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61 terrible
adj.1 terrible (tremendo).2 terrifying.* * *► adjetivo1 terrible, awful* * *adj.terrible, horrible* * *ADJ terrible, awful* * *a) <tortura/experiencia> terrible, horrificb) ( uso hiperbólico) terrible* * *= formidable, harrowing, dreadful, horrendous, redoubtable, terrible, ghastly, excruciating, appalling, god-awful, shattering.Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex. The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex. The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.----* Atila el Terrible = Tilly the Hun.* jaqueca terrible = splitting headache.* Terrible, el = Hun, the.* terrible experiencia = ordeal.* * *a) <tortura/experiencia> terrible, horrificb) ( uso hiperbólico) terrible* * *el Terrible= Hun, theEx: Mathilda Panopoulos, known as 'Tilly' to her friends and colleagues but usually styled 'Tilly the Hun' or just 'the Hun' by her detractors, is a native of Pritchard.
= formidable, harrowing, dreadful, horrendous, redoubtable, terrible, ghastly, excruciating, appalling, god-awful, shattering.Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.Ex: The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex: The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.* Atila el Terrible = Tilly the Hun.* jaqueca terrible = splitting headache.* Terrible, el = Hun, the.* terrible experiencia = ordeal.* * *1 ‹tortura/experiencia› terrible, horrific2 (uso hiperbólico) terribletengo un sueño terrible I'm terribly tiredtenía un terrible dolor de muelas she had terrible toothachela máquina hace un ruido terrible the machine makes a terrible o dreadful noiseeste niño es terrible, no para quieto this child is terrible, he won't sit still* * *
Multiple Entries:
algo terrible
terrible
terrible adjetivo
terrible adjetivo
1 (desagradable) terrible, awful
2 (intensificador) terrible
3 (travieso) naughty
' terrible' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abominable
- amanecer
- campeonato
- canutas
- condición
- demonio
- diabólica
- diabólico
- disgusto
- espanto
- estado
- follón
- hambruna
- impresionante
- infumable
- lamentable
- lástima
- maltrecha
- maltrecho
- miedosa
- miedoso
- pecho
- pena
- penosa
- penoso
- pésima
- pésimo
- rabiosa
- rabioso
- secuela
- susto
- tener
- traer
- tremebunda
- tremebundo
- tremenda
- tremendo
- triunfo
- agobiante
- antología
- barbaridad
- bueno
- cabreo
- calamidad
- cochino
- endiablado
- enredo
- espantoso
- fatal
- funesto
English:
abominable
- appalling
- bad
- blow
- carry-on
- damage
- dispose
- doom
- flap
- lousy
- ordeal
- oversight
- rotten
- shocking
- terrible
- think back
- dreadful
- flirt
- harrowing
- horrendous
- job
* * *terrible adj1. [malo] terrible;la guerra es siempre terrible war is always a terrible thing;un año terrible para la economía del país a terrible year for the country's economy;este niño es terrible this boy is a terror;es terrible no poder hacer nada por ellos it's terrible not to be able to do anything for them2. [mucho] terrible;tengo un hambre/frío terrible I'm terribly hungry/cold* * *adj terrible, awful* * *terrible adj: terrible, horrible♦ terriblemente adv* * *terrible adj terrible / awful -
62 dormir una siesta
(v.) = nap, napping, kip, take + a napEx. This new & novel US workplace initiative to nap on the job is contrasted with the recent marked decline of the siesta in Mexico, Spain, & Italy.Ex. Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.Ex. She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual.Ex. I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.* * *(v.) = nap, napping, kip, take + a napEx: This new & novel US workplace initiative to nap on the job is contrasted with the recent marked decline of the siesta in Mexico, Spain, & Italy.
Ex: Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.Ex: She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual.Ex: I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space. -
63 echarse una siesta
(v.) = take + a nap, nap, napping, kipEx. I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.Ex. This new & novel US workplace initiative to nap on the job is contrasted with the recent marked decline of the siesta in Mexico, Spain, & Italy.Ex. Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.Ex. She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual.* * *(v.) = take + a nap, nap, napping, kipEx: I find that we are so linked to the computer that when the computer takes a nap we just sit there staring into space.
Ex: This new & novel US workplace initiative to nap on the job is contrasted with the recent marked decline of the siesta in Mexico, Spain, & Italy.Ex: Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.Ex: She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual. -
64 guardería
f.nursery, day care center, day care, day nursery.* * *1 crèche, nursery2 (oficio de guarda) keeping\guardería infantil nursery, nursery school* * *SF (tb: guardería infantil) nursery, day nursery, day-care centre o (EEUU) center; [en empresa, tienda] crècheguardería canina — kennels pl
* * *femenino: tb* * *= kindergarten, playgroup, day-care centre.Ex. Rather more seriously and difficult is the problem of the stages of the educational system: preschool, nursery, kindergarten, elementary, etc.Ex. This institution offers not only a wide range of information but also the facility of a meeting room, a drop-in lounge for social gatherings, meetings, workshops, exhibitions, displays, playgroups, coffee breaks, informal chats, seminars, study groups, films and slide shows.Ex. Parents have the right to know when pesticides are sprayed at many private day-care centers under a state law that took effect on Monday.----* guardería de la empresa = workplace crêche.* guardería infantil = day-care centre.* * *femenino: tb* * *= kindergarten, playgroup, day-care centre.Ex: Rather more seriously and difficult is the problem of the stages of the educational system: preschool, nursery, kindergarten, elementary, etc.
Ex: This institution offers not only a wide range of information but also the facility of a meeting room, a drop-in lounge for social gatherings, meetings, workshops, exhibitions, displays, playgroups, coffee breaks, informal chats, seminars, study groups, films and slide shows.Ex: Parents have the right to know when pesticides are sprayed at many private day-care centers under a state law that took effect on Monday.* guardería de la empresa = workplace crêche.* guardería infantil = day-care centre.* * *f:tb guardería infantil nursery school, crèche ( BrE)In Spain, a center for small children. Guarderías normally look after children from a few months old until the age of four, or sometimes up to the compulsory school age of six. Some guarderías are private, while some are run and subsidized by the local authority or the government. Parents pay for the service.* * *
guardería sustantivo femenino: tb
guardería sustantivo femenino guardería infantil, nursery (school), US daycare center
' guardería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jardín
English:
day care
- nursery
- playgroup
- creche
- day
* * *guardería nf[establecimiento] nursery; [en aeropuerto, supermercado] crèche guardería infantil nursery, day care centre* * *f nursery* * *guardería nf: nursery, day-care center* * * -
65 alivio
m.1 relief.2 remission.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: aliviar.* * *1 (aligeramiento) lightening2 (mejoría) relief■ ¡qué alivio! what a relief!3 (consuelo) comfort, consolation\* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=consuelo) reliefes un gran alivio haber aprobado por fin — it's a great relief to have passed at last, I'm relieved that I've passed at last
¡qué alivio! — what a relief!
2) [de un dolor]los paños calientes le servirán de alivio — the hot towels will ease o relieve his pain
¡que siga el alivio! — I hope you continue to improve!
3) Espde alivio — * awful, frightful
4)* * *1) (del dolor, síntoma) relief2) (de problema, preocupación) reliefsintió un gran alivio — it was a great relief to him o he felt a great sense of relief
* * *= relief, mitigation, salve, reprieve.Ex. A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.Ex. Recommendations are made for potential public library involvement in the four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation/long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and the recovery.Ex. 'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.Ex. A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.----* alivio del dolor = pain relief.* dar un suspiro de alivio = breathe + a sigh of relief, heave + a sigh of relief.* ser un gran alivio = be a welcome relief.* ser un grato alivio = be a welcome relief.* suspirar de alivio = breathe + a sigh of relief, heave + a sigh of relief.* suspiro de alivio = sigh of relief.* * *1) (del dolor, síntoma) relief2) (de problema, preocupación) reliefsintió un gran alivio — it was a great relief to him o he felt a great sense of relief
* * *= relief, mitigation, salve, reprieve.Ex: A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.
Ex: Recommendations are made for potential public library involvement in the four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation/long-term prevention, preparedness to respond, response to emergencies, and the recovery.Ex: 'Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.Ex: A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.* alivio del dolor = pain relief.* dar un suspiro de alivio = breathe + a sigh of relief, heave + a sigh of relief.* ser un gran alivio = be a welcome relief.* ser un grato alivio = be a welcome relief.* suspirar de alivio = breathe + a sigh of relief, heave + a sigh of relief.* suspiro de alivio = sigh of relief.* * *A (del dolor, de un síntoma) reliefB (de un problema, una preocupación) relief¡qué alivio! what a relief!sintió un gran alivio cuando al fin se solucionó el problema it was a great relief to him o he felt a great sense of relief when the problem finally got sorted outdio un suspiro de alivio he heaved o breathed a sigh of reliefnos han tocado unos vecinos de alivio we've got horrendous neighbors ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo aliviar: ( conjugate aliviar)
alivio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
alivió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
aliviar
alivio
aliviar ( conjugate aliviar) verbo transitivo ‹ dolor› to relieve, soothe;
‹ síntomas› to relieve;
‹tristeza/pena› to alleviate;
‹ persona› to make … feel better
aliviarse verbo pronominal
alivio sustantivo masculino
relief;◊ ¡qué alivio! what a relief!
aliviar verbo transitivo
1 (calmar un dolor) to relieve, soothe
2 (hacer menos pesado) to lighten, make lighter
alivio sustantivo masculino relief
♦ Locuciones: de alivio, tremendous: le dieron un susto de alivio, they gave him an awful fright
' alivio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desahogo
- descanso
- bendito
- huy
- suspirar
- suspiro
English:
breathe
- experience
- load
- phew
- relief
- riddance
- relieved
- sigh
* * *♦ nm1. [de enfermedad] relief;con estas pastillas notarás un alivio inmediato when you take these pills you will feel instant relief o you will feel better immediately2. [de preocupación] relief;¡qué alivio! what a relief!;fue un alivio saber que había llegado bien it was a relief to know that she had arrived safely♦ de alivio loc adjFamagarró un resfriado de alivio she caught a stinker of a cold;es un niño de alivio he's a little monster* * *m1 relief2:de alivio fam horrendous;me he dado un golpe de alivio I gave myself a helluva knock fam* * *alivio nm: relief* * *alivio n relief -
66 dar una cabezadita
(n.) = nap, catching 10, nappingEx. This new & novel US workplace initiative to nap on the job is contrasted with the recent marked decline of the siesta in Mexico, Spain, & Italy.Ex. ' Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.Ex. Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.* * *(n.) = nap, catching 10, nappingEx: This new & novel US workplace initiative to nap on the job is contrasted with the recent marked decline of the siesta in Mexico, Spain, & Italy.
Ex: ' Catching 10' while the supervisor is looking the other way is both a salve to the tired body & a little act of opposition.Ex: Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption. -
67 esquilmar
v.1 to overexploit (recursos).2 to harvest.Esquilmaron el maíz They harvested the corn.3 to swindle, to acquire by deception, to acquire by trickery, to cheat.Esquilmaron a ese pobre hombre They swindled that poor man.* * *1 (cosecha etc) to harvest* * *VT1) [+ cosecha] to harvest2) [+ tierra] to impoverish, exhaust3) * [+ jugador] to skin ** * *verbo transitivo1) (Agr) to harvest2) <riquezas/recursos> to exhaust; < fortuna> to squander; < persona> to suck... dry* * *= fleece, take + Nombre + to the cleaners.Ex. Roosevelt's measures to prevent big business fleecing the public were popular and the election of 1904 provided him with the chance to run for president in his own right.Ex. Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *verbo transitivo1) (Agr) to harvest2) <riquezas/recursos> to exhaust; < fortuna> to squander; < persona> to suck... dry* * *= fleece, take + Nombre + to the cleaners.Ex: Roosevelt's measures to prevent big business fleecing the public were popular and the election of 1904 provided him with the chance to run for president in his own right.
Ex: Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *esquilmar [A1 ]vtA ( Agr) to harvestB1 ‹riquezas/recursos› to exhaust; ‹fortuna› to squander2 ‹persona› to suck … dry* * *
esquilmar verbo transitivo
1 Agr to harvest
2 (riquezas) to exhaust, impoverish: tantas cosechas acaban por esquilmar la tierra, after so many harvests, the land will become exhausted
* * *esquilmar vt1. [terreno, campo de cultivo] to exhaust, overcultivate;[recursos, riqueza natural] to overexploit; [bancos de pescado] to deplete2. [fortuna, herencia] to squander* * *v/t2 a alguien suck dry -
68 siesta
f.siesta, nap.dormir o echarse la siesta to have an afternoon nap* * *1 siesta, afternoon nap\dormir la siesta / echar la siesta to have a siesta, have an afternoon napla hora de la siesta siesta timela siesta del carnero a nap before lunch* * *SF1) (=sueñecito) siesta, napdormir la o echarse una siesta — to have an afternoon nap
2) (=hora del día) afternoon* * *femenino siesta, napdormir la siesta or echar una siesta — to have a siesta o nap
* * *= nap, kip.Ex. A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.Ex. They swam in the shallow waters and had a kip in the shadows cast by the trees along the riverbank, waiting for the heat to dissipate.----* dormir una siesta = nap, napping, kip, take + a nap.* echarse una siesta = take + a nap, nap, napping.* siesta corta = power nap, catnap.* * *femenino siesta, napdormir la siesta or echar una siesta — to have a siesta o nap
* * *= nap, kip.Ex: A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.
Ex: They swam in the shallow waters and had a kip in the shadows cast by the trees along the riverbank, waiting for the heat to dissipate.* dormir una siesta = nap, napping, kip, take + a nap.* echarse una siesta = take + a nap, nap, napping.* siesta corta = power nap, catnap.* * *siesta, napen casa no dormimos la siesta we don't have a siesta o nap at homeme voy a echar una siestecita or ( RPl) una siestita I'm going to have a nap o siesta, I'm just going to have forty winks ( colloq)la hora de la siesta siesta timea la hora de la siesta no hay nadie en la calle after lunch the streets are deserted* * *
siesta sustantivo femenino
siesta, nap;
dormir la siesta or echar una siesta to have a siesta o nap
siesta sustantivo femenino nap, siesta
dormir la siesta/echar una siesta, to have an afternoon nap o a siesta
' siesta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acostumbrar
- dormir
- sagrada
- sagrado
- sestear
English:
forty winks
- nap
- siesta
* * *siesta nfsiesta, nap;no me llames a la hora de la siesta don't call me at siesta time* * *f siesta, nap;dormir la siesta have a siesta o nap* * *siesta nf: nap, siesta* * *siesta n siesta / nap -
69 sistema de préstamo
(n.) = circulation system, issue system, lending system, book checking system, charge out system, library issue systemEx. BLCMP's circulation system can be extensively tailored to meet local requirements.Ex. Among academic libraries, automation of the issue system and serials control were ranked second and third respectively.Ex. Project staff have compiled a catalogue of material available throughout the area and plan to introduce a lending system for users.Ex. One of the supervisor's jobs is to make sure that the book checking system is in order.Ex. The more expensive media such as kits, models, and games are too large for someone to sneak past a vigilant charge out system = Los conjuntos documentales multimedia, las maquetas y los juegos son demasiado grandes para que alguien los pase sin ser visto por el sistema de préstamo.Ex. The article 'Ergonomics of library issue systems' makes recommendations about, workplace layout, work environment, and work organisation at library issue desks as these affect both staff and customers.* * *(n.) = circulation system, issue system, lending system, book checking system, charge out system, library issue systemEx: BLCMP's circulation system can be extensively tailored to meet local requirements.
Ex: Among academic libraries, automation of the issue system and serials control were ranked second and third respectively.Ex: Project staff have compiled a catalogue of material available throughout the area and plan to introduce a lending system for users.Ex: One of the supervisor's jobs is to make sure that the book checking system is in order.Ex: The more expensive media such as kits, models, and games are too large for someone to sneak past a vigilant charge out system = Los conjuntos documentales multimedia, las maquetas y los juegos son demasiado grandes para que alguien los pase sin ser visto por el sistema de préstamo.Ex: The article 'Ergonomics of library issue systems' makes recommendations about, workplace layout, work environment, and work organisation at library issue desks as these affect both staff and customers. -
70 competitividad
f.competitiveness.* * *1 competitiveness* * ** * *femenino competitiveness* * *= competition, competitiveness, one-upmanship.Ex. The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.Ex. The homogeneity, competitiveness and resulting synergy of this market is fostering significant advances in the capability of smaller computers to manage large massess of data.Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called ' one-upmanship'.----* desde el punto de vista de la competitividad = competitively.* * *femenino competitiveness* * *= competition, competitiveness, one-upmanship.Ex: The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.
Ex: The homogeneity, competitiveness and resulting synergy of this market is fostering significant advances in the capability of smaller computers to manage large massess of data.Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called ' one-upmanship'.* desde el punto de vista de la competitividad = competitively.* * *competitiveness* * *
competitividad sustantivo femenino
competitiveness
competitividad sustantivo femenino competitivity
' competitividad' also found in these entries:
English:
rat race
- competitiveness
* * *1. [de persona] competitiveness2. [de producto, empresa] competitiveness* * *f competitiveness* * *: competitiveness -
71 reducto
m.1 redoubt.2 stronghold, bastion (refugio).3 recourse, refuge, redoubt.* * *1 redoubt, stronghold* * *SM [de ideología, rebeldes] stronghold, redoubtel último reducto del águila imperial — the last stronghold o redoubt of the imperial eagle
el último reducto de los árabes en el reino de Castilla — the last Arab stronghold in the kingdom of Castile
* * *masculino redoubt* * *= redoubt.Ex. Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.----* reducto de desempleo = pocket of unemployment.* * *masculino redoubt* * *= redoubt.Ex: Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.
* reducto de desempleo = pocket of unemployment.* * *redoubt* * *reducto nm1. [fortificación] redoubt2. [refugio] stronghold, bastion* * *m redoubt -
72 contrarrevolucionario
adj.counter-revolutionary, counterrevolutionary.m.counterrevolutionary, counter-revolutionary.* * *► adjetivo1 counter-revolutionary► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 counter-revolutionary* * *contrarrevolucionario, -aADJ SM / F counterrevolutionary* * *- ria adjetivo counterrevolutionary* * *Ex. After the government published 'The Dissidents,' a book which accused her of being a 'notorious counterrevolutionary,' workplace harassment of her father soon intensified.* * *- ria adjetivo counterrevolutionary* * *Ex: After the government published 'The Dissidents,' a book which accused her of being a 'notorious counterrevolutionary,' workplace harassment of her father soon intensified.
* * *counterrevolutionary* * *
contrarrevolucionario,-a adjetivo counterrevolutionary
' contrarrevolucionario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contra
- contrarrevolucionaria
English:
contra
* * *contrarrevolucionario, -a♦ adjcounterrevolutionary♦ nm,fcounterrevolutionary -
73 dejar a Alguien sin un duro
(v.) = take + Nombre + to the cleanersEx. Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *(v.) = take + Nombre + to the cleanersEx: Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.
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74 dejar limpio a Alguien
familiar to clean somebody out* * *(v.) = take + Nombre + to the cleanersEx. Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *(v.) = take + Nombre + to the cleanersEx: Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.
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75 dejar pelado a Alguien
(v.) = take + Nombre + to the cleanersEx. Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.* * *(v.) = take + Nombre + to the cleanersEx: Let me guess... you work in an all male workplace full of divorced men whose wives took them to the cleaners?.
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76 sindicalismo
m.1 unionism.2 syndicalism, trade union movement, trade unionism, unionism.* * *1 trade unionism, unionism* * *SM trade unionism, trades unionism* * *a) ( movimiento) labor union movement (AmE), trade union movement (BrE)b) (sistema, ideología) unionism, trade unionism (BrE)c) ( doctrina) tb* * *= unionisation [unionization, -USA], unionism.Ex. Historically, the main reasons for unionization have been to effect better wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions.Ex. Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.* * *a) ( movimiento) labor union movement (AmE), trade union movement (BrE)b) (sistema, ideología) unionism, trade unionism (BrE)c) ( doctrina) tb* * *= unionisation [unionization, -USA], unionism.Ex: Historically, the main reasons for unionization have been to effect better wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions.
Ex: Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.* * *2 (sistema, ideología) unionism, trade unionism ( BrE)3 (doctrina) tbsindicalismo revolucionario syndicalism* * *
sindicalismo sustantivo masculino
sindicalismo sustantivo masculino syndicalism, trade unionism
' sindicalismo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sindicalista
English:
trade unionism
* * *sindicalismo nmunionism, Br trade unionism* * *m (labor, Brtrade) union movement -
77 encargado de recursos humanos
(n.) = human resource managerEx. Conflict resolution and improving overall workplace moral is a key part of the role of a human resource manager.* * *(n.) = human resource managerEx: Conflict resolution and improving overall workplace moral is a key part of the role of a human resource manager.
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78 indulto
m.pardon (law).otorgar o conceder el indulto a alguien to grant somebody a pardonpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: indultar.* * *1 pardon, amnesty* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=perdón) pardon, reprieve2) (=exención) exemption* * *masculino (Der) pardon; ( de la pena de muerte) reprieve* * *= reprieve, acquittal.Ex. A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.Ex. After a preliminary acquittal, they were retried and convicted, causing public outrage, especially among artists.* * *masculino (Der) pardon; ( de la pena de muerte) reprieve* * *= reprieve, acquittal.Ex: A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.
Ex: After a preliminary acquittal, they were retried and convicted, causing public outrage, especially among artists.* * *1 ( Der) pardon; (de la pena de muerte) reprieve2 ( Taur):el público pidió el indulto del toro the public asked for the bull to be spared* * *
Del verbo indultar: ( conjugate indultar)
indulto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
indultó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
indultar
indulto
indultar ( conjugate indultar) verbo transitivo (Der) to pardon;
( la pena de muerte) to reprieve
indulto sustantivo masculino (Der) pardon;
( de la pena de muerte) reprieve
indultar vtr Jur to pardon
indulto m Jur pardon, amnisty
' indulto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gracia
English:
pardon
- reprieve
* * *indulto nmpardon;* * *m pardon* * *indulto nm: pardon, reprieve -
79 jefe de recursos humanos
(n.) = human resource managerEx. Conflict resolution and improving overall workplace moral is a key part of the role of a human resource manager.* * *(n.) = human resource managerEx: Conflict resolution and improving overall workplace moral is a key part of the role of a human resource manager.
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80 martirizado
adj.martyred.past part.past participle of spanish verb: martirizar.* * *= martyrised [martyrized, -USA].Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.* * *= martyrised [martyrized, -USA].Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
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