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  • 1 gehobenste

    Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > gehobenste

  • 2 техника

    ж

    испо́льзовать са́мую совреме́нную те́хнику — to use the latest/the most advanced/the most up-to-date/(the most) sophisticated technology

    2) собир машины machinery, technical equipment/devices
    3) приёмы technique(s)

    те́хника жи́вописи — painting technique

    Русско-английский учебный словарь > техника

  • 3 Не боги горшки обжигают

    Man can do a most difficult job and make most sophisticated things. See Где хотенье, там и уменье (Г)
    Var.: Не боги города строят
    Cf: Whatever man has done man ay do (Br.). What man has done man an do (Am.)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Не боги горшки обжигают

  • 4 по последнему слову

    in the extreme of smth; the ultimate state-of-the-art … ; the latest and most sophisticated …

    The new treatment building furnished with the state-of-the-art equipment is at your disposal.

    Дополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > по последнему слову

  • 5 новейший

    прл

    нове́йшая техноло́гия — (the most) sophisticated technology

    Русско-английский учебный словарь > новейший

  • 6 современный

    прл
    1) относящийся к той же эпохе of the time of (sb/sth), contemporary/contemporaneous lit with
    2) теперешний contemporary, modern, present, present-day, current

    совреме́нное иску́сство — modern art

    3) передовой modern, up-to-date, advanced

    совреме́нное обору́дование — advanced/up-to-date equipment

    са́мое совреме́нное ору́жие — the most sophisticated/up-to-date weapon(s)

    Русско-английский учебный словарь > современный

  • 7 avanzado

    adj.
    1 advanced, progressive, developed.
    2 advanced, high-tech, hi-tech, high-technology.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: avanzar.
    * * *
    1→ link=avanzar avanzar
    1 advanced
    \
    de avanzada edad advanced in years, elderly
    * * *
    (f. - avanzada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=adelantado) advanced; [pómulo] prominent; [diseño] advanced; [ideas, tendencia] advanced, avant-garde, progressive

    de edad avanzada, avanzado de edad — advanced in years

    * * *
    - da adjetivo advanced

    de avanzada edad — of advanced years, advanced in years

    * * *
    = advanced, sophisticated, developed, high-powered, stepped-up.
    Ex. It is quite common for document titles to provide an indication of the level of presentation of their subject in the use of such terms as 'Introduction', 'Primer', 'Popular', ' advanced'.
    Ex. Effective retrieval from natural language indexed data bases requires sophisticated search software.
    Ex. Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex. This is a useful collection of essays, particularly for graduate students and high-powered undergraduates cutting their teeth on Aristotle.
    Ex. These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.
    ----
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * de edad avanzada = over the hill.
    * estar avanzado = be well under way.
    * usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo advanced

    de avanzada edad — of advanced years, advanced in years

    * * *
    = advanced, sophisticated, developed, high-powered, stepped-up.

    Ex: It is quite common for document titles to provide an indication of the level of presentation of their subject in the use of such terms as 'Introduction', 'Primer', 'Popular', ' advanced'.

    Ex: Effective retrieval from natural language indexed data bases requires sophisticated search software.
    Ex: Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex: This is a useful collection of essays, particularly for graduate students and high-powered undergraduates cutting their teeth on Aristotle.
    Ex: These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * de edad avanzada = over the hill.
    * estar avanzado = be well under way.
    * usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.

    * * *
    1 ‹proceso› advanced
    tenía muy avanzado el cáncer his cancer had reached a very advanced stage
    de avanzada edad of advanced years, advanced in years
    a horas tan avanzadas at such a late hour
    2 ‹alumno/curso/nivel› advanced
    3 ‹ideas› advanced
    * * *

    Del verbo avanzar: ( conjugate avanzar)

    avanzado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    avanzado    
    avanzar
    avanzado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    advanced;
    de avanzada edad of advanced years, advanced in years;
    a horas tan avanzadas at such a late hour
    avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

    b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

    c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

    d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress

    verbo transitivo

    b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

    avanzado,-a adjetivo advanced
    avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
    ' avanzado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    avanzada
    - adelantado
    English:
    advanced
    - late
    - progress
    - visualize
    - come
    - heavily
    * * *
    avanzado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [en desarrollo, proceso] [alumno, curso, tecnología, país] advanced;
    una persona de avanzada edad o [m5] de edad avanzada a person advanced in years;
    tiene un cáncer muy avanzado she is in the advanced stages of cancer
    2. [progresista] [ideas] advanced
    3. [hora] late;
    acabamos avanzada ya la tarde we finished late in the afternoon
    ♦ nm,f
    person ahead of his/her time
    * * *
    adj advanced
    * * *
    avanzado, -da adj
    1) : advanced
    2) : progressive

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzado

  • 8 obstaculizar

    v.
    1 to hinder, to hamper.
    2 to obstruct, to encumber, to balk, to block up.
    Su tamaño obstaculiza la vista His size obstructs the view.
    3 to obstruct the way to, to make it cumbersome to.
    María obstaculiza hacer la pared Mary makes it cumbersome to make the wall.
    4 to create an obstacle for, to obstruct.
    María obstaculiza a Ricardo Mary creates an obstacle for Richard.
    * * *
    1 to obstruct, hinder
    * * *
    VT [+ negociaciones, progreso] to hinder, hamper; [+ tráfico] to hold up
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <progreso/trabajo> to hinder, hamper; < tráfico> to hold up
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, thwart, stand in + the way (of), obstruct, stymie, get in + the way (of), hem + Nombre + in, cramp.
    Ex. It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex. The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex. In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex. It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    ----
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * obstaculizar el paso = block in.
    * obstaculizar la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <progreso/trabajo> to hinder, hamper; < tráfico> to hold up
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, thwart, stand in + the way (of), obstruct, stymie, get in + the way (of), hem + Nombre + in, cramp.

    Ex: It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.

    Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex: The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex: In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex: It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * obstaculizar el paso = block in.
    * obstaculizar la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹progreso/trabajo› to hinder, hamper, impede; ‹tráfico› to hold up, obstruct
    no obstaculice el paso don't stand in the way
    * * *

    obstaculizar ( conjugate obstaculizar) verbo transitivo ‹progreso/trabajo› to hinder, hamper;
    ‹ tráfico› to hold up;

    obstaculizar verbo transitivo
    1 (un propósito, actividad) to hinder
    2 (el paso de una persona, animal, etc) to stand in the way of
    (de un fluido) to obstruct

    ' obstaculizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estorbar
    - interferir
    English:
    block
    - block in
    - hamper
    - obstruct
    * * *
    [proceso, relación] to block, to put obstacles in the way of; [salida] to block, to obstruct; [tráfico] to hold up, to obstruct;
    obstaculizar el paso to block the way
    * * *
    v/t hinder, hamper
    * * *
    obstaculizar {21} vt
    impedir: to obstruct, to hinder
    * * *
    obstaculizar vb to block

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstaculizar

  • 9 centro coordinador

    (n.) = focal point, switching point, coordinating centre, hub
    Ex. The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.
    Ex. With the help of a central 'switching point' the board hopes to use this information to provide a sophisticated resource sharing scheme.
    Ex. The network has 4 centres: coordinating centres; regional centres; sectional centres; pilot centres.
    Ex. And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.
    * * *
    (n.) = focal point, switching point, coordinating centre, hub

    Ex: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.

    Ex: With the help of a central 'switching point' the board hopes to use this information to provide a sophisticated resource sharing scheme.
    Ex: The network has 4 centres: coordinating centres; regional centres; sectional centres; pilot centres.
    Ex: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.

    Spanish-English dictionary > centro coordinador

  • 10 esclarecer

    v.
    1 to clear up, to shed light on.
    esclarecer los hechos to establish the facts
    2 to explain, to clear, to illustrate, to clear up.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 (iluminar) to light up, illuminate
    2 figurado (poner en claro) to clear up, make clear, shed light on
    3 figurado (entendimiento) to enlighten
    4 figurado (ennoblecer) to ennoble
    1 (amanecer) to dawn
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=explicar) [+ duda, misterio] to explain, clear up, elucidate; [+ misterio] to shed light on; [+ crimen] to clear up; [+ situación] to clarify
    2) (=instruir) to enlighten
    3) (=ennoblecer) to ennoble
    4) (=dar luz) to light up, illuminate
    2.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <situación/hechos> to clarify, elucidate (frml); <crimen/misterio> to clear up
    * * *
    = elucidate, shed + light (on/upon), throw + light on, untangle, shed + understanding, see through, cast + light on, bring + clarity (to), get to + the bottom of, get to + the root of, clear up.
    Ex. An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.
    Ex. This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.
    Ex. It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.
    Ex. Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex. The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.
    Ex. It is important to use oral history information in an informed and sophisticated way, and to be able to see through some popular misconceptions about it.
    Ex. The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment.
    Ex. A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex. He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
    Ex. One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * esclarecer un misterio = unravel + mystery, figure out + mystery.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <situación/hechos> to clarify, elucidate (frml); <crimen/misterio> to clear up
    * * *
    = elucidate, shed + light (on/upon), throw + light on, untangle, shed + understanding, see through, cast + light on, bring + clarity (to), get to + the bottom of, get to + the root of, clear up.

    Ex: An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.

    Ex: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.
    Ex: It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.
    Ex: Once this relationship is untangled, it becomes possible to represent a document by a sequential data stream which can be readily stored in a file.
    Ex: The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.
    Ex: It is important to use oral history information in an informed and sophisticated way, and to be able to see through some popular misconceptions about it.
    Ex: The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment.
    Ex: A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex: He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
    Ex: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * esclarecer un misterio = unravel + mystery, figure out + mystery.

    * * *
    esclarecer [E3 ]
    vt
    ‹situación/hechos› to clarify, elucidate ( frml); ‹crimen/misterio› to clear up
    * * *

    esclarecer ( conjugate esclarecer) verbo transitivo ‹situación/hechos› to clarify, elucidate (frml);
    ‹crimen/misterio› to clear up
    esclarecer verbo transitivo to clarify
    (un suceso) to throw light on
    ' esclarecer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    iluminar
    English:
    clear up
    - clear
    - disentangle
    - solve
    * * *
    to clear up, to shed light on;
    esclarecer los hechos to establish the facts
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 throw o
    shed light on
    2 misterio clear up
    II v/i dawn
    * * *
    esclarecer {53} vt
    1) elucidar: to elucidate, to clarify
    2) iluminar: to illuminate, to light up

    Spanish-English dictionary > esclarecer

  • 11 fondo común de inversión

    (n.) = mutual fund
    Ex. For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.
    * * *

    Ex: For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fondo común de inversión

  • 12 fondo de cobertura

    (n.) = hedge fund
    Ex. For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.
    * * *
    (n.) = hedge fund

    Ex: For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fondo de cobertura

  • 13 fondo de inversión

    investment fund
    * * *
    (n.) = mutual fund
    Ex. For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.
    * * *

    Ex: For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.

    * * *
    investment fund

    Spanish-English dictionary > fondo de inversión

  • 14 fondo de inversión libre

    (n.) = hedge fund
    Ex. For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.
    * * *
    (n.) = hedge fund

    Ex: For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fondo de inversión libre

  • 15 fondo mutualista

    m.
    mutual fund, open-end investment company.
    * * *
    (n.) = mutual fund
    Ex. For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.
    * * *

    Ex: For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fondo mutualista

  • 16 llamativo

    adj.
    showy, attractive, striking, appealing.
    * * *
    1 showy, flashy
    * * *
    (f. - llamativa)
    adj.
    showy, striking
    * * *
    ADJ (=vistoso) [color] loud, bright
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < color> bright; <mujer/vestido> striking
    * * *
    = eye-catching, remarkable, catchy [catchier -comp., catchiest -sup.], arresting, slick, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], appealing, flamboyant.
    Ex. Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex. SilverPlatter is about to bring to market a new product with a catchy acronym, 'AgRIC'.
    Ex. It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex. Whether conceived as a bookmark, newspaper tabloid, balloon, slick booklet, or some other format, the client-directed annual report conveys not only the information itself but also the intent to focus on the client's interest.
    Ex. In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex. The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < color> bright; <mujer/vestido> striking
    * * *
    = eye-catching, remarkable, catchy [catchier -comp., catchiest -sup.], arresting, slick, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], appealing, flamboyant.

    Ex: Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.

    Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex: SilverPlatter is about to bring to market a new product with a catchy acronym, 'AgRIC'.
    Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.
    Ex: Whether conceived as a bookmark, newspaper tabloid, balloon, slick booklet, or some other format, the client-directed annual report conveys not only the information itself but also the intent to focus on the client's interest.
    Ex: In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex: The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.

    * * *
    ‹color› bright; ‹mujer› striking
    el plumaje llamativo del guacamayo the striking plumage of the macaw
    siempre se viste con ropa llamativa she always wears flamboyant clothes
    ponte algo menos llamativo wear something less conspicuous o flamboyant
    * * *

    llamativo
    ◊ -va adjetivo ‹ color› bright;


    ‹mujer/vestido› striking
    llamativo,-a adjetivo
    1 (sugerente) eye-catching
    (ostentoso) un vestido demasidado llamativo, a flashy dress
    2 (persona) striking
    ' llamativo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flamante
    - llamativa
    English:
    arresting
    - conspicuous
    - eyecatching
    - high profile
    - jazzy
    - striking
    - bold
    - eye
    - flamboyant
    - flashy
    - loud
    - sassy
    - showy
    * * *
    llamativo, -a adj
    [color] bright, gaudy; [ropa] showy, flamboyant
    * * *
    adj eyecatching; color loud
    * * *
    llamativo, -va adj
    : flashy, showy, striking
    * * *
    1. (que llama la atención) eye catching
    2. (color) bright

    Spanish-English dictionary > llamativo

  • 17 ostentoso

    adj.
    1 vain, presumptuous, show-off.
    2 ostentatious, flash, flashy, show-off.
    3 ostentatious, pretentious.
    * * *
    1 ostentatious
    * * *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ostentatious
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], glitzy, splashy, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], flamboyant, garish, lurid, swanky [swankier -comp., swankiest -sup.], ostentatious.
    Ex. Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Censorship, negative criticism, glitzy trends, growing publisher output, and other shadows on the landscape of children's book reviewing'.
    Ex. Big, splashy promotions work if the books themselves work, and the responsibility for that lies with the editor.
    Ex. In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex. Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex. Sitting on a tailgate drinking a beer with a good friend can be better than going to a swanky martini bar, especially if you know where the good country roads are.
    Ex. Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ostentatious
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], glitzy, splashy, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], flamboyant, garish, lurid, swanky [swankier -comp., swankiest -sup.], ostentatious.

    Ex: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

    Ex: The article has the title 'Censorship, negative criticism, glitzy trends, growing publisher output, and other shadows on the landscape of children's book reviewing'.
    Ex: Big, splashy promotions work if the books themselves work, and the responsibility for that lies with the editor.
    Ex: In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex: Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex: Sitting on a tailgate drinking a beer with a good friend can be better than going to a swanky martini bar, especially if you know where the good country roads are.
    Ex: Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.

    * * *
    ostentatious
    * * *

    ostentoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    ostentatious
    ostentoso,-a adjetivo ostentatious

    ' ostentoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    llamativa
    - llamativo
    - ostentosa
    - exhibicionista
    - pomposo
    English:
    grandiose
    - ostentatious
    * * *
    ostentoso, -a adj
    ostentatious
    * * *
    adj ostentatious
    * * *
    ostentoso, -sa adj
    : ostentatious, showy

    Spanish-English dictionary > ostentoso

  • 18 rico

    adj.
    1 rich, wealthy, well-off, moneyed.
    2 delicious, tasty.
    3 pleasing.
    m.
    1 rich person, rich.
    2 Rico.
    * * *
    1 (acaudalado) rich, wealthy
    3 (sabroso) tasty, delicious
    4 (tierra) rich, fertile
    5 (excelente) rich, excellent
    6 familiar (bonito) lovely, adorable
    7 familiar (tratamiento - hombre) mate, US man; (- mujer) love, US sweetheart
    ■ mira rico, no me tomes el pelo look mate, don't pull my leg
    ■ ¿qué tal, rica? how are you doing, love?
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 rich person
    1 the rich
    \
    hacerse rico,-a to get rich
    nuevo,-a rico,-a nouveau riche
    * * *
    (f. - rica)
    adj.
    1) rich
    * * *
    rico, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=adinerado) rich, wealthy
    2) [suelo] rich

    rico de o en — rich in

    3) (=valioso) valuable, precious; (=lujoso) luxurious, sumptuous, valuable; [tela] fine, rich, sumptuous
    4) (=sabroso) delicious, tasty
    5) * (=bonito) cute, lovely
    [en oración directa]

    ¡rico! — darling!

    ¡oye, rico! — hey, watch it! *

    ¡que no, rico! — Esp no way, mate! *

    ¡qué rico es el pequeño! — isn't he a lovely baby!

    ¡qué rico! — iró (isn't that just) great!

    2.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1) <persona/país> rich, wealthy
    2)
    a) < tierra> rich; < vegetación> lush; <lenguaje/historia> rich
    b) ( abundante)
    3)
    a) < comida> good, nice
    b) (esp CS) < perfume> nice, lovely
    4) (fam) ( mono) <niño/chica> lovely, cute

    es muy rica de cara — (CS) she has a very pretty o a lovely face

    5) (AmL exc RPl) ( agradable) lovely, wonderful

    ¿te vas a Acapulco? ay, qué rico! — you're off to Acapulco? how lovely!

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1) (m) rich o wealthy man; (f) rich o wealthy woman

    los ricos — rich people, the rich

    2) ( como apelativo) (fam & iró) sweetie (colloq & iro), honey (colloq & iro)
    * * *
    = affluent, rich [richer -comp., richest -sup.], wealthy [wealthier -comp., wealthiest -sup.], luscious, tasty [tastier -comp., tastiest -sup.].
    Ex. It is easy to predict that a majority of either large or affluent libraries in this country will employ some form of catalog under machine control in the foreseeable future.
    Ex. So, in practice, instead of exploiting the rich coordination of natural language, most systems ignore these links between concepts and resort to picking words from text at random.
    Ex. Today's sophisticated media provide clear advantages to wealthy, well-established interest groups.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex. Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.
    ----
    * aprendizaje rico en conocimiento = knowledge-rich learning.
    * barrio de los ricos = upper town.
    * casarse con alguien rico = marry into + money, marry + a fortune, marry + money.
    * hacer más rico = add + richness to.
    * hacerse rico = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * hazte rico pronto = get-rich-quick.
    * Puerto Rico = Puerto Rico.
    * rico en almidón = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en contenido = content-rich.
    * rico en contenido temático = subject-rich.
    * rico en féculas = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en fibras = high-fibre.
    * rico en grasa = fat-rich.
    * rico en hidratos de carbono = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en información = information-rich, info-rich.
    * rico en mensajes = message-rich.
    * rico en nutrientes = nutrient-rich.
    * rico en óxido = oxidised [oxidized, -USA].
    * rico en proteínas = high protein.
    * rico en recursos = resource-rich.
    * rico en TI = IT-rich.
    * ricos = haves.
    * ricos en información = information haves.
    * ricos en información, los = information-rich, the.
    * ricos, los = better off, the.
    * ricos y los pobres, los = haves and the have-nots, the.
    * ser rico en = be rich in.
    * ser rico en contenido = be rich in content.
    * superricos, los = super rich, the.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1) <persona/país> rich, wealthy
    2)
    a) < tierra> rich; < vegetación> lush; <lenguaje/historia> rich
    b) ( abundante)
    3)
    a) < comida> good, nice
    b) (esp CS) < perfume> nice, lovely
    4) (fam) ( mono) <niño/chica> lovely, cute

    es muy rica de cara — (CS) she has a very pretty o a lovely face

    5) (AmL exc RPl) ( agradable) lovely, wonderful

    ¿te vas a Acapulco? ay, qué rico! — you're off to Acapulco? how lovely!

    II
    - ca masculino, femenino
    1) (m) rich o wealthy man; (f) rich o wealthy woman

    los ricos — rich people, the rich

    2) ( como apelativo) (fam & iró) sweetie (colloq & iro), honey (colloq & iro)
    * * *
    = affluent, rich [richer -comp., richest -sup.], wealthy [wealthier -comp., wealthiest -sup.], luscious, tasty [tastier -comp., tastiest -sup.].

    Ex: It is easy to predict that a majority of either large or affluent libraries in this country will employ some form of catalog under machine control in the foreseeable future.

    Ex: So, in practice, instead of exploiting the rich coordination of natural language, most systems ignore these links between concepts and resort to picking words from text at random.
    Ex: Today's sophisticated media provide clear advantages to wealthy, well-established interest groups.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex: Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.
    * aprendizaje rico en conocimiento = knowledge-rich learning.
    * barrio de los ricos = upper town.
    * casarse con alguien rico = marry into + money, marry + a fortune, marry + money.
    * hacer más rico = add + richness to.
    * hacerse rico = strike + it rich, strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.
    * hazte rico pronto = get-rich-quick.
    * Puerto Rico = Puerto Rico.
    * rico en almidón = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en contenido = content-rich.
    * rico en contenido temático = subject-rich.
    * rico en féculas = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en fibras = high-fibre.
    * rico en grasa = fat-rich.
    * rico en hidratos de carbono = starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    * rico en información = information-rich, info-rich.
    * rico en mensajes = message-rich.
    * rico en nutrientes = nutrient-rich.
    * rico en óxido = oxidised [oxidized, -USA].
    * rico en proteínas = high protein.
    * rico en recursos = resource-rich.
    * rico en TI = IT-rich.
    * ricos = haves.
    * ricos en información = information haves.
    * ricos en información, los = information-rich, the.
    * ricos, los = better off, the.
    * ricos y los pobres, los = haves and the have-nots, the.
    * ser rico en = be rich in.
    * ser rico en contenido = be rich in content.
    * superricos, los = super rich, the.

    * * *
    rico1 -ca
    A ‹persona/país› rich, wealthy
    B
    1 ‹tierra› rich; ‹vegetación› lush; ‹lenguaje/historia› rich
    una dieta rica en vitaminas a diet rich in vitamins, a vitamin-rich diet
    3 ( gen delante del n) (magnífico) ‹telas/tapices› rich, sumptuous
    C
    1 ‹comida› good, nice
    ¡esto está riquísimo! this is o tastes delicious!
    con nueces queda más rico it's nicer with nuts
    2 ( esp RPl) ‹perfume› nice, lovely
    ¡qué rico olor tiene! what a lovely smell!, it smells lovely!
    D ( fam) (mono) ‹niño/chica› lovely, cute
    ¡qué niño más rico! what a lovely o sweet o cute child
    está muy rica con ese vestido she looks cute o lovely in that dress
    es muy rica de cara ( RPl); she has a very pretty o a lovely face
    ¡qué rica está tu vecina! your neighbor's gorgeous o hot stuff ( colloq)
    E ( AmL exc RPl) (agradable) lovely, wonderful
    ¡qué rico estar en la playa ahora! wouldn't it be wonderful o just great to be on the beach now!
    ¿te vas a Acapulco? ¡ay, qué rico! you're off to Acapulco? how lovely!
    ¡qué rica! así salgo yo perdiendo oh, that's great o charming! that way I lose out ( iro)
    rico2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) rich o wealthy man; ( feminine) rich o wealthy woman
    un rico no tiene estos problemas rich people don't have these problems
    los ricos rich people, the rich
    los pocos ricos que conozco the few rich o wealthy people I know
    B (como apelativo) ( fam iró); sweetie ( colloq iro), honey ( colloq iro), sunshine ( BrE colloq iro)
    * * *

     

    rico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹persona/país› rich, wealthy

    b) ‹ tierra› rich;

    ‹ vegetación› lush;
    ‹lenguaje/historia› rich;
    rico EN algo rich in sth
    2
    a) ‹ comida› good, nice;

    ◊ ¡esto está riquísimo! this is delicious!

    b) (esp CS) ‹ perfume› nice, lovely;

    ◊ ¡qué rico olor tiene! what a lovely smell!

    c) (fam) ( mono) ‹niño/chica› lovely, cute

    d) (AmL exc RPl) ( agradable) lovely, wonderful

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (m) rich o wealthy man;

    (f) rich o wealthy woman;

    b) ( como apelativo) (fam & iró) sweetie (colloq & iro), honey (colloq & iro)

    rico,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (suntuoso) sumptuous: se puso un rico vestido, she put on a gorgeous dress
    2 (acaudalado) wealthy: es un hombre rico, he's a rich man
    3 (sabroso) delicious
    4 (un niño, bebé, una mascota) lovely, adorable
    5 (tierra, sustancia) rich: es un alimento rico en proteínas, it's a high-protein food
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino rich o wealthy person
    los ricos, the wealthy
    ' rico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    buena
    - bueno
    - frotar
    - frotarse
    - poderosa
    - poderoso
    - rica
    - enriquecer
    - nuevo
    - ojalá
    - Puerto Rico
    English:
    abundant
    - affluent
    - cute
    - even
    - full-bodied
    - get-rich-quick
    - loaded
    - luscious
    - me
    - nice
    - off
    - opulent
    - Puerto Rico
    - rich
    - sweet
    - wealthy
    - wish
    - eventful
    - high
    - nouveau riche
    - only
    - PR
    - report
    - vivid
    * * *
    rico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [adinerado] rich;
    un país rico a rich country
    2. [abundante] rich (en in);
    una dieta rica en proteínas a protein-rich diet, a diet rich in proteins;
    esta región es rica en recursos naturales this region is rich in natural resources
    3. [fértil] fertile, rich
    4. [sabroso] delicious;
    la sopa está muy rica the soup is really delicious;
    ¡qué rico! this is delicious!
    5. [simpático] cute;
    ¡qué perrito tan rico! what a cute little dog!
    6. [bello, de calidad] [telas, tapices, vocabulario] rich
    7. Am salvo RP [agradable] lovely;
    ¡qué clima más rico hace aquí! the climate here is lovely!
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [adinerado] rich person;
    los ricos the rich;
    los nuevos ricos the nouveaux riches
    2. Fam [apelativo]
    ¡oye, rico! hey, sunshine!;
    ¿por qué no te callas, rico? shut up, you!
    ♦ adv
    Am salvo RP [bien] well;
    qué rico toca el piano she plays the piano so well;
    qué rico se está aquí en la playa it's lovely here on the beach
    * * *
    I adj
    1 rich;
    rico en vitaminas rich in vitamins
    2 comida delicious
    3 fam
    niño cute fam
    II m rich man;
    nuevo rico nouveau riche
    * * *
    rico, -ca adj
    1) : rich, wealthy
    2) : fertile
    3) : luxurious, valuable
    4) : delicious
    5) : adorable, lovely
    6) : great, wonderful
    rico, -ca n
    : rich person
    * * *
    rico1 adj
    1. (en general) rich
    2. (comida) delicious
    3. (niño) sweet
    ¡qué niña más rica! what a sweet little girl!
    rico2 n
    1. (hombre) rich man [pl. men]
    2. (mujer) rich woman [pl. women]

    Spanish-English dictionary > rico

  • 19 surgir

    v.
    1 to happen, to turn up, to come up, to occur.
    Algo surgió ayer Something happened yesterday.
    2 to rise, to stand out, to advance, to excel.
    Surgimos después de la quiebra We rose after the bankruptcy.
    3 to appear, to emerge, to arise, to bob up.
    Surgió un animal en la oscuridad An animal appeared in the darkness.
    4 to happen unexpectedly to, to happen to.
    Nos surgió algo bueno ayer Something good happened to us yesterday.
    5 to spurt, to spout, to spring up, to issue forth.
    El agua surge del manantial The water spurts from the spring.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ DIRIGIR], like link=dirigir dirigir
    1 (agua) to spring forth, spurt up
    2 figurado (aparecer - gen) to appear, emerge; (- dificultades) to crop up, arise, come up
    3 MARÍTIMO to anchor
    * * *
    verb
    to arise, emerge
    * * *
    VI
    1) (=aparecer) [gen] to arise, emerge, appear; [líquido] to spout, spout out, spurt; [barco] [en la niebla] to loom up; [persona] to appear unexpectedly
    2) [dificultad] to arise, come up, crop up
    3) (Náut) to anchor
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) manantial to rise
    b) (aparecer, salir) problema/dificultad to arise, come up, emerge; interés/sentimiento to develop, emerge; idea to emerge, come up; tema to come up, crop up; movimiento/partido to come into being, arise

    surgir DE algo: una silueta surgió de entre las sombras — a shape rose up from o loomed up out of the shadows

    * * *
    = arise, become + available, come into + being, crop up, emerge, rise, pop up, come into + existence, burgeon, surface, grow up, dawn, spring, come through, come up, come with, break out, burst forth, source, pop, set in.
    Ex. The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.
    Ex. Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.
    Ex. I think it would be useful to take just a few minutes to talk about how our institutions come into being.
    Ex. Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.
    Ex. In 1961 an International Conference on Cataloguing Principles was held in Paris, and a statement of principles emerged, which became known as the Paris Principles.
    Ex. The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.
    Ex. It can pop up in one form one week and in another form another week.
    Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex. The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.
    Ex. Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 30s factory libraries grew up in all types of industries, particularly textile industries, but their size and quality varied.
    Ex. However, because of the long duration of feudal society, modern civilization, including modern libraries, dawned in China later than in the industrialized Western countries.
    Ex. My point is that all literature, every example we can think of, depends for its existence on the tradition out of which it springs -- even the most avant of the avant-garde.
    Ex. More sophisticated accreditation systems are coming through, but these are currently relatively little used in these areas, and are more common in ecommerce applications.
    Ex. She outlined the tasks she had been assigned and mentioned that if any emergencies came up she was the person to bring them to.
    Ex. The problem comes with ideographic languages.
    Ex. Loud, unscripted quarrels between unshaven peasants break out in odd corners of the auditorium and add to the liveliness.
    Ex. It seems the passions of the people were only sleeping and burst forth with a terrible fury.
    Ex. What this has meant is that in the 20th century, ideas are being sourced from all over the globe; and at the speed oflight, so to speak.
    Ex. The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.
    Ex. Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.
    ----
    * cuando le surja la necesidad = at + Posesivo + time of need.
    * cuestión + surgir = issue + surface.
    * dificultad + surgir = difficulty + arise.
    * emergencia + surgir = emergency + arise.
    * idea + surgir = idea + come up.
    * oportunidad + surgir = opportunity + arise.
    * peligro + surgir = danger + arise.
    * prejuicio + surgir = prejudice + arise.
    * problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.
    * según surja la ocasión = as the occasion arises.
    * situación + surgir = situation + arise.
    * surgiendo de nuevas = on the rebound.
    * surgir amenazadoramente = rear + its head.
    * surgir de = arise out of, be rooted in, develop out of, emanate from, grow out of, stem from, spin off, come out of, spring off from, be born of.
    * surgir de nuevo = re-arise.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * surgir la circunstancia = circumstance + arise.
    * surgir malentendidos = arise + misunderstandings.
    * surgir sospechas = arise + suspicion.
    * surgir una complicación = arise + complication.
    * surgir una cuestión = issue + arise, arise + question.
    * surgir una dificultad = arise + difficulty.
    * surgir una necesidad = need + arise.
    * surgir una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * surgir un defecto = arise + fault.
    * surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) manantial to rise
    b) (aparecer, salir) problema/dificultad to arise, come up, emerge; interés/sentimiento to develop, emerge; idea to emerge, come up; tema to come up, crop up; movimiento/partido to come into being, arise

    surgir DE algo: una silueta surgió de entre las sombras — a shape rose up from o loomed up out of the shadows

    * * *
    = arise, become + available, come into + being, crop up, emerge, rise, pop up, come into + existence, burgeon, surface, grow up, dawn, spring, come through, come up, come with, break out, burst forth, source, pop, set in.

    Ex: The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.

    Ex: Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.
    Ex: I think it would be useful to take just a few minutes to talk about how our institutions come into being.
    Ex: Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.
    Ex: In 1961 an International Conference on Cataloguing Principles was held in Paris, and a statement of principles emerged, which became known as the Paris Principles.
    Ex: The public library has two choices: to follow the dodo or to rise again like the phoenix.
    Ex: It can pop up in one form one week and in another form another week.
    Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex: The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.
    Ex: Power struggles are surfacing at major academic institutions across the USA.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 30s factory libraries grew up in all types of industries, particularly textile industries, but their size and quality varied.
    Ex: However, because of the long duration of feudal society, modern civilization, including modern libraries, dawned in China later than in the industrialized Western countries.
    Ex: My point is that all literature, every example we can think of, depends for its existence on the tradition out of which it springs -- even the most avant of the avant-garde.
    Ex: More sophisticated accreditation systems are coming through, but these are currently relatively little used in these areas, and are more common in ecommerce applications.
    Ex: She outlined the tasks she had been assigned and mentioned that if any emergencies came up she was the person to bring them to.
    Ex: The problem comes with ideographic languages.
    Ex: Loud, unscripted quarrels between unshaven peasants break out in odd corners of the auditorium and add to the liveliness.
    Ex: It seems the passions of the people were only sleeping and burst forth with a terrible fury.
    Ex: What this has meant is that in the 20th century, ideas are being sourced from all over the globe; and at the speed oflight, so to speak.
    Ex: The azaleas are popping, the redbuds are in their finest attire, and the dogwoods are lacy jewels at the edge of the wood.
    Ex: Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.
    * cuando le surja la necesidad = at + Posesivo + time of need.
    * cuestión + surgir = issue + surface.
    * dificultad + surgir = difficulty + arise.
    * emergencia + surgir = emergency + arise.
    * idea + surgir = idea + come up.
    * oportunidad + surgir = opportunity + arise.
    * peligro + surgir = danger + arise.
    * prejuicio + surgir = prejudice + arise.
    * problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.
    * según surja la ocasión = as the occasion arises.
    * situación + surgir = situation + arise.
    * surgiendo de nuevas = on the rebound.
    * surgir amenazadoramente = rear + its head.
    * surgir de = arise out of, be rooted in, develop out of, emanate from, grow out of, stem from, spin off, come out of, spring off from, be born of.
    * surgir de nuevo = re-arise.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * surgir la circunstancia = circumstance + arise.
    * surgir malentendidos = arise + misunderstandings.
    * surgir sospechas = arise + suspicion.
    * surgir una complicación = arise + complication.
    * surgir una cuestión = issue + arise, arise + question.
    * surgir una dificultad = arise + difficulty.
    * surgir una necesidad = need + arise.
    * surgir una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * surgir un defecto = arise + fault.
    * surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.

    * * *
    surgir [I7 ]
    vi
    1 «manantial» to rise
    un chorro surgía de entre las rocas water gushed from o spouted out from between the rocks
    2 (aparecer, salir) «problema/dificultad» to arise, come up, emerge; «interés/sentimiento» to develop, emerge; «idea» to emerge, come up
    han surgido impedimentos de última hora some last-minute problems have come up o arisen
    ¿y cómo surgió ese tema? and how did that subject come up o crop up?
    el amor que surgió entre ellos the love that sprang up between them
    surgir DE algo:
    una silueta surgió de entre las sombras a shape rose up from o loomed up out of the shadows
    de la familia han surgido muchos músicos the family has produced many musicians
    han surgido muchas empresas de este tipo a lot of companies of this kind have sprung up o emerged
    el movimiento surgió como respuesta a esta injusticia the movement came into being as a response to o arose in response to this injustice
    3 (desprenderse, deducirse) surgir DE algo:
    del informe surge que … the report shows that …
    ¿qué surge de todo esto? what can be deduced from all this?
    * * *

     

    surgir ( conjugate surgir) verbo intransitivo [ manantial] to rise;
    [problema/dificultad] to arise, come up, emerge;
    [interés/sentimiento] to develop, emerge;
    [ idea] to emerge, come up;
    [ tema] to come up, crop up;
    [movimiento/partido] to come into being, arise
    surgir verbo intransitivo
    1 (sobrevenir, aparecer) to arise, come up: surgió un imprevisto, something cropped up o came up
    una extraña figura surgió de la oscuridad, a strange shape loomed up out of the darkness
    2 (manar) to rise, spout out, spring forth
    ' surgir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brotar
    - plantearse
    - salir
    - venir
    - nacer
    English:
    arise
    - come up
    - crop up
    - emerge
    - spring up
    - come
    - crop
    - develop
    - grow
    - spring
    * * *
    surgir vi
    1. [brotar] to emerge, to spring;
    un manantial surgía entre las rocas a spring emerged among the rocks, water sprang from among the rocks
    2. [aparecer] to appear;
    surgió de detrás de las cortinas he emerged from behind the curtains;
    el rascacielos surgía entre los edificios del centro the skyscraper rose o towered above the buildings Br in the city centre o US downtown
    3. [producirse] to arise;
    se lo preguntaré si surge la ocasión I'll ask her if the opportunity arises;
    la idea surgió cuando… the idea occurred to him/her/ etc when…;
    nos surgieron varios problemas we ran into a number of problems;
    me han surgido varias dudas I have a number of queries;
    nos ha surgido una dificultad de última hora a last-minute difficulty has arisen o come up;
    están surgiendo nuevos destinos turísticos new tourist destinations are emerging o appearing;
    un banco surgido como resultado de la fusión de otros dos a bank that came into being o emerged as a result of the merger of two other banks;
    un movimiento surgido tras la guerra a movement which emerged after the war
    * * *
    v/i
    1 fig
    emerge; de problema tb come up
    2 de agua spout
    * * *
    surgir {35} vi
    : to rise, to arise, to emerge
    * * *
    surgir vb to come up [pt. came; pp. come] / to arise [pt. arose; pp. arisen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > surgir

  • 20 vistoso

    adj.
    sightly, dressy, dashing, flashy.
    * * *
    1 (llamativo) showy, flashy
    2 (colorido) bright, colourful (US colorful)
    * * *
    (f. - vistosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [ropa] bright, colourful, colorful (EEUU); pey gaudy; [partido] spectacular
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo bright and colorful*
    * * *
    = eye-catching, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], flamboyant.
    Ex. Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex. In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo bright and colorful*
    * * *
    = eye-catching, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], flamboyant.

    Ex: Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.

    Ex: In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.

    * * *
    vistoso -sa
    bright and colorful*
    * * *

    vistoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    bright and colorful( conjugate colorful)
    vistoso,-a adjetivo eye-catching

    ' vistoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lucida
    - lucido
    - vistosa
    - flamante
    English:
    ornate
    - flamboyant
    - showy
    * * *
    vistoso, -a adj
    eye-catching
    * * *
    adj eye-catching
    * * *
    vistoso, -sa adj
    : colorful, bright
    * * *
    vistoso adj colourful

    Spanish-English dictionary > vistoso

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