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persona inconstante

  • 1 persona inconstante

    • inconstancy
    • inconstantly

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > persona inconstante

  • 2 persona inconstante

    f.
    inconstant person.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona inconstante

  • 3 inconstante

    adj.
    1 changeable, fickle.
    2 inconstant, fickle, wavering, mutable.
    f. & m.
    inconstant person.
    * * *
    1 (indolente) lacking in discipline
    2 (variable) inconstant, changeable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [equipo, sistema] inconstant
    2) [tiempo] changeable
    3) [persona] (=veleidoso) fickle; (=poco firme) unsteady
    * * *
    a) ( falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    b) ( voluble) fickle
    * * *
    = unsustained, lapsed, fickle.
    Ex. The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex. However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    * * *
    a) ( falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    b) ( voluble) fickle
    * * *
    = unsustained, lapsed, fickle.

    Ex: The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.

    Ex: However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.

    * * *
    1 (falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    nunca llegó a ser campeón por inconstante he never became champion because he lacked application
    2 (voluble) fickle
    * * *

    inconstante adjetivo


    inconstante adjetivo changeable
    ' inconstante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mariposear
    - versátil
    - caprichoso
    - veleta
    - voluble
    English:
    changeable
    - fickle
    - inconsistent
    * * *
    1. [en el trabajo, escuela]
    es muy inconstante he never sticks at anything
    2. [de opinión, ideas] changeable, fickle
    * * *
    adj fickle
    * * *
    : inconstant, fickle, changeable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inconstante

  • 4 veleta

    f.
    1 weather vane.
    2 fickle person, inconstant person, person who constantly changes sides, turncoat.
    f. & m.
    capricious person.
    * * *
    1 (para el viento) weathercock, weather vane
    1 familiar figurado (persona) fickle person, changeable person
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) [de edificio] weather vane, weathercock
    2) (Pesca) float
    2.
    SMF (=persona) fickle person, weathercock
    * * *
    a) ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    b) veleta masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person
    * * *
    = weathervane, weathercock, windvane.
    Ex. Balustrades, spiral staircases and weathervanes are just a few of the products they make.
    Ex. Since olden times there has been a weathercock on the back roof of the cathedral which it is said to serve as protection from the devil.
    Ex. A windvane is really just a flat piece of metal or wood on a swivel that catches the wind and points toward and away from the wind.
    * * *
    a) ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    b) veleta masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person
    * * *
    = weathervane, weathercock, windvane.

    Ex: Balustrades, spiral staircases and weathervanes are just a few of the products they make.

    Ex: Since olden times there has been a weathercock on the back roof of the cathedral which it is said to serve as protection from the devil.
    Ex: A windvane is really just a flat piece of metal or wood on a swivel that catches the wind and points toward and away from the wind.

    * * *
    1 (para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    2
    es un veleta he changes his mind every two minutes o ( colloq hum) more often than he changes his underwear
    * * *

    veleta sustantivo femenino
    1 ( para el viento) weather vane, weathercock
    2
    ◊ veleta sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona inconstante) fickle person

    veleta
    I sustantivo femenino weathervane, weathercock
    II mf fam changeable person
    ' veleta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    weather vane
    - weathercock
    - weather
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    weather vane
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [persona]
    es un veleta he's very fickle
    * * *
    I f weathervane
    II m/f fig
    weathercock
    * * *
    veleta nf
    : weather vane
    * * *
    veleta n weathervane

    Spanish-English dictionary > veleta

  • 5 voluble

    adj.
    1 changeable, fickle (person).
    2 climbing (botany).
    3 twining, twisting.
    * * *
    1 changeable, fickle
    2 BOTÁNICA voluble, twining
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=inconstante) fickle, changeable; (=imprevisible) erratic, unpredictable; (=inestable) unstable
    2) (Bot) twining, climbing
    * * *
    adjetivo ( inconstante) changeable, fickle
    * * *
    = mercurial, fickle, capricious.
    Ex. As William A Katz puts it, 'questions are mercurial', and an author/title enquiry may evolve into a fact-finding enquiry if inability to trace the work casts doubt upon the accuracy of its description.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex. Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
    ----
    * dinero voluble = soft money.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( inconstante) changeable, fickle
    * * *
    = mercurial, fickle, capricious.

    Ex: As William A Katz puts it, 'questions are mercurial', and an author/title enquiry may evolve into a fact-finding enquiry if inability to trace the work casts doubt upon the accuracy of its description.

    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex: Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
    * dinero voluble = soft money.

    * * *
    A (inconstante) changeable, fickle
    B ( Bot) twining, climbing
    * * *

    voluble adjetivo ( inconstante) changeable, fickle
    voluble adj (cambiante) fickle, changeable
    ' voluble' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inconstante
    English:
    whimsical
    * * *
    voluble adj
    [persona] changeable, fickle
    * * *
    adj erratic, unpredictable
    * * *
    voluble adj
    : fickle, changeable

    Spanish-English dictionary > voluble

  • 6 catacaldos †

    SM INV
    1) (=persona inconstante) rolling stone
    2) (=entrometido) busybody, meddler
    3) (Arte) dilettante

    Spanish-English dictionary > catacaldos †

  • 7 caprichoso

    adj.
    capricious, cranky, erratic, fickle.
    * * *
    1 capricious, whimsical, fanciful
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 whimsical person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] capricious
    2) [idea, novela etc] whimsical, fanciful
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy

    * * *
    = capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].
    Ex. Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
    Ex. This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
    Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex. 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    ----
    * de forma caprichosa = capriciously.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy

    * * *
    = capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].

    Ex: Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.

    Ex: This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.
    Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex: 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex: These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.
    * de forma caprichosa = capriciously.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.

    * * *
    1 (inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious; ‹tiempo/moda› changeable
    ¡qué niño más caprichoso! what a capricious child! o this child is always changing his mind
    las estalactitas presentaban formas caprichosas the stalactites formed fanciful shapes
    2 (difícil, exigente) fussy
    masculine, feminine
    es un caprichoso (es inconstante) he's so capricious o he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he is so fussy
    * * *

     

    caprichoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ( inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious;

    ‹tiempo/moda› changeable
    b) (difícil, exigente) fussy

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:


    (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy
    caprichoso,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino mi hermana es una caprichosa, my sister is very impulsive
    II adjetivo
    1 (antojadizo) whimsical, fanciful
    2 (maniático, exigente) fussy
    3 (creativo, sin norma) las nubes creaban figuras caprichosas, the clouds made strange shapes
    ' caprichoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caprichosa
    - mañoso
    English:
    capricious
    - erratic
    - flighty
    - moody
    - whimsical
    * * *
    caprichoso, -a adj
    capricious, impulsive;
    actuar de forma caprichosa to act capriciously o impulsively
    * * *
    adj capricious
    * * *
    caprichoso, -sa adj
    antojadizo: capricious, fickle

    Spanish-English dictionary > caprichoso

  • 8 versátil

    adj.
    1 versatile, which may be turned readily.
    2 versatile, protean.
    3 changeable, variable.
    4 versatile, plastic.
    * * *
    1 (gen) versatile
    2 figurado (voluble) changeable, fickle
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=adaptable) versatile
    2) pey (=inconstante) fickle, changeable
    3) (Anat) mobile, loose
    * * *
    a) ( polifacético) versatile
    b) ( inconstante) fickle, changeable
    * * *
    = versatile, adaptable.
    Ex. Moreover, they will be far more versatile than present commercial, so that they may readily be adapted for a wide variety of operations.
    Ex. The intention was to make the interior finish as flexible and adaptable as possible.
    * * *
    a) ( polifacético) versatile
    b) ( inconstante) fickle, changeable
    * * *
    = versatile, adaptable.

    Ex: Moreover, they will be far more versatile than present commercial, so that they may readily be adapted for a wide variety of operations.

    Ex: The intention was to make the interior finish as flexible and adaptable as possible.

    * * *
    A
    1 (inconstante) fickle, changeable
    2 (polifacético) ‹persona› versatile; ‹camión/aparato› versatile
    B ( Zool) versatile
    * * *

    versátil adjetivo
    1 (inconstante) changeable
    2 (con diversas aplicaciones, capacidades) versatile
    ' versátil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    completa
    - completo
    English:
    all-round
    - versatile
    * * *
    1. [voluble] changeable, fickle
    2. [polifacético] versatile
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( voluble) fickle
    2 ( polivalente) versatile
    * * *
    1) : versatile
    2) : fickle

    Spanish-English dictionary > versátil

  • 9 movedizo

    adj.
    movable, shifting, mobile.
    * * *
    1 (fácil de mover) easy to move
    2 (inconstante) fickle
    3 (inestable) unstable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=no fijo) [terreno, suelo] moving, shifting; [objeto] movable; [persona, animal] restless
    arena 1)
    2) (=cambiante) [persona] fickle; [situación] unsettled, changeable
    * * *
    - za adjetivo < niño> restless, fidgety; arena 1)
    * * *
    ----
    * arenas movedizas = quicksand.
    * * *
    - za adjetivo < niño> restless, fidgety; arena 1)
    * * *
    * arenas movedizas = quicksand.
    * * *
    ‹niño› restless, fidgety arena
    * * *

    movedizo
    ◊ -za adjetivo ‹ niño› restless, fidgety

    movedizo,-a adjetivo mobile, unstable: tenemos que tener cuidado, estamos pisando un terreno movedizo, we need to be careful, we're walking on shifting land

    ' movedizo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    movediza
    * * *
    movedizo, -a adj
    1. [movible] movable, easily moved
    2. [inestable] unsteady, unstable;
    arenas movedizas quicksand
    3. [inconstante] changeable
    * * *
    adj fig
    restless

    Spanish-English dictionary > movedizo

См. также в других словарях:

  • inconstante — {{＃}}{{LM I21448}}{{〓}} {{SynI21995}} {{［}}inconstante{{］}} ‹in·cons·tan·te› {{《}}▍ adj.inv.{{》}} Que no es constante: • Es tan inconstante que cada vez que lo veo está empezando unos estudios distintos.{{○}} {{★}}{{＼}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{／}} Del latín… …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • versátil — (Del lat. versatilis.) ► adjetivo 1 De carácter voluble e inconstante. SINÓNIMO veleidoso 2 Que sirve para múltiples aplicaciones. 3 Que se vuelve o se puede volver con facilidad. SINÓNIMO reversible 4 Se aplica al órgano o miembro que puede… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Veleta — ► sustantivo femenino 1 Pieza giratoria, en general metálica y de formas diversas que, colocada en lo alto de un edificio, es movida por los vientos, mostrando así la dirección de éstos. 2 coloquial Persona inconstante, voluble o mudable: ■ es un …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • ligero — {{＃}}{{LM L23846}}{{〓}} {{SynL24434}} {{［}}ligero{{］}}, {{［}}ligera{{］}} ‹li·ge·ro, ra› {{《}}▍ adj.{{》}} {{＜}}1{{＞}} De poco peso: • No cojas las maletas y lleva esas bolsas, que son más ligeras.{{○}} {{＜}}2{{＞}} Sin importancia o de poca… …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • catacaldos — ► sustantivo masculino femenino 1 Persona que emprende muchas actividades, pero no acaba ninguna: ■ su fama de catacaldos hace que desconfíen de él. IRREG. plural catacaldos SINÓNIMO catasalsas 2 Persona que se entremete en asuntos ajenos. * * *… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • veleta — {{＃}}{{LM SynV40551}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE V39565}}{{＼}}{{CLAVE}}{{／}}{{＼}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{／}} {{［}}veleta{{］}} {{《}}▍ adj./s.com.{{》}} {{※}}col.{{¤}} ＝ inconstante • inestable • voluble • tornadizo • veleidoso (form.) • camaleón (col.) • camarón …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • vaina — (Del lat. vagina.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 Cubierta de cuero, metal u otra materia, alargada y estrecha, donde se guardan las armas blancas, las herramientas y otros utensilios: ■ vaina de la espada. SINÓNIMO funda 2 BOTÁNICA Cáscara alargada y… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • catasalsas — ► sustantivo masculino femenino coloquial Catacaldos, persona inconstante que emprende muchas cosas sin fijarse en ninguna. IRREG. plural catasalsas * * * catasalsas (de «catar», probar, y «salsa») 1 (n. calif.) n. Persona que prueba muchas… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • mariposón — m. Persona que con insistencia anda detrás de otra. Persona inconstante en sus amores. Arg., Chile, Pení y Urug. Maricón …   Diccionario Castellano

  • veleta — pop. Persona inconstante, mudable, voluble, veleidosa …   Diccionario Lunfardo

  • voltariedad — ► sustantivo femenino Volubilidad, cualidad de la persona inconstante. * * * voltariedad f. Cualidad de voltario. * * * voltariedad. f. Cualidad de voltario …   Enciclopedia Universal

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