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  • 81 hacer pensar

    v.
    1 to make think.
    2 to make think.
    * * *
    (v.) = provoke + thought, make to + think, lull + Nombre + into thinking, summon up + image
    Ex. This article suggests different functions of printed material and computer use as educational media to provoke thought and combat all kinds of totalitarianism.
    Ex. Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex. One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.
    Ex. To most people in Britain, the phrase 'clotted cream' instantly summons up an image of teatime.
    * * *
    (v.) = provoke + thought, make to + think, lull + Nombre + into thinking, summon up + image

    Ex: This article suggests different functions of printed material and computer use as educational media to provoke thought and combat all kinds of totalitarianism.

    Ex: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex: One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.
    Ex: To most people in Britain, the phrase 'clotted cream' instantly summons up an image of teatime.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer pensar

  • 82 hábil

    adj.
    able, deft, skillful, artful.
    * * *
    1 (diestro) skilful (US skillful)
    2 (despabilado) clever, smart
    3 (acto) clever
    4 (apto, adecuado) good, suitable
    \
    en tiempo hábil at the proper time
    ser hábil en algo / ser hábil para algo (persona) to be good at something
    día hábil working day
    * * *
    adj.
    1) clever, able, skillful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=diestro) skilful, skillful (EEUU)

    ¡muy hábil! ya me has vuelto a endilgar el trabajo — hum very clever! you've landed me with the job again

    2) (Jur) competent
    día 1)
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( diestro) < carpintero> skilled, adept; < conductor> good, skillful*; <juego/táctica> skillful*
    b) (astuto, inteligente) clever, able
    2) <horas/días> working (before n)
    3) (Der) competent
    * * *
    = accomplished, skilful [skillful, -USA], able [abler -comp., ablest -sup.], nimble, resourceful, deft, adroit, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.].
    Ex. This specialised clientele is eclectic and ranges from novices to the most accomplished artists and includes painters, sculptors and graphic artists.
    Ex. The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex. Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex. If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would knock their hips against the corner of a bench.
    Ex. Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
    Ex. In this live peformance video, Joan Sutherland's coloratura is as deft as ever.
    Ex. Reference services exist to help the less adroit find information and their fundamental value lies in equity of access to information.
    Ex. To begin with, this photocopier perhaps had the potential for resurrection by someone mechanically minded and nifty with a screwdriver.
    Ex. It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.
    ----
    * día hábil = business day, workday, weekday, working day.
    * poco hábil = poor-ability.
    * ser hábil para = be adroit at.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( diestro) < carpintero> skilled, adept; < conductor> good, skillful*; <juego/táctica> skillful*
    b) (astuto, inteligente) clever, able
    2) <horas/días> working (before n)
    3) (Der) competent
    * * *
    = accomplished, skilful [skillful, -USA], able [abler -comp., ablest -sup.], nimble, resourceful, deft, adroit, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.].

    Ex: This specialised clientele is eclectic and ranges from novices to the most accomplished artists and includes painters, sculptors and graphic artists.

    Ex: The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would knock their hips against the corner of a bench.
    Ex: Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
    Ex: In this live peformance video, Joan Sutherland's coloratura is as deft as ever.
    Ex: Reference services exist to help the less adroit find information and their fundamental value lies in equity of access to information.
    Ex: To begin with, this photocopier perhaps had the potential for resurrection by someone mechanically minded and nifty with a screwdriver.
    Ex: It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.
    * día hábil = business day, workday, weekday, working day.
    * poco hábil = poor-ability.
    * ser hábil para = be adroit at.

    * * *
    A
    1 (diestro) skillful*
    es un hábil carpintero he's a skilled o an adept carpenter
    es una hábil conductora she's a good driver
    tiene manos hábiles para la costura she's very good o skillful o adept with a needle
    he roto otra taza — ¡muy hábil! ( iró); I've broken another cup! — that was clever of you! ( iro)
    una jugada hábil de Prieto a skillful move from Prieto
    2 (astuto, inteligente) clever
    es muy hábil para los negocios he's a very clever o able businessman
    B ‹horas/días› working ( before n)
    C ( Der) ‹testigo› competent
    * * *

     

    hábil adjetivo
    1

    ‹ conductor› good, skillful( conjugate skillful);
    ‹juego/táctica› skillful( conjugate skillful)
    b) (astuto, inteligente) clever, able

    2 ‹horas/días› working ( before n)
    3 (Der) competent
    hábil adjetivo
    1 (mañoso) skilful, US skillful: era muy hábil con las manos, he was very skilful with his hands
    2 (astuto, ingenioso) smart: estuvo muy hábil en sus respuestas, his responses very witty
    3 (laboral) working
    dos días hábiles, two working days
    ' hábil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    día
    - diplomática
    - diplomático
    - diestro
    English:
    capable
    - clever
    - deft
    - defuse
    - good
    - handy
    - proficient
    - skilful
    - skilled
    - skillful
    - slick
    - able
    - adroit
    - crafty
    - shrewd
    - work
    - working
    * * *
    hábil adj
    1. [diestro] skilful;
    estuvo muy hábil en el debate she argued very skilfully in the debate;
    es muy hábil con las manos he's very good with his hands;
    Irónico
    se me ha quemado la comida – ¡qué hábil! I've burned the dinner – that was clever (of you)! o Br nice one!
    2. [inteligente] clever;
    utilizó una hábil estrategia para convencernos he used a clever strategy to persuade us
    3. [utilizable] [lugar] suitable, fit;
    días hábiles working days, US workdays
    * * *
    adj
    1 skilled
    2 ( capaz) capable
    3 ( astuto) clever, smart
    4
    :
    día hábil working day
    * * *
    hábil adj
    1) : able, skillful
    2) : working
    días hábiles: working days
    * * *
    hábil adj (persona) skilful

    Spanish-English dictionary > hábil

  • 83 idiota

    adj.
    1 stupid (tonto).
    2 mentally deficient (enfermo).
    3 idiot, foolish, dumb, silly.
    4 ament.
    f. & m.
    idiot.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA idiotic
    2 familiar (tonto) stupid
    1 idiot
    \
    hacer el idiota (hacer payasadas) to be silly, fool about 2 (perder una oportunidad) to be stupid
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    stupid, idiotic
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ idiotic, stupid
    2.
    SMF idiot

    ¡idiota! — you idiot!

    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * como un idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic
    b) (Med) idiotic
    II
    masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq); (Med) idiot
    * * *
    = idiot, fool, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, mug, berk, prick, moron, cretin, dumbbell, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, drongo, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

    Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Now I know to you inteligent types this sounds a simple problem but to a drongo like me it is like quantum physics!!!.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * como un idiota = stupidly.
    * idiota genio = idiot savant.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid, idiotic
    me caí de la manera más idiota I had the most idiotic o stupid fall ( colloq)
    ¡no seas idiota! don't be so stupid!, don't be such an idiot!
    2 ( Med) idiotic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) idiot, stupid fool ( colloq)
    2 ( Med) idiot
    Compuesto:
    idealistic puppet o stooge
    * * *

    idiota adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) stupid, idiotic;
    ◊ ¡no seas idiota! don't be such an idiot!

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( tonto) (fam) idiot, stupid fool (colloq)
    idiota
    I adjetivo idiotic, stupid
    II mf idiot, fool

    ' idiota' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tomar
    - trompo
    - verdadera
    - verdadero
    - pedazo
    - perdido
    English:
    bozo
    - fool
    - idiot
    - idiotic
    - knob
    - make out
    - meathead
    - moron
    - nerd
    - plonker
    - right
    - some
    - inane
    - mug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] mentally deficient
    ♦ nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] idiot
    * * *
    I adj idiotic
    II m/f idiot
    * * *
    idiota adj
    : idiotic, stupid, foolish
    idiota nmf
    : idiot, foolish person
    * * *
    idiota1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    idiota2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > idiota

  • 84 imbecilidad

    f.
    1 stupidity.
    decir/hacer una imbecilidad to say/do something stupid
    2 imbecility, foolishness, feeblemindedness, stupidity.
    3 stupid thing to do, stupid act, stupid action, stupidity.
    4 stupid thing to say, stupid remark.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA imbecility
    2 familiar stupid thing to do
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=idiotez) stupidity, idiocy
    2) (Med) imbecility
    * * *
    a) (fam) ( cosa estúpida)

    decir/hacer imbecilidades — to say/do stupid things

    b) (Med) imbecility
    * * *
    = imbecility, idiocy.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. The article 'The circulation idiom and the idiocy of fashion' argues that the belief that high circulation figures are the preeminent measure of the quality of a library's service is dangerous = El artículo "El modismo de la circulación y la idotez de la moda" postula que es peligroso creer que la medida prevalente de la calidad del servicio de una biblioteca es un número elevado de préstamos.
    * * *
    a) (fam) ( cosa estúpida)

    decir/hacer imbecilidades — to say/do stupid things

    b) (Med) imbecility
    * * *
    = imbecility, idiocy.

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

    Ex: The article 'The circulation idiom and the idiocy of fashion' argues that the belief that high circulation figures are the preeminent measure of the quality of a library's service is dangerous = El artículo "El modismo de la circulación y la idotez de la moda" postula que es peligroso creer que la medida prevalente de la calidad del servicio de una biblioteca es un número elevado de préstamos.

    * * *
    1 ( fam)
    (cosa estúpida): no para de decir/hacer imbecilidades she's always saying/doing stupid things
    2 ( Med) imbecility
    * * *

    imbecilidad sustantivo femenino stupidity, imbecility
    ' imbecilidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    idiocy
    * * *
    [acto, dicho] stupid thing;
    decir/hacer una imbecilidad to say/do something stupid;
    no dice más que imbecilidades he talks nothing but nonsense;
    ¿y por eso se enfada? ¡vaya (una) imbecilidad! and she got angry about that? how stupid!
    * * *
    f
    1 stupidity;
    ¡qué imbecilidad decir eso! what a stupid thing to say!
    2 MED imbecility

    Spanish-English dictionary > imbecilidad

  • 85 invisiblemente

    adv.
    invisibly.
    * * *
    1 invisibly
    * * *
    Ex. More than 38 million people in the USA are visibly or invisibly handicapped.
    * * *

    Ex: More than 38 million people in the USA are visibly or invisibly handicapped.

    Spanish-English dictionary > invisiblemente

  • 86 jaula de grillos

    (n.) = madhouse
    Ex. In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
    * * *
    (n.) = madhouse

    Ex: In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jaula de grillos

  • 87 limpiarse los dientes con hilo dental

    (v.) = floss + teeth
    Ex. Candy presents serious problems of dental decay for the handicapped child who may not be able to brush and floss his teeth thoroughly.
    * * *
    (v.) = floss + teeth

    Ex: Candy presents serious problems of dental decay for the handicapped child who may not be able to brush and floss his teeth thoroughly.

    Spanish-English dictionary > limpiarse los dientes con hilo dental

  • 88 linaje

    m.
    lineage.
    * * *
    1 (ascendencia) lineage
    2 figurado (clase) kind, sort
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=familia) lineage, descent

    de linaje de reyes — descended from royalty, of royal descent

    2) (=clase) class, kind
    3) pl linajes (=familias) (local) nobility sing, noble families
    * * *
    masculino descent, lineage (frml)
    * * *
    = lineage, parentage, ancestry, birth, stock.
    Ex. The lineage of PRECIS indexing: PRECIS indexing has roots in faceted classification.
    Ex. The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex. These terms are necessarily rather vague, but have a very respectable ancestry (they go back to Aristotle).
    Ex. Typically, the additions to the name will fall within the following categories: title of nobility, title of honour, address, date of birth, and date of death.
    Ex. It also proves the absurdity of Nazi race theories of 'racial purity,' since the various peoples of Mitteleurope, the Germans in particular, are among the most mixed stocks in Europe.
    * * *
    masculino descent, lineage (frml)
    * * *
    = lineage, parentage, ancestry, birth, stock.

    Ex: The lineage of PRECIS indexing: PRECIS indexing has roots in faceted classification.

    Ex: The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex: These terms are necessarily rather vague, but have a very respectable ancestry (they go back to Aristotle).
    Ex: Typically, the additions to the name will fall within the following categories: title of nobility, title of honour, address, date of birth, and date of death.
    Ex: It also proves the absurdity of Nazi race theories of 'racial purity,' since the various peoples of Mitteleurope, the Germans in particular, are among the most mixed stocks in Europe.

    * * *
    descent, lineage ( frml)
    de noble linaje of noble lineage o descent o origin
    una familia de linaje an old family
    * * *

    linaje sustantivo masculino
    descent, lineage (frml)
    linaje sustantivo masculino lineage
    ' linaje' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    casta
    - cuna
    - rancia
    - rancio
    - ascendencia
    - noble
    - sangre
    - solar
    English:
    blood
    - lineage
    - pedigree
    - stock
    * * *
    linaje nm
    lineage;
    de noble linaje of noble lineage
    * * *
    m lineage
    * * *
    linaje nm
    abolengo: lineage, ancestry

    Spanish-English dictionary > linaje

  • 89 loquero

    m.
    1 loony-bin, madhouse (informal).
    2 commotion, uproar. ( Latin American Spanish)
    3 Keeper of a madhouse.
    4 Physician to a madhouse (person).
    5 row; racket.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar (enfermero) nurse in a mental hospital
    * * *
    I
    loquero, -a
    * SM / F (=enfermero) psychiatric nurse loquera II
    * SM
    1) Arg (=bullicio) row, racket
    loquera (fig) (=manicomio)
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino (fam & hum)
    a) ( psiquiatra) shrink (colloq); ( enfermero) psychiatric nurse
    b) loquero masculino ( manicomio) loony bin (colloq & hum)
    * * *
    = asylum, mental asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam, shrink.
    Ex. Most of the early asylums for the insane in the USA established libraries for their patients.
    Ex. The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.
    Ex. The writer argues that the steady growth in lunatic asylums in early-19th-century British India played an important role in the making of colonial society.
    Ex. In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
    Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
    Ex. In a town with several million people there are usually hundreds of neurotics who visit shrinks regularly.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino (fam & hum)
    a) ( psiquiatra) shrink (colloq); ( enfermero) psychiatric nurse
    b) loquero masculino ( manicomio) loony bin (colloq & hum)
    * * *
    = asylum, mental asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam, shrink.

    Ex: Most of the early asylums for the insane in the USA established libraries for their patients.

    Ex: The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.
    Ex: The writer argues that the steady growth in lunatic asylums in early-19th-century British India played an important role in the making of colonial society.
    Ex: In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
    Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
    Ex: In a town with several million people there are usually hundreds of neurotics who visit shrinks regularly.

    * * *
    loquero -ra
    masculine, feminine
    2
    loquero masculine (manicomio) loony bin ( colloq hum), funny farm ( colloq hum)
    esta casa es un loquero this place is a madhouse ( colloq)
    * * *

    loquero,-a
    I m fam madhouse, funny farm: a este ritmo terminamos todos en el loquero, at this rate, we'll all end up at the funny farm
    II m,f fam (psiquiatra) shrink
    ' loquero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    loquera
    * * *
    loquero, -a Fam
    ♦ nm,f
    se lo llevaron los loqueros the men in white coats took him away
    ♦ nm
    1. [manicomio] loony-bin, madhouse
    2. Am [alboroto] commotion, uproar;
    se armó un loquero there was a huge commotion;
    su casa es un loquero her home is a madhouse
    * * *
    m
    1 L.Am. fam
    shrink fam ; enfermero psychiatric nurse
    2 ( manicomio) mental hospital, funny farm fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > loquero

  • 90 manicomio

    m.
    1 mental or psychiatric hospital (British), insane asylum (United States).
    2 insane asylum, lunatic asylum, asylum, crazy house.
    * * *
    1 mental hospital
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM lunatic asylum, insane asylum (EEUU), mental hospital
    * * *
    masculino mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    * * *
    = asylum, mental asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.
    Ex. Most of the early asylums for the insane in the USA established libraries for their patients.
    Ex. The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.
    Ex. The writer argues that the steady growth in lunatic asylums in early-19th-century British India played an important role in the making of colonial society.
    Ex. In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
    Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
    * * *
    masculino mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    * * *
    = asylum, mental asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

    Ex: Most of the early asylums for the insane in the USA established libraries for their patients.

    Ex: The book starts with the author's mother being taken away for committal to a mental asylum.
    Ex: The writer argues that the steady growth in lunatic asylums in early-19th-century British India played an important role in the making of colonial society.
    Ex: In the book, Romania is a madhouse filled with the handicapped, deaf mutes, and stutterers.
    Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

    * * *
    mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    ¡esta casa es un manicomio! this is a madhouse!
    si sigue así, va a terminar en el manicomio if he carries on the way he is, he'll end up in the loony bin ( colloq)
    * * *

    manicomio sustantivo masculino
    mental hospital, lunatic asylum
    manicomio sustantivo masculino mental hospital
    ' manicomio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    internar
    English:
    asylum
    - commit
    - institution
    - lunatic asylum
    - madhouse
    - snakepit
    * * *
    Br mental o psychiatric hospital, US insane asylum; Fam
    esta oficina es un manicomio this office is a madhouse
    * * *
    m lunatic asylum
    * * *
    : insane asylum, madhouse
    * * *
    manicomio n mental hospital

    Spanish-English dictionary > manicomio

  • 91 marginado

    adj.
    outcast, castoff, alienated, on the fringe.
    f. & m.
    1 outcast, dropout.
    2 alienated person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: marginar.
    * * *
    1→ link=marginar marginar
    1 (proyecto) pushed aside, excluded
    2 (persona) marginalized, alienated
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 social outcast, social misfit
    \
    sentirse marginado,-a to feel like an outsider, feel rejected
    * * *
    marginado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=aislado) marginalized

    • estar o quedar marginado de algo — (=aislado) to be alienated from sth; (=excluido) to be excluded from sth

    • sentirse marginado — to feel discriminated against

    2) (=pobre) deprived
    2.
    SM / F [por elección] outsider, drop-out *; [por discriminación] underprivileged person, deprived person
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Sociol) marginalized
    b) ( excluido) excluded
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = disadvantaged, outcast, deprived, cast-off, marginalised [marginalized, -USA].
    Ex. Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex. This is one of the fundamental reasons why it is so important for publica libraries to become part of the networked society: in order to avoid the creation of a new underclass of Internet outcasts.
    Ex. The author focuses on the development of parish libraries in deprived parts of inner Chicago.
    Ex. The son of a salesman actually wrote, `I should imagine that one's fellow workers could be classed as dull, uninteresting cast-offs who have a flair for English'.
    Ex. The library is located in the marginalized quarter of the city of Guatemala.
    ----
    * barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.
    * comunidad marginada = deprived community.
    * gente marginada socialmente = socially deprived people.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * marginado de la sociedad = social outcast.
    * marginados económicamente, los = economically deprived, the.
    * marginados, los = deprived, the, underserved, the.
    * marginado social = social outcast.
    * sector marginado = deprived sector.
    * servicios bibliotecarios para los marginados = library services to the disadvantaged.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Sociol) marginalized
    b) ( excluido) excluded
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = disadvantaged, outcast, deprived, cast-off, marginalised [marginalized, -USA].

    Ex: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.

    Ex: This is one of the fundamental reasons why it is so important for publica libraries to become part of the networked society: in order to avoid the creation of a new underclass of Internet outcasts.
    Ex: The author focuses on the development of parish libraries in deprived parts of inner Chicago.
    Ex: The son of a salesman actually wrote, `I should imagine that one's fellow workers could be classed as dull, uninteresting cast-offs who have a flair for English'.
    Ex: The library is located in the marginalized quarter of the city of Guatemala.
    * barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.
    * comunidad marginada = deprived community.
    * gente marginada socialmente = socially deprived people.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * marginado de la sociedad = social outcast.
    * marginados económicamente, los = economically deprived, the.
    * marginados, los = deprived, the, underserved, the.
    * marginado social = social outcast.
    * sector marginado = deprived sector.
    * servicios bibliotecarios para los marginados = library services to the disadvantaged.

    * * *
    marginado1 -da
    alienated, marginalized
    se sienten marginados they feel alienated from o marginalized by society, they feel rejected o shunned by society
    marginado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    los marginados de nuestra sociedad the deprived elements o sectors of our society
    los marginados que acudían al refugio the down-and-outs o ( AmE) the derelicts who used to come to the refuge
    delincuentes, drogadictos y todo tipo de marginados delinquents, drug addicts and all kinds of people who live on the fringes of society o delinquents, drug addicts and all kinds of social misfits
    * * *

    Del verbo marginar: ( conjugate marginar)

    marginado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    marginado    
    marginar
    marginado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) (Sociol) marginalized


    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    social outcast
    marginar ( conjugate marginar) verbo transitivo ( en la sociedad) to marginalize;
    ( en un grupo) to ostracize
    marginado,-a
    I adjetivo marginalized
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino dropout
    marginar verbo transitivo
    1 (a un sector) to marginalize, to reject: nuestra sociedad margina a los ancianos, our society marginalizes the elderly
    2 (a una persona) to leave out, ostracize
    ' marginado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    marginada
    English:
    dropout
    - outcast
    - reject
    - drop
    * * *
    marginado, -a
    ♦ adj
    excluded;
    sentirse marginado to feel excluded;
    un barrio marginado an area where there is a lot of social exclusion
    ♦ nm,f
    socially excluded person;
    los marginados the socially excluded
    * * *
    I adj marginalized
    II m, marginada f social outcast;
    marginados sociales social outcasts, people on the fringes of society
    * * *
    marginado, -da adj
    1) desheredado: outcast, alienated, dispossessed
    2)
    clases marginadas : underclass
    marginado, -da n
    : outcast, misfit

    Spanish-English dictionary > marginado

  • 92 mentalmente

    adv.
    mentally, intellectually, ideally.
    * * *
    1 mentally
    * * *
    * * *
    adverbio mentally
    * * *
    Ex. The first quality is simplicity, by which we mean that it must be easy to grasp mentally.
    ----
    * desequilibrado mentalmente = mentally unstable.
    * enfermo mentalmente = mentally ill.
    * mentalmente discapacitado = mentally handicapped.
    * mentalmente sano = of (a) sound mind, mentally fit.
    * * *
    adverbio mentally
    * * *

    Ex: The first quality is simplicity, by which we mean that it must be easy to grasp mentally.

    * desequilibrado mentalmente = mentally unstable.
    * enfermo mentalmente = mentally ill.
    * mentalmente discapacitado = mentally handicapped.
    * mentalmente sano = of (a) sound mind, mentally fit.

    * * *
    mentally
    hizo la cuenta mentalmente she added it up in her head
    * * *

    mentalmente adverbio mentally
    ' mentalmente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    relajarse
    - atormentar
    - desequilibrar
    - fatigar
    - incapacitado
    - mentalizar
    - relajar
    English:
    mature
    - mental
    - mentally
    - strong
    - head
    * * *
    1. [con la mente] mentally
    2. [intelectualmente] intellectually
    * * *
    adv mentally
    * * *
    mentalmente adv mentally

    Spanish-English dictionary > mentalmente

  • 93 mercadillo

    m.
    1 flea market.
    2 street market, boot sale, bazaar, flea market.
    * * *
    1 flea market, bazaar
    * * *
    SM street market; [benéfico] (charity) bazaar
    * * *
    masculino street market
    * * *
    = flea market, bazaar, street market, open-air market, farmers' market.
    Ex. Libraries should think carefully before rejecting 'the literature of the flea-market', for which there may be popular demand and without which serious study will be handicapped.
    Ex. The 1st step will be a massive reevaluation of how to promote and sell products and services in the electronic shopping bazaar.
    Ex. Street markets for fresh food, once the main source for the UK urban population, are now a minor contributor to overall sales.
    Ex. These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.
    Ex. Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.
    ----
    * comerciante de puesto de mercadillo = market trader, stall-holder.
    * dueño de puesto de mercadillo = stall-holder, market trader.
    * mercadillo agrícola semanal = farmers' market.
    * mercadillo al aire libre = street market, open-air market.
    * mercadillo casero = yard sale, garage sale.
    * mercadillo de prendas de segunda mano = rummage sale.
    * mercadillo de prendas usadas = rummage sale.
    * puesto de mercadillo = market stall.
    * * *
    masculino street market
    * * *
    = flea market, bazaar, street market, open-air market, farmers' market.

    Ex: Libraries should think carefully before rejecting 'the literature of the flea-market', for which there may be popular demand and without which serious study will be handicapped.

    Ex: The 1st step will be a massive reevaluation of how to promote and sell products and services in the electronic shopping bazaar.
    Ex: Street markets for fresh food, once the main source for the UK urban population, are now a minor contributor to overall sales.
    Ex: These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.
    Ex: Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.
    * comerciante de puesto de mercadillo = market trader, stall-holder.
    * dueño de puesto de mercadillo = stall-holder, market trader.
    * mercadillo agrícola semanal = farmers' market.
    * mercadillo al aire libre = street market, open-air market.
    * mercadillo casero = yard sale, garage sale.
    * mercadillo de prendas de segunda mano = rummage sale.
    * mercadillo de prendas usadas = rummage sale.
    * puesto de mercadillo = market stall.

    * * *
    street market
    * * *

    mercadillo sustantivo masculino
    street market
    mercadillo sustantivo masculino street market
    ' mercadillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rastrillo
    English:
    flea market
    - market
    - jumble
    * * *
    flea market
    * * *
    m street market
    * * *
    mercadillo n street market

    Spanish-English dictionary > mercadillo

  • 94 mudo

    adj.
    1 dumb, muted, tongue-tied, speechless.
    2 mute, silent, mum.
    3 dumb, unable to speak.
    4 mute, voiceless, surd, silent.
    5 soundless, songless.
    f. & m.
    mute, dumb person, person incapable of speech, person who cannot speak.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mudar.
    * * *
    1 (por defecto) dumb; (por voluntad) silent, quiet
    3 (vocal, consonante) mute
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 dumb person
    \
    estar mudo,-a to be dumb
    mudo,-a de asombro dumbfounded
    quedarse mudo,-a to be left speechless
    * * *
    (f. - muda)
    adj.
    1) dumb
    2) mute
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) dumb, mute frm
    2) (=callado) silent, mute

    quedarse mudo de asombro — to be left speechless, be dumbfounded

    quedarse mudo de envidia — Esp to be green with envy

    3) (Ling) [letra] mute, silent; [consonante] voiceless
    4) [película] silent
    5)

    papel mudo — (Teat) walk-on part

    6) And, CAm (=tonto) foolish, silly
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Med) dumb, mute
    b) < letra> silent, mute
    II
    - da masculino, femenino mute
    * * *
    = mute, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.].
    Ex. The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing the head of reference red-faced with mute anger or the head of technical services mumbling uncontrollably to himself.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    ----
    * quedarse mudo = be speechless, be gobsmacked.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Med) dumb, mute
    b) < letra> silent, mute
    II
    - da masculino, femenino mute
    * * *
    = mute, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.].

    Ex: The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing the head of reference red-faced with mute anger or the head of technical services mumbling uncontrollably to himself.

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    * quedarse mudo = be speechless, be gobsmacked.

    * * *
    mudo1 -da
    1 ( Med) dumb, mute
    es mudo de nacimiento he was born mute, he's been dumb o mute from birth
    se quedó mudo de asombro he was dumbfounded
    se quedó mudo de emoción he was speechless with emotion
    2 ‹letra› silent, mute
    mudo2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    mute, dumb person
    * * *

     

    Del verbo mudar: ( conjugate mudar)

    mudo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    mudó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    mudar    
    mudo
    mudar ( conjugate mudar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( cambiar):
    ◊ las serpientes mudan de piel snakes slough off o shed their skin;

    cuando mudó de voz when his voice broke
    2 (Méx) ( cambiar los dientes) to lose one's milk teeth
    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹bebé/sábanas› to change
    2 (Zool) ‹piel/plumas› to molt, shed
    mudarse verbo pronominal



    mudo
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) (Med) dumb, mute;


    se quedó mudo de asombro he was dumbfounded
    b) ‹ letra› silent, mute

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    mute
    mudar verbo transitivo
    1 (ropa, pañales) to change
    2 Zool to shed
    mudo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (que no habla) dumb
    2 fig (sin palabras) speechless, dumbstruck: estaba mudo de asombro, he was speechless with amazement
    3 (letra, cine) mute, silent
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino mute
    ' mudo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cine
    - muda
    - nacimiento
    - mudar
    English:
    dumb
    - dumbfounded
    - dumbstruck
    - move out
    - mute
    - silent
    - speechless
    - strike
    * * *
    mudo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sin habla] mute, dumb;
    es mudo de nacimiento he was born mute
    2. [callado] silent, mute;
    fue mudo testigo del asesinato she was a silent witness to the murder;
    se quedó mudo he was left speechless;
    me quedé mudo de terror I was speechless o I was struck dumb with fright
    3. [sin sonido] silent;
    cine mudo silent films
    4. [letra] silent
    ♦ nm,f
    dumb person, mute
    * * *
    adj
    1 persona mute
    2 letra silent
    * * *
    mudo, -da adj
    1) silencioso: silent
    el cine mudo: silent films
    2) : mute, dumb
    mudo, -da n
    : mute
    * * *
    mudo1 adj
    1. (persona) dumb
    2. (cine, letra) silent
    mudo2 n dumb person

    Spanish-English dictionary > mudo

  • 95 necio

    adj.
    silly, ignorant, stupid, foolish.
    * * *
    1 stupid
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 imbecile, idiot
    * * *
    necio, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tonto) foolish, stupid
    2) Méx (=terco) stubborn, pig-headed
    3) And (=displicente) peevish
    4) And, Caribe, Cono Sur (=quisquilloso) touchy, hypersensitive
    5) CAm [enfermedad] hard to shake off
    2.
    SM / F fool
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo
    1) ( tonto) stupid
    2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty
    * * *
    = moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * como un necio = stupidly.
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo
    1) ( tonto) stupid
    2) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty
    * * *
    = moron, cretin, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, airhead, airheaded, bonehead, duffer, schmuck, schmo, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, dork, plonker.

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * como un necio = stupidly.

    * * *
    A (tonto) stupid, brainless ( colloq)
    B ( RPl) (susceptible) touchy
    C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty
    masculine, feminine
    el necio es atrevido y el sabio comedido fools rush in where angels fear to tread
    B ( RPl) (persona susceptible) touchy person
    C (AmC, Col, Ven fam) (travieso) naughty boy ( o child etc)
    * * *

    necio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo


    b) (AmC, Col, Ven fam) ( travieso) naughty

    necio,-a
    I adjetivo stupid, fatuous
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino stupid fool: su hermano es un necio, his brother's an idiot
    ♦ Locuciones: a palabras necias, oídos sordos, turn a deaf ear to foolish comments
    ' necio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animal
    - burra
    - burro
    - necia
    - subnormal
    * * *
    necio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [tonto] stupid, foolish
    2. Am [terco] stubborn, pigheaded
    3. Méx [susceptible] touchy
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tonto] idiot, fool
    2. Am [terco] stubborn o pigheaded person;
    es un necio he's really stubborn o pigheaded
    3. Méx [susceptible] touchy person;
    es un necio he's really touchy
    * * *
    I adj brainless
    II m, necia f fool, idiot
    * * *
    necio, - cia adj
    1) : foolish, silly, dumb
    2) fam : naughty
    necio, - cia n
    estúpido: fool, idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > necio

  • 96 neurológico

    adj.
    neurological, nervous system-related, neurologic.
    * * *
    1 neurological
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. Microprocessors can be used in medical care to aid the handicapped by partially replacing lost neurological functions.
    ----
    * enfermedad neurológica = neurological disorder.
    * trastorno neurológico = neurological disorder.
    * * *

    Ex: Microprocessors can be used in medical care to aid the handicapped by partially replacing lost neurological functions.

    * enfermedad neurológica = neurological disorder.
    * trastorno neurológico = neurological disorder.

    * * *
    neurological
    * * *
    neurológico, -a adj
    neurological
    * * *
    adj neurological
    * * *
    neurológico, -ca adj
    : neurological, neurologic

    Spanish-English dictionary > neurológico

  • 97 no discapacitado

    (adj.) = able-bodied
    Ex. The reference staff of the library is responsible for providing the same standard of service to both handicapped and able-bodied students.
    * * *
    (adj.) = able-bodied

    Ex: The reference staff of the library is responsible for providing the same standard of service to both handicapped and able-bodied students.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no discapacitado

  • 98 no muy despierto

    (adj.) = slow
    Ex. Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    * * *
    (adj.) = slow

    Ex: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no muy despierto

  • 99 obstaculizar

    v.
    1 to hinder, to hamper.
    2 to obstruct, to encumber, to balk, to block up.
    Su tamaño obstaculiza la vista His size obstructs the view.
    3 to obstruct the way to, to make it cumbersome to.
    María obstaculiza hacer la pared Mary makes it cumbersome to make the wall.
    4 to create an obstacle for, to obstruct.
    María obstaculiza a Ricardo Mary creates an obstacle for Richard.
    * * *
    1 to obstruct, hinder
    * * *
    VT [+ negociaciones, progreso] to hinder, hamper; [+ tráfico] to hold up
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <progreso/trabajo> to hinder, hamper; < tráfico> to hold up
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, thwart, stand in + the way (of), obstruct, stymie, get in + the way (of), hem + Nombre + in, cramp.
    Ex. It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex. The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex. In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    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. It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    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. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    ----
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * obstaculizar el paso = block in.
    * obstaculizar la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <progreso/trabajo> to hinder, hamper; < tráfico> to hold up
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, thwart, stand in + the way (of), obstruct, stymie, get in + the way (of), hem + Nombre + in, cramp.

    Ex: It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.

    Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex: The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex: In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    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: It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    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: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * obstaculizar el paso = block in.
    * obstaculizar la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹progreso/trabajo› to hinder, hamper, impede; ‹tráfico› to hold up, obstruct
    no obstaculice el paso don't stand in the way
    * * *

    obstaculizar ( conjugate obstaculizar) verbo transitivo ‹progreso/trabajo› to hinder, hamper;
    ‹ tráfico› to hold up;

    obstaculizar verbo transitivo
    1 (un propósito, actividad) to hinder
    2 (el paso de una persona, animal, etc) to stand in the way of
    (de un fluido) to obstruct

    ' obstaculizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estorbar
    - interferir
    English:
    block
    - block in
    - hamper
    - obstruct
    * * *
    [proceso, relación] to block, to put obstacles in the way of; [salida] to block, to obstruct; [tráfico] to hold up, to obstruct;
    obstaculizar el paso to block the way
    * * *
    v/t hinder, hamper
    * * *
    obstaculizar {21} vt
    impedir: to obstruct, to hinder
    * * *
    obstaculizar vb to block

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstaculizar

  • 100 parroquia

    f.
    1 parish church (iglesia).
    2 parish.
    3 parishioners, parish (fieles).
    4 clientele (clientela).
    * * *
    1 (area) parish
    2 (iglesia) parish church
    3 (feligreses) parishioners plural, congregation
    4 familiar (clientela) customers plural, clientele
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Rel) (=zona) parish; (=iglesia) parish church; (=feligreses) parishioners pl
    2) (=clientes) customers pl, clientele

    una tienda con mucha parroquia — a shop with a large clientele, a well-patronized shop

    * * *
    1) ( iglesia) parish church; ( área) parish; ( feligreses) parishioners (pl)
    2) ( clientela) customers (pl), clientele
    * * *
    = paroch, local church, parish [parishes, pl.].
    Ex. In Scotland the Reverend Kirkwood developed an elaborate scheme for 'founding and maintaining bibliothecks in every paroch throughout this kingdom'.
    Ex. This sources of information may be, for example, local churches, burial societies, labor unions, legal aid services and firms offering different forms of public transport.
    Ex. It has been said that the parish is the door to participation for the handicapped and that the pastor must keep the door always open.
    * * *
    1) ( iglesia) parish church; ( área) parish; ( feligreses) parishioners (pl)
    2) ( clientela) customers (pl), clientele
    * * *
    = paroch, local church, parish [parishes, pl.].

    Ex: In Scotland the Reverend Kirkwood developed an elaborate scheme for 'founding and maintaining bibliothecks in every paroch throughout this kingdom'.

    Ex: This sources of information may be, for example, local churches, burial societies, labor unions, legal aid services and firms offering different forms of public transport.
    Ex: It has been said that the parish is the door to participation for the handicapped and that the pastor must keep the door always open.

    * * *
    A
    1 (iglesia) parish church
    2 (área) parish
    3 (feligresía) parishioners (pl), congregation
    B
    1 (clientela) customers (pl), clientele
    2 (hinchas) fans (pl), supporters (pl)
    * * *

    parroquia sustantivo femenino ( iglesia) parish church;
    ( área) parish;
    ( feligreses) parishioners (pl)
    parroquia sustantivo femenino parish
    (iglesia) parish church
    ' parroquia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    parish
    - parishioner
    * * *
    1. [iglesia] parish church
    2. [jurisdicción] parish
    3. [fieles] parishioners, parish
    4. [clientela] clientele
    * * *
    f
    1 REL parish
    2 COM clientele, customers pl
    * * *
    1) : parish
    2) : parish church
    3) : customers pl, clientele
    * * *
    1. (iglesia) parish church
    2. (comunidad) parish [pl. parishes]

    Spanish-English dictionary > parroquia

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