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101 partirse
1 to break* * *VPR1) (=romperse) to break2) † (=irse) to leave; (=ponerse en camino) to set off* * *
■partirse verbo reflexivo to break (up)
' partirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
partir
English:
crack up
- head
- laugh
- snap
- break
- split
* * *vpr1. [romperse] to split;se me ha partido una uña one of my nails has split;el vaso se partió al caer al suelo the glass smashed when it hit the floor;partirse en dos to split o break in two2. [rajarse] to crack;se partió la cabeza al caer de un andamio he cracked his head when he fell from the scaffolding¡yo me parto con sus hermanas/chistes! his sisters/jokes really crack me up!;muy Fam♦ a partir de loc prepstarting from;a partirse de ahora from now on;a partirse de aquí from here on;a partirse de entonces from then on, thereafter;el autor creó el relato a partirse de un hecho real the author based the story on an actual event* * *v/r ( romperse) break;partirse la cabeza split one’s head open;partirse de risa fam split one’s sides laughing fam* * *vr1) : to smash, to split open2) : to chap -
102 explayarse
pron.v.1 to amuse oneself, to enjoy oneself.2 to talk at length (hablar mucho).3 to pour out one's heart.* * *1 (dilatarse al hablar) to dwell (en, on), talk at length (en, about)3 figurado (divertirse) to amuse oneself, enjoy oneself* * *VPR1) (=esparcirse) [gen] to relax, take it easy; [en discurso] to speak at lengthexplayarse a su gusto — to talk one's head off *, talk to one's heart's content
2) (=extenderse) to extend, spread* * *verbo pronominala) ( sobre un tema) to speak at lengthb) ( desahogarse) to unburden oneselfc) ( esparcirse) to relax* * *verbo pronominala) ( sobre un tema) to speak at lengthb) ( desahogarse) to unburden oneselfc) ( esparcirse) to relax* * *explayarse11 = dwell on/upon, expound (on).Ex: Annotations found in bibliographies may be less stylized and are more likely to dwell on the subject content.
Ex: The philosophy of building CD-ROM data bases with files with common subject interests is expounded with reference to the OSH-ROM, CHEM-BANK and CANCER-CD data bases.explayarse22 = get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + chest.Ex: It really feels good to get my dissatisfaction and frustrations off my chest by complaining.
* * *explayarse [A1 ]A «masa» to spread outB1 (sobre un tema) to speak at lengthmás tarde se explayó sobre ese punto he expounded on o spoke at length on o ( frml) expatiated on that point later2 (desahogarse) to unburden oneselfvino a verme porque necesitaba explayarse he came to see me because he needed to unburden himself o get things off his chestse explayó conmigo, contándome todos sus problemas she opened up to me and told me all her problems3 (esparcirse) to relax, unwind ( colloq)* * *
explayarse ( conjugate explayarse) verbo pronominal
explayarse verbo reflexivo to talk at length (about)
* * *explayarse vpr1. [hablar mucho] to talk at length;se explayó sobre su tema favorito he went off on his hobbyhorseexplayarse con alguien to open up to sb3. [divertirse] to amuse oneself, to enjoy oneself* * *v/r1 speak at length;explayarse sobre algo expound on sth2 ( desahogarse) unburden o.s.3 ( distraerse) relax, unwind* * *vr: to expound, to speak at length -
103 atardecer
m.1 dusk.2 evening, late afternoon, nightfall, dusk.v.1 to get dark.está atardeciendo it's getting dark2 to grow dark on.Me atardeció It grew dark on me.* * *► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject)1 to get dark, grow dark1 evening, dusk* * *noun m.evening, dusk* * *1.VI to get dark2.SM dusk, evening* * *Iverbo impersonal to get darkIImasculino dusk* * *= dusk, sundown, sunset.Ex. Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.Ex. She only went out for a walk but ended up staying out till sundown.Ex. The software displays sunrise and sunset and automatically adjusts to summer or daylight saving time.----* al atardecer = at twilight.* desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.* desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer = from dawn (to/till/until) dusk, from sunrise to sunset, from sun up to sun down, from sun to sun.* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.* largo atardecer = lingering sunset.* * *Iverbo impersonal to get darkIImasculino dusk* * *= dusk, sundown, sunset.Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.
Ex: She only went out for a walk but ended up staying out till sundown.Ex: The software displays sunrise and sunset and automatically adjusts to summer or daylight saving time.* al atardecer = at twilight.* desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.* desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer = from dawn (to/till/until) dusk, from sunrise to sunset, from sun up to sun down, from sun to sun.* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.* largo atardecer = lingering sunset.* * *to get darkya atardecía cuando salimos it was already getting dark when we leftduskal atardecer at duskun atardecer de otoño one autumn evening at dusk o as the sun was going down* * *
atardecer 1 ( conjugate atardecer) v impers
to get dark
atardecer 2 sustantivo masculino
dusk;
atardecer
I sustantivo masculino evening, dusk
al atardecer, at dusk
II verbo impersonal to get o grow dark
' atardecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conquistar
- distinguirse
- miliciana
- miliciano
- salir
English:
dusk
- lift
- sunset
- sun
* * *♦ nmdusk;al atardecer at dusk;contemplaron el atardecer desde la playa they watched the sun go down from the beach♦ v impersonalto get dark;está atardeciendo it's getting dark* * *I v/i get darkII m dusk;al atardecer at sunset* * *atardecer {53} v impers: to get darkatardecer nm: late afternoon, dusk* * *atardecer1 n duskatardecer2 vb to get dark -
104 borracho como una cuba
blind drunk* * *(adj.) = pissed as a newt, pissed as a lord, drunk back, blind drunkEx. He's been pissed as a newt all month.Ex. Harry was a right laugh. I remember finding him in my bath one night, pissed as a lord, laughing his head off... and then weeping throughout till dawn.Ex. Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.Ex. New research published today finds that even having just one stiff drink can make you ' blind drunk'.* * *(adj.) = pissed as a newt, pissed as a lord, drunk back, blind drunkEx: He's been pissed as a newt all month.
Ex: Harry was a right laugh. I remember finding him in my bath one night, pissed as a lord, laughing his head off... and then weeping throughout till dawn.Ex: Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.Ex: New research published today finds that even having just one stiff drink can make you ' blind drunk'. -
105 grillado
adj.insane, barmy, batty, nuts.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar barmy* * *= barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.* * *= barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
* * *grillado -da* * *
Del verbo grillarse: ( conjugate grillarse)
grillado es:
el participio
grillado,-a adj fam crazy
' grillado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
grillada
* * *grillado, -a adjEsp Fam crazy, loopy;estar grillado to be crazy o loopy* * *adj famcrazy, loopy fam -
106 hasta el amanacer
Ex. Harry was a right laugh. I remember finding him in my bath one night, pissed as a lord, laughing his head off... and then weeping throughout till dawn.* * *Ex: Harry was a right laugh. I remember finding him in my bath one night, pissed as a lord, laughing his head off... and then weeping throughout till dawn.
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107 manotazo
m.slap.* * *1 slap, smack, swipe\quitar algo a alguien de un manotazo to swipe something away from somebody* * *SM slap, smackdar un manotazo a algn — to give sb a slap, slap sb
* * *masculino swipe* * *= slap in the face, slap, swat, cuff.Ex. He was not kidding when he said that Caracas could greet travellers with a slap in the face rather than a warm hug.Ex. And actually a good slap is said to be statistically more likely to result in a child with agression and conduct problems, you may be interested to hear.Ex. While they grappled, Lackey appeared to throw some semblance of punches, although they looked more like swats directed at an insect.Ex. He caught a kid shoplifting in his store, gave him a good cuff on the side of his head and kicked him out the door.----* aplastar de un manotazo = swat.* dar un manotazo = swat at, cuff, slap.* dar un manotazo a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.* intentar dar un manotazo = take + a swat at, swat at.* intentar dar un zarpazo = swat at.* matar de un manotazo = swat.* * *masculino swipe* * *= slap in the face, slap, swat, cuff.Ex: He was not kidding when he said that Caracas could greet travellers with a slap in the face rather than a warm hug.
Ex: And actually a good slap is said to be statistically more likely to result in a child with agression and conduct problems, you may be interested to hear.Ex: While they grappled, Lackey appeared to throw some semblance of punches, although they looked more like swats directed at an insect.Ex: He caught a kid shoplifting in his store, gave him a good cuff on the side of his head and kicked him out the door.* aplastar de un manotazo = swat.* dar un manotazo = swat at, cuff, slap.* dar un manotazo a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.* intentar dar un manotazo = take + a swat at, swat at.* intentar dar un zarpazo = swat at.* matar de un manotazo = swat.* * *swipese lo quitó de un manotazo she grabbed it from him with one swipepasamos la noche matando mosquitos a manotazos we spent the night swatting mosquitoes* * *
manotazo sustantivo masculino
swipe
manotazo sustantivo masculino smack, slap
' manotazo' also found in these entries:
English:
chop
- smack
* * *slap;mató la mosca de un manotazo he killed the fly with a swipe of his hand;dar un manotazo a alguien to give sb a slap* * *m slap* * *manotazo nm: slap, smack, swipe -
108 portero
m.1 doorman, redcap, porter, hall porter.2 janitor, super, porter, superintendent.3 goalkeeper, goalie, gatekeeper.4 doorkeeper, person in charge of the door, porter.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (de un edificio) porter2 DEPORTE goalkeeper\portero automático entryphone* * *(f. - portera)noun1) doorman, caretaker2) goalkeeper* * *portero, -a1. SM / F1) [de edificio] caretaker, concierge, (apartment house) manager (EEUU)2) [en hotel, hospital] porter3) (Dep) goalkeeper2.SMportero automático, portero eléctrico, portero electrónico — entry phone
* * *- ra masculino, femenino1) ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE)2) (Dep) goalkeeper•• Cultural note:A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay. Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom). The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip* * *= janitor, porter, doorman [doormen, -pl.], doorkeeper, goalkeeper, goalie.Nota: Abreviatura de goalkeeper.Ex. It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.Ex. Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.Ex. He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.Ex. This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.Ex. Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.Ex. They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.----* cuartillo del portero = janitor's closet.* portero de noche = nightman [nightmen, -pl.].* * *- ra masculino, femenino1) ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE)2) (Dep) goalkeeper•• Cultural note:A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay. Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom). The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip* * *= janitor, porter, doorman [doormen, -pl.], doorkeeper, goalkeeper, goalie.Nota: Abreviatura de goalkeeper.Ex: It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.
Ex: Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.Ex: He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.Ex: This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.Ex: Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.Ex: They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.* cuartillo del portero = janitor's closet.* portero de noche = nightman [nightmen, -pl.].* * *masculine, feminineA (que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; (que cuida el edificio) super ( AmE), superintendent ( AmE), caretaker ( BrE), conciergeCompuesto:B ( Dep) goalkeeperA superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay.Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom).The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip.* * *
portero◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter;
( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE);
portero eléctrico or (Esp) automático sustantivo masculino
entryphone
2 (Dep) goalkeeper
portero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (de una vivienda) porter, caretaker
(de un edificio público) doorman
portero automático, entry-phone
2 Dep goalkeeper
' portero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
camelarse
- despeje
- garita
- gorila
- obnubilarse
- portera
- interfono
- mayordomo
English:
caretaker
- doorman
- goalkeeper
- intercom
- janitor
- porter
- scapegoat
- door
- entry
- goal
- superintendent
- turn
* * *portero, -a♦ nm,f1. [de casa] Br caretaker, US super(intendent)2. [de hotel, ministerio] [en recepción] porter;[a la puerta] doorman3. [de discoteca] doorman4. [en fútbol, balonmano, hockey] goalkeeper;[en hockey] goalminder♦ nmportero automático entryphone;portero eléctrico entryphone;portero electrónico entryphone* * *m1 doorman2 de edificio superintendent, Brcaretaker3 DEP goalkeeper* * *portero, -ra n1) arquero: goalkeeper, goalie2) : doorman m3) : janitor, superintendent* * *portero n1. (en deportes) goalkeeper2. (de un edificio) porter -
109 reflexiones
(n.) = thoughts, musingsEx. Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.Ex. Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.* * *(n.) = thoughts, musingsEx: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.
Ex: Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off. -
110 ser muy gracioso
(v.) = be a right laughEx. Harry was a right laugh. I remember finding him in my bath one night, pissed as a lord, laughing his head off... and then weeping throughout till dawn.* * *(v.) = be a right laughEx: Harry was a right laugh. I remember finding him in my bath one night, pissed as a lord, laughing his head off... and then weeping throughout till dawn.
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111 meneo
m.1 movement (movimiento).2 wiggling, wagging, wiggle, wriggle.3 waggle.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: menear.* * *1 (de cola) wagging; (de caderas) wiggling2 (sacudida) shake* * *SM1) [de cola] wag; [de cabeza] shake, toss; [de líquido] stir, stirring; [de caderas] swing(ing), sway(ing); (=sacudida) jerk, jolt2) * (=paliza) hiding *; (=bronca) dressing-down *3) (=actividad)= movida 1)* * *a) ( movimiento) fidgetingb) (Esp fam) ( sacudida) shake* * *= wiggle.Ex. The sexiness of a woman's walk varies over her menstrual cycle, with her wiggle being most attractive when she is least fertile, say researchers.* * *a) ( movimiento) fidgetingb) (Esp fam) ( sacudida) shake* * *= wiggle.Ex: The sexiness of a woman's walk varies over her menstrual cycle, with her wiggle being most attractive when she is least fertile, say researchers.
* * *1 (con inquietud) fidgetingun provocativo meneo de caderas a provocative wiggle of the hipsle han dado un buen meneo por las malas notas ( Esp fam); they gave him a real telling-off because of his bad grades ( colloq)darle un meneo a algo ( Esp fam): vaya meneo le dieron a la botella de ron they really laid into o got stuck into that bottle of rum ( colloq)le dieron un meneo a la paella que casi no nos dejan nada they really tucked into the paella, they hardly left us any ( colloq)le dio un meneo a la mesa he banged o knocked o bumped into the table* * *
Del verbo menear: ( conjugate menear)
meneo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
meneó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
menear
meneo
menear ( conjugate menear) verbo transitivo ‹ rabo› to wag;
‹ cabeza› to shake;
‹ caderas› to wiggle
menearse verbo pronominal
menear verbo transitivo
1 to shake, move: mira cómo menea a la muñeca, look how he shakes the doll
2 (el rabo) to wag, waggle
meneo sustantivo masculino moving, shaking: le ha dado un meneo a la mesilla al pasar, he bumped the little table as he passed by
' meneo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
guedeja
* * *meneo nm1. [movimiento] movement;[de cola] wagging; [de caderas] wiggle;nos saludó con un meneo de la cabeza he greeted us with a nod of his head;Esp Famdar un meneo a algo to shake sthdar un meneo a alguien to give sb a hiding* * *m famtelling-off;dar un meneo a alguien tell s.o. off, give s.o. a telling-off* * *meneo nm1) : movement2) : shake, toss3) : swaying, wagging, wiggling4) : stir, stirring -
112 clase
f.1 class.de primera clase first-classde segunda clase second-classclase alta/media upper/middle classlas clases dirigentes the ruling classesclase obrera working classclases pasivas = pensioners and people on benefitclase preferente club classclase social social classclase trabajadora working classclase turista tourist class2 sort, kind (tipo).no me gusta esa clase de bromas I don't like that kind of joketoda clase de all sorts o kinds of3 class (education) (asignatura, alumnos).clases particulares private tuitionclase de francés/inglés French/English classclase magistral master class* * *1 (grupo, categoría) class2 (aula) classroom; (de universidad) lecture hall3 (tipo) type, sort\asistir a clase to attend classdar clase to teachde buena clase good qualityde todas clases of all kinds, of all sortstener clase to have classtoda clase de all sorts ofclase alta upper classclase baja lower classclase de conducir driving lessonclase dirigente ruling classclase media middle classclase obrera working classclase particular private class, private lessonclase preferente business classclases de recuperación remedial classesclases pasivas pensionersprimera clase first classsegunda clase second class* * *noun f.1) class2) sort, type* * *1. SF1) (Escol)a) (=lección) lesson, classuna clase de historia — a history lesson o class
- fumarse o saltarse o soplarse la claseb) (=instrucción) schoolfaltar a clase — to miss school, be absent
c) (=aula) classroomd) (=grupo de alumnos) classla gente de mi clase — my classmates, my class
"se dan clases particulares" — "private tuition offered"
2) (Univ)a) [práctica] (=lección, instrucción) class; (=aula) classroomb) (=lección) lecturehoy no voy a clase — I'm not going to any lectures today, I'm not going to University today
c) (=aula) lecture room3) (=tipo) kind, sortgente de todas clases — all kinds o sorts of people, people of all kinds
con toda clase de detalles — in great detail, down to the last detail
4) (=calidad) quality5) [en viajes] classsegunda clase — second class, standard class
6) (=elegancia) classtu hermana tiene mucha clase — your sister has a lot of class, your sister's very classy
7) (Sociol) classlas clases acomodadas — the well-to-do, the moneyed classes
la clase dirigente o dominante — the ruling class
la clase política — politicians pl, the political establishment Sociol
8) (Bio, Bot) class9) (Mil)2.ADJ And * first-rate, classy ** * *1)a) ( tipo) kind, sort, typeb) ( categoría)2) (Transp) classviajar en primera/segunda clase — to travel (in) first/second class
3) (Sociol) class4) (distinción, elegancia) class5) (Educ)a) ( lección) classclases de conducir or manejar — driving lessons
dictar clase (de algo) — (AmL frml) to lecture (in something)
dar clase or (Chi) hacer clases (de algo) — profesor ( en colegio) to teach (something); ( en universidad) to lecture (something), teach (something)
¿quién te da clase de latín? — who takes you for Latin?
da clases de latín/piano con un profesor privado — (Esp) she has latin classes/piano lessons with a private tutor
b) ( grupo de alumnos) classun compañero de clase — a classmate, a school friend
c) ( aula - en escuela) classroom; (- en universidad) lecture hall o room6) (Bot, Zool) class* * *1)a) ( tipo) kind, sort, typeb) ( categoría)2) (Transp) classviajar en primera/segunda clase — to travel (in) first/second class
3) (Sociol) class4) (distinción, elegancia) class5) (Educ)a) ( lección) classclases de conducir or manejar — driving lessons
dictar clase (de algo) — (AmL frml) to lecture (in something)
dar clase or (Chi) hacer clases (de algo) — profesor ( en colegio) to teach (something); ( en universidad) to lecture (something), teach (something)
¿quién te da clase de latín? — who takes you for Latin?
da clases de latín/piano con un profesor privado — (Esp) she has latin classes/piano lessons with a private tutor
b) ( grupo de alumnos) classun compañero de clase — a classmate, a school friend
c) ( aula - en escuela) classroom; (- en universidad) lecture hall o room6) (Bot, Zool) class* * *clase11 = class, class, cluster, kind, nature, schedules, the, sort, type, schedule, table, ilk, class standing.Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
Ex: A class is a set of things which share some property, or characteristic, in common.Ex: Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.Ex: Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.Ex: Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.Ex: The list of terms, representing concepts systematically arranged and showing their relationships, constitutes the schedules of a classification scheme.Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.Ex: There are a number of types of abstracts or labels that can be applied to abstracts.Ex: We have now established all the information that we need to enable us to construct a schedule, or table, in a given subject area.Ex: We have now established all the information that we need to enable us to construct a schedule, or table, in a given subject area.Ex: Perhaps she would be well advised to read that book and others of its ilk to see if she could learn something about surviving in the corporate world.Ex: Social distance, the aloofness and unapproachability of persons of different social strata, is both a symbol of class standing.* análisis multidimensional de clases = multidimensional cluster analysis.* área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.* clase acomodada = nob.* clase alta = upper class.* clase anterior = anterior numeral class.* clase baja = lower class, the.* clase business = business class.* clase capitalista = capitalist class.* clase fénix = Phoenix schedule.* clase general = containing class.* clase gobernante, la = ruling class, the, ruling elite, the.* clase intelectual = intellectual class.* clase marginada = underclass.* clase media = middle class.* clase media alta = upper-middle class.* clase obrera = working class.* clase política = political class.* clase principal = main class.* clases altas, las = upper circles, the.* clases auxiliares = auxiliaries.* clases inferiores, las = lower orders, the.* clase social = social class.* clase superior = brahmin.* clase trabajadora = working class, labouring class.* clase turista = economy class.* con toda clase de comodidades = with all mods and cons.* con toda clase de lujos = with all mods and cons.* correo de primera clase = first class post.* cultura de la clase alta = high culture.* cultura de la clase baja = low culture.* cultura de la clase media = middlebrow culture.* de primera clase = first class, first-rate, tip-top.* de segunda clase = second-rate.* designación específica de la clase de documento = specific material designation.* designación general de la clase de documento = general material designation.* de una clase social superior = above + Posesivo + class.* dimensión de clase = class dimension.* fuera de clase = out-of-class.* identidad clase-tipo = type-token identity.* lucha de clases = class warfare.* modelo en su clase = showpiece.* notación de clase = class notation.* política de clases = class politics.* prejuicio de clases = class prejudice.* relación clase-tipo = type-token ratio.* sin clases sociales = classless.* sistema de clases sociales = class system.* subdivisión dentro de una clase = link, step of division.* toda clase de = all sorts of.* una clase de = a kind of.clase22 = classroom, class.Ex: Teaching is done through lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical work both in the classroom and the library.
Ex: The students in these classes were asked to record their library science periodical usage for one week = En estas clases se les pidió a los estudiantes que mantuvieran un registro del uso que hacían de las publicaciones periódicas de biblioteconomía y documentación durante una semana.* delegado de clase = class prefect, class representative.clase33 = lesson, session, course unit, teaching session, lecture.Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
Ex: But more mature readers can be expected to go on reading for full sessions without flagging, a point that most children should reach by ten years old.Ex: This paper discusses the library education programme in the 1st library school in Nigeria to offer the course unit system as operated in the USA.Ex: In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.Ex: The staff undertake searches and enquiries for the user and educate the user by various ways, from informal discussion to fully prepared lectures.* anterior a la clase = preclass.* apuntes de clase = lecture notes, class notes.* asistir a una clase = attend + class.* aula de clase = teaching room.* clase de educación de adultos = adult learning class, adult learner class.* clase de educación especial = special education class.* clase de educación física = physical education class.* clase de gimnasia = gym class.* clase de historia = history lesson.* clase de prácticas = practical.* clase de primaria = infant class.* clase de redacción = composition class.* clase didáctica = didactic lecture.* clase magistral = lecture class.* clase nocturna = evening class.* clases de apoyo = remedial teaching.* clases de guitarra = guitar tuition.* clase virtual = e-lesson.* compañero de clase = classmate.* curso de clases magistrales = lecture course.* curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.* dar clase = give + a lesson, teach + class, teach + lesson, hold + class.* ejercicios de clase = school tasks.* en el aula de clase = classroom-based.* faltar a clase = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school.* faltar a una clase = miss + class, cut + class.* fugarse una clase = skip + class.* hora de clase = class period.* horario de clase = class time, class schedule.* horas de clase = class time, school hours.* impartir clases = lecture.* lectura en clase = class reading.* lectura recomendada de clase = classroom reading.* material didáctico entregado en clase = class handout.* perderse una clase = miss + class.* preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.* programa mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich programme.* saltarse una clase = skip + class, miss + class, cut + class.* trabajo de clase = term paper, coursework [course work], term project, essay assignment, class assignment, course assignment, homework, student assignment, written assignment.* trabajos de clase = classroom asignment.* * *A1 (tipo) kind, sort, typesin ninguna clase de explicaciones with no explanation of any kind, without any kind of explanationte deseo toda clase de felicidad I wish you every happiness2(categoría): productos de primera clase top-quality productsB ( Transp) classviajar en primera/segunda clase to travel (in) first/second classCompuestos:economy o tourist class● clase ejecutiva or preferentebusiness classC ( Sociol) classgente de todas las clases sociales people of all (social) classesla clase política politiciansCompuestos:upper classlower classruling classmiddle class● clase media alta/media bajaupper-middle/lower-middle classworking classfpl:working classD (distinción, elegancia) classtiene mucha clase she has a lot of class, she's very classy ( colloq)E ( Educ)1 (lección) classeste año ha faltado a clase diez veces this year he's missed ten classesla clase que más me gusta es la de historia my favorite class o ( BrE) lesson is historyse porta muy mal en clase she behaves very badly in class¿a qué hora sales de clase? what time do you get out of class ( o school etc)?los centros en los que se imparten las clases ( frml); the centers where classes are heldclases de conducir or manejar driving lessonsdicta clase de filosofía ( AmL); she teaches philosophy, she gives philosophy classes«alumno» ( Esp) to have classesda clases particulares he gives private classes, he teaches privately¿quién te da clase de latín? who do you have for o who takes you for Latin?da clases de matemáticas en la Universidad she lectures in o teaches mathematics at the Universitydio la clase de mi parte he gave o took the class for medoy clases de música con un profesor particular ( Esp); I have music lessons with a private teacherhace clases de piano en el conservatorio ( Chi); he teaches piano at the conservatory2 (grupo de alumnos) classinvitó a toda la clase a la fiesta she invited the whole class to the partyes el primero de la clase he's top of the class, he's the best in the classun compañero de clase a classmate, a school friend3 (aula — en una escuela) classroom; (— en una universidad) lecture hall o room, lecture auditorium ( AmE), lecture theatre ( BrE)¿en qué clase es la conferencia? which room is the lecture in?Compuestos:master classevening classprivate class o lesson( Mil) ≈ NCO, ≈ noncommissioned officer* * *
clase sustantivo femenino
1 ( tipo) kind, sort, type;
2 (Transp, Sociol) class;
clase económica or turista economy o tourist class;
clase ejecutiva or preferente business class;
clase alta/baja/media upper/lower/middle class;
clase dirigente or dominante ruling class;
clase obrera working class
3
b) ( categoría):
4 (Educ)
clases de conducir or manejar driving lessons;
dictar clase (de algo) (AmL frml) to lecture (in sth);
dar clase or (Chi) hacer clases (de algo) [ profesor] to teach (sth);◊ da clases de piano (Esp) she has piano lessons;
clase particular private class o lesson
(— en universidad) lecture hall o room
clase sustantivo femenino
1 (género, tipo) kind, sort: tienen toda clase de instrumentos musicales, they have all kinds of musical instruments
2 (categoría) class
viajar en primera/ segunda clase, to travel first/second class
un jamón de primera clase, a top-quality ham
3 (grupo social) class
clase alta/media, upper/middle class
clases pasivas, pensioners
4 Educ (aula) classroom
(grupo de estudiantes) class
(lección) lesson, class
5 (elegancia, estilo) class
' clase' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amiga
- amigo
- baja
- bajo
- colegio
- compartimento
- compartimiento
- curso
- dar
- dirigente
- entre
- especie
- fichada
- fichado
- fumarse
- género
- guión
- honda
- índole
- media
- medio
- mejor
- naturaleza
- permitirse
- pueblo
- repelente
- suerte
- tema
- tipo
- adelante
- apuntar
- asistir
- atrás
- burgués
- burguesía
- capar
- capear
- cierto
- compañero
- dibujo
- dictar
- dormir
- espabilado
- faltar
- formar
- listo
- numeroso
- obrero
- orden
- parejo
English:
artwork
- background
- blue-collar
- board
- brand
- breed
- charge off
- class
- classmate
- classroom
- classy
- conclude
- description
- discipline
- diverse
- dunce
- economy class
- first-class
- form
- grade
- gym
- heterogeneous
- institution
- kind
- lance corporal
- lecture
- lesson
- lower-class
- manner
- method
- middle-class
- nature
- order
- period
- posh
- remedial
- riding lesson
- second-class
- session
- shade
- Sloane Ranger
- sort
- start off
- stay behind
- stream
- take
- tourist class
- type
- upper class
- variety
* * *clase nf1. [grupo, categoría] class;de primera clase first-class;de segunda clase second-class;una mercancía de primera clase a first-class o top-class product2. [en medio de transporte] class;primera/segunda clase first/second class;viajar en primera/segunda clase to travel first/second classclase económica economy class;clase ejecutiva business class;clase preferente business o club class;Andes clase salón [en tren] first class;clase turista tourist class3. [grupo social, profesional, institucional] class;la clase médica the medical profession;la clase política the political class, politiciansclase alta upper class;clase baja lower class;la clase dirigente the ruling class;clase media middle class;clase media alta upper middle class;clase media baja lower middle class;clase obrera working class;clase ociosa the idle classes;clases pasivas = pensioners and people on benefit;clase social social class;clase trabajadora working class4. [tipo] sort, kind;no me gusta esa clase de bromas I don't like that kind of joke;toda clase de all sorts o kinds of;os deseamos toda clase de felicidad we wish you every happiness;de toda clase of all sorts o kinds;sin ninguna clase de dudas without a (shadow of a) doubt5. Zool class6. Ling class7. [asignatura, lección] [en colegio] class;[en universidad] lecture;una clase de historia a history class/lecture;iremos al cine después de clase [en colegio] we're going to the cinema after school;[en universidad] we're going to the cinema after class;me voy a clase, nos veremos luego I'm going to my lecture, see you later;el profesor no le puede recibir ahora, está en clase the teacher can't see you now, he's teaching o he's giving a class;dar clases [en colegio] to teach;[en universidad] to lecture;da clases de español a un grupo de franceses she teaches Spanish to a group of French people;doy clase con el Sr. Vega Mr Vega is my teacher;faltar a clase to miss school;faltó una semana a clase por enfermedad she was off school for a week because she was ill;hoy tengo clase [en colegio] I have to go to school today;[en universidad] I've got lectures today Esp clases de conducir driving lessons;clase magistral lecture;Am clases de manejar driving lessons;clase nocturna evening class;clases particulares private tuition;clases de recuperación = extra lessons for pupils who have failed their exams8. [alumnos] class;me encontré a una compañera de clase I met a classmate9. [aula] [en colegio] classroom;[en universidad] lecture room o halluna mujer con mucha clase a very classy woman;con ese gol demostró su clase he showed his class with that goal* * *f1 EDU class;dar clase(s) teach2 ( variedad) kind, sort3 social class;la clase obrera the working class4:tener clase have class;una mujer con clase a classy woman* * *clase nf1) : class2) índole, tipo: sort, kind, type* * *clase n2. (lección) class / lesson¿a qué hora empieza la clase? what time does the class begin?3. (tipo) kind4. (aula) classroom -
113 tipo
m.1 guy, chap, fellow, character.2 type, category, kind, class.Un nuevo orden de dificultad A new kind of difficulty.3 letter type, type.* * *1 (clase) type, kind2 FINANZAS rate5 (en impresión) type\aguantar el tipo figurado to keep cool, keep calmdar el tipo figurado to fit a description, fit the billjugarse el tipo figurado to risk one's necktodo tipo de all kind of, all kinds oftipo bancario FINANZAS bank ratetipo de cambio FINANZAS rate of exchangetipo de descuento FINANZAS bank ratetipo de interés FINANZAS rate of interesttipo raro weirdo, oddball* * *1. noun m.1) type2) kind, sort3) style•2. (f. - tipa)nounguy / gal* * *tipo, -a1.SM / F * (=individuo) (=hombre) guy *, bloke *; (=mujer) chick *, bird *, dame (EEUU) *tipa¿quién es ese tipo? — who's that guy o bloke? *
2. SM1) (=clase) type, kind, sortun coche de otro tipo pero del mismo precio — a different type o kind o sort of car but for the same price
todo tipo de... — all sorts o kinds of...
tuvimos todo tipo de problemas — we had all sorts o kinds of problems
2) (Bot, Literat, Zool) type3) (Com, Econ) ratetipo bancario, tipo base — base rate
4) (=figura, cuerpo) [de hombre] build; [de mujer] figuretener buen tipo — [hombre] to be well built; [mujer] to have a good figure
5) (Tip) type3. ADJ INV1) (=similar a)2) (=típico) average, typicaldos conductores tipo — two average o typical drivers
* * *I- pa masculino, femenino (fam) (m) guy (colloq), bloke (BrE colloq); (f) womanII1) ( clase) kind, type, sort2)a) ( figura - de mujer) figure; (- de hombre) physiquejugarse el tipo — (Esp fam) to risk one's neck (colloq)
b) ( aspecto) appearancedar el tipo — (Esp) to be the type
3) (Fin) rate4) (Impr) type5) (como adj inv) typicaluna serie tipo `Dallas' — a `Dallas'-type series
6) (como adv) (CS fam) around, about* * *I- pa masculino, femenino (fam) (m) guy (colloq), bloke (BrE colloq); (f) womanII1) ( clase) kind, type, sort2)a) ( figura - de mujer) figure; (- de hombre) physiquejugarse el tipo — (Esp fam) to risk one's neck (colloq)
b) ( aspecto) appearancedar el tipo — (Esp) to be the type
3) (Fin) rate4) (Impr) type5) (como adj inv) typicaluna serie tipo `Dallas' — a `Dallas'-type series
6) (como adv) (CS fam) around, about* * *tipo11 = category, class, degree, form, kind, nature, sort, type, ilk, stripe.Ex: For some categories of materials it can be difficult to distinguish publishers from distributors and/or producers.
Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.Ex: It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.Ex: Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.Ex: Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.Ex: There are a number of types of abstracts or labels that can be applied to abstracts.Ex: Perhaps she would be well advised to read that book and others of its ilk to see if she could learn something about surviving in the corporate world.Ex: The field of computational linguistics is exciting insomuch as it permits linguists of different stripes to model language behaviour.* algún tipo de = some, some sort of.* algún tipo de + Nombre = one kind of + Nombre + or another.* almuerzo tipo bufé = lunch buffet, buffet lunch.* asociación de compradores de un tipo de productos = consumers union.* con todo tipo de comodidades = with all mods and cons.* con todo tipo de lujos = with all mods and cons.* contra todo (tipo) de riesgo = against all risks.* de algún tipo = of some description.* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.* del mismo tipo que las oficinas = office-type.* de tipo general = broad scoped.* de tipo medio = middle-range.* de todos los tipos = of all stripes.* de todo tipo = of all sorts, of every sort, of all stripes, of all shapes and sizes.* de un tipo u otro = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another, of some description.* de varios tipos = multitype [multi-type].* diabetes del tipo 2 = type 2 diabetes.* el tipo de = the range of.* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.* este tipo de = such.* este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.* examen tipo test = multiple choice test.* existen de muchos tipos = come in + many guises.* gente de todo tipo = people from all walks of life.* haber de muchos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.* haber de muy diversos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.* identidad clase-tipo = type-token identity.* índice permutado del tipo KWIC = KWICed index.* mismo tipo de = same range of.* necesitar tomar cierto tipo de decisiones = require + judgement.* Nombre + de este tipo = such + Nombre.* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.* pregunta tipo test = multiple choice question.* que combina diferentes tipos de re = multi-source [multi source].* recorte de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.* reducción de los tipos de interés = interest-rate cut.* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.* relación clase-tipo = type-token ratio.* ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind, differ in + kind (from).* sin ningún tipo de restricciones = no holds barred.* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.* subida de los tipos de interés = rate increase, interest-rate increase.* tipo de cambio = exchange rate, rate of exchange.* tipo de cuidado = nasty piece of work.* tipo de gravamen = tax rate.* tipo de gravamen marginal = marginal tax rate.* tipo de impuestos = band of taxation.* tipo de interés = interest rate.* tipo de interés base = base rate, prime rate.* tipo de interés preferente = base rate, prime rate.* tipo de persona = public.* tipo de resumen = abstracting format.* tipo de servicio = style of service.* tipo fiscal = tax rate.* tipo fiscal marginal = marginal tax rate.* tipo impositivo = income tax bracket, tax rate, tax bracket.* tipo impositivo marginal = marginal tax rate.* tipo noticias = news-type.* tipo preferencial = preferential rate.* tipo preferente = preferential rate.* tipo publicitario = display type.* tipos como = the likes of.* tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.* tipos reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut.* tipo televisor = television-type.* todo tipo de = all sorts of, all manner of.* todo tipo de gustos = all shades of opinion.* un tipo de = a kind of.* variación de los tipos de cambio = exchange rate change.* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.tipo22 = font, face, type, fount.Nota: Un grupo de caracteres tipográficos de un tamaño determinado, como por ejemplo Roman 8.Ex: No longer is the user constrained to a supplied set of fonts.
Ex: The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.Ex: Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.Ex: Incunabulists, indeed, work on the assumption that a fount belonging to a fifteenth-century printer was unique to him, which is likely to be true enough of the fount as cast, but is not necessarily true of its punches.* altura del tipo movible = height-to-paper, type height.* diseñador de tipos = type designer.* diseño de tipos = type design [type-design].* fundición de tipos = typefounding.* fundidor de tipos = punch-cutter [punchcutter], type-founder [typefounder], cutter of type.* fundir tipos = cast + type.* machacar los tipos = batter + type.* máquina fundidora de tipos = typecasting machine.* taller de fundición de tipos = type-foundry.* tipo autoespaciador = self-spacing type.* tipo decorativo = display type.* tipo de imprenta = book face, printing type, type.* tipo de letra = type face [typeface], typing, type font [typefont], fount, type specimen [type-specimen], fount of type.* tipo fundido = cast type.* tipo movible = punch.* tipo movible de acento = accent punch.* tipo móvil = moveable type.* tipos móviles = movable type.tipo33 = fellow, chap, guy, dude, joker, bloke.Nota: Coloquial.Ex: From the skimming he had given their writings he knew that something like a chemical agent was working in Balzac's defenseless mind, and that the hapless fellow was trying not to succumb to it.
Ex: In practice, however, such democratic attitudes among the mighty seem to have as little effect on the behaviour of those who serve them as did the remark made by King George V at his Jubilee in 1935, 'I'm really quite an ordinary sort of chap'.Ex: The general opinion of Edward Wood seemed to be summed up in the words of one staff member, who said, 'Ed Wood's a prince of a guy'.Ex: This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.Ex: Then I followed these two jokers to a liquor store where they got them some alchy.Ex: The blokes don't bat an eyelid that you're a girl -- they take no prisoners when they're trying to get the ball!.* jugarse el tipo (por) = stick + Posesivo + neck out (for).* mantener el tipo = keep + a stiff upper lip.* * *masculine, feminineme parece una tipa sensacional I think she's an amazing woman¿pero qué se habrá creído este tipo? but who does this guy o character think he is?tipo2A (clase) kind, type, sorttiene todo tipo de herramientas en el taller he has all kinds of tools in his workshop¿qué tipo de música te gusta más? what sort of music do you like best?es muy simpático, pero no es mi tipo he's very nice, but he's not my typeC1 (figura — de una mujer) figure; (de un hombre) physiqueaguantar or mantener el tipo ( Esp); to put on a brave facejugarse el tipo ( Esp); to risk one's necklucir el tipo ( Esp); to parade around2 (aspecto) appearanceserá conde, pero no tiene tipo de aristócrata he may well be a count, but he doesn't look like an aristocratuna mujer de tipo distinguido a distinguished-looking womandar el tipo ( Esp); to be the typeno parece que dé el tipo he doesn't seem the typeD ( Fin) rateCompuestos:exchange ratecross exchange rate● tipo de interés preferencial or preferenteprime rateE ( Impr) typeF ( como adj inv) typicalel/la profesional tipo the typical o average professional personexámenes tipo specimen papersuna serie tipo Dallas a Dallas-type seriesvénganse tipo cuatro come around o about four o'clock* * *
tipo 1
(f) woman
tipo 2 sustantivo masculino
1 ( clase) kind, type, sort;
no es mi tipo he's not my type
2 ( figura — de mujer) figure;
(— de hombre) physique
3 ( como adv) (CS fam) around, about;
tipo sustantivo masculino
1 (modelo, clase) type, kind, sort: María no es mi tipo, Maria isn't my type
me gusta ese tipo de gente, I like that kind of people
no es de ese tipo de personas, he's not that sort of person
ese tipo de coche, that type o kind of car
2 fam (individuo) guy, bloke, fellow
tipo raro, weirdo
un buen tipo, a good sort
un tipo simpático, a nice chap
3 (constitución física) build, physique
(de mujer) figure: tiene buen tipo, she has a good figure
4 Econ rate
tipo de cambio, exchange rate
tipo de descuento, bank rate
tipo de interés, interest rate
5 Tip (de letra) type
Tip Inform font
♦ Locuciones: dar el tipo, to live up to other people's expectations
figurado jugarse el tipo, to risk one's neck
mantener o aguantar el tipo, to keep one's cool
' tipo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
beneficio
- callada
- callado
- cambiar
- catalogar
- clase
- cuidada
- cuidado
- delgada
- delgado
- desbordar
- determinada
- determinado
- elemento
- especie
- estaquilla
- fibra
- fiebre
- género
- índole
- lectura
- macanuda
- macanudo
- más
- mina
- naturaleza
- orden
- puñetera
- puñetero
- scud
- sedán
- silueta
- speed
- suerte
- tan
- antipático
- corriente
- cuate
- divertido
- forma
- fresco
- fulano
- grande
- individuo
- interés
- interesar
- loco
- particular
- pata
- pesado
English:
ale
- all
- arrogant
- bloke
- boogie
- brand
- build
- chap
- class
- clause
- crook
- current
- delicatessen
- deposit
- description
- duck
- dude
- exchange rate
- figure
- flaky
- flat
- form
- freely
- going
- guy
- high tops
- individual
- interest rate
- kid
- kind
- lending
- LIBOR
- marmalade
- muffin
- neck
- neither
- nut
- open
- prime rate
- rate
- send down
- shapely
- sort
- suited
- survey
- tax bracket
- tough
- trim
- type
- typeface
* * *tipo, -a♦ nm,fFam [hombre] guy, Br bloke; [mujer] woman; [mujer joven] girl♦ nm1. [clase] type, sort;no es mi tipo he's not my type;todo tipo de all sorts of;vinieron personas de todo tipo all sorts of people came;no me gustan las películas de ese tipo I don't like movies like that o those sorts of movies2. [cuerpo] [de mujer] figure;[de hombre] build;tiene muy buen tipo she has a very good body;Famjugarse el tipo to risk one's neck;Famdar el tipo to be up to standard o scratch3. Econ ratetipo básico [de interés] base rate; [de impuestos] basic rate;tipo de cambio exchange rate, rate of exchange;tipo de descuento discount rate;tipo impositivo tax rate;tipo de interés interest rate;tipo de interés bancario bank rate;tipo de interés fijo fixed interest rate;tipo de interés hipotecario mortgage rate;tipo de interés variable variable o floating interest rate;tipo marginal marginal rate;tipo mínimo minimum rate;tipo preferencial prime (lending) rate4. Imprenta type5. Biol type♦ adj inv1. [estándar]el boliviano/la dieta tipo the average Bolivian/diet2.un pantalón tipo pitillo a pair of drainpipe trousers;una película tipo Rambo a Rambo-style movie♦ advRP Fam [aproximadamente] like;llegaron tipo nueve they arrived at, like, nine o'clock;se casó hace tipo cinco años she got married something like five years ago* * *m1 type, kind;no es mi tipo he’s not my type2 fampersona guy fam3 COM rate4:jugarse el tipo fam risk one’s neck;mantener oaguantar el tipo fam keep one’s cool* * *tipo nm1) clase: type, kind, sort2) : figure, build, appearance3) : ratetipo de interés: interest rate4) : (printing) type, typeface5) : style, modelun vestido tipo 60's: a 60's-style dress* * *tipo n1. (clase) type / kind / sort¿qué tipo de coche quieres? what sort of car do you want?2. (de mujer) figurees modelo, tiene buen tipo she's a model, she's got a good figure3. (de hombre) body4. (individuo) guy / bloke -
114 fijar
v.1 to fix.Ella fijó las velas She fixed the sails.Ella fijó su atención She fixed her attention.2 to set, to fix (establecer) (fecha, precio).fijar el domicilio to take up residencefijar la mirada/la atención en to fix one's gaze/attention on3 to determine, to define, to establish, to set.Ella fijó las reglas She determined the rules.* * *2 (pegar) to stick3 (establecer) to set, determine, fix4 (en fotografía, química) to fix1 (hacerse fijo) to settle2 (darse cuenta) to notice■ ¿te fijaste en el color de sus ojos? did you notice the colour of his eyes?3 (poner atención) to pay attention, watch\fijar la vista to stare (en, at)fijar los ojos to stare (en, at)fijar residencia to take up residence¡fíjate! (just) fancy that!'Prohibido fijar carteles' "Post no bills"* * *verb1) to fix2) establish, set up3) appoint4) fasten•- fijarse- fijarse en* * *1. VT1) (=sujetar) (tb Fot) to fix; [con clavos] to secure; [con pegamento] to glue; [con chinchetas] to pin up; [+ pelo] to set2) (=centrar) [+ atención] to focus (en on)[+ ojos] to fix (en on)pero fijemos nuestra atención en otros aspectos del asunto — but let us focus our attention on other aspects of the matter
le contestó sin vacilar, fijando la mirada en sus ojos — she answered him directly, looking him straight in the eye
3) (=determinar) [+ fecha, hora, precio, plazo] to fix, set; [+ límites, servicios mínimos] to establish; [+ condiciones] to lay downno hemos fijado aún la fecha de la boda — we haven't fixed o set a date for the wedding yet
fijaron un plazo de dos meses para llegar a un acuerdo — they set a two-month deadline for an agreement to be reached
el Tratado de 1942 fijó los límites entre Perú y Ecuador — the 1942 Treaty established the border between Peru and Ecuador
la organización ha fijado tres condiciones para volver a la mesa de negociaciones — the organization laid down three conditions for their return to the negotiating table
el plazo fijado por la ley — the time period established o laid down by law
4) [+ residencia] to take up2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (poner, clavar) to fixb) <foto/dibujo> to fix2)a) < residencia>b) <fecha/cifra/precio> to setc) reglamento/ley to state2.según fija el reglamento — as stated in o dictated by the regulations
fijarse v prona) ( prestar atención)si no te fijas en lo que haces, lo vas a hacer mal — if you don't watch o pay attention to what you're doing, you'll do it wrong
es muy observador, se fija en todo — he's very observant, he notices everything
b) ( darse cuenta) to notice¿te has fijado en que no discuten nunca? — have you noticed that they never quarrel?
fíjate qué terrible — it was (o would be etc) awful
* * *= attach, fix, set, brace, fasten together, clamp, lay down, fasten, set forth, clip, peg.Ex. In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.Ex. One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.Ex. If no fines are to be charged for a particular combination of borrower and material type, set the maximum fine to zero.Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.Ex. A book is physically a collection of sheets usually paper ones fastened together and protected by a cover which do form a genuine unit.Ex. The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.Ex. A table is set up in a classroom, books are laid out on it by pupil 'shop assistants' supervised by a rota of teachers, and regular opening hours are laid down and adhered to.Ex. The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.Ex. She sets forth some of the conditions which may have led to this situation in the hope that it may bring about further study.Ex. Plastic-covered wire or metal supports are designed to clip firmly to the shelf itself or to the base of the shelf above.Ex. As per estimates, the demand for armoured vehicles in the defence forces is pegged at about 2000 vehicles per year.----* fijar fecha con antelación = predate.* fijar la atención = fix + Posesivo + attention.* fijar la mirada = fasten + glance.* fijar las especificaciones de algo = set + specifications.* fijar precios = price, fix + price.* fijar precios altos = price + high.* fijar precios bajos = price + low.* fijarse = set up + camp.* fijarse una meta = set + goal.* fijarse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.* fijarse un objetivo = set + goal.* fijar una nota en un sitio público = post.* fijar un color = fix + colour.* fijar un límite = set + cut-off point.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (poner, clavar) to fixb) <foto/dibujo> to fix2)a) < residencia>b) <fecha/cifra/precio> to setc) reglamento/ley to state2.según fija el reglamento — as stated in o dictated by the regulations
fijarse v prona) ( prestar atención)si no te fijas en lo que haces, lo vas a hacer mal — if you don't watch o pay attention to what you're doing, you'll do it wrong
es muy observador, se fija en todo — he's very observant, he notices everything
b) ( darse cuenta) to notice¿te has fijado en que no discuten nunca? — have you noticed that they never quarrel?
fíjate qué terrible — it was (o would be etc) awful
* * *= attach, fix, set, brace, fasten together, clamp, lay down, fasten, set forth, clip, peg.Ex: In fixed location notation was physically attached to certain places on the shelves and books were always filed in the same place.
Ex: One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.Ex: If no fines are to be charged for a particular combination of borrower and material type, set the maximum fine to zero.Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.Ex: A book is physically a collection of sheets usually paper ones fastened together and protected by a cover which do form a genuine unit.Ex: The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.Ex: A table is set up in a classroom, books are laid out on it by pupil 'shop assistants' supervised by a rota of teachers, and regular opening hours are laid down and adhered to.Ex: The original is clamped around the left hand cylinder and a special stencil fastened around the other cylinder.Ex: She sets forth some of the conditions which may have led to this situation in the hope that it may bring about further study.Ex: Plastic-covered wire or metal supports are designed to clip firmly to the shelf itself or to the base of the shelf above.Ex: As per estimates, the demand for armoured vehicles in the defence forces is pegged at about 2000 vehicles per year.* fijar fecha con antelación = predate.* fijar la atención = fix + Posesivo + attention.* fijar la mirada = fasten + glance.* fijar las especificaciones de algo = set + specifications.* fijar precios = price, fix + price.* fijar precios altos = price + high.* fijar precios bajos = price + low.* fijarse = set up + camp.* fijarse una meta = set + goal.* fijarse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.* fijarse un objetivo = set + goal.* fijar una nota en un sitio público = post.* fijar un color = fix + colour.* fijar un límite = set + cut-off point.* * *fijar [A1 ]vtA1 (poner, clavar) ‹poste› to fixfija bien la estantería a la pared fix the shelving securely to the wall[ S ] prohibido fijar carteles stick no billsfijó la mirada en el horizonte she fixed her gaze on the horizonconviene fijar la atención en este punto it's important to focus our attention on this pointhabía fijado la mente en el pasado he had focused his mind on the past2 ‹foto/dibujo› to fix1 ‹residencia›fijaron su residencia en París they established their residence o took up residence in Paris2 (concretar) ‹fecha/cifra› to setya han fijado la fecha they've already set o fixed the datetodavía no hemos fijado el precio we still haven't agreed (on) a pricede acuerdo con la política fijada por el partido in accordance with the policy set o established by the party3 «reglamento/ley» to statela ley fija que … the law states that …según fija el reglamento as stated in o dictated by the regulations■ fijarse1(prestar atención): fíjate bien en el palacio, es una obra de arte take a good look at the palace, it's a work of artes muy observador, se fija en todo he's very observant, he notices everythingfíjate bien en cómo lo hace watch carefully how she does itsi no te fijas, lo vas a volver a hacer mal if you don't watch what you're doing, you're going to do it wrong again2 (darse cuenta) to notice¿te has fijado en que no discuten nunca? have you noticed that o how they never quarrel?en seguida se fijó en ella he noticed her immediately¡fíjate lo que ha crecido! just look how she's grown!fíjate qué faena, se lo robaron todo can you imagine how awful? they stole everything he hadestarás contenta con el regalo — ¡fíjate! you must be pleased with the present — you bet! ( colloq)* * *
fijar ( conjugate fijar) verbo transitivo
1
( on signs) prohibido fijar carteles stick no bills;
2
fijarse verbo pronominala) ( prestar atención):
fíjate en lo que haces watch o pay attention to what you're doing
◊ ¿te has fijado en que no discuten nunca? have you noticed that they never quarrel?;
¡fíjate lo que ha crecido! just look how she's grown!
fijar verbo transitivo
1 to fix: se prohíbe fijar carteles, (en letrero) post no bills
2 (la atención, los ojos, etc) fijar la vista en algo, to fix one's eyes on
3 (acordar, establecer) to set: fija el día y la hora, set a date
' fijar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cartel
- prohibida
- prohibido
- sujetar
- tasar
- asegurar
- residencia
- señalar
English:
anchor
- appoint
- arrange
- attention span
- fasten
- fix
- name
- peg
- post
- set
- settle
- stick up
- tack down
- affix
- mount
- sort
- time
* * *♦ vt1. [asegurar, sujetar] to fix (a o en onto); [cartel] to stick up;[sello] to stick on;fijaron las patas al suelo con clavos they nailed the legs to the floor;2. [establecer] to fix;se fijaron como objetivo acabar el año con beneficios they set themselves the target of ending the year in profit;fijar la mirada/la atención en to fix one's gaze/attention on3. [fecha, precio] to set, to fix4. [significado] to establish;fijar el domicilio to take up residence* * *v/t3 residencia establish4 atención focus* * *fijar vt1) : to fasten, to affix2) establecer: to establish, to set up3) concretar: to set, to fixfijar la fecha: to set the date* * *fijar vb"prohibido fijar carteles" "stick no bills"3. (dirigir) to focus / to turnfijar la mirada / fijar la vista to stare -
115 negro
adj.1 black, jet, black-colored, ebony.2 bleak.m.1 black, black colour, black color.2 black man, Black, nigger, Negro.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) black2 (oscuro) dark3 (bronceado) brown, tanned, suntanned4 (poco favorable) awful, terrible5 (cine, novela) detective6 (tabaco) black► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (color) black2 (escritor) ghostwriter3 (tabaco) black tobacco\negro,-a como la boca de lobo pitch-blacknegro,-a como un tizón as black as coalpasarlas negras familiar to have a rough time of itponer negro,-a a alguien to drive somebody up the walltenerla negra familiar to be unluckytrabajar como un negro to work like a dog, work like a slaveverlo todo negro to be very pessimisticverse negro,-a para hacer algo to have a tough time doing something■ se veían negros para arreglarlo todo en una tarde they had their work cut out to get it all done in one afternoonvérselas negras familiar to have a tough time————————1 (color) black2 (escritor) ghostwriter3 (tabaco) black tobacco* * *1. (f. - negra)noun2. (f. - negra)adj.1) black2) disastrous, awful* * *negro, -a1. ADJ1) [color, pelo] black; [ojos, tabaco] dark; [raza] black, Negro †2) (=moreno) [piel] dark, swarthy; [por el sol] tanned, brownponerse negro — to go brown, tan
3) (=sucio) filthy, black4) [estado de ánimo, humor] black, gloomy; [suerte] terrible, atrociousla cosa se pone negra — it's not going well, it looks bad
lo ve todo negro — he always sees the negative side of things, he's terribly pessimistic about everything
- verse negro- vérselas negras5) * (=enfadado) cross, peeved *poner negro a algn — to make sb cross, upset sb
ponerse negro — to get cross, cut up rough
6) (=ilegal) black7) (Pol) fascist2. SM1) (=color) blacken negro — (Fot) in black and white
2) Caribe (=café) black coffee3. SM / F1) (=persona) black, coloured person †, Negro †¡no somos negros! — we won't stand for it!, you can't do that to us!
2) * (=escritor) ghostwriter3)negra* * *I- gra adjetivo1)a) <pelo/ropa> black; < ojos> darknegro como el carbón or un tizón — as black as coal o soot
poner negro a alguien — (fam) to drive somebody up the wall (colloq)
b) (fam) ( por el sol) tannedc) ( sombrío) black, gloomypasarlas negras — (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)
vérselas negras — (fam)
2) <hombre/raza/piel> blackII III- gra masculino, femenino ( de raza negra) black person* * *I- gra adjetivo1)a) <pelo/ropa> black; < ojos> darknegro como el carbón or un tizón — as black as coal o soot
poner negro a alguien — (fam) to drive somebody up the wall (colloq)
b) (fam) ( por el sol) tannedc) ( sombrío) black, gloomypasarlas negras — (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)
vérselas negras — (fam)
2) <hombre/raza/piel> blackII III- gra masculino, femenino ( de raza negra) black person* * *negro11 = black, negro [negroes, -pl.], nigger, hack, ghost writer, black man, coloured man.Ex: Only blacks had both a social and a moral condition; only women had both a history and a condition.
Ex: Why do only Catholics, Jews, Negroes, and women transcend their particular nationality?.Ex: KAFIRS, which LC recently changed, is the equivalent of niggers.Ex: Such commissioning of books of this sort does not in any way imply that the author is working as a hack.Ex: Thus the sportsman who cannot express himself well in writing can still put over ideas for his ghost writer to transcribe.Ex: But he will soon discover that even then all the accidents of birth, upbringing, education, and social history will prevent his truly knowing the very thing he wants to know -- how can a white man experience directly what it means to be a black man.Ex: He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.* autobiografía escrita por un negro = ghosted autobiography.* escribir como negro = ghosting.* escribir en calidad de negro = ghost.* escrito por un negro = ghosted, ghost-written.* hombre negro = black man, coloured man.* inglés hablado por los negros = Ebonics.* persona de raza negra = black.negro22 = black [blacker -comp., blackest -sup.].Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.
* aguas negras = waste water [wastewater], sewage, sewerage.* bestia negra = bête noire.* blanco y negro = black & white.* caja negra = flight recorder.* caja negra, la = black box, the.* comedia de humor negro = black comedy.* de pelo negro = dark-haired.* dinero negro = undeclared income, grey money [gray money], black money.* en blanco y negro = b&w (black and white).* espino negro = blackthorn, blackthorn tree.* espiritual negro = spiritual.* hacérselas pasar negras a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.* hielo negro = black ice.* lengua negra = hairy tongue.* lingua negra = lingua negra.* mano negra = schemer.* marea negra = oil slick.* Mar Negro = Black Sea.* martes negro = Black Tuesday.* mercado negro = black market.* minoría negra = black minority.* mosca negra = black fly.* muñeco negro de trapo = golly, gollywog.* música espiritual negra = gospel music.* negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.* negro como el azabache = pitch-black, pitch-dark.* negro como el carbón = pitch-black, pitch-dark.* negro como el tizón = pitch-black, pitch-dark.* negro de humo = lampblack.* negro rojizo = reddish black.* negro sobre fondo blanco = black on white.* novela negra = crime fiction, crime novel.* oso negro = black bear.* oso negro americano = black bear.* oveja negra de la familia, la = black sheep of the family, the.* pasarlas negras = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time.* peste negra, la = Black Death, the.* punto negro = blackhead.* ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.* vérselas negras = jump through + hoops, have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre, have + a devil of a time.* verse negro = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.* * *A1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹color/pelo/ropa› black; ‹ojos› darkmira qué negro está el cielo look how dark o black the sky istienes las manos negras your hands are black o filthynegro como el azabache jet-blacknegro como el carbón or un tizón or la pez as black as coal o sootse pone negra enseguida she tans o ( BrE) goes brown very quickly3 (sombrío) black, gloomy, bleaklo ve todo tan negro she's always so pessimistic, she always takes such a gloomy view of thingsvérselas negras ( fam): me las estoy viendo negras con este trabajito this job is a real uphill struggle ( colloq)se las vio negras para terminarlo he had a tough time finishing it ( colloq)B ‹hombre/raza/piel› blackla población negra the black population(color) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]; blackCompuesto:A masculine jet blackB adj inv jet-blackmasculine, feminineB ( period) (escritor) ghost writer* * *
negro 1◊ - gra adjetivo
‹ ojos› dark
pasarlas negras (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( persona de raza negra) black person
negro 2 sustantivo masculino ( color) black
negro,-a
I adjetivo
1 black
(bronceado) suntanned
pan negro, brown bread
(oscuro) estaba negro como boca de lobo, it was pitch-black
2 (muy sucio) filthy, black
3 (suerte, situación) awful
un día negro, a black day
(lóbrego, triste) gloomy
4 (furioso) furious: ese ruido me pone negra, that noise drives me up the wall
5 (raza, música) black
6 (no legalizado) mercado negro, black market
II m,f (hombre) black man
(mujer) black woman
III sustantivo masculino
1 (color) black
siempre viste de negro, she always dresses in black
2 (tabaco) black tobacco
3 (escritor anónimo) ghostwriter
IV sustantivo femenino
1 Mús crotchet, US quarter note
2 (mala suerte) la negra, bad luck
♦ Locuciones: tener la negra, to be very unlucky: últimamente mi hermana tiene la negra, my sister's been having a run of bad luck recently
vérselas negras para hacer algo, to have a tough time doing sthg
' negro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agujero
- cielo
- decidirse
- dinero
- fanática
- fanático
- fotografía
- ir
- garbanzo
- humor
- incondicional
- mercado
- negra
- pantalla
- pozo
- tabaco
- tizón
- vestirse
- azabache
- blanco
- café
- carbón
- chocolate
- cinturón
- ennegrecer
- espiritual
- frijol
- manía
- oro
- televisión
English:
black
- black hole
- blackhead
- buckwheat
- cesspit
- dappled
- dark
- dismal
- fill out
- ghostwriter
- haul
- intersperse
- jet black
- launder
- laundering
- monochrome
- negro
- nigger
- normally
- obtainable
- off-day
- or
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- questionnaire
- sick
- the
- turn
- brown
- change
- coffee
- ebony
- edge
- in
- jet
- Negro
- slave
- spiritual
* * *negro, -a♦ adj1. [color] black;negro como el azabache jet black;negro como el carbón as black as coal2. [bronceado] tanned;estar negro to have a deep tan3. [pan] brown4. [tabaco] black, dark5. [raza] black6. [suerte] awful, rotten;[porvenir] black, gloomy;llevo una tarde negra I'm having a terrible afternoon;ver(lo) todo negro to be pessimistic;pasarlas negras to have a hard timeme pone negro que nunca me avisen de nada it makes me mad that they never tell me anything8. [ilegal] [trabajo] illegal, in the black economy;[mercado] black; [dinero] dirty;en negro [trabajo, dinero] undeclared;[trabajar, cobrar] illegally, on the black economy♦ nm,f1. [de raza negra] black man, f black woman;trabajar como un negro to work like a slave♦ nm1. [color] black;el negro es mi color favorito black is my favourite colour2. [tabaco] black o dark tobacco* * *I adj black;estar negro fam be furious;poner negro a alguien fam make s.o. furious, make s.o. see red;verse negro para hacer algo fam have one’s work cut out to do sth;las he pasado negras I’ve had a rough timeII m1 black man;trabajar como un negro fam work one’s butt off fam2 L.Am. ( querido) honey, dear* * *1) : black, dark2) bronceado: suntanned3) : gloomy, awful, desperatela cosa se está poniendo negra: things are looking bad4)mercado negro : black market1) : dark-skinned person, black personnegro nm: black (color)* * *negro1 adj blacknegro2 n1. (color) black -
116 dado
adj.given.m.1 dice, die.2 threading die.3 dado, die.past part.past participle of spanish verb: dar.* * *1 (para jugar) die2 TÉCNICA block3 ARQUITECTURA dado\cargar los dados to load the diceechar los dados to throw the dice————————1→ link=dar dar► adjetivo1 given■ en un momento dado at a given moment, at a certain point■ dada la base y la altura, hallar la superficie given the base and the height, find the area2 (en vista de) in view of3 (hora) past\dado que since, as, given thatir dado,-a to be in for trouble■ vas dado si crees que te esperaré if you think I'm going to wait for you, you've got another think comingser dado,-a a to be keen on, be fond of* * *1. noun m. 2. (f. - dada)adj.* * *ISM1) [en juegos] diepl dados diceechó o tiró los dados — he threw the dice
2) (Arquit) dado3) (Mec) blockIIADJ1) (=determinado)dadas estas circunstancias — in view of o given these circumstances
2)3)ir dado * —
si crees que te voy a pagar las vacaciones, vas dado — if you think I'm going to pay for your holidays, you've another think coming!
4)dado que — + subjun provided that, so long as; + indic given that
* * *I- da adjetivo1) ( determinado) givenen un momento/punto dado — at a given moment/point
2) (como conj) givendadas las circunstancias — given o in view of the circumstances
dado que — (frml) in view of the fact that (frml), given that
3) [ser] ( proclive)dado a algo/+ inf — given to something/-ing
4) (RPl) (abierto, extrovertido) outgoingII1)a) (Jueg) dice, die (frml)echar or tirar los dados — to throw the dice
b) ( cubo)2) (Arquit) dado* * *I- da adjetivo1) ( determinado) givenen un momento/punto dado — at a given moment/point
2) (como conj) givendadas las circunstancias — given o in view of the circumstances
dado que — (frml) in view of the fact that (frml), given that
3) [ser] ( proclive)dado a algo/+ inf — given to something/-ing
4) (RPl) (abierto, extrovertido) outgoingII1)a) (Jueg) dice, die (frml)echar or tirar los dados — to throw the dice
b) ( cubo)2) (Arquit) dado* * *dado11 = given.Ex: The notation for any given geographical division varies between classes and between different parts of the same classes.
* dada la situación = in the circumstances.* dadas las circunstancias = in the circumstances, under the circumstances.* dado a recluirse = reclusive.* dado a recortar presupuestos = budget-cutting.* dado de baja = written-off.* dado por hecho = foregone.* dado por muerto = presumed dead.* dado que = seeing that/as, on account of.* en un momento dado = at any given moment, at a given point in time, at a given moment in time, at a given moment.* ponencia dada por invitado especial = key paper.* ser dado a = be amenable to, be apt to.* solución dada = cut-and-dried solution.* * *A (determinado) givenen un momento/punto dado at a given moment/pointB1 ( como conj) givendadas las circunstancias given o in view of the circumstancesdado un círculo de cinco centímetros de radio given a circle with a radius of five centimetersno es extraño que no haya podido resolverlo, dada la complejidad del caso it's not surprising he hasn't been able to resolve it, given o considering the complexity of the case2C [ SER] (proclive) dado A algo given TO sthlos vecinos son muy dados al chismorreo the neighbors tend to gossip a lot, the neighbors are very fond of o are given to gossipingen este país la gente es muy dada a criticar in this country people are inclined to be o tend to be critical o are given to criticizingir dado ( Esp fam): como sigas sin estudiar vas dado if you don't start studying, you'll be in trouble ( colloq)si pretendes que pague yo, vas dado if you think I'm going to pay, you've got another think coming ( colloq)D ( RPl) (abierto, extrovertido) outgoingdado2Aechar or tirar los dados to throw the dicejugar a los dados to play dicelos dados estaban cargados the dice were loaded2(cubo): cortar el queso en dados cut the cheese into cubeszanahoria cortada en daditos diced carrotB ( Arquit) dadoC ( Fil) given* * *
Del verbo dar: ( conjugate dar)
dado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
dado
dar
dado 1◊ -da adjetivo
1 ( determinado) given;
2 ( como conj) given;◊ dadas las circunstancias given o in view of the circumstances;
dado que given that
3 [ser] ( proclive) dado a algo/hacer algo given to sth/doing sth
dado 2 sustantivo masculino
1 (Jueg) dice, die (frml);
2 (Arquit) dado
dar ( conjugate dar) verbo transitivo
1
déme un kilo de peras can I have a kilo of pears?;
See Also→ conocer verbo transitivo 3 b, entender verbo transitivo
2
‹información/idea› to give
3
4 ( conceder) ‹prórroga/permiso› to give;
nos dieron un premio we won o got a prize
5
◊ ¿le diste las gracias? did you thank him?, did you say thank you?;
dales saludos give/send them my regards;
tuve que dadole la noticia I was the one who had to break the news to himb) (señalar, indicar): me da ocupado or (Esp) comunicando the line's busy o (BrE) engaged;
1
‹ dividendos› to pay;
b) (AmL) ( alcanzar hasta):◊ da 150 kilómetros por hora it can do o go 150 kilometres an hour;
venía a todo lo que daba it was travelling at full speed;
ponen la radio a todo lo que da they turn the radio on full blast
2 (causar, provocar) ‹placer/susto› to give;
‹ problemas› to cause;
el calor le dio sueño/sed the heat made him sleepy/thirsty
1 ( presentar) ‹ concierto› to give;◊ ¿qué dan esta noche en la tele? what's on TV tonight? (colloq);
¿dónde están dando esa película? where's that film showing?
2
‹baile/banquete› to hold;
‹ discurso› (AmL) to make
ver tb clase 4
( realizar la accion que se indica) ‹ grito› to give;
dame un beso give me a kiss;
ver tb golpe, paseo, vuelta, etc
( considerar) dado algo/a algn por algo:
ese tema lo doy por sabido I'm assuming you've already covered that topic;
¡dalo por hecho! consider it done!
verbo intransitivo
1
[ventana/balcón] to look onto, give onto;
[fachada/frente] to face
2 (ser suficiente, alcanzar) dado para algo/algn to be enough for sth/sb;
dado de sí ‹zapatos/jersey› to stretch
3 ( arrojar un resultado):
¿cuánto da la cuenta? what does it come to?;
a mí me dio 247 I made it (to be) 247
4 ( importar):
¡qué más da! what does it matter!;
¿qué más da? what difference does it make?;
me da igual I don't mind
5 ( en naipes) to deal
1
( como castigo) to smack sb;
el balón dio en el poste the ball hit the post
2 (accionar, mover) dadole a algo ‹a botón/tecla› to press sth;
‹ a interruptor› to flick sth;
‹a manivela/volante› to turn sth
3
‹ solución› to hit upon, find;
‹ palabra› to come up with
4 (hablando de manías, ocurrencias) dadole a algn por hacer algo ‹por pintar/cocinar› to take to doing sth;◊ le ha dado por decir que … he's started saying that …
5 [sol/luz]:
la luz le daba de lleno en los ojos the light was shining right in his eyes
darse verbo pronominal
1 ( producirse) [fruta/trigo] to grow
2 ( presentarse) [oportunidad/ocasión] to arise
3 ( resultar) (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ dárselas de algo: se las da de valiente/de que sabe mucho he likes to make out he's brave/he knows a lot;
dárselas de listo to act smartb) (golpearse, pegarse):
se dieron contra un árbol they crashed into a tree;
se dio dado un golpe en la rodilla he hit his knee
( considerarse) dadose por algo:
ver tb aludir a, enterado 1
dado,-a 1 adjetivo given
en un momento dado, at a certain point
♦ Locuciones: dado que, since, given that
ser dado a, (aficionado, propenso) to be given to: no es muy dado a contar batallitas, he is not really given to storytelling
dado 2 sustantivo masculino
1 frml die (pl dice)
2 (juego) dice (pl dice): se pasó la noche jugando a los dados, he spent the night playing dice
dar
I verbo transitivo
1 to give: dame la mano, hold my hand
2 (conceder) to give: mi padre me dio permiso, my father gave me permission
le doy toda la razón, I think he is quite right
3 (transmitir una noticia) to tell
(un recado, recuerdos) to pass on, give
dar las gracias, to thank
4 (retransmitir u ofrecer un espectáculo) to show, put on
5 (organizar una fiesta) to throw, give
6 (producir lana, miel, etc) to produce, yield
(fruto, flores) to bear
(beneficio, interés) to give, yield
7 (causar un dolor, malestar) dar dolor de cabeza, to give a headache
(un sentimiento) dar pena, to make sad
le da mucha vergüenza, he's very embarrassed
8 (proporcionar) to provide: su empresa da trabajo a cincuenta personas, his factory gives work to fifty people
9 (una conferencia, charla) to give
(impartir clases) to teach
(recibir una clase) to have
US to take
10 (presentir) me da (en la nariz/en el corazón) que eso va a salir bien, I have a feeling that everything is going to turn out well
11 (estropear) to ruin: me dio la noche con sus ronquidos, he spoilt my sleep with his snoring
12 (abrir el paso de la luz) to switch on
(del gas, agua) to turn on
13 (propinar una bofetada, un puntapié, etc) to hit, give
14 (aplicar una mano de pintura, cera) to apply, put on
(un masaje, medicamento) to give
15 (considerar) dar por, to assume, consider: lo dieron por muerto, he was given up for dead
ese dinero lo puedes dar por perdido, you can consider that money lost
dar por supuesto/sabido, to take for granted, to assume
16 (la hora, un reloj) to strike: aún no habían dado las ocho, it was not yet past eight o'clock
17 (realizar la acción que implica el objeto) dar un abrazo/susto, to give a hug/fright
dar un paseo, to go for a walk
dar una voz, to give a shout
II verbo intransitivo
1 (sobrevenir) le dio un ataque de nervios, she had an attack of hysterics
2 dar de comer/cenar, to provide with lunch/dinner 3 dar a, (mirar, estar orientado a) to look out onto, to overlook
(una puerta) to open onto, lead to: esa puerta da al jardín, this door leads out onto the garden 4 dar con, (una persona, objeto) to come across: no fuimos capaces de dar con la contraseña, we couldn't come up with the password
dimos con él, we found him 5 dar de sí, (una camiseta, bañador) to stretch, give 6 dar en, to hit: el sol me daba en los ojos, the sun was (shining) in my eyes 7 dar para, to be enough o sufficient for: ese dinero no me da para nada, this money isn't enough for me
♦ Locuciones: dar a alguien por: le dio por ponerse a cantar, she decided to start singing
le dio por nadar, he got it into his head to go swimming
dar a entender a alguien que..., to make sb understand that...
dar la mano a alguien, to shake hands with sb
dar para: el presupuesto no da para más, the budget will not stretch any further
dar que hablar, to set people talking
dar que pensar: el suceso dio que pensar, the incident gave people food for thought
dar a conocer, (noticia) to release
' dado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anda
- bebida
- cabezazo
- calendario
- como quiera
- comoquiera
- coscorrón
- cuscurro
- dar
- dada
- devolución
- dialéctica
- encargo
- excarcelar
- excedencia
- giro
- golpetazo
- humanizar
- meneo
- mollera
- momento
- muerdo
- negativa
- negativo
- Nobel
- paliza
- retoque
- tralla
- baja
- calambre
- cambio
- desmedido
- disgusto
- manía
English:
censor
- fright
- giggly
- given
- jump
- publicity
- stroke
- take back
- view
- cube
- dice
- die
- honorable
- name
- onto
- reclusive
- unaccounted for
- weal
- wear
* * *dado1, -a♦ adj1. [concreto, determinado] given;2. [teniendo en cuenta] given, in view of;Mat [en problemas, ejercicios] given;dadas las circunstancias, me veo obligada a dimitir in view of the circumstances, I am forced to resign;dada su edad in view of o given his age;Matdado un punto A en el eje X… given a point A on axis X…3.los niños son muy dados a inventar historias children are always making up stories;es muy dado a viajar he's a keen traveller;somos dados a la conversación we chat a lot5. CompEsp Famir dado: vas dado si crees que te voy a ayudar if you think I'm going to help you, you can think again;con el nuevo jefe vamos dados we're in for it with this new boss;voy dado como no me eches una mano if you don't give me a hand, I've had it♦ dado que loc conjsince, seeing as;dado que somos tan pocos, se suspende la reunión seeing as there are so few of us here, the meeting is adjourneddado2 nm1. [para jugar] dice, die;jugar a los dados to play dice2. [de comida] cube;cortar en dados [patatas, zanahorias] to dice;una vez tostado el pan, córtelo en dados once the bread is toasted, cut it into cubes3. Arquit dado* * *1 m dice;jugar a los dados play dice2I part → darII adj given;ser dado a algo be given to sthIII conj:dado que since, given thatIV prp given* * *dado, -da adj1) : given2)dado que : given that, since* * *dado n dice [pl. dice] -
117 boina
f.beret.* * *1 beret* * *1.SF beret2.SMF* * *femenino beret* * *= beret.Ex. The restaurant has a well-uniformed security guard, with military-style chevrons on the shoulders and a beret on his head.* * *femenino beret* * *= beret.Ex: The restaurant has a well-uniformed security guard, with military-style chevrons on the shoulders and a beret on his head.
* * *beret* * *
boina sustantivo femenino
beret
boina sustantivo femenino beret
' boina' also found in these entries:
English:
beret
- blow off
* * *boina nfberet* * *f beret* * *boina nf: beret* * *boina n beret -
118 política
f.1 politics, political affairs, political playground.2 politics.3 policy, program.4 tact.5 politeness.* * *1 politics2 (dirección) policy* * *1. f., (m. - político) 2. f., (m. - político) 3. noun f.1) policy2) politics* * *SF1) (Pol) politics sing2) (=programa) policypolítica de ingresos y precios, política de jornales y precios — prices and incomes policy
política de mano dura — strong-arm policy, tough policy
política de silla vacía — empty-chair policy, refusal to take one's seat (in parliament)
política interior — [de país] domestic policy; [de organización] internal politics
3) (=tacto) tact, skill; (=cortesía) politeness, courtesy; (=educación) good manners pl* * *1) (Pol) politicsmeterse en política — ( como profesión) to go into politics; ( como militante) to get involved in politics
2) ( postura) policypolítica interior/exterior — domestic/foreign policy
nuestra política educativa/salarial — our education/wage policy
* * *= politics, rationale, elected politics.Ex. The social sciences class, 300, subsumes Economics, Politics, Law and Education.Ex. CD-ROM publishers are pricing either low or high and seemingly do not know what rationale to use for pricing.Ex. Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.----* adoptar una política = make + policy decisions.* atenerse a una política = uphold + policy.* cambiar de política a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.* confección de políticas = policy making [policy-making/policymaking].* cumplir una política = uphold + policy.* decisión sobre qué política de actuación seguir = policy decision.* dedicarse a la política = politick.* de elaboración de políticas = policy-forming.* determinación de políticas = policy making [policy-making/policymaking].* diseñar una política = draft + policy.* elaboración de políticas = policy making [policy-making/policymaking], policy formation, policy formulation.* establecer una política = institute + policy.* falsa política de integración de minorías = tokenism.* fijación de políticas = policy making [policy-making/policymaking].* formular una política = frame + policy.* hacer cumplir una política = uphold + policy.* inmerso en la política = steeped in politics.* integración de la perspectiva de género en el conjunto de las políticas = gender mainstreaming.* participante en la política = politically active.* personalidad en el ámbito de la política = political personality.* política administrativa = administrative policy.* Política Agrícola Comunitaria (CAP) = Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).* política a largo plazo = long term policy.* política bibliotecaria = library provision, library policy.* política bibliotecaria nacional = national library policy.* política científica = research policy, science policy, scientific policy.* política cultural = cultural policy.* política de actuación = policy.* política de adquisiciones = acquisition policy [acquisitions policy], collection development [collections development], selection policy, collection policy.* política de ayuda = assistance policy.* política de clases = class politics.* política de coaliciones = coalition politics.* política de competencias = competition policy.* política de compras = purchasing policy.* política de conservación = preservation policy, conservation policy.* política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.* política de expurgo = weeding policy.* política de fijación de precios = pricing policy.* política de financiación = financing policy, funding policy.* política de información = information provision, information strategy, information policy.* política de información nacional = national information policy.* política de inmigración = immigration policy.* política de la biblioteca = library's policy.* política del poder = power politics.* política de multas = fine policy.* política de personal = personnel policy, staff policy.* política de precios = pricing model, pricing policy.* política de preservación = preservation policy.* política de privacidad = privacy policy.* política de retenciones = retention policy.* política de sanciones = fine policy.* política de trabajo = policy.* política de usuarios = user policy.* política económica = political economy.* política editorial = editorial policy.* política educativa = educational policy.* política electoral = election politics.* política exterior = foreign policy.* política fiscal = fiscal policy.* política interna = policy, internal politics.* política internacional = international politics.* política laboral = labour policy.* política monetaria = monetary policy.* política nacional = national politics.* política pública = public policy.* política sancionadora = fine policy.* política social = social policy.* redactar una política = formulate + policy.* responsables de la política científica = science policy makers.* * *1) (Pol) politicsmeterse en política — ( como profesión) to go into politics; ( como militante) to get involved in politics
2) ( postura) policypolítica interior/exterior — domestic/foreign policy
nuestra política educativa/salarial — our education/wage policy
* * *= politics, rationale, elected politics.Ex: The social sciences class, 300, subsumes Economics, Politics, Law and Education.
Ex: CD-ROM publishers are pricing either low or high and seemingly do not know what rationale to use for pricing.Ex: Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.* adoptar una política = make + policy decisions.* atenerse a una política = uphold + policy.* cambiar de política a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.* confección de políticas = policy making [policy-making/policymaking].* cumplir una política = uphold + policy.* decisión sobre qué política de actuación seguir = policy decision.* dedicarse a la política = politick.* de elaboración de políticas = policy-forming.* determinación de políticas = policy making [policy-making/policymaking].* diseñar una política = draft + policy.* elaboración de políticas = policy making [policy-making/policymaking], policy formation, policy formulation.* establecer una política = institute + policy.* falsa política de integración de minorías = tokenism.* fijación de políticas = policy making [policy-making/policymaking].* formular una política = frame + policy.* hacer cumplir una política = uphold + policy.* inmerso en la política = steeped in politics.* integración de la perspectiva de género en el conjunto de las políticas = gender mainstreaming.* participante en la política = politically active.* personalidad en el ámbito de la política = political personality.* política administrativa = administrative policy.* Política Agrícola Comunitaria (CAP) = Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).* política a largo plazo = long term policy.* política bibliotecaria = library provision, library policy.* política bibliotecaria nacional = national library policy.* política científica = research policy, science policy, scientific policy.* política cultural = cultural policy.* política de actuación = policy.* política de adquisiciones = acquisition policy [acquisitions policy], collection development [collections development], selection policy, collection policy.* política de ayuda = assistance policy.* política de clases = class politics.* política de coaliciones = coalition politics.* política de competencias = competition policy.* política de compras = purchasing policy.* política de conservación = preservation policy, conservation policy.* política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.* política de expurgo = weeding policy.* política de fijación de precios = pricing policy.* política de financiación = financing policy, funding policy.* política de información = information provision, information strategy, information policy.* política de información nacional = national information policy.* política de inmigración = immigration policy.* política de la biblioteca = library's policy.* política del poder = power politics.* política de multas = fine policy.* política de personal = personnel policy, staff policy.* política de precios = pricing model, pricing policy.* política de preservación = preservation policy.* política de privacidad = privacy policy.* política de retenciones = retention policy.* política de sanciones = fine policy.* política de trabajo = policy.* política de usuarios = user policy.* política económica = political economy.* política editorial = editorial policy.* política educativa = educational policy.* política electoral = election politics.* política exterior = foreign policy.* política fiscal = fiscal policy.* política interna = policy, internal politics.* política internacional = international politics.* política laboral = labour policy.* política monetaria = monetary policy.* política nacional = national politics.* política pública = public policy.* política sancionadora = fine policy.* política social = social policy.* redactar una política = formulate + policy.* responsables de la política científica = science policy makers.* * *A ( Pol) politicsse dedicó a la política he went into politicssiempre están hablando de política they are always talking about politicsmeterse en política (como profesión) to go into politics; (como militante) to get involved in politicsB (postura) policyla política económica del gobierno the government's economic policypolítica interior/exterior domestic/foreign policypolítica gubernamental government policypolítica salarial wage policynuestra política educativa our education policy, our policy on educationuna política de negociación a policy of negotiationCompuesto:(UE) Common European Security and Defence Policy* * *
política sustantivo femenino
1 (Pol) politics
2 ( postura) policy;◊ política interior/exterior domestic/foreign policy
político,-a
I adjetivo
1 political
2 (parentesco) in-law: se lleva mal con su familia política, he doesn't get on with his in-laws
II sustantivo masculino y femenino politician
política sustantivo femenino
1 politics sing
2 (forma de actuar) policy
Recuerda la diferencia entre politics, política (en general), y policy, política (un plan o una serie de medidas): la política agrícola, the agricultural policy. Aunque politics lleva una s final, es un sustantivo singular: Politics is very interesting. La política es muy interesante. El hombre o la mujer que se dedica a la política (un político) se llama politician.
' política' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- agraria
- agrario
- álgida
- álgido
- angular
- batalla
- comulgar
- comunitaria
- comunitario
- desunir
- distensión
- esfera
- expansionista
- exterior
- granjear
- imponerse
- introducir
- izquierda
- izquierdo
- octavilla
- orientarse
- persecución
- político
- propaganda
- reivindicación
- rumbo
- singladura
- viñeta
- alejado
- arena
- bloque
- concreto
- desvincularse
- discutir
- eje
- energético
- entendido
- errado
- familia
- favorecer
- filiación
- hermano
- hijo
- interesar
- interior
- internacional
- intervención
- madre
- orientar
English:
active
- affair
- anathema
- arena
- assessment
- border
- bow out
- circle
- clash
- daughter-in-law
- employment
- figure
- fiscal
- foreign policy
- get into
- go into
- hands-off
- high
- home
- in-laws
- instability
- liberal
- line
- lobby
- mainstream
- policy
- political
- politician
- politics
- reshape
- reversal
- ruin
- shadow cabinet
- switch
- wing
- affiliation
- come
- dabble
- government
- heavyweight
- housing
- main
- unaware
* * *política nf1. [arte de gobernar] politics [singular];lleva treinta años dedicado a la política he has been in politics for the last thirty years;hablar de política to discuss politics, to talk (about) politics2. [modo de gobernar, táctica] policyUE Política Agrícola Común Common Agricultural Policy;la política del avestruz burying one's head in the sand;sigue con su política del avestruz he still prefers to bury his head in the sand;política comercial trade policy;política de empresa company policy;política exterior foreign policy;política fiscal fiscal policy;política monetaria monetary policy;UE Política Pesquera Común Common Fisheries Policy;política de tierra quemada scorched earth policy* * *f1politics sg2 orientación policy;política ambiental environmental policyI adj politicalII m, política f politician* * *política nf1) : politics2) : policy* * *política n1. (en general) politics¿te interesa la política? are you interested in politics? -
119 santa
f.1 saint, saintly woman.2 Santa, St. Nicholas.* * *1. f., (m. - santo) 2. f., (m. - santo)* * *
Multiple Entries:
Sta.
santa
Sta. (◊ Santa) St
santo,-a
I adjetivo
1 Rel (lugar, hecho, vida, etc) holy
2 (persona canonizada) Saint
Santo Tomás, Saint Thomas
3 acabó haciendo su santa voluntad, he ended up doing just as he wanted
familiar todo el santo día, the whole blessed day
II m,f (persona muy buena) saint
III sustantivo masculino (onomástica) es mi santo, it's my saint's day o name day
♦ Locuciones: se me/le fue el santo al cielo, it went straight out of my/his head
quedarse para vestir santos, familiar to be left on the shelf
tener/no tener el santo de cara, to be very lucky/unlucky
¿a santo de qué?, why on earth?
Mil ¡santo y seña!, password
familiar (conseguir algo a la primera) llegar y besar el santo, to pull sthg off at the first attempt
' santa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caer
- Santa Sede
- santo
- sede
- semana
- Sta.
- papá
- tierra
English:
catherine wheel
- Easter
- Holy Bible
- Holy Land
- Holy Week
- saint
- Santa Claus
- see
- communion
- holy
- inquisition
- stay
* * *I adj holyII m, santa f saint;¿a santo de qué? fam what on earth for? fam ;no es santo de mi devoción fam I don’t like him very much, he isn’t my favorite o Brfavourite person;quedarse para vestir santos fam be left on the shelf;tener el santo de cara be incredibly lucky, have the luck of the devil;tener el santo de espaldas have no luck at all;fue llegar y besar el santo fam everything fell into his lap;se me ha ido el santo al cielo fam it has gone right out of my head;dormir como un santo sleep like a baby o a log;Todos los Santos All Saints’ (Day)III m ( onomástica) saint’s day -
120 desaforado
adj.1 excessive, desperate, out of control.2 lawless.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desaforar.* * *► adjetivo1 (exagerado) huge, enormous, terrible2 (escandaloso) outrageous3 (fuera de la ley) lawless* * *ADJ [comportamiento] outrageous; [persona] lawless, disorderly; [grito] ear-splittinges un desaforado — he's a violent sort, he's dangerously excitable
* * *I II- da masculino, femeninocomo un desaforado — < correr> hell for leather; < gritar> at the top of one's voice
* * *= raging, intemperate, riotous, outrageous, excessive, desperate, out-of-control, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], ardent.Ex. This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.Ex. From hermeneutics to the most intemperate positivism, the real challenge is that of conceiving a general methodology.Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.Ex. There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex. This article discusses the out-of-control situation of federal paperwork and the consequent burdens it places on the US public and business sector.Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex. Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.* * *I II- da masculino, femeninocomo un desaforado — < correr> hell for leather; < gritar> at the top of one's voice
* * *= raging, intemperate, riotous, outrageous, excessive, desperate, out-of-control, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], ardent.Ex: This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
Ex: From hermeneutics to the most intemperate positivism, the real challenge is that of conceiving a general methodology.Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.Ex: There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex: This article discusses the out-of-control situation of federal paperwork and the consequent burdens it places on the US public and business sector.Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Ex: Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.* * *1 ‹fiesta› riotous, wild; ‹ambición› unbridled, boundless; ‹grito› terrible2 ‹partidario/nacionalista› ardent, ferventmasculine, femininese puso a comer como un desaforado he started eating as if he hadn't eaten in a weekcorrieron como desaforados they ran hell for leather o like crazy ( colloq)gritaba como un desaforado he was shouting at the top of his voice o like a madman, he was shouting his head off ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo desaforar: ( conjugate desaforar)
desaforado es:
el participio
desaforado◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino: como un desaforado ‹ correr› hell for leather;
‹ gritar› at the top of one's voice
' desaforado' also found in these entries:
English:
wild
* * *desaforado, -a♦ adj[gritos, baile, carrera] wild; [ambición, codicia, deseo] unbridled, wild; [celebración, fiesta] wild; [comilona, borrachera] enormous, gargantuan♦ nm,flos hinchas gritaban como desaforados the fans screamed wildly;bailaba/comía como un desaforado he danced/ate like a man possessed* * *adj1 ambición boundless2 grito ear-splitting
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