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1 sobreaplicación
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2 sobredeclaración
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3 sobreestimación
• overstatement -
4 exageración
f.1 exaggeration, extremism, extralimitation.2 overstatement, big talk, exaggeration.* * *1 exaggeration\¡qué exageración! come off it!* * *SF exaggerationdice que lleva diez horas trabajando ¡qué exageración! — he says he's been working for ten hours? that's such an exaggeration! o what an exaggeration!
-piden diez millones por esa casa -¡menuda exageración! — "they're asking ten million for that house" - "that's way too much! o that's a ridiculous amount!"
* * *femenino exaggeration* * *= exaggeration, overplaying [over-playing], hyperbole, overstatement.Ex. To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.Ex. For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.Ex. One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.Ex. Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.----* exageración de las cualidades de Algo = overselling.* exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling.* * *femenino exaggeration* * *= exaggeration, overplaying [over-playing], hyperbole, overstatement.Ex: To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.
Ex: For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.Ex: One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.Ex: Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.* exageración de las cualidades de Algo = overselling.* exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling.* * *exaggerationsería una exageración decir que … it would be an exaggeration to say that …, it would be exaggerating to say that …no sé cómo trabaja tantas horas, es una exageración I don't know how he can work such long hours, he's overdoing it o it's too muchno pienso pagar ese precio, es una exageración I'm not going to pay that price, it's excessive o it's exorbitant o it's much too expensive* * *
exageración sustantivo femenino
exaggeration
exageración sustantivo femenino exaggeration, excessive amount, too much: ¿no te parece una exageración la cantidad de pan que has comprado? don't you think that you bought way too much bread?
' exageración' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
morirse
- cuento
- jalada
- teatro
English:
exaggeration
- gross
- sensationally
- wild
- over
* * *exageración nfexaggeration;decir que son amigos sería una exageración to say they were friends would be to go too far;este precio es una exageración that's a ridiculous price;su reacción me pareció una exageración I thought his reaction was a bit extreme;en su casa tiene una exageración de libros she's got stacks of books at home* * *f exaggeration* * ** * *exageración n exaggeration -
5 confiscación
f.confiscation, expropriation, appropriation, forfeiture.* * *1 confiscation* * *SF confiscation* * *femenino confiscation* * *= dispossession, confiscation, seizure, forfeiture, sequestration, expropriation.Ex. The article ' Dispossession of the general public: a dispute on fundamentals' records the text of an interview with Hans Martin Sonn covering fundamental cultural and political questions.Ex. This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex. Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.Ex. Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *femenino confiscation* * *= dispossession, confiscation, seizure, forfeiture, sequestration, expropriation.Ex: The article ' Dispossession of the general public: a dispute on fundamentals' records the text of an interview with Hans Martin Sonn covering fundamental cultural and political questions.
Ex: This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex: Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.Ex: Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.* * *confiscation* * *
confiscación sustantivo femenino Jur confiscation: la policía procedió a la confiscación de los bienes, the police proceeded to confiscate the goods
' confiscación' also found in these entries:
English:
seizure
* * *confiscación nfconfiscation, appropriation* * *f confiscation -
6 embargo
m.1 seizure (law).2 embargo.el embargo a Cuba de Estados Unidos the United States' embargo against Cubaembargo comercial trade embargopres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: embargar.* * *1 (de bienes) seizure of property, sequestration2 (prohibición) embargo\sin embargo nevertheless, however* * *noun m.1) embargo2) seizure* * *SM1) (Jur) seizure, distraint2) (Pol)3)sin embargo — still, however, nonetheless
4) (Med) indigestion* * *1)a) (Der) (incautación, decomiso) seizure, sequestration (frml)b) (Mil, Pol) embargo2)sin embargo: sin embargo, tiene algunas desventajas however o nevertheless, it has some disadvantages; sin embargo, ayer no decías eso you weren't saying that yesterday, though; es difícil, sin embargo disfruto haciéndolo — it's difficult but I enjoy doing it all the same o anyway
* * *= embargo [embargoes, -pl.], seizure, sequestration.Ex. The success of the investment campaign has led some to call for a total embargo, which would include an academic boycott and a halt to the sale of books.Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex. Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.----* embargo comercial = trade embargo.* embargo temporal = time embargo.* levantar un embargo = lift + embargo.* sin embargo = however, nevertheless, still, yet, that being said, all this said.* y sin embargo = but then again.* * *1)a) (Der) (incautación, decomiso) seizure, sequestration (frml)b) (Mil, Pol) embargo2)sin embargo: sin embargo, tiene algunas desventajas however o nevertheless, it has some disadvantages; sin embargo, ayer no decías eso you weren't saying that yesterday, though; es difícil, sin embargo disfruto haciéndolo — it's difficult but I enjoy doing it all the same o anyway
* * *= embargo [embargoes, -pl.], seizure, sequestration.Ex: The success of the investment campaign has led some to call for a total embargo, which would include an academic boycott and a halt to the sale of books.
Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.Ex: Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.* embargo comercial = trade embargo.* embargo temporal = time embargo.* levantar un embargo = lift + embargo.* sin embargo = however, nevertheless, still, yet, that being said, all this said.* y sin embargo = but then again.* * *A1 ( Der) (incautación, decomiso) seizure, sequestration ( frml), attachment ( frml), distraint ( frml)el juez ordenó el embargo de sus bienes the judge ordered the seizure of his assetslevantar un embargo to lift a seizure orderhacer efectivo un embargo de armas to enforce an arms embargoBsin embargo: dice que está gordo, sin embargo sigue comiendo mucho he says he's too fat and yet he still goes on eating a lotsin embargo, este método tiene algunas desventajas however o nevertheless, this method has some disadvantages, this method does, nevertheless o however, have some disadvantagessin embargo, ayer no decías eso you weren't saying that yesterday, thoughes difícil, sin embargo disfruto haciéndolo it's difficult but I enjoy doing it all the same o anywayC ( Med) indigestion* * *
Del verbo embargar: ( conjugate embargar)
embargo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
embargó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
embargar
embargo
embargar ( conjugate embargar) verbo transitivo ‹ bienes› to seize, to sequestrate (frml);
‹ vehículo› to impound
embargo sustantivo masculino
1
b) (Mil, Pol) embargo
2◊ sin embargo: sin embargo, tiene algunas desventajas however o nevertheless, it has some disadvantages;
sin embargo, ayer no decías eso you weren't saying that yesterday, though;
tiene de todo y sin embargo se queja he has everything and yet he still complains
embargar verbo transitivo
1 Jur (una propiedad, cuenta) to seize, impound
2 (arrebatar, poseer) to fill, overcome: al oírla cantar, me embargó la emoción, when I heard her singing, I was overwhelmed with emotion
embargo sustantivo masculino
1 Jur seizure of property
2 Com Pol embargo
♦ Locuciones: sin embargo, however, nevertheless
' embargo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahora
- ahorcarse
- alquilar
- asesinar
- baja
- bajo
- bien
- como
- cordera
- cordero
- delgada
- delgado
- embargar
- entre
- fresca
- fresco
- gritar
- gustar
- hablarse
- histórica
- histórico
- igual
- infante
- levantarse
- llevar
- mucha
- mucho
- para
- pequeña
- pequeño
- poder
- levantamiento
- levantar
- obstante
- sin
English:
accustom
- agree
- anyhow
- attachment
- begin
- deserve
- embargo
- excuse
- fast
- forget
- however
- intend
- lien
- mention
- nevertheless
- nonetheless
- notwithstanding
- opposed
- propose
- remember
- repossesion
- seizure
- shall
- should
- start
- still
- though
- trade embargo
- want
- whom
- yet
- never
* * *♦ nm[de vehículo] impounding; [de cuenta bancaria] freezing;sobre su casa pesa un embargo judicial the house is the subject of a seizure order o Espec distrainment orderel embargo a Cuba de Estados Unidos the United States' embargo against Cuba;embargo de armamento arms embargo♦ sin embargo loc conj1. [no obstante] however, nevertheless;es, sin embargo, uno de los mejores jugadores del equipo nevertheless, he's one of the best players in o on the team;te engaña y, sin embargo, te quiere she cheats on you, and yet she still loves you;sin embargo, es un buen chico he's a good lad though2. [por el contrario] on the other hand;los ingresos han aumentado y, sin embargo, los gastos se han mantenido al mismo nivel income has increased, while on the other hand expenses have remained largely the same* * *m1 embargo2 JUR seizure3:sin embargo however* * *embargo nm1) : seizure2) : embargo3)sin embargo : however, nevertheless* * *embargo n -
7 secuestro
m.1 kidnapping (rapto).2 hijack.3 seizure, confiscation.4 sequestration, distress.5 sequestrum, sequestra.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: secuestrar.* * *1 (personas) kidnapping; (de avión) hijacking2 DERECHO sequestration, seizure, confiscation* * *SM1) [de persona etc] kidnapping, kidnaping (EEUU)2) [de avión] hijack, hijackingsecuestro aéreo — hijack, hijacking
3) (Jur) [de cargamento, contrabando] seizure; [de propiedad] sequestration* * *a) ( de persona) kidnapping; ( de avión) hijack(ing)b) ( de periódico) seizure; ( de bienes) sequestration, confiscation* * *= highjack, kidnapping, sequestration, abduction.Ex. This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.Ex. This is an introduction in accessing basic legal resources pertaining to parental kidnapping on the state, federal, and international levels.Ex. Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.Ex. This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abductions by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.* * *a) ( de persona) kidnapping; ( de avión) hijack(ing)b) ( de periódico) seizure; ( de bienes) sequestration, confiscation* * *= highjack, kidnapping, sequestration, abduction.Ex: This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.
Ex: This is an introduction in accessing basic legal resources pertaining to parental kidnapping on the state, federal, and international levels.Ex: Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.Ex: This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abductions by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.* * *1 (de una persona) kidnap, kidnapping; (de un avión) hijack, hijacking2 (de un periódico) seizure; (de bienes) sequestration, confiscation* * *
Del verbo secuestrar: ( conjugate secuestrar)
secuestro es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
secuestró es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
secuestrar
secuestro
secuestrar ( conjugate secuestrar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to kidnap;
‹ avión› to hijack
secuestro sustantivo masculino ( de persona) kidnapping;
( de avión) hijack(ing)
secuestrar verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona) to kidnap
2 (un vehículo) to hijack
3 Jur (una edición, una publicación) to confiscate
secuestro sustantivo masculino
1 (de una persona) kidnapping
2 (de un vehículo) hijacking
3 Jur (de una edición, etc) confiscation
' secuestro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abortar
- cómplice
- determinar
- artífice
- rapto
English:
hijack
- kidnapping
- of
- snatch
- abduction
* * *secuestro nm1. [rapto] kidnapping2. [de avión, barco] hijack3. [de bienes, publicación] seizure* * ** * *secuestro nm1) rapto: kidnapping, abduction2) : hijacking3) : seizure, confiscation* * *1. (de persona) kidnapping2. (de avión) hijacking -
8 hipérbole
f.hyperbole.* * *1 hyperbole* * *SF hyperbole* * *femenino hyperbole* * *= hyperbole.Ex. One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.* * *femenino hyperbole* * *= hyperbole.Ex: One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.
* * *hyperbole* * *
hipérbole sustantivo femenino hyperbole, overstatement: recibimos un folleto que describía con hipérboles las maravillas del hotel, I received a brochure that overstated the hotel's features
' hipérbole' also found in these entries:
English:
hyperbole
* * *hipérbole nfhyperbole* * *f hyperbole* * *hipérbole nf: hyperbole -
9 sobreestimación
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10 exageración
• exaggeration• extralimitation• extremism• overstatement -
11 sobreaplicación
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12 sobredeclaración
f.overstatement.
См. также в других словарях:
overstatement — UK US /ˈəʊvəˌsteɪtmənt/ noun [C or U] ► a statement that something is larger, more important, or more serious than it really is: »An internal inquiry into accounting irregularities revealed a $70m overstatement by a subsidiary company. »The… … Financial and business terms
Overstatement — O ver*state ment, n. An exaggerated statement or account. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overstatement — I noun aggrandizement, amplification, boasting, coloring, distortion, elaboration, embroidery, enlargement, exaggerated statement, exaggeration, expansion, extravagance, extravagancy, falsification, hyperbole, hyperbolism, inflated statement,… … Law dictionary
Overstatement — Overstatement,das:⇨Übertreibung … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
overstatement — *exaggeration, hyperbole Antonyms: understatement … New Dictionary of Synonyms
overstatement — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)steɪtmənt[/t]] overstatements N VAR If you refer to the way something is described is an overstatement, you mean it is described in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is. This may have been an… … English dictionary
overstatement — noun a) An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts. b) The tendency to overstate. She had a knack for overstatement. Syn … Wiktionary
overstatement — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsteɪtmənt] / US [ˌoʊvərˈsteɪtmənt] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms overstatement : singular overstatement plural overstatements formal something that you say that makes things seem more important, impressive, or serious than… … English dictionary
Overstatement — Over|state|ment [ oʊvə steɪtmənt], das; s, s [engl. overstatement, aus: over = über u. statement = Aussage, Erklärung]: Übertreibung: Die Wichtigkeit von Leibesübungen, mit dem offiziell üblichen O. »Stählung des Körpers« genannt, wird ...… … Universal-Lexikon
Overstatement — Over|state|ment [ouvə steit...] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. overstatement> Übertreibung, Überspielung … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
overstatement — noun (C, U) the act of talking about something in a way that makes it seem more important, serious etc than it really is, or an example of this; exaggeration: It s a bit of an overstatement to say that the man s a fool, but he s not brilliant … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
