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  • 101 inquietarse

    1 to worry ( por, about)
    * * *

    ¡no te inquietes! — don't worry!

    * * *
    (v.) = fret, stew
    Ex. So stop fretting that UK unemployment is rising as the tax burden soars, consumers stop spending and North Sea oil runs dry.
    Ex. He was unhappy about Rosecrans grabbing the limelight and just getting too big for his breeches and decided to let him stew a little bit.
    * * *
    (v.) = fret, stew

    Ex: So stop fretting that UK unemployment is rising as the tax burden soars, consumers stop spending and North Sea oil runs dry.

    Ex: He was unhappy about Rosecrans grabbing the limelight and just getting too big for his breeches and decided to let him stew a little bit.

    * * *

    inquietarse ( conjugate inquietarse) verbo pronominal
    to worry;
    inquietarse por algo/algn to worry about sth/sb
    ■inquietarse verbo reflexivo to worry [por, about]: no se inquiete, en seguida estará aquí, don't worry, she'll be here soon
    ' inquietarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agitar
    - preocupar
    English:
    fret
    - unhappy
    - worried
    - worry
    * * *
    vpr
    to worry, to get anxious;
    inquietarse por algo to worry about sth
    * * *
    v/r worry, get worried o
    anxious
    * * *
    vr
    * * *
    inquietarse vb to worry [pt. & pp. worried]

    Spanish-English dictionary > inquietarse

  • 102 insistencia

    f.
    insistence.
    * * *
    1 (acción) insistence, persistence; (cualidad) insistency
    ■ perdóneme la insistencia, pero... forgive me for being so insistent but...
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF [de persona] insistence (en on)
    [de quejas] persistence
    * * *
    femenino insistence
    * * *
    = insistence, persistence.
    Ex. At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.
    Ex. The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
    ----
    * con insistencia = insistently.
    * pedir con insistencia = urge, urging.
    * * *
    femenino insistence
    * * *
    = insistence, persistence.

    Ex: At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.

    Ex: The persistence of a dismal image is a most worrying phenomenon and one which must change if progress is to be made by SLIS.
    * con insistencia = insistently.
    * pedir con insistencia = urge, urging.

    * * *
    insistence
    perdone mi insistencia forgive me for being so insistent, forgive my insistence
    tengo que quedarme, me lo pidió con tanta insistencia I have to stay, she was so insistent, she asked me so insistently that I feel I must stay
    - es necesario hacerlo -repitió con insistencia it has to be done, he insisted
    * * *

     

    insistencia sustantivo femenino
    insistence;

    insistencia sustantivo femenino insistence
    con insistencia, insistently

    ' insistencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    remolque
    - venga
    - olfatear
    - reclamar
    English:
    insistence
    - stubborn
    - strongly
    - urge
    * * *
    insistence;
    su insistencia en venir acabó por convencerme his insistence on coming finally persuaded me;
    grité con insistencia pero no me oyó I shouted repeatedly but she didn't hear me;
    ante la insistencia de mis padres, acabé por invitarla my parents insisted so much o were so insistent that I ended up inviting her
    * * *
    f insistence
    * * *
    : insistence

    Spanish-English dictionary > insistencia

  • 103 irreflexivo

    adj.
    thoughtless, foolhardy, reckless, irreflexive.
    m.
    thoughtless person, impulsive person.
    * * *
    1 (acto) rash; (persona) impetuous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=inconsciente) thoughtless, unthinking; (=impetuoso) rash, impetuous
    2) [acto] rash, ill-considered
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> unthinking, rash; <acto/impulso> rash
    * * *
    = ill-considered, mindless, unthinking, foolhardy, thoughtless.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex. There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex. Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < persona> unthinking, rash; <acto/impulso> rash
    * * *
    = ill-considered, mindless, unthinking, foolhardy, thoughtless.

    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

    Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex: The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex: Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.

    * * *
    ‹persona› unthinking, rash; ‹acto/impulso› rash
    * * *
    irreflexivo, -a adj
    rash;
    es muy irreflexivo he's very rash
    * * *
    adj rash
    * * *
    irreflexivo, -va adj
    : rash, unthinking

    Spanish-English dictionary > irreflexivo

  • 104 lagañoso

    adj.
    blear, bleared, blear-eyed, bleary.
    * * *
    = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    * * *
    = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lagañoso

  • 105 legañoso

    adj.
    bleary, bleared, blear-eyed, blear.
    * * *
    1 bleary-eyed
    * * *
    ADJ bleary
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    * * *
    = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    * * *
    = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].

    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

    * * *
    con los ojos legañosos with sleep in his eyes
    * * *
    legañoso, -a adj
    [ojos] full of sleep;
    un niño sucio y legañoso pedía limosna a dirty, bleary-eyed child was begging
    * * *
    adj ojos bleary, sleep-filled

    Spanish-English dictionary > legañoso

  • 106 manirroto

    adj.
    prodigal, lavish, wasteful, spendthrift.
    m.
    spendthrift, waster.
    * * *
    1 familiar spendthrift, extravagant
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar spendthrift
    * * *
    manirroto, -a
    1.
    ADJ extravagant, lavish
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) (fam) extravagant
    b) ( generoso) generous, open-handed
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (fam) spendthrift
    * * *
    = wasteful, spender, overspender [over-spender], big spender, spendthrift.
    Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex. And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.
    Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of 'tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    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.
    Ex. Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) (fam) extravagant
    b) ( generoso) generous, open-handed
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (fam) spendthrift
    * * *
    = wasteful, spender, overspender [over-spender], big spender, spendthrift.

    Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.

    Ex: And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.
    Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of 'tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.
    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.
    Ex: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

    * * *
    manirroto1 -ta
    1 ( fam) (derrochador) extravagant
    es tan manirroto he's so extravagant o he spends money like water
    2 (Col, Ven) (generoso) generous, open-handed
    manirroto2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); spendthrift
    * * *

    manirroto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) (fam) extravagant


    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) spendthrift
    manirroto,-a adjetivo spendthrift
    ' manirroto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    manirrota
    * * *
    manirroto, -a
    ♦ adj
    extravagant
    ♦ nm,f
    spendthrift
    * * *
    I adj extravagant
    II m, manirrota f spendthrift
    * * *
    manirroto, -ta adj
    : extravagant
    manirroto, -ta n
    : spendthrift

    Spanish-English dictionary > manirroto

  • 107 mejorar

    v.
    to improve, to get better.
    María mejoró la receta Mary improved the recipe.
    Ricardo mejoró Richard got better.
    Las perspectivas mejoraron The outlook got better.
    mejorar una oferta to make a better offer
    * * *
    1 to improve
    1 to improve, get better
    1 to get better
    ■ ¡que te mejores! I hope you get better
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ servicio, resultados] to improve; [+ enfermo] to make better; (=realzar) to enhance; [+ oferta] to raise, improve; [+ récord] to break; (Inform) to upgrade
    2)

    mejorar a algn — (=ser mejor que) to be better than sb

    2. VI
    1) [situación] to improve, get better; (Meteo) to improve, clear up; (Econ) to improve, pick up; [enfermo] to get better

    han mejorado de actitud/imagen — their attitude/image has improved

    2) [en subasta] to raise one's bid
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <condiciones/situación> to improve
    b) < oferta> ( en subastas) to increase
    2.
    mejorar vi tiempo to improve, get better; resultados/calidad/situación to improve, get better; persona (Med) to get better

    han mejorado de posición — they've come o gone up in the world

    3.
    mejorarse v pron
    a) enfermo to get better

    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? — have you got over the flu?

    que te mejores — get well soon, I hope you get better soon

    b) (Chi fam & euf) ( dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *
    = ameliorate, boost, cultivate, enhance, improve, optimise [optimize, -USA], scale up, score over, upgrade, give + improvement (in), better, bring + Nombre + up to par, get + better, gain + confidence (with/in), do + a better job, pump up, ease, outdo, jazz up, take + a turn, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better, turn + Nombre + (a)round, polish up, best, trump, buff up, go + one better, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, look up.
    Ex. These articles are compared with 34 articles on how similar blood changes might ameliorate Raynaud's disease.
    Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex. Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.
    Ex. The DOBIS/Leuven data bases is designed to optimize search and updating procedures, because these functions are critical to the operation of a library.
    Ex. After a brief discussion of basic hypertext operations, it considers some of the issues that arise in 'scaling up' hyptertext data base.
    Ex. A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex. Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.
    Ex. There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.
    Ex. She thumbed the pages slowly, explaining that the study had been conducted to try to ascertain student attitudes toward the media center, why they used it, which facilities they used, and to see if they had suggestions for bettering it.
    Ex. The article ' Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.
    Ex. Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.
    Ex. This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.
    Ex. At the same time librarians need to do a better job communicating information about available research and instructional support.
    Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex. This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex. After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.
    Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex. His private life, however, took a turn for the better.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. If we polish up and internalize these pearls of wisdom, especially those which challenge our existing boundaries and beliefs, the payoff can be priceless.
    Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex. As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
    Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex. Things may be looking up for Blair, but it is still not certain that he will fight the election.
    ----
    * cosas + mejorar = things + get better.
    * empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.
    * información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.
    * mejorar con respecto a = be an improvement on.
    * mejorar considerablemente = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.
    * mejorar el pasado = improve on + the past.
    * mejorar la autoestima = improve + self-esteem.
    * mejorar la calidad = raise + standard, raise + quality.
    * mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.
    * mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.
    * mejorar la exhaustividad = improve + recall.
    * mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la precisión = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.
    * mejorar las destrezas = sharpen + Posesivo + skills.
    * mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + autoestima = enhance + Posesivo + self-esteem.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = enhance + Posesivo + identity.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.
    * mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.
    * que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.
    * situación + mejorar = situation + ease.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <condiciones/situación> to improve
    b) < oferta> ( en subastas) to increase
    2.
    mejorar vi tiempo to improve, get better; resultados/calidad/situación to improve, get better; persona (Med) to get better

    han mejorado de posición — they've come o gone up in the world

    3.
    mejorarse v pron
    a) enfermo to get better

    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? — have you got over the flu?

    que te mejores — get well soon, I hope you get better soon

    b) (Chi fam & euf) ( dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *
    = ameliorate, boost, cultivate, enhance, improve, optimise [optimize, -USA], scale up, score over, upgrade, give + improvement (in), better, bring + Nombre + up to par, get + better, gain + confidence (with/in), do + a better job, pump up, ease, outdo, jazz up, take + a turn, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better, turn + Nombre + (a)round, polish up, best, trump, buff up, go + one better, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, look up.

    Ex: These articles are compared with 34 articles on how similar blood changes might ameliorate Raynaud's disease.

    Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex: Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.
    Ex: The DOBIS/Leuven data bases is designed to optimize search and updating procedures, because these functions are critical to the operation of a library.
    Ex: After a brief discussion of basic hypertext operations, it considers some of the issues that arise in 'scaling up' hyptertext data base.
    Ex: A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex: Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.
    Ex: There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.
    Ex: She thumbed the pages slowly, explaining that the study had been conducted to try to ascertain student attitudes toward the media center, why they used it, which facilities they used, and to see if they had suggestions for bettering it.
    Ex: The article ' Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.
    Ex: Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.
    Ex: This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.
    Ex: At the same time librarians need to do a better job communicating information about available research and instructional support.
    Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex: This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex: After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.
    Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex: His private life, however, took a turn for the better.
    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: If we polish up and internalize these pearls of wisdom, especially those which challenge our existing boundaries and beliefs, the payoff can be priceless.
    Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex: If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex: As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
    Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex: Things may be looking up for Blair, but it is still not certain that he will fight the election.
    * cosas + mejorar = things + get better.
    * empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.
    * información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.
    * mejorar con respecto a = be an improvement on.
    * mejorar considerablemente = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.
    * mejorar el pasado = improve on + the past.
    * mejorar la autoestima = improve + self-esteem.
    * mejorar la calidad = raise + standard, raise + quality.
    * mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.
    * mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.
    * mejorar la exhaustividad = improve + recall.
    * mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la precisión = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.
    * mejorar las destrezas = sharpen + Posesivo + skills.
    * mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + autoestima = enhance + Posesivo + self-esteem.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = enhance + Posesivo + identity.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.
    * mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.
    * que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.
    * situación + mejorar = situation + ease.

    * * *
    mejorar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹condiciones/situación› to improve
    este tratamiento te mejorará enseguida this treatment will make you better right away
    tienes que mejorar las notas/la letra you must improve your grades/your handwriting
    intentó mejorar su marca she tried to improve on o beat her own record
    2 ‹oferta› (en subastas) to increase
    los empresarios mejoraron la propuesta the management improved their offer o made a better offer
    ■ mejorar
    vi
    «tiempo» to improve, get better; «resultados/calidad» to improve, get better; «persona» ( Med) to get better
    mi situación económica no ha mejorado nada my financial situation hasn't improved at all o got any better
    ha mejorado de aspecto he looks a lot better
    tus notas no han mejorado mucho your grades haven't improved much o got(ten) any better
    han mejorado de posición they've come o gone up in the world
    el paciente sigue mejorando the patient is making a steady improvement
    1 «enfermo» to get better
    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? have you got over the flu?
    que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon
    2 ( Chi fam euf) (dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *

     

    mejorar ( conjugate mejorar) verbo transitivo ‹condiciones/situación/oferta› to improve;
    ‹ marca› to improve on, beat;

    verbo intransitivo [tiempo/calidad/situación] to improve, get better;

    [ persona] (Med) to get better;

    mejorarse verbo pronominal [ enfermo] to get better;
    que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon
    mejorar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to improve: han mejorado la educación, education has been improved
    2 Dep (un tiempo, una marca) to break
    II verbo intransitivo to improve, get better: espero que el tiempo mejore, I hope the weather gets better
    su salud no mejora, his health is not improving

    ' mejorar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enriquecer
    - ganar
    - perfeccionar
    - potenciar
    - refacción
    - superar
    English:
    ameliorate
    - better
    - existence
    - get along
    - improve
    - improve on
    - improvement
    - look up
    - pick up
    - progress
    - raise
    - security
    - technique
    - turn
    - upgrade
    - brighten
    - enhance
    - go
    - look
    - matter
    - out
    - perk
    - pick
    - rise
    - room
    - smarten up
    - up
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer mejor] to improve;
    mejoraron las condiciones de trabajo working conditions were improved;
    su principal objetivo es mejorar la economía their main aim is to improve the economy's performance
    2. [enfermo] to make better;
    estas pastillas lo mejorarán these tablets will make him better
    3. [superar] to improve;
    mejorar una oferta to make a better offer;
    mejoró el recórd mundial she beat the world record
    ♦ vi
    1. [ponerse mejor] to improve, to get better;
    el paciente está mejorando the patient's condition is improving, the patient is getting better;
    necesita mejorar en matemáticas he needs to improve o do better in mathematics
    2. [tiempo, clima] to improve, to get better;
    tan pronto como mejore, salimos a dar un paseo as soon as the weather improves o gets better we'll go out for a walk;
    después de la lluvia el día mejoró after the rain it cleared up
    * * *
    I v/t improve
    II v/i improve
    * * *
    : to improve, to make better
    : to improve, to get better
    * * *
    mejorar vb to improve

    Spanish-English dictionary > mejorar

  • 108 merecer

    v.
    1 to deserve, to be worthy of.
    la isla merece una visita the island is worth a visit
    merece la pena detenernos un poco más en este punto it's worth spending a bit more time on this point
    no merece la pena it's not worth it
    no merece la pena que te enfades it's not worth getting angry about, there's no point in getting angry about it
    Se lo merecía He deserved it=He had it coming.
    2 to be worthy.
    en edad de merecer of marriageable age
    3 to deserve to, to be entitled to.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 to deserve, be worth
    2 (tener necesidad) to need to be + past participle, need + gerund
    3 (valer) to earn, get
    \
    merecer la pena to be worth it
    lo tiene bien merecido (premio, etc) he (she, etc) really deserved it 2 (castigo) he (she, etc,) asked for it, it serves him (her, etc,) right
    * * *
    verb
    to deserve, be worthy of
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ recompensa, castigo] to deserve
    2) And (=atrapar) to catch; (=robar) to snatch, pinch *; (=encontrar) to find
    2.
    VI to be deserving, be worthy
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <premio/castigo> to deserve

    merecer + inf — to deserve to + inf

    2.
    merecerse v pron (enf) <premio/castigo> to deserve

    merecerse + inf — to deserve to + inf

    * * *
    = deserve, merit, rate.
    Ex. Although document arrangement, may be a very unsophisticated information retrieval device it deserves special attention.
    Ex. This article identifies and discusses sources of information on comic books meriting inclusion on a core collection for academic and public libraries.
    Ex. Pavements is included in the American sense; as Sidewalks does not rate a mention at all, this could leave room for ambiguity.
    ----
    * lo que Algo o Alguien se merece = fair share.
    * merecer admiración = deserve + admiration.
    * merecer apoyo = be deserving of support.
    * merecer atención = merit + attention, be worthy of + attention, deserve + attention.
    * merecer consideración = merit + consideration.
    * merecer + Infinitivo = be worthy of + Gerundio.
    * merecer la pena = be worth + the effort, be worthwhile, be worth + Posesivo + time, be worth it.
    * merecer la pena considerar más detalladamente = repay + full consideration.
    * merecer la pena el esfuerzo = repay + effort.
    * merecer la pena estudiar Algo = repay + study.
    * merecer la pena + Infinitivo = be worth + Gerundio, be worthy of + Gerundio, it + be + worth + Gerundio.
    * merecer la pena intentarlo = be worth a try.
    * merecerle la pena a Uno = be worth + Posesivo + while.
    * merecer mención especial = deserve + special mention.
    * merecer que se reconozca la labor realizada = deserve + credit.
    * merecer reconocimiento = merit + recognition.
    * merecerse algo = deserve + a little something.
    * merecérselo = have it + coming.
    * merecer ser mencionado = deserve + mention.
    * merecerse una recompensa = deserve + a little something.
    * merecerse una satisfacción = deserve + a little something.
    * merecerse un regalo = deserve + a little something.
    * no merecer la pena = be no good.
    * no merecerse Algo = be unworthy of.
    * parecer + merecer la pena + Infinitivo = seem + worth + Gerundio.
    * que merece la pena = worthwhile.
    * recibir lo que Uno se merece = get + Posesivo + just rewards, get + Posesivo + due(s).
    * tienes lo que te mereces = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <premio/castigo> to deserve

    merecer + inf — to deserve to + inf

    2.
    merecerse v pron (enf) <premio/castigo> to deserve

    merecerse + inf — to deserve to + inf

    * * *
    = deserve, merit, rate.

    Ex: Although document arrangement, may be a very unsophisticated information retrieval device it deserves special attention.

    Ex: This article identifies and discusses sources of information on comic books meriting inclusion on a core collection for academic and public libraries.
    Ex: Pavements is included in the American sense; as Sidewalks does not rate a mention at all, this could leave room for ambiguity.
    * lo que Algo o Alguien se merece = fair share.
    * merecer admiración = deserve + admiration.
    * merecer apoyo = be deserving of support.
    * merecer atención = merit + attention, be worthy of + attention, deserve + attention.
    * merecer consideración = merit + consideration.
    * merecer + Infinitivo = be worthy of + Gerundio.
    * merecer la pena = be worth + the effort, be worthwhile, be worth + Posesivo + time, be worth it.
    * merecer la pena considerar más detalladamente = repay + full consideration.
    * merecer la pena el esfuerzo = repay + effort.
    * merecer la pena estudiar Algo = repay + study.
    * merecer la pena + Infinitivo = be worth + Gerundio, be worthy of + Gerundio, it + be + worth + Gerundio.
    * merecer la pena intentarlo = be worth a try.
    * merecerle la pena a Uno = be worth + Posesivo + while.
    * merecer mención especial = deserve + special mention.
    * merecer que se reconozca la labor realizada = deserve + credit.
    * merecer reconocimiento = merit + recognition.
    * merecerse algo = deserve + a little something.
    * merecérselo = have it + coming.
    * merecer ser mencionado = deserve + mention.
    * merecerse una recompensa = deserve + a little something.
    * merecerse una satisfacción = deserve + a little something.
    * merecerse un regalo = deserve + a little something.
    * no merecer la pena = be no good.
    * no merecerse Algo = be unworthy of.
    * parecer + merecer la pena + Infinitivo = seem + worth + Gerundio.
    * que merece la pena = worthwhile.
    * recibir lo que Uno se merece = get + Posesivo + just rewards, get + Posesivo + due(s).
    * tienes lo que te mereces = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

    * * *
    merecer [E3 ]
    vt
    ‹premio/castigo/victoria› to deserve
    merece el respeto y la admiración de todos she deserves everyone's respect and admiration
    un hecho que merece toda nuestra atención a fact that deserves our full attention, a fact that merits o is worthy of our full attention ( frml)
    no mereces la suerte que tienes you don't deserve to be so lucky
    merecer + INF to deserve to + INF
    mereció ganar he deserved to win
    merecer QUE + SUBJ:
    merece que le den el puesto she deserves to get the job
    merece que lo metan en la cárcel he deserves to be put in prison
    ( enf) ‹premio/castigo› to deserve
    qué marido tienes, no te lo mereces what a wonderful husband you have, you don't deserve him
    te lo tienes bien merecido it serves you right, you deserve it
    tiene la bien merecida fama de mujeriego he has a well-deserved reputation as a womanizer
    merecerse + INF to deserve to + INF
    se mereció ganar el concurso she deserved to win the contest
    merecerse QUE + SUBJ:
    se merece que le den el trabajo she deserves to get the job
    te mereces que te den una buena paliza you deserve a good hiding
    * * *

     

    merecer ( conjugate merecer) verbo transitivo ‹premio/castigo› to deserve;

    merecerse verbo pronominal ( enf) ‹premio/castigo› to deserve;
    te lo tienes bien merecido it serves you right;
    se merece que la asciendan she deserves to be promoted
    merecer vtr (ser digno de) to deserve: no merecía el aplauso, she didn't deserve the applause
    este libro no merece ser leído, this book isn't worth reading
    ♦ Locuciones: merece la pena, to be worth the trouble o to be worth it: la recompensa merece la pena, the reward is worth it ➣ Ver nota en deserve

    ' merecer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    compensar
    - ganarse
    - pena
    - valer
    English:
    deserve
    - merit
    - rate
    - salt
    - worth
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to deserve, to be worthy of;
    la isla merece una visita the island is worth a visit;
    merece la pena detenernos un poco más en este punto it's worth spending a bit more time on this point;
    no merece la pena it's not worth it;
    no merece la pena que te enfades it's not worth getting angry about, there's no point in getting angry about it;
    merece ser ascendido he deserves to be promoted
    ♦ vi
    to be worthy;
    en edad de merecer of marriageable age
    * * *
    v/t deserve;
    no merece la pena it’s not worth it;
    no se lo merece he doesn’t deserve it;
    en edad de merecer old enough to have a boyfriend/girlfriend
    * * *
    merecer {53} vt
    : to deserve, to merit
    : to be worthy
    * * *
    merecer vb to deserve

    Spanish-English dictionary > merecer

  • 109 molestarse

    ■ no se moleste en venir, ya se lo mandaremos a casa don't bother coming, we'll send it round to you
    2 (ofenderse) to take offence
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=tomarse la molestia) to bother o.s.

    no se moleste, prefiero estar de pie — don't trouble o bother yourself, I prefer to stand

    -¿quiere que abra la ventana? -por mí no se moleste — "shall I open the window?" - "don't mind me"

    no te molestes por él, sabe arreglárselas solo — don't put yourself out for him, he can manage on his own

    se molestó en llevarnos al aeropuerto — she took the trouble to drive us to the airport, she went to the trouble of driving us to the airport

    no te molestes en venir a por mí — don't bother to come and pick me up, you needn't take the trouble to come and pick me up

    2) (=disgustarse) [con enfado] to get annoyed, get upset; [con ofensa] to take offence, take offense (EEUU)

    no deberías molestarte, lo hizo sin mala intención — you shouldn't get annoyed o upset/take offence, he didn't mean any harm

    molestarse con algn — to get annoyed o cross with sb

    molestarse por algo — to get annoyed at sth, get upset about sth

    se molesta por nada — he gets annoyed at o upset about the slightest thing

    ¿te has molestado por ese comentario? — did that comment upset o offend you?

    * * *
    (v.) = stir + uneasily, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, begrudge, grudge, pique
    Ex. She did stir uneasily when one day he exhorted her to be careful whom she was seen with, and when he advised her to remember that in her new and different setting people who fail to observe unwritten rules of acceptable behavior are in some people's eyes expendable.
    Ex. The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life.
    Ex. I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
    Ex. In fact, many successful working women begrudge their partner's lack of earning power.
    Ex. He did not grudge them the money, but he grudged terribly the risk which the spending of that money might bring on them.
    Ex. In one interview, piqued by this recurrent comment on his Irishness, he pointed out that he came not from idyllic emerald green surroundings.
    * * *
    (v.) = stir + uneasily, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, begrudge, grudge, pique

    Ex: She did stir uneasily when one day he exhorted her to be careful whom she was seen with, and when he advised her to remember that in her new and different setting people who fail to observe unwritten rules of acceptable behavior are in some people's eyes expendable.

    Ex: The trouble began when some journalists got their knickers in a twist over Reich's unusual theories -- one of these being the notion that every individual should have a healthy satisfying sex life.
    Ex: I cannot for the life of me understand what you see in the Serb's cause that gets your panties in a bundle.
    Ex: In fact, many successful working women begrudge their partner's lack of earning power.
    Ex: He did not grudge them the money, but he grudged terribly the risk which the spending of that money might bring on them.
    Ex: In one interview, piqued by this recurrent comment on his Irishness, he pointed out that he came not from idyllic emerald green surroundings.

    * * *

    ■molestarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (ofenderse) to take offence o US offense [por, at]
    2 (hacer el esfuerzo) to bother: no se molestó en llamar, she didn't even bother to phone
    ' molestarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chocar
    - chorear
    - fastidiar
    - molestar
    - resentirse
    English:
    annoy
    - bother
    - bridle
    - trouble
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [tomarse molestias] to bother;
    no te molestes, yo lo haré don't bother, I'll do it;
    molestarse en hacer algo to bother to do sth;
    se molestó en prepararnos una comida vegetariana she went to the trouble of preparing a vegetarian meal for us;
    te agradezco que te hayas molestado en llamar thank you for taking the trouble to phone;
    ni siquiera se molestó en acompañarme a la puerta he didn't even bother to show me to the door;
    molestarse por algo/alguien to put oneself out for sth/sb;
    por mí no te molestes, aquí estoy bien don't worry about me, I'm fine here
    2. [ofenderse]
    molestarse (con alguien por algo) to get upset (with sb about sth);
    espero que no se molestara por lo que le dije I hope what I said didn't upset you
    * * *
    v/r
    1 get upset
    2 ( ofenderse) take offense, Br
    take offence
    3 ( enojarse) get annoyed;
    molestarse en hacer algo take the trouble to do sth
    * * *
    vr
    molestarse en : to take the trouble to
    * * *
    molestarse vb to bother

    Spanish-English dictionary > molestarse

  • 110 no tener sentido + Infinitivo

    = there + be + little point in + Gerundio, there + be + no sense in + Gerundio
    Ex. There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.
    Ex. And there is no sense in doing that.
    * * *
    = there + be + little point in + Gerundio, there + be + no sense in + Gerundio

    Ex: There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.

    Ex: And there is no sense in doing that.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no tener sentido + Infinitivo

  • 111 oropel

    m.
    1 glitter, glitz.
    2 tinsel.
    3 imitation gold leaf, brass gild.
    * * *
    1 (material) tinsel
    2 (ostentosidad) glitter
    \
    de oropel glittery
    * * *

    de oropel — flashy, gaudy

    * * *
    masculino ( latón) imitation gold leaf; ( ostentosidad) glitz, glitter
    * * *
    = glitz, dazz, tinsel.
    Ex. The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.
    Ex. The article 'Glitz, biz, and dazz' encourages closer cooperation within the library profession and linkage to allied fields in business, industry and politics.
    Ex. Americans aren't buying as many Christmas decorations and tinsel this year, a grim new sign of slower holiday spending ahead.
    * * *
    masculino ( latón) imitation gold leaf; ( ostentosidad) glitz, glitter
    * * *
    = glitz, dazz, tinsel.

    Ex: The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.

    Ex: The article 'Glitz, biz, and dazz' encourages closer cooperation within the library profession and linkage to allied fields in business, industry and politics.
    Ex: Americans aren't buying as many Christmas decorations and tinsel this year, a grim new sign of slower holiday spending ahead.

    * * *
    1 (latón) imitation gold leaf
    2 (ostentosidad) glitz, glitter, tinsel
    el mundo de Hollywood y su oropel Hollywood and all its glitz o glitter
    sus joyas de oropel her glitzy jewels
    * * *
    oropel nm
    1. [latón] composition leaf, Dutch gold
    2. [decoración sin valor] tinsel, flashy ornament
    3. [ostentación] glitter, glitz;
    un estilo de vida de mucho oropel a glitzy o flashy lifestyle;
    se dejó deslumbrar por los oropeles de la fama she let herself be dazzled by all the glamour and glitz of fame
    * * *
    m fig
    glitter
    * * *
    oropel nm
    : glitz, glitter, tinsel

    Spanish-English dictionary > oropel

  • 112 par de recién casados

    Ex. If you are a newlywed couple, going on a cruise is possibly the best way of spending your honeymoon.
    * * *

    Ex: If you are a newlywed couple, going on a cruise is possibly the best way of spending your honeymoon.

    Spanish-English dictionary > par de recién casados

  • 113 pareja de recién casados

    Ex. If you are a newlywed couple, going on a cruise is possibly the best way of spending your honeymoon.
    * * *

    Ex: If you are a newlywed couple, going on a cruise is possibly the best way of spending your honeymoon.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pareja de recién casados

  • 114 peniques

    m.pl.
    pence.
    * * *
    (n.) = pence [penny, -sing.]
    Ex. Clearly, then, there are many people (almost all women) who not only want to read this new romantic fiction, but who feel it is worth spending (at present) 75 pence a copy to buy the 192-page book.
    * * *
    (n.) = pence [penny, -sing.]

    Ex: Clearly, then, there are many people (almost all women) who not only want to read this new romantic fiction, but who feel it is worth spending (at present) 75 pence a copy to buy the 192-page book.

    Spanish-English dictionary > peniques

  • 115 persona aprensiva

    (n.) = apprehensive
    Ex. High apprehensives reported spending more time preparing their speeches but received lower grades than low apprehensives.
    * * *

    Ex: High apprehensives reported spending more time preparing their speeches but received lower grades than low apprehensives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona aprensiva

  • 116 poco claro

    adj.
    not very clear, fuzzy, obscure, unclear.
    * * *
    (adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex. Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.
    Ex. This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.
    Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex. A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.
    Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    * * *
    (adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex: Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.
    Ex: This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.
    Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex: A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.
    Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco claro

  • 117 poco definido

    adj.
    1 not very clear, blurred, unclear, fuzzy.
    2 lax.
    * * *
    (adj.) = blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    * * *
    (adj.) = blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]

    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.

    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco definido

  • 118 polvorín

    m.
    1 gunpowder arsenal, powder keg, munitions dump, powder magazine.
    2 very fine gunpowder.
    3 pressure cooker.
    * * *
    1 (arsenal) gunpowder magazine
    2 figurado (lugar) powder keg
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Mil) (=almacén) arsenal; (=pólvora) fine powder
    2) (=situación peligrosa) powder keg
    3) Cono Sur (=insecto) gnat
    4) Cono Sur, Méx = polvorilla
    5) And, Caribe (=polvareda) cloud of dust
    * * *
    a) ( almacén de explosivos) magazine
    b) (lugar, país peligroso) powder keg
    * * *
    Ex. This 18th century powder magazine was discovered in the 20th century after spending about 200 years underground.
    * * *
    a) ( almacén de explosivos) magazine
    b) (lugar, país peligroso) powder keg
    * * *

    Ex: This 18th century powder magazine was discovered in the 20th century after spending about 200 years underground.

    * * *
    A
    2 (lugar, país peligroso) powder keg
    3 (frasco) powder flask
    B ( fam)
    1
    (persona enojadiza): es un polvorín he/she has a very short fuse
    2 (persona activa) ball o bundle of energy
    * * *

    polvorín sustantivo masculino

    b) (lugar, país peligroso) powder keg

    polvorín sustantivo masculino Mil powder magazine
    * * *
    1. [almacén] munitions dump
    2. Fam [lugar, situación] powder keg
    * * *
    m
    1 almacén magazine
    2 fig
    powder keg
    * * *
    polvorín nm, pl - rines : magazine, storehouse (for explosives)

    Spanish-English dictionary > polvorín

  • 119 por si acaso

    just in case
    ————————
    just in case
    * * *
    in case, just in case
    * * *
    = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure
    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.
    Ex. What this book seeks to communicate is not an index of cases practicing librarians can file through later in their professional lives on the off chance that lightning will strike twice and that they will be able to locate an elegant solution to a somewhat similar experience.
    Ex. The project shifts the paradigm for information services in support of research from a ' just in case' collection centred approach to 'just in time' service oriented operation.
    Ex. You are lucky to find anywhere to stay if you just turn up on spec in Amsterdam in the middle of August.
    Ex. This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    * * *
    = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure

    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.

    Ex: What this book seeks to communicate is not an index of cases practicing librarians can file through later in their professional lives on the off chance that lightning will strike twice and that they will be able to locate an elegant solution to a somewhat similar experience.
    Ex: The project shifts the paradigm for information services in support of research from a ' just in case' collection centred approach to 'just in time' service oriented operation.
    Ex: You are lucky to find anywhere to stay if you just turn up on spec in Amsterdam in the middle of August.
    Ex: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por si acaso

  • 120 preocuparse

    1 (sentir preocupación) to worry ( por, about), get worried ( por, about)
    2 (ocuparse) to mind (de, -)
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=inquietarse) to worry (de, por about)

    ¡no se preocupe! — [para calmar a algn] don't worry!; [para que algn no haga algo] don't bother!

    2) (=ocuparse) to concern o.s. (de about)
    3) (=dar prioridad)

    preocuparse de algo — to give special attention to sth, give sth priority

    * * *
    (v.) = become + distressed, dismay, fret, wring + Posesivo + hands, stew
    Ex. At least two publishers have themselves become so distressed at how their books are being mislabelled by LC subject cataloging through CIP that they're now printing their own homemade cataloging in publication data.
    Ex. In measuring reference activity, one should not be dismayed when results of studies indicate unexpected conclusions.
    Ex. So stop fretting that UK unemployment is rising as the tax burden soars, consumers stop spending and North Sea oil runs dry.
    Ex. They will wring their hands and knot their brows over problems, both simple and complex, that they and we got to or imagined.
    Ex. He was unhappy about Rosecrans grabbing the limelight and just getting too big for his breeches and decided to let him stew a little bit.
    * * *
    preocuparse (de/por)

    Ex: At this stage we need not worry about the precise nature of this information.

    (v.) = become + distressed, dismay, fret, wring + Posesivo + hands, stew

    Ex: At least two publishers have themselves become so distressed at how their books are being mislabelled by LC subject cataloging through CIP that they're now printing their own homemade cataloging in publication data.

    Ex: In measuring reference activity, one should not be dismayed when results of studies indicate unexpected conclusions.
    Ex: So stop fretting that UK unemployment is rising as the tax burden soars, consumers stop spending and North Sea oil runs dry.
    Ex: They will wring their hands and knot their brows over problems, both simple and complex, that they and we got to or imagined.
    Ex: He was unhappy about Rosecrans grabbing the limelight and just getting too big for his breeches and decided to let him stew a little bit.

    * * *

     

    ■preocuparse verbo reflexivo
    1 to worry, get worried [por, about]
    2 (encargarse) tienes que preocuparte de tus cosas, you should look after your own things
    ' preocuparse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apurarse
    - desvelarse
    - ello
    - angustiar
    - apurar
    - cabeza
    - demasiado
    - despreocuparse
    - haber
    - mirar
    - motivo
    - preocupar
    - tranquilizar
    English:
    bother
    - care
    - cause
    - dwell on
    - fuss
    - fuss over
    - mind
    - preoccupied
    - worry
    - fret
    - heart
    - worried
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [inquietarse] to worry ( por about);
    no te preocupes don't worry;
    no te preocupes por ella don't worry about her;
    se preocupa por cualquier cosa he worries o gets worried about the slightest thing
    2. [encargarse]
    preocuparse de algo to take care of sth;
    preocuparse de hacer algo to see to it that sth is done;
    preocuparse de que… to make sure that…;
    me preocuparé de que nunca les falte nada I will make sure that they never lack for anything
    * * *
    v/r worry ( por about);
    preocuparse de ( encargarse) look after, take care of;
    ¡no se preocupe! don’t worry!
    * * *
    vr
    apurarse: to worry, to be concerned
    * * *
    preocuparse vb to worry [pt. & pp. worried]

    Spanish-English dictionary > preocuparse

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