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laborious

  • 1 laboriosamente

    • laborious
    • laboriousness
    • with great difficulty

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > laboriosamente

  • 2 trabajoso

    adj.
    laborious, difficult, backbreaking, burdensome.
    * * *
    1 hard, laborious
    2 (difícil) difficult
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=difícil) hard, laborious; (=doloroso) painful
    2) (Med) pale, sickly
    3) Cono Sur (=exigente) exacting, demanding; (=astuto) wily
    4) And (=poco amable) unhelpful; (=malhumorado) bad-tempered, tetchy
    5) Cono Sur (=molesto) annoying
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    - sa adjetivo < subida> arduous; < tarea> laborious
    * * *
    = burdensome, laborious.
    Ex. This article examines the burdensome task archival appraisers face in dealing with the typically massive files created by major censuses and surveys.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < subida> arduous; < tarea> laborious
    * * *
    = burdensome, laborious.

    Ex: This article examines the burdensome task archival appraisers face in dealing with the typically massive files created by major censuses and surveys.

    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

    * * *
    es un punto muy trabajoso it's a very laborious stitch to do
    su letra es muy trabajosa de leer it's very hard work reading his writing, his writing is very hard o difficult to read
    * * *

    trabajoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ subida› arduous;


    ‹ tarea› laborious
    trabajoso,-a adjetivo laborious, arduous: construir miniaturas es muy trabajoso, making miniatures is an arduous task
    ' trabajoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    costar
    - enojosa
    - enojoso
    - laboriosa
    - laborioso
    - trabajosa
    English:
    laborious
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    trabajoso, -a adj
    1. [difícil] laborious, difficult;
    un proceso más trabajoso a more laborious process
    2. Col [exigente] demanding
    * * *
    adj hard, laborious
    * * *
    trabajoso, -sa adj
    laborioso: laborious

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajoso

  • 3 laborioso

    adj.
    1 laborious, difficult, arduous, hard.
    2 hardworking, hard-working, industrious.
    * * *
    1 (trabajador) industrious, diligent
    2 (trabajoso) laborious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=dedicado, constante) hard-working, industrious
    2) (=minucioso) painstaking
    3) (=dificultoso) [trabajo, negociaciones] laborious, difficult
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < persona> hardworking, industrious; < abejas> industrious; < tarea> laborious
    * * *
    = laborious, painstaking, labour-intensive [labour intensive].
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    Ex. Catalogue maintenance in a large union catalogue based on cards or slips was a nightmare, and it was very labour-intensive to maintain such catalogues at more than one location.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < persona> hardworking, industrious; < abejas> industrious; < tarea> laborious
    * * *
    = laborious, painstaking, labour-intensive [labour intensive].

    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

    Ex: He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    Ex: Catalogue maintenance in a large union catalogue based on cards or slips was a nightmare, and it was very labour-intensive to maintain such catalogues at more than one location.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› hardworking, industrious, diligent; ‹abejas› industrious
    2 ‹trabajo/investigación› laborious
    * * *

    laborioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ persona› hardworking, industrious;


    ‹ abejas› industrious;
    ‹ tarea› laborious
    laborioso,-a adjetivo
    1 (trabajador) hardworking
    2 (trabajoso) laborious
    ' laborioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fina
    - fino
    - laboriosa
    English:
    arduous
    - laborious
    * * *
    laborioso, -a adj
    1. [aplicado] hard-working
    2. [difícil] laborious, arduous
    * * *
    adj
    1 tarea laborious
    2 persona industrious, hard-working
    * * *
    laborioso, -sa adj
    1) : laborious, hard
    2) : industrious, hard-working

    Spanish-English dictionary > laborioso

  • 4 penoso

    adj.
    1 troublesome, difficult, painful, embarrassing.
    2 shy, bashful, timid.
    * * *
    1 (doloroso) painful; (triste) sad
    2 (trabajoso) laborious, hard
    3 (desastroso) terrible, awful, dreadful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=doloroso) painful

    me veo en la penosa obligación de comunicarles que... — I regret to have to inform you that...

    2) (=difícil) [tarea] arduous, laborious; [viaje] gruelling, grueling (EEUU)
    3) (=lamentable) pitiful

    era penoso ver la casa en ese estado — the house was a sorry o pitiful sight, it was pitiful to see the house in such a state

    4) And, Méx (=tímido) shy, timid
    5) And, Méx (=embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2)
    a) ( triste) sad
    b) < viaje> grueling*; < trabajo> laborious, difficult
    3) (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) < persona> shy
    b) ( embarazoso) embarrassing
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    = painful, embarrassing, distressing, grievous, wrenching, excruciating, pitiful, upsetting, gruelling [grueling, -USA].
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex. How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex. Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    Ex. Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    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.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2)
    a) ( triste) sad
    b) < viaje> grueling*; < trabajo> laborious, difficult
    3) (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) < persona> shy
    b) ( embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    = painful, embarrassing, distressing, grievous, wrenching, excruciating, pitiful, upsetting, gruelling [grueling, -USA].

    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

    Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex: How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    Ex: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    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.

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    penoso -sa
    A (lamentable) terrible, awful
    B
    1 (triste) sad
    tengo el penoso deber de comunicarle que … it is my sad duty to inform you that …
    2 ‹viaje› grueling*; ‹trabajo› laborious, difficult
    1 ‹persona› shy
    2 (embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *

    penoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2
    a) ( triste) sad

    b) ‹ viaje› grueling( conjugate grueling);

    ‹ trabajo› laborious, difficult
    3 (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) ‹ persona› shy


    penoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (un estado, una situación) terrible, painful
    2 (un trabajo, un esfuerzo), difficult, arduous
    ' penoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desgracia
    - penosa
    - trabajada
    - trabajado
    - triste
    - desolador
    - duro
    English:
    arduous
    - blubber
    - drudgery
    - grievous
    - grueling
    - gruelling
    - laborious
    - pathetic
    - sad
    - bashful
    - distressing
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    penoso, -a adj
    1. [trabajoso] backbreaking;
    llegaron a puerto tras una travesía penosa they reached port after an arduous crossing
    2. [lamentable] dreadful;
    el arbitraje fue penoso the refereeing was dreadful;
    tenía un aspecto penoso he was a sorry sight
    3. CAm, Carib, Col, Méx [embarazoso] embarrassing
    4. CAm, Carib, Col, Méx [persona] shy
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( angustiante) distressing
    2 trabajo laborious
    3 C.Am., Cu, Méx: que causa vergüenza
    embarrassing
    4 C.Am., Cu, Méx: que siente vergüenza
    shy
    * * *
    penoso, -sa adj
    1) : painful, distressing
    2) : difficult, arduous
    3) : shy, bashful
    * * *
    penoso adj painful / distressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > penoso

  • 5 difícil

    adj.
    difficult, tough, arduous, cumbersome.
    Un trabajo difícil [duro] A stiff job.
    * * *
    1 difficult, hard
    2 (improbable) unlikely
    ■ es difícil que nos encontremos allí it's unlikely that we'll meet there, we're unlikely to meet there
    * * *
    adj.
    difficult, hard
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=complicado) [problema] difficult; [tiempos, vida] difficult, hard; [situación] difficult, delicate

    me resulta muy difícil decidir — I find it very hard to decide, I have great difficulty in deciding

    2) [persona] difficult
    3) * [cara] ugly
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

    me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

    difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

    b) [estar] (fam)
    2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

    es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

    3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult
    * * *
    = arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].
    Ex. Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.
    Ex. It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex. It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.
    Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex. The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.
    Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex. And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
    Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.
    Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex. The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    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.
    ----
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.
    * algo muy difícil = a tough sell.
    * aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * cuestión difícil = poser.
    * de difícil solución = intractable.
    * de la forma más difícil = the hard way.
    * difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.
    * difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.
    * difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de descifrar = cryptic.
    * difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * difícil de entender = cryptic.
    * difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.
    * difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.
    * difícil de hacer = hard to do.
    * difícil de localizar = irretraceable.
    * difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.
    * difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.
    * difícil de tratar = unruly.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.
    * en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * en épocas difíciles = in times of need.
    * enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.
    * hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.
    * hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.
    * metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * pregunta difícil = poser.
    * pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.
    * problema difícil = poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * situación difícil = hardship.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tenerlo difícil = not be easy.
    * tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

    me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

    difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

    b) [estar] (fam)
    2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

    es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

    3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult
    * * *
    = arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].

    Ex: Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.

    Ex: It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex: It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.
    Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex: The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.
    Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex: And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
    Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.
    Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex: The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    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.
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.
    * algo muy difícil = a tough sell.
    * aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * cuestión difícil = poser.
    * de difícil solución = intractable.
    * de la forma más difícil = the hard way.
    * difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.
    * difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.
    * difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de descifrar = cryptic.
    * difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * difícil de entender = cryptic.
    * difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.
    * difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.
    * difícil de hacer = hard to do.
    * difícil de localizar = irretraceable.
    * difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.
    * difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.
    * difícil de tratar = unruly.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.
    * en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * en épocas difíciles = in times of need.
    * enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.
    * hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.
    * hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.
    * metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * pregunta difícil = poser.
    * pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.
    * problema difícil = poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * situación difícil = hardship.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tenerlo difícil = not be easy.
    * tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).

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    A
    1 [ SER] ‹problema/tema/situación› difficult
    el examen fue muy difícil the exam was very hard o difficult
    es un problema difícil it's a tricky o difficult problem
    corren tiempos difíciles para nuestra economía this is a difficult time for our economy
    con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil you're not making it any easier for me o you're making it harder for me by being like that
    no creo que gane, lo tiene muy difícil I don't think she'll win, she's in a difficult position
    me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him
    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses
    cada vez se hace más difícil encontrar un buen empleo it is becoming more and more difficult o it's becoming harder and harder to get a good job
    difícil DE + INF difficult o hard to + INF
    mi madre es muy difícil de complacer my mother is very hard o difficult to please
    2 [ ESTAR] ( fam):
    está la cosa difícil things are pretty difficult o tricky ( colloq)
    B [ SER]
    (poco probable): es posible pero lo veo difícil it's possible, but I think it's unlikely o I don't think it's very likely
    difícil QUE + SUBJ:
    va a ser muy difícil que acepte it's very unlikely that he'll accept
    veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win, I think it's unlikely that she'll win
    C [ SER] ‹persona/carácter› difficult
    un niño difícil a difficult child
    * * *

     

    difícil adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹problema/situación› difficult;

    ‹ examen› hard, difficult;
    ◊ me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him;

    es difícil de hacer/entender it's difficult o hard to do/understand
    b) ‹persona/carácter› difficult

    2 ( poco probable) unlikely;

    veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win
    difícil adjetivo
    1 (que cuesta trabajo o esfuerzo intelectual) difficult, hard
    difícil de explicar, difficult to explain
    difícil de soportar, hard to bear
    2 (improbable) unlikely: es difícil que suceda, it is unlikely that that will happen
    3 (una persona) difficult
    ' difícil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amarre
    - cañón
    - compaginación
    - concienciarse
    - delicada
    - delicado
    - despreocuparse
    - disyuntiva
    - engorrosa
    - engorroso
    - escabrosa
    - escabroso
    - escala
    - espinosa
    - espinoso
    - estrechamiento
    - gustar
    - harta
    - harto
    - hueso
    - impronunciable
    - insensible
    - judicatura
    - lance
    - mas
    - onerosa
    - oneroso
    - papelón
    - respirar
    - sí
    - tocha
    - tocho
    - viabilidad
    - arrecho
    - caprichoso
    - contentar
    - costar
    - creer
    - duro
    - epopeya
    - especial
    - esperar
    - esquivo
    - fregado
    - hacer
    - ingrato
    - jodido
    - malabarismo
    - mancha
    - manchar
    English:
    arduous
    - around
    - awkward
    - beating
    - choose
    - climb
    - concentrate
    - cumbersome
    - desperately
    - difficult
    - distance
    - dodgy
    - elusive
    - embark
    - folly
    - for
    - gap
    - grammar
    - hard
    - hard-won
    - housekeeper
    - immensely
    - injustice
    - lean
    - mess
    - problematic
    - problematical
    - realize
    - replacement
    - ruggedness
    - scramble
    - shake off
    - situation
    - so
    - sticky
    - stiff
    - surely
    - think ahead
    - to
    - tough
    - tricky
    - trying
    - agonizing
    - deep
    - demanding
    - going
    - increasingly
    - keep
    - likely
    - plight
    * * *
    1. [complicado] difficult;
    va a ser difícil encontrar un sitio abierto a estas horas it's going to be difficult o hard to find anywhere that's open at this time;
    son tiempos difíciles these are difficult times;
    pasaron por una situación difícil they went through a difficult period;
    no es difícil imaginar lo que pasó it's not difficult o hard to imagine what happened;
    es una pregunta difícil de responder it's a difficult question to answer;
    hacerse difícil: se hace difícil entender por qué lo hizo it's difficult to understand why she did it;
    se me hace difícil acostumbrarme a madrugar I can't get used to getting up early;
    ponérselo difícil a alguien to make things difficult for sb;
    no me lo pongas difícil don't make things difficult o hard for me;
    serle difícil a alguien: le va a ser muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's going to be very difficult for him to find a job, he's going to find it very difficult to get a job;
    tener difícil algo: tiene muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's very difficult o hard for him to find work
    2. [improbable] unlikely;
    puede ser, aunque me parece difícil maybe, but I think it's unlikely;
    es difícil que ganen they're unlikely to win;
    no es difícil que ocurra it could easily happen
    3. [rebelde] difficult, awkward;
    es un niño muy difícil he's a very awkward o difficult child;
    tener un carácter difícil to be an awkward person, to be difficult to get on with
    * * *
    adj
    1 difficult;
    ponerlo difícil a alguien make it difficult for s.o.;
    difícil de decir hard o difficult to say
    :
    es difícil que venga he’s unlikely to come, it’s unlikely that he’ll come
    * * *
    : difficult, hard
    * * *
    1. (en general) difficult
    2. (improbable) unlikely [comp. unlikelier; superl. unlikeliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > difícil

  • 6 dispendioso

    adj.
    1 expensive, costly.
    2 squanderer.
    * * *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (Col) < trabajo> laborious
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (Col) < trabajo> laborious
    * * *
    1 (costoso) extravagant
    2 ( Col) ‹trabajo› laborious
    * * *
    dispendioso, -a adj
    costly, expensive
    * * *
    adj expensive, costly
    * * *
    dispendioso, -sa adj
    : wasteful, extravagant

    Spanish-English dictionary > dispendioso

  • 7 aleccionador

    adj.
    1 instructive, enlightening, exemplary, cautionary.
    2 sobering.
    * * *
    1 (instructivo) instructive, enlightening
    2 (ejemplar) exemplary
    * * *
    ADJ (=instructivo) instructive, enlightening; [castigo] exemplary
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <palabras/discurso> instructive
    * * *
    = chastening, sobering, instructive, humbling.
    Ex. It is chastening to be reminded that reference work has not always been a inherent part of librarianship.
    Ex. A new Federal regulation aimed at tackling white-collar crime has sobering implications for managers.
    Ex. The present paper disagrees, arguing that the Conspectus is too imprecise to be instructive, too untestable to invoke belief, and too laborious ever to repay the effort.
    Ex. It is inspiring, humbling and empowering that we can gather with our colleagues from around the world and see that our similarities are numerous.
    ----
    * experiencia aleccionadora = awakening.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <palabras/discurso> instructive
    * * *
    = chastening, sobering, instructive, humbling.

    Ex: It is chastening to be reminded that reference work has not always been a inherent part of librarianship.

    Ex: A new Federal regulation aimed at tackling white-collar crime has sobering implications for managers.
    Ex: The present paper disagrees, arguing that the Conspectus is too imprecise to be instructive, too untestable to invoke belief, and too laborious ever to repay the effort.
    Ex: It is inspiring, humbling and empowering that we can gather with our colleagues from around the world and see that our similarities are numerous.
    * experiencia aleccionadora = awakening.

    * * *
    ‹palabras/discurso› instructive
    fue una experiencia aleccionadora the experience taught me a lesson, I learned my lesson from the experience
    * * *

    aleccionador,-ora adjetivo
    1 (lección, ejemplo) instructive
    2 (castigo, escarmiento) exemplary
    ' aleccionador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aleccionadora
    * * *
    aleccionador, -ora adj
    1. [instructivo] instructive
    2. [ejemplar] exemplary
    * * *
    adj instructive

    Spanish-English dictionary > aleccionador

  • 8 arriesgado

    adj.
    1 risky, dangerous, unsafe, chancy.
    2 venturesome, buccaneering, dauntless, daring.
    f. & m.
    risk taker.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arriesgar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arriesgar arriesgar
    1 (peligroso) risky, dangerous
    2 (temerario) bold, daring, fearless
    * * *
    (f. - arriesgada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [acto] risky, hazardous
    2) [individuo] (=intrépido) bold, daring; pey (=impetuoso) rash, foolhardy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.

    * * *
    1 (aventurado) ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous
    2 (valiente) ‹persona› brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arriesgar: ( conjugate arriesgar)

    arriesgado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arriesgado    
    arriesgar
    arriesgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous;


    ‹ persona› brave, daring
    arriesgar ( conjugate arriesgar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹vida/dinero› to risk


    arriesgarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ ¿nos arriesgamos? shall we risk it o take a chance?;

    arriesgadose a hacer algo to risk doing sth
    arriesgado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que entraña peligro) risky
    2 (temerario) fearless, daring
    arriesgar verbo transitivo to risk

    ' arriesgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - embarcarse
    - expuesta
    - expuesto
    English:
    chancy
    - dangerous
    - dodgy
    - hazardous
    - perilous
    - risky
    - low
    * * *
    arriesgado, -a adj
    1. [peligroso] [decisión, operación] risky
    2. [osado] daring;
    es una persona muy arriesgada she's a very daring person
    * * *
    adj risky
    * * *
    arriesgado, -da adj
    1) : risky
    2) : bold, daring
    * * *
    arriesgado adj (peligroso) dangerous / risky [comp. riskier; superl. riskiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arriesgado

  • 9 concienzudo

    adj.
    conscientious, workmanly, careful, workmanlike.
    * * *
    1 conscientious
    * * *
    (f. - concienzuda)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [estudiante, trabajador] conscientious
    2) [estudio, esfuerzo] painstaking, thorough
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <trabajador/estudiante> conscientious; <estudio/repaso/análisis> thorough, painstaking
    * * *
    = conscientious, well thought out, earnest, thoroughgoing.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. Computerisation of internal procedures in different sectors of the Italian Public Administration was not carried out according to a well thought out plan.
    Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex. The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <trabajador/estudiante> conscientious; <estudio/repaso/análisis> thorough, painstaking
    * * *
    = conscientious, well thought out, earnest, thoroughgoing.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.

    Ex: Computerisation of internal procedures in different sectors of the Italian Public Administration was not carried out according to a well thought out plan.
    Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex: The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.

    * * *
    ‹trabajador/estudiante› conscientious; ‹estudio/repaso/análisis› thorough, painstaking
    * * *

    concienzudo
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹trabajador/estudiante› conscientious;


    ‹estudio/repaso/análisis› thorough, painstaking
    concienzudo,-a adjetivo conscientious
    ' concienzudo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    concienzuda
    - responsable
    English:
    conscientious
    - diligent
    - painstaking
    - thorough
    * * *
    concienzudo, -a adj
    [persona] conscientious; [investigación, trabajo, tratamiento] thorough
    * * *
    adj conscientious
    * * *
    concienzudo, -da adj
    : conscientious

    Spanish-English dictionary > concienzudo

  • 10 consciente

    adj.
    conscious.
    ser consciente de to be aware of
    m.
    conscious mind, conscious level of the mind, conscious part of the mind.
    * * *
    1 conscious, aware
    2 MEDICINA conscious
    3 (responsable) reliable, responsible
    \
    estar consciente to be conscious
    ser consciente de algo to be aware of something
    * * *
    adj.
    aware, conscious
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1)
    2) (Med)
    3) (Jur) fully responsible
    4) (=sensato) responsible
    2.
    SM conscious, conscious mind
    * * *
    a) [estar] (Med) conscious
    b) (de problema, hecho)

    ser or (Chi, Méx) estar consciente de algo — to be aware o conscious of something

    una persona plenamente consciente de sus actos — a person who is fully responsible for his/her actions

    c) [ser] ( sensato) sensible; ( responsable) responsible
    * * *
    = conscientious, conscious, deliberate, knowing, sentient.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.
    Ex. Deliberate mnemonics are devices which help the user to remember and recall the notation for given subjects.
    Ex. 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex. He lives in a world in which machines become sentient and begin to demand rights.
    ----
    * consciente de = cognisant of.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious, information conscious.
    * consciente de los deberes de Uno = dutiful.
    * consciente de uno mismo = self-conscious.
    * hacer más consciente de Algo = heighten + awareness.
    * no ser consciente de = remain + unaware of.
    * ser consciente = sentient being.
    * ser consciente de = be alive to, be aware of, be cognisant of, be mindful of/that, become + cognisant of, be aware of, realise [realize, -USA].
    * ser consciente de + Posesivo + valía = be alive to + Posesivo + worth.
    * ser consciente + desafortunadamente = be painfully aware of.
    * sin ser consciente de ello = unbeknownst to, unbeknown to.
    * * *
    a) [estar] (Med) conscious
    b) (de problema, hecho)

    ser or (Chi, Méx) estar consciente de algo — to be aware o conscious of something

    una persona plenamente consciente de sus actos — a person who is fully responsible for his/her actions

    c) [ser] ( sensato) sensible; ( responsable) responsible
    * * *
    = conscientious, conscious, deliberate, knowing, sentient.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.

    Ex: Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.
    Ex: Deliberate mnemonics are devices which help the user to remember and recall the notation for given subjects.
    Ex: 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".
    Ex: He lives in a world in which machines become sentient and begin to demand rights.
    * consciente de = cognisant of.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious, information conscious.
    * consciente de los deberes de Uno = dutiful.
    * consciente de uno mismo = self-conscious.
    * hacer más consciente de Algo = heighten + awareness.
    * no ser consciente de = remain + unaware of.
    * ser consciente = sentient being.
    * ser consciente de = be alive to, be aware of, be cognisant of, be mindful of/that, become + cognisant of, be aware of, realise [realize, -USA].
    * ser consciente de + Posesivo + valía = be alive to + Posesivo + worth.
    * ser consciente + desafortunadamente = be painfully aware of.
    * sin ser consciente de ello = unbeknownst to, unbeknown to.

    * * *
    1 [ ESTAR] ( Med) conscious
    2 (de un problema, hecho) ser or ( AmL) estar consciente DE algo to be aware o conscious OF sth
    no era or no estaba consciente de lo que hacía she was not aware o conscious of what she was doing
    una persona plenamente consciente de sus actos a person who is fully responsible for his/her actions
    3 [ SER] (sensato) sensible; (responsable) responsible
    * * *

     

    consciente adjetivo
    a) [estar] (Med) conscious

    b) (de problema, hecho) ser or (Chi, Méx) estar consciente de algo to be aware o conscious of sth

    c) [ser] ( sensato) sensible;

    ( responsable) responsible
    consciente adjetivo
    1 conscious, aware
    2 Med conscious
    ' consciente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sensibilizar
    English:
    awake
    - aware
    - conscious
    - consequence
    - magnetic
    - mindful
    - dutiful
    - unaware
    - unconscious
    - unwittingly
    * * *
    1. [despierto] conscious;
    estar consciente to be conscious
    2.
    ser consciente de [darse cuenta de] to be aware of;
    no era consciente de lo que hacía he was not aware of what he was doing
    * * *
    adj
    1 MED conscious
    2
    :
    consciente de aware of, conscious of;
    ser consciente de algo be aware o conscious of sth
    * * *
    : conscious, aware
    * * *
    consciente adj aware / conscious

    Spanish-English dictionary > consciente

  • 11 conseguir liberarse de

    (v.) = secure + relief from
    Ex. Relief must be secured from the laborious detailed manipulation of higher mathematics as well, if the users of it are to free their brains for something more than repetitive detailed transformations.
    * * *
    (v.) = secure + relief from

    Ex: Relief must be secured from the laborious detailed manipulation of higher mathematics as well, if the users of it are to free their brains for something more than repetitive detailed transformations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > conseguir liberarse de

  • 12 doloroso

    adj.
    1 painful, sore, sorrowful, dolorous.
    2 algesic.
    * * *
    1 painful
    2 figurado painful, distressing
    * * *
    (f. - dolorosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) painful
    2) (=angustioso) painful, distressing
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <tratamiento/enfermedad> painful
    b) <decisión/momento/recuerdo> painful; <separación/espectáculo> distressing, upsetting
    * * *
    = painfully + Adjetivo, grievous, wrenching, upsetting, painful, heartbreaking.
    Ex. In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.
    Ex. How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    ----
    * hacer que Algo sea menos doloroso = take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <tratamiento/enfermedad> painful
    b) <decisión/momento/recuerdo> painful; <separación/espectáculo> distressing, upsetting
    * * *
    = painfully + Adjetivo, grievous, wrenching, upsetting, painful, heartbreaking.

    Ex: In a painfully detailed letter to the editor, Lespran allowed vent for her fury.

    Ex: How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.
    * hacer que Algo sea menos doloroso = take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of.

    * * *
    1 ‹tratamiento/enfermedad› painful
    tuvo una muerte muy dolorosa he had o died a very painful death, he died in great pain
    2 ‹decisión/momento› painful, distressing; ‹separación/espectáculo› distressing, upsetting; ‹recuerdo› painful
    * * *

    doloroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹tratamiento/enfermedad› painful

    b) ‹decisión/momento/recuerdo› painful;

    ‹separación/espectáculo› distressing, upsetting
    doloroso,-a adjetivo painful
    ' doloroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dolorosa
    English:
    painful
    - grievous
    - poignant
    * * *
    doloroso, -a adj
    1. [físicamente] painful;
    tuvo un parto muy doloroso she had a very painful labour
    2. [moralmente] distressing;
    fue una decisión muy dolorosa para mí it was a very painful decision for me;
    tengo un recuerdo doloroso de aquella época I have painful memories of that period;
    resulta doloroso verlo en ese estado it's distressing to see him in that state
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    painful
    * * *
    doloroso, -sa adj
    1) : painful
    2) : distressing
    * * *
    doloroso adj painful

    Spanish-English dictionary > doloroso

  • 13 educativo

    adj.
    1 educational, instructive, teaching, educative.
    2 teaching.
    * * *
    1 educational
    * * *
    (f. - educativa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=instructivo) educational
    2) (=pedagógico)

    reforma educativa — educational o school reform

    * * *
    - va adjetivo <programa/juego> educational; < establecimiento> educational, teaching (before n); < sistema> education (before n)
    * * *
    = educational, educative, teaching, instructional, instructive.
    Ex. The collections we develop, the attempt that we make is an educational effort, and it seems to me that our subject headings are simply part of that, and they should be part of that.
    Ex. Educative work must continue to be publicised and libraries must make greater outlays of funds and staff.
    Ex. The teaching programme includes large postgraduate courses and an undergraduate course, each with 50 students a year with a total of 250 overall.
    Ex. The advent of complex information technologies requires a new paradigm for library instruction and the instructional role of academic librarians.
    Ex. The present paper disagrees, arguing that the Conspectus is too imprecise to be instructive, too untestable to invoke belief, and too laborious ever to repay the effort.
    ----
    * ayuda educativa = educational aid.
    * herramienta educativa = educational aid.
    * informática educativa = educational computing.
    * instrumento educativo = educational aid.
    * investigación educativa = educational research.
    * libro educativo = educational book.
    * licencia educativa = educational licence.
    * material educativo = instructional material.
    * nivel educativo = education level, level of education.
    * no educativo = non-educational.
    * objetivo educativo = educational goal.
    * política educativa = educational policy.
    * proceso educativo = instructional process.
    * programa educativo = education programme, instructional programme, learning program(me).
    * reforma educativa = education reform.
    * sicología educativa = educational psychology, psychology of education.
    * sistema educativo = educational system.
    * vídeo educativo = training video.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo <programa/juego> educational; < establecimiento> educational, teaching (before n); < sistema> education (before n)
    * * *
    = educational, educative, teaching, instructional, instructive.

    Ex: The collections we develop, the attempt that we make is an educational effort, and it seems to me that our subject headings are simply part of that, and they should be part of that.

    Ex: Educative work must continue to be publicised and libraries must make greater outlays of funds and staff.
    Ex: The teaching programme includes large postgraduate courses and an undergraduate course, each with 50 students a year with a total of 250 overall.
    Ex: The advent of complex information technologies requires a new paradigm for library instruction and the instructional role of academic librarians.
    Ex: The present paper disagrees, arguing that the Conspectus is too imprecise to be instructive, too untestable to invoke belief, and too laborious ever to repay the effort.
    * ayuda educativa = educational aid.
    * herramienta educativa = educational aid.
    * informática educativa = educational computing.
    * instrumento educativo = educational aid.
    * investigación educativa = educational research.
    * libro educativo = educational book.
    * licencia educativa = educational licence.
    * material educativo = instructional material.
    * nivel educativo = education level, level of education.
    * no educativo = non-educational.
    * objetivo educativo = educational goal.
    * política educativa = educational policy.
    * proceso educativo = instructional process.
    * programa educativo = education programme, instructional programme, learning program(me).
    * reforma educativa = education reform.
    * sicología educativa = educational psychology, psychology of education.
    * sistema educativo = educational system.
    * vídeo educativo = training video.

    * * *
    ‹programa/juego› educational; ‹establecimiento› educational, teaching ( before n)
    el sistema educativo the education system
    * * *

    educativo
    ◊ -va adjetivo ‹programa/juego› educational;


    ‹ establecimiento› educational, teaching ( before n);
    ‹ sistema› education ( before n)
    educativo,-a adjetivo educational
    sistema educativo, education system
    ' educativo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    educativa
    - LOGSE
    English:
    educational
    - comprehensive
    - education
    - model
    - open
    * * *
    educativo, -a adj
    1. [que educa] educational;
    juegos educativos educational games
    2. [de la educación] educational;
    un centro educativo an educational establishment;
    sistema educativo education system
    * * *
    adj educational;
    política educativa education(al) policy;
    sistema educativo education(al) system
    * * *
    educativo, -va adj
    : educational
    * * *
    educativo adj educational

    Spanish-English dictionary > educativo

  • 14 inserción

    f.
    1 insertion, implant, implantation.
    2 insert, insertion.
    3 attachment.
    * * *
    1 insertion
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino insertion
    * * *
    = addition, insertion, intercalation, embedding, tip-in, interpolation, grafting.
    Ex. A scheme should allow expansion, to permit the additions of new subjects or more specific subdivision of existing subjects.
    Ex. It is necessary that any notation be hospitable to the insertion of new subjects.
    Ex. The scheme allows for the intercalation of Space concepts and therefore both class numbers are permissable in terms of UDC.
    Ex. User wnat to see immediately just what is going to be printed (WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get) and find the embedding of control words into the text laborious.
    Ex. Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.
    Ex. Editorial interpolations are placed in square brackets [].
    Ex. Topics covered include planting the seed, transplanting the seed, propagation by cuttings, and grafting.
    ----
    * inserción de aguja = needling.
    * inserción de datos = input.
    * inserción de guiones = hyphenation.
    * inserción de injertos = infilling.
    * inserción laboral = job placement, labour insertion.
    * inserción social = social inclusion, social insertion.
    * marca de inserción = caret (^).
    * muesca de inserción = locating cut.
    * programa de inserción social = Head Start program.
    * ranura de inserción = locating cut.
    * tecla de inserción = insert key.
    * * *
    femenino insertion
    * * *
    = addition, insertion, intercalation, embedding, tip-in, interpolation, grafting.

    Ex: A scheme should allow expansion, to permit the additions of new subjects or more specific subdivision of existing subjects.

    Ex: It is necessary that any notation be hospitable to the insertion of new subjects.
    Ex: The scheme allows for the intercalation of Space concepts and therefore both class numbers are permissable in terms of UDC.
    Ex: User wnat to see immediately just what is going to be printed (WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get) and find the embedding of control words into the text laborious.
    Ex: Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.
    Ex: Editorial interpolations are placed in square brackets [].
    Ex: Topics covered include planting the seed, transplanting the seed, propagation by cuttings, and grafting.
    * inserción de aguja = needling.
    * inserción de datos = input.
    * inserción de guiones = hyphenation.
    * inserción de injertos = infilling.
    * inserción laboral = job placement, labour insertion.
    * inserción social = social inclusion, social insertion.
    * marca de inserción = caret (^).
    * muesca de inserción = locating cut.
    * programa de inserción social = Head Start program.
    * ranura de inserción = locating cut.
    * tecla de inserción = insert key.

    * * *
    1 (de una sonda) insertion
    2 (de un párrafo) insertion
    3 (de un anuncio) placing, insertion
    4 (integración) integration
    la inserción social de los enfermos mentales the integration into society of the mentally ill
    * * *

    inserción sustantivo femenino insertion
    ' inserción' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insert
    - insertion
    - inset
    * * *
    1. [de pieza] insertion
    2. [de texto, párrafo] insertion
    3. [de anuncio] insertion, placing
    4. [de preso] integration;
    iniciativas de inserción laboral employment initiatives;
    la inserción social de los inmigrantes the social inclusion of immigrants
    * * *
    f insertion
    * * *
    inserción nf, pl - ciones : insertion

    Spanish-English dictionary > inserción

  • 15 instructivo

    adj.
    1 instructive, enlightening, educational, instructional.
    2 indicting, prosecutorial.
    m.
    1 instruction manual, reference manual, instructions.
    2 court order.
    * * *
    1 (conferencia) instructive; (juguete) educational
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=educativo) educational
    2) (=revelador) [conclusión, reunión] enlightening; [ejemplo] instructive
    * * *
    - va adjetivo educational
    * * *
    = instructional, instructive, enlightening.
    Ex. The advent of complex information technologies requires a new paradigm for library instruction and the instructional role of academic librarians.
    Ex. The present paper disagrees, arguing that the Conspectus is too imprecise to be instructive, too untestable to invoke belief, and too laborious ever to repay the effort.
    Ex. But the information can be interesting as well as enlightening.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo educational
    * * *
    = instructional, instructive, enlightening.

    Ex: The advent of complex information technologies requires a new paradigm for library instruction and the instructional role of academic librarians.

    Ex: The present paper disagrees, arguing that the Conspectus is too imprecise to be instructive, too untestable to invoke belief, and too laborious ever to repay the effort.
    Ex: But the information can be interesting as well as enlightening.

    * * *
    ‹juego/película/viaje› educational; ‹experiencia› enlightening, educational
    * * *

    instructivo,-a adjetivo instructive
    ' instructivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    instructiva
    - informativo
    English:
    instructive
    - educational
    - informative
    * * *
    instructivo, -a adj
    [experiencia, narración] instructive; [juguete, película] educational
    * * *
    adj educational
    * * *
    instructivo, -va adj
    : instructive, educational
    * * *
    instructivo adj (juguete) educational

    Spanish-English dictionary > instructivo

  • 16 no verificable

    (adj.) = untestable
    Ex. The present paper disagrees, arguing that the Conspectus is too imprecise to be instructive, too untestable to invoke belief, and too laborious ever to repay the effort.
    * * *
    (adj.) = untestable

    Ex: The present paper disagrees, arguing that the Conspectus is too imprecise to be instructive, too untestable to invoke belief, and too laborious ever to repay the effort.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no verificable

  • 17 peligroso

    adj.
    1 dangerous, adventurous, unsafe, risky.
    2 unsafe, perilous, dangerous, fraught with danger.
    3 dangerous, violent, likely to do harm.
    4 feral.
    * * *
    1 dangerous
    * * *
    (f. - peligrosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [gen] dangerous; (=arriesgado) risky; [herida] ugly, nasty
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo dangerous
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, treacherous, perilous, unsafe.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. The financial situation of cultural institutions is becoming increasingly perilous = La situación económica de las instituciones culturales se hace cada vez más peligrosa.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    ----
    * andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * atracción peligrosa = siren song.
    * en situaciones peligrosas = in harm's way.
    * en terreno peligroso = on shaky grounds.
    * perro peligroso = vicious dog.
    * resultar peligroso = pose + danger.
    * situación peligrosa = dangerous situation.
    * terreno peligroso = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground.
    * zona peligrosa = no-go area.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo dangerous
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, treacherous, perilous, unsafe.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: The financial situation of cultural institutions is becoming increasingly perilous = La situación económica de las instituciones culturales se hace cada vez más peligrosa.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    * andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.
    * atracción peligrosa = siren song.
    * en situaciones peligrosas = in harm's way.
    * en terreno peligroso = on shaky grounds.
    * perro peligroso = vicious dog.
    * resultar peligroso = pose + danger.
    * situación peligrosa = dangerous situation.
    * terreno peligroso = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground.
    * zona peligrosa = no-go area.

    * * *
    ‹carretera/trabajo/empresa› dangerous, hazardous; ‹deporte› dangerous; ‹delincuente› dangerous
    no te fíes de él, es una persona peligrosa don't trust him, he's dangerous
    * * *

     

    peligroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    dangerous
    peligroso,-a adjetivo dangerous, risky

    ' peligroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apurada
    - apurado
    - comecocos
    - grave
    - insegura
    - inseguro
    - peligrosa
    - cruce
    - endiablado
    - polvorín
    English:
    also
    - carry off
    - dangerous
    - death trap
    - hazardous
    - hitch-hike
    - hot
    - lean out
    - mention
    - perilous
    - rough
    - safe
    - shipping
    - treacherous
    - unsafe
    - warn
    * * *
    peligroso, -a adj
    dangerous
    * * *
    adj dangerous
    * * *
    peligroso, -sa adj
    : dangerous, hazardous
    * * *
    peligroso adj dangerous

    Spanish-English dictionary > peligroso

  • 18 pulido

    adj.
    1 polished, cleaned with polish, finely textured, burnished.
    2 slick.
    m.
    1 polishing, smoothing, burnishing.
    2 polished surface.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: pulir.
    * * *
    1 (pulimentado) polished
    2 (pulcro) neat, clean
    1 polishing
    ————————
    1 polishing
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [madera, metal] polished
    2) [estilo, lenguaje] refined, polished
    2.
    SM polish, polishing
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <estilo/trabajo/lenguaje> polished; < modales> refined
    b) (Chi fam) < persona> affected
    * * *
    = polished, polishing, burnishing, polished.
    Ex. The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
    Ex. A thesaurus might advise the searcher that the following alternative terms might prove fruitful: polishing and other more specific terms, e.g. Printing works.
    Ex. But burnishing is laborious and slow, and the full potential of the copperplate process could not be reached in the absence of a special press = Aunque el pulido es laborioso y lento y no se le pudo sacar el máximo partido al proceso de impresión mediante planchas de cobre al no disponer de una prensa especial.
    Ex. A design engraved on the surface of a plate of polished copper can be printed if the lines of the design are filled with ink.
    ----
    * acero pulido = brushed steel.
    * muy pulido = licked, slick.
    * poco pulido = unpolished.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <estilo/trabajo/lenguaje> polished; < modales> refined
    b) (Chi fam) < persona> affected
    * * *
    = polished, polishing, burnishing, polished.

    Ex: The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.

    Ex: A thesaurus might advise the searcher that the following alternative terms might prove fruitful: polishing and other more specific terms, e.g. Printing works.
    Ex: But burnishing is laborious and slow, and the full potential of the copperplate process could not be reached in the absence of a special press = Aunque el pulido es laborioso y lento y no se le pudo sacar el máximo partido al proceso de impresión mediante planchas de cobre al no disponer de una prensa especial.
    Ex: A design engraved on the surface of a plate of polished copper can be printed if the lines of the design are filled with ink.
    * acero pulido = brushed steel.
    * muy pulido = licked, slick.
    * poco pulido = unpolished.

    * * *
    pulido1 -da
    1 (depurado, refinado) ‹estilo/trabajo/lenguaje› polished; ‹modales› refined
    2 ( Chi fam) (afectado) ‹persona› affected
    1 (de metales, piedras, vidrio) polishing
    2 (de la madera) sanding
    3 (lustrado) polishing
    * * *

    Del verbo pulir: ( conjugate pulir)

    pulido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    pulido    
    pulir
    pulido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹estilo/trabajo/lenguaje› polished;


    ‹ modales› refined
    pulir ( conjugate pulir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹metal/piedra/vidrio› to polish

    b) ‹ madera› to sand


    2 ( refinar) ‹estilo/trabajo› to polish up;
    ‹ persona› to make … more refined;
    ‹ idioma› to brush up
    pulir verbo transitivo
    1 (metal, madera, etc) to polish
    2 (perfeccionar) to polish up: fueron a España a pulir su español, they went to Spain to brush up their Spanish
    ' pulido' also found in these entries:
    English:
    polished
    - slick
    * * *
    pulido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [piedra, madera, cristal] polished
    2. [trabajo, estilo, texto] polished
    ♦ nm
    [de piedra, madera, cristal] polishing;
    durante el pulido del suelo while polishing the floor;
    procedieron al pulido de la superficie they proceeded to polish the surface
    * * *
    I adj tb estilo polished
    II m acción polishing; efecto polish

    Spanish-English dictionary > pulido

  • 19 riguroso

    adj.
    1 rigorous, severe, strict, stern.
    2 harsh.
    * * *
    1 (severo) rigorous, severe, strict
    2 (clima) rigorous, severe, harsh
    3 (exacto) exact
    4 (minucioso) meticulous
    * * *
    (f. - rigurosa)
    adj.
    rigorous, strict
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [control, dieta, disciplina] strict; [actitud, castigo] severe, harsh; [medida] tough
    2) [invierno, clima] harsh
    3) (=concienzudo) [método, estudio] rigorous
    4) liter cruel
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < método> rigorous; <dieta/control> strict

    en riguroso orden de llegada — strictly on a first come, first served basis

    en sentido riguroso... — strictly speaking...

    b) < juez> harsh; < maestro> strict; < castigo> severe, harsh
    c) < invierno> hard; < clima> harsh
    * * *
    = rigorous, severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], strict [stricter -comp., strictest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], thoroughgoing, Draconian, hard-line, harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], conscientious.
    Ex. You are already familiar with the idea of enumerating isolate concepts in the rigorous facet analysis of CC.
    Ex. Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.
    Ex. This may lead to deviations from the strict and most obvious alphabetical sequence.
    Ex. Title indexes suffer from absence of tight terminology control.
    Ex. The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    Ex. Now this may sound somewhat Draconian as an approach to the problem, but I really do believe, and I have studied this and thought about it very carefully for many years, that this is the only answer, that anything else is just an amelioration of the problem and is building up problems for the future.
    Ex. Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.
    Ex. In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    ----
    * hacer más riguroso = tighten, tightening up.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < método> rigorous; <dieta/control> strict

    en riguroso orden de llegada — strictly on a first come, first served basis

    en sentido riguroso... — strictly speaking...

    b) < juez> harsh; < maestro> strict; < castigo> severe, harsh
    c) < invierno> hard; < clima> harsh
    * * *
    = rigorous, severe [severer -comp., severest -sup.], strict [stricter -comp., strictest -sup.], tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], thoroughgoing, Draconian, hard-line, harsh [harsher -comp., harshest -sup.], conscientious.

    Ex: You are already familiar with the idea of enumerating isolate concepts in the rigorous facet analysis of CC.

    Ex: Obviously if it were not for the fact that such indexes also have severe limitations there would be little need to produce any other type of subject index.
    Ex: This may lead to deviations from the strict and most obvious alphabetical sequence.
    Ex: Title indexes suffer from absence of tight terminology control.
    Ex: The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    Ex: Now this may sound somewhat Draconian as an approach to the problem, but I really do believe, and I have studied this and thought about it very carefully for many years, that this is the only answer, that anything else is just an amelioration of the problem and is building up problems for the future.
    Ex: Many school districts have adopted a hard-line approach to reducing unexcused absenteeism; in one such district, truancy rates were reduced 45 percent when truants and their parents were taken to court.
    Ex: In this unhappy pattern SLIS are not being singled out for especially harsh treatment.
    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    * hacer más riguroso = tighten, tightening up.

    * * *
    1 ‹método› rigorous; ‹dieta› strict
    se vistieron de luto riguroso they wore deep mourning
    en riguroso orden de llegada strictly on a first come, first served basis
    rigurosos controles de calidad strict o rigorous quality control checks
    en sentido riguroso, ése no es el significado de la palabra strictly speaking, that is not what the word means
    2 ‹juez› harsh; ‹maestro› strict; ‹castigo› severe, harsh; ‹invierno› hard; ‹clima› harsh, severe
    * * *

    riguroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹ método› rigorous;

    ‹dieta/control/orden› strict;
    ‹ examen› thorough;

    b) ‹ juez› harsh;

    ‹ maestro› strict;
    ‹ castigo› severe, harsh
    c) ‹ invierno› hard;

    ‹ clima› harsh
    riguroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (inflexible) severe, strict: es muy rigurososo con sus hijos, he's quite strict with his children
    2 (trabajo, investigador) rigorous: una rigurosa investigación, a rigorous investigation
    3 (clima) un riguroso otoño, a harsh autumn
    ' riguroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escrupulosa
    - escrupuloso
    - investigación
    - rigurosa
    - duro
    - luto
    English:
    rigorous
    - severe
    - tight
    - vegetarian
    - exacting
    - harsh
    - intemperate
    - strict
    - stringent
    - thorough
    * * *
    riguroso, -a adj
    1. [severo] strict;
    el árbitro estuvo muy riguroso the referee was very strict;
    vestía de luto riguroso she was in strict mourning;
    sigue una dieta rigurosa he's on a strict diet;
    someten el proceso de fabricación a un riguroso control the manufacturing process is strictly o tightly controlled;
    las entradas se darán en riguroso orden de llegada the tickets will be issued strictly on a first come first served basis
    2. [exacto] rigorous;
    un análisis riguroso a rigorous analysis
    3. [inclemente] harsh;
    ha sido un invierno riguroso it has been a harsh winter
    * * *
    adj rigorous, harsh
    * * *
    riguroso, -sa adj
    : rigorous
    * * *
    1. (severo) strict
    2. (extremado) harsh

    Spanish-English dictionary > riguroso

  • 20 sacar el máximo partido a Algo

    (v.) = reach + the full potential of
    Ex. But burnishing is laborious and slow, and the full potential of the copperplate process could not be reached in the absence of a special press = Aunque el pulido es laborioso y lento y no se le pudo sacar el máximo partido al proceso de impresión mediante planchas de cobre al no disponer de una prensa especial.
    * * *
    (v.) = reach + the full potential of

    Ex: But burnishing is laborious and slow, and the full potential of the copperplate process could not be reached in the absence of a special press = Aunque el pulido es laborioso y lento y no se le pudo sacar el máximo partido al proceso de impresión mediante planchas de cobre al no disponer de una prensa especial.

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  • Laborious — La*bo ri*ous, a. [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor: cf. F. laborieux.] 1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. [1913 Webster] Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • laborious — [adj1] hard, difficult arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, effortful, fatiguing, forced, heavy, herculean*, labored, onerous, operose, ponderous, rough go*, stiff, strained, strenuous, tiresome, toilsome, tough, tough job*, wearing, wearisome,… …   New thesaurus

  • laborious — index difficult, faithful (diligent), industrious, onerous, operose, oppressive, painful, painstaking …   Law dictionary

  • laborious — (adj.) late 14c., hard working, industrious, from O.Fr. laborios arduous, wearisome; hard working (12c., Mod.Fr. laborieux), from L. laboriosus toilsome, wearisome, troublesome, from labor (see LABOR (Cf. labor) (n.)). Meaning costing much labor …   Etymology dictionary

  • laborious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) requiring considerable time and effort. 2) showing obvious signs of effort. DERIVATIVES laboriously adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • laborious — [lə bôr′ē əs] adj. [ME < OFr laborios < L laboriosus < labor, LABOR] 1. involving or calling for much hard work; difficult 2. industrious; hardworking 3. LABORED SYN. HARD laboriously adv. laboriousness n …   English World dictionary

  • laborious — laboriously, adv. laboriousness, n. /leuh bawr ee euhs, bohr /, adj. 1. requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking. 2. characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail: laborious research. 3.… …   Universalium

  • laborious — la|bo|ri|ous [ lə bɔriəs ] adjective 1. ) a laborious job or process is long, difficult, and often boring: We eventually began the laborious task of sorting through his papers. 2. ) a laborious way of doing something is slow or boring and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • laborious — UK [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] / US [ləˈbɔrɪəs] adjective 1) a laborious job or process is long, difficult, and often boring We eventually began the laborious task of sorting through his papers. 2) a laborious way of doing something is slow or boring and… …   English dictionary

  • laborious — la|bo|ri|ous [ləˈbo:riəs] adj taking a lot of time and effort laborious process/task/business etc ▪ Collecting the raw materials proved a long and laborious task. ▪ the laborious business of drying the crops >laboriously adv ▪ A beetle began… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • laborious — adjective 1 laborious task/process/method etc a job or piece of work that is difficult and needs a lot of effort: the laborious task of collating all the evidence 2 seeming to be done slowly and with difficulty: laborious progress through the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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