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  • 61 Barbados

    adj. & m. pl.
    beardeds.
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    1 Barbados
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    Ex. Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
    * * *

    Ex: Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.

    * * *
    Barbados
    * * *
    Barbados
    * * *
    m Barbados

    Spanish-English dictionary > Barbados

  • 62 Bermuda

    f.
    Bermuda grass, quick grass, quack grass, couch grass.
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    SF LAm meadow grass
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    Ex. Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
    ----
    * triángulo de las Bermudas, el = Bermuda Triangle, the.
    * * *

    Ex: Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.

    * triángulo de las Bermudas, el = Bermuda Triangle, the.

    * * *
    [planta] Bermuda grass

    Spanish-English dictionary > Bermuda

  • 63 Curasao

    m.
    curaçao.
    * * *
    1 curaçao
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
    * * *

    Ex: Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.

    * * *
    curaçao
    * * *
    Curaçao

    Spanish-English dictionary > Curasao

  • 64 Jamaica

    f.
    1 Jamaica.
    2 blood.
    3 street party.
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    1 Jamaica
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    noun f.
    * * *
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    femenino Jamaica
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    Ex. Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
    * * *
    femenino Jamaica
    * * *

    Ex: Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.

    * * *
    Jamaica
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    Jamaica    
    jamaica
    Jamaica sustantivo femenino
    Jamaica
    jamaica sustantivo femenino (Bot) hibiscus
    ' jamaica' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    Jamaica
    English:
    Jamaica
    * * *
    Jamaica
    * * *
    f Jamaica
    * * *
    : hibiscus

    Spanish-English dictionary > Jamaica

  • 65 Martinica

    f.
    Martinique.
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    1 Martinique
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    Ex. Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
    * * *

    Ex: Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.

    * * *
    tb
    La Martinica Martinique
    * * *
    Martinique

    Spanish-English dictionary > Martinica

  • 66 Puerto Rico

    1 Puerto Rico
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    noun m.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino Puerto Rico
    * * *
    Ex. Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
    * * *
    masculino Puerto Rico
    * * *

    Ex: Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.

    * * *
    Puerto Rico
    * * *

    Puerto Rico sustantivo masculino
    Puerto Rico
    ' Puerto Rico' also found in these entries:
    English:
    Puerto Rico
    - PR
    * * *
    m Puerto Rico

    Spanish-English dictionary > Puerto Rico

  • 67 Trinidad

    f.
    1 trinity, triunity.
    2 Trinity, Trinity of God.
    3 Trinity, Trinity Island.
    4 Trinidad.
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    1 Trinidad
    \
    Trinidad y Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
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    SF
    1) (Rel) Trinity
    2) (Geog) Trinidad
    * * *
    femenino trinity

    La Trinidad — (Relig) the Trinity

    * * *
    = Trinidad, trinity.
    Ex. Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Archives theory, archival practice, archives history: three solitudes or a trinity?'.
    * * *
    femenino trinity

    La Trinidad — (Relig) the Trinity

    * * *
    = Trinidad, trinity.

    Ex: Some of the Caribbean islands with libraries with music collections include Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Archives theory, archival practice, archives history: three solitudes or a trinity?'.

    * * *
    ( Geog) Trinidad
    Compuesto:
    Trinidad and Tobago
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    Trinidad    
    trinidad
    trinidad sustantivo femenino
    trinity;

    trinidad f Rel la Santísima Trinidad, the Holy Trinity

    ' trinidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    Trinidad
    - Trinity
    * * *
    1.
    la (Santísima) Trinidad the (Holy) Trinity
    2. Trinidad y Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
    * * *
    f REL trinity
    * * *
    la Trinidad : the Trinity

    Spanish-English dictionary > Trinidad

  • 68 dar dinero

    (v.) = pay + money, donate + Posesivo + money
    Ex. So why pay good money just to own the things and have them collecting dust around the house?.
    Ex. But to say 'no one gives a fuck[/b] about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.
    * * *
    (v.) = pay + money, donate + Posesivo + money

    Ex: So why pay good money just to own the things and have them collecting dust around the house?.

    Ex: But to say 'no one gives a fuck about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar dinero

  • 69 dar tiempo

    v.
    to allow time.
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    to give time
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    (v.) = give + time, donate + Posesivo + time
    Ex. These stoppages for informal discussion gives the pupils time to gather their energies again to continue reading.
    Ex. But to say 'no one gives a fuck[/b] about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.
    * * *
    (v.) = give + time, donate + Posesivo + time

    Ex: These stoppages for informal discussion gives the pupils time to gather their energies again to continue reading.

    Ex: But to say 'no one gives a fuck about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar tiempo

  • 70 derrocamiento

    m.
    1 toppling, overthrow.
    2 tumbling, demolition.
    * * *
    1 (demolición) demolition, knocking down, pulling down
    2 figurado (gobierno) overthrow; (ministro) toppling
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de gobierno] overthrow
    2) [de edificio] demolition
    * * *
    masculino overthrow
    * * *
    = ouster, toppling, overthrow, labefaction.
    Ex. However, the ouster last year of Duvalier is not mentioned in the article 'Haiti'.
    Ex. How far these passions offset the widespread jubilation at the toppling of Sadam Hussein is impossible to tell, in part because of the differing views within the population.
    Ex. The School developed until 1973, when the overthrow of Chile's President led to major administrative disruptions in the university.
    Ex. The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.
    * * *
    masculino overthrow
    * * *
    = ouster, toppling, overthrow, labefaction.

    Ex: However, the ouster last year of Duvalier is not mentioned in the article 'Haiti'.

    Ex: How far these passions offset the widespread jubilation at the toppling of Sadam Hussein is impossible to tell, in part because of the differing views within the population.
    Ex: The School developed until 1973, when the overthrow of Chile's President led to major administrative disruptions in the university.
    Ex: The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.

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    overthrow
    * * *
    [de gobierno] toppling, overthrow; [de rey] overthrow
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    m POL overthrow
    * * *
    : overthrow

    Spanish-English dictionary > derrocamiento

  • 71 desconsolador

    adj.
    1 disconsolate, disappointing, disconcerting, lamentable.
    2 distressing, heartbreaking.
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    1 heartbreaking, distressing
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    ADJ distressing, grievous
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    = desolating, heartbreaking.
    Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.

    Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.

    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

    * * *
    adj distressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconsolador

  • 72 descorazonador

    adj.
    disheartening, discouraging.
    m.
    apple corer.
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    1 disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    ADJ discouraging, disheartening
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    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
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    = frustrating, dispiriting, disheartening, heartbreaking.
    Ex. In such cases consultation of the classified files would be pointless and frustrating to the user.
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex. This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    ----
    * ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = frustrating, dispiriting, disheartening, heartbreaking.

    Ex: In such cases consultation of the classified files would be pointless and frustrating to the user.

    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    Ex: This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.

    * * *
    disheartening, discouraging
    corer
    * * *

    descorazonador,-ora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    ' descorazonador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descorazonadora
    - desolador
    - desoladora
    English:
    discouraging
    - disheartening
    * * *
    descorazonador, -ora adj
    discouraging

    Spanish-English dictionary > descorazonador

  • 73 desgarrador

    adj.
    heartbreaking, harrowing, tearing, heartrending.
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    1 heartbreaking, heart-rending
    2 (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
    * * *
    : heartrending, heartbreaking

    Spanish-English dictionary > desgarrador

  • 74 desolador

    adj.
    desolating, destructive, ravaging.
    m.
    desolator, bereaver, desolater.
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    1 (devastador) devastating, ravaging
    2 (desconsolador) heartbreaking, devastating
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=entristecedor) [imagen] heartbreaking, heartrending; [noticia] devastating, distressing; [paisaje] bleak, cheerless
    2) [epidemia] devastating
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo
    1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating
    2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.
    Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
    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
    1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating
    2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing
    * * *
    = desolating, heartbreaking.

    Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.

    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.

    * * *
    A (devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastating
    B
    (triste, penoso): ante este panorama desolador faced with this bleak prospect
    todos se conmovieron ante ese espectáculo desolador everybody was moved by that heartrending sight
    la noticia desoladora de la muerte de su padre the heartbreaking o desvastating news of his father's death
    * * *

    desolador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    1 ( devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastating
    2 (triste, penoso) ‹ noticia› devastating;
    ‹ espectáculo› distressing
    desolador,-ora adjetivo
    1 (asolador, arrasador) devastating
    2 (descorazonador) distressing
    ' desolador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desoladora
    - panorama
    * * *
    desolador, -ora adj
    1. [devastador] [terremoto, guerra] devastating
    2. [deprimente] [imagen, espectáculo] heart-rending;
    [noticia] devastating;
    ante un panorama tan desolador, nadie sabía cómo reaccionar faced with such a bleak prospect, nobody knew how to react
    * * *
    adj devastating
    * * *
    desolador, - dora adj
    1) : devastating
    2) : bleak, desolate

    Spanish-English dictionary > desolador

  • 75 doloroso

    adj.
    1 painful, sore, sorrowful, dolorous.
    2 algesic.
    * * *
    1 painful
    2 figurado painful, distressing
    * * *
    (f. - dolorosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) painful
    2) (=angustioso) painful, distressing
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <tratamiento/enfermedad> painful
    b) <decisión/momento/recuerdo> painful; <separación/espectáculo> distressing, upsetting
    * * *
    = painfully + Adjetivo, grievous, wrenching, upsetting, painful, heartbreaking.
    Ex. In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.
    Ex. How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    ----
    * hacer que Algo sea menos doloroso = take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <tratamiento/enfermedad> painful
    b) <decisión/momento/recuerdo> painful; <separación/espectáculo> distressing, upsetting
    * * *
    = painfully + Adjetivo, grievous, wrenching, upsetting, painful, heartbreaking.

    Ex: In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.

    Ex: How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * hacer que Algo sea menos doloroso = take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of.

    * * *
    1 ‹tratamiento/enfermedad› painful
    tuvo una muerte muy dolorosa he had o died a very painful death, he died in great pain
    2 ‹decisión/momento› painful, distressing; ‹separación/espectáculo› distressing, upsetting; ‹recuerdo› painful
    * * *

    doloroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹tratamiento/enfermedad› painful

    b) ‹decisión/momento/recuerdo› painful;

    ‹separación/espectáculo› distressing, upsetting
    doloroso,-a adjetivo painful
    ' doloroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dolorosa
    English:
    painful
    - grievous
    - poignant
    * * *
    doloroso, -a adj
    1. [físicamente] painful;
    tuvo un parto muy doloroso she had a very painful labour
    2. [moralmente] distressing;
    fue una decisión muy dolorosa para mí it was a very painful decision for me;
    tengo un recuerdo doloroso de aquella época I have painful memories of that period;
    resulta doloroso verlo en ese estado it's distressing to see him in that state
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    painful
    * * *
    doloroso, -sa adj
    1) : painful
    2) : distressing
    * * *
    doloroso adj painful

    Spanish-English dictionary > doloroso

  • 76 donar dinero

    (v.) = donate + Posesivo + money
    Ex. But to say 'no one gives a fuck[/b] about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.
    * * *
    (v.) = donate + Posesivo + money

    Ex: But to say 'no one gives a fuck about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.

    Spanish-English dictionary > donar dinero

  • 77 donar tiempo

    (v.) = donate + Posesivo + time
    Ex. But to say 'no one gives a fuck[/b] about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.
    * * *
    (v.) = donate + Posesivo + time

    Ex: But to say 'no one gives a fuck about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.

    Spanish-English dictionary > donar tiempo

  • 78 importar un bledo

    (v.) = not give a damn, not give a shit, not give a fuck
    Ex. The sad truth of the matter is a lot of public libraries don't give a damn about cataloging.
    Ex. She's totally burned-out after the first year and now doesn't give a shit.
    Ex. But to say ' no one gives a fuck[/b] about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.
    * * *
    (v.) = not give a damn, not give a shit, not give a fuck

    Ex: The sad truth of the matter is a lot of public libraries don't give a damn about cataloging.

    Ex: She's totally burned-out after the first year and now doesn't give a shit.
    Ex: But to say ' no one gives a fuck about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.

    Spanish-English dictionary > importar un bledo

  • 79 importar un comino

    (v.) = not give a damn, not give a shit, not give a fuck
    Ex. The sad truth of the matter is a lot of public libraries don't give a damn about cataloging.
    Ex. She's totally burned-out after the first year and now doesn't give a shit.
    Ex. But to say ' no one gives a fuck[/b] about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.
    * * *
    (v.) = not give a damn, not give a shit, not give a fuck

    Ex: The sad truth of the matter is a lot of public libraries don't give a damn about cataloging.

    Ex: She's totally burned-out after the first year and now doesn't give a shit.
    Ex: But to say ' no one gives a fuck about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.

    Spanish-English dictionary > importar un comino

  • 80 no importar nada

    (v.) = not give a damn, not give a shit, not give a fuck
    Ex. The sad truth of the matter is a lot of public libraries don't give a damn about cataloging.
    Ex. She's totally burned-out after the first year and now doesn't give a shit.
    Ex. But to say ' no one gives a fuck[/b] about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.
    * * *
    (v.) = not give a damn, not give a shit, not give a fuck

    Ex: The sad truth of the matter is a lot of public libraries don't give a damn about cataloging.

    Ex: She's totally burned-out after the first year and now doesn't give a shit.
    Ex: But to say ' no one gives a fuck about Haiti' is frankly quite offensive to the people who have donated their time and money to help.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no importar nada

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  • Haiti — n. 1. a country on the island of Hispaniola. [WordNet 1.5] 2. an island in the West Indies. Syn: Hispaniola, Hayti. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Haiti — oder San Domingo, nach Cuba die größte Antille zwischen Cuba, Portorico und Jamaica gelegen, etwa 1300 QM. groß mit fast 1 Mill. meist farbiger Einw. Das Cibaogebirge erstreckt sich von W. nach O. und geht nach S. O. in grasreiche Flächen über.… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Haiti — er beliggende på den vestlige trediedel af øen Hispaniola i det Caribiske Hav, øst for Cuba. Landet er en tidligere fransk koloni og var et af de første amerikanske lande, efter USA, som erklærede deres uafhængighed. Hovedstaden er Port au Prince …   Danske encyklopædi

  • Haiti — from Arawak haiti land of mountains, and probably originally the name of the whole island …   Etymology dictionary

  • Haiti — Haiti, s. Hayti …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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