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  • 1 jefa

    • old lady
    • old woman

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > jefa

  • 2 viejo

    adj.
    1 old, elderly, senile, long in the tooth.
    2 old, aged, antique.
    m.
    1 old man, elder, old timer, aged man.
    2 father.
    * * *
    1 (gen) old
    2 (desgastado) old, worn-out
    3 (antiguo) old, ancient
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) old man; (mujer) old woman
    1 elderly people
    \
    caerse de viejo,-a figurado to be falling apart with age
    estar viejo,-a to look old
    hacer la cuenta a la vieja to count on one's fingers
    hacerse viejo,-a to grow old
    más viejo,-a que Matusalén / más viejo,-a que ir a pie familiar as old as the hills
    mi viejo,-a familiar (hombre) my old man, the old man 2 (mujer) my old woman, my old lady, the old lady
    mis viejos familiar my folks, my parents
    morir de viejo to die of old age
    ser gato viejo / ser perro viejo familiar to be a sly old fox
    viejo verde familiar dirty old man
    * * *
    1. (f. - vieja)
    adj.
    1) old
    2) worn
    2. (f. - vieja)
    noun
    old man / woman
    * * *
    viejo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=de mucha edad) old

    hacerse o ponerse viejo — to grow old, get old

    de viejo me gustaría vivir junto al mar — when I'm old, I'd like to live by the sea

    - más viejo que el cagar
    2) (=envejecido) old
    3) (=usado) old

    ropa vieja — old clothes [pl] ; (=de segunda mano) secondhand clothes [pl]

    4) (=antiguo) old
    5)
    2. SM/ F
    1) (=persona mayor) old man/old woman

    los viejos — the elderly, old people

    el Viejo de Pascua — (LAm) Father Christmas

    verde 1., 6)
    2) (LAm)
    *

    mi viejo — (=padre, esposo) my old man *

    mi vieja — (=madre, esposa) my old woman *

    mis viejos — ( esp LAm) (=padres) my parents, my folks *

    3) (LAm)
    * (en oración directa) (=querido) darling
    4) (LAm)
    * (=chica)

    las viejas — the chicks *, the birds *

    5) *
    (como excl) (=tío, colega) mate *, pal *, buddy (EEUU) *
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1) [ser] <persona/animal> old; <coche/ropa/casa> old

    ser más viejo que Matusalén — to be as old as the hills

    2)
    a) [estar] <persona/animal> ( envejecido) old
    b) [estar] <zapatos/pantalones> ( desgastado) old
    3) (delante del n) ( antiguo) <costumbre/amigo> old
    •
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    1) (m) old man; (f) old woman

    los viejos — old people, the elderly

    un viejecito or viejito encantador — a delightful old man

    de viejo: se casó de viejo he was an old man when he got married; se murió de viejo — he died of old age

    mi viejo/mi vieja — my old man/lady (colloq)

    tus viejos — your folks, your Mom and Dad

    3) (AmL) (hablándole a un niño, al cónyuge etc) darling (colloq), love (colloq); ( a un amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE)
    4) (Méx fam) ( esposo) (m) old man (colloq); (f) old woman o lady (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - ja adjetivo
    1) [ser] <persona/animal> old; <coche/ropa/casa> old

    ser más viejo que Matusalén — to be as old as the hills

    2)
    a) [estar] <persona/animal> ( envejecido) old
    b) [estar] <zapatos/pantalones> ( desgastado) old
    3) (delante del n) ( antiguo) <costumbre/amigo> old
    •
    II
    - ja masculino, femenino
    1) (m) old man; (f) old woman

    los viejos — old people, the elderly

    un viejecito or viejito encantador — a delightful old man

    de viejo: se casó de viejo he was an old man when he got married; se murió de viejo — he died of old age

    mi viejo/mi vieja — my old man/lady (colloq)

    tus viejos — your folks, your Mom and Dad

    3) (AmL) (hablándole a un niño, al cónyuge etc) darling (colloq), love (colloq); ( a un amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE)
    4) (Méx fam) ( esposo) (m) old man (colloq); (f) old woman o lady (colloq)
    * * *
    viejo1
    = old [older -comp., oldest -sup.], long-standing, age-old, olde, hoary [hoarier -comp., hoariest -sup.], senile, timeworn, long-time [longtime].

    Ex: These circumvent many of the problems that must be tackled in subject indexing such as the emergence of new terms and new meanings for old words.

    Ex: The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.
    Ex: The current environment in higher education is providing an opportunity for librarians to define a future that will ensure their central role in the educational process and thus resolve these remaining age-old questions.
    Ex: The article 'Ye olde smart card' presents an annotated list of information sources on the credit card industry.
    Ex: I know this is a rather hoary topic, but I am going to mention it again.
    Ex: However, the advertisements were not found to support the societal stereotypes that the aged are inflexible, senile, physically deteriorated, and dependent.
    Ex: In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.
    Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.
    * cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].
    * coche viejo = lemon, jalopy.
    * de la vieja guardia = old-style.
    * desde los viejos tiempos = since olden times.
    * loro viejo no aprende a hablar = you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
    * los viejos tiempos = the good old days.
    * más viejo que Matusalén = as old as Methuselah, as old as the hills.
    * morir de viejo = die of + old age.
    * Posesivo + viejas costumbres = Posesivo + old ways, Posesivo + old ways.
    * Posesivo + viejos hábitos = Posesivo + old ways, Posesivo + old ways.
    * ropa vieja = bubble and squeak.
    * vieja escuela, la = old school, the.
    * vieja guardia, la = old guard, the.
    * viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.
    * viejo amigo = old friend, old buddy.
    * viejo amor = old flame.
    * Viejo Mundo, el = Old World, the.
    * viejos tiempos, los = good old days, the.
    * vino viejo en pellejos nuevos = old wine in new bottles.

    viejo2
    = old geezer, oldtimer [old-timer], old man, wrinkly [wrinklies, -pl.], long in the tooth.

    Ex: 'Old geezer!' exclaimed Carpozzi, staggered, dumbfounded.

    Ex: Throughout the book, he demonstrates how racial tensions often overshadowed class and cultural differences between oldtimers and newcomers.
    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex: These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * el viejo = the elder.
    * Plinio el Viejo = Pliny the Elder.
    * Posesivo + viejo = Posesivo + old man.
    * viejo chochopelmazo = dodderer, old fart.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * viejo lobo de mar = old sea dog, old salty dog.
    * viejo pelmazo = old fart.
    * viejo pesado = old fart.
    * viejo verde = dirty old man.
    * viejo veterano = war horse.

    * * *
    viejo1 -ja
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹persona/animal› (de edad) old
    no es tan viejo como parece he's not as old as he looks
    te estás haciendo viejo you're getting old
    ese peinado te hace vieja that hairstyle makes you look old
    2 [ SER] ‹coche/ropa/casa› old
    toda la ropa que tengo es vieja all my clothes are old
    ser más viejo que Matusalén or (CS) que andar a pie to be as old as the hills
    ese remedio es más viejo que Matusalén or que andar a pie that cure is as old as the hills o ( colloq) has been around for donkey's years
    3
    de viejo: una librería de viejo a secondhand bookshop
    B
    1 [ ESTAR] ‹persona/animal› (envejecido) old
    ya está viejo he's got(ten) old
    ¡qué vieja estoy! ¡mírame las arrugas! I look so old! just look at these wrinkles!
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹zapatos/pantalones› (desgastado) old
    es un abrigo bonito pero ya está viejo it's a nice coat but it's seen better days o it's getting old
    C ( delante del n) (antiguo) ‹costumbre/amigo› old
    estábamos recordando los viejos tiempos we were remembering old times o the old days
    una vieja leyenda an old legend
    Compuestos:
    feminine old guard
    el Viejo Mundo the Old World
    masculine Old Testament
    D (anterior, precedente) old
    la cocina vieja era mejor que ésta the old stove was better than this one
    viejo2 -ja
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) old man; ( feminine) old woman
    los viejos old people, the elderly
    no llegará a viejo he'll never reach old age
    de viejo hizo las paces con ella as an old man o when he was old he made his peace with her
    un viejo gruñón a grumpy old man
    una viejecita or viejita muy amable a dear o sweet little old lady
    un viejecito or viejito encantador a delightful old man
    Compuestos:
    masculine ( fam); dirty old man
    B ( fam)
    (refiriéndose a los padres): mayor que mi viejo/mi vieja older than my old man/my old lady ( colloq)
    pídele dinero a tus viejos ask your folks o your Mom and Dad for some money ( colloq)
    C ( AmL fam) (hablándole a un niño, al cónyuge etc) darling ( colloq), love ( colloq)
    (hablándole a un amigo): ¿te tomas otra copa, viejo? do you want another drink, pal o ( AmE) buddy o ( BrE) mate? ( colloq)
    D ( Méx fam) (esposo) ( masculine) old man ( colloq); ( feminine) old woman o girl ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    viejo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    1 [ser] ‹persona/animal› old;
    ‹coche/ropa/casa› old;

    2
    a) [estar] ‹persona/animal› ( envejecido) old;


    ¡qué vieja estoy! I look so old!
    b) [estar] ‹zapatos/pantalones› ( desgastado) old

    3 ( delante del n) ( antiguo) ‹costumbre/amigo› old;

    Vviejo Testamento Old Testament
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 (m) old man;
    (f) old woman;

    llegar a viejo to reach old age;
    se casó de viejo he was an old man when he got married;
    se murió de viejo he died of old age;
    Vviejo Pascuero (Chi) See Also→ Papá Noel;
    viejo verde or (Méx) viejo rabo verde (fam) dirty old man
    2 (fam) ( refiriéndose a los padres):
    ◊ mi viejo/mi vieja my old man/lady (colloq);

    tus viejos your folks, your Mom and Dad
    3 (AmL) (hablándole a un niño, al cónyuge etc) darling (colloq), love (colloq);
    ( a un amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE)
    4 (Méx fam) ( esposo) (m) old man (colloq);
    (f) old woman o lady (colloq)
    viejo,-a
    I adjetivo old
    una vieja iglesia, an old church
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino old person
    (hombre) old man
    fam (padre) dad
    (mujer) old woman
    fam (madre) mum, US mom
    fam (los padres) los viejos, the parents o folks
    ' viejo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabada
    - acabado
    - cacharro
    - casarse
    - casco
    - continente
    - engarzar
    - ir
    - resabio
    - retrasarse
    - tartana
    - usada
    - usado
    - verde
    - vieja
    - zorra
    - zorro
    - antiguo
    - barrigón
    - cafetera
    - carcacha
    - cascajo
    - chocho
    - de
    - envejecer
    - llegar
    - maña
    - para
    - vez
    English:
    ageing
    - archaic
    - banger
    - battered
    - dig out
    - dinosaur
    - dirty
    - ditch
    - dog
    - fall for
    - frumpy
    - get on
    - grouch
    - hulk
    - irascible
    - locate
    - long-standing
    - old
    - old-looking
    - rickety
    - rust
    - salvage
    - shabby
    - standby
    - sugar daddy
    - swap for
    - trade in
    - used
    - date
    - decrepit
    - dirty old man
    - father
    - junk
    - Santa Claus
    - second-hand
    - stale
    - way
    * * *
    viejo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [en edad] old;
    está muy viejo para su edad he looks very old for his age;
    ya soy o [m5] estoy viejo para estas cosas I'm a bit old for that sort of thing;
    esa ropa te hace más viejo those clothes make you look older;
    hacerse viejo to get o grow old;
    de viejo fue cuando empezó a viajar it was only as an old man that he started to travel;
    morirse de viejo to die from old age;
    RP Fam
    ser más viejo que andar a pie to be as old as the hills, to have come out of the ark
    2. [usado] [ropa, aparato] old;
    estas botas están ya viejas these boots are worn out o past it now;
    una radio vieja an old radio;
    una librería de viejo a second-hand bookshop
    3. [antiguo] old;
    viejas canciones old songs;
    un viejo conocido an old acquaintance;
    es un chiste muy viejo it's a really old joke
    4. RP [de toda la vida]
    baila muy bien, es tanguero viejo he dances very well, he's always loved tango;
    a ése no le creas, que es mentiroso viejo don't you believe him, he's a born liar
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [anciano] old man, f old lady;
    los viejos the elderly;
    los viejos del pueblo the old people in the village;
    llegar a viejo to live to be an old man
    RP Fam el viejo de la bolsa the bogeyman; Chile el Viejo Pascuero o de Pascua Santa Claus, Father Christmas;
    viejo verde dirty old man
    2. Fam [padre] old man;
    [madre] old girl;
    mis viejos my folks
    3. Am Fam [apelativo] [amigo] pal, Br mate, US buddy;
    [amiga] girl, US girlfriend;
    ¿qué hay de nuevo, viejo? what's new, Br mate o US buddy?
    4. Méx, RP Fam [apelativo] [esposo, esposa] Br love, US honey
    5. RP Fam [apelativo] [cariñoso o paternalista] Br love, US honey;
    ¿querés un caramelo, mi viejo? Br do you want a sweet, love?, US do you want a piece of candy, honey?
    * * *
    I adj old
    II m old man;
    mis viejos L.Am. fam my folks fam
    * * *
    viejo, -ja adj
    1) anciano: old, elderly
    2) antiguo: former, longstanding
    viejas tradiciones: old traditions
    viejos amigos: old friends
    3) gastado: old, worn, worn-out
    viejo, -ja n
    anciano: old man m, old woman f
    * * *
    viejo1 adj old
    viejo2 n old man [pl. men]

    Spanish-English dictionary > viejo

  • 3 vieja

    f.
    1 old person.
    2 mi viejo, my dad.
    3 old woman.
    4 mother.
    * * *
    1. f., (m. - viejo) 2. f., (m. - viejo)
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=anciana) old woman
    2) *

    la vieja — (=madre) my mum *; (=esposa) my old woman *

    3) ( Cono Sur) (=petardo) cracker, squib
    4) (Méx) [de cigarro] cigar stub
    * * *
    femenino (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl); ver tb viejo II
    * * *
    ----
    * cuento de viejas, superstición = old wives' tale.
    * vieja bruja = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * vieja fea = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.
    * * *
    femenino (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl); ver tb viejo II
    * * *
    * cuento de viejas, superstición = old wives' tale.
    * vieja bruja = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * vieja fea = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.
    * * *
    A (pez — del Mediterráneo, Atlántico norte) type of sea bream; (— del Mediterráneo) blenny; (— de aguas tropicales) globefish, puffer
    B (Col, Méx, Ven fam) (mujer) girl, woman
    C ( Ven) ( Jueg) tic-tac-toe ( AmE), noughts and crosses ( BrE)
    D ( Chi) (buscapiés) firecracker
    * * *

    vieja sustantivo femenino (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( mujer) broad (AmE sl), bird (BrE sl);
    ver tb viejo sustantivo masculino, femenino
    viejo,-a
    I adjetivo old
    una vieja iglesia, an old church
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino old person
    (hombre) old man
    fam (padre) dad
    (mujer) old woman
    fam (madre) mum, US mom
    fam (los padres) los viejos, the parents o folks
    ' vieja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrigar
    - cacatúa
    - enfriar
    - recuerdo
    - reemplazar
    - trasto
    - viejo
    - puro
    English:
    biddy
    - chuck away
    - chuck out
    - disintegrate
    - has-been
    - rot away
    - strip off
    - venue
    - woman
    - broad
    - get
    - make
    - rambling
    * * *
    vieja nf
    1. [pescado] [de las Canarias] parrotfish;
    [con tentáculos] blenny
    2. Col, Méx, Ven Fam [mujer, chica] woman, Br bird
    * * *
    f old woman
    * * *
    vieja n old woman [pl. women]

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja

  • 4 anciano

    adj.
    ancient, aged, old, very old.
    m.
    old man, ancient, elder, old timer.
    * * *
    1 very old, elderly, aged
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 old person, elderly person
    1 old people, the elderly
    * * *
    1. (f. - anciana)
    adj.
    aged, elderly, old
    2. (f. - anciana)
    noun
    elderly person, old person
    * * *
    anciano, -a
    1.
    ADJ old, aged
    2.
    SM / F [de mucha edad] old man/woman, elderly man/woman; (Rel) elder
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo elderly
    II
    - na (m) elderly man; (f) elderly woman
    * * *
    = aged, elder, elderly citizen, elderly person.
    Ex. Ageist forms of headings like CHILDREN-MANAGEMENT (instead of the familiar and nonjudgmental CHILD-REARING) and aged (instead of SENIORS or SENIOR CITIZENS) should not be used.
    Ex. Even among adults, the younger age groups make more use of the library than do their elders.
    Ex. Meeting the library and information needs of senior citizens is becoming a major challenge for public libraries all over the world.
    Ex. They are developing ways of increasing access to information for a significant group of handicapped and elderly persons who have difficulty in accessing the printed word.
    ----
    * ancianos = elderly people, old people.
    * ancianos, los = elderly, the, aged, the.
    * pareja de ancianos = elderly couple.
    * residencia de ancianos = elderly persons' home, old people's home, elderly housing unit, nursing home, residential home, rest home.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo elderly
    II
    - na (m) elderly man; (f) elderly woman
    * * *
    = aged, elder, elderly citizen, elderly person.

    Ex: Ageist forms of headings like CHILDREN-MANAGEMENT (instead of the familiar and nonjudgmental CHILD-REARING) and aged (instead of SENIORS or SENIOR CITIZENS) should not be used.

    Ex: Even among adults, the younger age groups make more use of the library than do their elders.
    Ex: Meeting the library and information needs of senior citizens is becoming a major challenge for public libraries all over the world.
    Ex: They are developing ways of increasing access to information for a significant group of handicapped and elderly persons who have difficulty in accessing the printed word.
    * ancianos = elderly people, old people.
    * ancianos, los = elderly, the, aged, the.
    * pareja de ancianos = elderly couple.
    * residencia de ancianos = elderly persons' home, old people's home, elderly housing unit, nursing home, residential home, rest home.

    * * *
    anciano1 -na
    elderly
    la mujer más anciana del pueblo the oldest woman in the village
    anciano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) elderly man o gentleman
    B ( feminine) elderly woman o lady
    * * *

     

    anciano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    elderly
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (m) elderly man;

    (f) elderly woman
    anciano,-a
    I adjetivo very old, ancient
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino old person
    los ancianos, old people
    ' anciano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anciana
    - mayor
    - acoger
    - asilar
    - chochear
    - consumir
    - desamparado
    - valer
    English:
    ageing
    - amble
    - come through
    - craggy
    - elderly
    - groan
    - strike up
    - aged
    - geriatric
    * * *
    anciano, -a
    ♦ adj
    old
    ♦ nm,f
    [hombre] old man, old person; [mujer] old woman, old person;
    los ancianos the elderly
    ♦ nm
    [de tribu] elder
    * * *
    I adj old
    II m old man
    * * *
    anciano, -na adj
    : aged, old, elderly
    anciano, -na n
    : elderly person
    * * *
    anciano1 adj elderly
    1. (sin especificar) elderly person
    2. (hombre) elderly man [pl. men]

    Spanish-English dictionary > anciano

  • 5 bruja

    f.
    1 witch, sorceress.
    3 vixen, old bag, old hag, bitch.
    4 crone, harridan.
    5 barn owl.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: brujir.
    * * *
    1 (hechicera) witch
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ

    estar bruja — Caribe, Méx ** to be broke *, be flat (EEUU) *

    ando bien bruja — ** I'm skint **

    2. SF
    1) (=hechicera) witch
    2) * (=arpía) old hag *; Méx woman
    3) Caribe, Cono Sur (=fantasma) spook *, ghost; (=puta) whore
    4) (Orn) barn owl
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    Ex. Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.
    Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex. Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    ----
    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.
    * * *
    1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II
    2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth
    * * *
    = witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    Ex: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.

    Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex: Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * bieja bruja = old hag.
    * caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.
    * vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

    * * *
    A (mujer antipática) ( fam); witch ( colloq), old hag ( colloq) ver tb brujo2 (↑ brujo (2))
    B (AmC, Col) ( Zool) moth
    * * *

     

    bruja sustantivo femenino
    1 witch, sorceress
    2 fig (mujer antipática) old bag
    ' bruja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mientras
    - chicha
    - escoba
    English:
    bitch
    - cow
    - hag
    - sorceress
    - witch
    - change
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [hechicera] witch, sorceress
    2. Fam [mujer fea] hag
    3. Fam [mujer mala] witch
    ♦ adj
    CAm, Carib, Méx Fam
    andar o [m5] estar bruja [sin dinero] to be broke o Br skint
    * * *
    f
    1 witch;
    :
    estar bruja fam be broke fam
    * * *
    bruja n witch [pl. witches]

    Spanish-English dictionary > bruja

  • 6 abuelo

    m.
    1 grandfather, grandpa, grandparent.
    2 old chap, old timer.
    * * *
    1 grandfather (familiarmente) granddad, grandpa
    2 (viejo) old man
    1 grandparents
    2 figurado ancestors, forbears
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    abuelo, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=pariente) grandfather/grandmother

    ¡tu abuela! — * rubbish!

    - no necesitar abuela
    2) (=anciano) old man/old woman
    3) (=antepasado) ancestor, forbear
    * * *
    - la masculino, femenino
    1) ( pariente) (m) grandfather; (f) grandmother

    abuelo paterno/materno — paternal/maternal grandfather

    como éramos pocos, parió la abuela — (fam & hum) that is/was all we needed (colloq)

    cuéntaselo a tu abuela! — (fam) pull the other one! (colloq)

    no tener abuela — (Méx fam) ( ser muy bueno) to be incredible; ( ser muy malo) to be terrible

    tu abuela! — (fam)

    ¿los lavas tú? - sí, tu abuelita — will you wash them? - like hell I will! (colloq)

    2) (fam) ( persona mayor) (m) old man, old guy (colloq); (f) old woman, old lady

    oiga abuelo! — hey, granddad! (colloq)

    * * *
    = Grandpa, grandfather, granddad.
    Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    Ex. Their grandfathers and great-grandfathers are dead, and the library belongs to the living, who inhabit a different world.
    Ex. This tool enables people to click on the type of person they're having difficulty in choosing a gift for (e.g. mum, dad, granddad, grandma etc) and provides a selection of the most popular present for that person.
    ----
    * abuelo materno = maternal grandfather.
    * abuelos = grandparents.
    * bisabuelo = great-grandfather.
    * el abuelo de = the granddaddy of.
    * tío abuelo = great-uncle.
    * * *
    - la masculino, femenino
    1) ( pariente) (m) grandfather; (f) grandmother

    abuelo paterno/materno — paternal/maternal grandfather

    como éramos pocos, parió la abuela — (fam & hum) that is/was all we needed (colloq)

    cuéntaselo a tu abuela! — (fam) pull the other one! (colloq)

    no tener abuela — (Méx fam) ( ser muy bueno) to be incredible; ( ser muy malo) to be terrible

    tu abuela! — (fam)

    ¿los lavas tú? - sí, tu abuelita — will you wash them? - like hell I will! (colloq)

    2) (fam) ( persona mayor) (m) old man, old guy (colloq); (f) old woman, old lady

    oiga abuelo! — hey, granddad! (colloq)

    * * *
    = Grandpa, grandfather, granddad.

    Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.

    Ex: Their grandfathers and great-grandfathers are dead, and the library belongs to the living, who inhabit a different world.
    Ex: This tool enables people to click on the type of person they're having difficulty in choosing a gift for (e.g. mum, dad, granddad, grandma etc) and provides a selection of the most popular present for that person.
    * abuelo materno = maternal grandfather.
    * abuelos = grandparents.
    * bisabuelo = great-grandfather.
    * el abuelo de = the granddaddy of.
    * tío abuelo = great-uncle.

    * * *
    abuelo -la
    masculine, feminine
    A (pariente) ( masculine) grandfather; ( feminine) grandmother
    mis abuelos my grandparents
    abuelo paterno/materno paternal/maternal grandfather
    uno de mis abuelos era taxista one of my grandfathers was a taxi driver
    como or tras que éramos pocos, parió la abuela ( fam hum); that is/was all we needed ( colloq), as if we didn't have enough problems ( colloq)
    y encima perdí el dinero — tras que éramos pocos … and to cap it all I lost the money — that's all we needed! o as if we didn't have enough problems!
    ¡cuéntaselo or ( Chi) anda a cantarle a tu abuela! ( fam); pull the other one (it's got bells on)! ( colloq), go tell it to the Marines! ( AmE)
    no necesitas abuela or no tienes abuela ( Esp fam hum); you are modest! ( iro), you're very full of yourself ( iro), you're always blowing your own trumpet ( colloq)
    no tener abuela ( Méx fam) (ser muy bueno) to be incredible; (ser muy malo) to be terrible
    ¡tu abuela! ( fam): ¿los lavas tú? — sí, tu abuelita will you wash them? — like hell I will! o get lost! ( colloq)
    B ( fam) (persona mayor) ( masculine) old man, old guy ( colloq); ( feminine) old woman, old lady ( esp BrE)
    el teatro estaba lleno de abuelitos the theater was full of old folk ( colloq)
    ¡oiga abuelo, por la otra puerta! hey, granddad, use the other door! ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    abuelo
    ◊ -la sustantivo masculino, femenino

    1 ( pariente) (m) grandfather;
    (f) grandmother;

    ¡cuéntaselo a tu abuela! (fam) pull the other one! (colloq)
    2 (fam) ( persona mayor) (m) old man, old guy (colloq);
    (f) old woman, old lady;
    ◊ ¡oiga abuelo! hey, granddad! (colloq)

    abuelo sustantivo masculino
    1 grandfather
    familiar grandad, grandpa: mis dos abuelos son de Albacete, both my grandfathers are from Albacete
    2 figurado old man 3 abuelos, grandparents: sus abuelos maternos están de viaje por China, her grandparents from her mother's side are travelling around China
    ' abuelo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrigar
    - andanzas
    - gagá
    - nobiliaria
    - nobiliario
    - tío
    - yayo
    - paterno
    - tata
    English:
    about
    - grandfather
    - great-uncle
    - maternal
    - out
    - grandad
    - grand
    - great
    - remind
    * * *
    abuelo, -a nm,f
    1. [familiar] grandfather, f grandmother;
    abuelos grandparents;
    Fam
    ¡cuéntaselo a tu abuela! you're pulling my leg!, Br pull the other one!;
    Fam
    éramos pocos y parió la abuela that was all we needed;
    Fam
    no necesitar abuela to be full of oneself
    abuelo materno maternal grandfather;
    abuelo paterno paternal grandfather
    2. [anciano] [hombre] old man, old person;
    [mujer] old woman, old person;
    tenga, abuelo, siéntese aquí here, have this seat
    * * *
    m
    1 grandfather
    2 fam
    persona mayor old man
    3
    :
    abuelos grandparents
    * * *
    abuelo nm
    1) : grandfather
    2) : old man
    3) abuelos nmpl
    : grandparents, ancestors
    * * *
    abuelo n grandfather / grandad

    Spanish-English dictionary > abuelo

  • 7 vieja bruja

    f.
    old witch, vixen.
    * * *
    (n.) = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat
    Ex. Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.
    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex. The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
    * * *
    (n.) = crone, evil old woman, harridan, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat

    Ex: Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.

    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    Ex: The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
    Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
    Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
    Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja bruja

  • 8 cuarentón

    adj.
    forty-year old, forty-something-year-old, fortyish.
    m.
    man in his forties, forty-something-year-old-man, forty-something-year-old-person, forty-year-old man.
    * * *
    1 forty-year-old
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) forty-year-old man, man in his forties; (mujer) forty-year-old woman, woman in her forties
    * * *
    cuarentón, -ona
    1.

    es ya cuarentón — he's in his forties, he's forty-something

    2.
    * * *
    I
    - tona adjetivo (fam)
    II
    - tona masculino, femenino (fam) person in his/her forties
    * * *
    Ex. Seriously, will a story about a fortyish woman in love with a younger man sell?.
    * * *
    I
    - tona adjetivo (fam)
    II
    - tona masculino, femenino (fam) person in his/her forties
    * * *

    Ex: Seriously, will a story about a fortyish woman in love with a younger man sell?.

    * * *
    una mujer cuarentona a woman in her forties
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] person in his/her forties
    * * *

    cuarentón
    ◊ - tona sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) person in his/her forties

    cuarentón,-ona sustantivo masculino y femenino forty-year-old

    ' cuarentón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuarentona
    * * *
    cuarentón, -ona, cuarentañero, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    un señor cuarentón a man in his forties
    ♦ nm,f
    person in their forties;
    es un cuarentón he's in his forties
    * * *
    I adj in one’s forties
    II m, cuarentona f person in his/her forties, forty-something fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuarentón

  • 9 abuela

    f.
    1 grandmother; (fig.) old woman, old lady.
    2 grandmother, grandparent.
    * * *
    1 grandmother (familiarmente) grandma, granny
    2 (vieja) old woman
    \
    éramos pocos y parió la abuela familiar as if that wasn't enough, that was all we needed
    no tener abuela familiar not to be afraid of blowing one's own trumpet
    ¡tu abuela! familiar rubbish!
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    = grandmother, granny, gran, grandma.
    Ex. If we can regard the card catalog as a tool that has been terrific and one about which our grandchildren going to the Smithsonian Institution will say, 'That's what my grandmother used in the olden days,' then we're on our way to letting it die with dignity = Si podemos considerar el catálogo de fichas como una herramienta que ha sido fabulosa y de la que nuestros nietos cuando vayan a la Institución Smithsoniana digan, "Esto es lo que mi abuela usaba antiguamente", entonces estamos empezando a dejarlo morir con dignidad.
    Ex. An ambitious study of the interrelationships of folklore and literature, this book resuscitates the figure of the granny using oral history and fieldwork.
    Ex. Bring back the paddling pool so that mothers and grans can safely take children for a cheap day out; picnic and paddle safely like we used to in the 40s and 50s.
    Ex. This tool enables people to click on the type of person they're having difficulty in choosing a gift for (e.g. mum, dad, granddad, grandma etc) and provides a selection of the most popular present for that person.
    ----
    * abuela materna = maternal grandmother.
    * tía abuela = great-aunt.
    * * *
    = grandmother, granny, gran, grandma.

    Ex: If we can regard the card catalog as a tool that has been terrific and one about which our grandchildren going to the Smithsonian Institution will say, 'That's what my grandmother used in the olden days,' then we're on our way to letting it die with dignity = Si podemos considerar el catálogo de fichas como una herramienta que ha sido fabulosa y de la que nuestros nietos cuando vayan a la Institución Smithsoniana digan, "Esto es lo que mi abuela usaba antiguamente", entonces estamos empezando a dejarlo morir con dignidad.

    Ex: An ambitious study of the interrelationships of folklore and literature, this book resuscitates the figure of the granny using oral history and fieldwork.
    Ex: Bring back the paddling pool so that mothers and grans can safely take children for a cheap day out; picnic and paddle safely like we used to in the 40s and 50s.
    Ex: This tool enables people to click on the type of person they're having difficulty in choosing a gift for (e.g. mum, dad, granddad, grandma etc) and provides a selection of the most popular present for that person.
    * abuela materna = maternal grandmother.
    * tía abuela = great-aunt.

    * * *

     

    abuela sustantivo femenino
    1 grandmother
    familiar grandma, granny
    2 figurado old woman: las abuelas se reúnen en la plaza a conversar, the elderly ladies gather in the square to have a chat
    ♦ Locuciones: no tener abuela, to blow one's own trumpet
    ' abuela' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dietario
    - distraer
    - mensual
    - ocho
    - remotamente
    - tía
    - yaya
    - abuelo
    - criar
    - nana
    - regalonear
    English:
    blow
    - dead
    - grandmother
    - great-aunt
    - inherit
    - by
    - grand
    - great
    * * *
    f
    1 grandmother;
    ¡cuéntaselo a tu abuela! fam tell me another one fam, Br
    pull the other one! fam ;
    no tener abuela, no necesitar abuela fam be good at blowing one’s own trumpet
    2 fam
    persona mayor old lady
    * * *
    abuela nf
    1) : grandmother
    2) : old woman
    3)
    ¡tu abuela! fam : no way!, forget about it!
    * * *
    abuela n grandmother / grandma / granny [pl. grannies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > abuela

  • 10 anciana

    adj.
    old, elderly.
    f.
    old woman, grandam.
    * * *
    1. f., (m. - anciano) 2. f., (m. - anciano)
    * * *

    anciano,-a
    I adjetivo very old, ancient
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino old person
    los ancianos, old people
    ' anciana' also found in these entries:
    English:
    old
    - provide for
    * * *
    f old woman
    * * *
    anciana n elderly woman [pl. women]

    Spanish-English dictionary > anciana

  • 11 frágil

    adj.
    1 fragile, delicate, breakable, brittle.
    2 flimsy.
    3 gracile.
    intj.
    fragile, handle with care.
    * * *
    1 (quebradizo) fragile, breakable
    2 (débil) frail, weak
    * * *
    adj.
    1) frail, delicate
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [construcción, material, objeto] fragile
    2) [anciano] frail; [salud] delicate; [acuerdo, sistema] fragile
    * * *
    a) <cristal/fuente> fragile
    b) <salud/constitución> delicate; < economía> fragile
    * * *
    = fragile, brittle, embrittled, insubstantial, frail, breakable.
    Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex. The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex. The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex. The spectre that has been raised of reference librarians as the handloom weavers of the library revolution by the turn of the century is as insubstantial as the prediction fifty years ago that the coming of radio meant the death sentence for gramophone records.
    Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex. Mother who rely on physical punishment generally have infants who are more likely to ignore maternal prohibitions and manipulate breakable objects.
    ----
    * libro frágil = brittle book.
    * * *
    a) <cristal/fuente> fragile
    b) <salud/constitución> delicate; < economía> fragile
    * * *
    = fragile, brittle, embrittled, insubstantial, frail, breakable.

    Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.

    Ex: The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex: The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex: The spectre that has been raised of reference librarians as the handloom weavers of the library revolution by the turn of the century is as insubstantial as the prediction fifty years ago that the coming of radio meant the death sentence for gramophone records.
    Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex: Mother who rely on physical punishment generally have infants who are more likely to ignore maternal prohibitions and manipulate breakable objects.
    * libro frágil = brittle book.

    * * *
    1 ‹cristal/fuente› fragile, breakable
    [ S ] frágil fragile
    2 ‹salud/constitución› delicate; ‹economía› fragile
    el frágil equilibrio ecológico del planeta the fragile o delicate ecological balance of the planet
    una viejecita muy frágil a very frail old woman
    * * *

     

    frágil adjetivo
    a) ‹cristal/fuente› fragile

    b) ‹salud/constitución› delicate;

    ‹ persona› frail;
    ‹ economía› fragile
    frágil adjetivo
    1 (fácil de romper) fragile
    2 (poco fuerte) frail, weak
    una salud muy frágil, weak health
    ' frágil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    delicada
    - delicado
    - quebradizo
    English:
    breakable
    - brittle
    - care
    - flimsy
    - fragile
    - frail
    - handle
    - insubstantial
    * * *
    frágil adj
    1. [objeto] fragile;
    frágil [en letrero] fragile
    2. [persona] frail;
    [salud, situación] delicate
    * * *
    adj fragile
    * * *
    frágil adj
    1) : fragile
    2) : frail, delicate
    * * *
    frágil adj fragile

    Spanish-English dictionary > frágil

  • 12 cuarentona

    f.
    woman in her forties, forty-year-old woman, forty-something-year-old-person, forty-something-year-old-woman.
    * * *

    cuarentón,-ona sustantivo masculino y femenino forty-year-old
    * * *
    I adj in one’s forties
    II m, cuarentona f person in his/her forties, forty-something fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuarentona

  • 13 gruñón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.
    m.
    grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.
    * * *
    1 grumbling, grumpy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, grouch
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ grumpy, grumbling
    2.
    SM / F grumbler
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); grump ( colloq), grouch ( colloq), misery ( BrE colloq), moaner ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    gruñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)

    gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy

    ' gruñón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gruñona
    English:
    grouch
    - grouchy
    - grump
    - grumpy
    - nag
    - nagging
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    old grump
    * * *
    I adj fam
    grumpy
    II m, gruñona f fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    gruñón, - ñona adj, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy, crabby
    gruñón, - ñona n, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy person, nag
    * * *
    gruñón1 adj grumpy [comp. grumpier; superl. grumpiest]
    gruñón2 n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñón

  • 14 mujer de la limpieza

    cleaning lady
    * * *
    cleaning lady, cleaner
    * * *
    (n.) = cleaning lady, cleaning woman
    Ex. Doyle's fifth novel deals with the life and love of Paula Spencer, a 39-year-old woman, alcoholic, mother, cleaning lady, and widow.
    Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    * * *
    cleaning lady, cleaner
    * * *
    (n.) = cleaning lady, cleaning woman

    Ex: Doyle's fifth novel deals with the life and love of Paula Spencer, a 39-year-old woman, alcoholic, mother, cleaning lady, and widow.

    Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.

    * * *
    cleaning woman

    Spanish-English dictionary > mujer de la limpieza

  • 15 limpiadora

    f.
    1 cleanser, scourer.
    2 cleaning lady, char.
    * * *
    f., (m. - limpiador)
    * * *
    = charwoman [charwomen, -pl.], cleaning lady, cleaning woman, housekeeper.
    Ex. Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.
    Ex. Doyle's fifth novel deals with the life and love of Paula Spencer, a 39-year-old woman, alcoholic, mother, cleaning lady, and widow.
    Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex. Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.
    * * *
    = charwoman [charwomen, -pl.], cleaning lady, cleaning woman, housekeeper.

    Ex: Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.

    Ex: Doyle's fifth novel deals with the life and love of Paula Spencer, a 39-year-old woman, alcoholic, mother, cleaning lady, and widow.
    Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex: Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.

    * * *

    limpiador,-ora
    I adjetivo cleansing
    II m,f (persona) cleaner
    III m (sustancia) cleaner
    ' limpiadora' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cleansing lotion
    - cleanser
    - cleansing
    - cold
    - maid
    * * *
    I adj cleansing
    II m, limpiadora f cleaner
    III m Méx ( limpiaparabrisas) windshield wiper, Br
    windscreen wiper

    Spanish-English dictionary > limpiadora

  • 16 malvado

    adj.
    wicked, devilish, evil, perverse.
    m.
    villain, evildoer, wrongdoer.
    * * *
    1 wicked, evil
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 villain, evil person
    * * *
    (f. - malvada)
    adj.
    evil, wicked
    * * *
    malvado, -a
    1.
    ADJ evil, wicked
    2.
    SM / F villain
    * * *
    - da adjetivo wicked, evil; ( uso hiperbólico) wicked
    * * *
    = wicked, evil, heartless.
    Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    ----
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo wicked, evil; ( uso hiperbólico) wicked
    * * *
    = wicked, evil, heartless.

    Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

    Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.

    * * *
    malvado1 -da
    wicked, evil; (uso hiperbólico) wicked
    malvado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    el malvado que la había engañado the evil man who had deceived her
    no llores por esa malvada don't cry over that evil o wicked woman
    * * *

    malvado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    wicked, evil
    malvado,-a adjetivo evil, wicked

    ' malvado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malvada
    - miserable
    - siniestra
    - siniestro
    - tenebrosa
    - tenebroso
    - satánico
    English:
    evil
    - fiend
    - ungodly
    - villainous
    - wicked
    * * *
    malvado, -a
    ♦ adj
    evil, wicked
    ♦ nm,f
    villain, evil person;
    es un malvado he's evil o wicked
    * * *
    I adj evil
    II m, malvada f evil man; mujer evil woman
    * * *
    malvado, -da adj
    : evil, wicked
    malvado, -da n
    : evildoer, wicked person
    * * *
    malvado adj evil / wicked [comp. wickeder; superl. wickedest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > malvado

  • 17 señora de la limpieza

    cleaner, cleaning lady
    * * *
    (n.) = cleaning lady, cleaning woman, housekeeper
    Ex. Doyle's fifth novel deals with the life and love of Paula Spencer, a 39-year-old woman, alcoholic, mother, cleaning lady, and widow.
    Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex. Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.
    * * *
    (n.) = cleaning lady, cleaning woman, housekeeper

    Ex: Doyle's fifth novel deals with the life and love of Paula Spencer, a 39-year-old woman, alcoholic, mother, cleaning lady, and widow.

    Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex: Nearly half the children in the survey were cared for in their own homes by au pairs, nannies, housekeepers or maids.

    Spanish-English dictionary > señora de la limpieza

  • 18 insultar

    v.
    to insult.
    María insultó a Elsa y se fue Mary insulted Elsa and left.
    Esto insulta mi dignidad This insults my dignity.
    * * *
    1 to insult
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( proferir insultos) to insult
    b) ( ofender) to insult, offend
    * * *
    = slap, curse, insult, namecall, jeer, rave at, shout + abuse at, abuse, speak + angry words.
    Ex. I wonder if she did quit if she could slap us with a lawsuit.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex. This insults staff by suggesting they did not work hard previously and is harmful to morale because goals are not attainable.
    Ex. Chapter 4 presents solutions for when children fight, bicker, compete, namecall, and hit.
    Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex. In later sessions, he vented his rage towards his mother by shouting, swearing and raving at her and wanting to kill her.
    Ex. A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by the improper use of the word 'intelligent'.
    Ex. If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    ----
    * insultar a = be abusive of.
    * insultar a voces = scream + abuse (at).
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( proferir insultos) to insult
    b) ( ofender) to insult, offend
    * * *
    = slap, curse, insult, namecall, jeer, rave at, shout + abuse at, abuse, speak + angry words.

    Ex: I wonder if she did quit if she could slap us with a lawsuit.

    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex: This insults staff by suggesting they did not work hard previously and is harmful to morale because goals are not attainable.
    Ex: Chapter 4 presents solutions for when children fight, bicker, compete, namecall, and hit.
    Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex: In later sessions, he vented his rage towards his mother by shouting, swearing and raving at her and wanting to kill her.
    Ex: A 92-year-old woman has been put behind bars for sitting on her front porch shouting abuse at passers-by.
    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by the improper use of the word 'intelligent'.
    Ex: If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    * insultar a = be abusive of.
    * insultar a voces = scream + abuse (at).

    * * *
    insultar [A1 ]
    vt
    nos insultó a todos he insulted all of us
    2 (ofender) to insult, offend
    aquello insultaba la memoria de su padre that was an insult to the memory of her father
    * * *

    insultar ( conjugate insultar) verbo transitivo


    insultar verbo transitivo to insult
    ' insultar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aberración
    - faltar
    - incapaz
    English:
    abuse
    - call
    - insult
    - send off
    - name
    - swear
    * * *
    to insult
    * * *
    v/t insult
    * * *
    : to insult
    * * *
    insultar vb to insult

    Spanish-English dictionary > insultar

  • 19 vieja gruñona

    Ex. American propaganda was very successful in portraying Russians as little more than a group of grumpy old women.
    * * *

    Ex: American propaganda was very successful in portraying Russians as little more than a group of grumpy old women.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja gruñona

  • 20 vieja malvada

    Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
    * * *

    Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vieja malvada

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