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1 analfabeto
adj.1 illiterate, who ignores how to read or write.2 illiterate, unlearned.m.illiterate person, person who does know how to read or write, illiterate.* * *► adjetivo1 illiterate2 figurado stupid► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 illiterate person2 figurado stupid person, ignoramus* * *(f. - analfabeta)noun adj.* * *analfabeto, -a1.ADJ illiterate2.SM / F illiterate, illiterate person* * *I- ta adjetivo illiterateII- ta masculino, femeninoa) ( que no sabe leer) illiterate (person)b) (fam & pey) ( ignorante) ignoramus (colloq & pej)* * *= illiterate, illiterate, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.].Ex. An illiterate is a person who cannot read, write or do mathematical calculations well enough to be integrated into society as an individual with full rights.Ex. In India, libraries have the added task of educating millions of illiterates.Ex. This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.----* analfabeto funcional = functionally illiterate.* analfabeto musical = musically-illiterate.* analfabetos, los = illiterate, the.* casi analfabeto = near-illiterate.* * *I- ta adjetivo illiterateII- ta masculino, femeninoa) ( que no sabe leer) illiterate (person)b) (fam & pey) ( ignorante) ignoramus (colloq & pej)* * *= illiterate, illiterate, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.].Ex: An illiterate is a person who cannot read, write or do mathematical calculations well enough to be integrated into society as an individual with full rights.
Ex: In India, libraries have the added task of educating millions of illiterates.Ex: This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.* analfabeto funcional = functionally illiterate.* analfabeto musical = musically-illiterate.* analfabetos, los = illiterate, the.* casi analfabeto = near-illiterate.* * *illiteratemasculine, feminine1 (que no sabe leer) illiterate, illiterate personCompuesto:functional illiterate* * *
analfabeto◊ -ta adjetivo
illiterate
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
analfabeto,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino illiterate
' analfabeto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
analfabeta
English:
illiterate
* * *analfabeto, -a♦ adjilliterate♦ nm,f1. [que no sabe leer] illiterate* * *I adj illiterateII m, analfabeta f illiterate* * *analfabeto, -ta adj & n: illiterate* * *analfabeto adj illiterate -
2 casi analfabeto
(n.) = near-illiterateEx. A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.* * *(n.) = near-illiterateEx: A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.
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3 casi
adv.1 almost.casi me muero I almost o nearly diedno comió casi nada she ate almost o practically nothingcasi no dormí I hardly slept at allcasi, casi almost, just aboutcasi nunca hardly ever¿qué te pasa? — ¡casi nada! que me ha dejado mi mujer what's up? — my wife only went and left melo venden por tres millones -- ¡casi nada! they're selling it for three million - what a snip!casi siempre almost o nearly always2 approximately, well-nigh, roughly.* * *► adverbio1 almost, nearly\casi, casi familiar just about¡casi nada! familiar peanuts!■ le tocaron 5 millones, ¡casi nada! he won 5 million, peanuts!casi no hardlycasi nunca hardly ever* * *adv.1) almost, nearly* * *ADV1) (=indicando aproximación) almost, nearlyestá casi terminado — it's almost o nearly finished
son ya casi las tres — it's almost o nearly three o'clock
¡huy!, casi me caigo — oops! I almost o nearly fell over
nada ha cambiado en los casi dos años transcurridos — nothing has changed in what is almost two years
despidieron a la casi totalidad de la plantilla — they sacked virtually o practically the entire staff
estaba congelado, o casi — it was frozen, or very near it
ocurre lo mismo en casi todos los países — the same thing happens in virtually o practically all countries
-¿habéis terminado? -casi, casi — "have you finished?" - "just about o very nearly"
no sabemos casi nada de lo que está ocurriendo — we know almost o virtually nothing about what's going on, we know hardly anything about what's going on
100 dólares..., ¡casi nada! — iró 100 dollars, a mere trifle!
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casi nunca — hardly ever, almost never2) [indicando indecisión] almostCASI Las dos traducciones principales de casi en inglés son almost y nearly: Estoy casi lista I'm almost o nearly ready Eran casi las cuatro cuando sonó el teléfono It was almost o nearly four o'clock when the telephone rang Nos vemos casi todos los días We meet almost o nearly every day ► Cuando almost y nearly acompañan a un verbo, se colocan detrás de este si se trata de un verbo auxiliar o modal y delante en el caso de los demás verbos: Casi me rompo la muñeca I almost o nearly broke my wrist Mi hijo ya casi habla My son can almost o nearly talk Sin embargo, hay algunos casos en los que no podemos utilizar nearly: ► delante de adverbios que terminan en -ly "¿Qué estáis haciendo aquí?" nos preguntó casi con enfado "What are you doing here?" he asked almost angrily ► delante de like: Se comporta casi como un niño He behaves almost like a child ► acompañando a adjetivos o sustantivos que, normalmente, no pueden ser modificados: El mono tenía una expresión casi humana The monkey had an almost human expression Me pareció casi un alivio I found it almost a relief ► delante de palabras de sentido negativo, como never, no, none, no-one, nothing y nowhere; en estos casos, muchas veces se traduce también por practically: No dijo casi nada She said almost o practically nothing No había casi nadie en la fiesta There was almost o practically no-one at the party En estos casos también se puede usar la construcción hardly + ever/ any/ anything {etc}: No dijo casi nada She said hardly anything No había casi nadie en la fiesta There was hardly anyone at the party Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entradano sé, casi prefiero no ir — I don't know, I think I'd rather not go
* * *1)a) ( cerca de) almost, nearlyes casi imposible — it's virtually o almost impossible
b) (delante del n) (frml)2) ( en frases negativas)¿pudiste dormir? - casi nada — did you manage to sleep? - hardly at all
¿200? casi nada! — (iró) $200? is that all? (iro)
yo casi te diría que lo vendas — I'd be inclined to say, sell it
* * *= almost, nearly, virtually, something of, barely, well-nigh, pretty well, by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, just about.Ex. Documents rarely exactly match a user's requirements because information can be packaged in almost as many different ways as there are participants in a subject area.Ex. Today, BLCMP offers services to nearly fifty member libraries including public libraries, university libraries polytechnic libraries and others.Ex. Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.Ex. Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.Ex. There are fewer women library directors now than in 1964, and in all types of employment women earn barely more than half the earnings of men.Ex. This report seems to have raised more questions than it has answered, particularly in the area of ILL costs and charges, where controversy rages and agreement between the various types of library appears well-nigh impossible to reach.Ex. Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.Ex. The middle class holds on by the skin of its teeth, saved from a real downward slide only by record increases in the number of dual-income families.Ex. Immorality and general disrespect for our fellow beings is just about the norm in this day and age.----* algo casi seguro = a sure bet, safe bet.* casi analfabeto = near-illiterate.* casi aritmético = quasi-arithmetical.* casi ausencia = quasi-absence.* casi conseguir = come close to + Gerundio.* casi contemporáneo = near-contemporary.* casi cualquier = almost any.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* casi de auxiliar administrativo = quasi-clerical.* casi + desmayarse = nearly + faint.* casi de todo = just about everything.* casi fanático = near-frantic.* casi fatal = near-fatal.* casi + Fecha = for the best part of + Fecha, for the better part of + Fecha.* casi histérico = highly-strung, high-strung.* casi inaceptable = borderline.* casi indiscutiblemente = arguably.* casi la perfección = near-perfection.* casi + morir = nearly + die.* casi mortal = near-fatal.* casi nada = next to nothing.* casi neutro = near-neutral.* casi siempre = almost invariably.* casi sinónimo = near synonym.* casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.* casi todo = everything but the kitchen sink, just about everything.* casi todos = almost any.* casi universal = quasi-universal.* casi + Verbo = all but + Verbo.* durante casi + Fecha = for the best part of + Fecha, for the better part of + Fecha.* durante casi todo el año = for the best part of the year.* en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.* en casi todos los + Nombre = in just about every + Nombre.* eso es casi todo = that's about it.* estar casi finalizado = near + completion.* estar casi terminado = be nearing completion, reach + near completion.* pasar casi rozando = skim.* por nada or casi nada = at little or no extra cost.* reproducción casi facsímil = quasi-facsimile.* ser casi seguro = be a good bet.* una oportunidad casi segura = a sporting chance.* * *1)a) ( cerca de) almost, nearlyes casi imposible — it's virtually o almost impossible
b) (delante del n) (frml)2) ( en frases negativas)¿pudiste dormir? - casi nada — did you manage to sleep? - hardly at all
¿200? casi nada! — (iró) $200? is that all? (iro)
yo casi te diría que lo vendas — I'd be inclined to say, sell it
* * *= almost, nearly, virtually, something of, barely, well-nigh, pretty well, by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, just about.Ex: Documents rarely exactly match a user's requirements because information can be packaged in almost as many different ways as there are participants in a subject area.
Ex: Today, BLCMP offers services to nearly fifty member libraries including public libraries, university libraries polytechnic libraries and others.Ex: Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.Ex: Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.Ex: There are fewer women library directors now than in 1964, and in all types of employment women earn barely more than half the earnings of men.Ex: This report seems to have raised more questions than it has answered, particularly in the area of ILL costs and charges, where controversy rages and agreement between the various types of library appears well-nigh impossible to reach.Ex: Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.Ex: The middle class holds on by the skin of its teeth, saved from a real downward slide only by record increases in the number of dual-income families.Ex: Immorality and general disrespect for our fellow beings is just about the norm in this day and age.* algo casi seguro = a sure bet, safe bet.* casi analfabeto = near-illiterate.* casi aritmético = quasi-arithmetical.* casi ausencia = quasi-absence.* casi conseguir = come close to + Gerundio.* casi contemporáneo = near-contemporary.* casi cualquier = almost any.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* casi de auxiliar administrativo = quasi-clerical.* casi + desmayarse = nearly + faint.* casi de todo = just about everything.* casi fanático = near-frantic.* casi fatal = near-fatal.* casi + Fecha = for the best part of + Fecha, for the better part of + Fecha.* casi histérico = highly-strung, high-strung.* casi inaceptable = borderline.* casi indiscutiblemente = arguably.* casi la perfección = near-perfection.* casi + morir = nearly + die.* casi mortal = near-fatal.* casi nada = next to nothing.* casi neutro = near-neutral.* casi siempre = almost invariably.* casi sinónimo = near synonym.* casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.* casi todo = everything but the kitchen sink, just about everything.* casi todos = almost any.* casi universal = quasi-universal.* casi + Verbo = all but + Verbo.* durante casi + Fecha = for the best part of + Fecha, for the better part of + Fecha.* durante casi todo el año = for the best part of the year.* en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.* en casi todos los + Nombre = in just about every + Nombre.* eso es casi todo = that's about it.* estar casi finalizado = near + completion.* estar casi terminado = be nearing completion, reach + near completion.* pasar casi rozando = skim.* por nada or casi nada = at little or no extra cost.* reproducción casi facsímil = quasi-facsimile.* ser casi seguro = be a good bet.* una oportunidad casi segura = a sporting chance.* * *A1 (cerca de) almost, nearlycuesta casi el doble it costs almost o nearly twice as muchya eran casi las tres it was almost o nearly three o'clockes casi imposible it's virtually o practically o almost impossiblecasi todos son latinoamericanos nearly o almost all of them are Latin American¡uy! casi me caigo whoops! I nearly fell overde casi no se muere nadie a miss is as good as a mile2 ( delante del n) ( frml):la casi totalidad de la población almost the entire populationlos casi tres millones de habitantes del país the country's almost three million inhabitantsB(en frases negativas): ya casi no tiene fiebre she hardly has a temperature nowcasi no se le oía you could hardly hear himeso no sucede casi nunca that hardly ever happensno nos queda casi nada de pan there's hardly any bread left, there's almost no bread left¿pudiste dormir? — casi nada did you manage to sleep? — hardly at allno había casi nadie there was hardly anyone there, there was almost nobody thereme sentía tan mal que casi no vengo I felt so bad I almost didn't comesin (el) casi: es casi indecente — sin casi it's almost indecent — almost, no, it is indecentC(expresando una opinión tentativa): yo casi te diría que lo vendas I'd be inclined to say, sell it o I think I'd advise you to sell itcasi sería mejor hablar con él antes maybe it would be better to speak to him first* * *
casi adverbio
1 ( cerca de) almost, nearly;
2 ( en frases negativas):
casi nunca hardly ever;
no nos queda casi nada de pan there's hardly any bread left;
¿pudiste dormir? — casi nada did you manage to sleep? — hardly at all;
casi no vengo I almost didn't come
3 ( expresando una opinión tentativa):
casi adverbio almost, nearly: casi me lo compro, I nearly bought it
casi no se oye, it can hardly be heard
familiar casi, casi, just about
casi cien personas, almost a hundred people
casi nadie, hardly anyone
casi nunca, hardly ever
casi siempre, almost always
casi todos, almost all
' casi' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alquilar
- apenas
- caerse
- cerca
- ir
- gasto
- gay
- inapreciable
- nada
- nadie
- normalmente
- nunca
- respiración
- tener
- acabar
- alcanzar
- calentar
- dormir
- durante
- golpe
- matar
- medir
- mero
- palmo
- sombra
English:
about
- absent
- absorb
- all
- almost
- anything
- barely
- best
- clear
- close
- die
- esquire
- ever
- excel
- fray
- frizzy
- good
- hardly
- narrowly
- nearly
- next
- o'clock
- obtain
- perfect
- practically
- queer
- sloppy
- tall
- tantamount
- by
- certainly
- cripple
- face
- fairly
- fit
- most
- muffle
- near
- near-
- nil
- nine
- one
- out
- reasonably
- skim
- time
- virtually
* * *casi adv1. [faltando poco] almost;casi me muero I almost o nearly died;casi me caigo I almost o nearly fell;casi no dormí I hardly slept at all;el casi millón de refugiados the refugees, who number almost a million;no llegamos hasta la cumbre pero casi, casi we didn't quite get to the top, but almost;no comió casi nada she hardly ate anything;casi nunca hardly ever;casi siempre almost o nearly always;está casi olvidado – sin el casi it's all but forgotten – leave out the “all but”2. [expresando indecisión]casi me voy a quedar con el rojo I think I'll probably go for the red one;casi casi preferiría dormir en un albergue que en una pensión I'd almost prefer to sleep in a youth hostel rather than a guesthouse3. CompIrónicocasi nada: ¿qué te pasa? – ¡casi nada! que me ha dejado mi mujer what's up? – my wife's only gone and left me, that's all!;lo venden por 3 millones – ¡casi nada! they're selling it for 3 million – what a bargain o Br snip!* * *adv almost, nearly; en frases negativas hardly* * *casi adv1) : almost, nearly, virtuallycasi nunca: hardly ever* * *casi adv1. (en general) nearly / almost2. (apenas) hardly -
4 escribir como negro
(n.) = ghost, ghostingEx. A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.Ex. This type of help can extend from the assistant who does routine collecting of facts which the author uses, right across to the virtual ghosting of the book which the author has given little more to than a name.* * *(n.) = ghost, ghostingEx: A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.
Ex: This type of help can extend from the assistant who does routine collecting of facts which the author uses, right across to the virtual ghosting of the book which the author has given little more to than a name. -
5 futbolista
f. & m.1 soccer or.2 soccer player, footballer.3 football player, footballer.* * *1 footballer, football player, soccer player* * *SMF footballer, football player, soccer player ( esp EEUU)* * *masculino y femenino soccer o football player* * *= football player, footballer.Ex. The article 'Keeping one step ahead of the game' presents a profiles of Jeff Mallett, former football player and president of Internet company Yahoo!.Ex. A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.* * *masculino y femenino soccer o football player* * *= football player, footballer.Ex: The article 'Keeping one step ahead of the game' presents a profiles of Jeff Mallett, former football player and president of Internet company Yahoo!.
Ex: A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.* * *soccer o football player, footballer ( BrE)* * *
futbolista sustantivo masculino y femenino
soccer o football player
futbolista mf footballer, football o soccer player
' futbolista' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ficha
- botín
- zurdo
English:
ever
- footballer
- player
* * *futbolista nmfsoccer o Br football player, Br footballer* * *m/f soccer player, Br tbfootballer, Br tbfootball player* * *futbolista nmf: soccer player* * *futbolista n footballer / football player -
6 gacetillero
m.penny-a-liner, gazetteer.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (editor) editor of "news in brief" section2 (periodista) journalist* * *gacetillero, -aSM / F (=reportero de sociedad) gossip columnist; (=periodista) * hack pey* * *- ra masculino, femeninoa) (ant) ( reportero) reporter; (pey) hack (pej)b) ( de chismes) gossip columnist* * *Ex. A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.* * *- ra masculino, femeninoa) (ant) ( reportero) reporter; (pey) hack (pej)b) ( de chismes) gossip columnist* * *Ex: A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.
* * *gacetillero -ramasculine, feminine2 (de chismes) gossip columnist* * *gacetillero, -a nm,f1. [redactor de breves] reporter [responsible for writing short news items] -
7 jugador de fútbol
(n.) = football player, footballer, soccer playerEx. The article 'Keeping one step ahead of the game' presents a profiles of Jeff Mallett, former football player and president of Internet company Yahoo!.Ex. A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.Ex. In order to evaluate the significance of taking vitamin complexes minutes before soccer games, 40 soccer players were tested.* * *(n.) = football player, footballer, soccer playerEx: The article 'Keeping one step ahead of the game' presents a profiles of Jeff Mallett, former football player and president of Internet company Yahoo!.
Ex: A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.Ex: In order to evaluate the significance of taking vitamin complexes minutes before soccer games, 40 soccer players were tested. -
8 jugador de fútbol americano
(n.) = footballer, football playerEx. A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.Ex. The article 'Keeping one step ahead of the game' presents a profiles of Jeff Mallett, former football player and president of Internet company Yahoo!.* * *(n.) = footballer, football playerEx: A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.
Ex: The article 'Keeping one step ahead of the game' presents a profiles of Jeff Mallett, former football player and president of Internet company Yahoo!. -
9 libro de literatura no ficticia
(n.) = non-fiction bookEx. A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.* * *(n.) = non-fiction bookEx: A borrowing of a non-fiction book could be the autobiography of a near-illiterate footballer ghosted by a hack journalist.
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