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101 largo
adj.1 long, lengthy.2 tall.3 largo.intj.get out, beat it, scram, get out of here.m.1 length.2 largo, slow-paced musical movement.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: largar.* * *► adjetivo1 (en longitud) long2 (en extensión) long3 (alto) tall■ ¡qué largo está tu hijo! hasn't your son grown!4 (en cantidad) good1 length■ ¿qué mide de largo? how long is it?, what length is it?2 (de tela) length3 (de piscina) length, US lap4 MÚSICA largo1 (de vehículo) full beam, full headlights► interjección ¡largo!1 familiar get out!■ ¡largo de aquí! get out of here!\a la larga in the long runa lo largo lengthwisea lo largo de along, throughoutdar largas a alguien to put somebody offdar largas a algo to put off doing somethingesto va para largo this is going to take a long timeir de largo to wear a long dresslargo y tendido at lengthser más largo,-a que un día sin pan familiar to take ages, take foreverpasar de largo to pass bytener para largo to be busy for a long time■ ¿tienes para largo? will you be long?venir de largo to go back a long wayvestir de largo to wear a long dress————————1 length■ ¿qué mide de largo? how long is it?, what length is it?2 (de tela) length3 (de piscina) length, US lap4 MÚSICA largo* * *1. noun m. 2. (f. - larga)adj.- a lo largo* * *1. ADJ1) [indicando longitud] [pasillo, pelo, uñas] longesa chaqueta te está o te queda larga — that jacket is too long for you
diente, luz, mano, puesta, vestir¿hay que ponerse de largo para la cena? — do we have to wear evening dress to the dinner?
2) [indicando distancia] [distancia, camino] long3) [indicando duración] [espera, viaje, sílaba, película] longmurió tras una larga enfermedad — he died after a lengthy o long illness
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hacerse largo, no se me hizo nada larga la clase — the class didn't seem at all long to me•
para largo, la reunión va para largo — the meeting looks like being a long one, the meeting looks like going on for some time yetcada vez que coge el teléfono tiene para largo — every time he picks up the phone he stays on it for ages
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venir de largo, este problema viene de largo — this problem goes back a long way, this problem started way back *4) (=indicando exceso) good5) * [persona] talltú que eres tan largo, alcánzame ese tarro — you're tall, can you reach that jar for me?
se cayó al suelo cuan largo era † o todo lo largo que era — he fell flat on his face, he measured his length on the floor †
6) [locuciones]•
a lo largo de — [+ río, pared] along; [+ día, mes, año] all through, throughouta lo largo de los últimos años hemos viajado mucho — we have travelled a lot over the last few years
trabajó mucho a lo largo de su vida — she worked hard all through o throughout her life
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a lo más largo — at the most7) Esp * (=astuto) sharp8) Esp (=generoso) generous9) Esp [cuerda] loose, slack10) Esp (Agr) [cosecha] abundant, plentiful2. SM1) (=longitud) length¿cuánto tiene de largo? — how long is it?, what's its length?
2) (=unidad de medida) [de falda, piscina] length; [de cortina] drop3) (Cine) (tb: largometraje) feature film4) (Mús) largo3.ADV *¡largo (de aquí)! — clear off!, get lost!
* * *I- ga adjetivo1)a) <palo/camino/pasillo> long; <pelo/piernas/ropa> longb) (en locs)a lo largo — <cortar/partir> lengthways
a lo largo de — (de camino, río) along; (de jornada, novela) throughout
2) ( extenso) long; <novela/sílaba> longIIir para largo — (fam)
1) ( longitud) length¿cuánto mide de largo? — how long is it?
2) ( en natación) lap (AmE), length (BrE)3) (Mús) largoIIIinterjección (fam) tb* * *= lengthy [lengthier -comp., lengthiest -sup.], long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], protracted, circuitous, floor-length.Ex. Informative abstract tend to be relatively lengthy.Ex. Uneven allocation will lead to some subjects having relatively short notation at the expense of others with relatively long notation.Ex. This project should soon become operational after a somewhat protracted developmental period.Ex. The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.Ex. This floor-length wedding dress is made of fine apple green taffeta, high waisted, with a small train, and the bodice lined with coarse white linen.----* a la larga = in the long term, in the long run, eventually, for the long pull, over a period of time, over the long run.* a largo plazo = in the long run, over the long run, long-run, in the far term, far-term.* a lo largo de = down.* a lo largo de + Expresión Temporal = sometime + Expresión Temporal.* a lo largo de la historia = over time.* a lo largo de la ruta = along the way.* a lo largo del tiempo = longitudinal, longitudinally.* a lo largo de todo = the entire length of.* a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide].* a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.* a más largo plazo = longer-term.* aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida = lifelong learning.* a todo lo largo de = the length of.* camino largo y tortuoso = long and winding road.* con las manos muy largas = light-fingered.* dar largas = stonewall, play for + time.* darle largas = play + Nombre + along.* darle largas a Algo = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.* de hojas largas = long-leaved.* de larga distancia = long-distance.* de larga duración = long-lasting, feature-length.* de mangas largas = long-sleeved.* de talle largo = high waisted.* de tiros largos = dressed (up) to the nines.* hacer largos = swim + laps.* iguales de largo = of equal length.* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.* larga distancia = long haul.* larga duración = longevity.* larga puesta de sol = lingering sunset.* largas distancias = large distances.* largo atardecer = lingering sunset.* largos períodos de tiempo = long periods of time.* largo y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].* largo y tendido = long and protracted.* llamada de larga distancia = long-distance call.* llamada telefónica de larga distancia = long-distance (tele)phone call.* LP (disco de larga duración) = LP (long play record).* más largo que un día sin pan = as long as (my/your) arm.* meter de largo = take up.* nadar largos = swim + laps.* Número + de largo = Número + long.* pantalones largos = long pants.* pasar de largo = bypass [by-pass].* pasar de largo rápidamente = race + past.* que viene de largo = long-running.* tener una larga historia = extend + far back, stretch + far back in time.* tener una larga trayectoria de = have + a long story of, have + a track record of.* tener un día muy largo = have + a long day.* una yarda de largo = a yard long.* y un largo etcétera = and so on and so forth, and so on, and so on....* * *I- ga adjetivo1)a) <palo/camino/pasillo> long; <pelo/piernas/ropa> longb) (en locs)a lo largo — <cortar/partir> lengthways
a lo largo de — (de camino, río) along; (de jornada, novela) throughout
2) ( extenso) long; <novela/sílaba> longIIir para largo — (fam)
1) ( longitud) length¿cuánto mide de largo? — how long is it?
2) ( en natación) lap (AmE), length (BrE)3) (Mús) largoIIIinterjección (fam) tb* * *= lengthy [lengthier -comp., lengthiest -sup.], long [longer -comp., longest -sup.], protracted, circuitous, floor-length.Ex: Informative abstract tend to be relatively lengthy.
Ex: Uneven allocation will lead to some subjects having relatively short notation at the expense of others with relatively long notation.Ex: This project should soon become operational after a somewhat protracted developmental period.Ex: The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.Ex: This floor-length wedding dress is made of fine apple green taffeta, high waisted, with a small train, and the bodice lined with coarse white linen.* a la larga = in the long term, in the long run, eventually, for the long pull, over a period of time, over the long run.* a largo plazo = in the long run, over the long run, long-run, in the far term, far-term.* a lo largo de = down.* a lo largo de + Expresión Temporal = sometime + Expresión Temporal.* a lo largo de la historia = over time.* a lo largo de la ruta = along the way.* a lo largo del tiempo = longitudinal, longitudinally.* a lo largo de todo = the entire length of.* a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide].* a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.* a más largo plazo = longer-term.* aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida = lifelong learning.* a todo lo largo de = the length of.* camino largo y tortuoso = long and winding road.* con las manos muy largas = light-fingered.* dar largas = stonewall, play for + time.* darle largas = play + Nombre + along.* darle largas a Algo = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.* de hojas largas = long-leaved.* de larga distancia = long-distance.* de larga duración = long-lasting, feature-length.* de mangas largas = long-sleeved.* de talle largo = high waisted.* de tiros largos = dressed (up) to the nines.* hacer largos = swim + laps.* iguales de largo = of equal length.* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.* larga distancia = long haul.* larga duración = longevity.* larga puesta de sol = lingering sunset.* largas distancias = large distances.* largo atardecer = lingering sunset.* largos períodos de tiempo = long periods of time.* largo y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].* largo y tendido = long and protracted.* llamada de larga distancia = long-distance call.* llamada telefónica de larga distancia = long-distance (tele)phone call.* LP (disco de larga duración) = LP (long play record).* más largo que un día sin pan = as long as (my/your) arm.* meter de largo = take up.* nadar largos = swim + laps.* Número + de largo = Número + long.* pantalones largos = long pants.* pasar de largo = bypass [by-pass].* pasar de largo rápidamente = race + past.* que viene de largo = long-running.* tener una larga historia = extend + far back, stretch + far back in time.* tener una larga trayectoria de = have + a long story of, have + a track record of.* tener un día muy largo = have + a long day.* una yarda de largo = a yard long.* y un largo etcétera = and so on and so forth, and so on, and so on....* * *A1 ‹camino/pasillo› long; ‹pelo/uñas/piernas› long; ‹falda/pantalones› longuna camisa de manga larga a long-sleeved shirtlas mangas me quedan largas the sleeves are too long (for me)se cayó cuan largo era he fell flat on his face2 ( en locs):a lo largo ‹cortar/partir› lengthwise, lengthwayslos libros que publicó a lo largo de su vida the books she published during her lifetime o in the course of her lifetras los incidentes que se han producido a lo largo de la semana following the incidents which have taken place in the course of the weeka lo largo y ancho del continente americano all over o throughout the American continent, the length and breadth of the American continentponerse de largo to wear a long skirt/dress; (como debutante) to come outB ‹espera/viaje/visita› long; ‹conferencia/novela› long; ‹vocal/sílaba› longla semana se me ha hecho muy larga it's been a long weekun juicio que se está haciendo muy largo a trial which is going on for a long time o dragging onles unía una larga amistad they had been friends for a long timees muy largo de contar it's a long storyun tren de largo recorrido a long-distance trainir para largo ( fam): parece que va para largo it looks like it's going to be a while yet o to go on for a while yetlargo y tendido at great lengthhablaron largo y tendido sobre el tema they discussed the topic at great length, they had a lengthy discussion on the subjectpasar or seguir de largo to go straight pastvenir de largo to go back a long wayesa disputa ya viene de largo that dispute goes back a long way o has been going on for a long time, that is a longstanding disputeC(en expresiones de cantidad): media hora larga a good half-hourtres kilómetros largos a good three kilometersA1 (longitud) length¿cuánto mide or tiene de largo? what length is it?, how long is it?3 metros de ancho por 2 de largo 2 meters long by 3 meters wideel largo de un vestido the length of a dress2 (en costura) lengthB ( Mús) largo( fam) tb¡largo de aquí! go away!, get out of here!* * *
Del verbo largar: ( conjugate largar)
largo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
largó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
largar
largo
largar ( conjugate largar) verbo transitivo
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b) (RPl) (soltar, dejar caer) to let … go
2 ‹discurso/sermón› to give;
‹palabrota/insulto› to let fly
3 (fam) ( despedir) to fire, to give … the boot (colloq);
‹ novio› to ditch
4 (CS, Méx) (Dep) ‹ pelota› to throw;
‹ carrera› to start
largarse verbo pronominala) (fam) ( irse) to beat it (colloq);◊ ¡yo me largo! I'm taking off! (AmE), I'm off! (BrE) (colloq)
largose a hacer algo to start to do sth, to start doing sth
largo 1◊ -ga adjetivo
es muy largo de contar it's a long story;
un tren de largo recorrido a long-distance trainb) ( en locs)
a lo largo de (de camino, río) along;
(de jornada, novela) throughout;
(de una semana, vida) in the course of;
ver tb pasar I 1a;
va para largo (fam) it's going to be a while
largo 2 sustantivo masculino
◊ ¿cuánto mide de largo? how long is it?
■ interjección (fam) tb◊ ¡largo de aquí! get out of here!
largar verbo transitivo
1 familiar to give
2 fam (expulsar, despedir) to sack
largo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (con longitud superior a la normal) long
2 (con duración superior a la normal) long, lengthy: es una película muy larga, it's a very long film
se me hizo larga la espera, the wait dragged
la conferencia duró tres horas largas, the lecture lasted for a good three hours
II sustantivo masculino
1 (longitud) length: ¿cuánto tiene de largo?, how long is it?
2 Natación length
3 Mús largo
III adverbio largo, at length: hablaremos largo (y tendido) de ello, we'll talk at length about it
♦ Locuciones: a lo largo de, (longitud) along
(tiempo) through
a la larga, in the long run
va para largo, it's going to go on a long time
familiar ¡largo (de aquí)!, clear off!
' largo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alquilar
- ampliar
- caña
- constante
- de
- escaramuza
- exilio
- larga
- monótona
- monótono
- pasar
- puesta
- rato
- recorrido
- remo
- sacar
- tren
- alcance
- bordear
- compensar
- contar
- conversar
- detenido
- doble
- fuete
- gabán
- ir
- largar
- litoral
- longitud
- medio
- medir
- pelucón
- plazo
- por
- quedar
- salto
- seguir
- tener
- traje
- vida
- zapallito
English:
along
- applicant
- arm
- bracing
- bus
- by
- coat
- delinquency
- down
- ear
- flowing
- forward
- full-length
- gown
- hop
- howl
- length
- lengthways
- lengthwise
- lengthy
- long
- long-distance
- long-range
- long-term
- pass along
- pass by
- plough through
- protracted
- quite
- race along
- ride
- short
- span
- story
- term
- tour
- trek
- walk off
- walk with
- with
- woodwork
- back
- coast
- drag
- draw
- fight
- full
- gauntlet
- -ish
- knee
* * *largo, -a♦ adj1. [en el espacio] long;lleva el pelo largo she has long hair;un misil de largo alcance a long-range missile;un vestido largo a long dress;vestirse de largo to wear evening dress2. [en el tiempo] long;estuvo enfermo largo tiempo he was ill for a long time;los parados de larga duración the long-term unemployed;vivió allí largos años she lived there for many years;es largo de contar/explicar it's a long story;la espera fue muy larga it was a very long waitdebió de costar un millón largo it must have cost a million and then some;tiene setenta años largos she's well into her seventies¡qué tipo más largo! that guy's really tall5.a lo largo [en espacio] lengthways, lengthwise;es más fácil si lo cortas a lo largo it's easier if you cut it lengthways o lengthwise;a lo largo de [en el tiempo] throughout;a lo largo de veinte años nunca había visto algo así in twenty years I'd never seen such a thing;recibimos varias llamadas a lo largo del día de ayer we received several calls throughout yesterday;el virus se extendió a lo largo y ancho del país the virus spread throughout the country;han construido numerosos hoteles a lo largo de la costa they've built several hotels all along the coast6. CompFamser más largo que un día sin pan [de duración] to go on forever;[de estatura] to be a giant; RPser más largo que esperanza de pobre to go on foreverCSur, Ecuad larga vida long-life♦ adv1. [largamente]un asunto sobre el que hemos hablado largo a matter that we have discussed at length;esta huelga va para largo this strike looks like it's going to be with us for a while yet;largo y tendido: habló largo y tendido sobre su último disco she talked at great length about her latest record;ha escrito largo y tendido sobre el asunto he has written extensively on the matter2. Mús largo♦ nm1. [longitud] length;¿cuánto mide o [m5]tiene de largo?, ¿cómo es de largo? how long is it?;tiene dos metros de largo it's two metres long2. [de piscina] length;hacerse tres largos to swim o do three lengths4. Mús largo♦ interjgo away!;¡largo de aquí! get out (of here)!* * *I adj long; persona tall;esto va para largo this will take some time;pasar de largo go (straight) past;tener setenta años largos be a good seventy years oldII m length;tener tres metros de largo be three meters long;poner a alguien de largo dress s.o. in a long dressIII int:¡largo (de aquí)! get out of here!;¡largo! fam scram! famIV:a la larga in the long run;largo y tendido at great length;a lo largo del día throughout the day;a lo largo de muchos años over the course of many years;a lo largo de la calle along the street* * *largo, -ga adj1) : long2)a lo largo : lengthwish3)a lo largo de : along4)a la larga : in the long runlargo nm: lengthtres metros de largo: three meters long* * *largo1 adj longlargo2 n length -
102 costar trabajo
v.1 to be difficult to do, to take a lot of effort, to be hard to do, to take a lot of work.Cuesta trabajo verte así It is difficult to see you like this.Cuesta trabajo It is difficult to do.2 to have difficulty with.Nos costó trabajo el chico We had difficulty with the boy.3 to find it difficult to.Me cuesta trabajo llegar temprano I find it difficult to arrive early.4 to take a lot of effort to, to take a lot of work to.Cuesta trabajo ver resultados It takes a lot of effort to see results.5 to be difficult to, to be not easy to.Cuesta trabajo verte así It is difficult to see you like this.6 to find it hard to.Me cuesta trabajo sacar buenas notas I find it hard to get good grades.* * *(v.) = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + PronombreEx. 'Well, Laura, it looks as if you have your work cut out for you!' remarked Lachaise, a knowing smile spreading over her face.Ex. Time for a change, but whoever gets in, will sure have their job cut out for them thanks to good old Bush.* * *(v.) = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + PronombreEx: 'Well, Laura, it looks as if you have your work cut out for you!' remarked Lachaise, a knowing smile spreading over her face.
Ex: Time for a change, but whoever gets in, will sure have their job cut out for them thanks to good old Bush. -
103 creído
adj.vain, arrogant, self-satisfied, conceited.past part.past participle of spanish verb: creer.* * *1→ link=creer creer► adjetivo1 arrogant, vain, conceited\ser un creído,-a to be full of oneself* * *creído, -a1. ADJ1) (=engreído) conceited2) (=crédulo) credulous, trusting2.SM / F* * *- da adjetivoa) [ser] ( engreído) conceitedb) [ser] (Arg) ( crédulo) gullible* * *= conceited, stuck-up, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.Ex. I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.* * *- da adjetivoa) [ser] ( engreído) conceitedb) [ser] (Arg) ( crédulo) gullible* * *= conceited, stuck-up, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.Ex: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.* * *creído -da1 [ SER] (engreído) conceited2 [ ESTAR](confiado, convencido): está creído (de) que va a ganar he's convinced o quite sure he's going to win, he's very confident of victory* * *
Del verbo creer: ( conjugate creer)
creído es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
creer
creído
creer ( conjugate creer) verbo intransitivo
creído en algo/algn to believe in sth/sb;◊ ¿me crees? do you believe me?
◊ ¿tú crees? do you think so?;
no creo I don't think so;
no creas, es bastante difícil believe me, it's quite hard
verbo transitivo
aunque no lo creas believe it or not;
¡no lo puedo creído! I don't believe it!;
¡ya lo creo! of course!
◊ creo que sí/creo que no I think so/I don't think so;
creo que va a llover I think it's going to rain;
no la creo capaz I do not think she is capable;
se cree que el incendio fue provocado the fire is thought to have been started deliberately;
no lo creí necesario I didn't think it necessary;
no creo que pueda ir I doubt if o I don't think I'll be able to go;
creí oír un ruido I thought I heard a noise;
creo recordar que … I seem to remember that …
creerse verbo pronominal
¿quién se creídoá que es? who does he think he is?
creído
creer
I verbo transitivo
1 (suponer) to think: ¿crees que está implicado?, do you think he's involved?
creo que sí/no, I think so/don't think so
ya lo creo, of course
2 (tener fe, confianza) to believe: créeme, believe me
te creo, I believe you
II verbo intransitivo
1 Rel to believe [en, in]
cree en los marcianos, he believes in Martians
2 (tener confianza) to trust: mi padre cree en mí, my father trusts me
creído,-a
I adjetivo arrogant, vain, conceited
II sustantivo masculino y femenino big head
' creído' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
creerse
- creída
- pero
English:
bighead
- bigheaded
- cocksure
- never
- stuck-up
- big
* * *creído, -a Fam♦ adjconceited;se lo tiene muy creído he's very full of himself, Br he really fancies himself♦ nm,fes un creído he's a bighead* * *I part → creerII adj conceited* * *creído, -da adj2) : confident, sure* * *creído adj cocky -
104 cualquier
adj.any, any given, either, any and all.* * *► adjetivo (pl cualesquier)1 (indefinido) any* * *adj.(see cualquiera. Used before nouns)* * *cualquier, -a I(pl cualesquier(a))ADJ INDEF1) [antes de s] any•
en cualquier lugar del mundo — anywhere in the world•
en cualquier momento — at any time, (at) any moment2) [después de s] any-¿cuál prefieres? -me da igual, uno cualquiera — "which one do you prefer?" - "it doesn't matter, any one (will do)"
el presidente tendrá que ir a juicio, como un ciudadano cualquiera — the president will have to go to court, like any ordinary citizen
3) LAm (=bastante)II ( pl cualesquiera)1. PRON INDEF1) (=cualquier persona) anyone, anybody; (=cualquier cosa) any oneen un club como ese no admiten a cualquiera — they don't accept just anyone o anybody into that club
cualquiera puede ser candidato a la presidencia — anyone o anybody can stand for president
esos precios están al alcance de cualquiera — those prices are within everyone's o everybody's means
tal como gritaban los niños, cualquiera diría que los estaba torturando — the way the children were screaming anyone would think I was torturing them
2)• cualquiera de — any, any of
puede acudir a cualquiera de las sucursales del banco — you can go to any branch o any of the branches of the bank
cualquiera de mis alumnos podría realizar este proyecto — any o any one of my pupils could do this project
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cualquiera de los dos — either (one) of them, either of the twollama a Pedro o a Carlos, cualquiera de los dos — call Pedro or Carlos, either (one) of them o either of the two
cualquiera de los dos equipos — either team o either (one) of the two teams
3)a) [en general] whatever; [ante una elección] whichevercualquiera que sea tu problema — whatever your problem is, no matter what your problem is
respetaremos el resultado de la votación, cualquiera que sea — we will respect the result of the vote, whatever that may be
es caro, pero cualquiera que compres te va a costar una fortuna — it's expensive, but whichever (one) you buy it'll cost you a fortune
b) (=persona) anyone who, anybody whocualquiera que lo conozca te diría lo mismo — anyone o anybody who knows him o whoever knows him would tell you the same
4) [en exclamaciones]¡cualquiera sabe! — who knows?
¡cualquiera le interrumpe ahora! — I wouldn't interrupt him at the minute!
¡así cualquiera! — it's all right for some! *
2.SM•
un cualquiera — a nobody3.SF pey* * ** * *= any, any one, either, whatever, any and all.Ex. UNIBID is an attempt to offer a standard record format for use by abstracting and indexing services, independent of any existing description or cataloguing rules.Ex. Note that the librarian may choose any one of the five items shown on the screen in Figure 8.Ex. Not every index necessarily exhibits all the features of either of these types of indexing systems, and indeed, some will possess elements of both types of systems.Ex. In producing this subject, or conceptual, analysis the indexer names the selected concepts in whatever words, or terms, he chooses.Ex. The survey aimed to ascertain the degree of computerisation of any and all library functions in any type of school-related setting.----* a cualquier hora = anytime, around the clock.* a cualquier hora del día o de la noche = at any time of the day or night, at any hour of the day or night.* a cualquier precio = at any cost, at all costs, at any price.* ante cualquier adversidad = in the face of + adversity.* apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything.* casi cualquier = almost any.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* cualquiera que sea lo que = whichever.* cualquiera que sea + Nombre = whichever + Nombre.* cualquier cosa = anything.* cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but.* cualquier (de) = any one (of).* cualquier fulano = any Tom, Dick or Harry.* cualquier hijo de vecino = any Tom, Dick or Harry.* cualquier mindundi = any Tom, Dick or Harry.* cualquier otra cosa = you name it, anything else, whatever else.* cualquier otra persona = anybody else.* cualquier otro = you name it.* cualquier persona = anyone, any Tom, Dick or Harry.* cualquier trabajo temporal = casual job.* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any case, in any way at all.* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].* de cualquier modo = however, either way.* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.* desde cualquier punto de vista = by any standard(s).* en cualquier caso = for that matter, in any event, in any case, in either case.* en cualquier domingo = on any given Sunday.* en cualquier lugar = everywhere, anywhere.* en cualquier momento = anytime, at any one time, at any point, at any point in time, at any time, at any moment, at any given point, at any moment in time, at any given moment, momentarily, on any given Sunday.* en cualquier momento en el futuro = at some stage.* en cualquier orden = either way round.* en cualquier otra circunstancia = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en cualquier otra parte = anywhere else, everywhere else.* en cualquier otra situación = in the normal run of events.* en cualquier otro lugar = anywhere else, everywhere else.* en cualquier otro momento = some other time.* en cualquier otro sitio = anywhere else.* en cualquier parte = anywhere, everywhere.* en cualquier sitio = everywhere, anywhere.* en cualquier situación = in any given situation.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things.* en un domingo cualquiera = on any given Sunday.* hacer cualquier cosa = do + anything, give + Posesivo + right arm.* jugarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.* un trabajo cualquiera = casual job.* * ** * *cualquier(de)Ex: Any one document may be required by author, title, subject, form or other characteristics, but this one document can only be grouped according to one of these characteristics at any one time.
= any, any one, either, whatever, any and all.Ex: UNIBID is an attempt to offer a standard record format for use by abstracting and indexing services, independent of any existing description or cataloguing rules.
Ex: Note that the librarian may choose any one of the five items shown on the screen in Figure 8.Ex: Not every index necessarily exhibits all the features of either of these types of indexing systems, and indeed, some will possess elements of both types of systems.Ex: In producing this subject, or conceptual, analysis the indexer names the selected concepts in whatever words, or terms, he chooses.Ex: The survey aimed to ascertain the degree of computerisation of any and all library functions in any type of school-related setting.* a cualquier hora = anytime, around the clock.* a cualquier hora del día o de la noche = at any time of the day or night, at any hour of the day or night.* a cualquier precio = at any cost, at all costs, at any price.* ante cualquier adversidad = in the face of + adversity.* apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything.* casi cualquier = almost any.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* cualquiera que sea lo que = whichever.* cualquiera que sea + Nombre = whichever + Nombre.* cualquier cosa = anything.* cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but.* cualquier (de) = any one (of).* cualquier fulano = any Tom, Dick or Harry.* cualquier hijo de vecino = any Tom, Dick or Harry.* cualquier mindundi = any Tom, Dick or Harry.* cualquier otra cosa = you name it, anything else, whatever else.* cualquier otra persona = anybody else.* cualquier otro = you name it.* cualquier persona = anyone, any Tom, Dick or Harry.* cualquier trabajo temporal = casual job.* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any case, in any way at all.* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].* de cualquier modo = however, either way.* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.* desde cualquier punto de vista = by any standard(s).* en cualquier caso = for that matter, in any event, in any case, in either case.* en cualquier domingo = on any given Sunday.* en cualquier lugar = everywhere, anywhere.* en cualquier momento = anytime, at any one time, at any point, at any point in time, at any time, at any moment, at any given point, at any moment in time, at any given moment, momentarily, on any given Sunday.* en cualquier momento en el futuro = at some stage.* en cualquier orden = either way round.* en cualquier otra circunstancia = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en cualquier otra parte = anywhere else, everywhere else.* en cualquier otra situación = in the normal run of events.* en cualquier otro lugar = anywhere else, everywhere else.* en cualquier otro momento = some other time.* en cualquier otro sitio = anywhere else.* en cualquier parte = anywhere, everywhere.* en cualquier sitio = everywhere, anywhere.* en cualquier situación = in any given situation.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things.* en un domingo cualquiera = on any given Sunday.* hacer cualquier cosa = do + anything, give + Posesivo + right arm.* jugarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.* un trabajo cualquiera = casual job.* * ** * *
cualquier adjetivo: apocopated form of◊ cualquiera used before nouns
cualquier adjetivo indef any: cualquier persona normal puede hacerlo, any normal person can do it
cualquier cosa, anything
cualquier sitio, anywhere
en cualquier momento, at any moment o time
' cualquier' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bar
- barrio
- chalet
- como quiera
- comoquiera
- cuestión
- disipar
- dondequiera
- eventualidad
- manera
- nadería
- parte
- precio
- simplón
- simplona
- sitio
- toda
- todo
- tuntún
- adaptar
- antes
- barbaridad
- cantidad
- caso
- cosa
- cualquiera
- distraer
- entre
- entretener
- forma
- gaseosa
- lado
- lugar
- modo
- momento
- soltura
- tal
- tontería
English:
alert
- anomaly
- any
- anyhow
- anything
- anywhere
- blank out
- cancel out
- case
- decline
- either
- embarrassment
- eruption
- gullible
- haphazardly
- precedence
- scan
- section
- shove on
- slap on
- throw on
- time
- whatever
- anybody
- comprehensive
- drop
- event
- higgledy-piggledy
- indulgence
- inquiry
- length
- murder
- now
- old
- other
- qualify
- slap
- welcome
- wherever
- will
- willy-nilly
* * ** * *adj any;cualquier día any day;cualquier cosa anything;forma anyway;en cualquier caso in any case* * ** * *cualquier adj any -
105 de Papua
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106 demorar
v.1 to delay.María atrasó el bus a propósito Mary delayed the bus on purpose.2 to take time, to delay.* * *1 (retrasar) to delay, hold up■ demoramos la fecha de publicación hasta la primavera we delayed the date of publication till springtime1 (detenerse) to stop1 (retrasarse) to be delayed, be held up2 (detenerse en alguna parte) to stop, linger* * *verb* * *1.VT [+ viaje] to delay; [+ llegada, terminación] to hold up2. VI1) (=detenerse) to stay on, linger on¡no demores! — don't be long!
2) (=perder tiempo) to waste timedemorar en hacer algo — LAm to take a long time to do sth, be slow in doing sth
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (AmL) ( tardar)demoró tres horas en llegar — he took o it took him three hours to arrive
b) (AmL) ( retrasar) <viaje/decisión> to delay2.demorar vi (AmL)3.demorarse v pron (AmL)a) ( tardar cierto tiempo)¿cuánto te demoras en llegar hasta allá? — how long does it take you to get there?
b) ( tardar demasiado) to be o take too longdemorarse en + inf — to take a long time to + inf
* * *= delay, hold up, hold + Nombre + back, retard, temporise [temporize, -USA], hold off, play for + time.Ex. It would be wise to delay reading these until you have had some experience in using the scheme.Ex. Unfortunately, goods of Community origin can also be held up by the surveillance system, often for several weeks.Ex. Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.Ex. Without the floppy disk, data processing on microcomputers would have been severely retarded.Ex. The first countries to enter the information society will reap the greatests rewards whereas countries which temporise or favour half-hearted solutions could, in less than a decade, face disastrous declines in investment and a squeeze on jobs.Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Ex. Saddam will play for time and avoid precipitating any crises that could cost him his hold on power.----* demorarse = lag, tarry, drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels, linger, be late (for).* sin demorarse un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (AmL) ( tardar)demoró tres horas en llegar — he took o it took him three hours to arrive
b) (AmL) ( retrasar) <viaje/decisión> to delay2.demorar vi (AmL)3.demorarse v pron (AmL)a) ( tardar cierto tiempo)¿cuánto te demoras en llegar hasta allá? — how long does it take you to get there?
b) ( tardar demasiado) to be o take too longdemorarse en + inf — to take a long time to + inf
* * *= delay, hold up, hold + Nombre + back, retard, temporise [temporize, -USA], hold off, play for + time.Ex: It would be wise to delay reading these until you have had some experience in using the scheme.
Ex: Unfortunately, goods of Community origin can also be held up by the surveillance system, often for several weeks.Ex: Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.Ex: Without the floppy disk, data processing on microcomputers would have been severely retarded.Ex: The first countries to enter the information society will reap the greatests rewards whereas countries which temporise or favour half-hearted solutions could, in less than a decade, face disastrous declines in investment and a squeeze on jobs.Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Ex: Saddam will play for time and avoid precipitating any crises that could cost him his hold on power.* demorarse = lag, tarry, drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels, linger, be late (for).* sin demorarse un (solo) minuto = without a moment wasted, without a wasted moment, without a minute wasted, without a wasted minute.* * *demorar [A1 ]vt1( esp AmL) (tardar): demoró tres horas en terminar la prueba he took o it took him three hours to complete the test2 ( AmL) (retrasar) ‹viaje/decisión› to delay■ demorarvi( esp AmL): ¡no demores! don't be long!demorar EN + INF:no me esperes que voy a demorar en terminar don't wait for me because I won't be finished for a while ( colloq)demoró en hacer efecto it took some time to take effect1( AmL) (tardar cierto tiempo): ¿ya lo terminaste? ¡qué poco te demoraste! have you finished already? you didn't take very long o that didn't take you very longdemorarse EN + INF:¿cuánto te demoras en llegar hasta allá? how long does it take you to get there?2 ( AmL) (tardar demasiado) to be o take too long demorarse EN + INF to take a long time TO + INFperdón por demorarme en contestar tu carta I'm sorry I've taken o it's taken me so long to reply to your letterse demoró en decidirse y perdió la oportunidad she took too long to make her mind up and missed her chance* * *
demorar ( conjugate demorar) verbo transitivoa) (AmL) ( tardar):◊ demoró tres horas en llegar he took o it took him three hours to arrive
verbo intransitivo (AmL):◊ ¡no demores! don't be long!
demorarse verbo pronominal (AmL)a) ( tardar cierto tiempo):◊ ¡qué poco te demoraste! that didn't take you very long;
me demoro 3 horas it takes me 3 hours
demorarse en hacer algo to take a long time to do sth
demorar verbo transitivo to delay, hold up
' demorar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cuánto
- durar
English:
procrastinate
- delay
- take
* * *♦ vt1. [retrasar] to delay;el tráfico me demoró I was held up by the traffic2. Am [tardar] to take;demoraron tres días en pintar la casa it took them o they took three days to paint the house♦ viAm to be late;¡no demores! don't be late!;siempre demora en bañarse he always takes ages in the bathroom;este quitamanchas demora en actuar this stain remover takes a while to work* * *I v/i1 stay on2 L.Am. ( tardar) be late;no demores don’t be longII v/t delay* * *demorar vt1) retrasar: to delay2) tardar: to take, to lastla reparación demorará varios días: the repair will take several daysdemorar vi: to delay, to linger -
107 engreído
adj.vain, cocky, proud, bigheaded.f. & m.swell-headed person, conceited person, swellhead.past part.past participle of spanish verb: engreír.* * *► adjetivo1 vain, conceited, stuck-up* * *engreído, -a1. ADJ1) (=vanidoso) vain, stuck-up *2.SM / F bighead *, spoiled brat* * *I- da adjetivoa) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled*II- da masculino, femeninoa) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled* brat* * *= conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.Ex. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.Ex. I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.* * *I- da adjetivoa) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled*II- da masculino, femeninoa) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled* brat* * *= conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.Ex: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.Ex: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.* * *1 (vanidoso, presumido) conceited, bigheaded ( colloq)masculine, feminine1 (vanidoso) bighead ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo engreír: ( conjugate engreír)
engreído es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
engreído
engreír
engreído◊ -da adjetivo
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
engreído,-a adjetivo conceited
' engreído' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
además
- cambio
- corte
- engreída
- estiramiento
- fatua
- fatuo
- parecer
- ufana
- ufano
- creído
- pituco
- presumido
- sobrado
English:
bighead
- bigheaded
- cocksure
- fatuous
- self-important
- smug
- toffee-nosed
- conceited
- puffed
- self
* * *engreído, -a♦ adj1. [creído] conceited, full of one's own importance♦ nm,f1. [creído] conceited person;ser un engreído to be very conceited* * *adj conceited* * *engreído, -da adjpresumido, vanidoso: vain, conceited, stuck-up -
108 facilitar
v.1 to facilitate, to make easy.esta máquina nos facilita mucho la tarea this machine makes the job a lot easier (for us)El libro facilita la tarea The book makes the task easy.2 to provide.nos facilitaron toda la información que necesitábamos they provided us with all the information we neededLa tienda facilita el transporte The store provides transportation.3 to make it easy to, to help to, to make it possible to.El libro facilita terminar pronto The book makes it easy to finish soon.* * *1 (simplificar) to make easy, make easier, facilitate2 (proporcionar) to provide with, supply with3 (concertar entrevista etc) to arrange* * *verb1) to provide2) facilitate* * *VT1) (=hacer fácil) to make easier, facilitatela nueva autovía facilitará la entrada a la capital — the new motorway will give easier access to the capital, the new motorway will facilitate access to the capital
2) (=proporcionar)facilitar algo a algn — to provide sb with sth, supply sb with sth
el banco me facilitó la información — the bank provided me with o supplied me with the information
"le agradecería me facilitara..." — "I would be grateful if you would provide o supply me with..."
3) Cono Sur (=quitar importancia a)facilitar algo — to make sth out to be easier than it really is, play down the difficulty of sth
* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( hacer más fácil) < tarea> to make... easier, facilitate (frml)2) (frml) ( proporcionar) <datos/información> to provide2.facilitarse v pron (Col)* * *= ease, expedite, facilitate, issue, make + it + easier, pave + the way (for/towards/to), smooth + the path of, make + easy, smooth, smooth + the way, pave + the path (for/towards/to), provide + grounds for, provide for, enable, pave + the road (for/towards/to).Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.Ex. And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.Ex. Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.Ex. Bottom shelves which are tilted at an angle make it easier to see the books' spines.Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.Ex. These officers, by being on the spot, are able to gain early warning of impending developments and smooth the path of grant and loan applications.Ex. It became imperative that books be arranged to make it easy for the reader to find what he wanted.Ex. This activity leads to the unearthing of information that smooths daily working in the library itself.Ex. Continued communication regarding procedures and results smooths the way for long-term understanding and willingness to participate = La comunicación permanente con respecto a procedimientos y resultados facilita el entendimiento a largo plazo y el deseo de participar.Ex. The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.Ex. On the positive side, a number of digital library services may be an excellent way to extend the reach out to old and new constituencies and provide grounds for cooperation.Ex. Each card has a grid covering most of the body of the card which provides for the coding of document numbers.Ex. Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.Ex. Together, these technologies pave the road for the introduction of interactive television to fully exploit the benefits of the conversion to digital.----* facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.* facilitarle Algo a Alguien = play into + the hands of.* facilitarle la vida a todos = simplify + life for everyone.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( hacer más fácil) < tarea> to make... easier, facilitate (frml)2) (frml) ( proporcionar) <datos/información> to provide2.facilitarse v pron (Col)* * *= ease, expedite, facilitate, issue, make + it + easier, pave + the way (for/towards/to), smooth + the path of, make + easy, smooth, smooth + the way, pave + the path (for/towards/to), provide + grounds for, provide for, enable, pave + the road (for/towards/to).Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
Ex: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.Ex: Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.Ex: Bottom shelves which are tilted at an angle make it easier to see the books' spines.Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.Ex: These officers, by being on the spot, are able to gain early warning of impending developments and smooth the path of grant and loan applications.Ex: It became imperative that books be arranged to make it easy for the reader to find what he wanted.Ex: This activity leads to the unearthing of information that smooths daily working in the library itself.Ex: Continued communication regarding procedures and results smooths the way for long-term understanding and willingness to participate = La comunicación permanente con respecto a procedimientos y resultados facilita el entendimiento a largo plazo y el deseo de participar.Ex: The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.Ex: On the positive side, a number of digital library services may be an excellent way to extend the reach out to old and new constituencies and provide grounds for cooperation.Ex: Each card has a grid covering most of the body of the card which provides for the coding of document numbers.Ex: Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.Ex: Together, these technologies pave the road for the introduction of interactive television to fully exploit the benefits of the conversion to digital.* facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.* facilitarle Algo a Alguien = play into + the hands of.* facilitarle la vida a todos = simplify + life for everyone.* * *facilitar [A1 ]vtA (hacer más fácil) ‹tarea› to make … easier, facilitate ( frml)tu actitud no facilita nada las cosas your attitude does not make things any easierel satélite facilitará las comunicaciones the satellite will facilitate communicationsB ( frml) (proporcionar, suministrar) ‹datos/información› to providele facilitarán la información necesaria they will supply o provide you with the necessary informationel parte médico facilitado por el hospital the medical report provided by the hospitalno ha sido facilitada su identidad his identity has not been disclosednos acaban de facilitar una noticia de última hora we have just received some last-minute news( Col): se le facilita la física he's good at physics* * *
facilitar ( conjugate facilitar) verbo transitivo
facilitar verbo transitivo
1 (dar, proveer) to provide: me facilitó todo lo necesario para el viaje, he gave me everything I needed for the trip
2 (hacer más fácil) to make easy, facilitate: tus consejos facilitaron el trabajo, your advice made our workload lighter
' facilitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
auspiciar
English:
facilitate
- furnish
- specifically
- supply
- ease
- fire
* * *facilitar vt1. [simplificar] to facilitate, to make easy;[posibilitar] to make possible;esta máquina nos facilita mucho la tarea this machine makes the job a lot easier (for us);la cooperación internacional facilitó el rescate the rescue was made possible thanks to international cooperation;su radicalismo no facilitó las negociaciones her inflexibility did not make the negotiations any easier2. [proporcionar] to provide;nos facilitaron toda la información que necesitábamos they provided us with all the information we needed;la nota de prensa facilitada por el portavoz del gobierno the press release made available by the government spokesman* * *v/t1 facilitate, make easier* * *facilitar vt1) : to facilitate2) : to provide, to supply* * *facilitar vb1. (hacer más fácil) to make easier -
109 fuera
adv.1 outside.hace frío fuera it's cold outsidefuera de la casa outside the houselo echó fuera she threw him outsalen mucho a comer fuera they eat out a lothacia fuera outwardpor fuera (on the) outsidesólo vimos la iglesia por fuera we only saw the church from the outside2 away.a los de fuera les sorprende people who aren't from round here o strangers find it strangeintj.out of here, go away, get out, out.imperf.subj.1 3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Imperfect Subjunctive of Spanish verb: ser.2 1st person singular (yo) Imperfect Subjunctive of Spanish verb: ir.* * *► adverbio1 (exterior) out, outside■ salimos fuera we went out, we went outside2 (alejado) away; (en el extranjero) abroad1 get out!\estar fuera de sí to be beside oneselffuera de combate knocked outfuera de duda beyond doubtfuera de lo normal extraordinary, very unusualfuera de peligro out of dangerfuera de serie extraordinaryjugar fuera DEPORTE to play awayel equipo de fuera DEPORTE the away teamfuera de juego offside————————1→ link=ser ser2→ link=ir ir* * *adv.1) outside, out2) away3) abroad•- fuera de* * *ADV1) [de edificio, objeto] [indicando posición] outside; [indicando dirección] out¡estamos aquí fuera! — we're out here!
¡fuera! — get out!
¡segundos fuera! — (Boxeo) seconds out!
ir o salir fuera — to go out, go outside
hoy vamos a cenar fuera — we're going out for dinner tonight, we're eating out tonight
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de fuera — from outside•
desde fuera — from outside•
la parte de fuera — the outside, the outer part•
por fuera — (on the) outsidelengua 1)esta camisa se lleva por fuera — this shirt is worn outside, this shirt is not tucked in
2) [de ciudad, trabajo]estar fuera — to be away, be out of town
3) (tb: fuera del país) abroad, out of the country"¡invasores fuera!" — "invaders go home!"
ir o salir fuera — to go abroad
4) (Dep)a) [en un partido]estar fuera — [pelota] (Ftbl) to be out of play; (Rugby) to be in touch; (Tenis) to be out
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fuera de tiempo, estamos fuera de tiempo — time's up•
tirar fuera — to shoot wideb) (tb: fuera de casa) away, away from home5)•
fuera de —a) (=en el exterior de) outside, out ofestaba fuera de su jaula — it was outside o out of its cage
b) (=aparte) apart from, aside frompero fuera de eso — but apart o aside from that
fuera de que... — apart from the fact that...
c)• fuera de alcance — out of reach
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fuera de combate — (Mil) wounded; (Boxeo) K.O.ed•
estar fuera de lugar — to be inappropriate, be out of place* * *I1)a) (lugar, parte) [Latin American Spanish also uses afuera in this sense] outsidecomeremos fuera — ( en el jardín) we'll eat outside; ( en un restaurante) we'll eat out
b) ( en el extranjero) abroad, out of the country; (del lugar de trabajo, de la ciudad, etc) awaylos de fuera — ( los extranjeros) foreigners; (los de otros pueblos, ciudades, etc) outsiders
c) ( en interjecciones)2)fuera de — (loc prep)
a) (en el exterior de, más allá de) out offuera del alcance de los proyectiles — outside o beyond the range of the missiles
b) ( excepto) apart fromfuera de eso, me encuentro bien — apart o (AmE) aside from that, I feel fine
fuera de combate: lo dejó fuera de combate (Dep) he knocked him out; fuera de concurso: quedó fuera de concurso he was disqualified; su película se presentó fuera de concurso his movie was shown outside the competition; fuera de cuentas (Esp) overdue; fuera de la ley: vivían fuera de la ley they lived outside the law; fuera de lugar <mueble/persona> out of place; < comentario> inappropriate, out of place; fuera de peligro out of danger; fuera de serie <jugador/cantante> exceptional, outstanding; fuera de sí: estaba fuera de sí he was beside himself; fuera de temporada or estación — out of season
•II* * *= in the open.Ex. As expected, bats avoided obstacles while flying through vegetation and intercepted flying prey in the open.----* bebida de fuera = outside drink.* caer fuera de = fall outside, lie beyond.* caer fuera del alcance de = fall outside + the scope of.* caer fuera de las responsabilidades de = be on the outer fringes of.* caer fuera del interés de = lie outside + the scope of.* caer fuera del interés de uno = fall outside + Posesivo + interest.* caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* colocación fuera de lugar = misplacement.* colocar fuera de alcance = place + out of reach.* comer fuera = eat out.* comida de fuera = outside food.* con las garras fuera = knives-out.* con las uñas fuera = knives-out.* curso que tiene lugar fuera de la universidad = extension course, off-campus course.* de dentro hacia fuera = inside outwards.* de fuera = outside, off-side.* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.* dejar fuera = leave out, cut out, count + Nombre + out, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.* dejar fuera de combate = lay + Nombre + low.* dejar fuera del equipo = sideline.* de miras hacia fuera = outwardly.* dentro y fuera de = in and out of.* desde dentro hacia fuera = from the inside-out.* desde dentro y desde fuera de = within and without.* desde fuera = from the outside.* echar fuera = throw + Nombre + out.* encontrarse fuera de lugar = be out of + Posesivo + element, be out of place.* estado del ordenador en fuera de línea = offlineness.* estar fuera = be out.* estar fuera con los amigos = be out with the guys.* estar fuera de contienda = be out of contention.* estar fuera del alcance = lie outside + the scope of.* estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien = be out of + Posesivo + league.* estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.* estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.* estar fuera de lugar = be out of place, be out of order.* estar fuera de quicio = be beside + Reflexivo.* estar fuera de rumbo = be off course.* estar fuera de secuencia = be out of order.* estar fura de sí = be beside + Reflexivo.* fuera de = outside (of), outwith.* fuera de alcance = beyond reach, out of range.* fuera de circulación = out of circulation.* fuera de clase = out-of-class.* fuera de cobertura = out of range.* fuera de control = out-of-control, haywire.* fuera de juego = offside.* fuera de la casa = out-of-home.* fuera del alcance = out of reach.* fuera del alcance de = beyond the scope of.* fuera del alcance de las posibilidades de Alguien = beyond + Posesivo + powers.* fuera del alcance del oído = out of earshot.* fuera de las normas comúnmente aceptadas = beyond the pale.* fuera de la universidad = off-campus.* fuera de la vista = out of view.* fuera del campus = off-campus.* fuera del control de = beyond the control of.* fuera del escenario = off stage.* fuera del horario normal = out of hours, at odd times.* fuera de línea = offline [off-line].* fuera del matrimonio = out of wedlock.* fuera de lo común = eccentric, odd, unordinary, out of the ordinary, a cut above the rest, a cut above.* fuera de lo normal = abnormally + Adjetivo, with a difference, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* fuera de los caminos trillados = off the beaten track.* fuera del redil = beyond the pale.* fuera de lugar = out of place, without + Lugar, uncalled-for.* fuera de onda con los tiempos modernos = out of keeping with the times, out of tune with the times.* fuera de peligro = out of the woods, out of harm's way.* fuera de plazo = late.* fuera de + Posesivo + competencia = outside + Posesivo + jurisdiction.* fuera de + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.* fuera de quicio = pissed off, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses.* fuera de rumbo = off course.* fuera de secuencia = out of range.* fuera de serie = crackerjack.* fuera de servicio = off-duty, decomissioned, out of commission.* fuera de temporada = off-season, out of season.* fuera de tino = wide of the mark.* fuera de toda duda = incontrovertible, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.* fuera de toda sospecha = above suspicion.* gol fuera de juego = offside goal.* hacia dentro y hacia fuera = Verbo + in and out.* hacia fuera = outwards.* impresión fuera de línea = offline print.* mantener Algo fuera de peligro = keep + Nombre + out of harm's way.* mina fuera de ruta = roadside bomb.* partido que se juega fuera de casa = away game.* pitar fuera de juego = judge + offside.* poner fuera de combate = lay + Nombre + low.* por fuera = outwardly, outwardly.* proyectar hacia fuera = project + outward.* salir fuera = be out and about, get out and about.* sentirse fuera de lugar = feel + inadequate.* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.* tarifa por inscripción fuera de plazo = late registration fee.* tiempo fuera de servicio = downtime.* trabajar a horas fuera de lo normal = work + unsocial hours.* un día fuera = a day out.* usar fuera de contexto = use + out of context.* * *I1)a) (lugar, parte) [Latin American Spanish also uses afuera in this sense] outsidecomeremos fuera — ( en el jardín) we'll eat outside; ( en un restaurante) we'll eat out
b) ( en el extranjero) abroad, out of the country; (del lugar de trabajo, de la ciudad, etc) awaylos de fuera — ( los extranjeros) foreigners; (los de otros pueblos, ciudades, etc) outsiders
c) ( en interjecciones)2)fuera de — (loc prep)
a) (en el exterior de, más allá de) out offuera del alcance de los proyectiles — outside o beyond the range of the missiles
b) ( excepto) apart fromfuera de eso, me encuentro bien — apart o (AmE) aside from that, I feel fine
fuera de combate: lo dejó fuera de combate (Dep) he knocked him out; fuera de concurso: quedó fuera de concurso he was disqualified; su película se presentó fuera de concurso his movie was shown outside the competition; fuera de cuentas (Esp) overdue; fuera de la ley: vivían fuera de la ley they lived outside the law; fuera de lugar <mueble/persona> out of place; < comentario> inappropriate, out of place; fuera de peligro out of danger; fuera de serie <jugador/cantante> exceptional, outstanding; fuera de sí: estaba fuera de sí he was beside himself; fuera de temporada or estación — out of season
•II* * *fuera(de)= outside (of), outwithEx: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.
Ex: Researchers outwith the higher education system consider research library information services inadequate.= in the open.Ex: As expected, bats avoided obstacles while flying through vegetation and intercepted flying prey in the open.
* bebida de fuera = outside drink.* caer fuera de = fall outside, lie beyond.* caer fuera del alcance de = fall outside + the scope of.* caer fuera de las responsabilidades de = be on the outer fringes of.* caer fuera del interés de = lie outside + the scope of.* caer fuera del interés de uno = fall outside + Posesivo + interest.* caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* colocación fuera de lugar = misplacement.* colocar fuera de alcance = place + out of reach.* comer fuera = eat out.* comida de fuera = outside food.* con las garras fuera = knives-out.* con las uñas fuera = knives-out.* curso que tiene lugar fuera de la universidad = extension course, off-campus course.* de dentro hacia fuera = inside outwards.* de fuera = outside, off-side.* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.* dejar fuera = leave out, cut out, count + Nombre + out, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.* dejar fuera de combate = lay + Nombre + low.* dejar fuera del equipo = sideline.* de miras hacia fuera = outwardly.* dentro y fuera de = in and out of.* desde dentro hacia fuera = from the inside-out.* desde dentro y desde fuera de = within and without.* desde fuera = from the outside.* echar fuera = throw + Nombre + out.* encontrarse fuera de lugar = be out of + Posesivo + element, be out of place.* estado del ordenador en fuera de línea = offlineness.* estar fuera = be out.* estar fuera con los amigos = be out with the guys.* estar fuera de contienda = be out of contention.* estar fuera del alcance = lie outside + the scope of.* estar fuera de las posibilidades de Alguien = be out of + Posesivo + league.* estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.* estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.* estar fuera de lugar = be out of place, be out of order.* estar fuera de quicio = be beside + Reflexivo.* estar fuera de rumbo = be off course.* estar fuera de secuencia = be out of order.* estar fura de sí = be beside + Reflexivo.* fuera de = outside (of), outwith.* fuera de alcance = beyond reach, out of range.* fuera de circulación = out of circulation.* fuera de clase = out-of-class.* fuera de cobertura = out of range.* fuera de control = out-of-control, haywire.* fuera de juego = offside.* fuera de la casa = out-of-home.* fuera del alcance = out of reach.* fuera del alcance de = beyond the scope of.* fuera del alcance de las posibilidades de Alguien = beyond + Posesivo + powers.* fuera del alcance del oído = out of earshot.* fuera de las normas comúnmente aceptadas = beyond the pale.* fuera de la universidad = off-campus.* fuera de la vista = out of view.* fuera del campus = off-campus.* fuera del control de = beyond the control of.* fuera del escenario = off stage.* fuera del horario normal = out of hours, at odd times.* fuera de línea = offline [off-line].* fuera del matrimonio = out of wedlock.* fuera de lo común = eccentric, odd, unordinary, out of the ordinary, a cut above the rest, a cut above.* fuera de lo normal = abnormally + Adjetivo, with a difference, unordinary, out of the ordinary.* fuera de los caminos trillados = off the beaten track.* fuera del redil = beyond the pale.* fuera de lugar = out of place, without + Lugar, uncalled-for.* fuera de onda con los tiempos modernos = out of keeping with the times, out of tune with the times.* fuera de peligro = out of the woods, out of harm's way.* fuera de plazo = late.* fuera de + Posesivo + competencia = outside + Posesivo + jurisdiction.* fuera de + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.* fuera de quicio = pissed off, out of + Posesivo + mind, out of + Posesivo + senses.* fuera de rumbo = off course.* fuera de secuencia = out of range.* fuera de serie = crackerjack.* fuera de servicio = off-duty, decomissioned, out of commission.* fuera de temporada = off-season, out of season.* fuera de tino = wide of the mark.* fuera de toda duda = incontrovertible, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.* fuera de toda sospecha = above suspicion.* gol fuera de juego = offside goal.* hacia dentro y hacia fuera = Verbo + in and out.* hacia fuera = outwards.* impresión fuera de línea = offline print.* mantener Algo fuera de peligro = keep + Nombre + out of harm's way.* mina fuera de ruta = roadside bomb.* partido que se juega fuera de casa = away game.* pitar fuera de juego = judge + offside.* poner fuera de combate = lay + Nombre + low.* por fuera = outwardly, outwardly.* proyectar hacia fuera = project + outward.* salir fuera = be out and about, get out and about.* sentirse fuera de lugar = feel + inadequate.* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.* tarifa por inscripción fuera de plazo = late registration fee.* tiempo fuera de servicio = downtime.* trabajar a horas fuera de lo normal = work + unsocial hours.* un día fuera = a day out.* usar fuera de contexto = use + out of context.* * *Ael perro duerme fuera the dog sleeps outsideaquí fuera se está muy bien it's very nice out herecomeremos fuera (en el jardín) we'll eat out in the garden o outside o outdoors; (en un restaurante) we'll eat outqueremos pintar la casa por fuera we want to paint the outside o the exterior of the housepor fuera es rojo it's red on the outsidecose/lava para fuera she does sewing for other people/takes in washing2 (en el extranjero) abroad, out of the country; (del lugar de trabajo, de la ciudad, etc) away3(en interjecciones): ¡fuera de aquí! get out of here!, get out!¡fuera los traidores! traitors out!¡fuera cuentos! ¡a la escuela! ( Esp); no more excuses o that's enough of your excuses, off to school with you!en sus marcas, listos, ¡fuera! ( Méx); on your marks, get set, go!B1(en el exterior de, más allá de): ¿quién dejó el helado fuera del congelador? who left the ice cream out of the freezer?pasa mucho tiempo fuera del país he spends a lot of time out of the country o abroadocurrió fuera del edificio it happened outside the buildingel precio está fuera de mi alcance it's out of my price rangeponlo fuera del alcance de los niños put it out of reach of the children, put it out of the children's reachfuera del alcance de los proyectiles outside o beyond the range of the missiles2 (excepto) apart fromfuera de estos zapatos, no me he comprado nada I haven't bought myself anything, apart from o except for these shoesfuera de eso, me encuentro bien apart from that o otherwise o ( AmE) aside from that, I feel fine3(además): fuera de que su padre tampoco se lo permitiría besides which o apart from which her father wouldn't allow it anywayC ( en otras locs):fuera de combate: lo dejó fuera de combate ( Dep) he knocked him outtras el escándalo quedó fuera de combate after the scandal he was out of the running, the scandal knocked o put him out of the runningfuera de concurso: quedó fuera de concurso he was disqualifiedsu película se presentó fuera de concurso his movie was shown outside the competitionfuera de cuentas overduefuera de la ley: vivían fuera de la ley they lived outside the law o as outlawsfuera de lugar ‹mueble/persona› out of place;‹comentario› inappropriate, out of placeestuvo totalmente fuera de lugar que lo interrumpieras así it was completely out of order to interrupt him like thatfuera de peligro out of dangerfuera de serie ‹jugador/cantante› exceptional, outstanding;‹máquina/mueble› custom-built, one-offun verano fuera de serie an exceptionally good summerfuera de sí: estaba fuera de sí he was beside himselffuera de temporada or estación out of seasonCompuestos:masculine (pl fuera de borda) (lancha) outboard, boat with an outboard motor o engine; (motor) outboard motor o engine, outboardmasculine offsideestaba en fuera de juego he was offsidesu nuevo chef es un fuera de serie their new chef is exceptionally good o is quite exceptional o is outstanding* * *
Del verbo ir: ( conjugate ir)
fuera es:
1ª persona singular (yo) imperfecto(1) subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperfecto(1) subjuntivo
Del verbo ser: ( conjugate ser)
fuera es:
1ª persona singular (yo) imperfecto(1) subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperfecto(1) subjuntivo
Multiple Entries:
fuera
ir
ser
fuera adverbio
1a) (lugar, parte) Latin American Spanish also uses
comeremos fuera ( en el jardín) we'll eat outside;
( en un restaurante) we'll eat out;
aquí fuera se está muy bien it's very nice out here;
se pasa el día fuera she's out all day
(del lugar de trabajo, de la ciudad, etc) away
2
ocurrió fuera del edificio it happened outside the building;
fuera de peligro/lugar out of danger/place;
¡fuera (de aquí)! get out (of here)!
◊ fuera de eso, me encuentro bien apart o (AmE) aside from that, I feel fine
3 ( en otras locs):◊ fuera de combate: lo dejó fuera de combate (Dep) he knocked him out;
fuera de serie ‹jugador/cantante› exceptional, outstanding;
fuera de sí: estaba fuera de sí he was beside himself;
fuera de temporada out of season
ir ( conjugate ir) verbo intransitivo
1
iban a caballo/a pie they were on horseback/on foot;
fuera por mar to go by sea;
¡Fernando! — ¡voy! Fernando! — (just) coming! o I'll be right there!;
el fuera y venir de los invitados the coming and going of the guests;
vamos a casa let's go home;
¿adónde va este tren? where's this train going (to)?;
fuera de compras/de caza to go shopping/hunting;
ya vamos para allá we're on our way;
¿por dónde se va a …? how do you get to …?;
fuera por or (Esp) a por algo/algn to go to get sth/sb;
voy (a) por pan I'm going to get some bread
ya va al colegio she's already at school
2 ( expresando propósito) fuera a + inf:◊ ¿has ido a verla? have you been to see her?;
ve a ayudarla go and help her;
ver tb fuera v aux 1
3 (al arrojar algo, arrojarse):◊ tírame la llave — ¡allá va! throw me the key — here you are o there you go!;
tírate del trampolín — ¡allá voy! jump off the board! — here I go/come!
4 [ comentario]:
eso va por ti también that goes for you too, and the same goes for you
1 (+ compl) ( sin énfasis en el movimiento):
¿van cómodos? are you comfortable?;
íbamos sentados we were sitting down;
vas muy cargada you have a lot to carry;
yo iba a la cabeza I was in the lead
2 ( refiriéndose al atuendo):
voy a fuera de Drácula I'm going to go as Dracula;
iba de verde she was dressed in green
3 ( en calidad de) fuera de algo to go (along) as sth;
1 [camino/sendero] ( llevar) fuera a algo to lead to sth, to go to sth
2 (extenderse, abarcar):
el período que va desde … hasta … the period from … to …
1 (marchar, desarrollarse):◊ ¿cómo va el nuevo trabajo? how's the new job going?;
va de mal en peor it's going from bad to worse;
¿cómo te va? how's it going?, how are things? (colloq), what's up? (AmE colloq);
¿cómo les fue en Italia? how was Italy?, how did you get on in Italy?;
me fue mal/bien en el examen I did badly/well in the exam;
¡que te vaya bien! all the best!, take care!;
¡que te vaya bien (en) el examen! good luck in the exam
2 ( en competiciones):◊ ¿cómo van? — 3-1 what's the score? — 3-1;
voy ganando yo I'm ahead, I'm winning
3 ( en el desarrollo de algo):◊ ¿por dónde van en historia? where have you got (up) to in history?;
¿todavía vas por la página 20? are you still on page 20?
4 ( estar en camino):◊ ¡vamos para viejos! we're getting on o old!;
va para los cincuenta she's going on fifty;
ya va para dos años que … it's getting on for two years since …
5 (sumar, hacer):
con este van seis six, counting this one
6 ( haber transcurrido): en lo que va del or (Esp) de año/mes so far this year/month
1 ( deber colocarse) to go;◊ ¿dónde van las toallas? where do the towels go?;
¡qué va! (fam): ¿has terminado? — ¡qué va! have you finished? — you must be joking!;
¿se disgustó? — ¡qué va! did she get upset? — not at all!;
vamos a perder el avión — ¡qué va! we're going to miss the plane — no way!
2a) ( combinar) fuera con algo to go with sthb) (sentar bien, convenir) (+ me/te/le etc):
te fueraá bien un descanso a rest will do you good
3 (Méx) (tomar partido por, apoyar) fuerale a algo/algn to support sth/sb;
1◊ vamosa) (expresando incredulidad, fastidio):◊ ¡vamos! ¿eso quién se lo va a creer? come off it o come on! who do you think's going to believe that?b) (intentando tranquilizar, animar, dar prisa):◊ vamos, mujer, dile algo go on, say something to him;
¡vamos, date prisa! come on, hurry up!c) (al aclarar, resumir):◊ eso sería un disparate, vamos, digo yo that would be a stupid thing to do, well, that's what I think anyway;
vamos, que no es una persona de fiar basically, he's not very trustworthy;
es mejor que el otro, vamos it's better than the other one, anyway
2◊ vayaa) (expresando sorpresa, contrariedad):◊ ¡vaya! ¡tú por aquí! what a surprise! what are you doing here?;
¡vaya! ¡se ha vuelto a caer! oh no o (colloq) damn! it's fallen over again!b) (Esp) ( para enfatizar):◊ ¡vaya cochazo! what a car!
fuera v aux fuera a + inf:
1a) (para expresar tiempo futuro, propósito) to be going to + inf;
va a hacer dos años que … it's getting on for two years since …b) (en propuestas, sugerencias):◊ vamos a ver ¿cómo dices que te llamas? now then, what did you say your name was?;
bueno, vamos a trabajar all right, let's get to work
2 (al prevenir, hacer recomendaciones):
cuidado, no te vayas a caer mind you don't fall (colloq);
lleva el paraguas, no vaya a ser que llueva take the umbrella, in case it rains
3 ( expresando un proceso paulatino):
ya puedes fuera haciéndote a la idea you'd better get used to the idea;
la situación ha ido empeorando the situation has been getting worse and worse
irse verbo pronominal
1 ( marcharse) to leave;◊ ¿por qué te vas tan temprano? why are you leaving o going so soon?;
vámonos let's go;
bueno, me voy right then, I'm taking off (AmE) o (BrE) I'm off;
no te vayas don't go;
vete a la cama go to bed;
se fue de casa/de la empresa she left home/the company;
vete de aquí get out of here;
se han ido de viaje they're away, they've gone away
2 (consumirse, gastarse):◊ ¡cómo se va el dinero! I don't know where the money goes!;
se me va medio sueldo en el alquiler half my salary goes on the rent
3 ( desaparecer) [mancha/dolor] to go;
(+ me/te/le etc)◊ ¿se te ha ido el dolor de cabeza? has your headache gone?
4 (salirse, escaparse) [líquido/gas] to escape;◊ se le está yendo el aire al globo the balloon's losing air o going down
5 (caerse, perder el equilibrio) (+ compl):◊ fuerase de boca/espaldas to fall flat on one's face/back;
me iba para atrás I was falling backwards;
frenó y nos fuimos todos para adelante he braked and we all went flying forwards
ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;
es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
era cierto it was true;
sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;
(+ me/te/le etc)
ver tb imposible, difícil etc
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;
es viuda she's a widow;
ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;
ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):
soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
5 (hipótesis, futuro):
¿será cierto? can it be true?
verbo intransitivo
1
b) (liter) ( en cuentos):◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …
2a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):
¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?b) ( en preguntas):◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;
¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
3 ( sumar):◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;
son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) fuera para algo to be for sth;
( en locs)
¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
(ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
sea como sea at all costs;
sea cuando sea whenever it is;
sea donde sea no matter where;
sea quien sea whoever it is;
si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
( en el tiempo) to be;◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;
serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
ver tb v impers
fuera v impers to be;
fuera v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
■ sustantivo masculino
1
◊ fuera humano/vivo human/living beingb) (individuo, persona):
2 ( naturaleza):
fuera adverbio
1 (en/hacia la parte exterior) outside, out: fuera hacía mucho calor, it was hot outside
salgamos fuera, let's go out
2 (no en el lugar habitual) out, away: comeremos fuera, we'll go out for lunch
está fuera, she's away
3 Dep fuera de juego, offside
nuestro equipo juega fuera, our team is playing away
ganaron los de fuera, the away team won
4 (sobrepasando límites prescritos) after
fuera de alcance, out of reach
fuera de horario, after hours
fuera de plazo, after the deadline
(más allá) beyond, out of
fuera de mis posiblidades, beyond my means
fuera de peligro, out of danger
♦ Locuciones: estar fuera de sí, to be beside oneself
fuera de serie, extraordinary
ir
I verbo intransitivo
1 (dirigirse a un lugar) to go: ¡vamos!, let's go!
voy a París, I'm going to Paris ➣ Ver nota en go
2 (acudir regularmente) to go: va al colegio, he goes to school
van a misa, they go to church
3 (conducir a) to lead, go to: el sendero va a la mina, the path goes to the mine
esta carretera va a Londres, this road leads to London
4 (abarcar) to cover: la finca va desde la alambrada al camino, the estate extends from the wire fence to the path
las lecciones que van desde la página 1 a la 53, the lessons on pages 1 to 53
5 (guardarse habitualmente) va al lado de éste, it goes beside this one
6 (mantener una posición) to be: va el primero, he's in first place
7 (tener un estado de ánimo, una apariencia) to be: iba furioso/radiante, he was furious/radiant
vas muy guapa, you look very smart o pretty
8 (desenvolverse) ¿cómo te va?, how are things? o how are you doing?
¿cómo te va en el nuevo trabajo?, how are you getting on in your new job?
9 (funcionar) to work (properly): el reloj no va, the clock doesn't go o work
10 (sentar bien) to suit: ese corte de pelo no te va nada, that haircut doesn't suit you at all
11 (combinar) to match, go: el rojo no va con el celeste, red doesn't go with pale blue
12 (vestir) to wear
ir con abrigo, to wear a coat
ir de negro/de uniforme, to be dressed in black/in uniform
la niña irá de enfermera, the little girl will dress up as a nurse
13 fam (importar, concernir) to concern: eso va por ti también, and the same goes for you
ni me va ni me viene, I don't care one way or the other
14 (apostar) to bet: va un café a que no viene, I bet a coffee that he won't come
15 (ir + de) fam (comportarse de cierto modo) to act
ir de listo por la vida, to be a smart ass
(tratar) to be about: ¿de qué va la película?, what's the film about?
16 (ir + detrás de) to be looking for: hace tiempo que voy detrás de un facsímil de esa edición, I've been after a facsimile of that edition for a long time
17 (ir + por) ir por la derecha, to keep (to the) right
(ir a buscar) ve por agua, go and fetch some water
(haber llegado) voy por la página noventa, I've got as far as page ninety
18 (ir + para) (tener casi, estar cercano a) va para los cuarenta, she's getting on for forty
ya voy para viejo, I'm getting old
(encaminarse a) iba para ingeniero, she was studying to be an engineer
este niño va para médico, this boy's going to become a doctor
II verbo auxiliar
1 (ir + gerundio) va mejorando, he's improving
ir caminando, to go on foot
2 (ir + pp) ya van estrenadas tres películas de Almodóvar, three films by Almodovar have already been released
3 ( ir a + infinitivo) iba a decir que, I was going to say that
va a esquiar, she goes skiing
va a nevar, it's going to snow
vas a caerte, you'll fall
♦ Locuciones: a eso iba, I was coming to that
¡ahí va!, catch!
en lo que va de año, so far this year
¡qué va!, of course not! o nothing of the sort!
¡vamos a ver!, let's see!
van a lo suyo, they look after their own interests
¡vaya!, fancy that
¡vaya cochazo!, what a car!
ir a parar, to end up
ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
(al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
(adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
' fuera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alcance
- balón
- biruji
- borda
- combate
- convencer
- dejar
- desencajada
- desencajado
- desentonar
- desleal
- desplazada
- desplazado
- destiempo
- duda
- espuela
- extemporánea
- extemporáneo
- exterior
- extraescolar
- fenomenal
- haber
- juego
- lengua
- lógica
- lugar
- mayoría
- necesaria
- necesario
- onda
- plazo
- proscrita
- proscrito
- quicio
- revés
- salir
- serie
- servicio
- tono
- única
- único
- afuera
- anhelar
- cena
- comer
- común
- cual
- desnivelado
- esperar
- lancha
English:
add to
- amok
- annul
- around-the clock
- away
- beside
- beyond
- boot
- bound
- busing
- care
- catapult
- chase away
- clear
- commission
- control
- danger
- dine
- distraught
- dome
- eat out
- ex
- exclude
- farm out
- go out
- hand
- here
- house-sit
- lest
- look out
- meal
- misplaced
- off-duty
- off-limits
- off-piste
- off-screen
- offside
- one-off
- ordinary
- original
- out
- out of
- out-of-bounds
- outdoors
- outside
- outward
- outwards
- piste
- place
- play
* * *♦♦ adv1. [en el exterior] outside;hace frío fuera it's cold outside;lo echó fuera she threw him out;salen mucho a comer fuera they eat out a lot;fuera de la casa outside the house;el ruido viene de fuera the noise is coming from outside;hacia fuera outwards;sólo vimos la catedral por fuera we only saw the cathedral from the outside;llevas la camisa por fuera your shirt isn't tucked in properly;por fuera es de color amarillo it's yellow on the outside2. [en otro lugar] away;[en el extranjero] abroad;de fuera [extranjero] from abroad;Marta está fuera [de viaje] Marta is away;[ha salido] Marta is out;a los de fuera les sorprenden mucho las costumbres locales people who aren't from round here o strangers find the local customs very strange3.[cálculos, competencia] outside;fuera de [alcance, peligro] out of;estar fuera de sí to be beside oneself (with rage);ese comentario está fuera de lugar that remark is out of place;fuera de plazo after the closing date;fuera de la ley illegal;fuera de control out of control;presentó su película fuera de concurso his film was shown, but not judged as part of the competitionfuera de banda out of play;fuera de combate knocked out;Fig out of action;fuera de juego offside;estar en fuera de juego to be offside;Esppillar a alguien en fuera de juego to catch sb out;Am fuera de lugar offside; Amestar en fuera de lugar to be offsidejugar fuera to play away (from home);el equipo de fuera the away team6.fuera de [excepto] except for, apart from;fuera de eso, he cumplido todos tus caprichos apart from that, I've done everything you wanted me to;fuera de bromas, ¿has fijado ya una fecha para la boda? seriously though o joking apart, have you set a date for the wedding yet?;fuera de serie exceptional, out of the ordinary;ser un fuera de serie to be one of a kind♦ interj[de habitación, lugar] get out!; [en el teatro] get off!;¡fuera, fuera, fuera! [cántico] off!, off!, off!;¡fuera los políticos corruptos! out with all corrupt politicians!;¡fuera de aquí! get out of my sight!* * *por fuera on the outside;de fuera de otro departamento, cuerpo de policía etc from outside, outside atr ; de otro lugar strange; persona stranger; de otro país foreign; persona foreigner;¡fuera! get out!III prp:fuera de outside;¡sal fuera de aquí! get out of here!;está fuera del país he’s abroad, he’s out of the country;fuera de eso aside from that, apart from that;estar fuera de sí be beside o.s.* * *fuera adv1) : outside, out2) : abroad, away3)fuera de : outside of, out of, beyond4)fuera de : besides, in addition tofuera de eso: aside from that5)fuera de lugar : out of place, amiss* * *fuera1 adv1. (en el exterior) outside2. (no en casa, no en su sitio) out¿quién ha dejado la leche fuera de la nevera? who left the milk out of the fridge?3. (lejos de casa) away4. (del país) abroadfuera2 interj1. (para echar a alguien) get out!2. (para protestar) off! / out! -
110 ilusorio
adj.illusory, chimerical, imaginary, illusive.* * *► adjetivo1 illusory* * *ADJ (=irreal) illusory; (=sin valor) empty; (=sin efecto) ineffective* * *- ria adjetivob) ( imaginario) imaginary* * *= illusory, starry-eyed, hallucinatory, deceptive, delusional, airy-fairy, fantastical, fantastic.Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.Ex. It would be starry-eyed to imagine that we the library ever reach into every home.Ex. Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.Ex. Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.Ex. Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.Ex. Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.Ex. He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.* * *- ria adjetivob) ( imaginario) imaginary* * *= illusory, starry-eyed, hallucinatory, deceptive, delusional, airy-fairy, fantastical, fantastic.Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
Ex: It would be starry-eyed to imagine that we the library ever reach into every home.Ex: Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.Ex: Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.Ex: Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.Ex: Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.Ex: He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.* * *1 (engañoso) ‹promesa› false, deceptive; ‹esperanza› false, illusory2 (imaginario) imaginary* * *ilusorio, -a adj[imaginario] illusory; [promesa] empty* * *adj illusory* * *engañoso: illusory, misleading -
111 impertinente
adj.1 impertinent.ponerse impertinente to be impertinent o rude2 cheeky, given to answering back, mouthy, lippy.f. & m.1 impertinent person (person).2 busybody, meddlesome person, snooper.* * *► adjetivo1 impertinent1 lorgnette sing* * *1. ADJ1) (=insolente) impertinent2) frm (=irrelevante) irrelevant, not pertinent2.SMPL lorgnette sing* * *Ia) ( irrespetuoso) <persona/pregunta/tono> impertinentb) ( inoportuno) <momento/hora> inopportune (frml), inappropriate; < llamada> ill-timed; < comentario> uncalled-forIImasculino y femenino1) ( persona)2) impertinentes masculino plural lorgnette* * *= cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.* * *Ia) ( irrespetuoso) <persona/pregunta/tono> impertinentb) ( inoportuno) <momento/hora> inopportune (frml), inappropriate; < llamada> ill-timed; < comentario> uncalled-forIImasculino y femenino1) ( persona)2) impertinentes masculino plural lorgnette* * *= cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.* * *1 (descarado, irrespetuoso) ‹persona› impertinent; ‹pregunta/risa/tono› impertinent2 (inoportuno, fuera de lugar) ‹momento/hora› inopportune ( frml), inappropriate; ‹llamada› ill-timed; ‹comentario› uncalled-forme parece impertinente entrar en este momento I don't think this is a very good o opportune moment to go in3 ( frml) (no relevante) irrelevantA(persona): eres una impertinente you're very impertinentB impertinentes mpl lorgnette* * *
impertinente adjetivo ‹persona/pregunta/tono› impertinent;
‹ comentario› uncalled-for
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( persona):
impertinente
I adjetivo
1 (atrevido) impertinent: estuvo muy impertinente con nosotros, she was impertinent
2 (improcedente) irrelevant
II mf impertinent person
III mpl impertinentes, lorgnette sing
' impertinente' also found in these entries:
English:
impertinent
- intrusive
- nosy
- presumptuous
* * *♦ adj1. [insolente] impertinent;no te pongas impertinente con tu madre don't be rude o impertinent to your mother;hoy estás muy impertinente you're being very impertinent today2. [inoportuno] inappropriate♦ nmf[persona] impertinent person;es un impertinente he's very rude o impertinent♦ impertinentes nmpl[anteojos] lorgnette* * *I adj impertinentII m/f:¡eres un impertinente! you’re so impertinent!* * *impertinente adj1) insolente: impertinent, insolent2) inoportuno: inappropriate, uncalled-for3) irrelevante: irrelevant* * *impertinente adj impertinent -
112 insolente
adj.insolent (descarado).f. & m.insolent person.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: insolentar.* * *► adjetivo1 (descarado) insolent2 (soberbio) haughty► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (descarado) insolent person2 (soberbio) haughty person* * *ADJ1) (=descarado) insolent, rude2) (=altivo) haughty, contemptuous* * *Iadjetivo rude, insolentIImasculino y femeninoes una insolente — she's so rude o insolent
* * *= insolent, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], petulant, uncouth, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], flamer, brazen, impudent, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.Ex. All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.Ex. This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.Ex. Like other technologies, the Internet is vulnerable to misuse by hostile individuals ( flamers), sexual predators, and pornographers.Ex. They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.----* de un modo insolente = defiantly.* * *Iadjetivo rude, insolentIImasculino y femeninoes una insolente — she's so rude o insolent
* * *= insolent, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], petulant, uncouth, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], flamer, brazen, impudent, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.Ex: All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.Ex: This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.Ex: Like other technologies, the Internet is vulnerable to misuse by hostile individuals ( flamers), sexual predators, and pornographers.Ex: They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.* de un modo insolente = defiantly.* * *‹persona› rude, insolent; ‹respuesta/actitud› insolentes una insolente she's so rude o insolent* * *
Del verbo insolentar: ( conjugate insolentar)
insolenté es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
insolente es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
insolente adjetivo
rude, insolent
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:◊ es una insolente she's so rude o insolent
insolente adjetivo insolent
' insolente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atrevida
- atrevido
- chula
- chulo
- descarada
- descarado
- farruca
- farruco
- malencarada
- malencarado
- liso
English:
audacious
- defiant
- impudent
- insolent
- saucy
* * *♦ adj[descarado] insolent; [orgulloso] haughty♦ nmfinsolent person;es un insolente he's very insolent* * *adj insolent* * *insolente adjimpertinente: insolent -
113 lívido
adj.livid, colorless, pale, discolored.* * *► adjetivo1 livid* * *ADJ1) (=pálido) pallid, pale, livid2) (=amoratado) black and blue, livid* * ** * *= pale [paler -comp., palest -sup.], haggard, bruised.Ex. There may be pale drip marks in the neighbourhood of the tranchefiles, where drops of water fell from the deckle or from the maker's hand on to the new-made sheet.Ex. To see a haggard face in your dreams, denotes misfortune and defeat in love matters.Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.* * ** * *= pale [paler -comp., palest -sup.], haggard, bruised.Ex: There may be pale drip marks in the neighbourhood of the tranchefiles, where drops of water fell from the deckle or from the maker's hand on to the new-made sheet.
Ex: To see a haggard face in your dreams, denotes misfortune and defeat in love matters.Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.* * *lívido -da2 (morado) lividestaba lívido de rabia he was livid (with rage)* * *
lívido
( morado) livid
lívido,-a adjetivo livid
' lívido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lívida
English:
livid
* * *lívido, -a adj1. [pálido] very pale, pallid2. [amoratado] livid* * *adj pale, pallid* * *lívido, -da adj1) amoratado: livid2) pálido: pallid, extremely pale -
114 mordaz
adj.1 caustic, biting.2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.* * *1 mordant, sarcastic* * *adj.sarcastic, biting* * *ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic* * ** * *= trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.----* crítica mordaz = hatchet job.* de forma mordaz = pungently.* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.* * ** * *= trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.* crítica mordaz = hatchet job.* de forma mordaz = pungently.* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.* * *‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing* * *
mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
' mordaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corrosiva
- corrosivo
- afilado
English:
abrasive
- acid
- barbed
- biting
- caustic
- cutting
- damning
- denunciation
- incisive
- pointed
- scathing
- sharp
- dry
- dryness
* * *mordaz adjcaustic* * *adj biting, sharp* * *mordaz adj: caustic, scathing -
115 nuevo
adj.new, modern, recent, novel.* * *► adjetivo1 new2 (adicional) further► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 newcomer (principiante) beginner; (universidad) fresher (US freshman)\de nuevo againcoger a alguien de nuevas to take somebody by surpriseestar (como) nuevo,-a (objeto) to be as good as new 2 (persona) to feel like new, feel as good as newhacerse de nuevas to pretend not to know¿qué hay de nuevo? familiar what's new?* * *(f. - nueva)adj.- de nuevo* * *ADJ1) (=no usado) newcomo nuevo: estos pantalones están como nuevos — these trousers are just like new
2) (=recién llegado) new3)de nuevo — (=otra vez) again
* * *- va adjetivo1)a) [ser] <coche/casa/trabajo> newb) (delante del n) <intento/cambio> furtherha surgido un nuevo problema — another o a further problem has arisen
c) [ser] <estilo/enfoque> new¿qué hay de nuevo? — (fam) what's new? (colloq)
d) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as newtodavía lo tengo nuevecito or (CS) nuevito — it's still as good as new
2)* * *= emerging, fresh, new [newer -comp., newest -sup.], renewed, rising, unfamiliar, unworn, emergent, fledging, fledgling [fledgeling], uncharted, unchartered, brand new, ever-new, up-and-coming, new found [new-found/newfound], evolving, changing.Ex. We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.Ex. This is a fresh avenue of approach to classification, and shows some promise.Ex. The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.Ex. It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.Ex. We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.Ex. A printer who wanted to achieve a sharp impression from unworn type of even height to paper would put hard rather than soft packing in the tympan.Ex. Books for emergent readers should facilitate the acquisition of these concepts.Ex. Venture capitalists funded fledging companies in the early days of information technology some of which went on to dominate the market.Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex. This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.Ex. Information on small, sometimes brand new, companies in the chemical and biotechnology industries is often difficult to find.Ex. He was then able to compare sources that made correlations possible and raised ever-new questions.Ex. The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.Ex. This could help readers gain a newfound appreciation of each others' childhood through books.Ex. One of the objectives is to produce a statement of the role of the Library in the evolving national information program over the next five to seven years.Ex. These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.----* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.* abrir nuevos mercados = branch into.* activo de nuevo = up and about.* adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.* adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.* alfombrar de nuevo = recarpet [re-carpet].* analizar de nuevo = reexamine [re-examine].* añadir una nueva dimensión = add + new dimension.* Año Nuevo = New Year.* apoyar de nuevo = reendorse.* aprender de nuevo = relearn.* asumir una nueva faceta = take on + new dimension.* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).* borrón y cuenta nueva = a fresh start, clean slate, new leaf.* búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.* cobrar nuevo entusiasmo = develop + renewed enthusiasm.* colocar de nuevo en los estantes = reshelve [re-shelve].* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again, recommence, make + a new start, start over, make + a fresh start.* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.* compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up].* concebirse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.* convocar de nuevo = reconvene.* crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].* dar a Algo una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.* dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.* dar un nuevo acabado = refinish.* dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.* dar un nuevo nombre = rename.* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.* de nueva ola = new-wave.* de nuevas formas = in new ways.* de nuevas maneras = in new ways.* de nuevo = again, once again, yet again, afresh, anew, all over again, redux, over again.* de nuevo en este caso = here again.* de nuevo en pie = up and about.* de nuevos modos = in new ways.* desarrollo de nuevos productos = product development.* de una nueva forma = in a new way.* de una nueva manera = in a new way.* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.* el nuevo aspecto de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.* empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].* enseñar de nuevo = retrain [re-train].* entrada de nuevo = re-entry [reentry].* enviar de nuevo = resend [re-send].* explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.* hacer borrón y cuenta nueva = start with + a clean slate, turn over + a new leaf.* hacerlo de nuevo = go and do it again.* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.* idea nueva = fresh idea.* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.* inscribir de nuevo = reregister.* intentar de nuevo = retry [re-try].* introducir de nuevo = re-enter [reenter].* ir con la nueva ola = ride + wave.* lista de nuevas adquisiciones = acquisitions list.* llevar a Algo a una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.* luna nueva = new moon.* mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].* mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].* mostrar de nuevo = redisplay.* nacido de nuevo = born again.* Nueva Brunswick = New Brunswick.* nueva edición = new edition.* nueva era = new age.* Nueva Escocia = Nova Scotia.* nueva evaluación = reappraisal.* Nueva Gales del Sur = New South Wales.* Nueva Guinea = New Guinea.* nueva idea = reform idea.* Nueva Inglaterra = New England.* nueva lectura = rereading [re-reading].* nueva línea = linefeed.* Nueva Ola, la = New Wave, the.* Nueva Orleans = New Orleans.* nueva perspectiva = new light.* nueva promesa = rising star.* nueva redacción = redraft, rewrite [re-write].* nuevas fronteras = new horizons.* nueva tirada = rerun.* nueva versión = upgrade, remake.* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.* nueva visita = return visit.* Nueva York = New York (NY).* Nueva Zelanda = New Zealand (NZ).* nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].* nuevo comienzo = new beginning, clean slate, new leaf.* Nuevo Méjico = New Mexico.* nuevo miembro = entrant.* Nuevo Mundo, el = New World, the.* nuevo nombramiento = reappointment.* nuevo resurgir = second wind.* nuevos avances = future development(s).* nuevos conversos, los = recently converted, the.* nuevos horizontes = greener pastures, pastures new.* nuevos retos = new horizons.* nuevos tiempos, los = wind(s) of change, the.* Nuevo Testamento = New Testament (N.T.).* nuevo valor = newcomer.* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.* NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).* pintar de nuevo = repaint [re-paint].* prensentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = present + Nombre + in a new light.* presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + new light on.* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = throw + Nombre + in a new light.* presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.* presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.* reunirse de nuevo = reconvene.* salir de nuevo = come back out.* sangre nueva = new blood.* sentirse como nuevo = be right as rain.* surgiendo de nuevas = on the rebound.* un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.* un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.* ver Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = view + Nombre + in a new light, see + Nombre + in a new light.* ver desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on.* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.* vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins.* víspera de Año Nuevo = New Year's Eve.* vivir de nuevo = relive.* volver de nuevo = come back out.* * *- va adjetivo1)a) [ser] <coche/casa/trabajo> newb) (delante del n) <intento/cambio> furtherha surgido un nuevo problema — another o a further problem has arisen
c) [ser] <estilo/enfoque> new¿qué hay de nuevo? — (fam) what's new? (colloq)
d) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as newtodavía lo tengo nuevecito or (CS) nuevito — it's still as good as new
2)* * *= emerging, fresh, new [newer -comp., newest -sup.], renewed, rising, unfamiliar, unworn, emergent, fledging, fledgling [fledgeling], uncharted, unchartered, brand new, ever-new, up-and-coming, new found [new-found/newfound], evolving, changing.Ex: We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.
Ex: This is a fresh avenue of approach to classification, and shows some promise.Ex: The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.Ex: It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.Ex: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.Ex: A printer who wanted to achieve a sharp impression from unworn type of even height to paper would put hard rather than soft packing in the tympan.Ex: Books for emergent readers should facilitate the acquisition of these concepts.Ex: Venture capitalists funded fledging companies in the early days of information technology some of which went on to dominate the market.Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex: This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.Ex: Information on small, sometimes brand new, companies in the chemical and biotechnology industries is often difficult to find.Ex: He was then able to compare sources that made correlations possible and raised ever-new questions.Ex: The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.Ex: This could help readers gain a newfound appreciation of each others' childhood through books.Ex: One of the objectives is to produce a statement of the role of the Library in the evolving national information program over the next five to seven years.Ex: These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.* abrir nuevos mercados = branch into.* activo de nuevo = up and about.* adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.* adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.* alfombrar de nuevo = recarpet [re-carpet].* analizar de nuevo = reexamine [re-examine].* añadir una nueva dimensión = add + new dimension.* Año Nuevo = New Year.* apoyar de nuevo = reendorse.* aprender de nuevo = relearn.* asumir una nueva faceta = take on + new dimension.* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).* borrón y cuenta nueva = a fresh start, clean slate, new leaf.* búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.* cobrar nuevo entusiasmo = develop + renewed enthusiasm.* colocar de nuevo en los estantes = reshelve [re-shelve].* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again, recommence, make + a new start, start over, make + a fresh start.* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.* compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up].* concebirse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.* convocar de nuevo = reconvene.* crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].* dar a Algo una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.* dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.* dar un nuevo acabado = refinish.* dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.* dar un nuevo nombre = rename.* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.* de nueva ola = new-wave.* de nuevas formas = in new ways.* de nuevas maneras = in new ways.* de nuevo = again, once again, yet again, afresh, anew, all over again, redux, over again.* de nuevo en este caso = here again.* de nuevo en pie = up and about.* de nuevos modos = in new ways.* desarrollo de nuevos productos = product development.* de una nueva forma = in a new way.* de una nueva manera = in a new way.* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.* el nuevo aspecto de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.* empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].* enseñar de nuevo = retrain [re-train].* entrada de nuevo = re-entry [reentry].* enviar de nuevo = resend [re-send].* explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.* hacer borrón y cuenta nueva = start with + a clean slate, turn over + a new leaf.* hacerlo de nuevo = go and do it again.* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.* idea nueva = fresh idea.* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.* inscribir de nuevo = reregister.* intentar de nuevo = retry [re-try].* introducir de nuevo = re-enter [reenter].* ir con la nueva ola = ride + wave.* lista de nuevas adquisiciones = acquisitions list.* llevar a Algo a una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.* luna nueva = new moon.* mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].* mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].* mostrar de nuevo = redisplay.* nacido de nuevo = born again.* Nueva Brunswick = New Brunswick.* nueva edición = new edition.* nueva era = new age.* Nueva Escocia = Nova Scotia.* nueva evaluación = reappraisal.* Nueva Gales del Sur = New South Wales.* Nueva Guinea = New Guinea.* nueva idea = reform idea.* Nueva Inglaterra = New England.* nueva lectura = rereading [re-reading].* nueva línea = linefeed.* Nueva Ola, la = New Wave, the.* Nueva Orleans = New Orleans.* nueva perspectiva = new light.* nueva promesa = rising star.* nueva redacción = redraft, rewrite [re-write].* nuevas fronteras = new horizons.* nueva tirada = rerun.* nueva versión = upgrade, remake.* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.* nueva visita = return visit.* Nueva York = New York (NY).* Nueva Zelanda = New Zealand (NZ).* nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].* nuevo comienzo = new beginning, clean slate, new leaf.* Nuevo Méjico = New Mexico.* nuevo miembro = entrant.* Nuevo Mundo, el = New World, the.* nuevo nombramiento = reappointment.* nuevo resurgir = second wind.* nuevos avances = future development(s).* nuevos conversos, los = recently converted, the.* nuevos horizontes = greener pastures, pastures new.* nuevos retos = new horizons.* nuevos tiempos, los = wind(s) of change, the.* Nuevo Testamento = New Testament (N.T.).* nuevo valor = newcomer.* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.* NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).* pintar de nuevo = repaint [re-paint].* prensentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = present + Nombre + in a new light.* presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + new light on.* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = throw + Nombre + in a new light.* presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.* presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.* reunirse de nuevo = reconvene.* salir de nuevo = come back out.* sangre nueva = new blood.* sentirse como nuevo = be right as rain.* surgiendo de nuevas = on the rebound.* un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.* un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.* ver Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = view + Nombre + in a new light, see + Nombre + in a new light.* ver desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on.* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.* vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins.* víspera de Año Nuevo = New Year's Eve.* vivir de nuevo = relive.* volver de nuevo = come back out.* * *nuevo -vaA1 [ SER] (de poco tiempo) ‹coche/juguete/ropa› newme lo dejaron como nuevo it was as good as new when I got it backsoy nuevo en la oficina I'm new in the office2 [ SER] (que sustituye a otro) ‹casa/novio/trabajo› new3 ( delante del n) (otro) ‹intento/cambio› furtherha surgido un nuevo problema another o a further problem has arisendecidieron darle una nueva oportunidad they decided to give him another chance4 [ SER] (original, distinto) ‹estilo/enfoque› newno dijo nada nuevo she didn't say anything new5 [ ESTAR] (no desgastado) as good as newtodavía lo tengo nuevo or (CS) nuevito it's still as good as newCompuestos:feminine new wavefpl new technology● nuevo rico, nueva ricamasculine, feminine nouveau richemasculine New TestamentBde nuevo againde nuevo tengo el honor de … again o once again o once more I have the privilege of …* * *
nuevo◊ -va adjetivo
de nuevo again;
¿qué hay de nuevo what's new? (colloq);
nuevo rico nouveau riche
◊ ha surgido un nuevo problema another o a further problem has arisen;
Nnuevo Testamento New Testamentc) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as new
nuevo,-a
I adjetivo
1 new: tengo un coche nuevo, I've got a new car
2 (añadido) further: hay nuevas averías, there are further faults
II sustantivo masculino y femenino newcomer
(novato) beginner
♦ Locuciones: de nuevo, again
' nuevo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adicta
- adicto
- ambicionar
- ambientarse
- año
- astronómica
- astronómico
- aterrizar
- aviso
- cara
- cercado
- continente
- decir
- desarrollar
- editar
- emocionada
- emocionado
- emplazar
- entusiasmada
- entusiasmado
- escorrentía
- estallido
- excavar
- flotación
- ir
- generar
- hablar
- impresión
- incorporarse
- mirlo
- N. T.
- nada
- nueva
- replantar
- rumbo
- sacar
- salida
- sanear
- tener
- testamento
- vaya
- contar
- cuño
- día
- entrada
- entrante
- feliz
- flamante
- haber
- inédito
English:
advertise
- afford
- afresh
- again
- agony
- ambivalent
- amorphous
- analyst
- anew
- anticipate
- arrest
- assignment
- austerity
- authenticity
- back
- bash out
- beating
- bomb
- book
- brag
- brand-new
- bring up
- brink
- call back
- chapter
- clean
- come out
- comedown
- commit
- crisp
- daunt
- delay
- design
- dissuade
- do
- donation
- drastic
- drum up
- exploit
- fail
- find
- format
- forthcoming
- founder
- fresh
- fund
- further
- game
- get
- go up
* * *nuevo, -a♦ adj1. [reciente] new;tengo una casa nueva I've got a new house;es el nuevo director he's the new managerNueva Caledonia New Caledonia;el nuevo continente [América] the New World;Nueva Delhi New Delhi;nuevo economía new economy;Hist Nueva España New Spain [Spanish colonial viceroyalty that included Mexico, the southern part of the US and parts of Central America]; Hist Nueva Granada New Granada [Spanish colonial viceroyalty that included the central and northwestern parts of South America];Nueva Guinea New Guinea;Nueva Inglaterra New England;Nueva Jersey New Jersey;Nuevo México New Mexico;el Nuevo Mundo the New World;la nueva ola the New Wave;el nuevo orden mundial the new world order;Nueva Orleans New Orleans;nuevo rico nouveau riche;nuevo sol [moneda] new sol;nuevas tecnologías new technology;el Nuevo Testamento the New Testament;Nueva York New York;Nueva Zelanda New Zealand2. [poco usado] new;este abrigo está nuevo this coat is new;un poco de betún y quedarán como nuevos with a bit of polish they'll be as good as new;después del baño me quedé como nuevo I felt like a new person after my bath3. [inédito] new;esto es nuevo para mí, no lo sabía that's news to me, I didn't know it4. [sin experiencia] new;soy nuevo en esta clase I'm new in this class;es nuevo en la profesión he's new to the profession5. [hortaliza] new, fresh;[vino] youngse han producido nuevos enfrentamientos there have been renewed clashes♦ nm,fnewcomer* * *adj1 new;sentirse como nuevo feel like new;¿qué hay de nuevo? what’s new?2 ( otro) another;de nuevo again* * *nuevo, -va adj1) : newuna casa nueva: a new house¿qué hay de nuevo?: what's new?2)de nuevo : again, once more* * *nuevo adj new¿qué hay de nuevo? what's new? -
116 papú
adj.Papuan, pertaining to Papua or to New Guinea.f. & m.Papuan, native or inhabitant of Papua or New Guinea.* * *(pl papúes)► adjetivo1 Papuan1 Papuan* * *1.ADJ Papuan2.SMF Papuan* * *= Papuan.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex. During the phase of recovery from cerebral malaria a 32-year-old Papuan developed tics involving the face and shoulders.* * *= Papuan.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex: During the phase of recovery from cerebral malaria a 32-year-old Papuan developed tics involving the face and shoulders.
* * *♦ adjPapuan♦ nmfPapuan -
117 pelea
f.1 fight (a golpes).peleas callejeras street fighting2 row, quarrel (riña).3 combat, armed struggle, engagement.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pelear.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pelear.* * *2 (esfuerzo) struggle\buscar pelea to look for trouble* * *noun f.1) fight2) quarrel3) row* * *SF [a golpes, patadas] fight; (=discusión, riña) quarrel, rowgallo de pelea — fighting cock, gamecock
* * *a) ( discusión) quarrel, fight (colloq), argumentbuscar pelea — to try to pick a quarrel o fight
tuvimos una pelea — we quarreled o had an argument
b) ( en sentido físico) fightc) ( en boxeo) fight* * *= scramble, fight, quarrel, fray, donnybrook, run-in, altercation, fighting, bickering, squabble, squabbling, brawl, rumble, fistfight, dust-up.Ex. Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.Ex. The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.Ex. Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real ' donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.Ex. About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.Ex. It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.Ex. Gone are the days of the good old fistfight, where instead of grabbing a gun, a knife or a bat to end an argument, you actually used your fist to make your point.Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.----* pelea a bofetadas = face-slapping.* pelea a muerte = fight to death.* pelea a puñetazos = fistfight.* pelea de almohadas = pillow fight.* pelea de boxeo = prize fight, boxing match.* pelea de perros = dogfight [dog fight].* pelea hasta la muerte = fight to death.* separar una pelea = break up + fight.* * *a) ( discusión) quarrel, fight (colloq), argumentbuscar pelea — to try to pick a quarrel o fight
tuvimos una pelea — we quarreled o had an argument
b) ( en sentido físico) fightc) ( en boxeo) fight* * *= scramble, fight, quarrel, fray, donnybrook, run-in, altercation, fighting, bickering, squabble, squabbling, brawl, rumble, fistfight, dust-up.Ex: Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.
Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.Ex: Feaver mentioned that she and Claverhouse frequently engage in some real ' donnybrooks,' as she put it, which invariably include a lot of amicable bantering, whenever they discuss anything.Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.Ex: About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.Ex: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.Ex: Gone are the days of the good old fistfight, where instead of grabbing a gun, a knife or a bat to end an argument, you actually used your fist to make your point.Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.* pelea a bofetadas = face-slapping.* pelea a muerte = fight to death.* pelea a puñetazos = fistfight.* pelea de almohadas = pillow fight.* pelea de boxeo = prize fight, boxing match.* pelea de perros = dogfight [dog fight].* pelea hasta la muerte = fight to death.* separar una pelea = break up + fight.* * *1 (riña, discusión) quarrel, fight ( colloq), argumentanda siempre buscando pelea he's always trying to pick a quarrel o fight, he's always looking for an argumentes ella la que siempre está armando pelea she's the one who always starts the fightstuvimos una pelea we quarreled o had an argument2 (en sentido físico) fight3 (en boxeo) fightCompuesto:(literal) cockfight; (discusión acalorada) shouting match* * *
Del verbo pelear: ( conjugate pelear)
pelea es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
pelea
pelear
pelea sustantivo femenino
◊ buscar pelea to try to pick a quarrel o fight;
tuvimos una pelea we quarreled o had an argument
pelear ( conjugate pelear) verbo intransitivo
◊ peleaon por una tontería they quarreled o (colloq) had a fight over a silly little thing
( terminar) to break up, split up
pelea por algo to fight over sth
pelearse verbo pronominal
( pegarse) to fight;
pelease por algo to quarrel/fight over sth
( terminar) to break up, split up
pelea sustantivo femenino
1 (lucha) fight
2 (discusión) row, quarrel: siempre está buscando pelea, he's always trying to pick a quarrel
pelear verbo intransitivo
1 (luchar) to fight
2 (discutir) to quarrel, argue
3 (esforzarse por algo) to work hard
' pelea' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bronca
- callejera
- callejero
- contienda
- deslucir
- disputa
- gallera
- gallero
- gallo
- gresca
- lance
- reñida
- reñido
- riña
- tomo
- trapisonda
- amañar
- andar
- armar
- bochinche
- interponerse
- intervenir
- lucha
- parado
- peleador
- rendir
- tongo
English:
aggro
- argument
- bang
- bust-up
- culminate
- fight
- fistfight
- pick
- punch-up
- rough-and-tumble
- roughhouse
- row
- run-in
- scrap
- spoil for
- struggle
- tussle
- work up to
- brawl
- bust
- ensue
- falling
- fist
- quarrel
- spoil
* * *pelea nf1. [a golpes] fight;una pelea cuerpo a cuerpo a hand-to-hand fight2. [discusión] row, quarrel3. [combate] fight;una pelea de gallos a cockfight* * *f fight* * *pelea nf1) lucha: fight2) : quarrel* * *pelea n1. (lucha) fight2. (riña) quarrel / row -
118 remozamiento
m.1 act of appearing or becoming young.2 renovation, renewal, rejuvenation, modernization.3 revamp, renovation.* * *1 (rejuvenecimiento) rejuvenation3 (ropa) brightening up* * *SM [de persona] rejuvenation; [de edificio, fachada] renovation* * *= facelift [face-lift], rejuvenation.Ex. The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.* * *= facelift [face-lift], rejuvenation.Ex: The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.
Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.* * *renovation* * *remozamiento nm: renovation -
119 renovación
f.renewal, renovation, rebirth, restoration.* * *1 (de contrato etc) renewal2 (de casa) renovation; (de decoración) redecoration3 (de personal) reorganization* * *noun f.1) renewal2) renovation* * *SF1) [de contrato, pasaporte, suscripción] renewal2) [de edificio] renovationhan invertido 100 millones en la renovación del museo — they have invested 100 million in the renovation of the museum
subvenciones para la renovación de los sistemas informáticos — subsidies for updating o upgrading computer systems
3) [de partido, asamblea] clearout4) (=reanudación) renewalla renovación de las hostilidades acabó con las esperanzas de paz — the renewal of hostilities scuppered hopes of peace
5) (Rel)* * *1) (de pasaporte, contrato) renewal2) ( del mobiliario) complete change; (de edificio, barrio) renovation3) (de organización, sistema) updating4) ( reanudación) renewal* * *= renew, renewal, refreshment, renovation, changing of the guard, facelift [face-lift], revamp, revamping, regeneration.Ex. Some terminals will be linked to telepens for issue, return and renew functions.Ex. Indeed, if they are not successful at such attempts toward renewal, dissolution and displacement are inevitable.Ex. Debates concerning the concept of 'information' emphasise several important aspects of the thought/speech relationship, pleading for the refreshment of scientific language.Ex. This is an interview with Hugh Hard of Hardy Holmzan Pfeiffer Associates, an architectural firm specializing in library design and renovation.Ex. The recent reorganization has resulted in a merger of the academic and public divisions and a changing of the guard among the company's top officials.Ex. The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.Ex. The new version of search software amounts to a complete revamp rather than just an incremental upgrade.Ex. This is part of the company's revamping of its Web service aiming to bring users many benefits.Ex. Some Christian groups assert baptism is a requirement for salvation and sacrament for Christians, calling this 'baptismal regeneration'.----* falta de renovación = non-renewal.* proyecto de renovación = renovation project.* renovación de certificado de aptitud = recertification.* renovación de fondos = turnover, stock turnover, turnover of stock.* renovación del préstamo = renewal.* renovación de personal = turnover, labour turnover.* renovación de préstamos = extended loan.* * *1) (de pasaporte, contrato) renewal2) ( del mobiliario) complete change; (de edificio, barrio) renovation3) (de organización, sistema) updating4) ( reanudación) renewal* * *= renew, renewal, refreshment, renovation, changing of the guard, facelift [face-lift], revamp, revamping, regeneration.Ex: Some terminals will be linked to telepens for issue, return and renew functions.
Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful at such attempts toward renewal, dissolution and displacement are inevitable.Ex: Debates concerning the concept of 'information' emphasise several important aspects of the thought/speech relationship, pleading for the refreshment of scientific language.Ex: This is an interview with Hugh Hard of Hardy Holmzan Pfeiffer Associates, an architectural firm specializing in library design and renovation.Ex: The recent reorganization has resulted in a merger of the academic and public divisions and a changing of the guard among the company's top officials.Ex: The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.Ex: The new version of search software amounts to a complete revamp rather than just an incremental upgrade.Ex: This is part of the company's revamping of its Web service aiming to bring users many benefits.Ex: Some Christian groups assert baptism is a requirement for salvation and sacrament for Christians, calling this 'baptismal regeneration'.* falta de renovación = non-renewal.* proyecto de renovación = renovation project.* renovación de certificado de aptitud = recertification.* renovación de fondos = turnover, stock turnover, turnover of stock.* renovación del préstamo = renewal.* renovación de personal = turnover, labour turnover.* renovación de préstamos = extended loan.* * *A (de un pasaporte, una suscripción) renewalB (del mobiliario) complete change; (de un edificio, barrio) renovationla renovación total del personal de la empresa the complete restaffing of the companyla crema facilita la renovación celular the cream aids cell renewalC (puesta al día) updatingD (reanudación) renewalse teme una renovación de los ataques contra objetivos civiles a renewed outbreak of attacks against civilian targets is feared* * *
renovación sustantivo femenino
(de edificio, barrio) renovation
renovación sustantivo femenino
1 (de un documento) renewal
2 (de una casa, un edificio, etc) renovation
3 Pol restructuring, reorganization
4 (de equipamientos, sistemas) updating
(de existencias, mobiliario, etc) complete change
' renovación' also found in these entries:
English:
facelift
- redecoration
- redevelopment
- renewal
- roll-over
- renovation
* * *renovación nf1. [de mobiliario, local] renewal;se ha producido una renovación del personal changes have been made to the staff2. [de carné, contrato, suscripción] renewal3. [de ataques, esfuerzos] renewal4. [restauración] restoration5. [revitalización] revitalization* * *f renewal* * *renovación nf, pl - ciones1) : renewalrenovación de un contrato: renewal of a contract2) : change, renovation -
120 temer
v.1 to fear, to be afraid of (tener miedo de).yo no te temo I'm not afraid of youtemo herir sus sentimientos I'm afraid of hurting her feelingsElla teme lo peor She fears the worst.Ella teme She is afraid.2 to fear.3 to be afraid.no temas don't worryle teme mucho al fuego she's very afraid of firetemer por to fear for4 to be afraid to, to be afraid of, to dread to, to fear to.Ella teme cometer un error She is afraid to make a mistake.* * *1 (tener miedo) to fear, be afraid of2 (sospechar) to fear, be afraid3 RELIGIÓN to fear1 (tener miedo) to be afraid2 (preocuparse) to worry1 to be afraid\era de temer it had to happenme lo temía I was afraid this would happentemer por to be afraid for, fear for, be in fear of* * *verbto fear, dread* * *1.VT [+ persona, castigo, consecuencias] to be afraid of, fearteme al profesor — he's afraid o frightened of the teacher
temer que — to be afraid (that), fear (that)
teme que no vaya a volver — she's afraid o she fears (that) he might not come back
2.VI to be afraid3.See:* * *1.temer + INF — to be frightened o afraid of -ing
2.temer QUE + SUBJ: teme que le echen la culpa a él — he's afraid that they'll blame him for it
temer vi to be afraidestos niños son de temer — (fam) these kids are terrible! (colloq)
3.temer POR algo/alguien — to fear for something/somebody
temerse v prona) ( sospechar) to fearya me lo temía — I knew this/that would happen
me temo que... — I fear that...
b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid* * *= fear, be afraid, flinch at/from, dread, be frightful of, be apprehensive (about).Ex. For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.Ex. I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex. At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.Ex. His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.----* hacer temer = misgive.* temer por = become + apprehensive about.* temer tratar = fear to + tread.* * *1.temer + INF — to be frightened o afraid of -ing
2.temer QUE + SUBJ: teme que le echen la culpa a él — he's afraid that they'll blame him for it
temer vi to be afraidestos niños son de temer — (fam) these kids are terrible! (colloq)
3.temer POR algo/alguien — to fear for something/somebody
temerse v prona) ( sospechar) to fearya me lo temía — I knew this/that would happen
me temo que... — I fear that...
b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid* * *= fear, be afraid, flinch at/from, dread, be frightful of, be apprehensive (about).Ex: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.
Ex: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.Ex: At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.Ex: His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.* hacer temer = misgive.* temer por = become + apprehensive about.* temer tratar = fear to + tread.* * *temer [E1 ]vt‹castigo/reacción/desenlace› to fear, dread; ‹persona› to be afraid of, fearsus hijos la or ( AmL) le temen her children are afraid o frightened of hertodos temían lo peor they all feared the worsttemer + INF to be frightened o afraid OF -INGtemo ofenderlo I'm frightened o afraid of offending himtemer QUE + SUBJ:teme que le echen la culpa a él he's afraid that they'll blame him for ittemían que pudiera interpretarse mal they were afraid it might be misinterpreted■ temervito be afraidno temas, no te voy a hacer daño don't be afraid o don't worry, I'm not going to hurt youtemer POR algo/algn to fear FOR sth/sbteme por sus hijos/su vida he fears for his children/his life■ temerse1 (sospechar) to fearme temo que nuestro amigo tenía razón I fear o I have an awful feeling that our friend was right2 (en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraidme temo que no puedo hacer nada más I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do* * *
temer ( conjugate temer) verbo transitivo ‹castigo/reacción› to fear, dread;
‹ persona› to be afraid of;
temo ofenderlo I'm afraid of offending him
verbo intransitivo
to be afraid;
no temas don't be afraid
temerse verbo pronominal
me temo que tená razón I fear that he was right
temer
I verbo transitivo
1 (sentir miedo, temor) to fear, be afraid: temo que lo haya oído, I'm afraid she heard it
sus hijos lo temen, his sons are afraid of him
2 (tener un presagio, presentir) temíamos que no viniera, we were afraid he wouldn't come
II verbo intransitivo to be afraid: temo por su vida, I'm afraid for his life ➣ Ver nota en afraid y fear
' temer' also found in these entries:
English:
dread
- fear
- afraid
- to
* * *♦ vt1. [tener miedo de] [persona] to fear, to be afraid of;[represalias, consecuencias, reacción] to fear, to be afraid of;yo no te temo I'm not afraid of you;temo herir sus sentimientos I'm afraid of hurting her feelings;temen que los despidan they are afraid of losing their jobs;Famcuando se pone a hablar le temo my heart sinks whenever he opens his mouth2. [sospechar] to fear;temo que vamos a tener que trabajar mucho I fear we're going to have to work hard;tememos lo peor we fear the worst♦ vino temas don't worry;temer por to fear for;los médicos temen por su vida the doctors fear for her life;el equipo polaco es de temer the Polish team are formidable opponents;estos críos son de temer these kids are a menace;es de temer que… it is to be feared that…;son de temer nuevos atentados further attacks are to be feared* * *v/t be afraid of* * *temer vt: to fear, to dreadtemer vi: to be afraid* * *temer vb to be afraid / to be frightened
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