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  • 1 cauce

    m.
    1 channel (agriculture) (& figurative).
    2 river-bed.
    volver a su cauce to return to normal
    3 river bed, bed of a stream of water, riverbed, runway.
    4 gully, deep channel, gulley, ditch.
    * * *
    1 (de río) bed
    2 (conducto descubierto) ditch, trench
    3 figurado (canal) channel, way
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=lecho) [de río, arroyo] riverbed; [de canal] bed; (=curso) course

    desviaron el cauce del río — they changed o diverted the course of the river

    tras las riadas, las aguas han vuelto a su cauce — the river has returned to its normal level after the floods

    2) (=medio) channel, means

    tras el encuentro, las negociaciones volvieron a su cauce — following that encounter, negotiations returned to their normal course

    dar cauce a algo —

    3) (Agr) irrigation channel
    * * *
    a) (Geog) bed
    b) (rumbo, vía)
    * * *
    = riverbed [river bed], channel.
    Ex. The author discusses the hydrodynamic reasons why a riverbed meanders through a plain.
    Ex. The water, that trickles from it in a rivulet, leaves a white incrustation along its channel, in appearance exactly like soap suds.
    ----
    * aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.
    * * *
    a) (Geog) bed
    b) (rumbo, vía)
    * * *
    = riverbed [river bed], channel.

    Ex: The author discusses the hydrodynamic reasons why a riverbed meanders through a plain.

    Ex: The water, that trickles from it in a rivulet, leaves a white incrustation along its channel, in appearance exactly like soap suds.
    * aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

    * * *
    1 ( Geog):
    el río se salió de su cauce the river burst its banks
    el cauce del río está seco the river bed is dry, the river has dried up
    desviaron el cauce del arroyo they changed the course of the stream
    las aguas volvieron a su cauce the river returned to a safe level
    2
    (rumbo, vía): intentó desviar la conversación hacia otros cauces he tried to steer the conversation onto another tack
    este acuerdo constituye el cauce para el diálogo this agreement opens the way for talks, this agreement provides an opening for talks
    no había seguido los cauces establecidos it hadn't gone through the normal channels
    * * *

    cauce sustantivo masculino
    a) (Geog) bed;


    desviaron el cauce del arroyo they changed the course of the stream
    b) (rumbo, vía):


    seguir los cauces establecidos to go through the normal channels
    cauce sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un río) bed
    2 figurado (canal, vía) channel
    cauces oficiales, official channels
    ' cauce' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    badén
    - canal
    - rebalsarse
    - salir
    English:
    bed
    - channel
    - gully
    * * *
    cauce nm
    1. [de río, canal] bed;
    seguir el cauce del río to follow the course of the river;
    el cauce del río no es navegable the river isn't navigable;
    Fig
    ya han vuelto las aguas a su cauce things have returned to normal
    2. [camino, forma] course;
    esta solicitud hay que hacerla siguiendo los cauces reglamentarios this application has to be made following the correct procedure;
    las negociaciones siguen por los cauces habituales the negotiations are continuing on the same course;
    volver a su cauce to return to normal;
    abrir nuevos cauces de diálogo to open new channels for talks
    3. [acequia] channel
    * * *
    m riverbed; fig
    channel;
    volver a su cauce fig get back to normal
    * * *
    cauce nm
    1) lecho: riverbed
    2) : means pl, channel
    * * *
    1. (de río) bed / river bed
    2. (canal) channel / procedure

    Spanish-English dictionary > cauce

  • 2 confundido

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, embarrassed.
    2 mistaken, at a loss, at a loss for words, in error.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: confundir.
    * * *
    (f. - confundida)
    adj.
    2) mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=equivocado)

    puede que esté confundido, pero creo que te he visto antes — I could be mistaken o wrong, but I think I've seen you before

    2) (=confuso) confused

    -algo falla aquí, dijeron confundidos — "there's something wrong here," they said in some confusion

    * * *
    = mixed up, in a spin, addled, at sea.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    ----
    * confundido + Adverbio = in + Adjetivo + disarray.
    * * *
    = mixed up, in a spin, addled, at sea.

    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    * confundido + Adverbio = in + Adjetivo + disarray.

    * * *
    confundido, -a adj
    1. [avergonzado] embarrassed
    2. [equivocado] confused
    * * *
    adj confused

    Spanish-English dictionary > confundido

  • 3 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    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'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    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'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

    ‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
    ‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
    ‹ información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 4 deambular

    v.
    1 to wander (about).
    2 to wander around, to gad, to wander, to idle around.
    * * *
    1 to saunter, stroll
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to wander around o about
    * * *
    = walk (a)round, wander about, meander, roam (about/around), wander around, range, wander, rove.
    Ex. He got up, and, putting hands in the pockets of his trousers, began to walk around the room.
    Ex. He was a loner himself, a small-town country boy who spent most of his time wandering about the hills and fields near his home.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. Unless children are given time to roam about unhindered among books of many kinds, left alone to choose for themselves, and to do what any avid adult reader does, then maybe we labor in vain.
    Ex. The audience can wander around at will and discuss with contributors and each other.
    Ex. We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Wandering the Web: further developments on the global information bazaar'.
    Ex. The production is extremely lively: Wandering musicians rove the tiny stage and aisles, competing with birdsong and baroque concertos over the tannoy.
    ----
    * deambular libremente = wander + at large, roam + free.
    * deambular por = perambulate about.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to wander around o about
    * * *
    = walk (a)round, wander about, meander, roam (about/around), wander around, range, wander, rove.

    Ex: He got up, and, putting hands in the pockets of his trousers, began to walk around the room.

    Ex: He was a loner himself, a small-town country boy who spent most of his time wandering about the hills and fields near his home.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: Unless children are given time to roam about unhindered among books of many kinds, left alone to choose for themselves, and to do what any avid adult reader does, then maybe we labor in vain.
    Ex: The audience can wander around at will and discuss with contributors and each other.
    Ex: We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Wandering the Web: further developments on the global information bazaar'.
    Ex: The production is extremely lively: Wandering musicians rove the tiny stage and aisles, competing with birdsong and baroque concertos over the tannoy.
    * deambular libremente = wander + at large, roam + free.
    * deambular por = perambulate about.

    * * *
    deambular [A1 ]
    vi
    to roam, wander around o about
    * * *

    deambular ( conjugate deambular) verbo intransitivo
    to wander around o about
    deambular verbo intransitivo to saunter, stroll
    ' deambular' also found in these entries:
    English:
    amble
    - wander
    - meander
    - roam
    * * *
    to wander (about o around);
    deambular por el centro de la ciudad to wander round Br the city centre o US downtown;
    deambulaba por la casa sin saber qué hacer he wandered around the house without knowing what to do
    * * *
    v/i wander around
    * * *
    : to wander, to roam
    * * *
    deambular vb to wander

    Spanish-English dictionary > deambular

  • 5 divagar

    v.
    1 to digress.
    2 to let one's mind wander, to be vague, to moon around, to talk vaguely.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 to digress, ramble
    * * *
    VI
    1) (=salirse del tema) to digress

    ¡no divagues! — get on with it!, come to the point!

    2) (=hablar vagamente) to ramble
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( desviarse del tema) to digress
    b) ( hablar sin sentido) to ramble
    * * *
    = ramble, digress, meander, drift off, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.
    Ex. Because by now comparative librarianship has a well-developed methodology, he does not have to waste his effort by rambling.
    Ex. But let me digress for a moment.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex. You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.
    Ex. Occasional wandering off topic is allowed, but should be kept to a bare minimum.
    Ex. The book encourages the reader to go off on a tangent and wander from thought to thought endlessly.
    Ex. If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.
    Ex. The Commission, however, goes off the track with its structural and institutional recommendations on how to ensure the long-term availability of public information resources = No obstante, la Comisión se sale por la tangente con sus recomendaciones estructurales e institucionales sobre cómo asegurar la disponibilidad a largo plazo de los recursos de información pública.
    Ex. 'This discussion is getting off the track,' he said politely = "Esta discusión se está saliendo por la tangente", dijo cortésmente.
    Ex. There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's 'nowt' as controversial as that.
    ----
    * divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( desviarse del tema) to digress
    b) ( hablar sin sentido) to ramble
    * * *
    = ramble, digress, meander, drift off, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.

    Ex: Because by now comparative librarianship has a well-developed methodology, he does not have to waste his effort by rambling.

    Ex: But let me digress for a moment.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex: You may find that it is easy to find ourself wandering off track, following something that really interests you, and ultimately not answering the question.
    Ex: Occasional wandering off topic is allowed, but should be kept to a bare minimum.
    Ex: The book encourages the reader to go off on a tangent and wander from thought to thought endlessly.
    Ex: If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.
    Ex: The Commission, however, goes off the track with its structural and institutional recommendations on how to ensure the long-term availability of public information resources = No obstante, la Comisión se sale por la tangente con sus recomendaciones estructurales e institucionales sobre cómo asegurar la disponibilidad a largo plazo de los recursos de información pública.
    Ex: 'This discussion is getting off the track,' he said politely = "Esta discusión se está saliendo por la tangente", dijo cortésmente.
    Ex: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's 'nowt' as controversial as that.
    * divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.

    * * *
    divagar [A3 ]
    vi
    to digress
    el conferenciante empezó a divagar the speaker began to go off at a tangent o go off the point o disgress
    déjate de divagar stop straying o wandering off the subject o going off the point
    había tomado mucho vino y ya empezaba a divagar he'd drunk a lot of wine and he was starting to ramble
    * * *

    divagar ( conjugate divagar) verbo intransitivo


    divagar verbo intransitivo to digress, wander
    ' divagar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ramble
    * * *
    to ramble;
    deja ya de divagar y ve al grano stop rambling and get to the point;
    cuando se pone a divagar no hay quien lo aguante he's unbearable when he starts to ramble on
    * * *
    v/i digress
    * * *
    divagar {52} vi
    : to digress

    Spanish-English dictionary > divagar

  • 6 hidrodinámico

    adj.
    hydrodynamic, hydrodynamical.
    * * *
    1 hydrodynamic
    * * *
    Ex. The author discusses the hydrodynamic reasons why a riverbed meanders through a plain.
    * * *

    Ex: The author discusses the hydrodynamic reasons why a riverbed meanders through a plain.

    * * *
    hidrodinámico, -a adj
    hydrodynamic

    Spanish-English dictionary > hidrodinámico

  • 7 lecho

    m.
    1 bed (cama).
    ser un lecho de rosas to be a bed of roses
    2 bed.
    4 bottom.
    5 river bed, riverbed, runway, streambed.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: lechar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) bed; (de un río) river bed
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=cama) bed
    2) (Agr) bedding
    3) (=fondo) [de río] bed; [de mar, lago] bottom; [de océano] bottom, floor; (Geol) layer
    * * *
    1) (liter) ( cama) bed
    2) ( de río) bed; (capa, estrato) layer
    * * *
    = riverbed [river bed], bed.
    Ex. The author discusses the hydrodynamic reasons why a riverbed meanders through a plain.
    Ex. He recommended me to carry a small piece of brimstone sewed up in a piece of very thin linen to bed with me, and if I felt any symptom of cramp to hold it in my hand.
    ----
    * lecho del mar = seabed [sea bed].
    * lecho de muerte = deathbed [death bed].
    * lecho de roca = bedrock.
    * lecho marino = seafloor [sea floor], ocean floor, seabed [sea bed].
    * no ser un lecho de rosas = be not all roses.
    * un lecho de rosas = a bed of roses.
    * * *
    1) (liter) ( cama) bed
    2) ( de río) bed; (capa, estrato) layer
    * * *
    = riverbed [river bed], bed.

    Ex: The author discusses the hydrodynamic reasons why a riverbed meanders through a plain.

    Ex: He recommended me to carry a small piece of brimstone sewed up in a piece of very thin linen to bed with me, and if I felt any symptom of cramp to hold it in my hand.
    * lecho del mar = seabed [sea bed].
    * lecho de muerte = deathbed [death bed].
    * lecho de roca = bedrock.
    * lecho marino = seafloor [sea floor], ocean floor, seabed [sea bed].
    * no ser un lecho de rosas = be not all roses.
    * un lecho de rosas = a bed of roses.

    * * *
    A ( liter) (cama) bed
    en su lecho de muerte on her deathbed
    la vida no es un lecho de rosas life isn't (always) a bed of roses
    B
    2 (capa, estrato) layer
    * * *

    lecho sustantivo masculino
    1 (liter) ( cama) bed;

    2 ( de río) bed;
    (capa, estrato) layer
    lecho sustantivo masculino
    1 frml (cama) bed
    lecho conyugal, marital bed
    lecho de muerte, deathbed
    2 (fondo) lecho del río, river-bed
    3 Cul layer: pones el bacalao en un lecho de cebolla, place the cod on a layer of onions
    ' lecho' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bed
    - deathbed
    - river-bed
    - rose
    - sickbed
    - death
    - litter
    - river
    - sea
    - sick
    * * *
    lecho nm
    1. [cama] bed;
    ser un lecho de rosas to be a bed of roses
    lecho de muerte deathbed;
    en su lecho de muerte on her deathbed
    2. [de río] bed;
    [de mar] bed, floor
    3. [capa] layer
    * * *
    m tb
    de río bed;
    ser un lecho de rosas fig be a bed of roses
    * * *
    lecho nm
    1) : bed
    un lecho de rosas: a bed of roses
    lecho de muerte: deathbed
    2) : riverbed
    3) : layer, stratum (in geology)
    * * *
    lecho n bed

    Spanish-English dictionary > lecho

  • 8 meandro

    m.
    meander.
    * * *
    1 meander
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino meander
    * * *
    Ex. The bends, known as meanders, reflect the way in which a river minimizes resistance to flow and spreads energy as evenly as possible along its course.
    ----
    * con meandros = meandering.
    * * *
    masculino meander
    * * *

    Ex: The bends, known as meanders, reflect the way in which a river minimizes resistance to flow and spreads energy as evenly as possible along its course.

    * con meandros = meandering.

    * * *
    meander
    * * *

    meandro sustantivo masculino meander
    ' meandro' also found in these entries:
    English:
    loop
    * * *
    meander
    * * *
    m meander

    Spanish-English dictionary > meandro

  • 9 serpentear

    v.
    1 to wind, to snake.
    2 to wriggle (culebra).
    3 to zigzag, to move in loops, to slither, to slither along like a snake.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to crawl, wriggle
    2 (camino) to wind, twist; (río) to wind, meander
    * * *
    verb
    to twist, wind
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo río to meander, wind; camino to wind, twist
    * * *
    = meander, wind, wind + Posesivo + way.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. The writer muses on a little creek that winds by his apartment commenting on how the creek's environment has changed = El escritor reflexiona sobre un pequeño arroyo que serpentea junto a su apartamento comentando cómo ha cambiado su entorno.
    Ex. The plain is crisscrossed by a number of smaller rivers which wind their way lazily down toward the St. Lawrence = La llanura está entrecruzada por varios ríos más pequeños que serpentean perezosamente hasta desembocar en el San Lorenzo.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo río to meander, wind; camino to wind, twist
    * * *
    = meander, wind, wind + Posesivo + way.

    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

    Ex: The writer muses on a little creek that winds by his apartment commenting on how the creek's environment has changed = El escritor reflexiona sobre un pequeño arroyo que serpentea junto a su apartamento comentando cómo ha cambiado su entorno.
    Ex: The plain is crisscrossed by a number of smaller rivers which wind their way lazily down toward the St. Lawrence = La llanura está entrecruzada por varios ríos más pequeños que serpentean perezosamente hasta desembocar en el San Lorenzo.

    * * *
    serpentear [A1 ]
    vi
    «río» to meander, wind; «camino» to wind, twist
    * * *

    serpentear ( conjugate serpentear) verbo intransitivo [ río] to meander, wind;
    [ camino] to wind, twist
    serpentear vi (una carretera, un río) to wind, meander
    ' serpentear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    meander
    - twist
    - wind
    - wriggle
    - loop
    - weave
    * * *
    1. [río, camino] to wind, to snake
    2. [culebra] to wriggle
    * * *
    v/i de río, camino wind, snake, meander
    * * *
    : to twist, to wind
    ♦ serpenteante adj
    * * *
    serpentear vb to twist / to wind [pt. & pp. wound]

    Spanish-English dictionary > serpentear

  • 10 vagar

    v.
    to wander about, to stroll, to wander, to gad.
    * * *
    1 (errar) to wander ( por, about), roam ( por, about)
    ————————
    1 (estar ocioso) to idle about, loaf around
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=errar) to wander (about), roam; (=rondar) to prowl about; (=pasear) to saunter up and down, wander about the streets; (=entretenerse) to loiter; (=gandulear) to idle, loaf
    2) (Mec) to be loose, move about
    2.
    SM (=tiempo libre) leisure, free time; (=pereza) idleness; (=calma) lack of anxiety, freedom from worry
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to wander, roam
    * * *
    = bob about, meander, roam (about/around), range, wander, drift off, rove.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. Unless children are given time to roam about unhindered among books of many kinds, left alone to choose for themselves, and to do what any avid adult reader does, then maybe we labor in vain.
    Ex. We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Wandering the Web: further developments on the global information bazaar'.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex. The production is extremely lively: Wandering musicians rove the tiny stage and aisles, competing with birdsong and baroque concertos over the tannoy.
    ----
    * vagar libremente = roam + free.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to wander, roam
    * * *
    = bob about, meander, roam (about/around), range, wander, drift off, rove.

    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.

    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: Unless children are given time to roam about unhindered among books of many kinds, left alone to choose for themselves, and to do what any avid adult reader does, then maybe we labor in vain.
    Ex: We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Wandering the Web: further developments on the global information bazaar'.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex: The production is extremely lively: Wandering musicians rove the tiny stage and aisles, competing with birdsong and baroque concertos over the tannoy.
    * vagar libremente = roam + free.

    * * *
    vagar [A3 ]
    vi
    to wander, roam, drift
    * * *

    vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
    to wander, roam
    vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
    vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
    ' vagar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    errar
    - rondar
    English:
    drift
    - mooch
    - roam
    - rove
    - wander
    - meander
    * * *
    vagar vi
    vagar (por) to wander (around), to roam;
    vagando por las calles de la ciudad wandering around o roaming the streets of the city
    * * *
    v/i wander
    * * *
    vagar {52} vi
    errar: to roam, to wander
    * * *
    vagar vb to wander

    Spanish-English dictionary > vagar

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