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insensitive

  • 1 insensible

    adj.
    1 insensitive (indiferente).
    2 numb (entumecido).
    3 imperceptible (imperceptible).
    4 unfeeling, hardhearted, cold-blooded, cold-hearted.
    * * *
    1 insensitive, unfeeling, thoughtless
    2 MEDICINA insensible
    3 (imperceptible) insensible, imperceptible
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    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=indiferente) insensitive (a to)
    (=no afectado) unaffected (a by)
    2) [cambio] imperceptible
    3) (Med) (=inconsciente) insensible, unconscious; (=entumecido) numb
    * * *
    adjetivo insensitive

    es insensible a mis súplicashe is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties

    * * *
    = insensitive, hard-hearted, callous, unfeeling, thick-skinned, insensible, unemotional.
    Ex. In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex. The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
    Ex. Business was represented by hard-nosed, thick-skinned managers with no inclination to adopt academia's language and critiques.
    Ex. Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
    Ex. Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    ----
    * insensible a las diferencias de género = gender blind.
    * * *
    adjetivo insensitive

    es insensible a mis súplicashe is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties

    * * *
    = insensitive, hard-hearted, callous, unfeeling, thick-skinned, insensible, unemotional.

    Ex: In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
    Ex: Business was represented by hard-nosed, thick-skinned managers with no inclination to adopt academia's language and critiques.
    Ex: Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
    Ex: Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    * insensible a las diferencias de género = gender blind.

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    1 ‹persona› insensitive insensible A algo oblivious o insensible TO sth
    es insensible a mis súplicas he is oblivious o insensible to my entreaties
    2 ( Med) ‹miembro/nervio› insensitive
    insensible al frío insensitive to the cold, not feeling the cold
    * * *

    insensible adjetivo
    insensitive;

    insensible adjetivo
    1 (impasible, inconmovible) insensitive [a, to]
    2 (difícil de percibir) imperceptible
    3 Med (sin sensibilidad) numb: es insensible al calor, she doesn't feel the heat

    ' insensible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dura
    - duro
    - impasible
    - sorda
    - sordo
    - endurecer
    English:
    callous
    - crass
    - hard
    - hard-boiled
    - hard-hearted
    - hardened
    - impervious
    - insensitive
    - numb
    - unfeeling
    - cold
    - insensible
    - skin
    - thick
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    1. [indiferente] insensitive (a to);
    es insensible a su sufrimiento she's indifferent to his suffering
    2. [físicamente] insensitive (a to);
    es insensible al calor he doesn't feel the heat
    3. [imperceptible] imperceptible
    * * *
    adj insensitive (a to)
    * * *
    : insensitive, unfeeling
    * * *
    1. (persona) insensitive
    2. (miembro) numb

    Spanish-English dictionary > insensible

  • 2 insensibilizar

    v.
    1 to numb (medicine).
    2 to make callous, to make insensitive, to caseharden.
    El dolor insensibilizó a Ricardo The pain made Richard callous.
    3 to desensitize, to numb, to make numb, to anesthetize.
    El fluido insensibilizó sus piernas The fluid desensitized his legs.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA to desensitize
    2 to make insensitive
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ persona] [ante emociones, problemas] to render insensitive; [ante sufrimiento] to render unfeeling
    2) (Med) (=anestesiar) to anaesthetize, anesthetize (EEUU); [a alérgenos] to desensitize
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to desensitize, harden
    b) (Med) to numb, render... insensitive
    2.
    insensibilizarse v pron persona to become o grow hardened
    * * *
    = desensitise [desensitize, -USA], numb, dehumanise [dehumanize, -USA].
    Ex. As the rate of change accelerates, the insistent clamor of problem situations can become deafening, desensitizing management of any activity beyond the immediate present.
    Ex. The continous media coverage of contemporary wars, news, & terrorism is numbing the viewer.
    Ex. The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.
    ----
    * insensibilizarse = become + numb, be numb.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to desensitize, harden
    b) (Med) to numb, render... insensitive
    2.
    insensibilizarse v pron persona to become o grow hardened
    * * *
    = desensitise [desensitize, -USA], numb, dehumanise [dehumanize, -USA].

    Ex: As the rate of change accelerates, the insistent clamor of problem situations can become deafening, desensitizing management of any activity beyond the immediate present.

    Ex: The continous media coverage of contemporary wars, news, & terrorism is numbing the viewer.
    Ex: The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.
    * insensibilizarse = become + numb, be numb.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to desensitize, harden
    2 ( Med) to numb, to render … insensitive
    «persona» to become o grow hardened, become desensitized
    * * *
    vt
    1. [emocionalmente] to harden, to desensitize (a to)
    2. [físicamente] to numb
    * * *
    v/t tb fig
    desensitize

    Spanish-English dictionary > insensibilizar

  • 3 falto de sensibilidad

    (adj.) = insensitive
    Ex. In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.
    * * *
    (adj.) = insensitive

    Ex: In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > falto de sensibilidad

  • 4 imbécil

    adj.
    imbecile, fatheaded, stupid, half-witted.
    f. & m.
    imbecile, idiot, blinking idiot, cretin.
    * * *
    2 familiar stupid, imbecile
    1 MEDICINA imbecile
    2 familiar idiot, imbecile
    * * *
    1. adj. 2. noun mf.
    2) idiot, fool
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=idiota) silly, stupid
    2) (Med) imbecile
    2. SMF
    1) (=idiota) imbecile, idiot

    ¡imbécil! — you idiot!

    2) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    qué imbécil eres! — you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!

    b) (Med) imbecilic
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)
    b) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    = feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * * *
    I
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    qué imbécil eres! — you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!

    b) (Med) imbecilic
    II
    masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)
    b) (Med) imbecile
    * * *
    = feeble minded, moron, twit, imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, arse, witless, mug, berk, prick, blockhead, nonce, jerk, dweeb, plonker.

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: In fact, there was little doubt in his mind that Nigel was an arse of the highest order.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid
    ¡qué imbécil eres! you're so stupid!, you're such an idiot!
    2 ( Med) imbecilic
    1 ( fam) (tonto) stupid idiot, moron ( colloq pej), imbecile ( colloq pej)
    2 ( Med) imbecile
    * * *

    imbécil adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid

    b) (Med) imbecilic

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    a) (fam) ( tonto) stupid idiot, moron (colloq & pej)

    b) (Med) imbecile

    imbécil
    I adjetivo stupid, silly
    II mf idiot, fool
    ' imbécil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capullo
    - trompo
    - boludo
    - huevón
    - pelota
    - verdadero
    English:
    absolute
    - berk
    - call
    - dead
    - dimwit
    - dope
    - feeble-minded
    - feel
    - git
    - halfwit
    - idiot
    - imbecile
    - jerk
    - knob
    - nitwit
    - perfect
    - raving
    - stupid
    - then
    - twit
    - wally
    - weak-minded
    - ass
    - moron
    - prat
    - sucker
    * * *
    adj
    1. [tonto] stupid
    2. [enfermo] imbecile
    nmf
    1. [tonto] idiot
    2. [enfermo] imbecile
    * * *
    I adj
    1 stupid
    2 MED imbecilic
    II m/f idiot, imbecile
    * * *
    : stupid, idiotic
    1) : imbecile
    2) fam : idiot, dope
    * * *
    imbécil1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    imbécil2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > imbécil

  • 5 inapropiado

    adj.
    1 inappropriate, inconvenient, improper, uncalled-for.
    2 unsuitable, ill-fitted, inadequate, inappropriate.
    * * *
    1 inappropriate
    * * *
    (f. - inapropiada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ unsuitable, inappropriate
    * * *
    - da adjetivo inappropriate
    * * *
    = inappropriate, insensitive, wide of the mark.
    Ex. A scheme should allow relocation, in order to rectify an inappropriate placement, to eliminate dual provision (more than one place for one subject) to make room for new subjects.
    Ex. In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.
    Ex. The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo inappropriate
    * * *
    = inappropriate, insensitive, wide of the mark.

    Ex: A scheme should allow relocation, in order to rectify an inappropriate placement, to eliminate dual provision (more than one place for one subject) to make room for new subjects.

    Ex: In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.
    Ex: The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.

    * * *
    inappropriate
    * * *

    inapropiado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    inappropriate
    inapropiado adjetivo unsuitable, inappropriate

    ' inapropiado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impropia
    - impropio
    - salida
    English:
    ill-suited
    - misplaced
    - place
    - unsuitable
    - incongruous
    * * *
    inapropiado, -a adj
    inappropriate, unsuitable
    * * *
    adj inappropriate
    * * *
    inapropiado, -da adj
    : inappropriate, unsuitable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inapropiado

  • 6 presuntuoso

    adj.
    1 conceited, arrogant, assuming, vain.
    2 pompous, highfaluting, lavish, highfalutin.
    m.
    self-conceited person, snob.
    * * *
    1 (presumido) conceited, vain; (arrogante) presumptuous
    * * *
    ADJ (=vanidoso) conceited, presumptuous; (=pretencioso) pretentious
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo conceited, vain
    * * *
    = conceited, pompous, presumptuous, immodest, pretentious, stuck-up, hyfoluted, high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur, cocksure, big-headed, portentous.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex. The author reviews an article by Tom Eadie, ' Immodest proposals: user instruction for students does not work'.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex. This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Ex. I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.
    Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo conceited, vain
    * * *
    = conceited, pompous, presumptuous, immodest, pretentious, stuck-up, hyfoluted, high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur, cocksure, big-headed, portentous.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex: The author reviews an article by Tom Eadie, ' Immodest proposals: user instruction for students does not work'.
    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Ex: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.
    Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.

    * * *
    conceited, vain
    * * *

    presuntuoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    conceited, vain
    presuntuoso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (presumido) vain, conceited
    2 (pretencioso) pretentious, showy

    ' presuntuoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chula
    - chulo
    - presuntuosa
    - suficiente
    - ufana
    - ufano
    English:
    bumptious
    - immodest
    - jumped up
    - pompous
    - pretentious
    - upstart
    - conceited
    * * *
    presuntuoso, -a
    adj
    [vanidoso] conceited; [pretencioso] pretentious
    nm,f
    conceited person
    * * *
    adj conceited
    * * *
    presuntuoso, -sa adj
    : conceited
    * * *
    presuntuoso adj boastful

    Spanish-English dictionary > presuntuoso

  • 7 brutalidad

    f.
    1 brutality.
    2 brutal act.
    3 stupid action, stupid act, asininity.
    4 stupidity, idiocy, asininity.
    * * *
    1 (crueldad) brutality
    2 (necedad) stupid thing
    3 (cantidad) tremendous amount
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cualidad) brutality
    2) (=acción)
    3) (=estupidez) stupidity
    4) *

    me gusta una brutalidad — I think it's great, I love it

    * * *
    a) ( violencia) brutality, savageness
    b) (acto, dicho)

    qué brutalidad, pegarle así a la pobre criatura! — what a brute, hitting the poor child like that!

    qué brutalidad, preguntarle eso! — how insensitive can you get, asking him a question like that!

    * * *
    = brutality, savagery.
    Ex. Nazi ideas and brutality were evident to all even at the time, as was the fact that they were rising to power.
    Ex. Is there any ambiguity in this phrase which can excuse the ALA's failure to defend Cuba's independent libraries from the savagery being inflicted upon them?.
    * * *
    a) ( violencia) brutality, savageness
    b) (acto, dicho)

    qué brutalidad, pegarle así a la pobre criatura! — what a brute, hitting the poor child like that!

    qué brutalidad, preguntarle eso! — how insensitive can you get, asking him a question like that!

    * * *
    = brutality, savagery.

    Ex: Nazi ideas and brutality were evident to all even at the time, as was the fact that they were rising to power.

    Ex: Is there any ambiguity in this phrase which can excuse the ALA's failure to defend Cuba's independent libraries from the savagery being inflicted upon them?.

    * * *
    1 (violencia) brutality, savageness
    2
    (acto, dicho): ¡qué brutalidad, pegarle así a la pobre criatura! what a brutish thing to do, hitting the poor child like that
    ¡qué brutalidad, decírselo así de golpe! how insensitive can you get, just telling him out of the blue like that!
    3 ( fam)
    (cantidad exagerada): hizo una brutalidad de comida he prepared tons o loads of food ( colloq)
    * * *

    brutalidad sustantivo femenino
    brutality, savageness
    brutalidad sustantivo femenino brutality
    ' brutalidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barbarie
    English:
    barbarity
    - brutality
    * * *
    1. [cualidad] brutality;
    con brutalidad brutally
    2. [acción] atrocity;
    las brutalidades cometidas por el ejército the atrocities committed by the army
    3. [tontería] stupid thing;
    decir brutalidades to talk nonsense
    4. Fam [gran cantidad]
    * * *
    f brutality
    * * *
    crueldad: brutality

    Spanish-English dictionary > brutalidad

  • 8 sensibilidad

    f.
    1 feeling.
    no tiene sensibilidad en los brazos she has no feeling in her arms
    2 sensitivity.
    tener la sensibilidad a flor de piel to be easily hurt, to be very sensitive
    3 feeling.
    sensibilidad artística/musical feeling for art/music
    4 sensitivity.
    un termómetro de gran sensibilidad a very sensitive thermometer
    5 sensibility, responsiveness, sensitivity, sensitiveness.
    * * *
    1 (percepción, sentido artístico) sensitivity, feeling
    2 (emotividad) sensibility
    3 (precisión) sensitivity
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [al dolor, al frío] feeling
    2) (=emotividad) sensitivity
    3) (=disposición) feeling, sensitivity
    4) [de aparato, máquina] sensitivity
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( emotividad) sensitivity
    b) ( inclinación) sensitivity

    la sensibilidad poéticaa sensitivity to o feeling for poetry

    2)
    a) (en brazo, pierna) feeling
    b) (de instrumento, aparato) sensitivity
    * * *
    = sensibility, sensitivity, responsiveness.
    Ex. Children's book illustrators and editors share their artistic sensibilities.
    Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    ----
    * despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings.
    * falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.
    * falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.
    * sensibilidad auditiva = auditory sensitivity.
    * sensibilidad con respecto a = a feel for, a feeling for.
    * sensibilidad hacia = a feel for, a feeling for.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( emotividad) sensitivity
    b) ( inclinación) sensitivity

    la sensibilidad poéticaa sensitivity to o feeling for poetry

    2)
    a) (en brazo, pierna) feeling
    b) (de instrumento, aparato) sensitivity
    * * *
    = sensibility, sensitivity, responsiveness.

    Ex: Children's book illustrators and editors share their artistic sensibilities.

    Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    * despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings.
    * falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.
    * falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.
    * sensibilidad auditiva = auditory sensitivity.
    * sensibilidad con respecto a = a feel for, a feeling for.
    * sensibilidad hacia = a feel for, a feeling for.

    * * *
    A
    1 (emotividad) sensitivity
    tiene la sensibilidad a flor de piel he's very sensitive o thin-skinned
    puede herir la sensibilidad del espectador it may offend viewers' sensibilities
    un artista de gran sensibilidad an artist of great sensitivity
    2 (inclinación) sensitivity
    la sensibilidad poética a sensitivity to o feeling for poetry
    B
    1 (en el brazo, la pierna) feeling
    perdió la sensibilidad en los dedos she lost all feeling in her fingers
    2 (de un instrumento, un aparato) sensitivity
    * * *

     

    sensibilidad sustantivo femenino

    b) (en brazo, pierna) feeling

    sensibilidad sustantivo femenino
    1 (percepción sensorial) feeling
    2 (delicadeza, afectividad) sensitivity, sensibility
    3 (de un aparato) sensitivity
    un termómetro de gran sensibilidad, a highly sensitive thermometer
    ' sensibilidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adormecerse
    - anestesia
    - insensible
    - dormido
    - entumecerse
    English:
    dead
    - feeling
    - sensation
    - sensibility
    - sensitive
    - sensitivity
    - squeamishness
    - feel
    - insensitive
    - insensitivity
    - speed
    * * *
    1. [percepción] feeling;
    no tiene sensibilidad en los brazos she has no feeling in her arms
    2. [emotividad] sensitivity;
    tener la sensibilidad a flor de piel to be easily hurt, to be very sensitive;
    estas imágenes pueden herir la sensibilidad del espectador some viewers may find these images disturbing
    3. [inclinación] feeling;
    sensibilidad artística/musical feeling for art/music;
    tiene una sensibilidad especial para la poesía she has a special feeling for poetry
    4. [de instrumento, película] sensitivity;
    un termómetro de gran sensibilidad a very sensitive thermometer
    * * *
    f
    1 en parte del cuerpo feeling
    3 ( emotividad) sensitivity
    * * *
    1) : sensitivity, sensibility
    2) sensación: feeling
    * * *
    sensibilidad n sensitivity

    Spanish-English dictionary > sensibilidad

  • 9 actuar convencido de que

    (v.) = operate under + the impression that
    Ex. However, some individuals, operating under the impression that they are virtuously 'outspoken' when they have the courage to dissent, are simply rude and insensitive.
    * * *
    (v.) = operate under + the impression that

    Ex: However, some individuals, operating under the impression that they are virtuously 'outspoken' when they have the courage to dissent, are simply rude and insensitive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar convencido de que

  • 10 ampuloso

    adj.
    bombastic, high-flying, pompous, euphuistic.
    * * *
    1 inflated, pompous, bombastic
    * * *
    ADJ bombastic, pompous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo pompous, bombastic
    * * *
    = pompous, hyfoluted, flamboyant, ornate, bombastic, portentous.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex. Some homes are grand, with stately brick, spiraling staircases, ornate fences and multiple entrances.
    Ex. You don't have to be bombastic to be powerful [he says in a loud voice], you can be more intimate [he says in a quieter voice].
    Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    ----
    * estilo ampuloso = turgid style, plethoric style.
    * prosa ampulosa = plethoric prose, turgid prose.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo pompous, bombastic
    * * *
    = pompous, hyfoluted, flamboyant, ornate, bombastic, portentous.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex: Some homes are grand, with stately brick, spiraling staircases, ornate fences and multiple entrances.
    Ex: You don't have to be bombastic to be powerful [he says in a loud voice], you can be more intimate [he says in a quieter voice].
    Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    * estilo ampuloso = turgid style, plethoric style.
    * prosa ampulosa = plethoric prose, turgid prose.

    * * *
    pompous, bombastic
    * * *

    ampuloso,-a adjetivo pompous, bombastic
    ' ampuloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ampulosa
    English:
    flamboyant
    - turgid
    - verbose
    * * *
    ampuloso, -a adj
    pompous
    * * *
    adj pompous
    * * *
    ampuloso, -sa adj
    grandilocuente: pompous, bombastic

    Spanish-English dictionary > ampuloso

  • 11 brusco

    adj.
    1 sudden, abrupt.
    2 snappish, gruff, rude, blunt.
    * * *
    1 (repentino) sudden
    2 (persona) brusque, abrupt
    * * *
    (f. - brusca)
    adj.
    1) sudden, abrupt
    2) brusque, rough
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=repentino) [descenso, curva, declive] sharp; [movimiento] sudden; [cambio] abrupt, sudden
    2) (=grosero) [actitud, porte] curt, brusque; [comentario] rude
    2.
    SM (Bot) butcher's broom
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt
    b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque
    * * *
    = abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex. The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
    Ex. She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
    Ex. The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    ----
    * brusca y repentinamente = summarily.
    * cambio brusco = flip-flop.
    * cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt
    b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque
    * * *
    = abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex: The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
    Ex: She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
    Ex: The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    * brusca y repentinamente = summarily.
    * cambio brusco = flip-flop.
    * cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

    * * *
    brusco -ca
    1 ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden; ‹subida/descenso/viraje› sharp, sudden, abrupt
    el brusco giro de los acontecimientos the sudden turn of events
    se deben evitar las frenadas bruscas you should avoid braking suddenly o sharply
    2 ‹carácter/modales› rough; ‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt; ‹respuesta› curt, brusque
    no seas tan brusco que lo vas a romper don't be so rough or you'll break it
    * * *

    brusco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a)movimiento/cambio abrupt, sudden;

    subida/descenso sharp, sudden
    b)carácter/modales rough;

    tono/gesto brusque, abrupt;
    respuesta curt, brusque
    brusco,-a adjetivo
    1 (rudo, poco amable) brusque, abrupt
    2 (súbito) sudden, sharp
    ' brusco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brusca
    - dura
    - duro
    - sacudida
    - tajante
    - viraje
    - bestia
    - bruto
    - explosión
    English:
    abrupt
    - blunt
    - brusque
    - curt
    - dramatic
    - gruff
    - jerk
    - offhand
    - rough
    - rough-and-tumble
    - sharp
    - short
    - sudden
    - swerve
    - switch
    - unceremonious
    - snappy
    - steep
    - toss
    * * *
    brusco, -a
    adj
    1. [repentino, imprevisto] sudden, abrupt;
    un cambio brusco de las temperaturas a sudden change in temperature;
    dio un frenazo brusco she braked sharply
    2. [tosco, grosero] brusque;
    me contestó de forma brusca he answered me brusquely
    nm,f
    brusque person
    * * *
    adj
    1 cambio abrupt, sudden
    2 respuesta, persona brusque, curt
    * * *
    brusco, -ca adj
    1) súbito: sudden, abrupt
    2) : curt, brusque
    bruscamente adv
    * * *
    brusco adj
    1. (repetino) sudden
    2. (persona) abrupt

    Spanish-English dictionary > brusco

  • 12 coger una indirecta

    (v.) = take + a hint, get + a hint
    Ex. The problem with dropping hints to insensitive people is they usually don't take the hint.
    Ex. Sorry Castlegr, I thought that by giving you the cold shoulder you might get the hint and realise the bond has gone.
    * * *
    (v.) = take + a hint, get + a hint

    Ex: The problem with dropping hints to insensitive people is they usually don't take the hint.

    Ex: Sorry Castlegr, I thought that by giving you the cold shoulder you might get the hint and realise the bond has gone.

    Spanish-English dictionary > coger una indirecta

  • 13 control de materias

    Ex. In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.
    * * *

    Ex: In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > control de materias

  • 14 corriente de aire

    (n.) = air current, draught [draft, -USA]
    Ex. The decapitated ants, on the contrary, were insensitive to the air current.
    Ex. Perhaps the sociological light was extinguished by the political draught of the time.
    * * *
    (n.) = air current, draught [draft, -USA]

    Ex: The decapitated ants, on the contrary, were insensitive to the air current.

    Ex: Perhaps the sociological light was extinguished by the political draught of the time.

    Spanish-English dictionary > corriente de aire

  • 15 creído

    adj.
    vain, arrogant, self-satisfied, conceited.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: creer.
    * * *
    1→ link=creer creer
    1 arrogant, vain, conceited
    \
    ser un creído,-a to be full of oneself
    * * *
    creído, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=engreído) conceited
    2) (=crédulo) credulous, trusting
    2.
    SM / F
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( engreído) conceited
    b) [ser] (Arg) ( crédulo) gullible
    * * *
    = conceited, stuck-up, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    Ex. I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( engreído) conceited
    b) [ser] (Arg) ( crédulo) gullible
    * * *
    = conceited, stuck-up, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    Ex: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.

    * * *
    creído -da
    1 [ SER] (engreído) conceited
    2 [ ESTAR]
    (confiado, convencido): está creído (de) que va a ganar he's convinced o quite sure he's going to win, he's very confident of victory
    3 [ SER] ( Arg) (crédulo) gullible
    * * *

    Del verbo creer: ( conjugate creer)

    creído es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    creer    
    creído
    creer ( conjugate creer) verbo intransitivo
    a) (tener fe, aceptar como verdad) to believe;

    creído en algo/algn to believe in sth/sb;
    ¿me crees? do you believe me?

    b) (pensar, juzgar) to think;

    ¿tú crees? do you think so?;

    no creo I don't think so;
    no creas, es bastante difícil believe me, it's quite hard
    verbo transitivo


    aunque no lo creas believe it or not;
    ¡no lo puedo creído! I don't believe it!;
    ¡ya lo creo! of course!
    b) (pensar, juzgar) to think;

    creo que sí/creo que no I think so/I don't think so;

    creo que va a llover I think it's going to rain;
    no la creo capaz I do not think she is capable;
    se cree que el incendio fue provocado the fire is thought to have been started deliberately;
    no lo creí necesario I didn't think it necessary;
    no creo que pueda ir I doubt if o I don't think I'll be able to go;
    creí oír un ruido I thought I heard a noise;
    creo recordar que … I seem to remember that …
    creerse verbo pronominal




    ¿quién se creídoá que es? who does he think he is?
    c) (CS fam) ( estimarse superior) to think one is special (o great etc)

    d) (Méx) ( fiarse) creídose de algn to trust sb

    creído
    ◊ -da adjetivo [ser] ( engreído) conceited

    creer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (suponer) to think: ¿crees que está implicado?, do you think he's involved?
    creo que sí/no, I think so/don't think so
    ya lo creo, of course
    2 (tener fe, confianza) to believe: créeme, believe me
    te creo, I believe you
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 Rel to believe [en, in]
    cree en los marcianos, he believes in Martians
    2 (tener confianza) to trust: mi padre cree en mí, my father trusts me
    creído,-a
    I adjetivo arrogant, vain, conceited
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino big head

    ' creído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    creerse
    - creída
    - pero
    English:
    bighead
    - bigheaded
    - cocksure
    - never
    - stuck-up
    - big
    * * *
    creído, -a Fam
    adj
    conceited;
    se lo tiene muy creído he's very full of himself, Br he really fancies himself
    nm,f
    es un creído he's a bighead
    * * *
    I partcreer
    II adj conceited
    * * *
    creído, -da adj
    1) fam : conceited
    2) : confident, sure
    * * *
    creído adj cocky

    Spanish-English dictionary > creído

  • 16 darse por aludido

    (entender una indirecta) to take the hint 2 (ofenderse) to take it personally
    ————————
    to take the hint
    * * *
    (v.) = take + things personally, take + a hint, take + things personally, get + a hint
    Ex. They need to learn not to take things so personally and understand that you have to be extremely patient.
    Ex. The problem with dropping hints to insensitive people is they usually don't take the hint.
    Ex. They need to learn not to take things so personally and understand that you have to be extremely patient.
    Ex. Sorry Castlegr, I thought that by giving you the cold shoulder you might get the hint and realise the bond has gone.
    * * *
    (v.) = take + things personally, take + a hint, take + things personally, get + a hint

    Ex: They need to learn not to take things so personally and understand that you have to be extremely patient.

    Ex: The problem with dropping hints to insensitive people is they usually don't take the hint.
    Ex: They need to learn not to take things so personally and understand that you have to be extremely patient.
    Ex: Sorry Castlegr, I thought that by giving you the cold shoulder you might get the hint and realise the bond has gone.

    Spanish-English dictionary > darse por aludido

  • 17 de mente cerrada

    = close-minded, narrow-minded
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.
    * * *
    = close-minded, narrow-minded

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > de mente cerrada

  • 18 de miras estrechas

    = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.
    * * *
    = blinkered, close-minded, narrow-minded

    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Like all narrow-minded people, he dwelt contentedly in the absolute belief of being right.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de miras estrechas

  • 19 decapitado

    adj.
    decapitated, beheaded.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: decapitar.
    * * *
    Ex. The decapitated ants, on the contrary, were insensitive to the air current.
    * * *

    Ex: The decapitated ants, on the contrary, were insensitive to the air current.

    Spanish-English dictionary > decapitado

  • 20 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
    * * *
    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
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    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    respuesta/comentario unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

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