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1 insensibilidad
f.1 insensitivity (emocional).2 insensibility, callousness, hardness, hardness of heart.* * *1 insensitivity* * *SF1) (=indiferencia) insensitivity, unfeeling nature2) (Med) (=falta de conocimiento) insensibility, unconsciousness; (=entumecimiento) numbness* * *a) ( a emociones) insensitivityb) (Med) ( de una parte del cuerpo) numbness, lack of sensitivity* * *= callousness, emotional fatigue, compassion fatigue.Ex. Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.Ex. The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.Ex. Compassion fatigue encompasses desensitisation and emotional burnout, as a phenomenon associated with pervasive communication about social problems = La fatiga compasiva incluye la insensibilización y la apatía emocional, como fenómeno asociado a la insistente bombardeo informativo sobre los problemas sociales.* * *a) ( a emociones) insensitivityb) (Med) ( de una parte del cuerpo) numbness, lack of sensitivity* * *= callousness, emotional fatigue, compassion fatigue.Ex: Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.
Ex: The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.Ex: Compassion fatigue encompasses desensitisation and emotional burnout, as a phenomenon associated with pervasive communication about social problems = La fatiga compasiva incluye la insensibilización y la apatía emocional, como fenómeno asociado a la insistente bombardeo informativo sobre los problemas sociales.* * *1 (a emociones) insensitivity2 ( Med) (de una parte del cuerpo) numbness, lack of sensitivity* * *
insensibilidad sustantivo femenino insensitivity: su insensibilidad cuando interrogó a la víctima fue atroz, he interrogated the victim mercilessly
* * *1. [emocional] insensitivity2. [física] numbness* * *f insensitivity* * *: insensitivity -
2 insensibilidad
• callousness• imperviousness• insemination• insensible• insensitive to the bit• insensitively• insensitivity• insentient• unfeelingness -
3 insensibilidad sexual
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4 frialdad
f.1 coldness (baja temperatura).2 coldness (indiferencia).me trata con mucha frialdad he's very cold toward me, he treats me very coldly3 indifference, coldness, frigidness, coolness.4 chilliness, iciness, coldness.* * *1 (frío) coldness2 (indiferencia) coldness, indifference3 (frigidez) frigidity* * *SF1) [de material, líquido] coldness2) (=indiferencia) [en sentimientos, actitudes] coolness; [en carácter, mirada] coldnessla novela ha sido acogida con frialdad por la crítica — the novel has been given a cool reception by the critics
hemos de actuar con frialdad y analizar el problema detenidamente — we have to act dispassionately and analyze the problem at length
* * *1) ( frío) coldness2)a) ( insensibilidad)b) (falta de afecto, entusiasmo)me trató con frialdad — he treated me coldly o frostily
* * *= coolness, stiffness.Ex. A conspicuous coolness had existed between them since they had exchanged views on the hiring of Lisa Huish.Ex. Accompanying the person to the recommended source can be a valuable technique to diffuse the stiffness, formality, and nervousness of inexperienced librarians and the users by providing a more informal situation for eliciting information.* * *1) ( frío) coldness2)a) ( insensibilidad)b) (falta de afecto, entusiasmo)me trató con frialdad — he treated me coldly o frostily
* * *= coolness, stiffness.Ex: A conspicuous coolness had existed between them since they had exchanged views on the hiring of Lisa Huish.
Ex: Accompanying the person to the recommended source can be a valuable technique to diffuse the stiffness, formality, and nervousness of inexperienced librarians and the users by providing a more informal situation for eliciting information.* * *A (frío) coldnessB1(insensibilidad): me dio la noticia con absoluta frialdad she broke the news to me without displaying any sign of emotionla frialdad de su mirada the cold look o the coldness in his eyeses de una frialdad impresionante she's incredibly unemotional o cold2(falta de afecto, entusiasmo): fuimos recibidos con frialdad we were given a cold o frosty receptionla frialdad del público the audience's lack of enthusiasmme trató con bastante frialdad he treated me rather coldly o frostily* * *
frialdad sustantivo femenino ( en general) coldness;
me trató con frialdad he treated me coldly o frostily;
la frialdad del público the audience's lack of enthusiasm
frialdad sustantivo femenino coldness
' frialdad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
con
English:
coolness
- stiffness
- cold
- coldly
- coolly
* * *frialdad nf1. [baja temperatura] coldnesslo recibieron con frialdad he was given a rather cool reception;me trata con mucha frialdad he's very cold towards me, he treats me very coldly* * *f tb figcoldness* * *frialdad nf1) : coldness2) indiferencia: indifference, unconcern -
5 impermeabilidad
f.impermeability.* * *1 impermeability* * *SF impermeability, imperviousness* * *a) ( de material) impermeabilityb) ( insensibilidad) imperviousness* * *a) ( de material) impermeabilityb) ( insensibilidad) imperviousness* * *1 (de un material) impermeabilitysi tocas la lona, pierde impermeabilidad the canvas loses its impermeability o ceases to be waterproof if you touch it2 (insensibilidad) imperviousness* * *impermeability* * *f impermeability -
6 autoevaluación
f.self-assessment, self-evaluation.* * ** * *femenino self-assessment* * *= self-evaluation, self-study report, self-testing, self-appraisal, self-assessment.Ex. Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.Ex. She looked incredulously at the single photocopied page from the last self-study report.Ex. This system uses expert system architectural principles to generate an inexhaustible supply of accounting questions that can be used by students for self-study and self-testing.Ex. Reference group theory is based upon the principle that people take the standards of significant others as a basis for making self-appraisals, comparisons, and choices regarding need and use of information.Ex. The check-list is intended to be used for self-assessment for newly qualified librarians during the pre-registration period.* * *femenino self-assessment* * *= self-evaluation, self-study report, self-testing, self-appraisal, self-assessment.Ex: Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.
Ex: She looked incredulously at the single photocopied page from the last self-study report.Ex: This system uses expert system architectural principles to generate an inexhaustible supply of accounting questions that can be used by students for self-study and self-testing.Ex: Reference group theory is based upon the principle that people take the standards of significant others as a basis for making self-appraisals, comparisons, and choices regarding need and use of information.Ex: The check-list is intended to be used for self-assessment for newly qualified librarians during the pre-registration period.* * *self-appraisal* * *self-assessment -
7 cansancio emocional
(n.) = emotional fatigueEx. The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.* * *(n.) = emotional fatigueEx: The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.
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8 crueldad
f.1 cruelty.2 act of cruelty.3 cruel act, cruelty.* * *1 cruelty2 (dureza) harshness, severity* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=cualidad) cruelty2) (=acción) cruelty¡es una crueldad! — that's so cruel!, it's such a cruel thing to do o say!
* * *femenino cruelty* * *= cruelty, callousness, ruthlessness, inhumanity.Ex. Cruelty TO CHILDREN is quite clearly child abuse.Ex. Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.Ex. Aggression and ruthlessness are inappropriate in this context: the librarian must be sensitive to the realities of power and influence and be able to present library issues in a manner that demonstrates their importance to the academic community.Ex. Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *femenino cruelty* * *= cruelty, callousness, ruthlessness, inhumanity.Ex: Cruelty TO CHILDREN is quite clearly child abuse.
Ex: Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.Ex: Aggression and ruthlessness are inappropriate in this context: the librarian must be sensitive to the realities of power and influence and be able to present library issues in a manner that demonstrates their importance to the academic community.Ex: Humanism is seen as the last best way to combat inhumanity & injustice.* * *1 (cualidad) crueltyes difícil imaginar la crueldad con que los trataban it's hard to imagine just how cruelly they were treated2 (acción) crueltylas crueldades cometidas durante la guerra the cruelties o atrocities committed during the wares una crueldad privar a estos animales de su libertad it's cruel o it's cruelty to deprive these animals of their freedomCompuesto:mental cruelty* * *
crueldad sustantivo femenino
cruelty;
crueldad mental mental cruelty
crueldad sustantivo femenino cruelty
' crueldad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acusar
- sadismo
- saña
English:
ASPCA
- cruelty
- dearly
- heartlessness
- viciously
- wanton
- inhumanity
* * *crueldad nf1. [de persona, acción] cruelty;mostró una crueldad inusitada he displayed extraordinary cruelty2. [acción cruel] act of cruelty;es una crueldad abandonar animales it's cruel to abandon animals3. [del clima] harshness* * *f cruelty* * *crueldad nf: cruelty* * *crueldad n cruelty -
9 fatiga emocional
(n.) = emotional fatigueEx. The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.* * *(n.) = emotional fatigueEx: The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.
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10 imprudencia
f.1 carelessness, recklessness (falta de prudencia) (en los actos).2 careless or reckless act, indiscretion.3 imprudence, carelessness, recklessness, rashness.* * *1 (falta de prudencia) imprudence, carelessness; (en la carretera) dangerous driving2 (acción imprudente) rash move, reckless move; (indiscrección) indiscretion\las imprudencias se pagan carelessness costs lives* * *SF1) (=cualidad) [al hacer algo] imprudence, rashness; [al averiguar algo] indiscretion2) (=acción)* * *a) ( acción) imprudencedecir eso fue una imprudencia — it was a rash o an imprudent thing to say
no cometas esa imprudencia — don't be so rash o reckless
b) ( cualidad) imprudence* * *= unwisdom, imprudence, recklessness, endangerment, wantonness, rashness.Ex. They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.Ex. Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.Ex. General principles of criminal law, including the difference between recklessness and gross negligence, are reviewed to provide those in the outdoor industry a rough guide as to their possible criminal liability.Ex. This article postulates that communities are achieved through endangerment and are not founded on proximity or convenience but rather an opening of the self to the risks of human connection.Ex. This Court has often reiterated that while ordinary negligence involves inadvertence, wantonness requires a showing of a conscious or an intentional act.Ex. Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.----* cometer una imprudencia = commit + imprudence, be reckless.* imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.* * *a) ( acción) imprudencedecir eso fue una imprudencia — it was a rash o an imprudent thing to say
no cometas esa imprudencia — don't be so rash o reckless
b) ( cualidad) imprudence* * *= unwisdom, imprudence, recklessness, endangerment, wantonness, rashness.Ex: They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.
Ex: Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.Ex: General principles of criminal law, including the difference between recklessness and gross negligence, are reviewed to provide those in the outdoor industry a rough guide as to their possible criminal liability.Ex: This article postulates that communities are achieved through endangerment and are not founded on proximity or convenience but rather an opening of the self to the risks of human connection.Ex: This Court has often reiterated that while ordinary negligence involves inadvertence, wantonness requires a showing of a conscious or an intentional act.Ex: Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.* cometer una imprudencia = commit + imprudence, be reckless.* imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.* * *1 (acción) imprudencedecir eso fue una imprudencia it was a rash o an imprudent thing to sayse debió a una imprudencia del piloto it was caused by the pilot's imprudenceno cometas esa imprudencia don't be so rash o reckless2 (cualidad) imprudencesu imprudencia al conducir his reckless drivingCompuesto:criminal negligenceel conductor fue condenado por imprudencia temeraria the driver was convicted of reckless driving o of criminal negligence* * *
imprudencia sustantivo femenino
imprudence;◊ no cometas esa imprudencia don't be so rash o reckless;
su imprudencia al conducir his reckless driving
imprudencia sustantivo femenino imprudence, rashness: fue una imprudencia hablar de ello, it was unwise to talk about it
imprudencia temeraria, criminal negligence
' imprudencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bestialidad
- necedad
- temeridad
English:
imprudence
- rashness
- reckless driving
- recklessness
- unwariness
* * *imprudencia nf1. [falta de prudencia] [en los actos] carelessness, recklessness;[en los comentarios] indiscretion;actuó con imprudencia she acted recklessly;fue una imprudencia conducir bebido it was reckless of him to drive while he was drunkDer imprudencia concurrente contributory negligence; Der imprudencia temeraria criminal negligence2. [acción] careless o reckless act, indiscretion;[dicho indiscreto] tactless remark, indiscretion; [dicho desacertado] foolish o reckless remark;confiar en él fue una imprudencia it was unwise to trust him;cometió una imprudencia y atropelló a un peatón she knocked over a pedestrian as a result of a reckless piece of driving* * *f recklessness, rashness* * *imprudencia nfindiscreción: imprudence, indiscretion -
11 indiferencia
f.indifference.* * *1 indifference* * *noun f.* * *SF lack of interest ( hacia in, towards)indifference frm ( hacia towards)ella aparentaba indiferencia — she pretended to be indifferent, she feigned indifference
* * *femenino indifference* * *= indifference, unconcern, emotional fatigue, compassion fatigue, impassivity, indolence, disregard, detachment, insouciance, nonchalance, cold shoulder, lassitude.Ex. This article provides examples to illustrate why librarians are partly to blame through their indifference, complacency and failure to prosecute.Ex. Now most users are not even aware that their problems are always treated confidentially by the librarian, and so are filled with unconcern.Ex. The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.Ex. Compassion fatigue encompasses desensitisation and emotional burnout, as a phenomenon associated with pervasive communication about social problems = La fatiga compasiva incluye la insensibilización y la apatía emocional, como fenómeno asociado a la insistente bombardeo informativo sobre los problemas sociales.Ex. The most significant conclusion drawn was the librarian's impassivity in their day to day interactions with users.Ex. Sunday remains a 'people's day,' a consensus of indolence = El domingo sigue siendo el 'día de la gente', donde predomina la indolencia.Ex. There is in general a blithe disregard of the limits to pecision imposed by sampling error.Ex. The author surveys a group of information aliterate students identifying the possible causes of reluctance or detachment on the part of some students.Ex. She emphasizes Colette's extraordinary character: her bravura, pragmatism, insouciance, resistance to conventions and, above all, appetite.Ex. 'Look, Mel, these are your people, not mine,' said the director with an assumption of nonchalance.Ex. According to researchers, these are the cities where 'immigrants find friendly welcomes or cold shoulders'.Ex. His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.----* con indiferencia = indifferently, casually.* mostrar indiferencia = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.* * *femenino indifference* * *= indifference, unconcern, emotional fatigue, compassion fatigue, impassivity, indolence, disregard, detachment, insouciance, nonchalance, cold shoulder, lassitude.Ex: This article provides examples to illustrate why librarians are partly to blame through their indifference, complacency and failure to prosecute.
Ex: Now most users are not even aware that their problems are always treated confidentially by the librarian, and so are filled with unconcern.Ex: The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.Ex: Compassion fatigue encompasses desensitisation and emotional burnout, as a phenomenon associated with pervasive communication about social problems = La fatiga compasiva incluye la insensibilización y la apatía emocional, como fenómeno asociado a la insistente bombardeo informativo sobre los problemas sociales.Ex: The most significant conclusion drawn was the librarian's impassivity in their day to day interactions with users.Ex: Sunday remains a 'people's day,' a consensus of indolence = El domingo sigue siendo el 'día de la gente', donde predomina la indolencia.Ex: There is in general a blithe disregard of the limits to pecision imposed by sampling error.Ex: The author surveys a group of information aliterate students identifying the possible causes of reluctance or detachment on the part of some students.Ex: She emphasizes Colette's extraordinary character: her bravura, pragmatism, insouciance, resistance to conventions and, above all, appetite.Ex: 'Look, Mel, these are your people, not mine,' said the director with an assumption of nonchalance.Ex: According to researchers, these are the cities where 'immigrants find friendly welcomes or cold shoulders'.Ex: His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.* con indiferencia = indifferently, casually.* mostrar indiferencia = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.* * *indifference* * *
indiferencia sustantivo femenino
indifference
indiferencia sustantivo femenino indifference
' indiferencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
olvido
- total
- afectar
- aparentar
- desprecio
- y
English:
casually
- detachment
- disregard
- face
- indifference
- indifferently
* * *indiferencia nfindifference* * *f indifference* * *indiferencia nf: indifference* * *indiferencia n indifference -
12 adormecimiento
m.drowsiness, slumber, sleepiness, numbness, mopishness.* * *1 (sueño) drowsiness, sleepiness2 (entumecimiento) numbness* * *SM (=soñolencia) sleepiness, drowsiness; [de un miembro] numbness* * *a) ( somnolencia) sleepiness, drowsinessb) ( de un miembro) numbness* * *= sleepiness, drowsiness.Ex. Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.Ex. This amino acid has been widely used as a sleeping aid because it can produce drowsiness.* * *a) ( somnolencia) sleepiness, drowsinessb) ( de un miembro) numbness* * *= sleepiness, drowsiness.Ex: Factors with contributed to daytime sleepiness included female sex, middle age, napping, insomnia symptoms, high daily caffeine consumption.
Ex: This amino acid has been widely used as a sleeping aid because it can produce drowsiness.* * *1 (somnolencia) sleepiness, drowsiness2 (de un miembro) numbness* * *
adormecimiento sustantivo masculino
* * *1. [sueño] sleepiness, drowsiness2. [entumecimiento] numbness3. [de pena, dolor] alleviation, lessening* * *m1 sleepiness2 de extremidades numbness* * *1) sueño: drowsiness, sleepiness2) insensibilidad: numbness -
13 atroz
adj.1 terrible, awful.hace un frío atroz it's terribly o awfully cold2 atrocious, horrible, inhumane, abominable.3 agonizing, excruciating.* * *1 (bárbaro) atrocious, outrageous* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=terrible) atrocious; (=cruel) cruel, inhuman; (=escandaloso) outrageous2) * (=enorme) huge, terrific; (=malísimo) dreadful, awful* * *adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful* * *= dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.* * *adjetivo (brutal, cruel) appalling; ( uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful* * *= dismal, atrocious, brutal, frightful, dire, abysmal, excruciating, hideous, gruesome, ferocious, god-awful, heinous.Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.* * *1 (brutal, cruel) appalling, terrible2 (uso hiperbólico) atrocious, awful, dreadful ( BrE)tengo un dolor de cabeza atroz I have an atrocious o an awful headache* * *
atroz adjetivo
atrocious
atroz adjetivo
1 (pésimo, insoportable) atrocious
2 fam (enorme) enormous, tremendous
' atroz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
insensibilidad
- barbaridad
- muerte
English:
agonizing
- appalling
- atrocious
- dreadful
- excruciating
- heinous
- hell
- hideous
- raging
- unspeakable
- vicious
- crippling
- dire
- terrible
* * *atroz adj1. [cruel] [crimen, tortura] horrific, barbarices de una fealdad atroz he's terribly o incredibly ugly3. [muy malo] atrocious, awful* * *adj1 appalling, atrocious2:un éxito atroz a smash hit* * *♦ atrozamente adv* * *atroz adj1. (cruel) atrocious / appalling2. (enorme) terriblehace un frío atroz it's terribly cold / it's freezing -
14 endurecimiento
m.hardening (also figurative).* * *1 hardening, toughening* * *SM1) (=acto) hardening2) [de persona] [por curtirse] toughening up; [por insensibilidad] hardening* * *a) ( de arcilla) hardening; ( de cemento) setting, hardening; (de músculos, uñas) strengthening; ( de arterias) hardeningb) ( del carácter - insensibilización) hardening; (- fortalecimiento) toughening upc) (de postura, castigo) toughening* * *= hardening, stiffening, caking.Ex. They contract that well-known institutional disease I call ' hardening of the categories'.Ex. Such protection and stiffening allows the pamphlet to stand upright on the shelves beside books on the same subject.Ex. It also acts as an excellent soil additive that prevents the caking of soil in potted plants.* * *a) ( de arcilla) hardening; ( de cemento) setting, hardening; (de músculos, uñas) strengthening; ( de arterias) hardeningb) ( del carácter - insensibilización) hardening; (- fortalecimiento) toughening upc) (de postura, castigo) toughening* * *= hardening, stiffening, caking.Ex: They contract that well-known institutional disease I call ' hardening of the categories'.
Ex: Such protection and stiffening allows the pamphlet to stand upright on the shelves beside books on the same subject.Ex: It also acts as an excellent soil additive that prevents the caking of soil in potted plants.* * *1 (de la arcilla) hardening; (del cemento) setting, hardening; (de los músculos, las uñas) strengthening; (de las arterias) hardening2 (del carácter — insensibilización) hardening; (— fortalecimiento) toughening up3 (de una postura) toughening* * *1. [de pasta, mezcla, alimento] hardening2. [de músculo] strengthening3. [de penas, requisitos] toughening;[de posturas] hardening4. [insensibilización] hardening* * *m hardening; figtoughening up -
15 víctima
f.1 victim, sufferer.2 casualty, fatality, person who has suffered an accident.3 victim, object of a crime, target of a crime, prey.* * *1 victim, casualty\víctima propiciatoria scapegoat* * *noun f.1) victim2) casualty* * *SF1) (gen) victim; (Zool) prey; [de accidente] casualtyfalleció víctima de un ataque cardiaco — he died of o from a heart attack
2) ( Hist) sacrifice* * *a) ( persona perjudicada) victimno hubo que lamentar víctimas mortales — (period) nobody was killed o fatally injured
b) ( en sacrificio) victim* * *= victim, sufferer, casualty.Ex. The question can be raised about whether the 'noise' created by Beauperthuy drowned out the cries of pain and suffering of the victims of yellow fever.Ex. In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.Ex. Unfortunately, there are indications that the use of rubber stamps in libraries may be among the first casualties of the information revolution.----* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].* ayuda a las víctimas de una catástrofe = disaster relief.* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.* número de víctimas = death toll.* ser víctima de = fall + prey to, fall + victim to, run + foul of.* víctima civil = civilian casualty.* víctima de asesinato = murder(ed) victim.* víctima de guerra = casualty of war, war casualty.* víctima de homicidio = murder(ed) victim.* víctima de la carretera = road casualty.* víctima humana = human casualty.* víctima mortal = fatality.* * *a) ( persona perjudicada) victimno hubo que lamentar víctimas mortales — (period) nobody was killed o fatally injured
b) ( en sacrificio) victim* * *= victim, sufferer, casualty.Ex: The question can be raised about whether the 'noise' created by Beauperthuy drowned out the cries of pain and suffering of the victims of yellow fever.
Ex: In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.Ex: Unfortunately, there are indications that the use of rubber stamps in libraries may be among the first casualties of the information revolution.* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].* ayuda a las víctimas de una catástrofe = disaster relief.* causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.* número de víctimas = death toll.* ser víctima de = fall + prey to, fall + victim to, run + foul of.* víctima civil = civilian casualty.* víctima de asesinato = murder(ed) victim.* víctima de guerra = casualty of war, war casualty.* víctima de homicidio = murder(ed) victim.* víctima de la carretera = road casualty.* víctima humana = human casualty.* víctima mortal = fatality.* * *1 (persona perjudicada) victimlas víctimas del terremoto the victims of the earthquakeen el accidente no hubo que lamentar víctimas mortales nobody was killed o fatally injured in the accidentfue víctima de una emboscada he was the victim of an ambushfalleció víctima de un paro cardíaco/de un accidente he died of o from a heart attack/as a result of o in an accidentel terremoto cobró miles de víctimas thousands of people died in the earthquake, the earthquake claimed thousands of lives2 (de un sacrificio) victimCompuesto:propitiatory victim* * *
Del verbo victimar: ( conjugate victimar)
victima es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
victimar
víctima
víctima sustantivo femenino
victim;
víctima de algo victim of sth;
víctimas del cáncer cancer victims
víctima sustantivo femenino victim: no hubo ninguna víctima mortal, nobody was killed
' víctima' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- conjura
- insensibilidad
- muerta
- muerto
- ofrecer
English:
fatality
- poison
- prey
- victim
- casualty
- female
* * *víctima nf1. [por mala suerte o negligencia] victim;[en accidente, guerra] casualty;ser víctima de la represión/la injusticia to be the victim of repression/injustice;fue víctima de su propia ambición she was the victim of her own ambition;resultó víctima de su propio engaño he was hoist with his own petard, his scheme backfired on him;falleció víctima de un infarto he died of a heart attackvíctima mortal fatality;hubo tres víctimas mortales three people were killed2. [en sacrificio] victim;hacerse la víctima to play the martyrvíctima propiciatoria scapegoat* * *f victim;víctima mortal fatality;ser víctima de alguien/algo fall victim to s.o./sth* * *víctima nf: victim* * *víctima n victim -
16 desaprensión
f.unscrupulousness.* * *1 unscrupulousness* * ** * *(falta de escrúpulos) unscrupulousness, cynicism; (insensibilidad) callousness, uncaringness* * *desaprensión nf[falta de escrúpulos] unscrupulousness* * *f unscrupulousness
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