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  • 1 interacción persona-computadora

    • hazy
    • HD
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  • 2 interfaz persona-ordenador

    • hazy
    • HD
    • human-computer interaction
    • human-computer interface

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > interfaz persona-ordenador

  • 3 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
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    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

    ‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
    ‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
    ‹ información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 4 nebuloso

    adj.
    1 foggy, misty, cloudy, hazy.
    2 vague, cloudy, ambiguous, clouded.
    3 nepheloid.
    * * *
    1 cloudy, hazy
    2 figurado vague, nebulous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Astron) nebular, nebulous; [cielo] cloudy; [aire] misty; (=tétrico) dark, gloomy
    2) (=impreciso) nebulous, vague; (=oscuro) obscure
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (Meteo) misty
    b) (Astron) nebular
    c) <idea/imagen> hazy, nebulous
    * * *
    = nebulous, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.].
    Ex. The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * nebuloso en aparencia = nebulous-seeming.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) (Meteo) misty
    b) (Astron) nebular
    c) <idea/imagen> hazy, nebulous
    * * *
    = nebulous, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.].

    Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.

    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * nebuloso en aparencia = nebulous-seeming.

    * * *
    2 ( Astron) nebular
    3 ‹idea/imagen› hazy, nebulous
    * * *

    nebuloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) (Meteo) misty

    b) ‹idea/imagen› hazy, nebulous

    nebuloso,-a adjetivo
    1 Meteor cloudy, hazy
    2 (poco claro, poco explicativo) nebulous, vague: tengo un recuerdo suyo muy nebuloso, I've got some vague recollection of him
    ' nebuloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nebulosa
    English:
    foggy
    - hazy
    * * *
    nebuloso, -a adj
    1. [con nubes] cloudy;
    [de niebla] foggy
    2. [poco claro] vague, nebulous
    * * *
    adj fig
    hazy, nebulous
    * * *
    nebuloso, -sa adj
    1) : hazy, misty
    2) : nebulous, vague

    Spanish-English dictionary > nebuloso

  • 5 borroso

    adj.
    blurred, blurry, fuzzy, confused.
    * * *
    1 (visión) blurred, hazy; (foto) blurred; (idea etc) vague, hazy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=indistinguible) [foto, imagen] blurred, indistinct; [escrito] smudgy
    2) [idea, recuerdo] vague, hazy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <foto/imagen> blurred; < inscripción> worn; < contorno> indistinct, blurred
    b) <idea/recuerdo> vague, hazy
    * * *
    = blurred, misty [mistier -comp., mistiest -sup.], clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], cloudy [cloudier -comp., cloudies -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.].
    Ex. For instance, if discharge is 'watery' or 'purulent,' vision is ' blurred,' pain is 'moderate,' then corneal trauma or infection is diagnosed.
    Ex. The article ' Misty, water-colored images' sounds the clarion for preservation activist librarians.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. We walked the familiar grounds, grass wet from days of thunder storms, the morning still cloudy and threatening.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * hacer borroso = blur.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <foto/imagen> blurred; < inscripción> worn; < contorno> indistinct, blurred
    b) <idea/recuerdo> vague, hazy
    * * *
    = blurred, misty [mistier -comp., mistiest -sup.], clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], cloudy [cloudier -comp., cloudies -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.].

    Ex: For instance, if discharge is 'watery' or 'purulent,' vision is ' blurred,' pain is 'moderate,' then corneal trauma or infection is diagnosed.

    Ex: The article ' Misty, water-colored images' sounds the clarion for preservation activist librarians.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: We walked the familiar grounds, grass wet from days of thunder storms, the morning still cloudy and threatening.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * hacer borroso = blur.

    * * *
    borroso -sa
    1 ‹foto/imagen› blurred; ‹inscripción› worn; ‹contorno› indistinct, blurred, fuzzy
    2 ‹idea/recuerdo› vague, hazy
    * * *

    borroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹foto/imagen› blurred;


    ‹ inscripción› worn;
    ‹ contorno› indistinct, blurred
    borroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (percepción, escrito, pintura) blurred: veo todo borroso, I can't see clearly, everything's blurred
    2 (un recuerdo, una idea) fuzzy
    un recuerdo borroso, a fuzzy memory
    ' borroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    borrosa
    English:
    blur
    - blurred
    - focus
    - fuzzy
    - vague
    - dim
    * * *
    borroso, -a adj
    1. [foto, visión] blurred;
    lo veo todo borroso everything is a blur
    2. [escritura, texto] smudgy
    3. [recuerdo] hazy
    * * *
    adj escritura, perfil, foto blurred, fuzzy
    * * *
    borroso, -sa adj
    1) : blurry, smudgy
    2) confuso: unclear, confused
    * * *
    borroso adj blurred

    Spanish-English dictionary > borroso

  • 6 brumoso

    adj.
    foggy, hazy, misty, brumous.
    * * *
    1 misty
    * * *
    ADJ misty, foggy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo misty
    * * *
    = hazy, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.].
    Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex. This picture was taken a little over a month ago on a cold, foggy, and frosty morning.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo misty
    * * *
    = hazy, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.].

    Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.

    Ex: This picture was taken a little over a month ago on a cold, foggy, and frosty morning.

    * * *
    brumoso -sa
    misty
    * * *

    brumoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    misty

    ' brumoso' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hazy
    - misty
    * * *
    brumoso, -a adj
    misty
    * * *
    adj misty
    * * *
    brumoso, -sa adj
    : hazy, misty

    Spanish-English dictionary > brumoso

  • 7 vago

    adj.
    1 footloose, errant, roving, shiftless.
    2 nebulous, amorphous, formless, shapeless.
    3 vague, general, unspecific.
    4 rambling, excursive.
    f. & m.
    1 bum, loafer, deadbeat, good-for-nothing.
    2 vagus.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vagar.
    * * *
    1 (impreciso) vague
    ————————
    1 (vacío) empty; (desocupado) vacant
    2 (holgazán) lazy, idle
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (holgazán) idler, layabout, slacker
    2 DERECHO vagrant
    \
    hacer el vago to laze around
    * * *
    1. (f. - vaga)
    adj.
    1) idle, lazy
    2. (f. - vaga)
    noun
    * * *
    vago, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (gen) vague; (Arte, Fot) blurred, ill-defined; (=indeterminado) indeterminate
    2) [persona] (=perezoso) lazy, slack; (=poco fiable) unreliable; (=ocioso) idle, unemployed
    3) [ojo] lazy; [objeto] idle, unused; [espacio] empty
    4) (=errante) roving, wandering
    5) †

    en vago — [mantenerse] unsteadily; [esforzarse] in vain

    dar golpes en vago — to flail about, beat the air

    2. SM/ F
    1) (=holgazán) idler, lazybones *; (=inútil) useless individual, dead loss
    2) (=vagabundo) tramp, vagrant, bum (EEUU); (=pobre) down-and-out
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle
    2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vague
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle
    2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vague
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)
    * * *
    vago1
    1 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.

    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.
    * persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

    vago2
    2 = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], vague [vaguer -comp., vaguest -sup.], feeble, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], indistinct, indistinctive, nebulous.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

    Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex: Some of the terms are vague.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: Kast points out that there is a 'rather loose, conglomeration of interests and approaches' in this developing field.
    Ex: On the other side, some aspects of the planning study remains wooly.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.
    * de manera vaga = hazily.

    * * *
    vago1 -ga
    A ( fam); ‹persona› lazy, idle
    B ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy; ‹contorno/forma› vague, indistinct
    hay un vago parecido entre los dos there is a vague resemblance between them
    me dio una explicación muy vaga de lo que había sucedido she gave me a very vague explanation of what had happened, she only explained very vaguely what had happened
    tengo la vaga sensación de haberlo visto antes I have a vague feeling I've seen him before
    vago2 -ga
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    layabout, slacker ( colloq)
    deja ya de hacer el vago y ponte a trabajar stop lazing around and get some work done ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo vagar: ( conjugate vagar)

    vago es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    vagó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    vagar    
    vago
    vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
    to wander, roam
    vago
    ◊ -ga adjetivo

    1 (fam) ‹ persona› lazy, idle
    2 ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy;
    ‹contorno/forma› vague, indistinct;
    ‹explicación/parecido› vague
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq);

    vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
    vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
    vago,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 pey (holgazán) lazy
    2 (difuso) slight, vague: tiene una vaga idea de lo que ocurrió, he has a vague idea of what happened
    II m,f (gandul) layabout
    ' vago' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boluda
    - boludo
    - floja
    - flojo
    - sambenito
    - señorito
    - vaga
    - hecho
    - indeterminado
    English:
    bone-idle
    - dim
    - do-nothing
    - easy-going
    - faint
    - hazy
    - indistinct
    - layabout
    - obscure
    - screw around
    - slack
    - slob
    - swan about
    - swan around
    - vague
    - work shy
    - bum
    - wooly
    * * *
    vago, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] lazy, idle;
    Fam Hum
    2. [imagen, recuerdo] vague
    3. Med
    nervio vago vagus nerve
    ♦ nm,f
    lazy person, idler;
    ser un vago to be lazy o idle
    ♦ nm
    hacer el vago to laze around
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( holgazán) lazy;
    hacer el vago laze around
    2 ( indefinido) vague
    II m, vaga f idler, Br
    layabout fam
    * * *
    vago, -ga adj
    1) : vague
    2) perezoso: lazy, idle
    vago, -ga n
    1) : idler, loafer
    2) vagabundo: vagrant, bum
    * * *
    vago1 adj
    1. (gandul) lazy [comp. lazier; superl. laziest]
    2. (impreciso) vague
    vago2 n lazybones

    Spanish-English dictionary > vago

  • 8 poco claro

    adj.
    not very clear, fuzzy, obscure, unclear.
    * * *
    (adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex. Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.
    Ex. This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.
    Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex. A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.
    Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    * * *
    (adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex: Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.
    Ex: This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.
    Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex: A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.
    Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco claro

  • 9 recuperación de información de lógica difusa

    (n.) = fuzzy data retrieval, fuzzy data retrieval
    Ex. 2 ideas for such interfaces are: possibility theory applied to fuzzy data retrieval, with hazy data and/or requests; and a machine learning technique applied to learning the user's deep need.
    Ex. 2 ideas for such interfaces are: possibility theory applied to fuzzy data retrieval, with hazy data and/or requests; and a machine learning technique applied to learning the user's deep need.
    * * *
    (n.) = fuzzy data retrieval, fuzzy data retrieval

    Ex: 2 ideas for such interfaces are: possibility theory applied to fuzzy data retrieval, with hazy data and/or requests; and a machine learning technique applied to learning the user's deep need.

    Ex: 2 ideas for such interfaces are: possibility theory applied to fuzzy data retrieval, with hazy data and/or requests; and a machine learning technique applied to learning the user's deep need.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recuperación de información de lógica difusa

  • 10 desdibujado

    adj.
    blurred.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desdibujar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desdibujar desdibujar
    1 blurred, faint
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [contorno] blurred
    2) (=descolorado) faded
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <contorno/imagen> blurred, vague; < recuerdo> vague, hazy; < personaje> sketchy, nebulous
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <contorno/imagen> blurred, vague; < recuerdo> vague, hazy; < personaje> sketchy, nebulous
    * * *
    ‹contorno/imagen› blurred, vague; ‹recuerdo› vague, hazy; ‹personaje› sketchy, nebulous
    * * *
    desdibujado, -a adj
    1. [perfil, imagen] blurred;
    [recuerdo] hazy
    2. [mediocre]
    * * *
    adj blurred

    Spanish-English dictionary > desdibujado

  • 11 indistinto

    adj.
    1 indistinct, equal, identical, equivalent.
    2 confused, fuzzy, not very clear, blear.
    * * *
    1 (indiferente) immaterial
    2 (difuso, impreciso) indistinct
    3 (indiferenciado) not differentiated
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) indistinct, vague; (=borroso) faint, dim
    2) (=indiscriminado) indiscriminate
    3) (=indiferente)

    es indistinto — it makes no difference, it doesn't matter

    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <forma/contorno> indistinct, vague; <idea/recuerdo> hazy, vague; <voz/ruido> indistinct
    * * *
    = indistinct, indistinctive.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <forma/contorno> indistinct, vague; <idea/recuerdo> hazy, vague; <voz/ruido> indistinct
    * * *
    = indistinct, indistinctive.

    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.

    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.

    * * *
    1 ‹forma/contorno› indistinct, vague; ‹idea/recuerdo› hazy, vague; ‹voz/ruido› indistinct, faint
    2
    (indiferente): a mí me es indistinto it makes no difference to me, it is immaterial to me
    * * *
    indistinto, -a adj
    1. [indiferente]
    es indistinto it doesn't matter, it makes no difference;
    es indistinto que lo haga aquí o desde casa it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether she does it here or from home
    2. [cuenta, cartilla] joint
    3. [perfil, figura] indistinct, blurred
    * * *
    adj forma indistinct, vague; noción vague; sonido faint
    * * *
    indistinto, -ta adj
    : indistinct, vague, faint

    Spanish-English dictionary > indistinto

  • 12 calinoso

    adj.
    1 hazy, misty.
    2 hot, warm.
    * * *
    1 hazy, misty
    * * *
    ADJ hazy, misty

    Spanish-English dictionary > calinoso

  • 13 cautivar

    v.
    1 to capture.
    2 to captivate, to enchant.
    Su belleza cautivó a Pedro Her beauty captivated Peter.
    3 to be captivating.
    Tanta belleza cautiva So much beauty is captivating.
    4 to be delighted to.
    Me cautiva oír ópera I am delighted to listen to opera.
    5 to be delighted by.
    Me cautivan tus ocurrencias I am delighted by your remarks.
    * * *
    1 to take prisoner, capture
    2 figurado (atraer) to captivate, charm
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=hacer prisionero a) (Mil) to capture, take prisoner
    2) (=hechizar) to captivate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( atraer) to captivate
    * * *
    = captivate, enthral [enthrall, -USA], charm, mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA], beguile, enchant, capture + the imagination, bewitch, entrance, smite.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado smote, participio smitten. Usado comúnmente con este sentido la voz pasiva y seguido de la partícula with y también a veces by.
    Ex. This article suggests a number of titles which can be relied on to captivate the young reader and arouse enthusiasm for further exploration of the world of books.
    Ex. If one encounters a young patron who is an animal lover, the recommendation of a book such as Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' may enthrall him or her.
    Ex. We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.
    Ex. Beguiling as the show is, it perhaps lacks major impact because it has taken elements from lacework and painting in such a way as to avoid the fundamental challenges of both.
    Ex. The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.
    Ex. This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
    Ex. In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex. Her husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive.
    Ex. It's hard to imagine a red-blooded man anywhere in the world who could look at her and not be ' smitten' with her.
    ----
    * cautivar al mundo = make + a big noise in the world.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo ( atraer) to captivate
    * * *
    = captivate, enthral [enthrall, -USA], charm, mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA], beguile, enchant, capture + the imagination, bewitch, entrance, smite.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado smote, participio smitten. Usado comúnmente con este sentido la voz pasiva y seguido de la partícula with y también a veces by.

    Ex: This article suggests a number of titles which can be relied on to captivate the young reader and arouse enthusiasm for further exploration of the world of books.

    Ex: If one encounters a young patron who is an animal lover, the recommendation of a book such as Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' may enthrall him or her.
    Ex: We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.
    Ex: Beguiling as the show is, it perhaps lacks major impact because it has taken elements from lacework and painting in such a way as to avoid the fundamental challenges of both.
    Ex: The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.
    Ex: This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
    Ex: In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
    Ex: Her husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive.
    Ex: It's hard to imagine a red-blooded man anywhere in the world who could look at her and not be ' smitten' with her.
    * cautivar al mundo = make + a big noise in the world.

    * * *
    cautivar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (atraer) to captivate
    lo cautivó con su sonrisa she captivated him with her smile, he was captivated by her smile
    2 ( ant) (hacer prisionero) to capture
    * * *

    cautivar ( conjugate cautivar) verbo transitivo ( atraer) to captivate
    cautivar verbo transitivo
    1 to capture, take prisoner
    2 figurado (fascinar) to captivate
    ' cautivar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrebatar
    - hechizar
    - magnetizar
    - subyugar
    - atraer
    - seducir
    English:
    wow
    - beguile
    - bewitch
    - captivate
    - charm
    - enchant
    - enthrall
    - mesmerize
    * * *
    1. [seducir] to captivate, to enchant;
    su simpatía me cautiva I find her friendly manner quite captivating
    2. [apresar] to capture
    * * *
    v/t fig
    captivate
    * * *
    hechizar: to captivate, to charm

    Spanish-English dictionary > cautivar

  • 14 cero

    adj.
    zero.
    f. & m.
    zero.
    m.
    1 naught, zero (signo).
    2 nothing.
    sobre/bajo cero (en tenis) above/below zero
    cero absoluto absolute zero
    * * *
    2 (cifra) nought, zero
    3 DEPORTE nil
    \
    partir de cero figurado to start from scratch
    ser un cero a la izquierda figurado to be useless, be a good-for-nothing
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Fís, Mat) zero
    2) (Ftbl, Rugby) nil, zero (EEUU)

    ganaron por tres goles a cero — they won by three goals to nil, they won three nil

    empataron a cero — they drew nil-nil, it was a no-score draw

    estamos 40 a cero — (Tenis) it's 40-love

    3) (Educ) nought
    4) * (=coche-patrulla) police car
    * * *
    a) (Fís, Mat) zero; ( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE)

    tres grados bajo cero — three degrees below zero, minus three degrees

    empezar/partir de cero — to start from scratch

    ser un cero a la izquierda — to be useless; ( ser un don nadie) (Esp) to be a nobody

    b) (en fútbol, rugby) zero (AmE), nil (BrE); ( en tenis) love
    c) (Educ) zero, nought (BrE)

    me puso un cero en física — he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physics

    * * *
    = nought, zero [zeroes/zeros, -pl.], nil, zero + Nombre, zilch.
    Ex. Freeze drying is denoted by the special auxiliary.046 and introduced in a class mark by the facet indicator.0 (point nought).
    Ex. If the first digit of the number is zero, the material type is not encoded in the bard-coded label.
    Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
    Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    ----
    * bajo cero = below zero, sub-zero, below-freezing.
    * catalogar partiendo de cero = catalogue + from scratch.
    * cero a la izquierda = cipher, non-entity, zilch.
    * cero tolerancia = zero tolerance.
    * cilindro de cera = wax cylinder.
    * comenzar de cero = begin + from scratch, start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.
    * comenzar desde cero = start at + ground zero.
    * comenzar partiendo de cero = build + from scratch.
    * compilar partiendo de cero = compile + from scratch.
    * construir partiendo de cero = construct + from scratch.
    * crecimiento cero = zero growth.
    * de coste cero = zero-cost.
    * desde cero = from the ground up.
    * disco de cera = wax disc.
    * empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.
    * empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.
    * introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.
    * lápiz de cera = crayon.
    * meridiano cero = prime meridian.
    * papel de cera = greaseproof paper.
    * partiendo de cero = from scratch, from an empty slate, from the ground up.
    * partir de cero = begin + from scratch.
    * ponerse a cero = roll over to + zero.
    * por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.
    * presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.
    * reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.
    * rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.
    * replantearse todo desde cero = get back to + basics.
    * temperatura bajo cero = sub-zero temperature.
    * uno a cero = one down.
    * volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.
    * zona cero = ground zero.
    * * *
    a) (Fís, Mat) zero; ( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE)

    tres grados bajo cero — three degrees below zero, minus three degrees

    empezar/partir de cero — to start from scratch

    ser un cero a la izquierda — to be useless; ( ser un don nadie) (Esp) to be a nobody

    b) (en fútbol, rugby) zero (AmE), nil (BrE); ( en tenis) love
    c) (Educ) zero, nought (BrE)

    me puso un cero en física — he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physics

    * * *
    = nought, zero [zeroes/zeros, -pl.], nil, zero + Nombre, zilch.

    Ex: Freeze drying is denoted by the special auxiliary.046 and introduced in a class mark by the facet indicator.0 (point nought).

    Ex: If the first digit of the number is zero, the material type is not encoded in the bard-coded label.
    Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
    Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.
    * bajo cero = below zero, sub-zero, below-freezing.
    * catalogar partiendo de cero = catalogue + from scratch.
    * cero a la izquierda = cipher, non-entity, zilch.
    * cero tolerancia = zero tolerance.
    * cilindro de cera = wax cylinder.
    * comenzar de cero = begin + from scratch, start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.
    * comenzar desde cero = start at + ground zero.
    * comenzar partiendo de cero = build + from scratch.
    * compilar partiendo de cero = compile + from scratch.
    * construir partiendo de cero = construct + from scratch.
    * crecimiento cero = zero growth.
    * de coste cero = zero-cost.
    * desde cero = from the ground up.
    * disco de cera = wax disc.
    * empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.
    * empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.
    * introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.
    * lápiz de cera = crayon.
    * meridiano cero = prime meridian.
    * papel de cera = greaseproof paper.
    * partiendo de cero = from scratch, from an empty slate, from the ground up.
    * partir de cero = begin + from scratch.
    * ponerse a cero = roll over to + zero.
    * por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.
    * presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.
    * reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.
    * rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.
    * replantearse todo desde cero = get back to + basics.
    * temperatura bajo cero = sub-zero temperature.
    * uno a cero = one down.
    * volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.
    * zona cero = ground zero.

    * * *
    1 ( Fís, Mat) zero; (en números de teléfono) zero ( AmE), oh ( BrE)
    tres grados bajo cero three degrees below zero, minus three degrees
    se inició a las cero horas de hoy it began at midnight last night
    tengo la cuenta a cero I don't have a penny in my account
    cero coma cinco zero point five, nought point five ( BrE)
    empezar/partir de cero to start from scratch
    volvió a empezar de cero he started again from scratch
    cero al as ( RPl fam): de electricidad, cero al as when it comes to electricity I don't have a clue ( colloq)
    es un cero a la izquierda he's useless, he's a walking o real zero ( AmE colloq)
    2 (en fútbol, rugby) zero ( AmE), nil ( BrE); (en tenis) love
    ganan por tres a cero they're winning three-nothing, they're winning three-zero o three-zip ( AmE), they're winning three-nil ( BrE)
    ganaba 40 a cero she was winning 40-love
    3 ( Educ) zero, nought ( BrE)
    me puso un cero en física he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physics
    Compuestos:
    absolute zero
    (CS) new car
    * * *

     

    cero sustantivo masculino
    a) (Fís, Mat) zero;

    ( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE);

    empezar or partir de cero to start from scratch;
    ser un cero a la izquierda to be useless
    b) (en fútbol, rugby) zero (AmE), nil (BrE);

    ( en tenis) love;
    ◊ ganan por tres a cero they're winning three-zero (AmE) o (BrE) three-nil

    c) (Educ) zero, nought (BrE)

    cero sustantivo masculino
    1 zero
    2 Dep nil: ganaron dos a cero, they won two nil
    Tenis love
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado partir de cero, to start from scratch
    figurado ser un cero a la izquierda, to be good-for-nothing
    a cero, (sin nada) tengo la cuenta corriente a cero, my current account is empty
    córteme el pelo al cero, shave my head
    ' cero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajo
    - empate
    - guión
    - izquierda
    - izquierdo
    - grado
    - meridiano
    - pelar
    - zona
    English:
    below
    - crew cut
    - freezing
    - love
    - minus
    - nil
    - nothing
    - nought
    - O
    - reset
    - scratch
    - sub-zero
    - temperature
    - win
    - zero
    - degree
    - ground
    - naught
    - over
    - square
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    zero
    ♦ núm
    zero;
    ver también tres
    ♦ nm
    1. [número] nought, zero;
    la reserva está a cero the fuel gauge is at empty;
    cortarse el pelo al cero to shave one's head, to cut all one's hair off;
    partir o [m5] empezar de cero to start from scratch;
    sacó un cero en física he got zero in physics;
    acelera de cero a cien en seis segundos it goes from nought o zero to a hundred in six seconds;
    la inflación experimentó un crecimiento cero there was no increase in the rate of inflation;
    ser un cero a la izquierda [inútil] to be useless;
    [don nadie] to be a nobody
    2. [cantidad] nothing;
    [en fútbol, hockey, rugby] Br nil, US zero; [en tenis] love;
    el marcador es tres (a) cero the score is three-nothing o Br three-nil o US three-zero;
    el marcador es empate a cero the score is nothing-nothing o Br nil-nil o US zero-zero;
    llevan tres empates a cero consecutivos they have had three goalless o scoreless draws in a row
    3. [temperatura] zero;
    sobre/bajo cero above/below zero;
    cero absoluto absolute zero
    4. RP Fam cero kilómetro [auto] brand-new car;
    un video cero kilómetro a brand-new video;
    muy Fam
    * * *
    m
    1 zero;
    bajo/sobre cero below/above zero;
    empezar desde cero fig start from scratch;
    quedarse a cero fig be left with nothing;
    ser un cero a la izquierda fam be a nonentity;
    pelado al cero with one’s head shaven
    2 EDU zero, Br tb
    nought
    3 DEP zero, Br
    nil; en tenis love;
    vencer por tres a cero win three-zero
    * * *
    cero nm
    : zero
    * * *
    cero n
    1. (en general) nought / zero
    estamos a cinco grados bajo cero it's five below zero / it's minus five
    Se escribe como un cero (0), pero se lee com la letra O
    mi teléfono es treinta y nueve, catorce, cero cinco my phone number is three, nine, one, four, O, five

    Spanish-English dictionary > cero

  • 15 cesta para pescar langostas

    (n.) = lobster trap
    Ex. We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    * * *

    Ex: We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cesta para pescar langostas

  • 16 claro

    adj.
    1 obvious, apparent, clear, crisp.
    2 clear, bright, clear-cut, articulate.
    3 definite, distinct.
    intj.
    sure, sure enough, of course.
    m.
    1 clearing, glade, clear space, clear.
    2 gap.
    3 Claro.
    * * *
    1 (gen) clear
    2 (iluminado) bright, well-lit
    3 (color) light
    4 (salsa etc) thin; (café, chocolate, etc) weak
    5 (evidente) clear
    1 clearly
    1 (gen) gap, space; (de bosque) clearing
    2 (en el pelo) bald patch
    ► interjección ¡claro!
    1 of course!
    ■ ¡claro que no puedes! of course you can't!
    \
    a las claras openly
    dejar algo claro to make something clear
    estar claro to be clear
    ¡lo llevas claro! / ¡lo tienes claro! familiar you've got it coming to you!
    más claro,-a que el agua familiar as clear as daylight
    poner en claro to make plain, clear up
    sacar en claro to get out
    claro de luna moonlight
    mente clara figurado clear mind
    ————————
    1 (gen) gap, space; (de bosque) clearing
    2 (en el pelo) bald patch
    * * *
    1. (f. - clara)
    adj.
    4) fair, light
    5) weak, thin
    2. adv.
    2) sure
    3. noun m.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=no oscuro) [piel] fair; [color] light, pale

    un vestido verde claro — a light o pale green dress

    2) (=evidente)
    a) [con sustantivos] [ejemplo, prueba, ventaja] clear; [inconveniente] obvious; [desastre] total, absolute

    España ganó por un claro 15-6 — Spain won a decisive 15-6 victory, Spain were clear winners by 15-6

    ... aseguró, en clara referencia a sus superiores —... he asserted, clearly referring o in an obvious reference to his superiors

    b) [con verbos]

    • dejar algo claro — to make sth clear

    dejar las cosas claras o en claro — to get things clear, get things straight *

    • estar claro — to be clear

    ¿está claro? — is that clear?

    estar claro que — to be clear that, be obvious that

    está claro que así no vamos a ninguna parte — it's clear o obvious that we'll get nowhere like this

    • quedar claro — to be clear

    si te lees la bibliografía, te quedará todo más claro — if you read the books on the reading list, it'll all be clearer to you o you'll have a better idea of things

    • tener algo claro — to be sure of sth, be clear about sth

    ni siquiera tengo claro lo que me espera mañana — I'm not even sure o clear what's in store for me tomorrow

    no lo tengo nada claro — I'm not at all sure, I don't really know

    c)

    a las claras —

    las cuentas claras —

    llevarlo Esp o tenerlo claro iró —

    sacar algo en claro (de algo) —

    solo hemos sacado en claro que no pretende dimitir — all that we can safely o definitely say is that he has no intention of resigning

    lo único que la policía consiguió sacar en claro durante el interrogatorio — the only definite thing the police got from the interview

    ver algo claro —

    3) (=poco espeso) [té, café] weak; [caldo] thin
    4) (=luminoso) [día, mañana] bright; [habitación, casa] light, bright
    5) (=transparente) [agua] clear; [tejido] transparent
    6) (=nítido) [sonido, voz] clear; [imagen] sharp, clear
    7) (=escaso) [pelo] thin; [bosque] light, sparse
    8) (=preciso) [idea] clear

    una mente clara — (lit) a clear mind; (fig) a clear thinker

    9) (=sincero) frank
    2. ADV
    1) (=con precisión) [oír, ver, hablar] clearly
    2) (=sinceramente) frankly

    • hablar claro — to speak frankly, be frank

    3) [tras invitaciones, peticiones] sure

    -¿puedo usar tu coche mañana? -¡claro! — "can I use your car tomorrow?" - "sure!"

    -¿queréis venir a cenar? -¡claro! — "would you like to come to dinner?" - "sure!"

    4) [uso enfático]

    ¡claro! por eso estaba ayer tan rara — of course! that's why she was acting so funny yesterday

    a menos que, claro está, él también la conozca — unless of course he knows her too

    -¿por qué no te disfrazas tú? -¡claro, para que os riáis de mí todos! — "why don't you dress up?" - "oh sure, so you can all laugh at me!"

    • claro que, claro que nadie se imaginaba lo que vendría después — of course nobody could imagine what would happen afterwards

    ¡claro que no! — of course not!

    ¡claro que sí! — yes, of course!

    3. SM
    1) (Meteo) bright spell, sunny interval
    2) [de tiempo] lull
    3) (=espacio despejado) [entre personas] space; [entre árboles] clearing; [de pelo] bald patch
    4) [en un texto] gap, space; [en discurso] pause
    5) (Arquit) (=claraboya) skylight; (=abertura) window (opening)
    6) Caribe (Culin) guava jelly
    7) Caribe (=bebida) sugar-cane brandy
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    1) ( luminoso) <cielo/habitación> bright
    2) ( pálido) <color/verde/azul> light, pale; < piel> fair

    tiene los ojos claros — she has blue/green/gray eyes

    3) <salsa/sopa> thin
    4) <agua/sonido> clear; <ideas/explicación/instrucciones> clear; <situación/postura> clear

    que quede bien claro que... — I want it to be quite clear that...

    ¿está claro? — is that clear?

    quiero dejar (en) claro que... — I want to make it very o quite clear that...

    a las claras: díselo a las claras tell her straight; llevarlo claro (Esp fam) to be in for a shock; sacar algo en claro de algo — to make sense of something

    5) ( evidente) clear, obvious

    está claro que... — it is clear o obvious that...

    a no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo — unless, of course, he's lying

    II
    1) < ver> clearly

    voy a hablarte claro — I'm not going to beat around o about the bush

    me lo dijo muy claro — he made it very o quite clear (to me)

    claro que no! — no, of course not!

    claro que sí! — of course, absolutely!

    b) ( como enlace) mind you

    nadie le creyó, claro no es de extrañar — nobody believed him. Mind you, it's not surprising

    claro, así cualquiera puede — well, of course anyone can do it like that

    díselo - claro, para que me regañe ¿no? — (iró) tell him - oh sure, and have him tell me off, right? (iro)

    III
    1) ( en bosque) clearing; (en el pelo, la barba) bald patch
    2) (Meteo) sunny spell o period o interval
    * * *
    = apparent, clear [clearer -comp., clearest -sup.], clear-cut, crisp [crisper -comp., crispest -sup.], definite, distinct, light, neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], straightforward, tidy, distinctive, designated, uncloudy, unclouded, unclouded, cloudless, forthright, uncompromising, unqualified, cut and dried [cut and dry], patent.
    Ex. Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.
    Ex. In practice the distinction between one term and the next is not very clear.
    Ex. The hierarchical relationship is relatively clear-cut, and rather precise guideliness can be formulated to ensure that the BT/NT relationship is consistently applied.
    Ex. A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex. I don't see that we are going to stand a chance unless there is something very definite coming out of this conference and similar conferences where these ideas are advanced.
    Ex. Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.
    Ex. To match the small amount of existing furniture which was reused, internal joinery and furniture is in a light coloured timber.
    Ex. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
    Ex. To reiterate, there are two main categories of relationship: the syntactic relationships referred to in the last paragraph and plain, for example, in a topic such as 'sugar and health'.
    Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex. This was all very tidy, but who was to judge significance?.
    Ex. A patron may submit a beautifully legible request for a book with a distinctive author and title, accompanied by a reference to the journal article from which the citation was gleaned.
    Ex. It is tremendously valuable to library staff (particularly in libraries with a designated departmental structure) to maintain close professional ties with local academic departments.
    Ex. In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.
    Ex. As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.
    Ex. As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.
    Ex. This is the first cloudless image of the Earth from space.
    Ex. We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.
    Ex. One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    Ex. It was patent that they could not compete on equal terms with the economic and social forces of a complex civilization.
    ----
    * cantarlas claras = call + a spade a spade.
    * con una meta clara = focused [focussed].
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].
    * de forma clara = clearly.
    * dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.
    * dejar claro = make + it + clear, send + a clear signal that.
    * de manera clara = distinctly, clearly.
    * de modo claro = transparently.
    * en + Lengua + claro = in plain + Lengua.
    * en términos claros = in simple terms.
    * estar claro = be plain, be out in the open.
    * hablar claro = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.
    * las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.
    * más claro el agua = as clear as a bell.
    * más claro que el agua = as clear as a bell.
    * nada claro = unclear, uncleared.
    * no dar una impresión clara = send + mixed signals.
    * no está claro todavía = the jury is still out (on).
    * para que quede más claro = for main effects.
    * pasta de clara de huevo = glair.
    * poco claro = fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive.
    * poner en claro = clear up.
    * ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.
    * sin una meta clara = unfocused [unfocussed].
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.
    * tener Algo claro = clarify + Posesivo + mind.
    * tener claro = be clear in your mind.
    * violeta claro = periwinkle.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    1) ( luminoso) <cielo/habitación> bright
    2) ( pálido) <color/verde/azul> light, pale; < piel> fair

    tiene los ojos claros — she has blue/green/gray eyes

    3) <salsa/sopa> thin
    4) <agua/sonido> clear; <ideas/explicación/instrucciones> clear; <situación/postura> clear

    que quede bien claro que... — I want it to be quite clear that...

    ¿está claro? — is that clear?

    quiero dejar (en) claro que... — I want to make it very o quite clear that...

    a las claras: díselo a las claras tell her straight; llevarlo claro (Esp fam) to be in for a shock; sacar algo en claro de algo — to make sense of something

    5) ( evidente) clear, obvious

    está claro que... — it is clear o obvious that...

    a no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo — unless, of course, he's lying

    II
    1) < ver> clearly

    voy a hablarte claro — I'm not going to beat around o about the bush

    me lo dijo muy claro — he made it very o quite clear (to me)

    claro que no! — no, of course not!

    claro que sí! — of course, absolutely!

    b) ( como enlace) mind you

    nadie le creyó, claro no es de extrañar — nobody believed him. Mind you, it's not surprising

    claro, así cualquiera puede — well, of course anyone can do it like that

    díselo - claro, para que me regañe ¿no? — (iró) tell him - oh sure, and have him tell me off, right? (iro)

    III
    1) ( en bosque) clearing; (en el pelo, la barba) bald patch
    2) (Meteo) sunny spell o period o interval
    * * *
    = apparent, clear [clearer -comp., clearest -sup.], clear-cut, crisp [crisper -comp., crispest -sup.], definite, distinct, light, neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], straightforward, tidy, distinctive, designated, uncloudy, unclouded, unclouded, cloudless, forthright, uncompromising, unqualified, cut and dried [cut and dry], patent.

    Ex: Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.

    Ex: In practice the distinction between one term and the next is not very clear.
    Ex: The hierarchical relationship is relatively clear-cut, and rather precise guideliness can be formulated to ensure that the BT/NT relationship is consistently applied.
    Ex: A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex: I don't see that we are going to stand a chance unless there is something very definite coming out of this conference and similar conferences where these ideas are advanced.
    Ex: Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.
    Ex: To match the small amount of existing furniture which was reused, internal joinery and furniture is in a light coloured timber.
    Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
    Ex: To reiterate, there are two main categories of relationship: the syntactic relationships referred to in the last paragraph and plain, for example, in a topic such as 'sugar and health'.
    Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex: This was all very tidy, but who was to judge significance?.
    Ex: A patron may submit a beautifully legible request for a book with a distinctive author and title, accompanied by a reference to the journal article from which the citation was gleaned.
    Ex: It is tremendously valuable to library staff (particularly in libraries with a designated departmental structure) to maintain close professional ties with local academic departments.
    Ex: In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.
    Ex: As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.
    Ex: As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.
    Ex: This is the first cloudless image of the Earth from space.
    Ex: We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.
    Ex: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    Ex: It was patent that they could not compete on equal terms with the economic and social forces of a complex civilization.
    * cantarlas claras = call + a spade a spade.
    * con una meta clara = focused [focussed].
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].
    * de forma clara = clearly.
    * dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.
    * dejar claro = make + it + clear, send + a clear signal that.
    * de manera clara = distinctly, clearly.
    * de modo claro = transparently.
    * en + Lengua + claro = in plain + Lengua.
    * en términos claros = in simple terms.
    * estar claro = be plain, be out in the open.
    * hablar claro = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.
    * las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.
    * más claro el agua = as clear as a bell.
    * más claro que el agua = as clear as a bell.
    * nada claro = unclear, uncleared.
    * no dar una impresión clara = send + mixed signals.
    * no está claro todavía = the jury is still out (on).
    * para que quede más claro = for main effects.
    * pasta de clara de huevo = glair.
    * poco claro = fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive.
    * poner en claro = clear up.
    * ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.
    * sin una meta clara = unfocused [unfocussed].
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.
    * tener Algo claro = clarify + Posesivo + mind.
    * tener claro = be clear in your mind.
    * violeta claro = periwinkle.

    * * *
    claro1 -ra
    A (luminoso) ‹cielo› bright; ‹habitación› bright, light
    el día amaneció claro the day dawned bright and clear
    B (pálido) ‹color/verde/azul› light, pale; ‹piel› fair, white
    tiene los ojos claros she has blue/green/gray eyes
    el típico sueco rubio y de ojos claros the typical blue-eyed, blond Swede
    C ‹salsa/sopa› thin; ‹café/té› weak
    D ‹agua/sonido› clear
    habló con voz clara she spoke in a clear voice
    E ‹ideas/explicación/instrucciones› clear; ‹situación/postura› clear
    consiguieron una clara ventaja they gained a clear advantage
    tiene muy claro lo que quiere en la vida she is very clear o sure about what she wants out of life, she knows exactly what she wants out of life
    que quede bien claro que … I want it to be quite clear that …
    lo harás como yo te diga, ¿está claro? you'll do it the way I say, is that clear o do I make myself clear?
    quiero dejar (en) claro que … or que quede bien (en) claro que … I want to make it very o quite clear that …, let it be very o quite clear that …
    a las claras: no me lo dijo a las claras she didn't tell me in so many words o straight out o ( AmE) right off
    no seas cobarde y díselo a las claras don't be a coward, tell her straight
    llevarlo claro ( Esp fam) (estar equivocado) to be in for a shock o a disappointment; (enfrentarse a algo difícil) to have one's work cut out ( colloq)
    pasar la noche en claro to lie o be awake all night
    sacar algo en claro de algo to make sense of sth
    ¿tú sacaste algo en claro de lo que dijo? did you manage to make any sense of what he said?
    F (evidente) clear, obvious
    hay pruebas claras de que miente there is clear evidence that he is lying
    está claro que ella es la culpable it is clear o obvious that she is the culprit, she is clearly o obviously the culprit
    … a no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo … unless, of course, he's lying
    A ‹hablar/ver›
    voy a hablarte claro I'm not going to beat around o about the bush, I'm going to give it to you straight ( colloq)
    ahora lo veo claro I see it all clearly now, now I get it! ( colloq)
    me lo dijo muy claro he made it very o quite clear (to me)
    claro y raspado ( Ven fam); straight
    me lo dijo todo claro y raspado he told me straight, he didn't beat around o about the bush
    B ( indep)
    ¡claro que lo sabe! of course she knows!
    ¿te gustaría verlo? — ¡claro! would you like to see it? — yes, I'd love to o ( colloq) sure!
    ¿lo hizo? — ¡claro que no! did he do it? — no, of course not! o no, of course he didn't!
    2 (como enlace) mind you
    nadie le creyó, claro que conociéndolo no es de extrañar nobody believed him. Mind you, knowing him it's not surprising
    lo ayudó la madre — claro, así cualquiera his mother helped him — well, of course anyone can do it like that
    anda, díselo tú — claro, para que me eche a mí la bronca ¿no? ( iró); go on, you tell him — oh sure o oh fine o I see, so that way it's me he gets mad at, right? ( iro)
    A (en un bosque) clearing; (en el pelo, la barba) bald patch
    había algunos claros en las gradas there were a few empty spaces in the stand
    B ( Meteo) sunny spell o period o interval
    Compuesto:
    moonlight
    * * *

     

    claro 1
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    a) ( luminoso) ‹cielo/habitación› bright

    b) ( pálido) ‹color/verde/azul› light, pale;

    ‹ piel› fair;
    ◊ tiene los ojos claros she has blue/green/gray eyes

    c) ‹salsa/sopa› thin

    d) ‹agua/sonido› clear;

    ‹ideas/explicación/instrucciones› clear;
    ‹situación/postura› clear;

    ¿está claro? is that clear?;
    quiero dejar (en) claro que … I want to make it clear that …;
    sacar algo en claro de algo to make sense of sth

    ◊ está claro que … it is clear o obvious that …;

    a no ser, claro está, que esté mintiendo unless, of course, he's lying
    claro 2 adverbio
    1 ‹ ver› clearly;
    ◊ voy a hablarte claro I'm not going to beat around o about the bush;

    me lo dijo muy claro he made it very quite clear (to me)
    2 ( indep) ( en exclamaciones de asentimiento) of course
    ■ sustantivo masculino

    (en pelo, barba) bald patch
    b) (Meteo) sunny spell o period

    claro,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (despejado, evidente) clear: tengo muy claro que no va a volver, I'm quite sure she won't come back
    un asunto poco claro, a shady deal
    2 (poco espeso) thin
    3 (color) light
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un bosque) clearing
    2 (entre las nubes) break in the clouds
    3 claro de luna, moonlight
    III adverbio clearly: deberías hablar claro, you must speak clearly
    IV exclamación of course!
    ¡claro que puedo!, of course I can!
    ♦ Locuciones: a las claras, clearly
    dejar algo claro, to make something clear
    lo lleva claro si piensa que voy a tolerarlo, she can be quite sure that i?m not going to put up with it
    sacar algo en claro, to draw a conclusion: después de tanta discusión, no sacamos nada en claro, we were back to square one after hours of discussion
    ' claro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    clara
    - escarceo
    - estar
    - hombre
    - nebulosa
    - nebuloso
    - nítida
    - nítido
    - notoria
    - notorio
    - patente
    - poca
    - poco
    - precisa
    - preciso
    - pues
    - rondar
    - sacar
    - salvaje
    - agua
    - celeste
    - color
    - constar
    - hablar
    - lavado
    - neto
    - oscuro
    - palpable
    - que
    - quedar
    - visto
    English:
    ale
    - apparent
    - articulate
    - break
    - broad
    - clean-cut
    - clear
    - clear-cut
    - clearing
    - confusing
    - crystal-clear
    - decided
    - distinct
    - enough
    - fuzzy
    - good
    - ice-blue
    - indistinct
    - let
    - light
    - lucid
    - mousy
    - mud
    - neat
    - obscure
    - outset
    - pale
    - plain
    - precise
    - sharp
    - speak out
    - spell out
    - straight
    - surely
    - tenuous
    - then
    - thin
    - transparently
    - unclear
    - unequivocal
    - why
    - blur
    - by
    - certainly
    - clearly
    - course
    - crystal
    - flash
    - increasingly
    - more
    * * *
    claro, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [luminoso] bright;
    una habitación clara a bright o light room
    2. [color] light;
    verde claro light green
    3. [sonido] clear;
    hablaba con una voz clara she spoke in a clear voice
    4. [sin nubes] clear;
    un día/cielo claro a clear day/sky
    5. [diluido] [té, café] weak;
    [salsa, sopa] thin;
    no me gusta el chocolate claro I don't like my hot chocolate thin
    6. [poco tupido] thin, sparse
    7. [persona, explicación, ideas, libro] clear;
    hablaba con un lenguaje claro she spoke in clear terms;
    dejar algo claro to make sth clear;
    poner algo en claro to get sth clear, to clear sth up;
    que quede (bien) claro que no fue idea mía I want to make it (quite) clear that it wasn't my idea;
    sacar algo en claro (de) to make sth out (from);
    después de escuchar su explicación no saqué nada en claro after listening to her explanation, I was none the wiser;
    tengo claro que no puedo contar con él one thing I'm quite sure about is that I can't rely on him, one thing's for sure, I can't rely on him;
    verlo claro [estar seguro] to be sure;
    pasar una noche en claro to have a sleepless night;
    Esp Fam
    llevarlo o [m5]tenerlo claro: ¡lo lleva o [m5] tiene claro si piensa que le vamos a ayudar! if he thinks we're going to help him, he can think again!;
    si no vienen ellos, lo tenemos claro if they don't come, we've had it
    8. [obvio, evidente] clear;
    el resultado fue claro the result was clear;
    ¿está claro? is that clear?;
    está claro que van a ganar it's clear they're going to win;
    está claro que te quieren engañar it's obvious that they are trying to deceive you, they are obviously trying to deceive you;
    está claro o [m5]claro está que si no quieres, no estás obligado a participar of course o obviously, you're not obliged to participate if you don't want to;
    a no ser, claro, que tengas una idea mejor unless, of course, you have a better idea;
    está más claro que el agua it's perfectly o crystal clear;
    allí no vuelvo, eso está más claro que el agua I'm not going there again, that's for certain
    ♦ nm
    1. [en bosque] clearing;
    [en multitud] space, gap;
    vi un claro en la fila I saw a gap in the row
    2. [en cielo nublado] break in the clouds;
    se esperan nubes y claros it will be cloudy with some bright spells;
    en cuanto haya un claro salimos we'll go out as soon as it brightens up
    3. [calvicie, calva] bald patch
    4. [en pintura] highlight
    5. Arquit skylight
    6. claro de luna moonlight
    ♦ adv
    clearly;
    hablar claro to speak clearly;
    dilo claro, ¿te interesa o no? tell me straight, are you interested or not?;
    ¡claro! of course!;
    ¡claro que sí!, ¡pues claro! of course!;
    ¡claro que no! of course not!;
    ¡claro que me gusta! of course I like it!;
    Irónico
    ¿me ayudarás? – claro, no pensaba en otra cosa will you help me? – oh sure, I wouldn't dream of doing anything else;
    Irónico
    ve tú primero – claro, así si hay algún agujero me caigo yo you go first – oh great o thanks a lot, that way if there's a hole I'll be the one to fall into it;
    claro, con un jugador más ya se puede of course, with an extra player it's hardly surprising;
    la obra no tuvo éxito, claro que conociendo al director no me sorprende the play wasn't a success, but then again that's hardly surprising knowing the director
    ♦ a las claras loc adv
    clearly
    * * *
    I adj
    clear;
    poner en claro make clear;
    dejar claro make plain;
    quedar claro be clear;
    tener algo claro be sure o clear about sth;
    pasar la noche en claro lie awake all night, not sleep a wink;
    a las claras clearly
    2 color light
    3 ( luminoso) bright
    4 salsa thin
    II adv
    :
    hablar claro speak plainly;
    ¡claro! of course!;
    claro está of course
    III m
    1 METEO clear spell
    2 en bosque clearing
    * * *
    claro adv
    1) : clearly
    habla más claro: speak more clearly
    2) : of course, surely
    ¡claro!, ¡claro que sí!: absolutely!, of course!
    claro que entendió: of course she understood
    claro, -ra adj
    1) : bright, clear
    2) : pale, fair, light
    3) : clear, evident
    claro nm
    1) : clearing
    2)
    claro de luna : moonlight
    * * *
    claro1 adj
    1. (en general) clear
    2. (luminoso) bright
    3. (color) light
    claro2 adv clearly
    claro3 interj of course
    claro4 n (en meteorología) sunny interval

    Spanish-English dictionary > claro

  • 17 conflictivo

    adj.
    conflictive, conflicting, adversarial, divisive.
    * * *
    1 (situación) difficult; (tema) controversial
    * * *
    (f. - conflictiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [sociedad] troubled; [asunto] controversial; [sistema] unstable; [situación] tense, troubled

    zona conflictiva — troubled region, trouble spot

    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) ( problemático) < situación> difficult; < época> troubled
    b) ( polémico) <tema/persona> controversial
    c) (AmL) ( atormentado) < persona> troubled
    * * *
    = controversial, disputed, troubled, problematic, problematical, troublesome.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    Ex. These thoughts and many more like them flitted to and fro ceaselessly over the troubled surface of his mind.
    Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex. The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex. Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) ( problemático) < situación> difficult; < época> troubled
    b) ( polémico) <tema/persona> controversial
    c) (AmL) ( atormentado) < persona> troubled
    * * *
    = controversial, disputed, troubled, problematic, problematical, troublesome.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.

    Ex: Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    Ex: These thoughts and many more like them flitted to and fro ceaselessly over the troubled surface of his mind.
    Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex: The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex: Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.

    * * *
    1 (problemático) ‹situación› difficult; ‹época› troubled
    la zona más conflictiva del país the area of the country with the most problems
    2
    (bélico): se considera zona conflictiva it is considered an area of conflict o a conflict zone
    3 (polémico) ‹tema/persona› controversial
    4
    ( AmL) (atormentado): es una persona muy conflictiva he's a very troubled person, he's a person with many inner conflicts
    * * *

    conflictivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo


    ‹ época› troubled;

    b) ( polémico) ‹tema/persona› controversial

    conflictivo,-a adjetivo
    1 (problemático) era un niño conflictivo, he was a problem child
    2 (polémico) controversial
    3 (turbulento) unsettled
    ' conflictivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conflictiva
    English:
    discrepant
    - hot
    - trouble
    * * *
    conflictivo, -a adj
    1. [polémico] controversial
    2. [época, país] troubled;
    una zona conflictiva de Europa a trouble spot o an area of conflict in Europe
    3. [persona] difficult
    * * *
    adj
    1 época, zona troubled
    2 persona troublemaking
    * * *
    conflictivo, -va adj
    1) : troubled
    2) : controversial

    Spanish-English dictionary > conflictivo

  • 18 confusamente

    adv.
    confusedly, mingledly, helterskelter.
    * * *
    1 confusedly
    * * *
    ADV

    lo recuerdo confusamente — I have a vague o hazy memory of it

    * * *
    = quizzically, hazily.
    Ex. She looked at him quizzically as he pressed on.
    Ex. Such detail helps speed our response to both the extremely detailed requirements of researchers and the sometimes hazily expressed demands of students.
    * * *
    = quizzically, hazily.

    Ex: She looked at him quizzically as he pressed on.

    Ex: Such detail helps speed our response to both the extremely detailed requirements of researchers and the sometimes hazily expressed demands of students.

    * * *
    recuerdo confusamente los hechos I have very confused o hazy memories of what happened
    explica confusamente los conceptos he has a confusing way of explaining ideas
    estaba aturdido y hablaba confusamente he was dazed and his speech was muddled
    * * *
    1. [con turbación] confusedly
    2. [en desorden] in confusion, in disorder;
    me lo explicó confusamente she gave me a muddled explanation of it;
    lo recuerdo todo muy confusamente my recollection of it all is very vague

    Spanish-English dictionary > confusamente

  • 19 cubo de la basura

    rubbish bin, US garbage can
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = waste bin, trashcan [trash can], dustbin [dust bin], rubbish bin, trash bin, garbage can
    Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex. The article 'You can never own too many trashcans' comments on the problems of finding enough space to house the University of California Division of Library Automation installations.
    Ex. Databases which should be gold mines degenerate into dustbins, and inter-departmental strife tears apart the organization's commitments.
    Ex. The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
    Ex. In a trash bin, he found the inedibles: fragile little calf legs with tiny cleft hooves.
    Ex. Two boys said they were shooting at a garbage can but ended up hitting a 61-year-old delivery driver instead, police say.
    * * *
    (n.) = waste bin, trashcan [trash can], dustbin [dust bin], rubbish bin, trash bin, garbage can

    Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.

    Ex: The article 'You can never own too many trashcans' comments on the problems of finding enough space to house the University of California Division of Library Automation installations.
    Ex: Databases which should be gold mines degenerate into dustbins, and inter-departmental strife tears apart the organization's commitments.
    Ex: The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
    Ex: In a trash bin, he found the inedibles: fragile little calf legs with tiny cleft hooves.
    Ex: Two boys said they were shooting at a garbage can but ended up hitting a 61-year-old delivery driver instead, police say.

    * * *
    dentro garbage can, Br
    rubbish bin; fuera garbage can, Br
    dustbin

    Spanish-English dictionary > cubo de la basura

  • 20 difuso

    adj.
    diffuse, diffused, unclear, vague.
    * * *
    1 diffuse
    2 figurado diffuse, wordy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [luz] diffused
    2) [conocimientos] vague, hazy
    3) [estilo, explicación] wordy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < luz> dim, diffused; <idea/conocimientos> vague
    * * *
    = diffuse, diffused, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], misty [mistier -comp., mistiest -sup.].
    Ex. The personal authorship is diffuse (that is, shared between four or more persons without principal responsibility being indicated (21.6)).
    Ex. Particular problems with reflections in VDU screens may need special diffused lighting or roller blinds, for example.
    Ex. This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex. The article ' Misty, water-colored images' sounds the clarion for preservation activist librarians.
    ----
    * teoría de conjuntos difusos = fuzzy set theory.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < luz> dim, diffused; <idea/conocimientos> vague
    * * *
    = diffuse, diffused, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], misty [mistier -comp., mistiest -sup.].

    Ex: The personal authorship is diffuse (that is, shared between four or more persons without principal responsibility being indicated (21.6)).

    Ex: Particular problems with reflections in VDU screens may need special diffused lighting or roller blinds, for example.
    Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex: The article ' Misty, water-colored images' sounds the clarion for preservation activist librarians.
    * teoría de conjuntos difusos = fuzzy set theory.

    * * *
    difuso -sa
    1 ‹luz› dim, diffused, diffuse ( frml)
    2 ‹idea› vague
    sus conocimientos al respecto son muy difusos her knowledge of the subject is very sketchy o vague
    * * *

    difuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ luz› dim, diffused;


    ‹idea/conocimientos› vague
    difuso,-a adjetivo diffuse
    ' difuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    difusa
    - vaga
    - vago
    English:
    diffuse
    - hazy
    * * *
    difuso, -a adj
    1. [luz] diffuse;
    [imagen] blurry
    2. [estilo, explicación] wordy;
    [ideas, conocimientos] vague;
    el contenido de su discurso fue más bien difuso the content of her speech was fairly vague
    * * *
    adj
    1 idea, conocimientos vague, sketchy
    2 luz diffuse
    * * *
    difuso, -sa adj
    : diffuse, widespread

    Spanish-English dictionary > difuso

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