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1 cálido
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2 caluroso
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3 de alta temperatura
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4 tórrido
• hostility• hot air• torrid -
5 hostilidad
f.1 hostility (sentimiento).2 adverseness.* * *1 hostility1 hostilities* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=cualidad) hostility2) (=acto) hostile act* * *a) ( del clima) hostility; ( de actitud) hostility, unfriendlinessb) hostilidades femenino plural hostilities (pl)* * *= hostility, unfriendliness, harassment, animosity, bad blood.Ex. At the same time, there appears to be a relentlessly spreading indifference, if not hostility, to the public library in the minds of Americans.Ex. The article 'User unfriendliness' describes how in the UK and Netherlands outbreaks of violence and attacks on staff in libraries have led librarians to consider methods of tackling the situation.Ex. Incidents of harassment in libraries today between library employees and patrons or between one patron and another are on the increase.Ex. Working as a cataloguer and reference librarian helps diminish animosities that may exist between the 2 groups and promotes understanding and cooperation.Ex. The conventional explanation of bad blood between Koreans and Japanese isthe 35 years of harsh Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.----* cese de hostilidades = cease of hostilities.* hostilidades + cesar = hostilities + cease.* incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.* * *a) ( del clima) hostility; ( de actitud) hostility, unfriendlinessb) hostilidades femenino plural hostilities (pl)* * *= hostility, unfriendliness, harassment, animosity, bad blood.Ex: At the same time, there appears to be a relentlessly spreading indifference, if not hostility, to the public library in the minds of Americans.
Ex: The article 'User unfriendliness' describes how in the UK and Netherlands outbreaks of violence and attacks on staff in libraries have led librarians to consider methods of tackling the situation.Ex: Incidents of harassment in libraries today between library employees and patrons or between one patron and another are on the increase.Ex: Working as a cataloguer and reference librarian helps diminish animosities that may exist between the 2 groups and promotes understanding and cooperation.Ex: The conventional explanation of bad blood between Koreans and Japanese isthe 35 years of harsh Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.* cese de hostilidades = cease of hostilities.* hostilidades + cesar = hostilities + cease.* incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.* * *1 (del clima) hostility; (de una actitud) hostility, unfriendlinesscese de hostilidades cease-fire* * *
hostilidad sustantivo femenino
( de actitud) hostility, unfriendlinessb)◊ hostilidades sustantivo femenino plural
hostilities (pl)
hostilidad sustantivo femenino hostility
' hostilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tirantez
English:
antagonism
- hostility
- harassment
* * *hostilidad nf1. [sentimiento] hostility;me trató con mucha hostilidad she was very unfriendly o hostile towards meromper las hostilidades to start hostilities* * *f hostility;romper las hostilidades MIL commence hostilities* * *hostilidad nf1) : hostility, antagonism2) hostilidades nfpl: (military) hostilities* * *hostilidad n hostility -
6 animadversión
f.1 animosity, antagonism, ill will.2 criticism.* * *1 antagonism, hostility, ill will, animosity\sentir animadversión por alguien to feel hostile towards somebody* * *SF ill will, antagonism* * *femenino antagonism, hostilityanimadversión hacia or por algo/alguien — hostility toward(s) something/somebody
siento animadversión hacia él — I feel hostile o antagonistic toward(s) him
* * *= animadversion, enmity, animosity, ill will.Ex. The article ' animadversions on library morale' discusses some of the factors that can influence the morale of library staff.Ex. The author concludes that the 6 major threats are: error; embezzlement; eavesdropping; espionage; enmity; and extortion.Ex. Working as a cataloguer and reference librarian helps diminish animosities that may exist between the 2 groups and promotes understanding and cooperation.Ex. On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.* * *femenino antagonism, hostilityanimadversión hacia or por algo/alguien — hostility toward(s) something/somebody
siento animadversión hacia él — I feel hostile o antagonistic toward(s) him
* * *= animadversion, enmity, animosity, ill will.Ex: The article ' animadversions on library morale' discusses some of the factors that can influence the morale of library staff.
Ex: The author concludes that the 6 major threats are: error; embezzlement; eavesdropping; espionage; enmity; and extortion.Ex: Working as a cataloguer and reference librarian helps diminish animosities that may exist between the 2 groups and promotes understanding and cooperation.Ex: On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.* * *antagonism, hostilityexiste gran animadversión entre ellos there is a lot of antagonism o hostility o ill-will between themanimadversión HACIA or POR algo/algn hostility TOWARD(S) sth/sbsiente gran animadversión por todo lo que signifique innovación he is very hostile toward(s) anything newsiento gran animadversión hacia él I feel extremely hostile o antagonistic toward(s) him, I feel a great deal of hostility o antagonism towards him* * *
animadversión sustantivo femenino hostility, opposition, rejection: siento animadversión hacia esa persona, I have a lot of hostility toward that person
' animadversión' also found in these entries:
English:
ill
* * *hostility;con su actitud se ganó la animadversión de sus compañeros her attitude made her unpopular with her colleagues;sentir animadversión hacia algo to be hostile towards sth;sentir animadversión hacia alguien to feel hostility towards sb* * *f antagonism, hostility* * * -
7 animosidad
f.animosity.* * *1 animosity, ill will, hostility* * *SF animosity, ill will* * *femenino animosity, hostilityanimosidad contra alguien — animosity o hostility toward(s) somebody
* * *= animosity, ill will.Ex. Working as a cataloguer and reference librarian helps diminish animosities that may exist between the 2 groups and promotes understanding and cooperation.Ex. On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.* * *femenino animosity, hostilityanimosidad contra alguien — animosity o hostility toward(s) somebody
* * *= animosity, ill will.Ex: Working as a cataloguer and reference librarian helps diminish animosities that may exist between the 2 groups and promotes understanding and cooperation.
Ex: On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.* * *animosity, hostility, bad feelingexiste gran animosidad entre nosotros there's a lot of bad feeling o animosity o hostility between usanimosidad CONTRA algn animosity o hostility o bad feeling TOWARD(S) sb* * *
animosidad sustantivo femenino
animosity, hostility;
animosidad contra algn animosity o hostility toward(s) sb
animosidad sustantivo femenino animosity, hostility, rejection, ill feeling: después de lo que hizo hay bastante animosidad contra él, after what he did there's a certain amount of ill feeling towards him
' animosidad' also found in these entries:
English:
animosity
* * *animosidad nfanimosity;existe una gran animosidad entre los dos equipos there's a lot of animosity o bad feeling between the two teams;siente animosidad contra los productos de ese país she is ill-disposed towards products from that country* * *f animosity* * *animosidad nfanimadversión: animosity, ill will -
8 incitar hostilidad
(v.) = arouse + hostilityEx. Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.* * *(v.) = arouse + hostilityEx: Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.
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9 producir hostilidad
(v.) = arouse + hostilityEx. Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.* * *(v.) = arouse + hostilityEx: Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.
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10 Teamster
= Teamster.Ex. Although white Teamster leaders privately held racist views, they argued publicly against racial hostility & exclusion in order to build a more powerful labor organization.* * *= Teamster.Ex: Although white Teamster leaders privately held racist views, they argued publicly against racial hostility & exclusion in order to build a more powerful labor organization.
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11 actitud de defensa
(n.) = defensivenessEx. Passive managerial techniques foster discontent and disrespect among staff members, and aggressive techniques create defensiveness, mistrust, and hostility.* * *(n.) = defensivenessEx: Passive managerial techniques foster discontent and disrespect among staff members, and aggressive techniques create defensiveness, mistrust, and hostility.
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12 antibelicista
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13 antibélico
= antiwar [anti-war].Ex. Hostility towards antiwar protesters also diminished.* * *= antiwar [anti-war].Ex: Hostility towards antiwar protesters also diminished.
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14 desintegración de la familia
(n.) = family breakdownEx. Problems resulting from family breakdown are caused when relationships end with hostility, without talking through the situation.* * *(n.) = family breakdownEx: Problems resulting from family breakdown are caused when relationships end with hostility, without talking through the situation.
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15 desintegración familiar
(n.) = family breakdownEx. Problems resulting from family breakdown are caused when relationships end with hostility, without talking through the situation.* * *(n.) = family breakdownEx: Problems resulting from family breakdown are caused when relationships end with hostility, without talking through the situation.
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16 en contra de la guerra
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17 enemistad
f.enmity.su enemistad duraba ya años they've been enemies for yearssiento una profunda enemistad hacia ellos I feel intense hatred for themimperat.2nd person plural (vosotros/vosotras) Imperative of Spanish verb: enemistar.* * *1 hostility, enmity, hatred* * *SF enmity* * *femenino enmity* * *= feud, enmity, bad blood.Ex. In doing so, the library created a rift that prohibited dialogue and created something of a feud between the copyright owner and the library.Ex. The author concludes that the 6 major threats are: error; embezzlement; eavesdropping; espionage; enmity; and extortion.Ex. The conventional explanation of bad blood between Koreans and Japanese isthe 35 years of harsh Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.----* enemistad a muerte = blood feud.* enemistad mortal = blood feud, vendetta.* * *femenino enmity* * *= feud, enmity, bad blood.Ex: In doing so, the library created a rift that prohibited dialogue and created something of a feud between the copyright owner and the library.
Ex: The author concludes that the 6 major threats are: error; embezzlement; eavesdropping; espionage; enmity; and extortion.Ex: The conventional explanation of bad blood between Koreans and Japanese isthe 35 years of harsh Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945.* enemistad a muerte = blood feud.* enemistad mortal = blood feud, vendetta.* * *enmity* * *
Del verbo enemistar: ( conjugate enemistar)
enemistad es:
2ª persona plural (vosotros) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
enemistad
enemistar
enemistad sustantivo femenino
enmity
enemistar ( conjugate enemistar) verbo transitivo ‹dos facciones/países› to make enemies of;
ella los enemistó she turned them against each other
enemistarse verbo pronominal
to fall out;
enemistadse con algn (por algo) to fall out with sb (over sth)
enemistad sustantivo femenino enmity
enemistar verbo transitivo to cause a rift between
' enemistad' also found in these entries:
English:
coolness
- enmity
- feud
* * *enemistad nfenmity;su enemistad duraba ya años they had been enemies for years;una enemistad entre familias a family feud;siento una profunda enemistad hacia ellos I feel intense hatred for them* * *f enmity* * *enemistad nf: enmity, hostility -
18 exagerar
v.to exaggerate.yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggeratingno exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that badtantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?María magnificó sus sentimientos Mary exaggerated her feelings.* * *1 to exaggerate1 to exaggerate2 (abusar) to overdo it, do too much* * *verb* * *1.creo que eso sería exagerar las cosas — I think that would be going a bit far o overdoing it a bit
2.* * *1.verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate2.exagerar vi ( al hablar) to exaggerate; ( al hacer algo)tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today
* * *= exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.Ex. Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.Ex. There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.Ex. However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.Ex. 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.Ex. The article ' Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.Ex. This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.Ex. Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.Ex. I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.Ex. The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.----* exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.* exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.* * *1.verbo transitivo <suceso/noticia> to exaggerate2.exagerar vi ( al hablar) to exaggerate; ( al hacer algo)tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy — there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today
* * *= exaggerate, overstate, inflate, make + a mountain out of a molehill, overplay + Posesivo + hand, go + overboard, dramatise [dramatize, -USA], get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing, hype.Ex: Users do not find this intolerable, so it may be that we tend to exaggerate the hostility that would be aroused by a similar approach in library catalogues.
Ex: There is a tendency for people interviewed to overstate their use of public libraries.Ex: However, their average results were considerably inflated by one query which retrieved 412 items.Ex: 'After all,' he thought to himself, 'I may be making a mountain out of a molehill in this thing'.Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.Ex: The article ' Going overboard with micros in the small library' offers guidelines for the small library on approaching the subject of microcomputers.Ex: This article describes how a group of 12-18 teenage volunteers formed a group to dramatise children's books for young children and their parents at a public library.Ex: Here's why I think this really was a mistake, and why we're getting worked up about nothing in this particular instance.Ex: I suggest that we are fretting about nothing and that we would do well to go with the flow and let the systems be introduced, as has been proposed.Ex: The field is clouded by manufacturers hyping their own products and industry factions spin-doctoring new technologies.* exagerar las cualidades de Algo = oversell.* exagerar los méritos de Algotiene = oversell.* * *exagerar [A1 ]vt‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerateestás exagerando la importancia del asunto you're exaggerating o overstating the importance of the matter■ exagerarvi(al hablar) to exaggerate(al hacer algo): tampoco hay que exagerar, no tienes que acabarlo todo hoy there's no need to overdo it, you don't have to finish it all today* * *
Multiple Entries:
exagerar
exagerar algo
exagerar ( conjugate exagerar) verbo transitivo ‹suceso/noticia› to exaggerate
verbo intransitivo ( al hablar) to exaggerate;
( al hacer algo) to overdo it, go over the top (colloq)
exagerar verbo transitivo to exaggerate
' exagerar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dramatizar
- magnificar
- tinta
- agrandar
- tendencia
English:
dramatize
- embellish
- embroider
- exaggerate
- magnify
- overdo
- overstate
- pile on
- stretch
- blow
- over
- proportion
* * *♦ vtto exaggerate;la oposición exagera la trascendencia de este asunto the opposition has blown this issue out of proportion♦ vi1. [al describir, calificar] to exaggerate;yo creo que exageras I think you're exaggerating;no exageremos, no fue para tanto let's not exaggerate, it wasn't that bad2. [al actuar] to go too far, to overdo it ( con with);tantas precauciones, ¿no estás exagerando un poco? aren't you going a bit too far with o overdoing it with all these precautions?* * *v/t exaggerate* * *exagerar v: to exaggerate* * *exagerar vb to exaggerate -
19 falta de respeto
lack of respect* * *(n.) = disrespect, irreverence, diss, dissEx. Passive managerial techniques foster discontent and disrespect among staff members, and aggressive techniques create defensiveness, mistrust, and hostility.Ex. 'Nation Review' was an Australian national newspaper of the 70s, noted for its irreverence and its liberal attitudes.Ex. I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.Ex. I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.* * *(n.) = disrespect, irreverence, diss, dissEx: Passive managerial techniques foster discontent and disrespect among staff members, and aggressive techniques create defensiveness, mistrust, and hostility.
Ex: 'Nation Review' was an Australian national newspaper of the 70s, noted for its irreverence and its liberal attitudes.Ex: I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.Ex: I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation. -
20 incitar
v.1 to incite (a la violencia).el hambre le incitó a robar hunger made him steal¿qué le incitó a hacerlo? what made him do it?María incitó a la multitud Mary incited the multitude2 to abet, to instigate.María incitó al policía Mary abetted the cop.* * *1 to incite (a, to)* * *verb1) to incite2) urge, encourage* * *VT to incite* * *verbo transitivo* * *= arouse, fuel, prompt, spur, spur on, abet, exhort, instigate, tease, egg on, emplace, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], set off, goad, incite.Ex. The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.Ex. As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.Ex. For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex. Al Qaeda will goad us into war with Iran because it serves their own interests.Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.----* incitar a = sting into.* incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.* incitar camorra = rustle up + trouble.* incitar controversia = arouse + controversy.* incitar el odio = incite + hatred.* incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.* incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.* incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.* incitar la violencia = incite + violence.* incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.* incitar una respuesta = provoke + response.* preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.* que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.* * *verbo transitivo* * *= arouse, fuel, prompt, spur, spur on, abet, exhort, instigate, tease, egg on, emplace, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], set off, goad, incite.Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.
Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.Ex: As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.Ex: For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex: Al Qaeda will goad us into war with Iran because it serves their own interests.Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.* incitar a = sting into.* incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.* incitar camorra = rustle up + trouble.* incitar controversia = arouse + controversy.* incitar el odio = incite + hatred.* incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.* incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.* incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.* incitar la violencia = incite + violence.* incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.* incitar una respuesta = provoke + response.* preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.* que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.* * *incitar [A1 ]vtincitar a algn A algo to incite sb TO sthincitaron al ejército a la rebelión they incited the army to rebellion o to rebelpelículas que incitan a la violencia films which encourage violence o which incite people to violencelo hizo incitado por sus compañeros his friends encouraged him to do it, his friends put him up to it ( colloq)incitar a algn CONTRA algn to incite sb AGAINST sblos incitaba contra sus superiores he was inciting them against their superiors* * *
incitar ( conjugate incitar) verbo transitivo incitar a algn a algo to incite sb to sth;
incitar a algn contra algn to incite sb against sb
incitar verbo transitivo to incite, urge: sus discursos incitaron a la rebelión, his speeches incited them to rebellion
' incitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
azuzar
- desafiar
- invitar
- picar
- tentar
- empujar
- empujón
English:
egg on
- incite
- put up to
- spur
- sting
- tempt
- egg
- stir
- whip
* * *incitar vtto incite;un discurso que incita a la violencia a speech inciting people to violence;el hambre lo incitó a robar hunger made him steal;¿qué le incitó a hacerlo? what made him do it?;incitar a alguien a la fuga/venganza to urge sb to flee/avenge himself* * *v/t incite* * *incitar vt: to incite, to rouse
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