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1 misbehave
misbi'heiv(to behave badly: If you misbehave, I'll send you to bed.) portarse malmisbehave vb portarse mal / comportarse maltr[mɪsbɪ'heɪv]1 portarse mal, comportarse malv.• portarse mal v.• ser malo v.'mɪsbɪ'heɪvintransitive verb portarse mal[ˌmɪsbɪ'heɪv]VI portarse mal, comportarse mal* * *['mɪsbɪ'heɪv]intransitive verb portarse mal -
2 misbehave
v.portarse mal, dar el espectáculo, comportarse mal, actuar mal.vi.(com)portarse mal. (pt & pp misbehaved) -
3 mess around
BrE also mess about (colloq)1) v + adva) ( misbehave) \<\<children\>\> hacer* travesuras, tontearshe found out he'd been messing around — descubrió que había tenido líos or enredos con otras
b) (fiddle, waste time)he enjoys messing around in boats — le gusta entretenerse or pasar el tiempo navegando
she didn't mess around: she told him straight out — no se anduvo con vueltas; se lo dijo sin más (fam)
c) ( interfere)to mess around (with something/somebody): stop messing around with my things! deja mis cosas tranquilas!; don't mess around with me — no juegues conmigo, no me tomes el pelo (fam)
2) v + o + adv (BrE)a) ( treat inconsiderately)don't mess me around: are you going to come or not? — no me fastidies or decídete de una vez ¿vienes o no? (fam)
b) ( muddle) armar un lío con (fam)*1.VT + ADV(Brit)all they do is mess me about, they won't give me a straight answer — no hacen más que jugar conmigo, no me dan una respuesta concreta
they were messing me about so much over the dates that I told them to forget it — me querían cambiar las fechas tantas veces que les dije que se olvidaran del asunto
2.VI + ADV (=play the fool) hacer tonterías; (=do nothing in particular) pasar el rato, gandulear; (=waste time) perder el tiempo"what are you doing?" - "just messing about" — -¿qué haces? -nada, pasando el rato
she's not one to mess about, she gets on with the job — no es de las que pierde el tiempo, saca el trabajo adelante
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stop messing about! — ¡déjate de tonterías!•
to mess about with sb, he isn't the kind of guy you mess about with — no es de los que se deja enredar or tomar el pelohe messed about with some lads from college for a while — salió con unos tíos de la universidad durante un tiempo
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to mess about with sth, he was messing about with his watchstrap — estaba jugueteando con la correa del relojwho's been messing about with the video? — ¿quién ha estado manoseando or toqueteando el vídeo?
* * *BrE also mess about (colloq)1) v + adva) ( misbehave) \<\<children\>\> hacer* travesuras, tontearshe found out he'd been messing around — descubrió que había tenido líos or enredos con otras
b) (fiddle, waste time)he enjoys messing around in boats — le gusta entretenerse or pasar el tiempo navegando
she didn't mess around: she told him straight out — no se anduvo con vueltas; se lo dijo sin más (fam)
c) ( interfere)to mess around (with something/somebody): stop messing around with my things! deja mis cosas tranquilas!; don't mess around with me — no juegues conmigo, no me tomes el pelo (fam)
2) v + o + adv (BrE)a) ( treat inconsiderately)don't mess me around: are you going to come or not? — no me fastidies or decídete de una vez ¿vienes o no? (fam)
b) ( muddle) armar un lío con (fam) -
4 comportarse
comportarse ( conjugate comportarse) verbo pronominal to behave;
■comportarse verbo reflexivo to behave
comportarse como es debido, to behave properly
comportarse mal, to misbehave ' comportarse' also found in these entries: Spanish: ir - saber - manejar - portar - propiedad - sencillez English: act - amusing - behave - clean up - conduct - disgusting - naturally - oddly - rampage - wildly - finishing - social -
5 misbehaved
adj.descortés, malcriado, impolítico.pp.participio pasado del verbo MISBEHAVE.pt.pretérito del verbo MISBEHAVE. -
6 to look for
1 buscar■ what are you looking for? ¿qué buscas?■ he's looking for trouble if he continues to misbehave si sigue portándose mal, se buscará problemas -
7 portarse
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8 profesor
profesor
( de universidad) professor (AmE), lecturer (BrE);
profesor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 teacher
profesor de autoescuela, driving instructor
profesor particular, private tutor
2 Univ lecturer ' profesor' also found in these entries: Spanish: agregada - agregado - añadidura - cala - calificar - destino - incorporarse - monitor - monitora - oposición - permitirse - pestiño - profesora - rígida - rígido - suplente - adjunto - auxiliar - clase - cucho - guardapolvo - interino - jalador - mejor - particular - plomo - querido - seguir - severo - suplencia - suplir - sustituir - titular - tomar - valer English: amorphous - appreciative - archaic - attest - coach - discipline - drone - enunciate - erratic - fantasize - fellow - get across - instructor - lecturer - master - misbehave - mistake - must - neither - outline - private - reader - reputed - rude - schoolmaster - schoolteacher - teach - teacher - tough - tutor - intern - professor - school - see - senior - sir - substitute - supply -
9 suplente
suplente sustantivo masculino y femeninoc) (Dep) substitute
suplente
I adjetivo substitute (profesor) supply, US substitute (jugador) substitute, reserve
II m, f substitute (en enseñanza) supply, US substitute teacher Dep reserve, substitute Teat understudy ' suplente' also found in these entries: English: alternate - deputy - misbehave - reserve - stand-in - standby - substitute - stand - sub - supply - surrogate - under
См. также в других словарях:
Misbehave — Mis be*have , v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Misbehaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misbehaving}.] To behave ill; to conduct one s self improperly; often used with a reciprocal pronoun. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misbehave — index disobey, lapse (fall into error) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
misbehave — (v.) conduct oneself improperly, late 15c.; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + BEHAVE (Cf. behave). Related: Misbehaved; misbehaving … Etymology dictionary
misbehave — [v] act in inappropriate manner act up, be at fault, be bad, be dissolute, be guilty, be immoral, be indecorous, be insubordinate, be mischievous, bend the law*, be out of line*, be out of order*, be reprehensible, carry on, cut up, deviate, do… … New thesaurus
misbehave — ► VERB ▪ behave badly. DERIVATIVES misbehaviour noun … English terms dictionary
misbehave — [mis΄bē hāv′] vi. misbehaved, misbehaving to behave wrongly vt. to conduct (oneself) improperly misbehaver n. misbehavior [mis be hav′yər] n … English World dictionary
misbehave — UK [ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms misbehave : present tense I/you/we/they misbehave he/she/it misbehaves present participle misbehaving past tense misbehaved past participle misbehaved if a child misbehaves, or if… … English dictionary
misbehave — mis|be|have [ˌmısbıˈheıv] v [i]also misbehave yourself to behave badly, and cause trouble or annoy people ≠ ↑behave ▪ George has been misbehaving at school. ▪ Students have a tendency to misbehave themselves at exam time … Dictionary of contemporary English
misbehave — verb to act or behave in an inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected manner. He doesnt mean to misbehave; he just doesnt know better … Wiktionary
misbehave — verb Misbehave is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑child … Collocations dictionary
misbehave — mis|be|have [ ,mısbı heıv ] verb intransitive or transitive if a child misbehaves, or they misbehave themselves, they behave badly and annoy or upset people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English