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1 ineficacia
• ineffective• ineffectual• inefficacious• inefficiencies in the market -
2 nugatorio
• ineffective step• ineffectual person• nugatory -
3 poco efectivo
• ineffective step• ineffectual person -
4 ineficaz
adj.1 inefficient.2 ineffective.3 effectless.* * *► adjetivo (pl ineficaces)1 (incompetente) inefficient2 (improductivo) ineffective* * *adj.1) ineffective2) inefficient* * *ADJ1) [medida] ineffective2) (=inútil) [proceso] inefficient; [gobierno, persona] inefficient, incompetent* * *a) <remedio/medida> ineffectual, ineffectiveb) <método/sistema/persona> inefficient* * *= powerless, ineffective, inefficient, ineffectual, non-efficient, lame, toothless.Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.Ex. Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.Ex. Microcomputers are best at single tasks, having limited addressing capability, and are difficult to program except in relatively high level (and inefficient) programming languages.Ex. A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.Ex. These difficulties are of such a magnitude that the use of law in international situations becomes non-efficient.Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.Ex. This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.----* ser ineficaz = fire + blanks.* * *a) <remedio/medida> ineffectual, ineffectiveb) <método/sistema/persona> inefficient* * *= powerless, ineffective, inefficient, ineffectual, non-efficient, lame, toothless.Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
Ex: Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.Ex: Microcomputers are best at single tasks, having limited addressing capability, and are difficult to program except in relatively high level (and inefficient) programming languages.Ex: A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.Ex: These difficulties are of such a magnitude that the use of law in international situations becomes non-efficient.Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.Ex: This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.* ser ineficaz = fire + blanks.* * *1 ‹remedio/medida› ineffectual, ineffective2 ‹método/sistema› inefficient; ‹persona› inefficient, incompetent* * *
ineficaz adjetivo
ineficaz adjetivo (inefectivo) ineffective
' ineficaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vano
English:
ineffective
- inefficient
- powerless
* * *ineficaz adj1. [de bajo rendimiento] inefficient2. [de baja efectividad] ineffective* * *adj inefficient; procedimiento ineffective* * *1) : inefficient2) : ineffective♦ ineficazmente adv* * *ineficaz adj inefficient -
5 inoperante
adj.1 ineffective.2 inoperative, unproductive, unserviceable.3 nonoperating.* * *► adjetivo1 ineffective, inoperative* * *ADJ1) (=inviable) [plan] inoperative; [decisión] ineffective* * *a) ( inviable) unworkable, inoperableb) ( ineficaz) ineffective* * *Ex. In a dynamic environment, however, this strategy could be dysfunctional.* * *a) ( inviable) unworkable, inoperableb) ( ineficaz) ineffective* * *Ex: In a dynamic environment, however, this strategy could be dysfunctional.
* * *1 (inviable) unworkable, inoperablela prohibición resultó inoperante the ban proved unworkable2 (ineficaz) ineffective3 (ineficiente) inefficient* * *
inoperante adjetivo inoperative, ineffective
* * *inoperante adjineffective;las medidas resultaron inoperantes the measures were ineffective* * *adj ineffective* * *inoperante adj: ineffective, inoperative -
6 inútil
adj.useless, needless, pointless, unnecessary.f. & m.lame duck, prat, ineffectual person, sad pack.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) useless2 (intento) vain, futile3 MEDICINA disabled4 MILITAR unfit\es inútil que + subjuntivo there is no point in + gerund* * *adj.* * *1. ADJ1) (=vano) [intento, esfuerzo] unsuccessful, fruitlesslo intenté todo, pero fue inútil — I tried everything, but it was no use o useless
es inútil que usted proteste — it's no good o use you protesting, there's no point in protesting
2) (=inepto) useless *, hopeless *3) (=inválido) disabled4) (=inservible) useless5) (Mil) unfit2.SMF¡tu hermana es una inútil! — your sister is useless o hopeless! *
* * *I1)a) <esfuerzo/papeleo> uselesstodo fue inútil — it was all useless o in vain
b) < trasto> useless2)a) ( incompetente) uselessb) (Mil) ( no apto) unfitc) (Med) disabledIImasculino y femenino* * *= futile, useless, deadwood [dead wood], helpless, ineffectual, inutile, wasteful, good-for-nothing, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], duffer, toothless, ineffective.Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.Ex. Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.Ex. Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.Ex. In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.Ex. A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.Ex. However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex. This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.Ex. Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.----* algo inútil = a dead dog.* cosa inútil = dead horse.* misión inútil = fool's errand.* ser inútil = fire + blanks.* * *I1)a) <esfuerzo/papeleo> uselesstodo fue inútil — it was all useless o in vain
b) < trasto> useless2)a) ( incompetente) uselessb) (Mil) ( no apto) unfitc) (Med) disabledIImasculino y femenino* * *= futile, useless, deadwood [dead wood], helpless, ineffectual, inutile, wasteful, good-for-nothing, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], duffer, toothless, ineffective.Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
Ex: Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.Ex: Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.Ex: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.Ex: A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.Ex: However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.Ex: This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.Ex: Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.* algo inútil = a dead dog.* cosa inútil = dead horse.* misión inútil = fool's errand.* ser inútil = fire + blanks.* * *A1 ‹esfuerzo/papeleo› uselesses inútil, no lo vas a convencer it's useless o you're wasting your time, you won't convince himtodo fue inútil it was all futile o useless o in vaines inútil que insistas there's no point (in) insistinges inútil que trates de hacerlo entender it's pointless trying to make him understand, there's no point trying to make him understand2 ‹trasto› uselessB1 (incompetente) useless3 ( Med) disabledquedó inútil después del accidente the accident left him disabledes un inútil he's useless* * *
inútil adjetivo
useless;
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: es un inútil he's useless
inútil
I adjetivo
1 (sin utilidad) useless
(sin resultado) vain, pointless
2 Mil unfit (for service)
II mf fam good-for-nothing
' inútil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chisme
- desperdicio
- gasto
- lindeza
- pegote
- trasto
- vana
- vano
- cachivache
- calamidad
- incapaz
- inservible
- insistir
English:
breath
- dead loss
- dead weight
- dead wood
- dud
- futile
- gesture
- good-for-nothing
- helpless
- lemon
- render
- unhelpful
- unnecessary
- use
- useless
- vain
- which
- white elephant
- wild-goose chase
- hopeless
- incapable
- pointless
- waste
* * *♦ adj1. [objeto] useless;[intento, esfuerzo] unsuccessful, vain;sus intentos resultaron inútiles his attempts were unsuccessful o in vain;es inútil, ya es demasiado tarde there's no point, it's too late;es inútil que lo esperes, se ha ido para siempre there's no point in waiting for him, he's gone for good2. [inválido] disabled;le dieron la baja por inútil he was allowed to take disability leave;quedó inútil tras el accidente she was disabled as a result of the accident3. [no apto] unfit;fue declarado inútil para el servicio militar he was declared unfit for military service♦ nmfhopeless case, useless person;es un inútil he's useless o hopeless* * *I adj1 useless2 MIL unfitII m/f:es un inútil he’s useless* * *inútil adjinservible: useless♦ inútilmente advinútil nmf: good-for-nothing* * *inútil1 adj1. (que no sirve para nada) useless2. (que no vale la pena) pointlessinútil2 n -
7 inefectivo
adj.ineffective, trivial, useless, duff.* * *► adjetivo1 (irreal) unreal* * *ADJ LAm ineffective* * *inefectivo -vaA ( AmL) ‹tratamiento/medicina› ineffectual, ineffective; ‹método/sistema› inefficientB* * *adj ineffective -
8 ausente
adj.1 absent (no presente).estará ausente todo el día he'll be away all day2 absent-minded.3 missing, departed, absent, gone.4 absorbed, abstracted, lost in thought.f. & m.1 missing person (law).2 absentee, no-show.* * *► adjetivo1 absent2 (distraído) lost in thought1 absentee2 DERECHO missing person* * *1. adj. 2. noun mf.* * *1. ADJ1) [físicamente] absent (de from)estar ausente de — to be absent from, be missing from
2) [mentalmente] daydreaming2.SMF (Escol etc) absentee; (Jur) missing person* * *Iadjetivo [estar]a) ( no presente) absentGarcía - ausente — García - he's absent o away
estaba ausente de su domicilio — (period) she was not at home
c) (euf) ( difunto)IImasculino y femeninoa) ( persona que falta)uno de los grandes ausentes fue... — one notable absentee was...
b) (Der) missing person* * *= absentee, missing, non-attender [nonattender], absent.Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.Ex. As you read each frame, cover the area below each frame and attempt to supply the missing word.Ex. Those alternatives call for the tapping of new pools of potential students: high school graduates who are nonattenders; college dropouts; transfer students from two-year colleges; adults.Ex. The attempt to discover it may lead to ineffective 'psychoanalysis of the absent reader'.----* estar ausente = lack.* estar ausente de = be absent (from).* * *Iadjetivo [estar]a) ( no presente) absentGarcía - ausente — García - he's absent o away
estaba ausente de su domicilio — (period) she was not at home
c) (euf) ( difunto)IImasculino y femeninoa) ( persona que falta)uno de los grandes ausentes fue... — one notable absentee was...
b) (Der) missing person* * *= absentee, missing, non-attender [nonattender], absent.Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
Ex: As you read each frame, cover the area below each frame and attempt to supply the missing word.Ex: Those alternatives call for the tapping of new pools of potential students: high school graduates who are nonattenders; college dropouts; transfer students from two-year colleges; adults.Ex: The attempt to discover it may lead to ineffective 'psychoanalysis of the absent reader'.* estar ausente = lack.* estar ausente de = be absent (from).* * *[ ESTAR]1 (no presente) absenttodos los alumnos ausentes all those pupils who are absentllama a Rodríguez — está ausente hoy call Rodríguez — he's not in todayestaba ausente de su domicilio ( period); she was not at homeausente con aviso apology for absence2 (distraído) distractedestaba preocupado, como ausente he looked preoccupied, as if his mind were elsewhere o on other things, he looked preoccupied and rather distractedtenía una expresión ausente he had an absent expression on his face o a far-away look in his eyesuna mirada ausente, ensoñadora an absent, dreamy look3 ( euf)1(persona que falta): no está bien criticar a los ausentes it's not right to criticize people in their absence o behind their backsuno de los grandes ausentes fue … one notable absentee was …2 ( Der) missing person* * *
Del verbo ausentarse: ( conjugate ausentarse)
me ausenté es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
me ausente es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo
se ausente es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo
ausente adjetivo [estar]
‹mirada/expresión› absent ( before n)
ausente
1 adjetivo absent ➣ Ver nota en absent
II mf absentee
' ausente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ensimismada
- ensimismado
- faltar
- ida
- ido
English:
absent
- absentee
- away
- AWOL
- distant
- missing
- vacant
- far
- sick
* * *♦ adj1. [no presente] absent;los alumnos ausentes al examen tendrán que hacer un trabajo pupils who miss the exam will have to write an essay;estará ausente todo el día he'll be away all day;está ausente por enfermedad he's off sick;estuvo ausente de su país durante una larga temporada she lived abroad for some timeestaba ausente, pensando en sus cosas she was wrapped up in her own thoughts♦ nmfRusia fue la gran ausente de la cumbre Russia was the most notable absentee from the summit2. Der missing person* * *adj absent;últimamente está siempre ausente fig his mind has been elsewhere lately* * *ausente adj: absent, missingausente nmf1) : absentee2) : missing person* * *ausente adj (no presente) absent / away -
9 cambio de registro
(n.) = code switchingEx. Too often US library professionals have difficulty ' code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.* * *(n.) = code switchingEx: Too often US library professionals have difficulty ' code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
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10 el porqué de
= the reason behind, the thinking behind, the reasoning behind, the idea behindEx. In addition, their involvement in the planning process will go a long way towards allaying any fears over automation and will ensure that staff are aware of the reasons behind the decision to automate.Ex. This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.Ex. Each library response should be signed by the librarian and should show the reasoning behind the answer.Ex. The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective).* * *= the reason behind, the thinking behind, the reasoning behind, the idea behindEx: In addition, their involvement in the planning process will go a long way towards allaying any fears over automation and will ensure that staff are aware of the reasons behind the decision to automate.
Ex: This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.Ex: Each library response should be signed by the librarian and should show the reasoning behind the answer.Ex: The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective). -
11 escucha telefónica
f.phone-tapping, wire-tapping, wiretapping.* * *wire tap (AmE), phone tap (BrE)* * *(n.) = wiretapping [wire-tapping], wiretap [wire-tap]Ex. Freely available encryption software can make government wiretapping of phones and computers largely ineffective.Ex. They have recommended that Congress revise ' wiretap' laws to strengthen protective provisions.* * *wire tap (AmE), phone tap (BrE)* * *(n.) = wiretapping [wire-tapping], wiretap [wire-tap]Ex: Freely available encryption software can make government wiretapping of phones and computers largely ineffective.
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12 extraño
adj.strange, far-out, queer, odd.f. & m.stranger, foreigner, outsider.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: extrañar.* * *► adjetivo1 (no conocido) alien, foreign2 (particular) strange, peculiar, odd, funny► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 stranger\no es extraño que... it is not surprising that...ser extraño,-a a algo to have nothing to do with something* * *1. (f. - extraña)noun2. (f. - extraña)adj.1) strange, odd2) alien, foreign* * *extraño, -a1. ADJ1) (=raro) strangees muy extraño — it's very odd o strange
¡qué extraño! — how odd o strange!
parece extraño que... — it seems odd o strange that...
2) (=ajeno)estas son costumbres extrañas a este país — these are customs which are foreign o alien to this country
este estilo no es extraño a los lectores de su poesía — this style is not unknown to readers of his poetry
2. SM / F1) (=desconocido) stranger2) (=extranjero) foreigner3.SMhacer un extraño: el balón hizo un extraño — the ball took a bad bounce
* * *I- ña adjetivoa) ( raro) strange, oddes extraño que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that she hasn't called
b) ( desconocido)II- ña masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger* * *= bizarre, extraneous, queer, strange, eccentric, odd, alien, outlander, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, outsider, kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.Ex. If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.Ex. The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.Ex. Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.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. The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.----* aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.* cita con un extraño = blind date.* cuerpo extraño = foreign body.* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.* de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.* de una manera extraña = strangely.* de un modo extraño = freakishly.* extraño (a) = foreign (to).* país extraño = foreign country.* por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.* resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.* ser extraño para = be alien to.* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.* ser un extraño = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.* * *I- ña adjetivoa) ( raro) strange, oddes extraño que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that she hasn't called
b) ( desconocido)II- ña masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger* * *= bizarre, extraneous, queer, strange, eccentric, odd, alien, outlander, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, outsider, kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
Ex: If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.Ex: The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.Ex: Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.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: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.* aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.* cita con un extraño = blind date.* cuerpo extraño = foreign body.* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.* de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.* de una manera extraña = strangely.* de un modo extraño = freakishly.* extraño (a) = foreign (to).* país extraño = foreign country.* por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.* resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.* ser extraño para = be alien to.* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.* ser un extraño = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.* * *1 (raro) strange, oddes extraño que no haya llamado it's strange o odd that she hasn't calledes una pareja extraña they're a strange o an odd coupleúltimamente está muy extraño he's been very strange lately, he's been acting very strange o strangely lately2(desconocido): los asuntos de familia no se discuten delante de personas extrañas you shouldn't discuss family matters in front of strangers o outsidersno me siento bien ante tanta gente extraña I feel uncomfortable with so many people I don't know o so many strangersmasculine, feminine1 (desconocido) stranger2el coche me hizo un extraño en la curva the car did something strange on the bend* * *
Del verbo extrañar: ( conjugate extrañar)
extraño es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
extrañó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
extrañar
extraño
extrañar ( conjugate extrañar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) ‹amigo/país› to miss
verbo intransitivo
1 ( sorprender) (+ me/te/le etc) to surprise;
ya me extrañaba a mí que … I thought it was strange that …
2 (RPl) ( tener nostalgia) to be homesick
extrañarse verbo pronominal extrañose de algo to be surprised at sth
extraño
eso no tiene nada de extraño there's nothing unusual about that
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
extrañar verbo transitivo
1 (asombrar) to surprise: no es de extrañar, it's hardly surprising
2 (echar de menos) to miss
3 (notar extraño) extraño mucho la cama, I find this bed strange o (echar de menos) I miss my own bed
extraño,-a
I adjetivo strange
Med foreign: tiene un cuerpo extraño en el ojo, she has a foreign object in her eye
II sustantivo masculino y femenino stranger: de repente entró un extraño, a stranger suddenly came in
' extraño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ajena
- ajeno
- curiosa
- curioso
- extraña
- extrañar
- imprimir
- más
- modo
- proceder
- rondar
- ruido
- tan
- corriente
- notar
- raro
English:
bizarre
- curious
- extraordinary
- funnily
- odd
- odd-sounding
- peculiar
- phenomenon
- puzzling
- queer
- singular
- strange
- uncanny
- weird
- agree
- alien
- as
- foreign
- greet
- home
- incongruous
- quaint
* * *extraño, -a♦ adj1. [raro] strange, odd;es extraño que no hayan llegado ya it's strange o odd they haven't arrived yet;¡qué extraño! how strange o odd!;me resulta extraño oírte hablar así I find it strange o odd to hear you talk like that2. [ajeno] detached, uninvolved3. Med foreign♦ nm,fstranger;no hables con extraños don't talk to strangers♦ nm[movimiento brusco]el vehículo hizo un extraño the vehicle went out of control for a second* * *I adj strange, oddII m, extraña f stranger* * *extraño, -ña adj1) raro: strange, odd2) extranjero: foreignextraño, -ña ndesconocido: stranger* * *extraño1 adj strangeextraño2 n stranger -
13 fuera de lo común
out of the ordinary* * *= eccentric, odd, unordinary, out of the ordinary, a cut above the rest, a cut aboveEx. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.Ex. He developed an alternative and unordinary way of talking about out thoughts.Ex. In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.Ex. To put it quite simply, the building is a cut above the rest with facilities fitted to the highest standards.Ex. The article 'Is Redon a cut above?' critiques the work of Odilon Redon in light of a retrospective exhibition of his paintings, prints and drawings.* * *= eccentric, odd, unordinary, out of the ordinary, a cut above the rest, a cut aboveEx: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.Ex: He developed an alternative and unordinary way of talking about out thoughts.Ex: In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.Ex: To put it quite simply, the building is a cut above the rest with facilities fitted to the highest standards.Ex: The article 'Is Redon a cut above?' critiques the work of Odilon Redon in light of a retrospective exhibition of his paintings, prints and drawings. -
14 inconexo
adj.1 unconnected, illogical, scrappy, loose.2 incoherent.* * *► adjetivo1 disconnected* * *ADJ [datos] unrelated, unconnected; [ideas] disconnected, disjointed; [texto] disjointed; [lenguaje, palabras] incoherent* * *- xa adjetivo unconnected* * *= disjointed, desultory, disjoint, unrelated, fragmented, inarticulate.Ex. A fully informative abstract will be impossible to prepare for many discussion papers and reviews, since too many individual and disjointed ideas must be represented.Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex. The three periods allow us to test our techniques with citations from wholly disjoint sets of writings.Ex. Adjacent technical papers bound in journals may often be unrelated.Ex. The data collected during reading and fieldwork is fragmented and often contradictory miscellany.Ex. The overt arguments presented by the daughter, the son-in-law and the wife, are ineffective and incredulously inarticulate.* * *- xa adjetivo unconnected* * *= disjointed, desultory, disjoint, unrelated, fragmented, inarticulate.Ex: A fully informative abstract will be impossible to prepare for many discussion papers and reviews, since too many individual and disjointed ideas must be represented.
Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex: The three periods allow us to test our techniques with citations from wholly disjoint sets of writings.Ex: Adjacent technical papers bound in journals may often be unrelated.Ex: The data collected during reading and fieldwork is fragmented and often contradictory miscellany.Ex: The overt arguments presented by the daughter, the son-in-law and the wife, are ineffective and incredulously inarticulate.* * *inconexo -xaunconnected, disjointed* * *
inconexo◊ -xa adjetivo
unconnected
inconexo,-a adjetivo unconnected, disjointed, incoherent: son algunas ideas inconexas, these are a few random ideas
un discurso inconexo, a disjointed speech
' inconexo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inconexa
English:
disconnected
- disjointed
* * *inconexo, -a adj1. [parte] unconnected2. [pensamiento, texto] disjointed* * *adj unconnected* * *inconexo, -xa adj: unconnected, disconnected -
15 intervención electrónica
f.electronic intervention, wiretapping.* * *(n.) = wiretapping [wire-tapping], wiretap [wire-tap]Ex. Freely available encryption software can make government wiretapping of phones and computers largely ineffective.Ex. They have recommended that Congress revise ' wiretap' laws to strengthen protective provisions.* * *(n.) = wiretapping [wire-tapping], wiretap [wire-tap]Ex: Freely available encryption software can make government wiretapping of phones and computers largely ineffective.
Ex: They have recommended that Congress revise ' wiretap' laws to strengthen protective provisions. -
16 la idea que hay detrás de
Ex. The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective).* * *Ex: The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective).
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17 las razones de
= the reason behind, the thinking behind, the reasoning behind, the idea behindEx. In addition, their involvement in the planning process will go a long way towards allaying any fears over automation and will ensure that staff are aware of the reasons behind the decision to automate.Ex. This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.Ex. Each library response should be signed by the librarian and should show the reasoning behind the answer.Ex. The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective).* * *= the reason behind, the thinking behind, the reasoning behind, the idea behindEx: In addition, their involvement in the planning process will go a long way towards allaying any fears over automation and will ensure that staff are aware of the reasons behind the decision to automate.
Ex: This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.Ex: Each library response should be signed by the librarian and should show the reasoning behind the answer.Ex: The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective). -
18 los motivos de
= the reason behind, the thinking behind, the reasoning behind, the idea behindEx. In addition, their involvement in the planning process will go a long way towards allaying any fears over automation and will ensure that staff are aware of the reasons behind the decision to automate.Ex. This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.Ex. Each library response should be signed by the librarian and should show the reasoning behind the answer.Ex. The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective).* * *= the reason behind, the thinking behind, the reasoning behind, the idea behindEx: In addition, their involvement in the planning process will go a long way towards allaying any fears over automation and will ensure that staff are aware of the reasons behind the decision to automate.
Ex: This article describes the thinking behind a new book event for countries in the Pacific region which will take place in May 93.Ex: Each library response should be signed by the librarian and should show the reasoning behind the answer.Ex: The idea behind metadata is that there is some Third Way of organizing and giving access to electronic resources that is approximately half way between cataloguing (expensive and effective) and keyword searching (cheap and ineffective). -
19 luces de emergencia
(n.) = blackout facilities, hazard lightsEx. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.Ex. Drivers must carry warning triangles and use them whenever they have stopped on a roadway for any reason, to warn traffic behind that there is an obstruction ahead - even if they have also activated their hazard lights.* * *(n.) = blackout facilities, hazard lightsEx: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
Ex: Drivers must carry warning triangles and use them whenever they have stopped on a roadway for any reason, to warn traffic behind that there is an obstruction ahead - even if they have also activated their hazard lights.* * *emergency lights -
20 mal expresado
(adj.) = inarticulateEx. The overt arguments presented by the daughter, the son-in-law and the wife, are ineffective and incredulously inarticulate.* * *(adj.) = inarticulateEx: The overt arguments presented by the daughter, the son-in-law and the wife, are ineffective and incredulously inarticulate.
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