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1 demora
f.1 delay.sin demora without delay, immediately2 time extension, ampliation.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: demorar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: demorar.* * *1 delay\sin demora without delay* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=retraso) delay2) (Náut) bearing* * *1) (esp AmL) ( retraso) delaydemora en + inf — delay in -ing
2) (Náut) bearing* * *= delay, lag, time lag [timelag], tardiness, slippage, lag time [lag-time], lateness, time-delay, holdout.Nota: Actitud de una persona de negarse a hacer algo con la esperanza de conseguir lo que busca en mejores condiciones, por ejemplo en una compra, contrato, etc..Ex. If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.Ex. If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.Ex. It is difficult to avoid an unacceptable time lag between the appearance of the original document and its announcement in an abstracting journal.Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.Ex. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.Ex. This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.Ex. This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.Ex. Although the entry time-delay for US publications is about 7 months, priority publications are nearly current.Ex. The article carries the title ' Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.----* actuar sin demora = act + promptly.* demora en la recepción = receipt lag.* demora postal = mail lag.* gastos de demora = demurrage.* sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.* sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.* tiempo de demora = lead time.* * *1) (esp AmL) ( retraso) delaydemora en + inf — delay in -ing
2) (Náut) bearing* * *= delay, lag, time lag [timelag], tardiness, slippage, lag time [lag-time], lateness, time-delay, holdout.Nota: Actitud de una persona de negarse a hacer algo con la esperanza de conseguir lo que busca en mejores condiciones, por ejemplo en una compra, contrato, etc..Ex: If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.
Ex: If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.Ex: It is difficult to avoid an unacceptable time lag between the appearance of the original document and its announcement in an abstracting journal.Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.Ex: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.Ex: This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.Ex: This excellent cumulative index has not yet realized its full potential because of the relative lateness of its publication.Ex: Although the entry time-delay for US publications is about 7 months, priority publications are nearly current.Ex: The article carries the title ' Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.* actuar sin demora = act + promptly.* demora en la recepción = receipt lag.* demora postal = mail lag.* gastos de demora = demurrage.* sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.* sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.* tiempo de demora = lead time.* * *perdón por la demora, pero había mucho tráfico I'm sorry I'm late, but the traffic was badle pido disculpas por mi demora en contestarle I do hope that you will forgive my delay in replyingsin demora without delayB ( Náut) bearingtomar una demora to take a bearing* * *
Del verbo demorar: ( conjugate demorar)
demora es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
demora
demorar
demora sustantivo femenino
1 (esp AmL) ( retraso) delay;
demora en hacer algo delay in doing sth;
sin demora without delay
2 (Náut) bearing
demorar ( conjugate demorar) verbo transitivoa) (AmL) ( tardar):◊ demoró tres horas en llegar he took o it took him three hours to arrive
verbo intransitivo (AmL):◊ ¡no demores! don't be long!
demorarse verbo pronominal (AmL)a) ( tardar cierto tiempo):◊ ¡qué poco te demoraste! that didn't take you very long;
me demoro 3 horas it takes me 3 hours
demorase en hacer algo to take a long time to do sth
demora sustantivo femenino delay
demorar verbo transitivo to delay, hold up
' demora' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
menester
- retraso
English:
delay
- lag
- promptly
- bearing
- hold
* * *demora nf[retraso] delay;el vuelo sufre una demora de una hora the flight has been delayed by one hour;la demora en el pago conlleva una sanción delay in payment will entail a penalty;disculpen la demora we apologize for the delay;sin demora without delay, immediately* * *f delay;sin demora without delay* * *demora nf: delay -
2 engañoso
adj.1 deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, liar.2 delusive, misleading, illusive, delusional.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) deceptive2 (palabras) deceitful; (consejo) misleading* * *(f. - engañosa)adj.1) misleading2) deceitful* * *ADJ (=persona) deceitful, dishonest; (=apariencia) deceptive; (=consejo) misleading* * ** * *= deceptive, fallacious, deceitful, devious, sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], specious, duplicitous, distortive.Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.Ex. On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.Ex. Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.Ex. The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.Ex. The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.Ex. This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.Ex. Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.----* de apariencia engañosa = misleading.* naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.* palabra engañosa = weasel word.* * ** * *= deceptive, fallacious, deceitful, devious, sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], specious, duplicitous, distortive.Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
Ex: On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.Ex: The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.Ex: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.Ex: This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.Ex: Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.* de apariencia engañosa = misleading.* naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.* palabra engañosa = weasel word.* * *engañoso -sa‹palabras› deceitful; ‹apariencias› deceptive* * *
engañoso
‹ apariencias› deceptive
engañoso,-a adj (mentiroso, falaz) deceitful
(apariencia) deceptive
' engañoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amagar
- engañosa
- falaz
English:
deceptive
- misleading
- deceitful
* * *engañoso, -a adj1. [aspecto, apariencia, impresión] deceptive2. [persona, palabras] deceitful* * ** * *engañoso, -sa adj1) : deceitful2) : misleading, deceptive* * *engañoso adj deceptive -
3 espera
intj.hold it.f.1 wait.después de una espera prudencial, partimos sin él after waiting for a reasonable amount of time, we left without himla espera se nos hizo interminable the waiting seemed endlessen espera de, a la espera de waiting for, awaitingen espera de lo que decida el jurado while awaiting the jury's decision2 waiting, wait, delay, time interval.3 abeyance.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: esperar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: esperar.* * *1 wait, waiting2 (paciencia) patience3 DERECHO respite\en espera de... waiting for...estar a la espera to be waiting, be expectingtener espera to have patience* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=acción) waitquedo a la espera de su respuesta — [en correspondencia] I look forward to hearing from you
2) (=paciencia) patience3) (Jur) stay, respite* * *1)a) (acción, período) waitb) (en locs)en espera: en espera de la decisión del comité pending the committee's decision; en espera de su respuesta saluda a Vd. atte. — (frml) I look forward to hearing from you, yours faithfully
2) (Der) respite* * *= wait, waiting, holdout.Nota: Actitud de una persona de negarse a hacer algo con la esperanza de conseguir lo que busca en mejores condiciones, por ejemplo en una compra, contrato, etc..Ex. After the wait, her first words emerged with an amused laugh.Ex. Perhaps a little waiting on the part of the Library of Congress is good if we're going in the direction of international cooperation.Ex. The article carries the title ' Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.----* aparcado en espera = in dry dock.* billete en lista de espera = standby seat.* cola de espera = queue.* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.* en espera = on hold.* lista de espera = waiting list.* mantenerse en espera = stay + tuned.* período de espera = waiting period.* poner en cola de espera = place + in queue.* poner en lista de espera = put + on a waiting list.* procesar una cola de espera = clear + queue.* sala de espera = waiting room.* tiempo de espera = lead time, wait time, waiting time, waiting period.* * *1)a) (acción, período) waitb) (en locs)en espera: en espera de la decisión del comité pending the committee's decision; en espera de su respuesta saluda a Vd. atte. — (frml) I look forward to hearing from you, yours faithfully
2) (Der) respite* * *= wait, waiting, holdout.Nota: Actitud de una persona de negarse a hacer algo con la esperanza de conseguir lo que busca en mejores condiciones, por ejemplo en una compra, contrato, etc..Ex: After the wait, her first words emerged with an amused laugh.
Ex: Perhaps a little waiting on the part of the Library of Congress is good if we're going in the direction of international cooperation.Ex: The article carries the title ' Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.* aparcado en espera = in dry dock.* billete en lista de espera = standby seat.* cola de espera = queue.* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.* en espera = on hold.* lista de espera = waiting list.* mantenerse en espera = stay + tuned.* período de espera = waiting period.* poner en cola de espera = place + in queue.* poner en lista de espera = put + on a waiting list.* procesar una cola de espera = clear + queue.* sala de espera = waiting room.* tiempo de espera = lead time, wait time, waiting time, waiting period.* * *A1 (acción, período) waitfue una larga espera he/we had a long wait o it was a long waitla espera se me hizo eterna I seemed to wait forever, the wait o waiting seemed to go on foreveruna espera de tres horas a three-hour waitsu estado no admitía esperas there was no time to lose, her condition was so serious2 ( en locs):a la espera waitingtodavía estoy a la espera I'm still waitingseguimos a la espera de una oferta concreta we are still waiting for a concrete offeren espera de pendingen espera de la decisión del comité pending o while awaiting the committee's decisionen espera de su respuesta saluda a Vd. atte. ( frml); I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfullyB ( Der) respite* * *
Del verbo esperar: ( conjugate esperar)
espera es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
espera
esperar
espera sustantivo femenino
1 (acción, período) wait;
estoy a la espera de una oferta concreta I am waiting for a concrete offer;
en espera de su respuesta saluda a Vd. atte. (frml) I look forward to hearing from you, yours faithfully
2 (Der) respite
esperar ( conjugate esperar) verbo transitivo
1
◊ ¿qué estás esperando para decírselo? tell him! what are you waiting for?
2
cuando uno menos lo espera when you least expect it;
te espero alrededor de las nueve I'll expect you around nine;
¿esperabas que te felicitara? did you expect me to congratulate you?;
era de espera que el proyecto fracasara the project was bound to fail
3 ( con esperanza) to hope;
eso espero or espero que sí I hope so;
espera hacer algo to hope to do sth;
espero que no llueva I hope it doesn't rain;
esperemos que no sea nada grave let's hope it's nothing serious
verbo intransitivo
espera a estar seguro wait until you're sure;
esperaon (a) que él se fuera para entrar they waited for him to go before they went inb) [ embarazada]:
esperarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam) ( aguardar) to hang on (colloq), to hold on (colloq)
2 (fam) ( prever) to expect;◊ ¡quién se lo iba a espera! who would have thought it!
espera sustantivo femenino
1 wait: la espera se me hizo eterna, the wait dragged on
2 (dilación) la intervención no admite espera, the operation can't wait
♦ Locuciones: a la espera de, expecting
en espera de..., waiting for...
esperar
I verbo transitivo
1 (aguardar) to wait for: espera un momento, ¿seguro que hablas del mismo Pedro?, wait a minute, are you sure you're talking about the same Peter?
2 (tener esperanza) to hope: espero que todo salga bien, I hope everything turns out well ➣ Ver nota en hope 3 (desear, suponer) to expect
4 fig (un hijo) to expect ➣ Ver nota en expect
II verbo intransitivo to wait: no puedo esperar más, I can't wait any longer
♦ Locuciones: familiar de aquí te espero, incredible, massive: afuera hay un follón de aquí te espero, there's an incredible mess outside
esperar sentado, to have a long wait in store: si creéis que voy a participar en esa locura podéis esperar sentados, if you think that I'm going to have any part of that madness, you'll have to wait a long time
Esperar tiene tres significados básicos, que corresponden a tres verbos ingleses:
Aguardar, en sentido general, se traduce por to wait: Llevo media hora esperándote, I've been waiting for you for half an hour.
Tener esperanza, desear, se traduce por to hope: Espero que vengas mañana. I hope you will come tomorrow. Espero que sí. I hope so.
Suponer, esperar algo sabiendo que es muy probable que ocurra, se traduce por to expect: Espero la visita de un amigo (sabemos que va a venir). I'm expecting a friend to call.
' espera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ansiedad
- compadre
- compás
- contrarreloj
- esperar
- esplendorosa
- esplendoroso
- isleta
- larga
- largo
- menda
- montaña
- rebosar
- recobrar
- repunte
- sala
- secarse
- tras
- expectativa
- hasta
- hijo
- interminable
- lista
- pasar
- plantón
- poco
- rato
- visita
English:
aim
- and
- due
- light
- line
- live up to
- minute
- name
- second
- standby
- standby passenger
- until
- wait
- waiting
- waiting list
- waiting room
- come
- expect
- no
- pending
- shape
- store
- while
* * *espera nf1. [acción] wait;la larga espera había merecido la pena the long wait had been worth it;tras una espera de seis horas,… after a six-hour wait,…, after waiting (for) six hours,…;después de una espera prudencial, partimos sin él after waiting for a reasonable amount of time, we left without him;la espera se nos hizo interminable the waiting seemed endless;en espera de, a la espera de waiting for, awaiting;seguimos a la espera de su respuesta [en cartas] we await your reply;en espera de lo que decida el jurado while awaiting the jury's decision* * *f wait;sala de espera waiting room;en espera de pending;estar a la espera de be waiting for* * *espera nf: wait* * *espera n wait -
4 furtivo
adj.furtive, sly, covert, hole-and-corner.* * *► adjetivo1 furtive\caza furtiva poachingcazador furtivo poacherpesca furtiva poachingpescador furtivo poacher* * *furtivo, -a1. ADJ1) (=ilegal) [persona] furtive; [edición] piratedcazador/pescador furtivo — poacher
2) (=astuto) sly, stealthy2.SM / F (=persona) poacher* * *- va adjetivoa) ( ilegal)la caza/pesca furtiva — poaching
b) <mirada/caricia> furtive* * *= sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], stealthy [stealthier -comp., stealthiest -sup.].Ex. The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.----* agente furtiva = infiltrator.* cazador furtivo = poacher.* caza furtiva = poaching.* echar una mirada furtiva a = steal + a glance at.* * *- va adjetivoa) ( ilegal)la caza/pesca furtiva — poaching
b) <mirada/caricia> furtive* * *= sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], stealthy [stealthier -comp., stealthiest -sup.].Ex: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.* agente furtiva = infiltrator.* cazador furtivo = poacher.* caza furtiva = poaching.* echar una mirada furtiva a = steal + a glance at.* * *1(ilegal): la caza/pesca furtiva poachingun cazador furtivo a poacher2 ‹mirada/caricia› furtivemasculine, femininepoacher* * *
furtivo◊ -va adjetivoa) ( ilegal):◊ la caza/pesca furtiva poaching;
un cazador furtivo a poacher
furtivo,-a
I adjetivo furtive, stealthy
caza/pesca furtiva, poaching
II sustantivo masculino y femenino poacher
' furtivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cazador
- cazadora
- furtiva
English:
eavesdropper
- furtive
- poacher
- shifty
- sneak
- sneaky
- stealthy
- surreptitious
* * *furtivo, -a♦ adj1. [mirada, sonrisa] furtive;Literariouna lágrima furtiva recorrió su rostro a silent tear slid down her cheek2. [ilegal]cazador/pescador furtivo poacher;la caza/pesca furtiva poaching♦ nm,f[cazador, pescador] poacher* * *adj furtive* * *furtivo, -va adj: furtive♦ furtivamente adv -
5 solapado
adj.1 underhand, undercover.2 cunning, crafty, sneaky.3 hidden.past part.past participle of spanish verb: solapar.* * *1→ link=solapar solapar► adjetivo1 figurado sly, evasive* * *ADJ (=furtivo) sly, underhand; (=evasivo) evasive; (=secreto) undercover* * ** * *= sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.].Ex. The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.----* defensa solapada = plug.* * ** * *= sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.].Ex: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
* defensa solapada = plug.* * *solapado -da‹persona› sly, underhand ( BrE); ‹maniobra› surreptitious, secret, sly; ‹respuesta› evasive* * *
Del verbo solapar: ( conjugate solapar)
solapado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
solapado
solapar
solapado
‹ maniobra› surreptitious, sly
solapado,-a adj (propósito, intención) underhand
solapar
I verbo transitivo
1 (superponerse a) to overlap
2 (ocultar, disimular) to conceal, cover up
II verbo intransitivo to overlap
' solapado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
solapada
English:
sneaky
- underhand
- furtive
- under
* * *solapado, -a adjunderhand, devious* * *adj sly* * *solapado, -da adj: secret, underhanded -
6 timado
= sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.].Ex. The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.* * *= sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.].Ex: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
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7 cuco2
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8 cuco
m.cuckoo.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cucar.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar (coquetón) cute2 (taimado) shrewd, crafty1 (ave) cuckoo————————1 (ave) cuckoo————————1 (insecto) caterpillar* * *cuco, -a1. ADJ1) [persona] (=taimado) sly, crafty; (=astuto) shrewd2) (=bonito) pretty, cute2.SM / F * (=persona) wily bird *, sly one3. SM1) (Orn) cuckoo2) (=oruga) grub, caterpillar3) * (=jugador) gambler4)5) Cono Sur (=sabelotodo) smart guy *, wise guy *, know-all *6) Caribe *** (=sexo femenino) cunt **** * *I- ca adjetivo1) (fam) ( bonito) cute (colloq)2) (Esp fam) ( astuto) crafty (colloq)II1) (Zool) cuckoo2) ( de bebé) Moses basket3) (CS, Per leng infantil) bogeyman* * *I- ca adjetivo1) (fam) ( bonito) cute (colloq)2) (Esp fam) ( astuto) crafty (colloq)II1) (Zool) cuckoo2) ( de bebé) Moses basket3) (CS, Per leng infantil) bogeyman* * *cuco11 = cuckoo.Ex: Cuckoos leave their sub-Saharan winter home to reach the southern Mediterranean by March.
* reloj de cuco = cuckoo clock.cuco22 = sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], dinky [dinkier -comp., dinkiest -sup.].Ex: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.
Ex: This dinky pink handbag is ideal for day or evening use.* * *cuco2A ( Zool) cuckooB (de bebé) Moses basketC (CS, Per leng infantil) bogeyman* * *
cuco sustantivo masculino
1 (Zool) cuckoo
2 (Esp) ( de bebé) Moses basket
3 (CS, Per leng infantil) bogeyman
cuco,-a
I sustantivo masculino Orn cuckoo
II adjetivo familiar (astuto) shrewd, crafty
' cuco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cuca
English:
cuckoo
- cuckoo clock
- cute
* * *cuco, -a♦ adjFam1. [bonito] prettyel muy cuco nos ha conseguido engañar a todos the crafty devil managed to take us all in♦ nm1. [ave] cuckoo* * *I m ZO cuckoo;reloj de cuco cuckoo clockII adj ( astuto) sharp, crafty* * *cuco nm: cuckoo* * *cuco2 n cuckoo
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