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  • 61 derroche

    m.
    1 waste, squandering (despilfarro).
    ¡qué derroche! what an awful waste!
    2 profusion.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: derrochar.
    * * *
    1 (despilfarro) waste, squandering
    2 (abundancia) profusion, abundance
    \
    hacer un derroche de energía figurado to put a lot of energy (en, into)
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=despilfarro) waste, squandering

    no se puede tolerar tal derroche — such extravagance o wastefulness cannot be tolerated

    2) (=abundancia) abundance, excess
    * * *
    a) (de dinero, bienes) waste
    * * *
    = wastage, waste, prodigality, extravagance, wastefulness.
    Ex. The Islamic Foundation of Science, Technology and Development has been established to prevent duplication and wastage of resources in Muslim countries.
    Ex. Since the Reagan administration began its war on waste in 1981, farmers and other citizens have had not alternative to buying their information from the private sector at far steeper prices.
    Ex. Users do not seem to be unduly worried by UDC's prodigality of notation.
    Ex. Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex. Librarians were concerned about the wastefulness of duplicating an already existing network of libraries which nominally, at least, aimed to provide a general information service to the public.
    ----
    * derroche de dinero = waste of money, spending spree.
    * empresa de grandes derroches = high roller.
    * * *
    a) (de dinero, bienes) waste
    * * *
    = wastage, waste, prodigality, extravagance, wastefulness.

    Ex: The Islamic Foundation of Science, Technology and Development has been established to prevent duplication and wastage of resources in Muslim countries.

    Ex: Since the Reagan administration began its war on waste in 1981, farmers and other citizens have had not alternative to buying their information from the private sector at far steeper prices.
    Ex: Users do not seem to be unduly worried by UDC's prodigality of notation.
    Ex: Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex: Librarians were concerned about the wastefulness of duplicating an already existing network of libraries which nominally, at least, aimed to provide a general information service to the public.
    * derroche de dinero = waste of money, spending spree.
    * empresa de grandes derroches = high roller.

    * * *
    1 (de dinero, bienes) waste
    los derroches de sus hijos the wastefulness of their children
    es un derroche de energía dejar las luces encendidas it's a waste of electricity leaving the lights on
    2
    (abundancia): un derroche de entusiasmo a tremendous display of enthusiasm
    un derroche de color a feast of color
    * * *

    Del verbo derrochar: ( conjugate derrochar)

    derroché es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    derroche es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    derrochar    
    derroche
    derrochar ( conjugate derrochar) verbo transitivo ( malgastar) ‹ dinero› to squander, waste;
    ‹electricidad/agua› to waste
    verbo intransitivo
    to throw money away, to squander money
    derroche sustantivo masculino (de dinero, bienes) waste
    derrochar verbo transitivo
    1 (malgastar) to waste, squander
    2 (derramar, rebosar) to brim over: esta muchacha derrocha alegría, this girl radiates happiness
    derroche sustantivo masculino
    1 (gasto excesivo) waste, squandering
    2 (sobreabundancia) profusion, abundance: su novela es un derroche de talento, his novel is a great display of talent
    ' derroche' also found in these entries:
    English:
    extravagance
    - packaging
    - waste
    - blaze
    - lavish
    - riot
    * * *
    1. [despilfarro] waste, squandering;
    ¡qué derroche! what an awful waste!;
    todos esos campos de golf son un derroche de agua all these golf courses are a terrible waste of water
    2. [abundancia] profusion;
    el concierto fue un derroche de técnica, sensibilidad y talento the concert was a fine display of technique, sensitivity and talent;
    la película es todo un derroche de imaginación the movie is prodigiously imaginative
    * * *
    m waste
    * * *
    : extravagance, waste
    * * *
    derroche n waste

    Spanish-English dictionary > derroche

  • 62 derrochón

    m.
    big spender, high roller.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo-nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1→ link=derrochador derrochador, - ra
    * * *
    derrochón, -ona
    ADJ SM / F = derrochador
    * * *
    = overspender [over-spender], spender, big spender.
    Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of 'tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    Ex. And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.
    Ex. Married couples with children, the nation's biggest spenders, may not be be able to continue spending as much in the future as they have in the past.
    * * *
    = overspender [over-spender], spender, big spender.

    Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of 'tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.

    Ex: And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.
    Ex: Married couples with children, the nation's biggest spenders, may not be be able to continue spending as much in the future as they have in the past.

    * * *
    adj/m,f

    Spanish-English dictionary > derrochón

  • 63 desaforado

    adj.
    1 excessive, desperate, out of control.
    2 lawless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desaforar.
    * * *
    1 (exagerado) huge, enormous, terrible
    2 (escandaloso) outrageous
    * * *
    ADJ [comportamiento] outrageous; [persona] lawless, disorderly; [grito] ear-splitting

    es un desaforado — he's a violent sort, he's dangerously excitable

    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo < ambición> unbridled, boundless; < grito> terrible
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    como un desaforado — < correr> hell for leather; < gritar> at the top of one's voice

    * * *
    = raging, intemperate, riotous, outrageous, excessive, desperate, out-of-control, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], ardent.
    Ex. This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex. From hermeneutics to the most intemperate positivism, the real challenge is that of conceiving a general methodology.
    Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    Ex. There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.
    Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
    Ex. This article discusses the out-of-control situation of federal paperwork and the consequent burdens it places on the US public and business sector.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo < ambición> unbridled, boundless; < grito> terrible
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    como un desaforado — < correr> hell for leather; < gritar> at the top of one's voice

    * * *
    = raging, intemperate, riotous, outrageous, excessive, desperate, out-of-control, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], ardent.

    Ex: This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.

    Ex: From hermeneutics to the most intemperate positivism, the real challenge is that of conceiving a general methodology.
    Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    Ex: There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.
    Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
    Ex: This article discusses the out-of-control situation of federal paperwork and the consequent burdens it places on the US public and business sector.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.

    * * *
    1 ‹fiesta› riotous, wild; ‹ambición› unbridled, boundless; ‹grito› terrible
    2 ‹partidario/nacionalista› ardent, fervent
    masculine, feminine
    se puso a comer como un desaforado he started eating as if he hadn't eaten in a week
    corrieron como desaforados they ran hell for leather o like crazy ( colloq)
    gritaba como un desaforado he was shouting at the top of his voice o like a madman, he was shouting his head off ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo desaforar: ( conjugate desaforar)

    desaforado es:

    el participio

    desaforado
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino: como un desaforado ‹ correr› hell for leather;


    ‹ gritar› at the top of one's voice
    ' desaforado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    wild
    * * *
    desaforado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [gritos, baile, carrera] wild; [ambición, codicia, deseo] unbridled, wild; [celebración, fiesta] wild; [comilona, borrachera] enormous, gargantuan
    ♦ nm,f
    los hinchas gritaban como desaforados the fans screamed wildly;
    bailaba/comía como un desaforado he danced/ate like a man possessed
    * * *
    adj
    1 ambición boundless
    2 grito ear-splitting

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaforado

  • 64 desatascador

    m.
    1 (sink) plunger.
    2 plumber's helper, plumber's snake, plumber's friend.
    * * *
    1 plunger
    * * *
    SM plunger, plumber's helper (EEUU)
    * * *
    masculino ( instrumento) plunger; ( producto) nitric acid (o caustic soda etc) ( used to clear blocked drains)
    * * *
    = plunger, plumber's friend.
    Ex. I was a little wary of spending $30 on this gadget, which looks like a cross between a plunger and a pogo stick.
    Ex. Fortunately, most toilet bowls can be unclogged with a plunger, often referred to as a plumber's friend.
    ----
    * desatascador de desagües = drain cleaner.
    * desatascador de fregaderos = sink plunger.
    * * *
    masculino ( instrumento) plunger; ( producto) nitric acid (o caustic soda etc) ( used to clear blocked drains)
    * * *
    = plunger, plumber's friend.

    Ex: I was a little wary of spending $30 on this gadget, which looks like a cross between a plunger and a pogo stick.

    Ex: Fortunately, most toilet bowls can be unclogged with a plunger, often referred to as a plumber's friend.
    * desatascador de desagües = drain cleaner.
    * desatascador de fregaderos = sink plunger.

    * * *
    (instrumento) plunger; (líquido, gránulos) nitric acid ( o caustic soda etc) ( used to clear blocked drains)
    * * *

    desatascador sustantivo masculino ( instrumento) plunger;
    ( producto) nitric acid (o caustic soda etc) ( used to clear blocked drains)
    ' desatascador' also found in these entries:
    English:
    plunger
    * * *
    1. [instrumento] (sink) plunger
    2. [producto químico] = chemical used to unblock sinks and drains

    Spanish-English dictionary > desatascador

  • 65 descontrolado

    adj.
    uncontrolled, compulsive, out of bounds, out of hand.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descontrolarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=descontrolarse descontrolarse
    1 uncontrolled, out of control
    2 familiar figurado out of control, wild
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin control) uncontrolled

    elementos descontrolados — wild elements; (Pol) rebellious factions

    2) LAm (=perturbado) upset, irritated
    * * *
    - da adjetivo to be out of control

    una multitud descontrolada invadió el campo — a crowd, out of control, invaded the pitch

    * * *
    = untethered, freewheeling [free-wheeling], unchecked, uncontrolled, unbridled, runaway, unmonitored, unrestricted, riotous.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.
    Ex. Publishers are right to be concerned about uncontrolled republication.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex. The causes were an unmonitored rise in heat and humidity from an air cooling system that continuously circulated hot moist air from the outside.
    Ex. Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.
    Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    ----
    * crecimiento urbano descontrolado = suburban sprawl.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * expansión urbana descontrolada = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * gasto descontrolado = runaway spending.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo to be out of control

    una multitud descontrolada invadió el campo — a crowd, out of control, invaded the pitch

    * * *
    = untethered, freewheeling [free-wheeling], unchecked, uncontrolled, unbridled, runaway, unmonitored, unrestricted, riotous.

    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.
    Ex: Publishers are right to be concerned about uncontrolled republication.
    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex: The causes were an unmonitored rise in heat and humidity from an air cooling system that continuously circulated hot moist air from the outside.
    Ex: Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.
    Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    * crecimiento urbano descontrolado = suburban sprawl.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * expansión urbana descontrolada = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * gasto descontrolado = runaway spending.

    * * *
    1 ‹crecimiento/uso› uncontrolled
    el descontrolado mercado de la propiedad the uncontrolled property market
    el fuego descontrolado arrasó bosques enteros the fire got out of control and swept through whole forests
    2 ‹emoción/sentimiento› uncontrolled
    3 ‹persona› out of control
    elements descontrolados uncontrolled elements
    el marido descontrolado mató a la esposa the husband lost control and killed his wife
    totalmente descontrolado por los nervios se puso a gritar totally overcome by nerves, he began to shout
    * * *

    Del verbo descontrolarse: ( conjugate descontrolarse)

    descontrolado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    descontrolado    
    descontrolarse
    descontrolado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    out of control
    descontrolarse ( conjugate descontrolarse) verbo pronominal
    to get out of control
    ■descontrolarse verbo reflexivo to lose control

    ' descontrolado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    control
    - riotous
    * * *
    descontrolado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [automóvil, inflación] runaway; [persona] out of control;
    tengo a la clase descontrolada I can't keep order in my class;
    el tren circulaba descontrolado the train was running out of control;
    estar descontrolado to be out of control
    ♦ nm,f
    un grupo de descontrolados interrumpió la reunión a rowdy group disrupted the meeting
    * * *
    adj out of control

    Spanish-English dictionary > descontrolado

  • 66 descuidado

    adj.
    1 careless, forgetful, reckless, carefree.
    2 neglected, forsaken, deserted, abandoned.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descuidar.
    * * *
    1→ link=descuidar descuidar
    1 (negligente) careless, negligent
    2 (desaseado) slovenly, untidy, neglected
    3 (desprevenido) unprepared
    * * *
    (f. - descuidada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=despreocupado) careless; (=olvidadizo) forgetful; (=desprevenido) unprepared; (=tranquilo) easy in one's mind

    coger o pillar a algn descuidado — to catch sb off his guard

    puedes estar descuidado — you needn't worry, you can relax

    2) (=desaliñado) [aspecto] untidy, slovenly; [habitación] untidy, messy
    3) (=abandonado) neglected
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected
    * * *
    = run-down, sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], careless, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], rough and tumble, neglected, scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], unattended, unkempt, abandoned, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], be remiss, thoughtless.
    Ex. In order to overcome the limitations of legal advice centres a number of lawyers in the early seventies began to set up law centres in run-down inner-city areas.
    Ex. Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex. They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. Gloucester has been a rough and tumble fishing community and seaport since the 1600's.
    Ex. The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex. It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. Yet readers would be remiss to rely solely on any single source for handling such sensitive and critical situations.
    Ex. Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    ----
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected
    * * *
    = run-down, sloppy [sloppier -comp., sloppiest -sup.], careless, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], rough and tumble, neglected, scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], unattended, unkempt, abandoned, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], be remiss, thoughtless.

    Ex: In order to overcome the limitations of legal advice centres a number of lawyers in the early seventies began to set up law centres in run-down inner-city areas.

    Ex: Even the best abstractors and indexers may be subject to sloppy practices and grammatical indiscretions from time to time.
    Ex: They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: Gloucester has been a rough and tumble fishing community and seaport since the 1600's.
    Ex: The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex: He was hired to bring the library up to speed after a period of 2 years when it had been unattended by a librarian.
    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: Yet readers would be remiss to rely solely on any single source for handling such sensitive and critical situations.
    Ex: Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] (negligente) careless
    es muy descuidado al escribir he writes very carelessly o sloppily
    es muy descuidado, yo que tú no se lo prestaría he's very careless with things, if I were you I wouldn't lend him it
    es muy descuidada en su forma de vestir she's very sloppy about o slapdash about o slovenly in the way she dresses
    2 [ ESTAR] (desatendido) neglected
    el jardín está muy descuidado the garden is very neglected o overgrown
    tiene la casa muy descuidada he hasn't been looking after the house, his house is a mess ( colloq), his house is in a real state ( BrE colloq)
    al hijo lo tienen muy descuidado they neglect their son terribly
    los edificios son impresionantes, es una pena que estén tan descuidados the buildings are impressive, it's just a shame that they're so neglected o run-down
    * * *

    Del verbo descuidar: ( conjugate descuidar)

    descuidado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    descuidado    
    descuidar
    descuidado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] ( negligente) careless;

    ( en el vestir) sloppy
    b) [estar] ( desatendido) neglected

    descuidar ( conjugate descuidar) verbo transitivo ‹negocio/jardín› to neglect
    verbo intransitivo:
    ◊ descuide, yo me ocuparé de eso don't worry, I'll see to that

    descuidarse verbo pronominal
    a) (no prestar atención, distraerse):


    si te descuidas, te roban if you don't watch out, they'll rob you;
    como te descuides, te van a quitar el puesto if you don't look out, they'll take your job from you

    descuidado,-a adjetivo
    1 (poco aseado) untidy, neglected
    2 (poco cuidadoso) careless, negligent
    3 (desprevenido) off one's guard
    descuidar verbo transitivo to neglect, overlook
    ♦ Locuciones: descuida, don't worry
    ' descuidado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dejada
    - dejado
    - descuidada
    - descuidarse
    - abandonado
    - despreocupado
    English:
    careless
    - neglected
    - neglectful
    - negligent
    - slack
    - slapdash
    - sloppy
    - slovenly
    - unkempt
    - untidy
    - grow
    - messy
    - straggly
    - untended
    * * *
    descuidado, -a adj
    1. [desaseado] [persona, aspecto] untidy;
    arréglate un poco, no vayas tan descuidado tidy yourself up a bit, don't be so slovenly
    2. [abandonado] [jardín, casa] neglected;
    [habitación] untidy; [barrio, ciudad] run-down;
    un paraje bellísimo, pero muy descuidado a lovely spot, but very poorly looked after
    3. [negligente] careless;
    es muy descuidado con sus cosas he's very careless with his things
    4. [distraído]
    estaba descuidado he wasn't paying attention
    * * *
    adj careless
    * * *
    descuidado, -da adj
    1) : neglectful, careless
    2) : neglected, unkempt
    * * *
    1. (poco cuidadoso) careless
    2. (desatentido) neglected

    Spanish-English dictionary > descuidado

  • 67 desenfrenado

    adj.
    wild, unchecked, uncontrolled, unrestrained.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desenfrenar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desenfrenar desenfrenar
    1 (gen) frantic, uncontrolled, wild
    2 (pasiones, vicios) unbridled, uncontrolled
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] wild, uncontrolled; [apetito, pasiones] unbridled
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < pasión> unbridled; <baile/ritmo> frenzied

    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito — his intense o burning desire to succeed

    * * *
    = headlong, unrestrained, rampant, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], raging, unbridled, on the loose, runaway, roistering, frenzied, fast and furious.
    Ex. Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.
    Ex. 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.
    Ex. And so, the public library was conceived as a deterrent to irresponsibility, intemperance, and rampant democracy.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex. The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex. Morris writes rhapsodically about celebrity-studded parties, roistering interludes with major writers and artists, as well as gossip-column habitues.
    Ex. There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    Ex. The pace was fast and furious and the noise was non-stop.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < pasión> unbridled; <baile/ritmo> frenzied

    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito — his intense o burning desire to succeed

    * * *
    = headlong, unrestrained, rampant, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], raging, unbridled, on the loose, runaway, roistering, frenzied, fast and furious.

    Ex: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.

    Ex: 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.
    Ex: And so, the public library was conceived as a deterrent to irresponsibility, intemperance, and rampant democracy.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex: The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex: Morris writes rhapsodically about celebrity-studded parties, roistering interludes with major writers and artists, as well as gossip-column habitues.
    Ex: There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    Ex: The pace was fast and furious and the noise was non-stop.

    * * *
    ‹apetito› insatiable; ‹pasión› unbridled; ‹baile/ritmo› frenzied; ‹odio› violent, intense
    viven a un ritmo desenfrenado they live at a hectic o frenzied pace
    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito his intense o burning desire to succeed
    * * *

    Del verbo desenfrenar: ( conjugate desenfrenar)

    desenfrenado es:

    el participio

    desenfrenado,-a adj (ritmo, etc) frantic, uncontrolled
    (vicio, pasión) unbridled
    ' desenfrenado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desenfrenada
    English:
    mad
    - rampant
    - riotous
    - unrestrained
    - wild
    - unbridled
    * * *
    desenfrenado, -a adj
    [ritmo, baile, carrera] frantic, frenzied; [fiesta, juerga, diversión] wild; [vida] wild, riotous; [comportamiento] uncontrolled; [deseo, pasión, entusiasmo] unbridled; [apetito] insatiable;
    el público bailaba desenfrenado the audience were dancing in a frenzy
    * * *
    adj frenzied, hectic
    * * *
    desenfrenado, -da adj
    : unbridled, unrestrained

    Spanish-English dictionary > desenfrenado

  • 68 deslomarse

    1 (trabajar mucho) to wear oneself out, break one's back
    * * *
    VPR * to work one's guts out
    * * *
    = work + Posesivo + butt off, sweat + blood, slog + Posesivo + guts out.
    Ex. They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.
    Ex. After spending a year sweating blood to write a novel, tossing it into a sock drawer isn't easy if you know it's good.
    Ex. It is a disgrace when you consider that there are people slogging their guts out and only getting paid a minimum wage of £3.70 per hour.
    ----
    * deslomarse trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.
    * * *
    = work + Posesivo + butt off, sweat + blood, slog + Posesivo + guts out.

    Ex: They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.

    Ex: After spending a year sweating blood to write a novel, tossing it into a sock drawer isn't easy if you know it's good.
    Ex: It is a disgrace when you consider that there are people slogging their guts out and only getting paid a minimum wage of £3.70 per hour.
    * deslomarse trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

    * * *
    vpr
    Fam to break one's back, to wear oneself out;
    me deslomé a estudiar, pero no aprobé I did my head in studying, but I didn't pass
    * * *
    v/r fig
    kill o.s.

    Spanish-English dictionary > deslomarse

  • 69 despilfarro

    m.
    squandering.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: despilfarrar.
    * * *
    1 waste
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=derroche) (=acción) waste, squandering; (=cualidad) extravagance, wastefulness
    2) (=desaseo) slovenliness
    * * *
    masculino waste
    * * *
    = wastage, waste, extravagance, wastefulness.
    Ex. The Islamic Foundation of Science, Technology and Development has been established to prevent duplication and wastage of resources in Muslim countries.
    Ex. Since the Reagan administration began its war on waste in 1981, farmers and other citizens have had not alternative to buying their information from the private sector at far steeper prices.
    Ex. Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex. Librarians were concerned about the wastefulness of duplicating an already existing network of libraries which nominally, at least, aimed to provide a general information service to the public.
    ----
    * despilfarro de dinero = spending spree.
    * guerra contra el despilfarro = war on waste.
    * * *
    masculino waste
    * * *
    = wastage, waste, extravagance, wastefulness.

    Ex: The Islamic Foundation of Science, Technology and Development has been established to prevent duplication and wastage of resources in Muslim countries.

    Ex: Since the Reagan administration began its war on waste in 1981, farmers and other citizens have had not alternative to buying their information from the private sector at far steeper prices.
    Ex: Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex: Librarians were concerned about the wastefulness of duplicating an already existing network of libraries which nominally, at least, aimed to provide a general information service to the public.
    * despilfarro de dinero = spending spree.
    * guerra contra el despilfarro = war on waste.

    * * *
    waste
    me parece un despilfarro ir en taxi it seems a waste of money to take a taxi
    * * *

    Del verbo despilfarrar: ( conjugate despilfarrar)

    despilfarro es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    despilfarró es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    despilfarrar    
    despilfarro
    despilfarrar ( conjugate despilfarrar) verbo intransitivo
    to waste o squander money
    verbo transitivo
    to squander, waste
    despilfarro sustantivo masculino
    waste
    despilfarrar verbo transitivo to waste, squander
    despilfarro sustantivo masculino waste, squandering
    ' despilfarro' also found in these entries:
    English:
    misuse
    - save
    - waste
    - wastefulness
    - wicked
    - extravagance
    * * *
    [de dinero] squandering, waste; [de energía, agua, recursos] waste;
    sería un despilfarro comprar esa lámpara buying that lamp would be a waste of money;
    ¡menudo despilfarro! what a waste!
    * * *
    m waste
    * * *
    : extravagance, wastefulness
    * * *
    despilfarro n waste

    Spanish-English dictionary > despilfarro

  • 70 devorar

    v.
    to devour (also figurative).
    lo devoraban los celos he was consumed by jealousy
    * * *
    1 to devour
    2 (engullir) to eat up, gobble up
    3 figurado (consumir) to devour, consume
    4 figurado (corroer) to eat up
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=comer ávidamente) [animal] to devour; [persona] to devour, wolf down *

    la devoraba con la mirada — [con cólera] he looked at her as if he could kill her; [con deseo] he devoured her with his eyes

    2) (=destruir) [+ fortuna] to run through
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( comer) animal to devour; persona to devour, wolf down (colloq)

    devorar a alguien con los ojos or la mirada — to devour somebody with one's eyes (colloq)

    b) ( consumir) celos/pasión to consume
    * * *
    = devour, consume, chew up, eat + Posesivo + way through.
    Ex. A wholly estimable rush of enthusiasm on the part of IT staff could devour all available spare resources overnight if severely rationed 'hands on' experience time was exceeded.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.
    Ex. After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( comer) animal to devour; persona to devour, wolf down (colloq)

    devorar a alguien con los ojos or la mirada — to devour somebody with one's eyes (colloq)

    b) ( consumir) celos/pasión to consume
    * * *
    = devour, consume, chew up, eat + Posesivo + way through.

    Ex: A wholly estimable rush of enthusiasm on the part of IT staff could devour all available spare resources overnight if severely rationed 'hands on' experience time was exceeded.

    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.
    Ex: After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.

    * * *
    devorar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (comer) «animal» to devour; «persona» to devour, wolf down ( colloq)
    devoró toda la comida en minutos he devoured the meal o wolfed the meal down in no time
    devorar a algn con los ojos or la mirada or la vista to devour sb with one's eyes ( colloq)
    devora cuanto libro cae en sus manos he devours any book he gets his hands on
    me devoraron los mosquitos I was eaten alive by the mosquitoes ( colloq)
    2 (consumir) «celos/pasión» to consume
    lo devora la pasión he is consumed with passion
    fue devorado por las llamas it was devoured o engulfed o consumed by the flames
    ■ devorar
    vi
    este niño no come, devora this boy doesn't just eat his food, he devours it o ( colloq) wolfs it down
    ( enf) ‹comida/libros› to devour
    * * *

    devorar ( conjugate devorar) verbo transitivo [ animal] to devour;
    [ persona] to devour, wolf down (colloq);
    devorar a algn con los ojos or la mirada to devour sb with one's eyes (colloq);

    devorar verbo transitivo to devour

    ' devorar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    devour
    - stuff away
    - tuck in
    - wolf
    * * *
    1. [alimentos] to devour;
    el lobo devoró tres ovejas the wolf ate three sheep;
    Fam
    este niño devora los libros de aventuras that child devours story books;
    Fam
    2. [destruir] to destroy, to demolish;
    el ciclón devoraba edificios y viviendas the cyclone destroyed buildings and houses;
    las llamas devoraron el palacio en dos horas the fire destroyed the palace in two hours
    3. [sujeto: sentimiento] to devour;
    lo devoraban los celos he was consumed by jealousy;
    esta pasión que me devora por dentro this passion which consumes me o which is eating away inside me
    * * *
    v/t devour;
    devorar a alguien con los ojos devour s.o. with one’s eyes;
    el fuego devoró el bosque the forest was consumed by the fire;
    le devora la envidia he is consumed with jealousy
    * * *
    1) : to devour
    2) : to consume
    * * *
    devorar vb to devour

    Spanish-English dictionary > devorar

  • 71 dinero inesperado

    = windfall, windfall moneys
    Ex. Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year ' windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.
    Ex. Regardless of how humble present budgets may be librarians must have in mind a clear-cut spending strategy in case of windfall moneys being made available.
    * * *
    = windfall, windfall moneys

    Ex: Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year ' windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.

    Ex: Regardless of how humble present budgets may be librarians must have in mind a clear-cut spending strategy in case of windfall moneys being made available.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dinero inesperado

  • 72 disminuir

    v.
    1 to reduce.
    2 to decrease.
    El medicamento disminuyó la fiebre The drug decreased the fever.
    Me disminuyó la temperatura My temperature decreased.
    3 to diminish, to decrease, to fall off, to drop off.
    El calor disminuyó The heat diminished.
    4 to lessen, to take down, to humiliate, to deflate.
    Su actitud disminuyó a su hijo His attitude lessened his son.
    5 to have less.
    Te disminuyó la fiebre You have less fever.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 (gen) to decrease
    2 (medidas, velocidad) to reduce
    1 (gen) to diminish
    2 (temperatura, precios) to drop, fall
    * * *
    verb
    2) drop, fall
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=reducir) [+ nivel, precio, gastos, intereses] to reduce, bring down; [+ riesgo, incidencia, dolor] to reduce, lessen; [+ temperatura] to lower, bring down; [+ prestigio, autoridad] to diminish, lessen; [+ fuerzas] to sap; [+ entusiasmo] to dampen

    algunos bancos han disminuido en un 0,15% sus tipos de interés — some banks have reduced o brought down their interest rates by 0.15%

    disminuyó la velocidad para tomar la curva — she slowed down o reduced her speed to go round the bend

    2) (Cos) [+ puntos] to decrease
    2. VI
    1) (=decrecer) [número, población] to decrease, drop, fall; [temperatura, precios] to drop, fall; [distancia, diferencia, velocidad, tensión] to decrease; [fuerzas, autoridad, poder] to diminish; [días] to grow shorter; [luz] to fade; [prestigio, entusiasmo] to dwindle

    el paro disminuyó en un 0,3% — unemployment dropped o fell by 0.3%

    2) (=empeorar) [memoria, vista] to fail
    3) (Cos) [puntos] to decrease
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessen
    2) ( al tejer) to decrease
    2.
    1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish
    2) ( al tejer) < puntos> to decrease
    * * *
    = decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.
    Ex. Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.
    Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.
    Ex. While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.
    Ex. Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.
    Ex. When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.
    Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex. Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.
    Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.
    Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex. In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.
    Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.
    Ex. The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.
    Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.
    Ex. Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.
    Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.
    Ex. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.
    Ex. Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.
    Ex. Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.
    Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex. The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.
    Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.
    Ex. The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.
    Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.
    Ex. Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.
    Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
    ----
    * atención + disminuir = attention + wane.
    * disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.
    * disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.
    * disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.
    * disminuir el valor de = belittle.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * disminuir la marcha = slow down.
    * disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.
    * disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.
    * disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.
    * disminuir la velocidad = slow up.
    * sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessen
    2) ( al tejer) to decrease
    2.
    1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish
    2) ( al tejer) < puntos> to decrease
    * * *
    = decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.

    Ex: Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.

    Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.
    Ex: While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.
    Ex: Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.
    Ex: When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.
    Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex: Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.
    Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.
    Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex: In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.
    Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.
    Ex: The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.
    Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.
    Ex: Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.
    Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.
    Ex: As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.
    Ex: Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.
    Ex: Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.
    Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex: The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.
    Ex: Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.
    Ex: The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.
    Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.
    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.
    Ex: Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.
    Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
    * atención + disminuir = attention + wane.
    * disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.
    * disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.
    * disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.
    * disminuir el valor de = belittle.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * disminuir la marcha = slow down.
    * disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.
    * disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.
    * disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.
    * disminuir la velocidad = slow up.
    * sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.

    * * *
    vi
    A (menguar) «número/cantidad» to decrease, drop, fall; «desempleo/exportaciones/gastos» to decrease, drop, fall; «entusiasmo» to wane, diminish; «interés» to wane, diminish, fall off
    el número de fumadores ha disminuido the number of smokers has dropped o fallen o decreased
    los impuestos no disminuyeron there was no decrease o cut in taxes
    los casos de malaria han disminuido there has been a drop o fall o decrease in the number of malaria cases
    disminuyó la intensidad del viento the wind died down o dropped
    la agilidad disminuye con los años one becomes less agile with age
    B (al tejer) to decrease
    ■ disminuir
    vt
    A (reducir) ‹gastos/costos› to reduce, bring down, cut
    disminuimos la velocidad we reduced speed
    es un asunto muy grave y se intenta disminuir su importancia it is a very serious matter, and its importance is being played down
    el alcohol disminuye la rapidez de los reflejos alcohol slows down your reactions
    B (al tejer) ‹puntos› to decrease
    * * *

     

    disminuir ( conjugate disminuir) verbo intransitivo ( menguar) [número/cantidad] to decrease, fall;
    [precios/temperaturas] to drop, fall;
    [ dolor] to diminish, lessen
    verbo transitivo ( reducir) ‹gastos/producción› to cut back on;
    ‹ impuestos› to cut;
    ‹velocidad/número/cantidad› to reduce
    disminuir
    I verbo transitivo to reduce: esto disminuye sus probabilidades de entrar en la Universidad, this lowers his chances of admission to the University
    II verbo intransitivo to diminish: el calor ha disminuido, the heat has lessened
    ' disminuir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aclararse
    - atenuar
    - bajar
    - descender
    - enfriar
    - perder
    - rebajar
    - reducir
    - reducirse
    - velocidad
    English:
    cut back
    - decline
    - decrease
    - die down
    - diminish
    - drop
    - dwindle
    - ease off
    - ease up
    - lessen
    - lower
    - odds
    - reduce
    - shrink
    - sink
    - slacken
    - slacken off
    - taper off
    - thin out
    - abate
    - ease
    - flag
    - go
    - let
    - tail
    - taper
    - wane
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to reduce, to decrease;
    disminuye la velocidad al entrar en la curva reduce speed as you go into the curve;
    pastillas que disminuyen el sueño tablets that prevent drowsiness;
    la lesión no ha disminuido su habilidad con el balón the injury hasn't affected his skill with the ball
    ♦ vi
    [cantidad, velocidad, intensidad, contaminación] to decrease, to decline; [desempleo, inflación] to decrease, to fall; [precios, temperatura] to fall, to go down; [vista, memoria] to fail; [interés] to decline, to wane;
    no disminuye la euforia inversora investor enthusiasm continues unabated
    * * *
    I v/t gastos, costos reduce, cut; velocidad reduce
    II v/i decrease, diminish
    * * *
    disminuir {41} vt
    reducir: to reduce, to decrease, to lower
    1) : to lower
    2) : to drop, to fall
    * * *
    1. (reducir) to reduce
    2. (bajar, menguar) to fall [pt. fell; pp. fallen] / to drop [pt. & pp. dropped]

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminuir

  • 73 disparado

    adj.
    1 shot.
    2 disproportionate.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: disparar.
    * * *
    1 familiar in a hurry
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=con prisa)

    salir disparado — to shoot out, be off like a shot

    2) Caribe ** randy *, horny **
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam)

    salir disparado — ( irse de prisa) to shoot off (colloq)

    pasó disparado — he shot by like greased lightning

    * * *
    = sharply rising, raging, galloping, soaring.
    Ex. The end of the eighteenth century saw a sharply rising demand for cheap print, associated with increases in population and in literacy which occurred all over Europe.
    Ex. This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex. But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex. And to make matters worse, retirees on fixed incomes have recently presented the mayor with a petition deploring the soaring property taxes.
    ----
    * coste disparado = escalating cost.
    * costes disparados = spiralling costs, soaring cost.
    * inflación disparada = rampant inflation, soaring inflation, runaway inflation.
    * precios disparados = spiralling prices.
    * salir disparado = bolt, make + a bolt for, shoot off, dash off, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam)

    salir disparado — ( irse de prisa) to shoot off (colloq)

    pasó disparado — he shot by like greased lightning

    * * *
    = sharply rising, raging, galloping, soaring.

    Ex: The end of the eighteenth century saw a sharply rising demand for cheap print, associated with increases in population and in literacy which occurred all over Europe.

    Ex: This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex: But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex: And to make matters worse, retirees on fixed incomes have recently presented the mayor with a petition deploring the soaring property taxes.
    * coste disparado = escalating cost.
    * costes disparados = spiralling costs, soaring cost.
    * inflación disparada = rampant inflation, soaring inflation, runaway inflation.
    * precios disparados = spiralling prices.
    * salir disparado = bolt, make + a bolt for, shoot off, dash off, take to + Posesivo + heels, run off.

    * * *
    ( fam):
    salir disparado «objeto» to shoot out;
    «persona» (irse de prisa) to shoot off ( colloq)
    (salir lanzado): con el choque salió disparado del asiento the impact catapulted him from his seat
    iba disparado y ni me saludó he was in a tremendous hurry and didn't even say hello to me ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo disparar: ( conjugate disparar)

    disparado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    disparado    
    disparar
    disparado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam): salir disparado ( irse de prisa) to shoot off (colloq);

    con el choque salió disparado del asiento the impact catapulted him from his seat;
    ver tb disparar
    disparar ( conjugate disparar) verbo intransitivo

    ◊ disparado al aire to fire o shoot into the air;

    disparado a matar to shoot to kill;
    le disparó por la espalda he shot him in the back;
    disparado a quemarropa or a bocajarro to fire at point-blank range;
    disparado contra algn to shoot o fire at sb
    b) (Dep) to shoot

    verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹arma/flecha› to shoot, fire;

    ‹tiro/proyectil› to fire;

    b) (Dep):


    2 (Méx fam) ( pagar) to buy
    dispararse verbo pronominal
    1

    b) ( refl):


    2 (fam) [ precio] to shoot up, rocket
    disparado,-a adj loc salimos disparados de allí, we shot out of there
    disparar verbo transitivo
    1 (un arma de fuego) to fire
    (un proyectil) to shoot: le dispararon en el hombro, he was shot in the shoulder
    2 Ftb to shoot
    disparar a puerta, to shoot at goal
    ' disparado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    disparada
    English:
    balloon
    - dash out
    - shoot
    - shoot out
    - spiral up
    - tear off
    - bolt
    - scurry
    * * *
    disparado, -a adj
    salir/entrar disparado to shoot out/in;
    todos los días sale disparado de casa he leaves the house in a rush every day
    * * *
    adj
    :
    salir disparado rush off; de un edificio etc rush out
    * * *
    disparado, -da adj
    salir disparado fam : to take off in a hurry, to rush away

    Spanish-English dictionary > disparado

  • 74 dispendio

    m.
    1 extravagance, spending on luxuries.
    2 waste, squandering, wastage.
    * * *
    1 squandering, waste
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino waste, extravagance
    * * *
    = waiver, expense.
    Ex. Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.
    Ex. At an earlier stage, the Library of Congress had decided to retain certain pre-AACR headings, in order to avoid the expense of extensive recataloguing.
    * * *
    masculino waste, extravagance
    * * *
    = waiver, expense.

    Ex: Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.

    Ex: At an earlier stage, the Library of Congress had decided to retain certain pre-AACR headings, in order to avoid the expense of extensive recataloguing.

    * * *
    waste, extravagance
    * * *

    dispendio sustantivo masculino waste, squandering: no me gusta el dispendio de nuestros recursos, I don't like wasting our resources
    * * *
    extravagance, spending on luxuries;
    no nos podemos permitir estos dispendios we can't afford these luxuries
    * * *
    m waste
    * * *
    : wastefulness, extravagance

    Spanish-English dictionary > dispendio

  • 75 disputa

    f.
    dispute.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: disputar.
    * * *
    1 (discusión) dispute, argument, quarrel
    2 (enfrentamiento) clash, struggle
    \
    sin disputa without dispute
    tener una disputa to quarrel
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=discusión) dispute, argument

    sin disputa — undoubtedly, beyond dispute

    2) (=controversia) controversy
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.
    Ex. Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex. We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex. Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    ----
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.

    Ex: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.

    * * *
    1 (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    2 (controversia) dispute
    ha sido objeto de una larga disputa it has been the source of a long-running dispute
    es, sin disputa, la mejor she is, without question, the best
    3 (combate) fight
    * * *

    Del verbo disputar: ( conjugate disputar)

    disputa es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    disputa    
    disputar
    disputa sustantivo femenino
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument



    disputar ( conjugate disputar) verbo transitivo
    a) disputale algo a algn ‹ título› to challenge sb for sth;


    b) ‹ partido› to play;

    ‹ combate› to fight
    disputarse verbo pronominal:

    disputa sustantivo femenino
    1 (enfrentamiento) dispute
    (por un puesto, etc) contest
    2 (riña, pelea) argument
    disputar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (debatir) disputaban sobre ello acaloradamente, they were arguing heatedly about it
    2 (competir por) to contest: han disputado la carrera dos de los mejores atletas, two of the best athletes competed in the race
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (competir) to compete: le disputa la presidencia a Gómez, he is competing against Gómez for the presidency
    2 Dep (un encuentro) to play

    ' disputa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - bronca
    - concesión
    - discusión
    - disgusto
    - disputar
    - disputarse
    - margen
    - trabar
    - agrio
    - arbitrar
    - litigio
    - lugar
    - originar
    - pleito
    - querella
    English:
    acrimonious
    - contention
    - dispute
    - embroil
    - feud
    - fight
    - quarrel
    - quarreling
    - quarrelling
    - row
    - squabble
    - wrangle
    - settle
    * * *
    1. [discusión] dispute, argument
    2. [competición] contest;
    la disputa por el título de liga the battle for the league title;
    entrar en la disputa por algo to enter the contest for sth;
    hay mucha disputa para conseguir el puesto there's a lot of competition for the post
    3. [polémica] dispute;
    mediar o [m5] terciar en la disputa to intervene in the dispute;
    es, sin disputa, el más lujoso it is indisputably o unquestionably the most luxurious
    * * *
    f dispute;
    sin disputa undoubtedly
    * * *
    altercado, discusión: dispute, argument

    Spanish-English dictionary > disputa

  • 76 edición según la demanda

    Ex. The article 'The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies = El artículo "Un nuevo modelo económico en breve" analiza la aplicación de la publicación en CD-Grabable según la demanda para cubrir el vacío que existe entre producir unas cuentas copias o invertir grandes sumas de dinero en reproductores de CD-ROM para producir 1.000 o más copias.
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies = El artículo "Un nuevo modelo económico en breve" analiza la aplicación de la publicación en CD-Grabable según la demanda para cubrir el vacío que existe entre producir unas cuentas copias o invertir grandes sumas de dinero en reproductores de CD-ROM para producir 1.000 o más copias.

    Spanish-English dictionary > edición según la demanda

  • 77 en breve

    soon, shortly
    * * *
    = shortly, the long and (the) short of, soon [sooner -comp., soonest -sup.]
    Ex. We shall return to the problem of synonyms shortly.
    Ex. The article ' The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies = El artículo "Un nuevo modelo económico en breve" analiza la aplicación de la publicación en CD-Grabable según la demanda para cubrir el vacío que existe entre producir unas cuentas copias o invertir grandes sumas de dinero en reproductores de CD-ROM para producir 1.000 o más copias.
    Ex. Not surprisingly, he soon found that the inventory lists were not quite adequate for his purposes.
    * * *
    = shortly, the long and (the) short of, soon [sooner -comp., soonest -sup.]

    Ex: We shall return to the problem of synonyms shortly.

    Ex: The article ' The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies = El artículo "Un nuevo modelo económico en breve" analiza la aplicación de la publicación en CD-Grabable según la demanda para cubrir el vacío que existe entre producir unas cuentas copias o invertir grandes sumas de dinero en reproductores de CD-ROM para producir 1.000 o más copias.
    Ex: Not surprisingly, he soon found that the inventory lists were not quite adequate for his purposes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en breve

  • 78 en resumen

    in short, to sum up
    * * *
    = in conclusion, in summary, simply put, the long and (the) short of, in sum, in all, to sum up, to sum it up, in essence, put simply, all in all, simply stated
    Ex. In conclusion, it should not be necessary to say that instructions and guiding must be as brief as possible.
    Ex. There are in summary two important applications for classification theory.
    Ex. Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    Ex. The article ' The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies = El artículo "Un nuevo modelo económico en breve" analiza la aplicación de la publicación en CD-Grabable según la demanda para cubrir el vacío que existe entre producir unas cuentas copias o invertir grandes sumas de dinero en reproductores de CD-ROM para producir 1.000 o más copias.
    Ex. In sum, the librarian should have the knowledge, experience and sense to provide the right book to the right child at the right time = En suma, el bibliotecario debería tener el conocimiento, la experiencia y el sentido para ofrecer el libro correcto al niño adecuado en el momento oportuno.
    Ex. In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.
    Ex. To sum up it may be said that overall annual energy costs can be reduced by as much as a third by careful planning.
    Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex. In essence these indexing languages are very similar to the lists of subject headings which are used in pre-coordinate indexing.
    Ex. Put simply, asymmetric threats are a version of not 'fighting fair,' which can include the use of surprise and weapons in ways unplanned by a nation.
    Ex. All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.
    Ex. Simply stated, no, it is not improper to pour wine into your guest s wine glass if it still contains wine.
    * * *
    = in conclusion, in summary, simply put, the long and (the) short of, in sum, in all, to sum up, to sum it up, in essence, put simply, all in all, simply stated

    Ex: In conclusion, it should not be necessary to say that instructions and guiding must be as brief as possible.

    Ex: There are in summary two important applications for classification theory.
    Ex: Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    Ex: The article ' The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies = El artículo "Un nuevo modelo económico en breve" analiza la aplicación de la publicación en CD-Grabable según la demanda para cubrir el vacío que existe entre producir unas cuentas copias o invertir grandes sumas de dinero en reproductores de CD-ROM para producir 1.000 o más copias.
    Ex: In sum, the librarian should have the knowledge, experience and sense to provide the right book to the right child at the right time = En suma, el bibliotecario debería tener el conocimiento, la experiencia y el sentido para ofrecer el libro correcto al niño adecuado en el momento oportuno.
    Ex: In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.
    Ex: To sum up it may be said that overall annual energy costs can be reduced by as much as a third by careful planning.
    Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex: In essence these indexing languages are very similar to the lists of subject headings which are used in pre-coordinate indexing.
    Ex: Put simply, asymmetric threats are a version of not 'fighting fair,' which can include the use of surprise and weapons in ways unplanned by a nation.
    Ex: All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.
    Ex: Simply stated, no, it is not improper to pour wine into your guest s wine glass if it still contains wine.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en resumen

  • 79 en señal de agradecimiento

    Ex. 'Thank you for spending this time with me and answering my questions,' Henrietta Rood nodded and smiled appreciatively.
    * * *

    Ex: 'Thank you for spending this time with me and answering my questions,' Henrietta Rood nodded and smiled appreciatively.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en señal de agradecimiento

  • 80 en términos reales

    = in real terms, in actual practice
    Ex. Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.
    Ex. The supervisor in actual practice receives information not only from subordinates, but from superiors and from external sources.
    * * *
    = in real terms, in actual practice

    Ex: Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.

    Ex: The supervisor in actual practice receives information not only from subordinates, but from superiors and from external sources.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en términos reales

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