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narratives

  • 21 llevar Algo hasta el final

    (v.) = carry + Nombre + to the end
    Ex. One significant difference between a piece of fiction and a case, however, is that cases are written in the form of problems without solutions, rather than as complete narratives which carry a story to the end.
    * * *
    (v.) = carry + Nombre + to the end

    Ex: One significant difference between a piece of fiction and a case, however, is that cases are written in the form of problems without solutions, rather than as complete narratives which carry a story to the end.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llevar Algo hasta el final

  • 22 mural

    adj.
    mural (pintura).
    m.
    mural.
    * * *
    1 mural
    1 mural
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ mural, wall antes de s
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo wall (before n), mural (before n)
    II
    masculino mural
    * * *
    = wall chart [wallchart], wall display, mural, wall painting.
    Ex. A wall chart is an example of an opaque sheet that exhibits data in graphic or tabular form.
    Ex. This library service includes bright wall displays, pamphlets on open racks, availability of lists and directories, access to index files of local information, clear guiding on shelves and cabinet files, and the re-packaging of complex or ephemeral material.
    Ex. The unveiling of the mural took place during National Library Week.
    Ex. This article studies monumental wall paintings and mosaics, focusing on the disposition of narratives in relation to their architectural ambients.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo wall (before n), mural (before n)
    II
    masculino mural
    * * *
    = wall chart [wallchart], wall display, mural, wall painting.

    Ex: A wall chart is an example of an opaque sheet that exhibits data in graphic or tabular form.

    Ex: This library service includes bright wall displays, pamphlets on open racks, availability of lists and directories, access to index files of local information, clear guiding on shelves and cabinet files, and the re-packaging of complex or ephemeral material.
    Ex: The unveiling of the mural took place during National Library Week.
    Ex: This article studies monumental wall paintings and mosaics, focusing on the disposition of narratives in relation to their architectural ambients.

    * * *
    wall ( before n), mural ( before n)
    mural
    * * *

    mural adjetivo
    wall ( before n), mural ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    mural
    mural sustantivo masculino & adjetivo mural
    ' mural' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diario
    English:
    mural
    - board
    - bulletin
    - notice
    - wall
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [pintura] mural; [mapa] wall
    ♦ nm
    mural
    * * *
    I adj wall atr
    II m mural
    * * *
    mural adj & nm
    : mural

    Spanish-English dictionary > mural

  • 23 narración

    f.
    1 story, tale, short story.
    2 account, narration, recountal, story.
    * * *
    1 (exposición) narration, account
    2 (historia) story
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=relato, versión) account; (Literat) narration
    * * *
    femenino ( relato) story; ( acción de contar) account
    * * *
    = narrative, telling, narrative.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.
    Ex. Most authorities rightly warn us, however, that telling and reading are not the same as acting.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    ----
    * narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].
    * narración infantil = children's story.
    * narración popular = folk story.
    * narración sobre viajes = travelogue [travelog, -USA].
    * * *
    femenino ( relato) story; ( acción de contar) account
    * * *
    = narrative, telling, narrative.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.

    Ex: Most authorities rightly warn us, however, that telling and reading are not the same as acting.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    * narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].
    * narración infantil = children's story.
    * narración popular = folk story.
    * narración sobre viajes = travelogue [travelog, -USA].

    * * *
    1 (cuento, relato) story
    * * *

    narración sustantivo femenino ( relato) story;
    ( acción de contar) account
    narración sustantivo femenino narration
    ' narración' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encandilar
    - fluida
    - fluido
    - leyenda
    - parabólica
    - parabólico
    - cuento
    - narrativa
    - total
    English:
    blow
    - narration
    - narrative
    * * *
    1. [cuento, relato] narrative, story
    2. [acción] narration
    * * *
    f narration
    * * *
    narración nf, pl - ciones : narration, account

    Spanish-English dictionary > narración

  • 24 narrador

    m.
    narrator, storyteller, teller, narrater.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 storyteller, narrator
    * * *
    narrador, -a
    SM / F narrator
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino narrator
    * * *
    = teller, narrator.
    Ex. For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.
    Ex. Users of the Web database will be able to search through this collection of American slave narratives by first and last name of narrator, county and state of servitude, year of birth, and name of master = Los usuarios de la base de datos web podrán hacer búsquedas en esta colección de relatos de esclavos americanos por nombre y apellido del narrador, país y condición de servidumbre, año de nacimiento y nombre del amo.
    ----
    * narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino narrator
    * * *
    = teller, narrator.

    Ex: For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.

    Ex: Users of the Web database will be able to search through this collection of American slave narratives by first and last name of narrator, county and state of servitude, year of birth, and name of master = Los usuarios de la base de datos web podrán hacer búsquedas en esta colección de relatos de esclavos americanos por nombre y apellido del narrador, país y condición de servidumbre, año de nacimiento y nombre del amo.
    * narrador de cuentos = storyteller [story-teller], story teller.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 (en un documental, una obra) narrator
    2 ( Lit) narrator, storyteller
    Compuesto:
    narrador deportivo, narradora deportiva
    masculine, feminine (Col, Ven) sports commentator, sportscaster ( AmE)
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    narrador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    narrator
    narrador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino narrator

    ' narrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    narradora
    English:
    narrator
    - storyteller
    - story
    * * *
    narrador, -ora nm,f
    narrator
    * * *
    m, narradora f narrator
    * * *
    : narrator

    Spanish-English dictionary > narrador

  • 25 no racial

    adj.
    non-racial, nonracial.
    * * *
    (adj.) = colour-blind
    Ex. There has been a shift from overt ideologies of racial supremacy to more subtle symbolic narratives purporting to be colour-blind.
    * * *
    (adj.) = colour-blind

    Ex: There has been a shift from overt ideologies of racial supremacy to more subtle symbolic narratives purporting to be colour-blind.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no racial

  • 26 paradisíaco

    adj.
    paradisiacal, paradisiac, blissful, heavenly.
    * * *
    1 heavenly
    * * *
    - ca, paradisiaco -ca adjetivo heavenly
    * * *
    = paradise-like, paradisiac, heavenly.
    Ex. The majority of early modern accounts of discovery narratives about America reflect a peculiar fusion of a utopian and paradise-like idyll of the new continent with cruel cannibalistic practices of the natives.
    Ex. Another essential component is the idea of a return to the paradisiac conditions of the primeval era.
    Ex. It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.
    * * *
    - ca, paradisiaco -ca adjetivo heavenly
    * * *
    = paradise-like, paradisiac, heavenly.

    Ex: The majority of early modern accounts of discovery narratives about America reflect a peculiar fusion of a utopian and paradise-like idyll of the new continent with cruel cannibalistic practices of the natives.

    Ex: Another essential component is the idea of a return to the paradisiac conditions of the primeval era.
    Ex: It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.

    * * *
    heavenly
    * * *
    paradisiaco, -a, paradisíaco, -a adj
    heavenly
    * * *
    adj heavenly

    Spanish-English dictionary > paradisíaco

  • 27 parecido a un paraíso

    (adj.) = paradise-like
    Ex. The majority of early modern accounts of discovery narratives about America reflect a peculiar fusion of a utopian and paradise-like idyll of the new continent with cruel cannibalistic practices of the natives.
    * * *
    (adj.) = paradise-like

    Ex: The majority of early modern accounts of discovery narratives about America reflect a peculiar fusion of a utopian and paradise-like idyll of the new continent with cruel cannibalistic practices of the natives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > parecido a un paraíso

  • 28 penitencia

    f.
    1 penance.
    hacer penitencia to do penance
    2 penitence, attrition.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: penitenciar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: penitenciar.
    * * *
    1 RELIGIÓN (virtud) penitence; (castigo, sacramento) penance
    2 (pesadez) punishment
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=estado) penitence
    2) (=castigo) penance
    * * *
    1) (Relig) penance
    2) ( en juegos) (Andes) forfeit; ( castigo) (RPl fam) punishment

    está en penitencia — she's not allowed out, she's grounded (colloq)

    * * *
    = penitence, repentance.
    Ex. The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.
    Ex. The book stands on the slippery ground between the picaresque and the Puritan repentance narratives such as the Pilgrim's Progress.
    * * *
    1) (Relig) penance
    2) ( en juegos) (Andes) forfeit; ( castigo) (RPl fam) punishment

    está en penitencia — she's not allowed out, she's grounded (colloq)

    * * *
    = penitence, repentance.

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

    Ex: The book stands on the slippery ground between the picaresque and the Puritan repentance narratives such as the Pilgrim's Progress.

    * * *
    A ( Relig) penance
    B
    1 ( Andes) (en juegos) forfeit
    el que pierda deberá cumplir con una penitencia whoever loses will have to pay a forfeit
    2 ( RPl fam) (castigo) punishment
    el maestro me puso en penitencia the teacher punished me
    hoy no puede ir contigo porque está en penitencia she can't go with you today because she's not allowed out o ( colloq) she's grounded
    * * *

    penitencia sustantivo femenino
    1 (Relig) penance;

    2
    a) (Andes) ( en juegos) forfeit

    b) (RPl fam) ( castigo) punishment;


    penitencia f Rel penance: ahora tengo que soportarle, esa es mi penitencia, having to put up with him now is my penance
    ' penitencia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    penance
    * * *
    1. [religiosa] penance;
    hacer penitencia to do penance
    2. RP Fam [castigo] punishment;
    está en penitencia he's in disgrace;
    lo pusieron en penitencia they punished him
    * * *
    f penitence
    * * *
    : penance, penitence

    Spanish-English dictionary > penitencia

  • 29 relajante

    adj.
    relaxing.
    m.
    relaxant.
    * * *
    1 relaxing
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [ejercicio, actividad] relaxing
    2) (Med) sedative
    3) Cono Sur [comida] sickly, sweet and sticky
    4) (=repugnante) revolting, disgusting
    2.
    * * *
    1) <música/baño> relaxing
    2) (CS fam) ( empalagoso) sickly-sweet (pej)
    * * *
    = tension reliever, relaxing, relieving.
    Ex. What you don't understand, Juan, is that smoking is a tension reliever.
    Ex. In order to make my twice-weekly half-hour visits to the class more relaxing and, I hoped, more enjoyable, the teacher designed a special area the children called 'the storycorner'.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    * * *
    1) <música/baño> relaxing
    2) (CS fam) ( empalagoso) sickly-sweet (pej)
    * * *
    = tension reliever, relaxing, relieving.

    Ex: What you don't understand, Juan, is that smoking is a tension reliever.

    Ex: In order to make my twice-weekly half-hour visits to the class more relaxing and, I hoped, more enjoyable, the teacher designed a special area the children called 'the storycorner'.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.

    * * *
    A ‹música/baño› relaxing
    B (CS fam) (empalagoso) sickly-sweet ( pej)
    * * *

    relajante adjetivo
    1 ‹música/baño› relaxing
    2 (CS fam) ( empalagoso) sickly-sweet (pej)
    relajante adjetivo relaxing
    ' relajante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    relaxing
    - restful
    - soothing
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    relaxing
    ♦ nm
    relaxant
    * * *
    adj relaxing
    * * *
    relajante adj relaxing

    Spanish-English dictionary > relajante

  • 30 relato

    m.
    1 account, report.
    2 story, tale, narrative, recitation.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: relatar.
    * * *
    1 (narración) story, tale
    2 (informe) report, account
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) narration, story, tale
    * * *
    SM (=narración) story, tale; (=informe) account, report
    * * *
    a) (historia, cuento) story, tale
    b) ( relación) account

    su relato no coincide con el tuyo — his story o account does not tally with your version

    * * *
    = account, narration, story, storie, narrative, recounting, tale.
    Ex. In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex. The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.
    Ex. There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
    Ex. One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex. This is a recounting of the technologies most likely to facilitate the sharing of resources among libraries.
    Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.
    ----
    * relato corto = short story.
    * relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.
    * relato de testigo presencial = eyewitness account.
    * relato escrito = written story.
    * relato oral = oral history, oral narrative.
    * relato suicida = suicide story.
    * relato verídico = true story.
    * urdir un relato = weave + a tale.
    * * *
    a) (historia, cuento) story, tale
    b) ( relación) account

    su relato no coincide con el tuyo — his story o account does not tally with your version

    * * *
    = account, narration, story, storie, narrative, recounting, tale.

    Ex: In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

    Ex: The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.
    Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
    Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex: This is a recounting of the technologies most likely to facilitate the sharing of resources among libraries.
    Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.
    * relato corto = short story.
    * relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.
    * relato de testigo presencial = eyewitness account.
    * relato escrito = written story.
    * relato oral = oral history, oral narrative.
    * relato suicida = suicide story.
    * relato verídico = true story.
    * urdir un relato = weave + a tale.

    * * *
    1 (historia, cuento) story, tale
    relatos para niños children's stories
    2 (relación) account
    nos hizo un largo relato de lo ocurrido she gave us a lengthy account of what had happened
    su relato no coincide con la versión de la policía his story o account does not tally with the police's version
    * * *

     

    Del verbo relatar: ( conjugate relatar)

    relato es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    relató es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    relatar    
    relato
    relatar ( conjugate relatar) verbo transitivo ‹historia/aventura› to recount, relate
    relato sustantivo masculino
    a) (historia, cuento) story, tale


    relatar verbo transitivo to relate, recount
    relato sustantivo masculino
    1 (de ficción) tale, story
    2 (de un hecho real) account
    ' relato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguijonear
    - reseña
    - saga
    - viva
    - vivo
    - adornar
    - anecdótico
    - escabroso
    - estremecedor
    - exagerado
    - hilo
    - historia
    - narración
    - terror
    English:
    account
    - accurate
    - dominant
    - graphic account
    - narration
    - narrative
    - open
    - spice
    - spicy
    - story
    - storyteller
    - tale
    - short
    * * *
    relato nm
    [exposición] account, report; [cuento] tale, story;
    hizo un relato de su viaje she gave an account of her trip
    * * *
    m short story
    * * *
    relato nm
    1) : story, tale
    2) : account
    * * *
    1. (cuento) story [pl. stories]
    2. (relación) account
    nos hizo un relato muy detallado de todo lo que le había sucedido he gave us a very detailed account of everything that had happened to him

    Spanish-English dictionary > relato

  • 31 servidumbre

    f.
    1 servants (criados).
    2 servitude (dependencia).
    3 staff of servants, servants.
    4 easement, right of pass.
    * * *
    1 (condición) servitude
    2 (criados) servants plural, staff of servants
    3 (obligación) obligation
    4 figurado (sujeción) compulsion
    5 DERECHO servitude
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=conjunto de criados) staff, servants pl
    2) (=condición) [de criado] servitude; [de esclavo] slavery
    3) ( Hist) (tb: servidumbre de la gleba) serfdom
    4) (Jur)
    * * *
    1) ( esclavitud) servitude
    2) ( conjunto de criados) (domestic) staff, servants (pl)
    * * *
    = servitude, bondage, kowtow [kow-tow].
    Nota: Palabra de origen chino referida a la inclinación que hace un persona de rango inferior ante su superior arrollidándose y tocando el suelo con la frente.
    Ex. Users of the Web database will be able to search through this collection of American slave narratives by first and last name of narrator, county and state of servitude, year of birth, and name of master = Los usuarios de la base de datos web podrán consultar esta colección de relatos de esclavos americanos por nombre y apellido del narrador, país y condición de servidumbre, año de nacimiento y nombre del amo.
    Ex. The story of Cinque becoming a slave trader does not diminish his heroism in saving himself and his compatriots from a life of bondage.
    Ex. The best example of this situation is an article published in the Wall Street Journal 'Microsoft's kowtow'.
    ----
    * derecho de servidumbre = easement.
    * * *
    1) ( esclavitud) servitude
    2) ( conjunto de criados) (domestic) staff, servants (pl)
    * * *
    = servitude, bondage, kowtow [kow-tow].
    Nota: Palabra de origen chino referida a la inclinación que hace un persona de rango inferior ante su superior arrollidándose y tocando el suelo con la frente.

    Ex: Users of the Web database will be able to search through this collection of American slave narratives by first and last name of narrator, county and state of servitude, year of birth, and name of master = Los usuarios de la base de datos web podrán consultar esta colección de relatos de esclavos americanos por nombre y apellido del narrador, país y condición de servidumbre, año de nacimiento y nombre del amo.

    Ex: The story of Cinque becoming a slave trader does not diminish his heroism in saving himself and his compatriots from a life of bondage.
    Ex: The best example of this situation is an article published in the Wall Street Journal 'Microsoft's kowtow'.
    * derecho de servidumbre = easement.

    * * *
    A (esclavitud) servitude
    B
    1 (conjunto de criados) domestic staff, staff, servants (pl)
    2
    (trabajar de criado): odiaba la servidumbre he hated being in (domestic) service
    Compuestos:
    right of access
    water rights (pl)
    right of light
    right of way
    * * *

    servidumbre sustantivo femenino
    1 ( esclavitud) servitude
    2 ( conjunto de criados) domestic staff, servants (pl)
    servidumbre sustantivo femenino
    1 (estado) servitude, subjection
    2 (obligación) inevitable obligation
    3 (equipo de sirvientes) servants
    ' servidumbre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alzado
    - servicio
    English:
    quarter
    * * *
    1. [criados] servants
    2. [dependencia, esclavitud] servitude
    * * *
    f
    1 ( criados) servants pl
    2 ( condición) servitude
    * * *
    1) : servitude
    2) : help, servants pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > servidumbre

  • 32 supremacía racial

    (n.) = racial supremacism, racial supremacy
    Ex. Given the impersonal nature of the Internet, there exists a certain degree of danger that otherwise ordinary citizens will become more susceptible to the ideology of racial supremacism.
    Ex. There has been a shift from overt ideologies of racial supremacy to more subtle symbolic narratives purporting to be colour-blind.
    * * *
    (n.) = racial supremacism, racial supremacy

    Ex: Given the impersonal nature of the Internet, there exists a certain degree of danger that otherwise ordinary citizens will become more susceptible to the ideology of racial supremacism.

    Ex: There has been a shift from overt ideologies of racial supremacy to more subtle symbolic narratives purporting to be colour-blind.

    Spanish-English dictionary > supremacía racial

  • 33 terreno peligroso

    = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground
    Ex. As the title of my talk indicates, we are on thin ice, and in more ways than one.
    Ex. The book stands on the slippery ground between the picaresque and the Puritan repentance narratives such as the Pilgrim's Progress.
    Ex. On dangerous ground: The threat of landslides is looming large with ad hoc building practices being the root cause.
    * * *
    = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground

    Ex: As the title of my talk indicates, we are on thin ice, and in more ways than one.

    Ex: The book stands on the slippery ground between the picaresque and the Puritan repentance narratives such as the Pilgrim's Progress.
    Ex: On dangerous ground: The threat of landslides is looming large with ad hoc building practices being the root cause.

    Spanish-English dictionary > terreno peligroso

  • 34 terreno resbaladizo

    = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground
    Ex. As the title of my talk indicates, we are on thin ice, and in more ways than one.
    Ex. The book stands on the slippery ground between the picaresque and the Puritan repentance narratives such as the Pilgrim's Progress.
    Ex. On dangerous ground: The threat of landslides is looming large with ad hoc building practices being the root cause.
    * * *
    = on thin ice, slippery ground, on dangerous ground

    Ex: As the title of my talk indicates, we are on thin ice, and in more ways than one.

    Ex: The book stands on the slippery ground between the picaresque and the Puritan repentance narratives such as the Pilgrim's Progress.
    Ex: On dangerous ground: The threat of landslides is looming large with ad hoc building practices being the root cause.

    Spanish-English dictionary > terreno resbaladizo

  • 35 tranquilizante

    adj.
    1 soothing.
    2 tranquilizing (medicine).
    m.
    tranquilizer (medicine).
    * * *
    1 calming, reassuring
    1 tranquillizer (US tranquilizer)
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SM (Med) tranquillizer, tranquilizer (EEUU)
    * * *
    I
    b) (Med) tranquilizing*
    II
    masculino tranquilizer*
    * * *
    = relieving, reassuring, lulling, tranquilliser [tranquilizer, -USA].
    Nota: También escrito tranquiliser o tranquillizer.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex. 'I'm rather surprised that Arnold would have bothered you with such a trivial matter, Ms. Bragge,' Wronski said with a reassuring smile which had an almost fatherly quality.
    Ex. However, instead of being lulling and reassuring, this music induces a sense of unease and desolation.
    Ex. Although tranquilizers may help you to feel calm and help you to sleep during a crisis, they should only be taken for a short time.
    ----
    * administrar tranquilizantes = sedate.
    * * *
    I
    b) (Med) tranquilizing*
    II
    masculino tranquilizer*
    * * *
    = relieving, reassuring, lulling, tranquilliser [tranquilizer, -USA].
    Nota: También escrito tranquiliser o tranquillizer.

    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.

    Ex: 'I'm rather surprised that Arnold would have bothered you with such a trivial matter, Ms. Bragge,' Wronski said with a reassuring smile which had an almost fatherly quality.
    Ex: However, instead of being lulling and reassuring, this music induces a sense of unease and desolation.
    Ex: Although tranquilizers may help you to feel calm and help you to sleep during a crisis, they should only be taken for a short time.
    * administrar tranquilizantes = sedate.

    * * *
    1
    (consolador, relajante): es tranquilizante saber que no estamos solos it's reassuring to know that we're not alone
    el efecto tranquilizante de la música the soothing effect of the music
    2 ( Med) tranquilizing*
    tranquilizer*
    * * *

    tranquilizante adjetivo
    a) ‹ noticia› reassuring;

    ‹ música› soothing
    b) (Med) tranquilizing( conjugate tranquilizing)

    ■ sustantivo masculino
    tranquilizer( conjugate tranquilizer)
    tranquilizante
    I adjetivo calming
    II m Med tranquillizer, US tranquilizer
    ' tranquilizante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    downer
    - tranquillizer
    - tranquilizer
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [música, color] soothing;
    no deja de ser tranquilizante que siga sin haber cambios en el estado del enfermo it is reassuring, however, that the patient's condition has not changed
    2. [medicamento] tranquilizing
    ♦ nm
    tranquilizer
    * * *
    I adj tranquilizing, Br
    tranquillizing
    II m tranquilizer, Br
    tranquillizer
    * * *
    1) : reassuring
    2) : tranquilizing
    : tranquilizer

    Spanish-English dictionary > tranquilizante

  • 36 antropófago2

    Ex. The majority of early modern accounts of discovery narratives about America reflect a peculiar fusion of a utopian and paradise-like idyll of the new continent with cruel cannibalistic practices of the natives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > antropófago2

  • 37 total2

    2 = complete, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], thorough, total, end to end, supine, unrelieved, utter, gavel to gavel, systemic, overarching, ultimate, avowed, out-and-out, certified, unmitigaged, fully blown, unreserved.
    Ex. The main entry is the complete catalogue record of the document.
    Ex. Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.
    Ex. Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
    Ex. Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.
    Ex. 'I was saying that we shouldn't have a supine acceptance for temporary limitations'.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex. There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.
    Ex. A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.
    Ex. There is a need for an examination of the whole process of information dissemination from a 'systemic' framework.
    Ex. There appears to be an unhealthy tendency among information technology professionals to elevate any single, highly successful practical experience instantly into an overarching paradigm for managerial success.
    Ex. The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.
    Ex. Anne Bogart's novel combines avowed misogyny with postfeminist frolic.
    Ex. Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.
    Ex. She is a certified TV-addict -- you simply cannot talk to her when she's glued to the box.
    Ex. Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.
    Ex. This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same.
    Ex. It is also important that we all give them our unreserved support.
    ----
    * de movimiento total = full-motion.
    * en total = all told, altogether, in all, overall, in total, in toto.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * integración total = seamlessness.
    * la suma total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.
    * limpieza total = clean sweep.
    * Número + en total = Número + in number.
    * oscuridad total = pitch blackness, pitch darkness.
    * rechazo total = bold statement against.
    * síndrome de alergia total = total allergy syndrome.
    * siniestro total = write-off [writeoff].
    * suma total = sum total, count.
    * total atención = undivided attention.

    Spanish-English dictionary > total2

  • 38 antropófago

    adj.
    anthropophagous, cannibalistic, man-eating.
    m.
    cannibal, man-eater, anthropophagite.
    * * *
    1 cannibalistic
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 cannibal
    * * *
    antropófago, -a
    1.
    ADJ man-eating antes de s, cannibalistic
    2.
    SM / F cannibal

    antropófagos — anthropophagi frm, cannibals

    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo cannibalistic
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino cannibal
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo cannibalistic
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino cannibal
    * * *
    antropófago1

    Ex: The theme of the novel are facing your self and survival on your own in hostile surroundings, this time on a taboo island used by cannibals = El tema de la novela es cómo enfrentarte a ti mismo y sobrevivir en un entorno hostil, esta vez en una isla prohibida para los caníbales.

    antropófago2

    Ex: The majority of early modern accounts of discovery narratives about America reflect a peculiar fusion of a utopian and paradise-like idyll of the new continent with cruel cannibalistic practices of the natives.

    * * *
    cannibalistic, anthropophagous
    masculine, feminine
    cannibal
    * * *

    antropófago,-a
    I adjetivo cannibalistic
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cannibal
    ' antropófago' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antropófaga
    - caníbal
    English:
    cannibal
    * * *
    antropófago, -a
    ♦ adj
    man-eating, cannibalistic
    ♦ nm,f
    cannibal
    * * *
    m, antropófaga f cannibal
    * * *
    antropófago, -ga adj
    : cannibalistic
    antropófago, -ga n
    caníbal: cannibal

    Spanish-English dictionary > antropófago

  • 39 total

    adj.
    1 total (completo) (cifra, coste).
    adv.
    basically, in a word.
    total que me marché so anyway, I left
    total, ¿qué más da? what difference does it make anyway?
    intj.
    in short.
    Total,nadie acudió a su trabajo! In short, nobody came to work!
    m.
    1 total (suma).
    2 whole (totalidad, conjunto).
    el total del grupo the whole group
    nos costó 200 dólares en total it cost us 200 dollars in total o all
    en total fuimos más de treinta personas in total there were more than thirty of us
    * * *
    1 total, complete, overall
    1 (totalidad) whole
    2 (suma) total, sum
    1 (en conclusión) in short, so
    ■ total, fue un fracaso in short, it was a failure
    ■ total, que se fueron porque quisieron they left because they wanted to
    2 (al fin y al cabo) after all
    ■ total, para lo que me sirve... after all, for all the good it is to me...
    \
    en total in all
    * * *
    noun m. adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=absoluto) [éxito, fracaso] total
    2) (=global) [importe, suma] total
    3) * (=excelente) smashing, brilliant
    2. ADV
    1) (=resumiendo) in short, all in all; (=así que) so

    total que — to cut a long story short, the upshot of it all was that...

    total, que no fuimos — so we didn't go after all

    total, que vas a hacer lo que quieras — basically then you're going to do as you please

    2) (=al fin y al cabo) at the end of the day

    total, ¿qué más te da? — at the end of the day, what do you care?

    total, usted manda — well, you're the boss after all

    3.
    SM (=suma total) total; (=totalidad) whole
    * * *
    I
    a) ( absoluto) <desastre/destrucción> total; < éxito> resounding, total
    b) ( global) <costo/importe> total
    II
    masculino total

    ¿cuánto es el total? — how much is it altogether?

    III
    adverbio (indep) (fam)
    a) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end

    total, que me di por vencida — so in the end I gave up

    b) (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia)

    total, a mí qué — (fam) what do I care anyway

    total, mañana no tienes que trabajar — after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow

    * * *
    I
    a) ( absoluto) <desastre/destrucción> total; < éxito> resounding, total
    b) ( global) <costo/importe> total
    II
    masculino total

    ¿cuánto es el total? — how much is it altogether?

    III
    adverbio (indep) (fam)
    a) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end

    total, que me di por vencida — so in the end I gave up

    b) (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia)

    total, a mí qué — (fam) what do I care anyway

    total, mañana no tienes que trabajar — after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow

    * * *
    total1
    1 = tally [tallies, pl.], total, count, grand total.

    Ex: As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.

    Ex: Someone must read a total on the card, so that the machine can add its computed item to it.
    Ex: Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.
    Ex: The grand total of 4,300 exhibitors was 4 per cent up on 1996.
    * de un total de + Cantidad = out of a total of + Cantidad.
    * el total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.
    * total comprometida = encumbrance.
    * total comprometido = accrual.
    * total de calorías = calorie count.
    * total de préstamos = circulation figures.
    * total devengado = encumbrance, accrual.
    * un total de = a universe of, a total of.

    total2
    2 = complete, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], thorough, total, end to end, supine, unrelieved, utter, gavel to gavel, systemic, overarching, ultimate, avowed, out-and-out, certified, unmitigaged, fully blown, unreserved.

    Ex: The main entry is the complete catalogue record of the document.

    Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.
    Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
    Ex: Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.
    Ex: 'I was saying that we shouldn't have a supine acceptance for temporary limitations'.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex: There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.
    Ex: A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.
    Ex: There is a need for an examination of the whole process of information dissemination from a 'systemic' framework.
    Ex: There appears to be an unhealthy tendency among information technology professionals to elevate any single, highly successful practical experience instantly into an overarching paradigm for managerial success.
    Ex: The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.
    Ex: Anne Bogart's novel combines avowed misogyny with postfeminist frolic.
    Ex: Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.
    Ex: She is a certified TV-addict -- you simply cannot talk to her when she's glued to the box.
    Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.
    Ex: This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same.
    Ex: It is also important that we all give them our unreserved support.
    * de movimiento total = full-motion.
    * en total = all told, altogether, in all, overall, in total, in toto.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * integración total = seamlessness.
    * la suma total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.
    * limpieza total = clean sweep.
    * Número + en total = Número + in number.
    * oscuridad total = pitch blackness, pitch darkness.
    * rechazo total = bold statement against.
    * síndrome de alergia total = total allergy syndrome.
    * siniestro total = write-off [writeoff].
    * suma total = sum total, count.
    * total atención = undivided attention.

    * * *
    1 (absoluto) ‹desastre/destrucción› total; ‹éxito› resounding ( before n), total
    la película fue un fracaso total the film was a total o an utter failure
    un cambio total a complete change
    2 (global) ‹coste/importe› total
    total
    ¿cuánto es el total? what's the total?, what does it all come to?, how much is it altogether?
    el total de las pérdidas/ganancias the total losses/profits
    el total asciende a $40.000 the total amounts to o comes to o is $40,000
    afecta a un total de 600 personas it affects a total of 600 people
    en total altogether
    son 5 euros en total that's 5 euros altogether
    ( indep) ( fam)
    total, que me di por vencida so in the end I gave up
    2
    (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia): ¿por qué no te quedas? total, mañana no tienes que trabajar why not stay? I mean o after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow
    * * *

     

    total adjetivo
    a) ( absoluto) ‹desastre/destrucción› total;

    ‹ éxito› resounding ( before n), total;
    ‹ cambio› complete
    b) ( global) ‹costo/importe› total

    ■ sustantivo masculino
    total;

    ■ adverbio ( indep) (fam) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end;
    total, que me di por vencida so in the end I gave up
    total
    I adjetivo total
    un desastre total, a complete o total disaster
    eclipse total, total eclipse
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 total
    el total de la población, the whole population
    el total de los trabajadores, all the workers
    en total costó unas dos mil pesetas, altogether it cost over two thousand pesetas
    2 Mat total
    III adv (en resumen) so: total, que al final María vino con nosotros, so, in the end Maria came with us
    fam (con indiferencia) anyway: total, a mí no me gustaba, I didn't like it anyway

    ' total' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absoluta
    - absoluto
    - aforo
    - completa
    - completo
    - desconocimiento
    - esclarecimiento
    - importe
    - montante
    - monto
    - parque
    - radical
    - suma
    - sumar
    - toda
    - todo
    - totalizar
    - global
    - integral
    - liquidación
    - miramiento
    - monta
    - perdido
    - pleno
    - ser
    - silencio
    English:
    absolute
    - all
    - altogether
    - bedlam
    - capacity
    - come to
    - complete
    - dead
    - dedication
    - dismal
    - disregard
    - full
    - grand total
    - ignorance
    - in
    - overall
    - perfect
    - rank
    - raving
    - reversal
    - sell-out
    - serve out
    - sheer
    - subtotal
    - sum
    - tell
    - total
    - unqualified
    - utter
    - write off
    - write-off
    - account
    - add
    - come
    - count
    - disarray
    - downright
    - flat
    - grand
    - grid
    - gross
    - implicit
    - matter
    - number
    - out
    - recall
    - run
    - swell
    - virtual
    - write
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [cifra, coste, gasto] total;
    el importe total de las inversiones the total amount of the investments
    2. [confianza, rechazo, ruptura] total, complete;
    actúa con total libertad she acts completely freely, she has complete freedom of action;
    su influencia en ellos es total he has overwhelming influence over them
    3. Fam [fantástico] fab, Br brill
    ♦ nm
    1. [suma] total;
    el total de visitantes del museo alcanzó los tres millones the total number of visitors to the museum reached three million;
    me da un total de 580 I make it 580
    Cont total actualizado running total;
    total de ventas total sales
    2. [totalidad, conjunto] whole;
    el total del grupo the whole group;
    en total in total, in all;
    nos costó 200 dólares en total it cost us 200 dollars in total o all;
    en total fuimos más de treinta personas in total there were more than thirty of us
    ♦ adv
    1. [en resumen] basically, in a word;
    total, que me marché so anyway, I left;
    total, que te has quedado sin trabajo, ¿no? basically, you're out of a job, then?
    2. [en realidad] anyway;
    total, ¿qué más da? what difference does it make anyway?;
    llévatelo, total ¿para qué lo quiero yo? take it, what good is it to me, after all?
    * * *
    I adj total, complete;
    en total altogether, in total
    II m total;
    un total de 50 personas a total of 50 people
    III adv
    :
    total, que no conseguí estudiar the upshot was that I didn’t manage to get any studying done
    * * *
    total adv
    : in the end, so
    total, que no fui: in short, I didn't go
    total adj & nm
    : total
    ♦ totalmente adv
    * * *
    total1 adj total / complete
    total2 adv so
    total, que no piensas venir so, you're not coming then
    total3 n total
    eso hace un total de 2.000 pesetas that makes a total of 2,000 pesetas

    Spanish-English dictionary > total

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