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perceptive

  • 1 aprehensivo

    • perceptive

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > aprehensivo

  • 2 perspicaz

    adj.
    1 sharp, perceptive.
    2 perspicacious, sharp, clever, intelligent.
    * * *
    1 sharp, perspicacious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=agudo, sagaz) perceptive, shrewd
    2) [vista] keen; [persona] keen-sighted
    * * *
    adjetivo shrewd, perceptive
    * * *
    = percipient, sharp-eyed, perceptive, observant, clear-sighted, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].
    Ex. Manoeuvres that have been used, as the the percipient observer well knows, include simplifications and routines to save time.
    Ex. Sharp-eyed researchers noted that twenty-three per cent of the people who came did so in order to meet someone or to use the phone.
    Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex. Every member of staff has a duty to be observant where safety is concerned.
    Ex. Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex. As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.
    Ex. She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    * * *
    adjetivo shrewd, perceptive
    * * *
    = percipient, sharp-eyed, perceptive, observant, clear-sighted, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

    Ex: Manoeuvres that have been used, as the the percipient observer well knows, include simplifications and routines to save time.

    Ex: Sharp-eyed researchers noted that twenty-three per cent of the people who came did so in order to meet someone or to use the phone.
    Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex: Every member of staff has a duty to be observant where safety is concerned.
    Ex: Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex: As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.
    Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    * * *
    shrewd, perceptive, perspicacious ( frml)
    * * *

    perspicaz adjetivo
    shrewd, perceptive
    perspicaz adjetivo perceptive, sharp
    ' perspicaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sagaz
    - agudo
    - clarividente
    English:
    acute
    - clear-sighted
    - discerning
    - penetrating
    - perception
    - perceptive
    - searching
    - sharp-witted
    - shrewd
    - subtle
    * * *
    sharp, perceptive
    * * *
    adj shrewd, perspicacious fml
    * * *
    perspicaz adj, pl - caces : shrewd, perspicacious

    Spanish-English dictionary > perspicaz

  • 3 perceptivo

    adj.
    perceptive, alert, insightful, sensitive.
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    1 perceptive
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    - va adjetivo perceptive
    * * *
    = sensitive, perceptual.
    Ex. Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.
    Ex. Human perceptual and conceptual capabilities bring an aspect of improvisation and reinterpretation to every human action.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo perceptive
    * * *
    = sensitive, perceptual.

    Ex: Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.

    Ex: Human perceptual and conceptual capabilities bring an aspect of improvisation and reinterpretation to every human action.

    * * *
    perceptive
    * * *
    perceptivo, -a adj
    sensory
    * * *
    adj perceptive

    Spanish-English dictionary > perceptivo

  • 4 agudo

    adj.
    1 sharp, smart, keen, astute.
    2 intense, severe, fierce, excruciating.
    3 high-pitched, sharp, shrill, piping.
    4 acute, clever, keen, insightful.
    5 witty, clever.
    6 pointed, acute, sharp-edged.
    7 acute.
    8 oxytone, accented in the last syllable, oxytonic, with a stronger phonetic accent on last syllable.
    Acordeón es una palabra aguda "Acordeon" is accented in the last syllable...
    m.
    high-pitch note, treble.
    * * *
    1 (afilado) sharp
    2 (dolor) acute
    4 figurado (sentido) sharp, keen
    5 (voz) high-pitched
    6 (sonido) treble, high
    7 LINGÚÍSTICA (palabra) oxytone; (acento) acute
    * * *
    (f. - aguda)
    adj.
    1) sharp, acute
    2) high, high-pitched
    3) clever, witty
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=afilado) [filo] sharp; [instrumento] sharp, pointed
    2) (=intenso) [enfermedad, dolor] acute; [acento] acute
    3) [ángulo] acute
    4) (=incisivo) [mente, sentido] sharp, keen; [ingenio] ready, lively; [crítica] penetrating; [observación] smart, clever; [pregunta] acute, searching
    5) (=gracioso) witty
    6) (Mús) [nota] high, high-pitched; [voz, sonido] piercing
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <filo/punta> sharp
    b) < ángulo> acute
    2)
    a) <voz/sonido> high-pitched; < nota> high
    b) < dolor> ( duradero) intense, acute; ( momentáneo) sharp
    c) < crisis> severe
    d) <aumento/descenso> sharp
    3)
    a) ( perspicaz) < persona> quick-witted, sharp; < comentario> shrewd
    b) ( gracioso) <comentario/persona> witty
    c) <sentido/instinto> sharp
    4) < palabra> stressed on the last syllable; < acento> acute
    * * *
    = keen [keener -comp., keenest -sup.], sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], perceptive, acute, searing, stinging, heightened, high-pitched, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, pointy [pointier -comp., pointiest - sup.].
    Ex. Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.
    Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
    Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex. The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex. The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.
    Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex. As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.
    Ex. She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex. So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.
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    * acento agudo = acute.
    * de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.
    * dolor agudo = twinge.
    * Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad, a bad case of + Enfermedad.
    * infección aguda = acute infection.
    * miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis.
    * SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) <filo/punta> sharp
    b) < ángulo> acute
    2)
    a) <voz/sonido> high-pitched; < nota> high
    b) < dolor> ( duradero) intense, acute; ( momentáneo) sharp
    c) < crisis> severe
    d) <aumento/descenso> sharp
    3)
    a) ( perspicaz) < persona> quick-witted, sharp; < comentario> shrewd
    b) ( gracioso) <comentario/persona> witty
    c) <sentido/instinto> sharp
    4) < palabra> stressed on the last syllable; < acento> acute
    * * *
    = keen [keener -comp., keenest -sup.], sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], trenchant, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], perceptive, acute, searing, stinging, heightened, high-pitched, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, pointy [pointier -comp., pointiest - sup.].

    Ex: Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.

    Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
    Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
    Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.
    Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.
    Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.
    Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex: As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.
    Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex: So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.
    * acento agudo = acute.
    * de vista aguda = sharp-eyed.
    * dolor agudo = twinge.
    * Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad, a bad case of + Enfermedad.
    * infección aguda = acute infection.
    * miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis.
    * SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

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    agudo -da
    A
    1 ‹filo/punta› sharp
    2 ‹ángulo› acute
    B
    1 ‹voz› high-pitched; (irritante) shrill; ‹sonido› high-pitched; (irritante) piercing; ‹nota› high
    2 ‹dolor› (duradero) intense, acute; (momentáneo) sharp
    3 ‹crisis› severe
    4 ‹aumento/descenso› sharp
    un agudo descenso del índice de mortalidad a sharp fall in the death rate
    C
    1 (perspicaz) ‹persona› quick-witted, sharp; ‹observación/comentario› shrewd; ‹pregunta› shrewd, searching
    2 (gracioso) ‹comentario/persona› witty
    3 ‹vista› sharp; ‹oído› sharp, acute; ‹sentido/instinto› keen, sharp
    D
    1 ‹palabra› stressed on the last syllable
    2 ‹acento› acute
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    agudo
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹filo/punta› sharp

    b) ‹ ángulo› acute

    2
    a) ‹voz/sonido› high-pitched;

    ‹ nota› high
    b) ‹ dolor› ( duradero) intense, acute;

    ( momentáneo) sharp
    c) ‹ crisis› severe

    d) ‹aumento/descenso› sharp

    3

    ‹ comentario› shrewd
    b) ( gracioso) ‹comentario/persona› witty

    c) ‹sentido/instinto› sharp

    agudo,-a adjetivo
    1 (sensación, enfermedad) acute
    2 (tono de voz) high-pitched
    (sonido) treble, high
    3 (ingenioso) witty
    4 (oído, vista, olfato) sharp, keen
    ' agudo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguda
    - fina
    - fino
    - ingeniosa
    - ingenioso
    - lista
    - listo
    - sagaz
    - estridente
    - ladino
    - pinchazo
    - pitido
    - quejido
    English:
    acute
    - crack
    - high
    - high-pitched
    - keen
    - piping
    - quick
    - quick-witted
    - raging
    - sharp
    - shrill
    - witty
    - yap
    * * *
    agudo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [filo, punta] sharp
    2. [vista, olfato] keen
    3. [crisis, problema, enfermedad] serious, acute
    4. [dolor] intense;
    sentí un dolor agudo al mover el brazo I felt a sharp pain when I moved my arm
    5. [sonido, voz] high, high-pitched
    6. [perspicaz] [persona] sharp, shrewd;
    [ingenio] keen, sharp
    7. [ingenioso] witty;
    estás muy agudo you're on form o very witty today;
    Irónico
    ¡muy agudo! [cuando algo no es gracioso] very clever o funny!;
    [cuando algo es evidente] very observant!
    8. Gram [palabra] stressed on the last syllable
    9. Gram [tilde] acute
    ♦ nm
    agudos [sonidos] treble
    * * *
    adj
    1 acute
    2 ( afilado) sharp
    3 sonido high-pitched
    4 ( perspicaz) sharp
    :
    acento agudo acute accent
    * * *
    agudo, -da adj
    1) : acute, sharp
    2) : shrill, high-pitched
    3) perspicaz: clever, shrewd
    * * *
    agudo adj
    1. (en general) sharp
    2. (sonido, voz) high / high pitched
    3. (ángulo, dolor) acute
    4. (comentario) witty [comp. wittier; superl. wittiest]
    5. (sentido) keen
    "sofá" es una palabra aguda the accent is on the last syllable in "sofá"

    Spanish-English dictionary > agudo

  • 5 clarividente

    adj.
    1 farsighted, perceptive.
    2 clairvoyant, farsighted, clear-sighted.
    f. & m.
    1 perceptive person.
    2 fortuneteller, diviner, fortune-teller, soothsayer.
    * * *
    1 (adivino) clairvoyant
    2 (perspicaz) lucid
    1 clairvoyant
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=que adivina el futuro) clairvoyant
    2) (=previsor) far-sighted; (=discerniente) discerning; (=intuitivo) intuitive
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo ( que adivina el futuro) clairvoyant; ( perspicaz) discerning, clear-sighted
    II
    masculino y femenino clairvoyant
    * * *
    Ex. Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo ( que adivina el futuro) clairvoyant; ( perspicaz) discerning, clear-sighted
    II
    masculino y femenino clairvoyant
    * * *

    Ex: Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.

    * * *
    2 (perspicaz) discerning, clear-sighted
    clairvoyant
    * * *

    clarividente adjetivo ( que adivina el futuro) clairvoyant;
    ( perspicaz) discerning, clear-sighted
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    clairvoyant
    clarividente
    I adj (de mente lúcida) lucid
    II mf (persona) clairvoyant
    ' clarividente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clairvoyant
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [perspicaz] far-sighted, perceptive
    2. [que predice el futuro] clairvoyant
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona perspicaz] perceptive person
    2. [persona que predice el futuro] clairvoyant
    * * *
    I adj clairvoyant
    II m/f clairvoyant
    * * *
    1) : clairvoyant
    2) : perspicacious, discerning
    : clairvoyant

    Spanish-English dictionary > clarividente

  • 6 sagaz

    adj.
    astute, shrewd.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl sagaces)
    1 clever, sagacious
    2 (astuto) shrewd, astute
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=astuto) shrewd, clever; (=perspicaz) sagacious
    2) [perro] keen-scented
    * * *
    adjetivo shrewd, astute
    * * *
    = canny, politic, vivacious, wily [wilier -comp., wiliest -sup.], sly [slyer/slier -comp., slyest/sliest -sup.], perceptive, keen-witted, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].
    Ex. The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.
    Ex. Libraries are often confronted with finding a way of dealing with gift books which is both efficient and politic.
    Ex. This petite, agile, graceful and vivacious artiste was a picture of self-confidence on the stage.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
    Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex. She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    * * *
    adjetivo shrewd, astute
    * * *
    = canny, politic, vivacious, wily [wilier -comp., wiliest -sup.], sly [slyer/slier -comp., slyest/sliest -sup.], perceptive, keen-witted, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

    Ex: The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.

    Ex: Libraries are often confronted with finding a way of dealing with gift books which is both efficient and politic.
    Ex: This petite, agile, graceful and vivacious artiste was a picture of self-confidence on the stage.
    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
    Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    * * *
    shrewd, astute
    un político sagaz y avezado a shrewd o astute and experienced politician
    ten cuidado con él, es muy sagaz watch out for him, he's very shrewd o sharp o wily
    * * *

    sagaz adjetivo
    shrewd, astute
    sagaz adj (perspicaz, agudo) shrewd, astute
    ' sagaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astucia
    - astuto
    English:
    sagacious
    - astute
    - discriminating
    - probing
    * * *
    sagaz adj
    astute, shrewd
    * * *
    adj shrewd, sharp
    * * *
    sagaz adj, pl sagaces perspicaz: shrewd, discerning, sagacious

    Spanish-English dictionary > sagaz

  • 7 a la expectativa de

    = on the lookout for, on the alert for
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.
    * * *
    = on the lookout for, on the alert for

    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.

    Ex: Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a la expectativa de

  • 8 actor cómico

    m.
    comic actor, comical actor.
    * * *
    comedian
    * * *
    (n.) = comedian, actor-comedian
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.
    * * *
    (n.) = comedian, actor-comedian

    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

    Ex: He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actor cómico

  • 9 al tanto de

    = on the lookout for, on the alert for, in step with
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.
    Ex. The challenge to the information professional is to integrate the use of information into the fabric of society, in step with the realization that information flow is the lifeline of modern democracies.
    * * *
    = on the lookout for, on the alert for, in step with

    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.

    Ex: Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.
    Ex: The challenge to the information professional is to integrate the use of information into the fabric of society, in step with the realization that information flow is the lifeline of modern democracies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > al tanto de

  • 10 argot de los cacos

    Ex. The highlight of his reading of criminal culture is his perceptive discussion of thieves' cant, which he interprets as the audible social impact of criminal culture.
    * * *

    Ex: The highlight of his reading of criminal culture is his perceptive discussion of thieves' cant, which he interprets as the audible social impact of criminal culture.

    Spanish-English dictionary > argot de los cacos

  • 11 argot de los ladrones

    Ex. The highlight of his reading of criminal culture is his perceptive discussion of thieves' cant, which he interprets as the audible social impact of criminal culture.
    * * *

    Ex: The highlight of his reading of criminal culture is his perceptive discussion of thieves' cant, which he interprets as the audible social impact of criminal culture.

    Spanish-English dictionary > argot de los ladrones

  • 12 argot secreto de los cacos

    Ex. The highlight of his reading of criminal culture is his perceptive discussion of thieves' cant, which he interprets as the audible social impact of criminal culture.
    * * *

    Ex: The highlight of his reading of criminal culture is his perceptive discussion of thieves' cant, which he interprets as the audible social impact of criminal culture.

    Spanish-English dictionary > argot secreto de los cacos

  • 13 en el escenario

    Ex. He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.
    * * *

    Ex: He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en el escenario

  • 14 fuera del escenario

    Ex. He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.
    * * *

    Ex: He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fuera del escenario

  • 15 llevar una vida arriesgada

    (v.) = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge
    Ex. Life is to be lived dangerously and to the full.
    Ex. He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.
    * * *
    (v.) = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge

    Ex: Life is to be lived dangerously and to the full.

    Ex: He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llevar una vida arriesgada

  • 16 lúcido

    adj.
    1 flashy, eye-catching.
    2 lucid, bright, sharp, clear-minded.
    3 lucid, clear.
    4 lucid, bright, clear, shining.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: lucir.
    * * *
    1→ link=lucir lucir
    1 beautiful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=espléndido) splendid, magnificent

    fue una boda muy lucida — it was a splendid o magnificent wedding

    2)

    estar lucido, quedar(se) lucido — iró to make a mess of things

    ¡estamos lucidos! — a fine mess we're in!

    lucidos estaríamos si... — it would be awful if...

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < fiesta> magnificent, splendid
    b) (fam) <niño/bebé> healthy
    * * *
    = lucid, clear-headed, luminous, shining, clear-sighted, of (a) sound mind.
    Ex. A lucid summary of the factors involved in cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit studies was given by Lancaster in 1971.
    Ex. This book offers the opportunity to practice reasoning in a clear-headed and critical way.
    Ex. Rather than the luminous deity that appears elsewhere in medieval literature, he presents a character who resembles the jealous husband of the fabliaux who keeps a young wife under lock and key and who responds violently when he is cuckolded.
    Ex. When the market for shining victorias and handy runabouts was climaxed by the building of 'horseless carriages,' and tax benefits and lower wages lured mill owners south, thousands emigrated westward.
    Ex. Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex. The candidate must be 21 years of age, have parental permission, and be physically healthy, free of debt, and possessed of a sound mind.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < fiesta> magnificent, splendid
    b) (fam) <niño/bebé> healthy
    * * *
    = lucid, clear-headed, luminous, shining, clear-sighted, of (a) sound mind.

    Ex: A lucid summary of the factors involved in cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit studies was given by Lancaster in 1971.

    Ex: This book offers the opportunity to practice reasoning in a clear-headed and critical way.
    Ex: Rather than the luminous deity that appears elsewhere in medieval literature, he presents a character who resembles the jealous husband of the fabliaux who keeps a young wife under lock and key and who responds violently when he is cuckolded.
    Ex: When the market for shining victorias and handy runabouts was climaxed by the building of 'horseless carriages,' and tax benefits and lower wages lured mill owners south, thousands emigrated westward.
    Ex: Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex: The candidate must be 21 years of age, have parental permission, and be physically healthy, free of debt, and possessed of a sound mind.

    * * *
    lucido -da
    1 ‹fiesta› magnificent, splendid
    su actuación no fue muy lucida her performance wasn't particularly outstanding
    un papel secundario pero muy lucido a minor role but nevertheless very well played
    2 ( fam); ‹niño/bebé› bouncing ( before n), healthy
    * * *

    Del verbo lucir: ( conjugate lucir)

    lucido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    lucido    
    lucir    
    lúcido
    lucido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ fiesta› magnificent, splendid;

    su actuación no fue muy lucida her performance wasn't particularly brilliant
    lucir ( conjugate lucir) verbo intransitivo ( aparentar) to look good, look special;
    gasta mucho en ropa pero no le luce she spends a fortune on clothes but it doesn't do much for her
    verbo transitivo
    a) (period) ‹vestido/modelo› to wear, sport (journ);

    ‹peinado/collar› to sport (journ)
    b) ‹figura/piernas› to show off, flaunt

    lucirse verbo pronominal


    lúcido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] ‹mente/análisis› lucid, clear;

    ‹ persona› clear-thinking
    b) [estar] ‹ enfermo› lucid

    lucido,-a adjetivo
    1 (vistoso) splendid, magnificent: han sido unas fiestas muy lucidas, they were magnificent parties
    2 (ironía) enlightening: ha quedado muy lucido tu comentario, your comment was very enlightening
    lucir
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (una estrella, bombilla) to shine
    2 fam (un esfuerzo) trabaja bastante, pero no le luce, he works quite a lot, but it doesn't show
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (ropa, joyas, peinado) to wear
    2 (cualidades) to display
    lúcido,-a adjetivo lucid, (persona) perceptive, clear-thinking: un político muy lúcido, a perceptive politician
    ' lúcido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lucida
    - lúcida
    - lucido
    - ingenioso
    English:
    clear
    - clear-headed
    - lucid
    * * *
    lucido, -a adj
    1. [vistoso, bello] splendid;
    una ceremonia lucida a magnificent ceremony
    2. [saludable] healthy-looking
    * * *
    adj splendid, magnificent
    * * *
    lucido, -da adj
    magnífico: magnificent, splendid
    lúcido, -da adj
    : lucid

    Spanish-English dictionary > lúcido

  • 17 tener el toque mágico

    (n.) = have + the magic touch
    Ex. Readers are very perceptive about the books and quickly distinguish between authors who have the magic touch and those who do not.
    * * *
    (n.) = have + the magic touch

    Ex: Readers are very perceptive about the books and quickly distinguish between authors who have the magic touch and those who do not.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tener el toque mágico

  • 18 timidez

    f.
    1 shyness.
    2 timidness, bashfulness, self-consciousness, coyness.
    * * *
    1 shyness, timidity
    * * *
    SF shyness, timidity
    * * *
    femenino ( retraimiento) shyness; (falta de decisión, coraje) timidity
    * * *
    = timidity, bashfulness, self-consciousness, shyness.
    Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex. In other cases, straightforward alphabetical arrangement scatters topics within the same facet which could be arranged more helpfully; eg in Psychology we find BF575 Special forms of emotion eg.A5 Anger.A9 Awe.B3 bashfulness.F2 Fear.H3 Hate.L8 Love. S4 Self-consciousness.
    Ex. In other cases, straightforward alphabetical arrangement scatters topics within the same facet which could be arranged more helpfully; eg in Psychology we find BF575 Special forms of emotion eg.A5 Anger.A9 Awe.B3 Bashfulness.F2 Fear.H3 Hate.L8 Love. S4 self-consciousness.
    Ex. Moreover, significant gender differences are reported regarding remorse, depression, fear, anger, sadness, shyness, shame, surprise, contempt, concentration, astonishment, disdain, blame, & awe.
    ----
    * perder la timidez con = warm up to.
    * * *
    femenino ( retraimiento) shyness; (falta de decisión, coraje) timidity
    * * *
    = timidity, bashfulness, self-consciousness, shyness.

    Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.

    Ex: In other cases, straightforward alphabetical arrangement scatters topics within the same facet which could be arranged more helpfully; eg in Psychology we find BF575 Special forms of emotion eg.A5 Anger.A9 Awe.B3 bashfulness.F2 Fear.H3 Hate.L8 Love. S4 Self-consciousness.
    Ex: In other cases, straightforward alphabetical arrangement scatters topics within the same facet which could be arranged more helpfully; eg in Psychology we find BF575 Special forms of emotion eg.A5 Anger.A9 Awe.B3 Bashfulness.F2 Fear.H3 Hate.L8 Love. S4 self-consciousness.
    Ex: Moreover, significant gender differences are reported regarding remorse, depression, fear, anger, sadness, shyness, shame, surprise, contempt, concentration, astonishment, disdain, blame, & awe.
    * perder la timidez con = warm up to.

    * * *
    (retraimiento) shyness; (falta de decisión, coraje) timidity
    * * *

    timidez sustantivo femenino ( retraimiento) shyness;
    (falta de decisión, coraje) timidity
    timidez sustantivo femenino shyness
    ' timidez' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    en
    - reparo
    - retraer
    - sobreponerse
    - turbar
    - turbación
    - vergonzosa
    - vergonzoso
    - aparente
    - invencible
    - superar
    English:
    fault
    - self-consciousness
    - sheepishness
    - shyness
    - timidity
    - shyly
    - timidly
    * * *
    1. [vergüenza] shyness;
    hablaba con timidez he spoke shyly
    2. [vacilación] timidity;
    se acercó con timidez she approached timidly
    * * *
    f shyness, timidity
    * * *
    : timidity, shyness
    * * *
    timidez n shyness

    Spanish-English dictionary > timidez

  • 19 triste de admitir

    Ex. Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.
    * * *

    Ex: Of course the perceptive librarian is on the alert for signs of this reaction on the part of the reader, but, sad to relate, there are those who will be deterred by nothing short of a loud cry of 'Stop'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > triste de admitir

  • 20 vivir peligrosamente

    (v.) = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge
    Ex. Life is to be lived dangerously and to the full.
    Ex. He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.
    * * *
    (v.) = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge

    Ex: Life is to be lived dangerously and to the full.

    Ex: He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vivir peligrosamente

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