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1 apático
adj.1 apathetic, indifferent, lackadaisical, disinterested.2 apathic.* * *► adjetivo1 apathetic► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 apathetic person* * *ADJ (=abúlico) apathetic; (Med) listless* * *- ca adjetivo apathetic* * *= listless, unresponsive, plateaued, lethargic, impassive, apathetic, feckless.Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.Ex. A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.Ex. This article suggests strategies which managers can adopt to assist passively plateaued individuals who are discontented with their situation and lack interest or motivation.Ex. Learning disabled and mentally retarded children have limited attention span and may be hyperactive or lethargic.Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.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.----* de un modo apático = listlessly.* * *- ca adjetivo apathetic* * *= listless, unresponsive, plateaued, lethargic, impassive, apathetic, feckless.Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
Ex: A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.Ex: This article suggests strategies which managers can adopt to assist passively plateaued individuals who are discontented with their situation and lack interest or motivation.Ex: Learning disabled and mentally retarded children have limited attention span and may be hyperactive or lethargic.Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.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.* de un modo apático = listlessly.* * *apático -caapathetic* * *
apático◊ -ca adjetivo
apathetic
apático,-a
I adjetivo apathetic
II sustantivo masculino y femenino apathetic person
' apático' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apática
- desganado
English:
apathetic
- lethargic
- listless
* * *apático, -a♦ adjapathetic♦ nm,fapathetic person* * *adj apathetic* * *apático, -ca adj: apathetic -
2 desinteresado
adj.1 disinterested, unconcerned, indifferent, uncaring.2 unselfish, selfless.f. & m.uninterested person.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desinteresarse.* * *1→ link=desinteresarse desinteresarse► adjetivo1 disinterested, unselfish* * *ADJ1) (=altruista) unselfish2) (=imparcial) disinterested* * ** * *= uninterested, uncaring, plateaued, pro bono, selfless, unselfish, self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-giving.Ex. Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.Ex. The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.Ex. This article suggests strategies which managers can adopt to assist passively plateaued individuals who are discontented with their situation and lack interest or motivation.Ex. Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.Ex. Information technology should be viewed as an enabler of a larger system which builds a sharing, selfless working community.Ex. True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.Ex. She on the other hand believes in a self-denying, self-sacraficing love which goes beyond the mere impulse of humanity.Ex. She on the other hand believes in a self-denying, self-sacraficing love which goes beyond the mere impulse of humanity.Ex. Mark's Gospel reveals the power of God as self-effacement and self-giving love rather than domination and conquest.----* trabajo desinteresado = labour of love.* * ** * *= uninterested, uncaring, plateaued, pro bono, selfless, unselfish, self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-giving.Ex: Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.
Ex: The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.Ex: This article suggests strategies which managers can adopt to assist passively plateaued individuals who are discontented with their situation and lack interest or motivation.Ex: Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.Ex: Information technology should be viewed as an enabler of a larger system which builds a sharing, selfless working community.Ex: True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.Ex: She on the other hand believes in a self-denying, self-sacraficing love which goes beyond the mere impulse of humanity.Ex: She on the other hand believes in a self-denying, self-sacraficing love which goes beyond the mere impulse of humanity.Ex: Mark's Gospel reveals the power of God as self-effacement and self-giving love rather than domination and conquest.* trabajo desinteresado = labour of love.* * *desinteresado -da‹actuación› unselfish, selfless ( frml); ‹consejo/ayuda› disinterested; ‹persona› selflessofreció su ayuda de forma desinteresada he offered to help without expecting anything in return* * *
Del verbo desinteresarse: ( conjugate desinteresarse)
desinteresado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
desinteresado
desinteresarse
desinteresado◊ -da adjetivo ‹consejo/ayuda› disinterested;
‹ persona› selfless
desinteresado,-a adjetivo unselfish, selfless
' desinteresado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desinteresada
English:
disinterested
- selfless
- unselfish
* * *desinteresado, -a adj2. [generoso] unselfish;colabora de forma desinteresada he's taking part with no thought of personal gain* * *adj unselfish, disinterested* * *desinteresado, -da adjgeneroso: unselfish -
3 estabilizarse
1 to become stable, become stabilized* * *VPR1) [objeto, precios] to become stable, become stabilized2) [persona] to settle down* * *(v.) = become + stagnant, stabilise [stabilize, -USA], reach + a plateau, plateau, plateau outEx. Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.Ex. The conclusion by the article 'Children's bookstores: applying the brakes' is that the rapid growth in children's bookstores and bookselling, documented in previous surveys, may have finally reached a plateau.Ex. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued.Ex. It looks like global warming has plateaued out in our region over the past 12 months.* * *(v.) = become + stagnant, stabilise [stabilize, -USA], reach + a plateau, plateau, plateau outEx: Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.
Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.Ex: The conclusion by the article 'Children's bookstores: applying the brakes' is that the rapid growth in children's bookstores and bookselling, documented in previous surveys, may have finally reached a plateau.Ex: If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued.Ex: It looks like global warming has plateaued out in our region over the past 12 months.* * *vpr1. [vehículo, nave] to stabilize, to become stable2. [precios, economía, relación] to stabilize, to become (more) stable;el índice de la bolsa se ha estabilizado en el 1.100 the share index has stabilized at 1,100* * *v/r stabilize* * *vr -
4 estancarse
pron.v.to come to a standstill.* * *1 (líquido) to stagnate, become stagnant2 figurado to stagnate, get bogged down (negociaciones) to be deadlocked, make no headway* * *VPR1) [agua] to stagnate, become stagnant2) [economía, industria, persona] to stagnate* * *= stall, run into + the sand(s), become + stagnant, plateau.Ex. In other instances, however, the pay equity process has been stalled becasue of the reluctance on the part of some municipalities to include library workers in their pay equity plans.Ex. The king must have then realised, if he had not already done so, that his efforts to secure an annulment from the pope had run into the sand.Ex. Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.Ex. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued.* * *= stall, run into + the sand(s), become + stagnant, plateau.Ex: In other instances, however, the pay equity process has been stalled becasue of the reluctance on the part of some municipalities to include library workers in their pay equity plans.
Ex: The king must have then realised, if he had not already done so, that his efforts to secure an annulment from the pope had run into the sand.Ex: Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.Ex: If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued.* * *
estancarse ( conjugate estancarse) verbo pronominal
b) [negociación/proceso] to come to a halt o standstill
■estancarse verbo reflexivo
1 (detenerse el agua) to stagnate: en este lugar el agua se estanca y produce fuertes olores, the water here is stagnating and giving off a strong odour
2 (detenerse un asunto o proceso) to come to a standstill: espero que no nos quedemos estancados por trabas burocráticas, I hope that we don't come to a standstill because of bureaucratic red tape
' estancarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estacionarse
English:
bog down
- rut
- stagnate
- stall
* * *vpr1. [aguas] to stagnate, to become stagnant2. [economía] to stagnate;[progreso, negocio, proyecto] to come to a standstill; [negociaciones] to reach deadlock, to come to a standstill3. [persona] to get stuck;con ese problema nos estancamos we've got stuck o we're not getting anywhere with this problem4. Com to be converted into a monopoly* * *v/r stagnate; figcome to a standstill* * *vr1) : to stagnate2) : to be brought to a standstill, to be deadlocked
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