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1 criticón
adj.faultfinding, nit-picking, fault-finding, nitpicking.m.faultfinder, nit-picker, nitpicker, criticizer.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar fault finding, nit-picking, hypercritical► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 familiar fault finder, nit-picker* * *criticón, -ona *1.ADJ hypercritical, critical, faultfindinges muy criticón — he's always finding fault with people, he's hypercritical, he's so critical
2.SM / F faultfinder* * *I- cona adjetivo (fam & pey) critical, hypercriticalII- cona masculino, femenino (fam & pey) faultfinder* * *= nag, caviller [caviler, -USA], quibbler.Ex. No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.* * *I- cona adjetivo (fam & pey) critical, hypercriticalII- cona masculino, femenino (fam & pey) faultfinder* * *= nag, caviller [caviler, -USA], quibbler.Ex: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.
Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.* * *( fam pey)1(chismoso): ¡qué criticón es! he's such a terrible gossip ( colloq)2 (quisquilloso) critical, hypercriticales tan criticona she always finds fault with everything, she's so critical o hypercriticalmasculine, feminine( fam pey)12 (quisquilloso) faultfinder* * *
criticón◊ - cona adjetivo (fam &
pey) critical, hypercritical
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam & pey) faultfinder
criticón,-ona adj pey critical: mis colegas son muy criticones, my colleagues are very critical
' criticón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
criticona
English:
faultfinding
* * *criticón, -ona♦ adjnit-picking, hypercritical;no seas tan criticón don't be so nit-picking, stop criticizing all the time♦ nm,fnit-picker;es un criticón he finds fault with everything, he does nothing but criticize* * *famI adj nit-pickingII m, criticona f nit-picker* * * -
2 caso objetivo
(n.) = objective caseEx. A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.* * *(n.) = objective caseEx: A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.
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3 gramático
adj.grammatical.m.grammarian, grammar expert.* * *► adjetivo1 grammatical► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 grammarian* * *gramático, -a1.ADJ grammatical2.SM / F (=persona) grammariangramática* * *- ca masculino, femenino grammarian* * *= grammarian.Ex. A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.* * *- ca masculino, femenino grammarian* * *= grammarian.Ex: A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.
* * *gramático -camasculine, femininegrammarian* * *
gramático,-á sustantivo masculino y femenino grammarian
' gramático' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gramática
* * *gramático, -a♦ adjgrammatical♦ nm,f[persona] grammarian* * *I adj grammaticalII m, gramática f grammarian -
4 objetor
m.objector.* * *► adjetivo1 objecting, dissenting► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 objector\objetor de conciencia conscientious objector* * *objetor, -aSM / F objector* * *- tora masculino, femenino objector* * *= objector, caviller [caviler, -USA].Ex. Objectors to a major wind farm plan say developers have exaggerated its green benefits.Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.----* objetor de conciencia = conscientious objector.* * *- tora masculino, femenino objector* * *= objector, caviller [caviler, -USA].Ex: Objectors to a major wind farm plan say developers have exaggerated its green benefits.
Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.* objetor de conciencia = conscientious objector.* * *masculine, feminineobjectorCompuesto:objetor de conciencia, objetora de concienciamasculine, feminine conscientious objector* * *
objetor◊ - tora sustantivo masculino, femenino
objector;
objetor de conciencia conscientious objector
objetor,-ora
I sustantivo masculino y femenino objector
objetor de conciencia, conscientious objector
II adjetivo objecting, dissenting
' objetor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
objetora
English:
conscientious
- objector
* * *objetor, -ora nm,fobjectorobjetor de conciencia conscientious objector* * *m, objetora f objector* * *: objectorobjetor de conciencia: conscientious objector -
5 oyente
adj.hearing.f. & m.1 listener.2 occasional student (British), auditing student (United States) (pupil).3 unregistered student, auditor, auditor of a course.* * *1 RADIO listener2 (alumno) unregistered student► adjetivo1 listening* * *SMF1) (Radio) listener2) (Univ) unregistered student, occasional student, auditor (EEUU)voy de oyente a las clases de Derecho Romano — I attend the classes on Roman Law as an unregistered student
* * *masculino y femeninoa) (Educ) occasional student, auditor (AmE)b) (Rad) listener* * *= listener.Ex. A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.----* oyentes radiofónicos = radio audience.* * *masculino y femeninoa) (Educ) occasional student, auditor (AmE)b) (Rad) listener* * *= listener.Ex: A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.
* oyentes radiofónicos = radio audience.* * *un alumno oyente an occasional student, an auditor ( AmE)voy de oyente a sus clases I sit in on her classesB ( Rad) listener* * *
oyente sustantivo masculino y femenino
b) (Rad) listener
oyente mf
1 Rad listener
2 Univ occasional student
' oyente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
irse
- llevar
English:
attentive
- eavesdropper
- listener
- audit
- auditor
- sit
* * *♦ adj♦ nmf1. [de programa] listener2. [alumno] Br occasional student, US auditing student;¿eres alumno oficial? – no, sólo voy de oyente are you an official student? – no, I'm just sitting in on classes* * *m/f1 listener2 EDU auditor, Broccasional student* * *oyente nmf1) : listener2) : auditor, auditing student* * *oyente n (de radio) listener -
6 pronombre
m.pronoun (grammar).pronombre demostrativo demonstrative pronounpronombre indefinido indefinite pronounpronombre interrogativo interrogative pronounpronombre personal personal pronounpronombre posesivo possessive pronounpronombre relativo relative pronoun* * *1 pronoun\pronombre demostrativo demonstrative pronounpronombre personal personal pronounpronombre relativo relative pronoun* * *noun m.* * *SM pronoun* * *masculino pronoun* * *= pronoun.Ex. A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.----* pronombre masculino = masculine pronoun.* * *masculino pronoun* * *= pronoun.Ex: A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.
* pronombre masculino = masculine pronoun.* * *pronounCompuestos:personal pronounpossessive pronounreflexive pronoun* * *
pronombre sustantivo masculino
pronoun
pronombre sustantivo masculino pronoun
' pronombre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
como
- más
- para
- toda
- todo
- algo
- alguien
- alguno
- bastante
- ciento
- cual
- cuál
- cualquiera
- cuanto
- cuánto
- cuarto
- cuatrocientos
- décimo
- demás
- demasiado
- demostrativo
- doscientos
- duodécimo
- harto
- menos
- mijo
- milésimo
- mío
- mucho
- nada
- nadie
- ninguno
- novecientos
- noveno
- nuestro
- ochocientos
- octavo
- otro
- poco
- primero
- que
- qué
- quien
- quién
- quienquiera
- quinientos
- quinto
- se
- segundo
- seiscientos
English:
accustom
- agree
- appreciate
- averse
- delay
- excuse
- personal pronoun
- pronoun
- put off
- all
- another
- any
- anybody
- anyone
- anything
- anywhere
- both
- each
- either
- enough
- everybody
- everyone
- everything
- few
- half
- he
- her
- hers
- herself
- him
- himself
- I
- it
- itself
- last
- least
- less
- little
- many
- me
- more
- most
- much
- myself
- neither
- nobody
- none
- no one
- nothing
- nowhere
* * *pronombre nmGram pronoun pronombre demostrativo demonstrative pronoun;pronombre indefinido indefinite pronoun;pronombre interrogativo interrogative pronoun;pronombre personal personal pronoun;pronombre posesivo possessive pronoun;pronombre relativo relative pronoun* * *m GRAM pronoun* * *pronombre nm: pronoun* * *pronombre n pronoun -
7 quisquilloso
adj.touchy, delicate, jumpy, finicky.* * *► adjetivo1 finicky, fussy, touchy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 fusspot* * *ADJ1) (=susceptible) touchy, oversensitive; (=irritable) irritable; (=perfeccionista) pernickety *, persnickety (EEUU) *, choosy, fussy2) (=preocupado por nimiedades) too bothered about petty details* * *- sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy* * *= fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.----* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.* ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.* * *- sa adjetivo (meticuloso, exigente) fussy, picky (colloq); ( susceptible) touchy* * *= fastidious, nitpicking [nit-picking], irritable, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], quibbler, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget, picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an ' irritable reaching after fact and reason'.Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: They attacked him, not as grammarians and philologists, but as quibblers, cavillers; not with arguments, but insults.Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.* ser muy quisquilloso = be picky.* * *quisquilloso -sa1(meticuloso, exigente): es terriblemente quisquilloso y no le gusta que nadie toque sus cosas he is terribly particular and he doesn't like anyone touching his thingsningún hotel le vino bien, es tan quisquilloso none of the hotels suited him, he's so hard to please o so choosy o so fussy2 (susceptible) touchy* * *
quisquilloso
( susceptible) touchy
quisquilloso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (meticuloso) fussy
2 (suspicaz) touchy
' quisquilloso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
quisquillosa
- chinche
- fastidioso
English:
fussy
- nit
- picky
* * *quisquilloso, -a♦ adj1. [detallista] pernickety2. [susceptible] touchy, oversensitive♦ nm,f1. [detallista] nit-picker2. [susceptible] touchy person;ser un quisquilloso to be touchy* * *adj touchy* * *quisquilloso, -sa adj: fastidious, fussyquisquilloso, -sa n: fussy person, fussbudget* * *quisquilloso adj
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