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  • 21 lugar de pruebas

    (n.) = test site
    Ex. In Jan 89, the Brandeis University Library was selected as a test site for the installation of Silverplatter's MultiPlatter local area network (LAN).
    * * *
    (n.) = test site

    Ex: In Jan 89, the Brandeis University Library was selected as a test site for the installation of Silverplatter's MultiPlatter local area network (LAN).

    Spanish-English dictionary > lugar de pruebas

  • 22 malicioso

    adj.
    1 malicious, wrongful, tortious.
    2 malicious, sly, bitchy, catty.
    3 suspicious.
    4 evil-minded, dirty.
    m.
    maliciously-minded person.
    * * *
    1 (malintencionado) malicious, spiteful
    2 (malpensado) suspicious-minded
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (malicioso) malicious person
    2 (malpensado) person with a suspicious mind
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=malintencionado) malicious, spiteful
    2) (=pícaro) mischievous
    3) (=astuto) sly, crafty
    4) (=malo) wicked, evil
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( malintencionado) malicious, spiteful
    b) ( pícaro) mischievous
    * * *
    = malicious, vicious, spiteful, devious, bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.], ill-natured, dastardly.
    Ex. Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.
    Ex. For in the eyes of many, even the most desultory reading of fiction was preferable to the ' vicious' entertainments designed to satisfy the 'lower impulses in human nature'.
    Ex. Selection of books for review sometimes causes controversy as to why some are reviewed and others not and the reviews themselves can create minor storms in the book world if it is felt they are prejudiced or spiteful.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex. She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    ----
    * intención maliciosa = malicious intent.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( malintencionado) malicious, spiteful
    b) ( pícaro) mischievous
    * * *
    = malicious, vicious, spiteful, devious, bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.], ill-natured, dastardly.

    Ex: Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.

    Ex: For in the eyes of many, even the most desultory reading of fiction was preferable to the ' vicious' entertainments designed to satisfy the 'lower impulses in human nature'.
    Ex: Selection of books for review sometimes causes controversy as to why some are reviewed and others not and the reviews themselves can create minor storms in the book world if it is felt they are prejudiced or spiteful.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * intención maliciosa = malicious intent.

    * * *
    1 (malintencionado) ‹persona/comentario› malicious, spiteful
    2 (pícaro) ‹comentario/mirada/sonrisa› mischievous
    * * *

    malicioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo



    malicioso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (pícaro) mischievous
    2 (malintencionado) malicious
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino malicious person
    ' malicioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    maliciosa
    - puñetera
    - puñetero
    - pícaro
    English:
    bitchy
    - catty
    - ill-natured
    - mischievous
    - spiteful
    - cunning
    - malicious
    - sly
    - vicious
    * * *
    malicioso, -a adj
    1. [malintencionado] malicious
    2. [astuto, agudo] cunning, crafty
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( malintencionado) malicious
    2 ( astuto) cunning, sly
    * * *
    malicioso, -sa adj
    1) : malicious
    2) pícaro: mischievous
    * * *
    malicioso adj spiteful

    Spanish-English dictionary > malicioso

  • 23 malévolo

    adj.
    malevolent, malignant, evil, black.
    * * *
    1 malevolent
    * * *
    - la adjetivo malevolent, malicious
    * * *
    = malevolent, malicious, ill-willed, waspish, dastardly.
    Ex. There was nothing malevolent in her response or in her look; she simply stated it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, not in the least abnormal.
    Ex. Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.
    Ex. We wish to mention that there can never be such matters as ethnic cleansing, license to rape, or other ill-willed behavior on the government's part.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * * *
    - la adjetivo malevolent, malicious
    * * *
    = malevolent, malicious, ill-willed, waspish, dastardly.

    Ex: There was nothing malevolent in her response or in her look; she simply stated it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, not in the least abnormal.

    Ex: Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.
    Ex: We wish to mention that there can never be such matters as ethnic cleansing, license to rape, or other ill-willed behavior on the government's part.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

    * * *
    malevolent, malicious
    * * *

    malévolo
    ◊ -la adjetivo

    malevolent, malicious
    malévolo,-a adjetivo malevolent

    ' malévolo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malévola
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - malevolent
    - malicious
    - maliciously
    * * *
    malévolo, -a adj
    malevolent, wicked
    * * *
    adj malevolent
    * * *
    malévolo, -la adj
    : malevolent, wicked

    Spanish-English dictionary > malévolo

  • 24 mesa al vacío

    (n.) = vacuum table
    Ex. This article examines the use of a vacuum table since Jan 1989 for the conservation of paper, leather and parchment in topographical as well as portrait and map collections.
    * * *

    Ex: This article examines the use of a vacuum table since Jan 1989 for the conservation of paper, leather and parchment in topographical as well as portrait and map collections.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mesa al vacío

  • 25 miserable

    adj.
    1 poor (pobre).
    2 miserable (penoso, insuficiente).
    3 contemptible, base (vil).
    4 mean (tacaño).
    5 miserly, mean, stingy.
    6 meager, scant.
    f. & m.
    1 wretch, vile person (persona vil).
    2 mean person, miser (tacaño).
    * * *
    1 (desdichado) miserable
    2 (insignificante) miserly; (tacaño) mean
    3 (malvado) wretched
    1 (malvado) wretch
    2 (tacaño) miser
    * * *
    adj.
    1) miserable, wretched
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    2. SMF
    1) (=desgraciado) wretch
    2) (=canalla) swine, wretch

    ¡miserable! — you miserable wretch!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    ----
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.

    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

    * * *
    1 (pobre) ‹vivienda› miserable, wretched; ‹sueldo› paltry, miserable
    2 (avaro) mean, stingy ( colloq)
    3 (malvado) malicious, nasty
    wretch, scoundrel, nasty piece of work ( colloq)
    * * *

    miserable adjetivo

    ‹ sueldo› paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    wretch, scoundrel
    miserable
    I adjetivo
    1 (lástimoso, pobre) wretched, poor: gana un sueldo miserable, she earns a miserable salary
    2 (malvado, ruin) despicable
    un comportamiento miserable, despicable behaviour
    3 (avariento) mean
    II mf
    1 (mezquino) miser
    2 (canalla) wretch, scoundrel: un miserable le robó la bicicleta, some scoundrel stole his bicycle
    ' miserable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astrosa
    - astroso
    - escoria
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mísera
    - miseria
    - mísero
    - pajolera
    - pajolero
    - chancho
    - triste
    English:
    abject
    - miser
    - miserable
    - niggardly
    - skimpy
    - squalid
    - stingy
    - bleak
    - sorry
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [pobre] poor;
    [vivienda] wretched, squalid
    2. [penoso, insuficiente] miserable
    3. [vil] contemptible, base
    4. [tacaño] mean
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona vil] wretch, vile person
    2. [tacaño] mean person, miser
    * * *
    I adj wretched
    II m/f
    1 ( tacaño) skinflint
    2 ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    1) lastimoso: miserable, wretched
    2) : paltry, meager
    3) mezquino: stingy, miserly
    4) : despicable, vile

    Spanish-English dictionary > miserable

  • 26 nefasto

    adj.
    unlucky, ill-fated, unfortunate, fateful.
    * * *
    1 (desgraciado) unlucky, ill-fated, bad
    2 (perjudicial) harmful, fatal
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=funesto) [viaje] ill-fated; [año] unlucky; [resultado] unfortunate; [influencia] pernicious; [corrupción] harmful, damaging; [alcohol, ácido] harmful
    2) LAm (=atroz) dreadful, terrible
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < consecuencias> disastrous; < influencia> harmful; <tiempo/fiesta> (fam) awful (colloq)
    * * *
    = dire, nefarious, heinous, dastardly, loathsome.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. The Internet is in the midst of a new wave of global resistance to its nefarious effects.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    ----
    * consecuencia nefasta = disastrous effect.
    * efecto nefasto = deleterious effect.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < consecuencias> disastrous; < influencia> harmful; <tiempo/fiesta> (fam) awful (colloq)
    * * *
    = dire, nefarious, heinous, dastardly, loathsome.

    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.

    Ex: The Internet is in the midst of a new wave of global resistance to its nefarious effects.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * consecuencia nefasta = disastrous effect.
    * efecto nefasto = deleterious effect.

    * * *
    nefasto -ta
    1 ‹consecuencias› disastrous
    una influencia nefasta a harmful influence
    un día nefasto para nuestro país a sad day for our country
    2 ( fam); ‹tiempo/fiesta› awful ( colloq), terrible ( colloq)
    * * *

    nefasto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ consecuencias› disastrous;


    ‹ influencia› harmful;
    ‹tiempo/fiesta› (fam) awful (colloq)
    nefasto,-a adj (funesto) unlucky, ill-fated: su intervención fue nefasta, her intervention did a lot of harm
    ' nefasto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nefasta
    English:
    evil
    - fatal
    - painful
    - dire
    - grim
    * * *
    nefasto, -a adj
    [funesto] ill-fated; [dañino] bad, harmful; [pésimo] terrible, awful
    * * *
    adj harmful
    * * *
    nefasto, -ta adj
    1) : ill-fated, unlucky
    2) : disastrous, terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > nefasto

  • 27 orfebre

    f. & m.
    1 silversmith.
    2 goldsmith, silversmith.
    * * *
    1 goldsmith, silversmith
    * * *
    SMF silversmith, goldsmith
    * * *
    masculino y femenino goldsmith, silversmith
    * * *
    = goldsmith, silversmith.
    Ex. In the earliest days of printing one or two printers may have cut their own punches, but even then most punch-cutters appear to have been specialist engravers such as die-sinkers or goldsmiths.
    Ex. The author shows that silversmith Jan de Booser was responsible for cutting the dies of the mint of the Province of Groningen during 1673-1693.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino goldsmith, silversmith
    * * *
    = goldsmith, silversmith.

    Ex: In the earliest days of printing one or two printers may have cut their own punches, but even then most punch-cutters appear to have been specialist engravers such as die-sinkers or goldsmiths.

    Ex: The author shows that silversmith Jan de Booser was responsible for cutting the dies of the mint of the Province of Groningen during 1673-1693.

    * * *
    goldsmith, silversmith
    * * *

    orfebre m (del oro) goldsmith
    (de la plata) silversmith
    ' orfebre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cincel
    English:
    goldsmith
    - gold
    - silver
    * * *
    orfebre nmf
    [de plata] silversmith; [de oro] goldsmith
    * * *
    m/f goldsmith/silversmith
    * * *
    orfebre nmf
    : goldsmith, silversmith

    Spanish-English dictionary > orfebre

  • 28 organizar un congreso

    (v.) = hold + conference, host + conference, host + congress
    Ex. In 1961 an International Conference on Cataloguing Principles was held in Paris, and a statement of principles emerged, which became known as the Paris Principles.
    Ex. This is an issue devoted in part to papers presented at the conference arranged and hosted by the State Library of New South Wales.
    Ex. The congress was hosted by the Agricultural Information Association for Australasia and held 23-26 Jan 95, Melbourne, Australia.
    * * *
    (v.) = hold + conference, host + conference, host + congress

    Ex: In 1961 an International Conference on Cataloguing Principles was held in Paris, and a statement of principles emerged, which became known as the Paris Principles.

    Ex: This is an issue devoted in part to papers presented at the conference arranged and hosted by the State Library of New South Wales.
    Ex: The congress was hosted by the Agricultural Information Association for Australasia and held 23-26 Jan 95, Melbourne, Australia.

    Spanish-English dictionary > organizar un congreso

  • 29 patrocinar un congreso

    (v.) = host + conference, host + congress
    Ex. This is an issue devoted in part to papers presented at the conference arranged and hosted by the State Library of New South Wales.
    Ex. The congress was hosted by the Agricultural Information Association for Australasia and held 23-26 Jan 95, Melbourne, Australia.
    * * *
    (v.) = host + conference, host + congress

    Ex: This is an issue devoted in part to papers presented at the conference arranged and hosted by the State Library of New South Wales.

    Ex: The congress was hosted by the Agricultural Information Association for Australasia and held 23-26 Jan 95, Melbourne, Australia.

    Spanish-English dictionary > patrocinar un congreso

  • 30 platero

    m.
    silversmith.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 silversmith
    * * *
    platero, -a
    SM / F silversmith
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino silversmith
    * * *
    Ex. The author shows that silversmith Jan de Booser was responsible for cutting the dies of the mint of the Province of Groningen during 1673-1693.
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino silversmith
    * * *

    Ex: The author shows that silversmith Jan de Booser was responsible for cutting the dies of the mint of the Province of Groningen during 1673-1693.

    * * *
    platero -ra
    masculine, feminine
    silversmith
    * * *
    platero, -a nm,f
    silversmith

    Spanish-English dictionary > platero

  • 31 ponerse a cero

    (v.) = roll over to + zero
    Ex. Problems are caused because PC BIOS chips are hardwired to return to 4 Jan 80 when the year rolls over to zero, i.e 2000.
    * * *
    (v.) = roll over to + zero

    Ex: Problems are caused because PC BIOS chips are hardwired to return to 4 Jan 80 when the year rolls over to zero, i.e 2000.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse a cero

  • 32 ruin

    adj.
    1 low, contemptible (vil).
    2 mean (avaro).
    3 vile, base, perverse, wicked.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo (vil) mean, base, despicable, vile
    2 (pequeño) petty, insignificant
    3 (tacaño) stingy, mean
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=vil) [persona] contemptible, mean
    2) [trato] (=injusto) mean, shabby; (=cruel) heartless, callous
    3) (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    4) (=pequeño) small, weak
    5) [animal] vicious
    * * *
    a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    b) < animal> bad-tempered
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * * *
    a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    b) < animal> bad-tempered
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

    * * *
    1 (mezquino, vil) ‹persona› despicable, contemptible; ‹acción› despicable, contemptible, base ( liter)
    sus ruines intenciones his despicable o base intentions
    2 (avaro) miserly, mean ( BrE)
    3 ‹animal› bad-tempered, mean ( colloq)
    * * *

    ruin adjetivo (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible;
    ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    ruin adjetivo
    1 (despreciable, vil) mean, despicable, stingy
    2 (avariento, tacaño) stingy, miserly: era ruin con su familia y generoso consigo mismo, he was stingy to his family but generous to himself
    ' ruin' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abismo
    - abocada
    - abocado
    - arruinar
    - baja
    - bajo
    - cagar
    - cargarse
    - castigar
    - chafar
    - dar
    - desbaratar
    - deshacer
    - destrozar
    - dinamitar
    - ser
    - estropear
    - extemporánea
    - extemporáneo
    - fastidiar
    - jorobar
    - miserable
    - pasar
    - perder
    - perderse
    - polvo
    - ruina
    - salar
    - significar
    - tierra
    - acabar
    - chancho
    - consumir
    - destruir
    - echar
    - embromar
    - fregar
    - malograr
    - perdición
    - villano
    English:
    rack
    - ruin
    - ancient
    - break
    - destroy
    - doom
    - murder
    - wreck
    * * *
    ruin adj
    1. [vil] contemptible
    2. [avaro] mean
    3. Cuba [en celo] Br on heat, US in heat
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( despreciable) despicable, mean
    2 ( tacaño) mean, miserly
    * * *
    ruin adj
    1) : base, despicable
    2) : mean, stingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > ruin

  • 33 sacrificar

    v.
    1 to sacrifice, to give up (renunciar a).
    Ellos sacrifican gallinas They sacrifice chickens.
    Ellos sacrifican su tiempo They sacrifice their time.
    2 to slaughter (matar) (para consumo).
    Sacrificar reses para comer Kill cattle for food.
    3 to put to sleep, to sacrifice.
    Jan sacrificó a su perro Jan put his dog to sleep.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (gen) to sacrifice
    2 figurado (reses) to slaughter; (animal doméstico) to destroy, put down
    1 to sacrifice oneself ( por, for)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Rel) to sacrifice (a to)
    2) (=matar) [+ ganado] to slaughter; [+ animal doméstico] to put to sleep
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Relig) <cordero/víctimas> to sacrifice
    b) <res/ganado> to slaughter; <perro/gato> (euf) to put... to sleep (euph), to put away (AmE), to put down (BrE)
    c) <carrera/juventud> to sacrifice

    ha sacrificado los mejores años de su vida — he has given up o sacrificed the best years of his life

    2.
    sacrificarse v pron to make sacrifices
    * * *
    Ex. Flow and readability should not be sacrificed to brevity.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Relig) <cordero/víctimas> to sacrifice
    b) <res/ganado> to slaughter; <perro/gato> (euf) to put... to sleep (euph), to put away (AmE), to put down (BrE)
    c) <carrera/juventud> to sacrifice

    ha sacrificado los mejores años de su vida — he has given up o sacrificed the best years of his life

    2.
    sacrificarse v pron to make sacrifices
    * * *

    Ex: Flow and readability should not be sacrificed to brevity.

    * * *
    sacrificar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 ( Relig) ‹cordero/víctimas› to sacrifice
    2 ‹res/ganado› to slaughter ‹perro/gato› ( euf) to put … to sleep ( euph), to put away ( AmE), to put down ( BrE)
    3 ‹carrera/juventud› to sacrifice
    ha sacrificado los mejores años de su vida he has given up o sacrificed the best years of his life
    sacrificó su juventud al cuidado de sus ancianos padres she sacrificed her youth to the care of her elderly parents
    to make sacrifices
    ¿por qué me tengo que sacrificar siempre yo? why is it always me who has to make sacrifices?
    se sacrificó por sus hijos she sacrificed everything for her children
    * * *

    sacrificar ( conjugate sacrificar) verbo transitivo
    a) (Relig) ‹cordero/víctimas› to sacrifice

    b) ‹res/ganado› to slaughter;

    ‹perro/gato› (euf) to put … to sleep (euph)
    c) ‹carrera/juventud› to sacrifice

    sacrificarse verbo pronominal
    to make sacrifices
    sacrificar verbo transitivo
    1 (a un animal) (como ofrenda) to sacrifice
    2 (para su consumo) to slaughter
    3 (por enfermedad) to put down
    4 (renunciar a algo) (por algo) he de sacrificar mis estudios a causa del trabajo, I've got to give up my studies because of my work
    (por alguien) sacrifico mis aficiones para atender a mi hija, I have to forgo my hobbies in order to take care of my child
    ' sacrificar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    matar
    English:
    put down
    - sacrifice
    - sleep
    - cull
    - destroy
    - put
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [animal] [para consumo] to slaughter;
    [por enfermedad] to slaughter, to destroy
    2. [a los dioses] to sacrifice (a to)
    3. [renunciar a] to sacrifice, to give up;
    sacrificó la carrera por su familia she gave up her career for her family
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( ofrecer) sacrifice
    2 ( matar) slaughter
    * * *
    sacrificar {72} vt
    : to sacrifice
    * * *
    1. (en general) to sacrifice
    2. (animal enfermo) to put down [pt. & pp. put]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sacrificar

  • 34 surtir efecto

    v.
    to work, to function, to become effective, to do the trick.
    * * *
    to work, be effective
    * * *
    (v.) = take + effect, have + effect, pay off, pay, come into + effect
    Ex. This information can be added to the system or changed online, thus taking effect immediately.
    Ex. 'She's been absent twice this week and late twice, so obviously my words haven't had much effect'.
    Ex. This is an address given at a seminar on 'Books and businesses: an investment that pays off' at the Turin book fair on 17 May 89.
    Ex. Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    Ex. The new Statute will, with some exceptions, come into effect on 1 Jan 78.
    * * *
    (v.) = take + effect, have + effect, pay off, pay, come into + effect

    Ex: This information can be added to the system or changed online, thus taking effect immediately.

    Ex: 'She's been absent twice this week and late twice, so obviously my words haven't had much effect'.
    Ex: This is an address given at a seminar on 'Books and businesses: an investment that pays off' at the Turin book fair on 17 May 89.
    Ex: Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    Ex: The new Statute will, with some exceptions, come into effect on 1 Jan 78.

    Spanish-English dictionary > surtir efecto

  • 35 taxista

    adj.
    taxi.
    f. & m.
    taxi driver.
    * * *
    1 taxi driver
    * * *
    SMF taxi driver, cabby *, cab driver (EEUU)
    * * *
    masculino y femenino taxi driver, cabdriver
    * * *
    = cab driver, gruelling [grueling, -USA], livery driver, cabbie [cabby].
    Ex. Like many whose vocation is to serve their fellow-man, from New York cab drivers to Parisian cafe waiters, they do not always feel like smiling.
    Ex. He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. He heard her cheerful 'Good-night, cabbie,' as she ran up the steps and opened the door with a latchkey.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino taxi driver, cabdriver
    * * *
    = cab driver, gruelling [grueling, -USA], livery driver, cabbie [cabby].

    Ex: Like many whose vocation is to serve their fellow-man, from New York cab drivers to Parisian cafe waiters, they do not always feel like smiling.

    Ex: He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: He heard her cheerful 'Good-night, cabbie,' as she ran up the steps and opened the door with a latchkey.

    * * *
    taxi driver, cabdriver
    * * *

    taxista sustantivo masculino y femenino
    taxi driver, cabdriver
    taxista mf taxi driver, familiar cab driver
    ' taxista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    taxi driver
    - cab
    - hack
    - moonlight
    - taxi
    * * *
    taxista nmf
    taxi driver
    * * *
    m/f cab o
    taxi driver
    * * *
    taxista nmf
    : taxi driver
    * * *
    taxista n taxi driver

    Spanish-English dictionary > taxista

  • 36 vil

    adj.
    1 vile, despicable.
    2 base, wicked, dastardly, despicable.
    3 low.
    * * *
    1 vile, base, despicable
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] low, villainous; [acto] vile, rotten; [conducta] despicable, mean; [trato] unjust, shabby
    * * *
    adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable
    * * *
    = despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
    Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    Ex. Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.
    * * *
    adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable
    * * *
    = despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.

    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.

    Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    Ex: Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.

    * * *
    ( liter); ‹acto› vile, despicable, base; ‹persona› vile, despicable
    un hombre vil y despreciable a vile, despicable man ( liter)
    aquel vil asesinato that vile murder ( frml)
    * * *

    vil adjetivo (liter) ‹acto/persona› vile, despicable
    vil adjetivo despicable, vile
    ' vil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajo
    - calumnia
    - metal
    - ruin
    - vileza
    - villana
    - villano
    - desgraciado
    - mezquindad
    - mezquino
    English:
    base
    - foul
    - miserable
    - nefarious
    - out-and-out
    - scummy
    - squalid
    - vile
    - cheap
    - despicable
    * * *
    vil adj
    vile, despicable;
    Hum
    el vil metal filthy lucre
    * * *
    adj vile, despicable
    * * *
    vil adj
    : vile, dispicable

    Spanish-English dictionary > vil

  • 37 sulfurar

    v.
    1 to infuriate.
    2 to sulphurate (chemistry).
    3 to sulfurate, to sulphur, to sulfur, to sulfurize.
    María sulfura el compuesto Mary sulfurates the compound.
    4 to make angry, to incense.
    Sus comentarios sulfuraron a Jan His comments made Jan angry.
    * * *
    1 QUÍMICA to sulphurate (US sulfurate)
    2 familiar figurado (irritar) to exasperate, infuriate
    1 familiar figurado to blow one's top, lose one's rag
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Quím) to sulphurate, sulfurate (EEUU)
    2) * (=sacar de quicio a) to rile *
    2.
    See:
    * * *

    sulfurar verbo transitivo
    1 fam (enfurecer) to infuriate
    2 Quím to sulphurate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. Fam [encolerizar] to infuriate
    2. Quím to sulphurate
    * * *
    v/t QUÍM sulfurize, Br
    sulphurize;
    sulfurar a alguien fig fam drive s.o. nuts fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > sulfurar

  • 38 Juan Vermeer

    m.
    Jan Vermeer, Jan van der Meer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Juan Vermeer

  • 39 en.o

    ABR
    = enero Jan

    Spanish-English dictionary > en.o

  • 40 Eyck

    m.
    Eyck, Jan van Eyck.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Eyck

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