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plot hatched

  • 1 tramar un complot

    (v.) = hatch + plot
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *
    (v.) = hatch + plot

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramar un complot

  • 2 tramar una conspiración

    (v.) = hatch + plot, spin + conspiracy
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. He coveted his brother's power and so started to spin a conspiracy in order to assassinate him and take his place both on the throne and on the wedding thalamus.
    * * *
    (v.) = hatch + plot, spin + conspiracy

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Ex: He coveted his brother's power and so started to spin a conspiracy in order to assassinate him and take his place both on the throne and on the wedding thalamus.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramar una conspiración

  • 3 urdir un complot

    (v.) = hatch + plot
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *
    (v.) = hatch + plot

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Spanish-English dictionary > urdir un complot

  • 4 urdir una conspiración

    (v.) = hatch + plot
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *
    (v.) = hatch + plot

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Spanish-English dictionary > urdir una conspiración

  • 5 tramar

    v.
    1 to weave (hilo).
    2 to plot.
    estar tramando algo to be up to something
    Fraguamos un plan We concoct a plan.
    3 to scheme to.
    * * *
    1 (tejidos) to weave
    2 figurado (maquinar) to plot, cook up
    ■ ¿qué estás tramando? what are you up to?
    * * *
    verb
    1) to plot, devise
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=tejer) to weave
    2) [+ engaño, enredo] to plan, plot; [+ complot] to lay, hatch

    ¿qué estarán tramando? — I wonder what they're up to?

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < engaño> to devise; < venganza> to plot; < complot> to hatch, lay

    ¿qué andan tramando? — what are you up to? (colloq)

    2.
    tramarse v pron (enf) to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = be up to, weave, engineer, plot, scheme, cook up, concoct.
    Ex. When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.
    Ex. You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
    Ex. So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex. The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando alguna barrabasada = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * tramar una conspiración = hatch + plot, spin + conspiracy.
    * tramar un complot = hatch + plot.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < engaño> to devise; < venganza> to plot; < complot> to hatch, lay

    ¿qué andan tramando? — what are you up to? (colloq)

    2.
    tramarse v pron (enf) to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = be up to, weave, engineer, plot, scheme, cook up, concoct.

    Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

    Ex: You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
    Ex: So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex: The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando alguna barrabasada = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * tramar una conspiración = hatch + plot, spin + conspiracy.
    * tramar un complot = hatch + plot.

    * * *
    tramar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹engaño› to devise; ‹venganza› to plot; ‹complot› to hatch, lay
    ¿qué andas tramando? what are you plotting o scheming?, what are you up to? ( colloq)
    2 ( Col) ‹lector/público› to absorb
    me tramó la conferencia I was totally absorbed by the lecture, the lecture really captured my interest
    ( enf) to plot, scheme
    ¿qué se estarán tramando? I wonder what they're plotting o scheming
    * * *

    tramar ( conjugate tramar) verbo transitivo ‹ engaño› to devise;
    ‹ venganza› to plot;
    ‹ complot› to hatch, lay;
    ◊ ¿qué andan tramando? what are they up to? (colloq)

    tramar vtr (un engaño, conspiración, plan) to plot: ¿qué estará tramando? what is he up to?

    ' tramar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    planear
    - traerse
    - traer
    English:
    concoct
    - cook up
    - hatch
    - plot
    - up to
    - brew
    - engineer
    * * *
    tramar vt
    1. [planear] to plot;
    [complot] to hatch;
    un plan tramado por sus enemigos a plot hatched by her enemies;
    estar tramando algo to be up to something
    2. [hilo] to weave
    * * *
    v/t complot hatch
    * * *
    tramar vt
    1) : to plot, to plan
    2) : to weave
    * * *
    tramar vb to plot [pt. & pp. plotted]

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramar

  • 6 aprovecharse económicamente

    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *
    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aprovecharse económicamente

  • 7 beneficiarse económicamente

    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *
    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Spanish-English dictionary > beneficiarse económicamente

  • 8 chupar de la teta

    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. The article ' Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.
    * * *
    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Ex: The article ' Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chupar de la teta

  • 9 chupar del bote

    Esp * to line one's own pocket *, feather one's own nest *
    * * *
    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. The article ' Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.
    * * *
    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Ex: The article ' Feathering the nest' explains how much publishers need their bestsellers in recessionary times.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chupar del bote

  • 10 conspirador

    adj.
    conspiratorial.
    m.
    conspirator, plotter.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 conspirator, plotter
    * * *
    conspirador, -a
    SM / F conspirator
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino conspirator
    * * *
    = conspirator, designing, schemer, plotter.
    Ex. She recommenced speaking low like a conspirator: 'Jeanne, I must prepare you for your interview with him'.
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    Ex. The FBI said the plotters planned to bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of commuters.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino conspirator
    * * *
    = conspirator, designing, schemer, plotter.

    Ex: She recommenced speaking low like a conspirator: 'Jeanne, I must prepare you for your interview with him'.

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex: In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    Ex: The FBI said the plotters planned to bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of commuters.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    conspirator
    * * *

    conspirador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    conspirator

    ' conspirador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    intrigante
    - urdidor
    - urdidora
    English:
    conspirator
    - plotter
    * * *
    conspirador, -ora nm,f
    conspirator, plotter
    * * *
    m, conspiradora f conspirator
    * * *
    : conspirator

    Spanish-English dictionary > conspirador

  • 11 enriquecerse

    1 to become rich, get rich
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VPR to get rich; (=prosperar) to prosper
    * * *
    (v.) = fatten + Posesivo + pockets, line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)
    Ex. All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *
    (v.) = fatten + Posesivo + pockets, line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)

    Ex: All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    * * *

    ■enriquecerse verbo reflexivo
    1 to get o become rich
    2 (espiritualmente, culturalmente) to be enriched
    ' enriquecerse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    forrarse
    - enriquecer
    English:
    get-rich-quick
    - pocket
    * * *
    vpr
    [persona, pueblo, región] to get rich;
    la región se ha enriquecido con el turismo tourism has made the region rich, the region has prospered through tourism
    * * *
    v/r get rich; fig
    be enriched
    * * *
    vr
    : to get rich
    * * *
    enriquecerse vb to get rich

    Spanish-English dictionary > enriquecerse

  • 12 forrarse

    1 familiar (de dinero) to make a fortune, make a packet
    * * *
    VPR
    1) * (=enriquecerse) to line one's pockets, make a fortune, make a packet *
    2) * [de comida] to stuff o.s. (de with)
    Méx, Guat to eat a heavy meal
    3) CAm, Méx (=proveerse) to stock up (de with)
    * * *
    = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), make + a killing, fatten + Posesivo + pockets.
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. And he's dressed as if he just made a killing at a rummage sale!.
    Ex. All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.
    * * *
    = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), make + a killing, fatten + Posesivo + pockets.

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Ex: And he's dressed as if he just made a killing at a rummage sale!.
    Ex: All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.

    * * *

    ■forrarse vr fam (enriquecerse) to make a packet
    ' forrarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    forrar
    English:
    line
    - killing
    * * *
    vpr
    1. Fam
    forrarse (de dinero o Chile [m5] en billetes) [enriquecerse] to make a bundle o Br a packet
    2. Am Fam [de comida] to stoke up on food
    * * *
    v/r
    1 fam
    make a fortune fam
    2 L.Am. fam ( llenarse) stuff o.s. fam, have a good feed
    * * *
    forrarse vb (enriquecerse) to make a fortune

    Spanish-English dictionary > forrarse

  • 13 insidioso

    adj.
    insidious, sly, catchy, treacherous.
    * * *
    1 malicious
    * * *
    ADJ (=engañoso) insidious, deceptive; (=traicionero) treacherous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( malicioso) malicious; ( engañoso) deceitful
    * * *
    = insidious, designing, scurrilous.
    Ex. The view that the 'caring' professions, including librarianship, have of their clients is deeply insidious.
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( malicioso) malicious; ( engañoso) deceitful
    * * *
    = insidious, designing, scurrilous.

    Ex: The view that the 'caring' professions, including librarianship, have of their clients is deeply insidious.

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.

    * * *
    insidious, treacherous, deceitful
    * * *

    insidioso,-a adjetivo insidious, treacherous, deceitful
    ' insidioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insidiosa
    English:
    insidious
    - snide
    * * *
    insidioso, -a adj
    malicious
    * * *
    adj insidious
    * * *
    insidioso, -sa adj
    : insidious

    Spanish-English dictionary > insidioso

  • 14 intrigante

    adj.
    1 intriguing.
    2 scheming, calculating, designing.
    f. & m.
    1 schemer.
    2 intriguer, conspirator, intrigant, schemer.
    * * *
    1 (curioso, interesante) intriguing
    2 peyorativo scheming
    1 (persona) intriguer, schemer
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=enredador) scheming
    2) (=interesante) intriguing
    2.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( que extraña) intriguing
    b) ( que arma intrigas) scheming
    II
    masculino y femenino schemer, intriguer (AmE)
    * * *
    = intriguing, designing.
    Ex. Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( que extraña) intriguing
    b) ( que arma intrigas) scheming
    II
    masculino y femenino schemer, intriguer (AmE)
    * * *
    = intriguing, designing.

    Ex: Graphic displays are an intriguing step towards a multi-dimensional pictorial map of the subject areas covered by a thesaurus.

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    * * *
    1 (que extraña) intriguing
    schemer, intriguer, intrigant ( AmE)
    * * *

    intrigante sustantivo masculino y femenino
    schemer, intriguer (AmE)
    intrigante
    I adjetivo
    1 (interesante) intriguing, interesting
    2 (maquinador, conspirador) scheming
    II mf (persona) schemer, intriguer
    ' intrigante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    intriguing
    - scheming
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    intriguing
    ♦ nmf
    [maquinador] schemer; [chismoso] stirrer
    * * *
    I adj
    1 scheming
    2 ( curioso) intriguing
    II m/f schemer
    * * *
    : schemer

    Spanish-English dictionary > intrigante

  • 15 llenarse el bolsillo

    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *
    (v.) = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s)

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llenarse el bolsillo

  • 16 maquinador

    adj.
    machinating, calculating, scheming.
    m.
    contriver, schemer, machinator; plotter.
    * * *
    1 scheming, machinating
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 plotter, schemer, machinator
    * * *
    maquinador, -a
    SM / F schemer, plotter
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo scheming
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino schemer, plotter
    * * *
    = designing, scheming, schemer, plotter, conniving.
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex. In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    Ex. The FBI said the plotters planned to bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of commuters.
    Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo scheming
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino schemer, plotter
    * * *
    = designing, scheming, schemer, plotter, conniving.

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.
    Ex: In the world there are dreamers and schemers, which one are you?.
    Ex: The FBI said the plotters planned to bomb and flood Hudson River train tunnels that carry tens of thousands of commuters.
    Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.

    * * *
    scheming
    masculine, feminine
    schemer, plotter
    * * *
    maquinador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    plotting, scheming
    ♦ nm,f
    plotter, schemer
    * * *
    I adj scheming
    II m, maquinadora f schemer

    Spanish-English dictionary > maquinador

  • 17 urdidor

    adj.
    warping, plotting, concocting.
    m.
    1 warper.
    2 m.
    * * *
    Ex. A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.
    * * *

    Ex: A number of Antiquaries feared that it was all a plot hatched by 'a few designing members' to line their own pockets.

    * * *

    urdidor,-ora
    I adjetivo
    1 Cost warping
    2 figurado plotting
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Tex (tejedor) warper
    2 fig (conspirador) plotter
    ' urdidor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    urdidora
    * * *
    urdidor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    warping
    ♦ nm,f
    warper
    ♦ nm
    warping frame

    Spanish-English dictionary > urdidor

  • 18 urdir

    v.
    1 to plot, to forge (plan).
    2 to warp (hilos).
    3 to contrive, to cook up, to plot, to brew.
    4 to cast on.
    * * *
    1 (textil) to warp
    2 figurado (tramar) to plot, scheme
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ tela] to warp
    2) (=tramar) to plot
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( en telar) to warp; < puntos> to cast on
    b) < plan> to devise, hatch
    * * *
    = weave, weave, engineer, texture, spin, concoct.
    Ex. You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
    Ex. This article compares an expert system to a rug and the shell to the loom on which it was woven.
    Ex. So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex. The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.
    Ex. Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * urdir una conspiración = hatch + plot.
    * urdir una historia = weave + story.
    * urdir un complot = hatch + plot.
    * urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.
    * urdir un plan = devise + a plan.
    * urdir un relato = weave + a tale.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( en telar) to warp; < puntos> to cast on
    b) < plan> to devise, hatch
    * * *
    = weave, weave, engineer, texture, spin, concoct.

    Ex: You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.

    Ex: This article compares an expert system to a rug and the shell to the loom on which it was woven.
    Ex: So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex: The play was an entrancing production that was textured with ideas, witty, and cunningly crafted.
    Ex: Then the fairies told them how happily the spiders lived among the green leaves spinning garments for their neigbbors.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * urdir una conspiración = hatch + plot.
    * urdir una historia = weave + story.
    * urdir un complot = hatch + plot.
    * urdir un cuento = weave + a tale.
    * urdir un plan = devise + a plan.
    * urdir un relato = weave + a tale.

    * * *
    urdir [I1 ]
    vt
    (en un telar) to warp; ‹puntos› to cast on
    urdían una conspiración para derrocarlo they were plotting o they were hatching a plot to overthrow him
    habían urdido un plan they had devised o hatched a plan
    * * *

    urdir ( conjugate urdir) verbo transitivo

    ‹ puntos› to cast on
    b) ‹ plan› to devise, hatch

    urdir vtr (preparar en secreto) to devise, scheme for
    ' urdir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discurrir
    - fraguar
    - planear
    - tejer
    English:
    engineer
    - hatch
    * * *
    urdir vt
    1. [plan] to plot, to forge
    2. [hilos] to warp
    * * *
    v/t
    1 complot hatch
    2 hilos warp

    Spanish-English dictionary > urdir

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