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41 desgarrador
adj.heartbreaking, harrowing, tearing, heartrending.* * *► adjetivo1 heartbreaking, heart-rending2 (aterrador) bloodcurdling* * *ADJ [escena, noticia] heartbreaking, heartrending; [grito] piercing; [emoción] heartrending* * *- dora adjetivo heartbreaking, heartrending* * *= lancinating, heart-rending, heart-rendering, gut-wrenching, heart-wrenching, heartbreaking.Ex. The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.* * *- dora adjetivo heartbreaking, heartrending* * *= lancinating, heart-rending, heart-rendering, gut-wrenching, heart-wrenching, heartbreaking.Ex: The personnel officer experienced an involuntary shiver as the lancinating reality of the board's decision sank in.
Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.* * *heartbreaking, heartrending* * *
desgarrador◊ - dora adjetivo
heartbreaking, heartrending
desgarrador,-ora adjetivo
1 (que causa pena, angustia) heart-rending
2 (que causa horror) bloodcurdling
' desgarrador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desgarradora
English:
heart-breaking
- harrowing
- heart
- piercing
* * *desgarrador, -ora adj[grito] piercing; [llanto] heart-rending; [noticia] harrowing; [tragedia] terrible* * *adj heart-rending* * *desgarrador, - dora adj: heartrending, heartbreaking -
42 mermar
v.1 to reduce, to diminish, to lessen.2 to decrease, to diminish.El medicamento merma la fiebre The drug decreases the fever.Mermó el negocio Business decreased.El negocio nos mermó Our business decreased.3 to dwindle, to decrease, to recede.La energía mermó The energy dwindled.* * *1 to reduce1 to decrease, diminish* * *1.VT (=disminuir) [+ crecimiento, capacidad] to reduce; [+ autoridad, prestigio] to undermine; [+ reservas] to deplete; [+ pago, raciones] to cut2.VISee:* * *1. 2.mermar vt (frml) < suministro> to reduce, cut down on; < capital> to reduce* * *= gut, deplete, chip away, whittle (away/down/at), reduce, shrink.Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex. Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.----* mermar las fuerzas = sap + the energy.* mermar + Posesivo + confianza = sap + Posesivo + confidence.* * *1. 2.mermar vt (frml) < suministro> to reduce, cut down on; < capital> to reduce* * *= gut, deplete, chip away, whittle (away/down/at), reduce, shrink.Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.
Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex: Despite the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, guaranteeing freedom of expression, there seems to be an onslaught of people chipping away at this social foundation.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.* mermar las fuerzas = sap + the energy.* mermar + Posesivo + confianza = sap + Posesivo + confidence.* * *mermar [A1 ]viel frío ha mermado it's less cold now, the cold has abated ( frml)el nivel del agua ha mermado con el calor the water level has fallen because of the heat■ mermarvt( frml); ‹suministro/provisión› to reduce, cut down on; ‹capital› to reducemermó las arcas de la organización it diminished o depleted the resources of the organization* * *
mermar ( conjugate mermar) verbo intransitivo (frml) [viento/frío] to abate (frml);
[ luz] to fade
verbo transitivo (frml) to reduce
mermar
I verbo transitivo to cause to decrease o diminish: ha mermado sus posibilidades de tener éxito, she has reduced her chances for success
II verbo intransitivo to decrease, diminish: sus facultades han mermado, his (mental) faculties have diminished
' mermar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicarse
- palidecer
- reducirse
English:
deplete
- erode
- tail
* * *♦ vi[caudal] to go down, to fall; [energía, vitalidad, dinamismo] to diminish; [ingresos, productividad] to fall; [calidad] to deteriorate♦ vt[energía, vitalidad, dinamismo] to diminish; [ingresos, productividad, calidad] to reduce* * *I v/t reduceII v/i diminish* * *mermar vi: to decrease, to diminishmermar vt: to reduce, to cut down -
43 opresivo
adj.oppressive, weighty, burdensome, oppressing.* * *► adjetivo1 oppressive* * *ADJ oppressive* * *- va adjetivo oppressive* * *= oppressive, heavy-handed, stifling, suffocating, overbearing, gut-wrenching.Ex. Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.Ex. The often heavy-handed paternalism of Soviet children's literature is being challenged and children are being entrusted with real situations and real problems rather than the idealistic, rose-coloured version of reality previously thought suitable for them.Ex. He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Ex. Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.Ex. In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.----* de un modo opresivo = oppressively.* * *- va adjetivo oppressive* * *= oppressive, heavy-handed, stifling, suffocating, overbearing, gut-wrenching.Ex: Holman has decided we must see Slake's background, and it is as bleak and oppressive as one supposed it must be.
Ex: The often heavy-handed paternalism of Soviet children's literature is being challenged and children are being entrusted with real situations and real problems rather than the idealistic, rose-coloured version of reality previously thought suitable for them.Ex: He calls for various strategies of resistance to counter the stifling hand of capitalism on Western culture.Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Ex: Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.Ex: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.* de un modo opresivo = oppressively.* * *opresivo -vaoppressive* * *
opresivo◊ -va adjetivo
oppressive
opresivo,-a adjetivo oppressive
' opresivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
opresiva
English:
oppressive
* * *opresivo, -a adjoppressive* * *adj oppressive* * *opresivo, -va adj: oppressive -
44 reducir
v.1 to reduce.nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cutreducir algo a algo to reduce something to somethingreducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of somethingElla redujo la velocidad She reduced the speed.2 to suppress, to subdue (someter) (país, ciudad).3 to convert (Mat) (convertir).4 to set (medicine).5 to shorten, to shrink.Ellos redujeron las tablas They shortened the boards.6 to cut down, to depress, to de-escalate, to deescalate.Ellos redujeron los gastos They cut down expenses.7 to conquer, to subdue, to subjugate.Ellos redujeron a los nativos They conquered the natives.8 to hydrogenate.* * *1 (gen) to reduce2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on3 (vencer) to subdue4 MEDICINA to set5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)* * *verb1) to reduce, cut2) decrease3) subdue* * *1. VT1) (=disminuir)a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessenmedidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed
han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists
el autobús redujo su velocidad — the bus reduced speed, the bus slowed down
el banco redujo su beneficio un 12% — the bank saw its profits fall by 12%
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reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sthtenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%
b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reducehan reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months
sus abogados consiguieron reducir la sentencia a dos meses — his lawyers managed to get his sentence reduced to two months
c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten2)•
reducir algo a algo —a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sthredujo su intervención a criticar al gobierno — her participation was limited to criticizing the government
b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm•
reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm5) (Quím) to reduce6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *2.VI (Aut) to change down3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex. Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex. Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex. In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex. They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.----* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reducereducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum
le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence
reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form
b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce2)a) ( transformar)reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing
b) (Quím) to reducec) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)2.reducir vi1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear3.reducirse v pronreducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river
* * *= abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.* que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.* reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.* reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].* reducir costes = reduce + costs.* reducir de plantilla = downsize.* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.* reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.* reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.* reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.* reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.* reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.* reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.* reducir el valor = reduce + value.* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.* reducir gradualmente = scale down.* reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.* reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.* reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.* reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.* reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.* reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.* reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.* reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.* reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.* reducir progresivamente = phase out.* reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.* reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.* reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.* reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.* * *reducir [I6 ]vtA1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reducehemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of casesredujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reducedhan prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxescon esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infectionejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistlinereducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sthhan reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pagesle han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two yearsla población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former sizereducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o formel suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothingreducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sthpretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduceB1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligramsreducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominatorquedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashestodas sus ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada all his dreams were shattered2 ( Quím) to reduceC (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpowerreducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slaveryD ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)■ reducirviA ( Coc) to reduce, boil downdejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reducereducirse A algo:todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figurestodo se redujo a una visita a la catedral y un paseo por el río in the end it was just a visit to the cathedral and a walk along the river* * *
reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
1
‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;
reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth
2a) ( transformar):
quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
‹ ladrón› to overpower
reducirse verbo pronominal:
reducir
I verbo transitivo
1 (disminuir) to reduce
reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg
(gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
3 (subyugar) to subdue
II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift
' reducir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajar
- ceniza
- encaminada
- encaminado
- moler
- disminuir
- minimizar
- mínimo
- mira
English:
administrative
- austerity
- ax
- axe
- change down
- corner
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decrease
- deficit
- deplenish
- deplete
- depress
- downsize
- effective
- halve
- lighten
- lower
- narrow down
- prune
- pulp
- rate
- receive
- reduce
- retrench
- scale down
- shorten
- slow
- wind down
- bring
- cost
- deaden
- decelerate
- diminish
- discount
- get
- lessen
- loss
- minimize
- over
- pare
- scale
- slacken
- traffic
- whittle
- wind
* * *♦ vt1. [disminuir] to reduce;[gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on);nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut;reduzca la velocidad [en letrero] reduce speed now;reducir algo a algo to reduce sth to sth;el edificio quedó reducido a escombros the building was reduced to a pile of rubble;reducir algo al mínimo to reduce sth to a minimum;tú todo lo reduces a tener dinero the only thing you care about is money;reducir a la mínima expresión to cut down to the bare minimum2. [fotocopia] to reduce3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;[atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower6. Quím to reduce8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]♦ vireduce a tercera change down into third (gear)* * *v/t1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear2 MIL overcome* * *reducir {61} vt1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut2) : to subdue3) : to boil down* * *reducir vb to reduce -
45 tener la sensación de que
(v.) = have + a gut feeling thatEx. I have a gut feeling that such a program does not belong in a public library.* * *(v.) = have + a gut feeling thatEx: I have a gut feeling that such a program does not belong in a public library.
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46 vientre
m.1 stomach, belly.hacer de vientre to have a bowel movementbajo vientre lower abdomen2 belly, rounded part.3 womb.* * *1 ANATOMÍA belly, abdomen2 (vísceras) bowels plural3 (de embarazada) womb4 (de objeto) belly\hacer de vientre eufemístico to have a bowel movementbajo vientre lower abdomendolor de vientre stomachache* * *noun m.belly, abdomen* * *SM1) (=estómago) belly2) (=matriz) womb3) (=intestino) bowels [pl]hacer de vientre, descargar el vientre, exonerar el vientre — to have a bowel movement, move one's bowels
4) [de animal muerto] guts [pl], entrails [pl]5) (Zool) foetus, fetus (EEUU)6) [de recipiente] belly, wide part* * *1) (Anat)a) ( cavidad) abdomenb) ( órganos)c) ( región exterior) stomach, belly (colloq)2) ( de mujer embarazada) womb, belly (colloq)3) (de barco, vasija) belly* * *= belly, abdomen, gut, stomach.Ex. The article is entitled 'Food for the mind, or food for the belly? The Irish famine and the Public Libraries Act of 1850'.Ex. Sometimes the noun form is used, sometimes the adjectival, eg ' abdomen - diseases' but 'Abdominal pain'; 'Thorax (Zoology)' but 'Thorax, Human' see 'Chest and Thoracic duct'.Ex. Did you also know that the gut has more nerve endings than the head does?.Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.----* bailarina de danza del vientre = belly dancer.* bailar la danza del vientre = belly-dance.* bajo vientre = lower abdomen.* vientre central = middle abdomen.* * *1) (Anat)a) ( cavidad) abdomenb) ( órganos)c) ( región exterior) stomach, belly (colloq)2) ( de mujer embarazada) womb, belly (colloq)3) (de barco, vasija) belly* * *= belly, abdomen, gut, stomach.Ex: The article is entitled 'Food for the mind, or food for the belly? The Irish famine and the Public Libraries Act of 1850'.
Ex: Sometimes the noun form is used, sometimes the adjectival, eg ' abdomen - diseases' but 'Abdominal pain'; 'Thorax (Zoology)' but 'Thorax, Human' see 'Chest and Thoracic duct'.Ex: Did you also know that the gut has more nerve endings than the head does?.Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.* bailarina de danza del vientre = belly dancer.* bailar la danza del vientre = belly-dance.* bajo vientre = lower abdomen.* vientre central = middle abdomen.* * *A ( Anat)1 (cavidad) abdomenel bajo vientre the lower abdomen2(órganos): hacer de vientre to have a bowel movement, to go to the toiletsacar el vientre de mal año ( fam); to eat well, eat like a king3 (región exterior) stomach, belly ( colloq)B (de una mujer embarazada) womb, belly ( colloq)C (de un barco, una vasija) belly* * *
vientre sustantivo masculino
hacer de vientre to have a bowel movement
vientre m Anat abdomen
(estómago) stomach, familiar belly
(de una mujer embarazada) womb
♦ Locuciones: hacer de vientre, to have a bowel movement
' vientre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bombo
- seno
- suelta
- suelto
- abultado
- barriga
- hinchado
- hinchar
English:
belly
- bellydance
- stomach
* * *vientre nm1. [de persona] [cavidad con órganos] abdomen;[región] stomach, belly;hacer de vientre to have a bowel movement;bajo vientre lower abdomen2. [de embarazada] womb;Relel fruto de tu vientre the fruit of thy womb3. [de vasija] belly, rounded part* * *m belly;bajo vientre lower abdomen;hacer de vientre have a bowel movement* * *vientre nm1) : abdomen, belly2) : womb3) : bowels pl* * * -
47 achurar
v.1 to stab to death (informal) (acuchillar). ( River Plate)2 to disembowel (animal).* * *1.2.VI LAm (=salir ganando) to benefit from, do well out of* * ** * ** * *achurar [A1 ]vt( RPl fam) (matar) to kill; (uso hiperbólico) to kill, to claw my/your/his eyes out ( AmE colloq), to have my/your/his guts for garters ( BrE colloq)* * *achurar vtRP Fam1. [acuchillar] to stab to death2. [animal] to disembowel* * *v/t Arganimal gut; persona knife, kill -
48 retorcijón
* * *masculino (AmL) sharp pain ( in the stomach or gut)* * *masculino (AmL) sharp pain ( in the stomach or gut)* * *( AmL)sharp pain ( in the stomach or gut)retorcijones de tripas or de estómago stomach cramps* * *
retorcijón sustantivo masculino (AmL) sharp pain ( in the stomach or gut);
' retorcijón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
retortijón
* * ** * *m cramps pl, Brstomach cramp* * * -
49 A buen unto, carro ligero
Wer gut schmiert, der gut fährt.[Ältere Version] Wer gut schmert, der gut fährt.Proverbios, refranes y dichos españoles con sus equivalencias en alemán > A buen unto, carro ligero
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50 Aquello es bueno que bien acaba
Ende gut, alles gut.Gut ist, was gut endet.Proverbios, refranes y dichos españoles con sus equivalencias en alemán > Aquello es bueno que bien acaba
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51 Bien está lo que bien acaba
[lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]Bien está lo que bien concluye.[lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]Nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena.[lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]Si es el fin bueno, lo demás no importa.[lang name="SpanishTraditionalSort"]Todo lo dora un buen fin, aunque lo desmientan los desaciertos de los medios.Ende gut, alles gut.Gut ist, was gut endet.Proverbios, refranes y dichos españoles con sus equivalencias en alemán > Bien está lo que bien acaba
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52 Como das, tal vas
Wer schmiert, der fährt / wer gut schmiert, der gut fährt.Wer gut futtert, der gut buttert.Wie du fütterst, so fährst du.Proverbios, refranes y dichos españoles con sus equivalencias en alemán > Como das, tal vas
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53 acabar
aka'barv1) ( terminar) beenden, erledigen, vollenden¿Ya has acabado tu trabajo? — Bist du mit deiner Arbeit fertig?
2)Acabo de llegar. — Ich bin gerade angekommen.
3)acabar con algo — etw vertilgen, etw vernichten
El niño acaba con la paciencia de su padre. — Das Kind bringt seinen Vater zur Verzweiflung.
4)La fiesta acabó en un caos. — Das Fest endete im Chaos.
5)Acabé por ir. — Schließlich ging ich.
6) (fig: destruir) erledigen, zerstörenLas intrigas han acabado con el presidente. — Die Intrigen haben den Präsidenten erledigt.
Esa mujer acabó conmigo. — Diese Frau hat mich ruiniert.
7) ( dejar sin fuerzas) erschöpfen, Kräfte raubenLa enfermedad me ha acabado. — Die Krankheit hat mir alle Kraft geraubt.
¡Ese trabajo te acaba! — Diese Arbeit macht dich fertig!
8) (fig: matar, rematar) töten, umbringen9) ( consumir completamente) austrinken, aufessen¡Acaba ese vino y vámonos! — Trink den Wein aus und lass uns gehen!
verbo transitivo1. [concluir] beenden2. [consumir] aufbrauchen————————verbo intransitivoacabar bien/mal gut/schlecht ausgehen2. [haber ocurrido recientemente]3. [terminar por]si insistes acabará cediendo wenn du darauf bestehst, wird er schließlich doch noch nachgeben4. [destruir]5. [matar]6. [tener final, un objeto]7. [volverse] werden9. (locución)————————acabarse verbo pronominal1. [agotarse] ausgehen2. [suj: persona]3. [morirse]4. (locución)¡se acabó! [¡basta ya!] jetzt reichts![se terminó] und Schluss!acabaracabar [aka'βar]num1num (terminar) enden [en auf+acusativo] [en mit+dativo]; acabar bien/mal gut/schlecht ausgehen; acabar en punta spitz zulaufennum2num (una acción) ella acaba de llegar sie ist gerade angekommen; el libro acaba de publicarse das Buch ist soeben erschienennum3num (destruir, agotar) acabar con algo etw zunichte machen; acabar con alguien jdn fertigmachen; este niño acabará conmigo dieses Kind macht mich noch völlig fertig; este hombre acaba con la paciencia de un santo dieser Mensch bringt den stärksten Geduldsfaden zum Reißennum4num (finalmente) acabarás por comprenderlo du wirst es schließlich einsehen; acabarás por volverme loco du machst mich noch verrücktnum1num (terminar) beenden■ acabarse enden; la mantequilla se ha acabado die Butter ist alle; todo se acabó alles ist vorbei; ¡se acabó! und damit basta! -
54 guapo
'gwapoadjhübsch, gut aussehend1. [persona] hübsch2. (familiar) [cosa] schön————————1. [valiente]a ver ¿quién es el guapo? wer wagt es denn?guapo1guapo1 ['gwapo]————————guapo2guapo2 , -a ['gwapo, -a]num1num (atractivo) hübsch, gut aussehendnum2num (en el vestir) schick -
55 lucir
lu'θirv irr1) ( brillar) leuchten, schimmern, glänzen2) (fig: distinguirse) sich unterscheiden, hervorstechen, sich auszeichnenverbo intransitivo1. [brillar] leuchten2. [aprovechar, compensar] sich auszahlen3. [sobresalir] hervorstechen4. (americanismo) [quedar, estar bien]————————verbo transitivo1. [mostrar] zeigen2. [exhibir] vorzeigen————————lucirse verbo pronominal1. [salir airoso] glänzen2. (familiar) [quedar mal] sich mit Ruhm bekleckernlucirlucir [lu'θir]num1num (brillar) leuchten; (sol) scheinen; esa lámpara luce muy poco diese Lampe gibt sehr wenig Lichtnum2num (compensar) sich auszahlen; (verse) zur Geltung kommen; el vestido no le luce das Kleid sieht an ihr nicht gut aus; es un trabajo pesado y que no luce die Mühe zahlt sich nicht aus; ese collar luce mucho con el vestido rojo diese Kette kommt mit dem roten Kleid gut zur Geltung; este jersey hecho a mano no luce man sieht nicht, wie viel Mühe in diesem selbst gestrickten Pullover steckt; me he pasado la mañana recogiendo, pero no me luce ich habe den ganzen Morgen aufgeräumt, aber man sieht nicht viel davon; no te luce el dinero que tienes man sieht dir nicht an, dass du viel Geld hast(exhibir) zur Schau stellen■ lucirsenum1num (exhibirse) sich zeigennum2num (destacarse) sich auszeichnen; ¡ahora sí que nos hemos lucido! (irónico) jetzt haben wir uns aber schön blamiert! -
56 manejar
manɛ'xarv1) fahren, Auto fahren2) ( maniobrar) handhaben, hantieren, umgehen3) TECH bedienen4) (controlar, gobernar) kontrollierenYa no puedo manejar la situación. — Ich habe die Situation nicht mehr unter Kontrolle.
verbo transitivo1. [usar] benutzen2. [manipular] bedienen3. [dirigir] leiten4. [caballo] führen5. (americanismo) [conducir] fahren————————manejarse verbo pronominalmanejarmanejar [mane'xar]num1num (usar) handhaben; (máquina) bedienen; (figurativo) umgehen [mit+dativo]; manejar el cuchillo mit dem Messer hantieren; manejas bien las cifras du kannst gut mit Zahlen umgehen; saber manejar el dinero gut mit Geld umgehen können; '¡manéjese con cuidado!' 'Vorsicht! Zerbrechlich!'num2num informática steuernnum4num (a alguien) manipulieren; maneja al marido a su antojo sie macht mit ihrem Mann, was sie will■ manejarse zurechtkommen; saber manejarse en la vida sich gut im Leben zurechtfinden; manejárselas (familiar) sich dativo zu helfen wissen -
57 notable
1. no'table adjbeträchtlich, hervorragend, bemerkenswert2. no'table m/pl( persona importante) Honoratioren m/pl, Prominenz fadjetivo————————sustantivo masculinonotablenotable [no'taβle]I adjetivobeachtlich; (suma) beträchtlich -
58 presencia
pre'senθǐafAnwesenheit f, Präsenz f, Gegenwart fsustantivo femenino1. [hecho de estar] Anwesenheit die3. [aspecto] Erscheinung diebuena/mala presencia gut/schlechtaussehenmucha/poca presencia gut/schlechtaussehen————————presencia de ánimo sustantivo femeninopresenciapresencia [pre'seṇθja]num1num (asistencia) Gegenwart femenino; presencia en Internet Internetpräsenz femenino; sin la presencia del ministro ohne Beisein des Ministersnum2num (aspecto) Aussehen neutro; buena presencia gepflegtes Äußeres; tener buena presencia gut aussehennum3num (existencia) estamos en presencia del aeropuerto más grande de Europa wir haben den größten Flughafen Europas vor uns; los vecinos están asustados por la presencia de ladrones die Nachbarn haben Angst vor den Dieben; la constante presencia de ese recuerdo no le dejaba dormir die ständige Erinnerung daran brachte ihn um den Schlaf -
59 quedar
ke'đarv1) bleiben, übrig bleiben, verbleiben2)quedar en algo — etw vereinbaren, in etw übereinkommen
3)quedar bien — ( vestidos) passen, gut stehen
quedar mal — (fig) schlecht dastehen, sich blamieren
4) ( passivo) werden5)verbo intransitivo1. [permanecer] bleiben2. [haber aún] noch vorhanden sein3. [mostrarse]quedar bien/mal (con alguien) einen guten/schlechten Eindruck auf jn machen4. [llegar a ser, resultar] werden5. [sentar] stehenquedar bien/mal a alguien jm gut/schlechtstehenquedar bien/mal con algo gut/schlecht zu etw passen6. [citarse] sich verabreden7. (familiar) [estar situado] sich befinden8. [acabar]9. [acordar]quedar en hacer algo abmachen, etw zu tunquedar en que abmachen, dass¿en qué quedamos? wie verbleiben wir?————————verbo impersonalliegen an (+D)que no quede por falta de dinero es soll nicht daran scheitern, dass Geld fehlt————————quedarse verbo pronominal1. [permanecer] bleiben2. [llegar a ser] werden3. [retener, adquirir] behalten————————quedarse con verbo pronominal1. [retener, guardar] behalten2. [preferir]3. (muy familiar) [burlarse de]quedarquedar [ke'ðar]num1num (permanecer) bleiben; los problemas quedan atrás die Probleme sind gelöst; ¿cuánta gente queda? wie viele Leute sind noch da?; quedar a deber algo etw schuldennum2num (sobrar) übrig bleiben; no nos queda otro remedio que... uns bleibt nichts anderes übrig als zu...; no queda pan es gibt kein Brot mehr; no queda ningún ejemplar de este libro das Buch ist vergriffennum3num (resultar) todo quedó en una simple discusión am Ende wurde nur noch gestritten; quedar acordado vereinbart werden; quedar cojo hinken; quedar eliminado ausscheiden; quedar fuera de servicio economía den Betrieb einstellen; quedar en ridículo sich lächerlich machennum4num (acordar) vereinbaren [en+acusativo]; ¿en qué habéis quedado? wie seid ihr verblieben?; quedamos a las 10 wir haben uns um 10 Uhr verabredet; ¿quedamos a las 10? wollen wir uns um 10 Uhr treffen?; primero dices una cosa y luego otra, ¿en qué quedamos? zuerst behauptest du das eine, dann das andere - was ist nun?num5num (estar situado) liegen; quedar por [ oder hacia] el norte im Norden liegen; quedar lejos de algo weit von etwas dativo entfernt seinnum6num (faltar) quedan aún 100 km para llegar a casa es sind immer noch 100 km bis nach Hause; aún queda mucho por hacer es gibt noch viel zu tunnum8num (en una subasta) el cuadro queda por medio millón de euros das Gebot von einer halben Million Euro erhält den Zuschlagnum10num (loc): por mí que no quede an mir soll es nicht liegen; quedar bien/mal einen guten/schlechten Eindruck hinterlassen; quedar mal en un examen bei einer Prüfung schlecht abschneiden; quedar mal con un amigo sich mit einem Freund entzweien; quedar como un señor einen guten Eindruck hinterlassen; quedar como un idiota als völliger Idiot dastehen■ quedarsenum1num (permanecer) bleiben; quedarse atrás zurückbleiben; quedarse en blanco [ oder in albis] ein(en) Black-out haben; quedarse colgado (ordenador) abstürzen; durante la tormenta nos quedamos a oscuras während des Gewitters fiel der Strom aus; cuando me lo dijo me quedé muda/de piedra als er/sie es mir sagte, verschlug es mir die Sprache/erstarrte ich vor Schrecknum2num (resultar) quedarse ciego blind werden; quedarse viudo verwitwen; al freír la carne se ha quedado en nada nach dem Braten war das Fleisch zusammengeschrumpftnum3num (conservar, adquirir) me quedo con el coche pequeño ich nehme das kleine Auto; quédate el libro du kannst das Buch behalten; quedarse sin nada alles verlieren; entre el mar y la montaña me quedo con el mar ich ziehe das Meer dem Gebirge vor -
60 sobresaliente
sobresa'lǐenteadjausgezeichnet, hervorragend, überragendadjetivo————————sustantivo masculinosobresalientesobresaliente [soβresa'ljeDC489F9Dn̩DC489F9Dte]I adjetivonum1num (excelente) hervorragend
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GUT — Жанры порнограйнд, Авангардный грайнд Годы 1991 Страна … Википедия
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gut — Adj. (Grundstufe) von nicht schlechter Qualität Beispiele: Sie spricht ein gutes Deutsch. Sie lernt sehr gut. Kollokation: einen guten Ruf genießen gut Adj. (Grundstufe) von nicht schlechtem Charakter Beispiel: Er ist ein guter Mensch.… … Extremes Deutsch