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1 corva

f.

1 back of the knee.

2 back section of the knee, ham, back of the knee.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: corvar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: corvar.

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corva

► nombre femenino

1 back of the knee

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SF back of the knee

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femenino back of the knee

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= hock.

Ex. A horse uses its hock in nearly everything it does -- from stopping and standing to walking and galloping.

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* ligamento de la corva = hamstring.

* tendón de la corva = hamstring.

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femenino back of the knee

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= hock.

Ex: A horse uses its hock in nearly everything it does -- from stopping and standing to walking and galloping.

* ligamento de la corva = hamstring.

* tendón de la corva = hamstring.

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corva

feminine

back of the knee

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corvo,-a adjetivo curved: tiene la nariz corva como el pico de un pájaro, he has a curved nose, just like a bird's beak
corva f Anat back of the knee
' corva' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corvo
English:
hamstring

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corva nf

back of the knee

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corva

f back of the knee

Spanish-English dictionary > corva
2 coartar

v.

1 to limit, to restrict.

2 to coarct.

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coartar

► verbo transitivo

1 to limit, restrict

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VT to limit, restrict

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verbo transitivo < persona> to inhibit; <libertad/voluntad> to restrict

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= anchor, restrict, tie down, cripple, frustrate, dam (up), shackle, box in, hamstring, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.

Ex. One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.

Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.

Ex. The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.

Ex. But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.

Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

Ex. This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.

Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.

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* coartar el avance de Algo = hinder + progress.

* coartar el progreso de Algo = hinder + progress.

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verbo transitivo < persona> to inhibit; <libertad/voluntad> to restrict

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= anchor, restrict, tie down, cripple, frustrate, dam (up), shackle, box in, hamstring, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.

Ex: One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.

Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.

Ex: The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.

Ex: But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.

Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.

Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

Ex: This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.

Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.

* coartar el avance de Algo = hinder + progress.

* coartar el progreso de Algo = hinder + progress.

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coartar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹persona› to inhibit

su presencia lo coartaba he found her presence inhibiting, her presence inhibited him

2 ‹libertad/voluntad› to restrict

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coartar ( conjugate coartar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to inhibit;
‹libertad/voluntad› to restrict
coartar verbo transitivo to restrict
' coartar' also found in these entries:
English:
constrict

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coartar vt

to limit, to restrict

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coartar

v/t restrict

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coartar vt

: to restrict, to limit

Spanish-English dictionary > coartar
3 evitar

v.

1 to avoid, to prevent (impedir) (desastre, accidente).

podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe this disaster could have been avoided o prevented

evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent somebody from doing something

Ricardo previno el accidente Richard prevented the accident.

María se guarda de decir mentiras Mary takes care not to tell lies.

2 to avoid (eludir) (cuestión, persona).

no puede evitarlo he can't help it

Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me

3 to save.

esto me evita tener que ir this saves me (from) having to go

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evitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to avoid

■ evitó una confrontación he avoided a confrontation

2 (impedir) to prevent, avoid

■ no pudo evitar que lo hiciera he couldn't prevent him (from) doing it

3 (ahorrar) to spare, save

■ intenté evitarle la molestia I tried to save him the trouble

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verb

1) to avoid

2) prevent

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1. VT

1) (=eludir) to avoid

quiero evitar ese riesgo — I want to avoid that risk

intento evitar a Luisa — I'm trying to avoid Luisa

no pude evitarlo — I couldn't help it

evitar hacer algo — to avoid doing sth

María evita a toda costa encontrarse con él — María avoids bumping into him at all costs

2) (=ahorrar) to save

esto nos evitará muchos problemas — this will save us a lot of problems

me evita (el) tener que... — it saves me having to...

2.

See:

evitarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él — avoid getting into arguments with him

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

haremos lo posible para evitarlo — we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( ahorrar)

evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something
2.
evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda — avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

me evitaría tener que pintarlo — it would save me having to paint it

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= avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.

Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.

Ex. The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.

Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex. He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.

Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.

Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.

Ex. Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.

Ex. This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.

Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.

Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.

Ex. The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.

Ex. I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.

Ex. This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.

Ex. They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.

Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.

Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.

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* acto de evitar = avoidance.

* agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.

* el evitar = avoidance.

* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.

* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.

* evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.

* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar que = keep from.

* evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.

* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.

* evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.

* evitar un error = avoid + error.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.

* lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.

* no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él — avoid getting into arguments with him

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

haremos lo posible para evitarlo — we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( ahorrar)

evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something
2.
evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda — avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

me evitaría tener que pintarlo — it would save me having to paint it

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= avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.

Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.

Ex: The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex: Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.

Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex: He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.

Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.

Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.

Ex: Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.

Ex: This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.

Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.

Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.

Ex: The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.

Ex: I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.

Ex: This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.

Ex: They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.

Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.

Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.

* acto de evitar = avoidance.

* agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.

* el evitar = avoidance.

* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.

* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.

* evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.

* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar que = keep from.

* evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.

* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.

* evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.

* evitar un error = avoid + error.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.

* lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.

* no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

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evitar [A1 ]

vt

1 (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él avoid getting into arguments with him

para evitar problemas decidí no ir to avoid problems I decided not to go

¿por qué me estás evitando? why are you avoiding me?

2 (impedir) to avoid, prevent

se podría haber evitado la tragedia the tragedy could have been avoided o averted o prevented

haremos lo posible para evitarlo we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

3 (ahorrar) to save

una simple llamada nos habría evitado muchas molestias a simple phone call would have saved us a lot of trouble

así les evitarás muchos quebraderos de cabeza that way you'll save them a lot of worry

por esta ruta evitas tener que pasar por el centro if you go this way you avoid going through o it saves you going through the center

■ evitarse

v pron

‹problemas› to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

si aceptas, te evitarás muchos problemas if you accept, you'll save yourself a lot of problems

me evitaría tener que pintarlo it would save me having to paint it

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Multiple Entries:
evitar
evitar algo
evitar ( conjugate evitar) verbo transitivo
a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid;

◊ evitar hacer algo to avoid doing sth

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent;

◊ para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( remediar):

◊ me puse a llorar, no lo puede evitar I started to cry, I couldn't help it

d) ( ahorrar) evitarle algo a algn ‹molestia/preocupación› to save o spare sb sth

evitarse verbo pronominal ‹ problemas› to save oneself;
◊ evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

evitar verbo transitivo
1 to avoid: no pude evitar reírme, I couldn't help laughing
2 (una enfermedad, etc) to prevent
(una desgracia) to avert
3 (a una persona) to avoid ➣ Ver nota en avoid

' evitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahorrar
- alarde
- carcajada
- contemporizar
- hincapié
- mortificar
- mortificarse
- murmuración
- para
- remediar
- aglomeración
- huir
English:
avert
- avoid
- breath
- bypass
- cheat
- clampdown
- clear
- deny
- get round
- harm
- head off
- hedge
- help
- loophole
- miss
- pair off
- prevent
- pussyfoot
- save
- scandal
- should
- stave off
- steer
- step in
- way
- get
- guard
- keep
- rat
- shun
- stave
- unavoidably

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evitar

♦ vt

1. [impedir] [desastre, accidente] to avoid, to prevent;

¿podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe ecológica? could this environmental disaster have been avoided o prevented?;

evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent sb from doing sth;

no pude evitar que se pelearan I couldn't stop o prevent them from having a fight;

hemos de evitar que se extienda el incendio we have to stop the fire spreading

2. [eludir] [problema, cuestión, persona] to avoid;

siempre me está evitando she's always trying to avoid me;

Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me;

yo evité hablar del tema I kept o steered clear of the subject;

no puede evitarlo he can't help it;

no puedo evitar ser como soy I can't help (being) the way I am

3. [ahorrar] to save;

esta máquina nos evitaría mucho trabajo this machine would save us a lot of work;

esto me evita tener que ir this gets me out of going, this saves me (from) having to go

♦ See also the pronominal verb evitarse

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evitar

v/t

1 avoid;

no puedo evitarlo I can’t help it

2 ( impedir) prevent

3 molestias save

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evitar vt

1) : to avoid

2) prevenir: to prevent

3) eludir: to escape, to elude

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evitar vb

1. (en general) to avoid

el político quiso evitar un escándalo the politician wanted to avoid a scandal

2. (impedir) to prevent

limpia la herida para evitar que se infecte clean the wound to prevent it from getting infected

3. (ahorrar) to save

eso me evitará muchos problemas that will save me a lot of problems

no poder evitar hacer algo not to be able to help doing something

no lo pude evitar I couldn't help it

Spanish-English dictionary > evitar
4 frustrar

v.

1 to frustrate (person).

El accidente frustró sus planes The accident frustrated her plans.

Su actitud frustró al gerente His attitude frustrated the manager.

2 to thwart, to put paid to (posibilidades, ilusiones).

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frustrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (cosa) to frustrate, thwart

2 (persona) to disappoint

► verbo pronominal frustrarse

1 (proyectos, planes) to fail, come to nothing

2 (persona) to get frustrated, get disappointed

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verb

to frustrate

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1. VT

1) [+ persona] to frustrate; [+ proyecto, aspiración, deseo, sueño] to thwart

no quiero frustrar sus esperanzas — I don't want to frustrate o thwart their hopes

le frustra no poderse comunicar — he finds it frustrating not being able to communicate

2) (=abortar) [+ atentado, operación] to foil

los guardas frustraron el intento de fuga — the guards foiled their escape attempt

2.

See:

frustrarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) < persona> to frustrate; < planes> to thwart; < esperanzas> to dash

me frustra que no entiendan — I find it frustrating that they don't understand

b) < atentado> to foil
2.
frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing

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= thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.

Ex. The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.

Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.

Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.

Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.

Ex. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.

Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.

Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.

Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

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* frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.

* frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.

* frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < persona> to frustrate; < planes> to thwart; < esperanzas> to dash

me frustra que no entiendan — I find it frustrating that they don't understand

b) < atentado> to foil
2.
frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing

* * *

= thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.

Ex: The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.

Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.

Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.

Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.

Ex: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.

Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.

Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.

Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

* frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.

* frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.

* frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).

* * *

frustrar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹persona› to frustrate; ‹planes› to thwart; ‹esperanzas› to dash

me frustra que no entiendan I find it frustrating o it frustrates me that they don't understand

2 ‹atentado› to foil

■ frustrarse

v pron

«planes» to be thwarted, fail; «esperanzas» to be dashed, come to nothing

* * *

frustrar ( conjugate frustrar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to frustrate;
‹ planes› to thwart;
‹ esperanzas› to dash;
◊ me frustra que no entiendan I find it frustrating that they don't understand

frustrarse verbo pronominal [ planes] to be thwarted, fail;

[ esperanzas] to come to nothing
frustrar verbo transitivo to frustrate
(una esperanza) to disappoint
' frustrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estropear
- impedir
- tronchar
English:
defeat
- disappoint
- foil
- frustrate
- thwart
- baffle
- confound
- cross

* * *

frustrar

♦ vt

1. [persona] to frustrate

2. [posibilidades, ilusiones] to thwart, Br to put paid to;
[plan, robo] to thwart;
el mal tiempo frustró nuestras vacaciones the bad weather ruined our holiday

♦ See also the pronominal verb frustrarse

* * *

frustrar

v/t persona frustrate; plan thwart

* * *

frustrar vt

: to frustrate, to thwart

♦ See also the reflexive verb frustrarse

Spanish-English dictionary > frustrar
5 impedir

v.

1 to prevent.

impedir a alguien hacer algo to prevent somebody from doing something

la lesión le impedía correr the injury stopped o prevented him from running

la nieve impidió la celebración del partido the snow prevented the match from taking place

impedirle el paso a alguien to bar somebody's way

si nada lo impide saldremos por la mañana all being well we'll leave in the morning

2 to hinder, to obstruct.

3 to impede, to obstruct, to hold up, to prevent.

Ella impidió el accidente She impeded the accident.

4 to handicap, to cripple, to disable.

El accidente impidió a Ricardo The accident handicapped Richard.

5 to prevent from, to keep from, to avert from, to deter from.

María le impidió a Ricardo jugar Mary prevented Richard from playing.

6 to make it impossible to, to make it difficult to.

Esa luz impide leer That light makes it impossible to read.

* * *

impedir

Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir

► verbo transitivo

1 (hacer imposible) to prevent, stop

■ ¿hay algo que te lo impida? is there anything stopping you?

■ su enfermedad le impide desplazarse her illness makes it impossible for her to get about

2 (obstaculizar) to hinder, impede

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

impedir el paso to block the way

* * *

verb

1) to impede

2) prevent

3) block

* * *

VT

1) (=parar) to prevent, stop

trataron de impedir la huida de los presos — they tried to prevent the prisoners escaping o the prisoners escape

impedir a algn el acceso al edificio — to prevent sb from entering the building

lo que no se puede impedir — what cannot be prevented

a mí nadie me lo va a impedir — nobody's going to stop me

impedir a algn hacer algo, impedir que algn haga algo — to prevent sb (from) doing sth, stop sb doing sth

esto no impide que... — this does not alter the fact that...

impedir el paso — to block the way

un camión nos impedía el paso — a lorry was blocking our way

2) (=dificultar) [con obstáculos] to impede, obstruct; [con problemas] to hinder, hamper

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( imposibilitar) to prevent

nadie te lo impide — nobody's stopping you

impedirle a alguien + inf — to prevent somebody from -ing

el dolor le impedía caminar — the pain prevented her from walking

quiso impedir que nos viéramos — she tried to stop us seeing each other

b) < paso> to block

un camión impedía la entrada — a truck was blocking the entrance

c) ( dificultar) to hamper, hinder

* * *

= guard against, impede, inhibit, prevent, forestall, restrain from, foreclose, get in + the way (of), hamstring, head off, ward off, hamper, thwart.

Ex. The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex. Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realization of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.

Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex. 'We also need to know the kinds of questions we are legally restrained from asking'.

Ex. The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.

Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.

Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.

Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

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* impedir el paso = block in.

* impedir la entrada = keep out.

* impedir que = keep from.

* impedir que + Subjuntivo = prevent from + Gerundio.

* si no lo impide el tiempo = weather permitting.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( imposibilitar) to prevent

nadie te lo impide — nobody's stopping you

impedirle a alguien + inf — to prevent somebody from -ing

el dolor le impedía caminar — the pain prevented her from walking

quiso impedir que nos viéramos — she tried to stop us seeing each other

b) < paso> to block

un camión impedía la entrada — a truck was blocking the entrance

c) ( dificultar) to hamper, hinder

* * *

= guard against, impede, inhibit, prevent, forestall, restrain from, foreclose, get in + the way (of), hamstring, head off, ward off, hamper, thwart.

Ex: The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex: Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realization of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.

Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex: 'We also need to know the kinds of questions we are legally restrained from asking'.

Ex: The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.

Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.

Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.

Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

* impedir el paso = block in.

* impedir la entrada = keep out.

* impedir que = keep from.

* impedir que + Subjuntivo = prevent from + Gerundio.

* si no lo impide el tiempo = weather permitting.

* * *

impedir [ I14 ]

vt

1 (imposibilitar) to prevent

no logró impedir el accidente she was unable to prevent the accident

nos impidió el paso he wouldn't let us through, he blocked our way

esta válvula impide el paso del gas this valve stops o blocks the flow of gas

nadie te lo impide nobody's stopping you

impedirle a algn + INF to prevent sb FROM -ING

el dolor le impedía caminar the pain prevented her from walking o meant that she couldn't walk o stopped her walking

impedir QUE + SUBJ:

quiso impedir que nos viéramos she tried to stop us seeing each other, she tried to prevent us from seeing each other

tenemos que impedir que ocurra otra vez we must see that it doesn't happen again, we must stop o prevent it happening again

2 (dificultar) to hamper, hinder

la ropa me impedía los movimientos my clothes hampered o hindered o impeded my movements

* * *

impedir ( conjugate impedir) verbo transitivo
a) ( imposibilitar) to prevent;

◊ nadie te lo impide nobody's stopping you;

impedirle a algn hacer algo to prevent sb from doing sth;
quiso impedir que nos viéramos she tried to stop us seeing each other
b) ‹paso/entrada› to block

c) ( dificultar) to hamper, hinder

impedir verbo transitivo
1 (entorpecer) to impede, hinder: un coche impedía el paso a la ambulancia, a car was in the way of the ambulance
2 (frustrar) to prevent, stop
' impedir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atravesar
- bloquear
- cortar
- imposibilitar
- inmovilizar
- trabar
- evitar
- impida
English:
bar
- deter
- forestall
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- keep
- occur
- prevent
- restrain
- stop
- avert
- obscure
- prohibit

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impedir vt

1. [imposibilitar] to prevent;

impedir a alguien hacer algo to prevent sb from doing sth;

la lesión le impedía correr the injury stopped o prevented her from running;

impedirle el paso a alguien to bar sb's way;

este camión impide el paso a la calle this truck o Br lorry is blocking the street;

la nieve impidió la celebración del partido the snow prevented the game from taking place;

nada te impide hacerlo there's nothing to stop you doing it;

si nada lo impide saldremos por la mañana all being well we'll leave in the morning

2. [dificultar] to hinder, to obstruct

* * *

impedir

v/t prevent; ( estorbar) impede

* * *

impedir {54} vt

1) : to prevent, to block

2) : to impede, to hinder

* * *

impedir vb

1. (imposibilitar) to prevent / to stop [pt. & pp. stopped]

tratan de impedir que lo vea they're trying to stop me seeing him

2. (paso) to block

el guardia nos impidió el paso the guard blocked our way

Spanish-English dictionary > impedir
6 inhibir

v.

to inhibit.

María inhibió su ira Mary inhibited her anger.

El aplauso inhibió a Ricardo The applause inhibited Richard.

* * *

inhibir

► verbo transitivo

1 (reprimir) to inhibit

2 MEDICINA to inhibit

► verbo pronominal inhibirse

1 (reprimirse) to be inhibited

2 (abstenerse) to refrain (de, from); (negarse) to refuse (de, to)

3 DERECHO to disqualify oneself

■ el juez se inhibió a favor del tribunal supremo the judge referred the case to the supreme court

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

inhibirse de una decisión to avoid making a decision

inhibirse de un problema to refuse to acknowledge a problem

* * *

1. VT

1) (=reprimir) to inhibit

2) (Jur) to restrain, stay

2.

See:

inhibirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to inhibit

su actitud me inhibía — I was inhibited by her attitude
2.
inhibirse v pron to become inhibited

* * *

= inhibit, dope, hamstring.

Ex. Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realization of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.

Ex. A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.

Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

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* inhibirse = inhibit.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to inhibit

su actitud me inhibía — I was inhibited by her attitude
2.
inhibirse v pron to become inhibited

* * *

= inhibit, dope, hamstring.

Ex: Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realization of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.

Ex: A photolithographic process selectively dopes minute areas of the silicon and so builds up circuits.

Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

* inhibirse = inhibit.

* * *

inhibir [I1 ]

vt

1 (cohibir) to inhibit

su actitud dictatorial me inhibía I was inhibited by her dictatorial attitude, her dictatorial attitude inhibited me o made me feel inhibited

2 ( Fisiol, Med) to inhibit

3 ( Der) to disqualify

■ inhibirse

v pron

1 (cohibirse) to become inhibited

se inhibe ante los mayores he becomes very withdrawn o inhibited in front of adults

vamos, no te inhibas y sal a bailar come on, don't be shy, get up and dance!

2 ( refl) «juez» to disqualify oneself

se inhibió de conocer el asunto he disqualified himself from the case, he said he could not try the case

se inhibieron de firmar la protesta they did not sign o they said they could not sign the letter of protest

* * *

inhibir ( conjugate inhibir) verbo transitivo
to inhibit
inhibirse verbo pronominal
to become inhibited
inhibir verbo transitivo to inhibit: le inhibes con tu severidad, your being so strict is inhibiting her
' inhibir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cohibir
English:
inhibit

* * *

inhibir

♦ vt

1. [cohibir] to inhibit;

su agresividad me inhibe I feel inhibited by his aggressiveness

2. Psi to inhibit

3. Fisiol to inhibit

♦ See also the pronominal verb inhibirse

* * *

inhibir

v/t inhibit

* * *

inhibir vt

: to inhibit

♦ See also the reflexive verb inhibirse

Spanish-English dictionary > inhibir
7 ligamento de la corva

(n.) = hamstring

Ex. Findings indicate the sit and reach test is moderately related to hamstring flexibility but not to back and low back flexibility.

* * *

(n.) = hamstring

Ex: Findings indicate the sit and reach test is moderately related to hamstring flexibility but not to back and low back flexibility.

Spanish-English dictionary > ligamento de la corva
8 tendón de la corva

(n.) = hamstring

Ex. Findings indicate the sit and reach test is moderately related to hamstring flexibility but not to back and low back flexibility.

* * *

(n.) = hamstring

Ex: Findings indicate the sit and reach test is moderately related to hamstring flexibility but not to back and low back flexibility.

Spanish-English dictionary > tendón de la corva
9 ligamento

m.

1 ligament (anatomy).

rotura de ligamentos torn ligaments

2 tying, binding, ligature.

* * *

ligamento

► nombre masculino

1 ligament

* * *

SM ligament

romperse un ligamento — to tear a ligament

* * *

masculino ligament

* * *

= ligament.

Ex. Ligaments also support many internal organs; including the uterus, the bladder, the liver, and the diaphragm.

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* ligamento de la corva = hamstring.

* * *

masculino ligament

* * *

= ligament.

Ex: Ligaments also support many internal organs; including the uterus, the bladder, the liver, and the diaphragm.

* ligamento de la corva = hamstring.

* * *

ligamento

masculine

ligament

sufrió/tiene rotura de ligamentos he tore the/he has torn ligaments

* * *

ligamento sustantivo masculino
ligament
ligamento m Anat ligament
' ligamento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desgarro
English:
ligament
- hamstring

* * *

ligamento nm

ligament;

rotura de ligamentos torn ligaments

* * *

ligamento

m ANAT ligament;

ligamento cruzado cruciate ligament

* * *

ligamento nm

: ligament

Spanish-English dictionary > ligamento
10 tendón

m.

tendon, cord, gristle, sinew.

* * *

tendón

► nombre masculino

1 tendon, sinew

* * *

SM tendon, sinew

tendón de Aquiles — Achilles tendon

* * *

masculino tendon

tendón de Aquiles — Achilles' tendon

* * *

= tendon, sinew.

Ex. The efficiency depends on the cyclist's own morphology, on his feet, and particularly on his knees where the kneecap is the most important part with all tendons inserting on the four knee bones.

Ex. Such sentiments provide the heart, soul, and sinew of comics.

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* tendón de Aquiles = Achilles tendon.

* tendón de la corva = hamstring.

* * *

masculino tendon

tendón de Aquiles — Achilles' tendon

* * *

= tendon, sinew.

Ex: The efficiency depends on the cyclist's own morphology, on his feet, and particularly on his knees where the kneecap is the most important part with all tendons inserting on the four knee bones.

Ex: Such sentiments provide the heart, soul, and sinew of comics.

* tendón de Aquiles = Achilles tendon.

* tendón de la corva = hamstring.

* * *

tendón

masculine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

tendon

tendón de Aquiles Achilles' tendon

* * *

tendón sustantivo masculino
tendon
tendón m Anat tendon, sinew
' tendón' also found in these entries:
English:
hamstring
- sinew
- tendon
- pull

* * *

tendón nm

tendon

Comp
tendón de Aquiles Achilles' tendon
* * *

tendón

m ANAT tendon

* * *

tendón nm, pl tendones : tendon

Spanish-English dictionary > tendón
11 desjarretar

v.

1 to hough, to hamstring.

Desjarretó al toro de un sablazo He hamstrung the bull with the saber slash.

2 to weaken, to debilitate, to leave powerless. (Colloquial & Metaphorical)

Su abuso desjarreta el organismo Its abuse weakens the organism.

* * *

desjarretar

► verbo transitivo

1 to hamstring

* * *

VT

1) [+ animal] to hamstring

2) (Med) to weaken, debilitate

Spanish-English dictionary > desjarretar
12 incapacitar

v.

1 to disqualify (sujeto: circunstancias) (para ejercer cargos, votar).

2 to disqualify (sujeto juez) (para ejercer cargos, votar).

3 to incapacitate, to unfit, to hamstring, to disable.

El accidente incapacitó a Ricardo The accident incapacitated Richard.

Su falso testimonio incapacitó a María The false testimony incapacitated Mary.

* * *

incapacitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (impedir) to incapacitate

2 DERECHO to disqualify

* * *

VT

1) (=invalidar) to incapacitate, handicap

2) (Jur) to disqualify ( para for)

* * *

verbo transitivo enfermedad to incapacitate

la lesión lo incapacita para su trabajo — the injury has made him unfit for work

* * *

= incapacitate.

Ex. She cultivated vulnerability in order to refute the argument that woman's natural defenselessness incapacitated her for public speaking.

* * *

verbo transitivo enfermedad to incapacitate

la lesión lo incapacita para su trabajo — the injury has made him unfit for work

* * *

= incapacitate.

Ex: She cultivated vulnerability in order to refute the argument that woman's natural defenselessness incapacitated her for public speaking.

* * *

incapacitar [A1 ]

vt

1 «enfermedad» to incapacitate

la lesión lo incapacita para el desempeño de su trabajo the injury has left him unfit for work

2 ( Der) to disqualify

■ incapacitar

vi

to incapacitate

* * *

incapacitar ( conjugate incapacitar) verbo transitivo [ enfermedad] to incapacitate;
◊ la lesión lo incapacita para su trabajo the injury has made him unfit for work

incapacitar verbo transitivo
1 to incapacitate, disable: una depresión lo incapacitó temporalmente para el trabajo, he was temporarily unfit for work due to a depression
2 (legalmente) to disqualify, make unfit [para, for]

' incapacitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
imposibilitar
English:
disqualify
- incapacitate

* * *

incapacitar vt

1. [sujeto: circunstancias] [para trabajar] to render unfit ( para for);
su lesión en la columna lo incapacita para el deporte de competición his spinal injury makes him unable to participate in competitive sport

2. Der [sujeto: circunstancias] [para ejercer cargos, votar] to disqualify ( para from); [sujeto: juez] [para ejercer cargos, votar] to disqualify, to declare disqualified ( para from); [para trabajar] to declare unfit ( para for o to)

* * *

incapacitar

v/t JUR disqualify

* * *

incapacitar vt

1) : to incapacitate, to disable

2) : to disqualify

Spanish-English dictionary > incapacitar
13 jarrete

m.

1 hock.

2 shin, hock, lower section of the foreleg in bovine animals.

3 hamstring muscles.

* * *

jarrete

► nombre masculino

1 (de una res) hock

* * *

SM

1) (Anat) back of the knee; (Zool) hock

2) And (=talón) heel

* * *

jarrete

masculine

back of the knee

* * *

jarrete nm

hock

* * *

jarrete nm

1) : back of the knee

2) : hock (of an animal)

Spanish-English dictionary > jarrete
14 hacer circular

• bandy

• circularize

• hamstring

• hand account-keeping

• hand back

• hand running

• hand-power winch

• pass an order to

• pass as

• pass quickly through

• pass sentence

• send packing

• send spies to

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > hacer circular
15 hámster

• hampering

• hamstring

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > hámster
16 despernancar

v.

to hock, to hamstring.

Spanish-English dictionary > despernancar
17 músculo semimembranoso

m.

semimembranosus muscle, musculus semimembranosus, medial posterior thigh muscle that is a hamstring and it flexes the knee and extends the hip joint, semimembranous muscle.

Spanish-English dictionary > músculo semimembranoso
18 musculus semimembranosus

m.

musculus semimembranosus, medial posterior thigh muscle that is a hamstring and it flexes the knee and extends the hip joint.

Spanish-English dictionary > musculus semimembranosus
19 reflejo poplíteo

m.

hamstring reflex.

Spanish-English dictionary > reflejo poplíteo
20 semimembranoso

adj.

semimembranous.

m.

semimembranosus, musculus semimembranosus, medial posterior thigh muscle that is a hamstring and it flexes the knee and extends the hip joint, semimembranous muscle.

Spanish-English dictionary > semimembranoso

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Hamstring — Ham string , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [1913 Webster] So have they… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hamstring — index deter, hinder, obstruct Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hamstring — [v] disable cripple, debilitate, handicap, hinder, hobble, immobilize, impair, lame, maim, mangle, paralyze, weaken; concepts 130,246 … New thesaurus
hamstring — ► NOUN 1) any of five tendons at the back of a person s knee. 2) the great tendon at the back of a quadruped s hock. ► VERB (past and past part. hamstrung) 1) cripple by cutting the hamstrings. 2) severely restrict; thwart. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
Hamstring — The prominent tendons at the back of the knee. They are the sidewalls of the hollow behind the knee. (This hollow is called the popliteal space). Both hamstrings connect to muscles that flex the knee. A pulled hamstring is a common athletic… … Medical dictionary
Hamstring — Infobox Muscle Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 128 GrayPage = 478 Caption = Back of left lower extremity. Caption2 = Interior muscular view of the three muscles that make up the hamstring Origin = tuberosity of the ischium, linea aspera… … Wikipedia
hamstring — [[t]hæ̱mstrɪŋ[/t]] hamstrings, hamstringing, hamstrung 1) N COUNT A hamstring is a length of tissue or tendon behind your knee which joins the muscles of your thigh to the bones of your lower leg. Webster has not played since suffering a… … English dictionary
hamstring — ham|string1 [ˈhæmˌstrıŋ] n a ↑tendon behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport ▪ He pulled a hamstring in training. hamstring injury/problem/strain etc hamstring 2 hamstring2 past tense and past participle hamstrung [… … Dictionary of contemporary English

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