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mindless

  • 1 sin discernimiento

    • mindless
    • undiscerning
    • undiscriminating
    • unthinking

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > sin discernimiento

  • 2 estúpido

    adj.
    1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.
    2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.
    m.
    stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.
    * * *
    1 stupid, silly
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 berk, idiot
    * * *
    1. (f. - estúpida)
    adj.
    2. (f. - estúpida)
    noun f.
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    1.
    ADJ stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    estúpido1 -da
    ‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, silly
    ay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrong
    un gasto estúpido a stupid waste of money
    es estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to go
    estúpido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    idiot, fool
    el estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother
    * * *

     

    estúpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› stupid;


    ‹ argumento› stupid, silly;
    ◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    idiot, fool
    estúpido,-a
    I adjetivo stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot

    ' estúpido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burra
    - burro
    - estúpida
    - animal
    - apendejarse
    - baboso
    - caballo
    - el
    - embromar
    - gafo
    - huevón
    - pendejo
    English:
    also
    - believe
    - bit
    - bonehead
    - bozo
    - damn
    - dopey
    - equally
    - foolish
    - goof
    - idiotic
    - mindless
    - obtuse
    - pretty
    - shame
    - soft
    - stupid
    - that
    - wonder
    - inane
    - jerk
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    ♦ adj
    stupid;
    ¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;
    sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot;
    el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour
    * * *
    I adj stupid
    II m, estúpida f idiot
    * * *
    estúpido, -da adj
    : stupid
    estúpido, -da n
    idiota: idiot, fool
    * * *
    estúpido1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > estúpido

  • 3 ciego

    adj.
    1 blind, unseeing, eyeless, sightless.
    2 unperceptive, blind, uncomprehending, half-blind.
    3 senseless.
    4 blind, dead-end.
    5 blind, viewless.
    m.
    1 blind man, blind person, blind, sightless person.
    2 blind intestine, caecum, cecum, blindgut.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cegar.
    * * *
    1 (persona) blind
    2 (conducto) blocked up
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) blind person
    1 ANATOMÍA caecum (US cecum), blind gut
    1 the blind
    \
    a ciegas (sin ver) blindly 2 (sin pensar) without thinking
    estar ciego,-a de ira to be blind with anger
    ponerse ciego,-a familiar (bebiendo) to get blind drunk 2 (de drogas) to get stoned
    quedarse ciego,-a to go blind
    ser ciego,-a de nacimiento to be born blind
    ————————
    1 ANATOMÍA caecum (US cecum), blind gut
    * * *
    1. (f. - ciega)
    noun
    2. (f. - ciega)
    adj.
    * * *
    ciego, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=invidente) blind

    es ciego de nacimiento — he has been blind from o since birth, he was born blind

    • dejar ciego a algn — to blind sb

    • estar ciego — to be blind

    pero ¿estás ciego? ¿no ves que el semáforo está en rojo? — are you blind or what? can't you see the lights are red?

    • quedarse ciego — to go blind

    se quedó ciego después del accidente — he was blinded in the accident, he went blind as a result of the accident

    2) [por ofuscación]
    a) [persona] blind

    • ciego a — blind to

    • ciego de celos — blind with jealousy

    ciego de ira o rabia — blind with rage

    b) [violencia] mindless, senseless; [fanatismo] mindless
    3) (=total) [confianza, fe] unquestioning, blind pey
    4) (=bloqueado) [arco, entrada] blind; [conducto, tubo] blocked
    5) ** (=borracho) blind drunk *, pissed **; [con drogas duras] high *; [con drogas blandas] stoned **

    • ponerse ciego a o de algo — (=borracho) to get pissed on sth **, get trashed on sth (EEUU) **; [con drogas duras] to get high on sth *; [con drogas blandas] to get stoned on sth **; [comiendo] to stuff o.s. with sth *

    6)

    • a ciegas —

    a) (=sin ver)

    andar o caminar a ciegas — to grope one's way

    buscó a ciegas la puerta — he searched blindly for the door, he groped about searching for the door

    • volar a ciegas — to fly blind

    b) (=sin pensar) [actuar, decidir] in the dark; [obedecer] unquestioningly, blindly pey

    creíamos a ciegas todo lo que decía el partido — we unquestioningly o pey blindly believed everything the party said, we believed everything the party said without question

    cita 1), b)
    2.
    SM / F (=invidente) blind man/blind woman

    una organización de ciegos — an organization for the blind, a blind people's organization

    3. SM
    1) Esp
    **

    ¡qué ciego llevaba! — [de alcohol] he was blind drunk * o pissed! **; [de drogas duras] he was high as a kite *; [de drogas blandas] he was stoned out of his mind **

    2) (Anat) caecum, cecum (EEUU)
    3) Caribe (=claro) forest clearing
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( invidente) blind

    a ciegas: anduvimos a ciegas por el pasillo we groped our way along the corridor; lo decidió a ciegas he decided without thinking it through; comprar a ciegas to buy something without seeing it first; más ciego que un topo as blind as a bat; ponerse ciego a or de algo — (Esp fam) to stuff oneself with something (colloq)

    2) ( ofuscado) blind
    3) <fe/obediencia> blind
    4) <conducto/cañería> blocked; < arco> blank; < muro> blind
    5) (Esp fam) ( por alcohol) blind drunk (colloq); ( por la droga) stoned (sl)
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino
    1) ( invidente) (m) blind man; (f) blind woman

    en el país or el reino de los ciegos el tuerto es (el) rey — in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king

    2) ciego masculino (Anat) cecum*
    3) ciego masculino (Esp arg)

    qué ciego llevaba/se cogió! — ( por droga) he was/got stoned out of his mind (sl); ( por alcohol) he was/got totally plastered (colloq)

    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( invidente) blind

    a ciegas: anduvimos a ciegas por el pasillo we groped our way along the corridor; lo decidió a ciegas he decided without thinking it through; comprar a ciegas to buy something without seeing it first; más ciego que un topo as blind as a bat; ponerse ciego a or de algo — (Esp fam) to stuff oneself with something (colloq)

    2) ( ofuscado) blind
    3) <fe/obediencia> blind
    4) <conducto/cañería> blocked; < arco> blank; < muro> blind
    5) (Esp fam) ( por alcohol) blind drunk (colloq); ( por la droga) stoned (sl)
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino
    1) ( invidente) (m) blind man; (f) blind woman

    en el país or el reino de los ciegos el tuerto es (el) rey — in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king

    2) ciego masculino (Anat) cecum*
    3) ciego masculino (Esp arg)

    qué ciego llevaba/se cogió! — ( por droga) he was/got stoned out of his mind (sl); ( por alcohol) he was/got totally plastered (colloq)

    * * *
    ciego1
    1 = blind, mindless, blind man.

    Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, ' blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.

    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: Volunteering to answer a query that has not yet been asked is like helping a blind man to the other side of the street without first making sure he wants to cross.
    * a ciegas = blindfold, blindfolded, in the dark.
    * amor ciego = blind love.
    * andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).
    * a tientas y a ciegas = blindly, in the dark.
    * a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.
    * biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.
    * ciegos, los = blind, the.
    * cita a ciegas = blind date.
    * comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke.
    * curva ciega = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.
    * dar palos de ciego = grope (for/toward).
    * en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
    * en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = be a case of the blind leading the blind.
    * ensayo doble ciego = double-blind research study.
    * fe ciega = blind faith, blind trust.
    * hacerse el ciego = pretend + not to have seen.
    * ir a tientas y a ciegas = bump around + in the dark, fumble.
    * licencia a ciegas = shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence].
    * más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
    * palos de ciego = a stab in the dark, a shot in the dark.
    * pozo ciego = cesspool, cesspit.
    * punto ciego = blind spot.
    * referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.
    * volverse ciego = become + blind.

    ciego2
    2 = drunk back, blind drunk.

    Ex: Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.

    Ex: New research published today finds that even having just one stiff drink can make you ' blind drunk'.
    * ponerse ciego = make + a pig of + Reflexivo, pig out (on).

    * * *
    ciego1 -ga
    A
    1 (invidente) blind
    es ciego de nacimiento he was born blind
    se quedó ciego he went blind
    el accidente lo dejó ciego he was blinded in the accident, the accident left him blind
    ¿estás ciego?, ¿no ves que está cerrado? ( fam); are you blind? can't you see that it's closed? ( colloq)
    a ciegas: no tomes decisiones importantes así, a ciegas don't rush blindly into important decisions like that
    no me gusta comprar las cosas a ciegas I don't like buying things without seeing them first
    anduvimos a ciegas por el pasillo we groped our way along the corridor
    ir ciego (en mus) to have a bad hand
    más ciego que un topo as blind as a bat
    ponerse ciego a or de algo ( Esp fam); to gorge oneself on o ( colloq) stuff oneself with sth
    está ciega a sus defectos she is blind to his faults
    B (ofuscado) blind
    ciego de celos/ira blind with jealousy/fury
    C ‹fe/obediencia› blind
    tiene una confianza ciega en sus hijos she trusts her children blindly, she has blind faith in her children
    D ‹conducto/cañería› blocked; ‹arco› blank; ‹muro› blind calle f A. (↑ calle)
    E ( Esp fam) (por el alcohol) blind drunk ( colloq), plastered ( colloq); (por la droga) stoned (sl)
    ciego2 -ga
    masculine, feminine
    A (invidente) ( masculine) blind man; ( feminine) blind woman
    en tierra de ciegos or en el país or el reino de los ciegos el tuerto es (el) rey in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king
    B
    ciego masculine ( Anat) cecum*
    C
    ciego masculine ( Esp arg): ¡qué ciego llevaba! (por la droga) he was stoned out of his mind (sl) (por el alcohol) he was totally plastered ( colloq) o (sl) smashed
    * * *

     

    Del verbo cegar: ( conjugate cegar)

    ciego es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    cegar    
    ciego
    cegar ( conjugate cegar) verbo transitivo
    1



    2 ‹conducto/cañería› to block
    ciego
    ◊ -ga adjetivo

    1


    se quedó ciego he went blind;
    anduvimos a ciegas por el pasillo we groped our way along the corridor
    b) ( ante una realidad) estar ciego a algo to be blind to sth



    2 ‹fe/obediencia› blind
    3 ‹conducto/cañería› blocked;
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( invidente) (m) blind man;
    (f) blind woman;

    cegar verbo transitivo
    1 to blind
    2 (una puerta, ventana) to wall up
    ciego,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (persona) blind: es ciego de nacimiento, he/she was born blind
    se quedó ciego, he/she went blind
    2 familiar (atiborrado) ponerse ciego (de comida) to stuff oneself
    (de alcohol) to get blind drunk
    (de droga) to get stoned
    II sustantivo masculino argot tener/llevar un ciego impresionante, (borrachera) to be blind drunk
    (de droga) to be stoned
    III sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 blind person
    los ciegos, the blind pl
    ♦ Locuciones: a ciegas, (sin ver nada) blindly
    (sin información o reflexión) compró el coche a ciegas, she bought the car without having a look at it

    ' ciego' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ciega
    - topo
    - aberración
    - desgracia
    - pozo
    - punto
    - tuerto
    English:
    blind
    - go
    - in
    - strike
    - unquestioning
    - be
    - cesspit
    - dead
    - disable
    - fanatical
    - mindless
    - stuff
    * * *
    ciego, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [invidente] blind;
    Juan es ciego de nacimiento Juan was born blind;
    quedarse ciego to go blind
    2. [ante algo] blind;
    el amor lo ha vuelto ciego love has made him blind
    3. [enloquecido] blinded (de by);
    entonces, ciego de ira, lo mató then, blind with rage, he killed him;
    está ciego por el esquí he's mad about skiing
    4. [pozo, tubería] blocked (up)
    5. [total] [fe, confianza] blind;
    tengo una confianza ciega en él I trust him unconditionally
    6. Esp Fam [borracho] blind drunk, Br pissed;
    muy Fam [drogado] stoned;
    nos pusimos ciegos de cerveza we got blind drunk o Br pissed on beer
    ♦ nm,f
    [invidente] blind person;
    los ciegos the blind
    ♦ nm
    1. Anat caecum
    2. Esp Fam [de droga] trip;
    tener/cogerse un ciego [de alcohol] to be/get blind drunk o plastered o Br pissed;
    llevo un ciego que no me tengo I'm totally plastered, Br I'm pissed out of my mind
    3.
    los ciegos [sorteo de la ONCE] = lottery organized by Spanish association for the blind
    4. RP [en naipes] = player who has no trump cards in their hand
    ♦ a ciegas loc adv
    blindly;
    andar a ciegas to grope one's way;
    no hagas las cosas a ciegas don't act without knowing what you are doing
    * * *
    I adj
    1 blind;
    quedar(se) ciego go blind;
    ciego de ira blind with rage;
    a ciegas blindly
    :
    intestino ciego cecum, Br caecum
    II m
    1 blind man;
    ¡eso lo ve un ciego! even a blind man can see that!
    2 ANAT cecum, Br
    caecum
    * * *
    ciego, -ga adj
    1) invidente: blind
    2)
    a ciegas : blindly
    3)
    quedarse ciego : to go blind
    ♦ ciegamente adv
    ciego, -ga n
    invidente: blind person
    * * *
    ciego1 adj blind
    ciego2 n blind person

    Spanish-English dictionary > ciego

  • 4 automático

    adj.
    1 automatic, auto, automatical, self-operating.
    2 automatic, reflex.
    * * *
    1 automatic
    * * *
    (f. - automática)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) Cono Sur (=restaurante) self-service restaurant, automat (EEUU)
    2) (=cierre) press stud, popper, snap (fastener) (EEUU)
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo automatic

    es automático, se sienta a ver la tele y se queda dormido — (fam) it happens every time, he sits down in front of the TV and falls asleep

    II
    a) (Fot) self-timer; (Elec) circuit breaker, trip switch
    b) ( cierre) snap fastener (AmE), press-stud (BrE)
    * * *
    = off-hand [offhand], automatic, mindless, electrically-operated, unthinking, knee-jerk, unmanned.
    Ex. They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.
    Ex. The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.
    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. Attention has also been given to the needs of handicapped users by the provision of electrically-operated doors, invalid toilets and computer terminals with braille keyboards.
    Ex. The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex. This publication reviews works on educational reform that represent attempts to do more than merely respond in knee-jerk fashion to political pressure for reform.
    Ex. The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
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    * cajero automático = automatic teller machine (ATM).
    * contestador automático = answering machine.
    * dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado = time out mechanism.
    * puerta corredera automática = automatic sliding door.
    * transmisión automática = automatic transmission.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo automatic

    es automático, se sienta a ver la tele y se queda dormido — (fam) it happens every time, he sits down in front of the TV and falls asleep

    II
    a) (Fot) self-timer; (Elec) circuit breaker, trip switch
    b) ( cierre) snap fastener (AmE), press-stud (BrE)
    * * *
    = off-hand [offhand], automatic, mindless, electrically-operated, unthinking, knee-jerk, unmanned.

    Ex: They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.

    Ex: The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.
    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: Attention has also been given to the needs of handicapped users by the provision of electrically-operated doors, invalid toilets and computer terminals with braille keyboards.
    Ex: The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex: This publication reviews works on educational reform that represent attempts to do more than merely respond in knee-jerk fashion to political pressure for reform.
    Ex: The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
    * cajero automático = automatic teller machine (ATM).
    * contestador automático = answering machine.
    * dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado = time out mechanism.
    * puerta corredera automática = automatic sliding door.
    * transmisión automática = automatic transmission.

    * * *
    1 ‹lavadora/coche/cámara› automatic
    2 ‹reflejo/reacción› automatic
    es automático, se sienta a ver la tele y se queda dormido ( fam); it happens every time, he sits down in front of the TV and falls asleep, he sits down in front of the TV and automatically falls asleep
    1 ( Fot) self-timer
    2 ( Elec) circuit breaker, trip switch
    3 (corchete) snap fastener ( AmE), press stud ( BrE), popper ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    automático 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    automatic;
    es automático, se sienta a ver la tele y se queda dormido (fam) it happens every time, he sits down in front of the TV and falls asleep
    automático 2 sustantivo masculino
    a) (Fot) self-timer;

    (Elec) circuit breaker, trip switch
    b) ( cierre) snap fastener (AmE), press stud (BrE)

    automático,-a adjetivo automatic
    ' automático' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    automática
    - cajera
    - cajero
    - cambio
    - contestador
    - corchete
    - encendida
    - encendido
    - portera
    - portero
    - contestador automático
    - discado
    - interfono
    English:
    ansaphone
    - answering machine
    - ATM
    - automated-teller machine
    - automatic
    - automatic pilot
    - cash card
    - cash dispenser
    - cash machine
    - dispenser
    - intercom
    - retractable pen
    - self-closing
    - answerphone
    - cash
    - debit
    - direct
    - entry
    - press
    - slot
    - snap
    - timer
    * * *
    automático, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [mecanismo, dispositivo] automatic
    2. [gesto, reacción] automatic;
    la derrota provocó su cese automático he was automatically sacked after the defeat
    ♦ nm
    1. [cierre] snap fastener, Br press stud
    2. Elec trip switch
    3. Am [carro, auto] automatic
    * * *
    I adj automatic
    II m L.Am.
    AUTO automatic
    * * *
    automático, -ca adj
    : automatic
    * * *
    automático adj automatic

    Spanish-English dictionary > automático

  • 5 embrutecer

    v.
    1 to stultify, to make dull.
    2 to brutalize, to bestialize, to brutalise, to make brutish.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 (facultades etc) to dull, deaden
    1 to become dull, become stupefied
    * * *
    1.
    VT to stupefy, dull the senses of
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo trabajo to stultify; televisión to make... mindless
    * * *
    = barbarise [barbarize, -USA], brutalise [brutalize, -USA].
    Ex. The first option means fighting, the resistance brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.
    Ex. The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo trabajo to stultify; televisión to make... mindless
    * * *
    = barbarise [barbarize, -USA], brutalise [brutalize, -USA].

    Ex: The first option means fighting, the resistance brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.

    Ex: The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.

    * * *
    embrutecer [E3 ]
    vt
    «trabajo» to stultify, dull; «televisión» to make … mindless, turn … into a vegetable ( colloq)
    * * *

    embrutecer ( conjugate embrutecer) verbo transitivo [ trabajo] to stultify;
    [ televisión] to make … mindless
    embrutecer verbo transitivo to brutalize
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to stultify, to make dull;
    la televisión embrutece a los niños television stunts children's mental development
    * * *
    v/t brutalize

    Spanish-English dictionary > embrutecer

  • 6 irreflexivo

    adj.
    thoughtless, foolhardy, reckless, irreflexive.
    m.
    thoughtless person, impulsive person.
    * * *
    1 (acto) rash; (persona) impetuous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=inconsciente) thoughtless, unthinking; (=impetuoso) rash, impetuous
    2) [acto] rash, ill-considered
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> unthinking, rash; <acto/impulso> rash
    * * *
    = ill-considered, mindless, unthinking, foolhardy, thoughtless.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    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 author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex. There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex. Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> unthinking, rash; <acto/impulso> rash
    * * *
    = ill-considered, mindless, unthinking, foolhardy, thoughtless.

    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

    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 author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex: Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.

    * * *
    ‹persona› unthinking, rash; ‹acto/impulso› rash
    * * *
    irreflexivo, -a adj
    rash;
    es muy irreflexivo he's very rash
    * * *
    adj rash
    * * *
    irreflexivo, -va adj
    : rash, unthinking

    Spanish-English dictionary > irreflexivo

  • 7 mecánico

    adj.
    mechanical, power-driven, robotic.
    m.
    1 mechanic, greaser.
    2 grease monkey.
    * * *
    1 mechanical
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 mechanic
    \
    mecánico dentista dental technician
    * * *
    1. (f. - mecánica)
    noun
    2. (f. - mecánica)
    adj.
    * * *
    mecánico, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [gen] mechanical; [con motor] power antes de s ; (=de máquinas) machine antes de s
    2) [gesto, trabajo] mechanical
    2.
    SM / F [de coches] mechanic, grease monkey (EEUU) *; (=operario) machinist; (=ajustador) fitter, repair man/woman; (Aer) rigger, fitter; (=conductor) driver, chauffeur

    mecánico/a de vuelo — flight engineer

    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    a) (Mec) mechanical
    b) <gesto/acto> mechanical
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino ( de vehículos) mechanic; ( de maquinaria industrial) fitter; (de fotocopiadoras, lavadoras) (m) engineer, repairman; (f) engineer, repairwoman
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    a) (Mec) mechanical
    b) <gesto/acto> mechanical
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino ( de vehículos) mechanic; ( de maquinaria industrial) fitter; (de fotocopiadoras, lavadoras) (m) engineer, repairman; (f) engineer, repairwoman
    * * *
    mecánico1

    Ex: Some knowledge of mechanics will also make it easier to detect faults and to discuss them sensibly when a mechanic has to be called in = Además, cierto conocimiento de mecánica hará que sea más fácil detectar los fallos y discutirlos con sensatez cuando haya que llamar a un mecánico.

    * banco de mecánico = metal-shop bench.
    * garaje mecánico = mechanic garage, mechanic workshop, garage.
    * mecánico de coches = auto mechanic.
    * taller mecánico = mechanic workshop, mechanic garage, garage.

    mecánico2
    2 = mechanical, mechanistic, rote, mindless, unthinking, power.

    Ex: With a fully faceted classification scheme (see 13.2.4) chain indexing is purely mechanical, and straightforward.

    Ex: Content analysts, doing their kind of mechanistic time-and-motion studies on 'Till death do us part', might well come up with the conclusion that the greater part of it is straight and explicit racialism.
    Ex: This article examines creative and rote modes of thinking as they relate to 'theory' and 'practice' in library education.
    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 author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex: In 1895 a good London bindery would have the following machines: hand-fed folding machines, sewing machines, nipping machines (for pressing the sewn books before casing-in), cutting machines, rounding machines, backing machines, straight-knife trimming machines (guillotines), rotary board-cutting machines, power blocking presses, and hydraulic standing presses.
    * barredera mecánica = sweeper, mechanical sweeper, mechanised sweeper, road sweeper, street sweeper.
    * barredora mecánica = sweeper, mechanical sweeper, mechanised sweeper, road sweeper.
    * barredora mecánica = street sweeper.
    * componente mecánico = mechanical part.
    * de forma mecánica = mechanically.
    * desastre mecánico = mechanical disaster.
    * de un modo mecánico = mechanically.
    * escalera mecánica = escalator.
    * estropajo mecánico = mechanised scrubber.
    * excavadora mecánica = excavator.
    * herramienta mecánica = machine tool.
    * período de la prensa mecánica, el = machine-press period, the.
    * pieza mecánica = mechanical part.
    * propiedad mecánica = mechanical property.
    * rampa mecánica = moving ramp.
    * recambio mecánico = mechanical part.
    * rotura mecánica = mechanical breakdown.

    * * *
    mecánico1 -ca
    1 ( Mec) mechanical
    2 ‹gesto/acto› mechanical
    lo hacen de manera mecánica they do it mechanically
    mecánico2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    1 (de vehículos) mechanic
    3 (de fotocopiadoras, lavadoras) ( masculine) technician, repairman, engineer ( BrE); ( feminine) technician, repairwoman, engineer ( BrE)
    Compuestos:
    ● mecánico dental, mecánica dental
    masculine, feminine dental technician
    ● mecánico dentista, mecánica dentista
    masculine, feminine dental technician
    ● mecánico de vuelo, mecánica de vuelo
    masculine, feminine flight engineer
    * * *

     

    mecánico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    mechanical
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( de vehículos) mechanic;

    ( de maquinaria industrial) fitter;
    (de fotocopiadoras, lavadoras) engineer
    mecánico,-a
    I adjetivo mechanical
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino mechanic
    ' mecánico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    foso
    - mecánica
    - taller
    - aprendiz
    - empezar
    - mono
    - montallantas
    - taladro
    English:
    failure
    - fault
    - garage
    - grease
    - mechanic
    - mechanical
    - mindless
    - regurgitate
    - fitter
    - perfunctory
    - sweeper
    * * *
    mecánico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de la mecánica] mechanical
    2. [automático] mechanical;
    un gesto mecánico a mechanical gesture;
    lo hace de forma mecánica he does it mechanically
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] mechanic mecánico dentista dental technician;
    mecánico de vuelo flight engineer
    * * *
    I adj mechanical
    II m, mecánica f mechanic
    * * *
    mecánico, -ca adj
    : mechanical
    mecánico, -ca n
    1) : mechanic
    2) : technician
    mecánico dental: dental technician
    * * *
    mecánico1 adj mechanical
    mecánico2 n mechanic

    Spanish-English dictionary > mecánico

  • 8 salvajada

    f.
    1 atrocity.
    2 savage deed, brutal act, brutal deed, savage act.
    * * *
    1 atrocity, savagery, brutal act, savage act
    * * *
    SF savage deed, atrocity
    * * *
    a) ( acto) atrocity
    b) (fam) ( grosería)
    c)

    ser una salvajada — (fam) (exageración, insensatez)

    * * *
    a) ( acto) atrocity
    b) (fam) ( grosería)
    c)

    ser una salvajada — (fam) (exageración, insensatez)

    * * *
    (acto) atrocity
    las salvajadas que se cometieron tras la batalla the acts of savagery o the atrocities which were committed after the battle
    las salvajadas de los hinchas de fútbol the mindless violence of the football fans
    le dijo tal salvajada que se echó a llorar ( fam); he said something so nasty o horrible to her that she started crying ( colloq)
    lo que hizo con mi traje fue una salvajada ( fam); he made a real hash o mess of my suit ( colloq)
    * * *

    salvajada sustantivo femenino
    1 (acción violenta) atrocity
    2 fam (actitud insensata) stupid thing to do: no dormir en 72 horas es una salvajada, not to sleep for 72 hours is madness
    3 fam (precio exagerado) les costó una salvajada, it cost them an outrageous amount
    * * *
    1. [acción] [en guerra] atrocity;
    las salvajadas cometidas por las tropas the atrocities committed by the troops;
    el despido de tantos trabajadores ha sido una salvajada it was outrageous to sack all those workers
    2. [dicho]
    ¡menuda salvajada! what a terrible thing to say!;
    su discurso estaba lleno de salvajadas racistas his speech was full of racist abuse
    * * *
    f atrocity, act of savagery;
    decir una salvajada say something outrageous
    * * *
    atrocidad: atrocity, act of savagery

    Spanish-English dictionary > salvajada

  • 9 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

  • 10 bebedor

    adj.
    drinking, bibulous, hard-drinking.
    m.
    heavy drinker, drinker, drinking man, heavy drinking man.
    * * *
    1 hard-drinking
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 hard drinker
    * * *
    bebedor, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F drinker; pey heavy drinker

    bebedor(a) empedernido/a — hardened drinker

    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino drinker

    es buen/mal bebedor — he can/can't hold his drink

    * * *
    = guzzler, drinker, binge drinker.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. This view has helped exonerate the majority of drinkers & the alcohol industry from responsibility.
    Ex. Persistent binge drinkers could be fast-tracked into detox.
    ----
    * bebedor asiduo = frequent drinker.
    * bebedor empedernido = heavy drinker.
    * gran bebedor = heavy drinker.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino drinker

    es buen/mal bebedor — he can/can't hold his drink

    * * *
    = guzzler, drinker, binge drinker.

    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

    Ex: This view has helped exonerate the majority of drinkers & the alcohol industry from responsibility.
    Ex: Persistent binge drinkers could be fast-tracked into detox.
    * bebedor asiduo = frequent drinker.
    * bebedor empedernido = heavy drinker.
    * gran bebedor = heavy drinker.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    drinker
    un bebedor empedernido a hardened drinker
    es buen/mal bebedor he can/can't hold his drink
    * * *

    bebedor
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    drinker;
    un bebedor empedernido a hardened drinker
    bebedor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino heavy drinker

    ' bebedor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bebedora
    - empedernido
    English:
    closet
    - drinker
    - hard
    * * *
    bebedor, -ora nm,f
    [borrachín] heavy drinker;
    ser un gran bebedor to drink a lot;
    es un bebedor empedernido he's a hardened drinker
    * * *
    1 de café, té drinker
    2 de alcohol (heavy) drinker
    * * *
    : drinker

    Spanish-English dictionary > bebedor

  • 11 buzón de voz

    (n.) = voice mail
    Ex. If weeding is not done, there is just another reason not to have librarians in this modern age of 'dumbing down' professions and replacing them with mindless clerks and voice mail.
    * * *
    (n.) = voice mail

    Ex: If weeding is not done, there is just another reason not to have librarians in this modern age of 'dumbing down' professions and replacing them with mindless clerks and voice mail.

    * * *
    TELEC voicemail

    Spanish-English dictionary > buzón de voz

  • 12 censurar

    v.
    1 to censor.
    El gobierno censuró la información The government censored the information
    2 to criticize severely, to censure.
    El público censuró la película The public censured the film.
    La editorial censuró la novela The publisher bowdlerized the novel.
    * * *
    1 to censor
    2 (criticar) to censure, criticize
    * * *
    verb
    2) censure, criticize
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Pol) to censor
    2) [+ obra, película] to censor
    3) (=criticar) to censure frm, criticize
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex. But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.

    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex: But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter
    .
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.

    * * *
    censurar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (reprobar) to censure ( frml), to condemn, criticize
    2 (examinar) ‹libro/película/cartas› to censor
    3 (suprimir) ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor
    * * *

    censurar ( conjugate censurar) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹libro/película› to censor, ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor

    censurar verbo transitivo
    1 (libro, película) to censor: algunas escenas de la obra fueron censuradas, some scenes from the play werer cut
    2 (criticar, reprobar) to censure, criticize: censuramos su modo de tratar a los alumnos, we disapprove of the way he treats his students
    ' censurar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cortar
    - condenar
    - criticar
    English:
    black out
    - bowdlerize
    - censor
    - censure
    - reprove
    * * *
    1. [prohibir] to censor;
    censuraron dos escenas de la película two scenes in the movie were censored
    2. [reprobar] to criticize severely, to censure;
    siempre censura mi comportamiento she always criticizes my behaviour
    * * *
    v/t
    1 censor
    2 tratamiento condemn
    * * *
    1) : to censor
    2) : to censure, to criticize

    Spanish-English dictionary > censurar

  • 13 cerveza

    f.
    beer.
    cerveza de barril draft beer
    cerveza sin alcohol alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer
    * * *
    1 beer, ale
    \
    cerveza de barril draught (US draft) beer
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF beer

    cerveza de barril — draught beer, draft beer (EEUU)

    = cerveza de barril
    * * *
    femenino beer
    * * *
    = beer.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    ----
    * aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.
    * amante de la cerveza = beer lover.
    * bar que elabora su propia cerveza = brew pub.
    * barril de cerveza = beer keg, barrel of beer.
    * bodega de cerveza = beer cellar.
    * bodega para el almacenamiento de la cerveza = beer cellar.
    * cerveza de barril = keg beer.
    * cerveza de botella = bottled beer.
    * cerveza de lata = canned beer.
    * cerveza en botella = bottled beer.
    * cerveza inglesa = ale.
    * cerveza rubia = lager.
    * conocedor de la cerveza = beer lover.
    * elaboración de cerveza = brewing, beer brewing.
    * elaborar cerveza = brew + beer.
    * fábrica de cerveza = brewery.
    * fabricar cerveza = brew + beer.
    * fiesta de la cerveza = beer party.
    * grifo de la cerveza = beer tap.
    * hora de la cerveza, la = beer time.
    * industria de la cerveza, la = brewing industry, the.
    * jarra de cerveza = beer mug.
    * juerga de cerveza = beer bash.
    * lata de cerveza = beer can.
    * levadura de cerveza = brewer's yeast.
    * * *
    femenino beer
    * * *
    = beer.

    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

    * aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.
    * amante de la cerveza = beer lover.
    * bar que elabora su propia cerveza = brew pub.
    * barril de cerveza = beer keg, barrel of beer.
    * bodega de cerveza = beer cellar.
    * bodega para el almacenamiento de la cerveza = beer cellar.
    * cerveza de barril = keg beer.
    * cerveza de botella = bottled beer.
    * cerveza de lata = canned beer.
    * cerveza en botella = bottled beer.
    * cerveza inglesa = ale.
    * cerveza rubia = lager.
    * conocedor de la cerveza = beer lover.
    * elaboración de cerveza = brewing, beer brewing.
    * elaborar cerveza = brew + beer.
    * fábrica de cerveza = brewery.
    * fabricar cerveza = brew + beer.
    * fiesta de la cerveza = beer party.
    * grifo de la cerveza = beer tap.
    * hora de la cerveza, la = beer time.
    * industria de la cerveza, la = brewing industry, the.
    * jarra de cerveza = beer mug.
    * juerga de cerveza = beer bash.
    * lata de cerveza = beer can.
    * levadura de cerveza = brewer's yeast.

    * * *
    beer
    un litro de cerveza a liter of beer
    ¿quieres una cerveza? do you want a beer?
    Compuestos:
    draft beer ( AmE), draught beer ( BrE)
    dark beer
    lager
    * * *

     

    cerveza sustantivo femenino
    beer;
    cerveza tirada o de barril draft beer (AmE), draught beer (BrE);

    cerveza negra dark beer
    cerveza sustantivo femenino beer
    cerveza de barril, draught beer
    cerveza sin alcohol, alcohol-free beer ➣ Ver nota en ale

    ' cerveza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bar
    - bien
    - caja
    - caña
    - cervecería
    - espuma
    - fábrica
    - jarra
    - lúpulo
    - presión
    - rubia
    - rubio
    - tercio
    - antojarse
    - apostar
    - apurar
    - barril
    - bote
    - botella
    - espumoso
    - hacer
    - jarro
    - levadura
    - malta
    - morir
    - natural
    - porrón
    - schop
    - sesear
    - seseo
    - sifón
    - sin
    - ver
    English:
    ale
    - barrel
    - beer
    - bitter
    - bottled
    - brew
    - brewery
    - brewing
    - chaser
    - draught
    - flat
    - glass
    - guzzle
    - have
    - lager
    - like
    - mug
    - nice
    - pint
    - pt
    - real
    - shandy
    - stout
    - swig
    - tankard
    - to
    - would
    - alone
    - drinker
    - ginger
    - home
    * * *
    beer;
    dos cervezas, por favor two beers, please
    cerveza sin alcohol alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer;
    cerveza de barril draught beer;
    Am cerveza clara lager;
    cerveza sin alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer
    * * *
    f beer;
    * * *
    : beer
    cerveza de barril: draft beer
    * * *
    cerveza n beer

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerveza

  • 14 ciego1

    1 = blind, mindless, blind man.
    Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, ' blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    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. Volunteering to answer a query that has not yet been asked is like helping a blind man to the other side of the street without first making sure he wants to cross.
    ----
    * a ciegas = blindfold, blindfolded, in the dark.
    * amor ciego = blind love.
    * andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).
    * a tientas y a ciegas = blindly, in the dark.
    * a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.
    * biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.
    * ciegos, los = blind, the.
    * cita a ciegas = blind date.
    * comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke.
    * curva ciega = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.
    * dar palos de ciego = grope (for/toward).
    * en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
    * en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = be a case of the blind leading the blind.
    * ensayo doble ciego = double-blind research study.
    * fe ciega = blind faith, blind trust.
    * hacerse el ciego = pretend + not to have seen.
    * ir a tientas y a ciegas = bump around + in the dark, fumble.
    * licencia a ciegas = shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence].
    * más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.
    * palos de ciego = a stab in the dark, a shot in the dark.
    * pozo ciego = cesspool, cesspit.
    * punto ciego = blind spot.
    * referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.
    * volverse ciego = become + blind.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ciego1

  • 15 desdeñar

    v.
    to disdain, to despise, to disregard, to down-play.
    * * *
    1 (despreciar) to disdain, scorn
    2 (rechazar) to turn down
    1 not to deign (de, to)
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=despreciar) to scorn, disdain
    2) (=rechazar) to turn up one's nose at
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( menospreciar) to scorn
    b) < pretendiente> to spurn
    * * *
    = disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.
    Ex. If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.
    Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.
    Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( menospreciar) to scorn
    b) < pretendiente> to spurn
    * * *
    = disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.

    Ex: If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.

    Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.
    Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.

    * * *
    desdeñar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (menospreciar) to scorn
    no tienes por qué desdeñarlos porque no tienen estudios there's no reason to look down on them o to look down your nose at them just because they haven't had an education
    desdeñó el dinero/la fama she scorned money/fame
    2 ‹pretendiente› to spurn
    * * *

    desdeñar ( conjugate desdeñar) verbo transitivo


    desdeñar verbo transitivo to disdain
    ' desdeñar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despreciar
    English:
    disdain
    - scorn
    - sniff
    - spurn
    - scornful
    - snub
    * * *
    1. [despreciar] to scorn;
    desdeñó a varios pretendientes she spurned several suitors;
    desdeña a la gente que no es de su clase he looks down on anyone not of his class
    2. [desestimar] to dismiss;
    no conviene desdeñar las posibilidades del equipo inglés the English team's chances should not be ruled out
    * * *
    v/t scorn
    * * *
    despreciar: to disdain, to scorn, to despise
    * * *
    desdeñar vb to scorn

    Spanish-English dictionary > desdeñar

  • 16 despreciar

    v.
    1 to scorn.
    2 to spurn.
    3 to despise, to disdain, to flout, to hold in contempt.
    Ricardo desprecia a los avaros Richard despises cheapskates.
    4 to turn down, to snub.
    La chica despreció su ayuda The girl turned down his help.
    * * *
    1 (desdeñar) to despise, scorn, look down on
    2 (desestimar) to reject; (ignorar) to disregard, ignore
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ persona] to despise, scorn
    2) (=rechazar) [+ oferta, regalo] to spurn, reject
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down on
    b) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to reject
    c) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount
    * * *
    = disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.
    Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.
    Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down on
    b) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to reject
    c) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount
    * * *
    = disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.

    Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.

    Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.
    Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.

    * * *
    despreciar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (menospreciar) ‹persona› to look down on
    la despreciaban por su humilde origen people looked down on her because of her humble background
    2 (rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to spurn ( liter), to reject
    le despreció el regalo he spurned her gift
    es un trabajo que todos desprecian it's a job which everyone feels is beneath them
    3 (ser indiferente a) ‹peligro/muerte› to disregard, scorn ( liter)
    4 (no tener en cuenta) ‹posibilidad/consejo› to disregard, discount
    * * *

    despreciar ( conjugate despreciar) verbo transitivo

    ( profundamente) to despise
    b) ( rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to reject

    despreciar verbo transitivo
    1 (odiar) to despise
    2 (menospreciar) to look down on, to scorn
    3 (desdeñar) to reject, spurn
    ' despreciar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    menospreciar
    English:
    despise
    - disdain
    - flout
    - look down on
    - disregard
    - nose
    * * *
    1. [desdeñar] to look down on, to scorn;
    lo desprecian por su egoísmo they look down on him because of his selfishness;
    no sabes cómo te desprecio you can't imagine how much I despise you
    2. [rechazar] to spurn;
    ha despreciado muchas ofertas he has rejected many offers;
    tómeselo, no me lo desprecie take it, don't turn it down
    3. [ignorar] to scorn, to disregard;
    despreció el mal tiempo y se fue a esquiar scorning o disregarding the poor weather, he went skiing
    * * *
    v/t
    1 look down on, despise
    2 propuesta reject
    * * *
    desdeñar, menospreciar: to despise, to scorn, to disdain
    * * *
    1. (menospreciar) to look down on / to despise
    2. (rechazar) to reject

    Spanish-English dictionary > despreciar

  • 17 exceso en la bebida

    (n.) = intemperance
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    * * *

    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > exceso en la bebida

  • 18 internauta

    f. & m.
    1 Net user, Nettie.
    2 Internet user.
    * * *
    1 internaut, netsurfer
    * * *
    SMF internet user, web surfer
    * * *
    = Internet user, clicker, Web surfer, net surfer, Internet surfer.
    Ex. Internet users may also derive articles and other information from electronic journals and newsletters and from the many electronic bulletin boards (EEB) and discussion lists.
    Ex. The revolution against the mindless click and the formation of a community of educated clickers has just begun.
    Ex. Web surfers are more politically active than the general population.
    Ex. Whilst net surfers enjoy web pages with exciting graphics, they don't like the slow download times that come with some of the larger pictures.
    Ex. Internet surfers in China have been warned that too many visits to pornographic websites may result in hefty international phone bills.
    * * *
    = Internet user, clicker, Web surfer, net surfer, Internet surfer.

    Ex: Internet users may also derive articles and other information from electronic journals and newsletters and from the many electronic bulletin boards (EEB) and discussion lists.

    Ex: The revolution against the mindless click and the formation of a community of educated clickers has just begun.
    Ex: Web surfers are more politically active than the general population.
    Ex: Whilst net surfers enjoy web pages with exciting graphics, they don't like the slow download times that come with some of the larger pictures.
    Ex: Internet surfers in China have been warned that too many visits to pornographic websites may result in hefty international phone bills.

    * * *
    netsurfer, Internet user
    * * *

    internauta sustantivo masculino y femenino
    Internet user
    * * *
    Informát Net user, netizen
    * * *
    m/f INFOR Internet user, Net surfer

    Spanish-English dictionary > internauta

  • 19 mecánico2

    2 = mechanical, mechanistic, rote, mindless, unthinking, power.
    Ex. With a fully faceted classification scheme (see 13.2.4) chain indexing is purely mechanical, and straightforward.
    Ex. Content analysts, doing their kind of mechanistic time-and-motion studies on 'Till death do us part', might well come up with the conclusion that the greater part of it is straight and explicit racialism.
    Ex. This article examines creative and rote modes of thinking as they relate to 'theory' and 'practice' in library education.
    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 author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex. In 1895 a good London bindery would have the following machines: hand-fed folding machines, sewing machines, nipping machines (for pressing the sewn books before casing-in), cutting machines, rounding machines, backing machines, straight-knife trimming machines (guillotines), rotary board-cutting machines, power blocking presses, and hydraulic standing presses.
    ----
    * barredera mecánica = sweeper, mechanical sweeper, mechanised sweeper, road sweeper, street sweeper.
    * barredora mecánica = sweeper, mechanical sweeper, mechanised sweeper, road sweeper.
    * barredora mecánica = street sweeper.
    * componente mecánico = mechanical part.
    * de forma mecánica = mechanically.
    * desastre mecánico = mechanical disaster.
    * de un modo mecánico = mechanically.
    * escalera mecánica = escalator.
    * estropajo mecánico = mechanised scrubber.
    * excavadora mecánica = excavator.
    * herramienta mecánica = machine tool.
    * período de la prensa mecánica, el = machine-press period, the.
    * pieza mecánica = mechanical part.
    * propiedad mecánica = mechanical property.
    * rampa mecánica = moving ramp.
    * recambio mecánico = mechanical part.
    * rotura mecánica = mechanical breakdown.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mecánico2

  • 20 menospreciar

    v.
    1 to scorn, to despise.
    2 to underestimate, to belittle, to cold-shoulder, to cry down.
    * * *
    1 (despreciar) to despise, scorn
    2 (no valorar) to undervalue, underrate
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=despreciar) to scorn, despise
    2) (=ofender) to slight
    3) (=subestimar) to underrate, underestimate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( despreciar) <persona/obra> to despise, look down on
    b) ( subestimar) to underestimate
    * * *
    = underrate, disparage, denigrate, scorn, belittle, deprecate, have + contempt for, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.
    Ex. Its contribution in this context should not be underrated.
    Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex. This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.
    Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex. Citing a renowned author merely to gain personal respectability for an otherwise mediocre piece of research belittles the work of the cited author.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    ----
    * menospreciar a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( despreciar) <persona/obra> to despise, look down on
    b) ( subestimar) to underestimate
    * * *
    = underrate, disparage, denigrate, scorn, belittle, deprecate, have + contempt for, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.

    Ex: Its contribution in this context should not be underrated.

    Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex: This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.
    Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex: Citing a renowned author merely to gain personal respectability for an otherwise mediocre piece of research belittles the work of the cited author.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    * menospreciar a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (despreciar) ‹persona/obra› to despise, scorn, look down on
    2 (subestimar) to underestimate
    menospreciar el valor de algo to underestimate the value of sth
    no lo menosprecies don't underestimate o underrate him
    * * *

    menospreciar ( conjugate menospreciar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( despreciar) ‹persona/obra› to despise, look down on


    menospreciar verbo transitivo
    1 (despreciar) to scorn, disdain
    2 (infravalorar) to underestimate
    ' menospreciar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despreciar
    - desdeñar
    English:
    demean
    - despise
    - devalue
    - disparage
    - put down
    - belittle
    - denigrate
    * * *
    1. [despreciar] to scorn, to despise
    2. [infravalorar] to undervalue
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( subestimar) underestimate
    2 ( desdeñar) look down on
    * * *
    1) despreciar: to scorn, to look down on
    2) : to underestimate, to undervalue

    Spanish-English dictionary > menospreciar

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