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mischief

  • 1 revoltoso

    • mischief-maker
    • mischievous
    • mutilation
    • mutineer
    • mutinous
    • rebel
    • rebellious
    • riot exclusion
    • riot policeman
    • rioter
    • rioting
    • rowdy
    • seditious
    • troubled countries
    • troublemaker
    • troublemaking
    • unruly

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > revoltoso

  • 2 travesura

    • mischief
    • mischievousness
    • naught
    • naughty
    • piece of tomfoolery
    • playful trick
    • prank

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > travesura

  • 3 travesura

    f.
    1 prank, mischief.
    2 mischievousness, naughtiness.
    * * *
    1 piece of mischief, childish prank
    \
    hacer travesuras to get into mischief
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=broma) prank, lark

    las travesuras de su juventud — the wild doings of his youth, the waywardness of his young days

    2) (=mala pasada) sly trick
    3) (=gracia) wit, sparkle
    * * *
    femenino prank
    * * *
    = mischief, mischievousness, romp, frolic, caper, prank.
    Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex. The author discusses a range of children's fiction for the presence of mischievousness in the main characters = El autor examina la presencia de la travesura en los personajes principales de una variedad de literatura infantil.
    Ex. However, his book is more than a journalistic romp, being also an outstanding piece of investigation.
    Ex. Anne Bogart's novel combines avowed misogyny with postfeminist frolic.
    Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex. The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    ----
    * hacer travesuras = play + pranks.
    * * *
    femenino prank
    * * *
    = mischief, mischievousness, romp, frolic, caper, prank.

    Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.

    Ex: The author discusses a range of children's fiction for the presence of mischievousness in the main characters = El autor examina la presencia de la travesura en los personajes principales de una variedad de literatura infantil.
    Ex: However, his book is more than a journalistic romp, being also an outstanding piece of investigation.
    Ex: Anne Bogart's novel combines avowed misogyny with postfeminist frolic.
    Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex: The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    * hacer travesuras = play + pranks.

    * * *
    prank
    hacer travesuras to be naughty, to play pranks
    no te enfades, son travesuras de niños don't be annoyed, they're just childish pranks o it's just a bit of childish mischief
    * * *

     

    travesura sustantivo femenino
    prank;

    travesura sustantivo femenino prank, mischief

    ' travesura' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    perrería
    - trastada
    - picardía
    English:
    caper
    - mischief
    - prank
    * * *
    prank;
    hacer travesuras to play pranks, to get up to mischief
    * * *
    f bit of mischief, prank
    * * *
    1) : prank, mischievous act
    2) travesuras nfpl
    : mischief
    * * *
    travesura n prank

    Spanish-English dictionary > travesura

  • 4 diablura

    f.
    1 prank.
    2 dirty trick, mischief, devilishness, devilment.
    * * *
    1 mischief, naughtiness
    \
    hacer diabluras to get up to mischief
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=travesura) prank
    2) pl diabluras (=maldades) mischief sing
    * * *
    femenino (fam) prank
    * * *
    = mischief, prank, dirty trick.
    Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex. The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    Ex. The end of one-party rule has brought chaos to Mexico as three political parties jockey for power in an atmosphere rife with recriminations and dirty tricks.
    ----
    * hacer diabluras = play + pranks.
    * * *
    femenino (fam) prank
    * * *
    = mischief, prank, dirty trick.

    Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.

    Ex: The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    Ex: The end of one-party rule has brought chaos to Mexico as three political parties jockey for power in an atmosphere rife with recriminations and dirty tricks.
    * hacer diabluras = play + pranks.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    prank
    se pasa el día haciendo diabluras she spends the whole day getting up to mischief
    * * *

    diablura sustantivo femenino (fam) prank
    diablura sustantivo femenino mischief, prank
    * * *
    prank;
    hacer diabluras to get up to mischief
    * * *
    f prank, lark
    * * *
    1) : prank
    2) diabluras nfpl
    : mischief

    Spanish-English dictionary > diablura

  • 5 malicia

    f.
    1 malice.
    2 sharpness, alertness.
    3 slyness, cattiness, cunning.
    4 suspicion, mistrust.
    5 mischievousness, naughtiness.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: maliciar.
    * * *
    2 (maldad) evil, maliciousness
    3 (astucia) slyness, craftiness, cunning
    4 (sospecha) suspicion
    \
    decir algo con malicia to say something maliciously
    hacer algo con malicia to do something with malice
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) malice, wickedness
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=mala intención) malice, spite
    2) (=picardía) [de persona] mischief; [de mirada] mischievousness; [de chiste] naughtiness
    3) (=astucia) slyness, guile
    4) pl malicias (=sospechas) suspicions
    5) [de animal] viciousness
    * * *
    a) ( intención malévola) malice, malevolence
    b) ( picardía) mischief
    c) ( astucia) slyness
    * * *
    = low cunning, mischievousness, ill will.
    Ex. He smiled politely, but Bragge could not help but feel that his expression was one of low cunning.
    Ex. The author discusses a range of children's fiction for the presence of mischievousness in the main characters = El autor examina la presencia de la travesura en los personajes principales de una variedad de literatura infantil.
    Ex. On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.
    ----
    * sin malicia = guileless.
    * * *
    a) ( intención malévola) malice, malevolence
    b) ( picardía) mischief
    c) ( astucia) slyness
    * * *
    = low cunning, mischievousness, ill will.

    Ex: He smiled politely, but Bragge could not help but feel that his expression was one of low cunning.

    Ex: The author discusses a range of children's fiction for the presence of mischievousness in the main characters = El autor examina la presencia de la travesura en los personajes principales de una variedad de literatura infantil.
    Ex: On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.
    * sin malicia = guileless.

    * * *
    A
    1 (intención malévola) malice, malevolence
    lo dijo sin malicia he said it without malice
    2 (picardía) mischief
    es un chico sin ninguna malicia he's completely without guile
    me guiñó con malicia he winked at me mischievously
    tiene tan poca malicia que no se da cuenta de estas cosas she is so naive that she doesn't see these things
    3 (astucia) slyness
    B ( Chi fam) (licor) shot of brandy ( o rum etc) ( colloq)
    * * *

    malicia sustantivo femenino


    malicia sustantivo femenino
    1 (picardía) cunning: me sonrió con malicia, she smiled at me maliciously
    2 (mala intención) malice, maliciousness
    con malicia, maliciously: la niña no lo hizo con malicia, she didn't do it out of malice
    3 (tendencia a sospechar) malevolence
    ' malicia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intención
    - simple
    - picardía
    English:
    leer
    - mischief
    * * *
    1. [mala intención] malice;
    fue una decisión tomada con mucha malicia it was a thoroughly malicious decision
    2. [astucia, agudeza] cunning, craftiness;
    a este niño le falta malicia the boy needs to wise up
    * * *
    f
    1 ( mala intención) malice;
    no tener malicia fam be very naive
    2 ( astucia) cunning, slyness
    * * *
    1) : wickedness, malice
    2) : mischief, naughtiness
    3) : cunning, craftiness

    Spanish-English dictionary > malicia

  • 6 fechoría

    f.
    1 misdeed, evildoing, felony, wrong.
    2 evildoing, criminal activity, malfeasance.
    * * *
    1 misdeed, misdemeanour (US misdemeanor) (de niño) mischief
    * * *
    SF misdeed, misdemeanour, misdemeanor (EEUU)
    * * *
    femenino misdeed
    * * *
    Ex. By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.
    * * *
    femenino misdeed
    * * *

    Ex: By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.

    * * *
    misdeed
    secuestros, asaltos y otras fechorías kidnappings, robberies and other misdeeds o crimes
    ya está haciendo otra de sus fechorías he's up to mischief o up to his tricks again
    * * *

    fechoría sustantivo femenino
    misdeed
    fechoría sustantivo femenino misdeed
    ' fechoría' also found in these entries:
    English:
    misdeed
    - villainy
    * * *
    bad deed, misdemeanour;
    cometer una fechoría to do sth wicked;
    los niños han vuelto a hacer más fechorías the kids have been up to mischief again
    * * *
    f misdemeanor, Br
    misdemeanour
    * * *
    : misdeed

    Spanish-English dictionary > fechoría

  • 7 engorro

    m.
    nuisance.
    * * *
    1 familiar bother, nuisance
    * * *
    masculino (fam) nuisance, hassle (colloq)
    * * *
    = nuisance, mischief, hassle, pest.
    Ex. However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.
    Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    ----
    * ser un engorro = be a pest.
    * sin engorros = hassle-free.
    * * *
    masculino (fam) nuisance, hassle (colloq)
    * * *
    = nuisance, mischief, hassle, pest.

    Ex: However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.

    Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    * ser un engorro = be a pest.
    * sin engorros = hassle-free.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    nuisance, hassle ( colloq)
    * * *

    engorro m fam nuisance
    ' engorro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    incomodidad
    - papeleta
    * * *
    nuisance
    * * *
    m fam
    nuisance, hassle fam
    * * *
    : nuisance, bother

    Spanish-English dictionary > engorro

  • 8 molestia

    f.
    1 bother, trouble.
    ocasionar o causar molestias a alguien to cause somebody trouble
    si no es demasiada molestia if it's not too much trouble
    perdone la molestia, pero… sorry to bother you, but…
    tomarse la molestia de hacer algo to take the trouble to do something
    2 discomfort.
    * * *
    1 (incomodidad) bother, trouble; (fastidio) nuisance
    2 MEDICINA trouble, slight pain
    \
    no es molestia it's no trouble
    perdonen las molestias please excuse the inconvenience
    ser una molestia to be a nuisance
    si no es molestia if you don't mind
    tomarse la molestia de hacer algo to take the trouble to do something
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) annoyance, bother, nuisance
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=trastorno) bother, trouble

    ¿me podrías llevar a casa, si no es mucha molestia? — could you take me home, if it's not too much bother o trouble?

    perdone la molestia, pero... — sorry to bother you, but...

    ¡no es ninguna molestia, estaré encantado de ayudarte! — it's no trouble at all, I'll be happy to help!

    "perdonen las molestias" — "we apologize for any inconvenience"

    ahorrarse la molestia de hacer algo — to save o.s. the bother o trouble of doing sth

    tomarse la molestia de hacer algo — to take the trouble to do sth

    no tenías que haberte tomado la molestiayou shouldn't have bothered o taken the trouble, you shouldn't have put yourself out

    2) (Med) discomfort

    si persisten las molestias, consulte a un especialista — if the discomfort o trouble persists, consult a specialist

    * * *
    1)
    a) (incomodidad, trastorno) trouble

    perdona la molestia, pero... — sorry to bother you, but...

    rogamos disculpen las molestias ocasionadas — (frml) we apologize for any inconvenience caused (frml)

    b) ( trabajo)

    ¿para qué te tomaste la molestia? — why did you bother to do that?

    molestia DE + inf: ahórrate la molestia de ir save yourself the trip; se tomó la molestia de escribirnos — she took the trouble to write to us

    2) ( malestar)

    no es un dolor, sólo una molestia — it's not a pain, just a feeling of discomfort

    * * *
    = annoyance, discomfort, disruption, encumbrance, nuisance, pain, trial, embarrassment, aggravation, disturbance, irksomeness, mischief, ache, hassle, pest, irritant, soreness, niggling, niggle, self-effacement, inconvenience.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. False drops are perhaps less of an annoyance in a computer-based system when brief records can be quickly scanned and rejected as necessary.
    Ex. Discomfort is caused if windows are opened, heat, cold, dirt and noise are offered 'open-access' to the interior.
    Ex. An academic library should be extendible to permit future growth with minimum disruption.
    Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex. However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.
    Ex. For instance, if discharge is 'watery' or 'purulent,' vision is 'blurred,' pain is 'moderate,' then corneal trauma or infection is diagnosed.
    Ex. He wrote an article with the title 'The trials and traumas of authorship'.
    Ex. Patrons who are reluctant to seek assistance in using reference books or the card catalog, feel no embarrassment about seeking help in the 'automated' setting.
    Ex. One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the ' aggravation quotient'.
    Ex. A centralised system was chosen to ensure speedy receipt and dissemination with minimal disturbances.
    Ex. Teachers who keep reading records find that the light they throw on their work compensates for the irksomeness of the administrative chore of keeping them up to date.
    Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex. Last year I did not prefer cushioned running shoes, but now I'm a year older with new aches and pains, so I want a shoe with added support.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    Ex. Common factors affecting the quality of air in libraries include scents and other controllable irritants, dust mites, moulds and other inhaled substances associated with paper and books.
    Ex. While there are no significant injury worries to speak of, there is no doubt both sides have a number of players with general soreness and niggling.
    Ex. While there are no significant injury worries to speak of, there is no doubt both sides have a number of players with general soreness and niggling.
    Ex. Wilson was limping around so he must have picked up a knock or aggravated a niggle that he already had.
    Ex. Mark's Gospel reveals the power of God as self-effacement and self-giving love rather than domination and conquest.
    Ex. The main inconveniences of item record indexes arise from the necessity of searching the entire file.
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    * ahorrar la molestia = spare + Nombre + a problem.
    * ahorrar molestia = save + trouble.
    * ahorrarse la molestia de = obviate + the need for.
    * causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.
    * disculpe(n) las molestias = sorry for the inconvenience.
    * molestia de estómago = stomach ache.
    * molestias y dolores = aches and pains.
    * ocasionar molestias = cause + disruption.
    * perdone(n) las molestias = sorry for the inconvenience.
    * ser una molestia = be a pest.
    * sin molestias = hassle-free.
    * tomarse la molestia de = take + the trouble to, take + the time and effort, take + the time to + Infinitivo.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (incomodidad, trastorno) trouble

    perdona la molestia, pero... — sorry to bother you, but...

    rogamos disculpen las molestias ocasionadas — (frml) we apologize for any inconvenience caused (frml)

    b) ( trabajo)

    ¿para qué te tomaste la molestia? — why did you bother to do that?

    molestia DE + inf: ahórrate la molestia de ir save yourself the trip; se tomó la molestia de escribirnos — she took the trouble to write to us

    2) ( malestar)

    no es un dolor, sólo una molestia — it's not a pain, just a feeling of discomfort

    * * *
    = annoyance, discomfort, disruption, encumbrance, nuisance, pain, trial, embarrassment, aggravation, disturbance, irksomeness, mischief, ache, hassle, pest, irritant, soreness, niggling, niggle, self-effacement, inconvenience.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: False drops are perhaps less of an annoyance in a computer-based system when brief records can be quickly scanned and rejected as necessary.

    Ex: Discomfort is caused if windows are opened, heat, cold, dirt and noise are offered 'open-access' to the interior.
    Ex: An academic library should be extendible to permit future growth with minimum disruption.
    Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex: However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.
    Ex: For instance, if discharge is 'watery' or 'purulent,' vision is 'blurred,' pain is 'moderate,' then corneal trauma or infection is diagnosed.
    Ex: He wrote an article with the title 'The trials and traumas of authorship'.
    Ex: Patrons who are reluctant to seek assistance in using reference books or the card catalog, feel no embarrassment about seeking help in the 'automated' setting.
    Ex: One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the ' aggravation quotient'.
    Ex: A centralised system was chosen to ensure speedy receipt and dissemination with minimal disturbances.
    Ex: Teachers who keep reading records find that the light they throw on their work compensates for the irksomeness of the administrative chore of keeping them up to date.
    Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex: Last year I did not prefer cushioned running shoes, but now I'm a year older with new aches and pains, so I want a shoe with added support.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    Ex: Common factors affecting the quality of air in libraries include scents and other controllable irritants, dust mites, moulds and other inhaled substances associated with paper and books.
    Ex: While there are no significant injury worries to speak of, there is no doubt both sides have a number of players with general soreness and niggling.
    Ex: While there are no significant injury worries to speak of, there is no doubt both sides have a number of players with general soreness and niggling.
    Ex: Wilson was limping around so he must have picked up a knock or aggravated a niggle that he already had.
    Ex: Mark's Gospel reveals the power of God as self-effacement and self-giving love rather than domination and conquest.
    Ex: The main inconveniences of item record indexes arise from the necessity of searching the entire file.
    * ahorrar la molestia = spare + Nombre + a problem.
    * ahorrar molestia = save + trouble.
    * ahorrarse la molestia de = obviate + the need for.
    * causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.
    * disculpe(n) las molestias = sorry for the inconvenience.
    * molestia de estómago = stomach ache.
    * molestias y dolores = aches and pains.
    * ocasionar molestias = cause + disruption.
    * perdone(n) las molestias = sorry for the inconvenience.
    * ser una molestia = be a pest.
    * sin molestias = hassle-free.
    * tomarse la molestia de = take + the trouble to, take + the time and effort, take + the time to + Infinitivo.

    * * *
    A
    1
    (incomodidad, trastorno): siento causarte tantas molestias I'm sorry to be such a nuisance o to cause you so much trouble o to put you out like this
    perdona la molestia, pero … sorry to bother you, but …
    no es ninguna molestia, yo te llevo it's no trouble at all, I'll take you there
    ¿me podría cambiar el tenedor, si no es molestia? would you mind giving me a new fork, please?
    rogamos disculpen las molestias ocasionadas por el retraso ( frml); we apologize for any inconvenience caused by the delay ( frml)
    2
    (trabajo): ¿para qué te has tomado la molestia? why did you bother to do that?, you shouldn't have put yourself out
    molestia DE + INF:
    ahórrate la molestia de ir save yourself the trip
    se tomó la molestia de escribirnos a cada uno en particular she took the trouble to write to each of us individually
    B
    (malestar): puede causar molestias estomacales it may cause stomach problems o upsets, it may upset the stomach
    las molestias que suelen acompañar a los estados gripales the aches and pains often symptomatic of flu
    no es un dolor, sólo una ligera molestia it's not a pain, just a slight feeling of discomfort
    a la primera molestia, me tomo un calmante as soon as it starts to hurt, I take a painkiller
    * * *

     

    molestia sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (incomodidad, trastorno):


    siento causarte tantas molestias I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble;
    perdona la molestia, pero … sorry to bother you, but …


    ¿para qué te tomaste la molestia? why did you bother to do that?;
    no es ninguna molestia it's no trouble o bother
    2 ( malestar):
    molestias estomacales stomach problems o upsets;

    no es un dolor, solo una molestia it's not a pain, just a feeling of discomfort
    molestia sustantivo femenino
    1 (incomodidad) trouble: no quiero causar ninguna molestia, I don't want to cause any trouble
    2 (trabajo, esfuerzo) bother: se tomó la molestia de venir, he took the trouble to come
    3 (fastidio) nuisance
    4 (dolor) slight pain
    ' molestia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    daño
    - fastidiar
    - fastidio
    - fregado
    - gaita
    - incomodar
    - trastorno
    - ahorrar
    - estorbo
    - evitar
    - joda
    - joroba
    - pasajero
    - pesadez
    - tomar
    English:
    annoyance
    - bother
    - discomfort
    - inconvenience
    - irritation
    - nuisance
    - palaver
    - tiresomeness
    - trouble
    - pain
    - put
    * * *
    1. [incomodidad] bother, trouble;
    este ruido es una molestia this noise is annoying;
    es una molestia vivir lejos del trabajo it's a nuisance living a long way from work;
    ahórrese molestias y pague con tarjeta save yourself a lot of trouble and pay by credit card;
    ¿te llevo a la estación? – ahórrate la molestia, iré en taxi shall I give you a Br lift o US ride to the station? – don't bother, I'll get a cab;
    ocasionar o [m5] causar molestias a alguien to cause sb trouble;
    si no es demasiada molestia if it's not too much trouble;
    no es ninguna molestia it's no trouble;
    perdone la molestia, pero… sorry to bother you, but…;
    (les rogamos) disculpen las molestias (causadas) we apologize for any inconvenience caused;
    tomarse la molestia de hacer algo to go to o to take the trouble to do sth;
    ¡no tenías por qué tomarte tantas molestias! you didn't have to go to such trouble!, you shouldn't have!
    2. [malestar] discomfort;
    siento molestias en el estómago my stomach doesn't feel too good;
    se retiró porque sentía algunas molestias en la rodilla he came off because his knee wasn't quite right
    * * *
    f ( incordio) nuisance;
    molestias pl MED discomfort sg ;
    tomarse la molestia de go to the trouble of
    * * *
    1) fastidio: annoyance, bother, nuisance
    2) : trouble
    se tomó la molestia de investigar: she took the trouble to investigate
    3) malestar: discomfort
    * * *
    1. (incomodidad) trouble
    2. (dolor) slight pain
    3. (fastidio) nuisance / bother

    Spanish-English dictionary > molestia

  • 9 problema

    m.
    1 problem.
    el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism
    los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems
    el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left
    2 glitch, bug.
    * * *
    1 problem
    \
    dar problemas to cause problems
    tener problemas con to have trouble with
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (=dificultad) problem

    ¿tienes problemas de dinero? — do you have any money worries o financial problems?

    2) (Mat) problem
    3) Méx (=accidente) accident, mishap
    2.
    ADJ INV (=problemático) problem antes de s
    * * *
    masculino problem

    resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

    no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

    * * *
    = dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.
    Ex. Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.
    Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    Ex. When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex. A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.
    Ex. Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
    Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex. The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.
    Ex. Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.
    Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex. The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.
    Ex. In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex. However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    Ex. The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
    ----
    * abordar un problema = address + problem.
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * acometer un problema = attack + problem.
    * acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * acotar un problema = delineate + problem.
    * acuciado por problemas = embattled.
    * acumular problemas = build up + problems.
    * afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.
    * afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.
    * agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * agravar un problema = compound + problem.
    * ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.
    * aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.
    * aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.
    * arreglar un problema = fix + problem.
    * asediado por problemas = embattled.
    * atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.
    * ausencia de problemas = smoothness.
    * averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * combatir un problema = combat + problem.
    * complicar un problema = compound + problem.
    * con problemas = in hot water.
    * con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.
    * con problemas de lectura = print disabled.
    * con problemas de vista = vision impaired.
    * con problemas visuales = vision impaired.
    * considerar un problema = consider + problem.
    * convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.
    * corregir un problema = correct + problem.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.
    * dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.
    * dar problemas = play up.
    * darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * debatir un problema = discuss + problem.
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * definición del problema = problem statement.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.
    * diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.
    * el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.
    * el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.
    * el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.
    * encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.
    * enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.
    * enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.
    * enunciado del problema = problem statement.
    * esbozar un problema = outline + problem.
    * ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.
    * esquivar un problema = duck + issue.
    * estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.
    * exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.
    * hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.
    * identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.
    * ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.
    * investigar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].
    * lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.
    * llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.
    * mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.
    * meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.
    * mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.
    * no haber problemas = be fine.
    * no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.
    * no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.
    * obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.
    * ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.
    * orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.
    * paliar problemas = minimise + problems.
    * paliar un problema = solve + problem.
    * percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.
    * persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.
    * personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.
    * personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].
    * plagar de problemas = bedevil.
    * plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * problema acuciante = pressing problem.
    * problema + acuciar = problem + beset.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problema + afligir = problem + afflict.
    * problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.
    * problema alimenticio = eating problem.
    * problema asociado = attending problem.
    * problema auditivo = hearing problem.
    * problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.
    * problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.
    * problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.
    * problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.
    * problema cotidiano = daily problem.
    * problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.
    * problema de espacio = space problem.
    * problema de imagen = image problem.
    * problema de peso = weight problem.
    * problema de salud = health problem.
    * problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.
    * problema de seguridad = security problem.
    * problema diario = daily problem.
    * problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * problema doméstico = domestic problem.
    * problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.
    * problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.
    * problema en la escuela = school problem.
    * problema escolar = school problem.
    * problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problema familiar = family problem.
    * problema informático = computing problem.
    * problema inicial = startup problem.
    * problema insoluble = insoluble problem.
    * problema monetario = monetary problem.
    * problema motriz = motor disability.
    * problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + persistir = problem + persist.
    * problema personal = personal problem.
    * problema + plantearse = problem + come with.
    * problema práctico = practical problem.
    * problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * problema + radicar = trouble + lie.
    * problema real = real problem.
    * problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.
    * problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.
    * problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.
    * problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.
    * problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].
    * problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.
    * problemas dentales = dental disease.
    * problemas de oído = poor hearing.
    * problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.
    * problemas familiares = family crisis.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.
    * problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.
    * problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.
    * problema social = societal problem, social problem.
    * problemas sociales = social crisis.
    * problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.
    * problemas visuales = visual impairment.
    * problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.
    * problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.
    * resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.
    * resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.
    * sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.
    * salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.
    * ser un problema = be at issue.
    * sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.
    * sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * solución a problemas = problem solution.
    * solucionar los problemas = put + things right.
    * solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.
    * subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].
    * subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.
    * suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.
    * tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.
    * tener problemas = have + problems.
    * tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.
    * tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.
    * tener un problema = experience + problem.
    * tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.
    * tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.
    * toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.
    * tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.
    * tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.
    * trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.
    * * *
    masculino problem

    resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

    no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

    * * *
    = dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.

    Ex: Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.

    Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    Ex: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex: A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.
    Ex: Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
    Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex: The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.
    Ex: Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.
    Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex: The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.
    Ex: In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex: However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    Ex: The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
    * abordar un problema = address + problem.
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * acometer un problema = attack + problem.
    * acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * acotar un problema = delineate + problem.
    * acuciado por problemas = embattled.
    * acumular problemas = build up + problems.
    * afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.
    * afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.
    * agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * agravar un problema = compound + problem.
    * ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.
    * aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.
    * aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.
    * arreglar un problema = fix + problem.
    * asediado por problemas = embattled.
    * atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.
    * ausencia de problemas = smoothness.
    * averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * combatir un problema = combat + problem.
    * complicar un problema = compound + problem.
    * con problemas = in hot water.
    * con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.
    * con problemas de lectura = print disabled.
    * con problemas de vista = vision impaired.
    * con problemas visuales = vision impaired.
    * considerar un problema = consider + problem.
    * convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.
    * corregir un problema = correct + problem.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.
    * dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.
    * dar problemas = play up.
    * darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * debatir un problema = discuss + problem.
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * definición del problema = problem statement.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.
    * diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.
    * el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.
    * el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.
    * el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.
    * encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.
    * enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.
    * enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.
    * enunciado del problema = problem statement.
    * esbozar un problema = outline + problem.
    * ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.
    * esquivar un problema = duck + issue.
    * estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.
    * exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.
    * hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.
    * identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.
    * ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.
    * investigar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].
    * lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.
    * llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.
    * mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.
    * meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.
    * mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.
    * no haber problemas = be fine.
    * no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.
    * no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.
    * obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.
    * ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.
    * orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.
    * paliar problemas = minimise + problems.
    * paliar un problema = solve + problem.
    * percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.
    * persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.
    * personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.
    * personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].
    * plagar de problemas = bedevil.
    * plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * problema acuciante = pressing problem.
    * problema + acuciar = problem + beset.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problema + afligir = problem + afflict.
    * problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.
    * problema alimenticio = eating problem.
    * problema asociado = attending problem.
    * problema auditivo = hearing problem.
    * problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.
    * problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.
    * problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.
    * problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.
    * problema cotidiano = daily problem.
    * problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.
    * problema de espacio = space problem.
    * problema de imagen = image problem.
    * problema de peso = weight problem.
    * problema de salud = health problem.
    * problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.
    * problema de seguridad = security problem.
    * problema diario = daily problem.
    * problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * problema doméstico = domestic problem.
    * problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.
    * problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.
    * problema en la escuela = school problem.
    * problema escolar = school problem.
    * problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problema familiar = family problem.
    * problema informático = computing problem.
    * problema inicial = startup problem.
    * problema insoluble = insoluble problem.
    * problema monetario = monetary problem.
    * problema motriz = motor disability.
    * problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema pequeño = a cloud no bigger than a man's hand.
    * problema + persistir = problem + persist.
    * problema personal = personal problem.
    * problema + plantearse = problem + come with.
    * problema práctico = practical problem.
    * problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * problema + radicar = trouble + lie.
    * problema real = real problem.
    * problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.
    * problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.
    * problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.
    * problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.
    * problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].
    * problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.
    * problemas dentales = dental disease.
    * problemas de oído = poor hearing.
    * problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.
    * problemas familiares = family crisis.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.
    * problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.
    * problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.
    * problema social = societal problem, social problem.
    * problemas sociales = social crisis.
    * problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.
    * problemas visuales = visual impairment.
    * problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.
    * problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.
    * resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.
    * resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.
    * sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.
    * salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.
    * ser un problema = be at issue.
    * sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.
    * sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * solución a problemas = problem solution.
    * solucionar los problemas = put + things right.
    * solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.
    * subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].
    * subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.
    * suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.
    * tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.
    * tener problemas = have + problems.
    * tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.
    * tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.
    * tener un problema = experience + problem.
    * tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.
    * tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.
    * toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.
    * tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.
    * tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.
    * trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.

    * * *
    1 ( Mat) problem
    resolver un problema to solve a problem
    2 (dificultad, preocupación) problem
    nos está creando muchos problemas it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble
    problemas económicos financial difficulties o problems
    me gustaría ir, el problema es que no tengo dinero I'd like to go, the snag o trouble o problem o thing is I don't have any money
    los coches viejos siempre dan muchos problemas old cars always give a lot of trouble, old cars always play up a lot ( colloq)
    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas if they find out, you'll be in trouble
    no te hagas problema ( AmL); don't worry about it
    * * *

     

    problema sustantivo masculino
    problem;
    resolver/solucionar un problema to solve a problem;

    los coches viejos dan muchos problemas old cars give a lot of trouble;
    no te hagas problema (AmL) don't worry about it
    problema sustantivo masculino problem: les está dando muchos problemas, it is giving them a lot of trouble
    problemas económicos, financial difficulties

    ' problema' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abordar
    - acotar
    - circunscribirse
    - comprensión
    - conciencia
    - concienciarse
    - conjuntamente
    - contingente
    - deforestación
    - desarrollo
    - desforestación
    - desmenuzar
    - diferente
    - drogodependencia
    - eficacia
    - encarar
    - endemoniada
    - endemoniado
    - enfocar
    - enfocada
    - enfocado
    - enfoque
    - enrevesada
    - enrevesado
    - enunciado
    - inconveniente
    - intrincada
    - intrincado
    - magnitud
    - mano
    - orden
    - plantear
    - presentarse
    - profundizar
    - profundidad
    - radicar
    - raíz
    - remediar
    - remontar
    - replantear
    - resolución
    - resolver
    - robar
    - rompecabezas
    - salida
    - sencilla
    - sencillez
    - sencillo
    - sensibilizar
    - sinsabor
    English:
    answer
    - appreciate
    - appreciation
    - approach
    - approachable
    - arithmetic
    - attack
    - avenue
    - awkward
    - bit
    - bypass
    - can
    - care
    - central
    - come up
    - compound
    - deal with
    - define
    - devil
    - difficulty
    - emerge
    - emotional
    - form
    - formidable
    - graft
    - grapple
    - growing
    - hard
    - hassle
    - ignore
    - issue
    - knotty
    - knowledge
    - land
    - lie
    - magnitude
    - major
    - matter
    - meditate
    - meet with
    - nut
    - object
    - outstanding
    - overcome
    - pin down
    - pose
    - present
    - problem
    - question
    - relation
    * * *
    1. [dificultad] problem;
    el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism;
    los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems;
    no quiero más problemas I don't want any more trouble;
    el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left;
    Am
    no te hagas problema don't worry about it
    2. [matemático] problem;
    resolver un problema to solve a problem
    * * *
    m problem;
    sin problema without difficulty, without any problems
    * * *
    : problem
    * * *
    problema n problem

    Spanish-English dictionary > problema

  • 10 barrabasada

    f.
    dirty trick, low trick, stupid thing, thoughtless action.
    * * *
    1 dirty trick
    * * *
    SF mischief, piece of mischief
    * * *
    femenino (fam) prank
    * * *
    = dirty trick, prank.
    Ex. The end of one-party rule has brought chaos to Mexico as three political parties jockey for power in an atmosphere rife with recriminations and dirty tricks.
    Ex. The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    ----
    * estar tramando alguna barrabasada = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * hacer barrabasadas = play + pranks.
    * * *
    femenino (fam) prank
    * * *
    = dirty trick, prank.

    Ex: The end of one-party rule has brought chaos to Mexico as three political parties jockey for power in an atmosphere rife with recriminations and dirty tricks.

    Ex: The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    * estar tramando alguna barrabasada = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * hacer barrabasadas = play + pranks.

    * * *
    1 ( fam)
    (disparate): ¡pero no digas barrabasadas! don't talk nonsense! o ( BrE) rubbish!
    ¡mira qué barrabasada has hecho aquí! look at the mess you've made of this! ( colloq)
    2 ( fam) (travesura) prank
    seguro que preparan alguna barrabasada I bet they're up to no good
    * * *

    barrabasada sustantivo femenino (fam) prank;


    * * *
    Fam
    1. [jugarreta]
    aquello fue una barrabasada that was outrageous;
    hacer una barrabasada a alguien to do something nasty to sb
    2. [travesura]
    hacer barrabasadas to get up to mischief o no good
    3. [disparate]
    ¿cómo se te pudo ocurrir semejante barrabasada? whatever put such a stupid idea into your head?;
    * * *
    f fam
    mean trick

    Spanish-English dictionary > barrabasada

  • 11 enredo

    m.
    1 tangle, knot (maraña).
    2 mess, complicated affair.
    comedia de enredo (Teatro & Cine) farce
    3 (love) affair (amoroso).
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: enredar.
    * * *
    1 (maraña) tangle
    2 (confusión) mess, muddle, confusion, mix-up
    3 (engaño) deceit
    4 (travesura) mischief
    5 (amoroso) love affair
    6 LITERATURA plot
    1 familiar (trastos) bits and pieces
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) mess
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de hilos, cuerda] tangle
    2) [de datos] [gen] maze, tangle; (=confusión) mix-up
    3) (=laberinto) maze
    4) (=asunto turbio) shady business
    5) (=amorío) love affair
    6) (=implicación) embroilment, involvement
    7) [en novela] complicated situation
    8) pl enredos (=intrigas) intrigues; (=mentiras) mischief sing, mischievous lies
    * * *
    a) ( de hilos) tangle; ( en el pelo) tangle, knot
    b) ( embrollo)

    tengo un enredo en las cuentas... — my accounts are in a terrible mess

    c) (fam) ( lío amoroso) affair
    * * *
    = tangle, snarl, snarl-up, snare, kink.
    Ex. This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.
    Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex. She died at 37 weeks due to a kink in her umbilical cord.
    ----
    * armar enredos = make + trouble.
    * enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.
    * * *
    a) ( de hilos) tangle; ( en el pelo) tangle, knot
    b) ( embrollo)

    tengo un enredo en las cuentas... — my accounts are in a terrible mess

    c) (fam) ( lío amoroso) affair
    * * *
    = tangle, snarl, snarl-up, snare, kink.

    Ex: This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.

    Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex: She died at 37 weeks due to a kink in her umbilical cord.
    * armar enredos = make + trouble.
    * enredo de lengua = slip of the tongue.

    * * *
    1 (de hilos) tangle; (en el pelo) tangle, knot
    2
    (embrollo): tengo un enredo en las cuentas … my accounts are in a terrible mess
    está metido en un enredo de dólares he's involved in some shady currency deals
    armar enredos to make trouble, stir up trouble ( colloq)
    3 ( fam) (lío amoroso) affair
    * * *

    Del verbo enredar: ( conjugate enredar)

    enredo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    enredó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    enredar    
    enredo
    enredar ( conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo
    a)cuerdas/cablesto get … tangled up, tangle up

    b) ( embarullar) ‹ personato muddle … up, confuse;

    asunto/situación to complicate
    c) (fam) ( involucrar) enredo a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o caught up in sth

    verbo intransitivo (fam)

    b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget;

    enredo con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
    enredarse verbo pronominal
    1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
    [ pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
    [ planta] to twist itself around
    2 (fam)
    a) ( en lío amoroso) enredose con algn to get involved with sb

    b) ( involucrarse) enredose en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth


    enredo sustantivo masculino

    ( en el pelo) tangle, knot
    b) ( embrollo) mess;

    tengo un enredo en las cuentas … my accounts are in a terrible mess

    c) (fam) ( lío amoroso) affair

    enredar verbo transitivo
    1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
    2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
    3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
    4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
    enredo sustantivo masculino
    1 (maraña) tangle
    2 (asunto lioso) muddle, mess, mix up
    3 (amorío) affair
    ' enredo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    berenjenal
    - embrollo
    - enredarse
    - tejemaneje
    - tinglado
    - tramoya
    - greña
    English:
    mire
    - tangle
    * * *
    enredo nm
    1. [en cuerdas, madeja, pelo] tangle
    2. [de una situación] mess, complicated affair;
    ¡en menudo enredo me he metido! this is a fine mess I've got myself into!
    3. [en la mente, al expresarse] muddle;
    tengo un enredo tremendo de fechas o [m5] con las fechas I've got into a terrific muddle over the dates
    4. [asunto ilícito] shady affair
    5. [amoroso] (love) affair, entanglement;
    tener un enredo con alguien to have an affair with sb, to be involved with sb
    6. [mentira, intriga] mischief-making
    7. Lit plot
    * * *
    m
    1 tangle
    2 ( confusión) mess, confusion
    3 ( intriga) intrigue
    4 amoroso affair
    * * *
    enredo nm
    1) embrollo: muddle, confusion
    2) maraña: tangle
    * * *
    1. (lío, confusión) mess
    2. (maraña) tangle

    Spanish-English dictionary > enredo

  • 12 enredar

    v.
    1 to tangle up (madeja, pelo).
    El gato enreda las lanas The cat tangles up the yarns.
    2 to bother, to annoy.
    3 to get up to mischief (informal).
    enredar con algo to fiddle with o mess about with something
    4 to mix up, to entangle, to fuzz up, to louse up.
    El chico enredó las historias The boy mixed up the stories.
    5 to snag, to hook, to get hooked.
    La caña enredó al pez The fishing rod snagged the fish.
    * * *
    1 (prender con red) to catch in a net, net
    2 (para cazar) to set
    3 (engatusar) to involve, implicate
    4 (meter cizaña) to sow discord, cause trouble
    5 (enmarañar) to tangle up, entangle
    6 (entretener) to hold up, delay
    7 figurado (asunto etc) to confuse, complicate; (trabajo) to make a mess of
    1 (travesear) to be mischievous
    1 (hacerse un lío) to get tangled up, get entangled, get into a tangle
    2 (complicarse) to get complicated, get confused
    3 (en discusión) to become involved, get caught up
    4 (amancebarse) to have an affair
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ hilos, cuerda] to tangle up

    este viento te enreda el pelo — your hair gets tangled up in this wind, this wind tangles your hair up

    2) [+ situación, asunto] to make complicated, complicate

    con tanta mentira enredó las cosas aún más — with all his lies he made matters even more complicated, with all his lies he complicated matters even more

    3) * (=desordenar) to get into a mess, mess up

    estos niños lo han enredado todo — these children have got everything into a mess, these children have messed everything up

    4) * (=involucrar) to get mixed o caught up (en in)
    5) * (=entretener)

    no me enredes, que llego tarde — don't hold me back, or I'll be late

    6) * (=engañar) to trick
    7) (=enemistar) to cause trouble among o between
    8) (Caza) [+ animal] to net; [+ trampa] to set
    2.
    VI * (=juguetear) to play around, monkey around *

    ¡no enredes! — stop playing around!

    ¡deja ya de enredar con los lápices! — stop fiddling (around) with the pencils, will you?

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cuerdas/cables> to get... tangled up, tangle up
    b) ( embarullar) < persona> to muddle... up, confuse; <asunto/situación> to complicate
    c) (fam) ( involucrar)
    2.
    enredar vi (fam)
    a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble
    b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget

    enredar con algo — to fiddle around with something, fiddle with something

    3.
    enredarse v pron
    1) lana/cuerda to get tangled, become entangled; pelo to get tangled o knotted; planta to twist itself around
    2)
    a) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)
    b) (fam) ( involucrarse)

    enredarse en algoto get mixed up o involved in something

    c) (fam) ( enfrascarse)
    d) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up get muddled up
    * * *
    = bog down, muddy, bamboozle, snarl up, entangle, knot into, coil, tangle, ensnare, snare, make + trouble.
    Ex. There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.
    Ex. The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.
    Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.
    Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.
    Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.
    Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.
    Ex. This booklet is intended to provide general information on coiling of brain aneurysms.
    Ex. The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.
    Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.
    Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.
    Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    ----
    * enredar a Alguien para que haga Algo = talk + Nombre + into.
    * enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.
    * enredarse = kink.
    * enredarse con = get + involved with/in.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cuerdas/cables> to get... tangled up, tangle up
    b) ( embarullar) < persona> to muddle... up, confuse; <asunto/situación> to complicate
    c) (fam) ( involucrar)
    2.
    enredar vi (fam)
    a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble
    b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget

    enredar con algo — to fiddle around with something, fiddle with something

    3.
    enredarse v pron
    1) lana/cuerda to get tangled, become entangled; pelo to get tangled o knotted; planta to twist itself around
    2)
    a) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)
    b) (fam) ( involucrarse)

    enredarse en algoto get mixed up o involved in something

    c) (fam) ( enfrascarse)
    d) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up get muddled up
    * * *
    = bog down, muddy, bamboozle, snarl up, entangle, knot into, coil, tangle, ensnare, snare, make + trouble.

    Ex: There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.

    Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.
    Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.
    Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.
    Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.
    Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.
    Ex: This booklet is intended to provide general information on coiling of brain aneurysms.
    Ex: The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.
    Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.
    Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.
    Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    * enredar a Alguien para que haga Algo = talk + Nombre + into.
    * enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.
    * enredarse = kink.
    * enredarse con = get + involved with/in.

    * * *
    enredar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle up
    2 ‹asunto/situación› to complicate, make … complicated
    no enredes más las cosas don't complicate things any further
    3 ( fam) (involucrar) enredar a algn EN algo to get sb mixed up o caught up o embroiled o involved IN sth
    lo enredaron en la compra de las acciones they got him involved o caught up in buying shares
    ■ enredar
    vi
    ( fam)
    1 (intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble, stir ( colloq)
    2 ( Esp) (molestar) to fidget enredar CON algo to fiddle around WITH sth, fiddle WITH sth
    A
    1 «lana/cuerda» to get tangled, become entangled; «pelo» to get tangled o knotted o ( AmE) snarled
    la cuerda se enredó en las patas de la silla the rope got tangled around o entangled in the chair legs
    2 «planta» to twist itself around
    B
    1 ( fam) (en un lío amoroso) enredarse CON algn to get involved WITH sb
    2 ( fam) (involucrarse) enredarse EN algo to get mixed up IN sth, get involved IN sth
    se ha enredado en un negocio sucio he's got mixed up in some funny business
    3 ( fam) (enfrascarse) enredarse EN algo to get INTO sth ( colloq)
    se enredaron en una acalorada discusión they got into a heated discussion
    4 ( fam) (embarullarse) to get mixed up ( colloq), get muddled up ( colloq)
    * * *

    enredar ( conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo
    a)cuerdas/cablesto get … tangled up, tangle up

    b) ( embarullar) ‹ personato muddle … up, confuse;

    asunto/situación to complicate
    c) (fam) ( involucrar) enredar a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o caught up in sth

    verbo intransitivo (fam)

    b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget;

    enredar con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
    enredarse verbo pronominal
    1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
    [ pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
    [ planta] to twist itself around
    2 (fam)
    a) ( en lío amoroso) enredarse con algn to get involved with sb

    b) ( involucrarse) enredarse en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth


    enredar verbo transitivo
    1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
    2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
    3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
    4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
    ' enredar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    envolver
    - trastear
    - implicar
    English:
    embroil
    - entangle
    - tangle
    - tangle up
    - foul
    - snarl
    * * *
    vt
    1. [cuerdas, madeja, pelo] to tangle (up)
    2. [situación, asunto] to complicate;
    será mejor no enredar más las cosas it's best not to make matters more complicated
    3. [implicar]
    enredar a alguien en to get sb involved in, to embroil sb in;
    me enredaron en sus sucios negocios they got me mixed up in their dirty dealings
    4. [entretener] to bother, to annoy
    vi
    Fam
    1. [hacer travesuras] to get up to mischief
    2. [juguetear]
    enredar con algo to fiddle with o mess about with sth
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 tangle, get tangled
    2 fig
    complicate, make complicated
    II v/i make trouble
    * * *
    1) : to tangle up, to entangle
    2) : to confuse, to complicate
    3) : to involve, to implicate
    * * *
    1. (involucrar) to involve
    2. (complicar) to complicate
    3. (confundir) to muddle / to confuse
    4. (tocar) to mess about

    Spanish-English dictionary > enredar

  • 13 picardía

    f.
    1 coquetry, flirtatiousness.
    2 astuteness, artful maneuvering, slyness, ability to deceive.
    3 witticism, mischievous statement.
    4 childish prank, prank.
    5 Picardy, Picardie.
    m.
    baby doll pajama, baby doll, short nightgown, short nightgown used by women.
    * * *
    1 (astucia) craftiness
    2 (atrevimiento) naughtiness
    3 (dicho atrevido) risqué comment
    \
    tener picardía to be crafty
    * * *
    * * *
    1) ( cualidad) craftiness, cunning

    tuvo la picardía de esconderlohe was crafty o cunning enough to hide it

    2) (RPl fam) ( lástima) shame
    * * *
    = savvy.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. This article reveals seven key points which apply street savvy psychology in the workplace.
    ----
    * con picardía = slyly, wickedly.
    * picardía callejera = street knowledge.
    * * *
    1) ( cualidad) craftiness, cunning

    tuvo la picardía de esconderlohe was crafty o cunning enough to hide it

    2) (RPl fam) ( lástima) shame
    * * *
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: This article reveals seven key points which apply street savvy psychology in the workplace.

    * con picardía = slyly, wickedly.
    * picardía callejera = street knowledge.

    * * *
    Picardy
    * * *

    picardía sustantivo femenino



    picardía sustantivo femenino
    1 (astucia) craftiness
    2 (dicho, acción) mischievous comment o act
    ' picardía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malicia
    English:
    laugh
    - roguery
    * * *
    nf
    1. [astucia] cunning, craftiness;
    hace todo con mucha picardía she does everything with great cunning o very cunningly
    2. [travesura] naughty trick, mischief
    3. [atrevimiento] brazenness;
    a ese chico le falta picardía con las chicas that boy isn't bold enough with the girls
    4. RP [lástima] shame
    picardías nm inv
    [con falda] baby-doll nightdress; [con pantalón] baby-doll pyjamas
    * * *
    f
    1 ( astucia) craftiness, slyness
    2 ( travesura) mischievousness
    3 Méx ( taco, palabrota) swearing, swearwords pl
    * * *
    1) : cunning, craftiness
    2) : prank, dirty trick

    Spanish-English dictionary > picardía

  • 14 revoltoso

    adj.
    unruly, rebellious, disorderly, mischievous.
    m.
    rowdy, mischief-maker, rebel, firebrand.
    * * *
    1 (rebelde) rebellious, unruly
    2 (travieso) mischievous, naughty
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (rebelde) rebel
    2 (travieso) mischievous child
    3 (sedicioso) troublemaker
    * * *
    revoltoso, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=rebelde) rebellious, unruly; [niño] naughty, unruly
    2.
    SM / F (=alborotador) troublemaker, agitator
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < niño> naughty; <soldados/estudiantes> rebellious
    * * *
    = unruly, disorderly, riotous.
    Ex. 'Sometimes the kids get a little unruly!' she announced in that easy familiar style of hers as she sat down.
    Ex. As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.
    Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < niño> naughty; <soldados/estudiantes> rebellious
    * * *
    = unruly, disorderly, riotous.

    Ex: 'Sometimes the kids get a little unruly!' she announced in that easy familiar style of hers as she sat down.

    Ex: As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.
    Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.

    * * *
    1 ‹niño› naughty
    2 ‹soldados/estudiantes› rebellious
    * * *

    revoltoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ niño naughty;


    soldados/estudiantes rebellious
    revoltoso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino naughty
    ' revoltoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    revoltosa
    English:
    disruptive
    - mischief-maker
    - mischievous
    - unruly
    - disorderly
    * * *
    revoltoso, -a
    adj
    1. [soldado, estudiante] rebellious
    2. [niño] naughty
    nm,f
    1. [soldado, estudiante] troublemaker
    2. [niño] rascal
    * * *
    I adj niño naughty
    II m, revoltosa f naughty child
    * * *
    revoltoso, -sa adj
    : unruly, rebellious
    * * *
    revoltoso adj naughty [comp. naughtier; superl. naughtiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > revoltoso

  • 15 trastada

    f.
    2 dirty trick, prank, practical joke, mean trick.
    * * *
    1 familiar (mala pasada) dirty trick; (broma pesada) prank
    * * *
    a) (fam) ( mala pasada) dirty trick

    hacerle or jugarle una trastada a alguien — to play a dirty trick on somebody

    b) ( travesura) prank
    * * *
    = prank.
    Ex. The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.
    ----
    * hacer trastadas = play + pranks.
    * * *
    a) (fam) ( mala pasada) dirty trick

    hacerle or jugarle una trastada a alguien — to play a dirty trick on somebody

    b) ( travesura) prank
    * * *

    Ex: The writer discusses the pranks and lies that are practiced on April Fools' Day around the world.

    * hacer trastadas = play + pranks.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (mala pasada) dirty trick
    hacerle or jugarle a algn una trastada to play a dirty trick on sb
    2 (travesura) prank
    * * *

    trastada sustantivo femenino



    trastada f fam
    1 (de un niño, travesura) prank: se pasa el día haciendo trastadas, he's up to mischief all day long
    2 (faena, mala pasada) dirty trick
    * * *
    Fam
    1. [travesura] prank;
    hacer trastadas to play pranks
    2. [jugarreta] dirty trick;
    hacer una trastada a alguien to play a dirty trick on sb
    * * *
    f fam
    prank, trick;
    hacer trastadas get up to mischief

    Spanish-English dictionary > trastada

  • 16 desaguisado

    adj.
    unlawful, illegal, outrageous.
    m.
    1 mess (destrozo).
    2 mishap, misfortune, malefaction.
    * * *
    1 (contra la ley) illegal, unlawful
    2 (contra la razón) outrageous
    1 (delito) offence (US offense); (atropello) outrage
    2 figurado (destrozo) damage; (fechoría) mischief
    ————————
    1 (delito) offence (US offense); (atropello) outrage
    2 figurado (destrozo) damage; (fechoría) mischief
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SM (=lío) mess; (=acto ilegal) crime
    * * *
    masculino (fam) mess
    * * *
    masculino (fam) mess
    * * *
    ( fam)
    mess
    la peluquera me hizo un verdadero desaguisado the hairdresser made a real mess of my hair
    * * *

    desaguisado sustantivo masculino
    1 (ilegal) illegal act
    2 (ilógico) outrageous
    ' desaguisado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    obra
    * * *
    Fam [desorden] shambles [singular]; [destrozo] mess;
    hacer un desaguisado to make a mess;
    ¡vaya desaguisado que te han hecho en la peluquería! what a mess they've made of your hair!
    * * *
    m crime

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaguisado

  • 17 mataperrada

    femenino (Bol, Per fam) trick
    * * *
    femenino (Bol, Per fam) trick
    * * *
    (Bol, Per fam)
    trick
    ¡no hagas mataperradas! don't get up to any mischief o any tricks!
    * * *
    Perú Fam prank;
    hacer mataperradas to play pranks, to get up to mischief

    Spanish-English dictionary > mataperrada

  • 18 bribonada

    f.
    1 dirty trick, mean trick, roguishness.
    2 roguishness, knavery.
    * * *
    1 dirty trick
    * * *
    SF dirty trick, piece of mischief
    * * *
    dirty o mean trick
    no se olvida de una bribonada así one doesn't forget a dirty trick like that
    es una bribonada tratar de robar a un niño trying to steal from a child is a very mean trick o a very low thing to do
    * * *
    ser una bribonada to be a roguish thing to do;
    estoy harto de sus bribonadas I'm fed up with him always getting up to mischief
    * * *
    f trick

    Spanish-English dictionary > bribonada

  • 19 descoyuntar

    v.
    1 to dislocate.
    no hagas eso, que te vas a descoyuntar (informal figurative) don't do that, you'll do yourself an injury o a mischief
    2 to throw out of joint, to disjoint, to dislocate, to put out of joint.
    * * *
    1 (hueso) to dislocate, disjoint
    2 figurado (cansar) to exhaust, tire out
    1 to become dislocated
    \
    descoyuntarse de risa familiar to split one's sides laughing
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Anat) to dislocate
    2) [+ hechos] to twist
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    vt
    to dislocate;
    Fam
    no hagas eso, que te vas a descoyuntar don't do that, you'll injure yourself o Br you'll do yourself an injury o a mischief
    * * *
    v/t dislocate

    Spanish-English dictionary > descoyuntar

  • 20 causar

    v.
    1 to cause.
    el accidente le causó graves lesiones he was seriously injured in the accident
    el huracán causó estragos en la costa the hurricane wreaked havoc on the coast
    el terremotó causó dos mil muertos two thousand people died in the earthquake, the earthquake killed two thousand people
    El ácido úrico causa la gota Uric acid causes gout.
    Ella causó que eso ocurriese She caused that to happen.
    2 to be caused to.
    Se nos causó un gran daño A great damage was caused to us.
    * * *
    1 (provocar) to cause, bring about
    2 (proporcionar) to make, give
    * * *
    verb
    2) make
    * * *
    VT [+ problema, consecuencia, víctima] to cause; [+ impresión] to make

    la explosión causó heridas a dos personas — the explosion injured two people, the explosion left two people injured

    causar asombro a algn — to amaze sb

    causar emoción a algn — to move sb

    causar extrañeza a algn — to puzzle sb

    causar risa a algn — to make sb laugh

    * * *
    verbo transitivo <daños/problema/sufrimiento> to cause; < indignación> to cause, arouse; < alarma> to cause, provoke; < placer> to give
    * * *
    = cause, result (in), spark off, inflict, evoke, bring on, bring about, precipitate, give + cause to, give + rise to, give + occasion to.
    Ex. As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.
    Ex. Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.
    Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex. This article discusses the budget cuts inflicted on Australian libraries.
    Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    ----
    * causar ansiedad = cause + anxiety.
    * causar buena impresión = impress, come across.
    * causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.
    * causar conmoción = cause + a ripple.
    * causar consternación = cause + consternation.
    * causar daño = do + harm, be injurious, cause + damage, cause + harm, cause + hurt, bring + harm, inflict + damage.
    * causar daño corporal = cause + injury.
    * causar daño material = cause + material injury.
    * causar daños = cause + erosion.
    * causar desórdenes = riot.
    * causar destrozos = wreak + devastation.
    * causar destrucción = wreak + destruction.
    * causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.
    * causar disturbios = riot.
    * causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.
    * causar graves daños a = bring + ruin to.
    * causar impresión = make + impression.
    * causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.
    * causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.
    * causar muertos = take + a toll on life.
    * causar pena = cause + hurt.
    * causar pérdidas = cause + losses.
    * causar perjuicio = bring + harm.
    * causar preocupación = evoke + concern, cause + concern.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * causar revuelo = cause + a stir, create + a stir.
    * causar ruina a = bring + ruin to.
    * causarse daño = bring + disaster on.
    * causar sensación = be a sensation, cut + a swath(e), cut + a dash, make + heads turn, make + a big noise, cause + a sensation.
    * causar sensación en el mundo = make + a big noise in the world.
    * causar sorpresa = cause + an eyelid to bat.
    * causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.
    * causar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * causar una gran sensación = make + a splash.
    * causar una guerra = precipitate + war.
    * causar una impresión = leave + an impression, make + an impression.
    * causar una primera impresión = make + a first impression.
    * causar una reacción = cause + reaction.
    * causar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * causar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons, make + a splash.
    * que puede causar detención = arrestable.
    * sin causar daño = harmlessly.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <daños/problema/sufrimiento> to cause; < indignación> to cause, arouse; < alarma> to cause, provoke; < placer> to give
    * * *
    = cause, result (in), spark off, inflict, evoke, bring on, bring about, precipitate, give + cause to, give + rise to, give + occasion to.

    Ex: As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.

    Ex: Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.
    Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex: This article discusses the budget cuts inflicted on Australian libraries.
    Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    * causar ansiedad = cause + anxiety.
    * causar buena impresión = impress, come across.
    * causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.
    * causar conmoción = cause + a ripple.
    * causar consternación = cause + consternation.
    * causar daño = do + harm, be injurious, cause + damage, cause + harm, cause + hurt, bring + harm, inflict + damage.
    * causar daño corporal = cause + injury.
    * causar daño material = cause + material injury.
    * causar daños = cause + erosion.
    * causar desórdenes = riot.
    * causar destrozos = wreak + devastation.
    * causar destrucción = wreak + destruction.
    * causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.
    * causar disturbios = riot.
    * causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.
    * causar graves daños a = bring + ruin to.
    * causar impresión = make + impression.
    * causar molestias = cause + disruption, inconvenience, cause + inconvenience.
    * causar muchas víctimas = take + a toll on life.
    * causar muertos = take + a toll on life.
    * causar pena = cause + hurt.
    * causar pérdidas = cause + losses.
    * causar perjuicio = bring + harm.
    * causar preocupación = evoke + concern, cause + concern.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * causar revuelo = cause + a stir, create + a stir.
    * causar ruina a = bring + ruin to.
    * causarse daño = bring + disaster on.
    * causar sensación = be a sensation, cut + a swath(e), cut + a dash, make + heads turn, make + a big noise, cause + a sensation.
    * causar sensación en el mundo = make + a big noise in the world.
    * causar sorpresa = cause + an eyelid to bat.
    * causar una buena primera impresión = make + a good first impression.
    * causar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * causar una gran sensación = make + a splash.
    * causar una guerra = precipitate + war.
    * causar una impresión = leave + an impression, make + an impression.
    * causar una primera impresión = make + a first impression.
    * causar una reacción = cause + reaction.
    * causar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * causar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons, make + a splash.
    * que puede causar detención = arrestable.
    * sin causar daño = harmlessly.

    * * *
    causar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹daños/problema› to cause; ‹indignación› to cause, arouse
    el incidente causó gran inquietud the incident caused great unease
    verlo así me causa gran tristeza it makes me very sad o it causes me great sadness o it fills me with sadness to see him like that
    me causó muy buena impresión I was very impressed with her, she made a very good impression on me
    este premio me causa gran satisfacción ( frml); I am delighted to receive this prize
    me causó mucha gracia que dijera eso I thought it was o I found it very funny that she should say that
    * * *

     

    causar ( conjugate causar) verbo transitivodaños/problema/sufrimiento to cause;
    indignación to cause, arouse;
    alarma to cause, provoke;
    placer to give;

    me causó muy buena impresión I was very impressed with her
    causar verbo transitivo to cause, bring about: el desaliño causa mala impresión, untidiness makes a bad impression
    le causó buena impresión, he was very impressed by him
    me causó mucha alegría, it made me very happy

    ' causar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    admirar
    - alborotar
    - caer
    - cobrarse
    - dar
    - darse
    - deslumbrar
    - determinar
    - embarazar
    - embriagar
    - emocionar
    - encandilar
    - engordar
    - espantar
    - estragos
    - estropear
    - fastidiar
    - hacer
    - ilusionar
    - impresión
    - impresionar
    - incomodar
    - meter
    - molestar
    - molestia
    - montar
    - obrar
    - parecer
    - pesar
    - plantear
    - producir
    - provocar
    - repeler
    - repercutir
    - revolver
    - salar
    - sembrar
    - traer
    - trastornar
    - turbar
    - furor
    - motivar
    - propiciar
    - saber
    English:
    bother
    - cause
    - derive
    - foul up
    - impression
    - inflict
    - painlessly
    - riot
    - sensation
    - set
    - start
    - trouble
    - wreak
    - fire
    - mischief
    - rise
    * * *
    causar vt
    [daños, problemas] to cause; [placer, satisfacción] to give;
    el huracán causó estragos en la costa the hurricane wreaked havoc on the coast;
    el terremoto causó dos mil muertos two thousand people died in the earthquake, the earthquake killed two thousand people;
    el accidente le causó graves lesiones he was seriously injured in the accident;
    causar (una) buena/mala impresión to make a good/bad impression;
    me causa mucha felicidad saber que se hayan reconciliado it makes me very happy to know they've made up with one another;
    esta crema a veces causa una sensación de picor this cream sometimes causes an itching sensation
    * * *
    v/t daño cause; placer provide, give
    * * *
    causar vt
    1) : to cause
    2) : to provoke, to arouse
    eso me causa gracia: that strikes me as being funny
    * * *
    causar vb
    1. (provocar) to cause
    2. (proporcionar) to make

    Spanish-English dictionary > causar

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  • Mischief — For other uses, see Mischief (disambiguation). H. Brückner, Mischief (1874) Mischief is a vexatious or annoying action, or, conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance. Young children, when they hear of mischief, think of practical… …   Wikipedia

  • mischief — n. 1) to cause, do, make mischief 2) to be up to, get into mischief 3) malicious mischief 4) out of mischief (to stay out of mischief; to keep children out of mischief) 5) full of mischief 6) up to mischief * * * [ mɪstʃɪf] do get into mischief… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • mischief — mis|chief [ mıstʃıf ] noun uncount behavior or play, especially of children, that causes trouble but not serious harm to other people: be up to/get up to mischief (=do something bad): The boys are always up to some kind of mischief! get into… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English


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