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humans

  • 1 humano

    adj.
    1 human, man-like.
    2 human.
    3 humane, charitable, humanitarian.
    m.
    human, human being.
    * * *
    1 human
    2 (benigno) humane
    1 human (being)
    ————————
    1 human (being)
    * * *
    1. (f. - humana)
    adj.
    2. noun m.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [vida, existencia, derechos] human
    2) (=benévolo) humane
    3) (Educ)
    2.
    SM human, human being
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1) < naturaleza> human (before n)
    2) ( benevolente) humane
    II
    masculino human being
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1) < naturaleza> human (before n)
    2) ( benevolente) humane
    II
    masculino human being
    * * *
    humano1
    1 = human.

    Ex: Intelligent agents are based on the concept of shared abilities and cooperative learning between humans and computers.

    humano2
    2 = human, humane, creaturely.

    Ex: The indexes are produced by computer, without necessarily any human intervention.

    Ex: He interprets 'alienation' as the 'malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.
    Ex: Literature is the most creaturely of the arts.
    * a favor de la vida humana = pro-life.
    * atentado contra la dignidad humana = assault on people's dignity, assault on human dignity.
    * carne humana = human flesh.
    * carta de derechos humanos = charter of human rights.
    * centrado en el ser humano = anthropocentric.
    * cerebro humano, el = human brain, the.
    * civilización humana = human civilisation.
    * clonación del ser humano = human cloning.
    * clonación humana = human cloning.
    * comportamiento humano = human behaviour.
    * con cualidades humanas = anthropomorphic.
    * condición humana, la = human condition, the.
    * conocimiento humano = human consciousness.
    * conocimiento humano, el = human record, the.
    * cuerpo humano, el = human body, the.
    * debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.
    * debilidad humana = human frailty.
    * defensor de la vida humana = pro-lifer.
    * defensor de los derechos humanos = human rights activist, human rights campaigner.
    * derechos humanos específicos de la mujer = human rights of women.
    * dignidad humana = people's dignity, human dignity.
    * encargado de recursos humanos = human resource manager.
    * escultura de figura humana = figure sculpture.
    * esfuerzo físico humano = human power.
    * espíritu humano, el = human soul, the, human spirit, the.
    * flaqueza humana = human frailty.
    * genética humana = human genetics.
    * genoma humano, el = human genome, the.
    * geografía humana = human geography.
    * gestión de recursos humanos = human resource management.
    * inteligencia humana = human intelligence.
    * jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.
    * lenguaje humano = human language.
    * mente humana, la = human mind, the.
    * ojo humano sin ayuda de lente, el = unaided eye, the.
    * pensamiento humano = human thought.
    * pérdida humana = human loss.
    * propulsado con el esfuerzo físico humano = human-powered.
    * raza humana, la = human race, the.
    * recursos humanos = human resources.
    * relaciones humanas = human relations, human relationships.
    * responsable de recursos humanos = human resource manager.
    * sentido del ser humano = human sense.
    * sentido humano = human sense.
    * ser humano = human person.
    * sufrimiento humano = human suffering.
    * todo ser humano = every living soul.
    * tráfico de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.
    * trata de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.
    * vehículo propulsado por el esfuerzo físico humano = human-powered vehicle.
    * violación de los derechos humanos = human rights abuse.

    * * *
    humano1 -na
    A ‹naturaleza› human ( before n) geografía, ser2 (↑ ser (2)), etc
    B (benevolente) humane
    human being
    los humanos humans, human beings
    * * *

    humano 1
    ◊ -na adjetivo



    humano 2 sustantivo masculino
    human being;

    humano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (relativo al hombre) human
    2 (benévolo, indulgente) humane
    II sustantivo masculino (ser) humano, human (being)

    ' humano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuerpo
    - ser
    - error
    - género
    - humana
    - humanidad
    - potencial
    - a
    - persona
    English:
    being
    - consumption
    - human
    - human being
    - humane
    - male
    - unfit
    - mankind
    - race
    * * *
    humano, -a
    adj
    1. [del hombre] human
    2. [compasivo] humane
    nm
    human being;
    los humanos mankind
    * * *
    I adj human
    II m human, human being
    * * *
    humano, -na adj
    1) : human
    2) benévolo: humane, benevolent
    humanamente adv
    humano nm
    : human being, human
    * * *
    humano1 adj human
    humano2 n human being

    Spanish-English dictionary > humano

  • 2 gente

    adj.
    f.
    1 people (people).
    toda la gente everyone, everybody
    son buena gente they're good people
    gente bien well-to-do people
    gente de bien decent folk
    gente de la calle ordinary people
    la gente corriente the common people
    la gente guapa the beautiful people, the smart set (peninsular Spanish)
    * * *
    1 people plural
    2 (familia) family, folks plural, people plural
    3 (personal) staff
    4 MILITAR troops plural
    \
    gente baja low-class people
    la gente bien peyorativo the well-to-do, the well-off
    gente de bien honest people
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=personas) people pl

    Juan es buena gente* Juan is a nice guy *

    gente bien(=los ricos) well-off people, well-to-do people; (=los decorosos) decent people

    gente bonita Méx beautiful people

    gente de bien= gente bien

    gente de capa parda†† country folk

    gente de color — coloured people, colored people (EEUU)

    gente de la cuchilla†† butchers pl

    gente de medio pelo — people of limited means, common people

    ¡gente de paz! — (Mil) friend!

    gente de pelo†† well-to-do people

    gente de pluma†† clerks pl, penpushers pl

    gente de trato†† tradespeople

    gente gorda Esp * well-to-do people, rich people

    gente guapa, gente linda — LAm beautiful people

    gente natural CAm Indians pl, natives pl

    gente perdida riff-raff

    gente principal — nobility, gentry

    don I, 1)
    2) Méx (=persona) person
    3) * (=parientes) family, folks * pl

    mi gente — my family, my folks *

    4) (=nación) nation
    5) (Mil) men pl, troops pl
    6) (=séquito) retinue
    7) LAm upper-class people pl
    2.
    ADJ

    es muy gente* Chile he's very decent *; Méx he's very kind

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (AmL) ( de buenas maneras) respectable; ( amable) kind, good
    II
    adverbio (Chi, Méx)
    III
    1)
    a) ( personas) people (pl)

    había muy poca/tanta gente — there were very few/so many people

    ¿qué va a decir la gente? — what will people say?

    ¿cómo está toda la gente del pueblo? — how's everyone back home?

    como la gente — (CS fam) <regalo/camisa> decent (colloq)

    ser gente — (AmS) to behave (properly)

    b) (Méx) ( persona) person
    2) gentes femenino plural (liter) ( habitantes) people (pl)
    * * *
    = humans, people, folk, public, peeps.
    Nota: Expresión coloquial derivada de la palabra people.
    Ex. The first of these categories does not involve indexing by humans.
    Ex. There are networks which have been designed for transmitting information to and from computers, rather than transmitting people's voices.
    Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex. There is no single public of library users; there are several publics.
    Ex. There were 6 peeps in the water and most were familiar faces.
    ----
    * ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.
    * atraer gente = draw + people.
    * campaña de concienciación de la gente = awareness raising [awareness-raising].
    * caterva de gente = throng of people.
    * círculo cerrado de gente = clique.
    * concienciación de la gente = awareness raising [awareness-raising].
    * concienciar a la gente = build + public awareness, raise + awareness, raise + people's awareness, raise + public awareness, raise + consciousness, enhance + awareness.
    * conquistarse a la gente = win + hearts and minds.
    * contador de gente = people counter.
    * contratar gente = take on + people.
    * dignidad de la gente = people's dignity.
    * dirigido a la gente = people-oriented, people-centred, people-centric, people-driven.
    * formado por gente cotidiana de la calle = grassroots [grass-roots].
    * ganarse a la gente = win + hearts and minds.
    * gente bien = well-to-do, well-off.
    * gente común = pleb [plebe].
    * gente común, la = ordinary people, common people, the.
    * gente común y corriente, la = common people, the.
    * gente con éxito = successful people.
    * gente corriente, la = ordinary people.
    * gente de a pie = ordinary people.
    * gente de color = coloured people.
    * gente de éxito = successful people.
    * gente de la ciudad = townspeople.
    * gente del circo = circus performer.
    * gente de negocios = business people.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * gente de poder = wielders of power, powerful people.
    * gente desfavorecida = small fry, the.
    * gente de todo tipo = people from all walks of life.
    * gente famosa = famous people.
    * gente influyente = powerful people.
    * gente, la = public, the.
    * gente lectora = reading people.
    * gente marginada socialmente = socially deprived people.
    * gente mayor = elderly people.
    * gente muy trabajadora = hard-working people.
    * gente normal = pleb [plebe], straight people, ordinary men and women.
    * gente normal, la = ordinary people, hoi polloi, the.
    * gente sin hogar = homeless people.
    * gente sin techo = homeless people.
    * gente trabajadora = toiling crowd, working people.
    * hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.
    * influir en la gente = influence + people.
    * la gente decía que = rumour had it that.
    * la gente dice que = rumour has it that.
    * la gente se está inquietando = the natives are nervous.
    * la gente se está poniendo nerviosa = the natives are nervous.
    * la gente se puso de pie para aplaudir = standing ovation.
    * la mayoría de la gente = most people, the majority of the people.
    * marea de gente = foot traffic, maddening crowd.
    * menospreciar a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mirar a la gente con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mirar por encima del hombro a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mucha gente + esperar que = be widely expected.
    * orientado al servicio de la gente = people-centred, people-centric.
    * orientado hacia la gente = people-driven.
    * para alguna gente = to some people.
    * paso de la gente = flow of people.
    * pensado para la gente = people-driven.
    * tarea orientada hacia la gente = people-oriented task.
    * tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.
    * tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un hombre de gentes = a man of the people.
    * violación del derecho de la gente a + Nombre = invasion of people's right to + Nombre.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (AmL) ( de buenas maneras) respectable; ( amable) kind, good
    II
    adverbio (Chi, Méx)
    III
    1)
    a) ( personas) people (pl)

    había muy poca/tanta gente — there were very few/so many people

    ¿qué va a decir la gente? — what will people say?

    ¿cómo está toda la gente del pueblo? — how's everyone back home?

    como la gente — (CS fam) <regalo/camisa> decent (colloq)

    ser gente — (AmS) to behave (properly)

    b) (Méx) ( persona) person
    2) gentes femenino plural (liter) ( habitantes) people (pl)
    * * *
    la gente
    = public, the

    Ex: Community education is another form of outreach that aims to educate the public about the availability of services that can help them, about their entitlement to benefits, or about their rights under the law.

    = humans, people, folk, public, peeps.
    Nota: Expresión coloquial derivada de la palabra people.

    Ex: The first of these categories does not involve indexing by humans.

    Ex: There are networks which have been designed for transmitting information to and from computers, rather than transmitting people's voices.
    Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex: There is no single public of library users; there are several publics.
    Ex: There were 6 peeps in the water and most were familiar faces.
    * ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.
    * atraer gente = draw + people.
    * campaña de concienciación de la gente = awareness raising [awareness-raising].
    * caterva de gente = throng of people.
    * círculo cerrado de gente = clique.
    * concienciación de la gente = awareness raising [awareness-raising].
    * concienciar a la gente = build + public awareness, raise + awareness, raise + people's awareness, raise + public awareness, raise + consciousness, enhance + awareness.
    * conquistarse a la gente = win + hearts and minds.
    * contador de gente = people counter.
    * contratar gente = take on + people.
    * dignidad de la gente = people's dignity.
    * dirigido a la gente = people-oriented, people-centred, people-centric, people-driven.
    * formado por gente cotidiana de la calle = grassroots [grass-roots].
    * ganarse a la gente = win + hearts and minds.
    * gente bien = well-to-do, well-off.
    * gente común = pleb [plebe].
    * gente común, la = ordinary people, common people, the.
    * gente común y corriente, la = common people, the.
    * gente con éxito = successful people.
    * gente corriente, la = ordinary people.
    * gente de a pie = ordinary people.
    * gente de color = coloured people.
    * gente de éxito = successful people.
    * gente de la ciudad = townspeople.
    * gente del circo = circus performer.
    * gente de negocios = business people.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * gente de poder = wielders of power, powerful people.
    * gente desfavorecida = small fry, the.
    * gente de todo tipo = people from all walks of life.
    * gente famosa = famous people.
    * gente influyente = powerful people.
    * gente, la = public, the.
    * gente lectora = reading people.
    * gente marginada socialmente = socially deprived people.
    * gente mayor = elderly people.
    * gente muy trabajadora = hard-working people.
    * gente normal = pleb [plebe], straight people, ordinary men and women.
    * gente normal, la = ordinary people, hoi polloi, the.
    * gente sin hogar = homeless people.
    * gente sin techo = homeless people.
    * gente trabajadora = toiling crowd, working people.
    * hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.
    * influir en la gente = influence + people.
    * la gente decía que = rumour had it that.
    * la gente dice que = rumour has it that.
    * la gente se está inquietando = the natives are nervous.
    * la gente se está poniendo nerviosa = the natives are nervous.
    * la gente se puso de pie para aplaudir = standing ovation.
    * la mayoría de la gente = most people, the majority of the people.
    * marea de gente = foot traffic, maddening crowd.
    * menospreciar a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mirar a la gente con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mirar por encima del hombro a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * mucha gente + esperar que = be widely expected.
    * orientado al servicio de la gente = people-centred, people-centric.
    * orientado hacia la gente = people-driven.
    * para alguna gente = to some people.
    * paso de la gente = flow of people.
    * pensado para la gente = people-driven.
    * tarea orientada hacia la gente = people-oriented task.
    * tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.
    * tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un hombre de gentes = a man of the people.
    * violación del derecho de la gente a + Nombre = invasion of people's right to + Nombre.

    * * *
    ( AmL)
    1 (de buenas maneras) respectable
    es una familia muy or bien gente they're a very decent o respectable family
    2 (amable) kind, good
    (Chi, Méx): se portó muy gente conmigo she was very good o kind to me
    Nótese que en español, cuando el nombre gente significa personas, se traduce al inglés por people con verbo en plural - allí la gente es muy amable = the people are very nice there
    Cuando tiene el sentido de familia se traduce al inglés por family con el verbo en singular o plural - mi gente está de vacaciones = my family is o are on holiday
    A
    (personas) people (pl)
    había mucha/muy poca/tanta gente there were a lot of/very few/so many people
    ¿qué va a decir la gente? what will people say?
    tengo ganas de conocer gente nueva I want to meet some new people
    estas Navidades las pasaré con mi gente I'm spending this Christmas with my family o ( colloq) folks
    ¿cómo está toda la gente del pueblo? how's everyone back home?
    toda la gente del cine everyone in the movie o film world
    como la gente (CS fam); ‹regalo/camisa› decent ( colloq);
    ‹hablar› properly
    metido a gente ( Chi fam): es un roto metido a gente he's a jumped-up little nobody o a pretentious little upstart
    ser buena gente to be nice ( o kind etc)
    son muy buena gente they're very nice
    es buena gente ( AmL); he's nice
    ser gente ( AmS); to behave (properly)
    Compuestos:
    la gente bien no actúa de esa manera respectable people don't behave like that
    sólo se relaciona con la gente bien she only mixes with the right kind of people o with people of a certain class
    donde veranea la gente bien where well-to-do people spend their summer vacation ( AmE), where posh people spend their summer holidays ( BrE humor pej)
    la gente de a pie the man in the street, the ordinary citizen
    usa una jerga incomprensible para la gente de a pie he uses jargon which is incomprehensible to the layperson o to the layman o to the man in the street o to the average person
    ( Esp fam): la gente gorda the fat cats (pl), the bigwigs (pl)
    gente linda or ( Esp) guapa
    la gente linda or ( Esp) guapa the beautiful people (pl)
    la gente menuda the children (pl), the kids (pl) ( colloq)
    B gentes fpl ( liter) (habitantes) people (pl)
    * * *

     

    gente sustantivo femenino
    Nota:

    Nótese que en español, cuando el nombre gente significa personas, se traduce al inglés por people con verbo en plural - allí la gente es muy amable = people are very nice thereCuando tiene el sentido de familia se traduce al inglés por family con el verbo en singular o plural - mi gente está de vacaciones = my family is o are on holiday
    a) ( personas) people (pl);


    había muy poca/tanta gente there were very few/so many people;
    gente bien ( de respeto) respectable people;

    ( adinerada) well-to-do people;

    ser buena gente to be nice (o kind etc);
    ser gente (AmS) to behave (properly)
    b) (Méx) ( persona) person

    ■ adjetivo (AmL) ( de buenas maneras) respectable;
    ( amable) kind, good
    ■ adverbio (Chi, Méx):
    se portó muy gente conmigo she was very good o kind to me

    gente sustantivo femenino
    1 people pl
    gente menuda, children
    2 (familia) folks pl: lo celebrará con su gente, she'll celebrate it with her family
    3 (persona) person: ese Manuel es muy mala gente, there's something dodgy about Manuel
    ♦ Locuciones: LAm ser gente, to be good, kind o respectable

    ' gente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abarrotada
    - abarrotado
    - aborregar
    - agolparse
    - alternar
    - calaña
    - casa
    - cuánta
    - cuánto
    - demás
    - demasiada
    - demasiado
    - desarraigar
    - empujar
    - enferma
    - enfermo
    - enjuiciar
    - familia
    - galería
    - haber
    - hacinarse
    - hospitalaria
    - hospitalario
    - infestar
    - juego
    - lugar
    - mayoría
    - menuda
    - menudo
    - multitud
    - pelaje
    - peña
    - poblar
    - pulular
    - qué
    - rebosar
    - remolino
    - repleta
    - repleto
    - rozarse
    - sesgada
    - sesgado
    - tipo
    - trajín
    - vivir
    - acomodado
    - aglomeración
    - ambiente
    - apestado
    - apiñarse
    English:
    all
    - anxiety
    - batch
    - body
    - busload
    - bustling
    - circle
    - congested
    - congregate
    - crush
    - derive
    - disorderly
    - draw
    - drift
    - empathize
    - few
    - fill
    - flock
    - folk
    - frisk
    - gather
    - get on
    - good
    - goodwill
    - grating
    - half
    - handle
    - hold back
    - hold up
    - hover
    - humorous
    - jam-packed
    - join
    - like
    - lot
    - magnificent
    - mill about
    - mill around
    - mob
    - most
    - nice
    - nowadays
    - onrush
    - onslaught
    - outgoing
    - overcrowded
    - people
    - play on
    - play upon
    - polite
    * * *
    gente1 adj inv
    Am [amable] decent;
    son muy gente they're very decent folk
    gente2 nf
    1. [personas] people;
    acudió muy poca gente very few people went;
    toda la gente everyone, everybody;
    son buena gente they're good people;
    David es buena gente David is a good guy;
    CSur Fam
    como la gente: hacer algo como la gente to do sth properly;
    gente bien well-to-do people;
    el barrio donde vive la gente bien the part of town where the well-to-do o Br posh people live;
    gente de bien decent folk;
    Méx Fam gente bonita beautiful people;
    gente de la calle ordinary people;
    Esp Fam gente guapa beautiful people; Andes, RP Fam gente linda beautiful people;
    2. Fam [grupo de amigos] crowd;
    ahora se ve con otra gente she goes around with a different crowd now
    3. Fam [familia] folks
    4.
    gentes [habitantes] people;
    las gentes del lugar the local people, the locals
    * * *
    f
    1 people pl ;
    buena gente good o respectable people pl ;
    ser buena gente be nice;
    la gente mayor grown-ups pl ; ancianos elderly people pl, old people pl ;
    mi gente my family
    2 L.Am. ( persona) person
    * * *
    gente nf
    1) : people
    2) : relatives pl, folks pl
    3)
    gente menuda fam : children, kids pl
    4)
    ser buena gente : to be nice, to be kind
    * * *
    1. (en general) people
    2. (familia) family [pl. families]

    Spanish-English dictionary > gente

  • 3 personas

    f.pl.
    people, persons, folks.
    * * *
    (n.) = humans, party, people, public
    Ex. The first of these categories does not involve indexing by humans.
    Ex. Enter a brief, plea, or other formal record of one party to a case under the heading for that party.
    Ex. There are networks which have been designed for transmitting information to and from computers, rather than transmitting people's voices.
    Ex. There is no single public of library users; there are several publics.
    * * *
    (n.) = humans, party, people, public

    Ex: The first of these categories does not involve indexing by humans.

    Ex: Enter a brief, plea, or other formal record of one party to a case under the heading for that party.
    Ex: There are networks which have been designed for transmitting information to and from computers, rather than transmitting people's voices.
    Ex: There is no single public of library users; there are several publics.

    Spanish-English dictionary > personas

  • 4 pira

    f.
    pyre.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pirar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pirar.
    * * *
    1 pyre
    * * *
    I
    SF (=hoguera) pyre
    II
    ** SF
    * * *
    femenino pyre
    * * *
    = pyre, pyre.
    Ex. As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.
    Ex. As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.
    ----
    * pira funeraria = funeral pyre.
    * * *
    femenino pyre
    * * *
    = pyre, pyre.

    Ex: As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.

    Ex: As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.
    * pira funeraria = funeral pyre.

    * * *
    pyre
    pira funeraria funeral pyre
    * * *

    Del verbo pirarse: ( conjugate pirarse)

    se pira es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    pira sustantivo femenino
    pyre
    pira sustantivo femenino pyre
    ' pira' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    maíz
    English:
    pop
    - pyre
    * * *
    pira nf
    pyre
    * * *
    f pyre
    * * *
    pira nf
    : pyre

    Spanish-English dictionary > pira

  • 5 zoonosis

    f. s.&pl.
    1 zoonosis.
    2 zoonoses, infectious diseases transmitted to humans by animals or viceversa.
    * * *
    = zoonosis [zoonoses, -pl.].
    Ex. A global early warning system for animal diseases transmissible to humans ( zoonoses) was formally launched last week in Geneva by FAO.
    * * *
    = zoonosis [zoonoses, -pl.].

    Ex: A global early warning system for animal diseases transmissible to humans ( zoonoses) was formally launched last week in Geneva by FAO.

    * * *
    zoonosis
    * * *
    zoonosis nf inv
    zoonosis

    Spanish-English dictionary > zoonosis

  • 6 adulación

    f.
    1 flattery, hero worship, adulation, brown-nosing.
    2 flattery, praise, adulation, high praise.
    * * *
    1 adulation, flattery
    * * *
    SF flattery, adulation
    * * *
    femenino flattery
    * * *
    = sycophancy, adulation, flattery.
    Ex. During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. The effects of flattery from a computer can produce the same general effects as flattery from humans, as described in the psychology literature.
    * * *
    femenino flattery
    * * *
    = sycophancy, adulation, flattery.

    Ex: During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.

    Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex: The effects of flattery from a computer can produce the same general effects as flattery from humans, as described in the psychology literature.

    * * *
    flattery
    * * *

    adulación sustantivo femenino
    flattery
    adulación sustantivo femenino adulation
    ' adulación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flattery
    - sycophancy
    - adulation
    - bask
    * * *
    flattery
    * * *
    f flattery
    * * *
    adulación nf, pl - ciones : adulation, flattery

    Spanish-English dictionary > adulación

  • 7 al igual que

    like
    * * *
    = as with, like, in common with, much as, equalling that, after the fashion of, so too, similar to, much like
    Ex. As with author headings, sometimes one heading or title will be both sought and provide collocation, but on other occasions there will be a conflict between soughtness' and collocation.
    Ex. Thus PRECIS is an indexing system, which like any such system must be supported by an indexing language.
    Ex. In common with many other databases, MEDLARS (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) was primarily an offshoot from a printed indexing service.
    Ex. More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.
    Ex. Interestingly, the Jacquard loom had a resolution of 1000 silk threads to the inch, equalling that of paper.
    Ex. Invented around 1850 by two Americans, the platen jobber worked after the fashion of a bivalve shell = Inventada alrededor de 1850 por dos norteamericanos, la máquina de presión plana funcionaba del mismo modo que un bivalvo.
    Ex. Quality is important but so too is hard statistical evidence of the library's productivity.
    Ex. Similar to economic impact analysis, cost-benefit analysis provides a quantitative presentation of the returns to a community's library investment.
    Ex. Cats do not have sweat glands the way humans do, so panting is the way cats cool their bodies down, much like dogs.
    * * *
    = as with, like, in common with, much as, equalling that, after the fashion of, so too, similar to, much like

    Ex: As with author headings, sometimes one heading or title will be both sought and provide collocation, but on other occasions there will be a conflict between soughtness' and collocation.

    Ex: Thus PRECIS is an indexing system, which like any such system must be supported by an indexing language.
    Ex: In common with many other databases, MEDLARS (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) was primarily an offshoot from a printed indexing service.
    Ex: More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.
    Ex: Interestingly, the Jacquard loom had a resolution of 1000 silk threads to the inch, equalling that of paper.
    Ex: Invented around 1850 by two Americans, the platen jobber worked after the fashion of a bivalve shell = Inventada alrededor de 1850 por dos norteamericanos, la máquina de presión plana funcionaba del mismo modo que un bivalvo.
    Ex: Quality is important but so too is hard statistical evidence of the library's productivity.
    Ex: Similar to economic impact analysis, cost-benefit analysis provides a quantitative presentation of the returns to a community's library investment.
    Ex: Cats do not have sweat glands the way humans do, so panting is the way cats cool their bodies down, much like dogs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > al igual que

  • 8 altanería

    f.
    haughtiness, arrogance, superciliousness.
    * * *
    1 arrogance, haughtiness, conceit
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=altivez) haughtiness, arrogance
    2) (Caza) hawking, falconry
    3) (Meteo) upper air
    * * *
    1) ( arrogancia) arrogance
    2) (arc) ( cetrería) falconry
    * * *
    = arrogance, haughtiness, superciliousness.
    Ex. That is a kind of, I would submit, bibliothecal arrogance on our part, a kind of intellectual elitism, if you will.
    Ex. Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
    Ex. Whatever it is, humans are filled with superciliousness.
    ----
    * con altanería = superciliously, haughtily.
    * * *
    1) ( arrogancia) arrogance
    2) (arc) ( cetrería) falconry
    * * *
    = arrogance, haughtiness, superciliousness.

    Ex: That is a kind of, I would submit, bibliothecal arrogance on our part, a kind of intellectual elitism, if you will.

    Ex: Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
    Ex: Whatever it is, humans are filled with superciliousness.
    * con altanería = superciliously, haughtily.

    * * *
    A (arrogancia) arrogance, haughtiness, disdain
    contestó con altanería she replied arrogantly o haughtily o disdainfully
    B ( arc) (cetrería) falconry
    * * *

    altanería sustantivo femenino arrogance
    * * *
    1. [soberbia] haughtiness;
    con altanería haughtily
    2. Anticuado [cetrería] falconry
    * * *
    f arrogance
    * * *
    altivez, arrogancia: arrogance, haughtiness

    Spanish-English dictionary > altanería

  • 9 amenazador

    adj.
    threatening, menacing, ominous.
    * * *
    1 threatening, menacing
    * * *
    (f. - amenazadora)
    adj.
    menacing, threatening
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo, amenazante adjetivo threatening, menacing
    * * *
    = ominous, threatening, frowning, forbidding, looming, scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.], menacing, nasty looking, portentous.
    Ex. At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.
    Ex. It is easy to become carried away by the sheer size of the so-called 'information explosion' and to regard the growth of literature as a phenomenon as threatening to civilization as a virulent epidemic or the 'population explosion' in the third world.
    Ex. The impulse to learn is a ruling passion in very few people; in most of us it is so weak that a frowning aspect can discourage it.
    Ex. All those shelves full of books are forbidding, daunting.
    Ex. The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = El catálogo automatizado se convirtió en un espectro del inminente cambio ya que los mismos avances electrónicos que hicieron realidad el catálogo en línea prometían transformaciones aún mayores.
    Ex. The very term 'outsourcing' is seen by many cataloguing departments as a scary word.
    Ex. This is a collection of articles on the theme: Books for children with murderous, shocking, menacing endings.
    Ex. The large and nasty-looking African Buffalo is highly dangerous to humans due to its unpredictable nature.
    Ex. Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.
    ----
    * avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.
    * conducta amenazadora = threatening behaviour.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo, amenazante adjetivo threatening, menacing
    * * *
    = ominous, threatening, frowning, forbidding, looming, scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.], menacing, nasty looking, portentous.

    Ex: At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.

    Ex: It is easy to become carried away by the sheer size of the so-called 'information explosion' and to regard the growth of literature as a phenomenon as threatening to civilization as a virulent epidemic or the 'population explosion' in the third world.
    Ex: The impulse to learn is a ruling passion in very few people; in most of us it is so weak that a frowning aspect can discourage it.
    Ex: All those shelves full of books are forbidding, daunting.
    Ex: The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = El catálogo automatizado se convirtió en un espectro del inminente cambio ya que los mismos avances electrónicos que hicieron realidad el catálogo en línea prometían transformaciones aún mayores.
    Ex: The very term 'outsourcing' is seen by many cataloguing departments as a scary word.
    Ex: This is a collection of articles on the theme: Books for children with murderous, shocking, menacing endings.
    Ex: The large and nasty-looking African Buffalo is highly dangerous to humans due to its unpredictable nature.
    Ex: Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.
    * avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.
    * conducta amenazadora = threatening behaviour.

    * * *
    adj,
    amenazante adjective threatening, menacing
    * * *

    amenazador
    ◊ - dora, amenazante adjetivo

    threatening, menacing
    amenazador,-ora, amenazante adjetivo threatening, menacing

    ' amenazador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amenazadora
    - amenazante
    English:
    forbidding
    - menace
    - menacing
    - threatening
    - threateningly
    * * *
    amenazador, -ora adj
    threatening, menacing
    * * *
    adj threatening
    * * *
    : threatening, menacing

    Spanish-English dictionary > amenazador

  • 10 arrogancia

    f.
    arrogance.
    * * *
    1 (orgullo) arrogance
    2 (gallardía) gallantry, valour (US valor), bravery
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=altanería) arrogance, haughtiness; (=orgullo) pride
    * * *
    femenino ( soberbia) arrogance
    * * *
    = arrogance, hubris, boastfulness, snobbery, haughtiness, superciliousness, chest-beating.
    Ex. That is a kind of, I would submit, bibliothecal arrogance on our part, a kind of intellectual elitism, if you will.
    Ex. The conference underscored the hubris behind the 'bigger is better' logic ALA has apparently embraced.
    Ex. For all their nationalistic boastfulness, the Spanish economy remained largely dependent on foreigners.
    Ex. Do we really need a book to tell us what snobbery is and how it infects all the nooks and crannies of society?.
    Ex. Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
    Ex. Whatever it is, humans are filled with superciliousness.
    Ex. It's really sad, when the primal chest-beating of leaders is what wins out and leads to unneccessary war and invasion.
    ----
    * andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.
    * con arrogancia = superciliously, haughtily.
    * * *
    femenino ( soberbia) arrogance
    * * *
    = arrogance, hubris, boastfulness, snobbery, haughtiness, superciliousness, chest-beating.

    Ex: That is a kind of, I would submit, bibliothecal arrogance on our part, a kind of intellectual elitism, if you will.

    Ex: The conference underscored the hubris behind the 'bigger is better' logic ALA has apparently embraced.
    Ex: For all their nationalistic boastfulness, the Spanish economy remained largely dependent on foreigners.
    Ex: Do we really need a book to tell us what snobbery is and how it infects all the nooks and crannies of society?.
    Ex: Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
    Ex: Whatever it is, humans are filled with superciliousness.
    Ex: It's really sad, when the primal chest-beating of leaders is what wins out and leads to unneccessary war and invasion.
    * andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.
    * con arrogancia = superciliously, haughtily.

    * * *
    1 (soberbia) arrogance
    contestó con arrogancia she replied arrogantly o haughtily
    2
    (gallardía): la arrogancia de su porte his imposing bearing
    * * *

    arrogancia sustantivo femenino
    arrogance;

    arrogancia sustantivo femenino arrogance

    ' arrogancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fachada
    - fanfarronear
    - creer
    - dejo
    - molestar
    English:
    arrogance
    - haughtily
    - haughtiness
    - outward
    - presumption
    - pride
    - superciliousness
    * * *
    arrogance;
    con arrogancia arrogantly
    * * *
    f arrogance
    * * *
    altanería, altivez: arrogance, haughtiness

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrogancia

  • 11 avariciosamente

    adv.
    greedily, covetously.
    * * *
    1 avariciously, greedily
    * * *
    ADV avariciously, greedily
    * * *
    Ex. Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
    * * *

    Ex: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.

    * * *
    greedily, avariciously
    * * *
    [con codicia] greedily; [con tacañería] avariciously

    Spanish-English dictionary > avariciosamente

  • 12 bola de alcanfor

    (n.) = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball
    Ex. Exposures to high concentrations of vapours of mothballs by humans, especially young children, can also result in toxicity.
    Ex. Materials covered in this booklet include: aerosols; deodorizers; cleaners; drain cleaners; fingernail polish/remover; handcleaners; moth crystals; oven cleaners; and wood preservatives.
    Ex. Instead of forking out lots of money on specialist products she has now started to use camphor balls, or mothballs as they are also better known.
    * * *
    (n.) = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball

    Ex: Exposures to high concentrations of vapours of mothballs by humans, especially young children, can also result in toxicity.

    Ex: Materials covered in this booklet include: aerosols; deodorizers; cleaners; drain cleaners; fingernail polish/remover; handcleaners; moth crystals; oven cleaners; and wood preservatives.
    Ex: Instead of forking out lots of money on specialist products she has now started to use camphor balls, or mothballs as they are also better known.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bola de alcanfor

  • 13 bola de naftalina

    mothball
    * * *
    (n.) = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball
    Ex. Exposures to high concentrations of vapours of mothballs by humans, especially young children, can also result in toxicity.
    Ex. Materials covered in this booklet include: aerosols; deodorizers; cleaners; drain cleaners; fingernail polish/remover; handcleaners; moth crystals; oven cleaners; and wood preservatives.
    Ex. Instead of forking out lots of money on specialist products she has now started to use camphor balls, or mothballs as they are also better known.
    * * *
    (n.) = mothball, moth crystal, camphor ball

    Ex: Exposures to high concentrations of vapours of mothballs by humans, especially young children, can also result in toxicity.

    Ex: Materials covered in this booklet include: aerosols; deodorizers; cleaners; drain cleaners; fingernail polish/remover; handcleaners; moth crystals; oven cleaners; and wood preservatives.
    Ex: Instead of forking out lots of money on specialist products she has now started to use camphor balls, or mothballs as they are also better known.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bola de naftalina

  • 14 búfalo africano

    Ex. The large and nasty-looking African Buffalo is highly dangerous to humans due to its unpredictable nature.
    * * *

    Ex: The large and nasty-looking African Buffalo is highly dangerous to humans due to its unpredictable nature.

    Spanish-English dictionary > búfalo africano

  • 15 búsqueda iterativa

    Ex. Humans conduct iterative searching, that is, they modify their search strategy as the search progresses.
    * * *

    Ex: Humans conduct iterative searching, that is, they modify their search strategy as the search progresses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda iterativa

  • 16 cabeza de chorlito

    familiar scatterbrain
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (fam) scatterbrain (colloq)
    * * *
    (n.) = scatterbrain, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, empty-headed, bonehead, birdbrain, nong, ning-nong
    Ex. A 'characterology' can be created, from the author who is himself a precise archivist to the scatterbrain who throws nothing away.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. Thanks to those who do this for ning-nongs like myself.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (fam) scatterbrain (colloq)
    * * *
    (n.) = scatterbrain, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], ditz, dits, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, empty-headed, bonehead, birdbrain, nong, ning-nong

    Ex: A 'characterology' can be created, from the author who is himself a precise archivist to the scatterbrain who throws nothing away.

    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: Thanks to those who do this for ning-nongs like myself.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cabeza de chorlito

  • 17 causado por el ejercicio

    Ex. Exercise-induced gastritis and gastric ulcers are common in humans and horses, and recently have been described in racing sled dogs.
    * * *

    Ex: Exercise-induced gastritis and gastric ulcers are common in humans and horses, and recently have been described in racing sled dogs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > causado por el ejercicio

  • 18 celosía

    f.
    1 window blind, jalousie, shades, blind.
    2 Celosia.
    3 lattice.
    * * *
    1 (reja) lattice
    2 (ventana) lattice window
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=enrejado) lattice, lattice window
    2) (=contraventana) slatted shutter
    3) (=celos) jealousy
    * * *
    femenino lattice, latticework
    * * *
    = lattice, trellis.
    Ex. Special attention should be given to Figure 2, which proposes two lattices (or ladders) for career movement in libraries.
    Ex. As humans began the colonization of the Old World tropics, they evolved a trellis of interrelationships across a broad geographical range.
    * * *
    femenino lattice, latticework
    * * *
    = lattice, trellis.

    Ex: Special attention should be given to Figure 2, which proposes two lattices (or ladders) for career movement in libraries.

    Ex: As humans began the colonization of the Old World tropics, they evolved a trellis of interrelationships across a broad geographical range.

    * * *
    (para ventanas) lattice, latticework; (para plantas) trellis
    * * *

    celosía sustantivo femenino lattice
    * * *
    lattice window, jalousie
    * * *
    f lattice
    * * *
    1) : lattice window
    2) : latticework, trellis

    Spanish-English dictionary > celosía

  • 19 codiciosamente

    adv.
    covetously, greedily.
    * * *
    ADV greedily, covetously
    * * *
    Ex. Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
    * * *

    Ex: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.

    * * *
    covetously
    * * *
    greedily

    Spanish-English dictionary > codiciosamente

  • 20 con avaricia

    familiar extremely
    * * *
    Ex. Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.
    * * *

    Ex: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con avaricia

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