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  • 1 patriótico

    patriòtic

    Vocabulario Castellano-Catalán > patriótico

  • 2 patrístico

    • patriotic
    • patriotism
    • patristical
    • patristics

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > patrístico

  • 3 patriótico

    adj.
    patriotic, public-spirited.
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    1 patriotic
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    - ca adjetivo patriotic
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    Ex. It was the librarian's conviction that if the common man could be induced to read the 'best' books, he would be more inclined to be conservative, patriotic, devout, and respectful of property.
    ----
    * Ley Patriótica, La = USA Patriot Act, the.
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    - ca adjetivo patriotic
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    Ex: It was the librarian's conviction that if the common man could be induced to read the 'best' books, he would be more inclined to be conservative, patriotic, devout, and respectful of property.

    * Ley Patriótica, La = USA Patriot Act, the.

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    patriotic
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    patriótico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    patriotic

    ' patriótico' also found in these entries:
    English:
    patriotic
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    patriótico, -a adj
    patriotic
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    adj patriotic
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    patriótico, -ca adj
    : patriotic
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    patriótico adj patriotic

    Spanish-English dictionary > patriótico

  • 4 patriota

    adj.
    patriotic.
    f. & m.
    patriot.
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    1 patriot
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    1. adj. 2. noun mf.
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    1.
    2.
    3.
    SM CAm banana
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    I
    adjetivo patriotic
    II
    masculino y femenino patriot
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    = patriot, patriot, jingo.
    Ex. The slavery issue was used to unite patriot fervour under a pro-slavery position.
    Ex. The article 'Let's partner as patriots' maintains that in recent years some people have begun to view the public library as an anachronism.
    Ex. McCarthy was a jingo who erroneously equated everything good with America, and everything bad with being 'un-American'.
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    I
    adjetivo patriotic
    II
    masculino y femenino patriot
    * * *
    = patriot, patriot, jingo.

    Ex: The slavery issue was used to unite patriot fervour under a pro-slavery position.

    Ex: The article 'Let's partner as patriots' maintains that in recent years some people have begun to view the public library as an anachronism.
    Ex: McCarthy was a jingo who erroneously equated everything good with America, and everything bad with being 'un-American'.

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    patriotic
    patriot
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    patriota adjetivo
    patriotic
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    patriot
    patriota mf patriot
    ' patriota' also found in these entries:
    English:
    patriot
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    ♦ adj
    patriotic
    ♦ nmf
    patriot
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    I adj patriotic
    II m/f patriot
    * * *
    : patriotic
    : patriot
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    patriota n patriot

    Spanish-English dictionary > patriota

  • 5 agarrado

    adj.
    1 stingy, miserly, mean.
    2 clutched.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: agarrar.
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    1→ link=agarrar agarrar
    1 familiar stingy, tight
    \
    bailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek
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    ADJ
    1) mean, stingy
    2)
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    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)
    b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in love
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) skinflint (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
    III
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
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    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)
    b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in love
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) skinflint (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
    III
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

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    agarrado1 -da
    1 ( fam); ‹persona› tight ( colloq), tightfisted ( colloq)
    2
    (CS fam) (enamorado): está muy agarrado de ella he's crazy about her ( colloq)
    agarrado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    skinflint ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq), tight-ass ( AmE colloq)
    bailar agarrado to dance closely, dance cheek to cheek
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    Del verbo agarrar: ( conjugate agarrar)

    agarrado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    agarrado    
    agarrar
    agarrado 1
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)

    b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in love

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) skinflint (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
    agarrado 2 adverbio:

    agarrar ( conjugate agarrar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( sujetar) to grab, get hold of;


    (con violencia, rapidez) she grabbed me by the arm
    2 (esp AmL) ‹ objeto› ( tomar) to take;
    ( atajar) to catch;

    3 (AmL) (pescar, atrapar) to catch;
    ◊ si lo agarro, lo mato if I get o lay my hands on him, I'll kill him

    4 (esp AmL) ( adquirir) ‹resfriado/pulmonía› to catch;
    ‹costumbre/vicio› to pick up;
    ‹ ritmo› to get into;
    ‹ velocidad› to gather, pick up;

    le agarró asco he got sick of it;
    le he agarrado odio I've come to hate him
    5 (AmL) ( entender) ‹indirecta/chiste› to get
    verbo intransitivo
    1 (asir, sujetar):
    ◊ toma, agarra here, hold this;

    agarra por ahí take hold of that part
    2 [planta/injerto] to take;
    [ tornillo] to grip, catch;
    [ ruedas] to grip;
    [ tinte] to take
    agarrarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( asirse) to hold on;
    agárrate bien or fuerte hold on tight;
    agarradose a or de algo to hold on to sth;

    2 ‹dedo/manga› to catch;

    3 (esp AmL) ‹resfriado/pulmonía› to catch;

    agarradose un disgusto/una rabieta to get upset/into a temper
    4 (AmL fam) ( pelearse) to get into a fight;

    agarradose con algn to have a set-to with sb (colloq)
    agarrado,-a adjetivo
    1 familiar stingy, tight
    2 (baile) cheek-to-cheek dancing
    agarrar verbo transitivo
    1 (sujetar con fuerza) to grasp, seize: lo tienes bien agarrado, you are holding it tightly
    2 LAm (coger) to take
    3 fam (pillar a alguien, un resfriado) to catch
    agarrar(se) una borrachera, to get drunk o fam pissed
    ' agarrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agarrar
    - agarrada
    - soltar
    English:
    meanie
    - clutch
    - grasp
    - grip
    - tight
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    agarrado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [asido]
    me tenía agarrado de un brazo/del cuello he had me by the arm/the throat;
    agarrados del brazo arm in arm;
    agarrados de la mano hand in hand
    2. Fam [tacaño] tight, stingy
    3. Fam [baile] slow
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam [tacaño]
    ser un agarrado to be tight o stingy
    ♦ nm
    Fam [baile] slow dance
    ♦ adv
    Fam
    bailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek
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    adj
    1 fam
    mean, stingy fam
    2
    :
    bailar agarrado dance close together
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    agarrado, -da adj, fam : cheap, stingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > agarrado

  • 6 antireligioso

    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/ anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    * * *

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/ anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Spanish-English dictionary > antireligioso

  • 7 avaro

    adj.
    avaricious, greedy, grasping, miserly.
    m.
    miser, moneygrubber, Scrooge, money-grubber.
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    1 (tacaño) avaricious, miserly, mean; (codicioso) greedy, avaricious
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (tacaño) miser; (codicioso) greedy person
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    avaro, -a
    1.
    ADJ miserly, mean

    ser avaro de o en alabanzas — to be sparing in one's praise

    2.
    SM / F miser
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    I
    - ra adjetivo miserly
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino miser
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    = miser, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo miserly
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino miser
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    = miser, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

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    avaro1 -ra
    miserly
    avaro2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    miser
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    avaro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    miserly
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    miser
    avaro,-a
    1 adjetivo avaricious, miserly
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino miser

    ' avaro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    avara
    - rata
    - miserable
    - ruin
    English:
    miser
    - miserly
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    avaro, -a
    ♦ adj
    [codicioso] greedy; [tacaño] miserly, stingy, Br mean
    ♦ nm,f
    [codicioso] greedy person; [tacaño] miser
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    I adj miserly;
    ser avaro de algo be sparing with sth;
    es muy avaro de su vida personal he gives very little away about his private life
    II m, avara f miser
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    avaro, -ra adj
    : miserly, greedy
    avaro, -ra n
    : miser
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    avaro1 adj mean
    avaro2 n miser

    Spanish-English dictionary > avaro

  • 8 bipolar

    adj.
    bipolar.
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    1 bipolar
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    ADJ (Med) bipolar
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    = bipolar [bi-polar].
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    ----
    * trastorno bipolar = manic depression.
    * * *
    = bipolar [bi-polar].

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    * trastorno bipolar = manic depression.

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    bipolar
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    bipolar adj
    bipolar
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    adj bipolar

    Spanish-English dictionary > bipolar

  • 9 cicatero

    adj.
    1 niggardly, scrimpy, close-fisted, niggard.
    2 prudish.
    m.
    miser, skinflint, Scrooge, niggard.
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    1 stingy, mean
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 miser
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    cicatero, -a
    1.
    ADJ stingy, mean
    2.
    SM / F miser, skinflint
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

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    cicatero1 -ra
    ( fam); tightfisted ( colloq)
    se dice ahorrador, pero es más bien cicatero he says he's thrifty, but I'd call him a miser
    cicatero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); skinflint ( colloq), scrooge ( colloq), miser, tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    cicatero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)

    ' cicatero' also found in these entries:
    English:
    penny-pinching
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    cicatero, -a
    ♦ adj
    stingy, mean, Br miserly
    ♦ nm,f
    skinflint, miser
    * * *
    I adj stingy
    II m, cicatera f miser, tightwad fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cicatero

  • 10 descortés

    adj.
    impolite, ill-bred, rude, blunt.
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    1 impolite, rude, discourteous
    * * *
    ADJ [persona, comportamiento] rude, impolite, discourteous frm

    no quisiera ser descortés, pero tenemos que marcharnos — I don't want to be o seem rude, but we really must be going

    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> impolite, ill-mannered; < comportamiento> rude, impolite
    * * *
    = inconsiderate, impolite, ill-mannered, discourteous.
    Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/ impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. Results also show, however, that the average fan is egoistic & often ill-mannered, & lays claims to leadership & superiority.
    Ex. The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> impolite, ill-mannered; < comportamiento> rude, impolite
    * * *
    = inconsiderate, impolite, ill-mannered, discourteous.

    Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/ impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex: Results also show, however, that the average fan is egoistic & often ill-mannered, & lays claims to leadership & superiority.
    Ex: The discourteous, unfeeling, & degrading reception encountered by job applicants is discussed.

    * * *
    ‹persona› impolite, ill-mannered, discourteous ( frml); ‹comportamiento› rude, impolite
    fue bastante descortés de tu parte no ofrecerte a llevarlos a la estación it was rather rude o impolite o ill-mannered of you not to offer to take them to the station
    no quiero ser descortés, pero yo mañana tengo que levantarme temprano I don't mean to be rude, but I have to get up early tomorrow
    * * *

    descortés adjetivo ‹ persona› impolite, ill-mannered;
    ‹ comportamiento› rude, impolite
    descortés adjetivo discourteous, impolite
    ' descortés' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    incorrecta
    - incorrecto
    - malencarada
    - malencarado
    - descortesía
    - grosero
    English:
    offhand
    - rude
    - unceremonious
    - discourteous
    - impolite
    - ungracious
    * * *
    [persona, conduca, detalle] rude, discourteous;
    no seas tan descortés don't be so rude;
    fue muy descortés de o [m5] por su parte no estrecharnos la mano it was very ill-mannered of him not to shake hands with us;
    no quisiera parecer descortés, pero ya es muy tarde I don't want to seem impolite o rude, but it's getting very late
    * * *
    adj impolite, rude
    * * *
    descortés adj, pl - teses : discourteous, rude
    * * *
    descortés adj impolite / rude

    Spanish-English dictionary > descortés

  • 11 mal educado

    adj.
    ill-mannered, impolite, ill-bred, badly brought up.
    * * *
    (adj.) = impolite
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/ impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    * * *
    (adj.) = impolite

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/ impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mal educado

  • 12 pesetero

    adj.
    penny-pinching, cheapskate, stingy.
    * * *
    1 money-grubbing
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 money-grubber
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=avaro) money-grabbing *, mercenary
    2) Méx [comerciante] small-time
    3) And, CAm, Caribe (=gorrón) sponging *
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (Esp fam) money-grubbing (colloq)
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (Esp fam) money-grubbing (colloq)
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

    * * *
    pesetero1 -ra
    ( Esp fam) money-grubbing ( colloq)
    pesetero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp fam) money-grubber ( colloq)
    * * *

    pesetero,-a adjetivo stingy: no te hará nada gratis, es muy pesetero, he won't do anything for nothing, he's so mercenary
    ' pesetero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pesetera
    * * *
    pesetero, -a Esp Fam Pey
    ♦ adj
    money-grubbing
    ♦ nm,f
    moneygrubber
    * * *
    adj fam
    money-grubbing fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > pesetero

  • 13 poco cortés

    (adj.) = impolite, ungentlemanlike
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/ impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.
    * * *
    (adj.) = impolite, ungentlemanlike

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/ impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco cortés

  • 14 que expresa dos puntos de vista opuestos

    (adj.) = bipolar [bi-polar]
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    * * *
    (adj.) = bipolar [bi-polar]

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Spanish-English dictionary > que expresa dos puntos de vista opuestos

  • 15 roñica

    1 familiar mean, stingy
    1 familiar scrooge, miser
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

    * * *

    roñica
    I adjetivo stingy, miserly
    II mf skinflint, tightwad
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    stingy, tight
    ♦ nmf
    skinflint

    Spanish-English dictionary > roñica

  • 16 roñoso

    adj.
    dirty, filthy.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) filthy, dirty
    2 (sarnoso) mangy
    3 familiar (tacaño) mean, stingy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar scrooge, miser
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=mugriento) dirty, filthy; [metal] rusty
    2) (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    3) (=inútil) useless
    4) (Vet) mangy
    5) And (=tramposo) tricky, slippery
    6) Caribe, Méx (=rencoroso) bitter, resentful; (=hostil) hostile
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR]
    a) ( mugriento) dirty
    b) ( oxidado) rusty
    2) [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    3) [ESTAR] (Vet) mangy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino roña 5
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR]
    a) ( mugriento) dirty
    b) ( oxidado) rusty
    2) [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    3) [ESTAR] (Vet) mangy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino roña 5
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

    * * *
    roñoso1 -sa
    A [ ESTAR]
    1 (mugriento) dirty
    lleva el cuello de la camisa roñoso his shirt collar's really grubby o engrained with dirt
    tengo el pelo roñoso my hair is filthy
    los azulejos de la cocina están roñosos the kitchen tiles are covered in grime o encrusted with dirt
    2 (oxidado) rusty
    B [ SER] ( fam) (tacaño) tightfisted ( colloq), stingy ( colloq)
    C [ ESTAR] ( Vet) mangy
    roñoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    scrooge ( colloq), skinflint ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    roñoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 [ESTAR]


    c) (Vet) mangy

    2 [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) scrooge (colloq), skinflint (colloq)
    roñoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (muy sucio) filthy, dirty
    2 (oxidado) rusty
    3 fam (tacaño, avariento) stingy
    ' roñoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    roñosa
    English:
    cheapskate
    * * *
    roñoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sucio] dirty;
    la habitación estaba roñosa the room was filthy
    2. Fam [tacaño] tight, stingy
    3. Carib, Méx [ofendido] resentful
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam skinflint, tightwad
    * * *
    adj grimy, grubby
    * * *
    roñoso, -sa adj
    1) : mangy
    2) : dirty
    3) fam : stingy
    * * *
    roñoso adj
    1. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]
    2. (tacaño) mean

    Spanish-English dictionary > roñoso

  • 17 ruin

    adj.
    1 low, contemptible (vil).
    2 mean (avaro).
    3 vile, base, perverse, wicked.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo (vil) mean, base, despicable, vile
    2 (pequeño) petty, insignificant
    3 (tacaño) stingy, mean
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=vil) [persona] contemptible, mean
    2) [trato] (=injusto) mean, shabby; (=cruel) heartless, callous
    3) (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    4) (=pequeño) small, weak
    5) [animal] vicious
    * * *
    a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    b) < animal> bad-tempered
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * * *
    a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    b) < animal> bad-tempered
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

    * * *
    1 (mezquino, vil) ‹persona› despicable, contemptible; ‹acción› despicable, contemptible, base ( liter)
    sus ruines intenciones his despicable o base intentions
    2 (avaro) miserly, mean ( BrE)
    3 ‹animal› bad-tempered, mean ( colloq)
    * * *

    ruin adjetivo (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible;
    ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    ruin adjetivo
    1 (despreciable, vil) mean, despicable, stingy
    2 (avariento, tacaño) stingy, miserly: era ruin con su familia y generoso consigo mismo, he was stingy to his family but generous to himself
    ' ruin' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abismo
    - abocada
    - abocado
    - arruinar
    - baja
    - bajo
    - cagar
    - cargarse
    - castigar
    - chafar
    - dar
    - desbaratar
    - deshacer
    - destrozar
    - dinamitar
    - ser
    - estropear
    - extemporánea
    - extemporáneo
    - fastidiar
    - jorobar
    - miserable
    - pasar
    - perder
    - perderse
    - polvo
    - ruina
    - salar
    - significar
    - tierra
    - acabar
    - chancho
    - consumir
    - destruir
    - echar
    - embromar
    - fregar
    - malograr
    - perdición
    - villano
    English:
    rack
    - ruin
    - ancient
    - break
    - destroy
    - doom
    - murder
    - wreck
    * * *
    ruin adj
    1. [vil] contemptible
    2. [avaro] mean
    3. Cuba [en celo] Br on heat, US in heat
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( despreciable) despicable, mean
    2 ( tacaño) mean, miserly
    * * *
    ruin adj
    1) : base, despicable
    2) : mean, stingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > ruin

  • 18 tacaño

    adj.
    mean, cheap, cheapskate, close-fisted.
    m.
    miser, tightwad, Scrooge.
    * * *
    1 mean, stingy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 skinflint, miser
    * * *
    (f. - tacaña)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=avaro) mean, stingy
    2) (=astuto) crafty
    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo stingy, mean
    II
    - ña masculino, femenino miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = cheap, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], parsimonious, tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo stingy, mean
    II
    - ña masculino, femenino miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = cheap, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], parsimonious, tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex: He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

    * * *
    tacaño1 -ña
    miserly, stingy, mean
    tacaño2 -ña
    masculine, feminine
    miser, tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

     

    tacaño
    ◊ -ña adjetivo

    stingy, mean
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)
    tacaño,-a
    I adjetivo mean, stingy, miserly
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino miser, scrooge

    ' tacaño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cutre
    - rata
    - roñosa
    - roñoso
    - ruin
    - tacaña
    - agarrado
    - apretado
    - judío
    - mezquindad
    - mezquino
    - mirar
    - pinche
    English:
    cheap
    - mean
    - meanie
    - miserly
    - niggardly
    - penny-pinching
    - stingy
    - tight
    - tightfisted
    * * *
    tacaño, -a
    ♦ adj
    mean, miserly
    ♦ nm,f
    mean o miserly person;
    ser un tacaño to be mean o miserly
    * * *
    I adj fam
    miserly, stingy fam
    II m, tacaña f fam
    miser fam, tightwad fam
    * * *
    tacaño, -ña adj
    mezquino: stingy, miserly
    tacaño, -ña n
    : miser, tightwad
    * * *
    tacaño1 adj mean
    ¡no seas tacaño! don't be mean!
    tacaño2 n skinflint

    Spanish-English dictionary > tacaño

  • 19 celo

    m.
    1 zeal, keenness (esmero).
    2 devotion.
    3 heat.
    4 Sellotape® (British), Scotch® tape (United States) (cinta adhesiva). (peninsular Spanish)
    5 jealousy.
    6 Celo.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: celar.
    * * *
    1 (cuidado) zeal, fervour (US fervor)
    1 jealousy sing
    \
    dar celos to make jealous
    estar en celo (macho) to be in rut 2 (hembra) to be on heat
    ————————
    1 familiar sellotape, US Scotch tape
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) (=diligencia) zeal

    celo profesional — professional commitment, commitment to one's job

    huelga 1)
    2) (Rel) zeal
    3) (Zool) [de hembra] oestrus, estrus (EEUU); [de macho] rut

    estar en celo — to be on heat, be in season

    II
    ® SM (=cinta adhesiva) Sellotape ®, Scotchtape ® (EEUU), sticky tape
    III
    SM (Mús) cello
    * * *
    1) (esmero, fervor) zeal
    2) (Zool)
    a) ( de los machos) rut
    b) ( de las hembras) heat

    estar en celo — to be in season, to be in heat (AmE) o (BrE) on heat

    3) celos masculino plural jealousy

    sentir or tener celos de alguien — to be jealous of somebody

    4) (Esp) ( cinta adhesiva) Scotch® tape (AmE), Sellotape® (BrE)
    * * *
    = rutting, oestrus [estrus, -USA], rut.
    Ex. During rutting, the temperament of the animal changes to a more aggressive and less tractable nature.
    Ex. Female guinea pigs come into oestrus (commonly called being 'on heat') and are receptive to males every 15-17 days.
    Ex. There are peaks in deer traffic accidents during the rut in the autumn and after fawning in the spring.
    ----
    * época del celo = rutting, rutting season.
    * estar en celo = be on heat, be in heat.
    * llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.
    * * *
    1) (esmero, fervor) zeal
    2) (Zool)
    a) ( de los machos) rut
    b) ( de las hembras) heat

    estar en celo — to be in season, to be in heat (AmE) o (BrE) on heat

    3) celos masculino plural jealousy

    sentir or tener celos de alguien — to be jealous of somebody

    4) (Esp) ( cinta adhesiva) Scotch® tape (AmE), Sellotape® (BrE)
    * * *
    = rutting, oestrus [estrus, -USA], rut.

    Ex: During rutting, the temperament of the animal changes to a more aggressive and less tractable nature.

    Ex: Female guinea pigs come into oestrus (commonly called being 'on heat') and are receptive to males every 15-17 days.
    Ex: There are peaks in deer traffic accidents during the rut in the autumn and after fawning in the spring.
    * época del celo = rutting, rutting season.
    * estar en celo = be on heat, be in heat.
    * llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.

    * * *
    A
    1 (esmero) zeal, conscientiousness
    2 (fervor) zeal
    celo religioso/patriótico religious/patriotic zeal
    B ( Zool) (de los machos) rut; (de las hembras) heat, estrus*
    la perra está en celo the bitch is in season, the bitch is in heat ( AmE) o ( BrE) on heat
    C celos mpl jealousy
    siente or tiene celos de su hermano pequeño she feels o is jealous of her little brother
    lo hizo para darle celos he did it to make her jealous
    D ( Esp) (cinta adhesiva) Scotch® tape ( AmE), Sellotape® ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    celo sustantivo masculino
    1 (esmero, fervor) zeal
    2 (Zool)


    ◊ estar en celo to be in season, to be in heat (AmE) o (BrE) on heat

    3
    ◊ celos sustantivo masculino plural

    jealousy;
    tener celos de algn to be jealous of sb;
    darle celos a algn to make sb jealous
    4 (Esp) ( cinta adhesiva) Scotch® tape (AmE), Sellotape® (BrE)
    celo sustantivo masculino
    1 (empeño) zeal
    2 Zool (en los machos) rut
    (en las hembras) heat: los gatos ya están en celo, cats are in heat
    3 celos pl: tiene celos de su hermana, she's jealous of her sister
    ♦ Locuciones: huelga de celo, work-to-rule
    celo(r) sustantivo masculino familiar sellotape(r), US Scotch tape(r)
    ' celo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    afán
    - huelga
    English:
    go-slow
    - heat
    - mating season
    - rule
    - rut
    - Scotch tape
    - sellotape
    - work-to-rule
    - zeal
    - season
    - zealous
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [esmero] zeal, keenness;
    con celo zealously
    2. [devoción] devotion
    3. [de hembra] heat;
    [de ciervo] rut;
    nuestra perra está en celo our dog is Br on o US in heat
    4. Esp [cinta adhesiva] Br Sellotape®, US Scotch® tape
    ♦ celos nmpl
    jealousy;
    dar celos a alguien to make sb jealous;
    tener celos de alguien to be jealous of sb
    * * *
    m
    1 zeal
    2 ( cinta adhesiva) Scotch® tape, Br
    Sellotape®
    3
    :
    celos pl jealousy sg ;
    tener celos de be jealous of;
    dar celos a alguien make s.o. jealous
    4
    :
    en celo ZO in heat
    * * *
    celo nm
    1) : zeal, fervor
    2) : heat (of females), rut (of males)
    3) celos nmpl
    : jealousy
    tenerle celos a alguien: to be jealous of someone
    * * *
    celo n (cinta) Sellotape

    Spanish-English dictionary > celo

  • 20 agente secreto

    m.
    secret agent, spy, spook, undercover agent.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = undercover agent, secret agent
    Ex. During the one-day trials of the arrested dissidents four independent librarians testified for the prosecution, revealing themselves to be undercover agents.
    Ex. He used the University as his recruiting ground to enlist bright, patriotic young men to serve as secret agents.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = undercover agent, secret agent

    Ex: During the one-day trials of the arrested dissidents four independent librarians testified for the prosecution, revealing themselves to be undercover agents.

    Ex: He used the University as his recruiting ground to enlist bright, patriotic young men to serve as secret agents.

    * * *
    secret agent

    Spanish-English dictionary > agente secreto

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