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in a state of turmoil

  • 1 estado de agitación

    • frenzy
    • seethe
    • state of turmoil

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > estado de agitación

  • 2 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    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. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    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. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    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: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    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: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

    ‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
    ‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
    ‹ información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 3 agitado

    adj.
    1 agitated, unquiet, excited, rough-and-tumble.
    2 agitated, rough, choppy, surging.
    Troubled waters.. Aguas agitadas.
    3 bumpy.
    4 hectic, busy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: agitar.
    * * *
    1→ link=agitar agitar
    1 (movido) agitated, shaken; (mar) rough, choppy
    2 (ansioso) anxious
    3 (ajetreado) hectic
    * * *
    (f. - agitada)
    adj.
    agitated, excited
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [mar] rough, choppy; [aire] turbulent; [vuelo] bumpy
    2) (fig) (=trastornado) agitated, upset; (=emocionado) excited; [vida] hectic
    2.
    SM stirring, mixing
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < mar> rough, choppy
    b) <día/vida> hectic, busy
    c) (Pol)
    d) < persona> worked up, agitated
    * * *
    = hectic, turbulent, restless, in a state of turmoil, choppy [choppier -comp., chopiest -sup.], twitchy [twitchier -comp., twitchiest -sup.].
    Ex. The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.
    Ex. The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. So far, Internet retailers have not been able to take the bread out of the mouths of the terrestrial booksellers, as had been feared, but the trading waters remain choppy.
    Ex. The day before she wouldn't eat or speak and she was twitchy since she didn't know what the future would hold.
    ----
    * mar agitada = heavy sea.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < mar> rough, choppy
    b) <día/vida> hectic, busy
    c) (Pol)
    d) < persona> worked up, agitated
    * * *
    = hectic, turbulent, restless, in a state of turmoil, choppy [choppier -comp., chopiest -sup.], twitchy [twitchier -comp., twitchiest -sup.].

    Ex: The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.

    Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: So far, Internet retailers have not been able to take the bread out of the mouths of the terrestrial booksellers, as had been feared, but the trading waters remain choppy.
    Ex: The day before she wouldn't eat or speak and she was twitchy since she didn't know what the future would hold.
    * mar agitada = heavy sea.

    * * *
    agitado -da
    1 ‹mar› rough, choppy
    2 ‹día/vida› hectic, busy
    3 ( Pol):
    una época agitada a period of unrest
    4 ‹persona› worked up o agitated
    * * *

    Del verbo agitar: ( conjugate agitar)

    agitado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    agitado    
    agitar
    agitado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹ mar› rough, choppy

    b) ‹día/vida› hectic, busy

    c) ‹ persona› worked up, agitated

    agitar ( conjugate agitar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹líquido/botella› to shake

    b) ‹brazo/pañuelo› to wave;

    ‹ alas› to flap
    agitarse verbo pronominal

    [ barca] to toss;
    [ toldo] to flap

    agitado,-a adjetivo
    1 agitated
    (el mar, un río) rough
    2 (nervioso) anxious
    ♦ Locuciones: llevar una vida muy agitada, to lead a very hectic life
    agitar verbo transitivo
    1 (el contenido de un envase) to shake
    2 (alterar a una multitud) to agitate, stir up
    ' agitado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accidentada
    - accidentado
    - agitada
    - impaciente
    - inquieta
    - inquieto
    - intranquilo
    - movido
    - nervioso
    English:
    bumpy
    - hectic
    - restless
    - troubled
    - disturbed
    - excited
    - rough
    - unsettled
    * * *
    agitado, -a adj
    1. [persona] worked up, excited
    2. [mar] rough, choppy
    * * *
    adj
    1 mar rough, choppy
    2 día hectic
    * * *
    agitado, -da adj
    1) : agitated, excited
    2) : choppy, rough, turbulent
    * * *
    agitado adj
    1. (día, etc) hectic / busy [comp. busier; superl. busiest]
    2. (mar) rough

    Spanish-English dictionary > agitado

  • 4 agitación

    f.
    1 agitation, fuss, excitement, fluster.
    2 agitation, troublemaking, rebellion, insubordination.
    * * *
    1 agitation
    2 figurado excitement, restlessness
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de mano] waving, flapping; [de bebida] shaking, stirring; [de mar] roughness
    2) (Pol) agitation; (=bullicio) bustle, stir; (=intranquilidad) nervousness; (=emoción) excitement
    * * *
    a) (Pol) agitation
    b) ( nerviosismo) agitation
    c) (de calle, ciudad) bustle
    * * *
    = upheaval, agitation, turmoil, stir, shaking, convulsion, spin, restlessness.
    Ex. Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.
    Ex. Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.
    Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
    Ex. With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.
    Ex. The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.
    Ex. Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.
    ----
    * agitación política = political turmoil, political upheaval.
    * agitación social = social upheaval.
    * * *
    a) (Pol) agitation
    b) ( nerviosismo) agitation
    c) (de calle, ciudad) bustle
    * * *
    = upheaval, agitation, turmoil, stir, shaking, convulsion, spin, restlessness.

    Ex: Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.

    Ex: Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.
    Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
    Ex: With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.
    Ex: The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.
    Ex: Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.
    * agitación política = political turmoil, political upheaval.
    * agitación social = social upheaval.

    * * *
    1 ( Pol) agitation
    preocupados por la agitación reinante worried by the prevailing state of unrest
    2 (nerviosismo) agitation
    3 (de una calle, ciudad) bustle
    * * *

    agitación sustantivo femenino

    b) (de calle, ciudad) bustle

    agitación f (nerviosismo) restlessness
    (descontento social) unrest
    ' agitación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alborotar
    - convulsión
    - polvareda
    - torbellino
    - alboroto
    - alteración
    - conmoción
    - ebullición
    - movimiento
    English:
    agitation
    - excitement
    - ferment
    - flurry
    - upheaval
    * * *
    1. [intranquilidad] restlessness, agitation;
    respondió con agitación she answered agitatedly;
    el café le provoca agitación coffee makes him nervous
    2. [jaleo] racket, commotion
    3. [conflicto] unrest;
    la agitación estudiantil ha crecido there has been an increase in student unrest
    4. [del mar] choppiness
    * * *
    f POL unrest
    * * *
    agitación nf, pl - ciones
    1) : agitation
    2) nerviosismo: nervousness

    Spanish-English dictionary > agitación

  • 5 confusión

    f.
    1 confusion, mix-up, disorder, confusedness.
    2 perplexity, bafflement, confusion, confusedness.
    3 commotion, riot, clutter, hassle.
    4 scene of confusion, shambles.
    * * *
    1 (desorden) confusion, chaos
    2 (equivocación) mistake, confusion
    3 (turbación) confusion, embarrassment
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=equivocación) confusion

    ha habido una confusión en los nombres — there was a mix-up with the names, there was some confusion with the names

    esta carta no es para mí, debe de tratarse de una confusión — this letter is not for me, there must be some mistake

    • por confusión — by mistake

    2) (=desconcierto) confusion
    3) (=turbación)
    * * *
    a) (desorden, caos) confusion
    b) ( perplejidad) confusion
    c) ( turbación) embarrassment
    d) ( equivocación) confusion
    * * *
    = confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.
    Ex. Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.
    Ex. In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.
    Ex. You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.
    Ex. SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.
    Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.
    Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.
    Ex. The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.
    Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
    Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex. Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.
    Ex. A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.
    Ex. The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.
    Ex. Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.
    Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.
    Ex. We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.
    Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.
    Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex. The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.
    ----
    * aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.
    * confusión económica = economic turmoil.
    * confusión histórica = historical confusion.
    * de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.
    * estado de confusión = state of confusion.
    * llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.
    * que induce a confusión = confounding.
    * * *
    a) (desorden, caos) confusion
    b) ( perplejidad) confusion
    c) ( turbación) embarrassment
    d) ( equivocación) confusion
    * * *
    = confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.

    Ex: Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.

    Ex: In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.
    Ex: You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.
    Ex: SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.
    Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.
    Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.
    Ex: The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.
    Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
    Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex: Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.
    Ex: A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.
    Ex: The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.
    Ex: Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.
    Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.
    Ex: We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.
    Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.
    Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex: The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.
    * aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.
    * confusión económica = economic turmoil.
    * confusión histórica = historical confusion.
    * de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.
    * estado de confusión = state of confusion.
    * llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.
    * que induce a confusión = confounding.

    * * *
    1 (perplejidad) confusion
    para mayor confusión se llaman igual to add to the confusion o to confuse things even more o to make things even more confusing, they have the same name
    2 (desorden, caos) confusion
    3 (turbación) embarrassment
    su inesperada declaración de amor la llenó de confusión his unexpected declaration of love filled her with embarrassment o confusion o threw her into confusion
    tanta amabilidad me produjo una gran confusión I was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness
    4 (equivocación) confusion
    lamentamos la confusión que hubo con la factura we regret the confusion over the invoice
    sus comentarios se prestan a confusión his comments are open to misinterpretation
    para que no haya más confusiones to avoid any further confusion o any more mix-ups
    * * *

     

    confusión sustantivo femenino



    confusión sustantivo femenino
    1 (desorden) confusion
    2 (error) mistake
    ' confusión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aturdimiento
    - barullo
    - belén
    - desbarajuste
    - desconcierto
    - desorientación
    - embrollo
    - folclore
    - follón
    - obnubilar
    - ofuscación
    - para
    - prestarse
    - torre
    - turbación
    - aquél
    - armar
    - bochinche
    - convulsionar
    - desorden
    - ése
    - éste
    - grado
    - jaleo
    - lío
    - mareo
    - medio
    - sólo
    - turbar
    English:
    brainstorm
    - confusion
    - disarray
    - foul up
    - haziness
    - mess
    - misunderstanding
    - mix-up
    - quagmire
    - rush
    - scramble
    - shambles
    - start
    - turmoil
    - welter
    - add
    - disorder
    - havoc
    - mix
    - straighten
    * * *
    1. [desorden, lío] confusion;
    la confusión aumentó con la llegada del cantante the singer's arrival added to the confusion;
    los ladrones actuaron aprovechando la confusión the thieves took advantage of the confusion;
    hubo una gran confusión there was great confusion;
    existe cierta confusión acerca de lo que realmente quiso decir there is some confusion as to what he really meant
    2. [desconcierto]
    la noticia me llenó de confusión I was disconcerted by the news
    3. [error] mix-up;
    ha habido una confusión there has been a bit of a mix-up;
    esa frase puede llevar a confusión that phrase could lead to confusion o be misinterpreted
    * * *
    f confusion
    * * *
    confusión nf, pl - siones : confusion
    * * *
    1. (falta de claridad) confusion
    2. (equivocación) mistake

    Spanish-English dictionary > confusión

  • 6 ebullición

    f.
    boiling, effervescence, ebulliency, ebullience.
    * * *
    1 (hervor) boil, boiling
    2 figurado (agitación) excitement, turmoil, ebullience
    \
    entrar en ebullición to come to the boil
    estar en ebullición figurado to be in turmoil
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de líquidos] boiling

    entrar en ebullición — to begin to boil, come to the boil

    2) (fig) (=movimiento) movement, activity; (=estado cambiante) state of flux; (=alboroto) turmoil; (=emoción) ferment
    * * *
    a) (Coc, Fís)
    b) ( agitación) turmoil
    * * *
    ----
    * alcanzar el punto de ebullición = reach + boiling point.
    * punto de ebullición = boiling point.
    * * *
    a) (Coc, Fís)
    b) ( agitación) turmoil
    * * *
    * alcanzar el punto de ebullición = reach + boiling point.
    * punto de ebullición = boiling point.
    * * *
    1 ( Coc, Fís):
    cuando entre en ebullición when it begins to boil, when it comes to the boil
    punto de ebullición boiling point
    2 (agitación) turmoil
    la nación estaba en ebullición the nation was in turmoil o ferment
    * * *

    ebullición sustantivo femenino
    a) (Coc, Fís):


    punto de ebullición boiling point

    ebullición sustantivo femenino boiling
    punto de ebullición, boiling point
    ' ebullición' also found in these entries:
    English:
    boil
    - boiling point
    - ferment
    - point
    - boiling
    * * *
    1. [de líquido]
    en ebullición boiling;
    entrar en ebullición to come to the boil, to begin to boil;
    punto de ebullición boiling point
    2. [agitación] ferment, turmoil;
    se viven días de gran ebullición política these are days of great political turmoil;
    en ebullición [en apogeo] at its height;
    [en agitación] in turmoil;
    la revolución industrial estaba entonces en plena ebullición the Industrial Revolution was then in full ferment
    * * *
    f
    :
    punto de ebullición boiling point
    * * *
    ebullición nf, pl - ciones : boiling
    * * *
    ebullición n boiling

    Spanish-English dictionary > ebullición

  • 7 el mejor momento de todos

    Ex. Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    * * *

    Ex: Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el mejor momento de todos

  • 8 enterrar el hacha de guerra

    * * *
    (v.) = bury + the hatchet, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe
    Ex. Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.
    Ex. Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    Ex. Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.
    * * *
    (v.) = bury + the hatchet, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe

    Ex: Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.

    Ex: Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    Ex: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enterrar el hacha de guerra

  • 9 hacer las paces

    to make up
    * * *
    (v.) = heal + the breach, heal + the rift, bury + the hatchet, make + (the) peace, smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe
    Ex. There is no doubt that since DCD and BNB healed the breach the LC scheme has gained in popularity.
    Ex. His initiatives helped heal the rift between authors and librarians.
    Ex. Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.
    Ex. They used these relics to compel Flemish knights to cease feuding & make peace with their enemies, exploiting the fear of the miraculous powers of saints.
    Ex. If the Americans and the Russians can smoke the peace pipe, so can the Indians and the Pakistanis; however, it has to be done on the basis of dignity and mutual respect.
    Ex. There he and his braves met with white settlers to smoke the pipe of peace and settle their differences.
    Ex. Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    Ex. Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.
    * * *
    (v.) = heal + the breach, heal + the rift, bury + the hatchet, make + (the) peace, smoke + the peace pipe, smoke + the pipe of peace, bury + the tomahawk, bury + the war axe

    Ex: There is no doubt that since DCD and BNB healed the breach the LC scheme has gained in popularity.

    Ex: His initiatives helped heal the rift between authors and librarians.
    Ex: Idioms such as ' bury the hatchet' were presented to 48 college students in sentential contexts that either biased the subject toward a literal or a figurative interpretation or left the interpretation ambiguous.
    Ex: They used these relics to compel Flemish knights to cease feuding & make peace with their enemies, exploiting the fear of the miraculous powers of saints.
    Ex: If the Americans and the Russians can smoke the peace pipe, so can the Indians and the Pakistanis; however, it has to be done on the basis of dignity and mutual respect.
    Ex: There he and his braves met with white settlers to smoke the pipe of peace and settle their differences.
    Ex: Now is the time of all times to bury the tomahawk, throw aside all differences and unite in one great purpose of saving the State from further turmoil.
    Ex: Long ago when tribes exchanged gifts and agreed to wash the spears or bury the war axe things were not as complex as they became later on.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer las paces

  • 10 efervescencia

    f.
    1 effervescence.
    2 unrest.
    estar en plena efervescencia to be buzzing o humming with activity
    * * *
    1 (gen) effervescence
    2 (de bebida) fizziness
    3 figurado (excitación) high spirits plural; (agitación) turmoil
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de líquidos] fizziness

    entrar o estar en efervescencia — to effervesce

    2) (=alboroto) commotion; (=ánimo) high spirits pl
    * * *
    a) ( de líquido) effervescence
    c) ( vivacidad) vivacity; ( excitación) high spirits (pl)
    * * *
    = vibrance, vibrancy.
    Ex. Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.
    Ex. The success of the national library is related to the vibrancy of local and national publishing.
    * * *
    a) ( de líquido) effervescence
    c) ( vivacidad) vivacity; ( excitación) high spirits (pl)
    * * *
    = vibrance, vibrancy.

    Ex: Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.

    Ex: The success of the national library is related to the vibrancy of local and national publishing.

    * * *
    1 (de un líquido) effervescence
    2
    (agitación): la efervescencia política de la región the political volatility of the area, the political turmoil in the area
    3 (vivacidad) vivacity; (excitación) high spirits (pl)
    la efervescencia de los jóvenes youthful high spirits
    * * *
    1. [de líquido] effervescence;
    [de bebida] fizziness
    2. [agitación, inquietud] unrest;
    estar en plena efervescencia to be buzzing o humming with activity;
    el país está en plena efervescencia política the country is in a state of political ferment
    * * *
    f effervescence
    * * *
    1) : effervescence
    2) : vivacity, high spirits pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > efervescencia

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