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81 dramático

adj.

1 dramatic, dramatical, theatrical, theatric.

2 dramatic, drastic, striking.

3 dramatic, dramaturgic, histrionic, thespian.

m.

dramatic actor, tragic actor, tragedian.

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dramático

► adjetivo

1 dramatic

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 dramatist

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(f. - dramática)

adj.

dramatic

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1.

ADJ dramatic

no seas tan dramático — don't make such a drama out of it, don't be such a drama queen * hum

2.

SM (=autor) dramatist

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- ca adjetivo dramatic

un autor dramático — a playwright o dramatist

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= theatrical, dramatic.

Ex. The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.

Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.

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* autor dramático = playwright.

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- ca adjetivo dramatic

un autor dramático — a playwright o dramatist

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= theatrical, dramatic.

Ex: The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.

Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.

* autor dramático = playwright.

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dramático -ca

adjective

1 ‹género› dramatic

un destacado autor dramático an outstanding playwright o dramatist

2 ‹situación/momento› dramatic

3 ‹cambios› dramatic

dramáticas consecuencias dramatic consequences

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dramático
◊ -ca adjetivo

dramatic;
un autor dramático a playwright o dramatist
dramático,-a adjetivo dramatic

' dramático' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dramática
- dramatizar
- género
English:
dramatic
- flourish
- sweeping
- drama
- straight
- turn

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dramático, -a adj

1. [de teatro] dramatic;

un autor dramático a dramatist o playwright;

estudia arte dramático she's studying drama

2. [muy grave] dramatic;

se vivieron momentos dramáticos there were dramatic moments

3. [exagerado, teatral] theatrical, histrionic;

ponerse dramático to become theatrical, to over-dramatize;

no te pongas dramático, que no fue para tanto don't make a big production out of it, it wasn't such a big deal

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dramático

adj dramatic;

arte dramático dramatic art

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dramático, -ca adj

: dramatic

♦ dramáticamente adv

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dramático adj dramatic

Spanish-English dictionary > dramático
82 drástico

adj.

1 drastic, inflexible, energetic, severe.

2 drastic, striking, dramatic.

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drástico

► adjetivo

1 drastic

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(f. - drástica)

adj.

drastic

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ADJ drastic

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- ca adjetivo <remedio/medida> drastic

de manera drástica — drastically

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= drastic, forceful, dramatic, swingeing.

Ex. Even when drastic revision is seen to be necessary and accepted, the point in time at which to conduct this extensive review can be difficult to select.

Ex. The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.

Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.

Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.

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* medidas drásticas = clampdown (on).

* tomar medidas drásticas contra = clamp down on.

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- ca adjetivo <remedio/medida> drastic

de manera drástica — drastically

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= drastic, forceful, dramatic, swingeing.

Ex: Even when drastic revision is seen to be necessary and accepted, the point in time at which to conduct this extensive review can be difficult to select.

Ex: The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.

Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.

Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.

* medidas drásticas = clampdown (on).

* tomar medidas drásticas contra = clamp down on.

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drástico -ca

adjective

‹remedio/medida› drastic

han reducido las subvenciones de manera drástica subsidies have been drastically reduced

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drástico
◊ -ca adjetivo

drastic
drástico,-a adjetivo drastic

' drástico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
drástica
English:
drastic
- dramatic

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drástico, -a adj

drastic

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drástico

adj drastic

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drástico, -ca adj

: drastic

♦ drásticamente adv

Spanish-English dictionary > drástico
83 echar una mano

echar una mano

to give a hand

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echar una mano

to give a hand, lend a hand

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(v.) = lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in

Ex. In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.

Ex. They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.

Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.

Ex. All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.

Ex. It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.

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(v.) = lend + a (helping) hand, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in

Ex: In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.

Ex: They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.

Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.

Ex: All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.

Ex: It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.

Spanish-English dictionary > echar una mano
84 empeñado en

= hell-bent on, bent on, dead set on

Ex. It comes across mostly as an incomprehensible if entertaining story about a few spoiled people hell-bent on complaining incessantly.

Ex. 'Shit Happens' in the story of two flatmates: Halifax, a ex-journalist with a dark past and long lost ex-wife, and Shakra, a college-drop out bent on Halifax's destruction.

Ex. The only crippling illness I have is continuing to bandy words with someone who seems dead set on humiliating himself with constant references to rape.

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= hell-bent on, bent on, dead set on

Ex: It comes across mostly as an incomprehensible if entertaining story about a few spoiled people hell-bent on complaining incessantly.

Ex: 'Shit Happens' in the story of two flatmates: Halifax, a ex-journalist with a dark past and long lost ex-wife, and Shakra, a college-drop out bent on Halifax's destruction.

Ex: The only crippling illness I have is continuing to bandy words with someone who seems dead set on humiliating himself with constant references to rape.

Spanish-English dictionary > empeñado en
85 engañar

v.

1 to deceive, to trick, to take in, to fool.

2 to deceive, to lie.

3 to cheat on, to cuckold, to be unfaithful to, to deceive.

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engañar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to deceive, mislead, fool, take in

2 (estafar) to cheat, trick

3 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to

► verbo intransitivo

1 to be deceptive

► verbo pronominal engañarse

1 (ilusionarse) to deceive oneself

2 (equivocarse) to be mistaken, be wrong

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FRASEOLOGÍA

engañar el hambre figurado to stave off hunger

engañar el tiempo figurado to kill time

las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive

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verb

1) to cheat

2) deceive

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1. VT

1) [+ persona] (=embaucar) to deceive, trick; (=despistar) to mislead; [con promesas, esperanzas] to delude; (=estafar) to cheat, swindle

engaña a su mujer — he's unfaithful to his wife, he's cheating on his wife

a mí no me engaña nadie — you can't fool me

no te dejes engañar — don't let yourself be taken in

logró engañar al inspector — he managed to trick the inspector

2)

necesito picar algo para engañar el hambre — I need to nibble at sth to stop me feeling hungry

engañar el tiempo — to kill time

2.

VI to be deceptive

- las apariencias engañan

3.

See:

engañarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead

me engañó la vista — my eyes deceived me

no te dejes engañar — don't be deceived o mislead

tú a mí no me engañas — you can't fool me

lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...

engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing

engañar el hambre or el estómago — to stave off hunger, to keep the wolf from the door (colloq)

b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)

c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on
2.
engañarse v pron

a) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)

b) ( equivocarse) to be mistaken

duró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken

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= fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.

Ex. We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.

Ex. In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.

Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.

Ex. Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.

Ex. Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.

Ex. People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.

Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.

Ex. The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.

Ex. Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.

Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.

Ex. 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".

Ex. It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.

Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.

Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

Ex. Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.

Ex. They are bluffed easily, and it is quite possible they will be bluffed again.

Ex. One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.

Ex. By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.

Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.

Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.

Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.

Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.

Ex. Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.

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* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.

* engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.

* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.

* las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.

* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead

me engañó la vista — my eyes deceived me

no te dejes engañar — don't be deceived o mislead

tú a mí no me engañas — you can't fool me

lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...

engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing

engañar el hambre or el estómago — to stave off hunger, to keep the wolf from the door (colloq)

b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)

c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on
2.
engañarse v pron

a) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)

b) ( equivocarse) to be mistaken

duró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken

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= fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.

Ex: We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.

Ex: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.

Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.

Ex: Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.

Ex: Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.

Ex: People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.

Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.

Ex: The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.

Ex: Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.

Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.

Ex: 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".

Ex: It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.

Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.

Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

Ex: Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.

Ex: They are bluffed easily, and it is quite possible they will be bluffed again.

Ex: One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.

Ex: By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.

Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.

Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.

Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.

Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.

Ex: Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.

* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.

* engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.

* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.

* las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.

* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

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engañar [A1 ]

vt

1

(embaucar): no te dejes engañar don't be misled o fooled o deceived o taken in

sé que no estuviste allí, tú a mí no me engañas I know you weren't there, you can't fool me

a él no se lo engaña tan fácilmente he's not so easily fooled o duped o deceived, he's not taken in that easily

te han engañado, no está hecho a mano you've been cheated o conned o had o done, it's not handmade ( colloq)

me engañó la vista my eyes deceived o misled me

si la memoria no me engaña if my memory serves me right o correctly

las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive

engañar el hambre or el estómago to keep the wolf from the door ( colloq)

comimos un poco de queso para engañar el hambre we had some cheese to keep the wolf from the door o to take the edge off our appetites o to keep us going

2 (ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on ( AmE colloq)

su marido la engaña con la secretaria her husband's being unfaithful to her o cheating on her, he's having an affair with his secretary

■ engañarse

v pron

1 ( refl) (mentirse) to deceive oneself, delude oneself, kid oneself ( colloq)

no te engañes, no se va a casar contigo don't deceive o delude o kid yourself, she's not going to marry you

2 (equivocarse) to be mistaken

duró, si no me engaño, hasta noviembre it lasted until November, if I'm not mistaken

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engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo
a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead;

◊ me engañó la vista my eyes deceived me;

tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
engañar a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)

c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on

engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
' engañar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burlar
- confiada
- confiado
- torear
- tramoya
- clavar
- disfraz
- disfrazar
- joder
English:
betray
- cheat
- deceive
- delude
- double-cross
- dupe
- fool
- fox
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- lead on
- mess about
- mess around
- mislead
- put over
- ride
- stitch up
- take in
- trick
- try on
- two-time
- unfaithful
- wool
- hood
- kid
- lead
- square
- take
- two

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engañar

♦ vt

1. [mentir] to deceive;

engañó a su padre haciéndole ver que había aprobado she deceived her father into believing that she had passed;

es difícil engañarla she is not easily deceived, she's hard to fool;

logró engañar al portero he managed to outsmart the goalkeeper;

me engañó lo bien que vestía y que hablaba she was so well dressed and so well spoken that I was taken in;

¿a quién te crees que vas a engañar? who are you trying to fool o kid?;

a mí no me engañas, sé que tienes cincuenta años you can't fool me, I know you're fifty

2. [ser infiel a] to deceive, to cheat on;

engaña a su marido she cheats on her husband;

me engañó con mi mejor amiga he cheated on me with my best friend

3. [estafar] to cheat, to swindle;

te engañaron vendiéndote esto tan caro they cheated you if they sold that to you for such a high price;

Comp

engañar a alguien como a un chino o [m5] a un niño to take sb for a ride

4. [hacer más llevadero] to appease;

engañar el hambre to take the edge off one's hunger

♦ vi

to be deceptive o misleading;

engaña mucho, no es tan tonto como parece you can easily get the wrong impression, he's not as stupid as he seems;

Comp

las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive

♦ See also the pronominal verb engañarse

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engañar

v/t

1 deceive, cheat;

engañar el hambre take the edge off one’s appetite;

te han engañado you’ve been had fam

2 ( ser infiel a) cheat on, be unfaithful to

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engañar vt

1) embaucar: to trick, to deceive, to mislead

2) : to cheat on, to be unfaithful to

♦ See also the reflexive verb engañarse

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engañar vb

1. (mentir) to lie

me engañaste al decirme que era guapo you lied to me when you said he was good looking

2. (ser infiel) to cheat on

engañó a su mujer he cheated on his wife

3. (timar) to trick

me engañaron they tricked me

4. (dar impresión falsa) to be deceptive

esta foto engaña: parezco más alta de lo que soy this photo is deceptive: I look taller than I am

las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive

Spanish-English dictionary > engañar
86 enmienda

f.

1 correction.

2 amendment.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: enmendar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: enmendar.

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enmienda

► nombre femenino

1 correction

2 (de daño) repair, indemnity, compensation

3 DERECHO amendment

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer propósito de enmienda to turn over a new leaf

no tener enmienda to be incorrigible

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SF

1) (=corrección) [gen] emendation, correction; (Jur, Pol) amendment

enmienda a la totalidad — motion for the rejection of a bill

2) [de comportamiento] reform

3) (=compensación) compensation, indemnity

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femenino

a) (modificación, corrección) amendment, correction

valen las enmiendas — the amendments stand

b) (Der, Pol) amendment

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= amendment, emendation, rectification.

Ex. The headings consequently correspond to current American usage in both use of terms and spelling and often need amendment to make them consistent with local usage.

Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.

Ex. The advantages of viewing stock verification as stock rectification are discussed.

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* de enmienda = amendatory.

* enmienda de entuertos, la = righting of wrongs, the.

* hacer una enmienda = make + amendment.

* Primera Enmienda, la = First Amendment, the.

* Quinta Enmienda = Fifth Amendment.

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femenino

a) (modificación, corrección) amendment, correction

valen las enmiendas — the amendments stand

b) (Der, Pol) amendment

* * *

= amendment, emendation, rectification.

Ex: The headings consequently correspond to current American usage in both use of terms and spelling and often need amendment to make them consistent with local usage.

Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.

Ex: The advantages of viewing stock verification as stock rectification are discussed.

* de enmienda = amendatory.

* enmienda de entuertos, la = righting of wrongs, the.

* hacer una enmienda = make + amendment.

* Primera Enmienda, la = First Amendment, the.

* Quinta Enmienda = Fifth Amendment.

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enmienda

feminine

1 (modificación, corrección) amendment, correction, emendation ( frml)

valen las enmiendas the amendments stand

2 ( Der, Pol) amendment

un proyecto de enmienda constitucional a proposed constitutional amendment

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Del verbo enmendar: ( conjugate enmendar)

enmienda es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
enmendar
enmienda
enmendar ( conjugate enmendar) verbo transitivo ‹ conducta› to improve, amend (frml);
‹ actitud› to change;
‹ error› to amend, rectify
enmendarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to mend one's ways
enmienda sustantivo femenino
amendment
enmendar verbo transitivo
1 (corregir) to correct
enmendar un error, to rectify a mistake
2 Jur to amend
enmienda sustantivo femenino
1 Jur Pol amendment
2 (rectificación) correction: hice propósito de enmienda, I decided to mend my ways
' enmienda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acogerse
- bloque
- rechazar
- rechazo
English:
amendment
- nineteenth

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enmienda nf

1. [acción]
hacer propósito de enmienda to promise to mend one's ways

2. [en un texto] correction

3. [de ley, contrato] amendment;

presentar una enmienda a un proyecto de ley to propose an amendment to a bill

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enmienda

f POL amendment

* * *

enmienda nf

1) : amendment

2) : correction, emendation

Spanish-English dictionary > enmienda
87 enojoso

adj.

annoying, irritating, harsh, grating.

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enojoso

► adjetivo

1 annoying, irritating

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ADJ irritating, annoying

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- sa adjetivo (esp AmL) ( violento) awkward; ( aburrido) tedious, tiresome

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= annoying, vexing, gnawing.

Ex. Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).

Ex. the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.

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- sa adjetivo (esp AmL) ( violento) awkward; ( aburrido) tedious, tiresome

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= annoying, vexing, gnawing.

Ex: Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).

Ex: the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.

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enojoso -sa

adjective

( esp AmL)

1 (violento) awkward

2 (aburrido) tedious, tiresome

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enojoso
◊ -sa adjetivo (esp AmL) ( violento) awkward;

( aburrido) tedious, tiresome
enojoso,-a adjetivo
1 (molesto) annoying
2 (trabajoso) trying
' enojoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enojosa
English:
grating

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enojoso, -a adj
esp Am [delicado, espinoso] awkward;
la situación era de lo más enojosa it was an extremely awkward situation;

pongamos fin a este enojoso asunto let's put an end to this unpleasant business

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enojoso

adj

1 ( delicado) awkward

2 ( aburrido) tedious, tiresome

* * *

enojoso, -sa adj

fastidioso, molestoso: annoying, irritating

* * *

enojoso adj annoying

Spanish-English dictionary > enojoso
88 entablar amistad con

(v.) = establish + familiarity con, chum with, strike up + friendship with

Ex. Her attitude enabled him, and everyone else on the staff from what he could gather in the brief time he had been there, to establish a pleasant familiarity with her.

Ex. Cryptanalysts mostly work behind closed doors, and it is difficult to chum with a clever person doing such a secret research.

Ex. One of the immediate results was that she struck up a friendship with Jeffrey Gordon, a young consultant assigned to the R&D section.

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(v.) = establish + familiarity con, chum with, strike up + friendship with

Ex: Her attitude enabled him, and everyone else on the staff from what he could gather in the brief time he had been there, to establish a pleasant familiarity with her.

Ex: Cryptanalysts mostly work behind closed doors, and it is difficult to chum with a clever person doing such a secret research.

Ex: One of the immediate results was that she struck up a friendship with Jeffrey Gordon, a young consultant assigned to the R&D section.

Spanish-English dictionary > entablar amistad con
89 entregado

adj.

1 committed, devoted.

Entregado a absorbed in

Entregado en committed to

2 handed-over, delivered.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: entregar.

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(f. - entregada)

adj.

dedicated, devoted

* * *

ADJ

1) (=dedicado)

estar entregado a — [+ causa, creencia, actividad, trabajo] to be dedicated to, be devoted to

una vida entregada a ayudar a los más necesitados — a life dedicated o devoted to helping those most in need

vive totalmente entregado a la música — his life is totally dedicated o devoted to music

2) (=sacrificado) selfless

es una persona muy entregada — she's a very selfless person

* * *

- da adjetivo

a) [ser] ( sacrificado) selfless

b) [estar] ( dedicado)

entregado a algo/alguien — devoted o dedicated to something/somebody; ( abandonado) given over to something

una vida entregada a la ciencia — a life dedicated to o devoted to science

entregado a los placeres de la carne — (liter) given over to the pleasures of the flesh (liter)

c) (RPl) ( resignado)

está entregada — she's given up

* * *

= hard-core, committed, devoted.

Ex. Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.

Ex. Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.

Ex. Overprotective feelings occur mostly in very devoted, tender-hearted parents who are inclined to feel guilty.

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* no entregado = undelivered.

* totalmente entregado = dedicated.

* * *

- da adjetivo

a) [ser] ( sacrificado) selfless

b) [estar] ( dedicado)

entregado a algo/alguien — devoted o dedicated to something/somebody; ( abandonado) given over to something

una vida entregada a la ciencia — a life dedicated to o devoted to science

entregado a los placeres de la carne — (liter) given over to the pleasures of the flesh (liter)

c) (RPl) ( resignado)

está entregada — she's given up

* * *

= hard-core, committed, devoted.

Ex: Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.

Ex: Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.

Ex: Overprotective feelings occur mostly in very devoted, tender-hearted parents who are inclined to feel guilty.

* no entregado = undelivered.

* totalmente entregado = dedicated.

* * *

entregado -da

adjective

1 [ SER] (sacrificado) selfless

2 [ ESTAR] (dedicado) entregado A algo devoted o dedicated TO sth; (abandonado) given over TO sth

lo halló en el despacho entregado a la lectura she found him busy reading in the study

una vida entregada a la ciencia a life dedicated to o devoted to science

entregado a los placeres de la carne ( liter); given over to the pleasures of the flesh ( liter)

3

( RPl) (resignado): está entregada she's given up

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entregado, -a adj

1. [dedicado] dedicated (a to);
vive entregado a su trabajo he lives for his work;

gentes entregadas al vicio y a la depravación people given over to vice and depravity;

toda una carrera entregada a la investigación médica a lifetime's work devoted to medical research

2. [entusiasmado] enthusiastic;

la estrella actuó ante un público entregado the star performed in front of an enthusiastic audience

3. RP [resignado] resigned;

durante un tiempo trató de cambiar la situación, pero ahora ya está entregado for a while he tried to change the situation, but now he's given up

Spanish-English dictionary > entregado
90 equivocado

adj.

1 wrong, erroneous, inaccurate, mistaken.

2 misguided, lost.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: equivocar.

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equivocado

► participio pasado

1→ link=equivocar equivocar

► adjetivo

1 mistaken, wrong

* * *

ADJ

1) [número, dirección] wrong; [persona] mistaken, wrong

estás equivocado — you are wrong, you are mistaken más frm

2) [afecto, confianza] misplaced

* * *

- da adjetivo

a) <dato/número/respuesta> wrong

b) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrong

* * *

= false, misconceived, misguided, wrong, wrong-headed, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.

Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.

Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.

Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.

Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.

Ex. In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.

Ex. Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.

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* aplicar un tratamiento equivocado = mistreat.

* dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.

* diagnóstico equivocado = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].

* estar completamente equivocado = be way off.

* estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, miss + the point, be in the wrong.

* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).

* estar totalmente equivocado = be way off.

* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.

* número equivocado = wrong number.

* si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

* * *

- da adjetivo

a) <dato/número/respuesta> wrong

b) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrong

* * *

= false, misconceived, misguided, wrong, wrong-headed, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.

Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.

Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.

Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.

Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.

Ex: In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.

Ex: Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.

* aplicar un tratamiento equivocado = mistreat.

* dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.

* diagnóstico equivocado = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].

* estar completamente equivocado = be way off.

* estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, miss + the point, be in the wrong.

* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).

* estar totalmente equivocado = be way off.

* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.

* número equivocado = wrong number.

* si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

* * *

equivocado -da

adjective

1 (erróneo, desacertado) wrong

dio una respuesta equivocada he gave the wrong answer

los datos estaban equivocados the information was wrong

marqué un número equivocado I dialed the wrong number

2 ‹persona› mistaken, wrong

si piensas que te voy a ayudar estás muy equivocado if you think you're going to get any help from me, you're wrong o you're very much mistaken

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Del verbo equivocar: ( conjugate equivocar)

equivocado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
equivocado
equivocar
equivocado
◊ -da adjetivo

a) ‹dato/número/respuesta› wrong

b) [estar] ‹ persona› mistaken, wrong

equivocar ( conjugate equivocar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to make … make a mistake, to make … go wrong
equivocarse verbo pronominal ( cometer un error) to make a mistake;
( estar en un error) to be wrong o mistaken;
◊ me equivoqué con él I was wrong about him;

me equivoqué de autobús I took the wrong bus;
no te equivoques de fecha don't get the date wrong;
se equivocó de camino he went the wrong way
equivocado,-a adjetivo mistaken, wrong
equivocar verbo transitivo
1 (no acertar) to get wrong: equivocó el oficio, he chose the wrong profession
2 (confundir) to mix up

' equivocado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
entender
- equivocada
- estropear
- concepto
- posibilidad
English:
grossly
- misguided
- misnomer
- mistaken
- out
- wildly
- wrong
- accept
- get
- incorrect
- number
- sadly
- show
- surely

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equivocado, -a adj

1. [érroneo] wrong;

tomó la dirección equivocada he went in the wrong direction

2. [persona] mistaken;

estás completamente equivocado you're completely mistaken;

si crees que aquí se acaba todo, estás pero que muy equivocado if you think that's the end of it, you are very much mistaken

* * *

equivocado

adj wrong;

estar equivocado be wrong, be mistaken

* * *

equivocado, -da adj

: mistaken, wrong

♦ equivocadamente adv

* * *

equivocado adj wrong

Spanish-English dictionary > equivocado
91 erróneo

adj.

erroneous, equivocal, wrong, mistaken.

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erróneo

► adjetivo

1 erroneous, wrong, mistaken, unsound

■ juicio erróneo unsound judgement

■ explicación errónea wrong explanation

■ identificación errónea mistaken identity

* * *

(f. - errónea)

adj.

erroneous, wrong

* * *

ADJ (=equivocado) mistaken, erroneous; (=falso) untrue, false

* * *

- nea adjetivo (frml) <decisión/afirmación> wrong, erroneous (frml)

debido a un cálculo erróneo — owing to a miscalculation

* * *

= erroneous, false, misguided, misleading, wrong, wrong-headed, misapplied, fallacious, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

Ex. Mistakes in check-in will occasionally lead to erroneous entries in the receipt history.

Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.

Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.

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

Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.

Ex. The word 'archival' has been rejected so as to avoid some misapplied promotional efforts by vendors.

Ex. On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.

Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.

Ex. In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.

Ex. Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.

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* aplicar un tratamiento erróneo = mistreat.

* colocado en lugar erróneo = misplaced.

* correo con dirección errónea = misdirected mail.

* interpretación errónea = misinterpretation, misrepresentation.

* llevar a conclusiones erróneas = mislead.

* representación errónea = misrepresentation.

* ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error.

* * *

- nea adjetivo (frml) <decisión/afirmación> wrong, erroneous (frml)

debido a un cálculo erróneo — owing to a miscalculation

* * *

= erroneous, false, misguided, misleading, wrong, wrong-headed, misapplied, fallacious, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

Ex: Mistakes in check-in will occasionally lead to erroneous entries in the receipt history.

Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.

Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.

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

Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.

Ex: The word 'archival' has been rejected so as to avoid some misapplied promotional efforts by vendors.

Ex: On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.

Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.

Ex: In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.

Ex: Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.

* aplicar un tratamiento erróneo = mistreat.

* colocado en lugar erróneo = misplaced.

* correo con dirección errónea = misdirected mail.

* interpretación errónea = misinterpretation, misrepresentation.

* llevar a conclusiones erróneas = mislead.

* representación errónea = misrepresentation.

* ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error.

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erróneo - nea

adjective

( frml); ‹decisión/afirmación› wrong, erroneous ( frml)

sería erróneo afirmar que … it would be wrong o erroneous to say that …

debido a un cálculo erróneo owing to a mistake in the calculations, owing to a miscalculation

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erróneo
◊ - nea adjetivo (frml) ‹decisión/afirmación› wrong, erroneous (frml)

erróneo,-a adjetivo erroneous, wrong

' erróneo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
errónea
- incorrecta
- incorrecto
English:
erroneous
- false
- improper
- misconceived
- misleading
- mistaken

* * *

erróneo, -a adj
[juicio, afirmación, decisión] mistaken, erroneous; [cálculo, datos] incorrect, wrong;
sería erróneo claudicar ahora it would be a mistake to give in now

* * *

erróneo

adj wrong, erroneous fml

* * *

erróneo, - nea adj

equivocado: erroneous, wrong

♦ erróneamente adv

* * *

erróneo adj wrong / incorrect

Spanish-English dictionary > erróneo
92 esclavo

adj.

slave.

m.

1 slave, person in bondage, serf, bondman.

2 drudge, drone.

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esclavo

► adjetivo

1 (literalmente) enslaved; (uso figurado) tied

■ es esclavo de su familia he's tied to his family

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (gen) slave

► nombre masculino esclavo

1 (hombre) slave; (muchacho) slave boy

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ser esclavo,-a del tabaco / ser esclavo,-a de la bebida to be addicted to cigarettes / be addicted to drink

trabajar como un,-a esclavo,-a to work like a slave

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esclavo

► nombre masculino

1 (hombre) slave; (muchacho) slave boy

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(f. - esclava)

noun

slave

* * *

esclavo, -a
SM / F slave
vender a algn como esclavo — to sell sb into slavery

ser esclavo del tabaco — to be a slave to tobacco

esclavo/a blanco/a — white slave

esclavo/a sexual — sex slave
esclava
* * *

- va masculino, femenino slave

es un esclavo del trabajo — he is a slave to his work

* * *

= slave, drudge.

Ex. And there is more to be gained from an imaginary nineteenth-century boy floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a fleeing black slave than a good deal of everyday, 'direct' experience can give.

Ex. People who called themselves 'climatologists' were mostly drudges who compiled statistics about weather conditions in regions of interest.

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* comercio de esclavos = slave trade.

* dar libertad a un esclavo = manumit.

* emancipar a un esclavo = manumit.

* esclavo del trabajo = workaholic.

* esclavo fugitivo = maroon.

* ser esclavo de = be slave to.

* taller de trabajo esclavo = sweatshop.

* trata de esclavos = slave trade.

* vender a Alguien como esclavo = sell + Nombre + into slavery.

* * *

- va masculino, femenino slave

es un esclavo del trabajo — he is a slave to his work

* * *

= slave, drudge.

Ex: And there is more to be gained from an imaginary nineteenth-century boy floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a fleeing black slave than a good deal of everyday, 'direct' experience can give.

Ex: People who called themselves 'climatologists' were mostly drudges who compiled statistics about weather conditions in regions of interest.

* comercio de esclavos = slave trade.

* dar libertad a un esclavo = manumit.

* emancipar a un esclavo = manumit.

* esclavo del trabajo = workaholic.

* esclavo fugitivo = maroon.

* ser esclavo de = be slave to.

* taller de trabajo esclavo = sweatshop.

* trata de esclavos = slave trade.

* vender a Alguien como esclavo = sell + Nombre + into slavery.

* * *

esclavo -va

masculine, feminine

slave

mi marido es esclavo del trabajo my husband is a workaholic o is a slave to his work ( colloq)

todos somos esclavos de la moda we're all slaves to fashion

ser esclavo del tabaco to be addicted to tobacco

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esclavo
◊ -va sustantivo masculino, femenino

slave;
es un esclavo del trabajo he is a slave to his work
esclavo,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino slave: trabaja como un esclavo, he works like a slave

' esclavo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esclava
English:
bone
- slave
- virtual
- drudge

* * *

esclavo, -a

♦ adj

enslaved

♦ nm,f
también Fig slave;
el comercio de esclavos the slave trade;

es una esclava del trabajo she's a slave to her work;

es un esclavo del tabaco he's addicted to tobacco

* * *

esclavo

I adj tb fig

slave atr

II m slave

* * *

esclavo, -va n

: slave

* * *

esclavo n slave

Spanish-English dictionary > esclavo
93 especia

f.

spice.

un plato con muchas especias a very spicy dish

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: especiar.

* * *

especia

► nombre femenino

1 spice

* * *

noun f.

spice

* * *

SF spice

* * *

femenino ( condimento) spice

* * *

= spice.

Ex. These spices are used mostly for the treatment of gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders and as seasoning.

* * *

femenino ( condimento) spice

* * *

= spice.

Ex: These spices are used mostly for the treatment of gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders and as seasoning.

* * *

especia

feminine

spice

* * *

especia sustantivo femenino ( condimento) spice
especia f Culin spice
' especia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
clavo
English:
clove
- pepper
- spice

* * *

especia nf

spice;

un plato con muchas especias a very spicy dish

* * *

especia

f spice

* * *

especia nf

: spice

* * *

especia n spice

Spanish-English dictionary > especia
94 espectacular

adj.

spectacular.

* * *

espectacular

► adjetivo

1 spectacular

* * *

adj.

spectacular

* * *

ADJ spectacular

* * *

adjetivo spectacular

* * *

= grandiose, phenomenal, spectacular, dramatic.

Ex. It was initially intended for use in the classified arrangement of a grandiose index to all recorded human knowledge, a 'universal index'.

Ex. Over the last 10 years public archive material has come under increased pressure because of the growing numbers of users and the phenomenal expansion in the range of material.

Ex. There were some quite spectacular success stories reported of SLIS exporting their IT talents to the rest of the institution.

Ex. This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.

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* avance espectacular = quantum leap.

* de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.

* subida espectacular = steep rise.

* * *

adjetivo spectacular

* * *

= grandiose, phenomenal, spectacular, dramatic.

Ex: It was initially intended for use in the classified arrangement of a grandiose index to all recorded human knowledge, a 'universal index'.

Ex: Over the last 10 years public archive material has come under increased pressure because of the growing numbers of users and the phenomenal expansion in the range of material.

Ex: There were some quite spectacular success stories reported of SLIS exporting their IT talents to the rest of the institution.

Ex: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.

* avance espectacular = quantum leap.

* de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.

* subida espectacular = steep rise.

* * *

espectacular

adjective

spectacular

paisajes de una espectacular belleza landscapes of spectacular beauty

* * *

espectacular adjetivo
spectacular
espectacular adjetivo spectacular
' espectacular' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparatosa
- aparatoso
English:
dramatic
- dramatically
- gimmick
- grand finale
- grandiose
- spectacle
- spectacular
- phenomenal

* * *

espectacular adj

spectacular

* * *

espectacular

adj spectacular

* * *

espectacular adj

: spectacular

♦ espectacularmente adv

* * *

espectacular adj spectacular

Spanish-English dictionary > espectacular
95 espeso

adj.

thick, sirupy, heavy, dense.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: espesar.

* * *

espeso

► adjetivo

1 (líquido, sustancia, objeto) thick

2 (bosque, niebla) thick, dense

3 (pasta, masa) stiff

4 figurado (libro) dense, difficult

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar espeso,-a familiar not to be able to think straight

* * *

(f. - espesa)

adj.

dense, thick

* * *

ADJ

1) [gen] thick; [bosque] dense; [pasta] stiff; [líquido] thick, heavy

2) (=sucio) dirty, untidy

* * *

- sa adjetivo

a) < salsa> thick; <vegetación/niebla> dense, thick; < nieve> thick, deep; <cabello/barba> bushy, thick

b) <libro/obra> (fam) heavy (colloq), dense (colloq)

c) (Per fam) ( cargoso) annoying

no seas espeso! — don't be such a pain! (colloq)

* * *

= thick [thicker -comp., thickest -sup.], dense [denser -comp., densest -sup.], bushy [bushier -comp., bushiest -sup.], thickened.

Ex. They are true black letters in their great contrast between thick and thin strokes and they have mere thickenings for serifs.

Ex. The author describes in detail the development of an integrated system of children's libraries in Singapore which has a dense, mostly urban, multilingual population.

Ex. Whether short and thin or long and bushy, applying a fake mustache is often the best solution to create the look of a character.

Ex. Psoriasis is a non-contagious common skin condition that causes rapid skin cell reproduction resulting in red, dry patches of thickened skin.

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* con cola espesa = bushy-tailed.

* hacerse más espeso = thicken.

* sangre espesa = thick blood.

* sangre poco espesa = thin blood.

* * *

- sa adjetivo

a) < salsa> thick; <vegetación/niebla> dense, thick; < nieve> thick, deep; <cabello/barba> bushy, thick

b) <libro/obra> (fam) heavy (colloq), dense (colloq)

c) (Per fam) ( cargoso) annoying

no seas espeso! — don't be such a pain! (colloq)

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= thick [thicker -comp., thickest -sup.], dense [denser -comp., densest -sup.], bushy [bushier -comp., bushiest -sup.], thickened.

Ex: They are true black letters in their great contrast between thick and thin strokes and they have mere thickenings for serifs.

Ex: The author describes in detail the development of an integrated system of children's libraries in Singapore which has a dense, mostly urban, multilingual population.

Ex: Whether short and thin or long and bushy, applying a fake mustache is often the best solution to create the look of a character.

Ex: Psoriasis is a non-contagious common skin condition that causes rapid skin cell reproduction resulting in red, dry patches of thickened skin.

* con cola espesa = bushy-tailed.

* hacerse más espeso = thicken.

* sangre espesa = thick blood.

* sangre poco espesa = thin blood.

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espeso -sa

adjective

1 ‹salsa› thick; ‹vegetación/niebla› dense, thick; ‹nieve› thick, deep; ‹cabello/barba› bushy, thick

un espeso manto de nieve a thick blanket of snow

2 ‹libro/obra› ( fam); heavy ( colloq), dense ( colloq)

3

( Per fam) (cargante): ¡no seas espeso! don't keep on! ( colloq), don't be such a pain! ( colloq)

¡qué espesa es la profesora! the teacher's a real slavedriver ( colloq)

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Del verbo espesar: ( conjugate espesar)

espeso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

espesó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
espesar
espeso
espesar ( conjugate espesar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
to thicken
espesarse verbo pronominal [ salsa] to thicken;
[ vegetación] to become thick, become dense
espeso
◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹ salsa› thick;

‹vegetación/niebla› dense, thick;
‹ nieve› thick, deep;
‹cabello/barba› bushy, thick
b) (Per fam) ( cargoso) annoying

espesar verbo transitivo to thicken
espeso,-a adjetivo
1 (tupido) dense
(condensado) thick
un espeso humo, a dense smoke
2 (persona) dense, thick: hija mía, ¡qué espesa estás hoy!, oh dear, you're being really thick today!
' espeso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
clara
- claro
- espesa
- fina
- fino
- follaje
English:
bushy
- thick
- dense
- density
- thicken
- thin

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espeso, -a adj

1. [líquido, pintura, salsa] thick

2. [cabello, barba] thick, bushy;
[bosque, vegetación] dense; [seto] thick; [niebla] dense, thick; [humo] thick; [nieve] deep; [muro] thick
3. [complicado] dense, difficult

4. Fam [torpe] dense, slow;

hoy estás un poco espeso you're being a bit dense today, you're a bit slow today

5. Perú, Ven Fam [pesado]
¡no seas espeso! don't be a pain!

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espeso

adj thick; vegetación, niebla thick, dense

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espeso, -sa adj

: thick, heavy, dense

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espeso adj thick

Spanish-English dictionary > espeso
96 estar seguro

v.

1 to be sure, to be certain, to be clear, to know one's own mind.

María está segura Mary is sure.

2 to be safe.

El barco está seguro The boat is safe.

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= be sure, make + sure, set + your watch by

Ex. Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.

Ex. There are a few things you can count on; I mean really set your watch by in life.

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estar seguro(de)

(v.) = be certain (of), be confident about, feel + confident

Ex: Using this in-depth search system, you can be certain you are conducting your search in the most efficient and accurate way.

Ex: Such variations make it difficult for users to be confident about the form of a heading.

Ex: Most consumers felt confident that once a letter is written and posted, no one will read it either accidently or on purpose except for the intended addressee.

= be sure, make + sure, set + your watch by

Ex: Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS first checks the borrower's number to make sure that it is in the files and is valid.

Ex: There are a few things you can count on; I mean really set your watch by in life.

Spanish-English dictionary > estar seguro
97 estropear

v.

1 to break (aparato).

2 to ruin (ropa, vista).

el exceso de sol estropea la piel too much sun is bad for the skin

Elsa estropeó a su hijo Elsa ruined her son.

3 to ruin, to spoil (plan, cosecha).

siempre tienes que estropearlo todo you always have to ruin everything

Ese chico estropeó mis planes That boy spoiled my plans.

4 to age.

5 to damage, to ruin, to bang up, to batter.

Elsa estropeó mi auto Elsa damaged my car.

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estropear

► verbo transitivo

1 (máquina) to damage, break, ruin

2 (cosecha) to spoil, ruin

3 (plan etc) to spoil, ruin

4 (salud) to be bad for

5 (envejecer) to age

6 (manos, pelo) to ruin

► verbo pronominal estropearse

1 (máquina) to break down

2 (cosecha) to be spoiled, get damaged

3 (plan etc) to fail, fall through, go wrong

4 (comida) to go bad

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verb

1) to spoil, ruin

2) damage

•

- estropearse

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1. VT

1) (=averiar) [+ juguete, lavadora, ascensor] to break; [+ vehículo] to damage

2) (=dañar) [+ tela, ropa, zapatos] to ruin

te vas a estropear la vista — you'll ruin your eyesight

esa crema le ha estropeado el cutis — that cream has damaged o ruined her skin

3) (=malograr) [+ plan, cosecha, actuación] to ruin, spoil

la lluvia nos estropeó la excursión — the rain ruined o spoiled our day out

el final estropeaba la película — the ending ruined o spoiled the film

la luz estropea el vino — light spoils wine, light makes wine go off

4) (=afear) [+ objeto, habitación] to ruin the look of, spoil the look of; [+ vista, panorama] to ruin, spoil

estropeó el escritorio pintándolo de blanco — he ruined o spoiled the look of the desk by painting it white

ese sofá estropea el salón — that sofa ruins the look of the living room, that sofa spoils (the look of) the living room

el centro comercial nos ha estropeado la vista — the shopping centre has ruined o spoiled our view

5) (=envejecer)
[+ persona]
los años la han estropeado — she has aged really badly

2.

See:

estropearse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <aparato/mecanismo> to damage, break; < coche> to damage

b) ( malograr) <plan/vacaciones> to spoil, ruin

2) (deteriorar, dañar) < piel> to damage, ruin; < juguete> to break; < ropa> to ruin

el calor estropeó la fruta — the heat made the fruit go bad

estropeó la comida echándole mucha sal — he spoiled the food by putting too much salt in it
2.
estropearse v pron

1)

a) ( averiarse) to break down

la lavadora está estropeada — the washing machine is broken

b) plan to go wrong

2)

a) ( deteriorarse) frutato go bad; leche/pescado to go off

los zapatos se me estropearon con la lluvia — the rain ruined my shoes

b) (Esp) persona ( afearse) to lose one's looks

* * *

= break down, mar, ruin, spoil, mutilate, disfigure, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], corrupt, despoil, deface, bungle, fudge, wash out, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.

Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.

Ex. Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.

Ex. Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.

Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex. Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.

Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

Ex. Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.

Ex. Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.

Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.

Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

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* algo que estropea el paisaje = a blot on the landscape.

* estar estropeándose = be on the way out.

* estropear el efecto = spoil + effect.

* estropear el placer = spoil + pleasure.

* estropearlo = crap it up.

* estropear los planes = upset + the applecart.

* estropear los planes, chaflar los planes, desbaratar los planes, desbaratar = upset + the applecart.

* estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.

* estropear + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* estropearse = go down, sour, give up + the ghost, conk out, go + kaput, be kaput, go to + seed, go + haywire, go + haywire, be up the spout.

* estropear una relación = poison + a relationship.

* estropear un chiste = kill + a joke, kill + a joke.

* que estropea el paisaje = eyesore.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <aparato/mecanismo> to damage, break; < coche> to damage

b) ( malograr) <plan/vacaciones> to spoil, ruin

2) (deteriorar, dañar) < piel> to damage, ruin; < juguete> to break; < ropa> to ruin

el calor estropeó la fruta — the heat made the fruit go bad

estropeó la comida echándole mucha sal — he spoiled the food by putting too much salt in it
2.
estropearse v pron

1)

a) ( averiarse) to break down

la lavadora está estropeada — the washing machine is broken

b) plan to go wrong

2)

a) ( deteriorarse) frutato go bad; leche/pescado to go off

los zapatos se me estropearon con la lluvia — the rain ruined my shoes

b) (Esp) persona ( afearse) to lose one's looks

* * *

= break down, mar, ruin, spoil, mutilate, disfigure, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], corrupt, despoil, deface, bungle, fudge, wash out, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.

Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.

Ex: Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.

Ex: Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.

Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex: Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.

Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

Ex: Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.

Ex: Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.

Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.

Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

* algo que estropea el paisaje = a blot on the landscape.

* estar estropeándose = be on the way out.

* estropear el efecto = spoil + effect.

* estropear el placer = spoil + pleasure.

* estropearlo = crap it up.

* estropear los planes = upset + the applecart.

* estropear los planes, chaflar los planes, desbaratar los planes, desbaratar = upset + the applecart.

* estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.

* estropear + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.

* estropearse = go down, sour, give up + the ghost, conk out, go + kaput, be kaput, go to + seed, go + haywire, go + haywire, be up the spout.

* estropear una relación = poison + a relationship.

* estropear un chiste = kill + a joke, kill + a joke.

* que estropea el paisaje = eyesore.

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estropear [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹aparato/mecanismo› to damage, break; ‹coche› to damage

2 (malograr) ‹plan› to spoil, ruin, wreck ( colloq)

este niño se ha empeñado en estropearnos las vacaciones this child is determined to spoil o ruin o wreck our holidays (for us)

B

(deteriorar, dañar): no laves esa camisa con lejía que la estropeas don't use bleach on that shirt, you'll ruin it

el calor ha estropeado la fruta the heat has made the fruit go bad

el exceso de sol puede estropear la piel too much sun can damage o harm your skin

si lo estropeas, no te compro más juguetes if you break it, I won't buy you any more toys

estropeó la comida echándole mucha sal he spoiled the food by putting too much salt in it

■ estropearse

v pron

A

1 (averiarse) to break down

el coche se ha vuelto a estropear the car's broken down again

la lavadora está estropeada the washing machine is broken

2 «plan» to go wrong

B

1

(deteriorarse): los zapatos se me han estropeado con la lluvia the rain has ruined my shoes, my shoes have been ruined by the rain

mete la fruta en la nevera, que se va a estropear put the fruit in the fridge or it'll go bad

2 ( Esp) «persona» (afearse) to lose one's looks

últimamente se ha estropeado mucho lately she's really lost her looks

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estropear ( conjugate estropear) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹aparato/mecanismo› to damage, break;

‹ coche› to damage
b) ( malograr) ‹plan/vacaciones› to spoil, ruin

2 (deteriorar, dañar) ‹ piel› to damage, ruin;
‹ juguete› to break;
‹ ropa› to ruin;
◊ el calor estropeó la fruta the heat made the fruit go bad

estropearse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( averiarse) [motor/coche] to break down;

◊ la lavadora está estropeada the washing machine is broken

b) [plan/vacaciones] to go wrong

2 ( deteriorarse) [ fruta] to go bad;
[leche/pescado] to go off;
[zapatos/chaqueta] to get ruined
estropear verbo transitivo
1 (causar daños) to damage: hemos estropeado la impresora porque usamos el papel equivocado, we have ruined the printer because we used the wrong kind of paper
2 (frustrar, malograr) to spoil, ruin: ¡lo has estropeado todo con tus meteduras de pata!, you've ruined everything with your big mouth!
3 (una máquina) to break
' estropear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguar
- cargarse
- dar
- dañar
- deshacer
- destripar
- joder
- jorobar
- perder
- salar
- embromar
- estropeado
- fastidiar
English:
botch
- break
- bungle
- damage
- damper
- mar
- mess up
- muck up
- ruin
- screw up
- spoil
- unspoilt
- wreck
- disfigure
- kill
- mess

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estropear

♦ vt

1. [averiar] to break

2. [dañar] to damage;

no juegues al fútbol con esos zapatos, que los estropearás don't play football in those shoes, you'll ruin them;

la lejía estropea la ropa bleach damages clothes;

el exceso de sol estropea la piel too much sun is bad for the skin

3. [echar a perder] to ruin, to spoil;

la lluvia estropeó nuestros planes the rain ruined o spoiled our plans;

siempre tienes que estropearlo todo you always have to ruin everything

4. [envejecer] to age

♦ See also the pronominal verb estropearse

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estropear

v/t

1 aparato break

2 plan ruin, spoil

* * *

estropear vt

1) arruinar: to ruin, to spoil

2) : to break, to damage

♦ See also the reflexive verb estropearse

* * *

estropear vb

1. (en general) to ruin / to spoil [pt. & pp. spoilt]

la lluvia estropeó la cosecha the rain ruined the crop

2. (aparato) to damage

la cal del agua estropea las lavadoras lime in the water damages washing machines

Spanish-English dictionary > estropear
98 estudiante universitario

f. & m.

university student, undergraduate, undergrad.

* * *

(n.) = university student, college student

Ex. Because Denmark is small, university students have to use foreign, mostly English, textbooks.

Ex. She entered the 'in-crowd' when she was hired by a posh country club and befriended the charismatic leader of a clique of wealthy college students.

* * *

(n.) = university student, college student

Ex: Because Denmark is small, university students have to use foreign, mostly English, textbooks.

Ex: She entered the 'in-crowd' when she was hired by a posh country club and befriended the charismatic leader of a clique of wealthy college students.

Spanish-English dictionary > estudiante universitario
99 expoliar

v.

1 to pillage, to plunder.

2 to spoliate, to despoil.

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expoliar

Conjugation model [ CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to plunder, pillage, despoil

* * *

VT

1) (=saquear) to pillage, sack

2) (=desposeer) to dispossess

* * *

verbo transitivo (frml) to plunder

* * *

= despoil.

Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

* * *

verbo transitivo (frml) to plunder

* * *

= despoil.

Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

* * *

expoliar [A1 ]

vt

( frml); ‹riquezas/posesiones› to plunder; ‹ciudad/institución› to plunder, pillage, despoil ( liter)

expoliaron a los vencidos they plundered the possessions of those they had defeated

* * *

expoliar verbo transitivo to plunder, pillage

* * *

expoliar vt

to pillage, to plunder

* * *

expoliar

v/t plunder, pillage

Spanish-English dictionary > expoliar
100 exterior

adj.

1 outside.

la parte exterior del vehículo the outside of the vehicle

apartamento/habitación exterior flat/room that looks onto the street

2 outward (visible).

su aspecto exterior es de calma she is outwardly calm

3 foreign (extranjero) (comercio, asuntos).

m.

1 outside (superficie).

en el exterior outside

2 exterior, outdoor scene, outside.

* * *

exterior

► adjetivo

1 (gen) exterior, outer, external

2 (ventana, puerta) outside; (pared) outer

3 (aspecto) outward

4 (extranjero) foreign

■ política exterior foreign policy

► nombre masculino

1 (superficie externa) exterior, outside

2 (extranjero) abroad, overseas

3 (de una persona) appearance

4 DEPORTE outside

► nombre masculino plural exteriores

1 CINEMATOGRAFÍA location shots

* * *
1. adj.
1) exterior

2) foreign
2. noun m.
1) exterior

2) outside

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=externo) [superficie] outer; [pared] external; [mundo] exterior, outside

una habitación exterior — a room facing onto the street

2) (=extranjero) [relaciones, deuda, política] foreign; [comercio, ayuda] foreign, overseas

asuntos exteriores — foreign affairs

comercio exterior — foreign trade, overseas trade
asunto 3)
2. SM

1) (=parte de fuera) outside, exterior

el exterior del edificio — the outside o exterior of the building

con el exterior pintado de azul — with the outside painted blue

salimos al exterior a tomar el aire — we went outside for a breath of fresh air

el motorista alemán avanzaba por el exterior — the German driver was catching up on the outside

2)

el exterior — (=el extranjero) abroad

no hemos recibido noticias del exterior — we haven't received any news from abroad

tanto aquí como en el exterior — both here and abroad

comercio con el exterior — foreign trade, overseas trade

3) pl exteriores (Cine) location shots

rodar en exteriores — to film on location

4) pl Exteriores (Pol) the Foreign Ministry, the Foreign Office, the State Department (EEUU)

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I
adjetivo

1)

a) < aspecto> external (before n), outward (before n); <bolsillo/temperatura> outside (before n); <revestimiento/capa> outer (before n)

la parte exterior de la casa — the outside o the exterior of the house

el mundo exterior — the outside world

b) <habitación/apartamento> outward-facing

2) <comercio/política> foreign (before n)

asuntos exteriores — foreign affairs
II
masculino

1) ( fachada) outside, exterior; ( espacio circundante) outside

desde el exterior de la iglesia — from outside the church

2)

el exterior — ( países extranjeros)

la influencia del exterior — foreign influence

las relaciones con el exterior — relations with other countries

3) exteriores masculino plural (Cin) location shots (pl)

rodar en exteriores — to film on location

* * *

= exterior, outside, extra- + Nombre, outermost, outer, outdoor.

Ex. An academic library should be accessible from the exterior into the building and from the entrance to all parts of the building.

Ex. A facility which extends beyond library housekeeping permits the viewing of outside data bases.

Ex. The Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE) was devised in order to facilitate the presentation of comparable statistics on intra- and extra-Community trade.

Ex. Thus a folio gathering might consist of three folio sheets, the outermost of which contained pages 1 and 12 and pages 2 and 11; the middle sheet had pages 3 and 10, 4 and 9; and the innermost sheet had pages 5 and 8, 6 and 7.

Ex. The three outer edges of the book (or occasionally the top edge, or the top and fore-edges, only) were next cut with the plough, which was a long vice in which the book was clamped with the edge to be cut upwards.

Ex. The old-time indoor apprentices, who had boarded and lodged with the printer and received only nominal wages, were mostly replaced by outdoor apprentices who found their own board and lodging and were paid wages according to their skill and experience.

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* alumbrado exterior = outdoor lighting.

* aspecto exterior = facade.

* comercio exterior = foreign trade.

* de miras hacia el exterior = outward looking.

* filmar en exteriores = film on + location.

* grabar en exteriores = film on + location.

* hacia el interior y el exterior de = in and out of.

* iluminación exterior = outdoor lighting.

* juego de exterior = outdoor game.

* lado exterior, el = far side, the.

* mantenimiento de espacios exteriores = ground maintenance.

* Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, el = Foreign Office, the.

* mobiliario de exterior = outdoor furniture.

* mundo exterior, el = outside world, the.

* pago de la deuda exterior = debt repayment.

* planta ornamental exterior = bedding plant.

* plató de exteriores = backlot.

* política exterior = foreign policy.

* que procede del exterior = inbound.

* que van dirigidos hacia el exterior = outbound.

* retrete exterior = dunny, outhouse.

* rodar en exteriores = film on + location.

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I
adjetivo

1)

a) < aspecto> external (before n), outward (before n); <bolsillo/temperatura> outside (before n); <revestimiento/capa> outer (before n)

la parte exterior de la casa — the outside o the exterior of the house

el mundo exterior — the outside world

b) <habitación/apartamento> outward-facing

2) <comercio/política> foreign (before n)

asuntos exteriores — foreign affairs
II
masculino

1) ( fachada) outside, exterior; ( espacio circundante) outside

desde el exterior de la iglesia — from outside the church

2)

el exterior — ( países extranjeros)

la influencia del exterior — foreign influence

las relaciones con el exterior — relations with other countries

3) exteriores masculino plural (Cin) location shots (pl)

rodar en exteriores — to film on location

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= exterior, outside, extra- + Nombre, outermost, outer, outdoor.

Ex: An academic library should be accessible from the exterior into the building and from the entrance to all parts of the building.

Ex: A facility which extends beyond library housekeeping permits the viewing of outside data bases.

Ex: The Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE) was devised in order to facilitate the presentation of comparable statistics on intra- and extra-Community trade.

Ex: Thus a folio gathering might consist of three folio sheets, the outermost of which contained pages 1 and 12 and pages 2 and 11; the middle sheet had pages 3 and 10, 4 and 9; and the innermost sheet had pages 5 and 8, 6 and 7.

Ex: The three outer edges of the book (or occasionally the top edge, or the top and fore-edges, only) were next cut with the plough, which was a long vice in which the book was clamped with the edge to be cut upwards.

Ex: The old-time indoor apprentices, who had boarded and lodged with the printer and received only nominal wages, were mostly replaced by outdoor apprentices who found their own board and lodging and were paid wages according to their skill and experience.

* alumbrado exterior = outdoor lighting.

* aspecto exterior = facade.

* comercio exterior = foreign trade.

* de miras hacia el exterior = outward looking.

* filmar en exteriores = film on + location.

* grabar en exteriores = film on + location.

* hacia el interior y el exterior de = in and out of.

* iluminación exterior = outdoor lighting.

* juego de exterior = outdoor game.

* lado exterior, el = far side, the.

* mantenimiento de espacios exteriores = ground maintenance.

* Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, el = Foreign Office, the.

* mobiliario de exterior = outdoor furniture.

* mundo exterior, el = outside world, the.

* pago de la deuda exterior = debt repayment.

* planta ornamental exterior = bedding plant.

* plató de exteriores = backlot.

* política exterior = foreign policy.

* que procede del exterior = inbound.

* que van dirigidos hacia el exterior = outbound.

* retrete exterior = dunny, outhouse.

* rodar en exteriores = film on + location.

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exterior¹

adjective

A

1 ‹aspecto› external ( before n), outward ( before n); ‹revestimiento/capa› outer ( before n)

pintar la parte exterior de la casa to paint the outside o the exterior of the house

la temperatura exterior the outside temperature

contacto con el mundo exterior contact with the outside world

2 ‹habitación/apartamento› outward-facing ( with windows which face the street rather than onto an internal well)

B ‹relaciones/política› foreign ( before n); ‹comercio› foreign ( before n), overseas ( before n)

asuntos exteriores foreign affairs

exterior²

masculine

A (fachada) outside, exterior; (espacio circundante) outside

pintaron el exterior del edificio they painted the exterior o outside of the building

desde el exterior de la iglesia from outside the church

B

el exterior (países extranjeros): la influencia del exterior foreign influence

las relaciones con el exterior relations with other countries

sus viajes al exterior her trips abroad/overseas

C exteriores mpl ( Cin) location shots (pl)

rodar en exteriores to film on location

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exterior adjetivo
1
a) ‹ aspecto› external ( before n), outward ( before n);

‹bolsillo/temperatura/mundo› outside ( before n);
‹revestimiento/capa› outer ( before n)
b) ‹habitación/apartamento› outward-facing

2 ‹comercio/política› foreign ( before n)
■ sustantivo masculino
1 ( fachada) outside, exterior;
( espacio circundante) outside;
◊ desde el exterior de la iglesia from outside the church

2
◊ el exterior ( países extranjeros): la influencia del exterior foreign influence;

las relaciones con el exterior relations with other countries
3
◊ exteriores sustantivo masculino plural (Cin) location shots (pl);

rodar en exteriores to film on location
exterior
I adjetivo
1 (en la parte externa) outer: la capa exterior de la cebolla, the outer layer of the onion
(que está afuera) outside: el verano pasado usamos la cocina exterior, last summer we cooked on the outside stove o cooker
2 Pol Econ foreign
política exterior, foreign policy
II sustantivo masculino
1 (parte de fuera) exterior, outside
2 (extranjero) abroad ➣ Ver nota en abroad 3 Cine exteriores, location sing
' exterior' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baldosa
- camiseta
- chimenea
- comercio
- fachada
- forrar
- forro
- fuera
- iluminación
- presencia
- presentación
- revocar
- ver
- externo
- galería
- política
- raso
- salida
- salir
- vientre
English:
exterior
- external
- foreign
- foreign aid
- foreign policy
- offshore
- outer
- outer space
- outside
- outward
- overseas
- passage
- passageway
- policy
- trade
- trading nation
- wall
- abroad
- ledge
- out

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exterior

♦ adj

1. [de fuera] outside;
[capa] outer, exterior;
no se observan desperfectos en la parte exterior del vehículo there are no signs of damage to the outside of the vehicle;

Ferreras adelanta a todos por la calle exterior Ferreras is overtaking them all in the outside lane

2. [visible] outward;

su aspecto exterior es de calma she is outwardly calm

3. [extranjero] [asuntos, comercio] foreign;

una empresa de comercio exterior an import-export company

4. [que da a la calle]
apartamento/habitación exterior flat/room that looks onto the street

♦ nm

1. [superficie, zona] outside;

el exterior del edificio se halla acordonado the area outside the building is cordoned off;

pintaremos el exterior de la casa we will paint the outside of the house;

desde el exterior no se ve nada there's no sign of anything from outside;

todas las habitaciones/ventanas dan al exterior all the rooms/windows look onto the outside o have exterior views

2. Cine
exteriores exteriors;

rodar los exteriores to film the exteriors;

rodar en exteriores to film on location

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exterior

I adj

1 aspecto external, outward; capa outer;

la parte exterior del edificio the exterior o the outside of the building

2 apartamento overlooking the street

3 POL foreign;

deudas exteriores foreign debt sg

II m

1 ( fachada) exterior, outside

2 aspecto exterior, outward appearance

3

:

viajar al exterior (al extranjero) travel abroad

4

:

exteriores pl TV etc location shots;

rodar en exteriores film on location

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exterior adj

1) : exterior, external

2) : foreign

asuntos exteriores: foreign affairs

exterior nm

1) : outside

2) : abroad

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exterior¹ adj

1. (en general) outer

la capa exterior the outer layer

las paredes exteriores the outer walls

2. (extranjero) foreign

el comercio exterior foreign trade

exterior² n outside

el exterior de la casa the outside of the house

salgamos al exterior let's go outside

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