil tras el accidente she was disabled as a result of the accident
    3. [no apto] unfit;
    fue declarado inútil para el servicio militar he was declared unfit for military service
    ♦ nmf
    hopeless case, useless person;
    es un inútil he's useless o hopeless
    * * *
    I adj
    1 useless
    2 MIL unfit
    II m/f
    :
    es un inútil he’s useless
    * * *
    inútil adj
    inservible: useless
    ♦ inútilmente adv
    inútil nmf
    : good-for-nothing
    * * *
    inútil1 adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > inútil

  • 8 fútil

    adj.
    futile, trivial, useless, vain.
    * * *
    1 unimportant, trivial
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=inútil) futile
    2) (=sin importancia) trifling, trivial
    * * *
    futil adjetivo (liter) trivial, trifling
    * * *
    = sterile, inutile.
    Ex. Such a stance appears to ignore the many warnings to the effect that theory without practice may be sterile, but practice without theory is blind.
    Ex. However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.
    * * *
    futil adjetivo (liter) trivial, trifling
    * * *
    = sterile, inutile.

    Ex: Such a stance appears to ignore the many warnings to the effect that theory without practice may be sterile, but practice without theory is blind.

    Ex: However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.

    * * *
    fútil, futil
    ( liter); trivial, trifling
    * * *

    fútil adjetivo futile, trivial: no me embarques en empresas fútiles, don't get me involved in futile pursuits
    * * *
    fútil adj
    trivial
    * * *
    adj trivial
    * * *
    fútil adj
    : trifling, trivial

    Spanish-English dictionary > fútil

  • 9 vana

    adj.
    1 Vain (inútil), wanting solidity.
    2 Inane, empty, fallacious.
    3 Useless, frivolous (frívolo).
    4 Arrogant, haughty, presumptuous, conceited, foppish.
    5 Insubstantial, groundless, futile.
    En vano in vain, unnecessarily, uselessly, wantonly
    f.
    feminine of VANO.
    * * *
    f., (m. - vano)
    * * *

    vano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin resultado, inútil) futile, vain: son vanos tus esfuerzos por convencerme, your efforts to convince me are futile
    2 (sin fundamento, irreal) vain, unreal
    3 (vacuo, insustancial) empty
    4 (vanidoso) vain, conceited
    II m Arquit opening
    ♦ Locuciones: en vano, in vain
    ' vana' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ilusión
    - frivolidad
    English:
    delusion

    Spanish-English dictionary > vana

  • 10 absurdo

    adj.
    absurd, nonsensical, irrational, meaningless.
    m.
    1 absurdity, nonsense, folly, aberration.
    2 absurd act, absurdity.
    * * *
    1 absurd
    1 absurdity, nonsense
    ————————
    1 absurdity, nonsense
    * * *
    (f. - absurda)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ absurd

    lo absurdo es que... — the ridiculous thing is that...

    teatro del absurdo — theatre o (EEUU) theater of the absurd

    2.
    SM absurdity, (piece of) nonsense
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo absurd, ridiculous

    lo más absurdo de todo es... — the ridiculous thing about it all is...

    II
    * * *
    = foolish, incongruous, ludicrous, absurd, farcical, meaningless, nonsensical.
    Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex. The idea is incongruous in our general catalogs where a publication is to be represented by a main entry as an edition of a particular work by a particular author.
    Ex. Hernandez described the encounter as futile and ludicrous, and concluded that it tallied entirely with Lespran's expectation of it..
    Ex. Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.
    Ex. There is considerable interest in picture books from the social realism of the 70s to the growing interest in fantasy, myth, legend, science fiction and the emphasis on the farcical and absurd aspects of life in the 80s.
    Ex. Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.
    Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    ----
    * algo absurdo = nonsense.
    * lo absurdo = ridiculousness.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo absurd, ridiculous

    lo más absurdo de todo es... — the ridiculous thing about it all is...

    II
    * * *
    = foolish, incongruous, ludicrous, absurd, farcical, meaningless, nonsensical.

    Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.

    Ex: The idea is incongruous in our general catalogs where a publication is to be represented by a main entry as an edition of a particular work by a particular author.
    Ex: Hernandez described the encounter as futile and ludicrous, and concluded that it tallied entirely with Lespran's expectation of it..
    Ex: Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.
    Ex: There is considerable interest in picture books from the social realism of the 70s to the growing interest in fantasy, myth, legend, science fiction and the emphasis on the farcical and absurd aspects of life in the 80s.
    Ex: Although the isolate numbers for the concepts are correct, these mistakes in the use of facet indicators render this class number meaningless.
    Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    * algo absurdo = nonsense.
    * lo absurdo = ridiculousness.

    * * *
    absurdo1 -da
    absurd, ridiculous
    eso es a todas luces absurdo that is absolutely preposterous o absurd o ridiculous
    esto es el colmo de lo absurdo this is totally absurd o the height of absurdity
    es absurdo que te comportes así it's ridiculous o absurd of you to behave like that
    1
    (absurdez): es un absurdo que trates de ocultarlo it's ridiculous o absurd (of you) to try to hide it
    2 ( Fil, Mat):
    un absurdo an absurdity
    reducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum
    * * *

    absurdo
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    absurd, ridiculous
    absurdo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 absurd: es un argumento completamente absurdo, it's an absolutely absurd line of argument
    2 (cosa ridícula) ludicrous: llevaba puesto un absurdo sombrero, she was wearing a ridiculous hat
    II sustantivo masculino absurdity, absurd thing

    ' absurdo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absurda
    - baremo
    - mamarrachada
    - me
    - perfectamente
    English:
    absurd
    - all
    - farcical
    - ludicrous
    - mindless
    - nonsensical
    - preposterous
    - senseless
    - sound
    - to
    - wacky
    - absurdity
    - fantastic
    - wild
    * * *
    absurdo, -a
    ♦ adj
    absurd;
    lo absurdo sería que no lo hicieras it would be absurd for you not to do it
    ♦ nm
    decir/hacer un absurdo to say/do something ridiculous o idiotic;
    reducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum;
    el teatro del absurdo the Theatre of the Absurd
    * * *
    I adj absurd
    II m
    1 absurdity;
    es un absurdo que it’s absurd that
    2
    :
    teatro del absurdo theater o Br theatre of the absurd
    * * *
    absurdo, -da adj
    disparatado, ridículo: absurd, ridiculous
    ♦ absurdamente adv
    : absurdity
    * * *
    absurdo adj absurd

    Spanish-English dictionary > absurdo

  • 11 aficionado

    adj.
    1 amateur.
    2 enthusiastic.
    3 amateurish.
    4 addicted.
    f. & m.
    1 fan, buff.
    2 beginner, amateur, dilettante, neophyte.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: aficionar.
    * * *
    1→ link=aficionar aficionar
    1 keen, fond
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fan, enthusiast
    2 (no profesional) amateur
    * * *
    1. (f. - aficionada)
    noun
    1) lover, enthusiast
    3) fan, supporter
    2. (f. - aficionada)
    adj.
    1) enthusiastic, keen
    * * *
    aficionado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=entusiasta) keen, enthusiastic
    2) (=no profesional) amateur
    2. SM / F
    1) (=entusiasta) [de hobby] enthusiast; [como espectador] lover
    2) (=no profesional) amateur
    3) [de equipo, grupo] fan, supporter
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo [ser]

    aficionado a algo — fond of o keen on something

    b) ( no profesional) amateur
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( entusiasta) enthusiast

    aficionado a algo: para los aficionados al bricolaje for do-it-yourself enthusiasts; un aficionado a la música a music lover; los aficionados al tenis/fútbol tennis/football fans; los aficionados a los toros — bullfighting aficionados

    b) ( no profesional) amateur
    * * *
    = dabbler, dilettante, hobbyist, non-specialist [nonspecialist], buff, enthusiast, aficionado.
    Ex. This article examines 3 different types of user -- the dabbler, the researcher and the beginner -- and their possible reactions to CD-ROM software.
    Ex. As far as he was concerned the study of nonverbal communication was a pseudo-science, the work of dilettantes and other futile souls.
    Ex. We do not regard such a thing as at all odd when hobbyists meet; rather, we encourage it.
    Ex. However, most emergencies arise from water leakage and much can be done by the non-specialist to alleviate the damage.
    Ex. His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.
    Ex. Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex. Garlic cloves continue to be used by aficionados as a remedy for digestive disorders and fungal infections such as thrush.
    ----
    * aficionado a contemplar las estrellas = stargazer.
    * aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.
    * aficionado a la historia = history buff.
    * aficionado a la informática = computer buff.
    * aficionado a la pesca = fishing-hobbyist.
    * aficionado a la vela = yachtsman [yachtsmen, -pl.].
    * aficionado al deporte = sports enthusiast.
    * aficionado al fútbol = football supporter, football fan.
    * aficionado al teatro = theatre buff.
    * aficionado al vino = wine lover.
    * aficionado a mirar las estrellas = stargazer.
    * aficionado a observar las estrellas = stargazer.
    * aficionado a todo lo militar = military buff.
    * ser aficionado a = be fond of.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo [ser]

    aficionado a algo — fond of o keen on something

    b) ( no profesional) amateur
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( entusiasta) enthusiast

    aficionado a algo: para los aficionados al bricolaje for do-it-yourself enthusiasts; un aficionado a la música a music lover; los aficionados al tenis/fútbol tennis/football fans; los aficionados a los toros — bullfighting aficionados

    b) ( no profesional) amateur
    * * *
    = dabbler, dilettante, hobbyist, non-specialist [nonspecialist], buff, enthusiast, aficionado.

    Ex: This article examines 3 different types of user -- the dabbler, the researcher and the beginner -- and their possible reactions to CD-ROM software.

    Ex: As far as he was concerned the study of nonverbal communication was a pseudo-science, the work of dilettantes and other futile souls.
    Ex: We do not regard such a thing as at all odd when hobbyists meet; rather, we encourage it.
    Ex: However, most emergencies arise from water leakage and much can be done by the non-specialist to alleviate the damage.
    Ex: His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.
    Ex: Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex: Garlic cloves continue to be used by aficionados as a remedy for digestive disorders and fungal infections such as thrush.
    * aficionado a contemplar las estrellas = stargazer.
    * aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.
    * aficionado a la historia = history buff.
    * aficionado a la informática = computer buff.
    * aficionado a la pesca = fishing-hobbyist.
    * aficionado a la vela = yachtsman [yachtsmen, -pl.].
    * aficionado al deporte = sports enthusiast.
    * aficionado al fútbol = football supporter, football fan.
    * aficionado al teatro = theatre buff.
    * aficionado al vino = wine lover.
    * aficionado a mirar las estrellas = stargazer.
    * aficionado a observar las estrellas = stargazer.
    * aficionado a todo lo militar = military buff.
    * ser aficionado a = be fond of.

    * * *
    [ SER]
    1 (entusiasta) aficionado A algo fond OF o keen ON sth
    es muy aficionado a los deportes náuticos he's very keen on water sports
    masculine, feminine
    1 (entusiasta) enthusiast aficionado A algo:
    para los aficionados al bricolaje for do-it-yourself enthusiasts
    los aficionados a los toros bullfighting aficionados
    * * *

    Del verbo aficionar: ( conjugate aficionar)

    aficionado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    aficionado    
    aficionar
    aficionado
    ◊ -da adjetivo [ser]

    a) ( entusiasta) aficionado a algo fond of o keen on sth


    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino


    un aficionado a la música a music lover;
    los aficionados al tenis/fútbol tennis/football fans

    aficionado,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 enthusiast
    un aficionado a la música, a music lover
    un aficionado a los toros, a bullfighting fan
    2 (no profesional) amateur
    II adjetivo
    1 keen, fond
    ser aficionado a los deportes, to be fond of sports
    2 (no profesional) amateur
    ' aficionado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aficionada
    - amiga
    - amigo
    - dada
    - dado
    - enamorada
    - enamorado
    - fanática
    - fanático
    - teleadicta
    - teleadicto
    - devoto
    English:
    amateur
    - amateurish
    - buff
    - cinemagoer
    - devotee
    - fan
    - fond
    - hard-core
    - into
    - keen
    - lover
    - playgoer
    * * *
    aficionado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [interesado] keen;
    ser aficionado a algo to be keen on sth;
    el público aficionado al cine the movie-going o Br cinema-going public
    2. [no profesional] amateur
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [interesado] fan;
    es un aficionado al cine he's a keen movie-goer o Br cinema-goer;
    un gran aficionado a la música clásica a great lover of classical music;
    los aficionados a los toros followers of bullfighting, bullfighting fans
    2. [no profesional] amateur;
    un trabajo de aficionados an amateurish piece of work
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    ser aficionado a be interested in, Br
    tb be keen on
    II m, aficionada f
    1 enthusiast;
    aficionado a la música music enthusiast o buff;
    2 no profesional amateur;
    un partido de aficionados an amateur game
    * * *
    aficionado, -da adj
    entusiasta: enthusiastic, keen
    aficionado, -da n
    1) entusiasta: enthusiast, fan
    2) : amateur
    * * *
    1. (no profesional) amateur
    2. (entusiasta) keen
    1. (amateur) amateur
    3. (entusiasta) lover

    Spanish-English dictionary > aficionado

  • 12 censurar

    v.
    1 to censor.
    El gobierno censuró la información The government censored the information
    2 to criticize severely, to censure.
    El público censuró la película The public censured the film.
    La editorial censuró la novela The publisher bowdlerized the novel.
    * * *
    1 to censor
    2 (criticar) to censure, criticize
    * * *
    verb
    2) censure, criticize
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Pol) to censor
    2) [+ obra, película] to censor
    3) (=criticar) to censure frm, criticize
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    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. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    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. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    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. Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex. But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.

    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    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: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    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: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    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: Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex: But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter
    .
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.

    * * *
    censurar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (reprobar) to censure ( frml), to condemn, criticize
    2 (examinar) ‹libro/película/cartas› to censor
    3 (suprimir) ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor
    * * *

    censurar ( conjugate censurar) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹libro/película› to censor, ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor

    censurar verbo transitivo
    1 (libro, película) to censor: algunas escenas de la obra fueron censuradas, some scenes from the play werer cut
    2 (criticar, reprobar) to censure, criticize: censuramos su modo de tratar a los alumnos, we disapprove of the way he treats his students
    ' censurar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cortar
    - condenar
    - criticar
    English:
    black out
    - bowdlerize
    - censor
    - censure
    - reprove
    * * *
    1. [prohibir] to censor;
    censuraron dos escenas de la película two scenes in the movie were censored
    2. [reprobar] to criticize severely, to censure;
    siempre censura mi comportamiento she always criticizes my behaviour
    * * *
    v/t
    1 censor
    2 tratamiento condemn
    * * *
    1) : to censor
    2) : to censure, to criticize

    Spanish-English dictionary > censurar

  • 13 con imaginación

    Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
    * * *

    Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con imaginación

  • 14 cubierto de

    = awash with/in, clad in, caked in/with, riddled with, encrusted with, incrusted with
    Ex. It would seem as if the country is almost awash with outlets for the sale of books.
    Ex. When a fount of type was to be cast, each matrix in turn was fixed in the mould, a steel box made in two parts, clad in wood for insulation and ease of handling.
    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.
    Ex. This hope might prove futile since the draft is riddled with contradictions.
    Ex. In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.
    Ex. There is a pulpit on the northeast side of the nave, which is made of marble, though originally it was made of wood, incrusted with ebony and ivory.
    * * *
    = awash with/in, clad in, caked in/with, riddled with, encrusted with, incrusted with

    Ex: It would seem as if the country is almost awash with outlets for the sale of books.

    Ex: When a fount of type was to be cast, each matrix in turn was fixed in the mould, a steel box made in two parts, clad in wood for insulation and ease of handling.
    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.
    Ex: This hope might prove futile since the draft is riddled with contradictions.
    Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.
    Ex: There is a pulpit on the northeast side of the nave, which is made of marble, though originally it was made of wood, incrusted with ebony and ivory.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cubierto de

  • 15 dar un nuevo nombre

    (v.) = rename
    Ex. Without such an understanding, attempts at overcoming the stereotype by willing it away, renaming, or ignoring it will remain futile.
    * * *
    (v.) = rename

    Ex: Without such an understanding, attempts at overcoming the stereotype by willing it away, renaming, or ignoring it will remain futile.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar un nuevo nombre

  • 16 de forma imaginativa

    Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
    * * *

    Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de forma imaginativa

  • 17 de modo imaginativo

    Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
    * * *

    Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de modo imaginativo

  • 18 depurar

    v.
    1 to purify (agua, metal, gas).
    El carbón depura el agua Carbon purifies the water.
    2 to debug, to depurate, to iron out, to make perfect.
    El genio depuró el sistema The genius debugged the system.
    3 to cleanse.
    * * *
    1 (purificar agua) to purify, depurate; (sangre) to cleanse
    2 PLÍTICA to purge
    3 figurado (perfeccionar) to purify, refine
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=purificar) [+ agua] to treat, purify; [+ aguas residuales] to treat; [+ sangre] to cleanse
    2) (Pol) to purge
    3) (Inform) to debug
    4) Caribe * [+ empleado] to fire *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < agua> to purify, treat; < aguas residuales> to treat
    b) < sangre> to cleanse
    2)
    a) <organización/partido> to purge
    b) <lenguaje/estilo> to polish, refine
    c) (Inf) to debug
    * * *
    = prune, refine, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], knock + the rough edges off, debug, purify, cleanse.
    Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex. The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.
    Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex. Ellyse has slowly solidified her game by knocking the rough edges off and by opening her mind up to what's required and what's available.
    Ex. In computer science, debug is the term used to locate and remove errors from a program.
    Ex. Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.
    Ex. Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.
    ----
    * depurar un fichero = clean up + file.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < agua> to purify, treat; < aguas residuales> to treat
    b) < sangre> to cleanse
    2)
    a) <organización/partido> to purge
    b) <lenguaje/estilo> to polish, refine
    c) (Inf) to debug
    * * *
    = prune, refine, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], knock + the rough edges off, debug, purify, cleanse.

    Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.

    Ex: The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.
    Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex: Ellyse has slowly solidified her game by knocking the rough edges off and by opening her mind up to what's required and what's available.
    Ex: In computer science, debug is the term used to locate and remove errors from a program.
    Ex: Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.
    Ex: Librarians were terrorised and their collections cleansed of ideologically harmful works.
    * depurar un fichero = clean up + file.

    * * *
    depurar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹agua› to purify, treat; ‹aguas residuales› to treat
    2 ‹sangre› to cleanse
    B
    1 ‹organización/partido› to purge
    2 ‹lenguaje› to polish, refine
    3 ( Inf) to debug
    * * *

    depurar ( conjugate depurar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ agua› to purify, treat;

    ‹ aguas residuales› to treat
    b) ‹ sangre› to cleanse

    2
    a) ‹organización/partido› to purge

    b) ‹lenguaje/estilo› to polish, refine

    depurar verbo transitivo
    1 (limpiar un líquido, agua) to purify
    2 (un partido, una empresa) to purge
    3 (el estilo, vocabulario, etc) to refine
    ' depurar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    debug
    - purify
    * * *
    1. [agua] [de río] to purify, to treat;
    [de piscina] to filter
    2. [metal, gas] to purify
    3. [partido, organismo] to purge
    4. [estilo, gusto] to refine;
    [lenguaje, técnica] to hone; [sistema] to fine-tune
    5. Informát to debug
    * * *
    v/t
    1 purify
    2 POL purge
    * * *
    1) purificar: to purify
    2) purgar: to purge

    Spanish-English dictionary > depurar

  • 19 desear fuertemente que Algo desaparezca

    = will + Nombre + away
    Ex. Without such an understanding, attempts at overcoming the stereotype by willing it away, renaming, or ignoring it will remain futile.
    * * *
    = will + Nombre + away

    Ex: Without such an understanding, attempts at overcoming the stereotype by willing it away, renaming, or ignoring it will remain futile.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desear fuertemente que Algo desaparezca

  • 20 diletante

    adj.
    dilettante.
    f. & m.
    1 dabbler, dabster.
    2 dilettante, admirer, enthusiast.
    * * *
    1 dilettante
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( amante de las artes) dilettante
    b) (pey) ( no profesional) dilettante (pej), amateur (pej)
    * * *
    = dabbler, dilettante.
    Ex. This article examines 3 different types of user -- the dabbler, the researcher and the beginner -- and their possible reactions to CD-ROM software.
    Ex. As far as he was concerned the study of nonverbal communication was a pseudo-science, the work of dilettantes and other futile souls.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( amante de las artes) dilettante
    b) (pey) ( no profesional) dilettante (pej), amateur (pej)
    * * *
    = dabbler, dilettante.

    Ex: This article examines 3 different types of user -- the dabbler, the researcher and the beginner -- and their possible reactions to CD-ROM software.

    Ex: As far as he was concerned the study of nonverbal communication was a pseudo-science, the work of dilettantes and other futile souls.

    * * *
    diletante, dilettante
    2 ( pey) (no profesional) dilettante ( pej), amateur ( pej)
    * * *

    diletante adj pey dilettante, amateur
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    dilettantish, dilettante
    ♦ nmf
    dilettante
    * * *
    m/f dilettante

    Spanish-English dictionary > diletante

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  • futile — I adjective abortive, barren, bootless, feckless, fruitless, futilis, gainless, hopeless, inanis, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, insignificant, inutile, nugatory, otiose, profitless, resultless, unavailing, unfruitful, unimportant,… …   Law dictionary

  • futile — 1550s, from M.Fr. futile, from L. futilis vain, worthless, futile, lit. pouring out easily (of a vessel), hence easily emptied, leaky, unreliable, from base of fundere pour, melt, from PIE root *gheu to pour (see FOUND (Cf. found) (2)). Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • futile — FUTILE. adj. de tout genre. Frivole, Qui est de peu de consequence, de peu de consideration. Raison futile. discours futile …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • futile — / futile/ agg. [dal lat. futĭlis, propr. che lascia scorrere ]. 1. [privo di profondità, di scarsa serietà: argomenti, discorsi f. ] ▶◀ e ◀▶ [➨ frivolo (1)]. 2. [di scarso peso, di poca importanza: litigare per f. motivi ] ▶◀ banale,… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • futile — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ producing no useful result; pointless. DERIVATIVES futilely adverb futility noun. ORIGIN Latin futilis leaky, futile …   English terms dictionary

  • Futĭle — (röm. Ant.), Opfergefäße in dem Tempel der Vesta, ohne Füße …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • FUTILE — Lutatio ad Stat. Theb. l. 7. v. 297. vas fuit lato ove, quo utebantur in sacris Deae Vestae; quia aqua ad sacra Vestae in terra non ponitur, quod si fiat, piaculumest, ideo excogitatum est vas, quod stare non posset, sed si positum statim… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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