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  • 1 azúcar

    f. & m.
    sugar.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino & nombre femenino
    1 sugar
    \
    azúcar blanco refined sugar
    azúcar cande/candi sugar candy, rock candy
    azúcar de caña cane sugar
    azúcar de lustre icing sugar
    azúcar glas icing sugar
    azúcar moreno/negro brown sugar
    terrón de azúcar lump of sugar
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    SM ó SF [en LAm gen SF] sugar

    azúcar blanca/o — white sugar

    azúcar blanquilla/o — white sugar

    azúcar cande, azúcar candi — sugar candy, rock candy

    azúcar Demerara — demerara sugar, brown sugar

    azúcar en polvo — Col icing sugar, confectioners' sugar (EEUU)

    azúcar extrafina/o, azúcar fina/o — caster sugar

    azúcar glas Arg, Uru —

    azúcar impalpable — Arg icing sugar (Brit), confectioners' sugar (EEUU)

    azúcar mascabada/o — cane sugar

    azúcar morena/o, azúcar negra/o — brown sugar

    * * *
    masculino o femenino sugar

    azúcar de remolacha/caña — beet/cane sugar

    * * *
    = sugar.
    Ex. It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.
    ----
    * algodón de azúcar = candy floss, cotton candy.
    * azúcar de arce = maple sugar.
    * azúcar de caña = cane sugar.
    * azúcar de fruta = fruit sugar.
    * azúcar de remolacha = beet sugar.
    * azúcar de repostería = icing sugar.
    * azúcar de uva = grape-sugar.
    * azúcar en la sangre = blood-sugar.
    * azúcar en polvo = powdered sugar.
    * azúcar en terrones = lump sugar.
    * azúcar glasé = icing sugar, powdered sugar.
    * azúcar granulada = granulated sugar.
    * azúcar morena = brown sugar.
    * azúcar moreno = brown sugar.
    * azúcar moreno sin refinar = jaggery.
    * azúcar para diabéticos = diabetic sugar.
    * azúcar refinada = refined sugar.
    * azúcar superfina = caster sugar.
    * baño de azúcar glaseado = glacé icing.
    * caña de azúcar = sugar cane [sugarcane].
    * cultivo de la caña de azúcar = sugar farming.
    * fábrica de azúcar = sugar factory.
    * fábrica de azúcar de remolacha = beet sugar factory.
    * nivel de azúcar en la sangre = level of blood sugar.
    * paquete de azúcar = sugar packet.
    * plantación de caña de azúcar = sugar plantation, sugar-cane farm.
    * terrón de azúcar = sugar cube, sugar lump.
    * * *
    masculino o femenino sugar

    azúcar de remolacha/caña — beet/cane sugar

    * * *

    Ex: It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.

    * algodón de azúcar = candy floss, cotton candy.
    * azúcar de arce = maple sugar.
    * azúcar de caña = cane sugar.
    * azúcar de fruta = fruit sugar.
    * azúcar de remolacha = beet sugar.
    * azúcar de repostería = icing sugar.
    * azúcar de uva = grape-sugar.
    * azúcar en la sangre = blood-sugar.
    * azúcar en polvo = powdered sugar.
    * azúcar en terrones = lump sugar.
    * azúcar glasé = icing sugar, powdered sugar.
    * azúcar granulada = granulated sugar.
    * azúcar morena = brown sugar.
    * azúcar moreno = brown sugar.
    * azúcar moreno sin refinar = jaggery.
    * azúcar para diabéticos = diabetic sugar.
    * azúcar refinada = refined sugar.
    * azúcar superfina = caster sugar.
    * baño de azúcar glaseado = glacé icing.
    * caña de azúcar = sugar cane [sugarcane].
    * cultivo de la caña de azúcar = sugar farming.
    * fábrica de azúcar = sugar factory.
    * fábrica de azúcar de remolacha = beet sugar factory.
    * nivel de azúcar en la sangre = level of blood sugar.
    * paquete de azúcar = sugar packet.
    * plantación de caña de azúcar = sugar plantation, sugar-cane farm.
    * terrón de azúcar = sugar cube, sugar lump.

    * * *
    or
    sugar
    azúcar de remolacha/caña beet/cane sugar
    ¿tomas azúcar en el café? or ¿le pones azúcar al café? do you take sugar in your coffee?
    el nivel de azúcar en la sangre the blood-sugar level
    chicle sin azúcar sugar-free gum
    Compuestos:
    ● azúcar blanca or blanco
    white sugar
    ● azúcar blanquilla or blanquillo
    white sugar
    sugar lumps o cubes (pl)
    ( RPl) sugar lumps o cubes (pl)
    sugar lumps o cubes (pl)
    confectioners' sugar ( AmE), icing sugar ( BrE)
    ● azúcar granulada or granulado
    granulated sugar
    (Bol, RPl) azúcar glasé
    castor* sugar
    ● azúcar morena or moreno
    brown sugar
    * * *

     

    azúcar m or f
    sugar;

    chicle sin azúcar sugar-free gum;
    azúcar blanca white sugar;
    azúcar en terrones or (RPl) pancitos sugar lumps o cubes (pl);
    azúcar glasé or (Méx) glas confectioners sugar (AmE), icing sugar (BrE);
    azúcar lustre/morena castor( conjugate castor)/brown sugar
    azúcar sustantivo masculino & sustantivo femenino sugar
    azúcar blanco/glas/moreno, refined/icing o confeccioner's/brown sugar

    ' azúcar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    algodón
    - bastante
    - caña
    - caramelo
    - escarchada
    - escarchado
    - granulada
    - granulado
    - morena
    - moreno
    - mucha
    - mucho
    - obtenerse
    - pinza
    - refinada
    - refinado
    - sustituir
    - terminarse
    - terrón
    - un
    - una
    - amargo
    - cañaveral
    - derramar
    - desparramar
    - disolver
    - dulce
    - echar
    - grano
    - greña
    - más
    - mezcla
    - pizca
    - sin
    - taza
    - terminar
    English:
    add
    - brown sugar
    - candyfloss
    - cane sugar
    - caramel
    - cotton candy
    - cube
    - cut out
    - dissolve
    - fudge
    - hoard
    - icing
    - less
    - lump
    - much
    - powdered sugar
    - quantity
    - raw
    - rich
    - spoonful
    - stir
    - sugar
    - sugar cane
    - sugar cube
    - sugar lump
    - sugar plantation
    - sugar-free
    - take
    - use up
    - any
    - brown
    - caster
    - Christmas
    - come
    - Danish
    - demerara (sugar)
    - evaporated milk
    - granulated
    - powder
    - sprinkle
    - substitute
    - toffee
    - Turkish
    - unsweetened
    * * *
    azúcar nm o nf
    sugar;
    sin azúcar sugar-free
    azúcar blanquilla granulated sugar;
    azúcar cande o candi sugar candy, rock candy;
    azúcar de caña cane sugar;
    Chile azúcar flor Br icing o US confectioner's sugar; Esp, Méx azúcar glas Br icing o US confectioner's sugar; RP azúcar impalpable Br icing o US confectioner's sugar; Esp azúcar de lustre Br icing o US confectioner's sugar;
    azúcar moreno brown sugar;
    RP azúcar en pancitos sugar lumps; Col azúcar polvo Br icing o US confectioner's sugar;
    azúcar en terrones sugar lumps
    * * *
    m ( also
    f) sugar
    * * *
    azúcar nmf
    : sugar
    ♦ azucarar vt
    * * *
    azúcar n sugar

    Spanish-English dictionary > azúcar

  • 2 ablandar

    v.
    1 to soften (also figurative).
    Las caricias ablandaron al ogro The caresses softened the ogre.
    La colcha ablandó la cama de madera The bedspread softened the wooden bed.
    El calor ablandó la mantequilla The heat softened the butter.
    Ricardo ablandó su tono duro Richard softened his harsh tone.
    2 to tenderize, to soften.
    El jugo de papaya ablanda la carne de res Papaya juice tenderizes beef.
    * * *
    1 to soften
    2 figurado (persona) to soothe, soften up, appease
    1 (frío) to get warmer, get milder; (hielo, nieve) to melt
    1 to soften, get softer
    2 (persona) to soften up
    3 (acobardarse) to lose one's nerve, become frightened
    4 (frío) to get warmer, get milder; (nieve, hielo) to melt
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=poner blando) to soften; (Culin) to tenderize; [+ vientre] to loosen
    2) (=conmover) to touch; (=mitigar) to mitigate, temper; (=calmar) to soothe
    3) LAm (Aut) to run in, break in (EEUU)
    2.
    VI (Meteo) [frío] to become less severe; [viento] to moderate; [elementos] to decrease in force, die down
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cera/cuero> to soften; < carne> to tenderize
    b) < persona> to soften; < corazón> to melt
    c) (CS) (Auto) to run... in
    2.
    ablandarse v pron
    a) cera/cuero to soften
    b) persona to soften up; mirada to soften
    * * *
    = soften, tenderise [tenderize, -USA].
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Brief details are given of a method for hanging mutton and lamb carcasses by the pubis to tenderise the meat.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cera/cuero> to soften; < carne> to tenderize
    b) < persona> to soften; < corazón> to melt
    c) (CS) (Auto) to run... in
    2.
    ablandarse v pron
    a) cera/cuero to soften
    b) persona to soften up; mirada to soften
    * * *
    = soften, tenderise [tenderize, -USA].

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

    Ex: Brief details are given of a method for hanging mutton and lamb carcasses by the pubis to tenderise the meat.

    * * *
    ablandar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹cera/cuero› to soften; ‹carne› to tenderize, make … tender
    2 ‹persona› to soften; ‹corazón› to melt
    sus súplicas no lograron ablandarlo her pleading failed to soften him
    3 (CS) ( Auto) to run … in
    1 «cera/cuero» to go soft, get softer
    2 «persona» to give in, relent; «mirada» to soften
    * * *

    ablandar ( conjugate ablandar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹cera/cuero› to soften;

    ‹ carne› to tenderize
    b) ‹ persona› to soften;

    ‹ corazón› to melt
    ablandarse verbo pronominal
    a) [cera/cuero] to soften


    [ mirada] to soften
    ablandar verbo transitivo
    1 to soften: tienes que golpear la carne para ablandarla, you need to pound the meat to soften it up
    2 (a alguien) to soften up: con un par de palabras cariñosas ablandará a su madre, you can soften up your mother with a bit of sweet talk
    ' ablandar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    soften
    - sweeten
    - tenderize
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [objeto, material] to soften
    2. [persona] to soften;
    sus ruegos no lo ablandaron her pleas were not sufficient to make him relent
    3. CSur, Cuba Aut to run in;
    hicimos 1.000 km para ablandar el auto nuevo we drove for 1,000 km to run the new car in
    * * *
    v/t
    soften
    2 CSur, Cuba
    AUTO run in
    * * *
    1) suavizar: to soften
    2) calmar: to soothe, to appease
    : to moderate, to get milder
    * * *
    ablandar vb to soften

    Spanish-English dictionary > ablandar

  • 3 agrupar

    v.
    1 to group (together).
    Ricardo agrupa las flores rojas Richard groups red flowers.
    María agrupa a las chicas Mary groups the girls.
    2 to consolidate.
    El sufrimiento agrupa a las personas Suffering consolidates people.
    3 to join together, to herd together, to cluster together, to crowd together.
    Ricardo agrupa a los cadetes Richard joins the cadets together.
    * * *
    1 to group, put into groups
    1 to group together, form a group
    2 (asociarse) to associate
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=reunir en grupo) to group, group together; [+ gente, datos etc] to gather, assemble; (=amontonar) to crowd together
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( formar grupos) to put... into groups, to group
    b) ( reunir) <organizaciones/partidos> to bring together
    2.
    agruparse v pron
    a) ( formar un grupo) niños/policías to gather; partidos to come together
    b) ( dividirse en grupos) to get into groups
    * * *
    = bring together, categorise [categorize, -USA], draw together, fall into, group, group together, merge, pull together, put together, stack, encapsulate, coalesce, lump together, juxtapose, stand + together, pool, band, shuffle together.
    Ex. For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.
    Ex. It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.
    Ex. The application of the classification schemes, once constructed, involves synthesis, or the drawing together of the single concepts which are listed in the scheme from their different facets, in order to specify compound subjects.
    Ex. References will also be necessary, and will fall into the same types as those identified for personal authors, that is, 'see', 'see also', and explanatory references.
    Ex. There are a number of types of abstracts which will be grouped under the term 'mini-abstracts'.
    Ex. Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.
    Ex. During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.
    Ex. This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.
    Ex. The way in which this scheme is put together in book form often causes some confusion at first.
    Ex. Cards are filed in drawers, approximately 1000 cards per drawer, which when stacked together may form a catalogue cabinet.
    Ex. The fundamental OOP technique is to encapsulate data with the operations/code that operate on that data into a single entity which is called an object.
    Ex. Mayo's conclusion was that 'the singling out of certain groups of employees for special attention had the effect of coalescing previously indifferent individuals into cohesive groups with a high degree of group ride or esprit-de-corps'.
    Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. We might consider that the key term, the one on which the others depend and which will juxtapose the document most usefully with others of a like kind, is Home Office.
    Ex. For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
    Ex. The results of two studies of the way reference librarians work were pooled to provide an understanding of the important features necessary in software for computerized reference work.
    Ex. The author advises banding retention policies to focus on a few clear options.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    ----
    * agrupar los términos sinónimos = merge + synonyms.
    * agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.
    * agruparse = band together, cluster, team, partner.
    * agruparse (con) = team up (with).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( formar grupos) to put... into groups, to group
    b) ( reunir) <organizaciones/partidos> to bring together
    2.
    agruparse v pron
    a) ( formar un grupo) niños/policías to gather; partidos to come together
    b) ( dividirse en grupos) to get into groups
    * * *
    = bring together, categorise [categorize, -USA], draw together, fall into, group, group together, merge, pull together, put together, stack, encapsulate, coalesce, lump together, juxtapose, stand + together, pool, band, shuffle together.

    Ex: For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.

    Ex: It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.
    Ex: The application of the classification schemes, once constructed, involves synthesis, or the drawing together of the single concepts which are listed in the scheme from their different facets, in order to specify compound subjects.
    Ex: References will also be necessary, and will fall into the same types as those identified for personal authors, that is, 'see', 'see also', and explanatory references.
    Ex: There are a number of types of abstracts which will be grouped under the term 'mini-abstracts'.
    Ex: Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.
    Ex: During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.
    Ex: This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.
    Ex: The way in which this scheme is put together in book form often causes some confusion at first.
    Ex: Cards are filed in drawers, approximately 1000 cards per drawer, which when stacked together may form a catalogue cabinet.
    Ex: The fundamental OOP technique is to encapsulate data with the operations/code that operate on that data into a single entity which is called an object.
    Ex: Mayo's conclusion was that 'the singling out of certain groups of employees for special attention had the effect of coalescing previously indifferent individuals into cohesive groups with a high degree of group ride or esprit-de-corps'.
    Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex: We might consider that the key term, the one on which the others depend and which will juxtapose the document most usefully with others of a like kind, is Home Office.
    Ex: For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
    Ex: The results of two studies of the way reference librarians work were pooled to provide an understanding of the important features necessary in software for computerized reference work.
    Ex: The author advises banding retention policies to focus on a few clear options.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    * agrupar los términos sinónimos = merge + synonyms.
    * agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.
    * agruparse = band together, cluster, team, partner.
    * agruparse (con) = team up (with).

    * * *
    agrupar [A1 ]
    vt
    agruparon a los niños por edades they divided o put the children into groups according to their ages
    agrupa esos libros por autores group those books by author
    la coalición agrupa a siete partidos distintos the coalition is made up of seven different parties
    agrupó a varias organizaciones ecologistas it brought together several ecologist groups
    1 (formar un grupo) «niños/policías» to gather, form a group; «partidos» to come together, join forces
    2 (dividirse en grupos) to get into groups
    * * *

     

    agrupar ( conjugate agrupar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( formar grupos) to put … into groups, to group

    b) ( reunir) ‹organizaciones/partidos› to bring together

    agruparse verbo pronominal
    a) ( formar un grupo) [niños/policías] to gather;

    [ partidos] to come together

    agrupar verbo transitivo to group
    ' agrupar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aunar
    English:
    bracket
    - group
    - lump
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to group (together);
    la red agrupa a veinte emisoras locales the network brings together o is made up of twenty local radio stations;
    la guía agrupa toda la información disponible sobre el tema the guide brings together all the available information on the subject;
    una asociación que agrupa a más de 10.000 médicos an association of more than 10,000 doctors
    * * *
    v/t group, put into groups
    * * *
    : to group together
    * * *
    agrupar vb to put into groups [pt. & pp. put]

    Spanish-English dictionary > agrupar

  • 4 asqueroso

    adj.
    loathsome, repugnant, nauseating, filthy.
    m.
    creep, unpleasant person, scuzz.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) dirty, filthy
    2 (desagradable) disgusting, revolting, foul
    3 (que siente asco) squeamish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (sucio) filthy person, revolting person
    2 (que siente asco) squeamish person
    * * *
    (f. - asquerosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=repugnante) disgusting, revolting; [condición] squalid; (=sucio) filthy
    2) (=de gusto delicado) squeamish
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    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. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    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: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

    * * *
    asqueroso1 -sa
    A
    1 ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy
    2 ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting, horrible
    el baño estaba asqueroso de sucio the bath was absolutely filthy
    ¡mira qué asquerosas tienes las manos! look at the state of your hands! ( colloq), look how filthy your hands are!
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) mean ( colloq), horrible ( BrE colloq)
    préstamelo, no seas asqueroso let me borrow it, don't be so mean o horrible
    asqueroso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    A
    (sucio): es un asqueroso he's disgusting, he's a filthy pig ( colloq)
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) meany ( colloq)
    es un asqueroso, no me quiere prestar la bici he's so mean, o he's such a meany, he won't lend me his bike
    * * *

     

    asqueroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy

    b) ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting


    2 ( lascivo):
    ◊ ¡viejo asqueroso! you dirty old man!

    asqueroso,-a
    I adj (sucio) filthy
    (repulsivo) revolting, disgusting
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino disgusting o filthy o revolting person
    ' asqueroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - asquiento
    English:
    creepy
    - disgusting
    - filthy
    - foul
    - gross
    - icky
    - nasty
    - revolting
    - scummy
    - sickening
    - squalid
    - vile
    - yukky
    - creep
    - lousy
    - sickly
    * * *
    asqueroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [que da asco] disgusting, revolting;
    una película asquerosa a revolting film;
    tu cuarto está asqueroso your room is filthy;
    es un cerdo asqueroso he's a disgusting pig
    2. [malo] mean;
    no seas asqueroso y devuélvele el juguete don't be so mean and give her the toy back
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [que da asco] disgusting o revolting person;
    es un asqueroso he's disgusting o revolting
    2. [mala persona] mean person;
    es un asqueroso, no me quiso prestar dinero he's so mean, he wouldn't lend me any money
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( sucio) filthy
    2 ( repugnante) revolting, disgusting
    II m, asquerosa f creep
    * * *
    asqueroso, -sa adj
    : disgusting, sickening, repulsive
    * * *
    1. (repugnante) disgusting
    ¡qué perro más asqueroso! what a disgusting dog!
    2. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > asqueroso

  • 5 azucarillo

    m.
    1 lemon candy (cooking).
    2 sugar lump.
    3 lump sugar, spongy sugar bar, sugar lump.
    * * *
    1 (terrón) sugar lump
    2 (pasta) lemon candy
    * * *
    = sugar cube, sugar lump, lump sugar.
    Ex. Some champagne cocktails are a mixture of sugar cubes, champagne and other alcohols or juices.
    Ex. Sugar lumps are delicious by themselves but for tea, give me honey please.
    Ex. Put the arrowroot into a tumbler, sweeten it with lump sugar, and flavour it with cinnamon, or a piece of lemon-peel, or 3 tablespoonfuls of port or sherry.
    * * *
    = sugar cube, sugar lump, lump sugar.

    Ex: Some champagne cocktails are a mixture of sugar cubes, champagne and other alcohols or juices.

    Ex: Sugar lumps are delicious by themselves but for tea, give me honey please.
    Ex: Put the arrowroot into a tumbler, sweeten it with lump sugar, and flavour it with cinnamon, or a piece of lemon-peel, or 3 tablespoonfuls of port or sherry.

    * * *
    1. [terrón] sugar lump
    2. [dulce] lemon candy
    * * *
    m sugar cube, lump of sugar

    Spanish-English dictionary > azucarillo

  • 6 conservador

    adj.
    1 conservative, discreet, moderate, restrained.
    2 conservative, orthodox, rightist, right-wing.
    3 Conservative.
    m.
    1 conservative, praetorian, rightist, right-winger.
    2 preservative, preserver.
    3 Conservative.
    4 curator.
    * * *
    1 PLÍTICA conservative
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 PLÍTICA conservative
    2 (de museos) curator
    * * *
    1. (f. - conservadora)
    noun
    2. (f. - conservadora)
    adj.
    * * *
    conservador, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (Pol) conservative, Tory
    2) (Culin) preservative
    2. SM / F
    1) (Pol) conservative, Tory
    2) [de museo] curator, keeper
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo conservative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative
    b) ( de museo) curator
    * * *
    = conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].
    Ex. There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.
    Ex. The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.
    Ex. In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
    Ex. This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex. The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.
    Ex. Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.
    Ex. Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.
    Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex. Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    Ex. The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.
    Ex. He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.
    Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex. This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
    Ex. No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex. Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    ----
    * conservador de documentos = records custodian.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].
    * partido conservador = conservative party.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo conservative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative
    b) ( de museo) curator
    * * *
    = conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].

    Ex: There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.

    Ex: The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.
    Ex: In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
    Ex: This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex: The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex: Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.
    Ex: Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.
    Ex: Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.
    Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex: Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    Ex: The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.
    Ex: He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.
    Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex: This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
    Ex: No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex: Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    * conservador de documentos = records custodian.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].
    * partido conservador = conservative party.

    * * *
    1 ( Pol) ‹partido/gobierno› conservative
    2 (tradicional) ‹persona/ideas› conservative
    es muy conservador en sus gustos he's very conservative in his tastes
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Pol) conservative
    2 (de un museo) curator
    3
    conservador masculine ( Coc) preservative
    * * *

    conservador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    conservative
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative


    conservador,-ora
    I adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino conservative
    Pol Conservative
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Pol Conservative
    2 (de un museo, una biblioteca) curator
    ' conservador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barrer
    - bloque
    - conservadora
    - europeísta
    English:
    conservative
    - keeper
    - seat
    - Tory
    - wet
    - Conservative
    - curator
    - custodian
    - round
    * * *
    conservador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [tradicionalista] conservative;
    es un entrenador muy conservador he's a very conservative manager
    2. [del partido conservador] Conservative
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tradicionalista] conservative
    2. [miembro del partido conservador] Conservative
    3. [de museo] curator;
    [de biblioteca] librarian; [de parque natural] keeper
    * * *
    I adj conservative
    II m, conservadora f
    1 de museo curator
    2 POL conservative
    * * *
    conservador, - dora adj & n
    : conservative
    : preservative
    * * *
    conservador adj n conservative

    Spanish-English dictionary > conservador

  • 7 curtir

    v.
    1 to tan (piel).
    El sol curtió su piel The sun tanned his skin.
    2 to harden (person).
    3 to inure, to harden.
    El sol curtió el barco The sun inured the boat.
    * * *
    1 (piel) to tan
    2 figurado (acostumbrar) to harden, toughen
    1 (por el sol) to get tanned
    2 figurado (acostumbrarse) to become hardened
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ cuero] to tan
    2) [+ piel] to tan, bronze
    3) (=acostumbrar) to harden, inure
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <cuero/pieles> to tan
    2)
    a) <rostro/piel> sol to tan and harden
    b) < persona> vida/sufrimientos to harden
    2.
    curtirse v pron ( por el sol) to become tanned (and hardened); (por el viento, el tiempo) to become weather-beaten
    * * *
    = curry, tan.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Olga works for one full year with great courage and independence trapping ground squirrels and gathering materials needed to tan, dye, and sew furs to make a parka for her husband.
    ----
    * curtir cuero = dress + leather.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <cuero/pieles> to tan
    2)
    a) <rostro/piel> sol to tan and harden
    b) < persona> vida/sufrimientos to harden
    2.
    curtirse v pron ( por el sol) to become tanned (and hardened); (por el viento, el tiempo) to become weather-beaten
    * * *
    = curry, tan.

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

    Ex: Olga works for one full year with great courage and independence trapping ground squirrels and gathering materials needed to tan, dye, and sew furs to make a parka for her husband.
    * curtir cuero = dress + leather.

    * * *
    curtir [I1 ]
    vt
    A ‹cuero/pieles› to tan
    B ‹rostro/piel›
    el sol le había curtido la piel the sun had left his skin tanned and hardened
    una mujer curtida por los sufrimientos a woman hardened by suffering
    lo curtieron a palos (CS fam); they gave him a beating
    (por el sol) to become tanned (and hardened); (por el viento, el tiempo) to become weather-beaten
    * * *

    curtir verbo transitivo
    1 (cuero) to tan
    2 figurado (avezar) to harden, toughen
    ' curtir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuero
    English:
    tan
    - weather
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [cuero] to tan
    2. [piel] to weather
    3. [persona] to harden
    * * *
    v/t tan; fig
    harden
    * * *
    curtir vt
    1) : to tan
    2) : to harden, to weather

    Spanish-English dictionary > curtir

  • 8 desenredar

    v.
    1 to untangle (hilos, pelo).
    2 to sort out (asunto).
    3 to clear up, to disentwine, to disentangle, to extricate.
    El detective desenreda misterios The detective clears up mysteries.
    4 to ravel.
    La tejedora desenreda los hilos The knitter ravels the threads.
    * * *
    1 to untangle, disentangle
    1 to get out (de, of), extricate oneself (de, from)
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ pelo, lana] to untangle, disentangle
    2) [+ dificultad, problema] to straighten out
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to untangle, disentangle; < lío> to straighten out, sort out
    2.
    desenredarse v pron (refl)
    * * *
    = unravel, tease out, untangle, disentangle.
    Ex. Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex. Most fleece is carded between two brushes to disentangle and align the fiber.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <pelo/lana> to untangle, disentangle; < lío> to straighten out, sort out
    2.
    desenredarse v pron (refl)
    * * *
    = unravel, tease out, untangle, disentangle.

    Ex: Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex: Most fleece is carded between two brushes to disentangle and align the fiber.

    * * *
    desenredar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹pelo/lana› to untangle, disentangle
    2 ‹lío› to straighten out, sort out
    1 ( refl):
    desenredarse el pelo to get the knots out of one's hair, to untangle one's hair
    2 (de una situación difícil) to free oneself, extricate oneself
    * * *

    desenredar ( conjugate desenredar) verbo transitivo ‹pelo/lana› to untangle, disentangle;
    ‹ lío› to straighten out, sort out
    desenredarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ‹ pelo› to get the knots out of
    desenredar verbo transitivo to untangle, disentangle
    ' desenredar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    disentangle
    - unravel
    - untangle
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hilos, ovillo, pelo] to untangle
    2. [asunto, historia, lío] to sort out;
    [problema] to resolve
    * * *
    v/t
    1 untangle
    2 situación confusa straighten out, sort out
    * * *
    : to untangle, to disentangle

    Spanish-English dictionary > desenredar

  • 9 dilucidar

    v.
    to elucidate.
    * * *
    1 to elucidate, clear up, throw light on
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=aclarar) [+ asunto] to elucidate, clarify; [+ misterio] to clear up
    2) [+ concurso] to decide
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <asunto/cuestión> to clarify, elucidate (frml); <enigma/misterio> to solve, clear up
    * * *
    = elucidate, untangle, plumb + the depths of, bring + clarity (to), tease out, clear up.
    Ex. An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.
    Ex. Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex. A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * dilucidar una apuesta = settle + bet.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <asunto/cuestión> to clarify, elucidate (frml); <enigma/misterio> to solve, clear up
    * * *
    = elucidate, untangle, plumb + the depths of, bring + clarity (to), tease out, clear up.

    Ex: An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.

    Ex: Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex: A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * dilucidar una apuesta = settle + bet.

    * * *
    dilucidar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹asunto/cuestión› to clarify, elucidate ( frml); ‹enigma/misterio› to solve, clear up
    * * *

    dilucidar verbo transitivo explain, elucidate: no conseguimos dilucidar lo que quiso decir con aquello, we can't figure out what she meant by that
    ' dilucidar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    elucidate
    - plumb
    * * *
    [asunto, problema] to clarify;
    tratan de dilucidar qué pasó they are trying to clarify what happened
    * * *
    v/t clarify
    * * *
    : to elucidate, to clarify

    Spanish-English dictionary > dilucidar

  • 10 eliminar + Nombre

    (v.) = clear of + Nombre
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    * * *
    (v.) = clear of + Nombre

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar + Nombre

  • 11 experimentado

    adj.
    experienced, old-hand, deft, veteran.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: experimentar.
    * * *
    1→ link=experimentar experimentar
    1 (persona) experienced
    2 (método) tested, tried
    * * *
    (f. - experimentada)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo experienced
    * * *
    = experienced, mature, veteran, well-tried, tried.
    Ex. Thus, complex and irrational arrangements can be tolerated, since only relatively experienced staff need to be able to locate items.
    Ex. There may be conflicts between the needs of new and mature users.
    Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. The following are some well-tried activities.
    Ex. The proposed reform ideas are retreads of tried and untrue conservative concepts with a history of failure.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo experienced
    * * *
    = experienced, mature, veteran, well-tried, tried.

    Ex: Thus, complex and irrational arrangements can be tolerated, since only relatively experienced staff need to be able to locate items.

    Ex: There may be conflicts between the needs of new and mature users.
    Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex: The following are some well-tried activities.
    Ex: The proposed reform ideas are retreads of tried and untrue conservative concepts with a history of failure.

    * * *
    experienced
    * * *

    Del verbo experimentar: ( conjugate experimentar)

    experimentado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    experimentado    
    experimentar
    experimentado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    experienced
    experimentar ( conjugate experimentar) verbo intransitivo experimentado con algo to experiment on o with sth
    verbo transitivo

    ‹tristeza/alegría› to feel
    b) ( sufrir) ‹ cambio› to undergo;


    experimentado,-a adjetivo experienced
    experimentar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (una sensación) to experience, feel: cuando la cuerda se rompió, experimentó un miedo abrumador, when the rope broke, he felt overwhelming fear
    2 (un cambio) to undergo
    Med experimentar una mejora, to improve
    II verbo intransitivo (hacer experimentos) to experiment [con, with]
    ' experimentado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    experimentada
    - metamorfosis
    - experimentar
    English:
    experienced
    - slight
    - worldly-wise
    - seasoned
    * * *
    experimentado, -a adj
    1. [persona] experienced
    2. [método] tried and tested
    * * *
    adj experienced;
    no experimentado inexperienced
    * * *
    experimentado adj experienced

    Spanish-English dictionary > experimentado

  • 12 horrible

    adj.
    1 horrifying, terrifying.
    2 terrible, awful (muy malo).
    3 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    * * *
    1 horrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=espantoso) [accidente, crimen, matanza] horrific
    2) (=feo) [persona, objeto, ropa, cuadro] hideous
    3) (=malo, perverso) horrible

    ¡qué hombre tan horrible! — what a horrible man!

    4) (=insoportable) terrible

    hizo un calor horrible — it was terribly hot, the heat was terrible

    la conferencia fue un rollo horrible — * the lecture was a real drag *

    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    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. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    ----
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.
    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    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: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.

    * * *
    1 (trágico, espantoso) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific
    2 (feo) ‹persona› hideous, ugly; ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    3 (malo) ‹tiempo› terrible, awful, dreadful
    4
    (inaguantable): ¡qué calor más horrible! it's terribly o unbearably hot!
    * * *

     

    horrible adjetivo
    a) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific

    b) ( feo) ‹ persona› hideous, ugly;

    ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    c) ‹ tiempo› terrible, awful


    horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
    ' horrible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amanecer
    - horrendo-a
    - infame
    - pestazo
    - antipático
    - calor
    - cargante
    - mal
    - malo
    - odioso
    - pereza
    - perro
    - pinche
    - tocar
    - tufo
    English:
    awful
    - cat
    - dreadful
    - hideous
    - hole
    - horrible
    - horrid
    - it
    - manage
    - mind
    - nasty
    - shocking
    - thought
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - crummy
    - foul
    - ghastly
    - revolting
    - rotten
    - sickly
    - vile
    * * *
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, terrifying;
    un accidente horrible a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] horrible, hideous;
    tiene un novio horrible she's got a horrible-looking o hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horrible that dress looks horrible o hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horrible I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horrible! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrible I'm ravenous o starving
    * * *
    adj horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    : horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    1. (en general) awful / terrible
    2. (accidente) horrific

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrible

  • 13 orina

    f.
    urine.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: orinar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: orinar.
    * * *
    1 urine
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    femenino urine
    * * *
    = urine, pee.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Often children learn to hold their pee and poop before they can figure out how to release it voluntarily.
    ----
    * con olor a orina = urinous.
    * * *
    femenino urine
    * * *
    = urine, pee.

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

    Ex: Often children learn to hold their pee and poop before they can figure out how to release it voluntarily.
    * con olor a orina = urinous.

    * * *
    urine
    * * *

    Del verbo orinar: ( conjugate orinar)

    orina es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    orina    
    orinar
    orina sustantivo femenino
    urine
    orinar ( conjugate orinar) verbo intransitivo
    to urinate
    verbo transitivo:

    orinarse verbo pronominal
    to wet oneself;
    se orina en la cama he wets the bed
    orina sustantivo femenino urine
    orinar verbo intransitivo to urinate

    ' orina' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    orín
    - muestra
    - orinar
    English:
    urine
    * * *
    orina nf
    urine
    * * *
    f urine
    * * *
    orina nf
    : urine
    * * *
    orina n urine

    Spanish-English dictionary > orina

  • 14 perseguidor

    adj.
    pursuing, persecuting.
    m.
    1 persecutor; one who harasses or molests; a foe.
    2 persecutor, pursuer, chaser, prosecutor.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 pursuer
    2 (represor) persecutor
    * * *
    perseguidor, -a
    SM / F
    1) [gen] pursuer
    2) (Rel, Pol) persecutor
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino ( en sentido físico) pursuer; ( por ideología) persecutor
    * * *
    = pursuer, persecutor.
    Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. It describes the typical drama triangle which includes the victim, persecutor and rescuer and how those roles can change.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino ( en sentido físico) pursuer; ( por ideología) persecutor
    * * *
    = pursuer, persecutor.

    Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.

    Ex: It describes the typical drama triangle which includes the victim, persecutor and rescuer and how those roles can change.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    * * *
    perseguidor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [que sigue] pursuing
    2. [que atormenta] persecuting
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [el que sigue] pursuer
    2. [el que atormenta] persecutor
    * * *
    I adj in pursuit
    II m, perseguidora f persecutor
    * * *
    1) : pursuer
    2) : persecutor

    Spanish-English dictionary > perseguidor

  • 15 repugnante

    adj.
    disgusting.
    f. & m.
    loathsome person, repulsive person.
    * * *
    1 repugnant, repulsive, disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adj.
    repugnant, disgusting
    * * *
    ADJ disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

    * * *
    1 ‹olor› disgusting, revolting
    2 ‹crimen› abhorrent, repugnant
    3 ‹persona› (físicamente) repulsive, revolting, repellent; (moralmente) repugnant
    * * *

    repugnante adjetivo ‹ olor› disgusting, revolting;
    ‹ crimen› abhorrent, repugnant;
    ‹ persona› ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting;
    ( moralmente) repugnant
    repugnante adjetivo
    1 (físicamente) disgusting, revolting, repulsive
    2 (moralmente) repugnant
    ' repugnante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repelente
    - asco
    English:
    abhorrent
    - disgusting
    - loathsome
    - obnoxious
    - offensive
    - repugnant
    - revolting
    - foul
    - nauseating
    - repulsive
    * * *
    1. [sabor, olor] disgusting, revolting
    2. [acción, comportamiento] disgusting
    * * *
    adj disgusting, repugnant
    * * *
    : repulsive, repugnant, revolting
    * * *
    repugnante adj revolting

    Spanish-English dictionary > repugnante

  • 16 sacar poco a poco

    (v.) = tease out
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    * * *
    (v.) = tease out

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sacar poco a poco

  • 17 sonsacar

    v.
    to sneak out, to steal out, to get by trickery.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (gen) to wheedle
    2 figurado (secreto) to get out of, worm out
    * * *
    VT to wheedle, coax
    * * *
    verbo transitivo

    le sonsacaron el secreto — they wormed o got the secret out of him

    * * *
    = probe for, tease out, winkle out.
    Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    ----
    * sonsacar algo de = get + something out of.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo

    le sonsacaron el secreto — they wormed o got the secret out of him

    * * *
    = probe for, tease out, winkle out.

    Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    * sonsacar algo de = get + something out of.

    * * *
    sonsacar [A2 ]
    vt
    me costó trabajo sonsacarle la verdad I had a hard time getting the truth out of her
    es difícil sonsacarle las cosas it's difficult to get anything out of him
    le sonsacaron el secreto they wormed o got the secret out of him
    * * *

    sonsacar ( conjugate sonsacar) verbo transitivo:

    sonsacar verbo transitivo
    1 (una información) to winkle out: se lo sonsacó a María, he coaxed it out of Maria
    2 (dinero, un regalo, etc) to wheedle

    ' sonsacar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    coax
    - dig out
    - draw
    - get
    * * *
    sonsacar algo a alguien to extract sth from sb;
    sonsacar a alguien to pump sb for information
    * * *
    v/t
    :
    sonsacar algo worm sth out (a of), wheedle sth out (a of)
    * * *
    sonsacar {72} vt
    : to wheedle, to extract

    Spanish-English dictionary > sonsacar

  • 18 terrón de azúcar

    lump of sugar
    * * *
    (n.) = sugar cube, sugar lump
    Ex. Some champagne cocktails are a mixture of sugar cubes, champagne and other alcohols or juices.
    Ex. Sugar lumps are delicious by themselves but for tea, give me honey please.
    * * *
    (n.) = sugar cube, sugar lump

    Ex: Some champagne cocktails are a mixture of sugar cubes, champagne and other alcohols or juices.

    Ex: Sugar lumps are delicious by themselves but for tea, give me honey please.

    * * *
    sugar lump

    Spanish-English dictionary > terrón de azúcar

  • 19 azúcar en cubos or terrones or pancitos

    sugar lumps o cubes (pl)
    * * *
    sugar lumps o cubes (pl)

    Spanish-English dictionary > azúcar en cubos or terrones or pancitos

  • 20 azúcar en terrones

    (n.) = lump sugar
    Ex. Put the arrowroot into a tumbler, sweeten it with lump sugar, and flavour it with cinnamon, or a piece of lemon-peel, or 3 tablespoonfuls of port or sherry.
    * * *
    (n.) = lump sugar

    Ex: Put the arrowroot into a tumbler, sweeten it with lump sugar, and flavour it with cinnamon, or a piece of lemon-peel, or 3 tablespoonfuls of port or sherry.

    * * *
    sugar lumps pl o
    cubes pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > azúcar en terrones

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  • lumps — lÊŒmp n. solid shapeless mass of matter; swelling, bump; (Medicine) abnormal mass in a person s body (such as in the breast, etc.); collection, aggregation; stupid person (Slang) v. mass together, gather; form into a lump or lumps; move heavily,… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • LUMPS — liver unit management protocol system …   Medical dictionary

  • lumps — (lonps ) s. m. Pain de sucre de qualité inférieure. ÉTYMOLOGIE    C est le pluriel de l anglais lump, morceau, sucre en morceaux informes, par opposition à celui qui a été mis en pain …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • lumps — 1) slump 2) plums …   Anagrams dictionary

  • LUMPS — • liver unit management protocol system …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

  • LUMPS — …   Useful english dictionary

  • take your lumps — (or take a lot of lumps) US informal : to be badly beaten or hurt He took a lot of lumps as a kid growing up in the city. usually used figuratively Their first album took its lumps from the critics. [=it was harshly criticized] The team has taken …   Useful english dictionary

  • Two Lumps — Infobox webcomic| title = Two Lumps caption = A sample strip from Two Lumps author = James L. Grant and Mel Hynes url = http://www.twolumps.net status = Updating every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday began = March 16 2004. ended = genre = Comedy… …   Wikipedia

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