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  • 1 inepto

    adj.
    1 inept, stupid, inapt, unfit.
    2 incapable, uncapable.
    m.
    inept person, loser, no-hoper, non-achiever.
    * * *
    1 (persona) incompetent, inept
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 incompetent person
    * * *
    ADJ inept, incompetent
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo inept, incompetent
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino incompetent
    * * *
    = inept, unfit, bumbler, inadequate, lame, lame duck.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. As Townsend cynically writes, a committee developed to make decisions is a group of ' unfits appointed by the incompetent to do the unnecessary'.
    Ex. Henry Ellis is traditionally depicted as a reactionary bumbler who held back reform of the department of printed books.
    Ex. There are no other library facilities in the immediate area, except for a woefully inadequate public library.
    Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.
    Ex. Having them call him a lame duck is just one more way for them to underestimate what they are up against.
    ----
    * inepto social = nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], nerd, geek, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo inept, incompetent
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino incompetent
    * * *
    = inept, unfit, bumbler, inadequate, lame, lame duck.

    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

    Ex: As Townsend cynically writes, a committee developed to make decisions is a group of ' unfits appointed by the incompetent to do the unnecessary'.
    Ex: Henry Ellis is traditionally depicted as a reactionary bumbler who held back reform of the department of printed books.
    Ex: There are no other library facilities in the immediate area, except for a woefully inadequate public library.
    Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.
    Ex: Having them call him a lame duck is just one more way for them to underestimate what they are up against.
    * inepto social = nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], nerd, geek, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].

    * * *
    inepto1 -ta
    inept, incompetent
    inepto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    incompetent
    * * *

    inepto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    inept, incompetent
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    incompetent
    inepto,-a
    I adjetivo inept, incompetent
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino incompetent person: es un inepto para los negocios, he's inept when it comes to business

    ' inepto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inepta
    - negada
    - negado
    - nula
    - nulo
    - incapaz
    English:
    bad
    - inefficient
    - inept
    - inadequate
    - unfit
    * * *
    inepto, -a
    ♦ adj
    incompetent, inept
    ♦ nm,f
    incompetent o inept person
    * * *
    I adj inept, incompetent
    II m, inepta f incompetent fool
    * * *
    inepto, -ta adj
    : inept, incompetent

    Spanish-English dictionary > inepto

  • 2 nulo

    adj.
    void, null, nil, invalid.
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    1 (persona) useless, totally inept
    2 (sin valor) null and void, invalid
    \
    ser nulo,-a para algo to be useless at something
    voto nulo invalid vote
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    (f. - nula)
    adj.
    1) null
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Jur) void, null, null and void
    2) [persona] useless *, hopeless *
    3) [en boxeo]
    2.
    SMPL (Naipes) misère sing
    * * *
    - la adjetivo
    1) (Der) <testamento/votación/contrato> null and void; < voto> void
    2) < persona> useless (colloq), hopeless (colloq)
    * * *
    = dummy, zero + Nombre, lame.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.
    Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
    Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.
    * * *
    - la adjetivo
    1) (Der) <testamento/votación/contrato> null and void; < voto> void
    2) < persona> useless (colloq), hopeless (colloq)
    * * *
    = dummy, zero + Nombre, lame.

    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

    Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.
    Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

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    nulo -la
    A ( Der) ‹testamento/votación/contrato› null and void; ‹voto› void
    B ‹persona› useless ( colloq), hopeless ( colloq)
    es nulo para los idiomas he's useless o hopeless at languages
    C
    (inexistente): mis conocimientos del tema son nulos I know absolutely nothing about the subject
    su valor nutritivo es casi nulo its nutritional value is virtually zero o ( BrE) virtually nil
    * * *

    nulo
    ◊ -la adjetivo

    a) (Der) ‹testamento/votación› null and void;

    ‹ voto› void
    b) ‹ persona› useless (colloq), hopeless (colloq)



    nulo,-a adjetivo
    1 (no válido) null and void, invalid
    Dep lanzamiento/gol nulo, disallowed shot/goal
    2 (sin valor, inexistente) su repercusión fue nula, it had no repercussions
    3 (inepto) useless, hopeless
    ' nulo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inválida
    - inválido
    - nula
    - voto
    English:
    annul
    - invalid
    - null
    - void
    - nil
    * * *
    nulo, -a adj
    1. [sin validez] null and void, invalid;
    nulo y sin valor null and void
    2. Fam [inútil] useless ( para at)
    3. Fam [inexistente]
    mis conocimientos sobre la materia son nulos I know absolutely zilch about the subject;
    mi fe en ellos es nula I have absolutely no faith in them
    * * *
    adj
    1 JUR null and void
    2 fam
    persona hopeless
    3 ( inexistente) non-existent, zero
    4 DEP
    :
    salida nula false start
    * * *
    nulo, -la adj
    1) : null, null and void
    2) inepto: useless, inept
    es nula para la cocina: she's hopeless at cooking
    * * *
    nulo adj (sin valor) invalid
    ser nulo en/para algo to be hopeless at something

    Spanish-English dictionary > nulo

  • 3 inepta


    inepto,-a
    I adjetivo inept, incompetent
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino incompetent person: es un inepto para los negocios, he's inept when it comes to business
    ' inepta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    mismanage
    * * *
    I adj inept, incompetent
    II m, inepta f incompetent fool

    Spanish-English dictionary > inepta

  • 4 apacible

    adj.
    1 mild, gentle.
    2 peaceful, quiet, sleepy, placid.
    * * *
    1 (pesona) gentle, calm, placid; (vida) quiet, peaceful; (clima, tiempo) mild; (mar) calm
    * * *
    adj.
    calm, gentle, mild
    * * *
    ADJ (=manso) [animal, persona] gentle, mild; [temperamento] gentle, even; [tiempo] calm; [viento] gentle; [tarde, noche] pleasant

    es un tío muy apacible — he's a very even-tempered o placid o mild-mannered guy

    * * *
    adjetivo <carácter/persona> calm, placid; < vida> quiet, peaceful; < clima> mild; < mar> calm; < viento> gentle
    * * *
    = benign, mellowed, mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].
    Ex. It was an incredible day, a warm and benign day of earliest autumn.
    Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex. People become more ' mellow' in response to negative emotions over their lifetime, research suggests.
    * * *
    adjetivo <carácter/persona> calm, placid; < vida> quiet, peaceful; < clima> mild; < mar> calm; < viento> gentle
    * * *
    = benign, mellowed, mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

    Ex: It was an incredible day, a warm and benign day of earliest autumn.

    Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex: People become more ' mellow' in response to negative emotions over their lifetime, research suggests.

    * * *
    1 ‹carácter/persona› calm, placid, even-tempered; ‹vida› quiet, peaceful
    2 ‹clima› mild; ‹mar› calm; ‹viento› gentle, light
    * * *

    apacible adjetivo ‹carácter/persona› calm, placid;
    ‹ vida› quiet, peaceful;
    ‹ clima› mild;
    ‹ mar› calm;
    ‹ viento› gentle
    apacible adjetivo mild, calm
    ' apacible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    buena
    - bueno
    English:
    good-tempered
    - mellow
    - mild
    - placid
    - restful
    * * *
    1. [temperamento, trato, persona] mild, gentle
    2. [lugar, ambiente, clima] pleasant
    3. [sueño, muerte] peaceful
    * * *
    adj mild-mannered
    * * *
    : gentle, mild, calm

    Spanish-English dictionary > apacible

  • 5 bienintencionado

    adj.
    well-meaning, good-natured, well-disposed, well-intentioned.
    * * *
    1 well-intentioned
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo well-meaning, well-intentioned
    * * *
    Ex. His lawyer said that inept support from some well-meaning backers had created a phony dispute about whether great artists have special rights.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo well-meaning, well-intentioned
    * * *

    Ex: His lawyer said that inept support from some well-meaning backers had created a phony dispute about whether great artists have special rights.

    * * *
    well-meaning, well-intentioned
    * * *

    bienintencionado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    well-meaning, well-intentioned
    bienintencionado,-a adjetivo well-meaning, well-intentioned

    ' bienintencionado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bienintencionada
    English:
    well
    * * *
    bienintencionado, -a adj
    well-intentioned
    * * *
    adj well-meant
    * * *
    : well-meaning

    Spanish-English dictionary > bienintencionado

  • 6 búsqueda de oro

    (n.) = gold digging
    Ex. After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.
    * * *

    Ex: After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda de oro

  • 7 causar

    v.
    1 to cause.
    el accidente le causó graves lesiones he was seriously injured in the accident
    el huracán causó estragos en la costa the hurricane wreaked havoc on the coast
    el terremotó causó dos mil muertos two thousand people died in the earthquake, the earthquake killed two thousand people
    El ácido úrico causa la gota Uric acid causes gout.
    Ella causó que eso ocurriese She caused that to happen.
    2 to be caused to.
    Se nos causó un gran daño A great damage was caused to us.
    * * *
    1 (provocar) to cause, bring about
    2 (proporcionar) to make, give
    * * *
    verb
    2) make
    * * *
    VT [+ problema, consecuencia, víctima] to cause; [+ impresión] to make

    la explosión causó heridas a dos personas — the explosion injured two people, the explosion left two people injured

    • causar asombro a algn — to amaze sb

    • causar emoción a algn — to move sb

    • causar extrañeza a algn — to puzzle sb

    • causar risa a algn — to make sb laugh

    * * *
    verbo transitivo <daños/problema/sufrimiento> to cause; < indignación> to cause, arouse; < alarma> to cause, provoke; < placer> to give
    * * *
    = cause, result (in), spark off, inflict, evoke, bring on, bring about, precipitate, give + cause to, give + rise to, give + occasion to.
    Ex. As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.
    Ex. Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.
    Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex. This article discusses the budget cuts inflicted on Australian libraries.
    Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
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    * causar ansiedad = cause + anxiety.
    * causar buena impresión = impress, come across.
    * causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.
    * causar conmoción = cause + a ripple.
    * causar consternación = cause + consternation.
    * causar daño = do + harm, be injurious, cause + damage, cause + harm, cause + hurt, bring + harm, inflict + damage.
    * causar daño corporal = cause + injury.
    * causar daño material = cause + material injury.
    * causar daños = cause + erosion.
    * causar desórdenes = riot.
    * causar destrozos = wreak + devastation.
    * causar destrucción = wreak + destruction.
    * causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.
    * causar disturbios = riot.
    * causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.
    * causar graves daños a = bring + ruin to.
    * causar impresión = make + impression.
    * causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.
    * causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.
    * causar muertos = take + a toll on life.
    * causar pena = cause + hurt.
    * causar pérdidas = cause + losses.
    * causar perjuicio = bring + harm.
    * causar preocupación = evoke + concern, cause + concern.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * causar revuelo = cause + a stir, create + a stir.
    * causar ruina a = bring + ruin to.
    * causarse daño = bring + disaster on.
    * causar sensación = be a sensation, cut + a swath(e), cut + a dash, make + heads turn, make + a big noise, cause + a sensation.
    * causar sensación en el mundo = make + a big noise in the world.
    * causar sorpresa = cause + an eyelid to bat.
    * causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.
    * causar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * causar una gran sensación = make + a splash.
    * causar una guerra = precipitate + war.
    * causar una impresión = leave + an impression, make + an impression.
    * causar una primera impresión = make + a first impression.
    * causar una reacción = cause + reaction.
    * causar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * causar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons, make + a splash.
    * que puede causar detención = arrestable.
    * sin causar daño = harmlessly.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <daños/problema/sufrimiento> to cause; < indignación> to cause, arouse; < alarma> to cause, provoke; < placer> to give
    * * *
    = cause, result (in), spark off, inflict, evoke, bring on, bring about, precipitate, give + cause to, give + rise to, give + occasion to.

    Ex: As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.

    Ex: Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.
    Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex: This article discusses the budget cuts inflicted on Australian libraries.
    Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    * causar ansiedad = cause + anxiety.
    * causar buena impresión = impress, come across.
    * causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.
    * causar conmoción = cause + a ripple.
    * causar consternación = cause + consternation.
    * causar daño = do + harm, be injurious, cause + damage, cause + harm, cause + hurt, bring + harm, inflict + damage.
    * causar daño corporal = cause + injury.
    * causar daño material = cause + material injury.
    * causar daños = cause + erosion.
    * causar desórdenes = riot.
    * causar destrozos = wreak + devastation.
    * causar destrucción = wreak + destruction.
    * causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.
    * causar disturbios = riot.
    * causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.
    * causar graves daños a = bring + ruin to.
    * causar impresión = make + impression.
    * causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.
    * causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.
    * causar muertos = take + a toll on life.
    * causar pena = cause + hurt.
    * causar pérdidas = cause + losses.
    * causar perjuicio = bring + harm.
    * causar preocupación = evoke + concern, cause + concern.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * causar revuelo = cause + a stir, create + a stir.
    * causar ruina a = bring + ruin to.
    * causarse daño = bring + disaster on.
    * causar sensación = be a sensation, cut + a swath(e), cut + a dash, make + heads turn, make + a big noise, cause + a sensation.
    * causar sensación en el mundo = make + a big noise in the world.
    * causar sorpresa = cause + an eyelid to bat.
    * causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.
    * causar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * causar una gran sensación = make + a splash.
    * causar una guerra = precipitate + war.
    * causar una impresión = leave + an impression, make + an impression.
    * causar una primera impresión = make + a first impression.
    * causar una reacción = cause + reaction.
    * causar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * causar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons, make + a splash.
    * que puede causar detención = arrestable.
    * sin causar daño = harmlessly.

    * * *
    causar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹daños/problema› to cause; ‹indignación› to cause, arouse
    el incidente causó gran inquietud the incident caused great unease
    verlo así me causa gran tristeza it makes me very sad o it causes me great sadness o it fills me with sadness to see him like that
    me causó muy buena impresión I was very impressed with her, she made a very good impression on me
    este premio me causa gran satisfacción ( frml); I am delighted to receive this prize
    me causó mucha gracia que dijera eso I thought it was o I found it very funny that she should say that
    * * *

     

    causar ( conjugate causar) verbo transitivo ‹daños/problema/sufrimiento› to cause;
    ‹ indignación› to cause, arouse;
    ‹ alarma› to cause, provoke;
    ‹ placer› to give;

    me causó muy buena impresión I was very impressed with her
    causar verbo transitivo to cause, bring about: el desaliño causa mala impresión, untidiness makes a bad impression
    le causó buena impresión, he was very impressed by him
    me causó mucha alegría, it made me very happy

    ' causar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    admirar
    - alborotar
    - caer
    - cobrarse
    - dar
    - darse
    - deslumbrar
    - determinar
    - embarazar
    - embriagar
    - emocionar
    - encandilar
    - engordar
    - espantar
    - estragos
    - estropear
    - fastidiar
    - hacer
    - ilusionar
    - impresión
    - impresionar
    - incomodar
    - meter
    - molestar
    - molestia
    - montar
    - obrar
    - parecer
    - pesar
    - plantear
    - producir
    - provocar
    - repeler
    - repercutir
    - revolver
    - salar
    - sembrar
    - traer
    - trastornar
    - turbar
    - furor
    - motivar
    - propiciar
    - saber
    English:
    bother
    - cause
    - derive
    - foul up
    - impression
    - inflict
    - painlessly
    - riot
    - sensation
    - set
    - start
    - trouble
    - wreak
    - fire
    - mischief
    - rise
    * * *
    causar vt
    [daños, problemas] to cause; [placer, satisfacción] to give;
    el huracán causó estragos en la costa the hurricane wreaked havoc on the coast;
    el terremoto causó dos mil muertos two thousand people died in the earthquake, the earthquake killed two thousand people;
    el accidente le causó graves lesiones he was seriously injured in the accident;
    causar (una) buena/mala impresión to make a good/bad impression;
    me causa mucha felicidad saber que se hayan reconciliado it makes me very happy to know they've made up with one another;
    esta crema a veces causa una sensación de picor this cream sometimes causes an itching sensation
    * * *
    v/t daño cause; placer provide, give
    * * *
    causar vt
    1) : to cause
    2) : to provoke, to arouse
    eso me causa gracia: that strikes me as being funny
    * * *
    causar vb
    1. (provocar) to cause
    2. (proporcionar) to make

    Spanish-English dictionary > causar

  • 8 con buenas intenciones

    (adj.) = well meant, in good faith, well-intentioned, well-intended, well-meaning
    Ex. I've found him always on the defensive; instead of taking my comments as well meant.
    Ex. If one side gives in on something, take it in good faith, don't take advantage of it, and be willing to yield something in return.
    Ex. As he recovers, he overhears a well-intentioned social worker murmuring soothingly about a juvenile facility, and contrives an escape.
    Ex. Humans have an extraordinary capacity for perverting well-intended laws to evil purposes.
    Ex. His lawyer said that inept support from some well-meaning backers had created a phony dispute about whether great artists have special rights.
    * * *
    (adj.) = well meant, in good faith, well-intentioned, well-intended, well-meaning

    Ex: I've found him always on the defensive; instead of taking my comments as well meant.

    Ex: If one side gives in on something, take it in good faith, don't take advantage of it, and be willing to yield something in return.
    Ex: As he recovers, he overhears a well-intentioned social worker murmuring soothingly about a juvenile facility, and contrives an escape.
    Ex: Humans have an extraordinary capacity for perverting well-intended laws to evil purposes.
    Ex: His lawyer said that inept support from some well-meaning backers had created a phony dispute about whether great artists have special rights.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con buenas intenciones

  • 9 egotista

    adj.
    1 egotist, one who talks too much of himself.
    2 egotistic, egotistical, conceited, narcissistic.
    f. & m.
    1 egotist, boastful person, conceited person, egomaniac.
    2 selfish person, egotist, egoist.
    * * *
    1 egotistic, egotistical
    1 egotist
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ egotistical, egotist
    2.
    * * *
    = egotistical, egotistic, egotist.
    Ex. Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex. One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
    * * *
    = egotistical, egotistic, egotist.

    Ex: Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.

    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex: One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.

    * * *
    egotistic, egotistical
    egotist
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    egotistic, egotistical
    ♦ nmf
    egotist
    * * *
    : egotistic, egotistical, conceited
    : egotist, conceited person

    Spanish-English dictionary > egotista

  • 10 egoísta

    adj.
    selfish, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical.
    f. & m.
    selfish person, egoist, self-seeker.
    * * *
    1 selfish, egoistic, egoistical
    1 egoist, selfish person
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ egoistical, selfish
    2.
    SMF egoist, selfish person
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo selfish, egotistic

    no seas egoistón — (fam) don't be mean (colloq)

    II
    masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist
    * * *
    = selfish, egoistic, egotistical, egoist, self-serving, self-focusing, self-focused, egotistic, egotist.
    Ex. Like little children they're selfish, demanding, and dependent.
    Ex. Idealistic theoretical slogans abound but an egoistic, suspicious and lax attitude on the part of decision makers towards resource sharing has not been overcome.
    Ex. Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.
    Ex. Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.
    Ex. At the same time he warns against self-serving marketing.
    Ex. We can all do the same for each other provided we have discovered how to talk in a way that gets beyond the self-focusing use of literature.
    Ex. In either case we are making use of the book for our own ends: our reading has become self-focused.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex. One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
    ----
    * de modo egoísta = selfishly.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo selfish, egotistic

    no seas egoistón — (fam) don't be mean (colloq)

    II
    masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist
    * * *
    = selfish, egoistic, egotistical, egoist, self-serving, self-focusing, self-focused, egotistic, egotist.

    Ex: Like little children they're selfish, demanding, and dependent.

    Ex: Idealistic theoretical slogans abound but an egoistic, suspicious and lax attitude on the part of decision makers towards resource sharing has not been overcome.
    Ex: Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.
    Ex: Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.
    Ex: At the same time he warns against self-serving marketing.
    Ex: We can all do the same for each other provided we have discovered how to talk in a way that gets beyond the self-focusing use of literature.
    Ex: In either case we are making use of the book for our own ends: our reading has become self-focused.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex: One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
    * de modo egoísta = selfishly.

    * * *
    selfish, egoistic, egotistic
    no seas egoistón ( fam); don't be mean ( colloq)
    ( Psic) egoist, egotist
    es una egoísta she is very selfish
    * * *

     

    egoísta adjetivo
    selfish, egotistic
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist;

    egoísta
    I adjetivo egoistic, selfish
    II mf egoist, selfish person

    ' egoísta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    buitre
    - interesada
    - interesado
    - acaparador
    - mezquindad
    - puro
    - volver
    English:
    ax
    - axe
    - egoist
    - possessive
    - selfish
    - unselfish
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    egoistic, selfish;
    ¡mira que eres egoísta! you're so selfish!;
    era muy egoísta con sus hermanos he was very selfish towards his brothers and sisters
    ♦ nmf
    egotist, selfish person;
    ser un egoísta to be very selfish, to be an egotist
    * * *
    I adj selfish, egoistic
    II m/f egoist
    * * *
    : selfish, egoistic
    : egoist, selfish person
    * * *
    egoísta1 adj selfish
    egoísta2 n selfish person

    Spanish-English dictionary > egoísta

  • 11 equipo visitante

    m.
    visiting team, away team, visitors team.
    * * *
    Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    * * *

    Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.

    * * *
    visiting team

    Spanish-English dictionary > equipo visitante

  • 12 intento de atraco fallido

    Ex. After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.
    * * *

    Ex: After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intento de atraco fallido

  • 13 intento de robo fallido

    Ex. After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.
    * * *

    Ex: After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intento de robo fallido

  • 14 irresponsable

    adj.
    irresponsible.
    f. & m.
    irresponsible person.
    * * *
    1 irresponsible
    1 irresponsible person
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo irresponsible
    II
    masculino y femenino

    es un irresponsable — he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person

    * * *
    = irresponsible, freewheeling [free-wheeling], heedless, reckless, thoughtless.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex. Above all things, this film is one woman's passionate protest against the thoughtless abuse of the weak by the strong.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo irresponsible
    II
    masculino y femenino

    es un irresponsable — he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person

    * * *
    = irresponsible, freewheeling [free-wheeling], heedless, reckless, thoughtless.

    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex: Above all things, this film is one woman's passionate protest against the thoughtless abuse of the weak by the strong.

    * * *
    1 (insensato) irresponsible
    2 ( Der) incompetent
    es un irresponsable he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person
    * * *

    irresponsable adjetivo
    irresponsible
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:

    irresponsable
    I adjetivo irresponsible
    II mf irresponsible person: eres una irresponsable, you're irresponsible

    ' irresponsable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inconsciente
    - informal
    - alocado
    - botarate
    English:
    fly-by-night
    - irresponsible
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    irresponsible
    ♦ nmf
    irresponsible person;
    es un irresponsable he's very irresponsible
    * * *
    adj irresponsible
    * * *
    : irresponsible
    * * *
    irresponsable adj irresponsible

    Spanish-English dictionary > irresponsable

  • 15 ponerse hecho un basilisco

    to hit the roof, blow one's top
    * * *
    (v.) = go + ballistic, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper
    Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
    Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
    Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
    Ex. His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
    * * *
    (v.) = go + ballistic, go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, lose + Posesivo + temper

    Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.

    Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
    Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
    Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
    Ex: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse hecho un basilisco

  • 16 ponerse hecho un energúmeno

    (v.) = go + ballistic, blow + Posesivo + top, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack
    Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex. Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
    Ex. Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.
    Ex. She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
    * * *
    (v.) = go + ballistic, blow + Posesivo + top, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack

    Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.

    Ex: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
    Ex: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.
    Ex: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse hecho un energúmeno

  • 17 ponerse hecho una fiera

    (v.) = go + ballistic, go + berserk, blow + Posesivo + top, go + postal, go + crazy, blow + a fuse, lose + Posesivo + temper, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack
    Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
    Ex. Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
    Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
    Ex. Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
    Ex. He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.
    Ex. His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
    Ex. The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.
    Ex. Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.
    Ex. Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.
    Ex. She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
    * * *
    (v.) = go + ballistic, go + berserk, blow + Posesivo + top, go + postal, go + crazy, blow + a fuse, lose + Posesivo + temper, throw + a wobbly, throw + a wobbler, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack

    Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.

    Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.
    Ex: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
    Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee ' went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.
    Ex: Sawer went crazy after the woman he was having an affair with was caught and her husband killed her.
    Ex: He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.
    Ex: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper.
    Ex: The good thing about having it in writing is that you`re then well within your rights to throw a wobbly and demand you get what you paid for.
    Ex: Of course there are things they don't like, and sometimes one of them throws a wobbler -- which sets the other one off!.
    Ex: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.
    Ex: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse hecho una fiera

  • 18 provocar

    v.
    1 to provoke.
    El golpe provocó su muerte The blow brought about her death.
    Sus comentarios provocaron al borracho His comments provoked the drunk.
    2 to cause, to bring about (causar) (accidente, muerte).
    provocar las iras de alguien to anger somebody
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze
    3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to provoke
    \
    provocar el parto to induce birth
    provocar un incendio (con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote
    2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on
    3) [+ persona] [gen] to provoke; (=incitar) to rouse, stir up (to anger); (=tentar) to tempt, invite

    ¡no me provoques! — don't start me!

    provocar a algn a cólera o indignación — to rouse sb to fury

    4) [sexualmente] to rouse
    2. VI
    1) LAm (=gustar, apetecer)

    ¿te provoca un café? — would you like a coffee?, do you fancy a coffee?

    ¿qué le provoca? — what would you like?, what do you fancy?

    no me provoca la idea — the idea doesn't appeal to me, I don't fancy the idea

    -¿por qué no vas? -no me provoca — "why aren't you going?" - "I don't feel like it"

    no me provoca estudiar hoy — I'm not in the mood for studying today, I don't feel like studying today

    2) * (=vomitar) to be sick, throw up *
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    * * *
    = provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.
    Ex. 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.
    Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex. Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    ----
    * provocar cambios = wreak + changes.
    * provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar escarnio = evoke + response.
    * provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
    * provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.
    * provocar la controversia = court + controversy.
    * provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.
    * provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.
    * provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.
    * provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.
    * provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.
    * provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.
    * provocar un cambio = bring about + change.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    * * *
    = provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

    Ex: 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.

    Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex: Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.
    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    * provocar cambios = wreak + changes.
    * provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar escarnio = evoke + response.
    * provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
    * provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.
    * provocar la controversia = court + controversy.
    * provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.
    * provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.
    * provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.
    * provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.
    * provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.
    * provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.
    * provocar un cambio = bring about + change.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

    * * *
    provocar [A2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (causar, ocasionar) to cause
    un cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigarette
    una decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversy
    no se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire
    2 ( Med):
    provocar el parto to induce labor*
    las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
    el antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodies
    B ‹persona›
    1 (al enfado) to provoke
    2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on
    ■ provocar
    vi
    ( Andes) (apetecer): ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? ( BrE colloq)
    ( refl):
    se disparó un tiro provocándose la muerte he shot (and killed) himself
    * * *

     

    provocar ( conjugate provocar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ explosión› to cause;

    ‹ incendio› to start;
    ‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
    ‹ reacción› to cause
    b) (Med) ‹ parto› to induce

    2 ‹ persona› ( al enfado) to provoke;
    ( sexualmente) to lead … on
    verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( apetecer):
    ◊ ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    provocar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar) to cause: su decisión fue provocada por..., his decision was prompted by..., provocar un incendio, to start a fire
    2 (un parto, etc) to induce: tuvieron que provocarle el vómito, they had to make her vomit
    3 (irritar, enfadar) to provoke: no lo provoques, don't provoke him
    4 (la ira, etc) to rouse
    (un aplauso) to provoke
    5 (excitar el deseo sexual) to arouse, provoke

    ' provocar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    campanada
    - desatar
    - engendrar
    - hacer
    - motivar
    - organizar
    - pinchar
    - chulear
    - dar
    - meter
    - parto
    - reclamo
    - torear
    English:
    bait
    - bring
    - bring about
    - bring on
    - cause
    - excite
    - fight
    - incur
    - induce
    - instigate
    - invite
    - prompt
    - provoke
    - raise
    - rouse
    - roust
    - short-circuit
    - spark off
    - start
    - stir up
    - tease
    - trigger
    - disturbance
    - draw
    - elicit
    - evoke
    - short
    - spark
    - stir
    - taunt
    - whip
    - wreck
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [incitar] to provoke;
    ¡no me provoques! don't provoke me!
    2. [causar] [accidente, muerte] to cause;
    [incendio, rebelión] to start; [sonrisa, burla] to elicit;
    una placa de hielo provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a sheet of black ice;
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh;
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze;
    su actitud me provoca más lástima que otra cosa her attitude makes me pity her more than anything else
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;
    le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes
    ♦ vi
    Carib, Col, Méx Fam [apetecer]
    ¿te provoca ir al cine? would you like to go to the movies?, Br do you fancy going to the cinema?;
    ¿te provoca un vaso de vino? would you like a glass of wine?, Br do you fancy a glass of wine?;
    ¿qué te provoca? what would you like to do?, Br what do you fancy doing?
    * * *
    v/t
    1 cause
    2 el enfado provoke
    3 sexualmente lead on
    4 parto induce
    5
    :
    ¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?
    * * *
    provocar {72} vt
    1) causar: to provoke, to cause
    2) irritar: to provoke, to pique
    * * *
    1. (en general) to cause
    2. (incendio) to start
    3. (una persona) to provoke

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocar

  • 19 robo por medio del tirón

    Ex. After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.
    * * *

    Ex: After a string of failed robbery attempts including a purse snatching that goes terribly wrong, the two inept protagonists turn to gold digging.

    Spanish-English dictionary > robo por medio del tirón

  • 20 sosegado

    adj.
    peaceful, quiet, still, tranquil.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: sosegar.
    * * *
    1→ link=sosegar sosegar
    1 calm, quiet
    * * *
    (f. - sosegada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [apariencia, vida] calm, peaceful
    2) [persona] calm, serene
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < vida> quiet, peaceful; < persona> calm
    * * *
    = quiet [quieter -comp., quietest -sup.], restful, tranquil, mellowed, sedate, calm [calmer -comp., calmest -sup.], mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].
    Ex. Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
    Ex. The health promoting concept is carried through the design of the ward, where there is maximum use of restful natural materials and 'healing arts'.
    Ex. Sudak is one of the most beautiful and tranquil locales on the Black Sea coast.
    Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex. His rebelliousness against family tradition and sedate good taste surfaced disturbingly in his account of bringing his mother's body home from Italy.
    Ex. Her calm confident eyes silently invited him to relieve his mind, and he could not resist the temptation.
    Ex. People become more ' mellow' in response to negative emotions over their lifetime, research suggests.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < vida> quiet, peaceful; < persona> calm
    * * *
    = quiet [quieter -comp., quietest -sup.], restful, tranquil, mellowed, sedate, calm [calmer -comp., calmest -sup.], mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

    Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.

    Ex: The health promoting concept is carried through the design of the ward, where there is maximum use of restful natural materials and 'healing arts'.
    Ex: Sudak is one of the most beautiful and tranquil locales on the Black Sea coast.
    Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex: His rebelliousness against family tradition and sedate good taste surfaced disturbingly in his account of bringing his mother's body home from Italy.
    Ex: Her calm confident eyes silently invited him to relieve his mind, and he could not resist the temptation.
    Ex: People become more ' mellow' in response to negative emotions over their lifetime, research suggests.

    * * *
    ‹vida› quiet, peaceful; ‹persona› calm
    lo encontré mucho más sosegado I thought he was much calmer, he seemed to me to have calmed down a lot
    le gusta la vida sosegada del campo she likes the quiet o peaceful life of the country
    las aguas sosegadas del lago ( liter); the placid o still o calm waters of the lake
    * * *

    Del verbo sosegar: ( conjugate sosegar)

    sosegado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    sosegado    
    sosegar
    sosegado,-a adj (ambiente, entorno, vida) calm, quiet
    (carácter) calm
    sosegar verbo transitivo to calm
    ' sosegado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sosegada
    - tranquila
    - tranquilo
    * * *
    sosegado, -a adj
    1. [persona] calm, placid;
    lleva una vida sosegada he leads a quiet life
    2. [aguas] placid, calm
    * * *
    adj calm
    * * *
    sosegado, -da adj
    sereno: calm, tranquil, serene

    Spanish-English dictionary > sosegado

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