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1 limbo
limbo sustantivo masculino limbo ' limbo' also found in these entries: English: limbotr['lɪmbəʊ]1 SMALLRELIGION/SMALL limbo1 figurative use incertidumbre nombre femenino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be in limbo estar en el limbo1) : limbo m (en la religión)2) oblivion: olvido mthe project is in limbo: el proyecto ha caído en el olvidon.• limbo s.m.'lɪmbəʊto be in limbo — estar* a la expectativa
2) ( dance) limbo m['lɪmbǝʊ]N (Rel) (also: Limbo) limbo m ; (=dance) limbo m- be in limbo* * *['lɪmbəʊ]to be in limbo — estar* a la expectativa
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2 limbo
noun, pl. limbos2)be in limbo — (be pending) in der Schwebe sein; (be abandoned) abgeschrieben sein
* * *lim·bo1[ˈlɪmbəʊ, AM -boʊ]n no pllim·bo2[ˈlɪmbəʊ, AM -boʊ]I. n▪ the \limbo der Limboto do the \limbo Limbo tanzenII. vi Limbo tanzen* * *I ['lɪmbəʊ]n2) (fig) Übergangs- or Zwischenstadium ntIIour expansion plans are in limbo because of lack of money — unsere Erweiterungspläne sind wegen Geldmangels in der Schwebe
n(= dance) Limbo m* * *limbo1 [ˈlımbəʊ] pl -bos s2. Gefängnis n3. fig Rumpelkammer f umg:put sb into limbo jemanden aufs Abstellgleis schieben umg4. Übergangs-, Zwischenstadium n:a) in der Schwebe sein (Entscheidung etc),occupy a limbo (between … and …) ein Übergangsstadium darstellen (von … zu …), ein Zwischenstadium darstellen (zwischen dat … und …)limbo2 [ˈlımbəʊ] pl -bos s Limbo m (akrobatischer Tanz westindischer Herkunft, bei dem der Tänzer den Körper von den Knien an zurückbiegt und sich mit schiebenden Tanzschritten unter einer Querstange hindurchbewegt)* * *noun, pl. limbos1) (neglect, oblivion) Vergessenheit, die2)be in limbo — (be pending) in der Schwebe sein; (be abandoned) abgeschrieben sein
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3 limbo
∎ to be in (a state of) limbo être dans l'incertitude;∎ they kept us in limbo for weeks ils nous ont laissés dans l'incertitude pendant des semaines►► limbo dancer danseur(euse) m,f de limbo -
4 limbo
limbo [ˈlɪmbəʊ]• in limbo ( = forgotten) tombé dans l'oubli* * *['lɪmbəʊ]1) [U] Religion, fig les limbes mpl2) ( dance) limbo m -
5 limbo
noun(pl. -os)1) rel. лимб, преддверие ада2) заточение, тюрьма3) склад ненужных вещей4) пребывание в забвении* * *(n) заброшенность; заключение; заточение; ломбард; место для ненужных вещей; место между раем и адом; неопределенность; отсутствие внимания; переходное состояние; чистилище* * ** * *[lim·bo || 'lɪmbəʊ] n. лимб, место между раем и адом (рел.); заточение, тюрьма; пребывание в забвении* * *заточениелимбнеопределенностьтюрьма* * *I сущ. 1) религ. лимб 2) перен. а) заточение, тюрьма; заключение (как мера наказания) б) неизвестность; состояние неопределенности II сущ. лимбо -
6 limbo
nounമറക്കപ്പെട്ട ഇടം, മാമോദീസ കഴിയാതെ മരിച്ച കുട്ടികളും ക്രിസ്തുവിനു മുന്പ് മരിച്ച നല്ല മനുഷ്യരും ചെന്നെത്തുന്നു എന്നു വിശ്വസിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന നരകത്തിനും സ്വര്ഗ്ഗത്തിനും ഇടയിലുള്ള സ്ഥലം, വെസ്റ്റിന്ത്യന് നൃത്തം -
7 limbo
1. n рел. чистилище, место между раем и адом2. n заточение, заключение3. n заброшенность; отсутствие вниманияproposals kept in limbo — предложения, положенные под сукно
4. n неопределённость; переходное состояниеI am in a limbo waiting for something to happen — я нахожусь в самом неопределённом положении и жду, что случится
5. n место для ненужных вещей; забытое, заброшенное место6. n сл. ломбард; контора ростовщика7. n лимбо, вест-индский танец с элементами акробатикиСинонимический ряд:1. emptiness (noun) emptiness; nirvana; nonexistence; nullity; obscurity; void2. purgatory or oblivion (noun) hell; nether regions; nothingness; oblivion; purgatory; purgatory or oblivion -
8 limbo
[límbou]nounvice; zavržen kraj, ječa; figuratively ropotarnicato go to limbo — izgubiti se, izginiti -
9 limbo
[English Word] limbo[Swahili Word] kuzimu[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------ -
10 panttilainaamo
yks.nom. panttilainaamo; yks.gen. panttilainaamon; yks.part. panttilainaamoa; yks.ill. panttilainaamoon; mon.gen. panttilainaamojen; mon.part. panttilainaamoja; mon.ill. panttilainaamoihinlimbo (noun)pawnbroker's office (noun)pawnshop (noun)* * *• limbo• pawnbroker's office• pawnbroker's• pawnshop -
11 purgatory
1. n рел. чистилище2. n большое неудобство; пытка; мучение; страдание3. n амер. ущелье4. n амер. ручей, протекающий по глубокому узкому ущелью5. n амер. амер. диал. болотоСинонимический ряд:limbo (noun) afterlife; hell; hell on earth; hereafter; life after death; limbo; penance; place of the dead; torture -
12 limbes
limbes [lɛ̃b]plural masculine noun* * *lɛ̃b nmpllimbo sgêtre dans les limbes fig [projet] — to be in limbo, to be up in the air
* * *[lɛ̃b] nom masculin pluriel2. [état vague, incertain]son projet est encore dans les limbes his project is still at the embryonic stage ou hasn't yet got off the ground -
13 crónica
adj.&f.feminine of CRÓNICO.f.chronicle, documented report, article, report.* * *1 (gen) account, chronicle2 (en periódico) article, column, feature4 HISTORIA chronicle\crónica de sociedad society column, social columncrónica de sucesos news in brief, news headlines plural* * *1. noun f. 2. f., (m. - crónico)* * *SF1) [de periódico] feature, article; (Radio, TV) report"Crónica de sucesos" — "News in Brief"
crónica de sociedad — society column, gossip column
2) ( Hist) chronicle; (fig) account, chronicle3) pl Crónicas (Biblia) Chronicles* * *a) (Period) report, article; (Rad, TV) reportcrónica deportiva/de sociedad — sport(s)/society page (o section etc)
b) (Hist) chronicle* * *= chronicle.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.----* crónica de sociedad = gossip column.* * *a) (Period) report, article; (Rad, TV) reportcrónica deportiva/de sociedad — sport(s)/society page (o section etc)
b) (Hist) chronicle* * *= chronicle.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
* crónica de sociedad = gossip column.* * *crónica deportiva/literaria/de sociedad sport(s)/literary/society page ( o section etc)2 ( Hist) chronicle* * *
crónica sustantivo femenino
(Rad, TV) report;◊ crónica deportiva/de sociedad sport(s)/society page (o section etc)b) (Hist) chronicle
crónico,-a adjetivo chronic
crónica sustantivo femenino
1 Hist chronicle: nos hizo una crónica apasionante de su viaje, he gave us a thrilling account of his journey
2 Prensa feature, article
' crónica' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enfermedad
- producir
English:
chronic
- chronicle
- history
- commentary
- gossip
- repetitive
- report
* * *crónica nf1. [de la historia] chronicle2. [de un periódico] column;[de la televisión] feature, programme;la crónica deportiva the sports news o report;Amla crónica roja the crime reports* * *f chronicle; en periódico report* * *crónica nf1) : news report2) : chronicle, history -
14 escasez
f.1 shortage (insuficiencia).escasez de mano de obra labor shortage2 scarcity, meagerness, lack, shortage.* * *1 (carencia) scarcity, lack, shortage2 (mezquindad) meanness, stinginess* * *noun f.1) scarcity, lack, shortage2) want* * *SF1) (=insuficiencia) shortage, scarcity más frmescasez de agua — shortage o scarcity más frm of water
hay escasez de medicamentos — there is a shortage of medicine, medicine is in short supply
escasez de mano de obra/viviendas — labour/housing shortage
2) (=pobreza) poverty3) pl escaseces (=apuros)4) †† (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess* * *femenino shortage* * *= poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex. Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.Ex. One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Ex. The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.Ex. This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.----* escasez de agua = water shortage.* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.* escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.* escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.* escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.* haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.* una escasez de = a dearth of.* * *femenino shortage* * *= poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex: Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.Ex: One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Ex: The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.Ex: This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.* escasez de agua = water shortage.* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.* escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.* escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.* escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.* haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.* una escasez de = a dearth of.* * *shortagela posguerra fue una época de escasez the postwar period was a time of shortagesescasez DE algo:la escasez de medios hizo que fracasara el plan the lack of resources led to the failure of the planese verano hubo escasez de agua there was a water shortage that summerla escasez de recursos naturales es el problema principal del país the country's main problem is its lack o shortage of natural resources o is the scarcity of its natural resources* * *
escasez sustantivo femenino
shortage;
por escasez de medios owing to a lack of resources
escasez sustantivo femenino shortage
' escasez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carencia
- concienciar
- déficit
- privación
- insuficiencia
- mal
- penuria
English:
absence
- basic
- chronic
- dearth
- hoard
- labour
- lack
- scarcity
- shortage
- undermanning
* * *escasez nf1. [insuficiencia] shortage;hay escasez de agua en esa región there a shortage of water in that region;la escasez de población es un problema en la zona the dearth of population is a problem in the area;montan espectáculos con gran escasez de medios they put on shows with very slender resources2. [pobreza] poverty;en tiempos de escasez in times of hardship* * *f shortage, scarcity* * ** * *escasez n shortage -
15 exilio
m.exile.en el exilio in exilepres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: exiliar.* * *1 (acción) exile, banishment2 (lugar) exile, place of exile\enviar al exilio to send into exile* * *noun m.* * *SM exileestar/vivir en el exilio — to be/live in exile
* * *masculino exile* * *= exile.Ex. Slake's Limbo belongs to a large category of fiction that deals in exile, whether enforced or self-sought.* * *masculino exile* * *= exile.Ex: Slake's Limbo belongs to a large category of fiction that deals in exile, whether enforced or self-sought.
* * *exileestar/vivir en el exilio to be/live in exile* * *
Del verbo exiliar: ( conjugate exiliar)
exilio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
exilió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
exiliar
exilio
exilio sustantivo masculino
exile
exiliar verbo transitivo to exile, send into exile
exilio sustantivo masculino exile: durante su largo exilio trabó amistad con los escritores de aquel país, he befriended writers of that country during his long exile there
' exilio' also found in these entries:
English:
exile
* * *exilio nmexile;en el exilio in exile;estar/vivir en el exilio to be/live in exile* * *m exile;en el exilio in exile* * *exilio nmdestierro: exile* * *exilio n exile -
16 miseria
f.1 poverty (pobreza).2 misfortune (desgracia).3 meanness.4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).5 pittance (poco dinero).le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.8 hardship.* * *1 (pobreza) extreme poverty2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness3 (tacañería) meanness* * *noun f.1) misery2) poverty* * *SF1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution2) (=insignificancia)3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.----* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *A (pobreza) poverty, destitutionvivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject povertyB(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittancemira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)C (desgracia) misfortunelas miserias de la guerra the miseries of warestar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)* * *
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown
* * *miseria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;viven en la miseria they live in poverty3. [tacañería] meanness4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness5. [poco dinero] pittance;le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;CSur Famllorar miseria to plead poverty6. CompRP Fama la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead* * *f1 poverty2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery* * *miseria nf1) pobreza: poverty2) : misery, suffering3) : pittance, meager amount* * * -
17 pobreza
f.poverty.pobreza de lack o scarcity ofpobreza de espíritu weakness of character* * *1 (escasez de dinero) poverty2 (falta) lack, scarcity* * *noun f.1) poverty2) want* * *SF1) (=falta de dinero) poverty2) (=escasez)3) (Rel)* * *a) ( económica) povertyb) ( mediocridad) poverty, poornessc) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *= anaemia [anemia, -USA], poverty, scarcity, penury.Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.----* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.* de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches.* de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches.* feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.* nivel de pobreza = poverty level.* pobreza de información = information poverty.* trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap.* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.* * *a) ( económica) povertyb) ( mediocridad) poverty, poornessc) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *= anaemia [anemia, -USA], poverty, scarcity, penury.Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.* de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches.* de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches.* feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.* nivel de pobreza = poverty level.* pobreza de información = information poverty.* trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap.* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.* * *1 (económica) povertyviven en la más extrema pobreza they live in abject povertypobreza franciscana abject povertyvivían en una pobreza franciscana they were poverty-stricken, they lived in abject o absolute povertyla comida fue de una pobreza franciscana the meal was very frugal2 (mediocridad) poverty, poornesssu conversación es de una pobreza deprimente his conversation is depressingly dullpobreza cultural y espiritual cultural and spiritual poverty3 (de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *
pobreza sustantivo femenino
pobreza sustantivo femenino poverty
' pobreza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bolsa
- demasiada
- demasiado
- madre
- miseria
- núcleo
- progresiva
- progresivo
- sacar
- sordidez
- tiña
- campesino
- humildad
- necesidad
- penuria
English:
close
- curse
- deprivation
- destitution
- divorce
- ensue
- penury
- pettiness
- pocket
- poverty
- poverty-stricken
- squalor
- hand
- weakness
* * *pobreza nf1. [de bienes] poverty;vivir en la pobreza to live in poverty;pobreza de espíritu spiritual poverty2. [escasez] poverty;pobreza de ideas poverty of ideas3. [de terreno] barrenness* * *f poverty* * *pobreza nf: poverty* * *pobreza n poverty -
18 voluntario
adj.1 voluntary, spontaneous, freewill, intentional.2 noncontentious.m.1 volunteer.2 voluntary worker.* * *► adjetivo1 voluntary► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 volunteer\ofrecerse voluntario,-a to volunteer* * *1. (f. - voluntaria)adj.2. (f. - voluntaria)noun* * *voluntario, -a1. ADJ1) (=no obligado) voluntary2) (Mil) voluntary; [fuerza] volunteer [antes de s]2.SM/ F volunteer* * *I- ria adjetivoa) <acto/donación> voluntaryfue una elección voluntaria — I/he did it of my/his own free will
b) (como adv) voluntarilyII- ria masculino, femenino volunteer* * *= voluntary, volunteer, intentional, self-sought, discretionary.Ex. The variety of services, programmes and agencies, both official and voluntary, created an impenetrable maze for the individual.Ex. Volunteer or freelance abstractors may be drawn from the specialists working in academic institutions and trained in abstracting.Ex. This article reviews the influences of organisational evolution and intentional change.Ex. Slake's Limbo belongs to a large category of fiction that deals in exile, whether enforced or self-sought.Ex. All I wanted to underscore with these four horror stories is that the judicious, discretionary assignment of added entries can either powerfully inhibit or promote access to the documents.----* a cargo de voluntarios = volunteer-run.* asociación de voluntarios = voluntary body.* guía voluntario = docent.* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.* * *I- ria adjetivoa) <acto/donación> voluntaryfue una elección voluntaria — I/he did it of my/his own free will
b) (como adv) voluntarilyII- ria masculino, femenino volunteer* * *= voluntary, volunteer, intentional, self-sought, discretionary.Ex: The variety of services, programmes and agencies, both official and voluntary, created an impenetrable maze for the individual.
Ex: Volunteer or freelance abstractors may be drawn from the specialists working in academic institutions and trained in abstracting.Ex: This article reviews the influences of organisational evolution and intentional change.Ex: Slake's Limbo belongs to a large category of fiction that deals in exile, whether enforced or self-sought.Ex: All I wanted to underscore with these four horror stories is that the judicious, discretionary assignment of added entries can either powerfully inhibit or promote access to the documents.* a cargo de voluntarios = volunteer-run.* asociación de voluntarios = voluntary body.* guía voluntario = docent.* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.* * *1 ‹acto/donación› voluntaryes una decisión/elección voluntaria you are free to decide/chooseservicio militar voluntario voluntary military service2 ( como adv) voluntarilyse presentó voluntario he volunteeredse alistó voluntario he enlisted voluntarily, he volunteered for the army ( o navy etc)masculine, femininevolunteer* * *
voluntario◊ - ria adjetivo
◊ fue una elección voluntaria I/he did it of my/his own free will
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
volunteer
voluntario,-a
I adjetivo voluntary
II sustantivo masculino y femenino volunteer
' voluntario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encierro
- inconsciente
- recluta
- reclutamiento
- voluntaria
- presentar
- trabajo
English:
come forward
- self-imposed
- voluntary
- voluntary worker
- volunteer
- self
* * *voluntario, -a♦ adj[acto, contribución] voluntary;la asistencia a la conferencia es voluntaria attendance at the lecture is voluntary;ofrecerse voluntario to volunteer;presentarse voluntario to volunteer♦ nm,fvolunteer* * *I adj volunteerII m, voluntaria f volunteer* * *voluntario, - ria adj: voluntary♦ voluntariamente advvoluntario, - ria n: volunteer* * *voluntario1 adj voluntaryvoluntario2 n volunteer -
19 limb
[lim]1) (an arm or leg.) membro2) (a branch.) ramo•* * *limb1[lim] n 1 membro (braço, perna, etc.). 2 galho. 3 moleque. 4 extensão, ramificação, braço. • vt arch desmembrar. limb of the law a) advogado. b) braço da lei. to be out on a limb estar em apuros, estar em maus lençóis, estar em posição vulnerável.————————limb2[lim] n 1 limbo, orla, borda. 2 Rel limbo. -
20 kuzimu
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kuzimu[English Word] realm of the dead[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kuzimu[English Word] underworld[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kuzimu[Swahili Plural] kuzimu[English Word] spirit-world[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 15[Derived Word] mzimu N------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kuzimu[Swahili Plural] kuzimu[English Word] place of spirits[English Plural] places of spirits[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] -zimu[Swahili Example] usiende kuzimu, waendao ahwarudi![English Example] do not go to the place of spirits those who go never return------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kuzimu[English Word] limbo[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------
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