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  • 41 metedura de pata

    familiar faux pas, blunder, booboo
    * * *
    femenino (esp Esp fam) blunder, gaffe
    * * *
    (n.) = blunder, boner, goof, blooper, gaff, faux pas, clanger, slip-up
    Ex. There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.
    Ex. Inferencing skills can be learned as students clarify contextual meanings of ambiguous statements, mispronunciations, and boners that may be found in newspaper headlines, texts, and conversations.
    Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex. Throughout the year we collect bloopers, funny things that happen while we are producing the program.
    Ex. If I had googled him when we were courting, I would not have made the embarrassing gaff of bragging about my publications.
    Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex. Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault.
    Ex. Minor slip-ups are things like - your fly is undone while giving a presentation, you accidentally let out an audible burp at a work luncheon, wardrobe malfunctions, you pass gas.
    * * *
    femenino (esp Esp fam) blunder, gaffe
    * * *
    (n.) = blunder, boner, goof, blooper, gaff, faux pas, clanger, slip-up

    Ex: There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.

    Ex: Inferencing skills can be learned as students clarify contextual meanings of ambiguous statements, mispronunciations, and boners that may be found in newspaper headlines, texts, and conversations.
    Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex: Throughout the year we collect bloopers, funny things that happen while we are producing the program.
    Ex: If I had googled him when we were courting, I would not have made the embarrassing gaff of bragging about my publications.
    Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex: Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault.
    Ex: Minor slip-ups are things like - your fly is undone while giving a presentation, you accidentally let out an audible burp at a work luncheon, wardrobe malfunctions, you pass gas.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    blunder, gaffe
    es famoso por sus metedura de patas de metedura de pata he's well-known for putting his foot in it, he's renowned for making blunders o gaffes
    * * *

    Del verbo dar: ( conjugate dar)

    dé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    metedura de pata sustantivo femenino (esp Esp fam) blunder, gaffe
    ' metedura de pata' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impresionante
    - metedura
    - molesta
    - molesto
    - patinazo
    - resbalón
    - plancha
    English:
    blunder
    - boo-boo
    - boob
    - goof
    - slip-up

    Spanish-English dictionary > metedura de pata

  • 42 moderado

    adj.
    1 moderate, abstinent, abstemious, even-tempered.
    Es un hombre muy medido He is a very frugal [measured] man.
    2 moderate, gentle.
    3 discrete.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: moderar.
    * * *
    1 moderate
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 moderate
    * * *
    (f. - moderada)
    noun adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo < temperatura> moderate; < precio> reasonable; <ideología/facción> moderate
    II
    - da masculino, femenino moderate
    * * *
    = gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], mild, moderate, middle-ground, restrained, low-key [low key], temperate, moderate, moderated, sparing, low-keyed, guarded, measured.
    Ex. Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.
    Ex. If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.
    Ex. In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
    Ex. Beginning with a middle-ground strategy may offer the best balance between Recall and Precision.
    Ex. The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
    Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex. Being on the ocean means that Boston's climate is temperate in the summer.
    Ex. This paper examines the ways in which extremists and moderates in the two communities frame the televised representation of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
    Ex. this paper discusses some of the issues involved in using electronic mailing lists and listservs and describes 2 basic types of listservs: open lists; controlled lists and moderated lists.
    Ex. The committee was very sparing in its recommendations of proposals for debate.
    Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    Ex. Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.
    Ex. This will move the debate about open access as a model for scholarly communication towards a more measured and nuanced discourse.
    ----
    * optimismo moderado = guarded optimism.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo < temperatura> moderate; < precio> reasonable; <ideología/facción> moderate
    II
    - da masculino, femenino moderate
    * * *
    = gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], mild, moderate, middle-ground, restrained, low-key [low key], temperate, moderate, moderated, sparing, low-keyed, guarded, measured.

    Ex: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

    Ex: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.
    Ex: In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
    Ex: Beginning with a middle-ground strategy may offer the best balance between Recall and Precision.
    Ex: The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
    Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex: Being on the ocean means that Boston's climate is temperate in the summer.
    Ex: This paper examines the ways in which extremists and moderates in the two communities frame the televised representation of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
    Ex: this paper discusses some of the issues involved in using electronic mailing lists and listservs and describes 2 basic types of listservs: open lists; controlled lists and moderated lists.
    Ex: The committee was very sparing in its recommendations of proposals for debate.
    Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    Ex: Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.
    Ex: This will move the debate about open access as a model for scholarly communication towards a more measured and nuanced discourse.
    * optimismo moderado = guarded optimism.

    * * *
    moderado1 -da
    1 ‹temperatura› moderate; ‹precio› reasonable
    2 ‹ideología/facción› moderate
    3 ‹persona/comportamiento› restrained
    moderado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    moderate
    * * *

    Del verbo moderar: ( conjugate moderar)

    moderado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    moderado    
    moderar
    moderado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹persona/comportamiento› restrained


    ‹ precio› reasonable;
    ‹ideología/facción› moderate
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    moderate
    moderar ( conjugate moderar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹impulsos/aspiraciones› to curb, moderate;


    b) ‹gasto/consumo› to curb;

    ‹ velocidad› to reduce
    2 ‹debate/coloquio› to moderate, chair
    moderarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ modérate, estás comiendo mucho restrain yourself o (colloq) go easy, you're eating too much;

    moderadose en los gastos to cut down on spending
    moderado,-a adjetivo
    1 (persona, ideas) moderate
    2 (precio) reasonable
    (temperatura, viento) mild
    moderar verbo transitivo
    1 to moderate: tienes que moderar esos hábitos, you have to kick your bad habits
    2 (velocidad) to reduce: al llegar a la curva, modere la velocidad, slow down at the curve
    3 (una discusión) to chair: tengo que moderar un debate en el Ateneo, I have to chair a debate at the Ateneo

    ' moderado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    moderada
    - sobria
    - sobrio
    - comedido
    - fresco
    - parco
    English:
    measured
    - middle-of-the-road
    - moderate
    - restrained
    - wet
    - gentle
    - middle
    - modest
    - reasonable
    * * *
    moderado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] moderate;
    es una persona moderada he's not given to excesses
    2. [velocidad] moderate;
    [precio] reasonable;
    habrá lluvias moderadas en el norte there will be some rain in the north
    3. [en política] moderate
    ♦ nm,f
    moderate
    * * *
    I adj moderate
    II m, moderada f moderate
    * * *
    moderado, -da adj & n
    : moderate
    * * *
    moderado adj moderate

    Spanish-English dictionary > moderado

  • 43 módico

    adj.
    moderate, modest, reasonable.
    * * *
    1 modest
    2 (precio) reasonable
    * * *
    ADJ [precio] reasonable, modest; [suma] modest
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo reasonable
    * * *
    = moderate, modest, low-priced.
    Ex. In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
    Ex. The price of the demonstration disk is relatively modest and is normally deducted from the full purchase price.
    Ex. Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo reasonable
    * * *
    = moderate, modest, low-priced.

    Ex: In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.

    Ex: The price of the demonstration disk is relatively modest and is normally deducted from the full purchase price.
    Ex: Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.

    * * *
    módico -ca
    ‹precio/alquiler/suma› reasonable
    en módicas cuotas mensuales in reasonable monthly payments
    * * *

    módico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    reasonable
    módico,-a adjetivo moderate
    por el módico precio de, for the modest o reasonable price of

    ' módico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    módica
    English:
    low
    - moderate
    - small
    * * *
    módico, -a adj
    [cantidad] modest; [precio] reasonable;
    a la venta por un módico precio de 1.000 pesos available at the very reasonable price of 1,000 pesos
    * * *
    adj precio reasonable

    Spanish-English dictionary > módico

  • 44 pasable

    adj.
    passable.
    * * *
    1 passable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=tolerable) passable, tolerable
    2) LAm [arroyo etc] fordable
    3) Cono Sur (=vendible) saleable
    * * *
    1) ( tolerable) passable
    2) <río/arroyo> (AmL) fordable
    * * *
    = moderate, passable.
    Ex. In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
    Ex. Help is further hampered by flooding from the northeast monsoon as roads become passable.
    * * *
    1) ( tolerable) passable
    2) <río/arroyo> (AmL) fordable
    * * *
    = moderate, passable.

    Ex: In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.

    Ex: Help is further hampered by flooding from the northeast monsoon as roads become passable.

    * * *
    A (tolerable) passable
    la comida está pasable the food's passable o all right
    B ‹río/arroyo› ( AmL) fordable
    el río es pasable a la altura de Melo you can ford o cross the river at Melo
    * * *

    pasable adjetivo ( tolerable) passable
    pasable adjetivo passable, tolerable
    ' pasable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fair
    - decent
    - edible
    - passable
    - tolerable
    * * *
    pasable adj
    passable
    * * *
    adj passable
    * * *
    pasable adj
    : passable, tolerable
    ♦ pasablemente adv
    * * *
    pasable adj fair

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasable

  • 45 provocar la controversia

    (v.) = court + controversy
    Ex. Panizzi had a reputation for courting controversy at the British Museum and a knack for making enemies.
    * * *
    (v.) = court + controversy

    Ex: Panizzi had a reputation for courting controversy at the British Museum and a knack for making enemies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocar la controversia

  • 46 refrán

    m.
    popular saying, adage, proverb, saying.
    * * *
    1 proverb, saying
    \
    como dice el refrán as the saying goes
    * * *
    SM proverb, saying
    * * *
    masculino saying, proverb

    como dice or según reza el refrán — as the saying goes

    * * *
    = adage, wise saying, old saying, saying, saw, refrain, proverb.
    Ex. But now she was beginning to wonder if there was any truth to the old adage that 'It's not what you know, but who you know'.
    Ex. Stories range from one-sentence statements we call jokes and wise sayings, through gossip to the most profound and complicated structures we call novels and poems and plays.
    Ex. Chapters include drinking and moonshine, courting, old cures and remedies, fishing and hunting, plus a chapter of pithy quotes and old sayings.
    Ex. 'Practice makes perfect' is a saying that can be applied to reading.
    Ex. And his life confirms the famous old saw: No man is a prophet in his own land.
    Ex. The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.
    Ex. As the old Chinese proverb tells us 'To prophesy is extremely difficult, especially about the future'.
    ----
    * como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.
    * refrán bíblico = biblical saying.
    * * *
    masculino saying, proverb

    como dice or según reza el refrán — as the saying goes

    * * *
    = adage, wise saying, old saying, saying, saw, refrain, proverb.

    Ex: But now she was beginning to wonder if there was any truth to the old adage that 'It's not what you know, but who you know'.

    Ex: Stories range from one-sentence statements we call jokes and wise sayings, through gossip to the most profound and complicated structures we call novels and poems and plays.
    Ex: Chapters include drinking and moonshine, courting, old cures and remedies, fishing and hunting, plus a chapter of pithy quotes and old sayings.
    Ex: 'Practice makes perfect' is a saying that can be applied to reading.
    Ex: And his life confirms the famous old saw: No man is a prophet in his own land.
    Ex: The importance of the right to information or the right to know is an increasingly constant refrain in the mouths of academics, the media and governments.
    Ex: As the old Chinese proverb tells us 'To prophesy is extremely difficult, especially about the future'.
    * como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.
    * refrán bíblico = biblical saying.

    * * *
    saying, proverb
    como dice or según reza el refrán as the saying goes
    * * *

    refrán sustantivo masculino
    saying, proverb;

    refrán sustantivo masculino proverb, saying

    ' refrán' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dicha
    - dicho
    - sonar
    English:
    proverb
    - run
    - saying
    * * *
    proverb, saying;
    como dice el refrán,… as the saying goes,…, as they say,…
    * * *
    m saying
    * * *
    refrán nm, pl refranes adagio: proverb, saying
    * * *
    refrán n saying

    Spanish-English dictionary > refrán

  • 47 regular

    adj.
    1 regular (uniforme).
    Tiene ritmo regular It has a repetitive rhythm.
    Ricardo es un cliente regular Richard is a frequent customer.
    Su rutina es regular His routine is regular.
    2 average, fair (mediocre).
    María es una estudiante regular Mary is an average student.
    3 normal, usual (normal).
    por lo regular as a rule, generally
    4 fairly good, not bad, not too bad not too good, fairly decent.
    El pastel estuvo regular The cake was so-so.
    adv.
    lleva unos días regular, tiene un poco de fiebre she's been so-so the last few days, she's got a bit of a temperature
    ¿qué tal el concierto? — regular how was the concert? — nothing special
    f. & m.
    regular customer.
    Ricardo es un regular de la tienda Richard is a regular customer in the store.
    m.
    regular (military).
    v.
    to control, to regulate.
    la normativa regula estos casos the regulations govern these cases
    Elsa regula las actividades Elsa regulates the activities.
    Elsa regula el agua caliente Elsa regulates the hot water.
    * * *
    1 (gen) regular
    2 familiar (pasable) so-so, average, not bad
    ■ ¿qué tal la película? - regular what's the film like? - nothing special
    1 (gen) to regulate
    2 (ajustar) to adjust
    * * *
    1. adj.
    2) fair
    2. verb
    * * *
    I
    ADJ
    1) (=normal) normal, usual
    2) (=común) ordinary

    por lo regular — as a rule, generally

    3) (=uniforme) regular
    4) (=mediano) medium, average

    de tamaño regular — medium-sized, average-sized

    5) (=no muy bueno) so-so, not too bad

    -¿qué tal la fiesta? -regular — "what was the party like?" - "it was O.K. o all right o not too bad"

    -¿qué tal estás? -regular — "how are you?" - "so-so o all right o can't complain"

    6) (Rel, Mil) regular
    II
    VT
    1) (=ajustar) to regulate, control; [ley] to govern; [+ tráfico, precio] to control
    2) (Mec) to adjust, regulate; [+ reloj] to put right; [+ despertador] to set
    3) Méx (=calcular) to calculate
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <ritmo/movimiento> regular
    b) < verbo> regular
    c) (Mat) regular
    2)

    por lo regular — (loc adv) as a (general) rule

    3)

    ¿qué tal te va? - regular — how's it going? - so-so

    ¿qué tal la película? - regular — how was the movie? - nothing special

    b) ( de tamaño) medium-sized, middling
    II
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <espejo/asiento> to adjust
    b) <caudal/temperatura/velocidad> to regulate, control
    2) ley/norma to regulate
    III
    * * *
    = even, moderate, regular, regulate, routine, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], standing order, recurring, line + Profesión, standing, habitual.
    Ex. An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.
    Ex. In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
    Ex. Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    Ex. Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.
    Ex. They were a kind of localized office for the city government and would take on routine tasks like receiving license applications, although main function was to provide information.
    Ex. Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.
    Ex. A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.
    Ex. After the probationary period, performance evaluations are administered on a recurring basis.
    Ex. In larger libraries, line librarians are also likely to be MLS graduates.
    Ex. A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.
    Ex. A new study confirms that male gender, obesity, and weight gain are key determinants of habitual snoring in the adult population.
    ----
    * campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.
    * de forma regular = regularly.
    * de un modo regular = on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.
    * de venta regular = steady-selling.
    * ejército regular, el = regular army, the.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <ritmo/movimiento> regular
    b) < verbo> regular
    c) (Mat) regular
    2)

    por lo regular — (loc adv) as a (general) rule

    3)

    ¿qué tal te va? - regular — how's it going? - so-so

    ¿qué tal la película? - regular — how was the movie? - nothing special

    b) ( de tamaño) medium-sized, middling
    II
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <espejo/asiento> to adjust
    b) <caudal/temperatura/velocidad> to regulate, control
    2) ley/norma to regulate
    III
    * * *
    = even, moderate, regular, regulate, routine, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], standing order, recurring, line + Profesión, standing, habitual.

    Ex: An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.

    Ex: In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
    Ex: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.
    Ex: They were a kind of localized office for the city government and would take on routine tasks like receiving license applications, although main function was to provide information.
    Ex: Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.
    Ex: A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.
    Ex: After the probationary period, performance evaluations are administered on a recurring basis.
    Ex: In larger libraries, line librarians are also likely to be MLS graduates.
    Ex: A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.
    Ex: A new study confirms that male gender, obesity, and weight gain are key determinants of habitual snoring in the adult population.
    * campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.
    * de forma regular = regularly.
    * de un modo regular = on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.
    * de venta regular = steady-selling.
    * ejército regular, el = regular army, the.

    * * *
    A
    1 (uniforme) ‹ritmo/movimiento› regular
    a intervalos regulares at regular intervals
    la asistencia regular a clase regular attendance at class
    tiene el pulso regular her pulse is regular
    2 ‹verbo› regular
    3 ( Mat) regular
    polígono regular regular polygon
    B (normal) regular, ordinary
    viajé en un vuelo regular I traveled* on a normal o scheduled flight
    iban vestidos con el uniforme regular they were wearing their ordinary uniform
    C
    por lo regular ( loc adv) as a (general) rule
    por lo regular, no trabaja los sábados he doesn't work on Saturdays as a rule, he doesn't usually work on Saturdays
    D
    1
    (no muy bien): ¿qué tal van los estudios? — regular how's school going? — so-so
    ¿qué tal la película? — regular how was the movie? — nothing special o nothing to write home about
    su trabajo está bastante regularcillo the work he produces is pretty run-of-the-mill
    2 (mediano) medium-sized, middling
    regular2 [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (ajustar) ‹espejo/asiento› to adjust
    2 ‹caudal› to regulate, control; ‹temperatura/velocidad› to regulate, control
    B «ley/norma» to regulate
    las leyes que regulan la industria the laws regulating the industry
    fair
    * * *

     

    regular 1 adjetivo
    1 ( en general) regular
    2

    ◊ ¿qué tal te va? — regular how's it going? — so-so;

    ¿qué tal la película? — regular how was the movie? — nothing special

    ■ sustantivo masculino ( calificación) fair
    regular 2 ( conjugate regular) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹espejo/asiento› to adjust

    b) ‹caudal/temperatura/velocidad› to regulate, control

    2 [ley/norma] to regulate
    regular
    I adjetivo
    1 regular
    un ejército regular, a regular army
    2 (metódico, sin alteraciones) la marcha regular de los acontecimientos, the orderly progress of events
    3 (habitual) regular
    4 (mediano) average, regular
    (mediocre) average
    II adverbio so-so
    III verbo transitivo
    1 (organizar, someter a normas) to regulate, control
    2 (ajustar) to adjust
    ' regular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ahorcarse
    - asidua
    - asiduo
    - bribón
    - bribona
    - dosificar
    - habitual
    - milicia
    - once
    - parroquiana
    - parroquiano
    - periodicidad
    - roce
    - vuelo
    - café
    - cliente
    - controlar
    - fijo
    - gasolina
    - graduación
    - graduar
    - normal
    - ordinario
    English:
    adjust
    - average
    - control
    - lie
    - moderate
    - much
    - regular
    - regular army
    - regulate
    - scheduled flight
    - second-class
    - so-so
    - spot-check
    - steady
    - assure
    - casual
    - clock
    - even
    - flier
    - routine
    - scheduled
    - second
    - shuttle
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [uniforme] regular;
    de un modo regular regularly;
    hay un servicio de autobús regular a la capital there is a regular bus service to the capital
    2. [mediocre] average;
    una actuación regular an undistinguished o a rather average performance
    3. [normal] normal, usual;
    [de tamaño] medium;
    por lo regular as a rule, generally
    4. Gram regular
    5. Geom regular
    6. Rel regular
    ♦ nm
    Mil regular
    ♦ adv
    [no muy bien] so-so;
    lleva unos días regular, tiene un poco de fiebre she's been so-so the last few days, she's got a bit of a temperature;
    me encuentro regular I feel a bit under the weather;
    ¿qué tal el concierto? – regular how was the concert? – so-so o nothing special
    regular2 vt
    1. [actividad, economía] to regulate;
    la normativa regula estos casos the regulations govern these cases
    2. [mecanismo] to adjust;
    [temperatura] to regulate, to control; [tráfico] to control;
    las presas regulan el cauce del río the dams regulate the flow of the river
    * * *
    1 adj
    1 sin variar regular
    2 ( común) ordinary
    3 ( habitual) regular, normal
    4 (no muy bien) so-so
    2 v/t TÉC regulate; temperatura control, regulate
    * * *
    : to regulate, to control
    regular adj
    1) : regular
    2) : fair, OK, so-so
    3) : medium, average
    4)
    por lo regular : in general, generally
    * * *
    regular1 adj
    1. (en general) regular
    2. (mediocre) average / poor
    regular2 adv all right
    regular3 vb to regulate

    Spanish-English dictionary > regular

  • 48 galanteo

    m.
    1 courting, wooing.
    2 courtship, love-making, wooing.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: galantear.
    * * *
    1 flirtation, wooing
    * * *
    SM (=corte) courtship, wooing; (=coqueteo) flirting
    * * *
    (cortejo) courtship; (galantería) compliment
    * * *

    Del verbo galantear: ( conjugate galantear)

    galanteo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    galanteó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    galantear    
    galanteo
    galantear verbo transitivo to court, woo familiar flirt with
    galanteo sustantivo masculino courtship
    * * *
    courting, wooing
    * * *
    m wooing
    * * *
    1) cortejo: courtship
    2) : flirtation, flirting

    Spanish-English dictionary > galanteo

  • 49 δημοκοπίας

    δημοκοπίᾱς, δημοκοπία
    courting the mob: fem acc pl
    δημοκοπίᾱς, δημοκοπία
    courting the mob: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

    Morphologia Graeca > δημοκοπίας

  • 50 εθελοκινδύνως

    ἐθελοκίνδυνος
    courting danger: adverbial
    ἐθελοκίνδυνος
    courting danger: masc /fem acc pl (doric)

    Morphologia Graeca > εθελοκινδύνως

  • 51 ἐθελοκινδύνως

    ἐθελοκίνδυνος
    courting danger: adverbial
    ἐθελοκίνδυνος
    courting danger: masc /fem acc pl (doric)

    Morphologia Graeca > ἐθελοκινδύνως

  • 52 εθελοκίνδυνον

    ἐθελοκίνδυνος
    courting danger: masc /fem acc sg
    ἐθελοκίνδυνος
    courting danger: neut nom /voc /acc sg

    Morphologia Graeca > εθελοκίνδυνον

  • 53 ἐθελοκίνδυνον

    ἐθελοκίνδυνος
    courting danger: masc /fem acc sg
    ἐθελοκίνδυνος
    courting danger: neut nom /voc /acc sg

    Morphologia Graeca > ἐθελοκίνδυνον

  • 54 θεατροκοπίας

    θεατροκοπίᾱς, θεατροκοπία
    courting of applause: fem acc pl
    θεατροκοπίᾱς, θεατροκοπία
    courting of applause: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

    Morphologia Graeca > θεατροκοπίας

  • 55 οχλοχαρείς

    ὀχλοχαρής
    courting the mob: masc /fem acc pl
    ὀχλοχαρής
    courting the mob: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)

    Morphologia Graeca > οχλοχαρείς

  • 56 ὀχλοχαρεῖς

    ὀχλοχαρής
    courting the mob: masc /fem acc pl
    ὀχλοχαρής
    courting the mob: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)

    Morphologia Graeca > ὀχλοχαρεῖς

  • 57 οχλοχαρές

    ὀχλοχαρής
    courting the mob: masc /fem voc sg
    ὀχλοχαρής
    courting the mob: neut nom /voc /acc sg

    Morphologia Graeca > οχλοχαρές

  • 58 ὀχλοχαρές

    ὀχλοχαρής
    courting the mob: masc /fem voc sg
    ὀχλοχαρής
    courting the mob: neut nom /voc /acc sg

    Morphologia Graeca > ὀχλοχαρές

  • 59 populāritās

        populāritās ātis, f    [popularis], a courting of popular favor: rarior apud Tiberium, Ta.
    * * *

    Latin-English dictionary > populāritās

  • 60 balts

    courtship, time of courting; act of courting, wooing

    Holandés-inglés dicionario > balts

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