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  • 101 adulación

    f.
    1 flattery, hero worship, adulation, brown-nosing.
    2 flattery, praise, adulation, high praise.
    * * *
    1 adulation, flattery
    * * *
    SF flattery, adulation
    * * *
    femenino flattery
    * * *
    = sycophancy, adulation, flattery.
    Ex. During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. The effects of flattery from a computer can produce the same general effects as flattery from humans, as described in the psychology literature.
    * * *
    femenino flattery
    * * *
    = sycophancy, adulation, flattery.

    Ex: During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.

    Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex: The effects of flattery from a computer can produce the same general effects as flattery from humans, as described in the psychology literature.

    * * *
    flattery
    * * *

    adulación sustantivo femenino
    flattery
    adulación sustantivo femenino adulation
    ' adulación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flattery
    - sycophancy
    - adulation
    - bask
    * * *
    flattery
    * * *
    f flattery
    * * *
    adulación nf, pl - ciones : adulation, flattery

    Spanish-English dictionary > adulación

  • 102 afectar

    v.
    1 to affect.
    las medidas afectan a los pensionistas the measures affect pensioners
    La conversación afecta sus ideas The conversation affects his ideas.
    2 to upset, to affect badly.
    le afectó mucho la muerte de su hermano his brother's death hit him hard
    3 to damage.
    a esta madera le afecta mucho la humedad this wood is easily damaged by damp
    4 to affect, to feign.
    afectó enfado he feigned o affected anger
    María afecta interés pero no es así Mary feigns interest but it is not so.
    5 to pretend to.
    El chico afecta saber mucho The boy pretends to know a lot.
    * * *
    1 (aparentar) to affect
    2 (impresionar) to move
    3 (dañar) to damage
    4 (concernir) to concern
    1 (impresionarse) to be affected, be moved
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=repercutir sobre) to affect
    2) (=entristecer) to sadden; (=conmover) to move
    3) frm (=fingir) to affect, feign

    afectar ignorancia — to affect o feign ignorance

    4) (Jur) to tie up, encumber
    5) LAm [+ forma] to take, assume
    6) LAm (=destinar) to allocate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tener efecto en) to affect
    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml)
    2) ( fingir) <admiración/indiferencia> to affect, feign
    * * *
    = affect, colour [color, -USA], cut into, disturb, hit, impair, mar, plague, take + Posesivo + toll (on), beset (with/by), concern, afflict, disrupt, bias, prejudice, cross over, bedevil, dog, dent, make + a dent in, ail, strike, spill over into, take + a toll on, hobble, cast + an impact.
    Ex. Errors such as indexers assigning unsuitable terms to concepts, or relationships being omitted, will affect precision.
    Ex. Lastly, the style, length and contents of an abstract should and will be coloured by the resources of the abstracting agency.
    Ex. The paperback has cut sharply into fiction circulation, and Ennis is right in questioning this type of library.
    Ex. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.
    Ex. Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.
    Ex. It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. The pressures which modern society puts on all its members are great and those pressures take their toll.
    Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex. The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex. There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.
    Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex. A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex. The very requirements for success in one area may prejudice success in another.
    Ex. Conversely, indirect costs are those factors that are difficult to assign to individual products because they cross over several products.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Perhaps by the year 2010 newspaper circulations might be seriously dented by online services.
    Ex. Office automation products and techniques will be able to make a sizeable dent in the growing number of office workers.
    Ex. The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.
    Ex. The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
    Ex. The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.
    Ex. Agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves, as some agoraphobics may become housebound or cling to certain people for safety.
    Ex. With Florida's no-fault auto insurance law set to expire in October, there are fears that that medical services could be hobbled.
    Ex. An interest-rate increase is a weapon to fight inflation which will cast an impact on all industries.
    ----
    * afectar a = cut across, have + impact (on), have + effect on, have + implication for, impinge on/upon, operate on, carry over to.
    * afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.
    * afectar al mundo = span + the globe.
    * afectar a todo = run through.
    * afectar a todo el país = sweep + the country.
    * afectar a una decisión = colour + decision, affect + decision.
    * afectar completamente = engulf.
    * afectar directamente = cut to + the quick.
    * afectar directamente a = cut to + the heart of.
    * afectar fuertemente = hit + hard.
    * afectar mucho = hit + hard.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.
    * no ser afectado = leave + unaffected.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.
    * que afecta a = surrounding.
    * que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].
    * que afecta a varias generaciones = cross-generational.
    * ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * sin ser afectado = untouched.
    * verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tener efecto en) to affect
    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml)
    2) ( fingir) <admiración/indiferencia> to affect, feign
    * * *
    = affect, colour [color, -USA], cut into, disturb, hit, impair, mar, plague, take + Posesivo + toll (on), beset (with/by), concern, afflict, disrupt, bias, prejudice, cross over, bedevil, dog, dent, make + a dent in, ail, strike, spill over into, take + a toll on, hobble, cast + an impact.

    Ex: Errors such as indexers assigning unsuitable terms to concepts, or relationships being omitted, will affect precision.

    Ex: Lastly, the style, length and contents of an abstract should and will be coloured by the resources of the abstracting agency.
    Ex: The paperback has cut sharply into fiction circulation, and Ennis is right in questioning this type of library.
    Ex: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.
    Ex: Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.
    Ex: It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex: The pressures which modern society puts on all its members are great and those pressures take their toll.
    Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex: The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex: There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.
    Ex: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex: A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex: The very requirements for success in one area may prejudice success in another.
    Ex: Conversely, indirect costs are those factors that are difficult to assign to individual products because they cross over several products.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Perhaps by the year 2010 newspaper circulations might be seriously dented by online services.
    Ex: Office automation products and techniques will be able to make a sizeable dent in the growing number of office workers.
    Ex: The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.
    Ex: The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
    Ex: The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.
    Ex: Agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves, as some agoraphobics may become housebound or cling to certain people for safety.
    Ex: With Florida's no-fault auto insurance law set to expire in October, there are fears that that medical services could be hobbled.
    Ex: An interest-rate increase is a weapon to fight inflation which will cast an impact on all industries.
    * afectar a = cut across, have + impact (on), have + effect on, have + implication for, impinge on/upon, operate on, carry over to.
    * afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.
    * afectar al mundo = span + the globe.
    * afectar a todo = run through.
    * afectar a todo el país = sweep + the country.
    * afectar a una decisión = colour + decision, affect + decision.
    * afectar completamente = engulf.
    * afectar directamente = cut to + the quick.
    * afectar directamente a = cut to + the heart of.
    * afectar fuertemente = hit + hard.
    * afectar mucho = hit + hard.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.
    * no ser afectado = leave + unaffected.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.
    * que afecta a = surrounding.
    * que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].
    * que afecta a varias generaciones = cross-generational.
    * ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * sin ser afectado = untouched.
    * verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.

    * * *
    afectar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (tener efecto en) to affect
    la nueva ley no afecta al pequeño empresario the new law doesn't affect the small businessman
    está afectado de una grave enfermedad pulmonar ( frml); he is suffering from a serious lung disease
    la enfermedad le afectó el cerebro the illness affected her brain
    las zonas afectadas por las inundaciones the areas hit o affected by the floods
    2 (afligir) to affect ( frml)
    lo que dijiste lo afectó mucho what you said upset him terribly
    3 ( Der) ‹bienes› to encumber
    B (fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign afectar + INF to pretend to + INF
    * * *

     

    afectar ( conjugate afectar) verbo transitivo
    1


    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml);


    2 ( fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign
    afectar verbo transitivo
    1 (incumbir) to affect: la medida nos afecta a todos, the measure affects us all
    2 (impresionar, entristecer) to affect, sadden: le afectó mucho la muerte de su padre, she was deeply affected by her father's death
    ' afectar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inmune
    - tocar
    - afligir
    - impresionar
    - repercutir
    - sacudir
    English:
    affect
    - damage
    - get
    - hit
    - tell
    - upset
    - dent
    - difference
    - disrupt
    - impair
    - interfere
    - touch
    - whole
    * * *
    1. [incumbir] to affect;
    las medidas afectan a los pensionistas the measures affect pensioners
    2. [afligir] to upset, to affect badly;
    todo lo afecta he's very sensitive;
    lo afectó mucho la muerte de su hermano his brother's death hit him hard
    3. [producir perjuicios en] to damage;
    la sequía que afectó a la región the drought which hit the region;
    a esta madera le afecta mucho la humedad this wood is easily damaged by damp
    4. [simular] to affect, to feign;
    afectó enfado he feigned o affected anger
    5. RP [destinar, asignar] to assign
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( producir efecto en) affect
    2 ( conmover) upset, affect
    3 ( fingir) feign
    * * *
    1) : to affect
    2) : to upset
    3) : to feign, to pretend
    * * *
    1. to affect
    2. (conmover) to affect / to upset [pt. & pp. upset]

    Spanish-English dictionary > afectar

  • 103 afirmar

    v.
    1 to say, to declare.
    afirmó que… he stated that…
    afirmó haber hablado con ella he said o stated that he had talked to her
    2 to reinforce.
    3 to agree, to consent.
    afirmar con la cabeza to nod (in agreement)
    4 to affirm, to declare, to assure, to state.
    Ricardo afirma su inocencia Richard affirms his innocence.
    Elsa le afirma a Ricardo Elsa assures Richard.
    5 to make firm, to base, to brace, to anchor.
    Esos tornillos afirman la estructura Those screws make the structure firm.
    6 to claim to, to allege to.
    El chico afirma ser de Perú The boy claims to be from Peru.
    * * *
    1 (afianzar) to strengthen, reinforce
    2 (aseverar) to state, say, declare
    1 (asentir) to assent
    1 (ratificarse) to maintain (en, -)
    * * *
    verb
    to affirm, assert
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=reforzar) to make secure, strengthen
    2) (=declarar) to assert, state; [+ lealtad] to declare, protest
    3) LAm [+ golpe] to deal, give
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( aseverar) to state, declare, assert (frml)
    2) < escalera> to steady
    2. 3.
    afirmarse v pron
    a) ( físicamente) to steady oneself

    afirmarse en algo/alguien — to hold on to something/somebody

    b) (ratificarse, consolidarse)

    se afirmó en su posición/en lo que había dicho — she reaffirmed her stance/her previous statement

    * * *
    = affirm, contend, maintain, make + statement, make + the claim, state, submit, aver, assert, hold, make + claim.
    Ex. This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.
    Ex. The author contends that it is possible to view the search conducted with the aid of a series of menus as having strong similarities with the search through the hierarchy of a enumerative classification scheme.
    Ex. They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.
    Ex. Members of the audience were invited to ask questions, make statements, and express themselves freely.
    Ex. Within their own ranks most librarians have been calling themselves professionals since Melvil Dewey make the claim.
    Ex. Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
    Ex. I submit that no ordinary, right-minded library user who is looking for Western Behavioral Institute is going to look under LA JOLLA, California.
    Ex. It is, he has has averred, a discipline of its own and can be treated as such.
    Ex. Dialog is being injured and will continue to be injured if the American Chemical Society continues to assert falsely that Dialog is underpaying royalties.
    Ex. Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.
    Ex. The claim is made that society is evolving from one whose formal communication patterns have, for centuries, been based primarily on print on paper to one in which communication channels will be largely paperless (electronic).
    ----
    * afirmar categóricamente = claim, make + a bold statement.
    * poderse afirmar que = it + be + safe to say that.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( aseverar) to state, declare, assert (frml)
    2) < escalera> to steady
    2. 3.
    afirmarse v pron
    a) ( físicamente) to steady oneself

    afirmarse en algo/alguien — to hold on to something/somebody

    b) (ratificarse, consolidarse)

    se afirmó en su posición/en lo que había dicho — she reaffirmed her stance/her previous statement

    * * *
    = affirm, contend, maintain, make + statement, make + the claim, state, submit, aver, assert, hold, make + claim.

    Ex: This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

    Ex: The author contends that it is possible to view the search conducted with the aid of a series of menus as having strong similarities with the search through the hierarchy of a enumerative classification scheme.
    Ex: They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.
    Ex: Members of the audience were invited to ask questions, make statements, and express themselves freely.
    Ex: Within their own ranks most librarians have been calling themselves professionals since Melvil Dewey make the claim.
    Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
    Ex: I submit that no ordinary, right-minded library user who is looking for Western Behavioral Institute is going to look under LA JOLLA, California.
    Ex: It is, he has has averred, a discipline of its own and can be treated as such.
    Ex: Dialog is being injured and will continue to be injured if the American Chemical Society continues to assert falsely that Dialog is underpaying royalties.
    Ex: Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.
    Ex: The claim is made that society is evolving from one whose formal communication patterns have, for centuries, been based primarily on print on paper to one in which communication channels will be largely paperless (electronic).
    * afirmar categóricamente = claim, make + a bold statement.
    * poderse afirmar que = it + be + safe to say that.

    * * *
    afirmar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (aseverar) to state, declare, assert ( frml)
    afirmó haberla visto allí he stated o said o declared o asserted that he had seen her there
    no afirmó ni negó que fuera así she neither confirmed nor denied that this was the case
    B ‹escalera› to steady
    ■ afirmar
    vi
    (físicamente) to steady oneself
    la necesidad de afirmarse como persona the need to assert oneself
    * * *

     

    afirmar ( conjugate afirmar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( aseverar) to state, declare, assert (frml);

    2 ‹ escalera› to steady
    verbo intransitivo:

    afirmarse verbo pronominal ( físicamente) to steady oneself;
    afirmarse en algo/algn to hold on to sth/sb
    afirmar verbo transitivo
    1 (manifestar) to state, declare
    2 (apuntalar, consolidar) to strengthen, reinforce

    ' afirmar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    decir
    - mantener
    - sacudir
    - señalar
    English:
    affirm
    - assert
    - claim
    - obvious
    - profess
    - protest
    - state
    - allege
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [decir] to say, to declare;
    afirmó que… he said o stated that…;
    afirmó haber hablado con ella he said o stated that he had talked to her
    2. [reforzar] to reinforce
    ♦ vi
    [asentir] to agree, to consent;
    afirmó con la cabeza she nodded (in agreement)
    * * *
    v/t state, declare;
    * * *
    1) : to state, to affirm
    2) reforzar: to make firm, to strengthen
    * * *
    afirmar vb to state / to say [pt. & pp. said]
    afirmar con la cabeza to nod your head [pt. & pp. nodded]

    Spanish-English dictionary > afirmar

  • 104 agresivo

    adj.
    1 aggressive, assertive, belligerent, go-getter.
    2 aggressive, combative, hostile, truculent.
    3 aggressive.
    4 predatory.
    * * *
    1 aggressive
    * * *
    (f. - agresiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=violento) aggressive; (=vigoroso) forceful, vigorous
    * * *
    - va adjetivo aggressive
    * * *
    = aggressive, belligerent, truculent, killer, sociopathic, combative, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], bellicose, campaigning.
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex. Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Guerilla Web strategies: killer marketing tactics to make your site the most popular on the Web'.
    Ex. The problem of optimally refining sociopathic knowledge bases is modeled as a bipartite graph.
    Ex. His book is a one-sided insider account of the scrappy, often combative style that characterized the New York intellectual crowd from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s.
    Ex. Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    Ex. For all their bellicose rhetoric, they still hope that diplomatic pressure will persuade Iran to compromise.
    Ex. He is fearless, courageous, campaigning, waspish and wise.
    ----
    * comportamiento agresivo = aggressive behaviour.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * venta agresiva = hard-sell.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo aggressive
    * * *
    = aggressive, belligerent, truculent, killer, sociopathic, combative, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], bellicose, campaigning.

    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.

    Ex: Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Guerilla Web strategies: killer marketing tactics to make your site the most popular on the Web'.
    Ex: The problem of optimally refining sociopathic knowledge bases is modeled as a bipartite graph.
    Ex: His book is a one-sided insider account of the scrappy, often combative style that characterized the New York intellectual crowd from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s.
    Ex: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    Ex: For all their bellicose rhetoric, they still hope that diplomatic pressure will persuade Iran to compromise.
    Ex: He is fearless, courageous, campaigning, waspish and wise.
    * comportamiento agresivo = aggressive behaviour.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * venta agresiva = hard-sell.

    * * *
    1 (feroz, violento) aggressive
    2 ‹campaña/publicidad› aggressive, forceful
    * * *

    agresivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    aggressive
    agresivo,-a adjetivo aggressive

    ' agresivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agresiva
    - volverse
    - combativo
    English:
    aggressive
    - belligerent
    - hawkish
    - pushy
    - truculent
    * * *
    agresivo, -a adj
    1. [violento] aggressive
    2. [osado] aggressive;
    una publicidad muy agresiva very aggressive advertising
    * * *
    adj aggressive
    * * *
    agresivo, -va adj
    : aggressive
    * * *
    agresivo adj aggressive

    Spanish-English dictionary > agresivo

  • 105 agresión

    f.
    1 aggression.
    2 attack, assault, battery, offensive.
    * * *
    1 aggression, attack
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) assault, attack
    * * *
    SF (=acometida) aggression; [contra persona] attack, assault
    * * *
    femenino aggression

    se lo acusa de agresión — (Der) he's charged with assault

    * * *
    = attack, aggression, assault, act of aggression, battery, aggressive incident.
    Ex. The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.
    Ex. This article describes the contents of a help pack, produced by Bradford Public Library to help library staff when dealing with violence and aggression at work.
    Ex. Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.
    Ex. The study was designed to determine if players felt remorse if an opposing player was injured as a result of their act of aggression.
    Ex. The increasing frequency of notorious cases of conflicts between police officers & members of the general public (which in New York City has led to incidents of death, battery, & sexual assault) is cause for alarm.
    Ex. Data on 9318 aggressive incidents were collected from official game reports.
    ----
    * agresión a mano armada = armed assault.
    * agresión brutal = vicious attack, brutal attack.
    * agresión con ensañamiento = vicious attack.
    * agresión con lesiones = assault and battery.
    * agresión física = physical assault, physical aggression.
    * agresión sexual = sexual assault, molestation.
    * agresión verbal = verbal aggression, verbal assault, verbal abuse.
    * * *
    femenino aggression

    se lo acusa de agresión — (Der) he's charged with assault

    * * *
    = attack, aggression, assault, act of aggression, battery, aggressive incident.

    Ex: The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.

    Ex: This article describes the contents of a help pack, produced by Bradford Public Library to help library staff when dealing with violence and aggression at work.
    Ex: Crimes against the person include homicide, rape, assault and robbery.
    Ex: The study was designed to determine if players felt remorse if an opposing player was injured as a result of their act of aggression.
    Ex: The increasing frequency of notorious cases of conflicts between police officers & members of the general public (which in New York City has led to incidents of death, battery, & sexual assault) is cause for alarm.
    Ex: Data on 9318 aggressive incidents were collected from official game reports.
    * agresión a mano armada = armed assault.
    * agresión brutal = vicious attack, brutal attack.
    * agresión con ensañamiento = vicious attack.
    * agresión con lesiones = assault and battery.
    * agresión física = physical assault, physical aggression.
    * agresión sexual = sexual assault, molestation.
    * agresión verbal = verbal aggression, verbal assault, verbal abuse.

    * * *
    aggression
    el ejército responderá a toda agresión por parte extranjera the army will respond to any foreign aggression
    fue víctima de una agresión brutal he was the victim of a brutal attack o assault
    Compuesto:
    sex attack, sexual assault
    * * *

    agresión sustantivo femenino
    aggression;

    agresión sustantivo femenino aggression

    ' agresión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    herida
    - pacto
    - valor
    - defender
    - herido
    - repeler
    English:
    aggression
    - assault
    - cheek
    - sexual assault
    - aggressive
    - road
    * * *
    [ataque] act of aggression, attack;
    sufrir una agresión to be the victim of an attack
    agresión sexual sex attack
    * * *
    f aggression;
    una agresión an assault, an attack
    * * *
    agresión nf, pl - siones
    1) : aggression
    2) ataque: attack
    * * *
    agresión n aggression

    Spanish-English dictionary > agresión

  • 106 agresión sexual

    f.
    sexual battery, molesting, sexual assault.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = sexual assault, molestation
    Ex. The increasing frequency of notorious cases of conflicts between police officers & members of the general public (which in New York City has led to incidents of death, battery, & sexual assault) is cause for alarm.
    Ex. But the mid-20th century -- being hipped on the whole nuclear family ideal -- went into a state of denial about incest and molestation within families.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = sexual assault, molestation

    Ex: The increasing frequency of notorious cases of conflicts between police officers & members of the general public (which in New York City has led to incidents of death, battery, & sexual assault) is cause for alarm.

    Ex: But the mid-20th century -- being hipped on the whole nuclear family ideal -- went into a state of denial about incest and molestation within families.

    * * *
    sexual assault

    Spanish-English dictionary > agresión sexual

  • 107 agrimensor

    m.
    land surveyor, surveyor.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 surveyor
    * * *
    agrimensor, -a
    SM / F surveyor
    * * *
    - sora masculino, femenino surveyor
    * * *
    = land surveyor, surveyor.
    Ex. Most of the members of book clubs were land surveyors.
    Ex. Hospital librarians should assist in the development of library inspection guidelines for surveyors.
    * * *
    - sora masculino, femenino surveyor
    * * *
    = land surveyor, surveyor.

    Ex: Most of the members of book clubs were land surveyors.

    Ex: Hospital librarians should assist in the development of library inspection guidelines for surveyors.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    surveyor
    * * *
    agrimensor, -ora nm,f
    surveyor
    * * *
    m, agrimensora f surveyor
    * * *
    : surveyor

    Spanish-English dictionary > agrimensor

  • 108 aguas bravas

    (n.) = whitewater, turbulent waters
    Ex. The article 'Navigating permanent ' whitewater' of organizational change' explores the influence of organizational change on campus libraries.
    Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.
    * * *
    (n.) = whitewater, turbulent waters

    Ex: The article 'Navigating permanent ' whitewater' of organizational change' explores the influence of organizational change on campus libraries.

    Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.

    * * *
    rough waters, white water sg

    Spanish-English dictionary > aguas bravas

  • 109 aguas rápidas

    f.pl.
    white water.
    * * *
    (n.) = whitewater, turbulent waters
    Ex. The article 'Navigating permanent ' whitewater' of organizational change' explores the influence of organizational change on campus libraries.
    Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.
    * * *
    (n.) = whitewater, turbulent waters

    Ex: The article 'Navigating permanent ' whitewater' of organizational change' explores the influence of organizational change on campus libraries.

    Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aguas rápidas

  • 110 aguas turbulentas

    f.pl.
    turbulent waters, troubled waters, swashing waters.
    * * *
    (n.) = rip tide, turbulent waters
    Ex. This article examines the political shoals, currents, and rip tides associated with off campus library programmes and suggests that awareness and involvement are key ways to avoid running aground.
    Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.
    * * *
    (n.) = rip tide, turbulent waters

    Ex: This article examines the political shoals, currents, and rip tides associated with off campus library programmes and suggests that awareness and involvement are key ways to avoid running aground.

    Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aguas turbulentas

  • 111 aislado

    adj.
    1 isolated, remote, alone, cocooned.
    2 isolated, infrequent.
    3 discrete.
    m.
    isolate.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: aislar.
    * * *
    1→ link=aislar aislar
    1 (suelto) isolated
    2 TÉCNICA insulated
    * * *
    (f. - aislada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=remoto) isolated
    2) (=incomunicado) cut off

    están aislados de la civilización — they are cut off o isolated from civilization

    3) (=suelto)
    4) (Elec) insulated
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( alejado) remote, isolated
    b) ( sin comunicación) cut off

    aislado de algo — cut off o isolated from something

    c) < caso> isolated
    2) (Elec) insulated
    * * *
    = occasional, hideaway, isolated, insulated, behind closed doors, out in the woods.
    Ex. BLAISE conduct the occasional search for those libraries which do not have access to a terminal.
    Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. Health problems and potential legal liability caused by polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulated wiring in library building air ducts is referred to.
    Ex. Committee meetings are normally held behind closed doors but, occasionally, a committee will decide to hold a public hearing on a given topic.
    Ex. This house is located in the small village and writers can get work done here but not because they are out in the woods.
    ----
    * aislado de personalidad = personality isolate.
    * aislado por el invierno = winterbound.
    * aislado por la nieve = snowbound.
    * colina aislada = butte.
    * mantenerse aislado = keep to + Reflexivo.
    * sentirse aislado = feel + left out.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( alejado) remote, isolated
    b) ( sin comunicación) cut off

    aislado de algo — cut off o isolated from something

    c) < caso> isolated
    2) (Elec) insulated
    * * *
    = occasional, hideaway, isolated, insulated, behind closed doors, out in the woods.

    Ex: BLAISE conduct the occasional search for those libraries which do not have access to a terminal.

    Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: Health problems and potential legal liability caused by polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulated wiring in library building air ducts is referred to.
    Ex: Committee meetings are normally held behind closed doors but, occasionally, a committee will decide to hold a public hearing on a given topic.
    Ex: This house is located in the small village and writers can get work done here but not because they are out in the woods.
    * aislado de personalidad = personality isolate.
    * aislado por el invierno = winterbound.
    * aislado por la nieve = snowbound.
    * colina aislada = butte.
    * mantenerse aislado = keep to + Reflexivo.
    * sentirse aislado = feel + left out.

    * * *
    aislado -da
    A
    1 (alejado) remote, isolated
    el pueblo quedó aislado durante varios días the village was cut off for several days
    aislado DE algo cut off o isolated FROM sth
    desde que ella murió vive aislado del mundo since she died he's cut himself off from the world
    una zona aislada de la civilización an area cut off o isolated from civilization
    3 ‹caso› isolated
    B ( Elec) insulated
    * * *

    Del verbo aislar: ( conjugate aislar)

    aislado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    aislado    
    aislar
    aislado
    ◊ -da adjetivo




    vive aislado del mundo he's cut himself off from the world
    c) ‹ caso› isolated

    d) (Elec) insulated

    aislar ( conjugate aislar) verbo transitivo
    a) (apartar, separar) ‹ enfermo› to isolate, keep in isolation;

    ‹ preso› to place … in solitary confinement;
    ‹ virus› to isolate

    c) (Elec) to insulate

    aislarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to cut oneself off
    aislado,-a adjetivo
    1 isolated
    2 Téc insulated
    aislar verbo transitivo
    1 to isolate
    2 Téc to insulate
    ' aislado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aislada
    - incomunicada
    - incomunicado
    - tampoco
    - diablo
    - perdido
    English:
    isolated
    - isolation
    - lonely
    - marooned
    - remote
    - remotely
    - scattered
    - snow in
    - snowbound
    - cut
    - occasional
    - secluded
    - snow
    * * *
    aislado, -a adj
    1. [remoto] isolated
    2. [incomunicado] cut off;
    nos quedamos aislados por la nieve we were cut off by the snow;
    vive aislado del resto del mundo he has cut himself off from the rest of the world
    3. [singular] isolated
    4. [cable, pared] insulated
    * * *
    adj isolated
    * * *
    aislado, -da adj
    : isolated, alone
    * * *
    aislado adj isolated

    Spanish-English dictionary > aislado

  • 112 al + Infinitivo

    = in + Gerundio, on + Gerundio, when + Gerundio, while + Gerundio, on + Nombre, upon + Gerundio, as + Nombre + Verbo, as + Sujeto + Verbo
    Ex. In considering the headings to be chosen for government agencies it is as well to start by considering the headings for governments.
    Ex. On searching the catalogue for information on classification, this document will be indicated as relevant.
    Ex. Thus the name of a conference may be used either as a main or an added entry when cataloguing conference proceedings.
    Ex. A basic understanding in the concept of these libraries was the desire to confront the user with shelved books on entering and while moving through the building.
    Ex. On examination, we find that each thesaurus contains an alphabetic list combined with a classified display, and each has a very detailed network of semantic cross-references.
    Ex. Article 17 reads: 'Persons entitled to the privileges of the Library shall, upon request, open their parcels for inspection upon leaving the Library'.
    Ex. The urgency of his supplication was mirrored in the tense whiteness of his knuckles as he clasped his hands tightly in front of him.
    Ex. I am aware as I begin this plenary paper that members of the library profession that are drawn to this presentation are most likely interested in the issues for managing indigenous information.
    * * *
    = in + Gerundio, on + Gerundio, when + Gerundio, while + Gerundio, on + Nombre, upon + Gerundio, as + Nombre + Verbo, as + Sujeto + Verbo

    Ex: In considering the headings to be chosen for government agencies it is as well to start by considering the headings for governments.

    Ex: On searching the catalogue for information on classification, this document will be indicated as relevant.
    Ex: Thus the name of a conference may be used either as a main or an added entry when cataloguing conference proceedings.
    Ex: A basic understanding in the concept of these libraries was the desire to confront the user with shelved books on entering and while moving through the building.
    Ex: On examination, we find that each thesaurus contains an alphabetic list combined with a classified display, and each has a very detailed network of semantic cross-references.
    Ex: Article 17 reads: 'Persons entitled to the privileges of the Library shall, upon request, open their parcels for inspection upon leaving the Library'.
    Ex: The urgency of his supplication was mirrored in the tense whiteness of his knuckles as he clasped his hands tightly in front of him.
    Ex: I am aware as I begin this plenary paper that members of the library profession that are drawn to this presentation are most likely interested in the issues for managing indigenous information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > al + Infinitivo

  • 113 al azar

    adv.
    at random, at a venture, hit-or-miss, hit-and-miss.
    * * *
    at random
    * * *
    = at random, by chance, haphazardly, indiscriminate, indiscriminately, random, randomly, pot luck, hit (and/or) miss, odd, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck
    Ex. Observations were made at random by uninvolved observers.
    Ex. If, by chance, the newly entered item is identical to one already in the file, DOBIS/LIBIS ignores the new entry.
    Ex. Although university education in modern India dates back to 1856, libraries developed haphazardly and were more embellishments than an integral part of the academic programme.
    Ex. Nonetheless, the indiscriminate use of both terms in a data base creates a situation in which the serious scholar is either deprived of access to half of the material in the collection, or must consult two sequences.
    Ex. Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.
    Ex. Where the subcategory is small the subsequent arrangement is random.
    Ex. The reason for this is that the qualifier, Public Libraries, is randomly distributed depending on whether other facets are cited in between.
    Ex. In addition to the 'pot luck' method which some indexers seem to favour, we now have the use of PRECIS to serve as the indexing method in BNB.
    Ex. Funds are low, so libraries could benefit from interlibrary loan schemes, although without a national union catalogue, efforts to serve readers are hit and miss = Los fondos son escasos, por lo que las bibliotecas se podrían beneficiar del préstamo interbibliotecario, aunque, sin un catálogo colectivo nacional, los esfuerzos para atender a los usuarios son una lotería.
    Ex. For example, review articles are expected to be supported by extensive bibliographies, whilst it is unusual for a letter to carry more than the odd citation.
    Ex. The study revealed that most of the deformities are caused by a fluke.
    Ex. Machiavelli insisted that the Prince be aware that he was Prince mostly by luck and his job was to never admit it.
    Ex. The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.
    * * *
    = at random, by chance, haphazardly, indiscriminate, indiscriminately, random, randomly, pot luck, hit (and/or) miss, odd, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck

    Ex: Observations were made at random by uninvolved observers.

    Ex: If, by chance, the newly entered item is identical to one already in the file, DOBIS/LIBIS ignores the new entry.
    Ex: Although university education in modern India dates back to 1856, libraries developed haphazardly and were more embellishments than an integral part of the academic programme.
    Ex: Nonetheless, the indiscriminate use of both terms in a data base creates a situation in which the serious scholar is either deprived of access to half of the material in the collection, or must consult two sequences.
    Ex: Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.
    Ex: Where the subcategory is small the subsequent arrangement is random.
    Ex: The reason for this is that the qualifier, Public Libraries, is randomly distributed depending on whether other facets are cited in between.
    Ex: In addition to the 'pot luck' method which some indexers seem to favour, we now have the use of PRECIS to serve as the indexing method in BNB.
    Ex: Funds are low, so libraries could benefit from interlibrary loan schemes, although without a national union catalogue, efforts to serve readers are hit and miss = Los fondos son escasos, por lo que las bibliotecas se podrían beneficiar del préstamo interbibliotecario, aunque, sin un catálogo colectivo nacional, los esfuerzos para atender a los usuarios son una lotería.
    Ex: For example, review articles are expected to be supported by extensive bibliographies, whilst it is unusual for a letter to carry more than the odd citation.
    Ex: The study revealed that most of the deformities are caused by a fluke.
    Ex: Machiavelli insisted that the Prince be aware that he was Prince mostly by luck and his job was to never admit it.
    Ex: The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.

    Spanish-English dictionary > al azar

  • 114 alegre

    adj.
    1 happy (contento).
    2 cheerful, bright.
    3 tipsy (borracho).
    4 perky, bright, sunny, debonair.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: alegrar.
    * * *
    1 (contento) happy, glad
    2 (color) bright
    3 (música) lively
    4 (espacio) cheerful, pleasant
    6 eufemístico (irreflexivo) thoughtless, irresponsible, rash
    \
    alegre de cascos familiar scatterbrained
    * * *
    adj.
    1) glad, cheerful, happy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=feliz) [persona] happy; [cara, carácter] happy, cheerful
    2) (=luminoso) [día, habitación, color] bright
    3) [música, fiesta] lively
    4) * (=borracho)

    estar alegre — to be merry o tipsy *

    5) (=irresponsable) thoughtless
    6) (=inmoral) [vida] fast; [chiste] † risqué, blue
    mujer 1)
    * * *
    a) <persona/carácter> happy, cheerful; < color> bright; <fiesta/música> lively

    es muy alegre — she's very cheerful, she's a very happy girl

    b) [estar] ( por el alcohol) tipsy (colloq)
    * * *
    = cheerful, lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted], jolly [jollier -comp., jolliest -sup.], merry [merrier -comp., merriest -sup.], joyful, blithe, gleeful, perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.], cheery [cheerier -comp., cheeriest -sup.], breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.], good-humoured.
    Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex. Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
    Ex. 'Let folks alone and all will then be jolly'.
    Ex. Maybe Juan and his merry companions would be happy to relegate us to the boiler room, or a janitor's closet!.
    Ex. It's that joyful leap from one place to another that symbolises the freedom to explore on the web.
    Ex. According to these librarians, prudent judgment and professional knowledge about the value of a title should never be replaced by a blithe trust in statistical data.
    Ex. However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.
    Ex. The members of Harvey's family seem almost spookily healthy and perky and nice to each other.
    Ex. The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    Ex. This knowing sequel to the breezy glamor of 'Ocean's Eleven' provides more thieves, more heists, more twists, more locations, and more playfulness than the original.
    Ex. The second thing is being good-humoured, not to get angry or pontificate or be dogmatic.
    ----
    * más alegre que unas castañuelas = as happy as Larry.
    * * *
    a) <persona/carácter> happy, cheerful; < color> bright; <fiesta/música> lively

    es muy alegre — she's very cheerful, she's a very happy girl

    b) [estar] ( por el alcohol) tipsy (colloq)
    * * *
    = cheerful, lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted], jolly [jollier -comp., jolliest -sup.], merry [merrier -comp., merriest -sup.], joyful, blithe, gleeful, perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.], cheery [cheerier -comp., cheeriest -sup.], breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.], good-humoured.

    Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

    Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
    Ex: 'Let folks alone and all will then be jolly'.
    Ex: Maybe Juan and his merry companions would be happy to relegate us to the boiler room, or a janitor's closet!.
    Ex: It's that joyful leap from one place to another that symbolises the freedom to explore on the web.
    Ex: According to these librarians, prudent judgment and professional knowledge about the value of a title should never be replaced by a blithe trust in statistical data.
    Ex: However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.
    Ex: The members of Harvey's family seem almost spookily healthy and perky and nice to each other.
    Ex: The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    Ex: This knowing sequel to the breezy glamor of 'Ocean's Eleven' provides more thieves, more heists, more twists, more locations, and more playfulness than the original.
    Ex: The second thing is being good-humoured, not to get angry or pontificate or be dogmatic.
    * más alegre que unas castañuelas = as happy as Larry.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/carácter› happy, cheerful; ‹color› bright; ‹fiesta› lively; ‹música› lively
    su habitación es muy alegre her room is very bright
    es muy alegre, siempre está de buen humor she's very cheerful o she's a very happy person, she's always in a good mood
    se puso muy alegre con la noticia the news made him very happy
    2 [ ESTAR] (por el alcohol) tipsy ( colloq), merry ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo alegrar: ( conjugate alegrar)

    alegré es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    alegre es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    alegrar    
    alegre
    alegrar ( conjugate alegrar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( hacer feliz) ‹ persona› to make … happy;

    ◊ me alegra saberlo I'm glad o pleased to hear it

    b) ( animar) ‹ persona› to cheer up;

    ‹ fiesta› to liven up;
    ‹ habitación› to brighten up;
    ◊ ¡alegra esa cara! cheer up!

    alegrarse verbo pronominal
    a) (ponerse feliz, contento):


    se alegró muchísimo cuando lo vio she was really happy when she saw him;
    ¡cuánto me alegro! I'm so happy o pleased!;
    está mucho mejor — me alegro she's much better — I'm glad (to hear that);
    alegrese con algo to be glad o pleased about sth;
    me alegro de verte it's good o nice to see you;
    me alegro de que todo haya salido bien I'm glad o pleased that everything went well


    alegre adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/carácter› happy, cheerful;

    ‹ color› bright;
    ‹fiesta/música› lively;

    es muy alegre she's very cheerful, she's a very happy person
    b) [estar] ( por el alcohol) tipsy (colloq)

    alegrar verbo transitivo
    1 (contentar, satisfacer) to make happy o glad: me alegra que me haga esa pregunta, I'm glad you asked that
    2 fig (animar) to enliven, brighten up
    alegre adjetivo
    1 (contento) happy, glad ➣ Ver nota en gay
    2 (color vivo) bright
    (música) lively
    (habitáculo) pleasant, cheerful
    3 fig (achispado, bebido) tipsy, merry
    ' alegre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    excesivamente
    - feliz
    - gay
    - pletórica
    - pletórico
    - viva
    - vivo
    - contento
    - vida
    English:
    bright
    - brighten up
    - cheerful
    - cheery
    - festive
    - gay
    - glad
    - gleeful
    - happy
    - jaunty
    - jolly
    - joyful
    - joyous
    - light-hearted
    - merry
    - perky
    - rip-roaring
    - sunny
    - tipsy
    - good
    - light
    - lively
    - self
    * * *
    alegre adj
    1. [persona] happy, cheerful;
    estás muy alegre you're very happy o cheerful today;
    ¡hay que estar alegre! cheer up!;
    es una persona muy alegre she's a very happy o cheerful person
    2. [fiesta, día] lively
    3. [habitación, decoración, color] bright
    4. [irreflexivo] happy-go-lucky;
    hace las cosas de un modo muy alegre she's very happy-go-lucky
    5. [borracho] tipsy, merry
    6. Euf
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( contento) happy; por naturaleza happy, cheerful
    2 fam ( bebido) tipsy
    * * *
    alegre adj
    1) : glad, cheerful
    2) : colorful, bright
    3) fam : tipsy
    * * *
    alegre adj
    1. (persona) happy [comp. happier; superl. happiest] / cheerful
    2. (color, habitación) bright
    3. (música, fiesta) lively [comp. livelier; superl. liveliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > alegre

  • 115 alias

    adv.
    alias (gen) & (computing).
    prep.
    alias, otherwise called, otherwise known as, alias dictus.
    m. s.&pl.
    1 alias, assumed name.
    2 code name.
    * * *
    1 alias
    1 alias
    * * *
    ADV SM INV alias
    * * *
    I
    adverbio alias

    Juan Pérez, alias `el Rubio' — Juan Pérez alias `el Rubio'

    II
    masculino (pl alias) alias
    * * *
    = alias, a.k.a. (also known as).
    Ex. Then there was the continual drunkenness at work of the journeyman Hans van Leuven alias Elzevier (who was the father of the founder of the famous Elzevier Press).
    Ex. In this chapter, you're going to learn about what is for most members of the Internet community the most frequently used facility: electronic mail, a.k.a. e-mail.
    * * *
    I
    adverbio alias

    Juan Pérez, alias `el Rubio' — Juan Pérez alias `el Rubio'

    II
    masculino (pl alias) alias
    * * *
    = alias, a.k.a. (also known as).

    Ex: Then there was the continual drunkenness at work of the journeyman Hans van Leuven alias Elzevier (who was the father of the founder of the famous Elzevier Press).

    Ex: In this chapter, you're going to learn about what is for most members of the Internet community the most frequently used facility: electronic mail, a.k.a. e-mail.

    * * *
    alias
    Juan Pérez, alias `el Rubio' Juan Pérez alias `el Rubio', Juan Pérez also known as o a.k.a. `el Rubio'
    (pl alias)
    1 (apodo) alias
    2 ( Inf) alias
    * * *

    Del verbo aliar: ( conjugate aliar)

    alías es:

    2ª persona singular (tú) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    aliar    
    alias
    alias adverbio
    alias
    ■ sustantivo masculino ( pl alias) alias
    alias adverbio & m inv alias
    ' alias' also found in these entries:
    English:
    alias
    * * *
    ♦ adv
    alias;
    Pedro García, alias “el Flaco” Pedro Garcia, alias o a.k.a. “el Flaco”
    ♦ nm inv
    1. [apodo] alias
    2. Informát alias
    * * *
    I m inv alias
    II adv alias
    * * *
    alias adv & nm
    : alias

    Spanish-English dictionary > alias

  • 116 alrededor de + Cantidad

    = around + Cantidad
    Ex. This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.
    * * *
    = around + Cantidad

    Ex: This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alrededor de + Cantidad

  • 117 amigo por correspondencia

    (n.) = penfriend [pen-friend], pen-pal [penpal]
    Ex. The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.
    Ex. The author describes the setting up and running of a pen-pal club which allowed users to find pen-pals who were members of public libraries.
    * * *
    (n.) = penfriend [pen-friend], pen-pal [penpal]

    Ex: The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.

    Ex: The author describes the setting up and running of a pen-pal club which allowed users to find pen-pals who were members of public libraries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > amigo por correspondencia

  • 118 ampliar los horizontes

    (v.) = broaden + horizons, extend + horizons, enlarge + horizons, widen + horizons, expand + Posesivo + horizons, expand + views
    Ex. The public library now has an opportunity to demonstrate its services in broadening individual horizons and stimulating development of community life.
    Ex. Library and information science schools must extend professional horizons, training professionals who will create new jobs.
    Ex. The growth of computerised bibliographic data bases in particular has enlarged horizons.
    Ex. In order to accomplish the task of widening the horizons of children what is needed is books.
    Ex. Librarians must expand their service horizons to include at-risk teenagers.
    Ex. Participation in IFLA's global network provides members with the opportunity to directly contact colleagues and experts, exchange experiences and expand views = La participación en la red global de la IFLA ofrece a los miembros la oportunidad de contactar directamente con compañeros y expertos, intercambiar experiencias y ampliar horizontes.
    * * *
    (v.) = broaden + horizons, extend + horizons, enlarge + horizons, widen + horizons, expand + Posesivo + horizons, expand + views

    Ex: The public library now has an opportunity to demonstrate its services in broadening individual horizons and stimulating development of community life.

    Ex: Library and information science schools must extend professional horizons, training professionals who will create new jobs.
    Ex: The growth of computerised bibliographic data bases in particular has enlarged horizons.
    Ex: In order to accomplish the task of widening the horizons of children what is needed is books.
    Ex: Librarians must expand their service horizons to include at-risk teenagers.
    Ex: Participation in IFLA's global network provides members with the opportunity to directly contact colleagues and experts, exchange experiences and expand views = La participación en la red global de la IFLA ofrece a los miembros la oportunidad de contactar directamente con compañeros y expertos, intercambiar experiencias y ampliar horizontes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ampliar los horizontes

  • 119 anacoreta

    f. & m.
    anchorite, hermit.
    m.
    anchorite, anchoret, secluded monk, ascetic.
    * * *
    1 anchorite
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino y femenino anchorite
    * * *
    = anchorite [anchoress, -fem.].
    Ex. Mystic experience is especially associated with members of the cloistered monastic orders and with anchorites or anchoresses.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino anchorite
    * * *
    = anchorite [anchoress, -fem.].

    Ex: Mystic experience is especially associated with members of the cloistered monastic orders and with anchorites or anchoresses.

    * * *
    anchorite
    * * *

    anacoreta sustantivo masculino hermit
    * * *
    anchorite, hermit
    * * *
    m/f hermit

    Spanish-English dictionary > anacoreta

  • 120 andar a la caza de

    (v.) = tout for, gun for
    Ex. The Ministry of Culture of the USSR produced a number of new regulations for library work; however, because of the reader registration system, librarians are still forced to tout for readers instead of working with those who really need their help.
    Ex. The profession should not be gunning for the diverse and specific jobs that members of the same profession do now and will, with increasing diversity of title, do in the future.
    * * *
    (v.) = tout for, gun for

    Ex: The Ministry of Culture of the USSR produced a number of new regulations for library work; however, because of the reader registration system, librarians are still forced to tout for readers instead of working with those who really need their help.

    Ex: The profession should not be gunning for the diverse and specific jobs that members of the same profession do now and will, with increasing diversity of title, do in the future.

    Spanish-English dictionary > andar a la caza de

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