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he's always singing her praises

  • 1 alabar

    v.
    to praise.
    ¡alabado sea (el Señor)! (informal) thank heavens!
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    1 (elogiar) to praise
    1 (jactarse) to boast
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    verb
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    1.

    alabar a algn de o por algo — to praise sb for sth

    2.
    See:
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    verbo transitivo to praise
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    = worship, laud, hold + Nombre + up for praise, praise, sing + Posesivo + praises, toady, fawn (on/upon/over).
    Ex. The article concludes that librarians should not worship communication but they should practice it.
    Ex. Libraries are also lauded for providing other public services with economic benefits.
    Ex. Politicians give us many reasons to worry, and I don't usually hold them up for public praise.
    Ex. In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
    Ex. Frustrated devotees had been singing his praises for years, to no avail.
    Ex. The function of journalism is not to toady to those in power but to challenge them.
    Ex. Presumably they do so in the hope of being tossed some meaningless bauble of an honour when they have fawned enough.
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    * alabar de boquilla = give + lip service.
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    verbo transitivo to praise
    * * *
    = worship, laud, hold + Nombre + up for praise, praise, sing + Posesivo + praises, toady, fawn (on/upon/over).

    Ex: The article concludes that librarians should not worship communication but they should practice it.

    Ex: Libraries are also lauded for providing other public services with economic benefits.
    Ex: Politicians give us many reasons to worry, and I don't usually hold them up for public praise.
    Ex: In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
    Ex: Frustrated devotees had been singing his praises for years, to no avail.
    Ex: The function of journalism is not to toady to those in power but to challenge them.
    Ex: Presumably they do so in the hope of being tossed some meaningless bauble of an honour when they have fawned enough.
    * alabar de boquilla = give + lip service.

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    alabar [A1 ]
    vt
    to praise
    ¡alabado sea Dios! praise be to God!
    su gesto fue muy alabado his gesture was widely praised
    siempre la está alabando he's always singing her praises
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    alabar ( conjugate alabar) verbo transitivo
    to praise
    alabar verbo transitivo to praise
    ' alabar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cacarear
    - ensalzar
    - ponderar
    - exaltar
    English:
    praise
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    ♦ vt
    to praise;
    Fam
    ¡alabado sea Dios! [expresa sorpresa] good heavens!
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    v/t praise, acclaim
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    alabar vt
    : to praise
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    alabar vb to praise

    Spanish-English dictionary > alabar

  • 2 elogiar

    v.
    to praise.
    Ella halaga a Ricardo She cajoles Richard.
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    1 to praise, eulogize
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    verb
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    VT to praise, eulogize ( liter)
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    verbo transitivo to praise
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    = applaud, praise, vaunt, eulogise [eulogize, -USA], compliment, acclaim, hail, commend, hold out as, laud, rave about, hold + Nombre + up for praise, rant and rave.
    Ex. I'd like to applaud a great deal of the work that she and SRRT, and also Mr Berman, have done in their criticism of LC subject headings.
    Ex. In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
    Ex. In a promotional brochure Junctionville is vaunted as 'an attractive city to live in and a nice place to raise children'.
    Ex. The business history or biography should not be seen as simply to entertain or eulogise, but as a tool which can be used discriminatingly for its more factual content.
    Ex. Most library users have not noticed AACR2's effects or do not care enough about them to compliment or complain.
    Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex. Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.
    Ex. As drill exercises in writing, the writing of book reviews has little to commend it.
    Ex. Community information services seem light years away from the kind of electronic wizardry that is held out as the brave new information world of tomorrow.
    Ex. Libraries are also lauded for providing other public services with economic benefits.
    Ex. Past delegates rave about how much they learn from colleagues in other fields.
    Ex. Politicians give us many reasons to worry, and I don't usually hold them up for public praise.
    Ex. I ordered a cake for my 1st grandson's baby shower and people just ranted and raved about how delicious the lemon and raspberry filling was.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to praise
    * * *
    = applaud, praise, vaunt, eulogise [eulogize, -USA], compliment, acclaim, hail, commend, hold out as, laud, rave about, hold + Nombre + up for praise, rant and rave.

    Ex: I'd like to applaud a great deal of the work that she and SRRT, and also Mr Berman, have done in their criticism of LC subject headings.

    Ex: In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
    Ex: In a promotional brochure Junctionville is vaunted as 'an attractive city to live in and a nice place to raise children'.
    Ex: The business history or biography should not be seen as simply to entertain or eulogise, but as a tool which can be used discriminatingly for its more factual content.
    Ex: Most library users have not noticed AACR2's effects or do not care enough about them to compliment or complain.
    Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex: Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.
    Ex: As drill exercises in writing, the writing of book reviews has little to commend it.
    Ex: Community information services seem light years away from the kind of electronic wizardry that is held out as the brave new information world of tomorrow.
    Ex: Libraries are also lauded for providing other public services with economic benefits.
    Ex: Past delegates rave about how much they learn from colleagues in other fields.
    Ex: Politicians give us many reasons to worry, and I don't usually hold them up for public praise.
    Ex: I ordered a cake for my 1st grandson's baby shower and people just ranted and raved about how delicious the lemon and raspberry filling was.

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    elogiar [A1 ]
    vt
    to praise
    muy elogiada por la crítica highly praised by the critics
    siempre está elogiando sus virtudes he's always singing her praises
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    elogiar ( conjugate elogiar) verbo transitivo
    to praise
    elogiar verbo transitivo to praise
    ' elogiar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ensalzar
    English:
    commend
    - eulogize
    - praise
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    to praise;
    elogiar a alguien por algo to praise sb for sth
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    v/t praise
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    encomiar: to praise
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    elogiar vb to praise

    Spanish-English dictionary > elogiar

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