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1) ((of people, discipline etc) very strict; cruel: That is a very harsh punishment to give a young child.) severo, duro; cruel2) (rough and unpleasant to hear, see, taste etc: a harsh voice; harsh colours.) áspero•- harshly- harshness
harsh adj severo / durotr[hɑːʃ]1 (cruel) cruel, duro,-a, severo,-a2 (sound) discordante3 (rough) áspero,-aharsh ['hɑrʃ] adj1) rough: áspero2) severe: duro, severo3) : discordante (dícese de los sonidos)♦ harshly advadj.• acre (Vino) adj.adj.• acedo, -a adj.• acerbo, -a adj.• bronco, -a adj.• chillón, -ona adj.• duro, -a adj.• escabroso, -a adj.• fuerte adj.• ingrato, -a adj.• recio, -a adj.• renegado, -a adj.• riguroso, -a adj.• ronco, -a adj.• severo, -a adj.• áspero, -a adj.hɑːrʃ, hɑːʃadjective < punishment> duro, severo; <words/conditions> duro; < light> fuerte; < climate> riguroso; < contrast> violento; < color> chillón; < sound> discordante; <tone/texture> áspero[hɑːʃ]ADJ (compar harsher) (superl harshest)1) (=severe) [winter, weather, punishment] duro, riguroso; [words] duro, áspero; [remarks, criticism, conditions] duro; [person, sentence] duro, severoto be harsh on sb — ser duro or severo con algn
2) (=too bright) [light] fuerte; [colour] chillón, estridente3) (=rough) [fabric, material] áspero4) (=rough-sounding) [voice, sound] áspero5) (=strong) [detergent] fuerte; [contrast] violento* * *[hɑːrʃ, hɑːʃ] -
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'sensitiv1) ((usually with to) strongly or easily affected (by something): sensitive skin; sensitive to light.) sensible, delicado2) ((usually with about or to) easily hurt or offended: She is very sensitive to criticism.) susceptible3) (having or showing artistic good taste: a sensitive writer; a sensitive performance.) sensible•- sensitiveness
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sensitive adj sensibletr['sensɪtɪv]1 (person - perceptive) sensible (to, a), consciente (to, de)2 (person - touchy) susceptible (to, a), preocupado,-a ( about, por)3 (teeth, paper, instrument, film) sensible (to,-a); (skin) sensible, delicado,-a4 (issue) delicado,-a5 (document) confidencialsensitive ['sɛntsət̬ɪv] adj1) : sensible, delicadosensitive skin: piel sensible2) impressionable: sensible, impresionable3) touchy: susceptibleadj.• impresionable adj.• quisquilloso, -a adj.• sensibilizado, -a adj.• sensible adj.• sensitivo, -a adj.• sentido, -a adj.• susceptible adj.'sensətɪv1)a) ( emotionally responsive) < person> sensible; <performance/account> lleno de sensibilidadto be sensitive TO something: to be sensitive to music tener* sensibilidad para la música; to be sensitive to somebody's needs — ser* or (Chi, Méx tb) estar* muy consciente de las necesidades de alguien
2) ( physically responsive) < skin> sensible, delicado; <teeth/instrument/film> sensible3)a) ( secret) <document/information> confidencialb) ( requiring tact) <topic/issue> delicado['sensɪtɪv]ADJ1) (=emotionally aware, responsive) [person] sensible; [story, novel, film] lleno de sensibilidadto be sensitive to sth — ser sensible a algo, ser consciente de algo
2) (=touchy) [person] susceptibleto be sensitive about sth: young people are very sensitive about their appearance — a los jóvenes les preocupa mucho su aspecto
3) (=delicate) [issue, subject] delicado; [region, area] conflictivothis is politically very sensitive — esto es muy conflictivo or muy delicado desde el punto de vista político
4) (=confidential) [document, report, information] confidencial5) (=easily affected) [skin] delicado, sensible; [teeth] sensible6) (=highly responsive) [instrument] sensible; (Phot) [paper, film] sensible; (Econ) [market] volátilto be sensitive to light/heat — ser sensible a la luz/al calor
* * *['sensətɪv]1)a) ( emotionally responsive) < person> sensible; <performance/account> lleno de sensibilidadto be sensitive TO something: to be sensitive to music tener* sensibilidad para la música; to be sensitive to somebody's needs — ser* or (Chi, Méx tb) estar* muy consciente de las necesidades de alguien
2) ( physically responsive) < skin> sensible, delicado; <teeth/instrument/film> sensible3)a) ( secret) <document/information> confidencialb) ( requiring tact) <topic/issue> delicado -
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1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) fino2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) delgado3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) aguado, poco espeso, claro4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) ralo, fino, escaso5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) poco convincente
2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) disminuir; disiparse; dispersarse- thinly- thinness
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thin adj1. delgado / finoafter her diet, she's a lot thinner después del régimen, está mucho más delgada2. líquido / aguadotr[ɵɪn]1 (person) delgado,-a, flaco,-a1 (thing) delgado,-a, fino,-a2 (liquid - soup, sauce) poco espeso,-a, claro,-a; (- rain) fino,-a1 (hair) escaso,-a, fino,-a y poco abundante; (vegetation) poco tupido,-a1 (audience, crowd) poco numeroso,-a; (response, attendance) escaso,-a2 (voice) débil3 (excuse, argument) pobre, poco convincente1 finamente1 (fog, mist) disiparse2 (audience, crowd, traffic) hacerse menos denso,-a, disminuir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas thin as a rake más flaco,-a que un paloto be thin on the ground haber muy poco,-ato have a thin time of it pasarlas canutas: hacer menos denso, diluir, aguar (un líquido), enrarecer (un gas)thin vi: diluirse, aguarse (dícese de un líquido), enrarecerse (dícese de un gas)1) lean, slim: delgado, esbelto, flaco2) sparse: ralo, escasoa thin beard: una barba rala3) watery: claro, aguado, diluido4) fine: delgado, finothin slices: rebanadas finasadj.• aguado, -a adj.• consumido, -a adj.• delgado, -a adj.• descarnado, -a adj.• escuálido, -a adj.• fino (Delgado) adj.• flaco, -a adj.• flojo, -a adj.• grácil adj.• inconsistente adj.• ligero, -a adj.• magro, -a adj.• pilongo, -a adj.• ralo, -a adj.• tenue adj.v.• adelgazar v.• aguar v.• clarear (Alimentación) v.• enrarecer v.θɪn
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1)a) <layer/slice/wall/ice> delgado, fino2)a) ( in consistency) <soup/sauce> claro, poco espeso, chirle (RPl)3) (weak, poor) < voice> débil; <excuse/argument/disguise> pobre, poco convincente
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to cut something thin — cortar algo en rebanadas (or capas etc) delgadas
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- nn- transitive verb \<\<paint\>\> diluir*, rebajar; \<\<sauce\>\> aclarar, hacer* menos espeso
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viPhrasal Verbs:- thin out[θɪn]1. ADJ(compar thinner) (superl thinnest)1) (=not fat) [person, legs, arms] delgado, flaco pej; [waist] delgado, estrecho; [face] delgado; [nose] delgado, afilado; [lips] fino; [animal] flacoyou're getting thin, aren't you eating enough? — te estás quedando muy delgado, ¿comes lo suficiente?
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she was painfully thin — estaba tan flaca que daba pena verla- be as thin as a rake2) (=not thick) [layer, sheet] fino, delgado; [wall] delgado; [slice, line, fabric] fino•
a thin layer of paint — una capa fina de pintura•
a thin volume of poetry — un delgado tomo de poesíathe joke had begun to wear very thin — (fig) la broma ya empezaba a resultar muy pesada
my patience is wearing thin — (fig) se me está agotando or acabando la paciencia
- be or skate or walk on thin ice- have a thin skinline I, 1., 1)3) (=watery) [custard, sauce, paint] poco espeso4) (=not dense) [smoke, fog, rain] fino5) (=sparse) [beard, hair] ralo, escaso; [eyebrows] fino, delgado; [crowd] escaso, poco numeroso- be thin on the ground- be thin on top6) (=unconvincing) [excuse] pobre, poco convincente; [evidence] poco concluyente; [argument, essay, script] pobre, flojo7) (=weak) [voice] aflautado8) (Econ) [profit] escaso9) (=lacking oxygen) [air, atmosphere] enrarecido, rarificadoout of/into thin air —
he disappeared or vanished into thin air — despareció como por arte de magia, se lo tragó la tierra
2.ADV (=thinly)•
slice the potatoes very thin — corta las patatas en rodajas muy finasspread 2., 5)•
spread the butter very thin — untar una capa muy fina de mantequilla3. VTgreenhouse gases are thinning the ozone layer — los gases que causan el efecto invernadero están haciendo que la capa de ozono sea cada vez menos espesa
4.VI (also: thin out) (=lessen) [fog] aclararse; [ozone layer] hacerse menos espeso; [crowd] disminuir; [population] mermar, reducirse- thin out* * *[θɪn]
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1)a) <layer/slice/wall/ice> delgado, fino2)a) ( in consistency) <soup/sauce> claro, poco espeso, chirle (RPl)3) (weak, poor) < voice> débil; <excuse/argument/disguise> pobre, poco convincente
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to cut something thin — cortar algo en rebanadas (or capas etc) delgadas
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- nn- transitive verb \<\<paint\>\> diluir*, rebajar; \<\<sauce\>\> aclarar, hacer* menos espeso
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viPhrasal Verbs:- thin out -
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25 cantidad
cantidad sustantivo femeninod) ( volumen impresionante):¡qué cantidad de gente/de comida había! there were so many people/there was so much food!; tenemos cantidad or cantidades (fam) we have lots o tons (colloq); cualquier cantidad de (AmS) lots of, loads of (colloq)
cantidad
I sustantivo femenino
1 quantity
2 familiar (número o porción grande) lots of: tienes cantidad de libros, you have got thousands of books
3 (suma de dinero) amount, sum: puede fraccionar la cantidad a pagar, you can divide the payment
4 (cifra) figure
II adverbio familiar a lot: me duele la cabeza cantidad, my head aches terribly Locuciones: en cantidad, a lot familiar cantidades industriales, loads, tons ' cantidad' also found in these entries: Spanish: abundar - alcanzar - algo - andar - aproximada - aproximado - aumentar - bárbara - barbaridad - bárbaro - bestialidad - burrada - carga - cien - ciento - colateral - consignar - cuanta - cuanto - desorbitada - desorbitado - diluvio - disconforme - disparate - elevarse - ser - estimable - exacta - exacto - exageración - exagerada - exagerado - existente - exorbitante - fuerte - gasto - grande - hasta - importante - indemnización - inferior - juntar - kilo - lágrima - manta - mar - masa - media - menos - miseria English: adequate - allocation - amount - appreciable - assess - assessment - awful - bare - by - check - commensurate - dash - decline - double - even - fair - fall off - few - flow - generous - gob - growing - host - large - less - little - measure - measure out - minus - nominal - number - of - pay in - printing - put away - quantity - rainfall - readership - respectable - scoop - sink - small - some - sparingly - sufficiency - sum - swell - taste - workload - worth
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