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121 cenizo
adj.ash-colored, ashy, ash-coloured.m.white goosefoot, wild orach.* * *► adjetivo1 (de color gris) ashen, ash-grey► nombre masculino,nombre femenino* * *1. ADJ1) [color] ashen liter, ash-coloured, ash-colored (EEUU)2) * (=de mala suerte)2. SM1) * (=mala suerte) jinx *2) (=persona) jinx *3) (Bot) goosefoot* * *ser un cenizo — (fam) to be a wet blanket (colloq)
* * *= jinx, wet blanket.Ex. Most of the people interviewed saw marriage as the ideal relationship whereas some thought of it as a jinx.Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.----* que tiene el cenizo = jinxed.* * *ser un cenizo — (fam) to be a wet blanket (colloq)
* * *= jinx, wet blanket.Ex: Most of the people interviewed saw marriage as the ideal relationship whereas some thought of it as a jinx.
Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.* que tiene el cenizo = jinxed.* * *( Bot) goosefoottener el cenizo ( fam); to be jinxed* * *cenizo, -a♦ adjashen, ash-grey♦ nm,fFam [gafe] jinxed person;ser un cenizo to be jinxed♦ nm1. [planta] fat hen, US pigweedtener el cenizo to have bad luck, to be unlucky* * *I adj ash-gray, Brash-grey;de color cenizo gray, Br greyII m1 famjinx2 BOT goosefoot* * *cenizo, -za n: jinx -
122 difamación
f.1 defamation, character assassination, mud-slinging, mudslinging.2 defamatory statement, calumny.* * *1 defamation, slander2 (por escrito) libel* * *noun f.libel, slander* * *SF1) [al hablar] slander (de of)2) [por escrito] libel (de on)* * ** * *= denigrating, libel, defamation, slander, slur.Ex. Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.Ex. In 1900, a 'Public Libraries Bill' was passed containing a provision exempting library managers and authorities from legal proceedings for libel.Ex. The author describes laws applicable to breaches of privacy dealing with: the laws of privacy, confidence, trespass, nuisance, defamation and theft.Ex. Both libel and slander are forms of defamation: libel is defamation in writing, while slander is spoken.Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.----* campaña de difamación = smear campaign.* leyes contra la difamación = laws of libel.* * ** * *= denigrating, libel, defamation, slander, slur.Ex: Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.
Ex: In 1900, a 'Public Libraries Bill' was passed containing a provision exempting library managers and authorities from legal proceedings for libel.Ex: The author describes laws applicable to breaches of privacy dealing with: the laws of privacy, confidence, trespass, nuisance, defamation and theft.Ex: Both libel and slander are forms of defamation: libel is defamation in writing, while slander is spoken.Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.* campaña de difamación = smear campaign.* leyes contra la difamación = laws of libel.* * *se va a querellar contra la revista por difamación she is going to sue the magazine for libel* * *
difamación f Jur defamation
' difamación' also found in these entries:
English:
character assasination
- defamation
- libel
- slander
- slur
- smear
* * *difamación nf[verbal] slander; [escrita] libel;querellarse contra alguien por difamación to sue sb for libel* * ** * * -
123 infamia
f.1 infamy, disgrace (deshonra).2 vile or base deed.* * *1 (deshonra) disgrace; (hecho vil) disgraceful thing to do, despicable thing to do* * *SF1) (=calumnia) calumny, slur2) (=deshonra) disgrace, ignominysufrió la infamia de ser declarado culpable — he suffered the disgrace o ignominy of being found guilty
3) (=canallada) despicable actrecalentar el café es una infamia — hum reheating coffee is a crime
4) (=carácter infame) infamy* * *a) ( acción vil) disgraceb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) sacrilege (hum)* * *= infamy, slur, ignominy.Ex. The subjects with which Foucault dealt with are such as madness, hospitals, prisons, infamy, sexuality, etc.Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.Ex. If 90% of US citizens are opposed to the ignominy of heathenism, us ten-percenters are unlikely to make much headway.* * *a) ( acción vil) disgraceb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) sacrilege (hum)* * *= infamy, slur, ignominy.Ex: The subjects with which Foucault dealt with are such as madness, hospitals, prisons, infamy, sexuality, etc.
Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.Ex: If 90% of US citizens are opposed to the ignominy of heathenism, us ten-percenters are unlikely to make much headway.* * *1(acción vil): lo que nos han hecho es una infamia what they have done to us is a disgrace, they have done us a terrible wrongfue una infamia que lo despidieran por eso it was disgraceful o despicable of them o it was a disgrace to fire him like thathacer sangría con este vino tan caro es una infamia it's sacrilege o it's a crime to make sangria with such an expensive wine* * *
infamia sustantivo femenino disgrace, infamy
' infamia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
villanía
* * *infamia nf1. [deshonra] infamy, disgrace;padeció la infamia de ser desterrado he suffered the disgrace of being banished2. [mala acción] vile o base act;es una infamia tratarlos así treating them like that is despicable* * *f1 ( deshonra) disgraceawful thing to do* * *infamia nf: infamy, disgrace -
124 insulto
m.insult.insultos verbal abusepres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: insultar.* * *1 insult* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=ofensa) insult ( para to)2) Méx * (=indigestión) bellyache *, stomachache* * *masculino insult* * *= insult, taunt, jeer, abuse, slap in the face, diss, slur.Ex. Some student users resorted to using an online conferencing system as the medium for insults and invective aimed at each other.Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex. Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Ex. I believe that the emphasis on abuse of title entry in the name of speeding up cataloging is not the question of a title entry versus other entries, it is the question of simplification.Ex. To reward him with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who want to see real change in our country.Ex. I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.----* insulto de género = sexual insult.* insulto machista = sexual insult.* insultos = name-calling.* insulto sexista = sexual insult.* insulto sexual = sexual insult.* insultos y amenazas racistas = hate speech.* ser un insulto a la inteligencia = be an insult to the intelligence.* tolerar insultos = tolerate + abuse.* * *masculino insult* * *= insult, taunt, jeer, abuse, slap in the face, diss, slur.Ex: Some student users resorted to using an online conferencing system as the medium for insults and invective aimed at each other.
Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Ex: I believe that the emphasis on abuse of title entry in the name of speeding up cataloging is not the question of a title entry versus other entries, it is the question of simplification.Ex: To reward him with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who want to see real change in our country.Ex: I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.* insulto de género = sexual insult.* insulto machista = sexual insult.* insultos = name-calling.* insulto sexista = sexual insult.* insulto sexual = sexual insult.* insultos y amenazas racistas = hate speech.* ser un insulto a la inteligencia = be an insult to the intelligence.* tolerar insultos = tolerate + abuse.* * *insult* * *
Del verbo insultar: ( conjugate insultar)
insulto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
insultó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
insultar
insulto
insultar ( conjugate insultar) verbo transitivo
insulto sustantivo masculino
insult
insultar verbo transitivo to insult
insulto sustantivo masculino insult
' insulto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inri
- lanzar
- ofensa
- reparación
- torpe
- gratuito
- guacho
- largar
- maricón
- subnormal
- vengar
English:
abuse
- gratuitous
- insult
- intentional
- offence
- taunt
* * *insulto nminsult;proferir insultos to hurl insults;sus declaraciones son un insulto a la inteligencia his statements are an insult to people's intelligence* * *m insult* * *insulto nm: insult* * *insulto n insult -
125 malage
SM = malaje* * *= wet blanket.Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.* * *= wet blanket.Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.
* * *1 (persona — aburrida) wet blanket ( colloq), killjoy ( colloq); (— con mala idea) malicious ( o nasty etc) person ( colloq)2(gafe): ¡cállate, malage! shut up, are you trying to put a jinx on us?4 -
126 ofensa
f.1 offense.una ofensa a la dignidad humana an offense o insult to human dignityuna ofensa a la buena educación an affront to good manners2 slight, insult (injuria).no lo tomes como una ofensa personal don't take it as a personal insult o offense3 misdemeanor, illegality, transgression, trespass.* * *1 offence* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=insulto) offence, offense (EEUU)2) (=desprecio) slight* * ** * *= offence [offense, -USA], insult, offense [offence, -UK], harmdoing, slap in the face, diss, slur.Ex. The study suggests a simple publicity campaign with particular emphasis on the penalty with goes with the offence.Ex. Some student users resorted to using an online conferencing system as the medium for insults and invective aimed at each other.Ex. The author categorizes an impeachable offense as one that threatens the safety of the country, either as treason or bribery.Ex. The act of ' harmdoing' is defined, & the impact of legal structures on the behavior of the harmdoer & victim is examined.Ex. To reward him with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who want to see real change in our country.Ex. I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.----* causa de la ofensa = offending.* * ** * *= offence [offense, -USA], insult, offense [offence, -UK], harmdoing, slap in the face, diss, slur.Ex: The study suggests a simple publicity campaign with particular emphasis on the penalty with goes with the offence.
Ex: Some student users resorted to using an online conferencing system as the medium for insults and invective aimed at each other.Ex: The author categorizes an impeachable offense as one that threatens the safety of the country, either as treason or bribery.Ex: The act of ' harmdoing' is defined, & the impact of legal structures on the behavior of the harmdoer & victim is examined.Ex: To reward him with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who want to see real change in our country.Ex: I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.* causa de la ofensa = offending.* * *(agravio) insultlo ha tomado como una ofensa personal she has taken it as a personal insult o slightno le hagas la ofensa de darle propina don't insult him by giving him a tip* * *
ofensa sustantivo femenino ( agravio) insult
ofensa sustantivo femenino offence, US offense
(insulto) insult, affront: el programa fue una ofensa a la democracia, the programme was an affront to democracy
' ofensa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bofetada
- constitutiva
- constitutivo
- reparar
- vilipendio
- reparación
English:
affront
- insult
- offence
* * *ofensa nf1. [acción] offence, insult;una ofensa a la dignidad humana an offence o insult to human dignity;una ofensa a la buena educación an affront to good manners2. [injuria] slight, insult;no lo tomes como una ofensa personal don't take it as a personal insult o offence* * *f insult* * *ofensa nf: offense, insult* * *ofensa n offence -
127 retén
m.1 roadblock.2 picket.3 retainer.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: retener.* * *2 (previsión) stock, store\de retén in reserve* * *SM1) (Téc) stop, catch; (Aut) oil seal2) (=reserva) reserve, store3) (Mil) reserves pl, reinforcements pl4) LAm [de policía] roadblock, police roadblock5) Caribe (=correccional) remand home* * *1) ( patrulla) patrol; ( pelotón) squad; ( puesto de policía) police post2) (Ven) ( correccional) reformatory (AmE), remand home (BrE)* * *= stop, weir.Ex. Rods may hold the cards in the drawer and stops may prevent drawers from falling out the cabinet.Ex. To cut a long story short, just as they were nearing the weir the engine stopped working and they had to jump into the water.----* retén de cajón = drawer stop.* * *1) ( patrulla) patrol; ( pelotón) squad; ( puesto de policía) police post2) (Ven) ( correccional) reformatory (AmE), remand home (BrE)* * *= stop, weir.Ex: Rods may hold the cards in the drawer and stops may prevent drawers from falling out the cabinet.
Ex: To cut a long story short, just as they were nearing the weir the engine stopped working and they had to jump into the water.* retén de cajón = drawer stop.* * *A1 (patrulla) patrol; (pelotón) squadesta noche tengo or estoy de retén ( Mil) I'm on duty tonight2 (puesto de policía) police post* * *
Del verbo retar: ( conjugate retar)
reten es:
3ª persona plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) presente subjuntivo3ª persona plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) imperativo
Del verbo retener: ( conjugate retener)
retén es:
2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
retar
retener
retén
retar ( conjugate retar) verbo transitivo
retener ( conjugate retener) verbo transitivo
1
2
b) ( hacer permanecer):
3 ‹calor/carga/líquidos› to retain
4 ‹atención/interés› to keep, retain
5 ( recordar) to retain, keep … in one's head
retén sustantivo masculino
( pelotón) squad;
( puesto de policía) police post
retar verbo transitivo to challenge
retener verbo transitivo
1 (para sí) to keep: querría retenerte junto a mí, I would like to keep you near me
2 (en sí) to retain: las esponjas retienen agua, sponges retain water
3 (en un lugar) to keep: debo ir, no intentes retenerme, I need to leave, don't try to hold me back
(en una comisaría) to detain, keep in custody
4 (en la memoria) to remember: no puedo retener todos los nombres, I can't remember all the names
5 (un sentimiento, impulso, etc) to restrain, hold back: no sabe retener sus emociones, she can't control her emotions
6 (el curso normal de algo) to stop, hold back: la presa retiene el agua del río, the dam holds back the river
7 (un sueldo, capital) to deduct, withhold: le retienen el 40% de los ingresos, they withhold 40% of his earnings
retén sustantivo masculino
1 (de soldados, bomberos, etc) squad, reserves pl
2 (de alimentos, etc) store
* * *retén nm1. [de soldados] reserve;un retén de bomberos a squad of firefighters2. [de cosas] stock3. Am [de menores] reformatory, reform school* * *m L.Am.MIL patrol -
128 soso
adj.1 boring, dull, soggy, spiritless.2 tasteless, dull, flat, flavorless.3 drab, dull.m.bore, boring person.* * *► adjetivo1 (insípido) tasteless; (sin sal) unsalted2 figurado dull, insipid* * *(f. - sosa)adj.1) flavorless, saltless2) dull* * *ADJ1) (Culin) (=insípido) tasteless, insipid; (=sin sal) unsaltedestas patatas están sosas — these potatoes are unsalted o need more salt
2) (=aburrido, inexpresivo) dull, uninteresting* * *- sa adjetivob) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab* * *= dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.Ex. This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.Ex. Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.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. I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.Ex. I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.----* sosa cáustica = caustic soda.* * *- sa adjetivob) <persona/película> boring, dull; < estilo> flat, drab* * *= dull, wishy-washy, lifeless, bland, insipid, party pooper, cut and dried [cut and dry], vapid, wet blanket.Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.
Ex: This is not the way for many wishy-washy persons who have never considered Cutter, probably one of the greatest librarians of his day.Ex: Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.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: I don't like to hear cut-and-dried sermons -- when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.Ex: I can also remember a time when slurs were uttered about Jewish people and if you didn't laugh you were considered a wet blanket.* sosa cáustica = caustic soda.* * *soso -sa1 ‹comida/sopa› (falto de sabor) bland, tastelessestá soso (sin sabor) it's bland o tasteless, it doesn't have much taste o flavor to it; (sin sal) it needs more salt, it doesn't have enough salt in it2 ‹persona/película› boring, dull3 ‹estilo› flat, drab* * *
soso◊ -sa adjetivo
( sin sal) it needs more salt
‹ estilo› flat, drab
soso,-a
I adjetivo
1 (sin sal) lacking in salt
(sin sabor) flavourless, tasteless
la comida está sosa, the food is tasteless
2 fig (sin gracia) bland, insipid, dull
es una mujer muy sosa, she's a bore
II sustantivo masculino y femenino bore: los dos son unos sosos, both of them are dull and boring
' soso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anodina
- anodino
- insípida
- insípido
- sopa
- sosa
English:
bland
- colourless
- drip
- flair
- flat
- flavorless
- flavourless
- insipid
- nondescript
- wishy-washy
- drab
- so
- tasteless
* * *soso, -a♦ adj1. [insípido] bland, tasteless;esta sopa está sosa this soup needs more salt;el guiso ha quedado muy soso the stew hasn't got much flavour2. [sin gracia] dull, insipid♦ nm,fdull person, bore* * *I adj tasteless, insipid; figdullII m, sosa f stick-in-the-mud fam* * *soso, -sa adj1) insípido: bland, flavorless2) aburrido: dull, boring* * *soso adj1. (sin gusto) bland / tasteless2. dull / boring
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