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harridan

  • 1 arpía

    adj.
    ravenous, harpy-like, predatory.
    f.
    1 vixen, brawling woman, old hag, shrew.
    2 harpy.
    3 Harpy, mythological monster with a woman's head and a bird's body, mythological monster Harpy.
    * * *
    1 harpy
    2 familiar figurado dragon, old witch, harpy
    * * *
    SF (Mit) harpy; (=mujer) old bag *
    * * *
    femenino ( mujer perversa) dragon, harpy (liter); (Mit) harpy
    * * *
    = dragon lady, harpy, harridan, hag.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    * * *
    femenino ( mujer perversa) dragon, harpy (liter); (Mit) harpy
    * * *
    = dragon lady, harpy, harridan, hag.

    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.

    Ex: For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.
    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.

    * * *
    1 (mujer perversa) dragon, harpy, harridan
    2 ( Mit) harpy
    * * *

    arpía sustantivo femenino Mit harpy
    figurado old witch, old hag
    ' arpía' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cow
    - hag
    - bitch
    * * *
    arpía nf
    1. Mitol harpy
    2. [mujer mala] witch
    * * *
    f harpy
    * * *
    arpía nf
    : shrew, harpy

    Spanish-English dictionary > arpía

  • 2 harpía

    = dragon lady, harridan.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    * * *
    = dragon lady, harridan.

    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.

    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.

    * * *
    1. [ave] harpy eagle
    2. Mitol harpy
    3. [mujer mala] witch

    Spanish-English dictionary > harpía

  • 3 vieja bruja

    f.
    old witch, vixen.
    * * *
    (n.) = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat
    Ex. Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.
    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * * *
    (n.) = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat

    Ex: Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.

    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja bruja

  • 4 bruja

    f.
    1 witch, sorceress.
    3 vixen, old bag, old hag, bitch.
    4 crone, harridan.
    5 barn owl.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: brujir.
    * * *
    1 (hechicera) witch
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ

    estar bruja — Caribe, Méx ** to be broke *, be flat (EEUU) *

    ando bien bruja — ** I'm skint **

    2. SF
    1) (=hechicera) witch
    2) * (=arpía) old hag *; Méx woman
    3) Caribe, Cono Sur (=fantasma) spook *, ghost; (=puta) whore
    4) (Orn) barn owl
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    Ex. Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.
    Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex. Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    ----
    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    Ex: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.

    Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex: Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    * * *
    A (mujer antipática) ( fam); witch ( colloq), old hag ( colloq) ver tb brujo2 (↑ brujo (2))
    B (AmC, Col) ( Zool) moth
    * * *

     

    bruja sustantivo femenino
    1 witch, sorceress
    2 fig (mujer antipática) old bag
    ' bruja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mientras
    - chicha
    - escoba
    English:
    bitch
    - cow
    - hag
    - sorceress
    - witch
    - change
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [hechicera] witch, sorceress
    2. Fam [mujer fea] hag
    3. Fam [mujer mala] witch
    ♦ adj
    CAm, Carib, Méx Fam
    andar o [m5] estar bruja [sin dinero] to be broke o Br skint
    * * *
    f
    1 witch;
    :
    estar bruja fam be broke fam
    * * *
    bruja n witch [pl. witches]

    Spanish-English dictionary > bruja

  • 5 disfrutar de la vida

    (v.) = sail through + life
    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    * * *
    (v.) = sail through + life

    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.

    Spanish-English dictionary > disfrutar de la vida

  • 6 libre como el viento

    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    * * *

    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.

    Spanish-English dictionary > libre como el viento

  • 7 libre y sin compromiso

    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    * * *

    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.

    Spanish-English dictionary > libre y sin compromiso

  • 8 vieja

    f.
    1 old person.
    2 mi viejo, my dad.
    3 old woman.
    4 mother.
    * * *
    1. f., (m. - viejo) 2. f., (m. - viejo)
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=anciana) old woman
    2) *

    la vieja — (=madre) my mum *; (=esposa) my old woman *

    3) ( Cono Sur) (=petardo) cracker, squib
    4) (Méx) [de cigarro] cigar stub
    * * *
    femenino (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl); ver tb viejo II
    * * *
    ----
    * cuento de viejas, superstición = old wives' tale.
    * vieja bruja = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * vieja fea = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.
    * * *
    femenino (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl); ver tb viejo II
    * * *
    * cuento de viejas, superstición = old wives' tale.
    * vieja bruja = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * vieja fea = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.
    * * *
    A (pez — del Mediterráneo, Atlántico norte) type of sea bream; (— del Mediterráneo) blenny; (— de aguas tropicales) globefish, puffer
    B (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (mujer) girl, woman
    C ( Ven) ( Jueg) tic-tac-toe ( AmE), noughts and crosses ( BrE)
    D ( Chi) (buscapiés) firecracker
    * * *

    vieja sustantivo femenino (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl);
    ver tb viejo sustantivo masculino, femenino
    viejo,-a
    I adjetivo old
    una vieja iglesia, an old church
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino old person
    (hombre) old man
    fam (padre) dad
    (mujer) old woman
    fam (madre) mum, US mom
    fam (los padres) los viejos, the parents o folks
    ' vieja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrigar
    - cacatúa
    - enfriar
    - recuerdo
    - reemplazar
    - trasto
    - viejo
    - puro
    English:
    biddy
    - chuck away
    - chuck out
    - disintegrate
    - has-been
    - rot away
    - strip off
    - venue
    - woman
    - broad
    - get
    - make
    - rambling
    * * *
    vieja nf
    1. [pescado] [de las Canarias] parrotfish;
    [con tentáculos] blenny
    2. Col, Méx, Ven Fam [mujer, chica] woman, Br bird
    * * *
    f old woman
    * * *
    vieja n old woman [pl. women]

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja

  • 9 arcabucero

    • arquebusier
    • harpy eagle
    • harridan

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > arcabucero

  • 10 perro de caza

    • bloodhound
    • guncase
    • gunfight
    • harridan
    • harrier eagle
    • Hottentot
    • hound down
    • hunting dog

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > perro de caza

  • 11 perro lebrero

    • harebrain
    • harelip
    • harridan
    • harrier eagle
    • rabbit warren
    • rabbiter

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > perro lebrero

  • 12 vieja regañona

    f.
    brawling old woman, crone, harridan.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja regañona

См. также в других словарях:

  • Harridan — Har ri*dan (h[a^]r r[i^]*dan), n. [F. haridelle a worn out horse, jade.] A worn out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. [1913 Webster] Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • harridan — 1700, one that is half Whore, half Bawd [ Dictionary of the Canting Crew ]; a decayed strumpet [Johnson], probably from Fr. haridelle a poore tit, or leane ill favored jade, [Cotgrave, 1611], in French from 16c., of unknown origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • harridan — ► NOUN ▪ a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman. ORIGIN perhaps from French haridelle old horse …   English terms dictionary

  • harridan — [har′i dən] n. [prob. altered < Fr haridelle, worn out horse, jade] a nasty, bad tempered woman, esp. an old one …   English World dictionary

  • harridan — [[t]hæ̱rɪdən[/t]] harridans N COUNT (disapproval) If you call a woman a harridan, you mean that she is unpleasant and speaks too forcefully. [FORMAL] She was a mean old harridan …   English dictionary

  • harridan — UK [ˈhærɪd(ə)n] / US [ˈherɪd(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms harridan : singular harridan plural harridans offensive an insulting name for a woman who you think is unpleasant …   English dictionary

  • harridan — noun Steve tried to scare us with stories of the evil harridan Miss Duffy, who in reality was the sweetest teacher in Coolidge Elementary Syn: shrew, termagant, virago, harpy, vixen, nag, hag, crone, dragon, ogress; fishwife, hellcat, she devil,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • harridan — noun Etymology: perhaps modification of French haridelle old horse, gaunt woman Date: 1678 shrew 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • harridan — /hahr i dn/, n. a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew. [1690 1700; perh. alter of F haridelle thin, worn out horse, large, gaunt woman (compared with the initial element of haras stud farm, though derivation is unclear)] Syn. nag, virago, scold.… …   Universalium

  • harridan — noun /ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən,ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.dən,ˈhæɹ.ɪ.dən/ A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one …   Wiktionary

  • harridan — Synonyms and related words: Jezebel, baboon, bad woman, bag, baggage, bitch, blemish, blot, broad, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte, dog, drab, easy lay, easy woman, eyesore, floozy, frail sister, fright, gargoyle, grisette, hag, hussy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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