Перевод: со всех языков на английский

с английского на все языки

one not fastidious

  • 1 נפש

    נֶפֶשf. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) resting place, esp. a structure next to or over a tomb. Ohol. VII, 1 נ׳ אטומה a solid tomb-structure (to which there is no access). Shek. II, 5 מותר המת בונין לו נ׳וכ׳ from what is left over of the appropriation for funeral expenses, we build a monument ; (Gen. R. s. 82 בַּיִת). Tosef.Erub.VI (V), 4, sq.; Erub.55b (contrad. to קבר).Pl. נְפָשוֹת. Ib. V, 1 נ׳ sepulchres (containing a place of shelter). Y.Shek.II, 47a top; Gen. R. l. c. אין עושין נ׳וכ׳ no monuments need be put up for the righteous, v. זִכָּרוֹן. Tosef.Ohol.XVII, 4 חוקת נ׳ שבא״יוכ׳ the presumption in the case of sepulchres in Palestine is that they are levitically clean, except those marked. 2) soul, life; person; will, desire, disposition. B. Mets.IV, 6 שאינו אלא נ׳ רעה for it (the refusal of a coin on the ground of a slight abrasion) proves merely a malevolent soul (illiberality in dealing); ib. 52b, v. קְהֵי. Gen. R. s. 14 (names of the soul) נ׳ רוחוכ׳. Ib. נ׳ זו הדם nefesh means blood (life). Ib. (ref. to Gen. 2:7, a. 7:22) כאן הוא עושה נשמה נ׳וכ׳ here the text calls the soul ( נשמה) nefesh, and there, ruaḥ (spirit); ib. s. 32.Snh.IV, 5 נ׳ אחת one (persons) life. Y.Taan.III, beg.66b מכיון שנתנוב״ד נַפְשָׁןוכ׳ as soon as the court has declared its will to do a thing. Nidd.65b, a. fr. בעל נ׳ one who is master over his desire, a conscientious man.Ber.44b כל נ׳ משיב את הנ׳ all life (animal food) restores life; וכל קרוב לנ׳וכ׳ and what is nearest life (the neck which contains the jugular vein) Y.Keth.V, 30b top דברים שהן קיום נ׳ things required for sustaining life. Yoma 74b אבידת נ׳, v. אֲבֵירָה; a. v. fr.דחה נ׳, v. דָּחָה.Sifra Mtsor‘a, Zab., Par. 3, ch. VI ואם נַפְשְׁךָ לומרוכ׳ (= ואיבעית אימא, v. בְּעִי) or if you prefer (another argument); Ḥull.78b bot. Ib. מה ואם נפשך לומר why should you prefer another argument?, i. e. what objection can there be to the argument offered before? (מ)מה נפשך, v. מָה.Ḥull.IV, 7 (77a) נ׳ היפה one not fastidious.B. Bath.89a נ׳ מאזנים the opening in which the tongue of scales rests (agina).Pl. as ab. דיני נ׳, v. דִּין II. Snh. l. c. עדי נ׳ witnesses in capital cases.Yoma VIII, 6 ספק נ׳ the possibility of danger to human life; Sabb.129a; a. fr.

    Jewish literature > נפש

  • 2 נֶפֶש

    נֶפֶשf. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) resting place, esp. a structure next to or over a tomb. Ohol. VII, 1 נ׳ אטומה a solid tomb-structure (to which there is no access). Shek. II, 5 מותר המת בונין לו נ׳וכ׳ from what is left over of the appropriation for funeral expenses, we build a monument ; (Gen. R. s. 82 בַּיִת). Tosef.Erub.VI (V), 4, sq.; Erub.55b (contrad. to קבר).Pl. נְפָשוֹת. Ib. V, 1 נ׳ sepulchres (containing a place of shelter). Y.Shek.II, 47a top; Gen. R. l. c. אין עושין נ׳וכ׳ no monuments need be put up for the righteous, v. זִכָּרוֹן. Tosef.Ohol.XVII, 4 חוקת נ׳ שבא״יוכ׳ the presumption in the case of sepulchres in Palestine is that they are levitically clean, except those marked. 2) soul, life; person; will, desire, disposition. B. Mets.IV, 6 שאינו אלא נ׳ רעה for it (the refusal of a coin on the ground of a slight abrasion) proves merely a malevolent soul (illiberality in dealing); ib. 52b, v. קְהֵי. Gen. R. s. 14 (names of the soul) נ׳ רוחוכ׳. Ib. נ׳ זו הדם nefesh means blood (life). Ib. (ref. to Gen. 2:7, a. 7:22) כאן הוא עושה נשמה נ׳וכ׳ here the text calls the soul ( נשמה) nefesh, and there, ruaḥ (spirit); ib. s. 32.Snh.IV, 5 נ׳ אחת one (persons) life. Y.Taan.III, beg.66b מכיון שנתנוב״ד נַפְשָׁןוכ׳ as soon as the court has declared its will to do a thing. Nidd.65b, a. fr. בעל נ׳ one who is master over his desire, a conscientious man.Ber.44b כל נ׳ משיב את הנ׳ all life (animal food) restores life; וכל קרוב לנ׳וכ׳ and what is nearest life (the neck which contains the jugular vein) Y.Keth.V, 30b top דברים שהן קיום נ׳ things required for sustaining life. Yoma 74b אבידת נ׳, v. אֲבֵירָה; a. v. fr.דחה נ׳, v. דָּחָה.Sifra Mtsor‘a, Zab., Par. 3, ch. VI ואם נַפְשְׁךָ לומרוכ׳ (= ואיבעית אימא, v. בְּעִי) or if you prefer (another argument); Ḥull.78b bot. Ib. מה ואם נפשך לומר why should you prefer another argument?, i. e. what objection can there be to the argument offered before? (מ)מה נפשך, v. מָה.Ḥull.IV, 7 (77a) נ׳ היפה one not fastidious.B. Bath.89a נ׳ מאזנים the opening in which the tongue of scales rests (agina).Pl. as ab. דיני נ׳, v. דִּין II. Snh. l. c. עדי נ׳ witnesses in capital cases.Yoma VIII, 6 ספק נ׳ the possibility of danger to human life; Sabb.129a; a. fr.

    Jewish literature > נֶפֶש

  • 3 דעת

    דַּעַתf. (b. h.; v. דֵּעָה) knowledge, mind; temperament, physical disposition, constitution. עלתה על ד׳ to occur to ones mind, to strike. Sot.IX, 6 (45b); a. fr.שיקול הד׳ weighing of opinions, i. e. decision between opposite views. Snh.6a טעה בש׳ הד׳ made a mistake in deciding, against the common practice, a case concerning which there are opposite authorities, opp. to a decision against an established law; ib. 33a; Y.Keth.IX, 33a; Y.Snh.I, 18a bot.Y. Ḥag.II, 77b top אין דַּעְתָּן נקיה their mind is not pure (unfit to study esoterics).B. Mets.11b, a. e. ד׳ אחרת מקנה a deputized person (or fictitious person, e. g. ones ground) can take possession. Snh.25a sq. תולה בד׳ עצמו one who makes the chance of a game dependent on his own action, e. g. throwing dice, תולה בד׳ יונו who makes it dependent on his doves flight.Tosef.Ḥull.VII, 1 וד׳ מכרעת reason decides in favor ; Ḥull.90b מאי ד׳ ד׳ תורה by saying ‘reason decides does he mean a reasonable interpretation of the Biblical law, or is he in doubt and ‘reason decides means ד׳ ניטה his opinion inclines in favor of ?מִדַּ׳, לַרַּ׳ with the consent of, with the knowledge of, opp. בעל ברח־, v. כּוֹרַח. Kidd.44a מד׳ אביה with her fathers consent; מִדַּעְתָּהּ with her consent. Ib. שלא לד׳ אביה without her fathers consent; a. fr.ד׳ יפה good physical constitution, מי שדעתו י׳ not fastidious in taste, opp. אִיסְתְּנִיס q. v.ד׳ קצרה impatience, greed, ד׳ רחבה contentedness. B. Bath. 145b bot.; Snh.101a top.Ber.29b דַּעְתָּם קצרה they are impatient (Rashi: they do not understand how to express their wishes).Pes.113b אין הד׳ סובלתן whom the mind cannot endure; a. fr.Pl. דֵּעוֹת, v. דֵּעָה.

    Jewish literature > דעת

  • 4 דַּעַת

    דַּעַתf. (b. h.; v. דֵּעָה) knowledge, mind; temperament, physical disposition, constitution. עלתה על ד׳ to occur to ones mind, to strike. Sot.IX, 6 (45b); a. fr.שיקול הד׳ weighing of opinions, i. e. decision between opposite views. Snh.6a טעה בש׳ הד׳ made a mistake in deciding, against the common practice, a case concerning which there are opposite authorities, opp. to a decision against an established law; ib. 33a; Y.Keth.IX, 33a; Y.Snh.I, 18a bot.Y. Ḥag.II, 77b top אין דַּעְתָּן נקיה their mind is not pure (unfit to study esoterics).B. Mets.11b, a. e. ד׳ אחרת מקנה a deputized person (or fictitious person, e. g. ones ground) can take possession. Snh.25a sq. תולה בד׳ עצמו one who makes the chance of a game dependent on his own action, e. g. throwing dice, תולה בד׳ יונו who makes it dependent on his doves flight.Tosef.Ḥull.VII, 1 וד׳ מכרעת reason decides in favor ; Ḥull.90b מאי ד׳ ד׳ תורה by saying ‘reason decides does he mean a reasonable interpretation of the Biblical law, or is he in doubt and ‘reason decides means ד׳ ניטה his opinion inclines in favor of ?מִדַּ׳, לַרַּ׳ with the consent of, with the knowledge of, opp. בעל ברח־, v. כּוֹרַח. Kidd.44a מד׳ אביה with her fathers consent; מִדַּעְתָּהּ with her consent. Ib. שלא לד׳ אביה without her fathers consent; a. fr.ד׳ יפה good physical constitution, מי שדעתו י׳ not fastidious in taste, opp. אִיסְתְּנִיס q. v.ד׳ קצרה impatience, greed, ד׳ רחבה contentedness. B. Bath. 145b bot.; Snh.101a top.Ber.29b דַּעְתָּם קצרה they are impatient (Rashi: they do not understand how to express their wishes).Pes.113b אין הד׳ סובלתן whom the mind cannot endure; a. fr.Pl. דֵּעוֹת, v. דֵּעָה.

    Jewish literature > דַּעַת

  • 5 exigente

    adj.
    demanding.
    f. & m.
    demanding person.
    * * *
    1 demanding, exacting
    * * *
    adj.
    demanding, exacting
    * * *
    ADJ [persona, trabajo] demanding, exacting

    ser exigente con algn — to be demanding o exacting of sb, be hard on sb

    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> demanding; < prueba> demanding, exacting
    * * *
    = demanding, exacting, hard-driving, exigent, nitpicking [nit-picking], choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], discerning, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], fastidious, quality-sensitive.
    Ex. It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    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. She did observe, however, that his conduct was pretty well as it had been described: he was a hard-driving taskmaster and thoroughly autocratic.
    Ex. The exigent demands library managers face often result in highly dramatic events.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.
    Ex. Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. This segment of the population is relatively quality-sensitive and not very price sensitive.
    ----
    * poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.
    * ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.
    * ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> demanding; < prueba> demanding, exacting
    * * *
    = demanding, exacting, hard-driving, exigent, nitpicking [nit-picking], choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], discerning, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], fastidious, quality-sensitive.

    Ex: It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.

    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: She did observe, however, that his conduct was pretty well as it had been described: he was a hard-driving taskmaster and thoroughly autocratic.
    Ex: The exigent demands library managers face often result in highly dramatic events.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.
    Ex: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex: This segment of the population is relatively quality-sensitive and not very price sensitive.
    * poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.
    * ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.
    * ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

    * * *
    ‹persona› demanding; ‹prueba› demanding, exacting
    eres demasiado exigente con él you ask too much of him, you're too demanding with him, you're too hard on him
    el jefe está muy exigente esta tarde the boss is being very demanding this afternoon
    para paladares exigentes for the discerning palate
    * * *

     

    exigente adjetivo ‹persona/prueba› demanding;
    ‹clientela/paladar› discerning
    exigente adjetivo demanding
    ' exigente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caprichosa
    - caprichoso
    - delicada
    - delicado
    - jodido
    - quisquilloso
    English:
    challenging
    - choosy
    - demanding
    - discerning
    - discriminating
    - easy-going
    - exacting
    - fussy
    - lax
    - particular
    - pick
    - please
    - taxing
    - undiscerning
    - fastidious
    - undemanding
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    demanding;
    ser exigente con alguien to be demanding of sb;
    no seas tan exigente con el chico don't ask so much from the lad;
    últimamente está bastante exigente he's been pretty demanding recently
    ♦ nmf
    demanding person;
    ser un exigente to be very demanding
    * * *
    adj demanding
    * * *
    : demanding, exacting
    * * *
    exigente adj demanding

    Spanish-English dictionary > exigente

  • 6 extraño

    adj.
    strange, far-out, queer, odd.
    f. & m.
    stranger, foreigner, outsider.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: extrañar.
    * * *
    1 (no conocido) alien, foreign
    2 (particular) strange, peculiar, odd, funny
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 stranger
    \
    no es extraño que... it is not surprising that...
    ser extraño,-a a algo to have nothing to do with something
    * * *
    1. (f. - extraña)
    noun
    2. (f. - extraña)
    adj.
    1) strange, odd
    2) alien, foreign
    * * *
    extraño, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=raro) strange

    ¡qué extraño! — how odd o strange!

    parece extraño que... — it seems odd o strange that...

    2) (=ajeno)
    2. SM / F
    1) (=desconocido) stranger
    2) (=extranjero) foreigner
    3.
    SM

    hacer un extraño: el balón hizo un extraño — the ball took a bad bounce

    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo
    a) ( raro) strange, odd

    es extraño que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that she hasn't called

    II
    - ña masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    * * *
    = bizarre, extraneous, queer, strange, eccentric, odd, alien, outlander, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, outsider, kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.
    Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex. The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.
    Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    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.
    Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
    Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * cita con un extraño = blind date.
    * cuerpo extraño = foreign body.
    * de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de una manera extraña = strangely.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * extraño (a) = foreign (to).
    * país extraño = foreign country.
    * por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.
    * ser extraño para = be alien to.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * ser un extraño = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo
    a) ( raro) strange, odd

    es extraño que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that she hasn't called

    II
    - ña masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    * * *
    = bizarre, extraneous, queer, strange, eccentric, odd, alien, outlander, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, outsider, kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.
    Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex: The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.
    Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
    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.
    Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
    Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * cita con un extraño = blind date.
    * cuerpo extraño = foreign body.
    * de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera extraña = oddly, funnily.
    * de una manera extraña = strangely.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * extraño (a) = foreign (to).
    * país extraño = foreign country.
    * por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.
    * ser extraño para = be alien to.
    * ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.
    * ser un extraño = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

    * * *
    extraño1 -ña
    1 (raro) strange, odd
    es extraño que no haya llamado it's strange o odd that she hasn't called
    es una pareja extraña they're a strange o an odd couple
    últimamente está muy extraño he's been very strange lately, he's been acting very strange o strangely lately
    2
    (desconocido): los asuntos de familia no se discuten delante de personas extrañas you shouldn't discuss family matters in front of strangers o outsiders
    no me siento bien ante tanta gente extraña I feel uncomfortable with so many people I don't know o so many strangers
    extraño2 -ña
    masculine, feminine
    1 (desconocido) stranger
    2
    extraño masculine (movimiento): el caballo hizo un extraño the horse shied
    el coche me hizo un extraño en la curva the car did something strange on the bend
    * * *

     

    Del verbo extrañar: ( conjugate extrañar)

    extraño es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    extrañó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    extrañar    
    extraño
    extrañar ( conjugate extrañar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) ‹amigo/país› to miss
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( sorprender) (+ me/te/le etc) to surprise;

    ya me extrañaba a mí que … I thought it was strange that …
    2 (RPl) ( tener nostalgia) to be homesick
    extrañarse verbo pronominal extrañose de algo to be surprised at sth
    extraño
    ◊ -ña adjetivo ( raro) strange, odd;

    eso no tiene nada de extraño there's nothing unusual about that
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( desconocido) stranger
    extrañar verbo transitivo
    1 (asombrar) to surprise: no es de extrañar, it's hardly surprising
    2 (echar de menos) to miss
    3 (notar extraño) extraño mucho la cama, I find this bed strange o (echar de menos) I miss my own bed
    extraño,-a
    I adjetivo strange
    Med foreign: tiene un cuerpo extraño en el ojo, she has a foreign object in her eye
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino stranger: de repente entró un extraño, a stranger suddenly came in

    ' extraño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ajena
    - ajeno
    - curiosa
    - curioso
    - extraña
    - extrañar
    - imprimir
    - más
    - modo
    - proceder
    - rondar
    - ruido
    - tan
    - corriente
    - notar
    - raro
    English:
    bizarre
    - curious
    - extraordinary
    - funnily
    - odd
    - odd-sounding
    - peculiar
    - phenomenon
    - puzzling
    - queer
    - singular
    - strange
    - uncanny
    - weird
    - agree
    - alien
    - as
    - foreign
    - greet
    - home
    - incongruous
    - quaint
    * * *
    extraño, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [raro] strange, odd;
    es extraño que no hayan llegado ya it's strange o odd they haven't arrived yet;
    ¡qué extraño! how strange o odd!;
    me resulta extraño oírte hablar así I find it strange o odd to hear you talk like that
    2. [ajeno] detached, uninvolved
    3. Med foreign
    ♦ nm,f
    stranger;
    no hables con extraños don't talk to strangers
    ♦ nm
    [movimiento brusco]
    el vehículo hizo un extraño the vehicle went out of control for a second
    * * *
    I adj strange, odd
    II m, extraña f stranger
    * * *
    extraño, -ña adj
    1) raro: strange, odd
    2) extranjero: foreign
    extraño, -ña n
    desconocido: stranger
    * * *
    extraño1 adj strange
    extraño2 n stranger

    Spanish-English dictionary > extraño

  • 7 raro

    adj.
    1 unusual, curious, rare, out of the common.
    2 strange, odd, queer, far-out.
    3 unfamiliar.
    * * *
    2 (escaso) scarce, rare
    3 (peculiar) odd, strange, weird
    4 (excelente) excellent
    ■ escribió un libro raro, una verdadera obra de arte she wrote a very good book, a real work of art
    \
    ¡qué raro! how odd!, that's strange!
    rara vez seldom
    * * *
    (f. - rara)
    adj.
    1) rare, uncommon, unusual, funny
    2) bizarre, weird
    3) odd
    •
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=extraño) strange, odd

    es raro que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that he hasn't called

    ¡qué raro!, ¡qué cosa más rara! — how (very) strange!, how (very) odd!

    2) (=poco común) rare

    con alguna rara excepción — with few o rare exceptions

    de rara perfección — of rare perfection, of remarkable perfection

    rara vez nos visita, rara es la vez que nos visita — he rarely visits us

    3) (Fís) rare, rarefied
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)

    es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...

    qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!

    te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)

    b) ( poco frecuente) rare

    raro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...

    aquí es raro que nieve — it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

    2) < gas> rare
    * * *
    = bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
    Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex. In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.
    Ex. If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
    Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.
    Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex. Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.
    Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    ----
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection.
    * de forma rara = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera rara = oddly, funnily.
    * demasiado raro = all too rare.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de una manera rara = strangely.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * edición rara = rare edition.
    * en casos raros = in rare cases.
    * enfermedad rara = rare disease.
    * en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.
    * en raros casos = in rare cases.
    * especie rara = rare breed.
    * haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.
    * Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.
    * libro raro = rare book.
    * muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.
    * parecer raro = sound + odd.
    * por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * ¡qué raro! = how strange!.
    * rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.
    * ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)

    es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...

    qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!

    te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)

    b) ( poco frecuente) rare

    raro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...

    aquí es raro que nieve — it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

    2) < gas> rare
    * * *
    = bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

    Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
    Ex: In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.
    Ex: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
    Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.
    Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
    Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
    Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
    Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
    Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
    Ex: Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.
    Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
    Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.
    * bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection.
    * de forma rara = oddly, funnily.
    * de manera rara = oddly, funnily.
    * demasiado raro = all too rare.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de una manera rara = strangely.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * edición rara = rare edition.
    * en casos raros = in rare cases.
    * enfermedad rara = rare disease.
    * en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.
    * en raros casos = in rare cases.
    * especie rara = rare breed.
    * haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.
    * Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.
    * libro raro = rare book.
    * muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.
    * parecer raro = sound + odd.
    * por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * ¡qué raro! = how strange!.
    * rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.
    * ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

    * * *
    raro -ra
    A
    1 (extraño) strange, odd, funny ( colloq)
    es raro que aún no haya venido it's strange o odd o funny that he hasn't come yet
    ya me parecía raro que no salieras I thought it was a bit strange o odd you weren't going out
    ¡qué cosa más rara! or ¡qué raro! how odd o strange o funny o peculiar!
    me siento raro en este ambiente I feel strange o funny in these surroundings
    es un poco rarilla she's a bit odd o strange o funny o peculiar
    ¿qué te pasa hoy? te noto/estás muy raro what's up with you today? you're acting very strangely
    me miró como si fuera un bicho raro ( fam); he looked at me as if I was some kind of weirdo ( colloq)
    ¡qué tipo más raro! what a strange o peculiar o funny man!
    2 (poco frecuente, común) rare
    salvo raras excepciones with a few rare exceptions
    raro es el día que no sale there's rarely o hardly a day when she doesn't go out
    aquí es raro que nieve it rarely o seldom snows here, it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
    B ‹gas› rare
    * * *

     

    raro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq);

    ◊ es raro que … it's strange o odd o funny that …;

    ¡qué raro! how odd o strange!;
    te noto muy raro hoy you're acting very strangely today


    aquí es raro que nieve it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
    raro,-a adjetivo
    1 (no frecuente) rare: es raro que no llame, it's unusual for her not to telephone
    2 (poco común) odd, strange: ¡qué sombrero más raro!, what a weird hat!
    tiene un raro sentido del humor, he's got a warped sense of humour
    ♦ Locuciones: Paco es un bicho raro, Paco is a weirdo
    ' raro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bicho
    - chocante
    - disgustar
    - individuo
    - particular
    - peculiar
    - rara
    - singular
    - tipo
    - artefacto
    - extraño
    - gusto
    - olor
    - sonar
    English:
    flaky
    - funny
    - most
    - odd
    - odd-looking
    - oddbod
    - oddity
    - odor
    - odour
    - peculiar
    - queer
    - rare
    - set-up
    - should
    - strange
    - strangely
    - unlikely
    - unusual
    - weird
    - for
    - how
    - incongruous
    - like
    - oddball
    - seem
    - strike
    - uncanny
    * * *
    raro, -a adj
    1. [extraño] strange, odd;
    ¡qué raro! how strange o odd!;
    ¡qué raro que no haya llamado! it's very strange o odd that she hasn't called;
    es raro que no nos lo haya dicho it's odd o funny that she didn't tell us;
    ya me parecía raro que no hubiera dicho nada I thought it was strange o odd that he hadn't said anything;
    no sé qué le pasa últimamente, está o [m5] la noto muy rara I don't know what's up with her lately, she's been acting very strangely
    2. [excepcional] unusual, rare;
    [visita] infrequent;
    rara vez rarely;
    es raro el día que viene a comer she very rarely comes round for lunch;
    raro es el que no fuma very few of them don't smoke
    3. [extravagante] odd, eccentric
    4. [escaso] rare
    5. Quím rare
    * * *
    adj
    1 rare
    2 ( extraño) strange;
    ¡qué raro! how strange!
    * * *
    raro, -ra adj
    1) extraño: odd, strange, peculiar
    2) : unusual, rare
    3) : exceptional
    4)
    rara vez : seldom, rarely
    * * *
    raro adj
    1. (extraño) strange / odd

    Spanish-English dictionary > raro

  • 8 przebierać

    1. -am, -asz; vt
    ( sortować) perf; przebrać to sift

    przebierać (przebrać) kogoś — ( zmieniać ubranie) to change sb's clothes

    przebierać kogoś za — +acc to disguise sb as

    2. vi
    * * *
    ipf.
    1. (= zmieniać ubranie) change ( kogoś sb's clothes); przebierać kogoś za kogoś/coś disguise sb as sb/sth, get sb up as sb/sth.
    2. (= sortować) ( owoce) sort out; ( ziarno) sift; przebierać do woli pick and choose.
    3. (= poruszać) tap; przebierać palcami tap one's fingers; przebierać nogami hop from one leg to the other.
    4. pot. (= grymasić) be fussy, be fastidious; nie przebierać w słowach not mince one's words, talk turkey; przebierać miarę l. miarkę go over the top; przebierać jak w ulęgałkach pick and choose; nie przebierając w środkach by hook or by crook, by fair means or foul; nie przebierać w środkach be unscrupulous.
    ipf.
    (= zmieniać ubranie) change, get changed ( w coś into sth); przebrać się za kogoś/coś dress up as sb/sth, disguise o.s. as sb/sth; przebrać się do obiadu dress for dinner; przebrała się miarka this is way over the top, that was the last straw.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > przebierać

  • 9 פה

    פֶּהc. (b. h.) ( opening, orifice, mouth; speech. Ḥull.142a, v. לָחַךְ. Pes.113b המדבר אחד בפה ואחד בלב he who speaks one way with his mouth, and another way in his heart. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on בפרך, Ex. 1:13) בפה רך with soft (persuasive) speech; Sot.11b. Tanḥ. Kor. 9 עד שהביאתו לפִי הארץוכ׳ until it (the fire) brought him to the opening of the earth, among those that were swallowed up; Yalk. Num. 752. Sabb.140b, sq. בהמה שפִּיהָ יפה a beast whose mouth is clean (that does not drop saliva when eating; oth. opin.: that is fastidious about its food), opp. שפיה רעה; a. v. fr.Keth.I, 6, a. e. לא מִפּיהָוכ׳, v. חָיָה. Shebu.IV, 1 מִפִּי עצמו (an oath) out of his own mouth (‘I swear that I know no testimony in thy case), מפי אחרים administered by others.בְּעַל פה or על פה by word of mouth. Gitt.72b top אי אמרר׳ יוסי בעל פה whether R. Yose had the same opinion in the case of a verbal condition. Ib. 60b תורה רוב בכתב ומיעוט על פה of the interpretations of the Law, the larger portion rests on the written text, the smaller on oral tradition. Ib. דברים שבכתב … על פה דברים שבעל פהוכ׳ written things (Biblical passages) must not be recited from memory, verbally transmitted words must not be recited from writing. תורה שבעל פה (abbrev. שבע״פ) oral law. Yoma 28b, a. fr., v. כְּתָב.לְפִי a) according to, in proportion to. B. Bath.11b לפי בני אדם in proportion to the number of inhabitants of a house; לפי פתחים in proportion to the number of entrances (of a building); a. fr.b) because. Snh.VII, 4 לפי שבאת … לפיכךוכ׳ because a human being has gone to ruin through it, therefore ; a. fr., v. לְפִיכָךְ.Trnsf. any orifice. Ab. V, 6 פי הארץ the opening of the earth (that swallowed Korah); פי הבאר the opening for the well (Num. 21:16).Nidd.16b רוק בתוך הפה spittle in the mouth, euphem. for blood in the orifice of the matrix. Snh.100a (play on ת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. 47:12) להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ של מטה to open the lower orifice (the womb of the childless), opp. פה של מעלה the mouth; ib. להתיר פה עקרות; Men.98a; a. fr.Pl. a) פִּיּוֹת. Deut. R. s. 2 (ref. to Zech. 13:8) הפ׳ שאומרים שתיוכ׳ those mouths that say, there are two powers (good and evil). Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on תלפיות, ib.) ספר שאמרוהו פ׳ הרבה the book (תִּלִּים, Psalms) which many mouths have indited (the book of many authors). Ib. ת̇ל̇ שמתפללין בו כל פ׳ the mound (Temple ruins) towards which all mouths are directed in prayer; Ber.30a. Ib. 5a (expl. פיפיות, Ps. 149:6) חרב של שתי פ׳ a two-edged sword; a. fr.Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII שתי פ׳ two faces, v. פִּינָּה.b) פִּיפִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 18 באותה … פ׳ הרבה at that moment many mouths of the earth were opened (Yalk. ib. 752 פיות).c) (Chald. pl.) פּוּמִין open vessels; topmost layer in open vessels. Tosef.Ter.V, 11 אם יש (שם) מאה פ׳וכ׳ if a hundred open vessels are there (in one of which an upper layer of Trumah has been put) ; הפ׳ אסורין the upper layers are forbidden; Y. ib. IV, 43a bot.

    Jewish literature > פה

  • 10 פֶּה

    פֶּהc. (b. h.) ( opening, orifice, mouth; speech. Ḥull.142a, v. לָחַךְ. Pes.113b המדבר אחד בפה ואחד בלב he who speaks one way with his mouth, and another way in his heart. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on בפרך, Ex. 1:13) בפה רך with soft (persuasive) speech; Sot.11b. Tanḥ. Kor. 9 עד שהביאתו לפִי הארץוכ׳ until it (the fire) brought him to the opening of the earth, among those that were swallowed up; Yalk. Num. 752. Sabb.140b, sq. בהמה שפִּיהָ יפה a beast whose mouth is clean (that does not drop saliva when eating; oth. opin.: that is fastidious about its food), opp. שפיה רעה; a. v. fr.Keth.I, 6, a. e. לא מִפּיהָוכ׳, v. חָיָה. Shebu.IV, 1 מִפִּי עצמו (an oath) out of his own mouth (‘I swear that I know no testimony in thy case), מפי אחרים administered by others.בְּעַל פה or על פה by word of mouth. Gitt.72b top אי אמרר׳ יוסי בעל פה whether R. Yose had the same opinion in the case of a verbal condition. Ib. 60b תורה רוב בכתב ומיעוט על פה of the interpretations of the Law, the larger portion rests on the written text, the smaller on oral tradition. Ib. דברים שבכתב … על פה דברים שבעל פהוכ׳ written things (Biblical passages) must not be recited from memory, verbally transmitted words must not be recited from writing. תורה שבעל פה (abbrev. שבע״פ) oral law. Yoma 28b, a. fr., v. כְּתָב.לְפִי a) according to, in proportion to. B. Bath.11b לפי בני אדם in proportion to the number of inhabitants of a house; לפי פתחים in proportion to the number of entrances (of a building); a. fr.b) because. Snh.VII, 4 לפי שבאת … לפיכךוכ׳ because a human being has gone to ruin through it, therefore ; a. fr., v. לְפִיכָךְ.Trnsf. any orifice. Ab. V, 6 פי הארץ the opening of the earth (that swallowed Korah); פי הבאר the opening for the well (Num. 21:16).Nidd.16b רוק בתוך הפה spittle in the mouth, euphem. for blood in the orifice of the matrix. Snh.100a (play on ת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. 47:12) להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ של מטה to open the lower orifice (the womb of the childless), opp. פה של מעלה the mouth; ib. להתיר פה עקרות; Men.98a; a. fr.Pl. a) פִּיּוֹת. Deut. R. s. 2 (ref. to Zech. 13:8) הפ׳ שאומרים שתיוכ׳ those mouths that say, there are two powers (good and evil). Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on תלפיות, ib.) ספר שאמרוהו פ׳ הרבה the book (תִּלִּים, Psalms) which many mouths have indited (the book of many authors). Ib. ת̇ל̇ שמתפללין בו כל פ׳ the mound (Temple ruins) towards which all mouths are directed in prayer; Ber.30a. Ib. 5a (expl. פיפיות, Ps. 149:6) חרב של שתי פ׳ a two-edged sword; a. fr.Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII שתי פ׳ two faces, v. פִּינָּה.b) פִּיפִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 18 באותה … פ׳ הרבה at that moment many mouths of the earth were opened (Yalk. ib. 752 פיות).c) (Chald. pl.) פּוּמִין open vessels; topmost layer in open vessels. Tosef.Ter.V, 11 אם יש (שם) מאה פ׳וכ׳ if a hundred open vessels are there (in one of which an upper layer of Trumah has been put) ; הפ׳ אסורין the upper layers are forbidden; Y. ib. IV, 43a bot.

    Jewish literature > פֶּה

  • 11 VANDA

    (að), v.
    1) to work elaborately, bestow great pains on, prepare carefully (hón gerði honum ok klæði öll, er mest skyldi vanda);
    vandaðr, elaborate, highly finished (vandaðr skipabúnaðr);
    vandaðar krásir, choice dainties;
    2) to pick out the best, choose carefully (muntu þurfa at vanda til ferðar þessar bædi menn ok skip);
    3) to find fault with, be particular about, care, mind, with a negative (vanda lítt um siðu manna); vanda ek eigi, þótt sá sé drepinn, I mind not though he be killed; vanda um e-t við e-n, to find fault with one for a thing, complain of;
    4) refl., vandast, to become difficult, precarious (þykki mér nú vanda málit); impers., vandast um e-t, it becontes difficult.
    * * *
    að, to make elaborately, take care and pains in a work or a choice, to pick out the best, choose; vanda til ferðar bæði menn ok skip, Nj. 122; búa ferð sína ok vanda menn til, Orkn. 108; þat var siðr um ríkra manna börn, at vanda mjök menn til at ausa vatni ok gefa nöfn, Fms. i. 14; þurfti þann stað at vanda, at hann væri sléttr, Eg. 275; vóru menn vandaðir til at varðveita hofin at vitrleik ok réttlæti, Landn. (Append.) 334; svá skal sannaðar-menn vanda at frændsemi við aðilja, at …, Grág. i. 30, 75, ii. 245; vanda skal búa í þingkvöð, at fjár-eign, i. 142; svá skal vanda sögu sem um erlendis víg, i. e. the procedure is the same as, 183; svá skal vanda tíð at eiðfæra ómaga, sem til þess at eiga hreppa-dóm, the same season is to be appointed for it as for h., 245.
    2. to work elaborately; þann bæ lét hann mjök vanda, Eb. 26; hón görði honum klæði öll þau er mest skyldi vanda, Fs. 61; láta göra skip ok vanda sem mest, 322; göra drykkju-skála ok vanda sem mest, Fms. i. 290; þú skalt vanda sem mest bæði hátt ok orðfæri ok einna mest kenningar, Fb. i. 215: vandaðr, choice, elaborate; stofu nýja ok vandaða, Eg. 49; skip vandat at öllu sem mest, 68; skip vandat forkunnar-mjök at smíð. Orkn. 332; mikit lið ok frítt ok mjök vandaðan skipabúnað, Fms. x. 36; var vandaðr mjök róðr á drekanum, vi. 309; stöpul vandaðan, Bs. i. 132; vandaðar krásir, choice, Fms. iv. 160; umgörð vandaða, Fs. 97.
    3. vanda sig, vanda ráð sitt, to be honest, lead a righteous life, passim; lítt vandaðr, not very honest, Fms, xi. 275; ú-vandaðr, plain, common, dishonest.
    II. [ vanda = to carp at, find fault, Ivar Aasen], to object, make difficulties:
    1. only in the negative phrase, vanda ekki, not to mind; hann sagði dóttur sinni, at hann mundi eigi vanda at gipta honum dóttur sína, Stj. 206; vanda eigi, to mind not, care not; vanda ek eigi ( I mind not) þótt sá sé drepinn, 181; vanda ekki ( care not) hvárt luklar finnask, Al. 44; vandar eigi þótt þykkt so skipat, 41.
    2. to find fault, be fastidious; hvárt sem þær vanda eðr gefa ósæmilig orö, D. N. ii. 16; þá eigu hásetar eigi at vanda þá hlezlu fyrir styrimanni ok fari við svá búit, N. G. L. ii. 275: and thus freq. in mod. speech of Norway, ‘vanda maten’ (cp. Icel. mat-vandr); in Icel. it remains in the phrase, vanda um e-t, to complain of, Eg. 142, 711, Landn. 141, Orkn. 90, Fs. 137, Eb. 144, Gullþ. 26, Dropl. 15.
    III. reflex. to become difficult, precarious; nú vandask málit, Nj. 4; vandask ráða-görðin, Fms. vii. 183.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > VANDA

  • 12 pedante

    adj.
    1 pretentious.
    2 pedantic, vain, bookish, pedant.
    f. & m.
    1 pretentious person.
    2 pedant, dry-as-dust, dryasdust, popinjay.
    * * *
    1 pedantic, pompous
    1 pedant
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [gen] pedantic; (=pomposo) pompous, conceited
    2.
    SMF pedant
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo pedantic
    II
    masculino y femenino pedant
    * * *
    = pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    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. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo pedantic
    II
    masculino y femenino pedant
    * * *
    = pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.
    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    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: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.

    * * *
    (detallista) pedantic; (presuntuoso) pompous
    pedant
    * * *

    pedante adjetivo
    pedantic
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    pedant
    pedante
    I adjetivo pedantic
    II mf pedant
    ' pedante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repipi
    English:
    fastidious
    - pedantic
    - should
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    pretentious
    ♦ nmf
    pretentious person
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( perfeccionista) pedantic
    2 ( presuntuoso) pretentious
    II m/f
    1 ( perfeccionista) pedant
    2 ( presuntuoso) pretentious individual
    * * *
    pedante adj
    : pedantic
    pedante nmf
    : pedant

    Spanish-English dictionary > pedante

  • 13 беситься с жиру

    2) Invective: shit in high cotton

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > беситься с жиру

  • 14 kies

    kies1
    〈de〉
    1  molar ⇒ back tooth
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   〈 figuurlijk〉 dat kan ik wel in mijn holle kies stoppen • I shan't get fat on that
         een holle/rotte kies • a hollow/decayed tooth
         〈 figuurlijk〉 zijn kiezen op elkaar houden • keep mum
         een kies trekken • pull out/extract a molar/tooth
         〈 figuurlijk〉 de kiezen op elkaar zetten • grit/clench one's teeth
    ————————
    kies2
    1 [kieskeurig] fastidious ⇒ particular
    2 [fatsoenlijk] considerate ⇒ decent
    3 [delicaat] delicate 〈 taak, opdracht〉 ⇒ discreet 〈 gedrag〉
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   niet kies zijn in de keuze van zijn middelen • not be particular in one's methods
    2   zo kies zijn om • have the delicacy to

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > kies

  • 15 стесняться

    1. постесняться
    1. тк. несов. ( смущаться) feel* shy

    не стесняйтесь! — make* yourself at home!; don't be shy!

    2. (не решаться сделать что-л.) (+ инф.) be ashamed (+ to inf.); (кого-л.) feel* shy (before smb.); (чего-л.) be ashamed (of smth.)

    не стесняться в выражениях — not be fastidious in one's choice of words / expressions; be free-spoken, be free-tongued

    2. стесниться
    1. ( сдвигаться) crowd (together)
    2. ( ограничивать себя) restrict oneself
    3. страд. к стеснять

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > стесняться

  • 16 стесняться

    I несов. - стесня́ться, сов. - постесня́ться
    1) тк. несов. ( смущаться) feel shy; (кого́-л) feel shy (before smb); (чего́-л) be ashamed (of smth)

    не стесняйтесь! — make himself at home!; don't be shy / coy!

    не стесняться в выраже́ниях — not be fastidious in one's choice of words / expressions; be free-spoken, be free-tongued

    2) (+ инф.; не решаться сделать что-л) be too timid / shy (+ to inf), be ashamed (+ to inf)

    он стесняется сказа́ть вам — he is ashamed [too timid] to tell you

    II несов. - стесня́ться, сов. - стесни́ться
    1) ( толпиться) crowd (together)

    все стесни́лись у две́ри — everybody crowded at the door

    2) разг. ( ограничивать себя) restrict oneself
    3) страд. к стеснять

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > стесняться

  • 17 kieskeurig

    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   we kunnen niet kieskeurig zijn • we can't afford to pick and choose, beggars can't be choosers
         (al) te kieskeurig zijn • be overparticular
         niet kieskeurig in de keuze van zijn middelen zijn • not be particular/fussy about one's methods
         kieskeurig op het eten zijn • be a fussy eater

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > kieskeurig

  • 18 מפנק

    מְפַנַּקm. (part. pass. of פְּנַק) brought up in wealth, delicate, fastidious. Targ. Prov. 4:3; a. e.Keth.67b מ׳ כולי האי is he used to such comforts?B. Kam.84a איכא איניש דמ׳וכ׳ one man is delicate and feels pain more intensely, another is hardened ; a. e.Pl. מְפַנְקִין, מְפַנְקֵי. Targ. Is. 44:4; a. e.Ḥag.4a sq. לאתויי מ׳ to include delicate persons (that do not walk barefooted). Sabb.109a; a. fr.Fem. מְפַנְּקָא, מְפַנַּקְתָּא. Targ. O. Deut. 28:56 (Y. מפרנקא). Targ. Is. 57:8; a. e.Pl. מְפַנְקָאתָא,מְפַנְקָתָא. Targ. Lam. 4:3.

    Jewish literature > מפנק

  • 19 מְפַנַּק

    מְפַנַּקm. (part. pass. of פְּנַק) brought up in wealth, delicate, fastidious. Targ. Prov. 4:3; a. e.Keth.67b מ׳ כולי האי is he used to such comforts?B. Kam.84a איכא איניש דמ׳וכ׳ one man is delicate and feels pain more intensely, another is hardened ; a. e.Pl. מְפַנְקִין, מְפַנְקֵי. Targ. Is. 44:4; a. e.Ḥag.4a sq. לאתויי מ׳ to include delicate persons (that do not walk barefooted). Sabb.109a; a. fr.Fem. מְפַנְּקָא, מְפַנַּקְתָּא. Targ. O. Deut. 28:56 (Y. מפרנקא). Targ. Is. 57:8; a. e.Pl. מְפַנְקָאתָא,מְפַנְקָתָא. Targ. Lam. 4:3.

    Jewish literature > מְפַנַּק

См. также в других словарях:

  • List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wittgenstein redirects here. For other uses, see Wittgenstein (disambiguation). Ludwig Wittgenstein Photographed by Ben Richards Swansea, Wales, 1947 Born 26 April 1889 …   Wikipedia

  • Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties — The Lancet , one of the oldest scientific medical journals in the world, published two peer reviewed studies on the effect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation on Iraqi mortality. The first was published in 2004; the second (by… …   Wikipedia

  • ḤAZAKAH — (Heb. חֲזָקָה; lit. possession, taking possession ), a term expressing three main concepts in Jewish law: (1) a mode of acquiring ownership; (2) a means of proving ownership or rights in property; (3) a factual legal presumption (praesumptio… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • The Reformation —     The Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Reformation     The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Burkholderia pseudomallei — B. pseudomallei colonies on Ashdown s agar showing the characteristic cornflower head morphology. Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • City Building Series — The City Building Series is the collective name of a series of historical city building games for personal computers developed by Impressions Games, BreakAway Games, and Tilted Mill Entertainment (following Impressions demise) and published by… …   Wikipedia

  • Jane Austen — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Austen. Jane Austen …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Nesh — For the village, see Nesh, Afghanistan. Nesh is an English dialect adjective meaning unusually susceptible to cold weather and there is no synonym for this use. Usage has been recorded in Cheshire, Staffordshire, the East Midlands, Lancashire,… …   Wikipedia

  • Vampire bat — For the 1933 movie, see The Vampire Bat. Vampire bats Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Idelette Calvin — Life= Idelette Storder de Bure Calvin (died 1549) was the only wife of the French reformer John Calvin (Jean Chauvin). He was so caught up in his labors that he did not seem to consider marriage until age 30 or so. He asked friends to help him… …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»