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1 amotinado
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2 amotinador
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3 mutilación
f.mutilation, mangling, mayhem.* * *1 mutilation* * *SF mutilation* * *femenino mutilation* * *= mutilation.Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.----* mutilación de libros = book mutilation.* * *femenino mutilation* * *= mutilation.Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
* mutilación de libros = book mutilation.* * *mutilationla mutilación que sufrió la obra al pasar por la censura the mutilation o bowdlerization which the work suffered at the hands of the censors* * *
mutilación sustantivo femenino mutilation
* * *mutilación nfmutilationmutilación genital femenina female genital mutilation* * *f mutilation -
4 deformación física voluntaria
(n.) = self-mutilationEx. In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.* * *(n.) = self-mutilationEx: In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.
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5 destrozo intencionado
(n.) = mutilationEx. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.* * *(n.) = mutilationEx: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
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6 automutilación
f.autolesion, self-mutilation.* * *1 self-mutilation* * *SF self-harm* * *self-mutilation* * *f self-mutilation -
7 adorno
m.1 decoration.de adorno decorative (árbol, figura)2 adornment, decoration, frill, garnishing.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: adornar.* * *1 decoration, adornment2 COSTURA trimming3 COCINA garnish\de adorno decorative* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=objeto) ornament2) (=decoración) ornamentation, adornmentun estilo literario sin adorno superfluo — a literary style with no superfluous ornamentation o adornment
no se puede comer, está de adorno — you can't eat it, it's just for decoration
no funciona, está o es de adorno — it doesn't work, it's just for show
3) (Cos) trim, trimming4) (Culin) garnish* * *a) ( objeto) ornamentb) ( decoración) adornmentlo tenemos de adorno — (hum) it's just for show
* * *= embellishment, motif, ornament, display, adornment.Ex. Although university education in modern India dates back to 1856, libraries developed haphazardly and were more embellishments than an integral part of the academic programme.Ex. Novelty was increasingly achieved by adapting some exotic or more or less explicitly historical motif within this framework.Ex. He had never before taken the time to examine the immense two-story granite structure of modified Romanesque design, with its massive arched entrance generously treated with carved ornament.Ex. The nineteenth century also saw an explosion of exaggerated and decorated letter forms intended for display.Ex. In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.----* adornos = bells and whistles.* sin adornos = unadorned, unvarnished.* todos los adornos extras = all the bells and whistles.* * *a) ( objeto) ornamentb) ( decoración) adornmentlo tenemos de adorno — (hum) it's just for show
* * *= embellishment, motif, ornament, display, adornment.Ex: Although university education in modern India dates back to 1856, libraries developed haphazardly and were more embellishments than an integral part of the academic programme.
Ex: Novelty was increasingly achieved by adapting some exotic or more or less explicitly historical motif within this framework.Ex: He had never before taken the time to examine the immense two-story granite structure of modified Romanesque design, with its massive arched entrance generously treated with carved ornament.Ex: The nineteenth century also saw an explosion of exaggerated and decorated letter forms intended for display.Ex: In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.* adornos = bells and whistles.* sin adornos = unadorned, unvarnished.* todos los adornos extras = all the bells and whistles.* * *1 (objeto) ornamentlos adornos de Navidad the Christmas decorations2(decoración): su único adorno eran unos pendientes a pair of earrings was her only adornmentuna tela tan rica no necesita adorno ninguno such a rich fabric doesn't need any decoration o adornmentuna falda con adorno de pasamanería a skirt trimmed with frillsde adorno for decorationle puso unas aceitunas de adorno she added a few olives for decorationlo tenemos de adorno ( hum); it's just for show* * *
Del verbo adornar: ( conjugate adornar)
adorno es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
adornó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
adornar
adorno
adornar ( conjugate adornar) verbo transitivo
adornarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ‹cabeza/pelo› to adorn
adorno sustantivo masculino
adornar verbo transitivo to adorn, decorate
adorno sustantivo masculino decoration, adornment
♦ Locuciones: de adorno (que no hace nada) just for show: tienen el coche de adorno, porque nunca van a ningún sitio, they just have the car for show; they never go anywhere in it
' adorno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
borla
- brazalete
- colgante
- orla
- plumaje
- revestir
- ribete
- tocada
- tocado
- viñeta
- aplique
- bagatela
- baratija
- chiche
- chuchería
- complicado
- figurita
- flecos
- franja
- horrible
- huachafo
- jareta
- móvil
- paño
- pluma
English:
adornment
- bauble
- flourish
- ornament
- salad
- trim
- trimming
- decoration
- decorative
- for
- garnish
* * *adorno nm[objeto] ornament;los adornos navideños the Christmas decorations;de adorno [árbol, figura] decorative;es sólo de adorno [no funciona] it's just for show;Fam Humestar de adorno: está aquí sólo de adorno he's just taking up space here;no está aquí sólo de adorno he's not here just because he's a pretty face* * *m ornament; de Navidad decoration* * *adorno nm: ornament, decoration* * *adorno n decoration -
8 anomalía
f.anomaly, irregularity, abnormal condition, breakdown.* * *1 anomaly* * *SF anomaly* * *femenino anomaly* * *= anomaly, deviance, dysfunction.Ex. The increased use of synthesis is very evident, though there are some peculiar anomalies.Ex. The phenomena of book theft and mutilation from academic libraries are analysed from the standpoint of the sociology of deviance.Ex. Dysfunctions in performance were chiefly attributable to user failure to locate books (bad signposting and disappearance of stock through theft).----* anomalía sexual = sexual deviance.* * *femenino anomaly* * *= anomaly, deviance, dysfunction.Ex: The increased use of synthesis is very evident, though there are some peculiar anomalies.
Ex: The phenomena of book theft and mutilation from academic libraries are analysed from the standpoint of the sociology of deviance.Ex: Dysfunctions in performance were chiefly attributable to user failure to locate books (bad signposting and disappearance of stock through theft).* anomalía sexual = sexual deviance.* * *anomaly* * *
anomalía sustantivo femenino
anomaly
anomalía sustantivo femenino abnormality, anomaly
' anomalía' also found in these entries:
English:
anomaly
- abnormality
* * *anomalía nfanomaly* * *f anomaly* * *anomalía nf: anomaly -
9 asolar
v.1 to devastate.2 to desolate, to destroy, to devastate, to lay flat.Los vientos desolaron el bosque The winds desolated the forest.3 to raze, to level with ground, to strip.Los tractores asolaron la tierra The tractors razed the land.4 to vanquish.* * ** * *verbto raze, destroy* * *I= asolanarII1.VT to raze, raze to the ground, destroy2.See:* * *verbo transitivo guerra/huracán/sequía to devastateun país asolado por el hambre — a country ravaged o devastated by hunger
* * *= plague, devastate, lay + waste to, desolate.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex. You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.* * *verbo transitivo guerra/huracán/sequía to devastateun país asolado por el hambre — a country ravaged o devastated by hunger
* * *= plague, devastate, lay + waste to, desolate.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.* * *vt«guerra/huracán/sequía» to devastateel terremoto asoló la ciudad the earthquake devastated the townun país asolado por el hambre a country ravaged o devastated by hunger* * *
asolar ( conjugate asolar) verbo transitivo [guerra/huracán/sequía] to devastate
asolar verbo transitivo to devastate, destroy
' asolar' also found in these entries:
English:
devastate
- plague
- blight
* * *asolar vtto devastate* * *v/t devastate* * *asolar {19} vt: to devastate, to destroy -
10 asqueroso
adj.loathsome, repugnant, nauseating, filthy.m.creep, unpleasant person, scuzz.* * *► adjetivo1 (sucio) dirty, filthy2 (desagradable) disgusting, revolting, foul3 (que siente asco) squeamish► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (sucio) filthy person, revolting person2 (que siente asco) squeamish person* * *(f. - asquerosa)adj.1) disgusting2) filthy* * *ADJ1) (=repugnante) disgusting, revolting; [condición] squalid; (=sucio) filthy2) (=de gusto delicado) squeamish* * *I- sa adjetivo1)a) <libro/película> digusting, filthyb) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting2)a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)b) ( lascivo)II- sa masculino, femenino1) ( sucio)2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)* * *= filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.Ex. Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.* * *I- sa adjetivo1)a) <libro/película> digusting, filthyb) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting2)a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)b) ( lascivo)II- sa masculino, femenino1) ( sucio)2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)* * *= filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.Ex: Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.* * *A1 ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy2 ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting, horribleel baño estaba asqueroso de sucio the bath was absolutely filthy¡mira qué asquerosas tienes las manos! look at the state of your hands! ( colloq), look how filthy your hands are!préstamelo, no seas asqueroso let me borrow it, don't be so mean o horriblemasculine, feminineAes un asqueroso, no me quiere prestar la bici he's so mean, o he's such a meany, he won't lend me his bike* * *
asqueroso◊ -sa adjetivo
1
2 ( lascivo):◊ ¡viejo asqueroso! you dirty old man!
asqueroso,-a
I adj (sucio) filthy
(repulsivo) revolting, disgusting
II sustantivo masculino y femenino disgusting o filthy o revolting person
' asqueroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asquerosa
- pequeña
- pequeño
- asquiento
English:
creepy
- disgusting
- filthy
- foul
- gross
- icky
- nasty
- revolting
- scummy
- sickening
- squalid
- vile
- yukky
- creep
- lousy
- sickly
* * *asqueroso, -a♦ adj1. [que da asco] disgusting, revolting;una película asquerosa a revolting film;tu cuarto está asqueroso your room is filthy;es un cerdo asqueroso he's a disgusting pig2. [malo] mean;no seas asqueroso y devuélvele el juguete don't be so mean and give her the toy back♦ nm,f1. [que da asco] disgusting o revolting person;es un asqueroso he's disgusting o revolting2. [mala persona] mean person;es un asqueroso, no me quiso prestar dinero he's so mean, he wouldn't lend me any money* * *I adj1 ( sucio) filthy2 ( repugnante) revolting, disgustingII m, asquerosa f creep* * *asqueroso, -sa adj: disgusting, sickening, repulsive♦ asquerosamente adv* * *asqueroso adj1. (repugnante) disgusting¡qué perro más asqueroso! what a disgusting dog! -
11 circunloquio
m.circumlocution, circle.María captura ladrones de noche Mary captures thieves at night.* * *1 circumlocution* * ** * *Ex. Apart from its apparent implication that mankind had previously been subjected to mass mutilation, this statement, tested against my desk dictionary, fits admirably the definitions of prolixity, verbosity, circumlocution and tautology.* * ** * *Ex: Apart from its apparent implication that mankind had previously been subjected to mass mutilation, this statement, tested against my desk dictionary, fits admirably the definitions of prolixity, verbosity, circumlocution and tautology.
* * *contestar con circunloquios to answer in a roundabout way, be evasive in one's reply* * *m circumlocution* * * -
12 cirugía estética
f.cosmetic surgery, surgery used to improve appearance, esthetic surgery, plastic surgery.* * *(n.) = plastic surgery, cosmetic surgeryEx. The database includes records ranging from drug and pharmacy guides to plastic surgery.Ex. In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.* * *(n.) = plastic surgery, cosmetic surgeryEx: The database includes records ranging from drug and pharmacy guides to plastic surgery.
Ex: In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.* * *cosmetic surgery -
13 cirugía plástica
f.plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, surgery used to improve appearance.* * *(n.) = plastic surgery, cosmetic surgeryEx. The database includes records ranging from drug and pharmacy guides to plastic surgery.Ex. In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.* * *(n.) = plastic surgery, cosmetic surgeryEx: The database includes records ranging from drug and pharmacy guides to plastic surgery.
Ex: In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.* * *plastic surgery -
14 combatir un problema
(v.) = combat + problemEx. The majority of students condemn the theft or mutilation of library stock and welcome security measures to combat this problem.* * *(v.) = combat + problemEx: The majority of students condemn the theft or mutilation of library stock and welcome security measures to combat this problem.
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15 corporal
adj.1 body.2 corporal, body, material, bodily.* * *► adjetivo1 corporal, body1 RELIGIÓN corporal, corporale* * *adj.bodily, corporal* * *ADJ corporal, bodily* * *I IImasculino corporal, corporale* * *= bodily, somatic, corporeal, body.Ex. His bodily frame, verging on obesity, appeared to have fallen into disrepair, as though he had ceased to be interested in it.Ex. Research has also found that the fair skinned Eurocentric model is the somatic norm for advertising.Ex. In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.Ex. Ramberg depicts women's torsos clad in ultrafeminine undergarments and creates body metaphors from jackets, vests, breastplates, and fur pieces.----* castigos corporales = corporal punishment.* causar daño corporal = cause + injury.* daño corporal = bodily injury, bodily harm, physical injury.* daños corporales = personal injury.* fluido corporal = body fluid.* grasa corporal = body fat.* humor corporal = body fluid.* índice de masa corporal (IMC) = body mass index (BMI).* lenguaje corporal = body language.* lesión corporal = bodily harm.* loción corporal = body lotion.* masa corporal = body mass.* necesidad corporal = bodily function.* olor corporal = body scent.* ruido corporal = bodily noise.* salud corporal = bodily health.* terapia corporal = bodywork.* * *I IImasculino corporal, corporale* * *= bodily, somatic, corporeal, body.Ex: His bodily frame, verging on obesity, appeared to have fallen into disrepair, as though he had ceased to be interested in it.
Ex: Research has also found that the fair skinned Eurocentric model is the somatic norm for advertising.Ex: In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.Ex: Ramberg depicts women's torsos clad in ultrafeminine undergarments and creates body metaphors from jackets, vests, breastplates, and fur pieces.* castigos corporales = corporal punishment.* causar daño corporal = cause + injury.* daño corporal = bodily injury, bodily harm, physical injury.* daños corporales = personal injury.* fluido corporal = body fluid.* grasa corporal = body fat.* humor corporal = body fluid.* índice de masa corporal (IMC) = body mass index (BMI).* lenguaje corporal = body language.* lesión corporal = bodily harm.* loción corporal = body lotion.* masa corporal = body mass.* necesidad corporal = bodily function.* olor corporal = body scent.* ruido corporal = bodily noise.* salud corporal = bodily health.* terapia corporal = bodywork.* * *‹trabajo› physicalinstituto de estética corporal fitness center( Relig) corporal, corporale* * *
corporal adjetivo ‹ trabajo› physical;
‹ necesidades› bodily ( before n);
‹ castigo› corporal ( before n)
corporal adjetivo corporal, (of the body)
castigo corporal, corporal punishment
expresión corporal, body language
olor corporal, body odour, BO
' corporal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabo
- leche
- pesadez
- tacto
- castigo
English:
body language
- corporal
- lance corporal
- bodily
- body
* * *♦ adj[trabajo, daño] physical; [castigo] corporal;calor corporal body heat♦ nmRel [lienzo] corporal* * ** * *corporal adj: corporal, bodily -
16 corpóreo
adj.1 corporeal, bodily, corporal, physical.2 somatic.* * *► adjetivo1 corporeal, bodily* * *ADJ corporeal, bodily* * *- rea adjetivo physical, corporeal (frml)* * *= corporeal.Ex. In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.* * *- rea adjetivo physical, corporeal (frml)* * *= corporeal.Ex: In particular, body piercings, tattoos, self-mutilation, cosmetic surgery and eating disorders all form part of American culture's obsession with corporeal malleability and the body as a form of adornment.
* * *physical, corporeal ( frml)* * *
corpóreo,-a adjetivo corporeal, physical: el fantasma tenía forma corpórea, the ghost had a physical presence
' corpóreo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corpórea
* * *corpóreo, -a adjcorporeal* * *adj corporeal* * *: corporeal, physical -
17 crimen
m.1 crime.cometer un crimen to commit a crimesería un crimen dejar al bebé solo (informal) it would be criminal o a crime to leave the baby on its own¡ese corte de pelo es un crimen! (informal) that haircut is awful o criminal!crimen de guerra war crimecrimen organizado organized crimecrimen pasional crime of passion, crime passionnel2 transgression of the law, offense, evildoing, misdeed.3 delinquency, vitium, crime, wrongdoing.* * *► nombre masculino (pl crímenes)1 (delito) crime2 (asesinato) murder\crimen pasional crime of passion* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=asesinato) murder; (=delito grave) crimecrimen pasional — crime of passion, crime passionnel frm
2) * (=barbaridad)* * *a) ( delito grave) serious crime; ( asesinato) murderb) (fam) (pena, lástima) crime (colloq)qué crimen! — it's wicked o criminal
* * *= crime, felony, criminality.Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; crime AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.Ex. Every state has its own statutes and codes that may make the theft or mutilation of library materials a misdemeanor or even a felony.Ex. Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.----* cometer un crimen = commit + murder.* crímen de guerra = war crime.* crimen organizado = organised crime.* escena del crimen = scene of the crime.* escenario del crimen = scene of the crime.* lugar del crimen = scene of the crime.* * *a) ( delito grave) serious crime; ( asesinato) murderb) (fam) (pena, lástima) crime (colloq)qué crimen! — it's wicked o criminal
* * *= crime, felony, criminality.Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; crime AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.
Ex: Every state has its own statutes and codes that may make the theft or mutilation of library materials a misdemeanor or even a felony.Ex: Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.* cometer un crimen = commit + murder.* crímen de guerra = war crime.* crimen organizado = organised crime.* escena del crimen = scene of the crime.* escenario del crimen = scene of the crime.* lugar del crimen = scene of the crime.* * *1 (delito grave) serious crime; (asesinato) murderes un crimen tirar así la comida it's a crime to throw away food like that¡qué crimen ponerle ese nombre a la criatura! it's wicked o criminal to give the child a name like that ( colloq)Compuestos:war crimeviolent crimela lucha contra el crimen organizado the fight against organized crimecrime passionel, crime of passion* * *
crimen sustantivo masculino ( delito grave) serious crime;
( asesinato) murder;
crimen pasional crime of passion;
es un crimen tirar esta comida it's a crime to throw away this food;
¡qué crimen! it's wicked o criminal
crimen sustantivo masculino serious crime
Esp murder
' crimen' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acordonar
- alguna
- alguno
- autor
- autora
- confesar
- consumarse
- denunciar
- desalmada
- desalmado
- desentrañar
- escena
- evidencia
- exonerar
- inducir
- nefanda
- nefando
- pagar
- siglo
- testigo
- brutal
- cometer
- compinche
- escalofriante
- esclarecer
- espantoso
- horroroso
- involucrar
- monstruoso
- pasional
- precintar
- repugnante
- resolver
- suceso
English:
admission
- admit
- apprehend
- associate
- baffle
- close
- cold-blooded
- commission
- commit
- copycat
- cover
- cover up
- crime
- disown
- divorce
- epidemic
- eyewitness
- foul
- full-scale
- grievous
- haul
- hideous
- indiscriminate
- innocent
- involvement
- mastermind
- passion
- plot
- punishable
- rampant
- report
- rope off
- scene
- sex crime
- undiscovered
- vicious
- gang
- hang
- perpetrator
- such
* * *crimen nm1. [delito] crime [serious];el autor del crimen [de asesinato] the murderer;cometer un crimen to commit a crimecrimen de Estado state crime;crimen de guerra war crime;crimen contra la humanidad crime against humanity;crimen organizado organized crime;crimen pasional crime of passion2. Fam [cosa horrible]es un crimen derrochar tanto dinero en una fiesta it's criminal to spend so much money on a party;¡ese corte de pelo es un crimen! that haircut is awful o criminal!;sería un crimen dejar al bebé solo it would be criminal o a crime to leave the baby on its own* * *m crime;crimen sexual sex crime* * ** * *crimen n1. (delito) crime2. (asesinato) murder -
18 daño producido por las condiciones ambientales
(n.) = environmental damageEx. Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.* * *(n.) = environmental damageEx: Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.
Spanish-English dictionary > daño producido por las condiciones ambientales
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19 de puta pena
tabú dreadful, bloody awful* * *(adj.) = appalling, deplorable, awfulEx. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.Ex. We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.* * *(adj.) = appalling, deplorable, awfulEx: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
Ex: We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems. -
20 debilidad
f.1 weakness.tener debilidad por to have a soft spot forel chocolate es su debilidad he has a weakness for chocolate2 laxness (condescendencia).3 weak point, soft spot, heel of Achilles, weakness.4 weak act.5 hyposthenia, lassitude, acratia, asthenia.* * *1 (de una persona) weakness, feebleness; (de un sonido) faintness2 figurado weakness\* * *noun f.weakness, feebleness* * *SF1) (=falta de fuerzas) [gen] weakness; [extrema] feebleness; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frailty2) [de carácter] weakness; [de esfuerzo] feebleness, half-heartedness3) (=poca intensidad) [de voz, ruido] faintness; [de luz] dimness4) (=inclinación)los niños son mi debilidad — I love o adore children
* * *a) ( física)b) ( de carácter)todos se aprovechan de su debilidad — everyone takes advantage of his feeble nature o his weak character
c) ( inclinación excesiva) weakness* * *= frailty, infirmity, weakness, brittleness, foible, weak point, soft spot.Ex. When discussing the undoubted deficiencies of LCSH, the errors are claimed to be the result of human frailty in the application of a basically sound system.Ex. We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.Ex. The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.Ex. Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.Ex. For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.Ex. Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.Ex. Lack of adequate reflection on the literature of political and legal theory is a soft spot in the book, however.----* debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.* debilidad humana = human frailty.* fingir debilidad = sandbagging.* ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.* tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.* * *a) ( física)b) ( de carácter)todos se aprovechan de su debilidad — everyone takes advantage of his feeble nature o his weak character
c) ( inclinación excesiva) weakness* * *= frailty, infirmity, weakness, brittleness, foible, weak point, soft spot.Ex: When discussing the undoubted deficiencies of LCSH, the errors are claimed to be the result of human frailty in the application of a basically sound system.
Ex: We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.Ex: The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.Ex: Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.Ex: For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.Ex: Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.Ex: Lack of adequate reflection on the literature of political and legal theory is a soft spot in the book, however.* debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.* debilidad humana = human frailty.* fingir debilidad = sandbagging.* ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.* tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.* * *1(falta de fortaleza física): el estado de debilidad en que se encuentra nos impide operarla the weak state she's in o ( frml) her debility means that we are unable to operateme canso mucho, y siento una debilidad muy grande I get very tired and feel very debilitated o terribly weak2(de carácter): todos se aprovechan de su debilidad everyone takes advantage of his feeble nature o his weak character3 (inclinación excesiva) weaknesstodos tenemos nuestras pequeñas debilidades we all have our little weaknessesel hijo pequeño es su debilidad he has a soft spot for his youngest sonsiente or tiene debilidad por el chocolate she has a weakness for chocolate* * *
debilidad sustantivo femenino
weakness;◊ siento una gran debilidad I feel terribly debilitated o weak;
se aprovechan de su debilidad they take advantage of his weak character;
tener debilidad por algn/algo to have a soft spot for sb/a weakness for sth
debilidad sustantivo masculino
1 (falta de fuerzas, de carácter) weakness
2 (inclinación) fig tener debilidad por, (persona) to have a soft spot for: sienten debilidad por su hijo adoptivo, they have a soft spot for their adopted son
(cosa) to have a weakness for: tengo debilidad por el chocolate, I have a weakness for chocolate
' debilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
flojedad
- explotar
- flojera
English:
chink
- feebleness
- infirmity
- partial
- softness
- spot
- weakness
- foible
* * *debilidad nf1. [flojedad] weakness;siento debilidad en las piernas my legs feel tired2. [condescendencia] laxness;debilidad de carácter weakness of character3. [falta de solidez] [de gobierno, moneda, economía] weaknessel chocolate es su debilidad he has a weakness for chocolate;todos tenemos nuestras debilidades we all have our weaknesses* * *f weakness* * *debilidad nf: weakness, debility, feebleness* * *debilidad n weakness [pl. weaknesses]
См. также в других словарях:
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