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  • 21 artesana

    f.
    woman artisan, workwoman, artisan, woman craftworker.
    * * *
    f., (m. - artesano)
    * * *
    = craftswoman [craftswomen, -pl.], craftsperson.
    Ex. The mass-market novelist who would probably be happier to be described as a good 'craftsman' or ' craftswoman' than as a literary 'genius'.
    Ex. But unless technical staff want to remain in a servant role as mere tool jockeys, they must complete the evolution from craftsperson to professional.
    * * *
    = craftswoman [craftswomen, -pl.], craftsperson.

    Ex: The mass-market novelist who would probably be happier to be described as a good 'craftsman' or ' craftswoman' than as a literary 'genius'.

    Ex: But unless technical staff want to remain in a servant role as mere tool jockeys, they must complete the evolution from craftsperson to professional.

    * * *

    artesano,-a
    I m,f (hombre) craftsman
    (mujer) craftswoman
    II adjetivo handmade
    * * *
    f craftswoman

    Spanish-English dictionary > artesana

  • 22 brillantemente

    adv.
    1 brilliantly, brightly, resplendently, splendidly.
    2 shiningly, with great luminosity, brilliantly, radiantly.
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    1 brilliantly
    * * *
    adv.
    brightly, brilliantly
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=extraordinariamente) brilliantly
    2) (=con brillo) brightly
    * * *
    = brilliantly, luminously.
    Ex. These kinds of changes, incidentally, are relatively easy to effect through the sort of authority control system that, may I say, was so brilliantly described yesterday afternoon by Mr. Malinconico.
    Ex. Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
    * * *
    = brilliantly, luminously.

    Ex: These kinds of changes, incidentally, are relatively easy to effect through the sort of authority control system that, may I say, was so brilliantly described yesterday afternoon by Mr. Malinconico.

    Ex: Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.

    * * *
    brilliantly
    * * *
    brilliantly

    Spanish-English dictionary > brillantemente

  • 23 buen carácter

    m.
    good temper, good humor.
    * * *
    (n.) = good humour
    Ex. Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
    * * *

    Ex: Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buen carácter

  • 24 buen humor

    m.
    good humor, cheerfulness, good nature, merry disposition.
    * * *
    good humour (US humor)
    * * *
    (n.) = cheerfulness, good humour
    Ex. Blood hypothesized that girls were dated because they exhibit such personality characteristics as consideration, cheerfulness, being a good sport, & a sense of humor = Blood formuló la hipótesis de que las chicas tenían citas debido a las características de su personalidad como consideración, alegría, ser una tía apañada y tener sentido del humor.
    Ex. Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
    * * *
    (n.) = cheerfulness, good humour

    Ex: Blood hypothesized that girls were dated because they exhibit such personality characteristics as consideration, cheerfulness, being a good sport, & a sense of humor = Blood formuló la hipótesis de que las chicas tenían citas debido a las características de su personalidad como consideración, alegría, ser una tía apañada y tener sentido del humor.

    Ex: Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buen humor

  • 25 chiflado

    adj.
    nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.
    f. & m.
    nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chiflar chiflar
    1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar nut, loony, headcase
    \
    estar chiflado,-a con/por algo familiar to be crazy about something, be mad about something
    estar chiflado,-a por alguien familiar (enamorado) to be madly in love with somebody
    * * *
    (f. - chiflada)
    adj.
    nutty, crazy
    * * *
    chiflado, -a *
    1.
    ADJ crazy *, barmy *

    estar chiflado con o por algo/algn — to be crazy about sth/sb

    2.
    SM / F nutter *, nutcase *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    chiflado1 -da
    ( fam); crazy ( colloq), mad ( BrE)
    ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)
    estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)
    está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)
    chiflado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); nutcase ( colloq), nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)

    chiflado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    chiflado    
    chiflar
    chiflado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE);

    estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
    chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( silbar) to whistle
    2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):

    chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
    chiflado,-a
    I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
    chiflar verbo intransitivo
    1 (con la boca) to whistle
    (con un silbato) to blow
    2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music
    ' chiflado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chiflada
    - sonada
    - sonado
    - loco
    English:
    barmy
    - batty
    - bend
    - loony
    - mental
    - moonstruck
    - nut
    - nutcase
    - nuts
    - nutty
    - plumb
    - potty
    - wacky
    - zany
    - cracked
    - crush
    - dotty
    - kooky
    - screw
    * * *
    chiflado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    crazy, mad;
    está chiflado por la música étnica he's crazy o mad about ethnic music;
    está chiflado por una compañera de clase he's really fallen for one of his classmates
    ♦ nm,f
    loony
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about), nuts fam
    ( por about)
    II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam
    * * *
    chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy
    chiflado, -da n, fam : crazy person, lunatic
    * * *
    chiflado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado

  • 26 ciernes

    en ciernes — (loc adv) in the making

    * * *
    ----
    * en ciernes = budding, in the making.
    * genio en ciernes = budding genius.
    * * *

    en ciernes — (loc adv) in the making

    * * *
    * en ciernes = budding, in the making.
    * genio en ciernes = budding genius.
    * * *
    en ciernes ( loc adv) in the making
    era un escritor en ciernes he had great potential as a writer, he was a writer in the making
    una revuelta en ciernes a potential revolt
    * * *
    ciernes nmpl
    estar en ciernes to be in its infancy;
    una campeona en ciernes a budding champion;
    tenemos un viaje en ciernes we're planning a journey
    * * *
    :
    en cierne fig potential, in the making;
    estar en cierne be in its infancy

    Spanish-English dictionary > ciernes

  • 27 como un cencerro

    (adj.) = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad
    Ex. Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    * * *
    (adj.) = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad

    Ex: Well right now I am on the horns of a dilemma as the weather outside is so cold it would freeze the balls off a brass monkey but I would be barking mad not to go home and get a good heavy coat for later this evening.

    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.

    Spanish-English dictionary > como un cencerro

  • 28 como una cabra

    (adj.) = stark raving mad, raving mad
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    * * *
    (adj.) = stark raving mad, raving mad

    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.

    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.

    Spanish-English dictionary > como una cabra

  • 29 de espíritu libre

    (adj.) = free-spirited
    Ex. Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
    * * *
    (adj.) = free-spirited

    Ex: Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de espíritu libre

  • 30 dicho gracioso

    m.
    funny remark, humorous remark.
    * * *
    (n.) = witticism, quip
    Ex. It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.
    Ex. His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.
    * * *
    (n.) = witticism, quip

    Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.

    Ex: His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dicho gracioso

  • 31 dicho ingenioso

    m.
    witty remark, witty expression, one-liner, witticism.
    * * *
    (n.) = witticism, quip
    Ex. It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.
    Ex. His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.
    * * *
    (n.) = witticism, quip

    Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.

    Ex: His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dicho ingenioso

  • 32 estar desbordante de

    Ex. Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
    * * *

    Ex: Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar desbordante de

  • 33 estar rebosante de

    Ex. Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
    * * *

    Ex: Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar rebosante de

  • 34 fénix

    f. & m.
    1 phoenix, phenix.
    2 Phoenix, Phoenix constellation.
    * * *
    1 (mitología) phoenix
    2 (genio) genius, prodigy
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *

    el Fénix de los ingenios — the Prince of Wits, the genius of our times ( Lope de Vega, Golden Age dramatist)

    * * *
    masculino phoenix
    * * *
    Nota: Ave mitológica que renace de sus cenizas y, en consecuencia, utilizada para referirse a renovación, resurgir, renacimiento.
    Ex. The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.
    ----
    * clase fénix = Phoenix schedule.
    * * *
    masculino phoenix
    * * *
    Nota: Ave mitológica que renace de sus cenizas y, en consecuencia, utilizada para referirse a renovación, resurgir, renacimiento.

    Ex: The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.

    * clase fénix = Phoenix schedule.

    * * *
    phoenix
    * * *
    fénix nm inv
    [ave] phoenix;
    volvió como el ave fénix he rose like a phoenix from the ashes
    el Fénix de los Ingenios [Lope de Vega] = name used to refer to the Spanish Golden Age dramatist Lope de Vega
    * * *
    m MYTH phenix, Br
    phoenix
    * * *
    fénix nm
    : phoenix

    Spanish-English dictionary > fénix

  • 35 loco de atar

    (adj.) = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. The 'Undertaker' is a black comedy about a man trying to make a fortune by setting up a suicide bureau in a stir-crazy arctic town.
    * * *
    (adj.) = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy

    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.

    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: The 'Undertaker' is a black comedy about a man trying to make a fortune by setting up a suicide bureau in a stir-crazy arctic town.

    Spanish-English dictionary > loco de atar

  • 36 loco perdido

    m.
    totally insane person, madman, insane person, raving lunatic.
    * * *
    (n.) = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    * * *
    (n.) = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic

    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.

    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > loco perdido

  • 37 lúcidamente

    adv.
    lucidly, brightly, clearly, vividly.
    * * *
    = lucidly, luminously.
    Ex. Saracevic has lucidly charted its progress up to fairly recent times.
    Ex. Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.
    * * *
    = lucidly, luminously.

    Ex: Saracevic has lucidly charted its progress up to fairly recent times.

    Ex: Luminously portrayed as a free-spirited genius spilling over with self-confidence and good humor, Juana is the shining feminist heroine of Bemberg's film.

    * * *
    lucidly

    Spanish-English dictionary > lúcidamente

  • 38 majareta

    adj.
    nuts, crazy.
    f.
    loony, crazy person, crackpot, basket case.
    * * *
    1 familiar→ link=majara majara
    * * *
    = wacko, stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, madman, lunatic, basket case, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, mad, crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    ----
    * estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    = wacko, stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, madman, lunatic, basket case, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, mad, crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * estar majareta = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *

    majara, majareta adj fam loony, nutty
    ' majareta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    majara
    English:
    marble
    - rocker
    * * *
    majareta, Esp majara Fam
    ♦ adj
    nutty
    ♦ nmf
    nutcase
    * * *
    adj fam
    nutty fam, screwy fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > majareta

  • 39 monstruo

    m.
    1 monster.
    2 giant, marvel (prodigio).
    * * *
    1 familiar (extraordinario) fantastic, terrific
    1 monster
    2 (en fealdad) monstrosity
    3 familiar (genio) genius, prodigy
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (Mit) monster
    2) (=engendro) freak *, monster
    3) (=persona malvada) monster
    4) (=prodigio) giant

    Borges, monstruo sagrado de la literatura sudamericana — Borges, the revered figure of South American literature

    5) (=cosa enorme) monster

    ¡mira, vaya monstruo de camión! — look at that lorry, what a monster!

    2. ADJ INV *
    1) (=maravilloso) fantastic, brilliant

    idea monstruo — fantastic o brilliant idea

    2) (=grande) huge
    * * *
    I
    masculino (Mit) monster; ( persona) monster; ( fenómeno) phenomenon
    II
    adjetivo invariable (fam) fantastic (colloq)
    * * *
    = monster, beast.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Users' experiences with qualitative data analysis software: neither monster nor muse'.
    Ex. In Little Gidding T.S. Eliot gives us some lines that express what I mean not just by saying it but by demonstrating it too: Last season's fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.
    ----
    * monstruo marino = sea monster.
    * * *
    I
    masculino (Mit) monster; ( persona) monster; ( fenómeno) phenomenon
    II
    adjetivo invariable (fam) fantastic (colloq)
    * * *
    monstruo2
    Nota: Generalmente usado en sentido positivo para indicar una persona o cosa muy eficaz.

    Ex: A 500-year-old sketch by Leonardo da Vinci was recently discovered -- of a mean machine that looked just like a modern bike!.

    = monster, beast.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Users' experiences with qualitative data analysis software: neither monster nor muse'.

    Ex: In Little Gidding T.S. Eliot gives us some lines that express what I mean not just by saying it but by demonstrating it too: Last season's fruit is eaten And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.
    * monstruo marino = sea monster.

    * * *
    1 ( Mit) monster
    2 (persona — deforme, fea) monster, hideous creature; (— malvada) monster
    3 (fenómeno) phenomenon
    un monstruo de la música pop a pop phenomenon o sensation o giant
    Compuesto:
    sea monster
    ( fam); fantastic ( colloq)
    * * *

    monstruo sustantivo masculino



    monstruo sustantivo masculino
    1 monster
    pey freak
    2 (genio) genius, giant: ¡eres un monstruo!, you're a genious!
    ' monstruo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fenómena
    - fenómeno
    English:
    freak
    - horror
    - juggernaut
    - monster
    - turn against
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [ser fantástico] monster
    el monstruo de Frankenstein Frankenstein's monster;
    el monstruo del Lago Ness the Loch Ness monster
    2. [persona deforme]
    es un monstruo he's terribly deformed
    3. [persona cruel] monster
    4. [persona fea]
    es un monstruo he's hideous
    5. Fam [prodigio]
    uno de los monstruos del arte contemporáneo one of the giants of contemporary art;
    es un monstruo de la electrónica he's a wizard at electronics;
    es un monstruo esquiando he's a brilliant skier
    monstruo sagrado legend
    ♦ adj inv
    Fam massive;
    * * *
    m
    1 ( adefesio) monster
    2 ( fenómeno) phenomenon
    * * *
    : monster
    * * *
    monstruo n monster

    Spanish-English dictionary > monstruo

  • 40 necesitar

    v.
    1 to need.
    necesito que me lo digas I need you to tell me
    esta planta necesita que la rieguen this plant needs watering
    se necesita ser ignorante para no saber eso you'd have to be an ignoramus not to know that
    Ella necesita un medicamento She needs medication.
    2 to need to, to require to, to must.
    Ella necesita saber eso She needs to know that.
    3 to call for, to occasion, to justify.
    La situación necesita asesoría The situation calls for consultancy.
    * * *
    1 to need
    \
    'Se necesita chico' "Boy wanted"
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.

    • necesitar hacer algo — to need to do sth

    no necesitas hacerlo — you don't need to do it, you needn't do it

    • necesitar que + subjun —

    no necesito que nadie me lo recuerde — I don't need to be reminded, I don't need anyone to remind me

    2.
    VI

    • necesitar de algo — to need sth

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to need

    necesitar + inf — to need to + inf

    no necesito comprarlo hoy — I don't need to o I needn't buy it today

    2.
    necesitar vi (frml)
    * * *
    = cry for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take, stand in + need of, use up.
    Ex. However, this work still cries for expansion, and it must also become more systematic.
    Ex. The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.
    Ex. Generating author indexes or catalogues involves creating headings from author's names, that is the names of persons or organisations.
    Ex. Although this is generally successful, this approach does necessitate the consultation of two chapters.
    Ex. Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.
    Ex. The condition approach should require less enumeration of rules for different types of materials, and therefore should require fewer rules.
    Ex. A common standard serial interface is the RS232C which takes a 24-pin plug and is commonly used to connect many peripherals including printers and modems.
    Ex. 'At no time in history', according to Geoffrey Langley, 'did people of all types and classes stand more in need of information'.
    Ex. Plug-in programs have grown widely, they add functionality to a WWW browser but also use up drive storage space or conflict with other types of programs.
    ----
    * a medida que se necesite = on demand, on request, as required.
    * cuando lo necesite = at + Posesivo + time of need.
    * justo lo que se necesita = just the ticket, that's the ticket!.
    * necesitar Algo desesperadamente = be in dire need (of), be in desperate need of.
    * necesitar Algo urgentemente = be in dire need (of), be in desperate need of.
    * necesitar atención = beg + attention, warrant + attention.
    * necesitar esfuerzo = take + effort.
    * necesitar gafas para leer = need + reading glasses.
    * necesitar imaginación = take + imagination.
    * necesitar reparación = be in need of repair.
    * necesitarse = it + take.
    * necesitarse desesperadamente = be desperately needed.
    * necesitar ser un genio = call for + nothing less than genius.
    * necesitarse tener en cuenta = need + consideration.
    * necesitar tomar cierto tipo de decisiones = require + judgement, require + judgement, require + an exercise of + judgement.
    * necesitar urgentemente = cry out for, sorely + need.
    * no necesitar mantenimiento = maintenance-free.
    * que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = staff-intensive [staff intensive].
    * que necesita bastante mano de obra = labour-intensive [labour intensive].
    * que necesita la información = information-dependent.
    * que se necesita urgentemente = sorely needed.
    * según se necesite = on demand, on request, at need, as required, pro re nata.
    * ser justo lo que se necesita = be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.
    * ser justo lo que Uno necesita = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.
    * si se necesita = if need be.
    * tener lo que se necesita = have + what it takes.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to need

    necesitar + inf — to need to + inf

    no necesito comprarlo hoy — I don't need to o I needn't buy it today

    2.
    necesitar vi (frml)
    * * *
    = cry for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take, stand in + need of, use up.

    Ex: However, this work still cries for expansion, and it must also become more systematic.

    Ex: The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.
    Ex: Generating author indexes or catalogues involves creating headings from author's names, that is the names of persons or organisations.
    Ex: Although this is generally successful, this approach does necessitate the consultation of two chapters.
    Ex: Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.
    Ex: The condition approach should require less enumeration of rules for different types of materials, and therefore should require fewer rules.
    Ex: A common standard serial interface is the RS232C which takes a 24-pin plug and is commonly used to connect many peripherals including printers and modems.
    Ex: 'At no time in history', according to Geoffrey Langley, 'did people of all types and classes stand more in need of information'.
    Ex: Plug-in programs have grown widely, they add functionality to a WWW browser but also use up drive storage space or conflict with other types of programs.
    * a medida que se necesite = on demand, on request, as required.
    * cuando lo necesite = at + Posesivo + time of need.
    * justo lo que se necesita = just the ticket, that's the ticket!.
    * necesitar Algo desesperadamente = be in dire need (of), be in desperate need of.
    * necesitar Algo urgentemente = be in dire need (of), be in desperate need of.
    * necesitar atención = beg + attention, warrant + attention.
    * necesitar esfuerzo = take + effort.
    * necesitar gafas para leer = need + reading glasses.
    * necesitar imaginación = take + imagination.
    * necesitar reparación = be in need of repair.
    * necesitarse = it + take.
    * necesitarse desesperadamente = be desperately needed.
    * necesitar ser un genio = call for + nothing less than genius.
    * necesitarse tener en cuenta = need + consideration.
    * necesitar tomar cierto tipo de decisiones = require + judgement, require + judgement, require + an exercise of + judgement.
    * necesitar urgentemente = cry out for, sorely + need.
    * no necesitar mantenimiento = maintenance-free.
    * que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = staff-intensive [staff intensive].
    * que necesita bastante mano de obra = labour-intensive [labour intensive].
    * que necesita la información = information-dependent.
    * que se necesita urgentemente = sorely needed.
    * según se necesite = on demand, on request, at need, as required, pro re nata.
    * ser justo lo que se necesita = be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.
    * ser justo lo que Uno necesita = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.
    * si se necesita = if need be.
    * tener lo que se necesita = have + what it takes.

    * * *
    necesitar [A1 ]
    vt
    to need
    si necesitas algo, llámame if you need anything, call me
    se necesitan cuatro personas para levantarlo it takes four people to lift it
    estos geranios necesitan agua these geraniums need watering
    [ S ] se necesita chófer driver required
    me pidió dinero — se necesita ¿eh? ( fam); he asked me for money — what a nerve! ( colloq)
    necesitar + INF to need to + INF
    necesito verte hoy I need to see you today
    no necesito comprarlo hoy I don't need to o I don't have to buy it today, I needn't buy it today, there's no need for me to buy it today
    se necesita ser ingenuo para creerse eso ( fam); you'd have to be naive to believe that
    necesitar QUE + SUBJ:
    necesita que alguien le eche una mano she needs someone to give her a hand
    ■ necesitar
    vi
    ( frml) necesitar DE algo to need sth
    necesitamos de la cooperación de todos we need everyone's cooperation
    * * *

     

    necesitar ( conjugate necesitar) verbo transitivo
    to need;
    ( on signs) se necesita vendedora saleswoman required;

    verbo intransitivo (frml) necesitar de algo to need sth
    necesitar verbo transitivo to need
    (en anuncio) se necesita secretaria bilingüe, bilingual secretary required ➣ Ver nota en need

    ' necesitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aire
    - llevar
    - pedir
    - precisar
    - requerir
    - terminar
    - ofrecer
    English:
    checklist
    - desperately
    - do with
    - necessitate
    - need
    - require
    - take
    - want
    - bad
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to need;
    necesito llamarla cuanto antes I need to call her as soon as possible;
    necesito que me lo digas I need you to tell me;
    esta planta necesita que la rieguen this plant needs watering;
    se necesita camarero [en letrero] waiter wanted;
    se necesita ser ignorante para no saber eso you'd have to be an ignoramus not to know that
    ♦ vi
    necesitar de to need, to have need of;
    necesitamos de tu ayuda we need your help
    * * *
    v/t need;
    necesito hablarte I need to talk to you
    * * *
    1) : to need
    2) : to necessitate, to require
    necesitar de : to have need of
    * * *
    necesitar vb to need

    Spanish-English dictionary > necesitar

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