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pacifists

  • 1 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.
    * * *
    (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'.
    * * *
    (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

  • 2 atacar a

    (v.) = take + a swipe at, swipe, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at
    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. 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.
    * * *
    (v.) = take + a swipe at, swipe, lash out at/against/on, have + a go at

    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: 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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > atacar a

  • 3 cagueta

    adj.
    chicken, cowardly (informal).
    f. & m.
    chicken, coward.
    * * *
    1 familiar chicken, coward
    * * *
    = wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    = wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.

    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    ( fam o vulg); wimpish ( colloq), wet ( BrE colloq)
    ( fam o vulg)
    wimp ( colloq)
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    chicken, cowardly
    ♦ nmf
    chicken, coward
    * * *
    m/f fam
    chicken fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cagueta

  • 4 cobarde

    adj.
    1 cowardly.
    2 coward, overly submissive.
    f. & m.
    coward.
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    1 cowardly
    1 coward
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [en lucha, aventura] cowardly; [ante sangre, alturas] faint-hearted; (=tímido) timid
    2.
    SMF coward
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo cowardly
    II
    masculino y femenino coward
    * * *
    = coward, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], quitter, dastardly, puss.
    Ex. The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.
    ----
    * no ser cobarde = be no chicken.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo cowardly
    II
    masculino y femenino coward
    * * *
    = coward, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], quitter, dastardly, puss.

    Ex: The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.
    * no ser cobarde = be no chicken.

    * * *
    cowardly
    coward
    * * *

     

    cobarde adjetivo
    cowardly
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    coward
    cobarde
    I adjetivo cowardly: fue un gesto cobarde, it was a cowardly gesture
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino coward
    ' cobarde' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cagada
    - cagado
    - conformista
    - tildar
    - gallina
    - maricón
    - palabra
    English:
    brand
    - chicken
    - coward
    - cowardly
    - yellow
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    cowardly
    ♦ nmf
    coward
    * * *
    I adj cowardly
    II m/f coward
    * * *
    cobarde adj
    : cowardly
    cobarde nmf
    : coward
    * * *
    cobarde1 adj cowardly
    cobarde2 n coward

    Spanish-English dictionary > cobarde

  • 5 cobardica

    f. & m.
    scaredy-cat (informal pejorative).
    * * *
    = wuss, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, puss.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.
    * * *
    = wuss, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, puss.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.

    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.

    * * *
    ♦ adj
    no seas cobardica don't be a scaredy-cat
    ♦ nmf
    scaredy-cat

    Spanish-English dictionary > cobardica

  • 6 combatiente

    adj.
    engaged in warfare, combatant.
    f. & m.
    1 combatant, fighter.
    2 combat soldier, fighter, soldier, warrior.
    * * *
    1 fighting
    1 fighter, combatant
    1 (ave) ruff
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo fighting (before n) combatant (before n) (frml)
    II
    masculino y femenino combatant (frml)

    antiguo or ex combatiente — veteran

    * * *
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other non combatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
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    * combatiente enemigo = enemy combatant.
    * combatiente ilegal = unlawful combatant.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo fighting (before n) combatant (before n) (frml)
    II
    masculino y femenino combatant (frml)

    antiguo or ex combatiente — veteran

    * * *

    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other non combatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

    * combatiente enemigo = enemy combatant.
    * combatiente ilegal = unlawful combatant.

    * * *
    combatant ( before n) ( frml), fighting ( before n)
    combatant ( frml)
    antiguo or ex combatiente veteran
    los combatientes caídos durante la guerra the soldiers who fell in the war, the war dead
    * * *

    combatiente sustantivo masculino y femenino
    combatant (frml);
    antiguo or ex combatiente veteran
    combatiente
    I mf combatant
    II adjetivo fighting
    ' combatiente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fighter
    - fighting
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [ejército]
    los ejércitos combatientes the armies involved in the conflict
    ♦ nmf
    [de ejército] soldier; [de guerrilla] fighter;
    ♦ nm
    [ave] ruff
    * * *
    m combatant
    * * *
    : combatant, fighter
    * * *
    combatiente n fighter

    Spanish-English dictionary > combatiente

  • 7 cruel

    adj.
    cruel.
    * * *
    1 (persona) cruel (con/para, to)
    2 (clima) harsh, severe
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ cruel
    * * *
    adjetivo cruel

    la venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)

    * * *
    = brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    Ex. With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.
    Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    ----
    * volverse cruel = become + vicious.
    * * *
    adjetivo cruel

    la venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)

    * * *
    = brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.

    Ex: With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.
    Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    * volverse cruel = become + vicious.

    * * *
    cruel
    aquello fue una jugada cruel del destino that was a cruel twist of fate
    fueron muy crueles con él they were very cruel to him
    la venganza será cruel ( hum); just you wait! (I'll get you!) ( colloq)
    * * *

    cruel adjetivo
    cruel;

    cruel adjetivo cruel

    ' cruel' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - cebarse
    - desalmada
    - desalmado
    - draconiana
    - draconiano
    - mirada
    - salvaje
    - sañosa
    - sañoso
    - sañuda
    - sañudo
    - truculenta
    - truculento
    - verduga
    - verdugo
    - crueldad
    - inhumano
    - sanguinario
    English:
    brutal
    - callous
    - cheap
    - cruel
    - cutthroat
    - hard
    - heartless
    - inhuman
    - savage
    - unkind
    - vicious
    - blood
    - cold
    - fiend
    - inhumane
    - inhumanity
    - outrage
    * * *
    cruel adj
    1. [persona, acción] cruel;
    fuiste muy cruel con ella you were very cruel to her
    2. [dolor] excruciating, terrible
    3. [clima] harsh
    4. [duda] terrible
    * * *
    adj cruel
    * * *
    cruel adj
    : cruel
    ♦ cruelmente adv
    * * *
    cruel adj cruel

    Spanish-English dictionary > cruel

  • 8 darle caña a

    (v.) = have + a go at, get + stuck into
    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. There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a go at, get + stuck into

    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: There are so many camels out and about causing damage to the landscape that we've decided to have a reasonably decent injection of funds to get stuck into this issue.

    Spanish-English dictionary > darle caña a

  • 9 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
    * * *
    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    ----
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    ♦ nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 10 enfrentarse a

    v.
    to face, to breast, to brave, to confront with.
    * * *
    (v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with
    Ex. The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.
    Ex. Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.
    Ex. Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.
    Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    Ex. Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.
    Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    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. The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.
    Ex. Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.
    Ex. Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.
    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. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.
    Ex. British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex. We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.
    Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex. The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.
    Ex. The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
    Ex. He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.
    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. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    * * *
    (v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with

    Ex: The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.

    Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.
    Ex: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.
    Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    Ex: Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.
    Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    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: The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.
    Ex: Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.
    Ex: Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.
    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: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.
    Ex: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex: We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.
    Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex: The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.
    Ex: The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
    Ex: He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.
    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: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a

  • 11 gallina

    adj.
    chicken-hearted.
    f.
    1 hen.
    cría gallinas he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)
    2 coward, wimp, quitter, yellow-belly.
    f. & m.
    chicken, coward (informal) (person).
    * * *
    1 hen
    1 familiar chicken, coward
    \
    acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed very early
    como gallina en corral ajeno familiar like a fish out of water
    jugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buff
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro familiar to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
    gallina clueca broody hen
    gallina de Guinea guinea fowl
    gallina de mar stargazer
    piel de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples plural
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=ave) hen

    gallina ciega — CAm, Caribe (=gusano) white worm

    gallina clueca — broody o (EEUU) brooding hen

    2) (Culin) chicken

    gallina en pepitoria — chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts

    2.
    SMF * (=cobarde) chicken *, coward
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)
    II
    1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken

    acostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn

    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water

    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

    2) gallina masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)
    * * *
    = hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    ----
    * dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.
    * gallina de campo = free-range hen.
    * gallina de corral = free-range hen.
    * gallina de granja = free-range hen.
    * gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)
    II
    1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken

    acostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn

    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water

    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

    2) gallina masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)
    * * *
    = hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.
    * gallina de campo = free-range hen.
    * gallina de corral = free-range hen.
    * gallina de granja = free-range hen.
    * gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.

    * * *
    ( fam); chicken ( colloq)
    ¡qué gallina eres! chicken! o don't be so chicken!
    A ( Zool) hen; ( Coc) chicken
    caldo de gallina chicken broth
    acostarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas to go to bed early
    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno ( fam); to be/feel like a fish out of water
    la gallina de los huevos de oro the goose that lays/laid the golden eggs
    levantarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas ( fam); to get up at the crack of dawn, be up with the lark
    Compuestos:
    (empollando) broody hen; (cuidando la pollada) mother hen
    me tocó sentarme al lado de un grupo de gallinas cluecas ( fam); I had to sit next to a group of squawking women ( colloq)
    estar como or parecer una gallina clueca ( fam); to be like a mother hen
    guinea fowl
    ● gallina or gallinita ciega
    blind man's buff
    laying hen
    B
    * * *

     

    gallina sustantivo femenino
    1 (Zool) hen;
    (Coc) chicken;


    ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen;

    2
    ◊ gallina sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)

    gallina
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 Zool hen
    2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
    II mf fam coward, chicken
    III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
    estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
    la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    ' gallina' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cacarear
    - cacareo
    - carne
    - carné
    - empollar
    - piel
    - aletear
    English:
    chicken
    - egg
    - goosebumps
    - gooseflesh
    - goosepimples
    - hen
    - goose
    - speckle
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    Fam [persona] chicken, wimp;
    es muy gallina he's such a chicken o wimp
    ♦ nf
    hen;
    cría gallinas [gallinas, pollos y gallos] he keeps chickens;
    Fam
    acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early;
    Fam
    levantarse con las gallinas to get up at cock-crow, to be up with the lark;
    Fam
    como gallina en corral ajeno like a fish out of water
    gallina de agua coot; Fam la gallina ciega blind man's buff;
    gallina clueca broody hen;
    gallina de Guinea guinea fowl;
    la gallina de los huevos de oro the golden goose, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    Fam
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    gallina pintada guinea fowl
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [persona] chicken, coward
    * * *
    I f hen;
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
    II m/f fam
    chicken
    * * *
    1) : hen
    2)
    gallina de Guinea : guinea fowl
    * * *
    1. (ave) hen
    2. (cobarde) chicken / coward

    Spanish-English dictionary > gallina

  • 12 meterse con

    v.
    1 to provoke, to annoy, to pick on, to bother.
    María se metió con su hermMaría Mary provoked her sister.
    2 to pick a quarrel with, to fool around with, to pick a fight with, to mess around with.
    Ricardo se metió con el matón Richard picked a quarrel with the bully.
    María se metió con el vecino Mary fooled around with her neighbor.
    3 to fool around with, to bugger about with, to bugger around with, to fool about with.
    María se metió con el vecino Mary fooled around with her neighbor.
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting
    Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.
    Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex. Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.
    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. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * * *
    (v.) = needle, pick on, tease, twit, taunt, jeer, lam, have + a go at, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting

    Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.

    Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex: Pretty soon he was lamming me on every pretext he could find.
    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: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meterse con

  • 13 miedica

    adj.
    yellow, chicken (informal). (peninsular Spanish)
    f. & m.
    scaredy-cat, coward.
    * * *
    1 familiar scaredy-cat
    * * *
    = wuss, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.].
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    * * *
    = wuss, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.].

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.

    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam)
    coward, chicken ( colloq)
    * * *

    miedica adjetivo & mf fam sissy, coward, chicken: es un poco miedica, he's a bit of a sissy
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    yellow, chicken
    ♦ nmf
    scaredy-cat, coward

    Spanish-English dictionary > miedica

  • 14 miedoso

    adj.
    fearful, afraid, scared, apprehensive.
    m.
    coward, chicken, scaredy cat, pussy.
    * * *
    1 easily frightened
    2 (cobarde) cowardly
    ■ ¡no seas tan miedoso, que no duele nada! be brave, it doesn't hurt at all!
    * * *
    miedoso, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=cobarde) scared

    ¿por qué eres tan miedoso? — why are you always so scared of everything

    no seas miedoso, que no te hace nada — don't be scared, it's not going to hurt you

    2.
    SM / F coward
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino coward, scaredy cat (colloq)
    * * *
    = fearful, wuss, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.].
    Ex. From my observations, most employees are inherently fearful and immature.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino coward, scaredy cat (colloq)
    * * *
    = fearful, wuss, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.].

    Ex: From my observations, most employees are inherently fearful and immature.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.

    * * *
    miedoso1 -sa
    ¡no seas miedoso! no te va a hacer daño don't be frightened o scared! it won't hurt you
    ¡qué miedoso es! he's such a coward!, he's so easily scared o frightened by things
    miedoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    coward, scaredy cat ( colloq)
    * * *

    miedoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo: ¡no seas miedoso! no te va a hacer daño don't be frightened o scared! it won't hurt you;

    ¡qué miedoso es! he's such a coward!
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    coward, scaredy cat (colloq)
    miedoso,-a adjetivo fearful, cowardly: sus terribles vivencias le han vuelto bastante miedoso, the terrible experiences that he has been through have made him fearful

    ' miedoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cagada
    - cagado
    - miedosa
    English:
    fearful
    * * *
    miedoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    ¡no seas miedoso! don't be so scared o frightened!;
    es muy miedoso he gets scared very easily
    ♦ nm,f
    es un miedoso he gets scared easily
    * * *
    adj timid;
    ¡no seas tan miedoso! don’t be scared!
    * * *
    miedoso, -sa adj
    temeroso: fearful
    * * *
    miedoso n coward

    Spanish-English dictionary > miedoso

  • 15 pacifista

    adj.
    1 pacifist.
    2 pacifistic, anti-war.
    f. & m.
    pacifist, person opposed to war, conscientious objector, dove.
    * * *
    1 pacifist
    1 pacifist
    * * *
    ADJ SMF pacifist
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino pacifist
    * * *
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino pacifist
    * * *

    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

    * * *
    adj/mf
    pacifist
    * * *

    pacifista adjetivo, masculino y femenino
    pacifist
    pacifista adjetivo & mf pacifist
    ' pacifista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    pacifist
    - peace
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    pacifist
    ♦ nmf
    pacifist
    * * *
    I adj pacifist atr
    II m/f pacifist
    * * *
    pacifista adj & nmf
    : pacifist

    Spanish-English dictionary > pacifista

  • 16 poco amable

    adj.
    unfriendly, surly, unkindly, little friendly.
    * * *
    (adj.) = off-putting, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], unkind
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    * * *
    (adj.) = off-putting, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], unkind

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco amable

  • 17 política de clases

    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: 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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > política de clases

  • 18 progre

    adj.
    liberal, permissive (informal).
    f. & m.
    1 progressive.
    2 trendy.
    3 lefty, leftie.
    4 liberal, sexual liberal.
    * * *
    1 familiar lefty
    1 familiar lefty
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) ( moderno) trendy (colloq); ( liberal) liberal, progressive
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona - moderna) trendy (colloq); (- liberal) liberal; (- de izquierdas) trendy lefty (colloq)
    * * *
    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.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) ( moderno) trendy (colloq); ( liberal) liberal, progressive
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona - moderna) trendy (colloq); (- liberal) liberal; (- de izquierdas) trendy lefty (colloq)
    * * *

    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.

    * * *
    ( fam); trendy ( colloq)
    la típica estudiante liberada y progre the typical liberated, trendy student
    mis padres son muy progres y aceptan mi relación con él my parents are very liberal o progressive and they accept my relationship with him
    uno de estos pequeños partidos progres one of these small, trendy, left-wing parties
    ( fam)
    (persona — moderna) trendy ( colloq); (— liberal) liberal; (— de izquierdas) trendy lefty ( colloq)
    * * *

    progre adjetivo & mf fam liberal, progressive, trendy
    ' progre' also found in these entries:
    English:
    trendy
    - right
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [liberal] liberal; [moderno] trendy, hip;
    tengo unos padres muy progres I have really trendy parents;
    los miembros más progres del partido the more liberal members of the party
    ♦ nmf
    progressive
    * * *
    adj fam
    trendy

    Spanish-English dictionary > progre

  • 19 simpatizador

    m.
    sympathizer.
    * * *
    = sympathiser [sympathiser, -USA].
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    ----
    * encontrar simpatizadores = find + friends.
    * * *
    = sympathiser [sympathiser, -USA].

    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

    * encontrar simpatizadores = find + friends.

    Spanish-English dictionary > simpatizador

  • 20 militar

    adj.
    military.
    Aquí hay actividad militar Here we have military activity.
    f. & m.
    1 soldier.
    los militares the military
    2 army officer, military man.
    Los militares están en descanso The army officers are at ease.
    v.
    1 to be active.
    2 to serve in the army.
    El chico alto militó The tall boy served in the army.
    3 to be politically active.
    Los estudiantes militan The students are politically active.
    * * *
    1 military
    1 military man, soldier
    1 MILITAR to serve
    2 PLÍTICA (ser miembro) to be an active member; (ser activista) to be a militant, be an activist
    \
    tribunal militar military court
    * * *
    1. adj. 2. noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SM (=soldado) soldier, military man; [en la mili] serviceman
    3. VI
    1) (Mil) to serve ( in the army)
    2) (Pol)
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo military
    II
    masculino y femenino soldier, military man
    III
    verbo intransitivo to be politically active
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo military
    II
    masculino y femenino soldier, military man
    III
    verbo intransitivo to be politically active
    * * *
    militar1
    1 = serviceman [servicemen, -pl.], serviceperson.

    Ex: Personal readers' guidance was provided to World War I servicemen.

    Ex: Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.
    * hijo de militares = military brat.
    * militares, los = military, the.

    militar2
    2 = military, martial.

    Ex: A plan is a drawing showing relative positions on a horizontal plane, e.g., relative positions of part of a building, a landscape design, a graphic presentation of a military o naval plan, etc.

    Ex: The article begins by illustrating the martial dimensions of the bodybuilder's body.
    * academia militar = military academy.
    * accesorios militares = militaria.
    * acción militar = military action.
    * actuación militar = military action.
    * aficionado a todo lo militar = military buff.
    * al estilo militar = military-style.
    * amante de lo militar = military buff.
    * amenaza militar = military threat.
    * armamento militar = military hardware.
    * arquitectura militar = military architecture.
    * base militar = military base.
    * brazo militar = military arm.
    * campaña militar = military campaign.
    * ciencia militar = military science.
    * comandante militar = military commander.
    * condecoración militar = Legion of Merit.
    * conflicto militar = military conflict.
    * cuartel militar = army barracks.
    * desfile militar = military parade, military tattoo.
    * despliegue militar = military deployment.
    * dictadura militar = military dictatorship.
    * estrategia militar = military strategy.
    * fuerza militar = military forces.
    * funeral militar = military funeral.
    * gasto militar = military expenditure.
    * historiador militar = military historian.
    * hospital militar = military hospital.
    * ingeniero militar = military engineer.
    * intervención militar = military intervention, military action.
    * jefe militar = army official, army officer.
    * junta militar = military junta, junta.
    * líder militar = military leader.
    * mando militar = military command.
    * medicina militar = military medicine.
    * mujer militar = servicewoman.
    * música militar = martial music.
    * observación militar = surveillance.
    * ofensiva militar = military offensive.
    * operación militar = military operation.
    * paseo militar = plain sailing, walkover.
    * pelado a lo militar = crewcut [crew-cut].
    * personal militar = military personnel.
    * poderío militar = military power.
    * policía militar = military police.
    * prisión militar = military prison.
    * propiedad militar = military property.
    * protección militar = military protection.
    * reclutamiento militar = military draft.
    * régimen militar = military regime.
    * representante militar = army official, army officer.
    * satélite militar = surveillance satellite.
    * secreto militar = military secret.
    * servicio militar = military service.
    * servicio militar obligatorio = compulsory military service, draft, the, military draft.
    * silo militar = missile silo.
    * soldado militar = military soldier.
    * tribunal militar = military tribunal.

    militar3 contra

    Ex: Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.

    * * *
    military
    soldier, military man
    los militares the military
    Compuesto:
    career soldier
    militar3 [A1 ]
    vi
    to be politically active
    militar en un partido político to be an active member of a political party
    era de izquierda, pero nunca militó he was left-wing, but never politically active
    * * *

     

    militar 1 adjetivo
    military
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    soldier, military man;

    militar 2 ( conjugate militar) verbo intransitivo
    to be politically active;
    militar en un partido político to be an active member of a political party
    militar
    I adjetivo military
    el presupuesto militar, the defense budget
    II sustantivo masculino soldier
    unos bandidos vestidos de militares..., some bandits dressed as soldiers...
    III vi Pol (ser miembro de) to be a member: milita en las juventudes pacifistas, she's a member of the young pacifists group

    ' militar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aviación
    - aviador
    - aviadora
    - cartilla
    - control
    - exenta
    - exento
    - intervención
    - juventud
    - milicia
    - oprimir
    - paisana
    - paisano
    - PM
    - rango
    - servicio
    - sublevarse
    - superior
    - zona
    - aeronáutica
    - apto
    - base
    - capote
    - centinela
    - charanga
    - civil
    - colonia
    - comando
    - cumplir
    - destinado
    - destinar
    - dispositivo
    - escuela
    - guardia
    - instrucción
    - patrullero
    - potencia
    - prestar
    - recluta
    - tribunal
    English:
    civilian
    - conscription
    - DSO
    - excuse
    - guardhouse
    - military
    - serviceman
    - soldier
    - staff college
    - stockade
    - tattoo
    - junta
    - service
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    military
    ♦ nmf
    soldier;
    el general es el segundo militar que asesina el grupo en lo que va de año the general is the second member of the military to be murdered by the group this year;
    los militares the military
    militar2 vi
    1. [en partido, sindicato] to be a member (en of);
    militó en la izquierda durante su juventud he was an active left-winger in his youth
    2. [apoyar]
    son muchas circunstancias las que militan a o [m5] en su favor there are many circumstances in his favour;
    en o [m5] a su defensa milita que es menor de edad in his defence is the fact that he is a minor
    * * *
    I adj military
    II m/f soldier;
    los militares pl the military
    III v/i POL
    :
    militar en be a member of
    * * *
    1) : to serve (in the military)
    2) : to be active (in politics)
    militar adj
    : military
    militar nmf
    soldado: soldier
    * * *
    militar1 adj military
    militar2 n soldier

    Spanish-English dictionary > militar

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