-
1 acosar
v.1 to pursue relentlessly.2 to harass.3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.* * *1 to pursue, chase\acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions* * *verbto harass, hound* * *VT1) (=atosigar) to hound, harassser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed
2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.----* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *acosar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to houndlo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after himun compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing herse ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and diseaseme acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *
acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
( sexualmente) to harass;◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions
acosar verbo transitivo
1 to harass
2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
' acosar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- asediar
- hostigar
English:
assault
- beset
- harass
- hound
- mob
- molest
- persecute
- plague
- ply
- stalk
- bait
- goad
- harry
- worry
* * *1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly2. [hostigar] to harass;fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work* * *v/t hound, pursue;me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions* * *acosar vtperseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass -
2 ariete
m.battering ram (history & military).pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: arietar.* * *1 (fútbol) centre (US center) forward2 (máquina) battering ram* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Mil) battering ram2) (Dep) striker* * *1) (Arm, Hist) battering ram2) (period) (Dep) striker* * *= striker.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.* * *1) (Arm, Hist) battering ram2) (period) (Dep) striker* * *= striker.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
* * *ACompuesto:hydraulic ram* * *ariete nm1. Mil battering-ram2. Dep centre-forward* * *m1 HIST battering ram2 DEP striker* * *ariete nm: battering ram -
3 artillero
adj.artillery.m.artilleryman (military).* * *1 artilleryman* * *SM1) (Mil) artilleryman; (Aer, Náut) gunner; (Min) explosives expert2) (Dep) * forward* * *I- ra adjetivo artillery (before n)IImasculino (Mil) artilleryman; (Náut) gunner; (Dep) striker* * *= striker.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.* * *I- ra adjetivo artillery (before n)IImasculino (Mil) artilleryman; (Náut) gunner; (Dep) striker* * *= striker.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
* * *artillery ( before n)masculine, feminine1 ( Dep) striker2( Náut) gunner* * *
artillero sustantivo masculino artilleryman, gunner
' artillero' also found in these entries:
English:
striker
* * *artillero, -a♦ adjartillery;ataque artillero artillery attack♦ nm2. [especialista en explosivos] explosives expert* * *m artillery gunner* * *artillero, -ra n: artilleryman m, gunner -
4 atosigar
v.1 to harass.2 to poison.María atosigó a su jefe contra él Mary poisoned her boss against him.3 to pester, to breathe down one's neck, to harass, to harry.El chico atosiga a su mamá The kid pesters his mom.* * *1 to harass, pester* * *1. VT1) (=envenenar) to poison2) (=importunar) to harass, plague, pester *; (=presionar) to rush, put pressure on, pressurize2.See:* * *verbo transitivo ( importunar) to pester, hassle (colloq); ( presionar) to pressure (AmE), to pressurize (BrE)* * *= nobble, bear down on, harry.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* * *verbo transitivo ( importunar) to pester, hassle (colloq); ( presionar) to pressure (AmE), to pressurize (BrE)* * *= nobble, bear down on, harry.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* * *atosigar [A3 ]vt1 (importunar) to pester, hassle ( colloq)no hacía más que atosigarme con preguntas he did nothing but badger me with questions* * *
atosigar ( conjugate atosigar) verbo transitivo ( importunar) to pester, hassle (colloq);
( presionar) to pressure (AmE), to pressurize (BrE)
atosigar verbo transitivo to harass
* * *♦ vt1. [con prisas] to harass;no me atosigues, que estaré listo en un instante stop rushing o harassing me, I'll be ready in a moment2. [con exigencias] to pester, to badger;los periodistas lo atosigaban con preguntas the journalists badgered him with questions* * *v/t pester* * *atosigar {52} vt: to harass, to annoy -
5 hostigar
v.1 to pester, to bother.2 to harass (military).3 to whip a horse.* * *1 (azotar) to whip3 figurado (molestar) to pester* * *verb* * *VT1) (=molestar) to harass, plague, pester2) (=dar latigazos) to lash, whip3) LAm [+ comida] to surfeit, cloy* * *verbo transitivo1)a) ( acosar) to bother, pesterb) (Mil) to harassc) < caballo> to whip2) (Andes fam) comida/bebida to pall on* * *= harass, taunt, tease, twit, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], pressurise [pressurize, -USA], nobble, bear down on, harry.Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* * *verbo transitivo1)a) ( acosar) to bother, pesterb) (Mil) to harassc) < caballo> to whip2) (Andes fam) comida/bebida to pall on* * *= harass, taunt, tease, twit, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], pressurise [pressurize, -USA], nobble, bear down on, harry.Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* * *hostigar [A3 ]vtA1 (acosar) to bother, pesterlo hostigaba para que se enfrentara con el jefe she kept pestering him to confront the boss2 ( Mil) to harass3 ‹caballo› to whipB( Andes fam) «comida/bebida» (empalagar, hartar): tanto pollo terminó por hostigarme I eventually got sick of o fed up of eating so much chicken ( colloq)esto me hostiga this is too sickly o sickly-sweet for me* * *
hostigar ( conjugate hostigar) verbo transitivo
1
b) (Mil) to harass
2 (Andes fam) [comida/bebida] to pall on
hostigar verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona, a un enemigo) to harass
2 (con un látigo, esp a un caballo) to whip
' hostigar' also found in these entries:
English:
harass
- harry
* * *hostigar vt1. [acosar] to pester, to bother2. [golpear] to whip3. Mil to harass* * *v/t1 pester2 MIL harass3 caballo whip* * *hostigar {52} vtacosar, asediar: to harass, to pester -
6 delantero2
-
7 delantero
adj.1 foremost, fore, front, first.2 leading.* * *► adjetivo1 front, front part2 MARÍTIMO fore1 DEPORTE forward2 COSTURA front\delantero centro centre (US center) forward————————1 DEPORTE forward2 COSTURA front* * *1. (f. - delantera)noun m.2. (f. - delantera)adj.1) front, fore2) forward* * *delantero, -a1. ADJ2) [línea, posición] (Dep) forward; [en progreso] first, foremost2.SM / F (Dep) forwarddelantero centro — centre-forward, center-forward (EEUU)
delantero extremo — outside forward, wing forward
* * *I- ra adjetivoa) <asiento/rueda> front (before n)b) (Dep) <línea/posición> forward (before n), offensive (before n) (AmE)II- ra masculino, femenino (Dep) forward* * *I- ra adjetivoa) <asiento/rueda> front (before n)b) (Dep) <línea/posición> forward (before n), offensive (before n) (AmE)II- ra masculino, femenino (Dep) forward* * *delantero1* canto delantero = fore-edge [fore edge].* diente delantero = front tooth.* eje delantero = front end.* en la parte delantera = at the front.* jardín delantero = front garden.* luz delantera = headlight, headlamp.* miembro delantero = forelimb.* pata delantera = foreleg, forelimb.* rueda delantera = front wheel.* tren delantero = front end.delantero22 = striker.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
* * *1 ‹asiento/rueda› front ( before n)la pata delantera the front leg, the foreleg(de una prenda) frontmasculine, feminine( Dep) forwardCompuesto:delantero centro, delantera centromasculine, feminine center* forward* * *
delantero◊ -ra adjetivo
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Dep) forward;
delantero,-a
I adjetivo front
II m Ftb forward
delantero centro, centre forward
' delantero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anterior
- asiento
- astronómica
- astronómico
- cuarta
- cuarto
- delantera
- centro
- cristal
English:
centre forward
- forward
- front
- front seat
- center
- forecourt
* * *delantero, -a♦ adjfront;las patas delanteras the front legs♦ nm,fforwarddelantero centro centre forward; [en rugby] lock (forward)♦ nm[de vestido] front* * *I adj front atr* * *delantero, -ra adj1) : front, forward2)tracción delantera : front-wheel drivedelantero, -ra n: forward (in sports)* * *delantero1 adj frontdelantero2 n forward
См. также в других словарях:
nobbled — nob·ble || nÉ‘bl / nÉ’bl v. cheat, swindle (Slang); lie, misrepresent the facts; disable a race horse to prevent it from winning; arrest, detain a person; make contact with a person as to persuade that person to do something; win a person over;… … English contemporary dictionary
nobble — [[t]nɒ̱b(ə)l[/t]] nobbles, nobbling, nobbled 1) VERB If someone nobbles an important group of people such as a committee, they offer them money or threaten them in order to make them do something. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V n] The trial was stopped… … English dictionary
nobble — nob|ble [ˈnɔbəl US ˈna: ] v [T] BrE informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from knobble to hit with the closed hand (1800 1900)] 1.) to make someone do what you want by illegally offering them money or threatening them →↑bribe ▪ The jury had… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nobble — UK [ˈnɒb(ə)l] / US [ˈnɑb(ə)l] verb [transitive] Word forms nobble : present tense I/you/we/they nobble he/she/it nobbles present participle nobbling past tense nobbled past participle nobbled British very informal 1) to try and get someone s… … English dictionary
nobble — /ˈnɒbəl / (say nobuhl) verb (t) (nobbled, nobbling) Colloquial 1. to disable (a horse), as by drugging it: *nobbling every starter in a race but the odds on favourite. –david foster, 1981. 2. to win (a person, etc.) over by underhand means. 3. to …
nob|ble — «NOB uhl», transitive verb, bled, bling. British Slang. 1. to tamper with (a horse) to prevent its winning a race, as by the use of drugs: »Tipsters whose dead certainties fail to win are often prone to complain that their favourites have been… … Useful english dictionary
nobble — transitive verb (nobbled; nobbling) Etymology: perhaps irregular frequentative of nab Date: 1847 1. British to incapacitate (a racehorse) especially by drugging 2. slang, British a. to win over to one s side b. steal … New Collegiate Dictionary
Gordon Banks — For other people named Gordon Banks, see Gordon Banks (disambiguation). Gordon Banks Personal information Full name Gordon Banks Date of birth … Wikipedia
List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English … Wikipedia
Taggart — This article is about the Scottish television series. For other uses, see Taggart (disambiguation). Taggart Taggart s current 2010 titles, the first to be shot in HD Genre … Wikipedia
HobNob — A HobNob is a brand of biscuit made from rolled oats and jumbo oats, similar to a flapjack/digestive biscuit hybrid. They are mainly sold in the United Kingdom. The biscuit can be dunked in tea without losing its shape. Invented by Julien Pike,… … Wikipedia
