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  • 81 obsesionado con los libros

    (n./adj.) = bookaholic
    Ex. A self-professed ' bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.
    * * *
    (n./adj.) = bookaholic

    Ex: A self-professed ' bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > obsesionado con los libros

  • 82 obseso con la lectura

    (n./adj.) = bookaholic
    Ex. A self-professed ' bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.
    * * *
    (n./adj.) = bookaholic

    Ex: A self-professed ' bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > obseso con la lectura

  • 83 obseso con los libros

    (n./adj.) = bookaholic
    Ex. A self-professed ' bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.
    * * *
    (n./adj.) = bookaholic

    Ex: A self-professed ' bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > obseso con los libros

  • 84 pavonear

    v.
    1 to strut, to flaunt about the streets, to flutter.
    2 (coll.) To amuse with false hopes.
    * * *
    = grandstand, show off.
    Ex. Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    Ex. The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.
    ----
    * pavonearse = swagger, strut.
    * * *
    = grandstand, show off.

    Ex: Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.

    Ex: The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.
    * pavonearse = swagger, strut.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pavonear

  • 85 perdón

    intj.
    excuse me, I'm sorry, sorry.
    m.
    pardon, amnesty, absolution, forgiveness.
    * * *
    1 pardon, forgiveness
    \
    con perdón if you pardon the expression
    no tener perdón to be unforgivable
    pedir perdón to apologize, say sorry
    ¡perdón! (para excusarse) sorry! 2 (para preguntar, hacerse paso) excuse me
    * * *
    1. noun m.
    pardon, forgiveness
    2. interj.
    sorry!, excuse me!
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acción)
    a) (Rel) forgiveness
    b) (Jur) pardon
    c) (Econ) write-off
    d) [locuciones]

    • no cabe perdón — it is inexcusable

    • con perdón — if you don't mind me saying so

    son todos unos imbéciles, con perdón — they're all idiots, if you don't mind me saying so

    con perdón de la expresión — pardon my language, if you'll pardon the expression

    • pedir perdón (a algn) — [por algo leve] to apologize (to sb); [por algo grave] to ask (sb's) forgiveness

    os pido perdón por el retraso — I'm sorry o I apologize for the delay

    pido perdón a Dios — I ask God to forgive me, I ask God for forgiveness

    • con perdón de los presentes — (=con permiso) if you'll permit me; (=excepto) present company excepted

    no tener perdón —

    no tenéis perdón por lo que hicisteis — what you did was unforgivable, there's no excuse for what you did

    hace siglos que no voy al cine, no tengo perdón de Dios — hum I haven't been to the cinema for ages, I should be ashamed of myself hum

    2) [independiente]
    a)

    ¡perdón! — [disculpándose] sorry!; [tras eructar, toser] excuse me!, pardon me!; [llamando la atención] excuse me!, pardon me! (EEUU)

    perdón, ¿te ha dolido? — sorry, did I hurt you?

    perdón ¿me puede indicar dónde está la estación? — excuse me, can you tell me where the station is?

    b)

    ¿perdón? — [cuando no se ha entendido algo] sorry?, pardon?, pardon me? (EEUU)

    * * *
    I
    masculino (Der) pardon; (Relig) forgiveness

    me pidió perdón por su comportamiento — he apologized to me for his behavior, he said he was sorry about his behavior

    no tener perdón (de Dios) — ( acción) to be unforgivable; ( persona)

    II
    interjección ( tras encontronazo) I beg your pardon (frml), excuse me (AmE), sorry; ( al iniciar conversación) excuse me, pardon me (AmE); ( al pedir que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon me? (AmE)

    perdón ¿me puede decir la hora? — excuse me o (AmE) pardon me, can you tell me the time?

    * * *
    Ex. Schools, it is suggested, need to introduce their students to an understanding of the complexities of these notions of forgiveness and other possible attitudes to wrongdoers.
    ----
    * pedir perdón = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + crow, eat + dirt.
    * pedir persón = eat + humble pie.
    * * *
    I
    masculino (Der) pardon; (Relig) forgiveness

    me pidió perdón por su comportamiento — he apologized to me for his behavior, he said he was sorry about his behavior

    no tener perdón (de Dios) — ( acción) to be unforgivable; ( persona)

    II
    interjección ( tras encontronazo) I beg your pardon (frml), excuse me (AmE), sorry; ( al iniciar conversación) excuse me, pardon me (AmE); ( al pedir que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon me? (AmE)

    perdón ¿me puede decir la hora? — excuse me o (AmE) pardon me, can you tell me the time?

    * * *

    Ex: Schools, it is suggested, need to introduce their students to an understanding of the complexities of these notions of forgiveness and other possible attitudes to wrongdoers.

    * pedir perdón = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + crow, eat + dirt.
    * pedir persón = eat + humble pie.

    * * *
    ( Der) pardon; ( Relig) forgiveness
    le concedieron el perdón he was pardoned
    el perdón de los pecados ( Relig) the forgiveness of sins
    me pidió perdón por su comportamiento de anoche he apologized to me for his behavior last night, he said he was sorry about o he said sorry for his behavior last night
    pídele perdón apologize to her, tell her you're sorry
    nos pidió perdón por llegar tarde she apologized to us for arriving late, she said she was sorry she was late
    con perdón if you'll pardon the expression
    son todos unos cabrones, con perdón they're all bastards, if you'll pardon the expression o ( BrE hum) pardon my French
    con perdón de los presentes (con permiso) with your permission; (a excepción de) present company excepted
    no tener perdón (de Dios) «acción» to be unforgivable o inexcusable
    «persona»: no tienes perdón (de Dios) what you've done is unforgivable o inexcusable
    (tras un encontronazo) I beg your pardon ( frml), excuse me ( AmE), sorry; (al iniciar una conversación) excuse me, pardon me ( AmE); (al pedir que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon me? ( AmE)
    ¡perdón! ¿te hice daño? I beg your pardon o (I'm so) sorry, did I hurt you?
    perdón ¿me puede decir la hora? excuse me o ( AmE) pardon me, can you tell me the time?
    perdón pero no estoy de acuerdo I'm sorry but I don't agree
    * * *

     

    perdón sustantivo masculino (Der) pardon;
    (Relig) forgiveness;

    con perdón if you'll pardon the expression
    ■ interjección ( expresando disculpas) I beg your pardon (frml), excuse me (AmE), sorry;

    ( para atraer la atención) excuse me, pardon me (AmE);
    ( al pedir que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon me? (AmE)
    perdón
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 forgiveness: me pidió perdón, she apologized to me
    2 Jur pardon, mercy
    II exclamación
    1 (al disculparse) le pido perdón, I'm so sorry!
    2 (al pedir permiso) perdón, ¿puede decirme dónde está la catedral?, excuse me, can you tell me where the cathedral is? ➣ Ver nota en excuse
    Decimos sorry! cuando queremos disculparnos por haber hecho algo (por ejemplo, has pisado a alguien). Excuse me! se usa más bien para pedir permiso o interrumpir a alguien: Perdón, ¿puedo entrar? Excuse me, may I come in?
    ' perdón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bastar
    - demora
    - excusar
    - implorar
    - pedir
    - por
    - señor
    English:
    apologetic
    - apologetically
    - excuse
    - forgiveness
    - pardon
    - slip out
    - sorry
    - apologize
    - make
    - might
    - side
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [de ofensa, falta] pardon, forgiveness;
    el perdón de los pecados the forgiveness of sins;
    pedir perdón to apologize;
    ve a pedirle perdón a tu abuela go and apologize to your grandmother;
    te pido mil perdones I'm terribly sorry;
    te pido perdón por el daño que te he causado I apologize o I'm sorry for the hurt I've caused you;
    es un gilipollas, con perdón he's a jerk, if you'll forgive the expression;
    no tener perdón (de Dios) to be unforgivable
    2. [de delito] pardon;
    el gobierno estudia conceder el perdón a los militares sublevados the government is considering granting the officers involved in the uprising a pardon
    3. [de deuda] pardon;
    el perdón de la deuda externa foreign debt pardon
    ♦ interj
    [lo siento] sorry!; [tras estornudar, eructar] pardon (me)!;
    perdón, ¿me deja pasar? excuse me, can I get past?;
    perdón, ¿podría repetir? I'm sorry, could you say that again?;
    se creó en 1873, perdón, fue en 1875 it was created in 1873, no, sorry, I mean 1875;
    perdón pero no me parece una buena idea I'm sorry but I don't think it's a good idea
    * * *
    m
    1 disculpa pardon;
    ¡perdón! sorry!;
    ¿perdón? excuse me?, pardon me?;
    pedir perdón say sorry, apologize;
    con perdón pardon my French
    2 REL forgiveness
    * * *
    perdón nm, pl perdones : forgiveness, pardon
    perdón interj
    : excuse me!, sorry!
    * * *
    perdón1 interj
    1. (para disculparse) sorry / I'm sorry
    perdón, no sabía I'm sorry, I didn't know
    perdón, ¿me deja pasar? excuse me, can I get past?
    perdón2 n forgiveness / pardon

    Spanish-English dictionary > perdón

  • 86 ponerse gallito

    (v.) = bluster
    Ex. Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    * * *
    (v.) = bluster

    Ex: Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse gallito

  • 87 por si acaso

    just in case
    ————————
    just in case
    * * *
    in case, just in case
    * * *
    = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure
    Ex. Regardless of how humble present budgets may be librarians must have in mind a clear-cut spending strategy in case of windfall moneys being made available.
    Ex. What this book seeks to communicate is not an index of cases practicing librarians can file through later in their professional lives on the off chance that lightning will strike twice and that they will be able to locate an elegant solution to a somewhat similar experience.
    Ex. The project shifts the paradigm for information services in support of research from a ' just in case' collection centred approach to 'just in time' service oriented operation.
    Ex. You are lucky to find anywhere to stay if you just turn up on spec in Amsterdam in the middle of August.
    Ex. This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    * * *
    = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure

    Ex: Regardless of how humble present budgets may be librarians must have in mind a clear-cut spending strategy in case of windfall moneys being made available.

    Ex: What this book seeks to communicate is not an index of cases practicing librarians can file through later in their professional lives on the off chance that lightning will strike twice and that they will be able to locate an elegant solution to a somewhat similar experience.
    Ex: The project shifts the paradigm for information services in support of research from a ' just in case' collection centred approach to 'just in time' service oriented operation.
    Ex: You are lucky to find anywhere to stay if you just turn up on spec in Amsterdam in the middle of August.
    Ex: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por si acaso

  • 88 presumir

    v.
    1 to presume, to assume.
    presumo que no tardarán en llegar I presume o suppose they'll be here soon
    Ella presume sandeces She presumes silly things.
    2 to show off.
    presume de artista he likes to think he's an artist, he fancies himself as an artist
    presume de guapa she thinks she's pretty
    3 to be conceited or vain (ser vanidoso).
    4 to put on airs, to become arrogant, to boast, to show off.
    Ella presume a menudo She shows off often.
    5 to presume to.
    Ella presume ganarle She presumes to beat him.
    * * *
    1 (vanagloriarse) to boast (de, about), show off (de, about)
    2 (ser presumido) to be vain
    1 (suponer) to suppose, assume
    \
    como era de presumir as was to be expected
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VI (=alardear) to give o.s. airs, show off; (=envanecerse) to be conceited

    presumir de listo — to think o.s. very smart

    presume de experto — he likes to think he's an expert, he considers himself an expert

    2. VT
    1) (=suponer) to presume

    según cabe presumir — as may be presumed, presumably

    es de presumir que — presumably, supposedly

    2) Arg, Bol (=pretender) to court; (=coquetear con) to flirt with
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo to show off

    presumir DE algo: presume de guapo he thinks he's good-looking; presume de intelectual he likes to think he's an intellectual, he fancies himself as an intellectual (BrE); le encanta presumir de dinero — she loves to flash her money around

    2.
    * * *
    = presume, boast, brag, grandstand, show off.
    Ex. We presumed this principle of organization in the case of searching the public library for a document about programmed instruction.
    Ex. In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.
    Ex. While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.
    Ex. Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    Ex. The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo to show off

    presumir DE algo: presume de guapo he thinks he's good-looking; presume de intelectual he likes to think he's an intellectual, he fancies himself as an intellectual (BrE); le encanta presumir de dinero — she loves to flash her money around

    2.
    * * *
    = presume, boast, brag, grandstand, show off.

    Ex: We presumed this principle of organization in the case of searching the public library for a document about programmed instruction.

    Ex: In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together.
    Ex: While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative.
    Ex: Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice.
    Ex: The district will proudly show off its historical heritage: the monastic library at Broumov, founded in the 13th century by Benedictine monks.

    * * *
    presumir [I1 ]
    vi
    to show off
    seguro que no es cierto, lo dice para presumir I'm sure it's not true, she's only saying it to show off o she's just boasting
    presumir DE algo:
    presume de guapo he thinks he's good-looking
    presume de sus éxitos he's always boasting about his conquests
    presume de intelectual y es un ignorante he likes to think he's an intellectual o ( BrE) he fancies himself as an intellectual, but in fact he doesn't know anything
    no presumo de saber nada del tema I don't profess to know anything about it
    le encanta presumir de dinero she loves to flash her money around
    ■ presumir
    vt
    se presume una reacción violenta a violent reaction is expected, there is likely to be a violent reaction
    es de presumir que ya habrán llegado presumably they will have already arrived
    presumo que es una ciudad preciosa, aunque no la conozco I imagine it's a lovely city, though I don't know it
    era de presumir lo que ocurriría it was quite predictable what would happen
    * * *

     

    presumir ( conjugate presumir) verbo intransitivo
    to show off;
    presumir DE algo ‹ de dinero› ( hablando) to boast o brag about sth;
    ( enseñándolo) to flash sth around;

    verbo transitivo: se presume una reacción violenta there is likely to be a violent reaction;
    era de presumir occurriría it was quite predictable what would happen
    presumir
    I vtr (sospechar) to predict, suppose
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (de una cualidad) to fancy oneself as: presume de listo, he thinks he's very smart
    2 (de una posesión) to boast [de, about]: le gusta presumir de coche, he likes to show off his car

    ' presumir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparentar
    - exhibir
    - fanfarronear
    - lucirse
    - vacilar
    - cacarear
    - lucir
    English:
    air
    - boast
    - brag
    - presume
    - trumpet
    - show
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [suponer] to presume, to assume;
    presumo que no tardarán en llegar I presume o suppose they'll be here soon;
    es de presumir que ya se hayan enterado de la noticia presumably they've already heard the news;
    ese escándalo era de presumir that scandal was only to be expected
    ♦ vi
    1. [jactarse] to show off;
    presume de rico he makes a show of being rich;
    presume de artista he likes to think he's an artist, he fancies himself as an artist;
    presume de guapa she thinks she's pretty;
    pocos pueden presumir de haber ganado tantos premios como ella few can boast of having won as many prizes as she has
    2. [ser vanidoso] to be vain
    * * *
    I v/t presume
    II v/i show off;
    presumir de algo boast o brag about sth;
    presume de listo he thinks he’s very clever
    * * *
    suponer: to presume, to suppose
    1) alardear: to boast, to show off
    2)
    presumir de : to consider oneself
    presume de inteligente: he thinks he's intelligent
    * * *
    1. (cuidar su aspecto) to show off [pt. showed; pp. shown]
    2. (jactarse) to boast / to brag [pt. & pp. bragged]

    Spanish-English dictionary > presumir

  • 89 reconocido por Uno mismo

    (adj.) = self-confessed, self-professed
    Ex. He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.
    Ex. A self-professed 'bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.
    * * *
    (adj.) = self-confessed, self-professed

    Ex: He is a self-confessed party pooper, he doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs and his only vices are caffeine, fatty foods, and the Internet.

    Ex: A self-professed 'bookaholic' and journalist submits that, be it ever so humble, there is no place like the library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > reconocido por Uno mismo

  • 90 repleto

    adj.
    full, full-up, abounding, chock-full.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: repletar.
    * * *
    1 full up, full (de, of), jam-packed (de, with)
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=lleno) full up

    repleto de — full of, crammed with

    2)

    estar repleto — [persona] to be full up ( with food)

    3) [aspecto] well-fed
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1) <calle/vehículo/sala>

    el tren iba repleto — the train was packed o (colloq) jam-packed

    2) < persona> replete (frml or hum), full
    * * *
    = stuffed looking, saturated, densely packed, packed, plethoric, turgid, packed full.
    Ex. As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex. Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.
    Ex. The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.
    Ex. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.
    Ex. Not far off, the barn, plethoric with the autumn's harvest spoils, holds the farmer's well-earned trophies -- the guerdon of his toils.
    Ex. I recently found out that ' turgid,' which actually means 'swollen' and that I was confusing it with 'turbid,' a word I've never heard.
    Ex. The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.
    ----
    * auditorio repleto = packed house.
    * repleto de = replete with, full of, teeming with, brimful (of/with), jam-packed (with), filled to capacity, flush with.
    * repleto de información = information packed [information-packed].
    * repleto hasta el borde = full to the brim.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1) <calle/vehículo/sala>

    el tren iba repleto — the train was packed o (colloq) jam-packed

    2) < persona> replete (frml or hum), full
    * * *
    = stuffed looking, saturated, densely packed, packed, plethoric, turgid, packed full.

    Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.

    Ex: Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.
    Ex: The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.
    Ex: Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.
    Ex: Not far off, the barn, plethoric with the autumn's harvest spoils, holds the farmer's well-earned trophies -- the guerdon of his toils.
    Ex: I recently found out that ' turgid,' which actually means 'swollen' and that I was confusing it with 'turbid,' a word I've never heard.
    Ex: The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.
    * auditorio repleto = packed house.
    * repleto de = replete with, full of, teeming with, brimful (of/with), jam-packed (with), filled to capacity, flush with.
    * repleto de información = information packed [information-packed].
    * repleto hasta el borde = full to the brim.

    * * *
    repleto -ta
    A ‹calle/vehículo› repleto DE algo packed WITH sth
    las calles estaban repletas de gente the streets were packed o crammed with people
    la ciudad está repleta de atracciones históricas y culturales the city is full of historical and cultural attractions
    el tren iba repleto the train was packed o ( colloq) jam-packed
    B ‹persona› replete ( frmlor hum), full
    ¡qué comilona, estoy repleto! what a feast, I'm absolutely full!
    * * *

    repleto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ‹calle/vehículo/sala› repleto DE algo full of sth, packed with sth;

    ◊ el tren iba repleto the train was packed o (colloq) jam-packed

    b) ‹ persona› replete (frml or hum), full

    repleto,-a adjetivo
    1 full (up)
    2 familiar (de gente) jam-packed: el autobús iba repleto (de gente), the bus was packed (with people)
    3 frml (una persona) replete
    ' repleto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repleta
    English:
    bulge
    - congested
    - jam-packed
    - laden
    - bursting
    - jam
    - loaded
    - packed
    - replete
    - teem
    * * *
    repleto, -a adj
    [habitación, autobús] packed;
    estoy repleto [de comida] I'm full (up);
    el centro estaba repleto de turistas the town centre was packed with tourists
    * * *
    adj full (de of)
    * * *
    repleto, -ta adj
    1) : replete, full
    2)
    repleto de : packed with, crammed with
    * * *
    repleto adj full

    Spanish-English dictionary > repleto

  • 91 retractarse

    pron.v.
    to go back on one's word.
    retractarse de to retract, to take back (lo dicho)
    * * *
    1 to retract, take back
    * * *
    VPR to retract, recant
    * * *
    verbo pronominal

    retractarse DE algo: se retractó de sus acusaciones/de lo dicho he withdrew his accusations/what he said; se retractaron de su error — they recanted

    * * *
    = retract, go back on, take back.
    Ex. This response may be regretted almost immediately, but it is difficult to retract.
    Ex. The Commission has downgraded university librarians in terms of both pay and academic status, thus going back on a right granted as early as 1960.
    Ex. Malicious intent beyond words cannot be taken back.
    ----
    * retractarse de = welsh on.
    * retractarse de lo que Uno ha dicho = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal

    retractarse DE algo: se retractó de sus acusaciones/de lo dicho he withdrew his accusations/what he said; se retractaron de su error — they recanted

    * * *
    = retract, go back on, take back.

    Ex: This response may be regretted almost immediately, but it is difficult to retract.

    Ex: The Commission has downgraded university librarians in terms of both pay and academic status, thus going back on a right granted as early as 1960.
    Ex: Malicious intent beyond words cannot be taken back.
    * retractarse de = welsh on.
    * retractarse de lo que Uno ha dicho = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt.

    * * *
    se retractó y admitió que estaba equivocado he took back what he had said o he backed down and admitted he was wrong
    retractarse DE algo:
    me retracto de lo dicho I withdraw o take back what I said
    se retractó de sus acusaciones he retracted o withdrew his accusations
    * * *

    retractarse verbo reflexivo to retract, withdraw
    ' retractarse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    back out
    - retract
    - withdraw
    - recant
    * * *
    [de una promesa] to go back on one's word; [de una opinión] to take back what one has said;
    me retracto de lo dicho I take back what I said;
    se retractó de su declaración she took back what she had said;
    se retractó públicamente de sus acusaciones he publicly withdrew his accusations
    * * *
    v/r
    :
    retractarse de algo withdraw sth
    * * *
    1) : to withdraw, to back down
    2)
    retractarse de : to take back, to retract

    Spanish-English dictionary > retractarse

  • 92 ribereño

    adj.
    riverside, waterside, river-bank, situated by a river.
    m.
    1 riverside dweller, waterfront dweller.
    2 riparian owner, riparian, land owner at the side of a river, waterfront owner.
    * * *
    1 riverside, waterfront
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 riverside dweller, waterfront dweller
    * * *
    ribereño, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=de río) riverside antes de s ; (=costero) coastal
    2.
    SM / F person who lives near a river, riverside dweller
    * * *
    - ña masculino, femenino person who lives by a river (o lake etc)
    * * *
    = river man, riparian.
    Ex. Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.
    Ex. This is an excellent example of the equalizing role played by riparian zones.
    * * *
    - ña masculino, femenino person who lives by a river (o lake etc)
    * * *
    = river man, riparian.

    Ex: Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.

    Ex: This is an excellent example of the equalizing role played by riparian zones.

    * * *
    ribereño1 -ña
    (de río) riverside ( before n); (de lago) lakeside ( before n)
    ribereño2 -ña
    masculine, feminine
    person who lives by a river ( o lake etc)
    * * *
    ribereño, -a
    ♦ adj
    [de río] riverside; [de lago] lakeside; [de mar] coastal;
    una aldea ribereña a village on the banks of a river/on the shore of a lake;
    los países ribereños del Mediterráneo the Mediterranean countries
    ♦ nm,f
    = person who lives by a river or a lake or the sea
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > ribereño

  • 93 silla de amazona

    (n.) = side-saddle
    Ex. From its humble beginnings as little more than a pad for pillion riding in medieval times, the side-saddle has endured many changes of style during the centuries.
    * * *

    Ex: From its humble beginnings as little more than a pad for pillion riding in medieval times, the side-saddle has endured many changes of style during the centuries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > silla de amazona

  • 94 silla de mujer

    (n.) = side-saddle
    Ex. From its humble beginnings as little more than a pad for pillion riding in medieval times, the side-saddle has endured many changes of style during the centuries.
    * * *

    Ex: From its humble beginnings as little more than a pad for pillion riding in medieval times, the side-saddle has endured many changes of style during the centuries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > silla de mujer

  • 95 sin

    prep.
    without.
    buscan gente sin experiencia previa they are looking for people with no o without previous experience
    sin alcohol alcohol-free
    ha escrito cinco libros sin (contar) las novelas he has written five books, not counting his novels
    está sin hacer it hasn't been done yet
    estamos sin vino we're out of wine
    muchos se quedaron sin casa a lot of people were left homeless, a lot of people lost their homes
    lleva tres noches sin dormir she hasn't slept for three nights
    sin que without
    sin que nadie se enterara without anyone noticing
    sin más (ni más) just like that
    m.
    INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
    * * *
    1 (carencia) without
    2 (además de) not counting
    \
    estar sin algo to be out of something
    estar sin + inf not to have been + past participle
    quedarse sin algo to run out of something
    seguir sin to still not
    sin casar unmarried
    sin lo cual otherwise
    sin más ni más without further ado
    sin que + subjuntivo without + - ing
    sin querer accidentally, by mistake
    sin vergüenza shameless
    * * *
    prep.
    * * *
    1. PREP
    1) [seguido de sustantivo, pronombre] without

    ¿puedes abrirla sin llave? — can you open it without a key?

    llevamos diez meses sin noticias — it's been ten months since we've had any news, we've been ten months without news

    parejas jóvenes, sin hijos — young couples with no children

    cerveza sin alcohol — alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer

    • estar sin algo, estuvimos varias horas sin luz — we had no electricity for several hours

    • quedarse sin algo — (=terminarse) to run out of sth; (=perder) to lose sth

    sin papeles — SMF illegal immigrant

    2) (=no incluyendo) not including, excluding

    ese es el precio de la bañera sin los grifos — that is the price of the bath, excluding o not including the taps

    cuesta 550 euros, sin IVA — it costs 550 euros, exclusive of VAT o not including VAT

    3) + infin
    a) [indicando acción]

    nos despedimos, no sin antes recordarles que... — (TV) before saying goodnight we'd like to remind you that...

    no me gusta estar sin hacer nada — I don't like having nothing to do, I don't like doing nothing

    b) [indicando continuidad]

    • llevan mucho tiempo sin hablarse — they haven't spoken to each other for a long time

    • seguir sin, las camas seguían sin hacer — the beds still hadn't been made

    c) [tras sustantivo pasivo]
    4)

    • sin que — + subjun without

    sin que él lo sepa — without him knowing, without his knowing

    2.
    SF (=cerveza sin alcohol) alcohol-free beer
    * * *

    cerveza sin alcohol — non-alcoholic beer, alcohol-free beer

    una pareja sin hijos — a couple with no children, a childless couple

    2)
    a)

    sin + inf — ( con significado activo) without -ing

    b)

    sin + inf — ( con significado pasivo)

    3)

    sin que + subj: no voy a ir sin que me inviten I'm not going if I haven't been invited; quítaselo sin que se dé cuenta — get it off him without his o without him noticing

    * * *
    Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    ----
    * abogado sin escrúpulos = shyster.
    * acercarse sin ser visto = sidle up to.
    * afable pero sin sinceridad = suave.
    * agua sin gas = still water.
    * andar sin prisa = mosey.
    * arreglárselas sin = live without, get along without.
    * aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.
    * barato pero sin avergonzarse de ello = cheap and cheerful.
    * biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.
    * bordado sin consido = needlepoint lace.
    * callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse.
    * camino sin rumbo = the road to nowhere.
    * casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.
    * coche sin caballos = horseless carriage automobile, horseless carriage.
    * colocado sin escalón entre pieza y pieza = edge-flush.
    * continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.
    * conversación sin trascendencia = small-talk.
    * decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.
    * dejar a Alguien sin aliento = leave + Nombre + breathless.
    * dejar sin cambiar = leave + unchanged.
    * dejar sin hacer = leave + undone.
    * dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.
    * dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone.
    * dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.
    * demanda sin variaciones = inelastic demand.
    * demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.
    * demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * estar sin vivir = be worried sick.
    * evaluación sin intervención del examinador = unobtrusive testing.
    * hablando sin rodeos = crudely put.
    * hablar sin parar = burble on.
    * hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues.
    * hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.
    * homicidio sin premeditación = manslaughter.
    * ir a un Sitio sin prisa = mosey.
    * lanzarse sin ton ni son = dive + head-first.
    * más largo que un día sin pan = as long as (my/your) arm.
    * medicamento sin receta médica = over the counter medicine.
    * método de la media sin ponderar = unweighted means method.
    * nación sin estado = stateless nation.
    * noche sin poder dormir = sleepless night.
    * no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.
    * no miel sin hiel = no pain, no gain.
    * no sin fundamento = not without basis.
    * oficina sin papel = paperless office.
    * papel sin acidez = acid-free paper.
    * pasar desadvertido, pasar sin ser visto = sneak under + the radar.
    * pasar sin = live without, live without.
    * pasar sin ser visto = go + unnoticed.
    * película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop].
    * permanecer sin cambios = remain + unchanged.
    * permanecer sin especificar = remain + undefined.
    * pero sin conseguirlo = but no dice.
    * pero sin suerte = but no dice.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * personas sin hogar = homelessness.
    * personas sin techo = homelessness.
    * político sin escrúpulos = shyster.
    * pozo sin fondo = bottomless pit.
    * pregunta sin respuesta = unanswerable question.
    * publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.
    * quedarse sin aliento = run out of + breath.
    * quedarse sin habla = stun into + speechlessness.
    * quedarse sin negocio = go out of + business.
    * quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * referencia anafórica sin referente = dangling anaphoric reference.
    * rima sin sentido = nonsense, nonsense verse.
    * salir sin ser visto = slip out.
    * sin abrir = unopened.
    * sin abrirse = unfolded.
    * sin abrochar = undone.
    * sin acabar = unfinished.
    * sin acentuar = unaccented.
    * sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin adornos = unadorned, unvarnished.
    * sin afectar = unaffected.
    * sin afeitar = unshaven.
    * sin afeitar desde hace varios días = stubbly [stubblier -comp., stubbliest -sup.].
    * sin afiliación a un partido político = non-partisan [nonpartisan].
    * sin afiliación religiosa = non-sectarian [nonsectarian].
    * sin agua = waterless.
    * sin aguja = needleless.
    * sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    * sin alcohol = alcoholfree.
    * sin aliento = breathlessly, breathless.
    * sin alinear = unjustified.
    * sin alterar = unaltered, unmodified.
    * sin ambigüedad = unambiguous.
    * sin amor = loveless.
    * sin analizar = unexamined, unanalysed.
    * sin ánimo = despondently.
    * sin ánimo de lucro = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making, not-for-profit, generously.
    * sin apenas ser oído = as quiet as a mouse.
    * sin apoyo = unsupported.
    * sin apretar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    * sin árboles = treeless.
    * sin arreglo = beyond repair.
    * sin arrepentimiento = no-looking-back.
    * sin asignar = unallocated.
    * sin asignar todavía = unassigned.
    * sin asimilar = undigested.
    * sin atajar = unconfronted.
    * sin atractivo = unattractive.
    * sin atrasos = paid-up, in good standing.
    * sin autorización = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], unlicensed.
    * sin avergonzarse = unashamed.
    * sin avisar = unannounced, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.
    * sin aviso previo = without warning.
    * sin ayuda = unaided, unassisted.
    * sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.
    * sin barba = beardless.
    * sin barnizar = unvarnished.
    * sin base = unsupported, ill-founded.
    * sin blanca = broke, skint.
    * sin blanquear = unbleached.
    * sin blindar = unshielded.
    * sin bombo(s) ni platillo(s) = without much ado.
    * sin brillo = dull, tarnished.
    * sin cabeza = headless, decapitated.
    * sin cables = wireless.
    * sin cafeina = decaffeinated.
    * sin calorías = calorieless.
    * sin cambio = inviolate.
    * sin cambios = monotone, stable, undisturbed, unchanged, unmodified, unaltered, unedited.
    * sin cancelar = uncancelled.
    * sin canjear = unredeemed.
    * sin cansancio = indefatigably.
    * sin capacidad de discernimiento = undiscriminating.
    * sin cara = faceless.
    * sin carácter = boneless, spineless.
    * sin carne = meatless.
    * sin castigo = impunitive, unpunished.
    * sin catalogar = uncatalogued [uncataloged, -USA].
    * sin causa alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.
    * sin causa aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.
    * sin causa justificada = without justified reason.
    * sin causar daño = harmlessly.
    * sin ceremonias = unceremonious, unceremoniously.
    * sin cerrar con llave = unlocked.
    * sin certeza de cobrar = on spec.
    * sin cesar = steadily.
    * sin clases sociales = classless.
    * sin clavos = studless.
    * sin clemencia = mercilessly.
    * sin cobrar = free of charge, unredeemed, uncollected.
    * sin cohesión = scrappily, scrappy [scrappier -comp., scrappiest -sup.], bitty [bittier -comp., bittiest -sup.].
    * sin cohibiciones = unselfconsciously.
    * sin cola = ecaudate.
    * sin columnas = single-column.
    * sin comentar = unannotated.
    * sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.
    * sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.
    * sin compasión = mercilessly.
    * sin complicaciones = smoothly, boilerplate [boiler plate], uncomplicated, straightforward, uncomplicatedly, hassle-free.
    * sin comprimir = uncompressed.
    * sin comprobar = untested.
    * sin compromiso = without obligation, fancy-free.
    * sin compromisos = with no strings attached.
    * sin concluir = unfinished.
    * sin concretar = to be decided.
    * sin condiciones = unconditionally.
    * sin condiciones especiales = with no strings attached.
    * sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unsubstantiated, unvalidated, to be confirmed.
    * sin conocer = ignorant of.
    * sin conocimiento = unconscious.
    * sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.
    * sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anteriormente = stateless.
    * sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anterior = stateless.
    * sin constancia de ello = unrecorded.
    * sin consumir = nonconsumptive.
    * sin contacto = non-contact.
    * sin contaminar = untainted, uncontaminated.
    * sin contar = not including, excluding.
    * sin contar con = in the absence of.
    * sin contenido = contentless, trivial.
    * sin contratiempos = smoothly.
    * sin control = uncontrolled.
    * sin controlar = unsupervised.
    * sin convicción = doubtfully, lamely.
    * sin coordinación = uncoordinated [unco-ordinated].
    * sin corregir = unamended, uncorrected, unrevised.
    * sin correlacionar = uncorrelated.
    * sin corroborar = unsubstantiated.
    * sin cortapisas = untrammelled.
    * sin cortar = uncut.
    * sin coscarse = without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.
    * sin costas = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].
    * sin coste alguno = at no personal cost, at no cost, without cost, costless, without charge, free of charge, free of cost, cost free, for free, at no charge.
    * sin costo adicional alguno = at no extra charge, at no extra cost, at no extra charge.
    * sin costuras = seamless.
    * sin crecimiento = non-growth.
    * sin créditos = non-credit.
    * sin criterio alguno = indiscriminate, indiscriminately.
    * sin cuajar = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].
    * sin cuantificar = unmeasured.
    * sin cubrir = unfilled.
    * sin cuestionarlo = uncritically.
    * sin cultura = uncultured.
    * sin daños = undamaged.
    * sin dar basto = left, right and centre.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin darme cuenta = before I know what's happened.
    * sin darnos cuenta = out of sight.
    * sin darse cuenta = inadvertently, unwittingly, unknowingly, without realising, without noticing, unconsciously.
    * sin debatir = undiscussed.
    * sin decir nada = dumbly.
    * sin decir ni mú = as quiet as a mouse.
    * sin decir ni pío = as quiet as a mouse.
    * sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.
    * sin defecto = untainted, unblemished.
    * sin dejar huella = into thin air.
    * sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.
    * sin dejar rastro = into thin air.
    * sin dejarse amedrentar por = undaunted by.
    * sin dejarse amilanar por = undaunted by.
    * sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.
    * sin dejarse intimidar por = undaunted by.
    * sin delimitar = unmapped.
    * sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.
    * sin demorarse un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.
    * sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.
    * sin desarrollar = undeveloped.
    * sin descansar = without (a) rest.
    * sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.
    * sin descanso, sin un descanso, sin parar, sin descansar, sin interrupción = without a break.
    * sin descubrir = undiscovered.
    * sin descuento = undiscounted.
    * sin desdoblarse = unfolded.
    * sin desearlo = unwantedly.
    * sin desgastar = unworn.
    * sin desperdiciar un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.
    * sin determinación de culpabilidad = no-fault.
    * sin determinar = undefined.
    * sin detonar = unexploded.
    * sin deudas = debt free.
    * sin dientes = toothless.
    * sin diferencias = undifferentiated.
    * sin dificultad = without difficulty.
    * sin dificultad alguna = without a hitch.
    * sin diluir = undiluted.
    * sin dinero = impecunious.
    * sin dinero en metálico = cashless.
    * sin discapacidad = able-bodied.
    * sin discapacidades = able-bodied.
    * sin disciplina = undisciplined, ill-disciplined.
    * sin discriminar = indiscriminate, on equal terms.
    * sin discutir = no arguments!, undiscussed.
    * sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.
    * sin disolver = undiluted.
    * sin disponer de = in the absence of.
    * sin división espacial = spatially unstructured.
    * sin doblarse = unfolded.
    * sin documentar = undocumented.
    * sin dolor = painless.
    * sin domicilio fijo = of no fixed abode.
    * sin drenar = undrained.
    * sin duda = doubtless, no doubt, of course, surely, to be sure, undoubtedly, indubitably, without a doubt, without doubt, no mistake, hands down.
    * sin duda alguna = without any doubt.
    * sin dudar = without a doubt.
    * sin dudarlo = without hesitation.
    * sin editar = unedited.
    * sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin embargo = however, nevertheless, still, yet, that being said, all this said.
    * sin emitir humo = smokeless.
    * sin empleo = jobless.
    * sin encuadernar = unbound.
    * sin energía = lethargic.
    * sin engorros = hassle-free.
    * sin entallar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    * sin enterrar = unburied.
    * sin entusiasmo = half-hearted [halfhearted].
    * sin envolver = unwrapped.
    * sin errores = error-free.
    * sin escatimar = without stint, unstintingly.
    * sin escenificar = unproduced.
    * sin escrúpulos = unscrupulous, unconscionable, without scruples, unprincipled.
    * sin escurrir = undrained.
    * sin esfuerzo = effortless, effortlessly.
    * sin esfuerzo alguno = effortlessly.
    * sin especializar = non-specialised.
    * sin especificar = unspecified.
    * sin esperanza = hopeless, dispiritedly, hopelessly.
    * sin esperarlo = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.
    * sin espinas = boneless.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.
    * sin estilo = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].
    * sin estructura = unstructured.
    * sin estudios = ill-educated.
    * sin evaluar = unevaluated.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.
    * sin exceder el presupuesto = budgetable.
    * sin excepción = without exception, without fail.
    * sin excesivo rigor = loosely.
    * sin excusa justificada = unexcused.
    * sin existencias = out-of-stock.
    * sin éxito = unsuccessful.
    * sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].
    * sin explicar = unexplained.
    * sin explorar = unexplored.
    * sin explotar = untapped, unexploded.
    * sin extras = no-frills.
    * sin fallar = without fail.
    * sin fallos = flawlessly.
    * sin falta = without fail.
    * sin fecha = undated.
    * sin fechar = undated.
    * sin fianza = without bail.
    * sin fin = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unending.
    * sin finalidad = purposeless.
    * sin financiación = unfunded.
    * sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.
    * sin firma = unsigned.
    * sin firmar = unsigned.
    * sin fondo = bottomless.
    * sin forma = bodilessly, formless.
    * sin formación = ill-educated.
    * sin formación previa = untrained.
    * sin forrar = uncovered.
    * sin fronteras = borderless.
    * sin fundamento = unwarranted, unsupported, ungrounded, without foundation, without basis.
    * sin fundamento alguno = without any basis.
    * sin ganas = half-heartedly.
    * sin gastos = no cost(s).
    * sin grabar = unengraved.
    * sin gracia = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].
    * sin grasa = nonfat.
    * sin grasas = nonfat, fat free.
    * sin guardar una correlación = uncorrelated.
    * sin haber contacto = non-contact.
    * sin haber pasado por la calandria = uncalendered.
    * sin habla = speechless.
    * sin hacer = undone.
    * sin hacer caso = regardless.
    * sin hacer distinciones = one size fits all.
    * sin hacer ruido = as quiet as a mouse, furtively, softly.
    * sin herrar = unshod.
    * sin hilación = rambling.
    * sin hogar = homeless.
    * sin hueso = boneless.
    * sin humo = smokeless.
    * sin humor = humourless [humorless, -USA].
    * sin humos = smoke-free.
    * sin idea = clueless.
    * sin ideas preconcebidas = open mind.
    * sin identificar = unidentified, unmapped, unnamed.
    * sin igual = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.
    * sin impedimentos = unimpeded.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * sin importar = regardless of, independently of, disregarding.
    * sin importar + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.
    * sin importar el tiempo = all-weather.
    * sin importar las consecuencias = regardless of the consequences.
    * sin importar qué = no matter what/which.
    * sin impuestos = duty-free, tax-free.
    * sin impurezas = purified.
    * sin incluir = unlisted, exclusive of, not including, excluding.
    * sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.
    * sin índice = indexless.
    * sin + Infinitivo = without + Gerundio.
    * sin información sobre el estado anterior = stateless.
    * sin inhibiciones = uninhibited.
    * sin inmutarse = undeterred, impassively, without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.
    * sin intención = involuntarily.
    * sin interés = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid.
    * sin interrupción = continuously, without a break, without (a) rest, in an unbroken line.
    * sin interrupciones = in a single phase.
    * sin intervención de un intermediario = disintermediated.
    * sin intervención directa = nonobtrusive.
    * sin investigar = unresearched.
    * sin justificación = unreasonably, unjustified.
    * sin justificación alguna = wantonly.
    * sin justificar = unjustified.
    * sin la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).
    * sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handed, single-handedly.
    * sin la debida autorización = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], warrantless.
    * sin la debida consideración = without due consideration.
    * sin la más mínima duda = without the shadow of a doubt, without a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la más mínima duda = beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.
    * sin la menor idea = clueless.
    * sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la suficiente financiación = underfinanced [under-financed].
    * sin lavar = unwashed.
    * sin leer = unread.
    * sin levadura = unleavened.
    * sin licencia = unlicensed.
    * sin líder = leaderless.
    * sin limitaciones = without stint, without limit.
    * sin límite = without limit, without stint, interminably.
    * sin límite(s) = unbounded, unfettered, unstinting, unstintingly, the sky is the limit.
    * sin litoral = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].
    * sin llamar la atención = inconspicuously.
    * sin lógica ni explicación = without rhyme or reason.
    * sin lugar a dudas = conclusively, undeniably, unquestionably, without any doubt, by all accounts, no mistake, no doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be sure.
    * sin lujos = no-frills.
    * sin luna = moonless.
    * sin luz de luna = moonless.
    * sin madera = woodfree.
    * sin madurar = unripened.
    * sin maldad = guileless.
    * sin malicia = guileless.
    * sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.
    * sin mangas = sleeveless.
    * sin mantenimiento = maintenance-free.
    * sin marcar = unpriced.
    * sin marca registrada = non-proprietary.
    * sin más = out of hand, unceremoniously, unceremonious.
    * sin más dilación = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado, without warning.
    * sin más ni más = unceremoniously, unceremonious, for the love of it, without much ado.
    * sin más preámbulos = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado.
    * sin medir = unmeasured.
    * sin mencionar = not to mention, not to say, not to speak of.
    * sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.
    * sin mezcla = unmixed.
    * sin mezclar = unmixed.
    * sin miedo = with confidence.
    * sin miramientos = unceremoniously.
    * sin misericordia = ruthlessly.
    * sin modificar = unmodified, unaltered, unedited.
    * sin molestias = hassle-free.
    * sin motivo alguno = wantonly.
    * sin motivo aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.
    * sin motivo justificado = without justified reason.
    * sin moverse del sitio = in place.
    * sin movimiento = unmoving, motionless.
    * sin mucha antelación = at short notice.
    * sin mucha anticipación = at short notice.
    * sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.
    * sin muchas contemplaciones = unceremoniously.
    * sin muchos inconvenientes = without much grudging.
    * sin nada de gracia = unfunny.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin necesidad de ello = gratuitous, gratuitously.
    * sin necesidad de pensar = thought-free.
    * sin ninguna duda = without question, without any doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, no mistake, no doubt.
    * sin ningún cosste = without cost.
    * sin ningún coste = without charge, free of charge, at no cost, free of cost, cost free, for free, costless, at no charge.
    * sin ningún esfuerzo = effortlessly.
    * sin ningún esfuerzo mental = thought-free.
    * sin ningún género de duda = without any doubt whatsoever, without any doubt whatsoever.
    * sin ningún género de dudas = indisputably.
    * sin ningún motivo = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.
    * sin ningún nivel de especialización = unskilled.
    * sin ningún otro motivo = (just) for the hell of (doing) it.
    * sin ningún remedio posible = beyond redemption.
    * sin ningún reparo = unabashed.
    * sin ningún resultado = to no avail, without any avail, of no avail.
    * sin ningún tipo de restricciones = no holds barred.
    * sin nombrar = unnamed.
    * sin norte = aimless, off course, rudderless.
    * sin notar la diferencia = seamlessly, seamless.
    * sin nubes = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudless.
    * sin numeración = unnumbered.
    * sin numerar = unnumbered.
    * sin obligaciones = at leisure.
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded, unobstructed.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * sin olor = odourless [odorless, -USA].
    * sin olvidar = not to mention.
    * sin operario = unmanned.
    * sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.
    * sin orden = unordered.
    * sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.
    * sin orden ni concierto = higgledy-piggledy, without rhyme or reason.
    * sin originalidad = unoriginal.
    * sin palabras = wordless.
    * sin papel = paperless.
    * sin par = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unique, without peer, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.
    * sin paralelo = unparalleled.
    * sin parangón = unparalleled, unequalled, without peer, matchless.
    * sin parar = steadily, non-stop, without a break, without (a) rest, on-the-go, interminably, without respite, without stopping.
    * sin parar a pensárselo = off-hand [offhand].
    * sin pararse a pensar = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.
    * sin patente = non-proprietary.
    * sin pausa = breathlessly.
    * sin peculio = impecunious.
    * sin peligro alguno = safely.
    * sin pelo = hairless.
    * sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.
    * sin pensar = mindlessly.
    * sin pensar (en) = unmindful of, with little or no thought of, without thinking (about).
    * sin pensarlo = spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment.
    * sin pensarlo demasiado = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.
    * sin pensarlo detenidamente = out of + Posesivo + head.
    * sin pensarlo mucho = off the top of + Posesivo + head, right off the bat.
    * sin pensárselo = spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment.
    * sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.
    * sin pepitas = seedless.
    * sin percatarse = without realising, without noticing, unconsciously, unknowingly, unwittingly.
    * sin perder de vista = with an eye on.
    * sin perder un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.
    * sin pérdida = lossless.
    * sin perjuicio de = notwithstanding.
    * sin perjuicios = open mind.
    * sin permiso = without permission, unlicensed.
    * sin pestañear = impassively, without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.
    * sin pico = flat-topped.
    * sin piedad = ruthlessly, remorseless, mercilessly.
    * sin piel = skinless.
    * sin pies ni cabeza = without rhyme or reason.
    * sin pistas = clueless.
    * sin planificar = unplanned.
    * sin poblar = unpopulated.
    * sin poder contenerse = helplessly.
    * sin poder dormir = sleepless.
    * sin poder extinguirlo = inextinguishably.
    * sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.
    * sin poner en duda la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspension of disbelief.
    * sin poner en escena = unproduced.
    * sin ponerlo en duda = uncritically.
    * sin ponerse en duda = unquestioned.
    * sin precedente = unparalleled, unexampled.
    * sin precedentes = unprecedented, record breaking, record-high, all-time.
    * sin precio = unpriced.
    * sin preguntar = unasked.
    * sin prejuicios = open-minded, fair-minded [fairminded].
    * sin prentesiones = unpretentious.
    * sin preocupaciones = carefree, worry-free.
    * sin preparación técnica = non-technical.
    * sin préstamo = non-circulating [noncirculating].
    * sin prestar atención = mindlessly.
    * sin pretensiones = unassuming, humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.].
    * sin previo aviso = unannounced, without warning, without notice, without prior notice, without prior notification, on spec, at the drop of a hat, without (any) further notice.
    * sin principios = unscrupulous, unprincipled.
    * sin prisa(s) = unhurriedly, leisurely.
    * sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * sin procesar = unprocessed.
    * sin propiedades = propertyless.
    * sin propiedad rural = landless.
    * sin protección = unprotected.
    * sin provocación = unprovoked.
    * sin publicar = unpublished.
    * sin pulir = unpolished.
    * sin quejarse = uncomplaining, uncomplainingly.
    * sin quemar = unburned.
    * sin querer = involuntarily, unwilling, by accident, accidentally, unintentionally, unwantedly.
    * sin querer + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.
    * sin quererlo = unwantedly.
    * sin que se entienda = slurred.
    * sin que se note la diferencia = seamlessly.
    * sin rabo = ecaudate.
    * sin razón = wanton, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.
    * sin razón alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.
    * sin razón aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.
    * sin razón justificada = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no good reason.
    * sin razón justificda = for no particular reason.
    * sin recelo = with confidence.
    * sin receta médica = over the counter.
    * sin reclamar = unredeemed.
    * sin recoger = uncollected.
    * sin reconocer = unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA].
    * sin reconocimiento de créditos = non-credit.
    * sin recopilar = uncollected.
    * sin recursos = resource-starved.
    * sin refinar = unrefined.
    * sin reflexionar = rashly.
    * sin registrar = unlisted.
    * sin reglamentar = unregulated.
    * sin regular = unregulated.
    * sin regularizar = unregulated.
    * sin relación = unrelated, unconnected.
    * sin relación con = unrelated to.
    * sin remedio = beyond repair, incurably, incorrigibly.
    * sin remordimientos = no-looking-back.
    * sin reparar = unrepaired.
    * sin reparo = unashamed.
    * sin reparos = unshielded.
    * sin representación = unrepresented.
    * sin reserva = unconditionally, unreserved.
    * sin reservas = unshielded, wholehearted [whole-hearted], go + the whole hog, the full monty, without reservation, wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], forthright, categorical, uncompromising, uncompromisingly, unqualified, categoric, unmitigaged, unreserved, unreservedly.
    * sin residencia fija = of no fixed abode.
    * sin resistencia = unchallenged, unopposed.
    * sin resistirse = passively.
    * sin resolver = unresolved, unsolved, unsettled, uncleared.
    * sin respiro = without a break, without (a) rest, without respite.
    * sin responder = unanswered.
    * sin restricciones = unrestricted, unlimited, uninhibited, unrestrictive, unfettered, free-flowing, without stint, without limit, no holds barred, unencumbered.
    * sin restricciones de horario = unscheduled.
    * sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.
    * sin retrasos = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.
    * sin revelar = undisclosed, unrevealed.
    * sin revestir = uncoated.
    * sin revisar = unrevised.
    * sin riesgo = riskless.
    * sin rodeos = head-on, baldly, bluntly, outspokenly.
    * sin ruido = soundless.
    * sin rumbo = aimless, off course, rudderless.
    * sin saberlo = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.
    * sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].
    * sin sabor = tasteless.
    * sin saldar = uncollected.
    * sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].
    * sin sanción = unsanctioned.
    * sin seleccionar = unselected.
    * sin semillas = seedless.
    * sin sentido = meaningless, purposeless, pointless, senseless, wanton, nonsensical, unconscious.
    * sin sentir ningún reparo = unashamed.
    * sin sentir vergüenza = shamelessly.
    * sin ser afectado = untouched.
    * sin ser anunciado de antemano = unannounced.
    * sin ser consciente de ello = unbeknownst to, unbeknown to.
    * sin ser detectado = undetected.
    * sin ser evaluado por expertos = unrefereed.
    * sin ser necesario = gratuitous, gratuitously.
    * sin ser percibido = out of sight.
    * sin ser superado = unsurpassed.
    * sin ser visto = unseen, undetected, unobserved, out of sight.
    * sin significado = meaningless.
    * sin simplificar = unabridged.
    * * *

    cerveza sin alcohol — non-alcoholic beer, alcohol-free beer

    una pareja sin hijos — a couple with no children, a childless couple

    2)
    a)

    sin + inf — ( con significado activo) without -ing

    b)

    sin + inf — ( con significado pasivo)

    3)

    sin que + subj: no voy a ir sin que me inviten I'm not going if I haven't been invited; quítaselo sin que se dé cuenta — get it off him without his o without him noticing

    * * *

    Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.

    * abogado sin escrúpulos = shyster.
    * acercarse sin ser visto = sidle up to.
    * afable pero sin sinceridad = suave.
    * agua sin gas = still water.
    * andar sin prisa = mosey.
    * arreglárselas sin = live without, get along without.
    * aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.
    * barato pero sin avergonzarse de ello = cheap and cheerful.
    * biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.
    * bordado sin consido = needlepoint lace.
    * callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse.
    * camino sin rumbo = the road to nowhere.
    * casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.
    * coche sin caballos = horseless carriage automobile, horseless carriage.
    * colocado sin escalón entre pieza y pieza = edge-flush.
    * continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.
    * conversación sin trascendencia = small-talk.
    * decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.
    * dejar a Alguien sin aliento = leave + Nombre + breathless.
    * dejar sin cambiar = leave + unchanged.
    * dejar sin hacer = leave + undone.
    * dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.
    * dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone.
    * dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.
    * demanda sin variaciones = inelastic demand.
    * demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.
    * demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * estar sin vivir = be worried sick.
    * evaluación sin intervención del examinador = unobtrusive testing.
    * hablando sin rodeos = crudely put.
    * hablar sin parar = burble on.
    * hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues.
    * hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.
    * homicidio sin premeditación = manslaughter.
    * ir a un Sitio sin prisa = mosey.
    * lanzarse sin ton ni son = dive + head-first.
    * más largo que un día sin pan = as long as (my/your) arm.
    * medicamento sin receta médica = over the counter medicine.
    * método de la media sin ponderar = unweighted means method.
    * nación sin estado = stateless nation.
    * noche sin poder dormir = sleepless night.
    * no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.
    * no miel sin hiel = no pain, no gain.
    * no sin fundamento = not without basis.
    * oficina sin papel = paperless office.
    * papel sin acidez = acid-free paper.
    * pasar desadvertido, pasar sin ser visto = sneak under + the radar.
    * pasar sin = live without, live without.
    * pasar sin ser visto = go + unnoticed.
    * película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop].
    * permanecer sin cambios = remain + unchanged.
    * permanecer sin especificar = remain + undefined.
    * pero sin conseguirlo = but no dice.
    * pero sin suerte = but no dice.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * personas sin hogar = homelessness.
    * personas sin techo = homelessness.
    * político sin escrúpulos = shyster.
    * pozo sin fondo = bottomless pit.
    * pregunta sin respuesta = unanswerable question.
    * publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.
    * quedarse sin aliento = run out of + breath.
    * quedarse sin habla = stun into + speechlessness.
    * quedarse sin negocio = go out of + business.
    * quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * referencia anafórica sin referente = dangling anaphoric reference.
    * rima sin sentido = nonsense, nonsense verse.
    * salir sin ser visto = slip out.
    * sin abrir = unopened.
    * sin abrirse = unfolded.
    * sin abrochar = undone.
    * sin acabar = unfinished.
    * sin acentuar = unaccented.
    * sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin adornos = unadorned, unvarnished.
    * sin afectar = unaffected.
    * sin afeitar = unshaven.
    * sin afeitar desde hace varios días = stubbly [stubblier -comp., stubbliest -sup.].
    * sin afiliación a un partido político = non-partisan [nonpartisan].
    * sin afiliación religiosa = non-sectarian [nonsectarian].
    * sin agua = waterless.
    * sin aguja = needleless.
    * sin ajustar = unadjusted, loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    * sin alcohol = alcoholfree.
    * sin aliento = breathlessly, breathless.
    * sin alinear = unjustified.
    * sin alterar = unaltered, unmodified.
    * sin ambigüedad = unambiguous.
    * sin amor = loveless.
    * sin analizar = unexamined, unanalysed.
    * sin ánimo = despondently.
    * sin ánimo de lucro = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making, not-for-profit, generously.
    * sin apenas ser oído = as quiet as a mouse.
    * sin apoyo = unsupported.
    * sin apretar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    * sin árboles = treeless.
    * sin arreglo = beyond repair.
    * sin arrepentimiento = no-looking-back.
    * sin asignar = unallocated.
    * sin asignar todavía = unassigned.
    * sin asimilar = undigested.
    * sin atajar = unconfronted.
    * sin atractivo = unattractive.
    * sin atrasos = paid-up, in good standing.
    * sin autorización = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], unlicensed.
    * sin avergonzarse = unashamed.
    * sin avisar = unannounced, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.
    * sin aviso previo = without warning.
    * sin ayuda = unaided, unassisted.
    * sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.
    * sin barba = beardless.
    * sin barnizar = unvarnished.
    * sin base = unsupported, ill-founded.
    * sin blanca = broke, skint.
    * sin blanquear = unbleached.
    * sin blindar = unshielded.
    * sin bombo(s) ni platillo(s) = without much ado.
    * sin brillo = dull, tarnished.
    * sin cabeza = headless, decapitated.
    * sin cables = wireless.
    * sin cafeina = decaffeinated.
    * sin calorías = calorieless.
    * sin cambio = inviolate.
    * sin cambios = monotone, stable, undisturbed, unchanged, unmodified, unaltered, unedited.
    * sin cancelar = uncancelled.
    * sin canjear = unredeemed.
    * sin cansancio = indefatigably.
    * sin capacidad de discernimiento = undiscriminating.
    * sin cara = faceless.
    * sin carácter = boneless, spineless.
    * sin carne = meatless.
    * sin castigo = impunitive, unpunished.
    * sin catalogar = uncatalogued [uncataloged, -USA].
    * sin causa alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.
    * sin causa aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.
    * sin causa justificada = without justified reason.
    * sin causar daño = harmlessly.
    * sin ceremonias = unceremonious, unceremoniously.
    * sin cerrar con llave = unlocked.
    * sin certeza de cobrar = on spec.
    * sin cesar = steadily.
    * sin clases sociales = classless.
    * sin clavos = studless.
    * sin clemencia = mercilessly.
    * sin cobrar = free of charge, unredeemed, uncollected.
    * sin cohesión = scrappily, scrappy [scrappier -comp., scrappiest -sup.], bitty [bittier -comp., bittiest -sup.].
    * sin cohibiciones = unselfconsciously.
    * sin cola = ecaudate.
    * sin columnas = single-column.
    * sin comentar = unannotated.
    * sin comerlo ni beberlo = without having anything to do with it.
    * sin comérselo ni bebérselo = without having anything to do with it.
    * sin compasión = mercilessly.
    * sin complicaciones = smoothly, boilerplate [boiler plate], uncomplicated, straightforward, uncomplicatedly, hassle-free.
    * sin comprimir = uncompressed.
    * sin comprobar = untested.
    * sin compromiso = without obligation, fancy-free.
    * sin compromisos = with no strings attached.
    * sin concluir = unfinished.
    * sin concretar = to be decided.
    * sin condiciones = unconditionally.
    * sin condiciones especiales = with no strings attached.
    * sin confirmar = unconfirmed, unsubstantiated, unvalidated, to be confirmed.
    * sin conocer = ignorant of.
    * sin conocimiento = unconscious.
    * sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.
    * sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anteriormente = stateless.
    * sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anterior = stateless.
    * sin constancia de ello = unrecorded.
    * sin consumir = nonconsumptive.
    * sin contacto = non-contact.
    * sin contaminar = untainted, uncontaminated.
    * sin contar = not including, excluding.
    * sin contar con = in the absence of.
    * sin contenido = contentless, trivial.
    * sin contratiempos = smoothly.
    * sin control = uncontrolled.
    * sin controlar = unsupervised.
    * sin convicción = doubtfully, lamely.
    * sin coordinación = uncoordinated [unco-ordinated].
    * sin corregir = unamended, uncorrected, unrevised.
    * sin correlacionar = uncorrelated.
    * sin corroborar = unsubstantiated.
    * sin cortapisas = untrammelled.
    * sin cortar = uncut.
    * sin coscarse = without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.
    * sin costas = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].
    * sin coste alguno = at no personal cost, at no cost, without cost, costless, without charge, free of charge, free of cost, cost free, for free, at no charge.
    * sin costo adicional alguno = at no extra charge, at no extra cost, at no extra charge.
    * sin costuras = seamless.
    * sin crecimiento = non-growth.
    * sin créditos = non-credit.
    * sin criterio alguno = indiscriminate, indiscriminately.
    * sin cuajar = runny [runnier -comp., runniest -sup.].
    * sin cuantificar = unmeasured.
    * sin cubrir = unfilled.
    * sin cuestionarlo = uncritically.
    * sin cultura = uncultured.
    * sin daños = undamaged.
    * sin dar basto = left, right and centre.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin darme cuenta = before I know what's happened.
    * sin darnos cuenta = out of sight.
    * sin darse cuenta = inadvertently, unwittingly, unknowingly, without realising, without noticing, unconsciously.
    * sin debatir = undiscussed.
    * sin decir nada = dumbly.
    * sin decir ni mú = as quiet as a mouse.
    * sin decir ni pío = as quiet as a mouse.
    * sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.
    * sin defecto = untainted, unblemished.
    * sin dejar huella = into thin air.
    * sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.
    * sin dejar rastro = into thin air.
    * sin dejarse amedrentar por = undaunted by.
    * sin dejarse amilanar por = undaunted by.
    * sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.
    * sin dejarse intimidar por = undaunted by.
    * sin delimitar = unmapped.
    * sin demora = on the spot, straight away, without delay, at short notice, promptly, right away, at once.
    * sin demorarse un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.
    * sin demoras = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.
    * sin desarrollar = undeveloped.
    * sin descansar = without (a) rest.
    * sin descanso = relentlessly, restlessly, breathlessly, unabated, without a break, without (a) rest, day in and day out, without respite.
    * sin descanso, sin un descanso, sin parar, sin descansar, sin interrupción = without a break.
    * sin descubrir = undiscovered.
    * sin descuento = undiscounted.
    * sin desdoblarse = unfolded.
    * sin desearlo = unwantedly.
    * sin desgastar = unworn.
    * sin desperdiciar un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.
    * sin determinación de culpabilidad = no-fault.
    * sin determinar = undefined.
    * sin detonar = unexploded.
    * sin deudas = debt free.
    * sin dientes = toothless.
    * sin diferencias = undifferentiated.
    * sin dificultad = without difficulty.
    * sin dificultad alguna = without a hitch.
    * sin diluir = undiluted.
    * sin dinero = impecunious.
    * sin dinero en metálico = cashless.
    * sin discapacidad = able-bodied.
    * sin discapacidades = able-bodied.
    * sin disciplina = undisciplined, ill-disciplined.
    * sin discriminar = indiscriminate, on equal terms.
    * sin discutir = no arguments!, undiscussed.
    * sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.
    * sin disolver = undiluted.
    * sin disponer de = in the absence of.
    * sin división espacial = spatially unstructured.
    * sin doblarse = unfolded.
    * sin documentar = undocumented.
    * sin dolor = painless.
    * sin domicilio fijo = of no fixed abode.
    * sin drenar = undrained.
    * sin duda = doubtless, no doubt, of course, surely, to be sure, undoubtedly, indubitably, without a doubt, without doubt, no mistake, hands down.
    * sin duda alguna = without any doubt.
    * sin dudar = without a doubt.
    * sin dudarlo = without hesitation.
    * sin editar = unedited.
    * sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin embargo = however, nevertheless, still, yet, that being said, all this said.
    * sin emitir humo = smokeless.
    * sin empleo = jobless.
    * sin encuadernar = unbound.
    * sin energía = lethargic.
    * sin engorros = hassle-free.
    * sin entallar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    * sin enterrar = unburied.
    * sin entusiasmo = half-hearted [halfhearted].
    * sin envolver = unwrapped.
    * sin errores = error-free.
    * sin escatimar = without stint, unstintingly.
    * sin escenificar = unproduced.
    * sin escrúpulos = unscrupulous, unconscionable, without scruples, unprincipled.
    * sin escurrir = undrained.
    * sin esfuerzo = effortless, effortlessly.
    * sin esfuerzo alguno = effortlessly.
    * sin especializar = non-specialised.
    * sin especificar = unspecified.
    * sin esperanza = hopeless, dispiritedly, hopelessly.
    * sin esperarlo = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.
    * sin espinas = boneless.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.
    * sin estilo = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].
    * sin estructura = unstructured.
    * sin estudios = ill-educated.
    * sin evaluar = unevaluated.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.
    * sin exceder el presupuesto = budgetable.
    * sin excepción = without exception, without fail.
    * sin excesivo rigor = loosely.
    * sin excusa justificada = unexcused.
    * sin existencias = out-of-stock.
    * sin éxito = unsuccessful.
    * sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].
    * sin explicar = unexplained.
    * sin explorar = unexplored.
    * sin explotar = untapped, unexploded.
    * sin extras = no-frills.
    * sin fallar = without fail.
    * sin fallos = flawlessly.
    * sin falta = without fail.
    * sin fecha = undated.
    * sin fechar = undated.
    * sin fianza = without bail.
    * sin fin = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unending.
    * sin finalidad = purposeless.
    * sin financiación = unfunded.
    * sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.
    * sin firma = unsigned.
    * sin firmar = unsigned.
    * sin fondo = bottomless.
    * sin forma = bodilessly, formless.
    * sin formación = ill-educated.
    * sin formación previa = untrained.
    * sin forrar = uncovered.
    * sin fronteras = borderless.
    * sin fundamento = unwarranted, unsupported, ungrounded, without foundation, without basis.
    * sin fundamento alguno = without any basis.
    * sin ganas = half-heartedly.
    * sin gastos = no cost(s).
    * sin grabar = unengraved.
    * sin gracia = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].
    * sin grasa = nonfat.
    * sin grasas = nonfat, fat free.
    * sin guardar una correlación = uncorrelated.
    * sin haber contacto = non-contact.
    * sin haber pasado por la calandria = uncalendered.
    * sin habla = speechless.
    * sin hacer = undone.
    * sin hacer caso = regardless.
    * sin hacer distinciones = one size fits all.
    * sin hacer ruido = as quiet as a mouse, furtively, softly.
    * sin herrar = unshod.
    * sin hilación = rambling.
    * sin hogar = homeless.
    * sin hueso = boneless.
    * sin humo = smokeless.
    * sin humor = humourless [humorless, -USA].
    * sin humos = smoke-free.
    * sin idea = clueless.
    * sin ideas preconcebidas = open mind.
    * sin identificar = unidentified, unmapped, unnamed.
    * sin igual = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.
    * sin impedimentos = unimpeded.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * sin importar = regardless of, independently of, disregarding.
    * sin importar + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.
    * sin importar el tiempo = all-weather.
    * sin importar las consecuencias = regardless of the consequences.
    * sin importar qué = no matter what/which.
    * sin impuestos = duty-free, tax-free.
    * sin impurezas = purified.
    * sin incluir = unlisted, exclusive of, not including, excluding.
    * sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.
    * sin índice = indexless.
    * sin + Infinitivo = without + Gerundio.
    * sin información sobre el estado anterior = stateless.
    * sin inhibiciones = uninhibited.
    * sin inmutarse = undeterred, impassively, without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.
    * sin intención = involuntarily.
    * sin interés = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid.
    * sin interrupción = continuously, without a break, without (a) rest, in an unbroken line.
    * sin interrupciones = in a single phase.
    * sin intervención de un intermediario = disintermediated.
    * sin intervención directa = nonobtrusive.
    * sin investigar = unresearched.
    * sin justificación = unreasonably, unjustified.
    * sin justificación alguna = wantonly.
    * sin justificar = unjustified.
    * sin la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).
    * sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handed, single-handedly.
    * sin la debida autorización = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], warrantless.
    * sin la debida consideración = without due consideration.
    * sin la más mínima duda = without the shadow of a doubt, without a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la más mínima duda = beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.
    * sin la menor idea = clueless.
    * sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la suficiente financiación = underfinanced [under-financed].
    * sin lavar = unwashed.
    * sin leer = unread.
    * sin levadura = unleavened.
    * sin licencia = unlicensed.
    * sin líder = leaderless.
    * sin limitaciones = without stint, without limit.
    * sin límite = without limit, without stint, interminably.
    * sin límite(s) = unbounded, unfettered, unstinting, unstintingly, the sky is the limit.
    * sin litoral = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].
    * sin llamar la atención = inconspicuously.
    * sin lógica ni explicación = without rhyme or reason.
    * sin lugar a dudas = conclusively, undeniably, unquestionably, without any doubt, by all accounts, no mistake, no doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be sure.
    * sin lujos = no-frills.
    * sin luna = moonless.
    * sin luz de luna = moonless.
    * sin madera = woodfree.
    * sin madurar = unripened.
    * sin maldad = guileless.
    * sin malicia = guileless.
    * sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.
    * sin mangas = sleeveless.
    * sin mantenimiento = maintenance-free.
    * sin marcar = unpriced.
    * sin marca registrada = non-proprietary.
    * sin más = out of hand, unceremoniously, unceremonious.
    * sin más dilación = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado, without warning.
    * sin más ni más = unceremoniously, unceremonious, for the love of it, without much ado.
    * sin más preámbulos = without (any) further ado, without (any) more ado.
    * sin medir = unmeasured.
    * sin mencionar = not to mention, not to say, not to speak of.
    * sin meternos en el hecho de que = to say nothing of.
    * sin mezcla = unmixed.
    * sin mezclar = unmixed.
    * sin miedo = with confidence.
    * sin miramientos = unceremoniously.
    * sin misericordia = ruthlessly.
    * sin modificar = unmodified, unaltered, unedited.
    * sin molestias = hassle-free.
    * sin motivo alguno = wantonly.
    * sin motivo aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.
    * sin motivo justificado = without justified reason.
    * sin moverse del sitio = in place.
    * sin movimiento = unmoving, motionless.
    * sin mucha antelación = at short notice.
    * sin mucha anticipación = at short notice.
    * sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.
    * sin muchas contemplaciones = unceremoniously.
    * sin muchos inconvenientes = without much grudging.
    * sin nada de gracia = unfunny.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin necesidad de ello = gratuitous, gratuitously.
    * sin necesidad de pensar = thought-free.
    * sin ninguna duda = without question, without any doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, no mistake, no doubt.
    * sin ningún cosste = without cost.
    * sin ningún coste = without charge, free of charge, at no cost, free of cost, cost free, for free, costless, at no charge.
    * sin ningún esfuerzo = effortlessly.
    * sin ningún esfuerzo mental = thought-free.
    * sin ningún género de duda = without any doubt whatsoever, without any doubt whatsoever.
    * sin ningún género de dudas = indisputably.
    * sin ningún motivo = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.
    * sin ningún nivel de especialización = unskilled.
    * sin ningún otro motivo = (just) for the hell of (doing) it.
    * sin ningún remedio posible = beyond redemption.
    * sin ningún reparo = unabashed.
    * sin ningún resultado = to no avail, without any avail, of no avail.
    * sin ningún tipo de restricciones = no holds barred.
    * sin nombrar = unnamed.
    * sin norte = aimless, off course, rudderless.
    * sin notar la diferencia = seamlessly, seamless.
    * sin nubes = unclouded, uncloudy, cloudless.
    * sin numeración = unnumbered.
    * sin numerar = unnumbered.
    * sin obligaciones = at leisure.
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded, unobstructed.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * sin olor = odourless [odorless, -USA].
    * sin olvidar = not to mention.
    * sin operario = unmanned.
    * sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.
    * sin orden = unordered.
    * sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.
    * sin orden ni concierto = higgledy-piggledy, without rhyme or reason.
    * sin originalidad = unoriginal.
    * sin palabras = wordless.
    * sin papel = paperless.
    * sin par = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unique, without peer, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.
    * sin paralelo = unparalleled.
    * sin parangón = unparalleled, unequalled, without peer, matchless.
    * sin parar = steadily, non-stop, without a break, without (a) rest, on-the-go, interminably, without respite, without stopping.
    * sin parar a pensárselo = off-hand [offhand].
    * sin pararse a pensar = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.
    * sin patente = non-proprietary.
    * sin pausa = breathlessly.
    * sin peculio = impecunious.
    * sin peligro alguno = safely.
    * sin pelo = hairless.
    * sin pelos en la lengua = outspokenly.
    * sin pensar = mindlessly.
    * sin pensar (en) = unmindful of, with little or no thought of, without thinking (about).
    * sin pensarlo = spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment.
    * sin pensarlo demasiado = off-the-cuff, off the top of + Posesivo + head.
    * sin pensarlo detenidamente = out of + Posesivo + head.
    * sin pensarlo mucho = off the top of + Posesivo + head, right off the bat.
    * sin pensárselo = spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment.
    * sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.
    * sin pepitas = seedless.
    * sin percatarse = without realising, without noticing, unconsciously, unknowingly, unwittingly.
    * sin perder de vista = with an eye on.
    * sin perder un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.
    * sin pérdida = lossless.
    * sin perjuicio de = notwithstanding.
    * sin perjuicios = open mind.
    * sin permiso = without permission, unlicensed.
    * sin pestañear = impassively, without batting an eyelid, without turning a hair.
    * sin pico = flat-topped.
    * sin piedad = ruthlessly, remorseless, mercilessly.
    * sin piel = skinless.
    * sin pies ni cabeza = without rhyme or reason.
    * sin pistas = clueless.
    * sin planificar = unplanned.
    * sin poblar = unpopulated.
    * sin poder contenerse = helplessly.
    * sin poder dormir = sleepless.
    * sin poder extinguirlo = inextinguishably.
    * sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.
    * sin poner en duda la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspension of disbelief.
    * sin poner en escena = unproduced.
    * sin ponerlo en duda = uncritically.
    * sin ponerse en duda = unquestioned.
    * sin precedente = unparalleled, unexampled.
    * sin precedentes = unprecedented, record breaking, record-high, all-time.
    * sin precio = unpriced.
    * sin preguntar = unasked.
    * sin prejuicios = open-minded, fair-minded [fairminded].
    * sin prentesiones = unpretentious.
    * sin preocupaciones = carefree, worry-free.
    * sin preparación técnica = non-technical.
    * sin préstamo = non-circulating [noncirculating].
    * sin prestar atención = mindlessly.
    * sin pretensiones = unassuming, humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.].
    * sin previo aviso = unannounced, without warning, without notice, without prior notice, without prior notification, on spec, at the drop of a hat, without (any) further notice.
    * sin principios = unscrupulous, unprincipled.
    * sin prisa(s) = unhurriedly, leisurely.
    * sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * sin procesar = unprocessed.
    * sin propiedades = propertyless.
    * sin propiedad rural = landless.
    * sin protección = unprotected.
    * sin provocación = unprovoked.
    * sin publicar = unpublished.
    * sin pulir = unpolished.
    * sin quejarse = uncomplaining, uncomplainingly.
    * sin quemar = unburned.
    * sin querer = involuntarily, unwilling, by accident, accidentally, unintentionally, unwantedly.
    * sin querer + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.
    * sin quererlo = unwantedly.
    * sin que se entienda = slurred.
    * sin que se note la diferencia = seamlessly.
    * sin rabo = ecaudate.
    * sin razón = wanton, for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.
    * sin razón alguna = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no particular reason, for no good reason.
    * sin razón aparente = for no apparent reason, for apparently no reason.
    * sin razón justificada = for no reason, for no specific reason, for no good reason.
    * sin razón justificda = for no particular reason.
    * sin recelo = with confidence.
    * sin receta médica = over the counter.
    * sin reclamar = unredeemed.
    * sin recoger = uncollected.
    * sin reconocer = unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA].
    * sin reconocimiento de créditos = non-credit.
    * sin recopilar = uncollected.
    * sin recursos = resource-starved.
    * sin refinar = unrefined.
    * sin reflexionar = rashly.
    * sin registrar = unlisted.
    * sin reglamentar = unregulated.
    * sin regular = unregulated.
    * sin regularizar = unregulated.
    * sin relación = unrelated, unconnected.
    * sin relación con = unrelated to.
    * sin remedio = beyond repair, incurably, incorrigibly.
    * sin remordimientos = no-looking-back.
    * sin reparar = unrepaired.
    * sin reparo = unashamed.
    * sin reparos = unshielded.
    * sin representación = unrepresented.
    * sin reserva = unconditionally, unreserved.
    * sin reservas = unshielded, wholehearted [whole-hearted], go + the whole hog, the full monty, without reservation, wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], forthright, categorical, uncompromising, uncompromisingly, unqualified, categoric, unmitigaged, unreserved, unreservedly.
    * sin residencia fija = of no fixed abode.
    * sin resistencia = unchallenged, unopposed.
    * sin resistirse = passively.
    * sin resolver = unresolved, unsolved, unsettled, uncleared.
    * sin respiro = without a break, without (a) rest, without respite.
    * sin responder = unanswered.
    * sin restricciones = unrestricted, unlimited, uninhibited, unrestrictive, unfettered, free-flowing, without stint, without limit, no holds barred, unencumbered.
    * sin restricciones de horario = unscheduled.
    * sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.
    * sin retrasos = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.
    * sin revelar = undisclosed, unrevealed.
    * sin revestir = uncoated.
    * sin revisar = unrevised.
    * sin riesgo = riskless.
    * sin rodeos = head-on, baldly, bluntly, outspokenly.
    * sin ruido = soundless.
    * sin rumbo = aimless, off course, rudderless.
    * sin saberlo = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.
    * sin saber qué decir = nonplussed [nonplused].
    * sin sabor = tasteless.
    * sin saldar = uncollected.
    * sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].
    * sin sanción = unsanctioned.
    * sin seleccionar = unselected.
    * sin semillas = seedless.
    * sin sentido = meaningless, purposeless, pointless, senseless, wanton, nonsensical, unconscious.
    * sin sentir ningún reparo = unashamed.
    * sin sentir vergüenza = shamelessly.
    * sin ser afectado = untouched.
    * sin ser anunciado de antemano = unannounced.
    * sin ser consciente de ello = unbeknownst to, unbeknown to.
    * sin ser detectado = undetected.
    * sin ser evaluado por expertos = unrefereed.
    * sin ser necesario = gratuitous, gratuitously.
    * sin ser percibido = out of sight.
    * sin ser superado = unsurpassed.
    * sin ser visto = unseen, undetected, unobserved, out of sight.
    * sin significado = meaningless.
    * sin simplificar = unabridged.

    * * *
    A without
    lo tomo con leche y sin azúcar I take milk but no sugar
    reserva garantizada sin recargo guaranteed reservation at no extra cost
    seguimos sin noticias we still haven't had any news
    solicite más información sin compromiso send for more details without obligation
    sin previo aviso with no advance warning
    ¡tírate! ¡sin miedo! jump! don't be scared!
    ¿qué harías tú sin mí? what would you do without me?
    agua mineral sin gas still mineral water
    cerveza sin alcohol non-alcoholic beer, alcohol-free beer
    una pareja sin hijos a couple with no children, a childless couple
    un vuelo sin escalas a non-stop o direct flight
    me quedé sin pan I ran out of bread
    se quedó sin trabajo he lost his job
    una persona totalmente sin escrúpulos a completely unscrupulous person
    B
    1 sin + INF (con significado activo) without -ING
    se fue sin pagar she left without paying
    lo mandaron a la cama sin cenar they sent him to bed without any dinner
    somos diez sin contarlos a ellos there are ten of us not counting them
    estuvo una semana entera sin hablarme she didn't speak to me for a whole week, she went a whole week without speaking to me
    sigo sin entender I still don't understand
    la pisé sin querer I accidentally trod on her foot
    2 sin + INF
    (con significado pasivo): una camisa sin planchar an unironed shirt, a shirt that hasn't/hadn't been ironed
    esto está aún sin terminar this still isn't finished
    C sin QUE + SUBJ:
    los días pasan sin que dé señales de vida the days go by and there is still no word from him, the days go by with no word from him o without any word from him
    no voy a ir sin que me inviten I'm not going if I haven't been invited
    quítaselo sin que se dé cuenta get it off him without his o without him noticing
    Compuesto:
    * * *

     

    sin preposición
    1 without;

    seguimos sin noticias we still haven't had any news;
    agua mineral sin gas still mineral water;
    cerveza sin alcohol non-alcoholic beer, alcohol-free beer;
    me quedé sin pan I ran out of bread
    2


    estuvo una semana sin hablarme she didn't speak to me for a week;
    sigo sin entender I still don't understand;
    la pisé sin querer I accidentally trod on her foot


    esto está aún sin terminar it still isn't finished
    3 sin que + subj:

    quítaselo sin que se dé cuenta get it off him without his o without him noticing;
    See Also→ embargo 2
    sin preposición without: se marchó sin ellos, he left without them
    costó mil pesetas, sin contar el IVA, it cost one thousand pesetas, not including VAT
    el edificio estaba sin terminar, the building was unfinished
    entre sin llamar, come in without knocking
    saldré sin que me vea, I'll go out without him seeing
    una bebida sin alcohol, a non-alcoholic drink
    ' sin' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - abierta
    - abierto
    - absoluta
    - absoluto
    - accidental
    - acéfala
    - acéfalo
    - agotar
    - agotada
    - agotado
    - agreste
    - ahora
    - ahorcarse
    - ajena
    - ajeno
    - alguna
    - alguno
    - aliento
    - alquilar
    - ambages
    - amorfa
    - amorfo
    - aparente
    - asesinar
    - aviso
    - ayunas
    - bagatela
    - baja
    - bajo
    - bañera
    - berrido
    - bien
    - blanca
    - blanco
    - bocado
    - bregar
    - bruta
    - bruto
    - burbuja
    - caldo
    - calle
    - callejón
    - calva
    - camino
    - caprichosa
    - caprichoso
    - causa
    - cazo
    - cero
    English:
    ability
    - accident
    - accidental
    - accidentally
    - accustom
    - ado
    - afraid
    - age
    - agree
    - aimless
    - aimlessly
    - all-time
    - ammunition
    - another
    - antsy
    - anyhow
    - arrogant
    - at
    - attach
    - away
    - AWOL
    - babble
    - backbencher
    - backing
    - bare
    - barge in
    - basic
    - bat
    - bean
    - begin
    - behave
    - beyond
    - blank
    - blind alley
    - blue
    - blunt
    - bluntly
    - blurt out
    - boarding card
    - boarding pass
    - book
    - boorish
    - bootstrap
    - bottomless
    - break
    - breath
    - breathless
    - broke
    - busywork
    - buzz off
    * * *
    SIN nf
    1. (abrev de Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional del Perú) = Peruvian national intelligence department
    2. (abrev de Servicio de Inmigración y Naturalización) INS [US Immigration and Naturalization Service]
    * * *
    prp without;
    sin preguntar without asking;
    sin decir nada without (saying) a word;
    sin paraguas without an umbrella;
    sin que without;
    y sin más and without further ado;
    me lo dijo así, sin más that’s all he said to me, just that
    * * *
    sin prep
    1) : without
    sin querer: unintentionally
    sin refinar: unrefined
    2)
    sin que : without
    lo hicimos sin que él se diera cuenta: we did it without him noticing
    * * *
    sin prep
    1. (en general) without

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin

  • 96 tal como es

    Ex. This program tells the Haggard story -- warts and all -- from his humble beginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Hall of Fame.
    * * *

    Ex: This program tells the Haggard story -- warts and all -- from his humble beginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Hall of Fame.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tal como es

  • 97 tal cual

    adv.
    1 just the same, exactly, tale quale, tel quel.
    2 as is.
    conj.
    just as, like, exactly as, in the same manner as.
    * * *
    just as it is
    * * *
    = unaltered, uncritically, unmodified, unedited, warts and all, just as, like that, like this
    Ex. The unaltered message remains in your list of messages unless you request that the changed message be saved.
    Ex. We must be cautions about accepting Ranganathan's fundamental categories uncritically.
    Ex. The terms in the source will already be in a standard form ready for lifting wholesale and unmodified into a thesaurus.
    Ex. This bank of data represented a valuable source of unedited views about users' perceptions, thoughts and attitudes about libraries and electronic resources.
    Ex. This program tells the Haggard story -- warts and all -- from his humble beginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Hall of Fame.
    Ex. Anything to demonize the West is ok in their book, just as it was during the cold war.
    Ex. I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
    Ex. And as small as Iowa as, I think something like this can have a far larger effect than you might realize if you live in a large industrial area.
    * * *
    = unaltered, uncritically, unmodified, unedited, warts and all, just as, like that, like this

    Ex: The unaltered message remains in your list of messages unless you request that the changed message be saved.

    Ex: We must be cautions about accepting Ranganathan's fundamental categories uncritically.
    Ex: The terms in the source will already be in a standard form ready for lifting wholesale and unmodified into a thesaurus.
    Ex: This bank of data represented a valuable source of unedited views about users' perceptions, thoughts and attitudes about libraries and electronic resources.
    Ex: This program tells the Haggard story -- warts and all -- from his humble beginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Hall of Fame.
    Ex: Anything to demonize the West is ok in their book, just as it was during the cold war.
    Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
    Ex: And as small as Iowa as, I think something like this can have a far larger effect than you might realize if you live in a large industrial area.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tal cual

  • 98 tiempo libre

    m.
    spare time, time off, leisure, free time.
    * * *
    free time
    * * *
    spare time, free time
    * * *
    (n.) = leisure, leisure time, free time, idle hours, spare time
    Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex. However, from the sixties, competition for the railway worker's leisure time from public libraries, service clubs and the humble television meant that many branch libraries fell into disuse.
    Ex. On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. This paper considers the lawsuit brought against a police officer in the Kent Constabulary, UK, who worked in his spare time for a debt collection agency and used the Police National Computer to retrieve information concerning the owner of a motor vehicle.
    * * *
    spare time, free time
    * * *
    (n.) = leisure, leisure time, free time, idle hours, spare time

    Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.

    Ex: However, from the sixties, competition for the railway worker's leisure time from public libraries, service clubs and the humble television meant that many branch libraries fell into disuse.
    Ex: On the other hand, a prolonged sequence of interviews can be equally stressful, and 'free time' should be interspersed with the successive appointments.
    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex: This paper considers the lawsuit brought against a police officer in the Kent Constabulary, UK, who worked in his spare time for a debt collection agency and used the Police National Computer to retrieve information concerning the owner of a motor vehicle.

    * * *
    spare time, free time

    Spanish-English dictionary > tiempo libre

  • 99 tragar

    v.
    1 to swallow.
    2 to swallow up.
    3 to put up with (informal) (soportar).
    4 to devour, to guzzle (informal) (consumir mucho).
    ¡cómo traga gasolina este coche! this car really guzzles petrol! (British), this car is a real gas-guzzler! (United States)
    5 to give in (informal) (acceder).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 (ingerir) to swallow
    2 (comer mucho) to gobble up, tuck away, put away
    3 (absorber) to soak up
    5 figurado (gastar, consumir) to eat up, guzzle
    6 figurado (creer) to swallow, believe
    7 figurado (aguantar) to put up with; (disimular) to hide
    8 figurado (soportar a alguien) to stand, stomach
    1 to swallow, swallow up
    1 (ingerir) to swallow
    2 (comer mucho) to gobble up, tuck away, put away
    3 (absorber) to soak up
    5 figurado (creer) to swallow, believe
    6 figurado (aguantar) to put up with; (disimular) to hide
    \
    tragar la píldora figurado to swallow it, fall for it
    tragar millas figurado to burn up the miles
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ comida, bebida] to swallow

    nunca he visto a nadie tragar tanta comida — * I've never seen anyone put away so much food *

    me insultó, pero tragué saliva por respeto a su padre — he insulted me, but I bit my tongue out of respect for his father

    2) (=absorber) to soak up
    3) * (=gastar) to use
    4) * (=aguantar) [+ insultos, reprimenda] to put up with
    5) * (=creer) to swallow *, fall for *
    2. VI
    1) * (=engullir)
    2) * (=creer) to swallow *, fall for *

    -¿han tragado? -no, no se han creído nada — "did they swallow it o fall for it?" - "no, they didn't believe a word" *

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <comida/agua/medicina> to swallow
    b) < lágrimas> to choke back
    2) (fam) ( soportar) to put up with

    no lo trago/traga — I/she can't stand him

    2.
    tragar vi
    1)
    a) (Fisiol) to swallow
    b) (fam) ( engullir)
    2) (RPl fam) ( estudiar) to cram
    3.
    tragarse v pron
    1) (enf)
    a) < comida> to swallow
    b) < lágrimas> to choke back; < orgullo> to swallow; < angustia> to suppress
    c) mar to swallow up
    d) máquina <dinero/tarjeta> to swallow up
    e) (fam) ( engullirse) to put away (colloq)
    2) (fam)
    a) ( soportar) < insulto> to put up with; <obra/recital> to sit through
    b) ( creerse) <excusa/cuento> to fall for (colloq)
    * * *
    = gulp, inhale, swallow, swallow up, stomach.
    Ex. At these words he gulped loudly, spilling his coffee recklessly, and then said 'Right now!'.
    Ex. Did you know that a non-smoker in an enclosed space can inhale the equivalent of one cigarette an hour?.
    Ex. The new reference librarian swallowed hard and said 'I can't believe all this,' scarcely knowing what else to say.
    Ex. The growing complexity of computing environments requires creative solutions to prevent the gain in productivity promised by computing advances from being swallowed up by the necessity of moving information from one environment to another.
    Ex. Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.
    ----
    * como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.
    * no tragar Algo o Alguien = stick in + Posesivo + craw.
    * tragarse = gobble up, fall for, put away, scoff.
    * tragarse a Alguien la tierra = disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, vanish from + the face of the earth, disappear from + the face of the earth.
    * tragarse el amor propio = swallow + Posesivo + pride.
    * tragarse el orgullo = swallow + Posesivo + pride.
    * tragarse lo que Uno ha dicho = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt.
    * tragarse una pastilla = pop + pill.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <comida/agua/medicina> to swallow
    b) < lágrimas> to choke back
    2) (fam) ( soportar) to put up with

    no lo trago/traga — I/she can't stand him

    2.
    tragar vi
    1)
    a) (Fisiol) to swallow
    b) (fam) ( engullir)
    2) (RPl fam) ( estudiar) to cram
    3.
    tragarse v pron
    1) (enf)
    a) < comida> to swallow
    b) < lágrimas> to choke back; < orgullo> to swallow; < angustia> to suppress
    c) mar to swallow up
    d) máquina <dinero/tarjeta> to swallow up
    e) (fam) ( engullirse) to put away (colloq)
    2) (fam)
    a) ( soportar) < insulto> to put up with; <obra/recital> to sit through
    b) ( creerse) <excusa/cuento> to fall for (colloq)
    * * *
    = gulp, inhale, swallow, swallow up, stomach.

    Ex: At these words he gulped loudly, spilling his coffee recklessly, and then said 'Right now!'.

    Ex: Did you know that a non-smoker in an enclosed space can inhale the equivalent of one cigarette an hour?.
    Ex: The new reference librarian swallowed hard and said 'I can't believe all this,' scarcely knowing what else to say.
    Ex: The growing complexity of computing environments requires creative solutions to prevent the gain in productivity promised by computing advances from being swallowed up by the necessity of moving information from one environment to another.
    Ex: Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.
    * como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.
    * no tragar Algo o Alguien = stick in + Posesivo + craw.
    * tragarse = gobble up, fall for, put away, scoff.
    * tragarse a Alguien la tierra = disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, vanish from + the face of the earth, disappear from + the face of the earth.
    * tragarse el amor propio = swallow + Posesivo + pride.
    * tragarse el orgullo = swallow + Posesivo + pride.
    * tragarse lo que Uno ha dicho = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt.
    * tragarse una pastilla = pop + pill.

    * * *
    tragar [A3 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹comida/agua/medicina› to swallow
    2 ‹lágrimas› to choke back, hold back
    B ( fam) (soportar) to put up with
    ha tenido que tragar mucho she's had to put up with a lot
    no (poder) tragar a algn ( fam): personalmente no lo trago or no lo puedo tragar personally I can't stand him o I find him hard to take ( colloq)
    ■ tragar
    vi
    A
    1 ( Fisiol) to swallow
    2 ( fam)
    (comer): ¡cómo traga este niño! this kid really puts away his food! ( colloq)
    B ( Esp fam) (caer, picar) to fall for it
    C ( RPl fam) (estudiar) to cram, to grind ( AmE colloq), to swot (for an exam) ( BrE colloq)
    A ( enf)
    1 ‹comida› to swallow
    fumaba pero no se tragaba el humo he used to smoke but he didn't inhale
    2 ‹lágrimas› to choke back, hold back; ‹orgullo› to swallow; ‹angustia› to suppress, hold back
    3 (absorber) «mar» to swallow up, engulf
    hace años que no lo veo, se lo tragó la tierra I haven't seen him for years, he's just disappeared off the face of the earth
    la campaña se había tragado todos sus ahorros the campaign had swallowed up o used up all their savings
    4
    «máquina/teléfono»: se traga las monedas y se corta it takes the coins and then you get cut off
    5 ( Esp fam) (comerse) to put away ( colloq)
    B
    1 ( fam) (soportar) to put up with
    tiene que tragarse todos los insultos del jefe he has to put up with o take all the boss's insults
    2 ( fam); ‹programa/obra› to watch, sit through; ‹recital› to listen to, sit through
    C ( fam); ‹excusa/cuento› to fall for ( colloq), to buy ( colloq)
    D ( Col fam) to fall in love
    * * *

     

    tragar ( conjugate tragar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹comida/agua/medicina› to swallow
    2 (fam) ( aguantar):
    ◊ no lo trago I can't stand him

    verbo intransitivo
    1 (Fisiol) to swallow
    2 (RPl fam) ( estudiar) to cram
    tragarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( enf)
    a) ‹ comida› to swallow;



    ‹ orgullo› to swallow
    c) [ máquina] ‹dinero/tarjeta› to swallow up

    2 (fam)
    a) ( soportar) ‹obra/recital› to sit through

    b) ( creerse) ‹excusa/cuento› to swallow, fall for (colloq)

    tragar verbo transitivo
    1 (un trozo de comida, etc) to swallow
    2 fam (comer muy deprisa) to gobble up, tuck away: ¡no veas cómo traga!, he eats a lot!
    3 Auto fam (combustible) to use
    4 (un desagüe) to drain off
    (el mar, agua) el remolino se lo tragó, it was sucked down by the whirlpool
    5 (transigir, tolerar) to put up with
    6 fig (a alguien) to stand, bear
    7 fig (creer) to believe, swallow
    ' tragar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bilis
    - pasar
    - quina
    - saliva
    - atragantarse
    - pastilla
    English:
    buy
    - gulp
    - guzzle
    - suck in
    - swallow
    - cram
    - force
    - go
    - swot
    - word
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ingerir] to swallow;
    tragó la pastilla con dificultad she swallowed the pill with difficulty;
    tragar agua [en mar, piscina] to swallow water;
    tragar saliva to swallow, to gulp
    2. Fam [creer] to swallow;
    creo que no ha tragado la historia I don't think she swallowed the story;
    le hicieron tragar el cuento they managed to make him believe the story
    3. [absorber] to swallow up;
    ese desagüe traga el agua sucia the dirty water goes down that drain
    4. Fam [soportar] to put up with;
    ¡lo que hay que tragar por los hijos! the things you have to put up with for the sake of the children!;
    yo creo que Ana no me traga I don't think Ana likes me;
    no la puedo tragar, no la trago I can't stand her
    5. Fam [consumir mucho] to devour, to guzzle;
    ¡cómo traga gasolina este coche! Br this car really guzzles petrol!, US this car is a real gas-guzzler!
    6. RP Fam [estudiar] to bone up on, Br to swot up (on)
    ♦ vi
    1. [ingerir] to swallow;
    me cuesta tragar I can't swallow properly, I have trouble swallowing
    2. Fam [comer]
    ¡cómo traga tu primo! your cousin can certainly put it away!
    3. Fam [creerse]
    ¿crees que tragará? do you think he'll swallow it?
    4. Fam [acceder] to give in;
    ahora no lo acepta pero acabará tragando she refuses to accept it right now, but she'll give in in the end
    5. [absorber]
    esa alcantarilla no traga that drain's blocked
    6. RP Fam [estudiar] Br to swot, US to grind
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 swallow;
    no lo trago I can’t stand him o bear him
    empollar cram, Br
    swot
    II v/i Rpl fam
    empollar cram, Br
    swot
    * * *
    tragar {52} v
    : to swallow
    * * *
    tragar vb
    1. (ingerir) to swallow
    2. (comer mucho) to eat a lot
    ¡hay que ver cómo traga! you should see how much he eats!
    3. (aguantar) to stand [pt. & pp. stood]

    Spanish-English dictionary > tragar

  • 100 triste

    adj.
    1 sad (person).
    no te pongas triste don't be sad
    2 sad (que entristece) (noticia, suceso).
    es triste que… it's sad o a shame that…
    ofrecen un triste espectáculo they present a sorry spectacle
    3 poor (humilde).
    un triste viejo a poor old man
    * * *
    1 (infeliz) sad, unhappy; (futuro) bleak
    2 (oscuro, sombrío) gloomy, dismal
    3 (único) single, only
    4 (insignificante) poor, humble
    \
    es triste que... it's a pity...
    hacer un triste papel to cut a sorry figure
    poner triste a alguien to make somebody sad
    ponerse triste to become sad
    triste futuro bleak future
    * * *
    adj.
    1) sad, blue, gloomy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=entristecido) [persona] sad; (=desgraciado) miserable; [carácter] gloomy, melancholy

    poner triste a algn — to make sb sad, make sb unhappy, make sb miserable

    2) (=entristecedor) [noticia, canción] sad; [paisaje] dismal, desolate; [cuarto] gloomy
    3) * (=mustio) [flor] withered
    4) (=lamentable) sad, sorry

    es triste no poder ir — it's a pity o shame we can't go

    la triste verdad es que... — the sad truth is that...

    5) (=insignificante) miserable
    6) And (=tímido) shy, timid
    2.
    SM LAm (=canción) sad love song
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] ( afligido) < persona> sad
    b) <expresión/mirada> sad, sorrowful
    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) <historia/película/noticia> sad; <paisaje/color> dismal, gloomy; <lugar/ambiente> gloomy

    un día nublado y triste — a miserable, cloudy day

    2) (delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    * * *
    = bleak, sad, sagging, wistful, depressing, glum, miserable, morose, doleful.
    Ex. The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.
    Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex. It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.
    Ex. A wistful look appeared in his eyes as he lingered over memories of President Langeford.
    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. Children no less than adults are subject to fits of boredom, to times when they feel glum or restless when everything they usually enjoy lacks attraction, purpose or pleasure.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    ----
    * Caballero de la Triste Figura, el = Knight of the Doleful Countenance, the.
    * caso triste = sad story.
    * la triste realidad es que = the sad fact is (that).
    * triste de admitir = sad to relate.
    * triste realidad = fact of life.
    * triste realidad, la = sad truth, the.
    * triste recordatorio = painful reminder.
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] ( afligido) < persona> sad
    b) <expresión/mirada> sad, sorrowful
    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) <historia/película/noticia> sad; <paisaje/color> dismal, gloomy; <lugar/ambiente> gloomy

    un día nublado y triste — a miserable, cloudy day

    2) (delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    * * *
    = bleak, sad, sagging, wistful, depressing, glum, miserable, morose, doleful.

    Ex: The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.

    Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex: It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.
    Ex: A wistful look appeared in his eyes as he lingered over memories of President Langeford.
    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: Children no less than adults are subject to fits of boredom, to times when they feel glum or restless when everything they usually enjoy lacks attraction, purpose or pleasure.
    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    * Caballero de la Triste Figura, el = Knight of the Doleful Countenance, the.
    * caso triste = sad story.
    * la triste realidad es que = the sad fact is (that).
    * triste de admitir = sad to relate.
    * triste realidad = fact of life.
    * triste realidad, la = sad truth, the.
    * triste recordatorio = painful reminder.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ ESTAR] (afligido) ‹persona› sad
    esa música me pone triste that music makes me sad
    se puso muy triste cuando se lo dije he was very sad o unhappy when I told him
    ¿qué te pasa? te noto tristón ( fam); what's the matter? you look miserable o sad
    2 ‹expresión/mirada› sad, sorrowful
    tiene la mirada triste he has a sad look in his eyes
    3 [ SER] (que causa tristeza) ‹historia/película/noticia› sad; ‹paisaje/color› dismal, gloomy
    un día nublado y triste a miserable, cloudy day
    el cuarto se ve muy triste con esas cortinas those curtains make the room look very dreary o gloomy
    B ( delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    es la triste realidad it's the sad truth, sadly, that's the way it is
    tenía ante sí un triste futuro he faced an unhappy o a wretched future
    por cuatro tristes pesos for a few miserable o ( colloq) measly pesos
    hizo un triste papel he made a fool of himself, he performed poorly
    * * *

     

    triste adjetivo
    1
    a) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› sad;


    b) ‹expresión/mirada› sad, sorrowful

    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) ‹historia/película/noticia› sad;

    ‹paisaje/color› dismal, gloomy;
    ‹lugar/ambiente› gloomy
    2 ( delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable;

    es la triste realidad it's the sad truth
    triste adjetivo
    1 sad
    2 (paisaje, habitación, etc) gloomy, dismal
    3 (penoso) es triste reconocerlo, it's sad to admit it
    4 (insignificante, simple) single: no tenemos ni un triste limón en la nevera, we haven't got a single lemon in the fridge
    ' triste' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alicaída
    - alicaído
    - alma
    - cabizbaja
    - cabizbajo
    - deshecha
    - deshecho
    - destrozada
    - destrozado
    - fúnebre
    - negra
    - negro
    - pachucha
    - pachucho
    - polvo
    - sombría
    - sombrío
    - taciturna
    - taciturno
    - abatido
    - compungido
    - dejo
    - desolador
    - espectáculo
    - mirada
    - notar
    - penoso
    - poner
    - tanto
    English:
    blue
    - cheerless
    - dismal
    - doleful
    - downbeat
    - face
    - feel
    - forlorn
    - gloomy
    - leaden
    - lonesome
    - make
    - miserable
    - outwardly
    - rueful
    - sad
    - sorrowful
    - sorry
    - unhappy
    - wan
    - woeful
    - infamous
    - melancholy
    - note
    - obviously
    - pine
    - tearful
    * * *
    triste adj
    1. [entristecido] [persona] sad;
    ¿por qué estás triste? why are you looking so sad?;
    esa canción me pone triste that song makes me feel sad;
    no te pongas triste don't be sad;
    era un hombre triste y amargado he was a sad and embittered man
    2. [que entristece] [noticia, suceso] sad;
    [día, tiempo, paisaje] gloomy, dreary; [color, vestido, luz] dull, dreary;
    tiene los ojos tristes she has sad eyes
    3. [deplorable] sad;
    es triste que una empresa como ésa tenga que cerrar it's sad o a shame that a firm like that should have to close down
    4. [doloroso] sorry;
    los jueces ofrecen un triste espectáculo the judges present a sorry spectacle;
    el equipo hizo un triste papel the team gave a poor showing
    5. [humilde] poor;
    un triste viejo a poor old man;
    no es más que un triste empleado he's nothing but a humble worker
    6. [insignificante]
    un triste sueldo a miserable salary;
    nos dio dos tristes aceitunas he gave us two measly olives;
    es un triste consuelo it's small consolation, it's cold comfort;
    ni un triste… not a single…;
    ni una triste excusa not one single excuse;
    no tengo ni una triste radio I haven't even got a lousy radio
    * * *
    adj sad
    * * *
    triste adj
    1) : sad, gloomy
    ponerse triste: to become sad
    2) : desolate, dismal
    una perspectiva triste: a dismal outlook
    3) : sorry, sorry-looking
    la triste verdad: the sorry truth
    * * *
    triste adj
    1. (en general) sad [comp. sadder; superl. saddest]
    2. (lugar) gloomy [comp. gloomier; superl. gloomiest]
    una casa triste y oscura a dark, gloomy house

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