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  • 1 sottovalutare

    undervalue
    persona underestimate
    * * *
    sottovalutare v.tr. to underestimate, to underrate; to undervalue: sottovalutare le capacità di un individuo, to underestimate (o to underrate) a person's abilities; sottovalutare un terreno, to undervalue a piece of land.
    * * *
    [sottovalu'tare]
    1. vt
    (persona, prova) to underestimate, underrate, Econ to undervalue
    to underrate o.s.
    * * *
    [sottovalu'tare] 1.
    verbo transitivo to undervalue [ bene]; to underestimate [problema, difficoltà]; fig. to underestimate, to underrate [ persona]
    2.
    verbo pronominale sottovalutarsi [ persona] to underestimate oneself, to sell* oneself short
    * * *
    sottovalutare
    /sottovalu'tare/ [1]
     to undervalue [ bene]; to underestimate [problema, difficoltà]; fig. to underestimate, to underrate [ persona]
    II sottovalutarsi verbo pronominale
     [ persona] to underestimate oneself, to sell* oneself short.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > sottovalutare

  • 2 geloofsbrieven

    n. credentials, documents verifying a person's abilities and qualifications (i.e. references, letters of recommendation)

    Holandés-inglés dicionario > geloofsbrieven

  • 3 digno

    1 (merecedor) worthy, deserving
    ■ digno,-a de confianza trustworthy
    2 (adecuado) fitting, appropiate
    3 (respetable) worthy, honourable (US honorable)
    4 (decente) decent
    \
    digno,-a de admiración worthy of admiration, admirable
    digno,-a de compasión pitiful
    digno,-a de mención worth mentioning
    digno,-a de verse worth seeing
    * * *
    (f. - digna)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=merecedor)

    digno de toda alabanza — thoroughly praiseworthy, highly commendable

    2) [persona] (=honesto) honourable, honorable (EEUU); (=circunspecto) dignified
    3) (=decoroso) decent
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( merecedor de respeto) <persona/actitud> honorable*
    b) (decoroso, decente) < sueldo> decent, living (before n); < vivienda> decent
    2)
    a) ( merecedor)

    digno de algo/alguien: una persona digna de admiración a person worthy of admiration; una medida digna de elogio a praiseworthy measure; ejemplos dignos de resaltar noteworthy examples; un espectáculo digno de verse a show worth seeing; no es digno de ti/de tu cariño he's not worthy of you/of your affection; una cena digna de un rey — (hum) a feast fit for a king (hum)

    b) ( adecuado)

    digno de algo: una recompensa digna de su esfuerzo a fitting reward for his efforts; un trabajo digno de su capacidad — a job worthy of his abilities

    * * *
    = worthy, graceful, decent, dignified.
    Ex. Books were kept for historical records of deeds done by the inhabitants: their worthy acts as well as their sins.
    Ex. The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.
    Ex. These are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens in order to keep up a decent standard of living.
    Ex. By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.
    ----
    * algo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * algo digno de ver = a sight to behold.
    * de aspecto digno = dignified.
    * digno de = worthy of.
    * digno de admiración = admirable.
    * digno de citarse = quotable.
    * digno de confianza = trustworthy, creditable.
    * digno de consideración = worthwhile.
    * digno de crédito = credible, believable, creditable.
    * digno de declarar = reportable.
    * digno de elogio = praiseworthy, commendably.
    * digno de mérito = meritorious.
    * digno de notar = noteworthy.
    * digno de publicar = publishable.
    * digno de ser recordado = memorable.
    * muerte digna = dignified death.
    * no digno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * no ser digno de = be unworthy of.
    * no ser digno de Uno = be below + Posesivo + dignity.
    * salario digno = living wage, decent wage, decent salary.
    * ser digno de = merit.
    * ser digno de admiración = deserve + admiration.
    * ser digno de crítica = merit + a critical eye.
    * tener una muerte digna = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.
    * una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.
    * un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.
    * vivienda poco digna = poor housing.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( merecedor de respeto) <persona/actitud> honorable*
    b) (decoroso, decente) < sueldo> decent, living (before n); < vivienda> decent
    2)
    a) ( merecedor)

    digno de algo/alguien: una persona digna de admiración a person worthy of admiration; una medida digna de elogio a praiseworthy measure; ejemplos dignos de resaltar noteworthy examples; un espectáculo digno de verse a show worth seeing; no es digno de ti/de tu cariño he's not worthy of you/of your affection; una cena digna de un rey — (hum) a feast fit for a king (hum)

    b) ( adecuado)

    digno de algo: una recompensa digna de su esfuerzo a fitting reward for his efforts; un trabajo digno de su capacidad — a job worthy of his abilities

    * * *
    = worthy, graceful, decent, dignified.

    Ex: Books were kept for historical records of deeds done by the inhabitants: their worthy acts as well as their sins.

    Ex: The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.
    Ex: These are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens in order to keep up a decent standard of living.
    Ex: By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.
    * algo digno de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * algo digno de ver = a sight to behold.
    * de aspecto digno = dignified.
    * digno de = worthy of.
    * digno de admiración = admirable.
    * digno de citarse = quotable.
    * digno de confianza = trustworthy, creditable.
    * digno de consideración = worthwhile.
    * digno de crédito = credible, believable, creditable.
    * digno de declarar = reportable.
    * digno de elogio = praiseworthy, commendably.
    * digno de mérito = meritorious.
    * digno de notar = noteworthy.
    * digno de publicar = publishable.
    * digno de ser recordado = memorable.
    * muerte digna = dignified death.
    * no digno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * no ser digno de = be unworthy of.
    * no ser digno de Uno = be below + Posesivo + dignity.
    * salario digno = living wage, decent wage, decent salary.
    * ser digno de = merit.
    * ser digno de admiración = deserve + admiration.
    * ser digno de crítica = merit + a critical eye.
    * tener una muerte digna = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.
    * una vista digna de contemplar = a sight to behold.
    * una vista digna de ver = a sight to behold.
    * un espectáculo digno de ver = a sight to behold.
    * vivienda poco digna = poor housing.

    * * *
    digno -na
    A
    1 (merecedor de respeto) ‹persona/actitud/conducta› honorable*
    debería tener una actitud más digna y renunciar he ought to do the honorable thing and resign
    2 (decoroso, decente) ‹sueldo› decent, living ( before n); ‹vivienda› decent
    B
    1 (merecedor) digno DE algo/algn:
    una persona digna de admiración a person worthy of admiration
    una medida digna de elogio a praiseworthy measure
    un espectáculo digno de verse a show worth seeing
    una cena digna de un rey ( hum); a feast fit for a king ( hum)
    ese hombre no es digno de ti that man is not good enough for you o worthy of you
    no se sentía digno de su cariño he didn't feel worthy of her affection
    no se cree digno de tantas atenciones he doesn't think he merits o deserves so much attention
    ejemplos dignos de resaltar examples worth drawing attention to, noteworthy examples
    2
    (adecuado): es digno hijo de su padre he's his father's son, no doubt about that
    digno DE algo:
    una recompensa digna de su esfuerzo a fitting reward for his efforts
    un trabajo digno de su capacidad a job worthy of his abilities
    * * *

     

    Del verbo dignarse: ( conjugate dignarse)

    me digno es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    se dignó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    digno
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹persona/actitud› honorable( conjugate honorable)

    b) ‹ sueldo› decent, living ( before n);

    ‹ vivienda› decent
    2 ( merecedor) digno de algo/algn worthy of sth/sb;

    una medida digna de elogio a praiseworthy measure;
    un espectáculo digno de verse a show worth seeing
    digno,-a adjetivo
    1 (respetable) worthy: iba muy digna por la calle, she walked proudly down the street
    2 (merecedor) worthy, deserving
    digno de admiración/lástima, worthy of admiration/pity
    3 (apropiado para) fit
    4 (suficiente) decent, good: tienen derecho a una vivienda digna, they have the right to a decent home
    ' digno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    digna
    - merecer
    - plausible
    - recomendable
    - regia
    - regio
    - solvente
    - alabanza
    - aplauso
    - confianza
    - elogio
    - fiar
    - lástima
    - pobre
    - respetable
    English:
    dignified
    - eventful
    - fit
    - note
    - noteworthy
    - quotable
    - statesmanlike
    - trustworthy
    - worthy
    - admirable
    - dependable
    - fitting
    - praise
    - proud
    - respectable
    - undignified
    - unworthy
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    digno, -a adj
    1. [honroso] [actitud, respuesta] dignified;
    [persona] honourable, noble;
    tomó la postura más digna en estos casos: dimitir she did the most honourable thing in the circumstances: she resigned;
    son un pueblo digno y orgulloso they are a proud and noble people
    2. [decente] [sueldo, vivienda] decent, good;
    [actuación] decent, good;
    terminó el torneo en un muy digno cuarto puesto she finished a very creditable fourth in the tournament;
    una vida digna a decent life
    3. [merecedor]
    digno de worthy of;
    la labor de la Cruz Roja es digna de admiración the work of the Red Cross is worthy of admiration;
    no me siento digno de tantos elogios I don't feel I deserve so much praise;
    no eres digno de ella you're not good enough for her;
    digno de confianza trustworthy;
    digno de elogio praiseworthy;
    digno de mención/de ver worth mentioning/seeing
    4. [adecuado] worthy;
    recibió una digna recompensa por su trabajo she received a fair reward for her work;
    fue un digno sucesor del ex campeón del mundo he was a worthy successor to the former world champion;
    lo recibieron con honores dignos de un rey they gave him a welcome fit for a king;
    un guión digno de un verdadero genio a script worthy of a true genius
    * * *
    adj
    1 worthy;
    digno de mención worth mentioning;
    digno de confianza trustworthy
    2 trabajo decent, respectable
    * * *
    digno, -na adj
    1) honorable: honorable
    2) : worthy
    ♦ dignamente adv
    * * *
    digno adj decent

    Spanish-English dictionary > digno

  • 4 способност

    ability (за for. to с inf.), ( вродена) capacity, capability (for)
    (дарба) faculty (of, for), talent, aptitude (for)
    човек с големи способности a person of great abilities
    покупателна способност purchasing power/capacity
    умствени способност и mental/intellectual faculties/capacity
    * * *
    спосо̀бност,
    ж., -и ability (за for, to c inf.); ( вродена) capacity, capability (for); ( дарба) faculty (of, for), talent, aptitude, flair (for); задържаща \способност retentiveness, retentivity; покупателна \способност purchasing power/capacity; \способност за поглъщане на разтвор solvent tolerance; умствени \способности mental/intellectual faculties/capacity; човек с големи \способности a person of great abilities.
    * * *
    ability ; capability (вродена): mental способност - умствени способности; competence ; facility; faculty ; flair; power ; quality
    * * *
    1. (дарба) faculty (of, for), talent, aptitude (for) 2. ability (за for. to c inf.), (вродена) capacity, capability (for) 3. покупателна СПОСОБНОСТ purchasing power/capacity 4. умствени СПОСОБНОСТ и mental/intellectual faculties/capacity 5. човек с големиСПОСОБНОСТи a person of great abilities

    Български-английски речник > способност

  • 5 ser humano

    m.
    human being, fellowman.
    * * *
    human being
    * * *
    (n.) = human being, human, human person
    Ex. McLuhan's observation is, I think, based upon an ongoing tension that exists between human beings and the world they live in.
    Ex. Intelligent agents are based on the concept of shared abilities and cooperative learning between humans and computers.
    Ex. It is essential to develop an understanding of the relation between phenomenological, epistemic, practical and social knowledge and its relation to the consciousness, questions, and practice of the human person.
    * * *
    (n.) = human being, human, human person

    Ex: McLuhan's observation is, I think, based upon an ongoing tension that exists between human beings and the world they live in.

    Ex: Intelligent agents are based on the concept of shared abilities and cooperative learning between humans and computers.
    Ex: It is essential to develop an understanding of the relation between phenomenological, epistemic, practical and social knowledge and its relation to the consciousness, questions, and practice of the human person.

    * * *
    human being

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser humano

  • 6 Д-246

    ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ (ПОЛНУЮ» СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ VP subj: human often infin with надо, нужно fixed WO
    to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o. 's merit, abilities, skills etc: X отдаёт Y-y должное = X gives Y W due
    X has to hand it to Y
    надо отдать Y-y должное - X has to give person Y credit
    (Y is...,) you've got to (X must) grant him that in all justice (fairness (to Y))... ( usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement)...(but) to do Y justice (in limited contexts) let us give credit where credit is due
    нельзя (X не может) не отдать Y-y должное = X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
    Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
    Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на «Видном лице» и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him, that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
    Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev —and one must give him credit for it—asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
    Дорн:) Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). (D.:) Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
    Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
    Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-246

  • 7 К-290

    БОЛЬШОМУ КОРАБЛЮ - БОЛЬШОЕ ПЛАВАНИЕ (saying) an outstanding person needs ample opportunity and unbounded freedom to allow his abilities to manifest themselves fully (often said when wishing well to a person who has deservedly been given the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities): - a big ship needs a big sea a great ship asks for deeper water
    great ships need deep waters. "...За буйные поступки и за вызов на поединок ссылают его (подсудимого) в один из отдалённых пограничных городков нашей благодатной России. Там он служит, там и кутит, и конечно - большому кораблю большое и плавание. Нам надо средств-с, средств прежде всего...» (Достоевский 2). "...For riotous conduct, for a challenge to a duel, he (the accused) is exiled to one of the remote frontier towns of our bounteous Russia. There he serves, there he carouses, and of course a big ship needs a big sea. We need money, money above all..." (1a).
    (Городничий:) Да, признаюсь, господа, я, чёрт возьми, очень хочу быть генералом. (Лука Лукич:) И дай бог получить... (Аммос Фёдорович:) Большому кораблю большое плаванье (Гоголь 4). (Mayor:) Yes, I must admit, ladies and gentlemen, God damn it, I very much want to be a general. (L.L:) And God grant you get it...(A F:) Great ships need deep waters (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > К-290

  • 8 отдавать должное

    • ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему; ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ < ПОЛНУЮ> СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with надо, нужно; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o.'s merit, abilities, skills etc:
    - X отдаёт Y-y должное≈ X gives Y Y's due;
    - (Y is...,) you've got to < X must> grant him that;
    - in all justice (fairness < to Y>)...;
    - [usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement] ... (but) to do Y justice;
    || нельзя < X не может> не отдать Y-y должное≈ X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
         ♦ Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
         ♦ Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на "Видном лице" и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him; that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
         ♦ Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev - and one must give him credit for it - asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
         ♦ [Дорн:] Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). [D.:] Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
         ♦ Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
         ♦ Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отдавать должное

  • 9 отдавать должную справедливость

    • ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему; ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ < ПОЛНУЮ> СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with надо, нужно; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o.'s merit, abilities, skills etc:
    - X отдаёт Y-y должное≈ X gives Y Y's due;
    - (Y is...,) you've got to < X must> grant him that;
    - in all justice (fairness < to Y>)...;
    - [usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement] ... (but) to do Y justice;
    || нельзя < X не может> не отдать Y-y должное≈ X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
         ♦ Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
         ♦ Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на "Видном лице" и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him; that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
         ♦ Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev - and one must give him credit for it - asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
         ♦ [Дорн:] Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). [D.:] Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
         ♦ Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
         ♦ Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отдавать должную справедливость

  • 10 отдавать полную справедливость

    • ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему; ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ < ПОЛНУЮ> СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with надо, нужно; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o.'s merit, abilities, skills etc:
    - X отдаёт Y-y должное≈ X gives Y Y's due;
    - (Y is...,) you've got to < X must> grant him that;
    - in all justice (fairness < to Y>)...;
    - [usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement] ... (but) to do Y justice;
    || нельзя < X не может> не отдать Y-y должное≈ X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
         ♦ Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
         ♦ Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на "Видном лице" и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him; that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
         ♦ Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev - and one must give him credit for it - asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
         ♦ [Дорн:] Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). [D.:] Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
         ♦ Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
         ♦ Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отдавать полную справедливость

  • 11 отдавать справедливость

    • ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему; ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ < ПОЛНУЮ> СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with надо, нужно; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o.'s merit, abilities, skills etc:
    - X отдаёт Y-y должное≈ X gives Y Y's due;
    - (Y is...,) you've got to < X must> grant him that;
    - in all justice (fairness < to Y>)...;
    - [usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement] ... (but) to do Y justice;
    || нельзя < X не может> не отдать Y-y должное≈ X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
         ♦ Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
         ♦ Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на "Видном лице" и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him; that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
         ♦ Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev - and one must give him credit for it - asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
         ♦ [Дорн:] Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). [D.:] Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
         ♦ Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
         ♦ Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

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  • 12 отдать должное

    • ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему; ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ < ПОЛНУЮ> СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with надо, нужно; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o.'s merit, abilities, skills etc:
    - X отдаёт Y-y должное≈ X gives Y Y's due;
    - (Y is...,) you've got to < X must> grant him that;
    - in all justice (fairness < to Y>)...;
    - [usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement] ... (but) to do Y justice;
    || нельзя < X не может> не отдать Y-y должное≈ X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
         ♦ Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
         ♦ Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на "Видном лице" и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him; that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
         ♦ Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev - and one must give him credit for it - asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
         ♦ [Дорн:] Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). [D.:] Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
         ♦ Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
         ♦ Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отдать должное

  • 13 отдать должную справедливость

    • ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему; ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ < ПОЛНУЮ> СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with надо, нужно; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o.'s merit, abilities, skills etc:
    - X отдаёт Y-y должное≈ X gives Y Y's due;
    - (Y is...,) you've got to < X must> grant him that;
    - in all justice (fairness < to Y>)...;
    - [usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement] ... (but) to do Y justice;
    || нельзя < X не может> не отдать Y-y должное≈ X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
         ♦ Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
         ♦ Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на "Видном лице" и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him; that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
         ♦ Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev - and one must give him credit for it - asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
         ♦ [Дорн:] Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). [D.:] Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
         ♦ Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
         ♦ Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отдать должную справедливость

  • 14 отдать полную справедливость

    • ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему; ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ < ПОЛНУЮ> СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with надо, нужно; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o.'s merit, abilities, skills etc:
    - X отдаёт Y-y должное≈ X gives Y Y's due;
    - (Y is...,) you've got to < X must> grant him that;
    - in all justice (fairness < to Y>)...;
    - [usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement] ... (but) to do Y justice;
    || нельзя < X не может> не отдать Y-y должное≈ X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
         ♦ Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
         ♦ Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на "Видном лице" и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him; that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
         ♦ Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev - and one must give him credit for it - asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
         ♦ [Дорн:] Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). [D.:] Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
         ♦ Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
         ♦ Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отдать полную справедливость

  • 15 отдать справедливость

    • ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ ДОЛЖНОЕ кому-чему; ОТДАВАТЬ/ОТДАТЬ (ДОЛЖНУЮ < ПОЛНУЮ> СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТЬ
    [VP; subj: human; often infin with надо, нужно; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to appreciate s.o. or sth., acknowledge s.o.'s merit, abilities, skills etc:
    - X отдаёт Y-y должное≈ X gives Y Y's due;
    - (Y is...,) you've got to < X must> grant him that;
    - in all justice (fairness < to Y>)...;
    - [usu. when contrasted with the preceding statement] ... (but) to do Y justice;
    || нельзя < X не может> не отдать Y-y должное≈ X cannot but recognize thing Y (person Y's abilities, achievements etc).
         ♦ Гартвиг - человек особый. В чем-то я ему завидовал, за что-то глубоко его презирал... Но, разумеется, и отдавал ему должное: свой предмет он знает великолепно, и, главное, знает то, что нужно знать, и Кирилла натаскал здорово (Трифонов 5). Gartwig was no ordinary individual. There were some things about him I envied, and other things I was deeply contemptuous of....But I did of course give him his due: he knew his subject inside and out, and more to the point, he knew what it was necessary to know and did a fine job of coaching Kirill (5a).
         ♦ Марлен Михайлович... внимательно следил за лицами всей компании... Чаще всего взгляд Марлена Михайловича задерживался на "Видном лице" и всякий раз он отдавал ему должное - никак не проникнешь за эту маску (Аксёнов 7). Marlen Mikhailovich...kept close tabs on the faces of the entire crew....The Important Personage received more than his share of attention, of course, and Marlen Mikhailovich had to hand it to him; that mask of his was impenetrable (7a).
         ♦ Взяв всё это во внимание, Тюфяев, и тут нельзя ему не отдать справедливости, представлял министерству о том, чтоб им дать льготы и отсрочки (Герцен 1). Taking all this into consideration, Tyufayev - and one must give him credit for it - asked the Ministry to grant postponements and exemptions (1a).
         ♦ [Дорн:] Да, её папенька порядочная таки скотина, надо отдать ему полную справедливость (Чехов 6). [D.:] Yes, her papa is rather a beast, I must grant him that (6d).
         ♦ Кончилось всё это тем, что Иванов соорудил камеру и в неё действительно уловил красный луч. И надо отдать справедливость, уловил мастерски: луч вышел жирный, сантиметра 4 в поперечнике, острый и сильный (Булгаков 10). This all ended with Ivanov finishing the construction of a chamber and actually capturing the red ray in it. And in all justice, it was an expert job: the ray came out thick,-almost four centimeters in diameter-sharp and powerful (10b).
         ♦ Мне приятно было думать, что Зинаида не может, однако, не отдать справедливости моей решимости, моему героизму... (Тургенев 3). I was glad to think that Zinaida could not but recognise my resolution, my heroism (3a).

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  • 16 большому кораблю - большое плавание

    [saying]
    =====
    ⇒ an outstanding person needs ample opportunity and unbounded freedom to allow his abilities to manifest themselves fully (often said when wishing well to a person who has deservedly been given the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities):
    - great ships need deep waters.
         ♦ "...За буйные поступки и за вызов на поединок ссылают его [подсудимого] в один из отдалённых пограничных городков нашей благодатной России. Там он служит, там и кутит, и конечно - большому кораблю большое и плавание. Нам надо средств-с, средств прежде всего..." (Достоевский 2). "...For riotous conduct, for a challenge to a duel, he [the accused] is exiled to one of the remote frontier towns of our bounteous Russia. There he serves, there he carouses, and of course a big ship needs a big sea. We need money, money above all..." (1a).
         ♦ [Городничий:] Да, признаюсь, господа, я, чёрт возьми, очень хочу быть генералом. [Лука Лукич:] И дай бог получить... [Аммос Фёдорович:] Большому кораблю большое плаванье (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Yes, I must admit, ladies and gentlemen, God damn it, I very much want to be a general. [L.L:] And God grant you get it...IA F:] Great ships need deep waters (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > большому кораблю - большое плавание

  • 17 большому кораблю большое плавание

    [saying]
    =====
    ⇒ an outstanding person needs ample opportunity and unbounded freedom to allow his abilities to manifest themselves fully (often said when wishing well to a person who has deservedly been given the opportunity to demonstrate his abilities):
    - great ships need deep waters.
         ♦ "...За буйные поступки и за вызов на поединок ссылают его [подсудимого] в один из отдалённых пограничных городков нашей благодатной России. Там он служит, там и кутит, и конечно - большому кораблю большое и плавание. Нам надо средств-с, средств прежде всего..." (Достоевский 2). "...For riotous conduct, for a challenge to a duel, he [the accused] is exiled to one of the remote frontier towns of our bounteous Russia. There he serves, there he carouses, and of course a big ship needs a big sea. We need money, money above all..." (1a).
         ♦ [Городничий:] Да, признаюсь, господа, я, чёрт возьми, очень хочу быть генералом. [Лука Лукич:] И дай бог получить... [Аммос Фёдорович:] Большому кораблю большое плаванье (Гоголь 4). [Mayor:] Yes, I must admit, ladies and gentlemen, God damn it, I very much want to be a general. [L.L:] And God grant you get it...IA F:] Great ships need deep waters (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > большому кораблю большое плавание

  • 18 desesperado

    adj.
    desperate, hopeless, despairing, anguished.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desesperar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desesperar desesperar
    1 (sin esperanza) hopeless, desperate
    2 (irritado) exasperated, infuriated
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 desperate person
    \
    a la desesperada figurado as a last hope, in desperation
    como un,-a desesperado,-a figurado like a mad person
    * * *
    (f. - desesperada)
    adj.
    desperate, hopeless
    * * *
    desesperado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=sin esperanza) [persona] desperate; [caso, situación] hopeless

    estar desesperado de algo — to have despaired of sth, have lost hope of sth

    2) [esfuerzo] furious, frenzied
    2.
    SM / F
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo desperate
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = frantic, desperate, in desperation, agonised [agonized, -USA], hopeless, despairing, up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, forlorn, frenzied.
    Ex. Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.
    Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
    Ex. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex. He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
    Ex. This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.
    Ex. Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.
    Ex. With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    ----
    * en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.
    * estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo desperate
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = frantic, desperate, in desperation, agonised [agonized, -USA], hopeless, despairing, up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, forlorn, frenzied.

    Ex: Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.

    Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
    Ex: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex: He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
    Ex: This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.
    Ex: Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.
    Ex: With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    * en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.
    * estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.

    * * *
    desperate
    una maniobra desesperada a desperate move
    en un intento desesperado por salvarse in a desperate attempt to save himself
    está desesperado porque no sabe cómo lo va a pagar he's desperate o frantic because he doesn't know how he's going to pay
    está desesperado por verte ( fam); he's dying to see you ( colloq)
    desesperado, llegó a pensar en el suicidio he was o felt so desperate that he even contemplated suicide
    miraba desesperado cómo las llamas consumían el edificio he looked on in desperation as the flames consumed the building
    estaba desesperado de dolor the pain was driving him mad, he was in excruciating pain
    a la desesperada in desperation
    masculine, feminine
    come como un desesperado he eats as if he were half-starved ( colloq)
    corrió como un desesperado he ran like crazy o mad ( colloq), he ran as if his life depended on it
    * * *

     

    Del verbo desesperar: ( conjugate desesperar)

    desesperado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desesperado    
    desesperar
    desesperado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    desperate
    desesperar ( conjugate desesperar) verbo transitivo
    to drive … to distraction o despair
    verbo intransitivo
    to despair, give up hope
    desesperarse verbo pronominal
    to become exasperated
    desesperado,-a adjetivo
    1 (sin esperanza) desperate, hopeless, in despair
    2 (irritado) exasperated, infuriated
    (esfuerzo, intento) frenzied, desperate
    desesperar verbo transitivo
    1 to drive to despair
    2 (poner nervioso, irritado) to exasperate

    ' desesperado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desesperada
    English:
    anything
    - despair
    - despairing
    - desperate
    - frantic
    - hopeless
    - last-ditch
    - agony
    - forlorn
    - frenetic
    - hopelessness
    - last
    - wild
    - wit
    * * *
    desesperado, -a
    ♦ adj
    desperate;
    estar desesperado [sin alternativa] to be desperate;
    [sin esperanza] to be in despair;
    lo hice porque estaba desesperado I did it out of desperation;
    gritaba desesperado que lo ayudaran he was screaming frantically for them to help him;
    en un intento desesperado por huir del incendio in a desperate attempt to escape from the fire;
    el estado de la población es desesperado the people are in a desperate state;
    (hacer algo) a la desesperada (to do sth) in desperation
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam
    como un desesperado like mad o crazy;
    comer como un desesperado to eat as if one were half-starved
    * * *
    adj in despair;
    a la desesperada out of desperation
    * * *
    desesperado, -da adj
    : desperate, despairing, hopeless
    * * *
    1. (en general) desperate
    2. (situación) hopeless

    Spanish-English dictionary > desesperado

  • 19 imaginar

    v.
    1 to imagine.
    imagino que te has enterado de la noticia I imagine o suppose you've heard the news
    no puedes imaginar cuánto me enfadé you can't imagine how angry I was
    2 to think up, to invent.
    3 to imagine to.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to imagine
    2 (pensar) to think, imagine
    ■ ¡imagina que todos estamos a su entera disposición! she thinks we're all at her beck and call!
    3 (idear) to devise, think up
    ■ imaginó una estrategia para despistar al vigilante he thought up a way to distract the guard's attention Table 1 NOTA The form imaginarse is also used in all senses, especially in colloquial speech /Table 1
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=suponer) to imagine

    imagino que necesitaréis unas vacaciones — I imagine o suppose o guess * that you'll need a holiday

    imagina que tuvieras mucho dinero, ¿qué harías? — suppose o imagine that you had a lot of money - what would you do?

    2) (=visualizar) to imagine
    3) (=inventar) [+ plan, método] to think up
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (suponer, figurarse) to imagine
    c) ( idear) <plan/método> to think up, come up with
    2.
    imaginarse v pron
    a) (suponer, figurarse) to imagine

    me imagino que no querrá ir — I don't imagine o suppose he feels like going

    ¿sabes cuánto costó? - me imagino que un dineral — do you know how much it cost? - a fortune, I should imagine

    ¿quedó contento? - imagínate! — was he pleased? - what do you think!

    b) ( formar una imagen mental) to imagine
    * * *
    = envision, guess, imagine, visualise [visualize, -USA], dream, confabulate.
    Ex. Let me further specify the requirements of the catalog envisioned by the Paris Principles.
    Ex. Do not use your first name, last name, or initials as a password, since this information is easily guessed by an unauthorized person.
    Ex. I do not imagine, as a result, that public libraries will, for instance, begin establishing inappropriate and complex transliterated forms of names.
    Ex. Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed.
    Ex. This has brought us nearer to UBC than anyone would have dreamed possible thirty years ago.
    Ex. His cognitive abilities were severely compromised, and he confabulated continuously and bizarrely.
    ----
    * hacer imaginar = conjure up + a vision of, conjure up + an image of.
    * imaginarse = picture.
    * imaginarse una situación = envision + situation.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (suponer, figurarse) to imagine
    c) ( idear) <plan/método> to think up, come up with
    2.
    imaginarse v pron
    a) (suponer, figurarse) to imagine

    me imagino que no querrá ir — I don't imagine o suppose he feels like going

    ¿sabes cuánto costó? - me imagino que un dineral — do you know how much it cost? - a fortune, I should imagine

    ¿quedó contento? - imagínate! — was he pleased? - what do you think!

    b) ( formar una imagen mental) to imagine
    * * *
    = envision, guess, imagine, visualise [visualize, -USA], dream, confabulate.

    Ex: Let me further specify the requirements of the catalog envisioned by the Paris Principles.

    Ex: Do not use your first name, last name, or initials as a password, since this information is easily guessed by an unauthorized person.
    Ex: I do not imagine, as a result, that public libraries will, for instance, begin establishing inappropriate and complex transliterated forms of names.
    Ex: Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed.
    Ex: This has brought us nearer to UBC than anyone would have dreamed possible thirty years ago.
    Ex: His cognitive abilities were severely compromised, and he confabulated continuously and bizarrely.
    * hacer imaginar = conjure up + a vision of, conjure up + an image of.
    * imaginarse = picture.
    * imaginarse una situación = envision + situation.

    * * *
    imaginar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (suponer, figurarse) to imagine
    imagino que seguirás con la misma empresa I suppose o imagine o expect you're still with the same company
    no puede usted imaginar cuánto se lo agradezco you can't imagine how grateful I am to you
    trata de imaginarlo pintado de blanco try to imagine o picture it painted white
    3 (idear) ‹plan/método/solución› to think up, come up with
    1 (suponer, figurarse) to imagine
    me imagino que no le habrán quedado ganas de repetir la experiencia I don't imagine o suppose he feels like repeating the experience
    no me imagino qué puede haber estado haciendo allí I can't imagine o think what he could have been doing there
    no te puedes imaginar lo mal que nos trató you've no idea how badly she treated us
    nunca me hubiera imaginado que nos iba a traicionar I'd never have dreamed o imagined that he would betray us
    ¿sabes cuánto les costó? — me imagino que un dineral do you know how much it cost them? — a fortune, I should imagine o think
    ¿quedó contento? — ¡imagínate! was he happy? — what do you think!
    ¿habrá que moverlo de ahí? — me imagino que sí do you think we'll have to move it — I suppose so o I imagine so o it looks like it
    no sabes cómo me dolió — ¡me (lo) imagino! it was unbelievably painful — I can imagine! o ( colloq) I bet it was!
    ¿te la imaginas con diez kilos menos? can you imagine o picture her ten kilos lighter?
    me lo imaginaba más alto I imagined him to be taller, I thought he would be taller
    imagínatelo sin barba imagine how he'd look without a beard
    * * *

     

    imaginar ( conjugate imaginar) verbo transitivo
    a) (suponer, figurarse) See Also→


    b) ( idear) ‹plan/método› to think up, come up with

    imaginarse verbo pronominal
    to imagine;
    ◊ me imagino que no querrá ir I don't imagine o suppose he feels like going;

    no te puedes imaginar lo mal que nos trató you've no idea how badly she treated us;
    ¿quedó contento? — ¡imagínate! was he pleased? — what do you think!;
    me imagino que sí I suppose so;
    me lo imaginaba más alto I imagined he'd be taller
    imaginar verbo transitivo
    1 to imagine: intenté imaginar algo agradable, I tried to think of something pleasant
    2 (creer, suponer) to expect, assume: imagino que vendrán enseguida, I expect they'll be here soon

    ' imaginar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    poner
    - saber
    - soñar
    - suponer
    - calcular
    - concebir
    - dónde
    English:
    see
    - think up
    - visualize
    - conceive
    - guess
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [suponer] to imagine;
    imagino que te has enterado de la noticia I imagine o suppose you've heard the news;
    imagina por un momento que eres millonario imagine for a moment that you are a millionaire;
    no puedes imaginar cuánto me enfadé you can't imagine how angry I was;
    imagina que llega y no estamos preparados imagine what would happen if she arrived and we weren't ready
    2. [visualizar] to imagine, to picture;
    imagina un mundo más justo imagine a fairer world
    3. [idear] to think up, to invent
    * * *
    v/t imagine
    * * *
    : to imagine
    * * *
    imaginar vb to imagine
    ¡imagínate! just imagine!

    Spanish-English dictionary > imaginar

  • 20 conceited

    مَغْرُور \ conceited: too proud of oneself. pompous: (of a person, his language or behaviour) showing a foolishly solemn idea of one’s own importance. vain: foolishly proud of one’s appearance or one’s abilities (in a way that annoys other people). \ مُخْتَال \ conceited: too proud of oneself. pompous: (of a person, his language or behaviour) showing a foolishly solemn idea of one’s own importance. vain: foolishly proud of one’s appearance or one’s abilities (in a way that annoys other people).

    Arabic-English glossary > conceited

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