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61 desordenado
adj.disordered, disorderly, cluttered, disorganized.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desordenar.* * *1→ link=desordenar desordenar► adjetivo1 (habitación etc) untidy, messy2 (persona) slovenly3 (ideas) confused* * *ADJ1) (=sin orden) [habitación, persona] untidy, messy; [objetos] in a mess, jumbled2) (=asocial) [vida] chaotic; [conducta] disorderly; [carácter] unmethodical; [niño] wild, unruly3) [país] chaotic* * *- da adjetivo1)a) <persona/habitación> untidy, messy (colloq)tengo la casa toda desordenada — my house is in a mess o is very untidy
b) [estar] <naipes/hojas> out of order2) < vida> disorganized3) (Chi) ( en el colegio) < niño> naughty, badly-behaved* * *= disordered, topsy-turvy, in disarray, disorderly, all over the place.Ex. Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.----* agrupamiento desordenado = clutter.* de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.* estar desordenado = be out of order.* * *- da adjetivo1)a) <persona/habitación> untidy, messy (colloq)tengo la casa toda desordenada — my house is in a mess o is very untidy
b) [estar] <naipes/hojas> out of order2) < vida> disorganized3) (Chi) ( en el colegio) < niño> naughty, badly-behaved* * *= disordered, topsy-turvy, in disarray, disorderly, all over the place.Ex: Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.
Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.* agrupamiento desordenado = clutter.* de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.* estar desordenado = be out of order.* * *desordenado -daA1 (que no guarda las cosas) untidy, messy ( colloq)2 ‹habitación› untidy, messy ( colloq)tengo la casa toda desordenada my house is in a mess o is very untidylas hojas están todas desordenadas the sheets are all out of orderB ‹vida› disorganizedC ( Chi) (revoltoso) ‹niño› naughty, badly-behaved* * *
Del verbo desordenar: ( conjugate desordenar)
desordenado es:
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Multiple Entries:
desordenado
desordenar
desordenado◊ -da adjetivo
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◊ tengo la casa toda desordenada my house is in a mess o is very untidy
2 ‹ vida› disorganized
desordenar ( conjugate desordenar) verbo transitivo ‹mesa/habitación› to make … untidy, mess up (colloq);
‹naipes/hojas› to get … out of order
desordenado,-a adj (alborotado, desarreglado) messy, untidy
(sin orden, no correlativo) out of order
(sin norma, con excesos) chaotic
desordenar verbo transitivo to make untidy, mess up
(romper una secuencia, un orden) to put out of order, to mix up
' desordenado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alborotada
- alborotado
- desordenada
- leonera
- pata
- trastornada
- trastornado
- entreverado
- revuelto
English:
disorderly
- haphazard
- mess
- messy
- order
- untidy
- straggly
- topsy-turvy
* * *desordenado, -a♦ adj1. [habitación, casa, mesa] untidy, messy;[persona] untidy, messy; [documentos, fichas] jumbled (up);lo tiene todo muy desordenado it's all in a complete mess;una secuencia de números desordenada a jumbled sequence of numbers2. [vida] disorganized;[comportamiento] disorderly♦ nm,funtidy o messy person;es una desordenada she's very untidy o messy* * *adj untidy, messy fam ; figdisorganized* * *desordenado, -da adj1) : untidy, messy2) : disorderly, unruly* * *desordenado adj1. (persona, sitio) untidy [comp. untidier; superl. untidiest] / messy [comp. messier; superl. messiest]2. (papeles, fichas, etc) out of order -
62 enseres de pesca
(n.) = fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipmentEx. The fishing tackle we use can have an unintended and negative impact on marine wildlife.Ex. Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch.Ex. No survivor at sea should be without fishing equipment but if you are, improvise fishhooks as shown in Chapter 8.Ex. Some people wrongly believe their household contents insurance will cover their angling equipment.* * *(n.) = fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipmentEx: The fishing tackle we use can have an unintended and negative impact on marine wildlife.
Ex: Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch.Ex: No survivor at sea should be without fishing equipment but if you are, improvise fishhooks as shown in Chapter 8.Ex: Some people wrongly believe their household contents insurance will cover their angling equipment. -
63 equipo de pesca
(n.) = fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipmentEx. The fishing tackle we use can have an unintended and negative impact on marine wildlife.Ex. Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch.Ex. No survivor at sea should be without fishing equipment but if you are, improvise fishhooks as shown in Chapter 8.Ex. Some people wrongly believe their household contents insurance will cover their angling equipment.* * *(n.) = fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipmentEx: The fishing tackle we use can have an unintended and negative impact on marine wildlife.
Ex: Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch.Ex: No survivor at sea should be without fishing equipment but if you are, improvise fishhooks as shown in Chapter 8.Ex: Some people wrongly believe their household contents insurance will cover their angling equipment. -
64 jarcia
f.1 rigging (Nautical).2 rope, string, cord.* * *2 (pesca) fishing tackle* * *SF1) (Náut) (tb: jarcias) rigging2) [de pesca] fishing tackle4) CAm agave5) (=montón) heap, mess* * *a) (Náut) tbb) (AmC, Méx) ( cuerda) rope* * *= rigging, fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipment.Nota: Con caña.Ex. Every sailing ship has a hull, rigging and at least one mast to hold up the sails that use the wind to power the ship.Ex. The fishing tackle we use can have an unintended and negative impact on marine wildlife.Ex. Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch.Ex. No survivor at sea should be without fishing equipment but if you are, improvise fishhooks as shown in Chapter 8.Ex. Some people wrongly believe their household contents insurance will cover their angling equipment.* * *a) (Náut) tbb) (AmC, Méx) ( cuerda) rope* * *= rigging, fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipment.Nota: Con caña.Ex: Every sailing ship has a hull, rigging and at least one mast to hold up the sails that use the wind to power the ship.
Ex: The fishing tackle we use can have an unintended and negative impact on marine wildlife.Ex: Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch.Ex: No survivor at sea should be without fishing equipment but if you are, improvise fishhooks as shown in Chapter 8.Ex: Some people wrongly believe their household contents insurance will cover their angling equipment.* * *1 ( Náut) tbjarcias rigging2 (AmC, Méx) (cuerda) rope* * *jarcia nf1. Náut rigging2. CAm, Cuba, Méx [cordel] rope* * *jarcia nf1) : rigging2) : fishing tackle -
65 manga por hombro
= topsy-turvy, in shambles, upside down, all over the placeEx. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex. He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.Ex. Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.* * *= topsy-turvy, in shambles, upside down, all over the placeEx: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
Ex: He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.Ex: Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy. -
66 patas arriba
adj.upside-down, topsy-turvy, upset.adv.upside down, tapsal-teerie, head over heels, heels over head.* * *upside down* * *= in shambles, topsy-turvy, upside down, all over the placeEx. He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex. Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.* * *= in shambles, topsy-turvy, upside down, all over the placeEx: He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'.
Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.Ex: Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down.Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy. -
67 pertrechos de pesca
(n.) = fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipmentEx. The fishing tackle we use can have an unintended and negative impact on marine wildlife.Ex. Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch.Ex. No survivor at sea should be without fishing equipment but if you are, improvise fishhooks as shown in Chapter 8.Ex. Some people wrongly believe their household contents insurance will cover their angling equipment.* * *(n.) = fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipmentEx: The fishing tackle we use can have an unintended and negative impact on marine wildlife.
Ex: Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks from becoming accidental bycatch.Ex: No survivor at sea should be without fishing equipment but if you are, improvise fishhooks as shown in Chapter 8.Ex: Some people wrongly believe their household contents insurance will cover their angling equipment. -
68 perturbador
adj.perturbing, disturbing, baffling, unsettling.m.rioter, mutineer, instigator, rebel.* * *► adjetivo1 disturbing* * *perturbador, -a1. ADJ1) [noticia] disturbing, perturbing2) [conducta] unruly, disorderly; [movimiento] subversive2.SM / F disorderly element, unruly person* * *- dora adjetivoa) ( inquietante) <síntomas/comentarios/cifras> disturbing, perturbing; < belleza> disquieting (liter)b) ( revoltoso) disruptive* * *= disturbing, stirring, unsettling, perturbing.Ex. For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.Ex. We must plan as best we can for known events while contriving to improvise when, as often happens, such stirring distractions occur unannounced.Ex. These two fondly remembered programs often presented speculative and unsettling political visions of American society.Ex. Luhmann understands emotions essentially as perturbing individual phenomena that have no place in sociology.* * *- dora adjetivoa) ( inquietante) <síntomas/comentarios/cifras> disturbing, perturbing; < belleza> disquieting (liter)b) ( revoltoso) disruptive* * *= disturbing, stirring, unsettling, perturbing.Ex: For years a most intractable and disturbing problem has been the low take-up of means-tested benefits.
Ex: We must plan as best we can for known events while contriving to improvise when, as often happens, such stirring distractions occur unannounced.Ex: These two fondly remembered programs often presented speculative and unsettling political visions of American society.Ex: Luhmann understands emotions essentially as perturbing individual phenomena that have no place in sociology.* * *1 (inquietante) ‹síntomas/comentarios/cifras› disturbing, perturbingde una perturbadora belleza of disquieting beauty ( liter)2 (revoltoso) disruptive* * *perturbador, -ora♦ adjunsettling♦ nm,ftroublemaker* * *adj disturbing* * *perturbador, - dora adj1) inquietante: disturbing, troubling2) : disruptive -
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70 fortune
fortune [fɔʀtyn]feminine nouna. ( = richesse) fortune• connaître des fortunes diverses (sujet pluriel) to enjoy varying fortunes ; (sujet singulier) to have varying luck* * *fɔʀtyn1) ( richesse) fortune2) ( chance)3) ( destinée) fortunes (pl)4)de fortune — ( improvisé) makeshift (épith)
••* * *fɔʀtyn nf1)2)de fortune (abri) — makeshift, (compagnon) chance modif
Ils ont traversé la rivière sur un radeau de fortune. — They crossed the river on a makeshift raft.
* * *fortune nf1 ( richesse) fortune; fortune personnelle/considérable personal/considerable fortune; véritable/petite fortune real/small fortune; grandes fortunes large fortunes; fortune estimée à plus de dix millions fortune estimated at more than ten million; valoir une fortune to be worth a fortune; dépenser une fortune to spend a fortune (à faire doing; pour, en on); faire fortune to make a fortune (dans in; en faisant doing); faire fortune en Amérique to make one's fortune in America; chercher fortune to seek one's fortune; une des plus grosses fortunes du Venezuela one of Venezuela's wealthiest people;2 ( chance) (bonne) fortune good fortune; avoir la (bonne) fortune de faire/d'avoir fait to have the good fortune to do/to have done; profiter de sa bonne fortune to make the most of one's good fortune; mauvaise fortune bad luck; ⇒ audacieux;3 ( destinée) fortunes (pl); fortune d'un parti/club fortunes of a party/club; avec une fortune diverse, avec des fortunes diverses with varying fortunes; fortune d'un mot/d'un film/d'un artiste fortunes of a word/of a film/of an artist;faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur to put on a brave face.[fɔrtyn] nom fémininil a eu la bonne ou l'heureuse fortune de la connaître he was fortunate enough to know heril a eu la mauvaise fortune de tomber malade he was unlucky enough ou he had the misfortune to fall ill3. (littéraire) [sort] fortune————————de fortune locution adjectivale[lit] makeshift[installation, réparation] temporary————————sans fortune locution adjectivale -
71 fortuné
fortune [fɔʀtyn]feminine nouna. ( = richesse) fortune• connaître des fortunes diverses (sujet pluriel) to enjoy varying fortunes ; (sujet singulier) to have varying luck* * *fɔʀtyn1) ( richesse) fortune2) ( chance)3) ( destinée) fortunes (pl)4)de fortune — ( improvisé) makeshift (épith)
••* * *fɔʀtyn nf1)2)de fortune (abri) — makeshift, (compagnon) chance modif
Ils ont traversé la rivière sur un radeau de fortune. — They crossed the river on a makeshift raft.
* * *fortune nf1 ( richesse) fortune; fortune personnelle/considérable personal/considerable fortune; véritable/petite fortune real/small fortune; grandes fortunes large fortunes; fortune estimée à plus de dix millions fortune estimated at more than ten million; valoir une fortune to be worth a fortune; dépenser une fortune to spend a fortune (à faire doing; pour, en on); faire fortune to make a fortune (dans in; en faisant doing); faire fortune en Amérique to make one's fortune in America; chercher fortune to seek one's fortune; une des plus grosses fortunes du Venezuela one of Venezuela's wealthiest people;2 ( chance) (bonne) fortune good fortune; avoir la (bonne) fortune de faire/d'avoir fait to have the good fortune to do/to have done; profiter de sa bonne fortune to make the most of one's good fortune; mauvaise fortune bad luck; ⇒ audacieux;3 ( destinée) fortunes (pl); fortune d'un parti/club fortunes of a party/club; avec une fortune diverse, avec des fortunes diverses with varying fortunes; fortune d'un mot/d'un film/d'un artiste fortunes of a word/of a film/of an artist;faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur to put on a brave face. -
72 импровизира
to improvise, extemporize* * *vamp (v), ad-lib (coll), improvise -
73 improvisieren
im·pro·vi·sie·ren * [ɪmproviʼzi:rən]vito improvisevtetw \improvisieren to improvise sth;ein Essen \improvisieren to make an improvised meal;eine Rede \improvisieren to give an improvised speech -
74 improvisoida
yks.nom. improvisoida; yks.gen. improvisoin; yks.part. improvisoi; yks.ill. improvisoisi; mon.gen. improvisoikoon; mon.part. improvisoinut; mon.ill. improvisoitiinextemporize (verb)improvise (verb)* * *• ad-lip• extemporize• improvise -
75 сымпровизировать
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76 fantazj|ować
impf vi 1. (marzyć, zmyślać) to fantasize- fantazjować o czymś to fantasize about sth- dość tego fantazjowania stop fantasizing- fantazjowanie moonshine GB, a pipe dream2. Muz. to improvise- fantazjować na fortepianie to improvise on the piano- utwory fantazjowane na skrzypcach improvised violin compositionsThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > fantazj|ować
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77 zaimprowiz|ować
pf vt 1. (zorganizować na poczekaniu) to improvize- zaimprowizować spotkanie/konferencję prasową to call an impromptu meeting/press conference ⇒ improwizować2. (skomponować bez przygotowania) to improvise, to extemporize [utwór muzyczny, wiersz, przemówienie] ⇒ improwizować 3. przen. (zrobić naprędce) to improvise, to knock together [stół, palenisko]; to knock up pot. [obiad]- zaimprowizowany szpital the improvized hospitalThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zaimprowiz|ować
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78 improvvisare
[improvvi'zare]1. vt(gen) to improvise, (cena, piatto) to knock up, throw together, improvise2. vr (improvvisarsi) -
79 improviso
imprōvīsus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. in-provisus], not foreseen, unforeseen, unexpected (class.):II.sapienti nihil improvisum accidere potest, nihil inopinatum, nihil omnino novum,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 37; id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69; id. de Or. 1, 22, 103:unde iste amor tam improvisus ac tam repentinus?
id. Agr. 2, 22, 60:cum tot bella subito atque improvisa nascantur,
id. Font. 15, 32:mala,
id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:improvisior pestis,
Tac. A. 2, 47:castella munita improviso adventu capta,
Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:pericula,
id. Mur. 27, 55:vis leti,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 19:species,
id. Ep. 1, 6, 11:pelagoque remenso Improvisi aderunt,
Verg. A. 2, 182:cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,
id. ib. 1, 595. —As subst.: imprōvīsum, i, n., that which is unforeseen, an emergency:dux sibi delectos retinuerat ad improvisa,
Tac. H. 5, 16.—Mostly in abl., with de, adverbially, unexpectedly, suddenly:quasi de improviso respice ad eum,
Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; cf. Trabea ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf. also Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3:de improviso,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 1; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 44; Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 1; 5, 22, 1; 5, 39, 1; 6, 3, 1 et saep. — Less freq. with ex:ex improviso filiam inveni meam,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 112.— Hence, adv., in two forms, imprōvīso (class.) and imprōvīsē (post-class.), on a sudden, unexpectedly:improviso filiam inveni (for which, shortly before: ex improviso filiam inveni),
Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 6:sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:improviso eos in castra irrupisse,
id. Div. 1, 24, 50:tantum adest boni improviso,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 44:cum mihi nihil improviso evenisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Att. 15, 1, A, 1:scalae improviso, subitusque apparuit ignis,
Verg. A. 12, 576; 8, 524: improvise necans incautos morte suprema, Tert. poët. adv. Marc. 2, 12. -
80 improvisum
imprōvīsus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. in-provisus], not foreseen, unforeseen, unexpected (class.):II.sapienti nihil improvisum accidere potest, nihil inopinatum, nihil omnino novum,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 37; id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 69; id. de Or. 1, 22, 103:unde iste amor tam improvisus ac tam repentinus?
id. Agr. 2, 22, 60:cum tot bella subito atque improvisa nascantur,
id. Font. 15, 32:mala,
id. Tusc. 3, 14, 30:improvisior pestis,
Tac. A. 2, 47:castella munita improviso adventu capta,
Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:pericula,
id. Mur. 27, 55:vis leti,
Hor. C. 2, 13, 19:species,
id. Ep. 1, 6, 11:pelagoque remenso Improvisi aderunt,
Verg. A. 2, 182:cunctisque repente Improvisus ait,
id. ib. 1, 595. —As subst.: imprōvīsum, i, n., that which is unforeseen, an emergency:dux sibi delectos retinuerat ad improvisa,
Tac. H. 5, 16.—Mostly in abl., with de, adverbially, unexpectedly, suddenly:quasi de improviso respice ad eum,
Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; cf. Trabea ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 67; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 151; cf. also Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 3:de improviso,
Ter. And. 2, 2, 23; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 40; id. Ad. 3, 3, 53; 4, 4, 1; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 44; Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 1; 5, 22, 1; 5, 39, 1; 6, 3, 1 et saep. — Less freq. with ex:ex improviso filiam inveni meam,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 112.— Hence, adv., in two forms, imprōvīso (class.) and imprōvīsē (post-class.), on a sudden, unexpectedly:improviso filiam inveni (for which, shortly before: ex improviso filiam inveni),
Plaut. Rud. 4, 5, 6:sane homini praeter opinionem improviso incidi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182:improviso eos in castra irrupisse,
id. Div. 1, 24, 50:tantum adest boni improviso,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 44:cum mihi nihil improviso evenisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4; id. Att. 15, 1, A, 1:scalae improviso, subitusque apparuit ignis,
Verg. A. 12, 576; 8, 524: improvise necans incautos morte suprema, Tert. poët. adv. Marc. 2, 12.
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