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1 vacilar
v.1 to hesitate.El chico vaciló brevemente The boy hesitated briefly.2 to falter.3 to flicker (fluctuar) (light).La llama vaciló en el viento The flame flickered in the wind.4 to wobble, to sway.5 to swank, to show off (informal) (chulear).6 to tease, to pull the leg of, to ride, to spoof.María vaciló a Ricardo todo el día Mary teased Richard the whole day.* * *1 (oscilar) to sway, vacillate2 (estar poco firme) to wobble3 (al andar) to sway, stagger, wobble; (al hablar) to falter4 (luz) to flicker6 familiar (tomar el pelo) to joke, tease■ ¡no me vaciles! don't tease me!7 familiar (presumir) to show off\hacer vacilar figurado to shakesin vacilar without hesitationmemoria que vacila shaky memory* * *verb* * *1. VI1) (=dudar) to hesitate, waver; (=ser indeciso) to vacillate; (=esperar) to hold back from doing sthes un hombre que vacila mucho — he is a very indecisive man, he is a man who dithers a lot
2) (por falta de estabilidad) [mueble] to be unsteady, wobble[persona] (al andar) to totter, reel; (al hablar) to falter; [memoria] to fail; [moralidad] to be collapsing3) [luz] to flicker4) (=variar)un sabor que vacila entre agradable y desagradable — a taste which varies o ranges between nice and nasty
5) *(=guasearse)vacilar con algn — to tease sb, take the mickey out of sb **
6) (Méx)* (=divertirse) to have fun, lark about *; (=ir de juerga) to go on a spree7) * (=presumir) to talk big *, show off, swank *2. VT1) (=burlarse de) to take the mickey out of **, make fun of¡no me vaciles! — stop messing me about! *
2) (CAm)* (=engañar) to trick* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( dudar) to hesitateno vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it
vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf
b) fe/determinación to waverc) luz to flicker3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun2.vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease* * *= shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.Ex. This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.Ex. The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Ex. This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.Ex. This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.----* sin vacilar = unswervingly.* vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( dudar) to hesitateno vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it
vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf
b) fe/determinación to waverc) luz to flicker3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun2.vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease* * *= shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.Ex: This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.
Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.Ex: The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Ex: This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.Ex: This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.* sin vacilar = unswervingly.* vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....* * *vacilar [A1 ]viA1 (dudar) to hesitaterespondió sin vacilar he replied without hesitating o without hesitationvacila entre aceptar la propuesta y seguir aquí she's hesitating over whether to accept the offer or stay here, she can't make up her mind whether to accept the offer or stay hereno vaciles más, hazlo stop dithering and do itvacilar EN algo:no vaciló en la elección he made his choice without hesitationno vacilaron en aceptar they did not hesitate to accept, they accepted without hesitation2 «fe/determinación» to waver3 «luz» to flicker1 «mueble» to wobble, rock2«persona»: vaciló pero enseguida recuperó el equilibrio she staggered/tottered but she regained her balance immediatelyvacilaba al andar, como si estuviese borracho he swayed from side to side as he walked, as if he were drunkD( AmL exc CS fam) (divertirse): vacilamos un montón en la fiesta we had a great time o a lot of fun at the party■ vacilarvt(Esp, Méx fam) to teaselo estuvieron vacilando toda la noche they were teasing him o pulling his leg all evening¡no me vaciles! be serious!* * *
vacilar ( conjugate vacilar) verbo intransitivo
1
no vaciló en aceptar he did not hesitate to accept, he accepted without hesitation
2 ( oscilar) [ persona] to stagger, totter
3 (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
vacilar verbo intransitivo
1 (titubear, dudar) to hesitate: vaciló en responder, he hesitated before answering
2 (una voz) to falter
(una luz) to flicker
3 argot (hacer burla soterradamente) to tease: ¿me estás vacilando?, are you winding me up?
4 argot (presumir, fanfarronear) to boast, show off
' vacilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
titubear
English:
dilly-dally
- falter
- hang back
- hesitate
- hold back
- little
- shilly-shally
- shrink
- straight
- vacillate
- waver
- dither
* * *♦ vi1. [dudar] to hesitate;contestó sin vacilar she replied without hesitation;vacilaba entre ambas opciones he hesitated o wavered between the two options;no vaciles más y subscríbete why wait? get your subscription today2. [voz, principios, régimen] to falter3. [fluctuar] [luz] to flicker;[pulso] to be irregular4. [oscilar] [mueble, persona] to wobbleuna moto de esas vacila mucho a bike like that is really cool♦ vtFam1. Esp, Carib, Méxme estás vacilando you're pulling my legvacílate ese carro get a load of that car, check out that car* * *I v/i3 Méx fam ( divertirse) have funII v/t fammake fun of* * *vacilar vi1) : to hesitate, to vacillate, to waver2) : to be unsteady, to wobble3) : to flicker* * *¡no me vaciles! come off it! -
2 ambages
m.pl.roundabout means, ambages, beating about the bush, circumlocution.* * *1 circumlocution sing■ dímelo sin ambages tell it to me straight, don't beat about the bush\hablar sin ambages to speak plainlyir/andarse con ambages to beat about the bush* * *SMPL* * *sin ambages — (loc adv) <hablar/decir> without beating about the bush
* * *sin ambages — (loc adv) <hablar/decir> without beating about the bush
* * *sin ambages ( loc adv) ‹hablar› without beating about the bushtienes que decírselo sin ambages you have to tell him straight o outright, you just have to tell him, don't beat about the bushfue aceptado sin ambages it was accepted without hesitation* * *
ambages mpl (rodeos) me dijo sin ambages que no quería volver a verme, he told me straight out that he didn't want to see me again
* * *ambages nmplsin ambages without beating about the bush;admitió sin ambages que había mentido she admitted without hesitation that she had lied* * *mpl:decirlo sin ambages say it straight out, come straight out with it* * *ambages mplsin ambages : without hesitation, straight to the point -
3 vacile
m.joke(informal) (tomadura de pelo). (peninsular Spanish, Carib, Mexican Spanish)pres.subj.1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: vacilar.* * *1 familiar teasing* * *SM1) * (=guasa) teasing2) (=duda) hesitation* * *masculino (fam) ( tomadura de pelo) jokebasta de vacile — that's enough kidding (colloq)
* * *masculino (fam) ( tomadura de pelo) jokebasta de vacile — that's enough kidding (colloq)
* * *Abasta de vacile, vamos a hablar en serio that's enough kidding, now let's be serious ( colloq)B( Esp fam) (cosa estupenda): la fiesta fue un vacile increíble the party was really great o was a real blast ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo vacilar: ( conjugate vacilar)
vacilé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
vacile es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
vacilar
vacile
vacilar ( conjugate vacilar) verbo intransitivo
1
no vaciló en aceptar he did not hesitate to accept, he accepted without hesitation
2 ( oscilar) [ persona] to stagger, totter
3 (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
vacile sustantivo masculino (fam) ( tomadura de pelo) joke;◊ basta de vacile that's enough kidding (colloq)
vacilar verbo intransitivo
1 (titubear, dudar) to hesitate: vaciló en responder, he hesitated before answering
2 (una voz) to falter
(una luz) to flicker
3 argot (hacer burla soterradamente) to tease: ¿me estás vacilando?, are you winding me up?
4 argot (presumir, fanfarronear) to boast, show off
* * *vacile nmFam1. Esp, Carib, Méx [tomadura de pelo] joke, Br wind-up; -
4 reticencia
f.1 unwillingness (resistencia).2 insinuation, innuendo.3 reluctance, unwillingness.4 reticence, reserve, reservedness, reticency.5 ironic innuendo, irony.* * *1 (reserva) reticence, reserve2 (insinuación) insinuation, innuendo* * *SF1) (=renuencia) unwillingness, reluctance2) (=reserva) reticence, reserve3) (=ironía) irony, sarcasm* * *a) ( renuencia) reluctanceb) ( reserva) reticencea pesar de su reticencia inicial,... — despite his initial reticence,...
c) ( indirecta) hint, insinuation* * *= reluctance, reticence.Ex. Other barriers such as language and professional reluctance to cooperate internationally cannot be changed by legislation.Ex. This reticence was not restricted to librarians.----* sentir reticencia hacia = recoil.* * *a) ( renuencia) reluctanceb) ( reserva) reticencea pesar de su reticencia inicial,... — despite his initial reticence,...
c) ( indirecta) hint, insinuation* * *= reluctance, reticence.Ex: Other barriers such as language and professional reluctance to cooperate internationally cannot be changed by legislation.
Ex: This reticence was not restricted to librarians.* sentir reticencia hacia = recoil.* * *1 (renuencia) reluctancelo firmé con cierta reticencia I signed it a little reluctantlysu reticencia a creerme es comprensible your reluctance to believe me is understandablesu reticencia a reconocer que se había equivocado her reluctance o unwillingness to admit that she had made a mistakea pesar de su reticencia inicial, finalmente nos lo contó todo despite his initial reticence o caginess, he told us everything in the end2 (indirecta) hint, insinuation* * *
reticencia sustantivo femenino
reticencia sustantivo femenino
1 (para hacer algo) reticence, reluctance: le dejó ir a la fiesta con muchas reticencias, he very reluctantly let her go to the party
2 (al hablar) hint, insinuation
' reticencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
resistir
English:
reticence
* * *reticencia nf1. [resistencia] reluctance;con reticencias reluctantly;aceptó el puesto, pero con muchas reticencias he accepted the post, albeit with a great deal of reluctance o very reluctantly;tengo algunas reticencias I have some reservations2. [insinuación] insinuation* * *f1 reticence;sin reticencias without hesitation2 ( indirecta):hablar con reticencias insinuate things* * *reticencia nf1) : reluctance, reticence2) : insinuation
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