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in+spite+of

  • 81 escaparse de los beneficios de Internet

    (v.) = fall through + the net
    Ex. In the US, in spite of efforts to extend Internet access to a broad population, some segments of the population are ' falling through the net,' to their economic peril = En los Estados Unidos, a pesar de los esfuerzos por extender el acceso a Internet a la población en general, algunos sectores " se escapan de los beneficios de Internet", con el riesgo económico que esto implica.
    * * *
    (v.) = fall through + the net

    Ex: In the US, in spite of efforts to extend Internet access to a broad population, some segments of the population are ' falling through the net,' to their economic peril = En los Estados Unidos, a pesar de los esfuerzos por extender el acceso a Internet a la población en general, algunos sectores " se escapan de los beneficios de Internet", con el riesgo económico que esto implica.

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaparse de los beneficios de Internet

  • 82 establecer una colaboración

    (v.) = forge + collaboration
    Ex. In spite of bureaucratic boundaries, seemingly conflicting interests, and threats to professional and organizational identities, I believe that effective collaborations can be forged = A pesar de las barreras burocráticas, los intereses aparentemente contradictorios y del riesgo de perder la identidad profesional e institucional, pienso que se pueden establecer colaboraciones fructíferas.
    * * *
    (v.) = forge + collaboration

    Ex: In spite of bureaucratic boundaries, seemingly conflicting interests, and threats to professional and organizational identities, I believe that effective collaborations can be forged = A pesar de las barreras burocráticas, los intereses aparentemente contradictorios y del riesgo de perder la identidad profesional e institucional, pienso que se pueden establecer colaboraciones fructíferas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > establecer una colaboración

  • 83 excentricidad

    f.
    eccentricity.
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    1 eccentricity
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    femenino eccentricity
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    = oddity, quirk, geekiness, eccentricity, eccentricity.
    Ex. A brief description of the catalogue and some of its oddities and idiosyncrasies is given.
    Ex. Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.
    Ex. We will evaluate proposals on criteria of usefulness, newness, geekiness, and diversity of topics.
    Ex. This animation shows elliptical orbits with different eccentricities.
    Ex. In spite of his growing eccentricity, fruitful ideas continued to spring from his imagination.
    * * *
    femenino eccentricity
    * * *
    = oddity, quirk, geekiness, eccentricity, eccentricity.

    Ex: A brief description of the catalogue and some of its oddities and idiosyncrasies is given.

    Ex: Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.
    Ex: We will evaluate proposals on criteria of usefulness, newness, geekiness, and diversity of topics.
    Ex: This animation shows elliptical orbits with different eccentricities.
    Ex: In spite of his growing eccentricity, fruitful ideas continued to spring from his imagination.

    * * *
    1 (extravagancia) eccentricity
    2 ( Mat, Tec) eccentricity
    * * *

    excentricidad sustantivo femenino eccentricity
    ' excentricidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    eccentricity
    - oddity
    * * *
    1. [extravagancia] eccentricity
    2. Geom eccentricity
    * * *
    f eccentricity
    * * *
    : eccentricity

    Spanish-English dictionary > excentricidad

  • 84 expediente académico

    school record
    * * *
    (n.) = academic record, transcripts
    Ex. Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, and Adolph Hitler to name but three, were remarkably successful as leaders in spite of less than outstanding academic records.
    Ex. Degree verification and official transcripts provided when requested by employers and others authorized by the graduate.
    * * *
    (n.) = academic record, transcripts

    Ex: Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, and Adolph Hitler to name but three, were remarkably successful as leaders in spite of less than outstanding academic records.

    Ex: Degree verification and official transcripts provided when requested by employers and others authorized by the graduate.

    * * *
    student record

    Spanish-English dictionary > expediente académico

  • 85 extravagancia

    f.
    1 eccentricity.
    2 extravagance, eccentricity, oddity, oddness.
    3 extravagant act, quirk, eccentricity, extravaganza.
    * * *
    1 extravagance, eccentricity
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cualidad) [de persona, aspecto, ropa] extravagance, outlandishness
    2) (=capricho) whim
    * * *
    femenino ( acto) outrageous thing (to do); ( cualidad) extravagance

    su extravagancia en el vestir — the outlandish o extravagant way he dresses

    * * *
    = flamboyance, extravagance, quirk, outrageousness, exoticism, whimsy, waywardness, geekiness, eccentricity, whim, peculiarity.
    Ex. The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.
    Ex. Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex. Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.
    Ex. However, it is ironic that the author's first venture into the world of children's books is a disappointment because it does not have the puerile outrageousness of her 'adult' work.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Diplomatics for photographic images: academic exoticism?'.
    Ex. Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
    Ex. Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
    Ex. We will evaluate proposals on criteria of usefulness, newness, geekiness, and diversity of topics.
    Ex. In spite of his growing eccentricity, fruitful ideas continued to spring from his imagination.
    Ex. If terms are drawn from a controlled vocabulary, the selection of index headings no longer depends entirely upon the whim of the author in framing a title.
    Ex. For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.
    ----
    * extravagancia típica de los hippies = hippiedom.
    * * *
    femenino ( acto) outrageous thing (to do); ( cualidad) extravagance

    su extravagancia en el vestir — the outlandish o extravagant way he dresses

    * * *
    = flamboyance, extravagance, quirk, outrageousness, exoticism, whimsy, waywardness, geekiness, eccentricity, whim, peculiarity.

    Ex: The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.

    Ex: Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex: Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.
    Ex: However, it is ironic that the author's first venture into the world of children's books is a disappointment because it does not have the puerile outrageousness of her 'adult' work.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Diplomatics for photographic images: academic exoticism?'.
    Ex: Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
    Ex: Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
    Ex: We will evaluate proposals on criteria of usefulness, newness, geekiness, and diversity of topics.
    Ex: In spite of his growing eccentricity, fruitful ideas continued to spring from his imagination.
    Ex: If terms are drawn from a controlled vocabulary, the selection of index headings no longer depends entirely upon the whim of the author in framing a title.
    Ex: For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.
    * extravagancia típica de los hippies = hippiedom.

    * * *
    1 (acto) outrageous thing (to do)
    se puede esperar cualquier extravagancia de él he's capable of doing some outrageous o very strange things
    2 (cualidad) extravagance
    su extravagancia en el vestir the outlandish o extravagant o outrageous way he dresses
    * * *

    extravagancia sustantivo femenino ( acto) outrageous thing (to do);
    ( cualidad) extravagance
    extravagancia sustantivo femenino extravagance
    ' extravagancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chifladura
    - decir
    - humorada
    English:
    extravagance
    * * *
    1. [excentricidad] eccentricity
    2. [rareza] outlandishness
    * * *
    f eccentric behavior o Br
    behaviour;
    una de sus extravagancias one of his eccentricities
    * * *
    : extravagance, outlandishness, flamboyance

    Spanish-English dictionary > extravagancia

  • 86 gustosamente

    adv.
    tastefully, gladly, acceptably.
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    1 with pleasure, gladly, willingly
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    ADV gladly, willingly

    accedí gustosamente a su petición — I gladly o willingly agreed to their request

    se sometió gustosamente a las preguntas de los periodistas — she gladly o willingly answered the journalists' questions

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    adverbio gladly

    acepto gustosamente su invitación — (frml) I am delighted to accept your kind invitation (frml)

    * * *
    = happily, willingly, gladly.
    Ex. In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who oblige happily when asked to undertake tasks.
    Ex. Fee-for-service programmes can target non-traditional market segments such as pharmaceutical companies, lawyers, and manufacturing firms who regularly need and willingly pay a premium price for perishable medical information.
    Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.
    * * *
    adverbio gladly

    acepto gustosamente su invitación — (frml) I am delighted to accept your kind invitation (frml)

    * * *
    = happily, willingly, gladly.

    Ex: In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who oblige happily when asked to undertake tasks.

    Ex: Fee-for-service programmes can target non-traditional market segments such as pharmaceutical companies, lawyers, and manufacturing firms who regularly need and willingly pay a premium price for perishable medical information.
    Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

    * * *
    gladly
    aceptó gustosamente ir a la fiesta he gladly accepted o he was happy to accept the invitation to the party
    acepto gustosamente su invitación ( frml); I am delighted o it gives me great pleasure to accept your kind invitation ( frml)
    * * *

    gustosamente adverbio with pleasure
    * * *
    [con placer] gladly;
    lo haré gustosamente I will do it gladly;
    gustosamente te acompañaría, pero no voy a poder I'd be more than happy to go with you, but I won't be able to;
    accedió gustosamente a enseñarles la casa he willingly agreed to show them around the house
    * * *
    : gladly

    Spanish-English dictionary > gustosamente

  • 87 hablar maravillas de

    (v.) = praise
    Ex. In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
    * * *
    (v.) = praise

    Ex: In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablar maravillas de

  • 88 humilde

    adj.
    humble.
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    1 humble, modest
    \
    de humilde cuna of humble birth
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    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=no orgulloso) [carácter, opinión, comida] humble; [voz] small
    2) (=pobre) [clase, vivienda] low, modest; [origen] lowly, humble
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <carácter/tono> meek; <vivienda/ropa> humble, lowly
    II
    masculino y femenino

    los humildes — the meek, the humble

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    = humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.], lowly [lowlier -comp., lowliest -sup.], self-deprecating.
    Ex. In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.
    Ex. His is the lowly task of finding out what books exist.
    Ex. He reinforces the self-deprecating and cliched concept that in order to be a writer, 'one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work'.
    ----
    * de origen humilde = of low descent.
    * ser humilde = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <carácter/tono> meek; <vivienda/ropa> humble, lowly
    II
    masculino y femenino

    los humildes — the meek, the humble

    * * *
    = humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.], lowly [lowlier -comp., lowliest -sup.], self-deprecating.

    Ex: In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.

    Ex: His is the lowly task of finding out what books exist.
    Ex: He reinforces the self-deprecating and cliched concept that in order to be a writer, 'one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work'.
    * de origen humilde = of low descent.
    * ser humilde = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

    * * *
    1 (sumiso) humble, meek
    dijo en tono humilde she said humbly
    en mi humilde opinión in my humble opinion
    2 ‹persona/vivienda› (pobre, modesto) humble, lowly
    son de origen humilde they are of humble o lowly origins
    los humildes the meek, the humble
    * * *

     

    humilde adjetivo ‹carácter/tono› meek;
    ‹vivienda/ropa› humble, lowly
    humilde adjetivo
    1 (de carácter) humble, modest: ¡no seas tan humilde!, don't be so modest!
    2 (de condición social) humble
    ' humilde' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    condición
    - nacida
    - nacido
    - popular
    - seno
    - terrera
    - terrero
    - ascendencia
    - extracción
    - modesto
    - origen
    English:
    birth
    - humble
    - mean
    - small
    - lowly
    * * *
    humilde adj
    1. [actitud, comportamiento] humble
    2. [pobre] humble;
    bienvenido a mi humilde morada welcome to my humble abode
    * * *
    adj
    1 humble; ( sin orgullo) modest
    2 clase social lowly
    * * *
    humilde adj
    1) : humble
    2) : lowly
    gente humilde: poor people
    * * *
    humilde adj humble

    Spanish-English dictionary > humilde

  • 89 ideal democrático

    Ex. In the Balkans the transition to democracy has proven to be difficult in spite of democratic ideals expressed in peace agreements.
    * * *

    Ex: In the Balkans the transition to democracy has proven to be difficult in spite of democratic ideals expressed in peace agreements.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ideal democrático

  • 90 inherente

    adj.
    inherent.
    ser inherente a to be inherent in o to, to be an inherent part of
    * * *
    1 inherent (a, in)
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ inherent (a in)
    * * *
    * * *
    = built-in, in-built, inherent, built-in.
    Ex. To use the 'default' or built-in command settings, simply press RETURN.
    Ex. A citation index seeks to exploit these in-built links between documents and facilitate the identification of networks of cited, and thus associated documents.
    Ex. In spite of its inherent conservatism, the BM code favours direct entry.
    Ex. However, large systems with many users have an element of built-in inertia, and are likely to be more stable.
    ----
    * problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.
    * ser inherente a = inhere in.
    * * *
    * * *
    = built-in, in-built, inherent, built-in.

    Ex: To use the 'default' or built-in command settings, simply press RETURN.

    Ex: A citation index seeks to exploit these in-built links between documents and facilitate the identification of networks of cited, and thus associated documents.
    Ex: In spite of its inherent conservatism, the BM code favours direct entry.
    Ex: However, large systems with many users have an element of built-in inertia, and are likely to be more stable.
    * problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.
    * ser inherente a = inhere in.

    * * *
    inherente A algo inherent IN sth
    los problemas inherentes a este sistema the problems inherent in this system
    el concepto de libertad es inherente al de democracia the concept of freedom is inherent to o inherent in that of democracy
    las funciones inherentes al cargo the duties attached to o which go with the job
    * * *

    inherente adjetivo inherent [a, in]
    ' inherente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    natural
    English:
    inherent
    * * *
    inherent;
    ser inherente a to be inherent in o to, to be an inherent part of;
    un problema inherente a la infraestructura del país a problem inherent to the country's infrastructure;
    * * *
    adj inherent
    * * *
    : inherent

    Spanish-English dictionary > inherente

  • 91 intolerante

    adj.
    intolerant.
    f. & m.
    intolerant person.
    * * *
    1 intolerant
    1 intolerant person
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo intolerant
    * * *
    = narrow-minded, intolerant, illiberal, bigot.
    Ex. Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.
    Ex. The main clauses of the section are doctrinaire and intolerant and have no place in modern society.
    Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex. It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    * * *
    adjetivo intolerant
    * * *
    = narrow-minded, intolerant, illiberal, bigot.

    Ex: Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.

    Ex: The main clauses of the section are doctrinaire and intolerant and have no place in modern society.
    Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex: It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.

    * * *
    intolerant
    * * *

    intolerante adjetivo
    intolerant
    intolerante
    I adjetivo intolerant
    II mf intolerant person
    ' intolerante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bigot
    - bigoted
    - intolerant
    - intransigent
    - narrow-minded
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    intolerant
    ♦ nmf
    intolerant person;
    es un intolerante he's very intolerant
    * * *
    adj intolerant
    * * *
    : intolerant
    : intolerant person, bigot
    * * *
    intolerante adj prejudiced

    Spanish-English dictionary > intolerante

  • 92 intransigente

    adj.
    intransigent.
    f. & m.
    intransigent, intransigent person.
    * * *
    1 intransigent
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [gen] intransigent; (=que no cede) unyielding; (=fanático) diehard
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo intransigent
    * * *
    = uncompromising, intolerant, intransigent, uncompromised, illiberal, bigot.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. The main clauses of the section are doctrinaire and intolerant and have no place in modern society.
    Ex. There will always be a depressingly high percentage of intransigent parents and arrogant professionals.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex. It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adoptar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * ser intransigente = play + hardball.
    * tomar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * * *
    adjetivo intransigent
    * * *
    = uncompromising, intolerant, intransigent, uncompromised, illiberal, bigot.

    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

    Ex: The main clauses of the section are doctrinaire and intolerant and have no place in modern society.
    Ex: There will always be a depressingly high percentage of intransigent parents and arrogant professionals.
    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex: It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adoptar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.
    * ser intransigente = play + hardball.
    * tomar una postura intransigente = take + a hard stand.

    * * *
    intransigent
    la actitud intransigente del gobierno the government's unyielding o intransigent attitude
    * * *

    intransigente adjetivo
    intransigent
    intransigente adjetivo intransigent, uncompromising, inflexible: no creo que te perdone, es muy intransigente con esas cosas, I don't think he'll forgive you, he's so inflexible in these matters
    ' intransigente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerrada
    - cerrado
    - cerrarse
    - dura
    - duro
    - posición
    English:
    heel
    - intransigent
    - uncompromising
    - diehard
    - soften
    * * *
    intransigent
    * * *
    adj intransigent
    * * *
    : intransigent, unyielding

    Spanish-English dictionary > intransigente

  • 93 intrínseco

    adj.
    1 intrinsic, natural-born, inward, from within.
    2 intrinsic, internal.
    * * *
    1 intrinsic
    * * *
    ADJ intrinsic, inherent
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo intrinsic

    intrínseco A algo — intrinsic o inherent to something

    * * *
    = inherent, intrinsic.
    Nota: Característico del objeto en sí, sin relacionarlo con otros.
    Ex. In spite of its inherent conservatism, the BM code favours direct entry.
    Ex. A category is a grouping of phenomena defined by their intrinsic nature, not by the role they play in a particular subject field.
    ----
    * intrínseca = in-built.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo intrinsic

    intrínseco A algo — intrinsic o inherent to something

    * * *
    = inherent, intrinsic.
    Nota: Característico del objeto en sí, sin relacionarlo con otros.

    Ex: In spite of its inherent conservatism, the BM code favours direct entry.

    Ex: A category is a grouping of phenomena defined by their intrinsic nature, not by the role they play in a particular subject field.
    * intrínseca = in-built.

    * * *
    intrinsic intrínseco A algo intrinsic o inherent TO sth
    * * *

    intrínseco,-a adjetivo intrinsic
    ' intrínseco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intrínseca
    English:
    built-in
    - intrinsic
    - fundamental
    * * *
    intrínseco, -a adj
    intrinsic (a to)
    * * *
    adj intrinsic
    * * *
    intrínseco, -ca adj
    : intrinsic

    Spanish-English dictionary > intrínseco

  • 94 jefe

    adj.
    chief, top.
    m.
    1 boss, principal, chief, manager.
    2 chief, chieftain, leader, ringleader.
    3 boss, woman in charge, headwoman, top woman.
    4 boss.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 boss, head, chief
    2 COMERCIO (hombre) manager; (mujer) manageress
    3 PLÍTICA leader
    4 MILITAR officer in command
    ► interjección ¡jefe!
    1 familiar waiter!
    1 familiar the old lady, the wife
    \
    jefe de estación station master
    jefe de Estado Head of State
    jefe de Estado Mayor Chief of Staff
    jefe de redacción editor in chief
    jefe de ventas sales manager
    jefe supremo commander-in-chief
    * * *
    (f. - jefa)
    noun
    1) boss
    2) head
    * * *
    jefe, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=superior) boss; (=director) head; (Pol) leader; (Com) manager; (Mil) officer in command; [de tribu] chief

    ¿quién es el jefe aquí? — who's in charge around here?

    jefe/a civil — Caribe registrar

    jefe/a de almacén — warehouse manager/manageress

    jefe/a de bomberos — fire chief, chief fire officer

    jefe/a de cabina — (Aer) chief steward/stewardess

    jefe/a de camareros — head waiter/waitress

    jefe/a de cocina — head chef

    jefe/a de equipo — team leader

    jefe/a de estación — station master, station manager

    jefe/a de estado — head of state

    jefe/a de estado mayor — chief of staff

    jefe/a de estudios — (Escol) director of studies

    jefe/a de filas — (Pol) party leader

    jefe/a de máquinas — (Náut) chief engineer

    jefe/a de márketing — marketing manager

    jefe/a de obras — site manager

    jefe/a de oficina — office manager/manageress

    jefe/a de personal — personnel manager

    jefe/a de pista — ringmaster

    jefe/a de plató — (Cine, TV) floor manager

    jefe/a de producción — production manager

    jefe/a de protocolo — chief of protocol

    jefe/a de realización — (Cine, TV) production manager

    jefe/a de redacción — editor-in-chief

    jefe/a de sala — head waiter/waitress

    jefe/a de taller — foreman

    jefe/a de tren — guard, conductor (EEUU)

    jefe/a de ventas — sales manager

    jefe/a ejecutivo/a — chief executive

    jefe/a supremo/a — commander-in-chief

    2) [como apelativo]

    ¡oiga jefe! — hey!, mate! *

    sí, mi jefe — esp LAm yes, sir o boss

    * * *
    - fa masculino, femenino, jefe masculino y femenino
    a) ( superior) boss
    b) ( de empresa) manager; ( de sección) head; ( de tribu) chief
    c) (Pol) leader
    d) ( como apelativo) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)
    e) jefes masculino plural (fam) ( padres) folks (pl) (colloq)
    * * *
    = boss [bosses, -pl.], chief, employer, chief honcho, top official, top position, head honcho, honcho, gaffer, leader.
    Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.
    Ex. He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.
    Ex. But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.
    Ex. 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.
    Ex. Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.
    Ex. In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.
    Ex. Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.
    Ex. Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.
    Ex. Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.
    Ex. The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.
    ----
    * ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.
    * editor jefe = editor-in-chief.
    * jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress.
    * jefe de cocina = chef.
    * jefe de escuadrón = squadron leader.
    * jefe de espías = spymaster.
    * jefe de estado = head of state, chief of state.
    * jefe de facturación = billing clerk.
    * jefe de la tribu = tribal chief.
    * jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.
    * jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).
    * jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).
    * jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.
    * jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.
    * jefe de milicia = warlord.
    * jefe de oficina = office manager.
    * jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster.
    * jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.
    * jefe de prensa = press officer.
    * jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.
    * jefe de sección = section head.
    * jefe de taller = overseer.
    * jefe militar = army official, army officer.
    * muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
    * ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * * *
    - fa masculino, femenino, jefe masculino y femenino
    a) ( superior) boss
    b) ( de empresa) manager; ( de sección) head; ( de tribu) chief
    c) (Pol) leader
    d) ( como apelativo) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)
    e) jefes masculino plural (fam) ( padres) folks (pl) (colloq)
    * * *
    = boss [bosses, -pl.], chief, employer, chief honcho, top official, top position, head honcho, honcho, gaffer, leader.

    Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

    Ex: He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.
    Ex: But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.
    Ex: 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.
    Ex: Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.
    Ex: In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.
    Ex: Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.
    Ex: Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.
    Ex: Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.
    Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.
    * ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.
    * editor jefe = editor-in-chief.
    * jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress.
    * jefe de cocina = chef.
    * jefe de escuadrón = squadron leader.
    * jefe de espías = spymaster.
    * jefe de estado = head of state, chief of state.
    * jefe de facturación = billing clerk.
    * jefe de la tribu = tribal chief.
    * jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.
    * jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).
    * jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).
    * jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.
    * jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.
    * jefe de milicia = warlord.
    * jefe de oficina = office manager.
    * jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster.
    * jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.
    * jefe de prensa = press officer.
    * jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.
    * jefe de sección = section head.
    * jefe de taller = overseer.
    * jefe militar = army official, army officer.
    * muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
    * ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

    * * *
    jefe -fa
    masculine, feminine
    1 (superior) boss
    aquí el jefe soy yo I'm the boss here, I'm in charge here
    2 (de una sección, un departamento) head
    4 (de un partido, una banda) leader
    5 (como apelativo) buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq), guv ( BrE colloq dated)
    6 jefes mpl ( fam) (padres) folks (pl) ( colloq), parents (pl)
    Compuestos:
    ● jefe/jefa de bomberos
    fire chief
    ● jefe/jefa de cocina
    chef
    ● jefe/jefa de departamento
    head of department
    ● jefe/jefa de estación
    stationmaster
    ● jefe/jefa de Estado
    head of state
    ● jefe/jefa de Estado Mayor
    Chief of Staff
    ● jefe/jefa de estudios
    director of studies
    ● jefe/jefa de filas
    group leader
    ● jefe/jefa de gobierno
    (primer ministro) prime minister; (presidente) president
    ● jefe/jefa de la guerrilla
    guerrilla leader
    ● jefe/jefa de la oposición
    leader of the opposition
    ● jefe/jefa de la policía
    chief of police
    ● jefe/jefa de los espías
    spymaster
    ● jefe/jefa de máquinas
    chief engineer
    ● jefe/jefa de negociado
    head of section, head of department
    ● jefe/jefa de oficina
    chief clerk, office manager
    ● jefe/jefa de personal
    personnel manager
    ● jefe/jefa de planta
    floor manager
    ● jefe/jefa de producción
    production manager
    ● jefe/jefa de producto
    product manager
    ● jefe/jefa de redacción
    editor-in-chief
    ● jefe/jefa de sección
    section head
    ● jefe/jefa de seguridad
    chief of security
    ● jefe/jefa de taller
    supervisor, foreman
    ● jefe/jefa de tren
    head conductor, train manager ( BrE)
    ● jefe/jefa de ventas
    sales manager
    * * *

     

    jefe
    ◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femenino, jefe sustantivo masculino y femenino

    a) ( superior) boss;


    jefe de personal/ventas personnel/sales manager;
    jefe de redacción editor-in-chief

    ( de sección) head;
    ( de tribu) chief
    c) (Pol) leader;

    ◊ jefe de Estado/gobierno head of state/government

    jefe,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 boss
    Com manager
    jefe de estación, station master
    jefe de informativos, news editor
    jefe de personal, personnel manager
    jefe de redacción, editor-in-chief
    jefe de ventas, sales manager
    2 (líder) leader: es el jefe de la tribu, he's the chief of the tribe
    jefe de Estado, Head of State
    3 Mil comandante en jefe, commander-in-chief
    ' jefe' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arder
    - bailar
    - bebida
    - cabestro
    - congraciarse
    - definitivamente
    - encima
    - faltar
    - gastar
    - gusano
    - jefa
    - mondarse
    - patrón
    - patrona
    - patrono
    - quemada
    - quemado
    - redactor
    - redactora
    - sapo
    - sheriff
    - tal
    - trinar
    - abajo
    - canciller
    - citar
    - comandante
    - condición
    - enfermero
    - facultar
    - mandar
    - pensar
    - plantear
    - quedar
    - rabiar
    - robar
    - salir
    - ver
    English:
    absence
    - abuse
    - anybody
    - approachable
    - around
    - ask for
    - bluster
    - boss
    - busywork
    - by
    - by-product
    - chancellor
    - chief
    - chieftain
    - clear
    - comeback
    - cow
    - deal with
    - departmental
    - deputy
    - discount
    - doormat
    - edit
    - even
    - expect
    - forceful
    - foreman
    - forge
    - frustrated
    - grievance
    - guard
    - head
    - higher-up
    - imagine
    - in
    - initially
    - leader
    - manager
    - marshal
    - mate
    - of
    - pass over
    - pat
    - pool
    - postmaster
    - promise
    - Secretary of State
    - sister
    - staff nurse
    - take over
    * * *
    jefe, -a nm,f
    1. [persona al mando] boss;
    [de empresa] manager, f manageress; [líder] leader; [de tribu, ejército] chief; [de departamento] head; Mil
    en jefe in-chief;
    Méx Fam
    como jefe: entró a la oficina como jefe he walked into the office as if he owned the place
    jefe de bomberos fire chief;
    jefe de compras purchasing manager;
    jefe de estación stationmaster;
    jefe de Estado head of state;
    jefe del estado mayor chief of staff;
    jefe de estudios director of studies;
    Dep jefe de fila(s) team leader [driver or cyclist];
    jefe de gabinete chief of staff;
    jefe de gobierno prime minister;
    una reunión de jefes de gobierno a meeting of heads of government;
    jefe de policía police chief, chief of police, Br chief constable;
    jefe de prensa press officer;
    jefe de producción production manager;
    jefe de producto product line manager;
    jefe de protocolo chief of protocol;
    jefe de proyecto project manager;
    jefe de redacción editor-in-chief;
    jefe de sección departmental head o chief;
    jefe de ventas sales manager
    2. Fam [como apelativo]
    pregúntale al jefe qué se debe ask the guy for the bill;
    jefe, pónganos dos cervezas give us two beers, Br guv o US mac
    3. Méx Fam [padre, madre] old man, f old girl
    4. Esp Fam
    mis jefes [mis padres] my folks
    * * *
    m, jefa f de departamento, organización head; ( superior) boss; POL leader; de tribu chief
    :
    mi jefe my dad fam ;
    mi jefa my mom fam
    * * *
    jefe, -fa n
    1) : chief, head, leader
    jefe de bomberos: fire chief
    2) : boss
    * * *
    jefe n
    1. (superior) boss [pl. bosses]
    3. (de un partido, de una asociación) leader

    Spanish-English dictionary > jefe

  • 95 lechuza

    f.
    (barn) owl.
    * * *
    1 owl
    \
    lechuza común barn owl
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Orn) owl
    2) Cono Sur, Méx (=albino) albino
    3) Caribe, Méx ** (=puta) whore
    * * *
    b) tb
    * * *
    Ex. In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).
    ----
    * lechuza común = barn owl.
    * * *
    b) tb
    * * *

    Ex: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).

    * lechuza común = barn owl.

    * * *
    2
    tb lechuza común barn owl
    * * *

    lechuza sustantivo femenino
    owl
    lechuza sustantivo femenino owl
    ' lechuza' also found in these entries:
    English:
    barn owl
    - owl
    * * *
    barn owl
    lechuza campestre short-eared owl;
    * * *
    f
    1 ZO barn owl
    2 Cuba, Méx ( prostituta) hooker fam
    * * *
    búho: owl, barn owl
    * * *
    lechuza n owl

    Spanish-English dictionary > lechuza

  • 96 lechuza común

    barn owl
    * * *
    (n.) = barn owl
    Ex. In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).
    * * *
    (n.) = barn owl

    Ex: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).

    Spanish-English dictionary > lechuza común

  • 97 llevarse bien

    v.
    to get along well, to be on good terms, to be congenial, to get along.
    Esos hermanos armonizan desde chicos Those brothers harmonize since little
    * * *
    (v.) = get along, on good terms, hit it off
    Ex. In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.
    Ex. With one or two exceptions he is respected by the staff; however, of late most have found remaining on good terms with him to be something of a challenge.
    Ex. As the two began to connect well and hit it off, the contact between the two increased to a rate of at least once a week.
    * * *
    (v.) = get along, on good terms, hit it off

    Ex: In spite of their protestations to the contrary, most bosses prefer subordinates whom they get along with, who cause them no anxiety, who quietly accept their decisions, who praise them.

    Ex: With one or two exceptions he is respected by the staff; however, of late most have found remaining on good terms with him to be something of a challenge.
    Ex: As the two began to connect well and hit it off, the contact between the two increased to a rate of at least once a week.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llevarse bien

  • 98 lúgubre

    adj.
    lugubrious, dreary, funereal, gloomy.
    * * *
    1 (triste) bleak, lugubrious; (fúnebre) sombre (US somber), mournful
    * * *
    ADJ (=triste) mournful, lugubrious frm, dismal; [voz, tono] sombre, somber (EEUU), mournful
    * * *
    adjetivo <habitación/ambiente/persona> gloomy, lugubrious (liter); <rostro/voz/paisaje> gloomy
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, doleful, lugubrious.
    Ex. In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.
    Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex. In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    Ex. Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.
    ----
    * de un modo lúgubre = spookily.
    * * *
    adjetivo <habitación/ambiente/persona> gloomy, lugubrious (liter); <rostro/voz/paisaje> gloomy
    * * *
    = gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, doleful, lugubrious.

    Ex: In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.

    Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex: In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    Ex: Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.
    * de un modo lúgubre = spookily.

    * * *
    ‹habitación/ambiente› gloomy, dismal, lugubrious ( liter); ‹persona› gloomy, somber*, lugubrious ( liter); ‹paisaje› gloomy, dismal; ‹rostro/voz› gloomy, mournful, somber*
    * * *

    lúgubre adjetivo
    gloomy
    lúgubre adjetivo dismail, lugubrious
    ' lúgubre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sombrío
    English:
    cheerless
    - dingy
    - dismal
    - doleful
    - dreary
    - grim
    - mournful
    - somber
    - sombre
    - desolate
    - gloomy
    - lugubrious
    * * *
    1. [triste, melancólico] [semblante, expresión] gloomy, mournful;
    [pensamiento, tono] gloomy, sombre
    2. [fúnebre] [idea, relato] morbid;
    [voz] sepulchral
    * * *
    adj gloomy
    * * *
    : gloomy, lugubrious
    * * *
    lúgubre adj gloomy [comp. gloomier; superl. gloomiest] / grim [comp. grimmer; superl. grimmest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > lúgubre

  • 99 malevolencia

    f.
    malevolence, wickedness.
    * * *
    1 malevolence
    * * *
    SF malevolence, spite
    * * *
    femenino malevolence, malice
    * * *
    Ex. On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.
    * * *
    femenino malevolence, malice
    * * *

    Ex: On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.

    * * *
    malevolence, malice
    * * *
    malevolence, wickedness
    * * *
    f malevolence
    * * *
    : malevolence, wickedness

    Spanish-English dictionary > malevolencia

  • 100 misterioso

    adj.
    mysterious, hidden, secret, puzzling.
    * * *
    1 mysterious
    * * *
    (f. - misteriosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo mysterious
    * * *
    = arcane, darkling, mysterious, unexplainable, uncanny, shadowy, unaccountable, intriguing.
    Ex. It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.
    Ex. I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.
    Ex. By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex. In Study 1 users performed significantly faster and made fewer errors with structured abstracts but there were some unexplainable practice effects.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. However, in spite of Seymour's very significant role in Dickens's life, he remains something of a shadowy figure and no book has ever been written about him.
    Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    Ex. Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    ----
    * de manera misteriosa = eerily.
    * en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo mysterious
    * * *
    = arcane, darkling, mysterious, unexplainable, uncanny, shadowy, unaccountable, intriguing.

    Ex: It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

    Ex: I surmise that Slake will start in the hard-edged reality of modern urban life before sliding ineluctably into the darkling land of Hereafter.
    Ex: By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex: In Study 1 users performed significantly faster and made fewer errors with structured abstracts but there were some unexplainable practice effects.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: However, in spite of Seymour's very significant role in Dickens's life, he remains something of a shadowy figure and no book has ever been written about him.
    Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.
    Ex: Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    * de manera misteriosa = eerily.
    * en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.

    * * *
    mysterious
    * * *

    misterioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    mysterious
    misterioso,-a adjetivo mysterious

    ' misterioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    misteriosa
    - oculto
    English:
    cryptic
    - disclose
    - hiatus
    - mysterious
    - puzzling
    - shadowy
    - uncanny
    - weird
    * * *
    misterioso, -a adj
    mysterious
    * * *
    adj mysterious
    * * *
    misterioso, -sa adj
    : mysterious
    * * *
    misterioso adj mysterious

    Spanish-English dictionary > misterioso

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  • spite´ful|ness — spite|ful «SPYT fuhl», adjective. full of spite; eager to annoy; behaving with ill will and malice: »a spiteful remark. The spiteful little girl tore up her older sister s papers. SYNONYM(S): malicious, malevolent. –spite´ful|ly, adverb.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spite´ful|ly — spite|ful «SPYT fuhl», adjective. full of spite; eager to annoy; behaving with ill will and malice: »a spiteful remark. The spiteful little girl tore up her older sister s papers. SYNONYM(S): malicious, malevolent. –spite´ful|ly, adverb.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spite|ful — «SPYT fuhl», adjective. full of spite; eager to annoy; behaving with ill will and malice: »a spiteful remark. The spiteful little girl tore up her older sister s papers. SYNONYM(S): malicious, malevolent. –spite´ful|ly, adverb. –spite´ful|ness,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Spite — Spite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiting}.] 1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spite — [spīt] n. [ME, aphetic < despite: see DESPITE] 1. a) a mean or evil feeling toward another, characterized by the inclination to hurt, humiliate, annoy, frustrate, etc.; ill will; malice b) an instance of this; a grudge 2. Obs. something… …   English World dictionary

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