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  • 121 creación

    f.
    creation, formation, generation.
    * * *
    1 (gen) creation
    2 (fundación) foundation, establishment, setting up
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acción)
    a) [de obra, objeto, empleo, ambiente] creation
    b) [de empresa, asociación]
    2) (=cosa creada) creation
    3)

    la Creación — (Rel) the Creation

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( acción) creation
    b) ( cosa creada) creation
    2) (Relig) la Creación the Creation
    * * *
    = assignment, authoring, building, construction, creation, establishment, formation, foundation, generation, provision, setting up, organisation [organization, -USA], brain child [brainchild], constitution, fashioning, crafting, oeuvre, set-up.
    Ex. Similar principles may be applied in the formulation and assignment of headings irrespective of the physical form of the document.
    Ex. This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.
    Ex. Building a search profile has much in common with building a document profile during indexing.
    Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex. It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.
    Ex. Music, especially classical works, often requires the establishment of a uniform title.
    Ex. In 1970 she pointed to inconsistencies in the formation and arrangement of headings, the presence of useless ones, and variations in actual practice from what is thought to be practiced.
    Ex. In the early part of the 20th century donations were received from William K. Bixby which led to the foundation of the rare book collection.
    Ex. Information retrieval follows from the generation of an index.
    Ex. Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.
    Ex. This contribution outlines the setting up of the systems, its benefits and problems encountered.
    Ex. This article discusses the history of the organisation of readers' camps for students of secondary schools in Slovakia which dates back to 1979.
    Ex. This paper reports an interview with Michael O'Donnell, whose brainchild, Salon Magazine is a successful World Wide Web only publication that has managed to forge a powerful identity without a printed counterpart.
    Ex. The chemical constitution of these materials is described and their deterioration characteristics explained.
    Ex. The university is a major force in the fashioning of the constantly changing urban way of life.
    Ex. This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.
    Ex. For about a 3rd of the departments, publications not covered in citation indexes accounted for at least 30 per cent of the citations to their total oeuvre.
    Ex. Areas of particular concern are: equipment set-up and use; helping develop search strategies, logon/logoff procedures; and emergency assistance when things go wrong.
    ----
    * artes de creación literaria y artística, las = creative arts, the.
    * compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up].
    * creación artística = art work.
    * creación artística barata = kitsch.
    * creación de acuerdo de colaboración = partnership building.
    * creación de categorías = categorisation [categorization, -USA].
    * creación de coaliciones = coalition building.
    * creación de conglomerados = conglomeration.
    * creación de depósitos de datos = data warehousing.
    * creación de documentos secundarios = surrogacy.
    * creación de empleo = job creation.
    * creación de imágenes digitales = digital imaging.
    * creación de impedimentos = fence building.
    * creación de las montañas = mountain-building.
    * creación de lazos de amistad entre hombres = male bonding.
    * creación de leyes = rulemaking [rule-making].
    * creación de los índices de un libro = back-of-the-book indexing, back-of-book indexing.
    * creación de modelos = modelling [modeling, -USA].
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * creación de perfiles de usuario = user profiling.
    * creación de prototipos = prototyping.
    * creación de referencias cruzadas = cross-referencing.
    * creación de réplicas en Internet = mirroring.
    * creación de servidor copia = site mirroring.
    * creación de servidor espejo = site mirroring.
    * creación de servidor réplica = site mirroring.
    * creación de sitio espejo = site mirroring.
    * creación de sustitutos documentales = surrogacy.
    * creación divina = divine creation.
    * creación rápida de prototipos = rapid prototyping.
    * de creación = authorial.
    * de reciente creación = newly developed [newly-developed].
    * empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].
    * investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.
    * milagro de la creación, el = miracle of creation, the.
    * obra de creación literaria = fiction book.
    * obra de creación original = creative work.
    * obras de creación literaria = fiction.
    * tecnología para la creación de imágenes digitales = digital imaging technology.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( acción) creation
    b) ( cosa creada) creation
    2) (Relig) la Creación the Creation
    * * *
    = assignment, authoring, building, construction, creation, establishment, formation, foundation, generation, provision, setting up, organisation [organization, -USA], brain child [brainchild], constitution, fashioning, crafting, oeuvre, set-up.

    Ex: Similar principles may be applied in the formulation and assignment of headings irrespective of the physical form of the document.

    Ex: This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.
    Ex: Building a search profile has much in common with building a document profile during indexing.
    Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex: It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.
    Ex: Music, especially classical works, often requires the establishment of a uniform title.
    Ex: In 1970 she pointed to inconsistencies in the formation and arrangement of headings, the presence of useless ones, and variations in actual practice from what is thought to be practiced.
    Ex: In the early part of the 20th century donations were received from William K. Bixby which led to the foundation of the rare book collection.
    Ex: Information retrieval follows from the generation of an index.
    Ex: Some school libraries are becoming involved in life-long learning but local government and public libraries must take responsibility for provisions for this.
    Ex: This contribution outlines the setting up of the systems, its benefits and problems encountered.
    Ex: This article discusses the history of the organisation of readers' camps for students of secondary schools in Slovakia which dates back to 1979.
    Ex: This paper reports an interview with Michael O'Donnell, whose brainchild, Salon Magazine is a successful World Wide Web only publication that has managed to forge a powerful identity without a printed counterpart.
    Ex: The chemical constitution of these materials is described and their deterioration characteristics explained.
    Ex: The university is a major force in the fashioning of the constantly changing urban way of life.
    Ex: This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.
    Ex: For about a 3rd of the departments, publications not covered in citation indexes accounted for at least 30 per cent of the citations to their total oeuvre.
    Ex: Areas of particular concern are: equipment set-up and use; helping develop search strategies, logon/logoff procedures; and emergency assistance when things go wrong.
    * artes de creación literaria y artística, las = creative arts, the.
    * compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up].
    * creación artística = art work.
    * creación artística barata = kitsch.
    * creación de acuerdo de colaboración = partnership building.
    * creación de categorías = categorisation [categorization, -USA].
    * creación de coaliciones = coalition building.
    * creación de conglomerados = conglomeration.
    * creación de depósitos de datos = data warehousing.
    * creación de documentos secundarios = surrogacy.
    * creación de empleo = job creation.
    * creación de imágenes digitales = digital imaging.
    * creación de impedimentos = fence building.
    * creación de las montañas = mountain-building.
    * creación de lazos de amistad entre hombres = male bonding.
    * creación de leyes = rulemaking [rule-making].
    * creación de los índices de un libro = back-of-the-book indexing, back-of-book indexing.
    * creación de modelos = modelling [modeling, -USA].
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * creación de perfiles de usuario = user profiling.
    * creación de prototipos = prototyping.
    * creación de referencias cruzadas = cross-referencing.
    * creación de réplicas en Internet = mirroring.
    * creación de servidor copia = site mirroring.
    * creación de servidor espejo = site mirroring.
    * creación de servidor réplica = site mirroring.
    * creación de sitio espejo = site mirroring.
    * creación de sustitutos documentales = surrogacy.
    * creación divina = divine creation.
    * creación rápida de prototipos = rapid prototyping.
    * de creación = authorial.
    * de reciente creación = newly developed [newly-developed].
    * empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].
    * investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.
    * milagro de la creación, el = miracle of creation, the.
    * obra de creación literaria = fiction book.
    * obra de creación original = creative work.
    * obras de creación literaria = fiction.
    * tecnología para la creación de imágenes digitales = digital imaging technology.

    * * *
    A
    1 (acción) creation
    la posibilidad de la creación de un organismo que … the possibility of setting up o creating a body which …
    la creación de 500 nuevos puestos de trabajo the creation of 500 new jobs
    la creación de un sistema más equitativo the creation o establishment of a fairer system
    un siglo de espléndida creación literaria y artística a century of outstanding creative activity, both literary and artistic
    2 (cosa creada) creation
    una de las grandes creaciones literarias de nuestro tiempo one of the great literary creations o works of our time
    una creación de un famoso modisto francés a creation by a famous French designer
    B ( Relig)
    la Creación the Creation
    * * *

     

    creación sustantivo femenino

    b) (Relig)


    creación sustantivo femenino creation
    ' creación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dudosa
    - dudoso
    - invención
    - empleo
    - engendro
    - obra
    English:
    brainchild
    - creation
    - making
    - brain
    - development
    - establishment
    - job
    * * *
    1. [acción] creation;
    la creación de empleo job creation;
    la creación de riqueza the creation of wealth;
    la creación artística artistic creativity;
    creación literaria [materia] creative writing;
    su objetivo es la creación a largo plazo de una sociedad más justa their long-term aim is to create a fairer society
    2. [resultado] creation;
    una de las últimas creaciones del escultor belga one of the Belgian sculptor's latest creations
    3.
    la Creación [el mundo] Creation
    * * *
    f creation
    * * *
    creación nf, pl - ciones : creation
    * * *
    creación n creation

    Spanish-English dictionary > creación

  • 122 cáustico

    adj.
    1 caustic, acrimonious, barbed, rancid.
    2 caustic, stinging, sour, spiky.
    3 caustic, amytic, pyrotic, cauterant.
    * * *
    1 caustic
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo/masculino caustic
    * * *
    = scathing, caustic, vitriolic, pungent.
    Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    ----
    * en tono cáustico = scathingly.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo/masculino caustic
    * * *
    = scathing, caustic, vitriolic, pungent.

    Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.

    Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    * en tono cáustico = scathingly.

    * * *
    cáustico1 -ca
    1 ( Quím) caustic
    2 ‹estilo/lenguaje› caustic, biting; ‹humor› caustic; ‹comentario› sharp, caustic
    caustic
    * * *

    cáustico,-a adjetivo caustic
    ' cáustico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cáustica
    English:
    abrasive
    - acrimonious
    - caustic
    - scathing
    * * *
    cáustico, -a adj
    1. [sustancia] caustic
    2. [comentario] caustic
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    caustic
    * * *
    cáustico, -ca adj
    : caustic

    Spanish-English dictionary > cáustico

  • 123 favorito

    adj.
    favorite, chosen, favourite, fancied.
    m.
    favorite, favourite, darling.
    * * *
    1 favourite (US favorite)
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 favourite (US favorite)
    * * *
    (f. - favorita)
    noun adj.
    * * *
    favorito, -a
    ADJ SM / F favourite, favorite (EEUU)
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo/masculino, femenino favorite*
    * * *
    = favourite [favorite, -USA], favourite [favorite, -USA], pick, Nombre + of choice, front runner, best-loved.
    Ex. This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex. After having read many novels by many different authors, one gets less partisan, one is able to see faults even in one's favorites.
    Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex. In the future this may become the method of choice.
    Ex. As such this is one of the front runners of the next generation of library management systems.
    Ex. Sleeping Beauty is one of the best-loved ballets in the world.
    ----
    * dicho favorito = catchphrase.
    * el más favorito del mes = pick of the month.
    * expresión favorita = catchphrase.
    * frase favorita = catchphrase.
    * materia favorita = pet subject.
    * tema favorito = hobby-horse.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo/masculino, femenino favorite*
    * * *
    = favourite [favorite, -USA], favourite [favorite, -USA], pick, Nombre + of choice, front runner, best-loved.

    Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.

    Ex: After having read many novels by many different authors, one gets less partisan, one is able to see faults even in one's favorites.
    Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex: In the future this may become the method of choice.
    Ex: As such this is one of the front runners of the next generation of library management systems.
    Ex: Sleeping Beauty is one of the best-loved ballets in the world.
    * dicho favorito = catchphrase.
    * el más favorito del mes = pick of the month.
    * expresión favorita = catchphrase.
    * frase favorita = catchphrase.
    * materia favorita = pet subject.
    * tema favorito = hobby-horse.

    * * *
    favorito1 -ta
    favorite*
    favorito2 -ta
    A masculine, feminine favorite*
    partió como claro favorito he started as clear favorite
    una de las favoritas del rey one of the king's favorites
    logró vencer al segundo/tercer favorito del torneo she succeeded in beating the tournament’s second/third favorite
    B
    favoritos mpl ( Inf) favorites
    agregar a favoritos to add to favorites, bookmark
    * * *

     

    favorito
    ◊ -ta adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    favorite( conjugate favorite)
    favorito,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino favourite, US favorite

    ' favorito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    favorita
    - teutón
    - teutona
    - teutónica
    - teutónico
    English:
    book
    - bookmark
    - doze
    - evergreen
    - favourite
    - haunt
    - hobbyhorse
    - lobster
    - odds-on
    - our
    - pet
    - favorite
    * * *
    favorito, -a
    ♦ adj
    favourite
    ♦ nm,f
    favourite
    * * *
    I adj favorite, Br
    favourite
    II m, favorita f favorite, Br
    favourite
    * * *
    favorito, -ta adj & n
    : favorite
    * * *
    favorito adj n favourite
    ¿cuál es tu color favorito? what's your favourite colour?

    Spanish-English dictionary > favorito

  • 124 gandul

    adj.
    lazy, loafing, truant, slothful.
    f. & m.
    loafer, idler, good-for-nothing, shirker.
    * * *
    1 lazy, idle
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 idler, loafer, lazybones, slacker
    * * *
    gandul, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=holgazán) idle, slack; (=inútil) good-for-nothing
    2.
    SM / F (=holgazán) idler, slacker; (=inútil) good-for-nothing
    * * *
    - dula masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)
    * * *
    = dodger, lazybones, layabout, idler.
    Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.
    * * *
    - dula masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)
    * * *
    = dodger, lazybones, layabout, idler.

    Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.

    Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); lazybones ( colloq)
    * * *

    gandul
    ◊ - dula sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)

    gandul,-ula sustantivo masculino y femenino loafer

    ' gandul' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gandula
    - vaga
    - vago
    English:
    skiver
    * * *
    gandul, -ula Fam
    ♦ adj
    lazy
    ♦ nm,f
    lazybones, layabout
    * * *
    I adj idle
    II m, gandula f lazybones sg
    * * *
    gandul nm, CA, Car, Col : pigeon pea
    gandul, - dula n, fam : idler, lazybones
    * * *
    gandul1 adj lazy [comp. lazier; superl. laziest]
    gandul2 n lazybones

    Spanish-English dictionary > gandul

  • 125 imponente

    adj.
    1 imposing, impressive (impresionante).
    2 sensational, terrific (informal) (estupendo).
    ¡la profesora está imponente! the teacher is a stunner!
    f. & m.
    depositor.
    * * *
    1 impressive
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=que asusta) [persona, castillo, montaña] imposing
    2) (=magnífico) [aspecto] stunning; [edificio, fachada] impressive; [paisaje, representación] stunning, impressive
    2. SMF
    1) (Econ) depositor
    2) Chile Social Security contributor
    * * *
    a) < belleza> impressive; <edificio/paisaje> imposing, impressive

    estás imponente con ese vestido — (fam) you look terrific in that dress (colloq)

    * * *
    = awesome, daunting, grandiose, awe-inspiring, awe-inspiring, forbidding, redoubtable, imposing, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], breathtaking, mind-blowing, towering, formidable, face-melting.
    Ex. In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex. One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex. It was initially intended for use in the classified arrangement of a grandiose index to all recorded human knowledge, a 'universal index'.
    Ex. Some of the books recently published in the field of automotive engineering can perhaps best be described as awe-inspiring.
    Ex. Some of the books recently published in the field of automotive engineering can perhaps best be described as awe-inspiring.
    Ex. All those shelves full of books are forbidding, daunting.
    Ex. The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.
    Ex. Today's imposing array of courses is seen as a worthy monument to the efforts of those who have given so much to education for librarianship.
    Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex. This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.
    Ex. The implications of this are mind-blowing, since oil provides 40 per cent of all energy.
    Ex. We will stop along the way to visit towering forests, waterfalls and scenic lakes.
    Ex. 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
    Ex. You can think of Homer as a badass literary ninja who wailed out a lyre solo so face-melting that it was remembered for the rest of history, and then dropped a smoke bomb and back-flipped out of sight forever.
    ----
    * ser Algo imponente = loom + large.
    * ser imponente = be awe-inspiring.
    * * *
    a) < belleza> impressive; <edificio/paisaje> imposing, impressive

    estás imponente con ese vestido — (fam) you look terrific in that dress (colloq)

    * * *
    = awesome, daunting, grandiose, awe-inspiring, awe-inspiring, forbidding, redoubtable, imposing, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], breathtaking, mind-blowing, towering, formidable, face-melting.

    Ex: In the sometimes frenetic push towards the somewhat awesome concept of Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.

    Ex: One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex: It was initially intended for use in the classified arrangement of a grandiose index to all recorded human knowledge, a 'universal index'.
    Ex: Some of the books recently published in the field of automotive engineering can perhaps best be described as awe-inspiring.
    Ex: Some of the books recently published in the field of automotive engineering can perhaps best be described as awe-inspiring.
    Ex: All those shelves full of books are forbidding, daunting.
    Ex: The city has returned a majority for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1916, when Woodrow Wilson took 65% of the city's vote against the redoubtable Charles Evans Hughes.
    Ex: Today's imposing array of courses is seen as a worthy monument to the efforts of those who have given so much to education for librarianship.
    Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex: This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.
    Ex: The implications of this are mind-blowing, since oil provides 40 per cent of all energy.
    Ex: We will stop along the way to visit towering forests, waterfalls and scenic lakes.
    Ex: 'It's up to you to see that things are done,' she defended herself, somewhat nervous and abashed by his formidable stare.
    Ex: You can think of Homer as a badass literary ninja who wailed out a lyre solo so face-melting that it was remembered for the rest of history, and then dropped a smoke bomb and back-flipped out of sight forever.
    * ser Algo imponente = loom + large.
    * ser imponente = be awe-inspiring.

    * * *
    1 (grandioso) ‹belleza› impressive; ‹edificio/paisaje› imposing, impressive
    tiene una casa imponente he has a really grand o impressive house
    estás imponente con ese vestido ( fam); you look terrific in that dress ( colloq)
    tiene una figura imponente he cuts an imposing figure
    cayó un aguacero imponente there was an incredible o a terrific downpour
    tiene un coche imponente she has an amazing car
    hacía un frío imponente it was extraordinarily o unbelievably cold
    A ( Esp frml) (depositante) depositor
    B ( Chi) (a la seguridad social) contributor
    * * *

    imponente adjetivo ‹ belleza› impressive;
    ‹edificio/paisaje› imposing, impressive
    imponente adjetivo
    1 (impresionante) imposing, impressive: estaba imponente, she looked terrific o great
    la imponente presencia de aquel hombre, the imposing presence of that man
    2 fam (guapo) terrific, tremendous, smashing
    ' imponente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    awe-inspiring
    - formidable
    - imposing
    - awesome
    - impressive
    - loom
    - mighty
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [impresionante] imposing, impressive;
    un perro imponente guardaba la entrada an imposing-looking o a formidable dog guarded the entrance
    2. Fam [estupendo] sensational, terrific
    3. Fam [guapo] stunning;
    estaba imponente con esa falda she looked stunning in that skirt;
    ¡la profesora está imponente! the teacher is a stunner!
    ♦ nmf
    Esp depositor
    * * *
    I adj
    1 impressive, imposing
    2 fam
    terrific
    II m/f FIN depositor
    * * *
    : imposing, impressive

    Spanish-English dictionary > imponente

  • 126 memo

    adj.
    silly, stupid, brainless.
    m.
    1 memo, written note, memorandum.
    2 fool, dunce, simpleton, dweeb.
    * * *
    1 familiar stupid, dim
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar dummy, moron
    * * *
    I memo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ silly, stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    II
    * SM memo *, memorandum
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo (Esp fam) stupid, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - ma masculino, femenino
    1) (Esp fam) idiot, peabrain (colloq)
    2) memo masculino ( memorándum) memo
    * * *
    = goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, witless, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, nonce, gaga, dweeb.
    Ex. The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo (Esp fam) stupid, dumb (colloq)
    II
    - ma masculino, femenino
    1) (Esp fam) idiot, peabrain (colloq)
    2) memo masculino ( memorándum) memo
    * * *
    = goofy [goofier -comp., goofiest -sup.], dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, witless, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, nonce, gaga, dweeb.

    Ex: The article 'Book pricing: economics of a goofy business' examines briefly the economics of the book publishing process from the viewpoint of the book wholesaler.

    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.

    * * *
    memo1 -ma
    ( fam); stupid, dumb ( colloq)
    no seas memo don't be so stupid o dumb
    ¡no te quedes ahí mirando como si estuvieras mema! don't just stand there like an idiot!
    memo2 -ma
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp fam) idiot, peabrain ( colloq), dummy ( colloq)
    B
    * * *

    memo,-a insult
    I adjetivo silly, stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot
    ' memo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boluda
    - boludo
    - mema
    - circular
    - memorándum
    English:
    memo
    - nitwit
    - soft-headed
    - goofy
    * * *
    memo, -a Esp
    ♦ adj
    stupid
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot, fool
    * * *
    fam
    I adj dumb fam
    II m, mema f idiot
    * * *
    memo, -ma adj
    : silly, stupid
    * * *
    memo1 adj silly [comp. sillier; superl. silliest]
    memo2 n idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > memo

  • 127 moderno

    adj.
    modern, present-day, up-to-date, contemporary.
    m.
    modern, person who lives in modern times.
    * * *
    1 modern
    * * *
    (f. - moderna)
    adj.
    * * *
    moderno, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=actual) modern

    una revista dirigida a la mujer moderna — a magazine aimed at the modern woman, a magazine for the woman of today

    siempre va vestida muy moderna — she always wears very trendy clothes *, she always dresses very trendily *

    a la moderna — † in the modern way

    2) ( Hist) modern
    2.
    SM / F trendy *
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( actual) modern
    b) ( a la moda) <vestido/peinado> fashionable, trendy
    c) <edad/historia> modern
    II
    - na masculino, femenino trendy (colloq)
    * * *
    = contemporary, modern, modern day, progressive, developed, updated [up-dated], hip [hipper -comp., hippest -sup.], funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], hipped, trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].
    Ex. The fruits of Mr. Kilgour's labors and creations have substantially altered the texture of contemporary America library service = Los frutos de los trabajos y creaciones del Sr. Kilgour han alterado sustancialmente la naturaleza del servicio bibliotecario de la América contemporánea.
    Ex. Kilgour is considered by may to be the father of modern networking.
    Ex. In practice modern day catalogue codes are concerned primarily with description and author headings.
    Ex. These young professionals are committed to making Junctionville a dynamic and progressive place to live.
    Ex. Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex. Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.
    Ex. Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.
    Ex. The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex. The dancers were using blue feather fans and they made moves that looked spectactular and the choreography was very hipped and daring.
    Ex. The author investigates the things which young adults consider to be important, and discusses this in relation to what may be considered tasteful, and what merely trendy in young adults' books.
    ----
    * dotado de tecnología moderna = modern-equipped.
    * era moderna, la = modern era, the.
    * fuera de onda con los tiempos modernos = out of keeping with the times, out of tune with the times.
    * moderno, original, auténtico, chulo = funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.].
    * mundo moderno = modernised world.
    * muy moderno = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].
    * tiempos modernos = modern times.
    * vida moderna, la = modern life.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( actual) modern
    b) ( a la moda) <vestido/peinado> fashionable, trendy
    c) <edad/historia> modern
    II
    - na masculino, femenino trendy (colloq)
    * * *
    = contemporary, modern, modern day, progressive, developed, updated [up-dated], hip [hipper -comp., hippest -sup.], funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], hipped, trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].

    Ex: The fruits of Mr. Kilgour's labors and creations have substantially altered the texture of contemporary America library service = Los frutos de los trabajos y creaciones del Sr. Kilgour han alterado sustancialmente la naturaleza del servicio bibliotecario de la América contemporánea.

    Ex: Kilgour is considered by may to be the father of modern networking.
    Ex: In practice modern day catalogue codes are concerned primarily with description and author headings.
    Ex: These young professionals are committed to making Junctionville a dynamic and progressive place to live.
    Ex: Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex: Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.
    Ex: Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.
    Ex: The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex: The dancers were using blue feather fans and they made moves that looked spectactular and the choreography was very hipped and daring.
    Ex: The author investigates the things which young adults consider to be important, and discusses this in relation to what may be considered tasteful, and what merely trendy in young adults' books.
    * dotado de tecnología moderna = modern-equipped.
    * era moderna, la = modern era, the.
    * fuera de onda con los tiempos modernos = out of keeping with the times, out of tune with the times.
    * moderno, original, auténtico, chulo = funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.].
    * mundo moderno = modernised world.
    * muy moderno = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].
    * tiempos modernos = modern times.
    * vida moderna, la = modern life.

    * * *
    moderno1 -na
    1 (actual) modern
    el hombre moderno modern man
    no es un invento moderno it is not a new o modern invention
    una edición más moderna a more up-to-date edition
    comparado con los métodos modernos compared with modern o present-day methods
    2 (a la moda) ‹vestido/peinado› fashionable, trendy
    es una chica muy moderna she's a very modern o trendy girl
    3 ( Hist) ‹edad/historia› modern
    moderno2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    trendy ( colloq)
    * * *

    moderno
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) ( actual) modern;


    una edición más moderno a more up-to-date edition
    b) ( a la moda) ‹vestido/peinado› fashionable, trendy

    c) ‹edad/historia› modern

    moderno,-a adjetivo modern
    ' moderno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    actual
    - moderna
    - más
    English:
    advanced
    - modern
    - state-of-the-art
    - trendy
    - new
    * * *
    moderno, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de la actualidad] modern;
    la mujer moderna the modern woman
    2. [innovador] modern;
    un diseño muy moderno a very modern design
    3. [historia, edad] modern
    4. Fam [persona] trendy
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam trendy (person)
    * * *
    adj modern
    * * *
    moderno, -na adj
    : modern, up-to-date
    * * *
    moderno adj modern

    Spanish-English dictionary > moderno

  • 128 mordaz

    adj.
    1 caustic, biting.
    2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.
    3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.
    * * *
    1 mordant, sarcastic
    * * *
    adj.
    sarcastic, biting
    * * *
    ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.
    Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    ----
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.
    * * *
    adjetivo <estilo/lenguaje> scathing, caustic; < crítica> sharp, scathing
    * * *
    = trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.

    Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.

    Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
    Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.
    Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.
    Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    * crítica mordaz = hatchet job.
    * de forma mordaz = pungently.
    * mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

    * * *
    ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing
    * * *

    mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
    ‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
    mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
    ' mordaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corrosiva
    - corrosivo
    - afilado
    English:
    abrasive
    - acid
    - barbed
    - biting
    - caustic
    - cutting
    - damning
    - denunciation
    - incisive
    - pointed
    - scathing
    - sharp
    - dry
    - dryness
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    caustic
    * * *
    adj biting, sharp
    * * *
    mordaz adj
    : caustic, scathing

    Spanish-English dictionary > mordaz

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