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  • 121 fastidiar

    v.
    1 to spoil, to ruin (estropear) (fiesta, vacaciones). (peninsular Spanish)
    2 to annoy, to bother.
    Su impertinencia enfermó a María His impertinence vexed Mary.
    3 to screw up, to goof off, to goof, to goof up.
    * * *
    1 (hastiar) to sicken, disgust
    2 (molestar) to annoy, bother
    4 familiar (estropear) to damage, ruin; (planes) to spoil, upset, mess up
    1 (aguantarse) to put up with, grin and bear it
    2 familiar (estropearse) to go wrong, break down
    3 (lastimarse) to hurt oneself, injure oneself
    \
    ¡a fastidiarse tocan! we'll have to grin and bear it!
    ¡no fastidies! familiar you're kidding!
    ¡que se fastidie! familiar that's his (her) tough luck!
    * * *
    verb
    to annoy, bother
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=molestar) to annoy

    y encima me insultó ¡no te fastidia! — and on top of that, he was rude to me, can you believe it!

    2) (=estropear) [+ fiesta, plan] to spoil, ruin; [+ aparato] to break

    ¡la hemos fastidiado! — drat! *

    2.
    VI (=bromear)

    ¡no fastidies! — you're kidding!

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (molestar, irritar) < persona> to bother, pester
    b) (esp Esp fam) ( estropear) <mecanismo/plan> to mess up; <fiesta/excursión> to spoil; < estómago> to upset
    2.

    no fastidies! ¿de veras? — go on! you're kidding! (colloq)

    3.
    fastidiarse v pron
    1) (AmL fam) ( molestarse) to get annoyed
    2)
    a) (fam) ( jorobarse)

    hay que fastidiarse! — (Esp) that's great! (colloq & iro)

    te fastidias! — (Esp) tough! (colloq)

    b) (Esp fam) ( estropearse) velada/plan to be ruined
    3) (Esp fam) <pierna/espalda> to hurt
    * * *
    = irk, hassle, bug, bungle, spite, annoy, nag (at), niggle, grudge, gall, peeve, piss + Nombre + off, cast + a blight on, blight, screw + Nombre + up, play up.
    Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
    Ex. Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.
    Ex. I have a question that has been bugging me since I upgraded to ProCite 5 some time ago.
    Ex. Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
    Ex. Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.
    Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.
    Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex. He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.
    Ex. He did not grudge them the money, but he grudged terribly the risk which the spending of that money might bring on them.
    Ex. It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.
    Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
    Ex. And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex. Her past relationship screwed her up mentally, physically and emotionally.
    Ex. Each time it's been in the garage, it drives OK for about 10-15 miles, before starting to play up again.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (molestar, irritar) < persona> to bother, pester
    b) (esp Esp fam) ( estropear) <mecanismo/plan> to mess up; <fiesta/excursión> to spoil; < estómago> to upset
    2.

    no fastidies! ¿de veras? — go on! you're kidding! (colloq)

    3.
    fastidiarse v pron
    1) (AmL fam) ( molestarse) to get annoyed
    2)
    a) (fam) ( jorobarse)

    hay que fastidiarse! — (Esp) that's great! (colloq & iro)

    te fastidias! — (Esp) tough! (colloq)

    b) (Esp fam) ( estropearse) velada/plan to be ruined
    3) (Esp fam) <pierna/espalda> to hurt
    * * *
    = irk, hassle, bug, bungle, spite, annoy, nag (at), niggle, grudge, gall, peeve, piss + Nombre + off, cast + a blight on, blight, screw + Nombre + up, play up.

    Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

    Ex: Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.
    Ex: I have a question that has been bugging me since I upgraded to ProCite 5 some time ago.
    Ex: Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
    Ex: Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.
    Ex: Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.
    Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex: He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.
    Ex: He did not grudge them the money, but he grudged terribly the risk which the spending of that money might bring on them.
    Ex: It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.
    Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.
    Ex: And he isn't one to squander an opportunity to take credit for an operation that will piss off Washington.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex: Her past relationship screwed her up mentally, physically and emotionally.
    Ex: Each time it's been in the garage, it drives OK for about 10-15 miles, before starting to play up again.

    * * *
    fastidiar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (molestar, irritar) ‹persona› to bother, pester
    2 ( esp Esp fam) (estropear, dañar) ‹mecanismo/plan› to mess up; ‹fiesta/excursión› to spoil; ‹estómago› to upset
    ¡la hemos fastidiado! ( esp Esp fam); that's done it! ( colloq), now we've blown it! ( colloq)
    ■ fastidiar
    vi
    no deja de fastidiar con que quiere ir al circo he keeps pestering me about going to the circus
    me fastidia tener que repetir las cosas it annoys me to have to repeat things
    ¡no fastidies! ¿de veras? go on! you're kidding! ( colloq)
    A
    1 ( fam)
    (jorobarse): tendré que fastidiarme I'll have to put up with it ( colloq), I'll have to grin and bear it ( colloq)
    ¡hay que fastidiarse! ( Esp); that's great! ( colloq iro)
    ¡y si no te gusta, te fastidias! and if you don't like it, you can lump it! ( colloq)
    2 ( Esp fam) (estropearse) «velada» to be ruined; «plan» to go wrong
    B ( refl) ( Esp fam) ‹pierna/espalda› to hurt
    como sigas bebiendo así te vas a fastidiar el hígado if you keep on drinking like that you're going to damage your liver
    C
    1 ( AmL fam) (molestarse) to get annoyed, get cross ( BrE colloq)
    se fastidió por lo que le dije he got annoyed at what I said
    2 ( Ven) (aburrirse) to get fed up ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    fastidiar ( conjugate fastidiar) verbo transitivo
    a) (molestar, irritar) ‹ persona to bother, pester

    b) (esp Esp fam) ( estropear) ‹mecanismo/plan to mess up;

    fiesta/excursión to spoil;
    estómago to upset
    verbo intransitivo:

    ¡no fastidies! ¿de veras? go on! you're kidding! (colloq)
    fastidiarse verbo pronominal
    a) (AmL fam) ( molestarse) to get annoyed

    b) (fam) ( jorobarse):


    ¡te fastidias! (Esp) tough! (colloq)
    c) (Esp fam) ( estropearse) [velada/plan] to be ruined

    fastidiar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar enojo, molestia) to annoy, bother: me fastidió mucho que no vinieras, I was upset that you couldn't come
    2 fam (el pelo, un coche, etc) to damage, ruin: se ha vuelto a fastidiar la lavadora, the washing machine's broken down again
    (un proyecto, plan) to spoil
    3 (causar una herida) to hurt
    ' fastidiar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cagar
    - extemporánea
    - extemporáneo
    - joder
    - martirizar
    - pajolera
    - pajolero
    - cargar
    - embolar
    - hartar
    - hinchar
    - molestar
    English:
    aggravate
    - annoy
    - cock up
    - get
    - goose
    - hassle
    - irk
    - irritate
    - mess about
    - mess around
    - nag
    - play up
    - rub
    - screw up
    - spite
    - badger
    - bug
    - screw
    * * *
    vt
    1. Esp [estropear] [máquina, objeto] to break;
    [fiesta, vacaciones] to spoil, to ruin;
    ¡la hemos fastidiado! that's really done it!
    2. [molestar] to annoy, to bother;
    me fastidia tener que darle la razón it annoys me having to admit that he's right;
    fastidia que siempre lo sepa todo it's annoying the way he always knows everything;
    Esp
    ¿no te fastidia? [¿qué te parece?] would you believe it?
    vi
    Esp
    ¡no fastidies! you're having me on!;
    ¡no fastidies que se lo ha dicho a ella! don't tell me he went and told her!
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 annoy;
    ¿no te fastidia? fam would you believe o
    credit it!
    2 fam ( estropear) spoil
    II v/i
    :
    ¡no fastidies! fam you’re kidding! fam
    * * *
    1) molestar: to annoy, to bother, to hassle
    2) aburrir: to bore
    : to be annoying or bothersome
    * * *
    1. (disgustar) to bother / to annoy
    2. (estropear) to spoil [pt. & pp. spoilt] / to mess up
    ¡no fastidies! you're kidding!

    Spanish-English dictionary > fastidiar

  • 122 fastidioso

    adj.
    1 bothersome, annoying, nagging, pesky.
    2 tiresome, boring, irritating, tedious.
    * * *
    1 (molesto) annoying, irksome
    2 (aburrido) boring, tedious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=molesto) annoying
    2) (=aburrido) tedious, boring, tiresome
    3) LAm (=quisquilloso) fastidious
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( molesto) < persona> tiresome, annoying; < trabajo> tiresome, irksome
    b) (Méx, Per fam) ( quisquilloso) fussy (colloq)
    * * *
    = annoying, tiresome, vexatious, vexing, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], nagging, importunate, bothersome, niggling.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.
    Ex. Some of their drawbacks make regular use rather tiresome.
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex. the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex. She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex. He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex. I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( molesto) < persona> tiresome, annoying; < trabajo> tiresome, irksome
    b) (Méx, Per fam) ( quisquilloso) fussy (colloq)
    * * *
    = annoying, tiresome, vexatious, vexing, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], nagging, importunate, bothersome, niggling.
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

    Ex: Some of their drawbacks make regular use rather tiresome.
    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex: the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex: He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex: I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.

    * * *
    1 (molesto) ‹persona› tiresome, annoying; ‹trabajo› tiresome, irksome
    ¡qué ruido más fastidioso! what an irritating noise!, that noise is getting on my nerves o is getting to me! ( colloq)
    este niño está muy fastidioso this child is being very tiresome o ( colloq) is getting on my nerves
    2 (Méx, Per fam) (quisquilloso) fussy ( colloq)
    * * *

    fastidioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    trabajo tiresome, irksome
    b) (Méx, Per fam) ( quisquilloso) fussy (colloq)

    fastidioso,-a adjetivo annoying
    ' fastidioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apestosa
    - apestoso
    - bendita
    - bendito
    - fastidiosa
    - gracia
    - molesta
    - molesto
    - puñetera
    - puñetero
    - suplicio
    - pesado
    English:
    annoying
    - irksome
    - tiresome
    - peevish
    * * *
    fastidioso, -a adj
    1. [molesto] annoying, irritating;
    es un niño muy fastidioso he's a very annoying o irritating child;
    es un dolor muy fastidioso it's a very annoying o irritating pain
    2. [aburrido] boring, tedious
    * * *
    adj annoying
    * * *
    fastidioso, -sa adj
    1) molesto: annoying, bothersome
    2) aburrido: boring
    * * *
    fastidioso adj annoying

    Spanish-English dictionary > fastidioso

  • 123 forzar

    v.
    1 to force.
    forzar a alguien a hacer algo to force somebody to do something
    forzar la vista to strain one's eyes
    forzar una cerradura to force a lock
    Ricardo forzó la puerta Richard forced the door.
    2 to rape.
    3 to enforce, to muscle, to impose, to foist.
    La policía forzó el reglamento The police enforced the rules.
    4 to coerce, to constrain, to force.
    La policía forzó a Ricardo The police coerced Richard.
    * * *
    (o changes to ue in stressed syllables; z changes to c before e)
    Present Indicative
    fuerzo, fuerzas, fuerza, forzamos, forzáis, fuerzan.
    Past Indicative
    forcé, forzaste, forzó, forzamos, forzasteis, forzaron.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    fuerza (tú), fuerce (él/Vd.), forcemos (nos.), forzad (vos.), fuercen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to force, compel
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=obligar) to force

    forzar a algn a hacer algo — to force sb to do sth, make sb do sth

    les forzó a dimitir — he forced them to resign, he made them resign

    2) [+ puerta, cerradura] to force; (Mil) [+ ciudadela, fuerte] to storm, take
    3) [+ ojos, voz] to strain; [+ sonrisa] to force
    4) (=violar) to rape
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( obligar) to force

    me vi forzado — I had to, I was forced

    2)
    a) < vista> to strain
    b) < sonrisa> to force
    3) <puerta/cerradura> to force
    4) ( violar) to rape
    2.
    forzarse v pron ( obligarse) to make o force oneself
    * * *
    = compel, constrain, force, oblige, force + Nombre + open, strain, extrude, enforce, shoehorn, pry + Nombre + open.
    Nota: Sinónimo de prise + Nombre + open.
    Ex. It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.
    Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex. If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex. The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex. Do not force a book open, especially when it is new.
    Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex. In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.
    Ex. Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    Ex. We should not expect faculty to shoehorn their approaches into a technical developer's ideas of what is valuable or the correct pedagogical approach.
    Ex. If the paper clip has not rusted and the paper is sturdy, a paper clip can be removed by gently prying it open.
    ----
    * abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.
    * abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.
    * forzar a = coerce (into), press into.
    * forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business.
    * forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.
    * forzar una respuesta = coerce + a response.
    * que fuerza los músculos = muscle-straining.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( obligar) to force

    me vi forzado — I had to, I was forced

    2)
    a) < vista> to strain
    b) < sonrisa> to force
    3) <puerta/cerradura> to force
    4) ( violar) to rape
    2.
    forzarse v pron ( obligarse) to make o force oneself
    * * *
    = compel, constrain, force, oblige, force + Nombre + open, strain, extrude, enforce, shoehorn, pry + Nombre + open.
    Nota: Sinónimo de prise + Nombre + open.

    Ex: It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.

    Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex: If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex: The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex: Do not force a book open, especially when it is new.
    Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex: In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.
    Ex: Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    Ex: We should not expect faculty to shoehorn their approaches into a technical developer's ideas of what is valuable or the correct pedagogical approach.
    Ex: If the paper clip has not rusted and the paper is sturdy, a paper clip can be removed by gently prying it open.
    * abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.
    * abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.
    * forzar a = coerce (into), press into.
    * forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business.
    * forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.
    * forzar una respuesta = coerce + a response.
    * que fuerza los músculos = muscle-straining.

    * * *
    forzar [ A11 ]
    vt
    A (obligar) to force
    me vi forzado a echarlo del local I had to o I was forced to o ( frml) I was obliged to throw him off the premises
    B
    1 ‹vista› to strain
    estaba forzando la vista I was straining my eyes
    2 ‹sonrisa› to force
    C ‹puerta/cerradura› to force
    D (violar) to rape
    (obligarse) to make o force oneself
    todos los días me fuerzo a caminar dos kilómetros every day I make myself walk two kilometers
    * * *

     

    forzar ( conjugate forzar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( obligar) to force
    2
    a) vista to strain;


    b) sonrisa to force

    3puerta/cerradura to force
    forzar verbo transitivo
    1 (obligar por la fuerza) to force: la forzaron a casarse, she was forced to get married
    2 (un motor, una situación) to force
    3 (una cerradura) to force, break open
    4 (violar a alguien) to rape
    ' forzar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacer
    - tergiversar
    - violentar
    - fuerza
    - palanca
    English:
    bend
    - break in
    - break into
    - bulldoze
    - compel
    - crack
    - drive
    - force
    - pick
    - strain
    - tamper
    - stretch
    * * *
    forzar vt
    1. [obligar, empujar] to force;
    forzar a alguien a hacer algo to force sb to do sth;
    yo no forzaría la situación I wouldn't force the situation
    2. [cerradura, mecanismo] to force;
    no fuerces el motor don't overtax the engine;
    forzar la vista to strain one's eyes;
    Informát
    forzar la salida [de programa] to force quit
    3. [violar] to rape
    * * *
    v/t
    1 force;
    forzar la voz strain one’s voice
    2 ( violar) rape
    * * *
    forzar {36} vt
    1) obligar: to force, to compel
    2) : to force open
    3) : to strain
    forzar los ojos: to strain one's eyes
    * * *
    forzar vb to force

    Spanish-English dictionary > forzar

  • 124 frecuente

    adj.
    frequent (reiterado).
    Ricardo es un cliente regular Richard is a frequent customer.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: frecuentar.
    * * *
    1 (repetido) frequent
    2 (usual) common
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [gen] frequent; [costumbre] common, prevalent; [vicio] rife
    2) Méx (=familiar) familiar, over-familiar
    * * *
    adjetivo <llamada/visita> frequent

    no es frecuente verla — it is unusual to see her, you do not often see her

    * * *
    = common [commoner -comp., commonest -sup.], frequent, heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], prevalent, recurrent, recurring, rife, regular.
    Ex. When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex. These people make frequent copies of all the library files.
    Ex. A leased line connection is useful for heavy users, since it offers higher speeds of transmission.
    Ex. Pre-co-ordinate indexes are particular prevalent as printed indexes.
    Ex. One of the major recurrent problems with volunteer and part-time abstractors is maintaining deadlines; delays in some of the documents covered by the service are almost inevitable.
    Ex. After the probationary period, performance evaluations are administered on a recurring basis.
    Ex. Chances for advancement were slim, and disillusionment at the lack of encouragement to participate in professional activities outside the job was rife.
    Ex. Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    ----
    * costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.
    * demasiado frecuente = all too frequent.
    * FAQs (Preguntas Más Frecuentes) = FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).
    * muy frecuente y rápido = rapid-fire.
    * poco frecuente = infrequent.
    * práctica cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.
    * saer algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.
    * ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.
    * * *
    adjetivo <llamada/visita> frequent

    no es frecuente verla — it is unusual to see her, you do not often see her

    * * *
    = common [commoner -comp., commonest -sup.], frequent, heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], prevalent, recurrent, recurring, rife, regular.

    Ex: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.

    Ex: These people make frequent copies of all the library files.
    Ex: A leased line connection is useful for heavy users, since it offers higher speeds of transmission.
    Ex: Pre-co-ordinate indexes are particular prevalent as printed indexes.
    Ex: One of the major recurrent problems with volunteer and part-time abstractors is maintaining deadlines; delays in some of the documents covered by the service are almost inevitable.
    Ex: After the probationary period, performance evaluations are administered on a recurring basis.
    Ex: Chances for advancement were slim, and disillusionment at the lack of encouragement to participate in professional activities outside the job was rife.
    Ex: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    * costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.
    * demasiado frecuente = all too frequent.
    * FAQs (Preguntas Más Frecuentes) = FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).
    * muy frecuente y rápido = rapid-fire.
    * poco frecuente = infrequent.
    * práctica cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.
    * saer algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.
    * ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

    * * *
    ‹llamada/visita› frequent
    chubascos frecuentes frequent showers
    no es frecuente verla paseando por el parque it is unusual to see her walking in the park, you do not often see her walking in the park
    * * *

     

    Del verbo frecuentar: ( conjugate frecuentar)

    frecuenté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    frecuente es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    frecuentar    
    frecuente
    frecuentar ( conjugate frecuentar) verbo transitivo
    to frequent
    frecuente adjetivo ‹llamada/visita frequent
    frecuentar verbo transitivo to frequent
    frecuente adjetivo
    1 (que se repite a menudo) frequent
    2 (habitual, normal) common: es frecuente que los niños desobedezcan, it's common for children to disobey
    ' frecuente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    casarse
    - común
    - continuamente
    - rara
    - raro
    - utensilio
    - asiduo
    - continuo
    - puente
    - roce
    English:
    bear
    - billion
    - commonplace
    - disobedience
    - frequent
    - infrequent
    - prevalent
    - rare
    - regular
    - occurrence
    - uncommon
    * * *
    [reiterado] frequent; [habitual] common
    * * *
    adj frequent; ( común) common
    * * *
    : frequent
    * * *
    1. (habitual, repetido) frequent
    sufre frecuentes pesadillas he has frequent nightmares / he often has nightmares
    2. (normal, común) common

    Spanish-English dictionary > frecuente

  • 125 frustrar

    v.
    1 to frustrate (person).
    El accidente frustró sus planes The accident frustrated her plans.
    Su actitud frustró al gerente His attitude frustrated the manager.
    2 to thwart, to put paid to (posibilidades, ilusiones).
    * * *
    1 (cosa) to frustrate, thwart
    2 (persona) to disappoint
    1 (proyectos, planes) to fail, come to nothing
    2 (persona) to get frustrated, get disappointed
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ persona] to frustrate; [+ proyecto, aspiración, deseo, sueño] to thwart
    2) (=abortar) [+ atentado, operación] to foil
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to frustrate; < planes> to thwart; < esperanzas> to dash
    b) < atentado> to foil
    2.
    frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing
    * * *
    = thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.
    Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
    Ex. The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
    Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
    Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
    Ex. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.
    Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    ----
    * frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
    * frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.
    * frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to frustrate; < planes> to thwart; < esperanzas> to dash
    b) < atentado> to foil
    2.
    frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing
    * * *
    = thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.

    Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
    Ex: The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
    Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
    Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
    Ex: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.
    Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    * frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
    * frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.
    * frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).

    * * *
    frustrar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to frustrate; ‹planes› to thwart; ‹esperanzas› to dash
    me frustra que no entiendan I find it frustrating o it frustrates me that they don't understand
    2 ‹atentado› to foil
    «planes» to be thwarted, fail; «esperanzas» to be dashed, come to nothing
    * * *

    frustrar ( conjugate frustrar) verbo transitivo persona to frustrate;
    planes to thwart;
    esperanzas to dash;

    frustrarse verbo pronominal [ planes] to be thwarted, fail;

    [ esperanzas] to come to nothing
    frustrar verbo transitivo to frustrate
    (una esperanza) to disappoint
    ' frustrar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estropear
    - impedir
    - tronchar
    English:
    defeat
    - disappoint
    - foil
    - frustrate
    - thwart
    - baffle
    - confound
    - cross
    * * *
    vt
    1. [persona] to frustrate
    2. [posibilidades, ilusiones] to thwart, Br to put paid to;
    [plan, robo] to thwart;
    el mal tiempo frustró nuestras vacaciones the bad weather ruined our holiday
    * * *
    v/t persona frustrate; plan thwart
    * * *
    : to frustrate, to thwart

    Spanish-English dictionary > frustrar

  • 126 gigantesco

    adj.
    giant-sized, enormous, gigantic, colossal.
    * * *
    1 giant, gigantic, giant-size
    * * *
    (f. - gigantesca)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ gigantic, giant antes de s
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantescait was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex. The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex. The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex. The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    ----
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantescait was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.

    Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.

    Ex: Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex: The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex: The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.

    * * *
    de dimensiones gigantescas of gigantic o giant proportions
    un palacio gigantesco a huge o gigantic palace
    fue una empresa gigantesca it was a massive o mammoth o huge undertaking
    * * *

    gigantesco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    huge, gigantic

    ' gigantesco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gigantesco-a
    English:
    gigantic
    - mammoth
    - monster
    - giant
    - monstrous
    - out
    * * *
    gigantesco, -a adj
    gigantic
    * * *
    adj gigantic
    * * *
    gigantesco, -ca adj
    : gigantic, huge
    * * *
    gigantesco adj gigantic

    Spanish-English dictionary > gigantesco

  • 127 habitualmente

    adv.
    habitually, customarily, by habit.
    * * *
    1 (repetidamente) usually; (regularmente) regularly
    * * *
    = routinely, typically, as a matter of routine, habitually, customarily, characteristically, chronically, prevalently.
    Ex. Over the years the Library has routinely made changes in its name and subject headings and its classification numbers, and libraries have generally been able to accommodate to them.
    Ex. Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.
    Ex. In many industrial and governmental libraries this kind of 'repackaging' is often an absolute requirement of the clients, who may with certain enquiries expect the librarian to select and digest the raw information for them as a matter of routine.
    Ex. We habitually use the word 'book' in two completely different senses.
    Ex. We have simply been behaving as monopolies customarily do -- shelving avoidable innovations, ducking investment risk wherever possible and keeping a beady eye on our own convenience rather than the users.
    Ex. This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex. A problem central to the library profession is that libraries are chronically underfunded and understaffed.
    Ex. In the first two days after hatching, chicks coming from eggs incubated in the light prevalently slept with their right eye open.
    * * *
    = routinely, typically, as a matter of routine, habitually, customarily, characteristically, chronically, prevalently.

    Ex: Over the years the Library has routinely made changes in its name and subject headings and its classification numbers, and libraries have generally been able to accommodate to them.

    Ex: Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.
    Ex: In many industrial and governmental libraries this kind of 'repackaging' is often an absolute requirement of the clients, who may with certain enquiries expect the librarian to select and digest the raw information for them as a matter of routine.
    Ex: We habitually use the word 'book' in two completely different senses.
    Ex: We have simply been behaving as monopolies customarily do -- shelving avoidable innovations, ducking investment risk wherever possible and keeping a beady eye on our own convenience rather than the users.
    Ex: This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex: A problem central to the library profession is that libraries are chronically underfunded and understaffed.
    Ex: In the first two days after hatching, chicks coming from eggs incubated in the light prevalently slept with their right eye open.

    * * *
    usually
    * * *
    usually, normally
    * * *
    adv usually

    Spanish-English dictionary > habitualmente

  • 128 horroroso

    adj.
    horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying
    2 familiar (feo) ghastly, hideous
    3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    (f. - horrorosa)
    adj.
    horrible, horrifying
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)
    * * *
    = appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)
    * * *
    = appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].

    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.

    * * *
    ‹crimen› horrific, horrifying; ‹película/novela› terrible, dreadful; ‹persona/vestido› awful, ghastly ( colloq), horrific ( colloq)
    hizo un tiempo horroroso the weather was horrendous o awful o foul
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)
    * * *

    horroroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ crimen horrific, horrifying;


    película/novela terrible, awful;
    persona/vestido awful, horrific (colloq);

    horroroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que causa terror) horrifying, terrifying
    2 fam (muy feo) hideous, ghastly
    3 fam (muy desagradable) awful, dreadful

    ' horroroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrorosa
    - traer
    - horrendo
    English:
    appalling
    - ask back
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - grisly
    - harrowing
    - hideous
    - horrid
    - vile
    - wicked
    - awful
    - horrendous
    - horrible
    - horrific
    - horrifying
    * * *
    horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;
    un accidente horroroso a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] hideous;
    tiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horroroso I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;
    * * *
    adj terrible; (de mala calidad) dreadful; ( feo) hideous
    * * *
    horroroso, -sa adj
    1) : horrifying, terrifying
    2) : dreadful, bad
    * * *
    1. (accidente, etc) horrific
    2. (horrible) awful / terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horroroso

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