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  • 21 escaramuza

    f.
    skirmish (military) (& figurative).
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: escaramuzar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: escaramuzar.
    * * *
    1 MILITAR skirmish
    2 (riña) run-in, squabble
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Mil) skirmish, brush
    2) (=enfrentamiento) brush
    * * *
    femenino (Mil) skirmish; (Dep) scrimmage
    * * *
    = skirmish, scuffle, scuffling, scrimmage, running battle.
    Ex. Specifically he is studying why the short Turkish bow was apparently superior to the English long bow of the skirmishes of the Crusades.
    Ex. The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex. Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex. He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.
    Ex. Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    * * *
    femenino (Mil) skirmish; (Dep) scrimmage
    * * *
    = skirmish, scuffle, scuffling, scrimmage, running battle.

    Ex: Specifically he is studying why the short Turkish bow was apparently superior to the English long bow of the skirmishes of the Crusades.

    Ex: The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex: Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex: He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.
    Ex: Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.

    * * *
    1 ( Mil) skirmish
    2 ( Dep) scrimmage
    * * *

    escaramuza sustantivo femenino (Mil) skirmish;
    (Dep) scrimmage
    escaramuza sustantivo femenino
    1 Mil skirmishes, disputes: ha habido escaramuzas a lo largo de la frontera, there have been skirmishes all along the border
    2 familiar scuffle: no ha sido nada, solo una pequeña escaramuza entre los hermanos, it was nothing - just a little scuffle between brothers
    ' escaramuza' also found in these entries:
    English:
    scuffle
    - skirmish
    * * *
    1. [combate] skirmish
    2. [riña] skirmish
    * * *
    f skirmish
    * * *
    1) : skirmish
    2) : scrimmage

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaramuza

  • 22 esta mañana

    Ex. Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    * * *

    Ex: Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esta mañana

  • 23 granuja

    adj.
    rascally, impish, mischievous.
    f. & m.
    1 rogue, scoundrel (pillo).
    2 rascal, little wretch, urchin, gamin.
    3 loose grape separate from the bunch.
    4 seeds of the grape and other small fruits.
    * * *
    1 (uva) grapes plural
    1 (pilluelo) ragamuffin, urchin
    2 (estafador) crook, trickster
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (=bribón) rogue; [dicho con afecto] rascal; (=pilluelo) urchin, ragamuffin
    2.
    SF (=uvas) loose grapes pl ; (=semilla) grape seed
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex. He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex. It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.

    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex: He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex: It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

    * * *
    rascal
    ¿dónde se habrá metido este granujilla? where's that little rascal o monkey got(ten) to?
    * * *

    granuja sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rascal
    granuja sustantivo masculino
    1 (pícaro) urchin
    2 (estafador, truhán) swindler
    ' granuja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - pájaro
    - sinvergüenza
    - canalla
    - pajarraco
    - rufián
    English:
    rascal
    - rogue
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    1. [pillo] rogue, scoundrel
    2. [canalla] trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m/f rascal
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    pilluelo: rascal, urchin
    * * *
    granuja adj rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > granuja

  • 24 grupo

    m.
    1 group (conjunto).
    en grupo in a group
    grupo ecologista environmental group
    grupo de estudio study group
    grupo de presión (politics) pressure group, lobby
    grupo de riesgo group at risk
    grupo de rock rock group
    2 group of people, bevy, circle, group.
    * * *
    1 group
    2 TÉCNICA unit, set
    \
    en grupo together, en masse
    grupo electrógeno power plant
    grupo sanguíneo blood group
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) band
    •
    * * *
    SM
    1) [gen] group; (=equipo) team; [de árboles] cluster, clump

    grupo de contacto — (Pol) contact group

    grupo de estafas — (Policía) fraud squad

    grupo de estupefacientes — (Policía) drug squad

    grupo de homicidios — (Policía) murder squad

    grupo de investigación — research team, team of researchers

    grupo de presión — pressure group, special interest group (EEUU)

    2) (Elec, Téc) unit, plant; (=montaje) assembly

    grupo electrógeno, grupo generador — generating set, power plant

    3) Cono Sur (=trampa) trick, con *
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.
    Ex. The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.
    Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex. A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex. The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex. The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex. This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex. This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex. This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex. SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex. Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex. If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex. 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex. Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex. These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex. DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex. It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex. No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex. The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    ----
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.

    Ex: The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

    Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex: A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex: The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex: This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex: This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex: Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex: If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex: 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex: Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex: These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex: No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex: The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de personas) group; (de empresas, países) group; (de árboles) clump
    los grupos sociales marginados marginalized social groups
    un grupo de casas a group o cluster of houses
    se dividieron en grupos de (a) cuatro they split into groups of four
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    2 ( Mús) tb
    grupo musical group, band
    3 ( Quím) group
    Compuestos:
    support group
    advisory group, think tank
    construction consortium
    control group
    consortium
    hotel chain
    ● grupo de interés or presión
    pressure group
    jazz group o band
    internet forum
    press consortium
    ( Pol) Group of Eight
    newsgroup
    working party
    user group
    generator
    ● grupo fónico/tónico
    phonic/tonic group
    target group
    ( frml); peer group
    parliamentary group
    blood group
    tener el grupo sanguíneo Rh or Rhesus positivo/negativo to be Rhesus positive/negative
    ¿qué grupo sanguíneo tiene? what blood group are you?
    tengo el grupo sanguíneo A/AB/B positivo/negativo I'm blood group A/AB/B positive/negative
    control group
    B ( Chi arg) (mentira) lie; (engaño) trick
    * * *

     

    grupo sustantivo masculino
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group;

    ( de árboles) clump;

    grupos sociales social groups;
    de grupo ‹terapia/trabajo› group ( before n);
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    b) (Mús) tb


    grupo sustantivo masculino
    1 g roup: no queda sangre del groupo B+, there is no B+ blood left
    tiene mi grupo sanguíneo, he has the same blood group as I do
    grupo de trabajo, working party
    terapia de grupo, group therapy
    2 Mús group, band
    3 Elec grupo electrógeno, power generator o electric generating set
    ' grupo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparato
    - argot
    - beatería
    - cada
    - clase
    - comando
    - componente
    - conjunta
    - conjunto
    - contra
    - cuerpo
    - delirio
    - descolgarse
    - desfilar
    - dirigirse
    - disolver
    - disolverse
    - dispersar
    - dispersarse
    - ecologista
    - entrada
    - equipo
    - escolta
    - estamento
    - exclusión
    - figurar
    - fuerza
    - GEO
    - guerrilla
    - incorporarse
    - iniciar
    - jerga
    - junta
    - manifestarse
    - maquinaria
    - mayoría
    - minoritaria
    - minoritario
    - ninguna
    - ninguno
    - núcleo
    - nutrido-a
    - panel
    - paquete
    - patrulla
    - pertenencia
    - pesar
    - piña
    - readmitir
    - relevo
    English:
    address
    - army
    - back
    - band
    - bear down on
    - blood group
    - body
    - bracket
    - breakaway
    - bunch
    - camp
    - chain gang
    - class
    - cliquey
    - clump
    - cluster
    - collection
    - collective
    - combine
    - come under
    - commission
    - contra
    - crowd
    - demo
    - dense
    - drummer
    - dynamics
    - fervent
    - flagship
    - flock
    - foursome
    - fraternity
    - frenzied
    - gather
    - group
    - guard
    - heterogeneous
    - homogeneous
    - huddle
    - inbred
    - Ivy League
    - join
    - knot
    - lead
    - leadership
    - lobby
    - make up
    - manager
    - manageress
    - motley
    * * *
    grupo nm
    1. [conjunto] group;
    [de árboles] cluster;
    grupo (de empresas) (corporate) group;
    en grupo in a group;
    el grupo de cabeza [en carrera] the leading group
    Pol grupo de contacto contact group; Econ grupo de control control group; Informát grupo de discusión discussion group;
    grupo ecologista environmental group;
    grupo de edad age group;
    grupo empresarial (business) group o combine;
    grupo de estudio study group;
    Pol grupo mixto = independent MPs and MPs from minor parties in Spanish parliament; Informát grupo de noticias newsgroup;
    grupo parlamentario parliamentary group;
    Pol grupo de presión pressure group, lobby;
    grupo de riesgo group at risk;
    UE Grupo de Sabios Committee of Wise Men;
    grupo sanguíneo blood group;
    Informát grupo de usuarios user group
    2. [de músicos] group, band
    3. Tec unit, set
    Elec grupo electrógeno generator
    4. Quím group
    5. Ling grupo consonántico consonant cluster;
    grupo fónico phonic group;
    grupo nominal noun phrase;
    grupo de palabras word group;
    grupo vocálico vowel cluster
    * * *
    m group;
    en grupos in groups
    * * *
    grupo nm
    : group
    * * *
    grupo n group

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo

  • 25 hombre lobo

    m.
    werewolf.
    * * *
    werewolf
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = werewolf [werewolves, -pl.]
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = werewolf [werewolves, -pl.]

    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.

    * * *
    werewolf

    Spanish-English dictionary > hombre lobo

  • 26 hoy por la mañana

    Ex. Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    * * *

    Ex: Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hoy por la mañana

  • 27 manchar

    v.
    1 to make dirty.
    2 to tarnish.
    3 to stain.
    no toques la puerta, que la acaban de pintar y mancha (con manchas)(emborronar) don't touch the door, it's just been painted and it's still wet
    La grasa manchó la ropa The grease stained the clothes.
    4 to taint, to soil, to stain, to blot.
    Su aventura manchó su reputación His affair tainted his reputation.
    * * *
    1 to stain, dirty
    2 figurado to tarnish
    1 to stain
    1 to get dirty
    * * *
    verb
    to stain, soil
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=ensuciar) to get dirty, stain

    te has manchado el vestido — you've got your dress dirty, you've stained your dress, there's dirt on your dress

    manchar algo de algo — [gen] to stain sth with sth; [más sucio] to get sth covered in sth

    2) (=desprestigiar) [+ honor, imagen] to tarnish
    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( ensuciar) to mark, get... dirty; ( de algo difícil de quitar) to stain
    2) <reputación/honra> to stain, tarnish; < memoria> to tarnish
    2.
    manchar vi to stain
    3.
    mancharsev pron
    a) ropa/mantel to get dirty; ( de algo difícil de quitar) to get stained

    mancharse DE or con algo — to get stained with something

    b) (refl) persona

    está recién pintado, no te manches — it's still wet, don't get paint on yourself

    * * *
    = smudge, stain, tarnish, dirty, soil, besmirch, splatter, spatter, tinge.
    Ex. At this stage the powder is just 'sitting' on the paper and would be easily smudged, so before the copy appears in the take-up tray the image is fixed by exposure to heat.
    Ex. The item undergoing the treatment was an early Persian parchment manuscript which was badly stained.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".
    Ex. This is the way that the printing paper would be protected from being dirtied by anything on the bed of the press beyond the margins of the pages.
    Ex. Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.
    Ex. the gulag was an atrocious system of incarceration and forced labor that had little to do with correction, that poisoned society, and that besmirched Soviet communism.
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex. Instead of going to his desk, he proceeded to the window and lingered there idly watching the rain spatter on the pavement outside.
    Ex. But the relief was tinged with apprehension that the new housing would lead to slums and crime, as some opponents have long feared.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( ensuciar) to mark, get... dirty; ( de algo difícil de quitar) to stain
    2) <reputación/honra> to stain, tarnish; < memoria> to tarnish
    2.
    manchar vi to stain
    3.
    mancharsev pron
    a) ropa/mantel to get dirty; ( de algo difícil de quitar) to get stained

    mancharse DE or con algo — to get stained with something

    b) (refl) persona

    está recién pintado, no te manches — it's still wet, don't get paint on yourself

    * * *
    = smudge, stain, tarnish, dirty, soil, besmirch, splatter, spatter, tinge.

    Ex: At this stage the powder is just 'sitting' on the paper and would be easily smudged, so before the copy appears in the take-up tray the image is fixed by exposure to heat.

    Ex: The item undergoing the treatment was an early Persian parchment manuscript which was badly stained.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".
    Ex: This is the way that the printing paper would be protected from being dirtied by anything on the bed of the press beyond the margins of the pages.
    Ex: Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.
    Ex: the gulag was an atrocious system of incarceration and forced labor that had little to do with correction, that poisoned society, and that besmirched Soviet communism.
    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex: Instead of going to his desk, he proceeded to the window and lingered there idly watching the rain spatter on the pavement outside.
    Ex: But the relief was tinged with apprehension that the new housing would lead to slums and crime, as some opponents have long feared.

    * * *
    manchar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (ensuciar) to mark, get … dirty; (de algo difícil de quitar) to stain
    cuidado, no vayas a manchar la alfombra careful, don't get the carpet dirty
    manchó el mantel de vino he got wine stains on the tablecloth
    vas a manchar el libro de tinta you're going to get ink stains o ink all over the book
    B ‹reputación/honra› to stain, tarnish; ‹memoria› to tarnish
    ■ manchar
    vi
    to stain
    ¿el café mancha? does coffee stain?
    1 «ropa/mantel» to get dirty; (de algo difícil de quitar) to get stained mancharse DE algo:
    se me manchó de chocolate I got chocolate on it
    se manchó de grasa it got grease stains on it, it got stained with grease
    2 ( refl)
    «persona»: ponte un delantal para no mancharte put an apron on so you don't get dirty
    está recién pintado, no te manches it's still wet, don't get paint on your coat ( o shirt etc), it's still wet, don't get paint on yourself
    me manché la blusa de aceite I got oil stains on my blouse
    * * *

     

    manchar ( conjugate manchar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( ensuciar) to mark, get … dirty;
    ( de algo difícil de quitar) to stain
    2 ‹reputación/honra/memoria› to tarnish
    verbo intransitivo
    to stain
    mancharse verbo pronominal
    a) [ropa/mantel] to get dirty;

    ( de algo difícil de quitar) to get stained;
    mancharse DE or con algo to get stained with sth


    manchar verbo transitivo to stain: su implicación mancha el nombre de la Universidad, his involvement is a disgrace to the University
    ' manchar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pringar
    - chorrear
    - emborronar
    - teñir
    English:
    blacken
    - mark
    - smear
    - smudge
    - soil
    - stain
    - discolor
    - spot
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ensuciar] to make dirty (de o con with); [con manchas] to stain (de o con with); [emborronar] to smudge (de o con with)
    2. [deshonrar] to tarnish;
    manchó la reputación de la institución he tarnished the reputation of the institution
    ♦ vi
    to stain;
    el vino blanco no mancha white wine doesn't stain;
    no toques la puerta, que la acaban de pintar y mancha don't touch the door, it's just been painted and it's still wet
    * * *
    v/t get dirty; de grasa, sangre etc stain
    * * *
    1) ensuciar: to stain, to soil
    2) deshonrar: to sully, to tarnish
    * * *
    1. (en general) to stain
    2. (ensuciar) to get dirty

    Spanish-English dictionary > manchar

  • 28 maullar

    v.
    1 to meow.
    2 to meow at, to miaul at, to miaow at, to miaou at.
    Me maúlla el gato The cat meows at me.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AUNAR], like link=aunar aunar
    1 to mew, miaow, US meow
    * * *
    VI to mew, miaow
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to miaow
    * * *
    = caterwaul, me(o)w [miaow].
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex. It was playful and healthy for a week or so then it stopped meowing and just slept.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to miaow
    * * *
    = caterwaul, me(o)w [miaow].

    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.

    Ex: It was playful and healthy for a week or so then it stopped meowing and just slept.

    * * *
    vi
    to miaow
    * * *

    maullar ( conjugate maullar) verbo intransitivo
    to miaow
    maullar verbo intransitivo to miaow
    ' maullar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    miaow
    - meow
    - mew
    - yowl
    * * *
    to miaow
    * * *
    v/i miaow
    * * *
    maullar {8} vi
    : to meow
    * * *
    maullar vb to miaow

    Spanish-English dictionary > maullar

  • 29 motorista

    f. & m.
    1 motorcyclist. (peninsular Spanish)
    2 engine driver, locoman, engine runner, train driver.
    3 motorist.
    * * *
    1 motorcyclist
    * * *
    SMF
    1) (=motociclista) motorcyclist
    2) esp LAm (=automovilista) motorist, driver
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( que va en moto) motorcyclist
    b) (Col) ( automovilista) motorist (frml), driver
    * * *
    = biker.
    Ex. They assisted the victims of a bloody turf war between rival biker gangs that took place near their enclave.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    a) ( que va en moto) motorcyclist
    b) (Col) ( automovilista) motorist (frml), driver
    * * *

    Ex: They assisted the victims of a bloody turf war between rival biker gangs that took place near their enclave.

    * * *
    1 (que va en moto) motorcyclist, motorcycle rider
    2 ( Col) (automovilista) motorist ( frml), driver
    * * *

    motorista sustantivo masculino y femenino

    b) (Col) ( automovilista) motorist (frml), driver

    motorista mf motorcyclist
    ' motorista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    casco
    English:
    motorcyclist
    - motor
    - rider
    * * *
    1. Esp [motociclista] motorcyclist
    2. CAm, Andes [automovilista] driver, motorist
    * * *
    m/f motorcyclist
    * * *
    : motorist
    * * *
    motorista n motorcyclist

    Spanish-English dictionary > motorista

  • 30 muchísimo

    adj.
    very much, a lot of, so much, a great deal of.
    adv.
    very much, a lot, a great deal, exceedingly.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ a lot of, lots of

    había muchísima gente — there were a lot of people, there were lots of people

    había muchísima comida — there was a lot of food, there was lots of food

    hace muchísimo tiempo — a very long time ago, ages ago

    2.
    ADV very much, a lot

    me quiere muchísimo — he loves me very much o a lot, he really loves me

    llovía muchísimo — it was raining really o very hard, it was pouring down

    * * *
    = extreme, plenty of, an awful lot of, a helluva, prodigiously, like crazy, like mad, a hell of a lot of, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys.
    Ex. You can very frequently go into a large library and have extreme difficulty finding somebody to help you because there are 40 people sitting out in back doing something which somebody else is doing down the road.
    Ex. There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.
    Ex. It seems to me that there are an awful lot of people around who think that any change is bad.
    Ex. I have the ability to do this on my own, but it takes a helluva long time for me to warm up to people.
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex. We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.
    Ex. With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.
    Ex. Interestingly, when it comes to the crunch, there seem to be a hell of a lot of agnostics out there.
    Ex. The landlord is as mad as a barrel load of monkeys, but a fine man and ex-soldier.
    ----
    * apreciar muchísimo = treasure.
    * costar muchísimo dinero = break + the bank.
    * desde hace muchísimo tiempo = in ages (and ages and ages).
    * durante muchísimo tiempo = for ages and ages (and ages), in ages (and ages and ages).
    * echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.
    * echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.
    * gustar muchísimo = love + Nombre + to bits.
    * haber muchísima diferencia = be in a different league.
    * hace muchísimos años = a great many years ago.
    * hace muchísimo tiempo = ages (and ages) ago, aeons ago, yonks.
    * me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish.
    * muchísimas gracias = thanks a bunch!.
    * muchísimo + Adjetivo = dauntingly + Adjetivo.
    * muchísimo más = a whole lot more, an awful lot more.
    * muchísimo más + Adjetivo = infinitely + Adjetivo.
    * muchísimos + Nombre = a great many + Nombre.
    * muchísimo tiempo después = ages and ages hence.
    * quedar muchísimo por hacer = a great deal more needs to be done.
    * tardar muchísimo = take + forever.
    * * *
    = extreme, plenty of, an awful lot of, a helluva, prodigiously, like crazy, like mad, a hell of a lot of, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys.

    Ex: You can very frequently go into a large library and have extreme difficulty finding somebody to help you because there are 40 people sitting out in back doing something which somebody else is doing down the road.

    Ex: There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.
    Ex: It seems to me that there are an awful lot of people around who think that any change is bad.
    Ex: I have the ability to do this on my own, but it takes a helluva long time for me to warm up to people.
    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex: We have no idea what will capture people's imagination and work, but all we can do in any period of great change is experiment like crazy.
    Ex: With hundreds of bait fish swarming your spot -- feeding like mad -- the game fish get extremely excited and start to move into the area to feed on the bait fish.
    Ex: Interestingly, when it comes to the crunch, there seem to be a hell of a lot of agnostics out there.
    Ex: The landlord is as mad as a barrel load of monkeys, but a fine man and ex-soldier.
    * apreciar muchísimo = treasure.
    * costar muchísimo dinero = break + the bank.
    * desde hace muchísimo tiempo = in ages (and ages and ages).
    * durante muchísimo tiempo = for ages and ages (and ages), in ages (and ages and ages).
    * echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.
    * echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.
    * gustar muchísimo = love + Nombre + to bits.
    * haber muchísima diferencia = be in a different league.
    * hace muchísimos años = a great many years ago.
    * hace muchísimo tiempo = ages (and ages) ago, aeons ago, yonks.
    * me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish.
    * muchísimas gracias = thanks a bunch!.
    * muchísimo + Adjetivo = dauntingly + Adjetivo.
    * muchísimo más = a whole lot more, an awful lot more.
    * muchísimo más + Adjetivo = infinitely + Adjetivo.
    * muchísimos + Nombre = a great many + Nombre.
    * muchísimo tiempo después = ages and ages hence.
    * quedar muchísimo por hacer = a great deal more needs to be done.
    * tardar muchísimo = take + forever.

    * * *
    mucho1 (↑ mucho (1)), mucho2 (↑ mucho (2)), mucho3 (↑ mucho (3))

    Spanish-English dictionary > muchísimo

  • 31 orgía

    f.
    orgy, blowoff, bacchanal, rampage.
    * * *
    1 orgy
    * * *
    SF orgy
    * * *
    femenino orgy
    * * *
    = binge, orgy, rampage.
    Ex. Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.
    Ex. In the Hobbesian world depicted in 'Dragnets', the bad criminals -- if left to their own devices by the good police & citizenry -- would destroy a helpless society in an orgy of brutality.
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    * * *
    femenino orgy
    * * *
    = binge, orgy, rampage.

    Ex: Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.

    Ex: In the Hobbesian world depicted in 'Dragnets', the bad criminals -- if left to their own devices by the good police & citizenry -- would destroy a helpless society in an orgy of brutality.
    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.

    * * *
    orgy
    * * *

    orgía sustantivo femenino
    orgy
    orgía sustantivo femenino orgy
    ' orgía' also found in these entries:
    English:
    orgy
    * * *
    orgía nf
    orgy
    * * *
    f orgy
    * * *
    orgía nf
    : orgy

    Spanish-English dictionary > orgía

  • 32 pandilla

    f.
    gang.
    * * *
    1 group of friends
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) gang
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de amigos] group of friends
    2) [de criminales] gang; [de gamberros] bunch, load
    * * *
    femenino (fam) gang
    * * *
    = in-crowd, gang, clique, mob.
    Ex. She entered the ' in-crowd' when she was hired by a posh country club and befriended the charismatic leader of a clique of wealthy college students.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. One of the criticisms levelled at this literary prize is that it is run by a metropolitan clique in which books are written, read and reviewed all by the same people.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    ----
    * cometido por pandillas = gang-related.
    * pandilla de jóvenes = gang of youths.
    * relacionado con las pandillas = gang-related.
    * * *
    femenino (fam) gang
    * * *
    = in-crowd, gang, clique, mob.

    Ex: She entered the ' in-crowd' when she was hired by a posh country club and befriended the charismatic leader of a clique of wealthy college students.

    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: One of the criticisms levelled at this literary prize is that it is run by a metropolitan clique in which books are written, read and reviewed all by the same people.
    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    * cometido por pandillas = gang-related.
    * pandilla de jóvenes = gang of youths.
    * relacionado con las pandillas = gang-related.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    gang
    son todos una pandilla de maleantes they're a gang o bunch o load of villains ( colloq)
    * * *

    pandilla sustantivo femenino (fam) gang
    pandilla f fam gang
    ' pandilla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    correría
    - peña
    - mancha
    - palomilla
    English:
    band
    - boy
    - bunch
    - crowd
    - gang
    - pack
    - set
    - crew
    * * *
    1. [de amigos] crowd, gang
    2. [de gamberros, delincuentes] gang;
    ¡vaya pandilla de holgazanes! what a bunch of lazybones!
    * * *
    f de amigos group; de delincuentes gang
    * * *
    1) : group, clique
    2) : gang
    * * *
    pandilla n group of friends

    Spanish-English dictionary > pandilla

  • 33 pandilla de jóvenes

    Ex. Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    * * *

    Ex: Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pandilla de jóvenes

  • 34 refriega

    f.
    1 scuffle, riot, affray.
    2 battle, combat.
    3 violent fight, affray, free-for-all, riot.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: refregar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: refregar.
    * * *
    1 (lucha) scuffle, brawl
    2 (escaramuza) skirmish
    * * *
    SF [de poca importancia] scuffle; [violenta] brawl
    * * *
    femenino ( de poca importancia) scuffle; ( más grave) clash, brawl; (Mil) clash, skirmish
    * * *
    = fray, dogfight [dog fight], scuffle, scuffling, scrimmage, running battle, dust-up.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex. The article recounts the 17-day political dogfight at which John W. Davis was eventually given the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Ex. The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex. Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex. He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.
    Ex. Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    * * *
    femenino ( de poca importancia) scuffle; ( más grave) clash, brawl; (Mil) clash, skirmish
    * * *
    = fray, dogfight [dog fight], scuffle, scuffling, scrimmage, running battle, dust-up.

    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.

    Ex: The article recounts the 17-day political dogfight at which John W. Davis was eventually given the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Ex: The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex: Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex: He makes reference to a scrimmage with a Spaniard when Ahab spat into a silver calabash.
    Ex: Gangs of youths throwing gasoline bombs clashed with the police in running battles on the streets of Londonderry early today.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.

    * * *
    (de poca importancia) scuffle; (más grave) clash, brawl; ( Mil) clash, skirmish
    * * *

    Del verbo refregar: ( conjugate refregar)

    refriega es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    refregar    
    refriega
    refregar ( conjugate refregar) verbo transitivo ‹puños/cuello› to scrub
    refriega f (enfrentamiento) scuffle, brawl
    ' refriega' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    envuelta
    - envuelto
    English:
    fray
    - scuffle
    - struggle
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    [lucha] scuffle; Mil skirmish
    * * *
    f MIL clash, skirmish
    * * *
    : skirmish, scuffle

    Spanish-English dictionary > refriega

  • 35 remoto

    adj.
    1 remote, distant, far away, way-out.
    2 unlikely.
    3 distant, remote.
    * * *
    1 remote, far-off
    * * *
    (f. - remota)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [en el tiempo] far-off, distant

    en épocas remotas — in far-off o distant times

    2) [en el espacio] faraway, distant

    en un país remoto — in a faraway o distant country

    3) (=poco probable) remote

    -¿te enfrentarías a él? -¡ni por lo más remoto! — "would you stand up to him?" - "no way o not on your life!"

    * * *
    - ta adjetivo

    en épocas remotas — in distant o far-off times

    2)
    a) <lugar/mares/tierras> remote, far-off
    b) (Inf) remote
    3) < posibilidad> remote, slim; < esperanza> faint
    * * *
    = far-flung, off-site [offsite], outlying, outside, remote, hideaway, isolated, distant, outstation, distanced, secluded, secluded, off the beaten track.
    Ex. Books by authors of all origins, African, Chinese, Hindu, Muslim, have now become commonplace in even the most far-flung libraries of Europe and America.
    Ex. These technologies will enhance the trend toward increased direct patron access to information in data bases and on-line catalogues often from off-site locations.
    Ex. Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.
    Ex. A facility which extends beyond library housekeeping permits the viewing of outside data bases.
    Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. Information was collected through a questionnaire circulated among 100 local as well as outstation scholars of the American Studies Research Centre.
    Ex. The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    Ex. Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex. Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex. The article ' Off the beaten track. Small publishers in India' reviews the efforts of small and alternative presses in India in publishing the most exciting and innovative books for children.
    ----
    * control remoto = remote control.
    * control remoto de llavero = key fob.
    * en el pasado remoto = in the dim and distant past.
    * estación de trabajo remota = outstation.
    * lugar remoto = secluded spot.
    * no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.
    * percepción remota = remote sensing.
    * terminal remoto = remote terminal.
    * una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo

    en épocas remotas — in distant o far-off times

    2)
    a) <lugar/mares/tierras> remote, far-off
    b) (Inf) remote
    3) < posibilidad> remote, slim; < esperanza> faint
    * * *
    = far-flung, off-site [offsite], outlying, outside, remote, hideaway, isolated, distant, outstation, distanced, secluded, secluded, off the beaten track.

    Ex: Books by authors of all origins, African, Chinese, Hindu, Muslim, have now become commonplace in even the most far-flung libraries of Europe and America.

    Ex: These technologies will enhance the trend toward increased direct patron access to information in data bases and on-line catalogues often from off-site locations.
    Ex: Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.
    Ex: A facility which extends beyond library housekeeping permits the viewing of outside data bases.
    Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: Information was collected through a questionnaire circulated among 100 local as well as outstation scholars of the American Studies Research Centre.
    Ex: The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    Ex: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex: The article ' Off the beaten track. Small publishers in India' reviews the efforts of small and alternative presses in India in publishing the most exciting and innovative books for children.
    * control remoto = remote control.
    * control remoto de llavero = key fob.
    * en el pasado remoto = in the dim and distant past.
    * estación de trabajo remota = outstation.
    * lugar remoto = secluded spot.
    * no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.
    * percepción remota = remote sensing.
    * terminal remoto = remote terminal.
    * una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.

    * * *
    remoto -ta
    A
    (en el tiempo): en épocas remotas in distant o far-off times
    la tradición oral más remota que se conoce the oldest-known oral tradition
    B
    1 ‹lugar/mares/tierras› remote, far-off
    2 ( Inf) remote
    C ‹posibilidad› remote, slim; ‹esperanza› faint, slender
    no tengo (ni) la más remota idea I haven't the remotest o faintest o slightest idea
    D (vago) vague, hazy
    * * *

    remoto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ‹tiempo/época› distant, far-off ( before n)

    b) ‹lugar/mares/tierras› remote, far-off

    c) ‹ posibilidad› remote, slim;

    ‹ esperanza› faint;
    ◊ no tengo (ni) la más remota idea I haven't the remotest o faintest idea

    remoto,-a adjetivo
    1 (en el tiempo o en el espacio) remote, distant
    2 (una posibilidad, un peligro) remote, slim
    ♦ Locuciones: no tener la más remota idea, not to have the faintest idea
    ' remoto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    allá
    - antes
    - control
    - remota
    - última
    - último
    English:
    faraway
    - outside
    - remote
    - slender
    - slim
    - distant
    - far
    * * *
    remoto, -a adj
    1. [en el espacio] remote;
    visitantes de tierras remotas visitors from far-off lands
    2. [en el tiempo] distant, remote
    3. [posibilidad, parecido] remote;
    no tengo ni la más remota idea I haven't got the faintest idea
    4. Informát remote
    * * *
    adj remote;
    no tengo ni la más remota idea I haven’t the faintest idea
    * * *
    remoto, -ta adj
    1) : remote, unlikely
    hay una posibilidad remota: there is a slim possibility
    2) : distant, far-off
    * * *
    remoto adj remote

    Spanish-English dictionary > remoto

  • 36 rufián

    adj.
    perverse, base, vile.
    m.
    rogue, villain, bandit, gangster.
    * * *
    2 (canalla) scoundrel, villain, ruffian
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=gamberro) hooligan; (=canalla) scoundrel
    2) (=chulo) pimp
    * * *
    masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated); ( proxeneta) pimp
    * * *
    = ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    * * *
    masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated); ( proxeneta) pimp
    * * *
    = ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum.

    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.

    * * *
    1 (sinvergüenza, granuja) rogue, scoundrel ( dated)
    2 (chulo) pimp
    * * *

    rufián sustantivo masculino ( granuja) rogue, scoundrel (dated);
    ( chulo) pimp
    ' rufián' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hoodlum
    - roughneck
    - ruffian
    * * *
    villain
    * * *
    m rogue

    Spanish-English dictionary > rufián

  • 37 salpicar

    v.
    1 to splash, to spatter.
    El auto salpica mi ropa The car splashes my clothes.
    2 to pepper.
    3 to sprinkle.
    María salpica orégano Mary sprinkles oregano.
    4 to spice.
    María salpica la sopa Mary spices the soup.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (rociar) to sprinkle
    2 (caer gotas) to splash
    3 figurado (esparcir) to sprinkle
    1 to splash (de, with), spatter (de, with)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=manchar) [de barro, pintura] to splash (de with)
    [de agua] to sprinkle (de with) [+ tela] to dot, fleck (de with)

    este asunto salpica al gobierno — this affair hasn't left the government untouched, the government has been tainted by this affair

    2) [+ conversación, discurso] to sprinkle (de with)
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( de agua) to splash; (de barro, aceite) to splash, spatter
    b) ( afectar)
    2) <discurso/conversación>
    * * *
    = spatter, intersperse, sprinkle, stud, punctuate, splatter, spurt, drizzle, splurt out.
    Ex. Instead of going to his desk, he proceeded to the window and lingered there idly watching the rain spatter on the pavement outside.
    Ex. Visits to school and public libraries as well as centres of cultural interest interspersed the program.
    Ex. In the center of town are the usual cluster of banks, stores, and office buildings; shopping centers are sprinkled throughout the various neighborhoods.
    Ex. Substantial improvements in access and off-street parking have been made, and shopping centers now stud the landscape.
    Ex. The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex. Her compositions were combinations of objects and hidden containers of pigment that spurted their contents when struck by bullets.
    Ex. Strawberry ice cream drizzled with balsamic vinegar is an extraordinary combination of flavors.
    Ex. In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.
    ----
    * estar salpicado de = be dotted with.
    * salpicar de = spice with.
    * salpicar de/con = pepper with.
    * salpicar el paisaje = dot + the countryside.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( de agua) to splash; (de barro, aceite) to splash, spatter
    b) ( afectar)
    2) <discurso/conversación>
    * * *
    = spatter, intersperse, sprinkle, stud, punctuate, splatter, spurt, drizzle, splurt out.

    Ex: Instead of going to his desk, he proceeded to the window and lingered there idly watching the rain spatter on the pavement outside.

    Ex: Visits to school and public libraries as well as centres of cultural interest interspersed the program.
    Ex: In the center of town are the usual cluster of banks, stores, and office buildings; shopping centers are sprinkled throughout the various neighborhoods.
    Ex: Substantial improvements in access and off-street parking have been made, and shopping centers now stud the landscape.
    Ex: The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.
    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex: Her compositions were combinations of objects and hidden containers of pigment that spurted their contents when struck by bullets.
    Ex: Strawberry ice cream drizzled with balsamic vinegar is an extraordinary combination of flavors.
    Ex: In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.
    * estar salpicado de = be dotted with.
    * salpicar de = spice with.
    * salpicar de/con = pepper with.
    * salpicar el paisaje = dot + the countryside.

    * * *
    salpicar [A2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (de agua) to splash; (de barro, aceite) to splash, spatter
    estás salpicando todo el suelo you're splashing the whole floor
    salpica la camisa antes de plancharla sprinkle the shirt with water before ironing it
    2
    (afectar): el escándalo llegó a salpicar a todos los directivos all the members of the board were implicated in the scandal, the scandal tarnished o damaged the reputation of all the members of the board
    B ‹discurso/conversación› salpicar algo DE algo to pepper sth WITH sth
    * * *

    salpicar ( conjugate salpicar) verbo transitivo ( de agua) to splash;
    (de barro, aceite) to splash, spatter
    salpicar verbo transitivo
    1 (con un líquido, barro, etc) to splash, spatter
    2 (con especias, etc) to sprinkle
    3 (con anécdotas, bromas, etc) to pepper
    4 (un escándalo) to affect, implicate: le salpicó un escándalo sexual y la oposición exigió su dimisión, he was involved in a sex-scandal and the opposition called for his resignation
    ' salpicar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dot
    - pepper
    - punctuate
    - spatter
    - splash
    - splatter
    - spot
    - fleck
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [con líquido] to splash, to spatter;
    me salpicó de agua/barro he splashed water/mud over me;
    te has salpicado la chaqueta you've spattered your jacket
    2. [espolvorear] to sprinkle (de with);
    salpicó el cocido de perejil he sprinkled parsley on the stew;
    salpicó de referencias literarias su discurso he peppered his speech with literary allusions
    3. [reputación]
    el escándalo salpicó al presidente the scandal cast a cloud over o tainted the presidency
    ♦ vi
    to spit;
    el aceite caliente salpica hot oil tends to spit
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 splash, spatter ( con with); fig
    sprinkle, pepper
    2 ( afectar negativamente) tarnish, touch
    II v/i splash; de aceite spit
    * * *
    salpicar {72} vt
    1) : to spatter, to splash
    2) : to sprinkle, to scatter about
    * * *
    1. (líquido) to splash
    2. (barro etc) to spatter

    Spanish-English dictionary > salpicar

  • 38 saqueo

    m.
    1 sacking.
    2 loot, sack, pillage, plundering.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: saquear.
    * * *
    1 (de ciudades) sacking, plundering; (de casa, comercio) looting
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Mil) sacking
    2) (=robo) looting, plundering, pillaging
    * * *
    masculino ( de pueblo) sacking, plundering; ( de tienda) looting
    * * *
    = looting, sacking, rampage, depredation, plundering, plunder.
    Ex. This article gives a brief personal account of the destruction and looting of library and information facilities in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion = Este artículo presenta un relato personal breve de la destrucción y el saqueo de las bibliotecas y centros de información de Kuwait durante la invasión iraquí.
    Ex. Lascaris became an exile in Italy following the sacking of Constantinople in 1453.
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex. The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
    ----
    * saqueo de tumbas = grave robbing, body-snatching.
    * * *
    masculino ( de pueblo) sacking, plundering; ( de tienda) looting
    * * *
    = looting, sacking, rampage, depredation, plundering, plunder.

    Ex: This article gives a brief personal account of the destruction and looting of library and information facilities in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion = Este artículo presenta un relato personal breve de la destrucción y el saqueo de las bibliotecas y centros de información de Kuwait durante la invasión iraquí.

    Ex: Lascaris became an exile in Italy following the sacking of Constantinople in 1453.
    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
    * saqueo de tumbas = grave robbing, body-snatching.

    * * *
    (de un pueblo) sacking, plundering; (de una tienda) looting
    * * *

    Del verbo saquear: ( conjugate saquear)

    saqueo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    saqueó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    saquear    
    saqueo
    saquear ( conjugate saquear) verbo transitivo ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder;
    ‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot
    saquear verbo transitivo
    1 Hist (una población) to sack, plunder: las tropas saquearon la aldea, the troops plundered the village
    2 fig (desvalijar una tienda, una casa) to loot, rifle
    saqueo sustantivo masculino
    1 Hist (de una localidad) plundering, sacking
    2 fig (en una tienda, una casa) looting, ransacking
    ' saqueo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    saco
    English:
    pillage
    - plunder
    - sacking
    - looting
    * * *
    saqueo nm
    1. [de ciudad] sacking
    2. [de tienda] looting;
    Fam [de nevera, armario] raiding
    * * *
    saqueo nm
    depredación: sacking, plunder, looting

    Spanish-English dictionary > saqueo

  • 39 tan lejano como

    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    * * *

    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tan lejano como

  • 40 tendero

    m.
    1 storekeeper, general grocer, grocer, shopkeeper.
    2 store owner, shop owner.
    3 tentmaker.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 shopkeeper
    * * *
    (f. - tendera)
    noun
    * * *
    tendero, -a
    SM / F [gen] shopkeeper, storekeeper (EEUU); [de comestibles] grocer
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)
    * * *
    = storekeeper, shopkeeper [shop-keeper], grocer, store owner.
    Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex. A librarian should be as unwilling to allow an enquirer to leave the library with his question unanswered as a shop-keeper is to have a customer go out of his store without making a purchase.
    Ex. To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)
    * * *
    = storekeeper, shopkeeper [shop-keeper], grocer, store owner.

    Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.

    Ex: A librarian should be as unwilling to allow an enquirer to leave the library with his question unanswered as a shop-keeper is to have a customer go out of his store without making a purchase.
    Ex: To sell books is still more special than to sell groceries even though the profits may be pitifully low and to be a bookshop proprietor is a much more middle-class status than is that of grocer, haberdasher or vendor of garden implements.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.

    * * *
    tendero -ra
    masculine, feminine
    storekeeper ( esp AmE), shopkeeper ( esp BrE)
    * * *

    tendero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    storekeeper (esp AmE), shopkeeper (esp BrE)
    tendero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino shopkeeper

    ' tendero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    óbice
    - tendera
    - abarrotero
    - bodeguero
    - encomendero
    - guardapolvo
    English:
    grocer
    - shopkeeper
    - storekeeper
    - shop
    - store
    - trade
    * * *
    tendero, -a nm,f
    storekeeper, shopkeeper
    * * *
    m, tendera f storekeeper, shopkeeper
    * * *
    tendero, -ra n
    : shopkeeper, storekeeper
    * * *
    tendero n shopkeeper

    Spanish-English dictionary > tendero

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