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21 preocuparse

preocuparse

► verbo pronominal

1 (sentir preocupación) to worry ( por, about), get worried ( por, about)

2 (ocuparse) to mind (de, -)

■ tú preocúpate de lo tuyo mind your own business

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VPR

1) (=inquietarse) to worry (de, por about)

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

no te preocupes por eso — don't worry about that

no se preocupa en lo más mínimo — he doesn't care in the least

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

tú preocúpate de que todo esté listo — you see to it that everything is ready

3) (=dar prioridad)

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

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

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

Ex. In measuring reference activity, one should not be dismayed when results of studies indicate unexpected conclusions.

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

Ex. They will wring their hands and knot their brows over problems, both simple and complex, that they and we got to or imagined.

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

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preocuparse (de/por)

(v.) = worry (about)

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

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

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

Ex: In measuring reference activity, one should not be dismayed when results of studies indicate unexpected conclusions.

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

Ex: They will wring their hands and knot their brows over problems, both simple and complex, that they and we got to or imagined.

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

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■preocuparse verbo reflexivo
1 to worry, get worried [por, about]
2 (encargarse) tienes que preocuparte de tus cosas, you should look after your own things
' preocuparse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apurarse
- desvelarse
- ello
- angustiar
- apurar
- cabeza
- demasiado
- despreocuparse
- haber
- mirar
- motivo
- preocupar
- tranquilizar
English:
bother
- care
- cause
- dwell on
- fuss
- fuss over
- mind
- preoccupied
- worry
- fret
- heart
- worried

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vpr

1. [inquietarse] to worry ( por about);
no te preocupes don't worry;

no te preocupes por ella don't worry about her;

se preocupa por cualquier cosa he worries o gets worried about the slightest thing

2. [encargarse]
preocuparse de algo to take care of sth;

preocuparse de hacer algo to see to it that sth is done;

preocuparse de que… to make sure that…;

me preocuparé de que nunca les falte nada I will make sure that they never lack for anything

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preocuparse

v/r worry ( por about);

preocuparse de ( encargarse) look after, take care of;

¡no se preocupe! don’t worry!

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vr

apurarse: to worry, to be concerned

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preocuparse vb to worry [pt. & pp. worried]

no te preocupes por eso don't worry about that

Spanish-English dictionary > preocuparse
22 alambicado

adj.

1 distilled.

2 finely elaborate.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: alambicar.

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alambicado

► adjetivo

1 (escaso) given sparingly

2 figurado (rebuscado) overcomplicated

3 peyorativo affected

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ADJ

1) (=destilado) distilled

2) (=intrincado) [proceso, estilo] intricate; [teoría, misterio] complex

3) (=afectado) [estilo] precious; [modales] affected

4) (=sutil) subtle

5) (=dado con escasez) given sparingly, given grudgingly

6) (=reducido)

precios alambicados — rock-bottom prices

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- da adjetivo <lenguaje/estilo> complicated; < personaje> complex

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- da adjetivo <lenguaje/estilo> complicated; < personaje> complex

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alambicado -da

adjective

‹lenguaje/estilo› complicated, convoluted; ‹personaje› complex

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alambicado, -a adj
[lenguaje, estilo] (over-)elaborate, involved
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alambicado

adj

1 ( inteligente) sharp, ingenious

2 ( complicado) complicated, complex

Spanish-English dictionary > alambicado
23 arrastrar

v.

1 to drag (objeto, pies) (gen) & (computing).

el viento arrastró las hojas the wind blew the leaves along

arrastrar y soltar (computing) to drag and drop

El tractor arrastró el leño hacia abajo The tractor dragged the log down.

2 to win over, to sway.

arrastrar a alguien a algo/a hacer algo to lead somebody into something/to do something

dejarse arrastrar por algo/alguien to allow oneself to be swayed by something/somebody

3 to drag along the ground (rozar el suelo).

te arrastra el vestido your dress is dragging on the ground

El perrito arrastraba a su dueño The puppy dragged along his owner.

4 to carry along, to suffer, to drag.

El tractor arrastró el leño hacia abajo The tractor dragged the log down.

Él arrastra su culpa todo el tiempo He drags along his guilt feelings always

5 to bring along, to bring about.

La acciones arrastran consecuencias Actions carry along consequences.

6 to entrain.

La reacción arrastró las partículas The reaction entrained the particles.

7 to drag-and-drop.

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arrastrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to drag, pull

■ no arrastres los pies don't drag your feet

2 (corriente, aire) to sweep along

3 figurado to sway, win over, draw

■ este grupo arrastra a muchas quinceañeras this group draws lots of teenage girls

■ lo arrastra la pasión por el teatro he lives for the theatre

4 (traer como consecuencia) to cause, bring, lead to

5 (tener) to have

■ arrastra ese catarro desde hace un mes she's had that cold for a month

■ arrastran muchos problemas they've got lots of problems

► verbo intransitivo

1 to drag, trail

► verbo pronominal arrastrarse

1 to drag oneself, crawl

2 figurado (humillarse) to creep, crawl

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verb

1) to drag, pull

2) sweep away

3) attract

•

- arrastrarse

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1. VT

1) [+ objeto pesado] to drag; [+ carro] to pull; [+ caravana] to tow; [+ vestido, capa] to trail (along the ground)

no arrastres la silla por el suelo — don't drag that chair (along the ground)

arrastrar los pies — to drag one's feet, shuffle along

arrastrar las palabras — to slur one's words

2) (=transportar) [río, viento] to sweep away o along

la corriente arrastró las ramas — the current swept the branches away o along

3) (=atraer) to draw, attract

su última película ha arrastrado mucho público — his latest film has drawn o attracted large audiences

no te dejes arrastrar por esa idea — don't get carried away by that idea

arrastrar a algn a hacer algo — to sweep sb into doing sth

4) (=soportar)

este país arrastra desde hace décadas el problema del paro — this country's been dogged by unemployment for decades

arrastra un complejo de inferioridad desde la adolescencia — he's had an inferiority complex ever since he was a youth

5) (=provocar) [+ dificultad, problema] to bring with it

su dimisión arrastró varias crisis financieras — his resignation brought with it several financial crises

6) (Bridge) [+ triunfos] to draw

2. VI

1) [vestido, capa] to trail (along the ground), drag

te arrastra el vestido — your dress is trailing (along the ground) o dragging

2) (Bot) to trail

3.

See:

arrastrarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies — she dragged her feet as she walked

b) <remolque/caravana> to tow

c) ( llevar consigo)

el río arrastraba ramas — branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro — the current was carrying him out to sea

2)

a) <problema/enfermedad>

arrastra esa tos desde el invierno — that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años — they had that debt hanging over them for many years

b) ( atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público — it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda — they are slaves to fashion

3) ( en naipes) to draw
2.
arrastrar vi

1) mantel/cortina to trail along the ground

2) ( en naipes) to draw trumps (o spades etc)
3.
arrastrarse v pron

1) ( por el suelo) persona to crawl; culebra to slither

se arrastró hasta el teléfono — she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

2) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

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= haul, lug off, sweep along, tow, drag, sweep + Nombre + away, lug.

Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

Ex. The whole affair, assembled and compressed, could be lugged off in a moving van.

Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex. 'Sit down please,' he bade her and she towed a chair over to his desk.

Ex. Users can either select a pull-down menu and enter search terms in a text box or highlight and drag text into the search box from other applications including electronic mail.

Ex. The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.

Ex. He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

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* agua + arrastrar = wash away.

* arrastrando los pies = shuffling.

* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.

* arrastrar los pies = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* arrastrarse = crawl.

* arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.

* corriente + arrastrar = wash up.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* introducir arrastrando = haul in.

* sacar arrastrando = haul out.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies — she dragged her feet as she walked

b) <remolque/caravana> to tow

c) ( llevar consigo)

el río arrastraba ramas — branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro — the current was carrying him out to sea

2)

a) <problema/enfermedad>

arrastra esa tos desde el invierno — that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años — they had that debt hanging over them for many years

b) ( atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público — it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda — they are slaves to fashion

3) ( en naipes) to draw
2.
arrastrar vi

1) mantel/cortina to trail along the ground

2) ( en naipes) to draw trumps (o spades etc)
3.
arrastrarse v pron

1) ( por el suelo) persona to crawl; culebra to slither

se arrastró hasta el teléfono — she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

2) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

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= haul, lug off, sweep along, tow, drag, sweep + Nombre + away, lug.

Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

Ex: The whole affair, assembled and compressed, could be lugged off in a moving van.

Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex: 'Sit down please,' he bade her and she towed a chair over to his desk.

Ex: Users can either select a pull-down menu and enter search terms in a text box or highlight and drag text into the search box from other applications including electronic mail.

Ex: The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.

Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

* agua + arrastrar = wash away.

* arrastrando los pies = shuffling.

* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.

* arrastrar los pies = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* arrastrarse = crawl.

* arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.

* corriente + arrastrar = wash up.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* introducir arrastrando = haul in.

* sacar arrastrando = haul out.

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arrastrar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies she dragged her feet as she walked

vas a ir aunque te tenga que arrastrar you are going even if I have to drag you there

2 ‹remolque/caravana› to tow

3

(llevar consigo): el río arrastraba piedras y ramas stones and branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro the current was carrying him out to sea

4 ‹sector/mercado› to drag down

al desplomarse en la Bolsa arrastró a todo el sector when its stock price collapsed, it dragged down the whole sector

no hay que dejarse arrastrar por el pesimismo there's no need to give way to pessimism

B

1

‹problema/enfermedad› viene arrastrando esa tos desde el invierno that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter, she's had that cough since the winter and she just can't shake it off

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años they had that debt hanging over them for many years

2 (atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda they are slaves to fashion

arrastrar a algn A algo:

las malas compañías lo arrastraron a la delincuencia he was led o drawn into crime by the bad company he kept

la miseria lo arrastró a robar poverty drove him to steal

3 ( fam) ( Elec) to use

arrastra mucha corriente it uses a lot of power

4 ( Inf) to drag

arrastrar y soltar to drag and drop

C (en naipes) to draw

■ arrastrar

vi

A «mantel/cortina» to trail along the ground

la gabardina le arrastraba the raincoat was so long on him that it trailed along the ground

B (en naipes) to draw trumps ( o spades etc)

■ arrastrarse

v pron

A (por el suelo) «persona» to crawl; «culebra» to slither

llegué arrastrándome de cansancio I could hardly put one foot in front of the other by the time I got there

se arrastró hasta el teléfono she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

B (humillarse) to grovel, crawl

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arrastrar ( conjugate arrastrar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( por el suelo) to drag

b) ‹remolque/caravana› to tow

c) ( llevar consigo):

◊ arrastró todo a su paso it swept away everything in its path;

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro the current was carrying him out to sea
2
a) ‹problema/enfermedad›:

◊ arrastra esa tos desde el invierno that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter;

vienen arrastrando el problema desde hace años they've been dragging out the problem for years
b) ( atraer) to draw;

◊ se dejan arrastrar por la moda they are slaves to fashion

verbo intransitivo [mantel/cortina] to trail along the ground
arrastrarse verbo pronominal
a) ( por el suelo) [ persona] to crawl;

[ culebra] to slither
b) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

arrastrar verbo transitivo to pull (along), drag (along): la corriente lo arrastró mar adentro, he was swept out to sea by the current
' arrastrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
grúa
- seducir
- barrer
English:
carry along
- drag
- draw
- haul
- lug
- pull
- pull along
- shuffle
- slur
- sweep
- trail
- tug
- wash
- suck

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arrastrar

♦ vt

1. [objeto, persona] to drag;
[carro, vagón] to pull; [remolque] to tow;
el viento arrastró las hojas the wind blew the leaves along;
Fig
el presidente arrastró en su caída a varios ministros the president took several ministers down with him;

la caída de la Bolsa neoyorquina arrastró al resto de mercados the crash on the New York stock exchange pulled the other markets down with it;

arrastrar los pies to drag one's feet;

Comp
RP Fam
arrastrar el ala a alguien to set one's cap at sb

2. Informát to drag;

arrastrar y soltar to drag and drop

3. [convencer] to win over, to sway;

arrastrar a alguien a algo/a hacer algo to lead sb into sth/to do sth;

dejarse arrastrar por algo/alguien to allow oneself to be swayed by sth/sb

4. [producir] to bring;

la guerra arrastra ya 3.000 muertos the war has already claimed 3,000 lives

5. [atraer] to pull in;

un cantante que arrastra muchos seguidores a singer who pulls in large crowds

6. [soportar]
arrastra una vida miserable she leads a miserable life;

arrastra muchas deudas/muchos problemas he has a lot of debts/problems hanging over him;

arrastra esa dolencia desde hace varios años she has been suffering from this complaint for several years

7. [al hablar] to draw out;

arrastra las erres he rolls his r's

♦ vi

1. [rozar el suelo] to drag along the ground;

te arrastra el vestido your dress is dragging on the ground;

estas cortinas arrastran these curtains are touching the floor

2. [en juegos de cartas]
arrastrar con tréboles to lead with a club

♦ See also the pronominal verb arrastrarse

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arrastrar

I v/t

1 por el suelo, INFOR drag ( por along)

2 ( llevarse) carry away

II v/i

1 por el suelo trail on the ground

2 en juegos de cartas draw trumps

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arrastrar vt

1) : to drag, to tow

2) : to draw, to attract

arrastrar vi

: to hang down, to trail

♦ See also the reflexive verb arrastrarse

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arrastrar vb

1. (llevar por el suelo) to drag [pt. & pp. dragged]

coge la silla en vez de arrastrarla pick the chair up instead of dragging it

2. (soportar) to have

arrastra la enfermedad desde hace años she's had the illness for years

3. (rozar el suelo) to trail on the floor

el vestido arrastraba her dress trailed on the floor

Spanish-English dictionary > arrastrar
24 arremeter contra

v.

to come against, to charge against, to charge at, to charge into.

Los soldados acometieron el fuerte The soldiers rushed against the fort.

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(v.) = lambast [lambaste], flail away at, hit out (at/against), take + a swipe at, swipe, lam, lam into, lay into, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at, go to + town on, lash out (on), take + a swat at

Ex. Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.

Ex. His novels flailed away at ignorance and indecency and his editorials were partisan, personal, fervent, and emotional.

Ex. She has hit out at rumours that she is a man-eater.

Ex. Republicans have been taking a swipe at Canada by saying that the country doesn't do much when it comes to global problems.

Ex. This time the pup simply got too close to the cat while she was just sitting there, so she swiped him.

Ex. Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.

Ex. The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.

Ex. How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

Ex. McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.

Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.

Ex. He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.

Ex. The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity.

Ex. I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.

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(v.) = lambast [lambaste], flail away at, hit out (at/against), take + a swipe at, swipe, lam, lam into, lay into, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at, go to + town on, lash out (on), take + a swat at

Ex: Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.

Ex: His novels flailed away at ignorance and indecency and his editorials were partisan, personal, fervent, and emotional.

Ex: She has hit out at rumours that she is a man-eater.

Ex: Republicans have been taking a swipe at Canada by saying that the country doesn't do much when it comes to global problems.

Ex: This time the pup simply got too close to the cat while she was just sitting there, so she swiped him.

Ex: Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.

Ex: The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.

Ex: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.

Ex: McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.

Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.

Ex: He was refering to the unbelievable action taken by the riot police who for no good reason decided to go to town on innocent fans.

Ex: The company is too tight to lash out on anything for the employees, even tools to increase productivity.

Ex: I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.

Spanish-English dictionary > arremeter contra
25 buscar

v.

1 to look.

2 to look for.

busco piso en esta zona I am looking for a flat o (British) apartment in this area (United States)

estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work

se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America

María busca su bolso Mary looks for her purse.

3 to look up.

Busca esa palabra en el diccionario Look up that word in the dictionary.

4 to search for (computing).

El detective buscó incansablemente The detective searched tirelessly.

5 to push, to try the patience of (informal) (provocar).

buscar bronca/camorra to look for trouble

6 to pick up.

voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper

ir a buscar a alguien to pick somebody up

pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine

7 to seek to, to attempt to, to try to, to try how to.

Ese plan busca destruirnos That plan seeks to destroy us.

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buscar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to look for, search for

■ busco un hombre que se llama Pedro I'm looking for a man called Pedro

■ la policía busca un hombre de unos treinta años the police are searching for a man of about thirty

■ hay que buscar una solución al problema we have to find a solution to the problem

2 (en lista, índice etc) to look up

■ búscalo en el diccionario look it up in the dictionary

3 (ir a coger) to go and get, fetch

■ ves a buscar pan go and get some bread

■ busca un médico, ¡rápido! fetch a doctor, quick!

4 (recoger) to pick up

■ iré a buscarte a la estación I'll pick you up at the station, I'll meet you at the station

■ a la una voy a buscar a los chicos al colegio at one o'clock I go to pick the children up from school

5 (intentar conseguir) to try to achieve

■ no sé qué buscan con esto I don't know what they're trying to achieve with this

► verbo intransitivo

1 (mirar) to look

■ he buscado en todas partes I've looked everywhere

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FRASEOLOGÍA

buscársela familiar to be looking for trouble

■ se la estaba buscando y la encontró she was looking for trouble and she found it

buscarse la vida familiar to try and earn one's living

'Se busca...' "... wanted"

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verb

1) to look for, seek

2) search

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1. VT

1) (=tratar de encontrar)

a) [+ persona, objeto perdido, trabajo] to look for

estuvieron buscando a los montañeros — they were searching for o looking for the mountaineers

llevo meses buscando trabajo — I've been job-hunting for months, I've been looking for a job for months

el ejército busca a un comando enemigo — the army is searching for o looking for an enemy commando unit

el terrorista más buscado del país — the most wanted terrorist in the country

"se busca piso" — "flat wanted"

"chico busca chica" — "boy seeks girl"

el acomodador me buscó un asiento al fondo — the usher found me a seat at the back

las plantas buscan la luz — plants grow towards the light

- buscarle tres pies al gato

- busca y encontrarás

b) [en diccionario, enciclopedia] to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

c) [con la vista] to try to spot, look for

lo busqué entre el público pero no lo vi — I tried to spot him o looked for him in the crowd but I didn't see him

2) (=tratar de conseguir) [+ solución] to try to find

no sé lo que buscas con esa actitud — I don't know what you're aiming to o trying to achieve with that attitude

con esta novela se busca la creación de un estilo diferente — this novel attempts to o aims to create a different style

yo no busco la fama — I'm not looking for fame

solo buscaba su dinero — he was only out for o after her money

como tienen una niña ahora van buscando la parejita — as they've got a girl they're trying for a boy now

• buscar excusas — to make excuses

• buscar hacer algo — to seek to do sth, try to do sth

siempre buscaba hacerlo lo mejor posible — she always sought o tried to do the best possible thing

• ir a buscar algo/a algn, ha ido a buscar una servilleta — she's gone to fetch o get a napkin

ve a buscar a tu madre — go and fetch o get your mother

voy a buscar tabaco — I'll go and get some cigarettes

- buscarla

vino buscando pelea — he was looking for trouble o a fight, he was spoiling for a fight *

- buscar la ruina a algn

este hijo mío me va a buscar la ruina — this son of mine will be the ruin of me

3) (=recoger) to pick up, fetch

¿vais a ir a buscarme a la estación? — are you going to pick me up o fetch me from the station?

vino a buscar sus plantas — she came to pick up o fetch her plants

4) (Inform) to search

5) (=preguntar por) to ask for

¿quién me busca? — who is asking for me?

2.

VI to look

ya puedes dejar de buscar, aquí tienes las llaves — you can stop looking, here are the keys

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

busca en la página 45 — look on page 45

¡busca! — [al perro] fetch!

3.

See:

buscarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( intentar encontrar)

a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to find

no trates de buscar excusas — don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

se busca — wanted

te buscan en la portería — someone is asking for you at reception

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo — try and find an easier way of doing it

b) (en libro, lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

2)

a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi

3)

a) ( intentar conseguir)

una ley que busca la igualdad de los sexos — a law which aims to achieve sexual equality

¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?

buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for
2.
buscar vi to look

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
3.
buscarse v pron

1) ( intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

2) < problemas>

no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas — she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

* * *

= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.

Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex. I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.

Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex. The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.

Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex. This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.

Ex. A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.

Ex. Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.

Ex. In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.

Ex. If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.

Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.

Ex. Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.

Ex. The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.

Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex. The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.

Ex. This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.

Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.

Ex. The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.

Ex. Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.

Ex. In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.

Ex. One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.

Ex. The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.

Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex. Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.

Ex. On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.

Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.

Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.

Ex. When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.

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* buscando = in search of.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.

* buscar apoyo = line up + support.

* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).

* buscar a través de los índices = browse.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.

* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.

* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.

* buscar el apoyo de = woo.

* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.

* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.

* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.

* buscar empleo = seek + employment.

* buscar en = sift through, search through.

* buscar en Google = google.

* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.

* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.

* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.

* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.

* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.

* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.

* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.

* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.

* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.

* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.

* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.

* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscar los servicios de = engage.

* buscar material = pursue + material.

* buscar oro = pan for + gold.

* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.

* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.

* buscar por título = search by + title key.

* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.

* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).

* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.

* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.

* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.

* buscárselo = have it + coming.

* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].

* buscar solución = seek + solution.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.

* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.

* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.

* buscar y encontrar = match.

* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.

* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.

* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.

* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.

* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.

* mandar a buscar = send for.

* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.

* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.

* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.

* que se puede buscar = searchable.

* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.

* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( intentar encontrar)

a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to find

no trates de buscar excusas — don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

se busca — wanted

te buscan en la portería — someone is asking for you at reception

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo — try and find an easier way of doing it

b) (en libro, lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

2)

a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi

3)

a) ( intentar conseguir)

una ley que busca la igualdad de los sexos — a law which aims to achieve sexual equality

¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?

buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for
2.
buscar vi to look

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
3.
buscarse v pron

1) ( intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

2) < problemas>

no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas — she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

* * *

= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex: I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.

Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex: The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.

Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex: Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.

Ex: A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.

Ex: Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.

Ex: In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.

Ex: If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.

Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.

Ex: Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.

Ex: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.

Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex: The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.

Ex: This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.

Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.

Ex: The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.

Ex: Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.

Ex: In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.

Ex: One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.

Ex: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.

Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex: Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.

Ex: On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.

Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.

Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.

Ex: When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.

* buscando = in search of.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.

* buscar apoyo = line up + support.

* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).

* buscar a través de los índices = browse.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.

* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.

* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.

* buscar el apoyo de = woo.

* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.

* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.

* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.

* buscar empleo = seek + employment.

* buscar en = sift through, search through.

* buscar en Google = google.

* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.

* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.

* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.

* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.

* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.

* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.

* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.

* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.

* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.

* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.

* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.

* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscar los servicios de = engage.

* buscar material = pursue + material.

* buscar oro = pan for + gold.

* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.

* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.

* buscar por título = search by + title key.

* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.

* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).

* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.

* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.

* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.

* buscárselo = have it + coming.

* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].

* buscar solución = seek + solution.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.

* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.

* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.

* buscar y encontrar = match.

* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.

* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.

* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.

* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.

* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.

* mandar a buscar = send for.

* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.

* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.

* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.

* que se puede buscar = searchable.

* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.

* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.

* * *

buscar [A2 ]

vt

A (intentar encontrar)

1 ‹persona/objeto› to look for; ‹fama/fortuna› to seek; ‹trabajo/apartamento› to look for, try to find; ‹solución› to look for, try to find

lo he buscado en or por todas partes I've looked o searched for it everywhere

no trates de buscar excusas don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

[ S ] se busca wanted

los hombres como él sólo buscan una cosa men like him are only after one thing ( colloq)

te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at reception

las flores buscan la luz flowers grow towards the light

la buscaba con la mirada or los ojos he was trying to spot her

está buscando la oportunidad de vengarse he's looking for a chance to get his own back ( colloq)

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo try and find an easier way of doing it

2 (en un libro, una lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía look up the number in the directory

B

1 (recoger) to collect, pick up

fuimos a buscarlo al aeropuerto we went to pick him up from o fetch him from o collect him from o meet him at the airport

vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things

2 (conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico he went to get a doctor, he fetched a doctor

salió a buscar un taxi/el pan he went to get a taxi/the bread

sube a buscarme las tijeras go up and get me o bring me o fetch me the scissors

C

1

(intentar conseguir): una ley que busca la igualdad de (los) sexos a law which aims to achieve sexual equality o equality between the sexes

¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?

tiene cuatro hijas y busca el varón ( fam); she has four girls and she's trying for a boy

buscar + INF to try to + INF, set out to + INF

el libro busca destruir ese mito the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

2 (provocar) ‹bronca/camorra› to look for

siempre están buscando pelea they're always looking o spoiling for a fight

me está buscando y me va a encontrar he's looking for trouble and he's going to get it

■ buscar

vi

to look

busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? have you looked properly?, have you had a proper look?

¡busca! ¡busca! (a un perro) fetch!

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás seek and ye shall find

■ buscarse

v pron

A (intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse a alguien que le cuidara los niños she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

B ‹complicaciones/problemas›

no quiero buscarme complicaciones I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) ( fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it ( colloq)

no te quejes, la verdad es que te la buscaste don't complain, the truth is you had it coming to you o you brought it on yourself ( colloq)

* * *

Multiple Entries:
buscar
buscar algo
buscar ( conjugate buscar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( intentar encontrar) to look for;

‹fama/fortuna› to seek;
◊ te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at reception

b) (en libro, lista) to look up;

◊ busca el número en la guía look up the number in the directory

2
a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up;

◊ fui a buscarlo al aeropuerto ( para traerlo — en coche) I went to pick him up from the airport;

(— en tren, a pie) I went to meet him at the airport;
◊ vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir) to get;

◊ yo le busqué trabajo I found him a job;

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi he went to get a doctor/a taxi;
¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?
verbo intransitivo
to look;
◊ busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer

buscarse verbo pronominal
1 ( intentar encontrar) to look for
2 ‹ problemas› to ask for;
◊ no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas I don't want any trouble;

tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right;
buscársela(s) (fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
buscar verbo transitivo
1 to look for
2 (en la enciclopedia, en el diccionario) to look up
3 (conseguir, traer) to fetch: ve a buscar un poco de agua, go and fetch some water
4 (recoger cosas) to collect
(recoger personas) to pick up: fue a buscarme al trabajo, she picked me up from work
' buscar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acudir
- condicionamiento
- ir
- mirar
- sistema
- tienta
- aguja
- andar
- bronca
- camorra
- colocación
- pelea
- perro
- recoger
- refugio
- trabajo
- venir
English:
advertise
- collect
- dig around
- down-market
- expressly
- fetch
- fish
- forage
- fumble
- get
- go for
- hunt
- instrumental
- kerb-crawl
- look
- look for
- look out for
- look up
- meet
- needle
- pick
- pick up
- prospect
- pursue
- scout around
- search
- search for
- seek
- seek after
- spoil for
- want
- afield
- call
- collection
- court
- dig
- feel
- ferry
- go
- grope
- house
- job
- nook
- scout
- send
- trouble
- woo

* * *

buscar

♦ vt

1. [para encontrar] to look for, to search for;
[provecho, beneficio propio, fortuna] to seek;
busco apartamento en esta zona I am looking for Br a flat o US an apartment in this area;

estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work;

la policía busca a los terroristas the police are searching o hunting for the terrorists;

lo busqué, pero no lo encontré I looked o hunted for it, but I couldn't find it;

¿me ayudas a buscar las llaves? can you help me to look for the keys?;

se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America;

fui a buscar ayuda I went in search of help;

¡ve a buscar ayuda, rápido! quick, go for help o go and find help!;

Comp

es como buscar una aguja en un pajar it's like looking for a needle in a haystack;

Comp
CSur Fam
buscar la vuelta a algo to (try to) find a way of doing sth

2. [recoger] to pick up;

vino a buscar sus libros he came to pick up his books;

voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper;

ir a buscar a alguien to pick sb up;

ya iré yo a buscar a los niños al colegio I'll go and pick the children up from school;

pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine

3. [en diccionario, índice, horario] to look up;

buscaré la dirección en mi agenda I'll look up the address in my address book

4. [intentar conseguir]
siempre busca quedar bien con todos she always tries to please everybody;

no sé qué está buscando con esa actitud I don't know what he is hoping to achieve with that attitude;

con estas medidas buscan reducir la inflación these measures are intended to reduce inflation, with these measures they are seeking to reduce inflation;
Fam
ése sólo busca ligar he's only after one thing

5. Informát to search for

6. Fam [provocar] to push, to try the patience of;

no me busques, que me voy a enfadar don't push me o it, I'm about to lose my temper;

buscar bronca o [m5] camorra to look for trouble

♦ vi

to look;

busqué bien pero no encontré nada I had a thorough search, but didn't find anything;

buscamos por toda la casa we looked o searched throughout the house, we searched the house from top to bottom

♦ See also the pronominal verb buscarse

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buscar

v/t search for, look for;

ir/venir a buscar fetch;

se la estaba buscando he was asking for trouble o for it

* * *

buscar {72} vt

1) : to look for, to seek

2) : to pick up, to collect

3) : to provoke

buscar vi

: to look, to search

buscó en los bolsillos: he searched through his pockets

* * *

buscar vb

1. (tratar de encontrar) to look for

estoy buscando las llaves I'm looking for my keys

2. (consultar) to look up

búscalo en el diccionario look it up in the dictionary

3. (recoger) to pick up / to meet [pt. & pp. met]

iré a buscarte al aeropuerto I'll pick you up at the airport

4. (traer) to fetch / to get

voy a buscar el pan I'm going to get the bread

"Se busca" "Wanted"

Spanish-English dictionary > buscar
26 cambiante

adj.

1 changeable.

2 changing, changeable.

3 dynamic.

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cambiante

► adjetivo

1 (gen) changing

2 (carácter) moody

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (cambista) moneychanger

► nombre masculino plural cambiantes

1 (reflejos) glitters, gleams

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adj.

1) changing

2) changeable

3) moody

* * *

1.

ADJ (=variable) [situación] changing; [tiempo, viento] changeable; [persona, carácter] moody

vivimos en un mundo cambiante — we live in an ever-changing world

2.

SMF (=cambista) moneychanger

3. SM

1) (=tela) iridescent fabric

2) pl cambiantes [en nácar, tela] changing colours, iridescence sing

* * *
I
adjetivo < tiempo> changeable, unsettled; <persona/carácter> moody, temperamental
II
masculino y femenino moneychanger

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= evolving, shifting, volatile, changing, fluctuating, fast-moving.

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. He wrote a report on the shifting cultivation of hill rice.

Ex. The market is relatively volatile and changes are to be expected.

Ex. These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

Ex. The telephone is an example of a terminal, converting the acoustic waves of speech into a fluctuating electrical signal, and the signal back to audible form.

Ex. I have also taken the opportunity to up-date every chapter of the book so as to help the reader keep track of this fast-moving technology.

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* la cambiante fisonomía de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* * *
I
adjetivo < tiempo> changeable, unsettled; <persona/carácter> moody, temperamental
II
masculino y femenino moneychanger

* * *

= evolving, shifting, volatile, changing, fluctuating, fast-moving.

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: He wrote a report on the shifting cultivation of hill rice.

Ex: The market is relatively volatile and changes are to be expected.

Ex: These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

Ex: The telephone is an example of a terminal, converting the acoustic waves of speech into a fluctuating electrical signal, and the signal back to audible form.

Ex: I have also taken the opportunity to up-date every chapter of the book so as to help the reader keep track of this fast-moving technology.

* la cambiante fisonomía de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* * *

cambiante¹

adjective

‹tiempo› changeable, unsettled; ‹persona/carácter› moody, temperamental

una chica de un humor muy cambiante a very moody girl, a girl whose moods are very changeable

cambiante²

masculine and feminine

moneychanger

* * *

cambiante adjetivo ‹ tiempo› changeable, unsettled;
‹persona/carácter› moody, temperamental
cambiante adj (inestable) changing
(humor, carácter) changeable
' cambiante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desigual
- voluble
English:
change
- changeable

* * *

cambiante adj
[tiempo] changeable; [situación] constantly changing, unstable; [temperamento] volatile, unpredictable
* * *

cambiante

adj changing; tiempo changeable

* * *

cambiante adj

1) : changing

2) variable: changeable, variable

Spanish-English dictionary > cambiante
27 concurso público

m.

public bidding.

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(n.) = bid, bidding, tender, tender procedure, tendering, tendering procedure, tendering process

Ex. New York State has recently moved away from former relatively unrestrictive policies by requiring bids on all items priced over $10,000.

Ex. The outcome of the bidding was slightly disappointing for the vendor, but they say it was a bargain for the buyer.

Ex. Following the issue of a letter of intent to major bodybuilders, the tender was drawn up requiring tenderers to submit a breakdown of costs.

Ex. As a result of the tender procedure a contract was made to construct the new Library and Department of Library and Information Studies.

Ex. After fruitful discussion with the UGC, the University was authorised to proceed towards tendering stage.

Ex. There are exemptions, however, to when these tendering procedures are used.

Ex. Many tendering processes end with no solution because the project loses momentum and becomes overly complex.

* * *

(n.) = bid, bidding, tender, tender procedure, tendering, tendering procedure, tendering process

Ex: New York State has recently moved away from former relatively unrestrictive policies by requiring bids on all items priced over $10,000.

Ex: The outcome of the bidding was slightly disappointing for the vendor, but they say it was a bargain for the buyer.

Ex: Following the issue of a letter of intent to major bodybuilders, the tender was drawn up requiring tenderers to submit a breakdown of costs.

Ex: As a result of the tender procedure a contract was made to construct the new Library and Department of Library and Information Studies.

Ex: After fruitful discussion with the UGC, the University was authorised to proceed towards tendering stage.

Ex: There are exemptions, however, to when these tendering procedures are used.

Ex: Many tendering processes end with no solution because the project loses momentum and becomes overly complex.

Spanish-English dictionary > concurso público
28 contexto

m.

context.

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contexto

► nombre masculino

1 context

2 figurado environment

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noun m.

context

* * *

SM

1) (=marco) context

sacar algo (fuera) de contexto — to take sth out of context

contexto histórico — historical context

2) (Téc) web, tangle

* * *

masculino context

fuera de contexto — out of context

* * *

= context, Display, environment, scenario, setting, situation, milieu, sphere, set and setting, landscape, climate, environ.

Ex. In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.

Ex. This layout gives the lead term in the context of wider terms on the same line (the Qualifier) and narrower terms (the Display) on the second line.

Ex. This document specifies methods of extending the 7-bit code, remaining in a 7-bit environment or increasing to an 8-bit environment.

Ex. This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.

Ex. Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.

Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex. These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

Ex. I am not convinced that people become connoisseurs -- experts: educated and discriminating people in any sphere -- from limited knowledge and experience, no matter how rich in quality.

Ex. For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.

Ex. During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.

Ex. The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.

Ex. For example, the games themselves can act as a tool to educate social science students how to access and interact with unknown cultures within a safe environ.

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* ayuda sensible al contexto = context-sensitive help.

* contexto actual, el = scheme of things, the.

* contexto cultural = cultural context.

* contexto económico = economic context.

* contexto físico = atmospherics.

* contexto histórico = historical context.

* contexto político = political context.

* contextos = sphere of activity, sphere of life.

* contexto social = social context.

* contexto sociocultural = sociocultural context.

* contexto temático = subject context.

* dependencia del contexto = situatedness.

* dependiente del contexto = context-dependent.

* desde el punto de vista del contexto = contextually.

* encuadrar en un contexto = set in + context.

* en el contexto de = in the realm of.

* en este contexto = against this background.

* en otros contextos = in other connections.

* establecer el contexto = set + context.

* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).

* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).

* limitado por el contexto = context-bound.

* según el contexto = contextually.

* ser una novedad en el contexto del que se está hablando = be a newcomer to the scene.

* situar en contexto = place + in context.

* situar en un contexto = bring into + context.

* usar fuera de contexto = use + out of context.

* * *

masculino context

fuera de contexto — out of context

* * *

= context, Display, environment, scenario, setting, situation, milieu, sphere, set and setting, landscape, climate, environ.

Ex: In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.

Ex: This layout gives the lead term in the context of wider terms on the same line (the Qualifier) and narrower terms (the Display) on the second line.

Ex: This document specifies methods of extending the 7-bit code, remaining in a 7-bit environment or increasing to an 8-bit environment.

Ex: This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.

Ex: Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.

Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex: These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

Ex: I am not convinced that people become connoisseurs -- experts: educated and discriminating people in any sphere -- from limited knowledge and experience, no matter how rich in quality.

Ex: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.

Ex: During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.

Ex: The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.

Ex: For example, the games themselves can act as a tool to educate social science students how to access and interact with unknown cultures within a safe environ.

* ayuda sensible al contexto = context-sensitive help.

* contexto actual, el = scheme of things, the.

* contexto cultural = cultural context.

* contexto económico = economic context.

* contexto físico = atmospherics.

* contexto histórico = historical context.

* contexto político = political context.

* contextos = sphere of activity, sphere of life.

* contexto social = social context.

* contexto sociocultural = sociocultural context.

* contexto temático = subject context.

* dependencia del contexto = situatedness.

* dependiente del contexto = context-dependent.

* desde el punto de vista del contexto = contextually.

* encuadrar en un contexto = set in + context.

* en el contexto de = in the realm of.

* en este contexto = against this background.

* en otros contextos = in other connections.

* establecer el contexto = set + context.

* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).

* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).

* limitado por el contexto = context-bound.

* según el contexto = contextually.

* ser una novedad en el contexto del que se está hablando = be a newcomer to the scene.

* situar en contexto = place + in context.

* situar en un contexto = bring into + context.

* usar fuera de contexto = use + out of context.

* * *

contexto

masculine

1 (en un texto) context

fuera de contexto out of context

poner algo en contexto to put sth into context

2 (marco, coyuntura) context

* * *

contexto sustantivo masculino
context
contexto sustantivo masculino context
contexto sustantivo masculino context
' contexto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
marco
- mayoría
- empezar
English:
context
- must
- set-up

* * *

contexto nm

1. [de texto] context

2. [circunstancias] context;

en/fuera de contexto in/out of context

* * *

contexto

m context;

fuera de contexto out of context;

sacar de contexto take out of context

* * *

contexto nm

: context

* * *

contexto n context

Spanish-English dictionary > contexto
29 convocatoria pública

(n.) = tender, tender procedure, tendering, bid, tendering procedure, tendering process

Ex. Following the issue of a letter of intent to major bodybuilders, the tender was drawn up requiring tenderers to submit a breakdown of costs.

Ex. As a result of the tender procedure a contract was made to construct the new Library and Department of Library and Information Studies.

Ex. After fruitful discussion with the UGC, the University was authorised to proceed towards tendering stage.

Ex. New York State has recently moved away from former relatively unrestrictive policies by requiring bids on all items priced over $10,000.

Ex. There are exemptions, however, to when these tendering procedures are used.

Ex. Many tendering processes end with no solution because the project loses momentum and becomes overly complex.

* * *

(n.) = tender, tender procedure, tendering, bid, tendering procedure, tendering process

Ex: Following the issue of a letter of intent to major bodybuilders, the tender was drawn up requiring tenderers to submit a breakdown of costs.

Ex: As a result of the tender procedure a contract was made to construct the new Library and Department of Library and Information Studies.

Ex: After fruitful discussion with the UGC, the University was authorised to proceed towards tendering stage.

Ex: New York State has recently moved away from former relatively unrestrictive policies by requiring bids on all items priced over $10,000.

Ex: There are exemptions, however, to when these tendering procedures are used.

Ex: Many tendering processes end with no solution because the project loses momentum and becomes overly complex.

Spanish-English dictionary > convocatoria pública
30 cuestionar

v.

1 to question.

El detective cuestionó al pillo The detective questioned the thief.

2 to challenge, to bring into question, to doubt, to question.

El profesor cuestionó su conclusión The teacher challenged his conclusion.

3 to have objections about.

* * *

cuestionar

► verbo transitivo

1 to question

* * *

verb

to question

* * *

1.

VT to question

2.

VI to argue

3.

See:

cuestionarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to question
2.
cuestionarse v pron to ask oneself

* * *

= challenge, question, render + suspect, query, render + questionable.

Ex. The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.

Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.

Ex. Poor standards of cataloguing in the past render many examples of retrospective music bibliography suspect.

Ex. The author queries the value of selecting so much sexually permissive teenage fiction for young people who are already sexually afire, given the dangers of unwanted pregnancies and AIDS.

Ex. Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.

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* cuestionar la validez de = bring into + question the validity of, question + the validity of.

* hacer que Alguien se cuestione Algo = make + Nombre + wonder.

* no cuestionarse la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspend + disbelief.

* que no se ha cuestionado = unquestioned, unscrutinised [unscrutinized, -USA].

* sin cuestionarlo = uncritically.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to question
2.
cuestionarse v pron to ask oneself

* * *

= challenge, question, render + suspect, query, render + questionable.

Ex: The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.

Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.

Ex: Poor standards of cataloguing in the past render many examples of retrospective music bibliography suspect.

Ex: The author queries the value of selecting so much sexually permissive teenage fiction for young people who are already sexually afire, given the dangers of unwanted pregnancies and AIDS.

Ex: Luhmann's attempt to assign to language a merely marginal role renders questionable the conclusiveness of his theory.

* cuestionar la validez de = bring into + question the validity of, question + the validity of.

* hacer que Alguien se cuestione Algo = make + Nombre + wonder.

* no cuestionarse la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspend + disbelief.

* que no se ha cuestionado = unquestioned, unscrutinised [unscrutinized, -USA].

* sin cuestionarlo = uncritically.

* * *

cuestionar [A1 ]

vt

to question

■ cuestionarse

v pron

to ask oneself

debemos cuestionarnos si es necesario we must ask ourselves o we must question whether it is necessary

* * *

cuestionar ( conjugate cuestionar) verbo transitivo
to question
cuestionar verbo transitivo to question
' cuestionar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
discutir
English:
challenge
- dispute
- query
- question

* * *

cuestionar

♦ vt

to question

♦ See also the pronominal verb cuestionarse

* * *

cuestionar

v/t question

* * *

cuestionar vt

: to question

* * *

cuestionar vb to question

Spanish-English dictionary > cuestionar
31 dulce

adj.

1 sweet.

le gusta todo lo dulce she loves anything sweet

2 fresh (agua).

3 sweet, gentle, mild.

4 tender (mirada, sonrisa).

sus años dulces his golden years

m.

1 sweet (caramelo, postre).

me encanta el dulce I love sweet things (todo lo dulce)

a nadie le amarga un dulce (figurative) anything's better than nothing

dulce de membrillo quince jelly

2 piece of candy, sweetmeat, confection, sweet.

3 Dulce.

* * *

dulce

► adjetivo

1 (gen) sweet

2 (clima) mild

3 figurado soft, gentle

► nombre masculino

1 COCINA (caramelo) sweet; (pastel) cake

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dulce de membrillo quince jelly

* * *
1. adj.
1) sweet

2) gentle
2. noun m.
candy, sweet

* * *

1. ADJ

1) [caramelo, galleta] sweet

este vino está muy dulce — this wine is very sweet

no me gusta lo dulce — I don't like sweet things, I don't have a very sweet tooth

- más dulce que la miel

2) (=suave) [metal, sonido, voz] soft; [carácter] gentle; [clima] mild; [música] sweet

un instrumento dulce — a sweet-sounding instrument

con el acento dulce del país — with the soft accent of the region

2.

ADV softly

habla muy dulce — she speaks very softly

3. SM

1) (=caramelo) sweet, candy (EEUU)

a nadie le amarga un dulce — something's better than nothing

dulce de almíbar — preserved fruit

dulce de leche — Arg caramelized condensed milk

dulce de membrillo — quince jelly

2) pl dulces [gen] sweet things; (=pasteles) cakes and pastries

le encantan los dulces — he loves sweet things

3) And, CAm, Caribe (=azúcar) sugar, brown sugar

4) And (=paleta) lollipop

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) <fruta/vino> sweet

está muy dulce — it's very/too sweet

prefiero lo dulce a lo salado — I prefer sweet things to savory ones

b) < agua> fresh

pez de agua dulce — freshwater fish

c) < persona> gentle, kind; <sonrisa/voz> sweet; < música> soft, sweet

tiene un carácter muy dulce — she has a very sweet nature

- dulce espera
II
masculino

a) (AmL exc RPl) ( golosina) candy (AmE), sweet (BrE)

b) (RPl) ( mermelada) jam

dulce de frutilla/durazno — strawberry/peach jam

c) (AmC) ( azúcar) type of sugarloaf

d) dulces masculino plural ( cosas dulces) sweet things (pl)

- dulce de leche

- dulce de membrillo

* * *

= gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], sugary, mellifluous.

Ex. Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

Ex. Sugary soft-drinks are over 20 times more popular than fresh fruit drinks and milk combined.

Ex. Many thrushes sing complex mellifluous songs that delight human listeners.

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* dulce de membrillo = quince jelly.

* dulces = confectionery.

* gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth.

* gusto por lo dulce = sweet tooth.

* maíz dulce = sweet corn.

* pez de agua dulce = freshwater fish.

* sabor dulce = sweetness.

* tortuga de agua dulce = terrapin.

* vino dulce = sweet wine.

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) <fruta/vino> sweet

está muy dulce — it's very/too sweet

prefiero lo dulce a lo salado — I prefer sweet things to savory ones

b) < agua> fresh

pez de agua dulce — freshwater fish

c) < persona> gentle, kind; <sonrisa/voz> sweet; < música> soft, sweet

tiene un carácter muy dulce — she has a very sweet nature

- dulce espera
II
masculino

a) (AmL exc RPl) ( golosina) candy (AmE), sweet (BrE)

b) (RPl) ( mermelada) jam

dulce de frutilla/durazno — strawberry/peach jam

c) (AmC) ( azúcar) type of sugarloaf

d) dulces masculino plural ( cosas dulces) sweet things (pl)

- dulce de leche

- dulce de membrillo

* * *

= gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], sugary, mellifluous.

Ex: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

Ex: Sugary soft-drinks are over 20 times more popular than fresh fruit drinks and milk combined.

Ex: Many thrushes sing complex mellifluous songs that delight human listeners.

* dulce de membrillo = quince jelly.

* dulces = confectionery.

* gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth.

* gusto por lo dulce = sweet tooth.

* maíz dulce = sweet corn.

* pez de agua dulce = freshwater fish.

* sabor dulce = sweetness.

* tortuga de agua dulce = terrapin.

* vino dulce = sweet wine.

* * *

dulce¹

adjective

1 ‹fruta/vino› sweet

este vino es dulce this wine is sweet, this is a sweet wine

está muy dulce it's very/too sweet

no soy muy amiga de lo dulce I'm not very fond of sweet things, I don't have a very sweet tooth

prefiero lo dulce a lo salado I prefer sweet things to savory ones

2 ‹agua› fresh

pez de agua dulce freshwater fish

3 ‹persona› gentle, kind; ‹sonrisa/voz› sweet; ‹música› soft, sweet

tiene un carácter muy dulce she's very sweet-natured, she has a very sweet o mild nature

tengo muy dulces recuerdos de aquella época I have very fond memories of that time

Compuesto:

dulce espera

feminine

( esp AmL): durante la dulce espera during my/her pregnancy, while I/she was expecting

dulce²

masculine

1 ( AmL exc RPI) (golosina) candy ( AmE), sweet ( BrE)

2 ( RPl) (mermelada) jam

dulce de frutilla/durazno strawberry/peach jam

3 ( AmC) (azúcar) type of sugarloaf

4 dulces mpl (cosas dulces) sweet things (pl)

Compuestos:

● dulce de leche

( RPl) caramel spread ( made by boiling down milk and sugar)

● dulce de membrillo

quince jelly

dulce³

adverb

‹cantar› sweetly

habla muy dulce she speaks very softly

* * *

dulce adjetivo
a) ‹fruta/vino› sweet;

◊ prefiero lo dulce I prefer sweet things

b) ‹ agua› fresh;

◊ pez de agua dulce freshwater fish

c) ‹ persona› gentle, kind;

‹sonrisa/voz› sweet;
‹ música› soft, sweet
■ sustantivo masculino
a) (AmL exc RPl) ( golosina) candy (AmE), sweet (BrE)

b) (RPl) ( mermelada) jam;

◊ dulce de leche caramel spread ( made by boiling down milk and sugar)

c) (AmC) ( azúcar) type of sugarloaf

d)

◊ dulces sustantivo masculino plural ( cosas dulces) sweet things (pl)

dulce
I adjetivo
1 (al gusto) sweet
2 (cariñoso, delicado) gentle 3 agua dulce, fresh water
II sustantivo masculino
1 Culin (pastel) cake
dulce de membrillo, quince jelly o preserves
2 (caramelo) sweet, US candy
' dulce' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agua
- cambio
- cangrejo
- carácter
- caramelo
- empalagar
- empalagosa
- empalagoso
- flauta
- gustillo
- membrillo
- mermelada
- pimentón
- rabiar
- salada
- salado
- temperamento
- vino
- alga
- bocadillo
- budín
- chancaca
- chuchería
- crema
- flan
- galleta
- golosina
- goloso
- gomita
- laguna
- licor
- lo
- manjar
- más
- muy
- paleta
- pan
- papa
- pastel
- saber
- seco
- yema
English:
ale
- bun
- caramel
- fondant
- fragrance
- fresh
- freshwater
- frosting
- fudge
- gentle
- mellow
- paprika
- pie
- recorder
- revenge
- rich
- sugary
- sweet
- terrapin
- water
- candy
- flap
- home
- jam
- muffin
- short
- Turkish

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dulce

♦ adj

1. [sabor] sweet;

ha quedado demasiado dulce it's too sweet;

este café está muy dulce this coffee's very sweet;

le gusta todo lo dulce she loves anything sweet;

esta infusión se toma dulce you drink this tea with sugar

2. [agua] fresh;

la pesca en agua dulce freshwater fishing

3. [persona, carácter] sweet, gentle, mild

4. [mirada, sonrisa] tender, sweet;
[voz, sonido, música] mellow, sweet; [recuerdo] sweet;
sus años dulces his golden years;

Comp

estar en un momento dulce to be on o riding the crest of a wave;

el actor se halla en un momento dulce de su carrera the actor is at a high point in his career;

Comp
Am
la dulce espera pregnancy;

cuando estaba en la dulce espera when she was pregnant

♦ nm

1. [caramelo, postre] sweet;
[pastel] cake, pastry; RP [mermelada] jam;
me encanta el dulce [todo lo dulce] I love sweet things;

Comp
Fam
a nadie le amarga un dulce everyone enjoys a treat;

Comp

de dulce [muy bien] marvellously;

su madre cocina de dulce her mother cooks like a dream

Comp
Col, RP dulce de leche = toffee pudding made with caramelized milk;
dulce de membrillo quince jelly

2. CAm [pan de azúcar] brown sugar

3. RP Fam [encanto] dear

♦ adv
[dulcemente] sweetly
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dulce

I adj sweet; fig: carácter gentle

II m candy, Br

sweet;

dulces sweet things

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dulce adv

: sweetly, softly

dulce adj

1) : sweet

2) : mild, gentle, mellow

♦ dulcemente adv

dulce nm

: candy, sweet

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dulce¹ adj

1. (en general) sweet

más dulce que la miel sweeter than honey

2. (persona) sweet / gentle

tiene una voz muy dulce she's got a very gentle voice

3. (agua) fresh

pez de agua dulce freshwater fish

dulce² n sweet

les encantan los dulces they love sweets

Spanish-English dictionary > dulce
32 entender

m.

understanding, grasp.

Su entender era limitado Her understanding was limited.

v.

1 to understand.

ahora entiendo lo que quieres decir now I understand o know what you mean

no te entiendo, habla más despacio I don't understand you, could you speak more slowly?

no entiendo cómo puede gustarte Arturo I don't know what you see in Arturo

no entiendo nada, ¿no deberían haber llegado ya? I just can't understand it, surely they were supposed to have arrived by now

¡no hay quien te entienda! you're impossible!

¿tú qué entiendes por “amistad”? what do you understand by “friendship”?

dar a entender que… to imply (that)…

hasta que no llegue no podemos empezar, ¿entiendes? we can't start until she gets here, all right?

Ella entiende la lección She understands the lesson.

Elsa entendió al fin Elsa understood at last.

2 to think.

yo no lo entiendo así I don't see it that way

3 to figure out, to digest, to get clear, to get to know.

Elsa entendió el motivo Elsa figured out the motive.

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ENTENDER

CONJUGACIÓN

(e changes to ie in stressed syllables)

Present Indicative

entiendo, entiendes, entiende, entendemos, entendéis, entienden.

Present Subjunctive

entienda, entiendas, entienda, entendamos, entendáis, entiendan.

Imperative

entiende (tú), entienda (él/Vd.), entendamos (nos.), entended (vos.), entiendan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to understand

2) think, believe

•

- entender de

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1. VT

1) (=comprender) to understand

no he entendido la pregunta — I didn't understand the question

ahora lo entiendo todo — now I understand everything

entiendo un poco de francés — I (can) understand a little French

la verdad es que no entiendo el chiste — I don't really get o understand the joke

lo has entendido todo al revés — you've got it all wrong

no entiendo tu letra — I can't read your writing

no entiendo cómo has podido hacer eso — I don't understand o know how you could do that

¡a ti no hay quien te entienda! — you're impossible to understand!

que no te vuelva a ver fumando ¿me has entendido? — don't let me catch you smoking again, do you understand?

¿entiendes lo que te quiero decir? — do you know what I mean?, do you know what I'm trying to say?

es un poco rarito, tú ya me entiendes — he's a bit odd, if you know what I mean

• dar algo a entender — to imply sth

dio a entender que no le gustaba — he implied that he didn't like it

nos dieron a entender que querían marcharse — they gave us to understand o led us to believe that they wanted to leave

según él me dio a entender, no está contento en su trabajo — from what he said to me, he is not happy in his job, he gave me to understand that he is not happy in his job

• hacer entender algo a algn — to make sb understand sth

• hacerse entender — to make o.s. understood

• entender mal — to misunderstand

si no he entendido mal, esto es lo que queréis decir — unless I've misunderstood what you're saying, this is what you mean

no quiero que me entiendas mal — don't get me wrong

• no entendió ni una palabra — he didn't understand a word of it

no entendí una palabra de lo que dijo — I didn't understand a word he said

no entiendo ni una palabra de ordenadores — I don't understand a thing about computers

no entender ni jota o ni patata * —

no entendí ni jota o ni una patata de lo que decían — I didn't have a clue what they were on about

no entiendo ni jota de alemán — * I don't understand a single word of German

2) (=opinar) to think, believe

entiendo que sería mejor decírselo — I think o believe it would be better to tell him

yo entiendo que no es correcto hacerlo así — I don't think o believe that that's the right way to do it

3) (=interpretar) to understand

¿tú qué entiendes por libertad? — what do you understand by freedom?

¿debo entender que lo niegas? — am I to understand that you deny it?

me ha parecido entender que estaban en contra — I understood that they were against it, as I understand it they were against it

cada uno entiende el amor a su manera — everyone sees love differently, everyone understands something different by love

4) * (=saber manejar) to know how to use, know how to work

¿tú entiendes esta lavadora? — do you know how this washing machine works?, do you know how to use this washing machine?

5) (=oír) to hear

no se entiende nada — I can't make out o hear a thing

2. VI

1) (=comprender) to understand

¡ya entiendo! — now I understand!, now I get it!

la vida es así ¿entiendes? — that's life, you know

• entender de algo — to know about sth

no entiendo de vinos — I don't know much about wine

Luis sí que entiende de mujeres — Luis certainly knows a thing or two about women

no entender de barcos —

si le preguntas cualquier cosa, él no entiende de barcos — if you ask him something, he makes out he doesn't know anything about anything

2) (Jur) (=tener competencia)

entiende en divorcios — he hears divorce cases

entender en un asunto — to be in charge of an affair

3) [perro, gato]

entiende por Moncho — he answers to the name of Moncho

4) ** (=ser homosexual) to be one of them *

3.

See:

entenderse

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I 1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <explicación/idioma/actitud> to understand

no te entiendo la letra — I can't read your writing

no se le entiende nada — you can't understand anything she says

lo entendió todo al revés — he got it all completely wrong

todavía no he entendido el chiste — I still haven't got(ten) the joke

¿entiendes lo que quiero decir? — do you know what I mean?

se entiende que no quiera ir — it is understandable that he doesn't want to go

b) < persona> to understand

tú ya me entiendes — you know what I mean

me has entendido mal — you've misunderstood me

se hace entender or (AmL) se da a entender — he makes himself understood

no hay quien te entienda! — you're impossible!

te entiendo perfectamente — I know exactly what you mean

2) (frml)

a) (concebir, opinar)

no es así como yo entiendo la amistad — this is not how I see o understand friendship

yo entiendo que deberíamos esperar — in my view o as I see it, we should wait

b) (interpretar, deducir)

¿debo entender que te vas? — am I to understand that you're leaving?

me dio a entender que... — she gave me to understand that...

lo dio a entender — she implied it
2.
entender vi

1) ( comprender) to understand

(ya) entiendo — I understand, I see

2) ( saber)

entender de algo — to know about something

¿tú entiendes de estas cosas? — do you know anything about these things?

3) (Der)

entender en un caso — to hear a case
3.
entenderse v pron

1)

a) ( comunicarse)

entenderse con alguien — to communicate with somebody

se entienden por señas — they communicate (with each other) through signs

a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién te pegó? — let's get this straight, who hit you?

b) ( llevarse bien)

lo que pasa es que no nos entendemos — the thing is we just don't get on very well

entenderse con alguien — to get along o on with somebody

c) ( tratar)

entenderse con alguien — to deal with somebody

es mejor entenderse directamente con el jefe — you are advised to deal directly with the boss

allá se las entienda — (fam) that's his/her problem

entendérselas con alguien — to fix something up with somebody

d) (fam) ( tener un lío amoroso)

entenderse con alguien — to have an affair with somebody

2) (refl)

déjame, yo me entiendo — leave me alone, I know what I'm doing
II
masculino

a mi/tu/su entender — in my/your/his opinion, to my/your/his mind

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= come to + grips with, cut through, grasp, have + some grasp, make + sense (out) of, understand, get to + grips with, make + sense of life, sympathise [sympathize, -USA], sympathise [sympathize, -USA], get + a grip on, provide + an understanding, catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift, have + a handle on, fathom, get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, get + a handle on.

Ex. Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.

Ex. Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.

Ex. She must try to convince him that no single individual, no matter how gifted, can any longer grasp the innumerable facets of modern corporate effort.

Ex. It is necessary to have some grasp of some fundamental aspects of computerized information-retrieval systems.

Ex. The resultant guiding must be clear, by being both easy to read and easy to make sense of.

Ex. They assume only that the reader has some knowledge of the subject, so that the abstract can be understood.

Ex. The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.

Ex. This manual is an indispensable companion to all those who are keen to make sense of life in an infinitely complex and confusing Internet.

Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.

Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.

Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex. The results of two studies of the way reference librarians work were pooled to provide an understanding of the important features necessary in software for computerized reference work.

Ex. Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.

Ex. 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.

Ex. 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said.

Ex. As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex. You are not quite sure how one man could get his head around this at the time, but he managed, in a masterful way.

Ex. Sleuthing is like second-nature to her, and she can't possibly wrap her head around the concept of renouncing it completely.

Ex. Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.

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* a mi entender = to my mind.

* a + Posesivo + entender = to the best of + Posesivo + belief.

* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.

* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.

* dar a entender = give to + understand, hint, send + a clear signal that, lull + Nombre + into thinking, insinuate, intimate.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* difícil de entender = cryptic.

* entender a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing, mishearing, mishear.

* entender mejor = place + Nombre + in/into + perspective, put into + perspective, gain + a better sense of, get + a better sense of.

* entenderse = interoperate [inter-operate], hit it off.

* entenderse que indica = take to + indicate.

* fácil de entender = easy to understand.

* hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.

* hacer entender = get across.

* hacerse entender = make + Posesivo + meaning plain.

* malentender = misconstrue.

* más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.

* no entender = be beyond + Pronombre.

* no entender Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.

* no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.

* no entender ni una papa de = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.

* no llegar a entender = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

* según nuestro entender = as far as we know.

* según + Pronombre + entender = it + be + Posesivo + understanding, Pronombre + understanding + be.

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I 1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <explicación/idioma/actitud> to understand

no te entiendo la letra — I can't read your writing

no se le entiende nada — you can't understand anything she says

lo entendió todo al revés — he got it all completely wrong

todavía no he entendido el chiste — I still haven't got(ten) the joke

¿entiendes lo que quiero decir? — do you know what I mean?

se entiende que no quiera ir — it is understandable that he doesn't want to go

b) < persona> to understand

tú ya me entiendes — you know what I mean

me has entendido mal — you've misunderstood me

se hace entender or (AmL) se da a entender — he makes himself understood

no hay quien te entienda! — you're impossible!

te entiendo perfectamente — I know exactly what you mean

2) (frml)

a) (concebir, opinar)

no es así como yo entiendo la amistad — this is not how I see o understand friendship

yo entiendo que deberíamos esperar — in my view o as I see it, we should wait

b) (interpretar, deducir)

¿debo entender que te vas? — am I to understand that you're leaving?

me dio a entender que... — she gave me to understand that...

lo dio a entender — she implied it
2.
entender vi

1) ( comprender) to understand

(ya) entiendo — I understand, I see

2) ( saber)

entender de algo — to know about something

¿tú entiendes de estas cosas? — do you know anything about these things?

3) (Der)

entender en un caso — to hear a case
3.
entenderse v pron

1)

a) ( comunicarse)

entenderse con alguien — to communicate with somebody

se entienden por señas — they communicate (with each other) through signs

a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién te pegó? — let's get this straight, who hit you?

b) ( llevarse bien)

lo que pasa es que no nos entendemos — the thing is we just don't get on very well

entenderse con alguien — to get along o on with somebody

c) ( tratar)

entenderse con alguien — to deal with somebody

es mejor entenderse directamente con el jefe — you are advised to deal directly with the boss

allá se las entienda — (fam) that's his/her problem

entendérselas con alguien — to fix something up with somebody

d) (fam) ( tener un lío amoroso)

entenderse con alguien — to have an affair with somebody

2) (refl)

déjame, yo me entiendo — leave me alone, I know what I'm doing
II
masculino

a mi/tu/su entender — in my/your/his opinion, to my/your/his mind

* * *

= come to + grips with, cut through, grasp, have + some grasp, make + sense (out) of, understand, get to + grips with, make + sense of life, sympathise [sympathize, -USA], sympathise [sympathize, -USA], get + a grip on, provide + an understanding, catch + Posesivo + drift, get + Posesivo + drift, have + a handle on, fathom, get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, get + a handle on.

Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.

Ex: Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.

Ex: She must try to convince him that no single individual, no matter how gifted, can any longer grasp the innumerable facets of modern corporate effort.

Ex: It is necessary to have some grasp of some fundamental aspects of computerized information-retrieval systems.

Ex: The resultant guiding must be clear, by being both easy to read and easy to make sense of.

Ex: They assume only that the reader has some knowledge of the subject, so that the abstract can be understood.

Ex: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.

Ex: This manual is an indispensable companion to all those who are keen to make sense of life in an infinitely complex and confusing Internet.

Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.

Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: The results of two studies of the way reference librarians work were pooled to provide an understanding of the important features necessary in software for computerized reference work.

Ex: Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.

Ex: 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.

Ex: 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said.

Ex: As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex: You are not quite sure how one man could get his head around this at the time, but he managed, in a masterful way.

Ex: Sleuthing is like second-nature to her, and she can't possibly wrap her head around the concept of renouncing it completely.

Ex: Children get a handle on personal responsibility by holding a library card of their own, a card that gives them access to new worlds.

* a mi entender = to my mind.

* a + Posesivo + entender = to the best of + Posesivo + belief.

* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.

* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.

* dar a entender = give to + understand, hint, send + a clear signal that, lull + Nombre + into thinking, insinuate, intimate.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* difícil de entender = cryptic.

* entender a medias = pick up + the fag-ends.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing, mishearing, mishear.

* entender mejor = place + Nombre + in/into + perspective, put into + perspective, gain + a better sense of, get + a better sense of.

* entenderse = interoperate [inter-operate], hit it off.

* entenderse que indica = take to + indicate.

* fácil de entender = easy to understand.

* hablar sin ser entendido = speak in + tongues, talk in + tongues.

* hacer entender = get across.

* hacerse entender = make + Posesivo + meaning plain.

* malentender = misconstrue.

* más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.

* no entender = be beyond + Pronombre.

* no entender Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.

* no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.

* no entender ni una papa de = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.

* no llegar a entender = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

* según nuestro entender = as far as we know.

* según + Pronombre + entender = it + be + Posesivo + understanding, Pronombre + understanding + be.

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entender¹ [E8 ]

vt

A

1 ‹explicación/libro/idioma› to understand; ‹actitud/motivos› to understand

yo no te entiendo la letra I can't read your writing

no se le entiende nada you can't understand anything she says

lo has entendido todo al revés you've got(ten) it all completely wrong, you've got the wrong end of the stick ( BrE colloq)

no hablo el alemán, pero lo entiendo I don't speak German, but I can understand it

yo todavía no he entendido el chiste I still haven't got(ten) the joke

y que no se vuelva a repetir ¿lo has entendido bien? and don't let it happen again, (do you) understand? o have you got that?

¿entiendes lo que quiero decir? do you know what I mean?

esto no hay quien lo entienda I just don't understand this o this is impossible to understand

se entiende que prefiera estar a solas it is understandable that she should want to be alone

¿tú qué entiendes por `versátil'? what do you understand by `versatile'?

2 ‹persona› to understand

trata de entenderme try to understand me

ten cuidado con ellos, tú ya me entiendes be careful with them, you know what I mean

me has entendido mal you've misunderstood me

su inglés no es perfecto pero se hace entender or ( AmL) se da a entender his English isn't perfect but he makes himself understood

¡a ti no hay quien te entienda! you're impossible!

te entiendo perfectamente I know exactly what you mean

estoy segura de que él te entenderá I am sure that he will understand

B ( frml)

1

(concebir, opinar): yo entiendo que deberíamos esperar un poco más in my view o as I see it, we should wait a little longer

no es así como yo entiendo la amistad that is not how I see o understand friendship, that is not my idea of friendship

2

(interpretar, deducir): ¿debo entender que desean prescindir de mis servicios? am I to understand o infer that you wish to dispense with my services?

me dio a entender que ya lo sabía she gave me to understand that she already knew

no lo dijo claramente, pero lo dio a entender she did not say so in so many words, but she implied it

■ entender

vi

A (comprender) to understand

(ya) entiendo I understand, I see

es que él es así ¿entiendes? it's just that he's like that, you see

B (saber) entender DE algo to know ABOUT sth

no entiendo nada de economía I don't know a thing about economics

¿tú entiendes de estas cosas? do you know anything about these things?

C ( Der):

entender en un caso to hear a case

■ entenderse

v pron

A

1 (comunicarse) entenderse CON algn to communicate WITH sb

se entienden por señas they communicate (with each other) through signs, they use sign language to communicate with each other

a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién le pegó a quién? let's get this straight, who hit whom?

2 (llevarse bien) entenderse CON algn to get along o on WITH sb

tú te entiendes mejor con él you get along o on better with him than I do

creo que nos vamos a entender I think we're going to get on o get along fine

3 (arreglarse) entenderse CON algn to deal WITH sb

es mejor entenderse directamente con el jefe you are advised to deal directly with the boss

allá se las entienda ( fam); that's his/her problem

entendérselas con algn to fix sth up with sb

4 ( fam) (tener un lío amoroso) entenderse CON algn to have an affair WITH sb

B ( refl):

ni él mismo se entiende he doesn't know what he's doing himself

déjame, yo me entiendo leave me alone, I know what I'm doing

entender²

masculine

a mi/tu/su entender in my/your/his opinion, to my/your/his mind

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Multiple Entries:
entender
entender algo
entender ( conjugate entender) verbo transitivo
to understand;
‹ chiste› to understand, get (colloq);
◊ no te entiendo la letra I can't read your writing;

no entendí su nombre I didn't get his name;
lo entendió todo al revés he got it all completely wrong;
tú ya me entiendes you know what I mean;
me has entendido mal you've misunderstood me;
se hace entender or (AmL) se da a entender he makes himself understood;
me dio a entender que … she gave me to understand that …;
dar algo a entender to imply sth
verbo intransitivo
a) ( comprender) to understand

b) ( saber) entender de algo to know about sth

entenderse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( comunicarse) to communicate;

◊ se entienden por señas they communicate using sign language;

entenderse con algn to communicate with sb;
a ver si nos entendemos ¿quién te pegó? let's get this straight, who hit you?
b) ( llevarse bien);

◊ lo que pasa es que no nos entendemos the thing is we just don't get on very well;

entenderse con algn to get along o on with sb
2 ( refl):
◊ déjame, yo me entiendo leave me alone, I know what I'm doing

entender
I verbo transitivo
1 (comprender) to understand: a mi entender, está equivocado, in my opinion he's wrong
no entendí ni papa/pío/jota de este libro, I didn't understand a word of this book
no entiendo lo que quieres decir, I don't know what you mean
no me entiendas mal, don't get me wrong
nos dio a entender que no aceptaría el trabajo, he gave us to understand that he wouldn't accept the job
2 (creer) to think: entendemos que no debiste hacerlo, we think you shouldn't have done that
II verbo intransitivo entender de, (saber) to know about: entiende de música, he has an ear for music ➣ Ver nota en understand
' entender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ayunas
- cazar
- coger
- comprender
- dar
- interpretar
- mercenaria
- mercenario
- papa
- revés
- significativa
- significativo
- ver
- aclarar
- agarrar
- caer
- concebir
- difícil
- dificultad
- entendimiento
- enterarse
- entienda
- fácil
- sin
English:
appreciate
- catch
- depth
- follow
- get
- gist
- intimate
- make out
- misunderstand
- parrot-fashion
- point
- purport
- see
- sense
- thoroughly
- trouble
- understand
- wise
- work out
- beyond
- fathom
- figure
- grip
- head
- hint
- home
- imply
- knowing
- latch
- lead
- make
- message
- mishear
- ram
- still
- sympathize
- work

* * *

entender

♦ vt

1. [comprender] to understand;

ahora entiendo lo que quieres decir now I understand o know what you mean;

entiendo perfectamente tu reacción I completely understand your reaction;

¿es que no lo entiendes? don't you understand?;

entiéndelo, lo hago por tu bien try to understand, it's for your own good;

no te entiendo, habla más despacio I don't understand you, could you speak more slowly?;

no entiendo los aparatos modernos I don't understand modern technology;

no entiendo el chiste I don't get the joke;

no entendí nada de lo que dijo I didn't understand a word of what he said;

no entiendo nada, ¿no deberían haber llegado ya? I just can't understand it, surely they were supposed to have arrived by now;

no entiendo la letra de mi médico I can't read my doctor's handwriting;

entender mal algo to misunderstand sth;

no entiendo cómo puede gustarte Arturo I don't know what you see in Arturo;

no hay quien entienda a tu novio no one knows what to make of your boyfriend;

¡no hay quien te entienda! you're impossible!;

sabe entender a las personas mayores she understands older people;

¿tú qué entiendes por “amistad”? what do you understand by “friendship”?;

¿debo entender que no estás de acuerdo? am I to understand that you disagree?;

¿cómo le puedo hacer entender que eso no se hace? how can I make her understand o get it through to her that that sort of behaviour is out?;

hasta que no llegue no podemos empezar, ¿entiendes? we can't start until she gets here, all right?;

¿entiendes?, si no se lo decimos se va a enfadar look, if we don't tell him, he's going to get angry;

podríamos hacernos los despistados, ya me entiendes we could make out we didn't really realize what was going on, you know what I mean;

dar a entender algo (a alguien): dio a entender que no le interesaba she implied (that) she wasn't interested;

nos dio a entender que no estaba de acuerdo she gave us to understand that she disagreed;

hacerse entender to make oneself understood;

se hizo entender a base de signos he made himself understood by using sign language;

Comp
Fam
no entiendo ni jota o RP [m5] un pito I can't understand a word (of it)

2. [juzgar, opinar] to think;

yo no lo entiendo así I don't see it that way;

entiendo que sería mejor no decir nada I think it would be better not to say anything;

entendemos que deberías disculparte we feel you ought to apologize

♦ vi

1. [saber]
entender de algo to know about sth;

entender poco/algo de to know very little/a little about;

entiende un montón de jardinería she knows loads about gardening;

no entiendo nada de informática I don't know anything about computing;

tú que entiendes de estas cosas, ¿qué es el “rafting”? you know about these things, what is “rafting”?

2. [ocuparse]
entender de o [m5]en [en general] to deal with;
[sujeto: juez] to be in charge of;
el magistrado que entiende de casos de terrorismo the magistrate responsible for o in charge of cases involving terrorism

3. Fam [ser homosexual] to be gay;

¿entiendes? are you gay? [as a discreet enquiry]

♦ See also the pronominal verb entenderse

* * *

entender

I v/t

1 understand;

entender mal algo misunderstand sth;

hacerse entender make o.s. understood;

ya me entiendes do you catch my drift?, do you know what I mean?;

dar a entender a alguien give s.o. to understand

2 ( creer)

:

entendemos que sería mejor … we believe it would be better …

II v/i

1 understand;

si entiendo bien if I understand correctly

2

:

entender de algo know about sth

3

:

entender en JUR hear

III m

:

a mi entender in my opinion, to my mind

* * *

entender {56} vt

1) comprender: to understand

2) opinar: to think, to believe

3) querer: to mean, to intend

4) deducir: to infer, to deduce

entender vi

1) : to understand

¡ya entiendo!: now I understand!

2)

entender de : to know about, to be good at

3)

entender en : to be in charge of

♦ See also the reflexive verb entenderse

* * *

entender vb

1. (en general) to understand [pt. & pp. understood]

¿entiendes las instrucciones? do you understand the instructions?

entiendo el italiano I understand Italian

2. (tener conocimientos) to know [pt. knew; pp. known]

Fernando dice que entiende mucho de música Fernando says he knows a lot about music

a mi entender in my opinion

entender mal to misunderstand [pt. & pp. misunderstood]

hacerse entender to make yourself understood

Spanish-English dictionary > entender
33 entorno

m.

1 environment, surroundings.

2 context.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: entornar.

* * *

entorno

► nombre masculino

1 environment, surroundings plural

2 INFORMÁTICA environment

* * *

noun m.

1) environment

2) surroundings

* * *

SM

1) (=medioambiente) environment; (Literat) setting, milieu; (=clima) climate; (=escenario) scene

las personas de su entorno — the people around him

sacar a algn de su entorno — to take sb away from/out of their normal environment

el entorno cultural — the cultural scene

entorno natural — natural environment

entorno social — social setting

2) (Inform) environment

entorno de programación — programming environment

entorno de red(es) — network environment

entorno de trabajo — work(ing) environment

entorno gráfico — graphics environment

* * *

masculino

a) ( situación) environment

entorno social — social milieu o environment

entorno familiar — home environment

los restos hallados en su entorno — the remains found around it o in the vicinity

b) (Lit) setting; (Mat) range; (Inf) environment

* * *

= arena, atmosphere, environment, scene, setting, surroundings, milieu, compass, compass, set and setting, landscape, habitat, environs, climate, ambient, ambiance [ambience], ambience [ambiance], environ.

Ex. This shifts the responsibility for headings and their arrangement into the arena of cataloguers and indexers.

Ex. Above all, we specified an atmosphere in all public areas appropriate for study without the need for oppressive silence.

Ex. This document specifies methods of extending the 7-bit code, remaining in a 7-bit environment or increasing to an 8-bit environment.

Ex. A recent inexpensive introduction to the microcomputer scene, the Sinclair QL, uses a 32 bit processor (the Motorola 680008) and offers 128K RAM expandable to 640K.

Ex. Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.

Ex. Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.

Ex. These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

Ex. All truth is contained in the compass of your mind.

Ex. All truth is contained in the compass of your mind.

Ex. For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.

Ex. During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.

Ex. The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.

Ex. This database contains 500 photographs, drawings, engravings and watercolours of the 16th century Sutton House and its environs.

Ex. The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.

Ex. This article studies monumental wall paintings and mosaics, focusing on the disposition of narratives in relation to their architectural ambients.

Ex. People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.

Ex. The current ambience is such that we are facing a new crisis in cataloging.

Ex. For example, the games themselves can act as a tool to educate social science students how to access and interact with unknown cultures within a safe environ.

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* adaptarse al entorno = adjust to + environment.

* cambiar de entorno = change + scenery.

* cambio de entorno = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.

* crear un entorno = create + an environment.

* del entorno = ambient, environmental.

* en el entorno de = in the realm of.

* en + Posesivo + entorno = in + Posesivo + midst.

* entorno de redes = network environment, online environment.

* entorno de trabajo = working environment, work environment.

* entorno electrónico distribuido = distributed environment.

* entorno familiar = home environment.

* entorno físico = atmospherics.

* entorno laboral = workplace, work environment, work setting, job setting, job environment, working environment.

* entorno natural = natural habitat, natural setting.

* entorno natural, el = natural environment, the.

* entorno OSI = OSI environment.

* entorno urbanístico = built environment.

* entorno urbano = built environment.

* perjudicial para el entorno = environmentally-damaging.

* relativo a la navegación por un entorno gráfico = navigational.

* vida en el entorno familiar = family life.

* * *

masculino

a) ( situación) environment

entorno social — social milieu o environment

entorno familiar — home environment

los restos hallados en su entorno — the remains found around it o in the vicinity

b) (Lit) setting; (Mat) range; (Inf) environment

* * *

= arena, atmosphere, environment, scene, setting, surroundings, milieu, compass, compass, set and setting, landscape, habitat, environs, climate, ambient, ambiance [ambience], ambience [ambiance], environ.

Ex: This shifts the responsibility for headings and their arrangement into the arena of cataloguers and indexers.

Ex: Above all, we specified an atmosphere in all public areas appropriate for study without the need for oppressive silence.

Ex: This document specifies methods of extending the 7-bit code, remaining in a 7-bit environment or increasing to an 8-bit environment.

Ex: A recent inexpensive introduction to the microcomputer scene, the Sinclair QL, uses a 32 bit processor (the Motorola 680008) and offers 128K RAM expandable to 640K.

Ex: Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.

Ex: Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.

Ex: These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

Ex: All truth is contained in the compass of your mind.

Ex: All truth is contained in the compass of your mind.

Ex: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.

Ex: During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.

Ex: The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.

Ex: This database contains 500 photographs, drawings, engravings and watercolours of the 16th century Sutton House and its environs.

Ex: The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.

Ex: This article studies monumental wall paintings and mosaics, focusing on the disposition of narratives in relation to their architectural ambients.

Ex: People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.

Ex: The current ambience is such that we are facing a new crisis in cataloging.

Ex: For example, the games themselves can act as a tool to educate social science students how to access and interact with unknown cultures within a safe environ.

* adaptarse al entorno = adjust to + environment.

* cambiar de entorno = change + scenery.

* cambio de entorno = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.

* crear un entorno = create + an environment.

* del entorno = ambient, environmental.

* en el entorno de = in the realm of.

* en + Posesivo + entorno = in + Posesivo + midst.

* entorno de redes = network environment, online environment.

* entorno de trabajo = working environment, work environment.

* entorno electrónico distribuido = distributed environment.

* entorno familiar = home environment.

* entorno físico = atmospherics.

* entorno laboral = workplace, work environment, work setting, job setting, job environment, working environment.

* entorno natural = natural habitat, natural setting.

* entorno natural, el = natural environment, the.

* entorno OSI = OSI environment.

* entorno urbanístico = built environment.

* entorno urbano = built environment.

* perjudicial para el entorno = environmentally-damaging.

* relativo a la navegación por un entorno gráfico = navigational.

* vida en el entorno familiar = family life.

* * *

entorno

masculine

1 (situación) environment

el entorno del niño influye en esto the child's environment influences this

entorno social social milieu o environment

entorno familiar home environment

el entorno es poco favorable a la negociación the setting is o the situation is o the conditions are o the environment is not ideal for negotiation

la estructura y los restos hallados en su entorno the structure and the remains found around it o in the vicinity

2 ( Lit) setting

3 ( Mat) range

* * *

Del verbo entornar: ( conjugate entornar)

entorno es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

entornó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
entornar
entorno
entorno sustantivo masculino
a) ( situación) environment

b) (Lit) setting

c) (Inf) environment

entornar verbo transitivo to half-close
(una puerta, ventana) to leave ajar
entorno sustantivo masculino
1 (medio) environment
entorno social, social environment
2 (proximidades) surroundings pl
' entorno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ambiente
- escenario
- media
- medio
- sosegada
- sosegado
English:
atmosphere
- blend
- environment
- setting
- surrounding
- environmental
- environs

* * *

entorno nm

1. [ambiente] environment, surroundings;

el entorno familiar/social the home/social environment;

fuentes bien informadas del entorno del presidente well-informed sources close to the president;

España y los países de su entorno Spain and her European neighbours

2. [medio ambiente] environment

3. Informát environment

* * *

entorno

m tb INFOR environment

* * *

entorno nm

: surroundings pl, environment

* * *

entorno n environment

el entorno familiar the home environment

la gente de su entorno the people around them

Spanish-English dictionary > entorno
34 extremadamente + Adjetivo

(adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo

Ex. As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.

Ex. To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.

Ex. He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.

Ex. Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.

Ex. Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.

Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.

Ex. The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.

Ex. This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.

Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.

Ex. Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.

Ex. Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.

Ex. I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

* * *

(adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo

Ex: As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.

Ex: To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.

Ex: He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.

Ex: Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.

Ex: Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.

Ex: We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.

Ex: The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.

Ex: This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.

Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.

Ex: Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.

Ex: Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.

Ex: I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

Spanish-English dictionary > extremadamente + Adjetivo
35 fruncir el ceño

fruncir el ceño

to frown, knit one's brow

* * *

to frown

* * *

(v.) = crease + brow, frown, raise + brow, knot + Posesivo + brows, scowl (at)

Ex. 'I needn't tell you,' he suggested tentatively, with brow creased, 'that Preston Huish is a very influential person in town'.

Ex. Then he added, yet again frowning, 'You should do something about this young man's attitude'.

Ex. Several members of the group raised polite brows and implored him to go on.

Ex. They will wring their hands and knot their brows over problems, both simple and complex, that they and we got to or imagined.

Ex. And their doctors continue to scowl at them like they're irresponsible children or greedy criminals.

* * *

(v.) = crease + brow, frown, raise + brow, knot + Posesivo + brows, scowl (at)

Ex: 'I needn't tell you,' he suggested tentatively, with brow creased, 'that Preston Huish is a very influential person in town'.

Ex: Then he added, yet again frowning, 'You should do something about this young man's attitude'.

Ex: Several members of the group raised polite brows and implored him to go on.

Ex: They will wring their hands and knot their brows over problems, both simple and complex, that they and we got to or imagined.

Ex: And their doctors continue to scowl at them like they're irresponsible children or greedy criminals.

Spanish-English dictionary > fruncir el ceño
36 guarda

intj.

watch out, look out.

f.

1 guardianship (tutela).

2 flyleaf.

f. & m.

guard, keeper (vigilante).

guarda forestal gamekeeper, forest ranger

guarda jurado security guard

m.

1 watchman, gatekeeper, guard, caretaker.

2 shield, protector.

3 flyleaf, end sheet, end leaf, endpaper.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: guardar.

* * *

guarda

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (persona) guard, keeper

► nombre femenino

1 (custodia) custody, care

2 (de la ley etc) observance

3 (en cerradura - pieza fija) ward; (- pieza móvil) lever

4 (de libro) flyleaf

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

Angel de la Guarda guardian angel

guarda forestal forest ranger

guarda jurado security guard

* * *

noun mf.

1) guard

2) keeper

3) warden

* * *

1. SMF

1) (=vigilante) [de parque, cementerio] keeper; [de edificio] security guard

guarda de caza, guarda de coto — gamekeeper

guarda de dique — lock keeper

guarda de pesca — water bailiff, fish (and game) warden (EEUU)

guarda de seguridad — security guard

guarda fluvial — water bailiff

guarda forestal — (forest) ranger

guarda jurado — (armed) security guard

2) Cono Sur (Ferro) ticket inspector

2. SF

1) [de libro] flyleaf, endpaper

2) (Téc) [de cerradura] ward; [de espada] guard

3) Cono Sur (Cos) trimming, border

4) (=custodia) [de lugar, costumbre] guarding; [de niño] guardianship
ángel 1)
5) [de la ley] observance

* * *
I
masculino y femenino (de museo, parque) keeper; ( de edificio público) security guard

- guarda forestal

- guarda jurado
II
femenino

1)

a) ( de cerradura) ward

b) ( de libro) flyleaf

2) ( acción) keeping

manzanas de guarda — apples which can be stored for long periods

* * *

= fly-leaf [fly-leaves, -pl.], attendant, paste-down, park attendant, paper paste-down, guard, vigilante, gamekeeper, security officer, security officer.

Ex. These books he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote his name.

Ex. Other libraries allow bags to be brought in but an attendant is employed to check the contents as the reader leaves the library.

Ex. Their purpose was, as paste-downs, to reinforce the joints of the covers and, as flyleaves, to give additional protection to the end pages of the book.

Ex. Slake was disturbed in his daydream by shouts from the park attendant.

Ex. A strip of paper or vellum was pasted on to the spine to reinforce it, and a skin of the right size was stuck down over the spine and the outside of both boards, the overlapping edges being turned in and secured inside the boards under a paper paste-down.

Ex. A guard is a strip of paper, muslin, or other thin material used to attach or reinforce leaves or inserts in books, permitting bending.

Ex. In a complex social mechanism librarians were often the most active vigilantes.

Ex. Both particularly fancied the idea of Hughes as gamekeeper and bard of the primitive urges, whose animal magnetism drives women mad.

Ex. Guards, who are also called security officers, patrol and inspect property to protect against fire, theft, vandalism, terrorism, and illegal activity.

Ex. Guards, who are also called security officers, patrol and inspect property to protect against fire, theft, vandalism, terrorism, and illegal activity.

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* ángel de la guarda = guardian angel.

* casa del guarda = lodge.

* guarda de los aparcamientos O.R.A. = meter maid.

* guarda de seguridad = security patrol, security officer, security officer.

* guarda forestal = wildlife manager, gamekeeper, forestry official.

* guardas = endpapers.

* guardas de la contratapa = lining papers.

* hoja de guarda = fly-leaf [fly-leaves, -pl.].

* * *
I
masculino y femenino (de museo, parque) keeper; ( de edificio público) security guard

- guarda forestal

- guarda jurado
II
femenino

1)

a) ( de cerradura) ward

b) ( de libro) flyleaf

2) ( acción) keeping

manzanas de guarda — apples which can be stored for long periods

* * *

= fly-leaf [fly-leaves, -pl.], attendant, paste-down, park attendant, paper paste-down, guard, vigilante, gamekeeper, security officer, security officer.

Ex: These books he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote his name.

Ex: Other libraries allow bags to be brought in but an attendant is employed to check the contents as the reader leaves the library.

Ex: Their purpose was, as paste-downs, to reinforce the joints of the covers and, as flyleaves, to give additional protection to the end pages of the book.

Ex: Slake was disturbed in his daydream by shouts from the park attendant.

Ex: A strip of paper or vellum was pasted on to the spine to reinforce it, and a skin of the right size was stuck down over the spine and the outside of both boards, the overlapping edges being turned in and secured inside the boards under a paper paste-down.

Ex: A guard is a strip of paper, muslin, or other thin material used to attach or reinforce leaves or inserts in books, permitting bending.

Ex: In a complex social mechanism librarians were often the most active vigilantes.

Ex: Both particularly fancied the idea of Hughes as gamekeeper and bard of the primitive urges, whose animal magnetism drives women mad.

Ex: Guards, who are also called security officers, patrol and inspect property to protect against fire, theft, vandalism, terrorism, and illegal activity.

Ex: Guards, who are also called security officers, patrol and inspect property to protect against fire, theft, vandalism, terrorism, and illegal activity.

* ángel de la guarda = guardian angel.

* casa del guarda = lodge.

* guarda de los aparcamientos O.R.A. = meter maid.

* guarda de seguridad = security patrol, security officer, security officer.

* guarda forestal = wildlife manager, gamekeeper, forestry official.

* guardas = endpapers.

* guardas de la contratapa = lining papers.

* hoja de guarda = fly-leaf [fly-leaves, -pl.].

* * *

guarda¹

masculine and feminine

A (de un museo, parque) keeper; (de un edificio público) security guard

Compuestos:

● guarda forestal

forest ranger

● guarda jurado

masculine and feminine security guard

B

1 ( RPl) (en trenes) guard

2 (Ur) (de un ómnibus) bus conductor

guarda²

feminine

A

1 (de una cerradura) ward

2 (de un libro) flyleaf

3 (CS) (en costura) border, decorative trim

irse/venirse guarda abajo ( Chi fam); to come crashing down

B ( Der) custody ( of a child)

C (acción) keeping

manzanas de guarda apples which can be stored o kept for long periods

* * *

Del verbo guardar: ( conjugate guardar)

guarda es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
guarda
guardar
guarda sustantivo masculino y femenino (de museo, parque) keeper;
( de edificio público) tb
◊ guarda jurado security guard

guardar ( conjugate guardar) verbo transitivo
1 ( reservar) to save, keep;
◊ guarda algo para después save o keep sth for later

2
a) ( poner en un lugar) ‹juguetes/libros› to put … away;

◊ ya guardé toda la ropa de invierno I've already put away all my winter clothes

b) (conservar, mantener) to keep;

◊ lo guardó durante años she kept it for years;

guarda las apariencias to keep up appearances
c) ‹ secreto› to keep;

‹ rencor› to bear, harbor^{( conjugate harbor)};
◊ guardo muy buenos recuerdos de él I have very good memories of him

guardarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( quedarse con) to keep

b) ( reservar) to save, keep

2 ( poner en un lugar):
◊ se guardó el cheque en el bolsillo he put the check (away) in his pocket

guarda sustantivo masculino y femenino guard
guarda jurado, security guard
guarda forestal, forest ranger
ángel de la guarda, guardian angel
guardar verbo transitivo
1 (preservar) to keep: ¿puedes guardármelo?, can you look after it for me?
todavía guardo sus cosas, I still keep his things
2 (un secreto, recuerdo) to keep: guardaron silencio, they remained silent
guardemos un minuto de silencio, let's observe a minute's silence
guarden silencio, por favor, be quiet, please
3 (en un sitio) to put away: guarda las tazas en ese armario, put the cups away in that cupboard
4 (reservar) to keep
5 Inform to save
♦ Locuciones: guardar cama, to stay in bed
' guarda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ángel
- el
- forestal I
- guardar
- parecida
- parecido
- pecho
- proporción
- relevar
- ronda
English:
attendant
- exact
- guardian
- keep
- lodge
- meticulous
- proportionate
- put back
- relation
- security guard
- bus
- conductor
- fly
- guard
- keeper
- ranger
- safe
- security

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guarda

♦ nmf

1. [vigilante] guard, keeper

Comp
guarda forestal gamekeeper, forest ranger;
guarda jurado security guard;

guarda de seguridad security guard

2. Urug [cobrador] conductor

♦ nf

1. [tutela] guardianship

2. [de libros] flyleaf

3. [de cerradura] ward

4. Andes, RP [ribete] ribbing, trimming

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guarda

m/f keeper

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guarda nmf

1) guardián: security guard

2) : keeper, custodian

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guarda n

1. (en general) guard

2. (de zoo) keeper

guarda de seguridad security guard

guarda forestal forest ranger

guarda jurado armed security guard

Spanish-English dictionary > guarda
37 hoguera

f.

1 bonfire.

morir en la hoguera to be burned at the stake

2 pyre.

3 stake.

Juana de Arco murió en la hoguera Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

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hoguera

► nombre femenino

1 bonfire

2 figurado blaze

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

morir en la hoguera eufemístico to be burnt at the stake

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SF

1) (=fogata) bonfire

la casa estaba hecha una hoguera — the house was ablaze, the house was an inferno

See:

ver nota culturelle SAN JUAN in San Juan

2) ( Hist) stake

murió en la hoguera — he was burned at the stake

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femenino bonfire

murió en la hoguera — he was burned at the stake

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= campfire, bonfire, pyre, open fire, fire.

Ex. Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.

Ex. This is an outtake from Wolfe's follow up to his 1987 ' Bonfire of the Vanities'.

Ex. As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.

Ex. The first rotisseries were crude devices that allowed for food to be rotated manually while it cooked over an open fire.

Ex. In the event of a serious accident (a fire, deliberate destruction, or a computer error) nothing will happen to the records vital to the operation of the library.

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femenino bonfire

murió en la hoguera — he was burned at the stake

* * *

= campfire, bonfire, pyre, open fire, fire.

Ex: Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.

Ex: This is an outtake from Wolfe's follow up to his 1987 ' Bonfire of the Vanities'.

Ex: As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.

Ex: The first rotisseries were crude devices that allowed for food to be rotated manually while it cooked over an open fire.

Ex: In the event of a serious accident (a fire, deliberate destruction, or a computer error) nothing will happen to the records vital to the operation of the library.

* * *

hoguera

feminine

bonfire

murió en la hoguera he was burned at the stake

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hoguera sustantivo femenino
bonfire;
◊ murió en la hoguera he was burned at the stake

hoguera sustantivo femenino bonfire

' hoguera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lumbre
- resplandecer
- encender
- humear
English:
bonfire
- inferno
- fire

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hoguera nf

bonfire;

morir en la hoguera to be burned at the stake

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hoguera

f bonfire

* * *

hoguera nf

1) fogata: bonfire

2)

morir en la hoguera : to burn at the stake

* * *

hoguera n bonfire

Spanish-English dictionary > hoguera
38 huir

v.

1 to avoid.

2 to flee (escapar) (de enemigo).

huir del país (de cárcel) to flee the country

3 to flee from.

Me huyeron los criminales The criminals fled from me.

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HUIR

CONJUGACIÓN

(i changes to y before a, e, and o)

Present Indicative

huyo, huyes, huye, huimos, huís, huyen.

Past Indicative

huí, huiste, huyó, huimos, huisteis, huyeron.

Present Subjunctive

huya, huyas, huya, huyamos, huyáis, huyan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

huyera, huyeras, huyera, huyéramos, huyerais, huyeran;

huyese, huyeses, huyese, huyésemos, huyeseis, huyesen.

Future Subjunctive

huyere, huyeres, huyere, huyéremos, huyereis, huyeren.

Imperative

huye (tú), huya (él/Vd.), huyamos (nos.), huid (vos.), huyan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to flee

2) fly

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1. VI

1) (=escapar) to run away, flee liter

huyó despavorido cuando comenzaron los disparos — he ran away o liter fled in terror when the shooting started

los ladrones huyeron en un vehículo robado — the robbers made their getaway o liter fled in a stolen vehicle

huyeron a Chipre — they escaped o liter fled to Cyprus

huir de — [+ enemigo, catástrofe, pobreza] to flee from; [+ cárcel, peligro] to escape from; [+ familia] to run away from

los refugiados que huyeron de la guerra civil — the refugees who fled the civil war

huir de su casa — [refugiados, civiles] to flee (from) one's home; [adolescente] to run away from home

huir de la justicia — to fly from justice, fly from the law

huyó del país — he fled the country

2) (=evitar)

huir de — [+ protagonismo, publicidad, tópicos] to avoid; [+ calor, frío] to escape, escape from

huye de los periodistas como de la peste — she avoids journalists like the plague

se metió en una iglesia huyendo del calor — he went into a church to escape (from) the heat

se drogan para huir de la realidad — they take drugs to escape (from) reality

3) frm [tiempo] to fly, fly by

los años huyen sin darse uno cuenta — the years fly by without you realizing

2.

VT (=esquivar) to avoid

parece como si tu hijo te huyera — your son seems to be avoiding you

3.

See:

huirse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) ( escapar) to flee (liter or journ), escape

huyó de la cárcel/la policía — he escaped from prison/the police

esperó la ocasión propicia para huir — he waited for the right moment to make his escape o to get away

en cuanto los vió salió huyendo — he ran away o fled when he saw them

huir del país/de las llamas — to flee the country/from the flames

b) ( tratar de evitar)

huir de algo — to avoid something

huirle a alguien — to avoid somebody
2.
huirse v pron (Méx)

huirse CON alguien — to run away o off with somebody

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= flee, escape, flee + the scene, get away, abscond, make off, lam (it), do + a bunk, flee away, make + a quick getaway.

Ex. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.

Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.

Ex. Police are more likely to be killed by rational robbers fleeing the scene of a crime, who routinely use potentially lethal weapons as 'tools of the trade'.

Ex. Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.

Ex. Hundreds of prisoners, including murderers, rapists and robbers, have absconded from open prisons since 1999.

Ex. To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.

Ex. Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.

Ex. As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.

Ex. For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.

Ex. Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.

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* emigrantes que huyen de su país en barca o patera = boat people.

* hacer huir = drive away, chase + Nombre + off.

* hacer huir en batalla = route.

* huir a = run off to.

* huir de la justicia = lam (it).

* huir de la opresión = escape + the oppression.

* huir de la realidad = escape + reality.

* huir en desbandada = stampede.

* huir en estampida = stampede.

* huir en tropel = stampede.

* salir huyendo = make off, do + a bunk.

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

a) ( escapar) to flee (liter or journ), escape

huyó de la cárcel/la policía — he escaped from prison/the police

esperó la ocasión propicia para huir — he waited for the right moment to make his escape o to get away

en cuanto los vió salió huyendo — he ran away o fled when he saw them

huir del país/de las llamas — to flee the country/from the flames

b) ( tratar de evitar)

huir de algo — to avoid something

huirle a alguien — to avoid somebody
2.
huirse v pron (Méx)

huirse CON alguien — to run away o off with somebody

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= flee, escape, flee + the scene, get away, abscond, make off, lam (it), do + a bunk, flee away, make + a quick getaway.

Ex: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.

Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.

Ex: Police are more likely to be killed by rational robbers fleeing the scene of a crime, who routinely use potentially lethal weapons as 'tools of the trade'.

Ex: Guards in the lead car of the convoy threw their doors open and ran for cover, screaming, 'Get away, get away'.

Ex: Hundreds of prisoners, including murderers, rapists and robbers, have absconded from open prisons since 1999.

Ex: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.

Ex: Though there were reports Bertollini was lamming it in Ireland, he told Michaud on Friday he never left the country.

Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.

Ex: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.

Ex: Paris and her boyfriend Benji were trying to make a quick getaway from paparazzi and fans when she fell over a step.

* emigrantes que huyen de su país en barca o patera = boat people.

* hacer huir = drive away, chase + Nombre + off.

* hacer huir en batalla = route.

* huir a = run off to.

* huir de la justicia = lam (it).

* huir de la opresión = escape + the oppression.

* huir de la realidad = escape + reality.

* huir en desbandada = stampede.

* huir en estampida = stampede.

* huir en tropel = stampede.

* salir huyendo = make off, do + a bunk.

* * *

huir [ I20 ]

vi

1 (escapar) to flee ( literor journ), to escape

estaba esperando la ocasión propicia para huir he was waiting for the right moment to make his escape o to run away o to escape

en cuanto vio aparecer a la policía salió huyendo he ran away o fled when he saw the police

huir DE algo/algn to flee FROM sth/sb

huyó de las llamas she fled from the flames

lograron huir de la policía they managed to escape o get away from the police

huyó de la cárcel/del país he escaped from prison/fled the country

2 (tratar de evitar) huir DE algo to avoid sth

huye de las aglomeraciones she avoids crowds

huye de cualquier situación que suponga un enfrentamiento she runs away from any confrontational situation

huirle A algn to avoid sb

me huye como a la peste he avoids me like the plague

■ huirse

v pron

( Méx) huirse CON algn; to run away o off WITH sb

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huir ( conjugate huir) verbo intransitivo
a) ( escapar) to flee (liter or journ), escape;

◊ huyó de la cárcel he escaped from prison;

huir del país to flee the country
b) ( tratar de evitar) huir de algo to avoid sth;

huirle a algn to avoid sb
huir verbo intransitivo
1 (escapar) to run away [de, from], flee: huyeron a Méjico, they fled to México
está huyendo de la justicia, he's on the run from the law ➣ Ver nota en escape
2 (esquivar, rehuir) to avoid: huye de las personas, she avoids people
huyo de esas situaciones, I avoid that kind of situation
' huir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
quema
- ahuyentar
- arrancar
- evitar
- fugarse
- huya
- justicia
English:
defect
- flee
- getaway
- run
- desert
- get

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huir

♦ vi

1. [escapar] [de enemigo, peligro] to flee (de from);
huir del país to flee the country;

huyó a Francia she fled to France;

los jóvenes que huyen de sus hogares young people who run away from home;

los aldeanos huían del incendio the villagers were fleeing from the fire;

el tesorero huyó con varios millones the treasurer ran off with several million;

se metieron en un taxi huyendo de los periodistas they got into a taxi in an attempt to get away from the journalists

2. [evadirse] [de cárcel] to escape (de from)

3.
huir de algo [evitar] to avoid sth, to keep away from sth;

siempre huyo de las grandes masas de gente I always try to avoid o stay away from large crowds of people;

huye de la polémica she steers clear of controversy

4. [tiempo] to fly by

♦ vt

to avoid;

me está huyendo últimamente he's been avoiding me lately

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huir

I v/i

1 flee, escape (de from)

2

:

huir de algo avoid sth

II v/t avoid

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huir {41} vi

1) escapar: to escape, to flee

2)

huir de : to avoid

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huir vb

1. (escaparse) to escape

un preso ha huido de la cárcel a prisoner has escaped from prison

2. (evitar) to avoid

los famosos intentan huir de la prensa celebrities try to avoid the press

huir del país to flee the country [pt. & pp. fled]

Spanish-English dictionary > huir
39 inca

adj.

Inca.

f. & m.

Inca.

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inca

► adjetivo

1 Inca

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 Inca

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SMF Inca

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I
adjetivo Inca, Incaic
II
masculino y femenino Inca
•• Cultural note:
Incas

Founded in the twelfth century in the region of Lake Titicaca, the Andean empire of the Quechua-speaking Incas grew until by the fifteenth century it extended from southern Colombia in the north to Argentina and central Chile in the south. Their society was rigidly divided into classes: the nobility, their servants, and the common people. The Incas worshipped the sun and the moon, and believed that Manco Capac, their first emperor or inca, was descended from the sun. An extensive network of roads was built to facilitate control over the empire from its capital in Cuzco. The Incas left an impressive heritage of monuments, including the palace complex of Machu Picchu. The empire collapsed in 1533 when the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro had the emperor Atahualpa executed and occupied Cuzco

* * *

= Inca.

Ex. Men in the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca empires all wore loincloths, the most basic form of male clothing in many ancient cultures.

* * *
I
adjetivo Inca, Incaic
II
masculino y femenino Inca
•• Cultural note:
Incas

Founded in the twelfth century in the region of Lake Titicaca, the Andean empire of the Quechua-speaking Incas grew until by the fifteenth century it extended from southern Colombia in the north to Argentina and central Chile in the south. Their society was rigidly divided into classes: the nobility, their servants, and the common people. The Incas worshipped the sun and the moon, and believed that Manco Capac, their first emperor or inca, was descended from the sun. An extensive network of roads was built to facilitate control over the empire from its capital in Cuzco. The Incas left an impressive heritage of monuments, including the palace complex of Machu Picchu. The empire collapsed in 1533 when the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro had the emperor Atahualpa executed and occupied Cuzco

* * *

= Inca.

Ex: Men in the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca empires all wore loincloths, the most basic form of male clothing in many ancient cultures.

* * *

inca¹

adjective

Inca, Incaic

inca²

masculine and feminine

Incas (↑ inca a1)

Inca

* * *

inca sustantivo masculino y femenino
Inca
inca adjetivo & mf Inca
' inca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
incaico
English:
Inca

* * *

inca

♦ adj

Inca

♦ nmf

Inca

* * *

inca

m/f & adj Inca

* * *

inca adj & nmf

: Inca

Spanish-English dictionary > inca
40 inmovilizar

v.

to immobilize.

María inmoviliza sus piernas Mary immobilizes his legs.

El banco inmoviliza los bonos The bank immobilizes the bonds.

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inmovilizar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 to immobilize

* * *

verb

to immobilize

* * *

VT

1) [+ persona, vehículo] to immobilize

2) (=paralizar) to paralyse, bring to a standstill

3) (Econ) [+ capital] to tie up

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) <persona/país/vehículo> to immobilize

2) (Com, Fin) < capital> to tie up

* * *

= make + immobile, paralyse [paralyze, -USA], immobilise [immobilize, -USA], pin down.

Ex. The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.

Ex. The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex. Prior to white contact the Eskimos had a complex and progressive culture which was immobilized, fragmented, and exploited by European invaders -- hence the title 'Give or Take a Century'.

Ex. They lost mobility by being pinned down to hold the fortress.

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* inmovilizar capital = tie up + capital.

* inmovilizar contra = pin + Nombre + against.

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) <persona/país/vehículo> to immobilize

2) (Com, Fin) < capital> to tie up

* * *

= make + immobile, paralyse [paralyze, -USA], immobilise [immobilize, -USA], pin down.

Ex: The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.

Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex: Prior to white contact the Eskimos had a complex and progressive culture which was immobilized, fragmented, and exploited by European invaders -- hence the title 'Give or Take a Century'.

Ex: They lost mobility by being pinned down to hold the fortress.

* inmovilizar capital = tie up + capital.

* inmovilizar contra = pin + Nombre + against.

* * *

inmovilizar [A4 ]

vt

A

1 ‹persona› to immobilize

la huelga que inmovilizó el país the strike which immobilized o paralyzed the country o which brought the country to a standstill

2 ( Med) ‹pierna› to immobilize

3 ‹vehículo› to immobilize

B ( Com, Fin) ‹capital› to tie up

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inmovilizar ( conjugate inmovilizar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/país/vehículo› to immobilize
2 (Com, Fin) ‹ capital› to tie up
inmovilizar verbo transitivo
1 (impedir el movimiento) to immobilize
2 Fin (un capital) to immobilize, tie up
' inmovilizar' also found in these entries:
English:
immobilize
- pin
- pin down
- tie up
- hold
- pinion

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inmovilizar vt

1. [físicamente] to immobilize

2. [capitales] to tie up

* * *

inmovilizar

v/t immobilize; fig

paralyze

* * *

inmovilizar {21} vt

: to immobilize

Spanish-English dictionary > inmovilizar

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