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101 beber
v.1 to drink.beber de una fuente to drink from a fountainElla toma limonada She drinks lemonade.2 to drink (alcohol).bebí más de la cuenta I had one too many3 to lap up (absorber) (palabras, consejos).* * *1 to drink1 to drink2 (emborracharse) to drink, drink heavily\beber a algo/alguien to drink to something/somebodybeber a la salud de alguien to toast somebodybeber los vientos por figurado to long forbeber por algo/alguien to drink to something/somebody* * *verb- beber a tragos* * *1. VT1) [+ agua, leche, cerveza] to drink¿qué quieres (de) beber? — what would you like to drink?
beber algo a tragos — to gulp sth, gulp sth down
2) frm (=absorber) to drink in2. VI1) [gen] to drink2) (=beber alcohol) to drink-¿quieres vino? -no, gracias, no bebo — "would you like some wine?" - "no thanks, I don't drink"
su padre bebe muchísimo — his father drinks a lot, his father is a heavy drinker
si bebes, no conduzcas — don't drink and drive
3) (=brindar)salud 3)beber por algo/algn — to drink to sth/sb
3.See:4.SM drinking* * *I 1.verbo transitivo to drink2.¿quieres beber algo? — do you want something to drink?
beber vi to drinkbeber a la salud de alguien — to drink somebody's o (BrE) to somebody's health
3.beber por alguien — to drink to somebody, toast somebody
beberse v pron (enf) to drink upIIa)b) ( acción) drinking* * *= drink, sip, booze, take + a swig, swig, imbibe.Ex. Some libraries offer users the opportunity to eat and drink, read books, periodicals and newspapers and listen to records and tapes.Ex. People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.Ex. While he boozed, Kerry was on three athletic teams and became a notable college debater.Ex. The media creates the image that solutions to stress can come from popping a pill or taking a swig from a bottle.Ex. One day she indulged in her habit of swigging too much gin before going to feed the porker and after opening its pen she slumped in a heap.Ex. In general, two drinks should be the limit when you're imbibing alcohol, whether it's wine, beer or liquor.----* barril con agua de beber = scuttlebutt.* beber a la salud de Alguien = drink to + Posesivo + health.* beber como un cosaco = drink like + a fish.* beber mucho = drink + heavily.* fuente para beber = scuttlebutt, drinking fountain, water fountain, bubbler.* haber bebido demasiado = be over the limit.* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.* * *I 1.verbo transitivo to drink2.¿quieres beber algo? — do you want something to drink?
beber vi to drinkbeber a la salud de alguien — to drink somebody's o (BrE) to somebody's health
3.beber por alguien — to drink to somebody, toast somebody
beberse v pron (enf) to drink upIIa)b) ( acción) drinking* * *= drink, sip, booze, take + a swig, swig, imbibe.Ex: Some libraries offer users the opportunity to eat and drink, read books, periodicals and newspapers and listen to records and tapes.
Ex: People engage in a wide range of activities in libraries, from lively dialog while munching sandwiches and sipping soda, to flirting and caressing, to the more traditional activities of reading and information searching.Ex: While he boozed, Kerry was on three athletic teams and became a notable college debater.Ex: The media creates the image that solutions to stress can come from popping a pill or taking a swig from a bottle.Ex: One day she indulged in her habit of swigging too much gin before going to feed the porker and after opening its pen she slumped in a heap.Ex: In general, two drinks should be the limit when you're imbibing alcohol, whether it's wine, beer or liquor.* barril con agua de beber = scuttlebutt.* beber a la salud de Alguien = drink to + Posesivo + health.* beber como un cosaco = drink like + a fish.* beber mucho = drink + heavily.* fuente para beber = scuttlebutt, drinking fountain, water fountain, bubbler.* haber bebido demasiado = be over the limit.* sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.* sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.* * *vtto drink¿quieres beber algo? do you want something to drink?, do you want a drink?bébelo a sorbos sip it■ bebervito drinksi bebes no conduzcas don't drink and driveúltimamente le ha dado por beber recently he's taken to o started drinkingha bebido más de la cuenta he's had one too many, he's had too much to drinkbeber a la salud de algn to drink sb's healthbeber POR algn to drink TO sb, toast sbbebieron por los novios they drank to o toasted the bride and groombeber POR algo to drink TO sth beber DE algo to drink FROM sth■ beberse( enf):bébete toda la leche drink up all your milknos bebimos la botella entre los dos we drank the whole bottle between the two of usse lo bebió de un trago he downed it in one o in one gulp1 (bebida) drinkel buen beber y el buen comer good food and drink2 (acción) drinking* * *
Multiple Entries:
beber
beber algo
beber ( conjugate beber) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to drink;◊ ¿quieres beber algo? do you want something to drink?;
beber a sorbos to sip;
si bebes no conduzcas don't drink and drive;
beber a la salud de algn to drink sb's o (BrE) to sb's health;
beber por algn/algo to drink to sb/sth
beberse verbo pronominal ( enf) to drink up;
nos bebimos la botella entera we drank the whole bottle
beber verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to drink
(brindar) beber a/por, to drink to: beberemos a la salud de Nicolás, let's drink to Nicholas
♦ Locuciones: familiar beber a morro, to drink straight from the bottle
familiar beber como un cosaco, to drink like a fish
beber de un trago, to down something in one go
' beber' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jarra
- moderación
- morro
- privar
- saciedad
- sorber
- tanta
- tanto
- terminar
- trasegar
- trincar
- tutiplén
- vaso
- viento
- agua
- algo
- ansia
- chupar
- demasía
- discreción
- estómago
- exceder
- exceso
- mamar
- paja
- pitillo
- repugnar
- resaca
- saciar
- ser
- tomar
English:
anything
- booze
- drink
- drink up
- give up
- gulp
- guzzle
- have
- lap
- lap up
- sip
- straw
- swig
- swill
- trough
- wash down
- drinking
- heavy
- moderation
- to
- water
* * *♦ vt1. [líquido] to drink;¿qué quieres beber? what would you like to drink?2. [absorber] [palabras, consejos] to lap up;[sabiduría, información] to draw, to acquire;beber los vientos por alguien to be head over heels in love with sb♦ vi1. [tomar líquido] to drink;beber de una fuente to drink from a fountain;Fambeber a morro to swig straight from the bottle;dar de beber a alguien to give sb something to drink;me dio de beber un poco de agua she gave me a little water to drink2. [tomar alcohol] to drink;no sabe beber he doesn't know his limit where alcohol's concerned;bebí más de la cuenta I had one too many;si bebes, no conduzcas don't drink and drivebeber por algo to drink to sth♦ nmdrinking;cuida mucho el beber he's very careful how much he drinks* * *I v/i drink;beber a opor drink to;beber en exceso drink too much, drink to excess;beber en un vaso drink from a glass;beber de la botella drink straight from the bottleII v/t drink;beber los vientos por alguien fig be crazy about s.o.;beber las palabras de alguien fig hang on odrink in s.o.’s every word* * *beber vtomar: to drink* * *¿qué quieres beber? what do you want to drink?beber por... to drink to... -
102 cautela
intj.caution.f.caution, cautiousness.con cautela cautiouslypres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cautelar.* * *1 caution, cautiousness\con cautela cautiously* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=cuidado) caution, wariness2) pey (=astucia) cunning* * *femenino caution* * *= caution, cautiousness, circumspection, wariness.Ex. The project is being undertaken with caution.Ex. She closed the door as he had said, not knowing what this cautiousness foreshadowed.Ex. Others would be well advised to treat such enquiries with circumspection.Ex. Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.----* actuar con cautela = play it + safe.* con cautela = cautiously, warily, with a grain of salt.* obrar con cautela = play it + safe.* tener cautela = proceed + with caution.* * *femenino caution* * *= caution, cautiousness, circumspection, wariness.Ex: The project is being undertaken with caution.
Ex: She closed the door as he had said, not knowing what this cautiousness foreshadowed.Ex: Others would be well advised to treat such enquiries with circumspection.Ex: Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.* actuar con cautela = play it + safe.* con cautela = cautiously, warily, with a grain of salt.* obrar con cautela = play it + safe.* tener cautela = proceed + with caution.* * *cautionobrar con cautela to act with caution o cautiously* * *
cautela sustantivo femenino
caution;
cautela sustantivo femenino caution: hice la pregunta con mucha cautela, I put the question cautiously
' cautela' also found in these entries:
English:
caution
- cautiously
- gingerly
- prudence
- stealthiness
- unwariness
- wariness
- reserve
- warily
* * *cautela nfcaution, cautiousness;obrar con cautela to act cautiously* * *f caution;con cautela cautiously* * *cautela nf: caution, prudence* * *cautela n caution -
103 colocación
f.1 placement, laying, putting, laying down.2 job, employment, position, post.3 investment, deposit.* * *1 (situación) positioning2 (de una alfombra, moqueta) laying; (de un cuadro) hanging3 (de dinero) investment4 (empleo) employment, job5 LINGÚÍSTICA collocation* * *SF1) (=acto) [gen] placing; [de bomba] planting; [de baldosa, moqueta, primera piedra] laying; [de cuadro] hangingla simple colocación de un espejo frente a otro da sensación de espacio — simply placing one mirror opposite another creates an impression of space
una fuga de gas producida por la incorrecta colocación del regulador — a gas leak caused by the incorrect installation of the regulator o by installing the regulator incorrectly
la campaña consistirá en la colocación de carteles en lugares públicos — the campaign will consist of putting up posters in public places
2) (=empleo) job3) (=situación) positioningel balón no entró gracias a la buena colocación del portero — thanks to the good positioning of the goalkeeper, the ball did not go in
4) (Com) [de acciones] placing, placement* * *1) ( empleo) job2)a) ( acción) positioning, placing; (de losas, baldosas) layingb) (Fin) investment, deposit* * *= collocation, disposition, filing, location, placement, laying, posting.Ex. In particular, Lubetzky proposed that a direct catalogue was to be preferred, with any necessary collocation achieved by references.Ex. Their main concern was the readable disposition of machine readable records.Ex. The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.Ex. Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.Ex. A scheme should allow relocation, in order to rectify an inappropriate placement, to eliminate dual provision (more than one place for one subject) to make room for new subjects.Ex. Due to their lighter weight optical-fibre cables can be suspended to form aerial cables in the rugged countryside of Wales where the laying of ducts would be prohibitively expensive.Ex. Throughout the story references are made to Indian customs, such as the posting of a lookout for whales and enemies while others prepare food for winter storage = En toda la historia se hacen referencias a las costumbres indias, como, por ejemplo, la colocación de un vigía para detectar la presencia de ballenas y enemigos mientras que otros preparan comida para almacenarla para el invierno.----* colocación del material de vuelta en los estantes = shelving.* colocación de los documentos de vuelta en los estantes = reshelving.* colocación del tejuelo = spine labelling.* colocación de publicación en la web por el propio autor = self-archiving.* colocación electrónica = electro-deposition.* colocación en los estantes sin distinguir tipo de material = intershelving.* colocación fuera de lugar = misplacement.* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.* * *1) ( empleo) job2)a) ( acción) positioning, placing; (de losas, baldosas) layingb) (Fin) investment, deposit* * *= collocation, disposition, filing, location, placement, laying, posting.Ex: In particular, Lubetzky proposed that a direct catalogue was to be preferred, with any necessary collocation achieved by references.
Ex: Their main concern was the readable disposition of machine readable records.Ex: The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.Ex: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.Ex: A scheme should allow relocation, in order to rectify an inappropriate placement, to eliminate dual provision (more than one place for one subject) to make room for new subjects.Ex: Due to their lighter weight optical-fibre cables can be suspended to form aerial cables in the rugged countryside of Wales where the laying of ducts would be prohibitively expensive.Ex: Throughout the story references are made to Indian customs, such as the posting of a lookout for whales and enemies while others prepare food for winter storage = En toda la historia se hacen referencias a las costumbres indias, como, por ejemplo, la colocación de un vigía para detectar la presencia de ballenas y enemigos mientras que otros preparan comida para almacenarla para el invierno.* colocación del material de vuelta en los estantes = shelving.* colocación de los documentos de vuelta en los estantes = reshelving.* colocación del tejuelo = spine labelling.* colocación de publicación en la web por el propio autor = self-archiving.* colocación electrónica = electro-deposition.* colocación en los estantes sin distinguir tipo de material = intershelving.* colocación fuera de lugar = misplacement.* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.* * *A (empleo) jobbuscar colocación to look for a jobB1 (acción) positioning, placing; (de losas, baldosas) layingla colocación de la primera piedra the laying of the foundation stonela colocación de azulejos requiere mucha paciencia tiling requires a lot of patience2 ( Fin) investment, deposit* * *
colocación sustantivo femenino
(de losas, alfombra) laying
colocación sustantivo femenino
1 (distribución) layout
2 (empleo) job, employment
' colocación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
orden
- instalación
English:
arrangement
- employment agency
- order
- placement
* * *colocación nf1. [acción] placing, positioning;yo me encargaré de la colocación de los cuadros I'll see to the hanging of the paintings2. [posición] place, position;se encontraba en una colocación inmejorable she was in a perfect position3. [empleo] position, job;oficina de colocación employment agency4. Bolsa placing, placement;5. Ling collocation* * *f1 positioning, placing2 ( trabajo) position* * *colocación nf, pl - ciones1) : placement, placing2) : position, job3) : investment -
104 condescendiente
adj.1 obliging.2 condescending, agreeable, assenting, accommodating.3 patronizing, obliging.* * *► adjetivo1 (transigente) condescending2 (complaciente) obliging, helpful* * *ADJ1) (=deferente) obliging; (=afable) affable; (=conforme) acquiescent2) pey* * *a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescendingb) ( comprensivo) understanding* * *= smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.Ex. There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.Ex. Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.* * *a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescendingb) ( comprensivo) understanding* * *= smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
Ex: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.Ex: Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.* * *1 ‹actitud/respuesta› (con aires de superioridad) condescending2 (comprensivo) understandingeres muy poco condescendiente you're not very understanding* * *
condescendiente adjetivo
condescendiente adjetivo
1 (amable, deferente) complacent
2 (con aire de superioridad) condescending
' condescendiente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
compasiva
- compasivo
- contemplar
English:
condescending
- patronizing
- talk down
- talk
* * *condescendiente adj1. [amable] obliging2. [altivo] condescending* * *condescending -
105 descendiente
adj.descendent, descendant, descending, downward.f. & m.descendant.* * *1 descendant (hijos) offspring\ser descendiente de to be a descendant of* * *SMF descendantmurió sin descendientes — he left no children behind, he died without issue frm
* * *masculino y femenino descendant* * *= descendant, downward, offspring.Ex. I shall illustrate these more modest, potentially valuable uses for AI or its descendants with three examples.Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.Ex. The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.----* orden descendiente = descending order, descending sequence.* * *masculino y femenino descendant* * *= descendant, downward, offspring.Ex: I shall illustrate these more modest, potentially valuable uses for AI or its descendants with three examples.
Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.Ex: The time has come when organised knowledge should recognise and reward librarianship and its offspring information science.* orden descendiente = descending order, descending sequence.* * *descendiente DE algn descended FROM sbdescendantes un descendiente directo del gran músico he is a direct descendant of the great musicianmurió sin descendientes she died without issue ( frml), she left no children* * *
descendiente sustantivo masculino y femenino
descendant
descendiente mf descendant
' descendiente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vástago
- varón
English:
descendant
- descended
- survive
* * *descendiente nmfdescendant;no dejó descendientes she left no children, she died without issue;es descendiente directo de los Stroganoff he's a direct descendant of the Stroganoffs* * *m/f descendant* * *descendiente adj & nm: descendant* * *descendiente n descendant -
106 desdeñar
v.to disdain, to despise, to disregard, to down-play.* * *1 (despreciar) to disdain, scorn2 (rechazar) to turn down1 not to deign (de, to)* * *1. VT1) (=despreciar) to scorn, disdain2) (=rechazar) to turn up one's nose at2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) ( menospreciar) to scornb) < pretendiente> to spurn* * *= disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.Ex. If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.* * *verbo transitivoa) ( menospreciar) to scornb) < pretendiente> to spurn* * *= disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.Ex: If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.
Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.* * *desdeñar [A1 ]vt1 (menospreciar) to scornno tienes por qué desdeñarlos porque no tienen estudios there's no reason to look down on them o to look down your nose at them just because they haven't had an educationdesdeñó el dinero/la fama she scorned money/fame2 ‹pretendiente› to spurn* * *
desdeñar ( conjugate desdeñar) verbo transitivo
desdeñar verbo transitivo to disdain
' desdeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despreciar
English:
disdain
- scorn
- sniff
- spurn
- scornful
- snub
* * *desdeñar vt1. [despreciar] to scorn;desdeñó a varios pretendientes she spurned several suitors;desdeña a la gente que no es de su clase he looks down on anyone not of his class2. [desestimar] to dismiss;no conviene desdeñar las posibilidades del equipo inglés the English team's chances should not be ruled out* * *v/t scorn* * *desdeñar vtdespreciar: to disdain, to scorn, to despise* * *desdeñar vb to scorn -
107 despreciar
v.1 to scorn.2 to spurn.3 to despise, to disdain, to flout, to hold in contempt.Ricardo desprecia a los avaros Richard despises cheapskates.4 to turn down, to snub.La chica despreció su ayuda The girl turned down his help.* * *1 (desdeñar) to despise, scorn, look down on2 (desestimar) to reject; (ignorar) to disregard, ignore* * *1. VT1) [+ persona] to despise, scorn2) (=rechazar) [+ oferta, regalo] to spurn, reject2.See:* * *verbo transitivoa) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down onb) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to rejectc) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount* * *= disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex. The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.* * *verbo transitivoa) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down onb) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to rejectc) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount* * *= disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex: The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.* * *despreciar [A1 ]vt1 (menospreciar) ‹persona› to look down onla despreciaban por su humilde origen people looked down on her because of her humble backgroundlo desprecio profundamente I despise him2 (rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to spurn ( liter), to rejectle despreció el regalo he spurned her giftes un trabajo que todos desprecian it's a job which everyone feels is beneath them3 (ser indiferente a) ‹peligro/muerte› to disregard, scorn ( liter)4 (no tener en cuenta) ‹posibilidad/consejo› to disregard, discount* * *
despreciar ( conjugate despreciar) verbo transitivo
( profundamente) to despise
despreciar verbo transitivo
1 (odiar) to despise
2 (menospreciar) to look down on, to scorn
3 (desdeñar) to reject, spurn
' despreciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
menospreciar
English:
despise
- disdain
- flout
- look down on
- disregard
- nose
* * *despreciar vt1. [desdeñar] to look down on, to scorn;lo desprecian por su egoísmo they look down on him because of his selfishness;no sabes cómo te desprecio you can't imagine how much I despise you2. [rechazar] to spurn;ha despreciado muchas ofertas he has rejected many offers;tómeselo, no me lo desprecie take it, don't turn it down3. [ignorar] to scorn, to disregard;despreció el mal tiempo y se fue a esquiar scorning o disregarding the poor weather, he went skiing* * *v/t1 look down on, despise2 propuesta reject* * *despreciar vtdesdeñar, menospreciar: to despise, to scorn, to disdain* * *despreciar vb1. (menospreciar) to look down on / to despise2. (rechazar) to reject -
108 disminuir
v.1 to reduce.2 to decrease.El medicamento disminuyó la fiebre The drug decreased the fever.Me disminuyó la temperatura My temperature decreased.3 to diminish, to decrease, to fall off, to drop off.El calor disminuyó The heat diminished.4 to lessen, to take down, to humiliate, to deflate.Su actitud disminuyó a su hijo His attitude lessened his son.5 to have less.Te disminuyó la fiebre You have less fever.* * *1 (gen) to decrease2 (medidas, velocidad) to reduce1 (gen) to diminish2 (temperatura, precios) to drop, fall* * *verb1) to decrease2) drop, fall* * *1. VT1) (=reducir) [+ nivel, precio, gastos, intereses] to reduce, bring down; [+ riesgo, incidencia, dolor] to reduce, lessen; [+ temperatura] to lower, bring down; [+ prestigio, autoridad] to diminish, lessen; [+ fuerzas] to sap; [+ entusiasmo] to dampenalgunos bancos han disminuido en un 0,15% sus tipos de interés — some banks have reduced o brought down their interest rates by 0.15%
disminuyó la velocidad para tomar la curva — she slowed down o reduced her speed to go round the bend
esta medicina me disminuye las fuerzas — this medicine is making me weaker o sapping my strength
2) (Cos) [+ puntos] to decrease2. VI1) (=decrecer) [número, población] to decrease, drop, fall; [temperatura, precios] to drop, fall; [distancia, diferencia, velocidad, tensión] to decrease; [fuerzas, autoridad, poder] to diminish; [días] to grow shorter; [luz] to fade; [prestigio, entusiasmo] to dwindleha disminuido la tasa de natalidad — the birth rate has decreased o dropped o fallen
el número de asistentes ha disminuido últimamente — attendance has decreased o dropped o fallen recently
ya le está disminuyendo la fiebre — his temperature is dropping o falling now
el paro disminuyó en un 0,3% — unemployment dropped o fell by 0.3%
con esta pastilla te disminuirá el dolor — this tablet will relieve o ease your pain
2) (=empeorar) [memoria, vista] to fail3) (Cos) [puntos] to decrease* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessendisminuyó la intensidad del viento — the wind died down o dropped
2) ( al tejer) to decrease2.disminuir vt1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish* * *= decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.Ex. Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.Ex. While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.Ex. Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.Ex. When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex. In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex. Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.Ex. Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.Ex. Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.Ex. The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex. The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.Ex. Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.----* atención + disminuir = attention + wane.* disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.* disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* disminuir el valor de = belittle.* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.* disminuir la marcha = slow down.* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.* disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessendisminuyó la intensidad del viento — the wind died down o dropped
2) ( al tejer) to decrease2.disminuir vt1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish* * *= decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.Ex: Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.
Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.Ex: While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.Ex: Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.Ex: When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex: In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex: Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex: As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.Ex: Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.Ex: Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.Ex: The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.Ex: Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex: The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.Ex: Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.* atención + disminuir = attention + wane.* disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.* disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* disminuir el valor de = belittle.* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.* disminuir la marcha = slow down.* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.* disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.* * *viA (menguar) «número/cantidad» to decrease, drop, fall; «desempleo/exportaciones/gastos» to decrease, drop, fall; «entusiasmo» to wane, diminish; «interés» to wane, diminish, fall offel número de fumadores ha disminuido the number of smokers has dropped o fallen o decreasedlos impuestos no disminuyeron there was no decrease o cut in taxeslos casos de malaria han disminuido there has been a drop o fall o decrease in the number of malaria casesdisminuyó la intensidad del viento the wind died down o droppedla agilidad disminuye con los años one becomes less agile with ageB (al tejer) to decrease■ disminuirvtA (reducir) ‹gastos/costos› to reduce, bring down, cutdisminuimos la velocidad we reduced speedes un asunto muy grave y se intenta disminuir su importancia it is a very serious matter, and its importance is being played downel alcohol disminuye la rapidez de los reflejos alcohol slows down your reactionsB (al tejer) ‹puntos› to decrease* * *
disminuir ( conjugate disminuir) verbo intransitivo ( menguar) [número/cantidad] to decrease, fall;
[precios/temperaturas] to drop, fall;
[ dolor] to diminish, lessen
verbo transitivo ( reducir) ‹gastos/producción› to cut back on;
‹ impuestos› to cut;
‹velocidad/número/cantidad› to reduce
disminuir
I verbo transitivo to reduce: esto disminuye sus probabilidades de entrar en la Universidad, this lowers his chances of admission to the University
II verbo intransitivo to diminish: el calor ha disminuido, the heat has lessened
' disminuir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclararse
- atenuar
- bajar
- descender
- enfriar
- perder
- rebajar
- reducir
- reducirse
- velocidad
English:
cut back
- decline
- decrease
- die down
- diminish
- drop
- dwindle
- ease off
- ease up
- lessen
- lower
- odds
- reduce
- shrink
- sink
- slacken
- slacken off
- taper off
- thin out
- abate
- ease
- flag
- go
- let
- tail
- taper
- wane
* * *♦ vtto reduce, to decrease;disminuye la velocidad al entrar en la curva reduce speed as you go into the curve;pastillas que disminuyen el sueño tablets that prevent drowsiness;la lesión no ha disminuido su habilidad con el balón the injury hasn't affected his skill with the ball♦ vi[cantidad, velocidad, intensidad, contaminación] to decrease, to decline; [desempleo, inflación] to decrease, to fall; [precios, temperatura] to fall, to go down; [vista, memoria] to fail; [interés] to decline, to wane;disminuye el número de matriculaciones en la universidad university enrolments are down;medidas para que disminuyan los costes cost-cutting measures;no disminuye la euforia inversora investor enthusiasm continues unabated* * *II v/i decrease, diminish* * *disminuir {41} vtreducir: to reduce, to decrease, to lowerdisminuir vi1) : to lower2) : to drop, to fall* * *disminuir vb1. (reducir) to reduce -
109 indicar
v.1 to indicate.todo parece indicar que ganará el equipo visitante everything seems to indicate that the visiting team will winme indicó con un gesto que me sentara she motioned to me to sit downesa flecha indica a la derecha that arrow points to the rightesa luz indica que le falta agua al motor that light shows that the engine is low on waterEl rótulo indica la dirección The sign indicated the way.2 to tell, to explain to.nos indicó el camino del aeropuerto she told us the way to the airport3 to prescribe.4 to suggest.Los síntomas indican una infección the symptoms suggest an infection.5 to indicate to, to suggest to.El jefe indicó ir de nuevo The boss indicated to go again.6 to hint, to denote, to cue.* * *1 to indicate, point out■ ¿cuánto indica la aguja? what does the gauge read?2 (aconsejar) to advise\indicarle el camino a alguien to show somebody the way* * *verb1) to indicate2) point out3) show* * *VT1) (=señalar) to show¿me puede usted indicar dónde está el museo? — can you tell me o show me where the museum is?
indica con un rotulador rojo dónde están los errores — use a red felt-tip pen to indicate o show where the mistakes are
me indicó un punto en el mapa — he showed me o pointed out a point on the map
2) (=decir) [señal, policía] to indicate; [portavoz, fuentes] to state, point out, indicateel policía nos indicó que parásemos — the policeman gestured o indicated to us to stop
según indicaron fuentes policiales — as police sources have stated o pointed out o indicated
3) (=mostrar) [+ cantidad, temperatura] to show; [+ subida, victoria] to point tolas previsiones del tiempo indican una subida de las temperaturas — the weather forecast points to a rise in temperatures
no hay nada que indique lo contrario — there's nothing to suggest otherwise, there is no indication to the contrary
todo parece indicar que van a ganar las elecciones — there is every indication o sign that they will win the election, everything points to them winning the election
como su (propio) nombre indica: la otitis, como su propio nombre indica, es una inflamación del oído — otitis, as its name suggests, is an inflammation of the ear
haz lo que te indique el médico — do as the doctor tells you, do as the doctor says
* * *verbo transitivo1) ( señalar) to indicate¿me podría indicar cómo llegar allí? — could you tell me how to get there?
me indicó el lugar en el mapa — he showed me o pointed out the place on the map
todo parece indicar que... — there is every indication that...
2) ( prescribir)3) (mostrar, denotar) to indicate, showel asterisco indica que... — the asterisk indicates o shows that...
como su nombre indica, es una flor azul — as its name suggests, it's a blue flower
el precio no está indicado en el catálogo — the price isn't given o shown in the catalogue
* * *= bespeak, bring to + Posesivo + attention, demarcate, denote, flag, indicate, mark, note, point, point out, point to, signal, signify, prompt, mark out, suggest, betoken, illustrate, bring to + Posesivo + notice, hold + clue, mark + Nombre + down as.Ex. I think this attitude somewhat bespeaks a professional abdication by a lot of us.Ex. Errors in colleagues' work should be brought to their attention tactfully and not in the presence of others = A los compañeros se les debería hacer ver sus errores discretamente y no en presencia de otros.Ex. The framework was designed to demarcate certain of those elements by means of prescribed punctuation.Ex. The notation is primarily letters, but also uses numbers to denote concepts in the auxiliary schedules.Ex. Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.Ex. The general index of CC lists isolates and indicates where they may be found as in a relative index.Ex. In addition, synthesis often requires the use of a facet indicator, which marks the beginning of a new facet for example.Ex. In the future, a number of further developments can be fairly confidently predicted in addition to the expansion of those noted above.Ex. An arrow pointing upwards indicates when the terminal is in insert mode.Ex. By means of the arrangement of document substitutes in library catalogues, and also by the arrangement of documents themselves, it is possible to point out, or indicate, classes of documents.Ex. This article points to economically feasible and communication-based indexing methods which fit the potentials of current information technology.Ex. Main classes are denoted by a capital letter, and in most classes a second capital letter is used to signal major sections or subclasses.Ex. Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.Ex. You will be prompted to choose a file; your last search will then be executed automatically in the file that you choose.Ex. To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.Ex. In effect, we'd be suggesting to them we don't have the book.Ex. The faintly irritating moralising tone of this book betokens a real human interest, which must be recovered if there is to be a dialogue of real content.Ex. The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.Ex. One moonlight night Sweeny was brought to our notice by his ejaculations of impatience at being obliged to come to a dead halt.Ex. To reconstruct palaeoclimates, palaeoclimatologists analyse tree rings, ice cores, sea sediments and even rock strata which may hold clues to the state of the climate millions of years ago.Ex. One look convinced the employer that she was unsuited for the work, and he marked her down as unsuitable.----* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.* entenderse que indica = take to + indicate.* evidencia + indicar = evidence + suggest, evidence + indicate.* hacer una marca para indicar el lugar donde uno se ha quedado leyendo = mark + Posesivo + place.* indicar a = point + the way to.* indicar claramente = make + it + clear.* indicar diferencias = point out + differences, note + difference, point to + differences.* indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.* indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.* indicar el camino correcto = point + Nombre + in the right direction.* indicar las dificultades = note + difficulties.* indicar las formas (de/en que) = point to + ways (of/in which).* indicar similitudes = point out + similarities.* resultados + indicar = results + indicate.* según quedó indicado en = as was pointed out in.* * *verbo transitivo1) ( señalar) to indicate¿me podría indicar cómo llegar allí? — could you tell me how to get there?
me indicó el lugar en el mapa — he showed me o pointed out the place on the map
todo parece indicar que... — there is every indication that...
2) ( prescribir)3) (mostrar, denotar) to indicate, showel asterisco indica que... — the asterisk indicates o shows that...
como su nombre indica, es una flor azul — as its name suggests, it's a blue flower
el precio no está indicado en el catálogo — the price isn't given o shown in the catalogue
* * *= bespeak, bring to + Posesivo + attention, demarcate, denote, flag, indicate, mark, note, point, point out, point to, signal, signify, prompt, mark out, suggest, betoken, illustrate, bring to + Posesivo + notice, hold + clue, mark + Nombre + down as.Ex: I think this attitude somewhat bespeaks a professional abdication by a lot of us.
Ex: Errors in colleagues' work should be brought to their attention tactfully and not in the presence of others = A los compañeros se les debería hacer ver sus errores discretamente y no en presencia de otros.Ex: The framework was designed to demarcate certain of those elements by means of prescribed punctuation.Ex: The notation is primarily letters, but also uses numbers to denote concepts in the auxiliary schedules.Ex: Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.Ex: The general index of CC lists isolates and indicates where they may be found as in a relative index.Ex: In addition, synthesis often requires the use of a facet indicator, which marks the beginning of a new facet for example.Ex: In the future, a number of further developments can be fairly confidently predicted in addition to the expansion of those noted above.Ex: An arrow pointing upwards indicates when the terminal is in insert mode.Ex: By means of the arrangement of document substitutes in library catalogues, and also by the arrangement of documents themselves, it is possible to point out, or indicate, classes of documents.Ex: This article points to economically feasible and communication-based indexing methods which fit the potentials of current information technology.Ex: Main classes are denoted by a capital letter, and in most classes a second capital letter is used to signal major sections or subclasses.Ex: Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.Ex: You will be prompted to choose a file; your last search will then be executed automatically in the file that you choose.Ex: To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.Ex: In effect, we'd be suggesting to them we don't have the book.Ex: The faintly irritating moralising tone of this book betokens a real human interest, which must be recovered if there is to be a dialogue of real content.Ex: The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.Ex: One moonlight night Sweeny was brought to our notice by his ejaculations of impatience at being obliged to come to a dead halt.Ex: To reconstruct palaeoclimates, palaeoclimatologists analyse tree rings, ice cores, sea sediments and even rock strata which may hold clues to the state of the climate millions of years ago.Ex: One look convinced the employer that she was unsuited for the work, and he marked her down as unsuitable.* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.* entenderse que indica = take to + indicate.* evidencia + indicar = evidence + suggest, evidence + indicate.* hacer una marca para indicar el lugar donde uno se ha quedado leyendo = mark + Posesivo + place.* indicar a = point + the way to.* indicar claramente = make + it + clear.* indicar diferencias = point out + differences, note + difference, point to + differences.* indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.* indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.* indicar el camino correcto = point + Nombre + in the right direction.* indicar las dificultades = note + difficulties.* indicar las formas (de/en que) = point to + ways (of/in which).* indicar similitudes = point out + similarities.* resultados + indicar = results + indicate.* según quedó indicado en = as was pointed out in.* * *indicar [A2 ]vtA (señalar) to indicatehay una flecha que indica el camino there's an arrow indicating o showing the way¿me podría indicar dónde está la oficina/cómo llegar allí? could you tell me where the office is/how to get there?me indicó el lugar en el mapa he showed me o pointed out the place on the maptodo parece indicar que … all the indications are that …, there is every indication that …no hay nada que indique lo contrario there's nothing to say you can't ( o he won't etc), there's nothing to indicate otherwise, there is no indication to the contrary ( frml)B(prescribir): el abogado indicó el procedimiento que había que seguir the lawyer told us the procedure we had to follow, the lawyer advised us of o indicated the procedure we had to followsiga las instrucciones que se indican al dorso follow the instructions given on the backC «hechos/indicios» (mostrar, denotar) to indicate, showel asterisco indica que se trata de la versión original the asterisk indicates o shows o means that it is the original versiontodo parece indicar que van a bajar los tipos de interés everything seems to point to a fall in interest rateses, como su propio nombre indica, una flor azul it is, as its name suggests, a blue flowerel termómetro indica un ligero descenso de las temperaturas the thermometer shows a slight drop in temperatureel precio no está indicado en el catálogo the price isn't given o shown in the catalogue* * *
indicar ( conjugate indicar) verbo transitivo
to indicate, show;
¿me podría indicar cómo llegar allí? could you tell me how to get there?;
me indicó el lugar en el mapa he showed me o pointed out the place on the map;
todo parece indicar que … there is every indication that …;
el asterisco indica que … the asterisk indicates o shows that …
indicar verbo transitivo
1 (señalar) to indicate, show, point out: el reloj indicaba las dos, the clock was showing two
indícame el camino exacto a tu casa, tell me how I can get to your house
2 Med (recetar, aconsejar) to prescribe
' indicar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apuntar
- callar
- coger
- decir
- enferma
- enfermo
- entre
- estar
- guiar
- incluso
- mayoría
- orientar
- sobre
- ver
- dar
- denotar
- marcar
- señalar
English:
denote
- direction
- eventual
- indicate
- intimate
- notice
- observe
- point
- point out
- shall
- should
- show
- signal
- signify
- storey
- suggest
- tell
- yet
- quote
- suggestive
* * *indicar vt1. [señalar] to indicate;esa flecha indica a la derecha that arrow points to the right;esa luz indica que le falta agua al radiador that light shows that the radiator is low on water;me indicó con un gesto que me sentara she motioned me to sit down;el pronóstico del tiempo indica que va a llover the weather forecast says it's going to rain;todo parece indicar que ganará el equipo visitante everything seems to point to a win for the away team;su nerviosismo indica que no ha estudiado his nervousness indicates o suggests that he hasn't studied;un animal que, como su nombre indica, es salvaje an animal which, as its name suggests, is wild2. [explicar] to tell, to explain to;nos indicó el camino del aeropuerto she told us the way to the airport;¿me podría indicar cómo llegar al centro? could you tell me how to get to the town centre?;yo te indicaré lo que tienes que hacer I'll tell you o explain what you have to do4. [sugerir] to give an idea of, to intimate;sólo indicaremos los resultados generales we will only give an idea of the overall results* * *v/t1 show, indicate2 ( señalar) point out3 ( sugerir) suggest* * *indicar {72} vt1) señalar: to indicate2) enseñar, mostrar: to show* * *indicar vb -
110 lazo
m.1 bow.2 ribbon.3 snare.4 tie, loop, knot, string tie.5 bond, relation, relationship, tie.6 lasso, lariat, long rope with a sliding noose.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: lazar.* * *1 (cinta) ribbon; (de adorno) bow3 (trampa) snare, trap\lazo corredizo slipknot* * *noun m.1) bond2) link3) bow* * *SM1) (=nudo) [para asegurar] knot; [decorativo] bow2) (Agr) lasso, lariat3) (Caza) snare, trap4) (Aut) hairpin bend5) pl lazos (=vínculos) ties* * *1)a) ( cinta) ribbon; ( nudo decorativo) bow¿te hago un lazo? — shall I tie it in a bow?
2)a) (Agr) lassono echarle or tirarle un lazo a alguien — (Méx fam) not to give somebody a second glance
poner a alguien como lazo de cochino — (Méx fam) to give somebody a dressing-down
b) ( cuerda) (Col, Méx) rope; ( para saltar) (Col) cuerda 1) b)c) ( para cazar) snare, trap3) ( vínculo) bond, tie* * *= tape, tie, knot, bond, lashing, loop, bonding, tie.Ex. A portfolio is a container for holding loose materials consisting of two covers joined together at the back; the covers are usually tied with tapes at the fore edge, top, and bottom.Ex. Eastern European countries longing for western scientific ties have wanted to participate in the Internet for a long time, but were excluded by government regulations.Ex. Often, too, there were knots of badly-beaten fibre visible in the substance of the sheet.Ex. Networking creates bonds where none may have existed and multiplies individual capabilities manifold.Ex. This type of lashing is used to tie 4 or more poles together at one point.Ex. Let us empower ourselves to bring those persons who cannot read, or those with a low level of literacy, or those who have been locked out of the information cycle, into the literacy loop.Ex. The authors suggest that there should be a bonding between and among governing agencies and local schools.Ex. Her shoulder length hair was pushed back and held with a tie.----* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.* con lazos muy estrechos = close-knit.* creación de lazos de amistad entre hombres = male bonding.* crear lazos = build up + links.* crear lazos afectivos = bond.* establecer lazos afectivos = bond.* estrechar los lazos = strengthen + links.* fortalecer los lazos = strengthen + links.* lazo afectivo = human bonding.* lazo cultural = cultural bond.* lazo étnico = ethnic bond.* lazo familiar = family bond.* lazos = ties.* lazos de amistad = bonding.* lazos de amor = bonding.* lazos familiares = family ties.* lazos sangüíneos = blood ties.* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.* romper un lazo = sever + connection.* ruptura de lazos = severing of ties, breaking of ties.* tender lazos = build + bridges.* * *1)a) ( cinta) ribbon; ( nudo decorativo) bow¿te hago un lazo? — shall I tie it in a bow?
2)a) (Agr) lassono echarle or tirarle un lazo a alguien — (Méx fam) not to give somebody a second glance
poner a alguien como lazo de cochino — (Méx fam) to give somebody a dressing-down
b) ( cuerda) (Col, Méx) rope; ( para saltar) (Col) cuerda 1) b)c) ( para cazar) snare, trap3) ( vínculo) bond, tie* * *= tape, tie, knot, bond, lashing, loop, bonding, tie.Ex: A portfolio is a container for holding loose materials consisting of two covers joined together at the back; the covers are usually tied with tapes at the fore edge, top, and bottom.
Ex: Eastern European countries longing for western scientific ties have wanted to participate in the Internet for a long time, but were excluded by government regulations.Ex: Often, too, there were knots of badly-beaten fibre visible in the substance of the sheet.Ex: Networking creates bonds where none may have existed and multiplies individual capabilities manifold.Ex: This type of lashing is used to tie 4 or more poles together at one point.Ex: Let us empower ourselves to bring those persons who cannot read, or those with a low level of literacy, or those who have been locked out of the information cycle, into the literacy loop.Ex: The authors suggest that there should be a bonding between and among governing agencies and local schools.Ex: Her shoulder length hair was pushed back and held with a tie.* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.* con lazos muy estrechos = close-knit.* creación de lazos de amistad entre hombres = male bonding.* crear lazos = build up + links.* crear lazos afectivos = bond.* establecer lazos afectivos = bond.* estrechar los lazos = strengthen + links.* fortalecer los lazos = strengthen + links.* lazo afectivo = human bonding.* lazo cultural = cultural bond.* lazo étnico = ethnic bond.* lazo familiar = family bond.* lazos = ties.* lazos de amistad = bonding.* lazos de amor = bonding.* lazos familiares = family ties.* lazos sangüíneos = blood ties.* romper los lazos con = sever + Posesivo + links with, sever + Posesivo + ties with, break + ties with.* romper un lazo = sever + connection.* ruptura de lazos = severing of ties, breaking of ties.* tender lazos = build + bridges.* * *A1 (cinta) ribbon2 (nudo decorativo) bow¿te hago un lazo? shall I tie it in a bow for you?se puso un lazo en la cabeza she put a bow in her hair3 ( RPl) (medio nudo) knotle hizo el lazo del zapato he tied her shoelace4 ( Méx) (del matrimonio) cord with which the couple are symbolically united during the wedding ceremonyB1 ( Agr) lassole echó el lazo al potro he lassoed the colt2 (cuerda — para atar) (Col, Méx) rope; (— para saltar) ( Col) skip o jump rope ( AmE), skipping rope ( BrE)3 (para cazar) snare, trapC (vínculo) link, bond, tienos unen lazos de amistad we are joined by bonds of friendshiplazos culturales cultural tiesCompuesto:* * *
Del verbo lazar: ( conjugate lazar)
lazo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
lazó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
lazar
lazo
lazar ( conjugate lazar) verbo transitivo (Méx) to rope, lasso
lazo sustantivo masculino
1
( nudo decorativo) bow;◊ ¿te hago un lazo? shall I tie it in a bow?b) (Méx) ( del matrimonio) cord with which the couple are symbolically united during the wedding ceremony
2a) (Agr) lasso
( para saltar) (Col) See Also→ cuerda 1b
3 ( vínculo) bond, tie
lazo sustantivo masculino
1 (lazada) bow: le regalé un lazo a la niña, I gave the girl a ribbon
2 (nudo) knot
3 fig (usu pl) (vínculo, relación) tie, bond
' lazo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corbata
- desatar
- deshacer
- hacer
- moña
- moño
- presilla
- trampa
English:
bond
- bow
- lasso
- loop
- noose
- pretzel
- ribbon
- tie
- link
* * *lazo nm1. [atadura] bow;hacer un lazo to tie a bow;hacerle el lazo del zapato a alguien to tie sb's shoelacelazo corredizo slipknot2. [cinta] ribbon3. [bucle] loop4. [trampa] snare;[de vaquero] lasso;echar el lazo a un animal to lasso an animal;echar el lazo a alguien to snare sb;Méx Famponer a alguien como lazo de cochino to have a go at sb5.lazos [vínculos] ties, bonds;los lazos económicos entre los dos países the economic ties o links between the two countries;los unen fuertes lazos de amistad they share a strong bond of friendship;no hay lazos de parentesco entre las víctimas the victims were not related to each other6. [en arte] tracery motif* * *m1 knot2 de adorno bowcaer en el lazo fig fall into the trap4:lazos pl ties* * *lazo nm1) vínculo: link, bond2) : bow, ribbon3) : lasso, lariat* * *lazo n1. (lazada) bow2. (cinta) ribbon -
111 mancha
f.1 stain, spot.tienes una mancha en la camisa you've got a stain on your shirt2 blotch (in skin).3 blemish.este suspenso supondrá una mancha en su expediente this fail will be a blot on his academic record4 tache.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: manchar.* * *1 stain, spot2 figurado blemish\sin mancha flawless, spotlessmancha solar sunspot* * *noun f.mark, stain, spot* * *SF* * *1)a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark; ( difícil de quitar) stainno le pude quitar or (AmL) sacar la mancha — I couldn't get the stain out
b) ( borrón) blotextenderse como una mancha de aceite — noticia to spread like wildfire
2)a) ( en la piel) markb) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patchlas manchas del leopardo — the leopard's spots o markings
3) ( en pulmón) shadow4) ( de vegetación) patch5) (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stainsin mancha — < alma> pure; < reputación> spotless
6) (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang7) (RPl) ( juego)* * *= deposit, spot, blemish, blob, stain, blotch, taint, blot, mottle.Ex. Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.Ex. If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.Ex. The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.Ex. Reciprocal RT references work both ways and are marked with a kind of blob in the shape of a distorted inverted comma.Ex. Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".Ex. Some editorial departments claim indexes are unnecessary and a typographical blot.Ex. The preservation and size of iron mottles in the paste suggests that clays were minimally processed before vessel manufacture.----* mancha de la piel = age spot.* mancha de petróleo = oil slick, oil spill.* mancha de sangre = blood stain.* mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.* mancha en + Posesivo + honor = blot on + Posesivo + escutcheon.* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.* mancha resistente = stubborn stain.* manchas = staining.* ser una mancha para = be a blot on.* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.* * *1)a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark; ( difícil de quitar) stainno le pude quitar or (AmL) sacar la mancha — I couldn't get the stain out
b) ( borrón) blotextenderse como una mancha de aceite — noticia to spread like wildfire
2)a) ( en la piel) markb) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patchlas manchas del leopardo — the leopard's spots o markings
3) ( en pulmón) shadow4) ( de vegetación) patch5) (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stainsin mancha — < alma> pure; < reputación> spotless
6) (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang7) (RPl) ( juego)* * *= deposit, spot, blemish, blob, stain, blotch, taint, blot, mottle.Ex: Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.
Ex: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.Ex: The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.Ex: Reciprocal RT references work both ways and are marked with a kind of blob in the shape of a distorted inverted comma.Ex: Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".Ex: Some editorial departments claim indexes are unnecessary and a typographical blot.Ex: The preservation and size of iron mottles in the paste suggests that clays were minimally processed before vessel manufacture.* mancha de la piel = age spot.* mancha de petróleo = oil slick, oil spill.* mancha de sangre = blood stain.* mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.* mancha en + Posesivo + honor = blot on + Posesivo + escutcheon.* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.* mancha resistente = stubborn stain.* manchas = staining.* ser una mancha para = be a blot on.* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.* * *A1 (de suciedad) spot, mark; (difícil de quitar) stainuna mancha de grasa/sangre a grease/blood stainla mancha no salió the stain didn't come outmanchas de humedad damp patchesno le pude quitar or ( AmL) sacar la mancha I couldn't get rid of the stain, I couldn't get the stain outeste mantel está lleno de manchas this tablecloth is covered in stainsla sábana tiene manchas de óxido the sheet has rust marks on it2 (borrón) blotextenderse como una mancha de aceite «noticia» to spread like wildfireestas barriadas pobres se están extendiendo como una mancha de aceite these shantytowns are spreading rapidly¿qué le hace una mancha más al tigre? ( Arg); what difference does/will it make?Compuestos:patch of iceoil slicksunspotB1 (en la piel) markuna mancha de nacimiento a birthmark2 (en el pelaje, las plumas) patchnegro con manchas blancas black with white patcheslas manchas del tigre the tiger's stripes o markingslas manchas del leopardo the leopard's spots o markingsCompuesto:yellow spotC (en el pulmón) shadowD (de vegetación) patchE ( liter) (imperfección, mácula) stainun alma sin mancha a pure souluna reputación sin mancha a spotless reputationuna mancha imborrable en el honor de la familia an indelible stain on the family honorG* * *
Del verbo manchar: ( conjugate manchar)
mancha es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
mancha
manchar
mancha sustantivo femenino
1
( difícil de quitar) stain;
manchas de humedad damp patches;
mancha de petróleo oil slick
2
( del leopardo) spot
3 (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain;
‹ reputación› spotless
4 (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang
manchar ( conjugate manchar) verbo transitivo
1 ( ensuciar) to mark, get … dirty;
( de algo difícil de quitar) to stain
2 ‹reputación/honra/memoria› to tarnish
verbo intransitivo
to stain
mancharse verbo pronominal
( de algo difícil de quitar) to get stained;
manchase DE or con algo to get stained with sth
mancha sustantivo femenino
1 (de grasa, pintura, etc) stain
2 (en la piel) spot: le ha salido una mancha roja en la mano, she has a red spot on her hand
manchar verbo transitivo to stain: su implicación mancha el nombre de la Universidad, his involvement is a disgrace to the University
' mancha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
canal
- guiso
- lamparón
- manchar
- penetrar
- pinta
- quitar
- quitarse
- rebelde
- sacar
- salpicadura
- aparecer
- aureola
- borrón
- cerco
- dejar
- desaparecer
- gotera
- ir
- manchego
- salir
- tenaz
English:
blemish
- blob
- blot
- blotch
- Channel Tunnel
- chunnel
- come off
- come out
- fleck
- get off
- get out
- mark
- patch
- removal
- remove
- rub off
- scrub away
- shift
- show
- show up
- slick
- smear
- smudge
- smut
- somewhere
- spot
- stain
- stubborn
- sunspot
- untarnished
- wash out
- wipe off
- birth
- blood
- channel
- cross
- dab
- marking
- sun
- wash
* * *mancha nf1. [de suciedad] stain, spot;[de tinta] blot;me he echado una mancha en la camisa I've stained my shirt, I've got a stain on my shirt;no consiguió que se fuera la mancha she couldn't get the stain out;una mancha de petróleo [en el mar] an oil slick;una mancha de aceite an oil stain;extenderse como una mancha de aceite to spread like wildfire2. [de color] spot, mark;un caballo con manchas negras a horse with black patches;RP¿qué le hace una mancha más al tigre? what difference does one more make?, one more won't make any difference3. [en la piel] [por reacción] blotch;[de la vejez] liver spot;le han salido unas manchas en la piel he's come out in blotchesmancha de nacimiento birthmark5. [deshonra] blemish, blot;este suspenso supondrá una mancha en su expediente this fail will be a blot on his academic record;tiene un historial sin mancha she has a spotless record* * *:Canal de la Mancha English Channel;la Mancha La Mancha* * *mancha nf1) : stain, spot, markmancha de sangre: bloodstain2) : blemish, blotuna mancha en su reputación: a blemish on his reputation3) : patch* * *mancha n1. (en general) stain3. (de animal) spot -
112 menospreciar
v.1 to scorn, to despise.2 to underestimate, to belittle, to cold-shoulder, to cry down.* * *1 (despreciar) to despise, scorn2 (no valorar) to undervalue, underrate* * *VT1) (=despreciar) to scorn, despise2) (=ofender) to slight3) (=subestimar) to underrate, underestimate* * *verbo transitivoa) ( despreciar) <persona/obra> to despise, look down onb) ( subestimar) to underestimateno lo menosprecies — don't underestimate o underrate him
* * *= underrate, disparage, denigrate, scorn, belittle, deprecate, have + contempt for, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.Ex. Its contribution in this context should not be underrated.Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.Ex. This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex. Citing a renowned author merely to gain personal respectability for an otherwise mediocre piece of research belittles the work of the cited author.Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex. The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.----* menospreciar a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.* * *verbo transitivoa) ( despreciar) <persona/obra> to despise, look down onb) ( subestimar) to underestimateno lo menosprecies — don't underestimate o underrate him
* * *= underrate, disparage, denigrate, scorn, belittle, deprecate, have + contempt for, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.Ex: Its contribution in this context should not be underrated.
Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.Ex: This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.Ex: Citing a renowned author merely to gain personal respectability for an otherwise mediocre piece of research belittles the work of the cited author.Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.Ex: The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.* menospreciar a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.* * *menospreciar [A1 ]vt1 (despreciar) ‹persona/obra› to despise, scorn, look down on2 (subestimar) to underestimatemenospreciar el valor de algo to underestimate the value of sthno lo menosprecies don't underestimate o underrate him* * *
menospreciar ( conjugate menospreciar) verbo transitivo
menospreciar verbo transitivo
1 (despreciar) to scorn, disdain
2 (infravalorar) to underestimate
' menospreciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despreciar
- desdeñar
English:
demean
- despise
- devalue
- disparage
- put down
- belittle
- denigrate
* * *menospreciar vt1. [despreciar] to scorn, to despise2. [infravalorar] to undervalue* * *v/t1 ( subestimar) underestimate2 ( desdeñar) look down on* * *menospreciar vt1) despreciar: to scorn, to look down on2) : to underestimate, to undervalue -
113 petulante
adj.1 opinionated, arrogant.2 petulant, boasting, vain, cynical.f. & m.1 opinionated person.2 smug person, self-righteous person, self-satisfied person.* * *► adjetivo1 vain* * *ADJ opinionated* * *Iadjetivo smug, self-satisfiedIImasculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool* * *= smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.Ex. Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.* * *Iadjetivo smug, self-satisfiedIImasculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool* * *= smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.Ex: Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.* * *smug, self-satisfiedsmug o self-satisfied fool* * *
petulante adjetivo
smug, self-satisfied
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
smug o self-satisified fool
' petulante' also found in these entries:
English:
smug
* * *♦ adjopinionated, arrogant♦ nmfopinionated person;es un petulante he's very opinionated* * *adj smug* * *petulante adjinsolente: insolent, petulant♦ petulantemente adv -
114 poner el dedo en la llaga
figurado to touch on a sore spot————————to touch a sore spot* * *[de error] to put one's finger on it; [de tema delicado] to touch a raw nerve* * *(v.) = hit + a (raw) nerve, touch on + raw nerve, hit + the nail on the head, strike + home, strike + a nerve, touch on + a sore spot, touch + a (raw) nerveEx. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.Ex. Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.Ex. One ISO team member hit the nail on the head by saying that the ISO certificate would mean a lot for our customers.Ex. Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.Ex. This interpretation obviously touched on a sore spot and the relation between the two countries remained troublesome for centuries.Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.* * *(v.) = hit + a (raw) nerve, touch on + raw nerve, hit + the nail on the head, strike + home, strike + a nerve, touch on + a sore spot, touch + a (raw) nerveEx: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
Ex: Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.Ex: One ISO team member hit the nail on the head by saying that the ISO certificate would mean a lot for our customers.Ex: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.Ex: This interpretation obviously touched on a sore spot and the relation between the two countries remained troublesome for centuries.Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country. -
115 recelo
m.mistrust, suspicion.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: recelar.* * *1 suspicion* * *SM (=suspicacia) suspicion; (=temor) misgiving, apprehension; (=desconfianza) distrust, mistrust* * *masculino suspicion, distrust* * *= mistrust, wariness.Ex. In such ways parents and teachers can get together and learn from each other, breaking down the barriers of mistrust that often exist between the 'expert' professionals and the 'ignorant' nonprofessionals.Ex. Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.----* recelos = misgiving.* sin recelo = with confidence.* tener recelos = have + misgivings.* ver con recelo = have + reservations (about).* * *masculino suspicion, distrust* * *= mistrust, wariness.Ex: In such ways parents and teachers can get together and learn from each other, breaking down the barriers of mistrust that often exist between the 'expert' professionals and the 'ignorant' nonprofessionals.
Ex: Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.* recelos = misgiving.* sin recelo = with confidence.* tener recelos = have + misgivings.* ver con recelo = have + reservations (about).* * *me miró con recelo she looked at me suspiciously o warily o distrustfullyla población mira con recelo a los nuevos líderes the people are somewhat distrustful of the new leaders, the people regard the new leaders with some suspicion* * *
Del verbo recelar: ( conjugate recelar)
recelo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
receló es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
recelar
recelo
recelo sustantivo masculino
suspicion, distrust;
recelar verbo intransitivo & verbo transitivo recelar de, to distrust
recelo sustantivo masculino distrust, mistrust
' recelo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
miedo
- mosca
- reserva
English:
distrust
- misgiving
- mistrust
- suspicion
- suspicious
- suspiciousness
- askance
- suspiciously
* * *recelo nmsuspicion;el policía nos miró con recelo the policeman looked at us suspiciously;la decisión creó recelo entre los inversores the decision made investors wary;sentir recelo to be suspicious* * *m mistrust;con recelo suspiciously, warily* * *recelo nm: distrust, suspicion* * *recelo n suspicion -
116 selección
f.1 selection, choice, option, pick.2 screening.* * *1 (gen) selection\selección nacional DEPORTE national teamselección natural natural selection* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=acción) selection2) (Dep)selección absoluta, selección nacional — national team, national side
3) pl selecciones (Literat, Mús) selections* * *femenino selectionla selección de los candidatos fue muy difícil — selecting o choosing the candidates was very difficult
la selección nacional — (Dep) the national team
hoy juega la selección — Spain (o Colombia etc) are playing today
* * *= recruitment, selection, selectivity, winnowing, screening, recruiting, selective listing, pick, sift, targeting, vetting, draft.Ex. For 'concept' may be read any relatively elementary term such as Libraries, Staff, Buildings, recruitment, Chemistry.Ex. Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.Ex. These have the advantages of economy, and (if the subscriber desires) selectivity because the records on the proof sheets are divided into broad categories which can be obtained separately.Ex. The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.Ex. Proper screening of job applicants can add to the security of the library without adding significantly to the budget.Ex. Successful recruiting of strong faculty requires some drastic shifts in thinking about what librarianship is as a discipline.Ex. A selective listing of major business information data bases is provided.Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.Ex. The method of work agreed was that the chairperson would make a first sift of proposals and divide them into two groups.Ex. An analysis of customers in terms of benefits can inform effective segmentation, which in turn can lead to more efficient targeting of resources.Ex. Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.Ex. Nevada's all-time leading scorer is leaving school to get a head start on the NBA's 2007 draft.----* barra en vídeo inverso de selección en pantalla = highlighting bar.* botón de selección = radio button.* caer por selección = drop.* casilla de selección = check box [checkbox].* comité de selección = screening panel, search and screen committee, search committee.* criterio de selección = selection criterion.* herramientas para la selección = selection tools.* instrumento de selección = selection aid.* lista de selección = pick-list.* procedimiento de selección = selection procedures, screening procedure.* proceso de selección = screening process, selection process.* realizar una selección = undertake + selection.* recuadro de selección = check box [checkbox].* responsable de la selección = selector.* selección de documentos = document selection, selection of documents.* selección de fondos = stock selection.* selección de la pareja = mate selection.* selección de libros = book selection.* selección de material = materials selection.* selección de personal = personnel recruitment.* selección de productos = merchandise selection.* selección de términos = extraction of terms, term selection.* selección de textos = selected writings.* selección natural = natural selection.* sistema de selección = vetting system.* ventana de selección = dialogue box.* * *femenino selectionla selección de los candidatos fue muy difícil — selecting o choosing the candidates was very difficult
la selección nacional — (Dep) the national team
hoy juega la selección — Spain (o Colombia etc) are playing today
* * *= recruitment, selection, selectivity, winnowing, screening, recruiting, selective listing, pick, sift, targeting, vetting, draft.Ex: For 'concept' may be read any relatively elementary term such as Libraries, Staff, Buildings, recruitment, Chemistry.
Ex: Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.Ex: These have the advantages of economy, and (if the subscriber desires) selectivity because the records on the proof sheets are divided into broad categories which can be obtained separately.Ex: The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.Ex: Proper screening of job applicants can add to the security of the library without adding significantly to the budget.Ex: Successful recruiting of strong faculty requires some drastic shifts in thinking about what librarianship is as a discipline.Ex: A selective listing of major business information data bases is provided.Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.Ex: The method of work agreed was that the chairperson would make a first sift of proposals and divide them into two groups.Ex: An analysis of customers in terms of benefits can inform effective segmentation, which in turn can lead to more efficient targeting of resources.Ex: Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.Ex: Nevada's all-time leading scorer is leaving school to get a head start on the NBA's 2007 draft.* barra en vídeo inverso de selección en pantalla = highlighting bar.* botón de selección = radio button.* caer por selección = drop.* casilla de selección = check box [checkbox].* comité de selección = screening panel, search and screen committee, search committee.* criterio de selección = selection criterion.* herramientas para la selección = selection tools.* instrumento de selección = selection aid.* lista de selección = pick-list.* procedimiento de selección = selection procedures, screening procedure.* proceso de selección = screening process, selection process.* realizar una selección = undertake + selection.* recuadro de selección = check box [checkbox].* responsable de la selección = selector.* selección de documentos = document selection, selection of documents.* selección de fondos = stock selection.* selección de la pareja = mate selection.* selección de libros = book selection.* selección de material = materials selection.* selección de personal = personnel recruitment.* selección de productos = merchandise selection.* selección de términos = extraction of terms, term selection.* selección de textos = selected writings.* selección natural = natural selection.* sistema de selección = vetting system.* ventana de selección = dialogue box.* * *(acción) selection; (conjunto de cosas, personas) selectionla selección de los candidatos fue muy difícil selecting o choosing the candidates o the selection of the candidates was very difficultuna empresa de selección de personal an employment o a recruitment agencyuna selección representativa de su obra a representative selection o sample of her workhizo una selección de los mejores she selected the best onesla selección nacional ( Dep) the national teamhoy juega la selección Spain ( o Colombia etc) are playing todayCompuesto:natural selection* * *
selección sustantivo femenino
selection;
la selección mexicana (Dep) the Mexican national team
selección sustantivo femenino
1 selection
2 Dep team
la selección nacional, the national team
' selección' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dedo
- criba
English:
array
- narrow
- range
- seed
- selection
- trial
- choice
- for
* * *selección nf1. [acción] selection;hizo una selección de los cuadros más interesantes he made a selection of the most interesting paintings;una prueba de selección de candidatos a candidate selection test;test de selección múltiple multiple-choice testselección natural natural selection;selección de personal recruitment2. [equipo] team;selección (nacional) national team* * *f selection;selección de residuos waste separation* * *1) elección: selection, choice2)selección natural : natural selection* * *1. (en general) selection2. (en deporte) team -
117 superficial
adj.superficial (also figurative).* * *► adjetivo1 superficial* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) [herida] superficial, skin antes de s2) (=poco perceptible) [interés] superficial; [mirada] brief, perfunctory; [carácter] shallow; [medidas] surface antes de s* * *2) < herida> superficial; <marca/grieta> surface (before n)* * *= shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.], superficial, facile, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], lightweight [light-weight], perfunctory, cosmetic, skin deep.Ex. There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex. I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.Ex. David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.Ex. The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.Ex. The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.----* arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery.* con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded.* de manera muy superficial = sketchily.* herida superficial = superficial wound.* tono superficial = light touch.* * *2) < herida> superficial; <marca/grieta> surface (before n)* * *= shallow [shallower -comp., shallowest -sup.], superficial, facile, sketchy [sketchier -comp., sketchiest -sup.], lightweight [light-weight], perfunctory, cosmetic, skin deep.Ex: There is a distinct superficial similarity between a KWOC index and an index arranged under assigned or controlled subject headings.Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex: I recently did a sketchy biography of Lucille Morsch and had to go back and read all the material on her career.Ex: David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.Ex: The author calls for more market research rather than just tinkering or applying fashionable cosmetic quick fixes.Ex: The article 'Beauty is still only skin deep' argues that in e-business it is what is beneath the surface that counts such as the integration of sales and order information with the production, stocking and delivery of the product or service.* arteria temporal superficial = superficial temporal artery.* con heridas superficiales = superficially wounded.* de manera muy superficial = sketchily.* herida superficial = superficial wound.* tono superficial = light touch.* * *A (frívolo) ‹persona› superficial, shallow; ‹charla/comentario› superficialB ‹herida› superficial; ‹marca/grieta› surface ( before n) estructura* * *
superficial adjetivo
1 ( frívolo) ‹ persona› superficial, shallow;
‹charla/comentario› superficial
2 ‹ herida› superficial;
‹marca/grieta› surface ( before n)
superficial adjetivo
1 superficial
una herida superficial, a superficial wound
2 (una persona) pey superficial, shallow
' superficial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escarceo
- somera
- somero
- vacía
- vacío
- vaguedad
- hueco
English:
cursory
- facile
- flesh wound
- glitter
- lightweight
- perfunctory
- shallow
- sketchy
- skin-deep
- superficial
- surface
- surface tension
- casual
- cosmetic
- skin
* * *superficial adj1. [poco profundo] [capa, herida] superficial2. [frívolo] [persona, conversación] superficial* * *adj superficial, shallow* * *superficial adj: superficial♦ superficialmente adv* * *superficial adj superficial -
118 tocar donde duele
(v.) = touch on + raw nerve, touch on + a sore spotEx. Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.Ex. This interpretation obviously touched on a sore spot and the relation between the two countries remained troublesome for centuries.* * *(v.) = touch on + raw nerve, touch on + a sore spotEx: Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.
Ex: This interpretation obviously touched on a sore spot and the relation between the two countries remained troublesome for centuries. -
119 que
que [kə]━━━━━━━━━1. conjunction2. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (complétive) that━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► that introduisant une subordonnée complétive est souvent sous-entendu en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• tu crois qu'il réussira ? do you think he'll succeed?• mais il n'a pas de voiture ! -- il dit que si but he has no car! -- he says he has━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Avec un verbe de volonté, l'anglais emploie une proposition infinitive. Si le sujet de cette infinitive est un pronom, l'anglais utilise la forme objet du pronom.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque que remplace une conjonction comme si, quand, comme, que, la conjonction est soit répétée soit omise en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• si vous êtes sages et qu'il fait beau, nous sortirons if you are good and (if) the weather is fine, we'll go out• comme la maison est petite et qu'il n'y a pas de jardin... as the house is small and there's no garden...• il ira, qu'il le veuille ou non he'll go whether he wants to or not• qu'il parte ou qu'il reste, ça m'est égal whether he leaves or stays, it's all the same to med. (but) tenez-le, qu'il ne tombe pas hold him so he doesn't falle. (temps) elle venait à peine de sortir qu'il se mit à pleuvoir she had no sooner gone out than it started raining• ils ne se connaissaient pas depuis 10 minutes qu'ils étaient déjà amis they had only known each other for 10 minutes and already they were friendsf. (souhait) qu'il se taise ! I wish he would be quiet!• eh bien, qu'il vienne ! all right, he can come!• qu'il essaie seulement ! just let him try!• que je l'aide ? tu plaisantes ! me, help him? you must be joking!• « viens ici ! » qu'il me crie (inf) "come here!" he shoutedh. (locutions)► que... ne• j'avais déjà fini de déjeuner qu'elle n'avait pas commencé I'd already finished my lunch and she hadn't even started► que oui ! yes indeed!• il était fâché ? -- que oui ! was he angry? -- he certainly was!► que non ! certainly not!• tu viens ? -- que non ! are you coming? -- no I am not!2. <• que tu es lent ! you're so slow!• que de voitures ! there's so much traffic!• que d'erreurs ! there are so many mistakes!qu'est-ce qu'il est bête ! he's such an idiot!• qu'est-ce qu'il joue bien ! doesn't he play well!3. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le pronom relatif que n'est souvent pas traduit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'on utilise un pronom relatif pour désigner une personne en anglais, il y a trois possibilités: whom, qui est d'un registre soutenu, who qui n'est pas correct, mais très fréquemment utilisé, et that.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le pronom relatif que n'est souvent pas traduit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'on utilise un pronom relatif pour désigner un animal ou une chose en anglais, il y a deux possibilités: that et which, qui s'utilise surtout pour des choses.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• la raison qu'il a donnée the reason (that or which) he gavec. (en incise)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la relative est en incise, on n'emploie jamais that, mais which pour une chose et who(m) pour une personne.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• un certain M. Leduc, que je ne connais pas, m'a appelé a certain Mr Leduc, who (inf) or whom I don't know, called me• la lettre, que j'ai postée lundi, est arrivée vendredi the letter, which I posted on Monday, arrived on Fridaye. (autres) quel homme charmant que votre voisin ! what a charming man your neighbour is!• tout distrait qu'il est, il s'en est aperçu absent-minded though he is, he still noticed it4. <• que fais-tu ? what are you doing?• qu'en sais-tu ? what do you know about it?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Dans les cas où il y a un choix, on emploie which.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• que préfères-tu, de la compote ou un crème caramel ? which would you prefer, stewed fruit or crème caramel?• qu'est-ce que tu fais ? what are you doing?• qu'est-ce que tu préfères, le rouge ou le noir ? which do you prefer, the red one or the black one?► qu'est-ce qui what• qu'est-ce qui l'a mis en colère ? what made him so angry?* * *
1.
( qu' before vowel or mute h) kə conjonctioncomme tu ne veux pas venir et que tu ne veux pas dire pourquoi — since you refuse to come and (since you) refuse to say why
2)qu'il soit le meilleur, nous nous en sommes déjà rendu compte — we were already well aware that he's the best
approche, que je te regarde — come closer so I can look at you
que vous le vouliez ou non, que cela vous plaise ou non — whether you like it or not
il n'était pas sitôt parti qu'elle appela la police — no sooner had he left than she called the police
j'avais déjà lu dix pages qu'il n'avait toujours pas commencé — I had already read ten pages while he hadn't even started
qu'on veuille bien m'excuser mais... — you must excuse me but...
qu'il crève! — (sl) let him rot! (colloq)
2.
pronom interrogatif whatque dire? — what can you ou one say?
que faire? — ( maintenant) what shall I/we do?; ( au passé) what could I/we do?
3.
pronom relatifPierre, que je n'avais pas vu depuis 20 ans, est venu me voir hier — Pierre, whom I had not seen for 20 years, came to see me yesterday
c'est la plus belle femme que j'aie jamais vue — she's the most beautiful woman (that) I've ever seen
3) ( employé comme attribut) that
4.
‘vous ne leur en avez pas parlé?’ - ‘oh que si!’ — ‘haven't you spoken to them about it?’ - ‘yes I have!’
‘tu en as besoin?’ - ‘que oui!’ — ‘do you need it’ - ‘I certainly do!’
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que conjonction de subordination se traduit généralement par that: elle a dit qu'elle le ferait = she said that she would do it; il est important qu'ils se rendent compte que ce n'est pas simple it's important that they should realize that it's not simpleOn notera que that est souvent omis: je pense qu'il devrait changer de métier = I think he should change jobsQuand que suit un verbe exprimant un souhait, une volonté, l'anglais utilise un infinitif: je voudrais que tu ranges ta chambre = I'd like you to tidy your room; elle veut qu'il fasse un stage de formation = she wants him to do a training courseOn trouvera ci-dessous quelques exemples supplémentaires mais on pourra toujours se reporter aux verbes, adjectifs et substantifs qui peuvent être suivis de que, comme montrer, comprendre, apparaître, certain, évident, idée etc. De même les locutions ainsi que, alors que, bien que sont traitées respectivement sous ainsi, alors, bien. Pour les emplois de que avec ne, plus, moins etc on se reportera à ne, plus, moins etcque pronom relatif se traduit différemment selon qu'il a pour antécédent un nom de personne: l'homme que je vois = the man that I can see; = the man I can see; = the man who I can see; = the man whom I can see; les amis que j'ai invités = the friends that I've invited; = the friends I've invited; = the friends who I have invited; = the friends whom I have invited (dans les deux cas ci-dessus la traduction avec whom appartient au registre de la langue écrite); ou un nom de chose, concept, animal: le chien que je vois = the dog that I can see; = the dog I can see; = the dog which I can see; l'invitation que j'ai reçue = the invitation that I received; = the invitation I received; = the invitation which I received. Voir III ci-dessous* * *kə1. conj1) (introduisant complétive) thatIl sait que tu es là. — He knows you're here., He knows that you're here.
Je veux que tu acceptes. — I want you to agree.
Je veux que tu viennes. — I want you to come.
Il a dit que oui. — He said he would.
Quand il rentrera et qu'il aura mangé... — When he gets back and has eaten...
Si vous y allez ou que vous... — If you go there or if you...
qu'il le veuille ou non — whether he likes it or not, (souhait)
4) (but) (= de sorte que) so, so thatTenez-le, qu'il ne tombe pas. — Hold it so it doesn't fall., Hold it so that it doesn't fall.
5) (après comparatif) thanplus... que — more... than
C'est plus difficile que je ne le pensais. — It's more difficult than I thought.
Il est plus grand que moi. — He's bigger than me.
6) (équivalence) asaussi... que — as... as
Elle est aussi jolie que sa sœur. — She's as pretty as her sister.
Le train est aussi cher que l'avion. — The train is as expensive as the plane.
See:plus; aussi; autantne... que (= seulement) — only
Il ne boit que de l'eau. — He only drinks water.
Je ne l'ai vu qu'une fois. — I've only seen him once.
à peine... que; Elle venait à peine de sortir qu'il se mit à pleuvoir. — She had just gone out when it started to rain., No sooner had she gone out than it started to rain.
il y a... que; ça fait... que; Il y a 4 ans qu'il est parti.; Ça fait 4 ans qu'il est parti. — It is 4 years since he left.
See:2. advqu'il est...; Qu'il est bête!; Qu'est-ce qu'il est bête! — He's so silly!
Qu'il court vite!; Qu'est-ce qu'il court vite! — He runs so fast!
que de... — such a lot of..., so many...
3. pron1) (relatif) (personne) that, whomla dame que j'ai rencontrée hier — the lady I met yesterday, the lady that I met yesterday
l'homme que je vois — the man I can see, the man that I can see
2) (chose) that, whichLe gâteau qu'elle a fait est délicieux. — The cake she made is delicious., The cake that she made is delicious., The cake which she made is delicious.
le livre que tu vois — the book you see, the book that you see, the book which you see
3) (temps) (= où)un jour que j'étais... — a day when I was...
4) (interrogatif) whatQu'est-ce que...? — What...?
Qu'est-ce que c'est? (en désignant qch) — What is it?, What's that?, (en entendant qch) What's that?
* * *que ⇒ Note d'usage (qu' before vowel or mute h)A conj1 ( reprenant une autre conjonction) comme tu ne veux pas venir et que tu ne veux pas dire pourquoi since you refuse to come and (since you) refuse to say why; si vous venez et que vous avez le temps if you come and (if you) have the time;2 je crains que tu (ne) fasses une bêtise I'm worried (that) you might do something silly; le fait qu'il se soit enfui prouve sa culpabilité the fact that he has run away is proof of his guilt; qu'il soit le meilleur, nous nous en sommes déjà rendu compte we were already well aware that he's the best; taisez- vous que j'entende ce qu'il dit stop talking so (that) I can hear what he's saying; approche, que je te regarde come closer so I can look at you; qu'il pleuve et toute la récolte est détruite if it rains the harvest will be ruined; que vous le vouliez ou non, que cela vous plaise ou non whether you like it or not; il voudrait faire échouer le projet qu'il ne s'y prendrait pas autrement if he wanted to ruin the project he couldn't have chosen a better way to do it; il l'aurait fait qu'il ne voudrait pas l'admettre even if he did do it he wouldn't admit it; il n'était pas sitôt parti qu'elle appela la police no sooner had he left than she called the police; vous dormiez encore que j'avais déjà fait une longue promenade you were still asleep, while I had already been for a long walk; j'avais déjà lu 10 pages qu'il n'avait toujours pas commencé I had already read 10 pages while he hadn't even started; il ne se passe pas de jour qu'il ne pleuve not a day goes by without rain ou when it doesn't rain; que tout le monde sorte! everyone must leave!; qu'on veuille bien m'excuser mais… you must excuse me but…; qu'il se taise! I wish he would be quiet!; que n'êtes vous-arrivés hier soir! fml if only you'd arrived last night!; que ceux qui n'ont pas compris le disent let anyone who hasn't understood say so; qu'on le pende! hang him!; qu'il crève◑! let him rot○!, he can rot○!; que j'aille le voir! you expect me to go and see him!; que je leur prête ma voiture! you expect me to lend them my car!; que je sache as far as I know;3 ◑( à la place de l'inversion du sujet) et alors? que je lui ai dit so? I said to him; approche! qu'il m'a dit come closer! he says to me○.B pron inter what; que fais-tu ? what are you doing?; que dire? what can you ou one say?; que faire? ( maintenant) what shall I do?, what am I to do?; ( au passé) what could I do?, what was I to do?; que veux-tu pour ton anniversaire? what do you want for your birthday?; qu'est-ce que tu en penses? what do you think?; je ne sais que dire I don't know what to say; je ne sais pas ce qu'il a dit I don't know what he said; que sont ces traces? what are those tracks?; qu'est-ce que c'est que ça? what's that?; qu'importe? what does it matter?C pron rel1 ( ayant un nom de personne pour antécédent) Pierre, que je n'avais pas vu depuis 20 ans, est venu me voir hier Pierre, whom I had not seen for 20 years, came to see me yesterday; c'est la plus belle femme que j'aie jamais vue she's the most beautiful woman (that) I've ever seen;2 ( ayant un nom de chose ou d'animal pour antécédent) je n'aime pas la voiture que tu as achetée I don't like the car (that) you've bought; le livre qu'il a écrit juste après la guerre the book that he wrote just after the war; les photos que vous regardez ont été prises à Rome the photographs that ou which you are looking at were taken in Rome; c'est la plus belle fleur que j'aie jamais vue it's the most beautiful flower (that) I've ever seen;3 ( employé comme attribut) that; la vieille dame qu'elle est devenue the old lady that she has become; énervé qu'il était il n'a pu terminer son discours he was so worked up that he couldn't finish his speech; de petite fille sage qu'elle était elle est devenue une petite peste she's changed from the good little girl that she was into a real pest; bête que je suis fool that I am; stupide que tu es! you silly thing!D adv que vous êtes jolie! how pretty you are!; que c'est difficile/ennuyeux how difficult/boring it is; que c'est joli it's so pretty; ce que vous êtes jolie! you're so pretty!; que de monde/d'eau what a lot of people/water; qu'avait-il besoin de faire? why did he have to do?; que ne le disais-tu plus tôt? fml why didn't you say so earlier?; ‘vous ne leur en avez pas parlé?’-‘oh que si!’ ‘haven't you spoken to them about it?’-‘oh yes I have!’; que non! definitely not!; ‘tu en as besoin?’-‘que oui!’ ‘do you need it’-‘indeed I do!’; c'était une époque turbulente que le XVIe siècle what a turbulent period the 16th century was.1. [combien]que tu es naïf! you're so naive!, aren't you naive!que de bruit ici! it's so noisy here!, what a lot of noise there is in here!2. [exprimant l'indignation]que ne l'as-tu (pas) dit plus tôt! why didn't you say so earlier?, I wish you had said so ou that earlier!————————sa sœur, que je n'avais pas vue depuis 10 ans, était là aussi her sister, whom ou who I hadn't seen for 10 years, was there toole contrat que j'ai signé the contract (which) ou that I signedje ne suis pas la seule, que je sache I'm not the only one as far as I know4. [pour souligner une caractéristique]fatiguée qu'elle était, elle continuait à l'aider tired though ou as she was, she carried on helping himde timide qu'il était, il est devenu expansif once a shy man, he's now an extroverten bon père/électricien qu'il était being the good father/electrician he wasune chance, que cette panne! very lucky, this breakdown!5. [dans des expressions de temps, de durée]un soir qu'il faisait très chaud one very hot evening, one evening when the weather was very hotle temps que tu te prépares, il sera trop tard by the time you're ready it'll be too latechaque fois que je m'absente, il téléphone every time I'm out he phones————————1. [dans le discours direct] whatqu'est-ce que je vois/j'entends? [ton menaçant ou hum] what is this I see/hear?2. [dans le discours indirect] what————————1. [après des verbes déclaratifs ou des verbes d'évaluation] thatexigez qu'on vous indemnise demand compensation ou to be compensated[en début de proposition]que leur fils ait fugué, cela ne devrait pas nous surprendre the fact that their son ran away shouldn't come as a surprise to usque tu pleures ne changera rien your ou you crying won't change anything2. (à valeur circonstancielle) [et déjà] thanil n'a pas fini de lire un roman qu'il en commence un autre no sooner has he finished one novel than he starts reading another[afin que] so thatapproche-toi, que je te voie mieux come closer so that I can see you better[à tel point que]elle tousse que ça réveille tout le monde (familier) she coughs so much (that) she wakes everybody upil est têtu que ça en devient un vrai problème (familier) he's so ou that stubborn (that) it's a real problem[dialecte: parce que]ne viens pas, que si je te vois je te tue! don't come, 'cos if I see you I'll kill you!3. (suivi du subjonctif) [pour formuler un ordre, un souhait, une éventualité]a. [faites-la parler] make her talk!b. [laissez-la parler] let her speak!eh bien, qu'il s'en aille s'il n'est pas content! he can leave if he doesn't like it!qu'il m'attaque et je dis tout just let him (try and) attack me, and I'll reveal everything4. (soutenu) [dans une double hypothèse]5. [répète la conjonction précédente]6. [formule de présentation et d'insistance]je croyais l'affaire faite et voilà qu'elle n'est pas d'accord I thought the deal was clinched and now I find she disagreessi je n'ai rien dit, c'est que je craignais de te vexer if I said nothing, it was because I was afraid of upsetting youtu n'iras pas — que si! you won't go — oh yes I will ou I will too!7. [dans une formule interrogative]————————que... ne locution conjonctiveaucune décision n'est prise que je ne sois préalablement consulté no decision is made without my being consulted first————————que... ou non locution conjonctivewhether... or not————————que... (ou) que locution conjonctivewhether... orqu'il fasse beau, qu'il pleuve, je sors me promener come rain or come shine, I go out for a walk -
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abbr (= nord-est) NE (= northeast)* * *ne pron.m. e f.sing. e pl.1 (specificazione o argomento; talvolta in ingl. è sottinteso) of, about him, her, them ( riferito a persona); of, about it, this, that ( riferito a cosa): è un uomo eccezionale, tutti ne parlano con ammirazione, he is an exceptional man, everyone speaks highly of him; ne ho abbastanza di loro!, I've had enough of them!; che ne sai?, what do you know about it?; andiamo al cinema, che ne dici?, what about it, shall we go to the cinema?; Le è piaciuta la rivista? Gliene manderemo una copia, Did you like the magazine? We'll send you a copy (of it); gliene hai parlato?, have you spoken to him (o to her) about it?; ho ricevuto il libro e ne ho letto alcune pagine, I received the book and have read a few pages of it; le cose stanno così, ma tu non ne sembri convinto, that's how it is, but you don't seem convinced; ''Dobbiamo avvertire la polizia?'' ''No, non ne vedo la necessità'', ''Should we inform the police?'' ''No, I don't see any need to'' // non avertene a male, don't take it to heart // non ne vale la pena!, it isn't worth it!2 ( con valore possessivo) his, her, its, their: uccise il re e ne usurpò il trono, he killed the king and usurped his throne; abbiamo visitato Roma e ne abbiamo ammirato le rovine, we visited Rome and admired its ruins; questa lettera è di Giorgio, ne riconosco la scrittura, this letter is from George, I recognize his handwriting3 (con valore partitivo; talvolta in ingl. è sottinteso) some, any: non ho libri da leggere, me ne presti qualcuno?, I haven't any books to read. Will you lend me some?; ''Avete amici a Milano?'' ''No, non ne abbiamo'', ''Have you got any friends in Milan?'' ''No, we haven't''; ''Vorrei del formaggio'' ''Mi dispiace, non ce n'è più'', ''I'd like some cheese'' ''Sorry, there isn't any left''; le etichette non bastano, dammene delle altre, there aren't enough labels, give me some more; ''Sono tutti presenti i candidati?'' ''No, ne mancano alcuni'', ''Are all the candidates here?'' ''No, some (of them) are missing''4 ( con valore causale) for it, about it: ho saputo la bella notizia e ne sono felice, I've heard the good news, and I'm very happy about it; si è comportato male, ma se ne pentirà, he has behaved badly, but he'll be sorry for it5 ( derivazione, provenienza, conseguenza) from it, out of it: non saprei trarne una conclusione, I couldn't draw any conclusions from it; è stata sempre gentile con lui ma non ne ha ricevuto che sgarbi, she was always nice to him, but all she got out of it was rudeness // ne deriva che..., se ne deduce che..., it follows that..., what comes out of it is that...6 ( uso pleonastico): me ne vado subito, I'm off; se ne andò tutto soddisfatto, he went off as pleased as could be; se ne stava tutta sola in un angolo, she was sitting in a corner all by herself; se ne veniva bel bello quando..., he was strolling along when...7 ( in espressioni ellittiche): ne ha fatto di belle, he got up to all sorts of things; gliene ho dette tante!, I gave him a piece of my mind!; ne ho combinata una delle mie!, I've gone and done it again!◆ avv.1 ( moto da luogo) from it, from there; out of it, out of there: ''Sei stato in città?'' ''Sì, ne vengo ora'', ''Have you been to town?'' ''Yes, I've just come back from there''; una volta entrato nel cunicolo, non riuscì più ad uscirne, once he had entered the tunnel, he was unable to get out of it again; era in una brutta situazione ma ne è venuto fuori, he was in a real predicament, but he managed to get out of it2 (con uso pleonastico; in ingl. spesso non si traduce): non startene lì impalato, fa' qualcosa!, don't just stand there, do something!* * *abbr(= Nord-Est) NE* * *[ne] 1.1) (di lui, di lei, di loro) of him, her, them, about him, her, them2) (di ciò) of it, about it3) (con valore di possessivo) his, her, their, its4) (con valore partitivo) (in frasi affermative, nelle offerte) some; (in frasi negative e interrogative) anyvorrei un po' di tè, se ne hai — I'd like some tea, if you have any
eccone uno, dov'è l'altro? — here's one of them, where is the other?
5) (da ciò) from it, out of it; (complemento d'agente) by itne derivano gravi conseguenze — serious consequences stem from it o come out of it
6) colloq. (enfatico)2.1) (moto da luogo) from here, from there, out of it* * *ne/ne/I pronome1 (di lui, di lei, di loro) of him, her, them, about him, her, them; l'ho conosciuto e ne ho parlato al direttore I've met him and I talked to the manager about him; e tua madre? non ne ho più sentito parlare and your mother? I haven't heard any more about her2 (di ciò) of it, about it; non ne sono sicuro I'm not sure about that; che cosa ne pensi? what do you think? parliamone let's talk about that; ne sono fiero I am proud of it3 (con valore di possessivo) his, her, their, its; lo conosciamo e ne apprezziamo la sincerità we know him and we appreciate his sincerity4 (con valore partitivo) (in frasi affermative, nelle offerte) some; (in frasi negative e interrogative) any; ne vuole? would like some? ne voglio un altro I want another (one); ne ho I've got some; prendetene ancora un po'! do have some more! non ne ha he hasn't got any; vorrei un po' di tè, se ne hai I'd like some tea, if you have any; non ce ne servono ancora molti we don't need many more; ne prendo quattro I'll take four; dammene metà give me half; ce ne sono otto there are eight of them; ne ho mangiato solo un po' I only ate a little; eccone uno, dov'è l'altro? here's one of them, where is the other?5 (da ciò) from it, out of it; (complemento d'agente) by it; ne derivano gravi conseguenze serious consequences stem from it o come out of it; ne rimasi colpito I was struck by it7 (in espressioni ellittiche) me ne ha dette di tutti i colori he called me all sorts of namesII avverbio1 (moto da luogo) from here, from there, out of it; entrò nella stanza ma ne uscì subito she entered the room but came out (of it) immediately; devo andarmene di qui I must get away from here; vattene! get out! go away!2 (con valore pleonastico) starsene a casa to stay at home; se ne stavano in piedi vicino al bar they were standing at the bar.\See also notes... (ne.pdf)
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