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it+is+far+better+not+to+go

  • 121 avergonzado

    adj.
    ashamed, abashed, chagrined, embarrassed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: avergonzar.
    * * *
    1→ link=avergonzar avergonzar
    1 embarrassed, ashamed
    * * *
    (f. - avergonzada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ

    estar avergonzado — to be ashamed (de, por about, at)

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( por algo reprensible) ashamed

    avergonzado por or de algo — ashamed of something

    b) ( en situación embarazosa) embarrassed
    * * *
    = abashed, embarrassed, sheepish, ashamed, shamefaced.
    Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
    Ex. Not surprisingly, the girls went away embarrassed, and the mother, if she was any better informed, was certainly none the wiser.
    Ex. Should he, Tom Hernandez, have mentioned that he was thinking of leaving? He felt momentarily sheepish.
    Ex. As an ashamed American, I think the responsibility rests on our government, which made sure certain military and state institutions were guarded in Iraq, while completely ignoring all pleas, submitted far in advance, from historians in the US to guard eternal treasures.
    Ex. Keep in mind that the Bible commands women to wear clothing that is in keeping with being shamefaced.
    ----
    * estar avergonzado = be ashamed.
    * sentirse avergonzado = be ashamed, feel + embarrassed.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( por algo reprensible) ashamed

    avergonzado por or de algo — ashamed of something

    b) ( en situación embarazosa) embarrassed
    * * *
    = abashed, embarrassed, sheepish, ashamed, shamefaced.

    Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.

    Ex: Not surprisingly, the girls went away embarrassed, and the mother, if she was any better informed, was certainly none the wiser.
    Ex: Should he, Tom Hernandez, have mentioned that he was thinking of leaving? He felt momentarily sheepish.
    Ex: As an ashamed American, I think the responsibility rests on our government, which made sure certain military and state institutions were guarded in Iraq, while completely ignoring all pleas, submitted far in advance, from historians in the US to guard eternal treasures.
    Ex: Keep in mind that the Bible commands women to wear clothing that is in keeping with being shamefaced.
    * estar avergonzado = be ashamed.
    * sentirse avergonzado = be ashamed, feel + embarrassed.

    * * *
    1 (por algo reprensible) ashamed avergonzado POR or DE algo ashamed OF sth
    * * *

    Del verbo avergonzar: ( conjugate avergonzar)

    avergonzado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    avergonzado    
    avergonzar
    avergonzado
    ◊ -da adjetivo


    avergonzado por or de algo ashamed of sth

    avergonzar ( conjugate avergonzar) verbo transitivo

    ◊ ¿no te avergüenza salir así a la calle? aren't you ashamed to go out looking like that?



    avergonzarse verbo pronominal
    to be ashamed (of oneself);
    avergonzadose de algo to be ashamed of sth;

    avergonzado,-a adjetivo ashamed
    avergonzar verbo transitivo to shame

    ' avergonzado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apurada
    - apurado
    - avergonzada
    - cortado
    English:
    ashamed
    - embarrassed
    - hangdog
    - head
    - mortify
    - shamefaced
    - sheepish
    - unashamed
    - abashed
    * * *
    avergonzado, -a adj
    1. [humillado, dolido] ashamed
    2. [abochornado] embarrassed;
    está avergonzado de o [m5] por lo que hizo he's embarrassed about what he did
    * * *
    adj
    1 embarrassed
    2 de algo reprensible ashamed
    * * *
    avergonzado, -da adj
    1) : ashamed
    2) : embarrassed

    Spanish-English dictionary > avergonzado

  • 122 desaliñado

    adj.
    untidy, messy, sloppy, bedraggled.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desaliñar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desaliñar desaliñar
    1 untidy, unkempt, scruffy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=descuidado) slovenly
    2) (=desordenado) untidy, dishevelled, disheveled (EEUU)
    3) (=negligente) careless, slovenly
    * * *
    - da adjetivo slovenly
    * * *
    = messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], bedraggled, unkempt, scruff.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo slovenly
    * * *
    = messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], bedraggled, unkempt, scruff.

    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex: This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.
    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.

    * * *
    slovenly
    * * *

    Del verbo desaliñar: ( conjugate desaliñar)

    desaliñado es:

    el participio

    desaliñado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    slovenly
    desaliñado,-a adjetivo scruffy, untidy

    ' desaliñado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desaliñada
    English:
    disheveled
    - dishevelled
    - dowdy
    - frumpy
    - scruffily
    - scruffy
    - sloppy
    - slovenly
    - untidy
    - bedraggled
    * * *
    desaliñado, -a adj
    [persona, aspecto] scruffy;
    un tipo de aspecto desaliñado a scruffy-looking guy
    * * *
    adj slovenly
    * * *
    desaliñado, -da adj
    : slovenly, untidy
    * * *
    desaliñado adj scruffy [comp. scruffier; superl. scruffiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaliñado

  • 123 estimular

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    2 to stimulate.
    El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.
    El aroma estimula los sentidos The aroma stimulates the senses.
    * * *
    1 (animar) to encourage, stimulate
    2 (apetito, pasiones) to whet
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=alentar) [+ persona] to encourage
    2) (=favorecer) [+ apetito, economía, esfuerzos, ahorro] to stimulate; [+ debate] to promote
    3) [+ organismo, célula] to stimulate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex. Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex. Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    ----
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.

    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

    Ex: CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex: The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex: Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex: Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.

    * * *
    estimular [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 «clase/lectura» to stimulate
    2 (alentar) to encourage
    hay que estimularla para que trabaje she needs encouraging to get her to work
    gritaban para estimular a su equipo they cheered their team on, they shouted encouragement to their team
    3 ‹apetito› to whet, stimulate; ‹circulación› to stimulate
    4 (sexualmente) to stimulate
    B ‹inversión/ahorro› to encourage, stimulate
    * * *

    estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo


    estimular verbo transitivo
    1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
    2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
    ' estimular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - impulsar
    English:
    animate
    - drum up
    - fuel
    - stimulate
    - stir
    - work up
    - boost
    - promote
    - revitalize
    - revive
    - spur
    - whet
    * * *
    1. [animar] to encourage;
    el orgullo le estimula a seguir his pride spurs him to go on
    2. [incitar] to encourage, to urge on;
    la muchedumbre lo estimuló con gritos the crowd shouted him on
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to stimulate
    4. [activar] [apetito] to stimulate, to whet;
    [circulación, economía] to stimulate; [ventas, inversión] to stimulate, to encourage
    * * *
    v/t
    1 stimulate
    2 ( animar) encourage
    * * *
    1) : to stimulate
    2) : to encourage
    * * *
    1. (activar) to stimulate
    2. (animar) to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > estimular

  • 124 guardián

    m.
    guardian, guard, watchman, custodian.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 guardian, keeper, custodian
    * * *
    (f. - guardiana)
    noun
    * * *
    guardián, -ana
    SM / F
    1) (=defensor) guardian
    2) (=guarda) warden, keeper (EEUU); (Zool) keeper; (=vigilante) watchman
    perro 1., 1)
    * * *
    - diana masculino, femenino
    a) ( de edificio) (security) guard
    b) (protector, defensor) guardian
    * * *
    = custodian, curator, guardian, storekeeper, gatekeeper, steward, guard dog, sentinel, warden, safekeeper [sake-keeper].
    Ex. This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex. Altick refers to himself as 'a pursuer of truth' and to his audience of librarians as ' curators and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. And so, the public library came in time to be viewed as a guardian of the people's right to know = Y así pues, la biblioteca pública con el tiempo se llegó considerar como protectora del derecho de la gente a saber.
    Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex. Research has shown that many people get their 'updates' from someone called 'the gatekeeper'.
    Ex. This article explores whether the archivist is a steward for some wider amorphous body including past and future generations.
    Ex. A guard dog perspective is offered as a way to better understand the functioning of the mass media as an important set of communication agencies in the social system.
    Ex. The quintessential expression of this ideal is our amazing public library system -- for which we must specially thank all thousands of dedicated librarians throughout America whom one of my predecessors called our ' sentinels of liberty.
    Ex. Carers and wardens are encouraged to involve themselves in the service.
    Ex. Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    * * *
    - diana masculino, femenino
    a) ( de edificio) (security) guard
    b) (protector, defensor) guardian
    * * *
    = custodian, curator, guardian, storekeeper, gatekeeper, steward, guard dog, sentinel, warden, safekeeper [sake-keeper].

    Ex: This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.

    Ex: Altick refers to himself as 'a pursuer of truth' and to his audience of librarians as ' curators and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex: And so, the public library came in time to be viewed as a guardian of the people's right to know = Y así pues, la biblioteca pública con el tiempo se llegó considerar como protectora del derecho de la gente a saber.
    Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.
    Ex: Research has shown that many people get their 'updates' from someone called 'the gatekeeper'.
    Ex: This article explores whether the archivist is a steward for some wider amorphous body including past and future generations.
    Ex: A guard dog perspective is offered as a way to better understand the functioning of the mass media as an important set of communication agencies in the social system.
    Ex: The quintessential expression of this ideal is our amazing public library system -- for which we must specially thank all thousands of dedicated librarians throughout America whom one of my predecessors called our ' sentinels of liberty.
    Ex: Carers and wardens are encouraged to involve themselves in the service.
    Ex: Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 (de un edificio) security guard, guard
    2 (protector, defensor) guardian
    * * *

    guardián
    ◊ - diana sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) (protector, defensor) guardian

    guardián,-ana sustantivo masculino y femenino watchman, watchwoman
    perro guardián, watchdog
    ' guardián' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ángel
    - guarda
    - guardiana
    - tutor
    - tutora
    - perro
    English:
    custodian
    - guard dog
    - guardian
    - warden
    - watchdog
    - guard
    - watch
    * * *
    guardián, -ana
    ♦ adj
    ángel guardián guardian angel
    ♦ nm,f
    [de persona] guardian; [de cosa] watchman, keeper;
    los guardianes de la fe the keepers of the faith
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    perro guardián guard dog
    II m, guardiana f guard; fig
    guardian
    * * *
    1) guarda: security guard, watchman
    2) : guardian, keeper
    3)
    perro guardián : watchdog
    * * *
    guardián n guardian

    Spanish-English dictionary > guardián

  • 125 mayor2

    2 = largest, greater, heightened, increased.
    Ex. Together they constitute the world's largest data base.
    Ex. The likelihood of data transmission errors is greater, however, and it is not recommended for constant use.
    Ex. The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex. Information networks are critical tools to ensure the exchange, transfer, and use of information which will facilitate the increased quality and quantity of agricultural production.
    ----
    * admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.
    * alcanzar mayores cotas = rise to + greater heights.
    * al por mayor = in bulk.
    * cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.
    * cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.
    * cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.
    * calle mayor, la = main street, the.
    * causa de fuerza mayor = act of God.
    * colegio mayor = residence hall, dormitory [dorm, -abbr.], student residence.
    * comprar al por mayor = buy + in bulk.
    * con el mayor cuidado = with utmost care.
    * con el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.
    * con mayor detalle = in greater detail.
    * con mayor profundidad = in most detail, in more detail.
    * con un mayor nivel educativo = better educated [better-educated].
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * demasiado mayor en relación con Algo = overage.
    * demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.
    * de mayor edad = senior.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.
    * descuento por compra al por mayor = bulk deal, bulk rate, bulk rate discount.
    * diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.
    * distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y, = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.
    * durante la mayor parte de = for much of.
    * durante la mayor parte del año = for the best part of the year.
    * en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.
    * en el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.
    * en la mayor parte de = in the majority of.
    * en mayor grado = to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a greater extent, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.
    * en mayor medida = to a greater extent, to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.
    * en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.
    * en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.
    * en su mayor parte = largely, mostly, for the most part.
    * en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.
    * fuerza mayor = force majeure.
    * hora de mayor demanda = peak time.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.
    * jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.
    * la mayor parte de = the majority of, the main bulk of, the lion's share of.
    * la mayor parte de las veces = more often than not.
    * la proporción mayor de = the lion's share of.
    * libro de mayor venta = bestseller [best seller/best-seller].
    * material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.
    * mayor + Nombre = longer + Nombre.
    * mayor rendimiento = efficiencies of scale.
    * mucho mayor = far greater, far larger, very much greater.
    * obtener el mayor rendimiento posible = maximise + opportunities.
    * para mayor información sobre = for details of.
    * para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.
    * para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.
    * período de mayor demanda = peak time.
    * precio al por mayor = block rate, wholesale price, bulk rate.
    * precio especial por compra al por mayor = bulk deal.
    * preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).
    * problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.
    * problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.
    * programación televisiva de mayor audiencia = prime time television.
    * programa de mayor audiencia = prime time programme, prime time show.
    * sacar el mayor partido al dinero de uno = get + the most for + Posesivo + money.
    * sacar mayor partido a = squeeze + more life out of.
    * sacar mayor provecho = stretch + further.
    * separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.
    * ser el que con mayor frecuencia = be (the) most likely to.
    * símbolo de mayor-que (>) = greater-than sign (>), greater-than symbol (>), right angled bracket (>).
    * suministro al por mayor = bulk supply.
    * tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.
    * una mayor variedad de = a wider canvas of.
    * una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.
    * un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.
    * un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.
    * vender al por mayor = sell + in bulk, wholesale.
    * venta al por mayor = wholesaling, wholesale.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mayor2

  • 126 poner el grito en el cielo

    figurado to hit the ceiling, hit the roof
    ————————
    to hit the ceiling
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = be (all) up in arms, kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, blow + Posesivo + top, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack, scream + blue murder, froth at + the mouth, shout + blue murder
    Ex. And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.
    Ex. Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex. If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex. Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
    Ex. Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    Ex. Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.
    Ex. She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
    Ex. She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
    Ex. This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.
    Ex. There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.
    * * *
    (v.) = be (all) up in arms, kick up + a stink, kick up + a fuss, blow + Posesivo + top, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row, blow + Posesivo + lid, blow + Posesivo + stack, scream + blue murder, froth at + the mouth, shout + blue murder

    Ex: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.

    Ex: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important.
    Ex: If the cafe say it's butter and it's marge they could be in trouble if anyone cared to kick up a fuss.
    Ex: Yoga is better for people who are always blowing their top and who are therefore prone to high blood pressure.
    Ex: Some people have a neurotic, exaggerated sense of self-importance and will nitpick and make a row over just everything in every shop or restaurant.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: The environmentalists have now kicked up a row over the cutting of trees along the Palace Road charging that the work was illegal.
    Ex: Of course her initial reaction was to blow her lid, but she didn't -- instead she took the high road and simply just left.
    Ex: She really blew her stack as she stomped out of the sales manager's office talking to herself.
    Ex: She hates water for some reason, and whenever we go to put her togs on, she screams blue murder, and it is a 15 minute struggle to get her togs on.
    Ex: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.
    Ex: There are more religously motivated killings in America than what you have in Nigeria and yet nobody is shouting blue murder.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner el grito en el cielo

  • 127 relleno

    adj.
    1 stuffed, chockfull, full, plump.
    2 filled-in, farctate.
    m.
    1 stuffing, fill-up, filling, pad.
    2 refill.
    3 forcemeat.
    4 fill character.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: rellenar.
    * * *
    1 (totalmente lleno) stuffed, crammed, packed
    2 (cara) full
    3 COCINA stuffed (pasteles) filled
    1 COCINA (aves) stuffing; (pasteles) filling
    2 COSTURA padding
    ————————
    1 COCINA (aves) stuffing; (pasteles) filling
    2 COSTURA padding
    * * *
    noun m.
    filling, stuffing
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=lleno hasta arriba) full up (de of)
    2) (Culin) stuffed (de with)
    3) (=gordito) [persona] plump; [cara] full
    2. SM
    1) (Culin) [para dulces] filling; [para carnes] stuffing
    2) [de caramelo] centre, center (EEUU)
    3) [en un escrito]
    4) (Arquit) plaster filling
    5) (Cos) padding
    6) (Mec) packing
    7) And (=vertedero) tip, dump
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1) <pavo/pimientos> stuffed
    2) ( regordete)
    II
    1) (para pasteles, tortas) filling; (para pavo, pimientos) stuffing; (para cojines, muñecos) stuffing; ( de ropa interior) padding; (para agujeros, grietas) filler
    * * *
    = packing, stuffing, filler, padding, filling, batting, batt, filler.
    Ex. A printer would use incompressible packing in the head mortises to intensify the effect of the pressman's pull by bringing it up with a jolt.
    Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex. Absorbency is the property in paper which permits a sheet to take in the liquids it contacts, the amount of which depends on the fillers and sizing introduced during the manufacturing process.
    Ex. Not far behind football in terms of profile is rugby (slightly similar to American Football, but without the excessive padding).
    Ex. The rest of the fibre is cladding and filling, to aid transmission and provide protection for the core.
    Ex. Today quilters are distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of different types of batting.
    Ex. Because of the need to open and close the hatch, the traditional method of insulation has been to staple a glass fibre batt to the topside of the hatch.
    Ex. The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.
    ----
    * material de relleno = filler.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1) <pavo/pimientos> stuffed
    2) ( regordete)
    II
    1) (para pasteles, tortas) filling; (para pavo, pimientos) stuffing; (para cojines, muñecos) stuffing; ( de ropa interior) padding; (para agujeros, grietas) filler
    * * *
    = packing, stuffing, filler, padding, filling, batting, batt, filler.

    Ex: A printer would use incompressible packing in the head mortises to intensify the effect of the pressman's pull by bringing it up with a jolt.

    Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    Ex: Absorbency is the property in paper which permits a sheet to take in the liquids it contacts, the amount of which depends on the fillers and sizing introduced during the manufacturing process.
    Ex: Not far behind football in terms of profile is rugby (slightly similar to American Football, but without the excessive padding).
    Ex: The rest of the fibre is cladding and filling, to aid transmission and provide protection for the core.
    Ex: Today quilters are distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of different types of batting.
    Ex: Because of the need to open and close the hatch, the traditional method of insulation has been to staple a glass fibre batt to the topside of the hatch.
    Ex: The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.
    * material de relleno = filler.

    * * *
    relleno1 -na
    A ‹pollo/pimientos› stuffed
    aceitunas rellenas de anchoa olives stuffed with anchovies
    caramelos rellenos de chocolate candies filled with chocolate o with a chocolate filling
    B
    (regordete): tiene la cara rellena he has a full face
    es rellenita she's quite plump
    A
    1 ( Coc) (para pasteles, tortas) filling; (para pollo, pimientos) stuffing
    2 (para almohadones, muñecos) stuffing
    el relleno del edredón es de pluma the eiderdown is filled with feathers
    4 (para agujeros, grietas) filler
    B
    (parte superflua): como la película es corta dan un documental de relleno since it's a short movie they fill in with o fill up the time with a documentary
    hubo varios números de relleno there were several supporting acts
    estas estadísticas están aquí de relleno these statistics are here to pad things out
    C ( Chi) (para un lactante) supplement ( AmE), top-up ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo rellenar: ( conjugate rellenar)

    relleno es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    rellenó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    rellenar    
    relleno
    rellenar ( conjugate rellenar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹pavo/pimientos/cojín› to stuff;

    ‹ pastel› to fill;
    relleno algo DE or CON algo to stuff/fill sth with sth
    b) ‹agujero/grieta› to fill

    2 ( volver a llenar) to refill
    3 ‹impreso/formulario› to fill out o in;
    ‹examen/discurso› to pad out
    relleno 1
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹pavo/pimientos› stuffed;

    caramelos rellenos de chocolate candies with a chocolate filling
    relleno 2 sustantivo masculino (para pasteles, tortas) filling;

    (para pavo, pimientos, cojín) stuffing;
    ( de ropa interior) padding;
    (para agujeros, grietas) filler
    rellenar verbo transitivo
    1 (un recipiente, hueco) to fill
    (volver a llenar) to refill
    2 (un cojín, muñeco) to stuff
    3 Culin (un ave, pimiento, etc) to stuff
    (un pastel, una tarta) to fill
    4 (un impreso) to fill in
    relleno,-a
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 Culin (de ave, pimiento, etc) stuffing
    (de pastel, tarta) filling
    2 (de cojín, muñeco) stuffing
    3 (de agujero, grieta) filler
    4 fam (de un texto, discurso) waffle, padding
    II adjetivo
    1 Culin (un ave, un pimiento, etc) stuffed
    (un pastel, una tarta) filled
    2 fam (una persona) plump
    ♦ Locuciones: de relleno, padding: hizo muchas citas de relleno, he padded his speech out with quotations
    ' relleno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    guata
    - paja
    - pastel
    - rellena
    English:
    bonbon
    - centre
    - filling
    - pad out
    - padding
    - roll
    - stuffing
    - with
    - dressing
    - eclair
    - pad
    - stuffed
    - upholstery
    * * *
    relleno, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [lleno] stuffed (de with); [tarta, pastel] filled (de with);
    aceitunas rellenas stuffed olives
    2. [gordo] plump;
    un señor bastante relleno a rather portly gentleman
    ♦ nm
    1. [de pollo] stuffing;
    [de pastel] filling
    2. [de cojín, almohadón] stuffing
    ♦ de relleno loc adj
    necesitamos poner algo de relleno we need to pad it out a bit;
    esta actuación es de relleno this act is just a filler
    * * *
    I adj
    1 GASTR pollo, pimientos stuffed; pastel filled
    persona plump fam
    II m tb en cojín stuffing; en pastel filling
    * * *
    relleno, -na adj
    : stuffed, filled
    : stuffing, filling
    * * *
    relleno1 adj
    1. (comida) stuffed / filled
    2. (persona) plump
    1. (comida) stuffing / filling
    2. (cojín etc) stuffing

    Spanish-English dictionary > relleno

  • 128 tratar una cuestión

    (v.) = address + constraint, address + issue, address + question, consider + issue, tackle + issue, address + concern, deal with + issue, broach + issue, broach + question, grapple with + issue
    Ex. From partially-automated directory assistance to talking Yellow Pages and interactive services, telephone directory applications have addressed the constraints of non-visual menus, limited input capability, and natural versus synthetic output.
    Ex. We need, I believe, to dedicate ourselves, schools and professional institutions alike, to become more concerned with a research ethic that will permit us to address the critical issues of our profession.
    Ex. We cannot address these questions in this discussion, as they would lead us far from our topic.
    Ex. Some of the more recurrent issues to be considered include the following...
    Ex. A number of key issues can only really be tackled by effective strategic planning at the national and local levels.
    Ex. A recarpeting project in the State University Library, Illinois, provided an opportunity to address several longstanding concerns: better handicapped access, improved lighting, and a more efficient utilisation of limited physical space.
    Ex. Libraries want to deal with issues on their own terms and not on the terms of their clients.
    Ex. The author broaches some of the issues facing the recordkeeping profession in connection with the information management revolution.
    Ex. This question has alrady been broached.
    Ex. West Africa at the present time has to grapple with the issues of development, and with the attendant problems which are many and varied.
    * * *
    (v.) = address + constraint, address + issue, address + question, consider + issue, tackle + issue, address + concern, deal with + issue, broach + issue, broach + question, grapple with + issue

    Ex: From partially-automated directory assistance to talking Yellow Pages and interactive services, telephone directory applications have addressed the constraints of non-visual menus, limited input capability, and natural versus synthetic output.

    Ex: We need, I believe, to dedicate ourselves, schools and professional institutions alike, to become more concerned with a research ethic that will permit us to address the critical issues of our profession.
    Ex: We cannot address these questions in this discussion, as they would lead us far from our topic.
    Ex: Some of the more recurrent issues to be considered include the following...
    Ex: A number of key issues can only really be tackled by effective strategic planning at the national and local levels.
    Ex: A recarpeting project in the State University Library, Illinois, provided an opportunity to address several longstanding concerns: better handicapped access, improved lighting, and a more efficient utilisation of limited physical space.
    Ex: Libraries want to deal with issues on their own terms and not on the terms of their clients.
    Ex: The author broaches some of the issues facing the recordkeeping profession in connection with the information management revolution.
    Ex: This question has alrady been broached.
    Ex: West Africa at the present time has to grapple with the issues of development, and with the attendant problems which are many and varied.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tratar una cuestión

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