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  • 1 supuesto2

    2 = alleged, perceived, so-called, assumed, imagined, imaginary example, presumable, putative, reputed, presumptive, apparent.
    Ex. Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.
    Ex. The arrangements should also negotiate resistance to perceived 'American dominance', erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS contains a so-called 'help' capability.
    Ex. This article discusses the advantages of storing information on discs which have an assumed life span of 20 years.
    Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
    Ex. An imaginary example for a distributed fact retrieval process, based on current tools and systems, is analysed in order to clarify the requirements of such an intermediary system.
    Ex. A study was made of 8 indexes and abstracts of presumable interest to students of communication.
    Ex. Not all putative delegates were able to attend the conference -- some, e.g., were refused visas.
    Ex. Another doctor confirmed Karr's reputed plans for sex-change surgery.
    Ex. Thirty patients with a diagnosis of presumptive bacterial conjunctivitis were assessed in a randomized trial.
    Ex. Victim of an apparent assassination attempt, his face was left permanently disfigured and pockmarked.

    Spanish-English dictionary > supuesto2

  • 2 supuesto

    adj.
    supposed, hypothetical, assumed, alleged.
    m.
    supposition, assumption.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: suponer.
    * * *
    1 (suposición) supposition, assumption
    2 (hipótesis) hypothesis
    ————————
    1→ link=suponer suponer
    1 (que se supone) supposed, assumed
    2 (pretendido) so-called, self-styled
    1 (suposición) supposition, assumption
    2 (hipótesis) hypothesis
    \
    dar algo por supuesto,-a to take something for granted
    en el supuesto de que... supposing that...
    nombre supuesto assumed name
    * * *
    1. (f. - supuesta)
    adj.
    2. noun m.
    * * *
    1.
    PP de suponer
    2. ADJ
    1) (=falso) [nombre] assumed, false
    2) (=no demostrado) supposed
    3)

    ¡por supuesto! — of course!

    -¿puedo usar su teléfono? -¡por supuesto! — "can I use your phone?" - "of course (you can)!"

    4)
    5)

    supuesto que — frm (=dando por sentado que) assuming; (=en caso de que) in the event of

    3.
    SM (=hipótesis) assumption
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( falso) false

    el supuesto electricista — the so-called o supposed electrician

    c)

    ¿lo sabías? - por supuesto que sí! — did you know? - of course I did!

    dar algo por supuesto — to take something for granted

    II
    masculino supposition

    en el supuesto de que tenga un accidente — should you have an accident, in the event of an accident

    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( falso) false

    el supuesto electricista — the so-called o supposed electrician

    c)

    ¿lo sabías? - por supuesto que sí! — did you know? - of course I did!

    dar algo por supuesto — to take something for granted

    II
    masculino supposition

    en el supuesto de que tenga un accidente — should you have an accident, in the event of an accident

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    supuesto1
    1 = assumption, construct, presumption, presupposition [pre-supposition].

    Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

    Ex: Often they use rather fancy words, such as 'theoretical models' or ' constructs' or 'paradigms' to describe what are, very frequently, no more than hypothetical ideas or categorisations which have little empirical evidence to back them up.
    Ex: Some of these presumptions have served only to perpetuate misconceptions of collection.
    Ex: Computers hold pre-defined and fixed presuppositions, whilst those of humans are unpredictable.
    * ¡por supuesto que no! = God forbid.
    * por supuesto = of course, surely, to be sure, certainly.
    * ¡por supuesto que no! = heaven forbid.
    * supuesto práctico = case.

    supuesto2
    2 = alleged, perceived, so-called, assumed, imagined, imaginary example, presumable, putative, reputed, presumptive, apparent.

    Ex: Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.

    Ex: The arrangements should also negotiate resistance to perceived 'American dominance', erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS contains a so-called 'help' capability.
    Ex: This article discusses the advantages of storing information on discs which have an assumed life span of 20 years.
    Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
    Ex: An imaginary example for a distributed fact retrieval process, based on current tools and systems, is analysed in order to clarify the requirements of such an intermediary system.
    Ex: A study was made of 8 indexes and abstracts of presumable interest to students of communication.
    Ex: Not all putative delegates were able to attend the conference -- some, e.g., were refused visas.
    Ex: Another doctor confirmed Karr's reputed plans for sex-change surgery.
    Ex: Thirty patients with a diagnosis of presumptive bacterial conjunctivitis were assessed in a randomized trial.
    Ex: Victim of an apparent assassination attempt, his face was left permanently disfigured and pockmarked.

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    supuesto1 -ta
    1 (falso) false
    actuaba bajo un nombre supuesto he worked under a false o an assumed name
    el supuesto electricista resultó ser un ladrón the so-called o supposed electrician proved to be a thief
    2
    (que se rumorea): la radio desmintió su supuesta muerte reports of his death were denied on the radio
    su supuesta enfermedad her supposed illness
    3
    por supuesto of course
    ¿vendrás? — ¡por supuesto! are you going to come? — of course!
    ¿lo sabías? — ¡por supuesto que sí! did you know? — of course I did!
    dar algo por supuesto to take sth for granted
    supposition
    su teoría descansa en un supuesto fundamental his theory rests on one fundamental supposition
    ¿y en el supuesto de que no acepten? and supposing they don't accept?, what if they don't accept?
    partiendo del supuesto de que no sabían nada working on the assumption that they knew nothing
    en el supuesto de que tenga un accidente should you have an accident, in the event of an accident
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    Del verbo suponer: ( conjugate suponer)

    supuesto es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    suponer    
    supuesto
    suponer ( conjugate suponer) verbo transitivo
    1

    ◊ supongamos que lo que dice es cierto let's suppose o assume what he says is true;

    suponiendo que todo salga bien assuming everything goes OK
    b) ( imaginar):


    ¿va a venir hoy? — supongo que sí is she coming today? — I should think so o I suppose so;
    es de supuesto que se lo habrán dicho presumably o I should think he's been told;
    se supone que empieza a las nueve it's supposed to start at nine
    2 (significar, implicar) to mean;

    supuesto 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ( falso) false;


    el supuesto mendigo the supposed beggar

    c)


    dar algo por supuesto to take sth for granted
    supuesto 2 sustantivo masculino
    supposition
    suponer verbo transitivo
    1 (creer, imaginar) to suppose: supongamos que..., let's assume o suppose that...
    supongo que me llamarán, I presume they're going to phone me
    supongo que sí, I suppose so
    se supone que acaba a las seis, it's supposed to finish at six
    se supone que él es el entendido, he's supposed to be the expert
    te suponía en París, I thought you were in Paris
    2 (conllevar, significar) to mean, involve: no supone ningún riesgo, it doesn't involve any risk
    (la amistad, el aprecio) to mean ➣ Ver nota en mean
    ♦ Locuciones: ser de suponer: es de suponer que se lo han contado, presumably o I would imagine she's been told
    ser un suponer, to be conjecture
    supuesto,-a
    I adj pey (presumiendo: falsedad) ese supuesto artista, that so-called artist
    (: inocencia) alleged
    el supuesto asesino, the alleged murderer
    II m (conjetura) assumption
    en el supuesto de que, on the assumption that: en el supuesto de que te pregunten, supposing you are asked
    ♦ Locuciones: dar por supuesto, to take sthg for granted
    por supuesto, of course
    supuesto que, since, inasmuch that
    ' supuesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dar
    - supuesta
    - partir
    - presupuesto
    English:
    assumption
    - boon
    - course
    - ostensible
    - professed
    - reputed
    - so-called
    - supposed
    - would-be
    - go
    - means
    - naturally
    - so
    - sure
    - surely
    * * *
    supuesto, -a
    ♦ participio
    ver suponer
    ♦ adj
    1. [hipotético] supposed;
    [culpable, asesino] alleged;
    no se ha confirmado el supuesto ataque al corazón del presidente there has been no confirmation of the president's supposed o alleged heart attack
    2. [falso] false;
    actuó bajo un nombre supuesto he acted under a false o assumed name
    ♦ nm
    supposition, assumption;
    en el supuesto de que venga assuming (that) he comes;
    esto no es más que un supuesto this is no more than a supposition;
    en estos supuestos no es válido el principio general in these cases the general rule does not apply;
    partimos del supuesto de que todo va a salir bien we're working on the assumption that everything will turn out right;
    supuestos de cancelación grounds for cancellation
    ♦ por supuesto loc adv
    of course;
    ¿te gusta? – por supuesto do you like it? – of course;
    ¿la invitarás? – por supuesto que sí/no are you going to invite her? – of course I am/of course not;
    por supuesto que puedes venir of course you can come;
    por supuesto que si te deja de interesar, te puedes retirar of course if you lose interest, you can always back out;
    dar algo por supuesto to take sth for granted;
    doy por supuesto que te interesa I take it for granted that you're interested
    * * *
    I part → suponer
    II adj supposed, alleged;
    supuesto que (ya que) since; (en caso de que) if;
    por supuesto of course;
    dar algo por supuesto take sth as read
    III m assumption
    * * *
    supuesto, -ta adj
    1) : supposed, alleged
    2)
    por supuesto : of course, absolutely
    * * *
    1. (presunto) alleged
    2. (falso) supposed / assumed

    Spanish-English dictionary > supuesto

  • 3 imaginario

    adj.
    imaginary, fancied, imaginative, utopian.
    m.
    imaginary number, imaginary, pure imaginary number.
    * * *
    1 imaginary
    * * *
    (f. - imaginaria)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (Literat) imagery
    2) (=imaginación) imagination
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo imaginary
    * * *
    = imaginary, imagined, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, hallucinatory, make-believe, fictious, fantastic, fantastical.
    Ex. Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.
    Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
    Ex. Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.
    Ex. This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.
    Ex. No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex. Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.
    Ex. This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.
    Ex. Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.
    Ex. He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.
    Ex. Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.
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    * pasado imaginario = imaginary past.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo imaginary
    * * *
    = imaginary, imagined, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, hallucinatory, make-believe, fictious, fantastic, fantastical.

    Ex: Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.

    Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
    Ex: Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.
    Ex: This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.
    Ex: No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex: Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.
    Ex: This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.
    Ex: Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.
    Ex: He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.
    Ex: Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.
    * pasado imaginario = imaginary past.

    * * *
    imaginary
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    imaginario
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    imaginary
    imaginario,-a adjetivo imaginary
    número imaginario, imaginary number

    ' imaginario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imaginaria
    - unicornio
    English:
    imaginary
    - never-never land
    - shadow-box
    - shadow-boxing
    - fictitious
    * * *
    imaginario, -a
    ♦ adj
    imaginary
    ♦ nm
    [conjunto de imágenes] imagery;
    el imaginario colectivo the collective consciousness
    * * *
    adj imaginary
    * * *
    imaginario, - ria adj
    : imaginary
    * * *
    imaginario adj imaginary

    Spanish-English dictionary > imaginario

  • 4 trillado

    adj.
    1 hackneyed, cliché, timeworn, trite.
    2 well-trodden, footworn, beaten, threshed.
    3 common, everyday.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: trillar.
    * * *
    1→ link=trillar trillar
    1 (camino) beaten, well-trodden
    2 figurado (expresión etc) overworked, well-worn
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Agr) threshed
    2) [camino] well-trodden
    3) [tema] (=gastado) well-worn, hackneyed; (=conocido) well-known
    2. SM
    1) (=investigación) thorough investigation
    2) Caribe (=sendero) path, track
    * * *
    - da adjetivo hackneyed, trite
    * * *
    = well trodden, hackneyed, well-worn, well-tread, overused [over-used], overworked, stale, timeworn.
    Ex. Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.
    Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex. To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.
    Ex. All the contributions provide well-articulated, fresh insights, even on well-tread subjects.
    Ex. Sustainable agriculture has become a very over-used concept.
    Ex. User-friendliness is a much overworked phrase which has been interpreted in different ways by software houses.
    Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex. This is in stark contrast to the warped logic and timeworn language to which Lebanon's rulers resorted in the wake of the tragedy.
    ----
    * camino trillado = beaten road.
    * trillado, lo = tired, the, worn, the.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo hackneyed, trite
    * * *
    = well trodden, hackneyed, well-worn, well-tread, overused [over-used], overworked, stale, timeworn.

    Ex: Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.

    Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex: To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.
    Ex: All the contributions provide well-articulated, fresh insights, even on well-tread subjects.
    Ex: Sustainable agriculture has become a very over-used concept.
    Ex: User-friendliness is a much overworked phrase which has been interpreted in different ways by software houses.
    Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.
    Ex: This is in stark contrast to the warped logic and timeworn language to which Lebanon's rulers resorted in the wake of the tragedy.
    * camino trillado = beaten road.
    * trillado, lo = tired, the, worn, the.

    * * *
    hackneyed, trite
    * * *

    Del verbo trillar: ( conjugate trillar)

    trillado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    trillado    
    trillar
    trillar ( conjugate trillar) verbo transitivo
    to thresh
    trillado,-a adjetivo fig (muy conocido) trite, commonplace
    trillar verbo transitivo to thresh
    ' trillado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    trillada
    - tópico
    - visto
    English:
    derivative
    - hackneyed
    - trite
    - well
    * * *
    trillado, -a adj
    [tema] well-worn, hackneyed; [eslogan] trite, hackneyed; [camino] well-trodden;
    fuera de los caminos trillados off the beaten track
    * * *
    adj fig
    hackneyed, clichéd
    * * *
    trillado, -da adj
    : trite, hackneyed

    Spanish-English dictionary > trillado

  • 5 ficticio

    adj.
    1 fictitious, counterfeit, dummy, made-up.
    2 fictitious, pseudonymous.
    3 fictitious, unauthentic, hypocritical, inauthentic.
    4 fictional, stage.
    * * *
    1 fictitious
    * * *
    (f. - ficticia)
    adj.
    fictitious, fictional
    * * *
    ADJ [nombre, carácter] fictitious; [historia, prueba] fabricated
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo <personaje/suceso> fictitious; < valor> fiduciary
    * * *
    = dummy, illusory, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, fancied, make-believe, fictious, delusional.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.
    Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex. Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.
    Ex. This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.
    Ex. No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex. It is suggested that differences between children's spoken words and the words in school texts may be more fancied than factual.
    Ex. This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.
    Ex. Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.
    Ex. Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
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    * amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * entrada ficticia = rogue entry.
    * pasado ficticio = imaginary past.
    * resultar ser ficticio = prove + illusory.
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo <personaje/suceso> fictitious; < valor> fiduciary
    * * *
    = dummy, illusory, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, fancied, make-believe, fictious, delusional.

    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

    Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex: Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.
    Ex: This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.
    Ex: No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex: It is suggested that differences between children's spoken words and the words in school texts may be more fancied than factual.
    Ex: This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.
    Ex: Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.
    Ex: Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    * amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * entrada ficticia = rogue entry.
    * pasado ficticio = imaginary past.
    * resultar ser ficticio = prove + illusory.

    * * *
    1 ‹personaje/suceso› fictitious
    2 ‹valor› fiduciary
    * * *

    ficticio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo ‹personaje/suceso› fictitious

    ficticio,-a adjetivo fictitious

    ' ficticio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ficticia
    - real
    English:
    doe
    - fictional
    - fictitious
    - assume
    * * *
    ficticio, -a adj
    1. [imaginario] fictitious
    2. [convencional] imaginary
    * * *
    adj fictitious
    * * *
    ficticio, - cia adj
    : fictitious

    Spanish-English dictionary > ficticio

  • 6 fabuloso

    adj.
    1 fabulous, astonishing, astounding, fantastic.
    2 imaginary, utopical, unrealistic, fantastic.
    * * *
    1 (fantástico) fabulous, fantastic
    2 LITERATURA fabulous, mythical
    * * *
    (f. - fabulosa)
    adj.
    1) fabulous, terrific
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=mítico) mythical, fabulous liter; (=ficticio) fabulous liter, imaginary
    2) * (=maravilloso) fantastic, fabulous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( maravilloso) (fam) fabulous (colloq), fantastic (colloq); (Lit, Mit) mythical, fabulous (liter)
    * * *
    = stunning, terrific, tremendous, fabulous, fabled, dynamite, light fantastic, sizzling, awesome, divine, great.
    Ex. The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.
    Ex. However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.
    Ex. There has been tremendous growth in libraries since then, but, fundamentally, it has been possible to build on the foundation that nineteenth-century heroes constructed.
    Ex. The whole question of the language used in folk stories and the qualities to look for is studied at length by Elizabeth Cook in 'The Ordinary and the fabulous', a book of inexhaustible value to teachers and all those engaged in storytelling and reading aloud.
    Ex. This is one of America's most fabled summer watering holes.
    Ex. Administrators usually do not know that a central serials file is dynamite.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Networking the light fantastic. CD-ROMs on LANs'.
    Ex. He had a sizzling, electric stage presence.
    Ex. In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex. Her slinky dress was incredibly sexy, the colour was divine on her, plus the gold accessories were the perfect complement.
    Ex. Click on 'add new experience', provide as much details as you can, and let us know why you think they are so great.
    ----
    * pasárselo fabuloso = have + a good time, have + a great time, have + a whale of a time.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( maravilloso) (fam) fabulous (colloq), fantastic (colloq); (Lit, Mit) mythical, fabulous (liter)
    * * *
    = stunning, terrific, tremendous, fabulous, fabled, dynamite, light fantastic, sizzling, awesome, divine, great.

    Ex: The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.

    Ex: However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.
    Ex: There has been tremendous growth in libraries since then, but, fundamentally, it has been possible to build on the foundation that nineteenth-century heroes constructed.
    Ex: The whole question of the language used in folk stories and the qualities to look for is studied at length by Elizabeth Cook in 'The Ordinary and the fabulous', a book of inexhaustible value to teachers and all those engaged in storytelling and reading aloud.
    Ex: This is one of America's most fabled summer watering holes.
    Ex: Administrators usually do not know that a central serials file is dynamite.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Networking the light fantastic. CD-ROMs on LANs'.
    Ex: He had a sizzling, electric stage presence.
    Ex: In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex: Her slinky dress was incredibly sexy, the colour was divine on her, plus the gold accessories were the perfect complement.
    Ex: Click on 'add new experience', provide as much details as you can, and let us know why you think they are so great.
    * pasárselo fabuloso = have + a good time, have + a great time, have + a whale of a time.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (maravilloso) fabulous ( colloq), fantastic ( colloq)
    2 ( Lit, Mit) mythical, fabulous ( liter)
    héroes fabulosos mythical heroes
    * * *

    fabuloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ( maravilloso) (fam) fabulous (colloq)

    fabuloso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (de la fantasía) fabulous, fictitious
    2 fam (estupendo) fabulous, wonderful: tuvimos unas vacaciones fabulosas, we had a fantastic holiday
    II adv fam lo pasamos fabuloso, we had a great time

    ' fabuloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despeje
    - fabulosa
    - poco
    English:
    fabulous
    * * *
    fabuloso, -a adj
    1. [muy bueno] fabulous, fantastic
    2. [ficticio] mythical
    * * *
    adj fabulous, marvelous, Br
    marvellous
    * * *
    fabuloso, -sa adj
    1) : fabulous, fantastic
    2) : mythical, fabled
    * * *
    fabuloso adj fabulous / fantastic

    Spanish-English dictionary > fabuloso

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